William of Wykeham
William of Wykeham (
1320 -
1404),
Bishop of
Winchester,
Chancellor of
England, founder of
Winchester College and of
New College, Oxford, and builder of a large part of
Windsor Castle, was born in
Wickham,
Hampshire. He was a close confidante of
Edward III.
His motto was 'Manners maketh man'. This, along with a heraldic style crest, were adopted by him and not acquired by descent. His biography was written by Bishop Lowth. He was also written about by Lord Brougham in his 'Old England's Worthies' (1857) and by Froissart.
See also
- CAMPBELL, Lives of the Lord Chancellors (London, 1848), I, xv, xvii
- DRANE, The Three Chancellors (London, 1882), 1-112
- KITCHIN, Winchester in Historic Towns Series (London, 1890).
- LOWTH, Life of William of Wykeham (London, 1759)
- MOBERLY, Life of William Wykeham (Wells, 1887)
- WALCOTT, William of Wykeham and his Colleges (London, 1897)