William Smyth

The Right Reverend William Smyth
Bishop of Lincoln
Church	Roman Catholic
Appointed	6 November 1496
Term ended	2 January 1514
Predecessor	John Russell
Successor	Thomas Wolsey
Orders
Consecration	3 February 1493 by John Morton
Personal details
Born	c. 1460 Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire
Died	2 January 1514 Buckden Palace
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield

William Smyth (or Smith) (c. 1460 – 2 January 1514) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches. He became very wealthy and was a benefactor of a number of institutions. He was a co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford and endowed a grammar school in the village of his birth in Lancashire.