Thomas Beckington
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Thomas Beckington (also spelt Beckynton; c. 1390 – 14 January 1465) was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and King's Secretary in medieval England under Henry VI.
Life
Beckington was born at
At this time Beckington was acting as secretary to Henry VI, and soon after his return in 1443 he was appointed
Beckington is buried at
Beckington played a leading role as architect of the legal aspects of Henry VI's foundation of Eton College in 1440; he is commemorated in the name of the school's central dining hall, 'Bekynton'.
In a letter from 1449, Beckington remarked of Bath mentioning that the healing waters of Bath has been turned into abuse by the shamelessness of the inhabitants of the city. Further mentioning:[5]
"by ... custom of the city, [the people] shamelessly strip them of their said garments and reveal to them to the gaze of bystanders."
Bekynton's architecture is marked with a symbol depicting a barrel and a flame. This is a pun on his name, being "beacon tun". One of the easiest to be viewed is in Penniless Porch Wells.
Works
Beckington's own journal was published in the Proceedings of the Privy Council, vol. v., edited by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1835); and the other journal in the Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton, edited by George Williams for the Rolls Series (1872), which contains many interesting letters. This second journal was translated into English by Nicolas (1828).[6][2]
See also
Citations
- ^ Burton 1912.
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 95.
- ^ a b Fryde et al. 1996, p. 228.
- ISBN 9780750959681.
- ^ Perry 1894.
References
- Burton, Edwin Hubert (1912). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Dunning, Robert W. "Beckington , Thomas (1390?–1465)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1908. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5.
- Gairdner, James (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Beckington, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 610.
- JSTOR 548366.
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