William of Wayneflete
Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England, b. towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. at South Waltham, Hampshire, 11 August, 1486. Son of Richard Patten ( alias Barbour), a gentleman of Wayneflete, in Lincolnshire, and of Margery Brereton, he was educated at Winchester College, though not apparently a scholar on the foundation, and at the University of Oxford , where he graduated as bachelor of divinity. He seems to have been ordained sub-deacon at Spalding, the dates are somewhat uncertain) in January, 1420-1, deacon soon afterwards, and priest in 1426. Three years later he was appointed master at Winchester School, and in 1438 Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, presented him to the mastership of St. Mary Magdalene's hospital near that city, a preferment which doubled his income. In 1440 the young King Henry VI visited Winchester and made the acquaintance of Wayneflete, whom he selected to be first master and in 1443 provost of his newly-founded college of Eton, near Windsor. Here he laboured with much success for four years, winning high favour and regard from King Henry, who on the death of Beaufort in 1447 nominated Wayneflete as his successor in the See of Winchester. Nicholas V confirmed the appointment, and the new bishop was consecrate on 13 July, 1447, in Eton College chapel, and enthroned six months later in Winchester cathedral in presence of the king. Within a year of his taking possession of his see he manifested his zeal for learning by obtaining a royal charter for the foundation of a hall at Oxford dedicated to his old patroness St. Mary Magdalen. Magdalen Hall came into existed in August, 1448, and existed under that title for some ten years, after which it was replaced by the larger foundation, established on the site of the former hospital of St. John, and known ever since as Magdalen College. The buildings, including the chapel, were, as far as erected in the founder's life-time, completed by 1480, and in the following year Wayneflete's statutes were approved by Sixtus IV and duly promulgated. Before his death the founder largely increased the endowments of the college, chiefly by the annexation of ecclesiastical and monastic property ; and he also provided it with a large and valuable library. A grammar-school, for the education of the choristers and other junior members of the college, likewise formed part of the new foundation.
Returning to Wayneflete's early years as Bishop of Winchester, we soon find him involved in the political troubles of the time. The serious rebellion led by Jack Cade in 1450 was brought to an end mainly through the conciliatory and statesmanlike method in which Wayneflete dealt with the insurgents. In the still more formidable disturbances caused by the ambitious schemes of Richard, Duke of York, the bishop never ceased to labour in the cause of peace. His sympathy with the Lancastrian party partly exposed him, of course, to the odium of the Yorkists, who stirred up the people of Winchester against him and even intrigued to deprive him of his see. Henry VI, however, continued to extend to him his fullest confidence, named him visitor of the royal colleges of Eton and King's, Cambridge, and in 1456 appointed him chancellor of the kingdom in succession to Thomas Bourchier. Within a year of his receiving the great seal he found himself involved in the prosecution of his old friend and fellow-student, Reginald Peacocke, Bishop of Chichester, who was tried at Lambeth for teaching and preaching the Lollard errors. Peacocke was deposed from his see, and his books burned not only in London but also in Oxford, in pursuance of a decree obtained by Wayneflete from the convocation of the university. The War of the Roses, which broke out in 1458, placed the chancellor in a difficult position. The triumph of Henry at Ludlow was followed by a new outbreak of the Yorkists. Wayneflete's efforts for peace and conciliation were fruitless, and he resigned his chancellorship in July, 1460, a few days before the defeat of the Lancastrians at Northampton. A still more decisive victory of the Yorkists on Palm Sunday, 1461, resulted in the proclamation of the Duke of York as king (Edward IV), and lying in hiding for a year, recognized the new order of things and received a full pardon from King Edward. For a few years, released from cares of state, he busied himself with the administration of his diocese and the supervision of Eton College ; but in 1470, the revolt of Warwick "the king-maker" having released Henry VI from prison, Wayneflete performed the second coronation of his old master. The hopes of the Lancastrians were, however, finally destroyed by their total defeat at Barnet and Tewkesbury, and by the deaths of Henry and his son Edward. Wayneflete asked for, and obtained, another full pardon from Edward IV, swore fealty to him and his son, entertained him at Magdalen College, and assisted at his funeral in 1483. Richard III was also received by him at Magdalen, immediately after his coronation, and assigned certain estates to the college in memory of his visit. It was about this time that the venerable bishop, now in the thirty-eighth year of his episcopate, founded and endowed a grammar-school at Wayneflete, his native village, in Lincolnshire. Not long afterwards he retired to his palace of South Waltham, where he drew up and signed his will on 27 April, 1486, leaving all his lands to his beloved college at Oxford. He died less than four months later, and was buried in the chantry chapel built by himself behind the choir of Winchester Cathedral, where 5000 masses were by his direction celebrated for the repose of his soul, in honour of the Five Sacred Wounds. The effigy on his tomb has been thought by his biographers to be an authentic portrait; it is in any case a work of singular power and beauty.
