List of Old Wykehamists - Sixteenth Century

Sixteenth Century

  • Henry Cole, Roman Catholic priest
  • Nicholas Udall, Headmaster of Eton and playwright
  • Henry Garnett, Jesuit plotter
  • John White, Bishop
  • Richard Reade, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
  • Nicholas Sander, Roman Catholic priest, missionary and historian
  • Thomas Bilson, Bishop
  • John Harmar, Warden of Winchester College, one of the translators of the Authorised Version of the Bible
  • Henry Wotton, author and diplomat
  • Arthur Lake, Bishop
  • John Davies, poet
  • Thomas James, librarian
  • Thomas Coryat, writer and court jester to James I
  • Sir Thomas Ryves, lawyer
  • Edward Nicholas, statesman

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Famous quotes by sixteenth century:

    April is in my mistress’ face,
    And July in her eyes hath place,
    Within her bosom is September,
    But in her heart a cold December.
    —Unknown. Subject #4: July Subject #5: September Subject #6: December. All Seasons in One. . .

    Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse, The. E. K. Chambers, comp. (1932)