Robert Fisher (
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1490s – 1510s) 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 1509 to 1510
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
Career
He was educated in
Paris where he was taught by
Desiderius Erasmus.
He was appointed:
*Chaplain to the King
*Vicar of Warkworth 1495
*Rector of Chedzoy, Somerset 1508
He was appointed to the eighth stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1509 and held the canonry until 1510.
Notes
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Canons of Windsor