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Richard Milward (priest)

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Richard Milward DD (c. 1609 – 20 December 1680) was a Canon of Windsor from 1666 to 1680[1]

Career

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He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1629, MA in 1632, and DD in 1662.

He was appointed:

  • Rector of Braxted, Essex 1643 - 1680
  • Vicar of Isleworth 1678 - 1680

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1666 and held the canonry until 1680.

Works

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Milward acted as amanuensis to John Selden, and edited his Table Talk (1689).[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ "Milward, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.