Anthony Barker MA (d. 1551) 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 1541 - 1551.
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
Career
He was educated at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517 by Richard Fo ...
and graduated MA in 1523.
He was appointed:
*Rector of Wroughton, Wiltshire 1530
*Vicar of West Ham, Essex 1538
*Vicar of Binford, Oxford 1542
*Vicar of Burfield, Berkshire 1547
*Prebendary of Winchester
*Prebendary of Lincoln 1540
He was appointed to the twelfth 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 ...
in 1541, and held the stall until 1551.
Notes
1551 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Year of birth missing
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