List of wardens of New College, Oxford explained

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^[1]
• 1389–1396: Thomas Cranley^[1]
• 1396–1403: Richard Malford^[1]
• 1403–1429: John Bowke^[1] or Bouke^[2]
• 1429–1435: William Estcourt^[1]
• 1435–1454: Nicholas Ossulbury^[1]
• 1454–1475: Thomas Chaundler^{[1] [3]}
• 1475–1494: Walter Hyll^[1]
• 1494–1520: William Porter^[1]
• 1520–1521: John Rede^[1]
• 1521–1526: John Young^[1]
• 1526–1542: John London^{[1] [4]}
• 1542–1551: Henry Cole^{[1] [5]}
  • In 1547, Thomas Harding was named Warden by King Edward VI^[6]
• 1551–1553: Ralph Skinner^[1]
• 1553–1573: Thomas Whyte, or White^{[1] [7]}
  • In 1556, John Harpsfield was elected Warden but did not assume the office.^[8]
• 1573–1599: Martin Culpepper^[1]
• 1599–1613: George Ryves^[1]
• 1613–1617: Arthur Lake^{[1] [9]}
• 1617–1647: Robert Pinck^{[1] [10]}
• 1647–1648: Henry Stringer^[1]
• 1649–1658: George Marshall (intruded by the Parliamentary Commissioners)^[1]
• 1658–1675: Michael Woodward^[1]
• 1675–1679: John Nicholas^[1]
• 1679–1701: Henry Beeston^[1]
• 1701–1703: Richard Traffles^[1]
• 1703–1712: Thomas Brathwait^[1]
• 1712–1720: John Cobb^[1]
• 1720–1724: John Dobson^[1]
• 1725–1730: Henry Bigg^[1]
• 1730–1740: John Coxed^[1]
• 1740–1764: John Purnell^[1]
• 1764–1768: Thomas Hayward^[1]
• 1768–1794: John Oglander^[1]
• 1794–1822: Samuel Gauntlett^[1]
• 1822–1840: Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth^{[1] [11]}
• 1840–1860: Rev. David Williams^{[1] [12]}
• 1860–1903: James Edwards Sewell^{[1] [13]}
• 1903–1924: William Archibald Spooner^{[1] [14]}
• 1925–1940: Herbert Fisher^{[1] [15]}
• 1944–1958: Alic Halford Smith^{[1] [16] [17]}
• 1958–1976: Sir William Hayter^[18]
• 1976–1985: Arthur Hafford Cooke^[19]
• 1985–1996: Harvey McGregor QC^{[20] [21]}
• 1996–2009: Alan Ryan^[22]
• 2009–2016: Sir Curtis Price^[23]
• 2016–present: Miles Young^[24]

Notes and References

1. 'New College', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 144-162 online at british-history.ac.uk, accessed 26 August 2008.
2. Plea rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 647; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/aCP40no647fronts/IMG_0007.htm; third entry, as "Magr' Johes Bouke, custos collegij vocat Seint Marie College of Wynchestre in Oxon"
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. DNB: White, Thomas (1514–1588).
8. William Wizeman, "Harpsfield, John (1516–1578)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
9. 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.
10. Hegarty, A. J., 'Pinck, Robert (bap. 1573, d. 1647)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edition, January 2008 (subscription required): Pinck, Robert, accessed 26 August 2008.
11. 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
12. 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.
13. 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).
14. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U217434 SPOONER, Rev. William Archibald
15. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U209432 FISHER, Rt. Hon. Herbert Albert Laurens
16. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U243054 Smith, Alic Halford
17. http://economia.unipv.it/harrod/edition/editionstuff/rfh.51f.htm Smith, Alic Halford
18. 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.
19. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U163112 COOKE, Dr Arthur Hafford
20. http://www.hailshamchambers.com/cvs/Harvey_McGregor_QC_cv.pdf CV of Harvey McGregor QC
21. '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).
22. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U33531 RYAN, Prof. Alan James
23. http://www.iconocast.com/D1/R4/News8.htm New Warden for New College
24. Web site: Appointment of Next Warden. 13 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618070745/http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/appointment-next-warden. 18 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.