Richard Wightwick

Richard Wightwick (c. 1547–1629) was a Church of England clergyman, co-founder of Pembroke College, Oxford.

[1] In 1610, Thomas Tesdale on his death gave £5,000 for six scholarships and seven fellowships at Balliol College for the benefit of men from Abingdon School.

In 1623, Wightwick added to this fund, and their money was used for the conversion of Broadgates Hall into Pembroke College.

King James I signed letters patent to create the college in 1624, and it was named for William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Chancellor of the university.

[3] Men related to Wightwick, such as William Adams (1706–1789) were thereafter given preferential admission to Pembroke College, as founder's kin.