October this year marks the 650th anniversary of the death of William Edington, Bishop of Winchester. A financially astute servant of King Edward III, Edington served as Keeper of the Wardrobe, Treasurer and Chancellor throughout his career, arranging the kingdom’s ...
In April 1901 Major Charles Grantley Campbell Norton was admitted as a Military Knight. With him to Windsor came his wife, the popular guitarist, singer and songwriter, Mina Norton. Mrs Norton could sing in eight languages and had performed before ...
‘Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember, with advantages, What feats he did that day’ – Shakespeare, Henry V Sir John Trebell – The Story of an Agincourt Veteran at St George’s This year celebrates the ...
The Dean and Canons have not always had an easy relationship with the Military Knights of Windsor, that band of veteran warriors who had given great service to their country but had fallen on bad times. Under the terms of ...
On a recent visit to St George’s Chapel, some Australian relatives of the late Captain John Attkins Pickworth asked Chapel staff whether there might be any information about their ancestor at Windsor, knowing that he had close connections with the ...
The Chapter Acts of the College of St George record that on May the 17th 1687 the College: Ordered that the County Coroner be forthwith sent for, to enquire of the Death of Captain Montgomery one of the poor Knights. ...
“How happy will a Lady be, To have a little Baronet, to dandle on her knee.” Eccentric. This is how Sir John Dineley is described in his entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. Looking at his background, it is ...
St George’s Chapel has long held documents relating to the early culture and organisation of the Poor Knights of Windsor (renamed the Military Knights of Windsor in 1833), including copies of the early statutes, ordinances and attendance registers and a ...