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A minor canon is a member of staff on the establishment of a cathedral or a collegiate church. In at least one foundation the post may be known as "priest-vicar". [1] Minor canons are clergy and take part in the daily services but are not part of the formal chapter. [2]
They are found especially in manuscripts of scholastic theology and canon law, annals and chronicles, the Roman law, and in administrative documents, civil and privileges, bulls, rescripts. They multiplied with time, and were never so numerous as on the eve of the discovery of printing; many of the early printed books offer this peculiarity ...
Canon of Westminster Abbey [5]: 110 Charles Gore: 1871: Bishop of Worcester, Birmingham, then Oxford: Chaplain to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII [5]: 70 Hardwicke Rawnsley: 1870: Anglican priest: Chaplain to the King. Co-founder National Trust [5]: 67 Henry Scott Holland: 1865: Canon of Christ Church: Regius Professor of Divinity
He married Mary Peters White, daughter of Richard White of Instow, in 1874, and they had three sons and one daughter. Their eldest son was Edgar Sheppard (b. 26 Jun 1878), served as a Lieutenant and finally a Captain in the 19th Q A O R (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars Cavalry. Their second son was Arthur Montagu Sheppard (1879–1882).
From 1880 Pusey was seen by only a few persons. His strength gradually decreased, and he died on 16 September 1882, after a brief illness. He was buried at Oxford in the cathedral of which he had been a canon for 54 years. In his memory his friends purchased his library, and bought for it a house in Oxford, now Pusey House. It was endowed with ...
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) friars from Canterbury moved to Oxford via London, residing with the Dominicans for eight days in autumn 1224, then hired a house at St Ebbe's before transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1244-5 Oxford Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of ...
He was additionally a canon of Westminster Abbey from 1998, Sub-Dean of the Abbey from 2005 to 2010, and Archdeacon of Westminster from 2009 to 2010. [3] In September 2010, Wright retired from full-time ministry and was appointed canon emeritus. [6] Since 2011, he has held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Oxford. [3]
Canon Precentor of York Minster ... Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 26 Aug 2008 "Newton, Thomas (1729–1782)". ...