Hugh Whytchirche (died 1 January 1376) was a
Canon of Windsor
The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Foundation
The college of canons was established in 1348 by letters patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of S ...
from 1352 to 1375.
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.]
Career
He was Rector of St Mary’s Church, Finchley from 1335, and Rector of St Andrew’s Church,
Cotton, Suffolk from 1361.
In 1352 he was appointed as the first Canon of the first stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculia ...
.
Notes
1376 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth missing
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