James Denton (priest)
James Denton (died 23 February 1533) was a Canon of Windsor from 1509 to 1533[1] Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1523 - 1533, and Dean of Lichfield from 1523 to 1532.
Career[]
He 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 of England
- Dean of Lichfield 1522 - 1533
- Archdeacon of Cleveland 1523 - 1532
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.[2] This property was demolished in 1895.
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Categories:
- 1533 deaths
- Canons of Windsor
- Archdeacons of Cleveland
- Deans of Lichfield
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of King's College, Cambridge