Sir William Felton, knight
Dates: Active about 1340
Biography
A fourteenth-century knight and benefactor of Balliol College, Oxford. He provided the Abbotsley rectory and manor for the support of the College's scholars and fellows.
Notes / Sources
The sources differ slightly in describing the legal subject of the gift, using both the rectory and manor and the fruits, rents and revenues of Abbotsley.
Research sources:
- Charles Edward Mallet, A History of the University of Oxford, describing Sir William Felton's gift about 1340 of the rectory and manor of Alboldesly or Abbotsley to Balliol College; see also H. B. Workman, John Wyclif, volume 1, chapter 3. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/A_history_of_the_colleges%2C_halls%2C_and_public_buildings%2C_attached_to_the_University_of_Oxford_-_including_the_lives_of_the_founders_%28IA_historyofcollege00chalrich%29.pdf
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