Richard Surland

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Richard Surland (also Surlond) (died 20 August 1509) was a canon of Windsor from 1488 to 1509 [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.

Career

He was appointed:

Church of St Peter ad Vincula Church in London

The Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula is the parish church of the Tower of London. It is situated within the Tower's Inner Ward and dates from 1520. It is a Royal Peculiar. The name refers to St. Peter's imprisonment under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem. The Chapel is probably best known as the burial place of some of the most famous prisoners executed at the Tower, including Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey.

He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1488, a position he held until 1509.

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.

A memorial brass was installed in St George's Chapel, Windsor in his memory, and sketched around 1610 by Nicholas Charles, but is now lost. [3]

Nicholas Charles or Carles was an English officer of arms, the Lancaster Herald between 1609-1613. He made a copy of an early and rare 13th century roll of arms, the original of which is now lost, known after him as "Charles's Roll".

Notes

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. A History of the County of London: Volume 1: London within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark. William Page. 1909
  3. St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in the Fourteenth Century. Nigel Saul. Boydell Press. 2005. ISBN   9781843831174

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