Richard Wightwick
(1547?-1629), Co-founder of Pembroke College, OxfordSitter associated with 7 portraits
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
NPG D25997
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1700-1750
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Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1700-1750
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Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1700-1750
NPG D42485
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, circa 1712-1714
NPG D4786
after Unknown artist
hand-coloured stipple and aquatint engraving, probably early 19th century
NPG D25996
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Melanie Felton
05 October 2019, 13:44
Richard Wightwick with Thomas Tesdale also founded Abingdon school. On retirement from Oxford he became the vicar ( or priest) of East Ilsley Church, now in Berkshire. It is said that Pembroke college was named after the Earl of Pembroke in the hope of funding, which Wightwick and Tesdale could not donate themselves and also benefit from a more prestigious name.
Richard Wightwick was a descendant of William de Wightwick who came over to England with William the Conqueror. There were two branches of the family, the Kentish Wightwicks and those in Staffordshire. Wightwick manor was developed by the Mander family, now. NT property celebrating William Morris etc.