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Richard Wightwick

(1547?-1629), Co-founder of Pembroke College, Oxford

Sitter associated with 7 portraits

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Richard Wightwick, by John Faber Sr - NPG D25997

Richard Wightwick

by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
NPG D25997

Richard Wightwick, by John Faber Sr - NPG D26001

Richard Wightwick

by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
NPG D26001

Richard Wightwick, after Unknown artist - NPG D25996

Richard Wightwick

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.