William Pye (died September 1557) was

Dean of Chichester The Dean of Chichester is the dean of Chichester Cathedral in Sussex, England. Bishop Ralph is credited with the foundation of the current cathedral after the original structure built by Stigand was largely destroyed by fire in 1114. Ralph di ...

from 1553 to 1557, a

Canon of Westminster The Dean and Chapter of Westminster are the ecclesiastical governing body of Westminster Abbey, a collegiate church of the Church of England and royal peculiar in Westminster, Greater London. They consist of the dean and several canons meeting in ...

from 1554 to 1556, and 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 ...

in 1557.

Career

He was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford in 1529. He was appointed principal of St Mary Hall in 1537. He was appointed: *

Archdeacon of Berkshire The Archdeacon of Berkshire (also rendered Archdeacon of Berks) is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford. The archdeacon is the head of the archdeaconry of Berkshire, a post historically found within the diocese ...

in 1545 *Canon of Lichfield Cathedral in 1550 *Canon of Wells Cathedral in 1553 *

from 1553 to 1557W. D. Peckham, ''The Acts of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Chichester, 1545-1642'' (Cambridge, U.K.: 1959), Nos. 523, 525, 567. *Prebendary of Westminster Abbey 1554 *Rector of the

Church of St Mary, Chedzoy The Anglican Church of St Mary in Chedzoy, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. There is evidence of a Church in Chedzoy in 1166 when it was given along with the parent church in N ...

1554 He was also Vice President of the Council in the marches of Wales. 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 January 1557 and died in September that year.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pye, William 1557 deaths Canons of Windsor Canons of Westminster Archdeacons of Berkshire Deans of Chichester Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Year of birth missing 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests Pye family