Dean and Canons of Windsor

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, left, 1848.

The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.^[1]

Foundation

The college of Canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. The college was formally constituted on the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, 30 November 1352 when the statues drawn up by William Edington, Bishop of Winchester as Papal Delegate, were solemnly delivered to William Mugge, the Warden of the College.^[2]

Accepting the formality of foundation took several years, the college takes the date of 1348 as its official foundation.

Current chapter

Dean

• Dean of Windsor — The Rt Revd David Conner KCVO

Canons

• Vice Dean and Canon Treasurer — The Revd Canon John White LVO
• Canon Precentor — The Revd Canon John Ovenden LVO
• Warden, St George's House — The Revd Canon Dr Hueston Finlay
• Canon Steward — The Revd Canon Dr James Woodward

Minor Canons

• Minor Canon and School Chaplain - The Revd Andrew Zihni

Canons of the First Stall

1. Hugh Whytchirche 1352-1375 2. John Landyran 1376 3. Richard de Bokelly, alias Flandreyn 1376-1377 4. William Dole 1377-1403 5. William Lane 1403-1404 6. Walter Mabeley 1404-1407 7. Robert Wolveden 1407-1412 8. Thomas Hanley 1412-1413 9. John Meresden, Mersdon or Mershden 1413-1425 10. Roger Gates 1425-1430 11. John Pye 1430-1439 12. William Brewster 1439-1465 13. Thomas Downe 1465-1479

14. John Arundel 1479-1496 15. Thomas Jane 1496-1500 16. William Cokkes 1500-1512 17. Robert Birkenshaw or Bekensall 1512-1525 18. Miles Welles or Wyllen 1526-1535 19. Simon Symonds 1535-1551 20. Richard Turner 1551-1553 21. William Ertse or Este 1554-1557 22. William Pye 1557 23. John Bowles or Bockle 1557-1558 24. Edward Morecroft 1560-1580 25. John King 1580-1607 26. Mordecai (Murdoch) Alden 1607-1615

27. John King 1615-1638 28. Samuel Baker 1638-1639 29. Thomas Browne 1639-1673 30. Robert Young 1673-1716 31. William Derham 1716-1735 32. George Stephens 1735-1751 33. Balthasar Regis 1751-1757 34. John Bostock 1757-1786 35. John Fisher 1786-1803 36. William Beaumont Busby 1803-1808 37. Hon. Henry Ryder 1808-1812 38. Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust 1813-1861

Canonry of the First Stall suspended 1861 by Act of 1840.

Canons of the Second Stall

1. William de Polmorva 1352-1362 2. John Aleyn 1362-1368 3. Adam De Hertyngdon 1368-1380 4. Robert de More 1376 5. Walter (or William) Almaly or Almary 1380-1381 6. John Bouland 1381-1400 7. Edmund Lacy 1401-1417 8. John Longville 1417-1426 9. Alan Kirketon, or Kynton 1426-1443

10. Pagan (Payn) Burghill 1443-1474 11. Thomas Pallet 1474-1488 12. Richard Arnold 1488-1491 13. Thomas Bowde 1491-1504 14. Robert Honiwood 1504-1523 15. Richard Rawson 1523-1543 16. John Robins 1543-1558 17. Robert Iseham 1558-1560 18. Paul French 1560-1600 19. Henry Beaumont 1600-1622

20. Thomas Some 1622-1644 21. Edward Fulham 1660-1694 22. Maurice Vaughan 1695-1722 23. Peniston Booth 1722-1729 24. Robert Friend 17299-1737 25. Matthew Hutton 1737-1379 26. William Burchett 1739-1750 27. Thomas Hinton 1751-1757 28. John Lockman 1759-1807 29. Charles Digby 1808-1841

Canonry of the Second Stall then suspended by Act of 1840.

