William Day (bishop)

The Right Reverend William Day
Bishop of Winchester
Diocese	Diocese of Winchester
Elected	3 November 1595 (elected)^[1] 22 January 1596 (confirmed)^[2]
In office	1595–1596 (death)
Predecessor	William Wickham
Successor	Thomas Bilson
Other posts	Dean of the Chapel Royal & Dean of Windsor (1572–1595) Provost of Eton College (1561–1595) Archdeacon of Nottingham (1560–1565)
Personal details
Born	1529 Shropshire, England^[3]
Died	20 September 1596(1596-09-20) (aged 65–68)
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Richard Day
Spouse	Elizabeth Barlow
Children	Two sons (Thomas & William); four daughters (Susan Cox, Rachel Barker, Alice Ridley & Elizabeth)
Profession	theologian
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge

Ordination history of William Day
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury
Co-consecrators	Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London John Young, Bishop of Rochester
Date of consecration	25 January 1596
Place of consecration	the chapel, Lambeth Palace
Source(s): ^[2]^[4]

William Day (1529 – 20 September 1596) was an English clergyman, Provost of Eton College for many years, and at the end of his life Bishop of Winchester.

Life

He was born the son of Richard Day of Shropshire and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was Fellow in 1548, and graduated MA, in 1553.^[5] He became Provost of Eton College in 1561, his predecessor Richard Bruerne being ejected; it was a position he held until 1595.^[6]^[7]^[8]

He was created Archdeacon of Nottingham in 1561 and canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor in 1563, before being appointed Dean of the Chapel Royal and Dean of Windsor in 1572. He was registrar of the Order of the Garter, from 1584, and chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, from 1587. He was raised to the episcopy as Bishop of Winchester in 1595.^[7]

He died in 1596.

Family

George Day, Bishop of Chichester, was his brother.^[7] He married Elizabeth Barlow, daughter of William Barlow.^[6] Francis Day of Madras was possibly a grandson, son of his son William Day of Bray.^[9]

References

↑ "Day, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7373. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
1 2 Cassan, Stephen Hyde. The Lives of the Bishops of Winchester: From Birinus, the First Bishop of the West Saxons, to the Present Time; Vol. II. p. 64 Accessed 11 September 2014
↑ Cassan, Stephen Hyde. The Lives of the Bishops of Winchester: From Birinus, the First Bishop of the West Saxons, to the Present Time; Vol. II. p. 59 Accessed 11 September 2014
↑ Cassan, Stephen Hyde. The Lives of the Bishops of Winchester: From Birinus, the First Bishop of the West Saxons, to the Present Time; Vol. II. p. 60 Accessed 11 September 2014
↑ "Day, William (DY545W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
1 2 "Provosts". etoncollege.com. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
1 2 3 Concise Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Arthur Clutton-Brock, Eton (1900), p. 35.
↑ "The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai / Madras Miscellany : A look back at Madras's founders". hindu.com. Retrieved 2014-04-12.

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Wickham	Bishop of Winchester 1595–1596	Succeeded by Thomas Bilson

Bishops of Winchester

Early Medieval	Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester Agilbert, Bishop of Dorchester Wine Leuthere Hædde Daniel Hunfrith Cyneheard Æthelheard Ecgbald Dudd Cyneberht Ealhmund Wigthegn Herefrith (disputed) Eadmund (disputed) Eadhun Helmstan Swithun Ealhferth Tunbeorht Denewulf Frithestan Beornstan/Byrnstan ÆlfheahI ÆlfsigeI Beorhthelm ÆthelwoldI ÆlfheahII

High Medieval	Cenwulf ÆthelwoldII ÆlfsigeII Ælfwine Stigand Walkelin William Giffard Henry of Blois Richard of Ilchester Godfrey de Luci Richard Poore Peter des Roches Ralph Neville William de Raley Aymer de Valence Andrew of London William de Taunton John Gervais Nicholas of Ely Robert Burnell Richard de la More John of Pontoise

Late Medieval	Henry Woodlock John Sandale Rigaud of Assier John de Stratford Adam Orleton William Edington William of Wykeham Henry Beaufort William Waynflete Peter Courtenay Thomas Langton

Early modern	Richard Foxe Thomas Wolsey Stephen Gardiner John Ponet Stephen Gardiner John White Robert Horne John Watson Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Day Thomas Bilson James Montague Lancelot Andrewes Richard Neile Walter Curle Brian Duppa George Morley Peter Mews Jonathan Trelawny Charles Trimnell Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly John Thomas Brownlow North

Late modern	George Pretyman Tomline Charles Sumner Samuel Wilberforce Harold Browne Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Herbert Ryle Edward Talbot Frank Woods Cyril Garbett Mervyn Haigh Alwyn Williams Falkner Allison John Taylor Colin James Michael Scott-Joynt Tim Dakin

Deans of Windsor

Late Medieval	William Mugge Walter Almaly Thomas Butler Richard Kingston John Arundel Thomas Manning John Faux William Morland William Dudley Peter Courtenay Richard Beauchamp Thomas Danett William Bealey John Morgan Christopher Urswick

Early modern	Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Hobbs Nicholas West John Vesey John Clerk Richard Sampson William Franklyn Owen Oglethorpe Hugh Weston John Boxall George Carew William Day Robert Bennet Giles Thomson Anthony Maxey Marco Antonio de Dominis Henry Beaumont Matthew Wren Christopher Wren Edward Hyde Bruno Ryves John Durell Francis Turner Gregory Hascard Thomas Manningham John Robinson The Lord Willoughby de Broke Peniston Booth Frederick Keppel John Harley John Douglas James Cornwallis Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Edward Legge Henry Hobart George Neville-Grenville Gerald Wellesley George Connor Randall Davidson Philip Eliot Albert Baillie Eric Hamilton Robin Woods Launcelot Fleming Michael Mann Patrick Mitchell David Conner

Deans of the Chapel Royal

Late Medieval	John de Wodeford John de Leek Thomas de Lynton John Boor Richard Kyngeston Richard Prentys Edmund Lacy Robert Gilbert Richard Praty John Croucher Robert Ayscogh William Say William Dudley John Gunthorpe William Chauntre Richard Hill Thomas Jane Richard Nikke Geoffrey Simeon

Early modern	William Atwater William Day Lancelot Andrewes William Laud Richard Steward Gilbert Sheldon George Morley Herbert Croft Walter Blandford Henry Compton Nathaniel Crew Henry Compton (again) John Robinson William Talbot Edmund Gibson

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 58950189

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