William Nottingham

1330 (age 6)

Latin: Guilelmus de Nottingham

From 1312 to 1314, William served as the 39th reader (Latin: lector) at the Franciscan college at Oxford. He later succeeded Richard of Conington, becoming the 17th Minister Provincial of England (c 1316–1330). In 1330, he was ordered by Pope John XXII to extradict the friars Peter de Saxlingham, John de Hequinton, Henry de Costeseye, and Thomas de Helmedon. They were all arrested at Cambridge on charges of heresy. William died in Leicester sometime between 1330 and 1336 and was buried in the same Greyfriars cemetery that later held Richard III. Foreign a time, it was thought that his body may have been the one discovered in a double stone-and-lead coffin near Richard III"s remains. However, continued investigation established that tomb belonged to an as-yet-unknown elderly woman instead. He was succeeded as Minister Provincial by Roger of Denemed.

William Nottingham

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Education

William attended the Franciscan General Chapter in 1322 and had royal permission to travel abroad in 1324 and 1325.

Career

From 1312 to 1314, William served as the 39th reader (Latin: lector) at the Franciscan college at Oxford. He later succeeded Richard of Conington, becoming the 17th Minister Provincial of England (c 1316–1330). In 1330, he was ordered by Pope John XXII to extradict the friars Peter de Saxlingham, John de Hequinton, Henry de Costeseye, and Thomas de Helmedon.

They were all arrested at Cambridge on charges of heresy.

William died in Leicester sometime between 1330 and 1336 and was buried in the same Greyfriars cemetery that later held Richard III. Foreign a time, it was thought that his body may have been the one discovered in a double stone-and-lead coffin near Richard III"s remains. However, continued investigation established that tomb belonged to an as-yet-unknown elderly woman instead.

He was succeeded as Minister Provincial by Roger of Denemed.

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