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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]
William Har(e)well was a son of Henry Harwell of Coventry being born c. 1616. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, matriculating 31 October 1634 at the age of 18. He was awarded his BA on 11 February 1636. [1] Harewell was installed as rector of Oldswinford, Worcestershire on 2 September 1641. [2]
John Amner (1579–1641) was an English composer.. A composer of sacred works, Amner was born in Ely and had a close association with Ely Cathedral, even before his employment there as Informator choristarum (1610–1641), through his relatives Michael and Ralph Amner, who were both lay clerks there. [1]
Memorial to Bishop Hume in Salisbury Cathedral. John Hume was the son of Rev. William Hume (1651-1714) of Milton, Devon, and his wife Jane Robertson (d. 1733). [1] [2] Hume matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 31 March 1721, aged 15.
After Edward VI's accession, Cox's opinions took a more Protestant turn, and he became one of the most active agents of the Reformation.He was consulted on the compilation of the Communion Office in 1548, and the first and second Books of Common Prayer, and sat on the Commission for the Reform of the Canon Law.
Frank Jackson Okell (3 February 1887 – 7 October 1950.) was the inaugural Bishop of Stockport whose 11-month tenure from November 1949, [1] until October 1950, [2] was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford. [3]
Richard William was the eldest of three sons of John Dearman Church, a wine merchant, and his wife Bromley Caroline Metzener (died 1845). His grandfather Matthew Church, a merchant of Cork, and his wife, were Quakers, and John was not baptised into the Church of England until his marriage in 1814.
Maurice Frederic Foxell KCVO (1888–1981), [1] (Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) was a British clergyman, artist, and author.. Foxell received his education at Christ's Hospital and The Queen's College, Oxford. [2]