Henry Carpenter (priest)

Henry Carpenter D.D. (1606–1662) was a Canon of Windsor for a short period in 1662.

Career

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford where he graduated B.A. in 1624, DD in 1662.

He was appointed:

• Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry 1633 – 1636
• Rector of Greatford, Lincolnshire 1635 – 1636
• Vicar of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire 1636 – 1660
• Rector of Hilperton, Wiltshire 1638 – 1662
• Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons 1660
• Prebendary of Yetminster in Salisbury Cathedral 1660
• Rector of St Dionis Backchurch, London 1661 – 1662
• Rector of Stapleford Tawney, Essex 1661 – 1662

He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1662.