Henry Carpenter (priest)

Henry Carpenter D.D. (1606–1662) was a Canon of Windsor for a short period in 1662.

Career

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1624, and was conferred Doctor of Divinity in 1662.

He was appointed:

• Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry (1633–1636)
• Rector of Greatford, Lincolnshire (1635–1636)
• Vicar of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire (1636–1660)
• Rector of Hilperton, Wiltshire (1638–1662)
• Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons (1660)
• Prebendary of Yetminster in Salisbury Cathedral (1660)
• Rector of St Dionis Backchurch, London (1661–1662)
• Rector of Stapleford Tawney, Essex (1661–1662)

He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1662.

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