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See also:WHITTLESEA (or See also:WHITTLESEY), See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (d. 1374) , See also:arch-See also:bishop of See also:Canterbury, was probably See also:born in the See also:Cambridgeshire See also:village of Whittlesey. He was educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and owing principally to the fact that he was a See also:nephew of See also:Simon See also:Islip, See also:archbishop of Canterbury, he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments; he held prebends at See also:Lichfield, See also:Chichester and See also:Lincoln, and livings at Ivychurch, See also:Croydon and Cliffe. Later he was appointed See also:vicar-See also:general, and then See also:dean of the See also:court of See also:arches by Islip. In 1360 he became bishop of See also:Rochester, and two years later bishop of See also:Worcester. In 1368 Whittlesea was elected archbishop of Canterbury in See also:succession to Simon See also:Langham, but his See also:term of See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office was very uneventful, a circumstance due partly, but not wholly, to his feeble See also:health. He died at See also:Lambeth on the 5th or 6th of See also:June 1374.
End of Article: WHITTLESEA (or WHITTLESEY), WILLIAM (d. 1374)
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