List of masters of Clare College, Cambridge

Not to be confused with List of Presidents of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

The following have been masters of Clare College, Cambridge:[1]

# | Year of installation | Name | Notes

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1 | 1326 | Walter de Thaxted | still University Hall at this time
2 | 1342 | Ralph Kerdington | no longer University Hall; now Clare Hall
3 | 1359 | Nicholas de Brunne |
4 | 1371 | John de Donewich |
5 | 1392 | John de Charteresse |
6 | 1400 | William Radwinter | [2]
7 | 1421 | William Wymbyll |
8 | 1440 | William Gull |
9 | 1446 | William Wilflete |
10 | 1455 | John Millington |
11 | 1466 | Thomas Stoyll |
12 | 1470 | Richard Stubbs |
13 | 1496 | Gabriel Silvester |
14 | 1506 | William Woodruff |
15 | 1514 | Edmund Natures |
16 | 1530 | John Crayford |
17 | 1539 | Roland Swynbourne |
18 | 1549 | John Madew |
19 | 1553 | Roland Swynbourne |
20 | 1557 | Thomas Bayly |
21 | 1560 | Edward Leeds |
22 | 1571 | Thomas Byng |
23 | 1601 | William Smith |
24 | 1612 | Robert Scott |
25 | 1620 | Thomas Paske |
26 | 1645 | Ralph Cudworth |
27 | 1654 | Theophilus Dillingham | 1st term
28 | 1660 | Thomas Paske |
29 | 1661 | Theophilus Dillingham | 2nd term
30 | 1678 | Samuel Blythe |
31 | 1713 | William Grigg |
32 | 1726 | Charles Morgan |
33 | 1736 | John Wilcox |
34 | 1762 | Peter Godard |
35 | 1781 | John Torkington |
36 | 1815 | William Webb |
37 | 1856 | Edward Atkinson | now refounded as Clare College
38 | 1915 | William Loudon Mollison |
39 | 1929 | Godfrey Wilson | Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1935–1937
40 | 1939 | Henry Thirkill |
41 | 1958 | Eric Ashby |
42 | 1975 | Robin Matthews |
43 | 1993 | Bob Hepple |
44 | 2003 | Tony Badger |
45 | 2014 | Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner |
46 | 2021 | Loretta Minghella |

## References

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1. ^ Clare College website: List of Masters Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 629, for the year 1418; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0284.htm; sixth entry, "cant" in the margin; Magist' Willm Radwynter

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Masters of Clare College, Cambridge

* Walter de Thaxted
* Ralph Kerdington
* Nicholas de Brunne
* John de Donewich
* John de Charteresse
* William Radwinter
* William Wymbyll
* William Gull
* William Wilflete
* John Millington
* Thomas Stoyll
* Richard Stubbs
* Gabriel Silvester
* William Woodruff
* Edmund Natures
* John Crayford
* Roland Swynbourne
* John Madew
* Roland Swynbourne
* Thomas Bayly
* Edward Leeds
* Thomas Byng
* William Smith
* Robert Scott
* Thomas Paske
* Ralph Cudworth
* Theophilus Dillingham
* Thomas Paske
* Theophilus Dillingham
* Samuel Blythe
* William Grigg
* Charles Morgan
* John Wilcox
* Peter Godard
* John Torkington
* William Webb
* Edward Atkinson
* William Mollison
* Godfrey Wilson
* Henry Thirkill
* Eric Ashby
* Robin Matthews
* Bob Hepple
* Anthony Badger
* Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner
* Loretta Minghella

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