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The term "wealth" is not used here in the technical sense in which it occurs in treatises on ...Wearmouth Abbey
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Born in Brittany, died at Marmoutiers, 23 May, 1124. For a time he was Archdeacon of Nantes, ...William
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Blessed William Filby Born in Oxfordshire between 1557 and 1560; suffered at Tyburn, 30 May, ...William Hart, Blessed
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A twelfth-century Scholastic, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Champeaux, near Melun, in the ...William of Conches
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(DEGULLEVILLE). A French poet of the fourteenth century. Nothing is known of his life, except ...William of Ebelholt, Saint
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Born 755; died 28 May, c. 812; was the second count of Toulouse, having attained that dignity in ...William of Jumièges
(Surnamed CALCULUS.) Benedictine historian of the eleventh century. Practically nothing seems ...William of Maleval, Saint
(or ST. WILLIAM THE GREAT). Died 10 February, 1157; beatified in 1202. His life, written ...William of Malmesbury
Born 30 November, about 1090; died about 1143. He was educated at Malmesbury, where he became a ...William of Moerbeke
Scholar, Orientalist, philosopher, and one of the most distinguished men of letters of the ...William of Nangis
(GUILHELMUS). A medieval chronicler, who takes his name from the City of Nancy, France. ...William of Newburgh
Historian, b. at Bridlington, Yorkshire, 1136; d. at Newburgh, Yorkshire, 1198, where he went as ...William of Norwich, Saint
Born 1132; died 22 March, 1144. On Holy Saturday, 25 March, 1144, a boy's corpse showing signs of ...William of Ockham
Fourteenth-century Scholastic philosopher and controversial writer, born at or near the village ...William of Paris, Saint
Abbot of Eskill in Denmark, born 1105; died 1202. He was born of a noble French family, and ...William of Perth, Saint
(Or ST. WILLIAM OF ROCHESTER). Martyr, born at Perth ; died about 1201. Practically all that ...William of Poitiers
Norman historian, born of a noted family, at Préaux near Pont Audemer, Normandy, about 1020. ...William of Ramsey
Flourished about 1219. Nothing is known of his life except that he was a monk of Crowland Abbey ...William of Sens
A twelfth-century French architect, supposed to have been born at Sens. He is referred to in ...William of Shoreham
( Or de Schorham.) An English religious writer of the Anglo-Norman period, born at ...William of St-Amour
A thirteenth century theologian and controversialist, born in Burgundy in the first decades of ...William of St-Thierry
Theologian and mystic, and so called from the monastery of which he was abbot, b. at ...William of Turbeville
(TURBE, TURBO, or DE TURBEVILLE). Bishop of Norwich (1146-74), b. about 1095; d. at Norwich ...William of Tyre
Archbishop of Tyre and historian, born probably in Palestine, of a European family which had ...William of Vercelli
(Or WILLIAM OF MONTE VERGINE.) The founder of the Hermits of Monte Vergine, or Williamites, ...William of Ware
(William de Warre, Guard, Guaro, Varro or Varron.) Born at Ware in Herts; the date of his ...William of Wayneflete
Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England, b. towards the end of the fourteenth century; ...William of Wykeham
Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England and founder of Winchester College ; b. between ...William Perault
(PERAULD, PERALDUS, PERALTUS). Writer and preacher, b. at Perault, France ; d. at Lyons ; ...William the Clerk (of Normandy)
French poet of the thirteenth century. Nothing is known of his life except that he was a clerk of ...William the Conqueror
King of England and Duke of Normandy. William was the natural son of Robert, Duke of ...William the Walloon
Date of birth unknown; d. (probably) 22 Dec., 1089. He became Abbot of St. Arnoul at Metz in ...William, Blessed
Abbot of Hirschau, monastic reformer, born in Bavaria ; died at Hirschau, 5 July 1091. He ...William, Saint
(WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, also called WILLIAM OF THWAYT). Archbishop of York. Tradition ...William, Saint
Bishop of St-Brieuc, born in the parish of St. Alban, Brittany, between 1178 and 1184; died ...Williamites
There were two minor religious orders or congregations of this name: (1) a Benedictine ...Willibald and Winnebald, Saints
(WUNIBALD, WYNNEBALD). Members of the Order of St. Benedict, brothers, natives probably of ...Willibrord, Saint
Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of the Frisians, and son of St. Hilgis, born in Northumbria, 658; ...Willigis, Saint
Archbishop of Mainz, d. 23 Feb., 1011. Feast, 23 February or 18 April. Though of humble birth ...Williram
(WALTRAM, WILTRAM). Scriptural scholar, b. in Franconia (near Worms), Germany ; d. in 1085 at ...Wilmers, Wilhelm
Professor of philosophy and theology, b. at Boke in Westphalia, 30 January, 1817; d. at ...Wilmington, Diocese of
(WILMINGTONIENSIS). Erected 3 March, 1868. It includes what is known as the Delmarvia ...Wilton Abbey
A Benedictine convent in Wiltshire, England, three miles from Salisbury. A first foundation was ...Wilton, Richard
Died December 21, 1239. He was a medieval scholar of whom little is known except that he was an ...Wimborne Minster
( Also WIMBURN or WINBURN). Located in Dorsetshire, England. Between the years 705-23 a ...Wimmer, Boniface
Archabbot, b. at Thalmassing, Bavaria, 14 January, 1809; d. at St. Vincent Archabbey, Beatty, ...Wimpfeling, Jakob
Humanist and theologian, b. at Schlettstadt, Alsace, 25 July 1450; d. there, 17 Nov., 1528. He ...Wimpina, Konrad
(WIMINAE, WIMINESIS). Theologian, b. at Buchen in Baden, about 1465; d. at Amorbach in Lower ...Winchester, Ancient See of
(WINTONIA, WINTONIENSIS). This diocese came into existence in 635 when the great ...Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
Archaeologist and historian of ancient art, born at Stendal near Magdeburg, in 1717; assassinated ...Windesheim
An Augustinian monastery situated about four miles south of Zwolle on the Issel, in the Kingdom ...Winding Sheet of Christ, Feast of the Holy
In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of Christ was brought to ...Windischmann, Friedrich Heinrich Hugo
Orientalist and exegete, b. at Aschaffenburg, 13 December, 1811; d. at Munich, 23 August, ...Windischmann, Karl Joseph Hieronymus
Philosopher, b. at Mainz, 25 August, 1775; d. at Bonn, 23 April, 1839. He attended the gymnasium ...Window, Rose
A circular window, with mullions and traceries generally radiating from the centre, and filled ...Windows in Church Architecture
From the beginning Christian churches, in contrast to the ancient temples, were intended to be ...Windsor
A town of great antiquity, on the Thames, in Berkshire, England ; quaintly rendered Ventus ...Windthorst, Ludwig
Born near Osnabrück, 17 January, 1812; died 14 March, 1891. He came from a family of ...Wine, Altar
Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. For valid ...Winefride, Saint
Born at Holywell, Wales, about 600; died at Gwytherin, Wales, 3 Nov., 660. Her father was ...Wingham, Thomas
Born in London, 5 January, 1846; died there, 24 March, 1893. He studied music at Wylde's London ...Winnebago Indians
A tribe of Siouan stock closely related in speech to the Iowa, Missouri, and Oto, and more ...Winnebald and Willibald, Saints
(WUNIBALD, WYNNEBALD). Members of the Order of St. Benedict, brothers, natives probably of ...Winnoc, Saint
Abbot or Prior or Wormhoult, died 716 or 717. Three lives of this saint are extant: the best of ...Winona, Diocese of
(WINONENSIS). Established in 1889, suffragan of St. Paul, comprises the following counties in ...Winslow, Jakob Benignus
(WINSLOW). Physician and anatomist, b. at Odense, Denmark, 27 April, 1669; d. in Paris, 3 ...Winwallus, Saint
Abbot of Landevennec; d. 3 March, probably at the beginning of the sixth century, though the ...Winzet, Ninian
Benedictine abbot and controversial writer, b. at Renfrew, Scotland, 1518; d. at Ratisbon, 21 ...Wipo
(WIPPO). Apparently a native of Burgundy, lived in the first half of the eleventh century. He ...Wireker, Nigel
Satirist, lived about 1190. He describes himself as old in the "Speculum Stultorum", which was ...Wirt, Wigand
Theologian, born at Frankfort about 1460; died at Steyer, 30 June, 1519. He entered the ...Wisconsin
Known as the "Badger State", admitted to the Union on 29 May, 1848, the seventeenth state ...Wisdom, Book of
One of the deutero-canonical writings of the Old Testament, placed in the Vulgate between the ...Wisdom, Daughters of
(LES FILLES DE LA SAGESSE). Founded at Poitiers by Blessed Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort ...Wise Men (Magi)
(Plural of Latin magus ; Greek magoi ). The "wise men from the East" who came to adore ...Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick
Cardinal, first Archbishop of Westminster ; b. at Seville, 2 Aug., 1802; d. in London, 15 ...Witchcraft
It is not easy to draw a clear distinction between magic and witchcraft. Both are concerned with ...Witness
