Daniel Collins STP (died 29 March 1648) 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 ...
from 1631 to 1648
[''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
Eton College
Eton College () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI of England, Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. i ...
and
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
and graduated BA in 1599, MA in 1601, BD in 1609 and DD in 1626.
He was appointed:
*Lecturer at Tring, Reader in Divinity at Ruislip
*Rector of Puttenham, Hertfordshire 1610
*Lecturer at Windsor
*Chaplain to
King Charles I
*Fellow of Eton 1616 - 1648 and Vicar Provost
*Vicar of Ruislip 1617 - 1633, and 1640 - 1641
*Rector of Cowley, Middlesex 1629 - 1648
*Vicar of Mapledurham 1635 - 1637
He was appointed to the sixth stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the G ...
in 1631 and held the canonry until 1648.
Notes
1648 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
People educated at Eton College
Year of birth unknown
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