Ottiwell Hollinshed

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Ottiwell Hollinshed (also Ottuell and also Holinshed) MA (fl. 1550s) was a Canon of Windsor from 1550 to 1554 [1] and one of the original Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Dean and Canons of Windsor ecclesiastical body of St Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle

The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Trinity College, Cambridge constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. With around 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 180 fellows, it is the largest college in either of the Oxbridge universities by number of undergraduates. In terms of total student numbers, it is second only to Homerton College, Cambridge.

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Family

He was the son of Hugh Holinshed.

He married Margaret, daughter of Henry Harden of Ascot. [2]

Career

He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1541, and MA in 1544.

Christs College, Cambridge college of the University of Cambridge

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as God's House. In 1505, the college was granted a new royal charter, was given a substantial endowment by Lady Margaret Beaufort, and changed its name to Christ's College, becoming the twelfth of the Cambridge colleges to be founded in its current form. The college is renowned for educating some of Cambridge's most famous alumni, including Charles Darwin and John Milton.

He was appointed one of the Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge by the charter of foundation of 19 December 1546.

He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1550 and held the canonry until 1554.

St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle Church in Windsor, England

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England, is a chapel designed in the high-medieval 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 Garter. Seating approximately 800, it is located in the Lower Ward of the castle.

Notes

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1500-1585. Charles Henry Cooper, Thompson Cooper, George John Gray. Deighton, Bell, 1858


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