The following is a list of chancellors of the University of Cambridge from c.1215 to the present day.[1] Chancellors were elected annually until 1514, and thereafter were elected for life.[2]
Tenure |
Chancellor |
Notes |
c.1215–c.1232 |
Richard of Wetheringsett |
|
c.1246 |
Hugh de Hotton |
|
1256 |
Reginald Gerninghall |
|
1257 |
Stephen Hepworth |
|
1259 |
William de Ludham |
|
1260 |
Richard de Gedney |
|
1261 |
Richard Dryfield |
|
1267 |
John de Asgarby |
|
1270–1275 |
John Hooke |
|
1276 |
Roger de Fulbourn |
|
1283 |
Andrew de Gisleham |
|
1286 |
Thomas Sheringham |
|
1287 |
Stephen Hepworth |
|
1289–1290 |
Ralph de Leicester |
|
1290–1292 |
Geoffery de Pakenham |
|
1293–1295 |
Henry de Boyton |
|
1295–1296 |
John de Bradenham |
|
1296–1299 |
Thomas de Sheringham |
|
1299 |
Stephen Hepworth |
|
1300–1303 |
Stephen Haslingfield |
|
1303–1307 |
Stephen de Segrace |
|
1307 |
Stephen Haslingfield |
|
1315 |
Richard de Ashton |
|
1321–1326 |
|
Roger Northburgh has been incorrectly described as Chancellor[3] since 1691.[4] |
1326–1329 |
Richard de Badew |
|
1329–1331 |
Thomas de Foxton |
|
c.1215–c.1232 |
Robert de Winwick |
|
c. 1330 |
Robert de Winwick |
|
1331–1334 |
John de Langley |
|
1334–1335 |
Robert de Mildenhall |
See the History of the Mendenhall Surname in England website for notes relating to him. |
1335–1337 |
Henry de Herwarden |
|
1337–1339 |
Richard Harling (or Ling) |
|
1340 |
Robert de Claydon |
|
1341 |
Thomas de Northwood |
|
1344 |
Thomas de Northwood |
|
1346–1348 |
John de Crakhall |
Re-elected in 1348 on 9 June[5] |
1348 |
Thomas de Grantchester |
|
1348 |
William de Lymbergh |
Elected 15 December[5] |
1349–1351 |
Richard Leicester (or Richard de Wetherset, Hetherset, Wetheringsett) |
Elected 21 Jan.[5] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says: "Wetheringsett [Wethersett], Richard of [Richard of Leicester] (fl. c.1200–c.1230), churchman and theologian, ... is not to be confused with the later chancellor Richard Leicester, who served in 1349–50." |
1351 |
Richard Harling |
|
1352 |
Anthony of Grantchester |
|
1352–1359 |
William Tynkell |
|
1359–1360 |
Thomas Sutton |
|
1360–1361 |
Richard de Wetherset |
|
1361–1362 |
Michael de Haynton |
|
1361–1366 |
Michael de Causton |
|
1366–1369 |
William de Gotham |
|
1369 |
Thomas de Stewkley |
|
1371 |
John de Donwich |
|
1373–1374 |
Adam de Lakenheath |
|
1374 |
John de Donwich |
|
1376 |
William de Gotham |
|
1378–1379 |
Richard Scrope |
|
1380 |
Eudo (or Guy) Zouche |
|
1380–1381 |
John Cavendish |
|
1382 |
Guy Zouche |
|
1382–1383 |
John de Bromyard |
|
1383 |
John of Neketon |
|
1384 |
John de Burgh (or Borough) |
|
1385 |
Thomas Hetherset (or de Hethersett) |
|
1386 |
John de Burgh (or Borough) |
|
1388 |
William Colvile |
|
1390–1391 |
Richard Dereham |
|
1391 |
William Colvile |
|
1392 |
John de Neketon |
|
1394 |
William Colvile |
|
1396 |
Guy Zouche |
|
1400–1402 |
Richard de Billingford |
|
1404–1408 |
Richard Dereham |
|
1409–1413 |
Richard de Billingford |
|
1414 |
Stephen le Scrope |
|
1415–1422 |
John de Rickingale |
|
1422–1423 |
Thomas of Cobham |
|
