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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,
If you were rich, you could lay down provision for your soul in perpetuity. My own Oxford College, New College, was founded in 1379 (it was new then) by one of that century’s great philanthropists, William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. A medieval bishop could become the Bill Gates of the age, controlling the equivalent of the information ...
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from WIkipedia: William of Wykeham (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. Early life.
Wykeham's Register: William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, 1366-1404: T. F. Kirby Lollard Society, 1899 Worcester: Worcester Diocese: Bishops' Registers : Mel Lockie Worcestershire Historical Society, 2021: an online database of diocesan registers, 1275–1538, including the Sede vacante years York: York's Archbishops Registers
WYKEHAM, or more correctly WICKHAM, WILLIAM (1539–1595), successively bishop of Lincoln and Winchester, born in 1539, claimed descent from William of Wykeham [q. v.], bishop of Winchester, but was a member of a different family. He was the son of John Wickham of the manor-house of Honylands or Pentriches in Enfield, Middlesex, by his wife Barbara, only daughter and heiress of William
