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William Waynflete

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Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Winchester

Religious FiguresLived 1398 to 1486 · aged 88
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William Waynflete, born William Patten, was Headmaster of Winchester College (1429-1441), Provost of Eton College (1442-1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447-1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456-1460).

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William Waynflete, born William Patten, was Headmaster of Winchester College (1429-1441), Provost of Eton College (1442-1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447-1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456-1460). He founded Magdalen College, Oxford, and three subsidiary schools, namely Magdalen College School in Oxford, Magdalen College School, Brackley in Northamptonshire and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire.

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Lived 1398 to 1486 · aged 88
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