William Waynflete

William Waynflete
Bishop of Winchester
Church	Roman Catholic
Appointed	10 May 1447
Term ended	11 August 1486
Predecessor	Henry Beaufort
Successor	Peter Courtenay
Orders
Ordination	21 January 1426
Consecration	30 July 1447 by John Stafford
Personal details
Born	c. 1398 Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England
Died	11 August 1486 Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England

William Waynflete (c. 1398^[a] – 11 August 1486), born William Patten, was Headmaster of Winchester College (1429–1441), Provost of Eton College (1442–1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447–1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456–1460). He founded Magdalen College, Oxford, and three subsidiary schools, namely Magdalen College School in Oxford, Magdalen College School, Brackley in Northamptonshire and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire.
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