title: Richard Bowyer (priest)
text: # Richard Bowyer (priest)
  
  Richard Bowyer (died 12 May 1471) was a Canon of Windsor from 1459–1471
  
  ## Career
  
  He was appointed:
  
  * Rector of Chingford, Essex
  * Prebendary of Morehall in the collegiate church of Gnosall 1452–1461
  * Rector of St Mildred Poultry 1455–1471
  * Chaplain within the Household.
  
  He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1459, a position he held until 1471.
  
  