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William of Wykeham ( / ˈwɪkəm /; 1320 or 1324 – 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded New College, Oxford, and New College School in 1379, and founded Winchester College in 1382. He was also the clerk of works when much of Windsor Castle was built.
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16 apr 2024 · chancellor (1367-1371), England. William of Wykeham (born 1324, Wickham, Hampshire, Eng.—died Sept. 27, 1404, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire) was an English prelate and statesman, the founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford. Wykeham evidently came from a very poor family.
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8 mag 2018 · History. British and Irish History: Biographies. William of Wykeham. Wykeham, William of. views 3,516,660 updated May 08 2018. WYKEHAM, WILLIAM OF. Bishop, chancellor, and founder of New College (Oxford) and Winchester grammar school; b. Wickham, Hampshire, 1324; d. Sept. 27, 1404. Wykeham's mother was perhaps of gentle birth.
Enciclopedia dell' Arte Medievale (2000) WILLIAM di Wykeham. J.H. Harvey. Vescovo e committente inglese, nato a Wickham (Hampshire) intorno al 1324 - da John Long e Sibil Bowate - e morto il 27 settembre 1404.
1 dic 2009 · William Wykeham, the ‘peasant boy’ who became chancellor of England and bishop of one of the wealthiest sees in Christendom, about whom Froissart famously remarked that ‘everything was done by him, and nothing was done without him’, has indeed, as Virginia Davis remarks at the outset of this book, been ‘oddly neglected’ by modern historians.
The history of Winchester College began in 1382 with its foundation by William of Wykeham. He was a former Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to both Edward III and Richard II. He decided to found the school in response to the lack of trained priests after the Black Death.
