List of headmasters at Bristol Grammar School

The following is a list of headmasters at Bristol Grammar School from when the school began in 1532.

Start year  | End year  | Name  | Academic degree  | Alma mater

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1532 (or earlier)  | c. 1542  | Thomas Moffat[1] |  |
1542  | c. 1561  | John Harris  |  |
c. 1561  | 1562  | Mr Dyconson  |  |
c. 1564  | 1564  | Mr Style  |  |
c. 1565  | 1566  | Mr Turner  |  |
c. 1570  | 1571  | Mr Dunne  |  |
c. 1582  | 1583  | Mr White  |  |
c. 1584  | 1584  | Mr Alexander Woodsonne  |  |
c. 1600  | 1622  | William Swift  | M.A.  | Christ Church, Oxford
1622  | 1622  | Richard Payne  | M.A.  | New College, Oxford
1622  | 1636  | Richard Cheynie  | M.A.  | Magdalen College, Oxford
1636  | 1638  | Henry James  | M.A.  | Trinity College, Oxford
1638  | 1642  | Bartholmew Man  | M.A.  | Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1642  | 1657  | Walter Rainsthorp  | M.A.  | St John's College, Oxford
1657  | 1662  | John Stephens  | M.A.
B.C.L.  | Trinity College, Oxford
1662  | 1670  | William Ball  | M.A.  | Wadham College, Oxford
1670  | 1687  | John Rainsthorp  | M.A.  | St John's College, Oxford
1687  | 1689  | William Stephens  | M.A.  | St Edmund Hall, Oxford
1689  | 1697  | Thomas Wotton  | M.A.  | Wadham College, Oxford
King's College, Cambridge
1697  | 1702  | Robert Welstead  | M.A.  |
1702  | 1709  | Edward Pearce  | M.A.  | University College, Oxford
1709  | 1717  | William Goldwin[2] | M.A.  | King's College, Cambridge
1717  | 1722  | James Taylor  | M.A.  | Oriel College, Oxford
1722  | 1743  | Alexander Stopford Catcott[3] | M.A.  | St John's College, Oxford
1743  | 1764  | Samuel Seyer[4] | M.A.  | Pembroke College, Oxford
1764  | 1811  | Charles Lee[5] | M.A.  | Pembroke College, Oxford
1812  | 1844  | John Joseph Goodenough[6] | M.A.  | New College, Oxford
1827  | 1854  | Robert Evans  | M.A.
D.C.L.  | Jesus College, Oxford
1855  | 1860  | Charles Thomas Hudson[7] | M.A.  | St John's College, Cambridge
1860  | 1883  | John William Caldicott[8] | M.A.
D.D.  | Pembroke College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford
1883  | 1906  | Robert Leighton[1] | M.A.  | Balliol College, Oxford
1906  | 1916  | Sir Cyril Norwood[9] | M.A.
D.Litt.  | St John's College, Oxford
1917  | 1938  | Joseph Edwin Barton[10] | M.A.  | Pembroke College, Oxford
1938  | 1942  | Ralph Westwood Moore[11] | M.A.  | Christ Church, Oxford
1943  | 1960  | John Garrett[12] | M.A.  | Exeter College, Oxford
1960  | 1975  | John Mackay[13] | D.Phil.  | Merton College, Oxford
1975  | 1988  | Roy Avery[14] | M.A.  | Magdalen College, Oxford
1988  | 1999  | Charles Martin[15] | M.A.  | Selwyn College, Cambridge
1999  | 2008  | David Mascord[16] | B.A.
PhD  | University of York
St John's College, Cambridge
2008  | 2018  | Roderick MacKinnon[17] | BSc  | University of Leicester
2018  |  | Jaideep Barot[18] | M.A.
M.Sc.  | St John's College, Cambridge
University of Durham

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Bristol Grammar School". Open Buildings. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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3. ^ "Catcott, Alexander Stopford". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4879. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. ^ Davies, Owen; de Blecourt, Willem (2004). Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe. Manchester University Press. p. 125\. ISBN 9780719066603.
5. ^ "Bristol Grammar Lower School". Education Base. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
6. ^ Turner, David (2015). The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School. Yale University Press. p. 75\. ISBN 9780300213133.
7. ^ "Hudson, Charles Thomas (1828–1903): drawings of the Rotifera". AIM 25. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
8. ^ Crawford, Elizabeth (2006). The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey. Taylor & Francis. p. 130\. ISBN 9780415383325.
9. ^ "The Norwood Report (1943) Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools". Education in England. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
10. ^ "Mr. J. E. BARTON (Headmaster, Bristol Grammar School): 'Four Centuries of School Life'". Radio Times. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
11. ^ "The Head Masters". Harrow Association. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
12. ^ "The Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School, Mr. John Garrett". The Spectator. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
13. ^ Young, Roger (10 November 1999). "Obituary: John Mackay". Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
14. ^ "(James) Roy Avery". Harrow County School for Boys. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
15. ^ "Birthdays Today". Times. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
16. ^ Curtis, Polly (29 January 2008). "To have and have not". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
17. ^ "Headmasters Blog". Bristol Grammar School. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
18. ^ "Staff List". Bristol Grammar School. Retrieved 24 August 2018.