Canons of the Third Stall

1. Richard Rothley 1352-1362 2. John Leek 1362-1369 3. Thomas de Aston 1369-1376 4. John Massingham 1376-1408 5. John Malvern 1408-1416 6. John Corynham, or Coringham 1416-1444 7. Henry Hansherd or Hansard 1444-1446 8. Richard Willys 1446-1467 9. Clement Smith 1467-1471 10. John Cressy 1471 11. William Dudley 1471 (appointed Dean in 1473) 12. John Seymour 1471-1501 13. Geoffrey Symeon 1501-1508

14. Richard Rawlins 1508-1523 15. William Tate 1523-1540 16. Owen Oglethorpe 1540-1554 17. William Denys or Devenish 1554-1559 18. Simon Alleyn 1559-1563 19. John Thompson 1563-1571 20. William Wickham 1571-1584 21. William Wilson 1584-1615 22. Richard Langley 1615 23. Oliver Lloyd 1615-1617 24. Richard Montague 1617-1628 25. David Stokes 1628-1669 26. Henry Wotton 1669-1671

27. Gregory Hascard 1671-1684 28. Edward Jones 1684-1737 29. Lord James Beauclerk 1738-1746 30. Frederick Cornwallis 1746-1750 31. Walter Harte 1750-1774 32. James King 1774-1776 33. Thomas Bray 1776-1785 34. Henry William Majendie 1785-1798 35. Samuel Goodenough 1798-1802 36. George Champagne 1802-1828 37. Richard Adolphus Musgrave 1828-1841

Canonry of the Third Stall suspended by Act of 1840.

Canons of the Fourth Stall

1. Roger Parker 1353-1355 2. Stephen Scaldeford (Shalford) alias Brunkter 1355-1378 3. Thomas de Lynton 1378-1387 4. John Notyngham 1387-1389 5. Thomas Haule or Hauley 1389-1399 6. Robert Ravendale 1399-1404 7. William Asshrigge 1404-1405 8. Geoffrey Melton 1405-1411 9. Henry Drayton 1411-1413 10. William Lochard 1413-1431 11. John Brydbroke 1431-1444 12. William Mychell 1444-1463 13. Leyson Geffrey 1463-1474 14. John Marshall 1474-1478

15. William Corkys 1478-1487 16. Thomas Fraunces 1487-1500 17. John Esterfield 1500-1513 18. Christopher Plummer 1513-1535 19. James Blythe 1536-1546 20. Henry Aglionby 1546-1554 21. William Saxey 1554-1566 22. Anthony Rushe 1566-1577 23. Henry Westfaling 1577-1586 24. Alexander Southayke 1586-1606 25. John Buckeridge 1606-1628 26. Gilbert Primrose 1628-1642 27. Hugh Paulinus de Cressy 1642-1646 (not installed) Interregnum 1646-1600 28. John Lloyd 1660-1671

29. John Saumares 1671-1697 30. Samuel Pratt 1697-1723 31. Henry Bland 1723-1733 32. Hugh Lewis 1733-1742 33. Richard Terrick 1742-1749 34. Richard Newcome 1749-1755 35. Lord Francis Seymour 1755-1766 36. Thomas Hurdis 1766-1784 37. Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall 1784-1793 38. Hon. William Stuart 1793-1800 39. George Heath 1800-1822 40. Hon. Richard Bagot 1822-1827 41. David Frederick Markham 1827-1853

Canonry suspended by Act of 1840.

Canons of the Fifth Stall

1. Reginald Lodington 1351-1365 2. Stephen de Estnore 1365-1368 3. John Saxton 1368-1382 4. Nicholas Slake 1382-1394 5. William Spigurnell 1394-1425 6. John Snell 1425-1431 7. Thomas Damet or Dannet 1431-1436 8. Richard Wyot 1436-1449 9. John Arundel 1449-1459 10. Richard Bowyer 1459-1471 11. John Vaughan 1471-1499 12. Richard Payne 1499-1507 13. William Atkinson 1507-1509

14. John Chambre (Chamber) 1509-1549 15. Ottuell (Ottiwell) Hollinshed 1550-1554 16. John Browne 1554-1572 17. Robert Johnson 1572-1625 18. John King 1625-1638 19. William Brough 1638-1671 20. Peter Scot (Scott) 1671-1689 21. John Hern 1690-1707 22. Thomas Goddard 1707-1731 23. William George 1731-1748 24. Theophilus Lowe 1748-1769 25. Thomas Dampier 1769-1774 26. John James Majendie 1774-1783

27. Hon. George Hamilton 1783-1787 28. WIlliam Langford 1787-1814 29. Charles Proby 1814-1859 30. Hon. Charles Leslie Courtenay 1859-1894 31. Richard Gee 1894-1902 32. Clement Smith 1902-1921 33. Vacancy 1921-1974 34. Anthony Oakley Dyson 1974-1977 35. Vacancy 1977-1981 36. John David Treadgold 1981 - 1989 37. Michael Anthony Moxon 1990 - 1998 38. Barry Thompson 1998-2004 39. Dr Hueston Edward Finlay 2004 -

