List of headmasters of Durham School explained

This is a sub-article of Durham School.Durham School, tracing its history back to Langley in 1414 and earlier, has had a number of Headmasters (but, to date, no Headmistresses).

1414 to 1541

This incomplete list comes from The Durham School Register, 1991.[1] The list is derived from The Account Rolls of the Receiver General which show that two chaplains, the forerunners of the Headmasters, were paid, one for the Langley Grammar School (which became Durham School) and one for the Langley Song School (which became the Chorister School). They do not make it clear which chaplain was for which school however, so two names are often given here.

1541 to 1844

This list comes from The Durham School Register[2] supplemented as indicated.

After the Dissolution in 1541, Henry VIII reconstituted the school.

Post-1844

Originally located on Palace Green outside Durham Cathedral, the school moved to its present site in 1844.[9]

Headmasters since then have been:[10]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Durham School Register. D.. Baty. N.G.E.. Gedeye. 1991. Fifth Edition to 1991. Durham School . Durham City . 0-9515730-0-4. 14 to 19.
  2. Book: Durham School Register. Charles. Earle. Lawrence. Body. 1912. Second . Durham School . Durham City . 18 to 24.
  3. Allen. Elizabeth. Smart, Peter (1568/9–c.1652). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Sep 2004. 7 August 2010 . ...in 1597 the new dean appointed Smart to the mastership of Durham School, where he probably remained until 1609..
  4. Knighton . C.S.. Ingmethorpe, Thomas (bap. 1564, d. 1638). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Sep 2004. 7 August 2010 . In 1610 he was appointed headmaster of Durham School but he gave offence to his employers, the dean and chapter, by speaking in a sermon with ‘biting invective’ against one of their number, Archdeacon Tunstall (VCH Durham, 1.379). Ingmethorpe was called before the chapter on 9 July 1612, and was imprisoned until 13 June 1613 when he made his submission to the charge. The following Christmas he resigned from his headmastership, and spent the rest of his life at his rectory of Great Stainton, where he ran a small private school..
  5. Book: A History of the County of Durham: volume 3. Victoria County History. William Page . 1928. City of Durham. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42604. 29–53. 25 August 2009.
  6. Courtney. W. P.. rev. A. I. Doyle . Rud, Thomas (1667/8–1733). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. 9 August 2010 . From 1691 to 1699 he was headmaster of his old school at Durham..
  7. Courtney. W. P.. rev. A. I. Doyle . Rud, Thomas (1667/8–1733). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. 9 August 2010 . In 1710 Rud returned to Durham School until 1711, when he was instituted to the vicarage of St Oswald, where he catalogued the library left to it by a predecessor, John Cock..
  8. Vian. Alsager . rev. M. C. Curthoys . Elder, Edward (1812–1858). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004; online edn, Oct 2005. 7 August 2010 . Elder, Edward (1812–1858), headmaster, the son of John William Edmund Elder, was born in Barbados on 1 October 1812. ... He was a tutor at Oxford until 1839, when he became headmaster of Durham Cathedral grammar school. The school was in a sorry state, but was transformed during Elder's headmastership, ultimately acquiring the standing of a public school, helped by the move to a new site in 1844..
  9. Book: Malden, John . Let Durham Flourish. 1996 . The Friends of Durham School . Durham City . 0-9528670-0-1 . 8 . The School moved from Palace Green to its present site in 1844..
  10. Book: Malden, John . Let Durham Flourish. 1996 . The Friends of Durham School . Durham City . 0-9528670-0-1 . 8&9.
  11. Hughes. C.E.. rev. Richard Smail . Holden, Hubert Ashton (1822–1896). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004; online edn, Oct 2009. 7 August 2010 . Henry Holden (1814–1909), classical scholar and headmaster, was born at Birmingham on 7 July 1814, the second son of Henry Augustus Holden (1785–1870), a clergyman, and his wife, Mary Willetts Holden. ... Holden was headmaster of Durham Cathedral school from 1853 until 1882, then vicar of South Luffenham, Rutland, from 1881 until 1898..
  12. News: School News. Times [London, England]. 7 March 1997 . The Governors are pleased to announce that Mr Neil Kern has been appointed Headmaster of Durham School, following the retirement of Mr Michael Lang. Mr Kern is at present a Housemaster at Repton School and will take up his post on September 1, 1997..
  13. News: Dream job for Durham School headteacher. 29 March 2009. Northern Echo. 28 August 2009.

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