William Waynflete

Type Figure Region England Time c. 1398–1486 Also known as William Waynflete、William Patten、William of Wainfleet

William Waynflete (c. 1398–1486) was Bishop of Winchester, chancellor, and educator, an important ecclesiastical and secular leader of the late Lanca…

Timeline

1429–1443Winchester · HampshireWaynflete became headmaster of Winchester College around 1429 and directed its teaching and administration from 1431 to 1440, earning a reputation for rigorous scholarship and supplying the Lancastrian court with numerous administrative and ecclesiastical figures.
1443–1447Eton · BerkshireIn 1443 he moved to become provost of Eton College while also serving as a clergyman at the court of Henry VI, participating in royal educational planning and accumulating resources and connections for his later founding of Magdalen College.
1447–1486Winchester · HampshireHe was elevated to Bishop of Winchester in 1447, served twice as chancellor in 1450 and 1454, founded Magdalen College, Oxford in 1456, mediated political affairs as an ecclesiastical leader during the Wars of the Roses, and died at Winchester in 1486.

Sources

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: William Waynflete (2004) https://www.oxforddnb.com/