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William Waynflete (c. 1398 – 11 August 1486), born William Patten, was Headmaster of Winchester College (1429–1441), Provost of Eton College (1442–1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447–1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456–1460).
15 apr 2024 · William of Waynflete (born 1395?, Wainfleet-All-Saints, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died Aug. 11, 1486, Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire) was an English lord chancellor and bishop of Winchester who founded Magdalen College of the University of Oxford.
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WAYNFLETE, William in "Enciclopedia Italiana" - Treccani - Treccani. WAYNFLETE (o WAYNFLEET), William. Vescovo di Winchester, lord cancelliere d'Inghilterra, nato intorno al 1395, e morto a South Waltham (Hampshire) l'11 agosto 1486.
Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Chancellor. He wanted a college on the grandest scale, and his foundation was the largest in Oxford, with 40 Fellows, 30 scholars (known at Magdalen as Demies), and a large choir for his Chapel.
History. Foundation. Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England [6] and named after St Mary Magdalene. The college succeeded a university hall called Magdalen Hall, founded by Waynflete in 1448, and from which the college drew most of its earliest scholars. [9] .
It was founded by William Waynflete about 1480 as part of Magdalen College, Oxford. The school is run by a headmaster, known since the foundation of the school simply as "the Master" and controlled by a Board of Governors, who appoint the Master. It has both a senior school and a junior school.
WAYNFLETE, WILLIAM. Bishop, chancellor of England; b. Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, c. 1394; d. South Waltham, Hampshire, Aug. 11, 1486. Having studied at oxford, he was made headmaster of Winchester College (1429 – 42) and provost of Henry VI's new school at Eton, (1442 – 47).
