William Smyth
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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. On 24 September…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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. On 24 September 1485, one month after the battle of Bosworth and the consequent accession to the throne of Henry VII, Smyth was given the benefice of the deanery of Wimborne, Dorset, where Lady Margaret''s parents were buried. On 20 October 1485 he was made a canon and prebendary of St Stephen''s Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, where he became dean in 1490.