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Dorothy Wadham (/ ˈ w ɒ d ə m /; née Petre) (1534/1535 – 16 May 1618) was an English landowner and the founder of Wadham College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.
Mar 10, 2021 · Nicholas Wadham came from a wealthy Somerset family, he died in 1609 leaving his fortune to his widow Dorothy, with strict instructions that she use the funds to endow a college at Oxford. Dorothy was a determined and driven woman of 75, she fought hard against claims to the family fortune by Nicholas’s relations; she purchased a suitable ...
One such case is that of Dorothy Wadham, entrusted by her husband Nicholas Wadham on his deathbed in 1609 with carrying through his ill-formulated design for the foundation of a college at Oxford.
Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Somerset family, died in 1609 leaving his fortune to endow a college at Oxford. The hard work of translating intentions into reality fell on his widow, Dorothy, a formidable woman of 75.
Sep 1, 2003 · Dorothy Wadham as founder of an Oxford college left documentation which illustrates her strategies in this situation. Aged 74, she was entrusted by her dying husband Nicholas with an...
Dorothy Wadham (/ ˈ w ɒ d ə m /; née Petre) (1534/1535 – 16 May 1618) was an English landowner and the founder of Wadham College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.
The monumental brass of Dorothy Wadham shows dresses styles of the late sixteenth to early seventeenh centuries. Typically it comprised a gown with high-necked bodice and collar with a skirt worn over a padded roll or farthingale to hold it out at the waist.
