Person:Dorothy Petre (1)

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Dorothy Petre
m. Abt 1533
  1. Dorothy PetreAbt 1534/35 - 1618
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Name Dorothy Petre
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1534/35 London, Middlesex, England
Marriage to Nicholas Wadham
Death[1] 16 May 1618 Branscombe, Devon, England
Reference Number[1] Q5298667?
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dorothy Wadham, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    Dorothy Wadham (; née Petre) (1534/1535 – 16 May 1618) was the foundress of Wadham College, Oxford. She has the distinction of being the first woman who was not a member of the Royal Family or titled aristocracy to found a college at Oxford or Cambridge. Her husband was Nicholas Wadham (1531-1609) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, Somerset and of Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon.

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