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Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Chancellor. He wanted a college on the grandest scale, and his foundation was the largest in Oxford, with 40 Fellows, 30 scholars (known at Magdalen as Demies), and a large choir for his Chapel.
Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England [ 6 ] and named after St Mary Magdalene. The college succeeded a university hall called Magdalen Hall, founded by Waynflete in 1448, and from which the college drew most of its earliest scholars. [ 9 ]
Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Chancellor. It is one of the oldest, largest, and most beautiful colleges in Oxford.
Aug 7, 2024 · 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.
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William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and later Henry VI’s Lord High Chancellor of England who “made a great reputation as headmaster, first of Winchester, and later of Eton” (99), founded a “hall at Oxford for the study of theology and philosophy” that became the college St Mary Magdalen, commonly known as Magdalen College.
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 ...
Aug 30, 2013 · Magdalen College was founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England, on the site of the Hospital of St. John. In this charter, dated 12 Jun 1458, Waynflete formally inaugurates his new foundation.
