William Somersham, D.D. was a priest and academic in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.[1]

Somersham became a Fellow of Gonville Hall, Cambridge in 1376. He was ordained in December that year; and held livings at Hockwold cum Wilton and Hevingham. He was Master of Gonville from 1412 until his death in 1416.[2]

References

  1. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p120
  2. ^ "Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College" John Venn/John Archibald Venn p27: Cambridge; CUP; 1901


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