List of Principals of Hertford College, Oxford
Principals of Magdalen Hall, old site (1448–1822)

Principal
Date
Notes
John Anwykyll
1480–1488
first master of the grammar school
John Stanbridge
-
-
Richard Berne
-
first Principal of Magdalen Hall
Thomas Coveney
1553–1558
-
Adrian Hawthorne
1558–1567
-
Robert Lyster
1567–1602
matriculated Thomas Hobbes
James Hussey
1602–1605
-
John Wilkinson
1605–?
removed by Royalists
Thomas Read
-
Royalist appointee
John Wilkinson
?–1648
restored
Henry Wilkinson
1648–1662
removed by the Act of Uniformity
James Hyde
1662–1681
-
William Levet
1681–1694
-
Richard Adams
1694–1716
-
Digby Cotes
1716–1745
-
William Denison, the Elder
1745–1755
-
William Denison, the Younger
1755–1786
-
Matthew Lamb
1786–1788
-
Henry Ford
1788–1813
-
John Macbride
1813–1822
moved Magdalen Hall to the site of Hertford College

Question: Who succeeded James Hyde as Principal of Hertford College, Oxford in 1681?
Answer: In 1681 William Levett was the Principal of Magdalen Hall at Oxford, succeeding James Hyde.