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PRESIDENTS OF MAGDALEN.

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VISITOR.

The Bishop of Winchester.

PRESIDENTS.

1. Horley, John (or Hornley), B.D., president 28 Aug., 1448 (of Magdalen Hall), resigned 1458 ; died and buried at Dartford, Kent, 1477.

2. Tybard, William, B.D., president 12 July, 1458, resigned 1480 ; principal of Haberdasher Hall, in St. Mary's parish, proctor 1431 ; rector of Crow- combe, Somerset, 1459-70 ; died 17 Nov., 1480, M.I. college chapel.

3. Mayew, Richard (or Mayo), D.D., president 23 Aug., 1480, resigned about 1506; born at Hunger- ford; fellow New Coll. 1459-71 (from Winchester school), B.Can. L. supld. 4 Feb., 1455-6 (incorporated at Cambridge 1500), principal of Hart Hall 1468, proctor 1469, vice-chancellor 1484-5, and chancellor Nov., 1502 — May, 1506 ; king's chaplain 1491, archdeacon of Oxford 1496, and king's almoner, archdeacon of East Riding, Yorks, 1501 ; canon of Sarum, bishop of Hereford 1504 ; died 18 April, 1516, buried in his cathedral ; will dated 24 March, 1515-16, proved 10 May following. See Foster's Alumni Oxonienses, 996.

4. Claymond, John, M.A., president about Jan., 1506-7, resigned 2 Dec., 1516 ; s. John, of Frampton, co. Lincoln ; demy Magdalen 1483-7, fellow 1487, M.A. (disp. 4 June), 1507, B.D. 22 June, 1507, D.D. (supld. 1 July), 1510 ; president of Corpus Christi I 5 I 7"37 ! master of Staindrop college, Durham, 1500-1, master of St. Cross hospital near Win- chester 1505-24 ; rector of West Monckton, Somer- set, 1506, canon of Wells and patron of Binegar, Somerset (presented 1513 and 1525), vicar of col- legiate church of Norton, co. Durham (resigned 1518), rector of Bishop's Cleeve, co. Gloucester, I 5 I 7"37. of Tarring, Sussex, 1517, of Bishopstone alias Ellisborne, Wilts, 1524, and of Overton, Havant, and Mottisfont, (all) Hants ; died 19 Nov., 1537, buried in Corpus Christi chapel. See Al. Ox. 287.

5. Hygdon, John, D.D., president 17 Dec, 1516, resigned 6 Nov., 1525 ; fellow about 1495, vice- president 1504-5, D.D. 29 Jan., 1513-14; dean of Cardinal Coll., Oxford, 1525-9, and of Christ Church 1532 ; vicar of Beeding, Sussex, 1502-4, rector of East Bridgford, Notts, 1504, prebendary of Lincoln 1521, and of York 1524; died 13 Jan. , 1532-3, buried in the choir of Magdalen College chapel. See A I. Ox. 706.

6. Stubbs, Laurence, D.D., president 21 Nov., 1525, resigned 1527 ; fellow 1496-7, M.A. 1502, proctor 1504, B.D. disp. 30 May, 1511, D.D. 20 Feb., 1513-14, vice-chancellor 1514, 1516 ; rector of Fobbing, Essex, 1511, canon of York 1526, some- time paymaster and almoner to Cardinal Wolsey, died before 31 Aug., 1548. See Al. Ox. 1439.

7. Knolles, Thomas, D.D., president 6 Feb., 1527, resigned 3 Feb., 1535 ; born at Westgate in York or Owston, Lancashire; fellow 1495, B.D. 19 April, 1515, D. D. June, 1518, secular priest, tutor to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury ; sub-dean 1507-29, and canon of York 1529, vicar of South Kirkby, and of Wakefield, 1502, until his death 9 May, 1546 ; buried in the south aisle of the church, near to the graves of his father and mother; his will dated 5 April, 1546, his body 'to be chested,' proved 13 June, 1548. See Al. Ox. 865.

