Nathaniel Giles (priest) explained

Nathaniel Giles (born 1591) was a Canon of Windsor from 1624 to 1644.^[1]

Family

He was born in 1591, the son of Nathaniel Giles, master of the Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.^[2]

Career

He was appointed:

• Rector of Newbury, Berkshire 1619
• Rector of Newton Longueville, Buckinghamshire 1620
• Prebendary of Worcester 1627
• Rector of Chinnor, Oxford 1628 - 1644
• Rector of Sloley, Norfolk 1629
• Rector of Ruislip, 1648

He was appointed to the tenth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1624 and held the canonry until 1644.

Notes and References

1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
2. Giles, Nathaniel (c.1558–1634) Neville Wridgway, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004