One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof. Witnesses are employed in ...Witt, Francis Xavier
Reformer of church music, founder of the St. CeciliaSociety for German-speaking countries, ...Wittenberg
The city is in Prussian Saxony and was founded by Albert the Bear (d. 1170). He had conquered ...Wittman, George Michael
Bishop-elect of Ratisbon, b. near Pleistein, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, 22 (23?) Jan., 1760; d. at ...Wittman, Patrizius
Catholic journalist, b. at Ellwanger, Würtemberg, 4 January, 1818; d. at Munich, 3 ...Witzel, Georg
(WICELIUS). Theologian, b. at Vacha, Province of Hesse, 1501; d. at Mainz, 16 Feb., 1573. He ...Wl 1
Wl 1
Wladislaw, Diocese of
(Polish WLOCLAWEK; Latin VLADISLAVIENSIS ET POMERANLAE). The historical origin of this ...Wo 23
Wo 23
Wolff, George Dering
Editor, b. at Martinsburg, West Virginia , 25 Aug., 1822; d. at Norristown, Pennsylvania, 29 ...Wolfgang, Saint
Bishop of Ratisbon (972-994), born about 934; died at the village of Pupping in upper Austria, ...Wolfram von Eschenbach
Generally regarded as the greatest of Middle-High-German epic poets, date of birth unknown; d. ...Wolgemut, Michael
Painter and engraver, b. at Nuremberg, 1434; d. there, 1519. He was the most prominent artist of ...Wolowski, Louis-François-Michel-Reymond
Born at Warsaw, 31 Aug., 1810; d. at Gisors, Eure, 15 Aug., 1876. His father, a member of the ...Wolsey, Thomas
Cardinal, Archbishop of York, b. at Ipswitch, the usually accepted date, 1471, being probably ...Wolstan, Saint
Benedictine, and Bishop of Worcester, b. at Long Itchington, Warwickshire, England, about 1008; ...Woman
Of late years the position of woman in human society has given rise to a discussion which, as part ...Wood, Thomas
Priest and confessor, b. about 1499; d. in Wisbech Castle before 1588. After being prebendary ...Wood-Carving
In general, the production from wood of objects of trade or art by means of sharp instruments, as ...Woodcock, Venerable John
English Franciscan martyr, b. at Leyland, Lancashire, 1603; suffered at Lancaster, 7 August, ...Woodhead, Abraham
Born at Almonbury, Yorkshire, about March, 1609; died at Hoxton, Middlesex, 4 May, 1678. This ...Woodhouse, Blessed Thomas
Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573, being disembowelled alive. Ordained in Mary's ...Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison
Priest and scientist, b. at Southwark, London, 15 Nov., 1832; d. at Sydney, New South Wales, 7 ...Worcester, Ancient Diocese of
(WIGORNIENSIS.) Located in England, created in 680 when, at the Synod of Hatfield under ...Words (in Canon Law)
To give the right value to words is a very important factor in the proper interpretation of ...World, Antiquity of the
Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world. Two groups of scientists have ...Wormwood
( Hebrew la'anah .) Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness ( Jeremiah 9:15 ; 23:15 ; ...Worship, Christian
NOTION AND CHARACTERISTICS The word worship (Saxon weorthscipe , "honour"; from worth , ...Worsley, Edward
Born in Lancashire, England, 1605; died at Antwerp, 2 Sept., 1676. He is said to have been ...Worthington, Thomas, D.D.
Third President of Douai College , b. 1549 at Blainscough Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire; d. at ...Wounds, The Five Sacred
Devotion The revival of religious life and the zealous activity of St. Bernard and St. ...Wouters, G. Henry
Historian, b. at Oostham, Belgian Limburg, 3 May, 1802; d. 5 January, 1872. In 1829 he became ...Wr 2
Wr 2
Wright, Venerable Peter
Martyr, b. at Slipton, Northamptonshire, 1603; suffered at Tyburn, 19 May, 1651. After spending ...Wright, William
Born at York, 1562; died 18 Jan., 1639. Though he came late (23) to his studies, he then made ...Wu 2
Wu 2
Wulfen, Franz Xaver Freiherr von
Botanist, b. at Belgrade, 5 November, 1728; d. at Klagenfurt, 17 March, 1805. He was the son of ...Wulfram, Saint
(VULFRAMNUS.) Bishop of Sens, missionary in Frisi, born at Milly near Fontainebleau, probably ...Wy 5
Wy 5
Wyart, Théophile-Louis-Henri
(In religion DOM SEBASTIAN). Abbot of Cîteaux and Abbot-General of the Order of ...Wyche, Saint Richard de
Bishop and confessor, b. about 1197 at Droitwich, Worcestershire, from which his surname is ...Wyclif, John
(WYCLIFFE, or WICLIF, etc.). Writer and "reformer", b. probably at Hipswell near Richmond, ...Wyntoun, Andrew of
Scottish chronicler, born (as we know from the internal evidence of his writings) in the reign ...Latest
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