William Buckenham Explained

William Buckenham was a 16th-century priest and academic.^[1]

Buckenham was born in Great Livermere. He was educated at Gonville Hall, graduating B.A. in 1483; MA in 1486; and D.D. in 1507.^[2] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1508 to 1509;^[3] and Master of Gonville Hall from 1513 to 1536. He held livings at Barnwell; Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge; and St Michael Coslany, Norwich. He died on 18 June 1540.

Notes and References

1. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
2. "Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College" John Venn/John Archibald Venn p27: Cambridge; CUP; 1901
3. https://www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk/role-vice-chancellor/history-vice-chancellorship University of Cambridge web-site