William Alnwick
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William Alnwick (died 1449) was an English Catholic clergyman. He was Bishop of Norwich (1426–1436) and Bishop of Lincoln (1436–1449).[1]
Educated at Cambridge,
Alnwick was nominated to the
While bishop Alnwick built the east wing of bishop's palace at
While at Lincoln Alnwick attempted a resolution of a dispute within the cathedral, producing an elaborate arbitration. He then reviewed the whole body of statutes of the diocese, then largely unaltered since the Norman Conquest, creating an improved one. He finished this by 1440, but the dean of the cathedral was hostile, and they argued over the implementation of the reforms until Alnwick's death.
Alnwick was an assiduous heresy-hunter, and persecutor of the
Alnwick was involved in the foundation and building of Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, as well as modifying Norwich and Lincoln Cathedrals, and the palaces in both of the dioceses of which he was bishop.
He died in 1449, and was buried in
Alnwick died in office as Bishop of Lincoln on 5 December 1449.[10]
His executors are listed as: John Breton, of Therfeld, parson; John Wygnell, master & doctor of decretals; Thomas Dunken, of Chalfhunt, master & parson; Thomas Twyer, master & parson [11]
Citations
- ^ Logan Runaway Religious p. 133
- ^ "Alnwick, William (ALNK420W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ I Mortimer, 1415, p.36
- ^ Proceedings of the Council, vol.2, p.315.
- ^ Rotuli Parliamentorum, IV: Tempore Henrici R. V (Commissioners, 1783), p.179, A.D. 1422.
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 95
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 262
- ^ Bishops of Lincoln accessed on 21 October 2007
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- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 256
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; year: 1460; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no799/aCP40no799fronts/IMG_0168.htm ; county margin Rutland
References
- Bishops of Lincoln accessed on 21 October 2007
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Logan, F. Donald (2002). Runaway Religious in Medieval England c. 1240 - 1540. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52022-3.
- Woolley, Reginald Maxwell (1913). The Award of William of Alnwick. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-44817-9. Retrieved 20 June 2016.