Bishop of Winchester; Lord Privy Seal of England; Lord Chancellor of England (1324-1404)

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Philanthropists: twenty portraits of public benefactors. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

A woman personifying architecture, with St Paul's cathedral, London in the background, presides over five portraits of British builders of church buildings in ovals. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1801, after R. Smirke.

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William of Wykeham

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Philanthropists: twenty portraits of public benefactors. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

A woman personifying architecture, with St Paul's cathedral, London in the background, presides over five portraits of British builders of church buildings in ovals. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1801, after R. Smirke.