Richard Kingston (died November 1418) 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 1400 to 1402
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle] and the
Dean of Windsor
The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the Canon (priest), canons of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, England. The dean chairs meetings of the Chapter of Canons as ''primus inter pares''. The post of Dean of Wolverhampton was assimilat ...
from 1402 to 1418.
Career
He was appointed:
*Chancellor of Abergwili 1392
*Rector of Pertenhall before 1397
*Rector of Yeovil 1397
*Rector of Croston, Lancashire 1405
*Prebendary of Beverley at the altar of St Mary 1405
*Prebendary of Mapesbury in St Paul’s Cathedral 1405 - 1418
*Vicar of Stepney 1406 - 1418
*Prebendary of Flixton in Lichfield Cathedral 1400 - 1814
*Rector of Barrowby, Lincolnshire 1411
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Archdeacon of Hereford
The Archdeacon of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Hereford. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Hereford.
History
The first recorded archdea ...
1389 - 1404
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Archdeacon of Colchester 1405
*Prebendary of Cherminster Bere in Salisbury Cathedral 1406 - 1418
*Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk
*Prebendary of Wells
*Prebendary of Cublington in Hereford Cathedral 1391
*Prebendary of Ballingthorpe in Hereford Cathedral 1393
*Clerk of Works in Hereford Castle 1401
*Treasurer of the Royal Household 1405 - 1407
He was appointed to the seventh 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 1400, and held the stall until made
Dean of Windsor
The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the Canon (priest), canons of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, England. The dean chairs meetings of the Chapter of Canons as ''primus inter pares''. The post of Dean of Wolverhampton was assimilat ...
in 1402.
See also
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Catholic Church in England
The Catholic Church in England and Wales (; ) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. Its origins date from the 6th century, when Pope Gregory I through a Roman missionary and Benedictine monk, Augustine, ...
Notes
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1418 deaths
Deans of the Chapel Royal
Canons of Windsor
Deans of Windsor
Archdeacons of Hereford
Archdeacons of Colchester
Treasurers of the Household
Year of birth missing