Canons of the Sixth Stall

1. Reginald Garderobe 1353-1354 2. Richard de Bokelly, alias Flanderyn 1354-1376 (then Canon of the First Stall) 3. Richard Shawe 1376-1403 4. Richard Prentys 1403-1404 5. John Ailleston or Ayleston 1404-1405 6. John Exton 1405-1430 7. John Depeden 1430-1460 8. James Goldwell 1460-1472 9. Thomas Danett 1472-1481 10. Robert Morton 1481-1486 11. John Stokes 1486-1503 12. William Butler 1503-1519 13. John Longland 1519-1520 14. Thomas Magnus 1520-1547

15. Richard Cox 1548-1553 16. William Chedsey 1554-1559 17. George Whitehorne 1559-1565 18. Edmund Freke 1565-1572 19. Hugo Blythe 1572-1610 20. Thomas Frith 1610-1631 21. Daniel Collins 1631-1648 Interregnum 1648-1660 22. William Chamberlain 1660-1666 23. Richard Milward 1666-1680 24. Thomas Sprat 1681-1684 25. John Wickart 1684-1722 26. Richard Sleech 1722-1730 27. Michael Stanhope 1730-1737 28. John Ewer 1738-1774

29. John Hallam 1775-1811 30. Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford 1812-1844 31. Frederick Anson 1845-1885 32. John Neale Dalton 1885-1931 33. Harry William Blackburne 1931-1934 34. Arthur Stafford Crawley 1934-1948 35. Edward Malcolm Venables 1948-1957 36. James Atherton Fisher 1958–1978 37. David John Burgess 1978-1987 38. Alan Alfred Coldwells 1987 – 1995 [3] 39. Laurence Gunner 1996 - 2006 40. Dr James Woodward 2009[4] - current

Canons of the Seventh Stall

1. Robert Burnham (Bernham) 1351-1362 2. Hugh de Briddeham 1363-1372 3. Richard Raundes (Randes) 1372-1400 4. Richard Kingston (Kyngeston) 1400-1402 5. Henry Spicer (Spisour) 1402-1437 6. John Kette 1437-1452 7. John Hore 1452-1474 8. Edmund Audley 1474-1480 9. Oliver Dynham (Denham) 1480-1500 10. Roger Lupton 1500-1540

11. John London 1540-1543 12. Francis Mallett 1543-1570 13. Roger Browne 1571-1601 14. John Chamber 1601-1604 15. Richard Field 1604-1616 16. Edmund Wilson 1616-1617 17. Godfrey Goodman 1617-1656 Interregnum 1656-1660 18. George Hall 1660-1662 19. Henry Carpenter 1662

20. Peter Mews 1662-1673 21. Thomas Doughty 1673-1701 22. George Verney, 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke, 1701-1714 23. John Pelling 1715-1750 24. John Fulham 1750-1777 25. Anthony Shepherd 1777-1796 26. Thomas Powys 1796-1797 27. Edward Northey 1797-1828 28. William Canning 1828-1860

Canonry suspended in 1860 by Act of 1840.

Canons of the Eighth Stall

1. Whitecroft or Wythecroft 1353-1361 2. William Sulsho (Moulsoe) 1361-1368 3. Adam de Hertyngdon (Hartington) 1368 4. Richard de Hankedon or Launceston 1368-1379 5. John Prust or Prest 1379-1403 6. Roger Redeburne 1403-1406 7. John Eston 1406-1422 8. Peter de Alcobasse 1422-1427 9. Thomas Southwell 1428-1431 10. William Bonetemps 1431-1442 11. Nicholas Sturgeon 1442-1454 12. William Sharpe 1454-1455 13. John Kirkeby or Kerby 1455-1457 14. John Wygryme 1457-1468 15. Robert Wodmanston 1468-1469

16. Baldwin Hyde 1469-1472 17. David Hopton 1472-1492 18. Christopher Urswick 1492-1496 19. Richard Nix (Nykke) 1497-1501 20. Thomas Hobbs 1502-1507 21. Robert Fisher 1509-1510 22. Thomas Wolsey 1511-1514 23. Geoffrey Wren 1514-1527 24. Robert Shorton (or Shurton) 1527-1535 25. Simon Haynes 1535-1552 26. John Somer 1554-1573 27. John Wolward 1574-1598 28. Charles Sonibancke 1598-1638 29. James Rowlandson 1638-1639 30. John Hales 1639-1656 (ejected 1642)

