George Gillingham

George Gillingham DD (d. 16 December 1668) was a Canon of Windsor from 1639 - 1668.[1]

Career

He was educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford where he graduated BA 1614 and MA in 1617. He was awarded DD from Pembroke College, Oxford in 1636.

He was appointed:

  • Rector of Ging Hospital (Fryerning), Essex 1630
  • Rector of Chalton with Clanfield, Hampshire 1633 - 1668[2]
  • Chaplain to King Charles I

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1639, despite being ejected in 1644 and effectively unable to function as a Canon, he held the stall until 1668.

Notes
  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. Athenae Oxonienses: An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who Have Had Their Education in the University of Oxford..., Volume 5. Anthony à Wood, Philip Bliss, Rivington, 1815


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