Chapter VII: Statistics

_1. Principals of Brasenose Hall._

MENTIONED IN

1435 William Long, B.A.

1436 R. Marcham or Markham, M.A.

1438 Roger Grey.

1444 R. Marcham, again.

1451 William Curth or Church, M.A., _d._ 1461.

1461 William Braggys, M.A.

1461 William Wryxham, M.A.

1462 William Braggys, again.

1462 John Molineux, again.

In 1468 the Hall was repaired by

1469 William Sutton, M.A., who occurs also as late as 1483.

1501 } Edmund Croston, M.A., who died 27th Jan., 1507/8; his
1503 } brass in St. Mary’s church is engraved in Churton’s
_Lives of the Founders_.

1502 }
1505 } John Formby, M.A., resigned 24th Aug., 1510.
1508-10 }

1510-12 Matthew Smyth, B.D.

_2. Principals of the College._

ELECTED

1512 Matthew Smyth.

(_Original Fellows_: John Haster, probably first
Vice-Principal, John Formby, Roland Messenger, John
Legh. Shortly after: Richard Shirwood, Richard
Gunston, Simon Starkey, Richard Ridge, Hugh
Charnock, Ralph Bostock).

1547/8 Feb. 27 John Hawarden.

1564/5 Feb. Thomas Blanchard.

1573/4 Feb. 16 Richard Harrys.

1595 Sept. 6 Alexander Nowell (Head-master of Westminster School
1543-55, Dean of St. Paul’s 1560-1602).

1595 Dec. 29 Thomas Singleton.

1614 Dec. 14 Samuel Radcliffe (ejected by the Oxford Commissioners
6th Jan., 1647. Died 26 June, 1648).

1648 July 13 Thomas Yate (ejected, but reinstated 10th Aug., 1660).

1648 April 13 Daniel Greenwood (ejected Aug. 1660).

1681 May 7 John Meare.

1710 June 2 Robert Shippen (Professor of Music in Gresham College,
London, 1705-11?).

1745 Dec. 10 Francis Yarborough.

1770 May 10 William Gwyn.

1770 Sept. 4 Ralph Cawley.

1777 Sept. 14 Thomas Barker.

1785 Sept. 10 William Cleaver (Bishop of Chester 1788, Bangor 1800,
St. Asaph 1806-15).

1809 June 21 Frodsham Hodson.

1822 Feb. 2 Ashurst Turner Gilbert (Bishop of Chichester, 1842-70).

1842 June 9 Richard Harington.

1853 Dec. 27 Edward Hartopp Cradock.

1886 Feb. 26 Albert Watson.

1889 Oct. 1 Charles Buller Heberden.