David Hopton (died 1492) was a
Canon of Windsor
The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Foundation
The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...
from 1472 to 1492.
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
Career
He was appointed:
*Clerk of the King's Closet
*Prebendary of Beaminster Prima in Salisbury 1483
*Prebendary of Bitton in Salisbury 1490
*Rector of Bletchley 1473
He was appointed to the eighth stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...
in 1472 and held the canonry until 1492.
Notes
1492 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth unknown
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