WILLIAM OF NOTTINGHAM, junior. - An English Franciscan, d. 5 Oct. 1363 near Basel. After 1312 he lectured and held the office of regent in theology at Oxford, where he transcribed many works of Nicholas (v. d’à Gorham) at the expense of his brother Sir Rugh of Nottingham. He is often confused with WILLIAM OF NOTTINGHAM, senior. He was the 17th provincial of England, while the senior was the 4th.
In 1322 he was present at the General Chapter of the Order in Perugia and, together with the other provincial ministers, subscribed to the famous letter in which the Franciscans declared that the doctrine “de paupertate Christi” was not erroneous but sound and Catholic. This act marked the beginning of the revolt of the entire Order against John XXI (H. Holzapfel, Handbuch der Geschichte des Franziskanerordens, Freiburg im Br. 1909, p. 69).
To him is attributed the work Determinatio pro lege Christianorum and a commentary on the Sentences of Lombardus. Otherwise, both Williams are credited by Sbaralea and others with many works whose attribution, however, is uncertain.