William Wilson DD (1545 – 15 May 1615) 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 1584 to 1615''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Chancellor of

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

from 1596 to 1615.

Career

He was educated at

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...

and graduated BA in 1564, MA in 1570, BD in 1576 and DD in 1607. He was appointed: *Rector of Islip, Oxford 1578 *Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury *Prebendary of Rochester 1591 *Rector of Cliffe, Kent *Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral 1596 - 1615 *Prebendary of Ealdstreet in St Paul's 1615. He was appointed to the third 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 1584 and held the canonry until 1615.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, William 1545 births 1615 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of Merton College, Oxford