William of Wykeham
an English statesman; born in Wykeham, Hampshire, England, in 1324. He received a liberal education from the lord of the WILLIAMS manor of Wykeham, and was afterward recommended by him to the notice of Edward III. Having taken holy orders he was elevated to the rich see of Winchester, and in 1367 appointed to the chancellorship of England. He founded (1373) a grammar school at Winchester, which still exists; and about the same time founded a college at Oxford, now. called New College. In the last years of his life he rebuilt Winchester Cathedral.
He died in 1404.