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