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== Life ==

== Life ==

[[File:Ockhamchurch.JPG|thumb|right|260px|Village church in Ockham, Surrey]]

[[File:Ockhamchurch.JPG|thumb|right|260px|Church in Ockham, Surrey.  The building dates from about 1220]]

William was born in 1287 in the village of Ockham (probably the village of that name near London in Surrey). He probably entered the Franciscans at London as ''puer oblatus'', when he was seven or eight, where he would have received instruction in grammar and elementary logic, as well as an introduction to Franciscan life. After his novitiate, he embarked on more advanced studies of logic and philosophy in London, and he was ordained subdeacon at the age of eighteen in 1306. He continued to study philosophy and theology until he was admitted to the lectorate program at the Oxford ''studium'' in 1310.  

William was born in 1287 in the village of Ockham (probably the village of that name near London in Surrey). He probably entered the Franciscans at London as ''puer oblatus'', when he was seven or eight, where he would have received instruction in grammar and elementary logic, as well as an introduction to Franciscan life. After his novitiate, he embarked on more advanced studies of logic and philosophy in London, and he was ordained subdeacon at the age of eighteen in 1306. He continued to study philosophy and theology until he was admitted to the lectorate program at the Oxford ''studium'' in 1310.