1424–1426 |
Robert Fitzhugh |
|
1426 |
William Wymbell |
|
1427 |
Marmaduke Lumley |
|
1429–1430 |
John Holeroke |
|
1431–1432 |
William Lascells |
|
1432 |
Richard de Billingford |
|
1433–1435 |
Richard Cawdray |
|
1436–1445 |
John Langton |
|
1445–1446 |
Nicholas Kenton |
|
1447 |
John Langton |
|
1448 |
Robert Ascogh |
|
1450–1451 |
Nicholas Close |
|
1451–1456 |
William Percy |
|
1456–1458 |
Lawrence Booth |
|
1458 |
William Wilflete (or Wolflet) |
|
1459–1460 |
Robert Woodlark |
|
1461 |
Richard Scroope |
|
1462–1463 |
Robert Woodlark |
|
1463–1464 |
John Booth |
|
1464 |
William Wilflete |
|
1465–1468 |
John Harrison (or Herrison) |
|
1466 |
William Wilflete |
|
1468–1469 |
Edward Story |
|
1469–1471 |
Thomas Rotherham (or Scot) |
|
1471–1472 |
Edward Story |
|
1473–1479 |
Thomas Rotherham |
|
1479–1483 |
John Boynton |
|
1483–1485 |
Thomas Rotherham |
|
1490 |
Thomas Cosyn |
|
1494–1496 |
John Blythe |
|
1496–1499 |
George Fitzhugh |
|
1499–1500 |
Thomas Rotherham |
|
1500 |
Richard Fox |
|
1502 |
George Fitzhugh |
|
1503 |
Thomas Ruthall (or Rowthall) |
|
1504–1535 |
John Fisher |
Appointed for life in 1514[2] |
1535–1540 |
Thomas Cromwell |
|
1540–1547 |
Stephen Gardiner |
|
1547–1552 |
Edward Seymour |
|
1552–1553 |
The Duke of Northumberland |
|
1553–1555 |
Stephen Gardiner |
|
1556–1558 |
Reginald Pole |
|
1559–1598 |
The Lord Burghley |
|
1598–1601 |
The Earl of Essex |
|
1601–1612 |
The Earl of Salisbury |
|
1612–1614 |
The Earl of Northampton |
|
1614–1626 |
The Earl of Suffolk |
|
1626–1628 |
The Duke of Buckingham |
see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1626 |
1628–1649 |
The Earl of Holland |
A Royalist officer in the English Civil War from 1643, executed for treason in 1649 |
1649–1651 |
The Earl of Manchester |
|
1651–1660 |
Oliver St John |
|
1660–1671 |
The Duke of Manchester |
The Earl of Manchester, reinstated as Chancellor after the Restoration |
1671–1674 |
The Duke of Buckingham |
|
1674–1682 |
The Duke of Monmouth |
|
1682–1688 |
The Duke of Albemarle |
|
1689–1748 |
The Duke of Somerset |
|
1748–1768 |
The Duke of Newcastle |
see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1748 |
1768–1811 |
The Duke of Grafton |
|
1811–1834 |
The Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh |
see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1811 |
1834–1840 |
The Marquess Camden |
|
1840–1847 |
The Duke of Northumberland |
|
1847–1861 |
The Prince Consort |
see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1847 |
1861–1891 |
The Duke of Devonshire |
|
1892–1908 |
The Duke of Devonshire |
|
1908–1919 |
The Lord Rayleigh |
|
1919–1930 |
The Earl of Balfour |
|
1930–1947 |
The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley |
|
1948–1950 |
Jan Smuts |
|
1950–1967 |
The Lord Tedder |
see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1950 |
1967–1976 |
The Lord Adrian |
|
1976–2011 |
The Duke of Edinburgh |
|
2011– |
The Lord Sainsbury of Turville |
see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 2011[6] |
See also
References
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