William of Wheatley or Whetley (fl. 1305–1317) was an English divine, schoolmaster and author.[1] He studied at Oxford and possibly Paris; became a schoolmaster; was made rector of Yatesbury; and wrote philosophical and other works.[2]
William seems to have studied at Oxford (probably in 1300), and in Paris about 1301.[2] He was ordained acolyte in 1305 by the Bishop of Paris, and was presented by John Droxford to be rector of Sulham, Berkshire, in the same year. He had been made master of the grammar school at Stamford by 1309, and was promoted to be master of the cathedral grammar school at Lincoln by 1316. He was appointed rector of Yatesbury in Wiltshire in 1317.[1]
His works are:
The three last are in the manuscript at New College, Oxford (cclxiv.).[2]