William Smyth
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15th and 16th-century Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and Bishop of Lincoln
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William Smyth (or Smith) (c.– 2 January 1514) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches. He became very wealthy and was a benefactor of a number of institutions. He was a co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford and endowed a grammar school in the village of his birth in Lancashire.
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| Born | Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire |
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2 January 1514 (aged ) Buckden Palace
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