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| 2 | List of Principals of Hertford College, Oxford - Principals of Magdalen Hall, old site (1448–1822) |  |  |
| 3 | Principal | Date | Notes |
| 4 | John Anwykyll | 1480–1488 | first master of the grammar school |
| 5 | John Stanbridge | - | - |
| 6 | Richard Berne | - | first Principal of Magdalen Hall |
| 7 | Thomas Coveney | 1553–1558 | - |
| 8 | Adrian Hawthorne | 1558–1567 | - |
| 9 | Robert Lyster | 1567–1602 | matriculated Thomas Hobbes |
| 10 | James Hussey | 1602–1605 | - |
| 11 | John Wilkinson | 1605–? | removed by Royalists |
| 12 | Thomas Read | - | Royalist appointee |
| 13 | John Wilkinson | ?–1648 | restored |
| 14 | Henry Wilkinson | 1648–1662 | removed by the Act of Uniformity |
| 15 | James Hyde | 1662–1681 | - |
| 16 | William Levet | 1681–1694 | - |
| 17 | Richard Adams | 1694–1716 | - |
| 18 | Digby Cotes | 1716–1745 | - |
| 19 | William Denison, the Elder | 1745–1755 | - |
| 20 | William Denison, the Younger | 1755–1786 | - |
| 21 | Matthew Lamb | 1786–1788 | - |
| 22 | Henry Ford | 1788–1813 | - |
| 23 | 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.