William Rougham

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William Rougham
Died1393 [1]
Alma mater Gonville Hall

William Rougham (died 1393) was the second master of Gonville Hall, Cambridge (later Gonville and Caius College) from c. 1360. He had been a fellow of the college since the 1350s and was Bachelor of Medicine by 1366. He was also a priest with livings in the Diocese of Norwich and was personal physician to Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich. [2]

In Susanna Gregory's 2004 book The Hand of Justice, which is set in 1350s Cambridge, there is a physician character known as "William Rougham of Gonville Hall".

Rougham's biggest contribution to the college was the completion of the chapel in 1353 [3] which stood as he had left it for 250 years. The east window and one of the side windows contained, according to John Caius, an inscription reading: [1]

Orate pro anima Willm' de Rougham qui fecit istam capellam fieri.

Chapel Window, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Offices held

Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Gonville Hall, Cambridge
1360-1393
Succeeded by
Richard Pulham

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References

  1. 1 2 John Venn. Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College
  2. Christopher Brooke, 1996. History of Gonville and Caius College. Boydell Press. ISBN   0851154239
  3. Nicolaus Cantalupus, Richard Parker. The history and antiquities of the University of Cambridge: In two parts