Richard Sydnor was the Receiver and Steward of Bishop Oldham of Exeter Cathedral from 10 Henry VII (1505) to 5 Henry VIII (1514) - see Exeter Cathedral MS. 3690.
He was
Archdeacon of Cornwall in 1515 and then
Archdeacon of Totnes from 1515 to 1534.
In 1519 he was appointed
Canon of the tenth stall at
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 Gart ...
, a position he held until 1534.
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.]
References
Archdeacons of Totnes
Archdeacons of Cornwall
Canons of Windsor
16th-century English clergy
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