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Anthony Barker (priest)

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Anthony Barker MA (d. 1551) was a Canon of Windsor from 1541 - 1551.[1]

Career

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He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and graduated MA in 1523.

He was appointed:

  • Rector of Wroughton, Wiltshire 1530
  • Vicar of West Ham, Essex 1538
  • Vicar of Binford, Oxford 1542
  • Vicar of Burfield, Berkshire 1547
  • Prebendary of Winchester
  • Prebendary of Lincoln 1540

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1541, and held the stall until 1551.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle