Richard Wyot (priest, died 1463) explained

Richard Wyot MA (also Wyott) (died 1463) was a Canon of Windsor from 1436 to 1449^[1] and Archdeacon of Middlesex from 1443 to 1463.

Career

He was appointed:

• Prebendary of Empringham in Lincoln Cathedral 1432
• Rector of Bainton, East Yorkshire 1433
• Rector of Huggate, East Yorkshire 1434-1443
• Dean of the Chapel of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester
• Archdeacon of Middlesex 1443
• Prebendary of Brondesbury in St Paul's Cathedral 1444-1449
• Rector of Barley, Hertfordshire 1454

He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1436, a position he held until 1459.

Notes and References

1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.