The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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William of Wykeham (1320 or 1324 - 27 Sep 1404)

Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England, founder of New College, Oxford, in 1379 and Winchester College, Oxford, in 1382. He was also the clerk of works when much of Windsor Castle was built. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/30127 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Wykeham References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Historica descriptio complectans vitam ac res gestas beatissimi viri Gulielmi Wicami quondam Vintoniensis Episcopi, & Angliæ Cancellarii, & Fundatoris duorum Collegiorum, Oxoniæ & Vintoniæ
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 7 Historica Descriptio Vitæ Gul. Wickami, Winton. Episcopi, et 7 alii