William de Bosco

William de Bosco (also de Boys) was an English medieval churchman, college fellow, and university chancellor.[1]

William de Bosco was one of the early Fellows of Merton College, Oxford from 1284–6.[2] He was a doctor of theology and Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[3] Later he became a Canon at Salisbury[2] through Simon of Ghent, Bishop of Salisbury and also a Chancellor of Oxford University.[4]

References

1. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
2. Coates, Alan (1999). "Study at University". English Medieval Books: The Reading Abbey Collections from Foundation to Dispersal. Oxford University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0198207566.
3. Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. p. 13 – via Internet Archive.
4. Pantin, William Abel (2010). "The Geography of Learning". The English Church in the Fourteenth Century: Based on the Birkbeck Lectures, 1948. Cambridge University Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-1108015295.