William Day (bishop)

William Day (1529–1596) was an English clergyman, Provost of Eton College for many years, and at the end of his life Bishop of Winchester.

Life

He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was Fellow in 1548, and graduated M.A., in 1553.[1] He became Provost of Eton College in 1561, his predecessor Richard Bruerne being ejected; it was a position he held until 1595.[2][3][4]

He became Dean of the Chapel Royal, and Dean of Windsor, in 1572. He was registrar of the Order of the Garter, from 1584, and chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral, from 1587. He became Bishop of Winchester in 1595.[3]

Family

George Day, Bishop of Chichester, was his brother.[3] He married Elizabeth Barlow, daughter of William Barlow.[2] Francis Day of Madras was possibly a grandson, son of his son William Day of Bray.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Day, William in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  2. ^ a b http://www.etoncollege.com/Provosts.aspx
  3. ^ a b c Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  4. ^ Arthur Clutton-Brock, Eton (1900), p. 35.
  5. ^ http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/11/21/stories/2005112101740500.htm
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Wickham		 Bishop of Winchester
1595–1596		 Succeeded by
Thomas Bilson