8. Oglethorpe, Owen, B.D., president, 21 Feb., 1535 (resigned 27 Sept., 1552), and again 31 Oct., 1553, and resigned 7 April, 1555 ; 3rd natural son of

Owen, of Newton Kyme, Yorks ; fellow Magdalen 1523, B.A. 6 Feb., 1524-5, M.A. 13 April, 1529, proctor 1533, B.D. 12 Feb., 1535-6, D.D. 10 July, 1536, vice-chancellor 1551, canon of king Henry VIII. 's College, Oxford, 1543; rector of Bolton Percy 1534, canon of York 1534, rector of East Bridgeford, Notts, 1538, canon of Ripon 1541, canon of Lincoln 1536, rector of Newington, Oxon, 1538-57, of Newton Kyme 1540 and of Romaldkirk, (both) Yorks, 1541, rector of St. Olave, Southwark, 1544, archdeacon of East Riding, Yorkshire, 1550 ; canon 1540, and dean of Windsor 1553, and registrar of the order of the garter, rector of Haseley, Oxon, 1553, bishop of Carlisle 1557, until deprived mid- summer 1559 ; crowned queen Elizabeth ; died 31 Dec, 1559, buried 3 Jan., in St. Dunstan's church, Fleet-street. See Al. Ox. 1087.

9. Haddon, Walter, LL.D., president 30 Sept., 1552, resigned 30 Oct., 1553 ; s. William, of Bucks; scholar King's Coll., Cambridge, 1533 (from Eton), B.A. 1537-8, M.A. 1541, fellow, LL.D. 1549; vice-chancellor 1549-50 ; professor of rhetoric and orator, regius professor in civil law 1551 ; master of Trinity Hall Feb., 1551-2 (incorporated at Oxford 2 Dec., 1552), perhaps a member of Gray's Inn 1557, advocate of the court of arches 11 May, 1555 ; m.p. Reigate Oct. -Dec, 1555, Thetford 1558, Poole 1559, Warwick 1563-7 ; a master of court of requests, judge of the prerogative court of Canter- bury 1559, envoy to Bruges; died 21 Jan., 1571-2. See Al. Ox. 627.

10. Cole, Arthur, B.D., president 22 April, 1555 ; B.A. from Magdalen June, 1518, fellow 1519-33 M.A. 28 March, 1522, proctor 1527, B.D. (supld. April) 1532, B.D. 7 June, 1554, D.D. (sup. 14 Jan.), 1554-5 ; sometime cross-bearer to Cardinal Wolsey ; rector of Bolton Percy, Yorks, 1537-58 canon of Windsor and of Lincoln 1543, rector of Odding- ton, co. Gloucester, 1547, and of Remenham, Berks, 1549, and canon of St. Paul's 1554, fellow Eton college 1554; died 18 July, 1558. See Al. Ox. 300.

11. Coveney, Thomas, M.A. and B.Med., president 2 Aug., 1558, deprived 25 Sept., 1561, by the bishop of Winchester in his visitation for not being in orders ; fellow 1546, from co. Lincoln ; B.A. 1546, M.A. (supld.) 1548-9, B.Med, and admitted to practice 28 March, 1555, D.Med. 29 July, 1560; principal of Magdalen Hall 1553, proctor 1554, canon of Sarum 1563. See Al. Ox. 337.

12. Humphrey, Laurence, M.A., president Dec, 1 561 ; born at Newport Pagnell, Bucks ; demy Magdalen 1546, fellow 1548-56, M.A. (supld.) 1551-2, regius professor of divinity 1560-89, B.D. 10 June, 1562, D.D. 13 July, 1562 (incorporated at Cambridge 1568 or 9), vice-chancellor 1571-6 ; rector of Meonstoke, Hants, 1581, dean of Gloucester 1571, and of Winchester 1580, until his death 1 Feb., 1588-9, aged 63 ; buried in the college chapel. See Al. Ox. 767.

13. Bond, Nicholas, D.D., president 5 April, 1590; 2s. William, who lies buried at Croft, co. Lincoln ; pensioner St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1559, from Lincolnshire; scholar 1559, B.A. 1564; fellow Magdalen Coll., Oxford, 1565-75, M.A. 17 Oct., 1567, B.D. 9 and D.D. 15 July, 1580, vice-chancellor 1589 and 1592 ; rector of Bourton-on-the- Water, co. Gloucester, 1574, vicar of Rochester St. Nicholas 1578, and rector of Attleboro Major 1580, rector of