Hugh Blythe

Hugh Blythe (also Hugo Blythe) B.D. (died 1610) was a Canon of Windsor from 1572 to 1610[1] and Archdeacon of Leicester from 1589 to 1591.

Career

He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1564, MA in 1567, BD.

He was appointed:

  • Headmaster of Eton College ca. 1559
  • Rector of Appleby, Leicestershire 1572
  • Archdeacon of Leicester 1589 - 1591

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1572 and held this until he died in 1610.

Notes

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