William of Waynflete

William of Waynflete (born 1395?, Wainfleet-All-Saints, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died Aug. 11, 1486, Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire) was an English lord chancellor and bishop of Winchester who founded Magdalen College of the University of Oxford. Little is known of his early years, but he evidently earned a reputation as a scholar before becoming master of Winchester College in 1429. He became a fellow at Eton in 1440 and was provost there in 1443. He was a great favourite...