James Denton (priest)
James Denton (died 23 February 1533) was an English cleric. He was a Canon of Windsor from 1509 to 1533,[1] Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1523 to 1533, and Dean of Lichfield from 1523 to 1532.
Career[edit]
Denton was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1490, MS in 1492 and D.Can.L. in 1505 (incorporated from Valencia).
He was appointed:
- Rector of St Olave's Church, Southwark 1507
- Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral 1509
- Prebendary of Highworth in Salisbury Cathedral 1509
- Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral 1514
- Rector of St Swithun's Church, Headbourne Worthy, Hampshire
- Almoner and Chancellor to Mary Tudor, Queen of France
- Chaplain to Henry VIII
- Dean of Lichfield 1522–1533[2]
- Archdeacon of Cleveland 1523–1532[3]
He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1509, a position he held until 1533. He built a property in 1519 adjacent to the chapel, known as Denton's Commons, as a residence for the choristers and chantry priests to live and eat.[4] This property was demolished in 1895.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541, vol. 10, 1964, pp. 5–7
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541, vol. 6, 1963, pp. 19–21
- ^ Annals of Windsor. Robert Richard Tighe and James Edward Davis. 1858