Henry Carpenter
English priest

Henry Carpenter

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English priest
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Birth:
1606
Death:
14 October 1662
Education:
Exeter College
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Introduction

Henry Carpenter D.D. (1606–1662) was a Canon of Windsor for a short period in 1662.

Career

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford where he graduated B.A. in 1624, DD in 1662.

He was appointed:

  • Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry 1633 – 1636
  • Rector of Greatford, Lincolnshire 1635 – 1636
  • Vicar of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire 1636 – 1660
  • Rector of Hilperton, Wiltshire 1638 – 1662
  • Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons 1660
  • Prebendary of Yetminster in Salisbury Cathedral 1660
  • Rector of St Dionis Backchurch, London 1661 – 1662
  • Rector of Stapleford Tawney, Essex 1661 – 1662

He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1662.