The life and career of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester 1447-1486

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Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History

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Virginia Grace Davis, 'The life and career of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester 1447-1486', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 1985, pp 476

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By training William Waynflete was a theologian, by vocation he was a schoolmaster. He was magister informator at Winchester College when he attracted the attention Henry VI who visited the college. Henry VI brought him to Eton College to be provost and advisor to this fledgling royal foundation. Waynflete influenced its development along Wykehamist lines.

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Qualification name: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Publisher: Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History
Type of material: thesis