# List of rectors of Exeter College, Oxford

The following is a list of rectors of Exeter College, Oxford.

## Rectors of Exeter College
### 1318–1566

* John Parys (1318–1319)
* Stephen de Pippecote (1322–1325)
* John de Sevenaysshe (1325–1326)
* John de Kelly (1326–1327)
* Richard de Pyn (1327–1330)
* Henry de Tiverton (1333–1344)
* William Dobbe (1334–1335)
* William de Palmorna (1336–1337)
* John de Blankeswille (1344)
* Robert de Trethewy (1354 – June 1357)
* John Halle (1357 – Spring 1359)
* John Wiseburg (May – October 1359)
* Robert de Clyste (1359–1365)
* Robert Blakedon (1365–1366)
* John Otery (1367)
* Thomas de Kelly (1368–1369)
* William Franke (1370–1371)
* John Dagenet (1371–1372)
* Robert de Lydeford (1373–1374)
* Martin Lydeford (1374)
* John More (1374–1375)
* Thomas Worth (1375–1377)
* Thomas White (1377–1378)
* Richard Browne (1378–1379)
* Lawrence Stevine (1379 – March 1380)
* William Talkarn or Talcaryn (March – October 1380)
* William Slade (1380–1384)
* Thomas Dyre (1385–1389)
* Thomas Hyndeman (16 October 1389 – 2 April 1390)
* Richard Mark or Marks (2 April 1390 – 1391)
* Helias Stoke (14 October 1391 – 1393)
* Robert Marschel (11 October 1393 – 1394)
* John Gynne (1395–1399)
* John Jakys (11 October 1399 – 1400)
* Richard Penwyne (1400–1401)
* Geoffrey Prentys (1401–1402)
* John Cowling (1402–1404)
* John Schute (1404–1405)
* Thomas Noreys (1405–1406)
* William Penbegyll (1406–1407)
* William Fylham (1407–1408)
* William Grene (1409–1411)
* Walter Trengoff (1411–1413)
* Benedict Brente (1413–1414)
* William Fylham (1415)
* John Alwarde (1416–1417)
* Henry Whitehead (1417–1418)
* John Alwarde (1418–1419)
* Ralph Morewyll (1419–1422)
* Edmund Fitchet (1422–1424)
* John Colyforde (1425)
* William Palmer (1425–1432)
* John Rowe (1433–1440)
* John Rygge (1440–1441)
* John Lyndon (1441–1442)
* John Westlake (1442–1443)
* John Evelyn (1443–1447)
* Richard French (1449–1453)
* Walter Windsor (1453–1457)
* William Mogys or Mogas (1457–1459)
* William Thomas (1459–1460)
* William Baron (1460–1464)
* John Phylypp (1464–1470)
* William Major (1471–1474)
* Richard Bradleghe (1475 – 14 March 1478)
* William Mylplaysh (14 March – 14 July 1478)
* John Orelle or Oryal (4 July 1478 – 1479)
* William Meryfeld (1479–1480)
* James Babbe (1482–1484)
* John Smythe (1485–1487)
* Thomas Ruer (1487–1488)
* Richard Panter (1488 – 20 Decr 1494)
* Richard Roberd or Roberts or Robyns (Lent – Oct 1495)
* John Atwell (1495–1499)
* Thomas Michell (1499–1501)
* John Rugge or Rigge (1501–1502)
* Gerendus Raffe (1503–1504)
* William Bery Bury (1506–1508)
* Symon Todde (1512 – Summer 1514)
* John Rugge or Rigge (1515–1516)
* Thomas Vyvyan (27 Mar 1518 – 8 Oct 1519)
* William Smythe (1519–1521)
* Philip Bale (14 Dec 1521 – 6 Oct 1526)
* Edmund Fletcher (1526–1529)
* John Bere (1529–1531)
* John Pekyns (1531–1534)
* John Bery or Bury (1534–1536)
* John Dotyn (1537–1539)
* John French (25 Oct 1539 – 1542)
* Henry Laurence (17 Oct 1542 – 9 October 1543)
* Augustine Crosse (17 Oct 1543 – 1546)
* William More (17 Oct 1546 – 1553)
* William Corindon or Corydon or Corndon (1553–1555)
* Stephen Marks (17 Oct 1555 – 1556)
* Philip Randell (17 Oct 1556 – 17 Oct 1557)
* Robert Newton (17 Oct 1557 – 17 Octr 1559)
* John Neale (18 Oct 1560 – 1566)

### 1566–1887

* John Neale (Whitsuntide 1566 – deprived 12 October 1570)
* Robert Newton (31 October 1570 – resigned 4 October 1578 (see above))
* Thomas Glasier (21 October 1578 – d. 9 March 1592)
* Thomas Holland (24 April 1592 – d. 17 March 1612)
* John Prideaux (4 April 1612 – resigned 3 August 1642)
* George Hakewill (23 August 1642 – d. 2 April 1649)
* John Conant (7 June 1649 – deprived 1 September 1662)
* Joseph Maynard (18 September 1662 – resigned 30 April 1666)
* Arthur Bury (27 May 1666 – deprived 26 July 1690)
* William Paynter (15 August 1690 –d. 18 February 1716)
* Mathew Hole (8 March 1716 – d. 19 July 1730)
* John Conybeare (6 August 1730 – resigned 29 January 1733)
* Joseph Atwell (17 February 1733 – resigned 3 March 1737)
* James Edgcumbe (11 April 1737 – d. 16 May 1750)
* Francis Webber (5 June 1750 – d. 29 September 1771)
* Thomas Bray (22 October 1771 – d. 28 March 1785)
* Thomas Stinton (15 April 1785 – d. 6 July 1787)
* Henry Richards (23 July 1797 – d. 19 December 1807)
* John Cole (7 January 1808 – d. 13 October 1819)
* John Collier Jones (6 November 1819 – d. 7 August 1838)
* Joseph Loscombe Richards (1 September 1838 – d. 27 February 1854)
* John Prideaux Lightfoot (18 March 1854 – d. 23 March 1887)

### 1887–present

* William Jackson Jr (15 April 1887 – resigned 25 March 1913)
* Lewis Richard Farnell (15 April 1913 – resigned 19 September 1928)
* Robert Ranulph Marett (10 October 1928 – d. 18 February 1943)
* Eric Arthur Barber (26 September 1943 – 1956)
* Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare (1956 – resigned 1972)
* Greig Barr (1972 – resigned 1982) (d. 23 April 2008)
* The Lord Crowther-Hunt (1982 – d. 16 February 1987)
* Sir Richard Norman (1987 – d. 6 June 1993)
* Marilyn Butler (1993–2004)
* Dame Frances Cairncross (2004–2014)
* Sir Rick Trainor (2014–2024)
* Dr Andrew Roe CB (October 2024)