William Atwater (1440–1521) was an English churchman, who became Bishop of Lincoln in 1514.
He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1480. He served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University, in the period from 1497 to 1502.
He became vicar of Cumnor in 1495. He became Dean of the Chapel Royal, in 1502. In 1504 he was appointed Canon of the eleventh stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1514. He was chancellor of Lincoln from 1506 to 1512.
References
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- Margaret Bowker (1968), The Secular Clergy in the Diocese of Lincoln, 1495 to 1520
- A. Hamilton Thompson (editor) (1940), Visitations in the Diocese of Lincoln 1517-1531. Vol I. Visitations of Rural Deaneries by William Atwater…1517-1520. (Publications of the Lincoln Record Society, Vol. 33.)
Notes
- "Bishops | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford - University of Oxford Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- "Cumnor Vicars 1298-1999". www.bodley.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- CDNB
- Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- "Bishops of Lincoln". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded byRobert Smith | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1497–1502 |
Succeeded byJohn Thornden or Thornton, John Kynton, Simon Grene alias Fotherby |
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Preceded byThomas Wolsey | Bishop of Lincoln 1514–1521 |
Succeeded byJohn Longland |
Deans of the Chapel Royal | |
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Late Medieval | |
Early modern |
- 1440 births
- 1521 deaths
- Bishops of Lincoln
- Archdeacons of Huntingdon
- Archdeacons of Lewes
- 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
- Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford
- Deans of Salisbury
- Deans of the Chapel Royal
- Canons of Windsor
- 15th-century English clergy
- 1440s births