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.
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 ...
Dean Wellesley (Dean of Windsor 1854-1882) was known for his tact, pleasant manner socially, and for being a close advisor to Queen Victoria. The first two qualities are shown by his response to a petition written to him by the ...
March marks the 500th anniversary of Christopher Urswick’s death. Urswick was appointed a Canon at Windsor in 1492, was installed as Dean in 1496, and resigned his position in 1505. During his time at Windsor, he added a new west ...
On 9 December 1729 two minor canons of Windsor, George Grossmith and Thomas Plumb, were expelled from the College of St George. They had recently raised a complaint against a fellow minor canon, Thomas Bell.
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 ...
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'
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 ...
Few of Windsor’s many canons are likely to have heard the sound of cannon fired in anger. One who certainly did was the “Christian soldier” Peter Mews, who held the canonry of the 7th stall from 1662 to 1673, and ...