List of chancellors of the University of Cambridge

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The following is a list of chancellors of the University of Cambridge from c.1215 to the present day. [1] Chancellors were elected annually until 1514, and thereafter were elected for life. [2]

TenureChancellorNotes
c.1215–c.1232 Richard of Wetheringsett
c.1246 Hugh de Hotton
1256 Reginald Gerninghall
1257 Stephen Hepworth
1259 William de Ludham
1260 Richard de Gedney
1261 Richard Dryfield
1267 John de Asgarby
12701275 John Hooke
1276 Roger de Fulbourn
1283 Andrew de Gisleham
1286 Thomas Sheringham
1287 Stephen Hepworth
12891290 Ralph de Leicester
12901292 Geoffery de Pakenham
12931295 Henry de Boyton
12951296 John de Bradenham
12961299 Thomas de Sheringham
1299 Stephen Hepworth
13001303 Stephen Haslingfield
13031307 Stephen de Segrace
1307 Stephen Haslingfield
1315 Richard de Ashton
13211326 Roger Northburgh has been incorrectly described as Chancellor [3] since 1691. [4]
13261329 Richard de Badew
13291331 Thomas de Foxton
c. 1330 Robert de Winwick
13311334 John de Langley
13341335 Robert de Mildenhall See the History of the Mendenhall Surname in England website for notes relating to him.
13351337 Henry de Herwarden
13371339 Richard Harling (or Ling)
1340 Robert de Claydon
1341 Thomas de Northwood
1344 Thomas de Northwood
13461348 John de Crakhall Re-elected in 1348 on 9 June [5]
1348 Thomas de Grantchester
1348 William de Lymbergh Elected 15 December [5]
13491351 Richard Leicester (or Richard de Wetherset, Hetherset, Wetheringsett)Elected 21 Jan. [5] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says: "Wetheringsett [Wethersett], Richard of [Richard of Leicester] (fl. c.1200–c.1230), churchman and theologian, ... is not to be confused with the later chancellor Richard Leicester, who served in 1349–50."
1351 Richard Harling
1352 Anthony of Grantchester
13521359 William Tynkell
13591360 Thomas Sutton
13601361 Richard de Wetherset
13611362 Michael de Haynton
13611366 Michael de Causton
13661369 William de Gotham
1369 Thomas de Stewkley
1371 John de Donwich
13731374 Adam de Lakenheath
1374 John de Donwich
1376 William de Gotham
13781379 Richard Scrope
1380 Eudo (or Guy) Zouche
13801381 John Cavendish
1382 Guy Zouche
13821383 John de Bromyard
1383 John of Neketon
1384 John de Burgh (or Borough)
1385 Thomas Hetherset (or de Hethersett)
1386 John de Burgh (or Borough)
1388 William Colvile
13901391 Richard Dereham
1391 William Colvile
1392 John de Neketon
1394 William Colvile
1396 Guy Zouche
14001402 Richard de Billingford
14041408 Richard Dereham
14091413 Richard de Billingford
1414 Stephen le Scrope
14151422 John de Rickingale
14221423 Thomas de Cobham
14241426 Robert Fitzhugh
1426 William Wymbell
1427 Marmaduke Lumley
14291430 John Holeroke
14311432 William Lascells
1432 Richard de Billingford
14331435 Richard Cawdray
14361445 John Langton
14451446 Nicholas Kenton
1447 John Langton
1448 Robert Ascogh
14501451 Nicholas Close
14511456 William Percy
14561458 Lawrence Booth
1458 William Wilflete (or Wolflet)
14591460 Robert Woodlark
1461 Richard Scroope
14621463 Robert Woodlark
14631464 John Booth
1464 William Wilflete
14651468 John Harrison (or Herrison)
1466 William Wilflete
14681469 Edward Story
14691471 Thomas Rotherham (or Scot)
14711472 Edward Story
14731479 Thomas Rotherham
14791483 John Boynton
14831485 Thomas Rotherham
1490 Thomas Cosyn
14941496 John Blythe
14961499 George Fitzhugh
14991500 Thomas Rotherham
1500 Richard Fox
1502 George Fitzhugh
1503 Thomas Ruthall (or Rowthall)
15041535 John Fisher Appointed for life in 1514 [2]
15351540 Thomas Cromwell
15401547 Stephen Gardiner
15471552 Edward Seymour
15521553 The Duke of Northumberland
15531555 Stephen Gardiner
15561558 Reginald Pole
15591598 The Lord Burghley
15981601 The Earl of Essex
16011612 The Earl of Salisbury
16121614 The Earl of Northampton
16141626 The Earl of Suffolk
1626 1628 The Duke of Buckingham
16281649 The Earl of Holland A Royalist officer in the English Civil War from 1643, executed for treason in 1649
16491651 The Earl of Manchester
16511660 Oliver St John
16601671 The Duke of Manchester The Earl of Manchester, reinstated as Chancellor after the Restoration
16711674 The Duke of Buckingham
16741682 The Duke of Monmouth
16821688 The Duke of Albemarle
16891748 The Duke of Somerset
1748 1768 The Duke of Newcastle
17681811 The Duke of Grafton
1811 1834 The Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
18341840 The Marquess Camden
18401847 The Duke of Northumberland
1847 1861 The Prince Consort
18611891 The Duke of Devonshire
18921908 The Duke of Devonshire
19081919 The Lord Rayleigh
19191930 The Earl of Balfour
19301947 The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
19481950 Jan Smuts
1950 1967 The Lord Tedder
19671976 The Lord Adrian
19762011 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
2011 The Lord Sainsbury of Turville [6]

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