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4 unusual facts about William Waynflete


1395

William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (d. 1486)

1486

May 11William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. 1395)

Waynflete

William Waynflete (1395-1486), English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester

Waynflete School

During a trip to England, they became interested in statesman and educator William Waynflete, after whom the school is named.


Paston Letters

But in 1474 an arrangement was made with William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, the representative of the excluded executors, by which some of the estates were surrendered to the bishop for charitable purposes, while Paston was secured in the possession of others.


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