The following have been masters of Clare College, Cambridge:[1]
| # | Year of installation | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ Clare College website: List of Masters Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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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