Question: Name the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death who was co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford which had strong associations with Lancashire and Cheshire until the latter half of the nineteenth century?
Context: The history of Brasenose College, Oxford stretches back to 1509, when the college was founded on the site of Brasenose Hall.  Its name is believed to derive from the name of a bronze knocker that adorned the hall's door.  The college was associated with Lancashire and Cheshire, the county origins of its two founders – Sir Richard Sutton and the Bishop of Lincoln, William Smyth – a link that was maintained strongly until the latter half of the nineteenth century.  The first principals navigated Brasenose, with its Catholic sympathisers, through the reformation and continuing religious reforms.  Most of Brasenose favoured the Royalist side during the English Civil War, although it produced notable generals and clergy on both sides.  The library and chapel were completed in the mid-seventeenth century, despite Brasenose suffering continuing financial problems. Born on 25 February 1851 and educated at Marlborough and Brasenose College, Oxford he was ordained in 1876.  In 1880 he went on the Oxford Mission to Calcutta, returning in 1884.  From 1885 to 1892 he was Vicar of St Columba’s, Southwick, Sunderland when he was elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Nyasaland.  After only two years he returned to England where he was Rector of St Clement's Church, Norwich then Vicar of Chollerton.  In 1904 he was appointed Bishop of Nassau, a post he held until 1919.  He died on 5 June 1935. Sir Richard Sutton (died c. 1524) was an English lawyer.  He was founder, with William Smyth, bishop of Lincoln, of Brasenose College, Oxford, and the first lay founder of any college. Sir Ernest Laurence Kennaway FRS (23 May 1881 – 1 January 1958) was a British pathologist and Royal Medal winner.  He first became interested in natural life when, due to a childhood illness, he was encouraged to spend time outdoors.  He was trained at University College London, and in 1898 was accepted into New College, Oxford on an open scholarship to study natural sciences.  He graduated with a B.A. in 1903, and after three years at Middlesex Hospital he completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.  After graduating he worked for The Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine and UCL before returning to Oxford, this time to Brasenose College on a Hulme scholarship in 1909.  He became a Travelling Fellow of Brasenose in 1910, a Doctor of Medicine in 1911 and a Doctor of Science (specifically physiological chemistry) in 1915. Born in 1860, he was educated at Marlborough and University College, Oxford, and ordained in 1883.  He began his career as Chaplain to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was also tutor and elected a Fellow.  Later, he was chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury.  He was Rector of Poplar from 1891 until late 1901 when he was appointed to the Episcopate.  He was enthroned in the Cathedral, Cape Town on 2 February 1902, and arrived at his see shortly thereafter. Peter Leycester was born at Nether Tabley, near Knutsford, Cheshire, England, the eldest son of Peter Leycester (1588–1647) and Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Randle Mainwaring of Over Peover, Cheshire.  He entered Brasenose College, Oxford in 1629 as a gentleman commoner but did not take a degree.  In 1632 he was admitted to Gray's Inn.  When the Civil War started he was appointed as one of the king's commissioners of array for Cheshire.  He was in Oxford in June 1646 when the city surrendered to Thomas Fairfax.  Consequently, he was excluded from other responsibilities and had time to develop his interest in antiquarian research.  Among the subjects he studied was the pedigree of the Mainwaring family.  In 1649 he purchased a transcript of the section of the Domesday book relating to Cheshire.  In 1655 he had a period of imprisonment, but following the Restoration he was released and returned to the bench as a justice of the peace.  He was created a baronet in 1660 as a reward for his loyalty to the royalist cause. Brasenose College Boat Club (BNCBC) is the rowing club of Brasenose College, Oxford, in Oxford, England.  It is one of the oldest boat clubs in the world, having beaten Jesus College Boat Club in the first modern rowing race, held at Oxford in 1815.  Although rowing at schools such as Eton and Westminster School Boat Club predates this, the 1815 contest is the first recorded race between rowing clubs anywhere in the world. William Smyth (or Smith) (c. 1460 – 2 January 1514) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death.  He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches.  He became very wealthy and was a benefactor of a number of institutions.  He was a co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford and endowed a grammar school in the village of his birth in Lancashire. Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, 1st Baronet {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (21 December 1835 – 7 November 1924) was one of the most distinguished English architects of his generation.  He is best remembered for his work at Oxford for Oxford Military College as well as the University, notably: the Examination Schools, most of Hertford College (including the Bridge of Sighs over New College Lane), much of Brasenose College, a range at Trinity College, and the Acland Nursing Home in North Oxford.  Much of his career was devoted to the architecture of education and he worked extensively for various schools, notably Giggleswick and his own alma mater Brighton College.  Jackson designed the former town hall in Tipperary Town, Ireland.  He also worked on many parish churches and the college chapel at the University of Wales, Lampeter.  He is also famous for designing the chapel (amongst other things) at Radley College.  The City of Oxford High School in George Street, Oxford was another building designed by him. Brasenose College ( BNC), officially The King's Hall and College of Brasenose, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.  It was founded in 1509, with the College library and current chapel added in the mid-seventeenth century.  The College's New Quadrangle was completed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with additional residence areas completed in the 1960s and 1970s.
Answer: William Smyth