Robert Birkenshaw (also Bekensall and Bekensaw) D.D. (d. 1526) 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 1512 - 1525
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
Career
He was appointed:
*
President of Queen's College, Cambridge 1508 - 1519
*Rector of Revesby, Lincolnshire until 1505
*Vicar of Croxton 1505
*Rector of
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Chagford, Devon 1510
*Rector of Bradwell-super-Mare, Essex 1512
*Treasurer of Lincoln 1513
*Chaplain and Almoner to
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, ; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their annulment on 23 May 1533. She was previously ...
*Dean of Stoke-by-Clare 1517
*Prebendary of Lincoln 1523
He was appointed to the first 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 1512, and held the stall until 1525.
Notes
1526 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge
Year of birth missing
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