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Early life. William of Wykeham (born William Longe) was the son of John Longe, a freeman from Wickham in Hampshire. He was educated at a school in Winchester, and probably enjoyed early patronage from two local men, Sir Ralph Sutton, constable of Winchester Castle, and Sir John Scures, lord of the manor of Wickham, and then from Thomas Foxley, Constable of Windsor Castle.
May 8, 2018 · William of Wykeham. William of Wykeham (1324–1404) English bishop and political leader. As Bishop of Winchester from 1367, he was prominent in royal counsels. He served as chancellor (1367–71) under Edward III and again (1389–91) under Richard II. He founded Winchester College, Winchester, and New College, Oxford.
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Jan 3, 2015 · William died at his Episcopal Palace of Bishop’s Waltham, not far from Wickham where he was born, at about eight o’clock on the morning of Saturday 27th September 1404 at the grand old age of 80 years. He was buried in Winchester Cathedral, in a wonderful Chantry Chapel he had prepared some years before. Tomb of Bishop Wykeham.
Dec 1, 2009 · Book Reviews. 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 ...
- Chris Given-Wilson
- 2009
In Hampshire’s county ancient Wykeham lies, A humble hamlet, modest in its size. There John, with surname Long, lived out his life, And with him lived fair Sibyl, his good wife. This very village witnessed William’s birth, These very folk produced a child of worth. Thus, through his life as Wykeham he was known,
2 days ago · Date accessed: 9 May, 2024. In the six centuries after his death in 1404 William Wykeham, bishop of Winchester, has not lacked biographers. As prelate and patron of learning, he inspired pious remembrance. Dr Thomas Aylward, one of his executors, composed a brief memoir shortly after his death, and Robert Heete, a beneficiary of his patronage ...
