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6 days ago · William of Wykeham was an English prelate and statesman, the founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford. Wykeham evidently came from a very poor family. Wealthy patrons helped him obtain an education, and about 1356 he entered the service of King Edward III.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Morning Hills 2024. The ancient history of St Catherine’s Hill goes back to pre-Roman times. It takes its name from St Catherine’s Chapel, built on the summit possibly around the early 12th Century. The Wykehamical association with Hills probably dates from 1538, when Thomas Wriothesley, who was connected to the College, took a lease of the ...
Sep 6, 2024 · The 500th anniversary of the opening of Winchester College was celebrated a year early in 1893 and the occasion prompted much discussion of how the College should mark the centenary.
Sep 17, 2024 · Jane Austen came to Winchester in May 1817, to seek medical treatment from a surgeon at the county hospital. With her sister Cassandra, she took lodgings in College Street, a part of the city already familiar to the Austen family.
Sep 1, 2024 · Andover’s history was greatly affected by Winchester College which, from an early period, bought property and lands in and around the town. The college was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382.
Sep 19, 2024 · On the dissolution of this college among the smaller houses, in 1536, it formed one of the numerous grants made by Henry VIII. to Thomas Wriothesley, who sold the site to the warden and fellows of Winchester College for £360.
Sep 12, 2024 · History Made at Women's Henley Regatta. Winchester College pupil makes history as the school's first entrant to the Women's Henley Regatta.
