John White (1510 – 12 January 1560) was a Headmaster and Warden of Winchester College during the English Reformation who, remaining staunchly Roman Catholic in duty to his mentor Stephen Gardiner, became Bishop of Lincoln and finally Bishop of Winchester during the reign of Queen Mary.K. Carleton, 'White, John (1509/10–1560), bishop of Winchester', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP 2004). For several years he led the college successfully through very difficult circumstances. A capable if somewhat scholastic composer of Latin verse, he embraced the rule of Philip and Mary enthusiastically and vigorously opposed the Reformation theology.J.B. Wainewright, John White of Winchester. A Paper read at Ye 274th Meeting of Ye Sette of Odd Volumes, Decr. 1906 (Bedford Press, London 1907), 62pp.
