The Missing Bishop
A small chapel, built during the 1490s, is annexed to the west end of the south quire aisle of St George’s Chapel. It is known as the Oliver King Chapel. But where is its founder, Bishop Oliver King? This simple ...
Debtors and Royalists: the Dungeon of the Curfew Tower
Between 1227 and 1230 three towers were built along the western Castle wall at the direction of William de Milleriis for the total cost of £432 14s 4d. Their completion marked the entire replacement of the wooden defences of the ...
Two fat bores for Christmas
In 1625, the College required: 'twoe fatt bores for the hospitality of the Dean and Canons … at the feast of the birth of our Lord God every yeare'
Fred & Alec Naylor, Veterans of the First World War
Within weeks of the declaration of the First World War on 4 August 1914, the Lay Clerks of St George’s Chapel began to sign up for Military Service. A Chapter minute reveals that full pay was granted to the first ...
H. S. Spurling, Fallen Chorister (1896-1916)
Though he had been shy during his years at St George’s School, Henry ‘Harry’ Stephen Spurling was later described as “a man of the best sort, with firm principles and unalterable desire to do his utmost, no matter what it ...
H. E. L. Cox, Fallen Chorister (1887-1916)
Harold Edward Leys Cox was a silk merchant before the War. St George’s School Magazines report that in Midsummer 1909, Cox was “in business just off Oxford Street, and is a very keen territorial Officer.” Harold and his brother, former ...
C. E. Fishbourne, Fallen Chorister (1885-1915)
Captain Charles Eustace Fishbourne served in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. His contemporaries would have recognised him by his genial nickname, “Fishey”, and they would have gladly told you about his love of reading and all about ...
Wine Merchants of Windsor
Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York married Jack Brooksbank on Friday, 12 October 2018. The ceremony took place in St George’s Chapel and the Dean of Windsor officiated and gave an Address. Brooksbank is the UK ambassador for George ...
The book that almost killed a man
Perhaps the best-known among the many renowned musicians to have worked in St George’s Chapel is John Marbeck, who was associated with the Chapel for more than half of the sixteenth century. The exact date of his appointment is not ...
A Medieval Royal Wedding at Windsor
The wedding of Prince Henry of Wales with Ms Meghan Markle will be celebrated this Saturday, 19 May, in St George’s Chapel. The first Royal wedding known to have taken place in St George’s is that of Queen Victoria’s eldest ...