Author: Walcott, Mackenzie E C
Title: William Of Wykeham And His Colleges
Description: David Nutt, Winchester, 1852, 1st edition. Original cloth, G. xvi+473+xvi+[8]pp+1pp publishers adverts, 5 steel engraved plates with tissue guards, 27 woodcut illustrations, index, subscribers list, cloth worn especially to the head of the spine where the binding is frayed, corrners bumped, pages a little yellowed & fore edges thumbed, a good copy. Binders ticket of Westleys on the pastedown. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Biography of William of Wykeham [ 1324 - 1404 ], Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded several educational establishments, including Winchester College & New College Oxford. His political career under Edward III & Richard II was tumultuous & fraught with danger - yet he managed to accumulate great personal wealth with which he founded his Colleges.

Keywords: biography, medieval history, winchester, theology, oxford, richard II, edward III