Richard Milward (priest)

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Richard Milward DD (d. 20 December 1680) was a Canon of Windsor from 1666 to 1680 [1]

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.

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Career

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1629, MA in 1632, and DD in 1662.

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.

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1666 and held the canonry until 1680.

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.

Works

Milward acted as amanuensis to John Selden, and edited his Table Talk (1689). [2]

Amanuensis person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another

An amanuensis is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another, and also refers to a person who signs a document on behalf of another under the latter's authority.

John Selden English jurist and scholar of Englands ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law

John Selden was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land."

Notes

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. Wikisource-logo.svg "38". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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