Interregnum 1656-1660 31. Anthony Hawles 1660-1664 32. John Durell 1664-1677 33. Richard Meggot 1677-1692 34. Thomas Manningham 1693-1709 35. John Mandevile 1709-1722 36. Nathaniel Marshall 1722-1730 37. Robert Tyrwhit 1730-1472 38. Edmund Gibson 1742-1746 39. William Gibson 1746-1754 40. Richard Blacow 1754-1760 41. Edward Barnard 1760-1781 42. Jonathan Davies 1782-1791 43. William Cookson 1792-1820 44. John Keate 1820-1852

Canonry of the Eighth Stall suspended by the Act of 1840.

Canons of the Ninth Stall

1. John de Storteford 1352-1353 2. Edmund Clovil 1353-1387 3. John Drake 1387-1391 4. William Falewell 1391-1397 5. Thomas Marton 1397-1407 6. Simon Marcheford (Marchand) 1407-1441 7. William Walesby 1441-1450 8. Richard Andrew 1450-1455 9. William Harmer (Hermer) 1455-1473 10. John Coryngdon 1473-1476 11. John Dunmow (Dunmoe or Dumoe) 1476-1488 12. Richard Surland 1488-1509 13. James Denton 1509-1533 14. Richard Wolman 1533-1537 15. Richard Arche 1538-1553

16. William Horwood 1554-1555 17. Thomas Rawe 1555-1556 18. Richard Bruerne (Brewarne) 1557-1563 19. William Day 1563-1572 20. William King 1572-1590 21. Erasmus Webb 1590-1614 22. Thomas Sheafe 1614-1639 23. John Pcklington 1639-1641 24. Herbert Crofts 1641-1662 25. John Heaver 1662-1670 26. Thomas Vyner 1670-1673 27. Isaac Vossius 1673-1689 28. John Mesnard (Maynard) 1689-1727 29. Daniel Waterland 1727-1740 30. John Fountayne 1741-1748

31. Richard Wilmot 1748-1772 32. Philip Duvall 1772-1808 33. Joseph Goodall 1808-1840 34. Russell, Lord Wriothesley 1840-1886 35. Philip Frank Eliot 1886-1891 36. Constantine Charles Henry Phipps, 3rd Marquis of Normanby 1891-1907 37. Edgar Sheppard 1907-1921 38. Samuel Mumford Taylor 1921-1929 39. Anthony Charles Deane 1929-1946 40. Duncan Armytage 1947-1954 41. Charles Ritchie 1954-1958 42. Robert Henry Hawkins 1958 - 1970 43. Stephen Edmund Verney 1970 – 1977[5] 44. Derek Ian Tennent Eastman 1977 - 1985 45. Derek M Stanesby 1985 – 1997 46. John Anthony Ovenden 1998 -

Canons of the Tenth Stall

1. Robert Shutlingdon 1352-1353 2. John de Newbery 1353-1355 3. Henry Warner, alias Blunt 1355-1368 4. John Aleyn 1368-1373 5. Richard Postell 1373-1400 6. Robert Gough (Gowe) 1400-1432 7. William Brewster 1432-1437 8. Robert Thurgarton 1437-1438 9. John Howden 1438-1449 10. Thomas Passhe 1449-1489

11. William Creton (Cretyng) 1489-1519 12. Richard Sydnor 1519-1534 13. Robert Aldrich (Aldridge) 1534-1537 14. Henry Williams 1537-1554 15. Thomas Slythurst 1554-1559 16. Henry Ryley 1560-1586 17. William Harrison 1586-1593 18. Thomas White 1593-1624 19. Nathaniel Giles 1624-1644 Interregnum 1644-1660 20. George Evans 1660-1702

21. William Fleetwood 1702-1708 22. John Adams 1708-1720 23. William Wade 1732-1733 24. Edmund Marten (Martin) 1733-1751 25. Erasmus Saunders 1751-1756 26. Hon. James Yorke 1756-1762 27. Robert Hort 1762-1773 28. William Buller 1773-1784 29. Edward Wilson 1784-1804 30. William Long 1804-1835

Canonry of the Tenth Stall suspended by the Act of 1840.

