William Waynflete

Also known as: Wainfléet / William Patin · Family: England · Role: bishop of Winchester and lord chancellor of England · First appears: Henry VI 37

Life events

c. 1448 · William Waynflete was consecrated bishop of Winchester.(Henry VI 37)
- “first consecrate bishop of Winchester”
c. 1448 · William Waynflete was chosen lord chancellor of England.(Henry VI 37 · 📍 England)
- With: Henry VI
- “then anon after for wisedome and integritie chosen lord chancellor of England”
c. 1448 · William Waynflete erected Magdalene College in Oxford.(Henry VI 37 · 📍 Oxford)
- “the godlie erection of that worthie worke, Magdalene colledge in Oxford”
c. 1448 · William Waynflete's surname was changed from Paten to Wainfléet.(Henry VI 37)
- “was changed his fathers surname Paten to Wainfléet of the towne where he was borne in Lincolnshire”

parent: Richard Patin “One William Patin, son and heire to Richard his father, and eldest brother to Iohn that deceassed deane of Chichester, and to Richard that liued and died at Baslo in Derbishire.”
siblings with John Patin “One William Patin, son and heire to Richard his father, and eldest brother to Iohn that deceassed deane of Chichester, and to Richard that liued and died at Baslo in Derbishire.”
siblings with Richard of Baslo “One William Patin, son and heire to Richard his father, and eldest brother to Iohn that deceassed deane of Chichester, and to Richard that liued and died at Baslo in Derbishire.”
sworn: Henry VI “This William was a person by parentage borne a gentleman, for vertue and learning first consecrate bishop of Winchester, then anon after for wisedome and integritie chosen lord chancellor of England: wherein his prudence made eminent, in warilie wielding the weight of that office at those daies, which were so dangerous for all estates to liue in.”
with Thomas Fanshaw (Thomas Fanshaw held a deed among William Waynflete's evidences.) “a faire déed remaining among other his proper euidences, in the hands of the worshipful maister Thomas Fanshaw esquier, the quéenes maiesties remembrancer in the escheker at Westminster.”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.