. Historical portraits ... o i*i u ^ X ■T3 H ^ •o X 1) 03 u_ > o P- o ^ ui U ./ e 5^ o O < o *-« fn 6 o c o Q H W < oPi< is O 3 o — y 115 WILLIAM WARHAM (1450-1532) Archbishop of Canterbury, was educated at Winchester and NewCollege, Oxford, where he resided as Fellow till 1488. He becamean ecclesiastical lawyer, was employed by Henry VH on severaldiplomatic missions, and was rewarded in 1494 with the Mastershipof the Rolls, in 1496 with the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and in1502 with the Bishopric of London. In 1504 he became Archbishopand Chancellor. He was Chancellor of Oxfor
. Historical portraits ... o i*i u ^ X ■T3 H ^ •o X 1) 03 u_ > o P- o ^ ui U ./ e 5^ o O < o *-« fn 6 o c o Q H W < oPi< is O 3 o — y 115 WILLIAM WARHAM (1450-1532) Archbishop of Canterbury, was educated at Winchester and NewCollege, Oxford, where he resided as Fellow till 1488. He becamean ecclesiastical lawyer, was employed by Henry VH on severaldiplomatic missions, and was rewarded in 1494 with the Mastershipof the Rolls, in 1496 with the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and in1502 with the Bishopric of London. In 1504 he became Archbishopand Chancellor. He was Chancellor of Oxford University from1506 until his death, and in this capacity showed himself a munifi-cent patron of the New learning, and especially of Erasmus, whoowed much to his bounty. He crowned Henry VHI and QueenKatharine in 1509, but his influence soon gave way to Wolseys,to whom in 1515 he resigned the Chancellorship. Though Wolseysoffice of Legate superseded the natural legation enjoyed byWarham, as by all Archbishops of Canterbury, and though manydisputes of an official kind arose between them, their personalrelat
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