Author: Lowth, Robert
Title: The Life Of William Of Wykeham, Bishop Of Winchester. Collected From Records, Registers, Manuscripts, And Other Authentic Records
Description: Oxford [ University Press ] at the Clarendon Press sold by D Prince : and by J Dodsley and T Cadell, London, 1777, 3rd edition, corrected. Later half morocco, VG. xxxii+321+lii pp, engraved frontis, 1 folding plate, wide margins, two large scorch marks to the page margins just affecting the text but not imparing the legibility, leather rubbed & worn to the edges but the binding in good strong order, Ex Libris Stacey Grimaldi with his armorial bookplate & ink note to the first blank, Ex Law Society with their armorial bookplate to the pastedown & small ink stamp to the title, occasional page margin & folding plate, a nice copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Biography of William of Wykeham [ 1324 - 1404 ], Bishop of Winchester & founder of Winchester College & New College Oxford. Upon his death he was one of the wealthiest men in England. Stacey Grimaldi [ 1790 - 1863 ] lawyer, antiquary & author.

Keywords: medieval history, winchester, biography, oxford university