William Day (1529 – 20 September 1596) was an English clergyman, Provost of Eton College for many years, and at the end of his life

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Life

He was born the son of Richard Day & Elizabeth Osborne of Shropshire and educated at

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and

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, where he was Fellow in 1548, and graduated MA, in 1553. He became Provost of Eton College in 1561, his predecessor

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being ejected; it was a position he held until 1595.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''

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, ''Eton'' (1900), p. 35. He was created

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in 1561 and

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in 1563, before being appointed

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and

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in 1572. He was registrar of the

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, from 1584, and chancellor of

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, from 1587. He was raised to the episcopy as Bishop of Winchester in 1595. He died in 1596.

Family

Bishop William Day 1st married Elizabeth Barlow, daughter of Bishop William Barlow. Bishop William Day married 2nd after 1571 Ann Duffield daughter of Robert Duffield who also married a 2nd Cousin of Queen Ann Boleyn named William Bullen or Boleyn
Issue from first marriage:
Rachel Day who married Robert Barker who was son of Christopher Barker mentioned as both "Royal Printer to the Queen"
William Day Jun. of Bray Berkshire married Ellen Wentworth daughter of Paul Wentworth & Helen Awsha of Burnham Buckinghamshire (his uncle, John Day married Elizabeth Wentworth of South Elmsell Yorkshire)
Richard Day
Thomas Day
Susan Day who married a Cox (may well have been a son of Dr Cox Bishop)
Elizabeth Day
Alice Day married Thomas Ridley (Dr of Civil Laws) a relative of Bishop Nicholas Ridley

Francis Day of Madras Francis Day (1605–1673) was an administrator associated with the East India Company. He served as a factor of the company's factory at Masulipatnam from 1632 to 1639. In 1639, he negotiated the purchase of a strip of land south of the Dutch fa ...

was possibly a grandson, son of his son William Day of Bray. George Day,

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, was his brother.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Day, William 1529 births 1596 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Fellows of King's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Nottingham Canons of Windsor Deans of Windsor Deans of the Chapel Royal Bishops of Winchester 16th-century Church of England bishops Registrars of the Order of the Garter Chancellors of St Paul's Cathedral Provosts of Eton College