Richard Langley D.D. (1563 – May 1615) was
Head Master of Eton College from 1591 - 1611 and a
Canon of Windsor for a few days in 1615
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
Career
He was King’s Scholar at
Eton College
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and educated at
King's College, Cambridge
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, where he graduated with BA in 1585, MA in 1588, B.D. in 1595 and D.D. in 1607.
He was appointed:
*
Head Master of Eton College 1594 - 1611
*Rector of Horton, Buckinghamshire
*Rector of Paglesham and Latchingdon, Essex 1608 - 1615
He was appointed to the third 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 1615 but died a few days after his appointment.
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1563 births
1615 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Head Masters of Eton College
People educated at Eton College
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