In the seventeenth century, the Dean and Canons owned property in 30 counties in England and Wales, and consequently had to manage their tenants, including arbitrating between tenants and sub-tenants. This was not always easy, and long travelling times could ...
The approach of King Charles III’s coronation seems a good time to recall a former minor canon of Windsor who played a ceremonial role at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.
In November 1349, Pope Clement VI authorised an agreement that anyone who visited St George’s Chapel on the feast days of St George (23 April) or St Edward the Confessor (13 October) would have one year reduced from the time ...
Science and Astronomy might not be the first topics that come to mind when thinking of the vast collections that the Archives and Chapter Library of St George’s Chapel holds. However, within a series of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century tracts (brief ...
At Windsor, the Second World War is represented in the archives by some documents about air raid precautions, and discussions about what to do if the alarm sounds during a service. The Chapter Acts show the difficulty of keeping the ...
The popular practice of appointing a boys' bishop dates to the thirteenth century. St George's medieval choristers took part and they had special vestments and a throne for the boy appointed.
The role of Chapter Clerk has been of great importance in the administration of the College of St George since the fourteenth century, but it is a challenge to trace the origins of the role through the College's early records.
A few miles from the Tamar estuary, where Cornwall meets Devon, stands the 15th century Church of St Stephen-By-Saltash. Remarkably, this lovely church has enjoyed a direct connection with Windsor, which has now lasted for a shade over 670 years.
“There is a feeling of profound regret and dismay among those who know and have known St George’s that what is regarded as a unique feature in the beautiful and historical shrine should be interfered with.” This was the opinion ...
The 500th anniversary of Canon John Oxenbridge’s death is on 25 July 2022. He is a man who is best remembered at St George’s for the chantry chapel which bears his name, and the dramatic discovery of his will. But ...