Canons of the Eleventh Stall

1. John Northampton (Norhampton) 1352-1355 2. Thomas Madefray 1355-1375 3. Richard Metford (Medeford) 1375-1381 4. William de Pakyngton 1381 5. Richard Feld (Atfeld) 1390-1401 6. William Gyloth (Gillot) 1401-1428 7. Robert Felton 1428-1432 8. Robert Allerton 1432-1437 9. Henry Hanslap (Hanslope) 1437-1452 10. Roger Misterton 1452-1469 11. Alexander Lee (Leigh) 1469-1480 12. Oliver King 1480-1503 13. William Atwater 1504-1514 14. James Malett 1514-1543

15. Arthur Cole 1543-1558 16. Edmund Johnson 1560 17. Richard Ryve (Reve) 1560-1594 18. Alexander Nowell 1594-1602 19. Edmund Nuttall 1602-1616 20. Thomas Horne 1616-1636 21. Thomas Howell 1636-1644 22. Ralph Bridgoake 1660-1678 23. John Rosewell 1678-1684 24. William Cave 1684-1713 25. Andrew Snape 1713-1742 26. Samuel Haynes 1743-1752 27. Hon. Frederick Keppel 1754-1762 28. John Douglas 1762-1776

29. Hon. Shute Barrington 1776-1782 30. Frederick Dodsworth 1782-1821 31. James Stanier Clarke 1821-1834 32. Hon. Edward George More 1834-1876 33. Hugh Pearson 1876-1882 34. William Boyd Carpenter 1882-1884 35. Edward Capel Cure 1884-1890 36. Alfred Barry 1891-1910 37. Hon. Leonard Francis Tyrwhitt 1910-1921 38. Alexander Nairne 1921-1936 39. Sidney Leslie Ollard 1936-1948 40. Alexander Roper Vidler 1948-1956 41. Geoffrey Bryan Bentley 1957 – 1982[6] 42. John Austin White 1982 - [7]

Canons of the Twelfth Stall

1. Walter Nothurst 1353-1360 2. John Loryng (Lorenges, Lothereyn) 1360-1387 3. Thomas Butiller (Boteler) 1387-1389 (appointed Dean 1389) 4. John Boor 1389-1402 5. Thomas More 1402-1422 6. Thomas Duryche 1422-1435 7. Thomas Lyseux (Lysures) 1435-1442 8. John Drury (Drewery, alias Salisbury) 1442-1446 9. John Bury 1446-1472 10. William Towres (Towrys, Tours) 1472-1485 11. Thomas Hutton 1485-1487 12. John Baily (Baylie) 1488-1495

13. Edward Willoughby 1495-1508 14. John Oxenbridge 1509-1522 15. Gamaliel Clifton 1522-1541 16. Anthony Barker 1541-1551 17. Nicholas Udall 1551-1554 18. William Ermested 1554-1558 19. George Mason 1560-1562 20. William Harward 1562-1589 21. Robert (Richard) Chaloner 1589-1621 22. Thomas Oates 1621-1623 23. John Elly (Ellis) 1623-1639 24. George Gillingham 1639-1668

25. John Butler 1669-1682 26. John Barrow 1682-1684 27. John Fitzwilliams 1685-1691 28. John Hartcliffe 1691-1712 29. Francis Brown 1713-1724 30. James Barclay 1724-1750 31. John Sumner 1751-1772 32. John Foster 1772-1773 33. Roger Mostyn 1774-1775 34. Montague North 1775-1779 35. William Arnald 1779-1802 36. Hon. Edward Legge 1802-1805 37. Hon. Jacob Marsham 1805-1840

Twelfth Stall suspended under the Act of 1840.

References

1. ^ Dean & Canons of Windsor, St George's House Windsor Castle, viewed 18 April 2008, http://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/dean.asp
2. ^ Fasti Wyndesoriensis. The Deans and Canons of St. George's Chapel. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 8. The Revd. Canon S. L. Ollard. 1950.
3. ^ "Canon Alan Coldwells - Obituaries, News". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/canon-alan-coldwells-728793.html. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
4. ^ "College of St George - Windsor Castle - New Canon of Windsor". Stgeorges-windsor.org. 2009-04-23. http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/news1/news-archive/new-canon-of-windsor.html. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
5. ^ Colin Slee. "The Right Rev Stephen Verney obituary | World news". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/23/right-rev-stephen-verney-obituary. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
6. ^ "Obituary: Canon G. B. Bentley - The Independent (London, England) | HighBeam Research - FREE trial". Highbeam.com. 1996-09-25. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4808895.html. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
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