Daniel Collins (priest) explained

Daniel Collins STP (died 29 March 1648) was a Canon of Windsor from 1631 to 1648^[1]

Career

He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1599, MA in 1601, BD in 1609 and DD in 1626.

He was appointed:

• Lecturer at Tring, Reader in Divinity at Ruislip
• Rector of Puttenham, Hertfordshire 1610
• Lecturer at Windsor
• Chaplain to King Charles I
• Fellow of Eton 1616 - 1648 and Vicar Provost
• Vicar of Ruislip 1617 - 1633, and 1640 - 1641
• Rector of Cowley, Middlesex 1629 - 1648
• Vicar of Mapledurham 1635 - 1637

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1631 and held the canonry until 1648.

Notes and References

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