List of Wardens of New College, Oxford

This is a list of the Wardens of New College, Oxford. The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world.

*1379–1389: Nicholas Wykeham'New College', in "A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford" (1954), [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63878 pp. 144-162] online at british-history.ac.uk, accessed 26 August 2008]
*1389–1996: Thomas Cranley
*1396–1403: Richard Malford
*1403–1429: John Bowke
*1429–1435: William Estcourt
*1435–1454: Nicholas Ossulbury
*1454–1475: Thomas Chaundler [DNB: Chandler, Thomas (c. 1418-1490) dean of Hereford; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; fellow, 1437; MA; proctor, 1444; BD, 1450; warden of Winchester College, 1460, and of New College, 1461; BCanL, 1451; chancellor of Wells Cathedral 1452; DD and warden of New College, 1455-75; chancellor of Oxford University, 1457-61 and 1472-9, and vice-chancellor, 1463-7 f prebendary of York, St Paul's, Southwell, and Hereford; dean of Hereford, 1482]
*1475–1494: Walter Hyll
*1494–1520: William Porter
*1520–1521: John Rede
*1521–1526: John Young
*1526–1542: John London [DNB:London, John (1486?-1543), visitor of monasteries; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; fellow of New College, 1505-18; D.O.L. and prebendary of York, 1519; treasurer of Lincoln Cathedral, 1522: warden of New College, 1526; attached himself to Cromwell; a commissioner for the visitation of monasteries, 1535-38; after Cromwell's death (1540) attached himself to Stephen Gardiner, and became canon of Windsor; convicted of perjury, stripped of his dignities, and committed to prison, where he died]
*1542–1551: Dr Henry Cole [DNB: Cole, Henry (1500-1580), dean of St Paul's ; educated at Winchester; fellow of New College, Oxford, 1521-40, and warden, 1542-51; BCL, 1530; DCL, 1540; DD, 1554; studied in Padua and Paris; lectured on civil law in Oxford; submitted to the Reformation; prebendary of Sarum, 1539; advocate of the arches and prebendary of St Paul's, 1540; rector of Chelmsford, Essex, 1540-8, and of Newton Longueyille, Buckinghamshire, 1545-52; joined Roman catholic party at Mary's accession; archdeacon of Ely, 1553-6; canon of Westminster and provost of Eton, 1564-69; held disputation with Cranmer at Oxford, 1554; appointed to preach at Cranmer's execution, 1556: one of Cardinal Pole's commissioners to visit Oxford University, 1556, and Cambridge, 1567; dean of St Paul's, 1556-59; vicar-general of the archbishop of Canterbury, 1557-58; sent to Ireland to extirpate protestantism, 1568; one of the eight Romanist disputants at Westminster Abbey, 1559; imprisoned, from 1560 to c. 1579, d. 1580]
*In 1547, Thomas Harding was named Warden by King Edward VI [DNB: Thomas Harding (1516-1572) educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; fellow of New College, 1536; MA, 1542; Hebrew professor and chaplain to Henry Grey, marquis of Dorchester, afterwards Duke of Suffolk; named Warden of New College by Edward VI.]
*1551–1553: Ralph Skinner
*1553–1573: Dr Thomas Whyte, or White [DNB: White, Thomas (1514–1588)]
*1573–1599: Martin Culpepper
*1599–1613: George Ryves
*1613–1617: Dr Arthur Lake [DNB: Lake, Arthur (1569-1626), bishop of Bath and Wells; brother of Sir Thomas Lake; educated at Winchester: fellow of New College, Oxford, 1589; MA, 1696; master of St Cross Hospital, Winchester, 1603; DD, 1606; dean of Worcester, 1608; warden of New College, 1613; vice-chancellor of Oxford and bishop of Bath and Wells, 1616-36.]
*1617–1647: Robert Pinck [Hegarty, A. J., 'Pinck, Robert (bap. 1573, d. 1647)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edition, January 2008 (subscription required): " [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22289 Pinck, Robert] ", accessed 26 August 2008]
*1647–1648: Henry Stringer
*1649–1658: George Marshall (intruded by the Parliamentary Commissioners)
*1658–1675: Michael Woodward
*1675–1679: John Nicholas
*1679–1701: Henry Beeston
*1701–1703: Richard Traffles
*1703–1712: Thomas Brathwait
*1712–1720: John Cobb
*1720–1724: John Dobson
*1725–1730: Henry Bigg
*1730–1740: John Coxed
*1740–1764: John Purnell
*1764–1768: Thomas Hayward
*1768–1794: John Oglander
*1794–1822: Samuel Gauntlett
*1822–1840: Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth [DNB: Shuttleworth, Philip Nicholas (1782-1842), bishop of Chichester; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; MA, 1811; DD, 1822; warden of New College, Oxford, 1822-40, and bishop of Chichester, 1840-42]
*1840–1860: Rev. David Williams [Born 15 October 1786, at Lasham, Hampshire, he died 22 March 1860 at New College. He was previously Master of Winchester College and was Vice Chancellor of the University, 1856-1858]
*1860–1903: James Edwards Sewell [" [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U190827 SEWELL, Rev. James Edwards] ", in "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008 (subscription required)]
*1903–1924: William Archibald Spooner [ [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U217434 SPOONER, Rev. William Archibald] , in "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008 (subscription required)]
*1925–1940: Herbert Fisher [ [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U209432 FISHER, Rt. Hon. Herbert Albert Laurens] , in "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008 (subscription required)]
*1944–1958: Alic Halford Smith [ [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U243054 Smith, Alic Halford] , in "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008 (subscription required)] [ [http://economia.unipv.it/harrod/edition/editionstuff/rfh.51f.htm Smith, Alic Halford] at economia.unipv.it, accessed 26 August 2008]
*1958–1976: Sir William Hayter [Ireland, George, " [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950330/ai_n13974322 ] in "The Independent" (London), dated March 30, 1995, online at findarticles.com, accessed 22 July 2008]
*1976–1985: Dr Arthur Hafford Cooke [ [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U163112 COOKE, Dr Arthur Hafford] , in "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008 (subscription required)]
*1985–1996: Harvey McGregor QC [ [http://www.hailshamchambers.com/cvs/Harvey_McGregor_QC_cv.pdf CV of Harvey McGregor QC] at hailshamchambers.com, accessed 22 July 2008] [' [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U25704 McGREGOR, Harvey] ', in "Who's Who 2008", A & C Black, 2008, online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008 (subscription required)]
*1996–: Alan Ryan [ [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U33531 RYAN, Prof. Alan James] , in "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008 (subscription required)]
*2009–: Sir Curtis Price, currently Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, has been elected Warden with effect from September 2009 [ [http://www.iconocast.com/D1/R4/News8.htm New Warden for New College] , news release dated 10 June 2008]

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