William of Durham
Founder of University College, Oxford (d. 1249)
William of Durham (died 1249) is said to have founded University College, Oxford, England.[1][2] He most likely came from Sedgefield, County Durham and was educated at Wearmouth monastery and in Paris, France.
William of Durham was archdeacon of Caux and (in 1235, for a few months) archbishop-elect of Rouen in Normandy, France.[1]
When, in 1229, riots broke out in Paris, he may have been the leader of a group of students who migrated from that city to Oxford, but this tradition is not attested to by contemporary sources. What is more certain is that he held several rich benefices in England and died in Rouen, in 1249.
He left 310 marks,[1] a large amount of money, in his will to be invested in rents that would support scholars in Oxford. This benefaction resulted in one of the first of the Oxford halls or colleges. Subsequently, this foundation took the name of University College.
Legacy
University College, Oxford now has a William of Durham Club for old members leaving a legacy to the College.[3]
References
- Pollard, Albert (1900). "William of Durham" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 61. pp. 370–371.
- ^ a b c University College, A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford, 1954, pp. 61–81.
- ^ Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0.
- ^ "William of Durham Club". UK: University College, Oxford. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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Archdeacons of Durham
- Sole archdeacons: Leobwine
- Thurstan
- Turgot of Durham
- Michael
- Senior archdeacons: Robert
- Wazo
- Vacant
- Burchard du Puiset
- Aimeric
- Simon de Ferlington
- William of Laneham
- Archdeacons of Durham: Robert de Cortuna
- Robert de Sancta Agatha
- Antony Bek
- William of Louth
- William de St Botulph
- Thomas de Goldesburgh
- Amaury de Beaumont
- Robert de Taunton
- Thomas de Neville
- William de Westle
- John de Kyngeston
- John de Stokes
- Alexander Neville
- Giacomo Cardinal Orsini
- Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna
- Pileus Cardinal de Prata
- Marius Cardinal Bulcano
- John Maundour
- Hugh Herle
- Thomas de Weston
- Alan de Newark
- John Hovyngham
- John Kemp
- Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier
- Robert Gilbert
- Robert Rolleston
- William Scrope
- George Neville
- Thomas Rotherham
- Ralph Booth
- Thomas Colston
- Roger Leyburn
- William Franklyn
- Bernard Gilpin
- John Ebden
- John Pilkington
- William Morton
- Gabriel Clark
- Denis Granville
- Robert Booth
- George Sayer
- Samuel Dickens
- Benjamin Pye
- Richard Prosser
- Charles Thorp
- Edward Prest
- Henry Watkins
- John Quirk, Bishop of Jarrow
- Samuel Knight, Bishop of Jarrow
- James Gordon, Bishop of Jarrow
- Egbert Lucas
- John Cobham
- Michael Perry
- Derek Hodgson
- Trevor Willmott
- Stephen Conway
- Ian Jagger
- Libby Wilkinson
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