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Variants
- Nassington, William, -1354
- Nassyngton, William, -1354
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Death Date
- 1354
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Church of England. Province of York
- Organization: Church of England. Diocese of Exeter
Associated Locale
- England
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Ecclesiastical administrator
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Sources
- found: Peterson, I.J. William of Nassington, 1986.
- found: His Speculum vitae, 1977:page 2 (William Nassyngton)
- found: Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, viewed July 5, 2019(Nassington [Nassyngton], William; poet and ecclesiastical administrator; member of a distinguished family of ecclesiastical administrators from Nassington, Northamptonshire; he enjoyed a successful, varied, and influential clerical career culminating in the composition of the Speculum vitae; he was a master of law (by 1327-8), closely associated with John Grandison, Bishop of Exeter, holding various important appointments at the see (for example chancellor and auditor of causes in 1332) throughout his life; during the latter stages of his career he also benefited from an association with William Zouche, Archbishop of York, and held a number of major posts at York (again, chancellor and auditor of causes in 1346); he died, probably of plague, in 1354)
LC Classification
- PR2148.W28
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Change Notes
- 1986-07-08: new
- 2019-07-06: revised
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