Richard White

Richard White (1539–1611) was an English jurist and historian, in later life an expatriate scholar who became a Catholic priest.

Life He was son of Henry White of Basingstoke, Hampshire, who died at the siege of Boulogne in 1544. His mother was Agnes, daughter of Richard Capelin of Hampshire. He was born at Basingstoke, entered Winchester School in 1553, and was admitted perpetual fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1557. He took the degree of B.A. on 30 May 1559. On the advice of John Boxall he travelled abroad to study law; his fellowship was declared void in 1564. Orationes: (1) De circulo artium et philosophiæ. (2) De eloquentia et Cicerone. (3) Pro divitiis regum. (4) Pro doctoratu. (5) De studiorum finibus. Cum notis rerum variarum et antiquitatis, Arras, 1596. The first two, delivered at Louvain, were published by Christopher Johnson, 1564, 1565, and ordered by him to be read publicly in Winchester school. R. Viti … Notæ ad leges Decem-virorum in duodecim tabulis; institutiones juris civilis in quattuor libris: primam partem Digestorum in quattuor libris, 2 parts, Arras, 1597. Historiarum (Britanniæ) libri (1–11) … cum notis antiquitatum Britannicarum [edited by Thomas White], 7 parts, Arras and Douay, 1597–1607. The author's portrait is prefixed to this work. He supported his account of the legendary British history with references to the works of Annius of Viterbo, which were forged. Oratio septima de religione legum Romanorum, ad reverendum Dominum, Dominum Nicolaum Manifroy, electum Abbatem Bertinianum, Douay, 1604. Brevis explicatio privilegiorum iuris et consuetudinis circa venerabile sacramentum Eucharistiæ, Douay, 1609. De Reliquiis et Veneratione Sanctorum, Douay, 1609. Brevis explicatio Martyrii Sanctæ Ursulæ et undecim millium Virginum Britannarum, Douay, 1610.