William Buckenham
William Buckenham was a 16th-century priest and academic.[1]
Buckenham was born in Great Livermere. He was educated at Gonville Hall, graduating B.A. in 1483; MA in 1486; and D.D. in 1507.[2] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1508 to 1509;[3] and Master of Gonville Hall from 1513 to 1536. He held livings at Barnwell; Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge; and St Michael Coslany, Norwich. He died on 18 June 1540.
References
- ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p246
- ^ "Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College" John Venn/John Archibald Venn p27: Cambridge; CUP; 1901
- ^ University of Cambridge web-site
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