!Notes: Richard Carpenter, Vicar of Ramsbury, was the progenitor of both the Providence, RI and Rehoboth, MA, lines from which the majority of the American Carpenter families of English origin descend. He was a Catholic priest.
WFT # 945 "according to Oxford University records he came from Hereford; had brothers James, John and William; was Canon of Westbury on Trym, Gloucester; Vicar of Mixbury in Oxford and Trottescliffe, Kent; Vicar of Ramsbury, Wiltshire and Vicar General to the Bishop of Salisbury. In his will it mentions sons Robert and Peter. He was educated at Oxford and served the church in Westbury. His descendants are believed to include the Simon carpenter who was located in Verginia in 1658 and Queen Elizabeth II." from corres. w/Helen Carpenter Burns 1990