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Roger Browne (priest)

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Roger Browne BD (circa 1541 - June 1601)[1] was a Canon of Windsor from 1571 to 1601[2]

Career

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He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1561, MA in 1564, BD in 1576.[1]

He was Vicar of South Weald, Essex (1567-1576), Rector of Duddinghurst (1567-1584), and Rector of Farnham Royal (1589-1601).[1]

He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1571 and held the canonry until 1601.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Browne, Roger (BRWN556R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle