William Spicer, LL.D.
Vicar of Litlington, Cambridgeshire (Clare living), 1483
Vicar of Clopton, Northamptonshire
Will (P.C.C.) 1536
Large benefactor to Clare and to Trinity Hall.
Born in London, probably the son of Thomas Done, of Gray's Inn, London.
Admitted Fellow Commoner at Clare College, 13 October 1703.
Admitted at the Inner Temple in 1705.
Admitted sizar at Clare College on 19 January 1651/2
Matriculated in 1652
B.A. 1655/6
M.A. 1662
Curate of Trimley St Martin, Suffolk, 1662
Vicar of Cavenham, Suffolk, 1678-88
Rector of Tuddenham, Suffolk, 1688-98
These fellowships were arranged for teachers to spend a term away from their school studying a subject of particular interest
(Caldecote, Petty Cury in Cambridge, Gamlingay, Freckenham etc and benefices), 1680-1729
The Walter Worliche Benefaction involved Everton and Tetworth in 1543 and 1549
Cave Scholarships (Warmfield), 1603
Dillingham Benefaction (Newnham in Cambridge), 1679
Pyke Scholarship (White Horse Inn, Cambridge, later settled on Fellows' Garden), 1709
This may relate to the De Bosset Scholarships (established in 1868 with a bequest of 6000 pounds), or possibly to the Hinman Scholarship (established in 1849)