David Stokes DD (died 10 May 1669) was a Canon of Windsor from 1628 to 1669.
Career
He was educated at Westminster School and then Trinity College, Cambridge where he was awarded a BA in 1615. From Peterhouse, Cambridge he was awarded an MA in 1618, and a DD in 1630.
He was appointed:
- Fellow of Eton College (deprived 1644)
- Rector of Brinklow, Warwickshire 1625
- Rector of Binfield, Berkshire 1631 (deprived 1644)
- Precentor of Chichester Cathedral 1629 - 1631
- Rector of Everden 1638
- Rector of Urchfont, Wiltshire 1644.
He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1628, a position he held until 1669, except for the period of the Commonwealth of England.
Notes
- Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- Memoirs of the Life and Works of Lancelot Andrewes, Lord Bishop of Winchester. Arthur Tozer Russell, J. Palmer. 1860