List of headmasters of Durham School

Durham School, tracing its history back to Langley in 1414 and earlier, has had a number of Headmasters (but, to date, no Headmistresses).

This is a sub-article of Durham School.

1414 to 1541

This incomplete list comes from The Durham School Register, 1991.[1] The list is derived from The Account Rolls of the Receiver General which show that two chaplains, the forerunners of the Headmasters, were paid, one for the Langley Grammar School (which became Durham School) and one for the Langley Song School (which became the Chorister School). They do not make it clear which chaplain was for which school however, so two names are often given here.

  • 1414 - William Browne
  • 1416 to 1419 - John Claiton John Arteys (or Ortas
  • 1424 to 1435 - John Arteys
  • 1438 to 1439 - John Arteys Robert Sotheron
  • 1453 to 1461 - Robert Sotheron Robert Grene
  • 1464 to 1466 - Robert Sotheron John Spicer
  • 1466 to 1467 - Robert Sotheron Nicholas Kelchith
  • 1467 to 1479 - Robert Sotheron Hugh Forster
  • 1479 to 1480(?) - James Eversleet William Dosse
  • 1484 to 1497 - Thomas Todd William Dosse
  • 1504 to 1511 - John Hochonson (or Hotchinson) William Dosse
  • 1511 to 1512 - Thomas Sanderson
  • 1512 to 1513 - Thomas Sanderson William Watson
  • 1513 to 1519 - Thomas Sanderson Edward Watson
  • 1520 to 1521 - Thomas Sanderson George Fowberry
  • 1523 to 1529 - William Cokey George Fowberry
  • 1529 to 1535 - William Cokey Ralph Todd
  • 1537 to 1541 - William Cokey Henry Stafford

1541 to 1844

This list comes from The Durham School Register[2] supplemented as indicated.

After the Dissolution in 1541, Henry VIII reconstituted the school.

  • ... to 1546 (or earlier) - Henry Stafford
  • 1546 (or earlier) to 1558 - Robert Hartburn
  • 1158 to 1568 - Thomas Reve
  • 1568 to 1579 - Robert Cooke
  • 1579 to 1593 - Francis Kaye
  • 1593 to 1596 - James Caufield (after his resignation the school was, for some months, in the charge of the undermaster, R. Bolton)
  • 1597 to 1609 - Peter Smart[3]
  • 1610 to 1613 - Thomas Ingmethorpe[4]
  • 1614 to 1628 - Nicholas Walton
  • 1629 to 1632 - Thomas Miller
  • 1633 to 1640 - Richard Smelt
  • 1640 to 1666 - Elias Smith[5]
  • 1666/7 to 1690 - Thomas Battersby
  • 1691 to 1699 - Thomas Rudd[5][6]
  • 1699 to 1703 - Nicholas Burton
  • 1709 to 1711 - Thomas Rudd[5][7]
  • 1761 to 1768 - Thomas Randall[5]
  • 1839 to ... - Edward Elder[8]

Post-1844

Originally located on Palace Green outside Durham Cathedral, the school moved to its present site in 1844.[9]

Headmasters since then have been:[10]

  • ... to 1853 - Edward Elder
  • 1853 to 1882 - Henry Holden[11]
  • 1882 to 1884 - William Fearon
  • 1884 to 1894 - James Marshall
  • 1894 to 1899 - Walter Hobhouse
  • 1899 to 1905 - Albert Hillard
  • 1905 to 1907 - Harry Ward McKenzie[1]
  • 1907 to 1932 - Richard Budworth (the School sport centre is dedicated to Budworth)
  • 1932 to 1958 - Henry Kenneth Luce (the School theatre is dedicated to Luce)
  • 1958 to 1967 - John Brett (the School's inner quadrangle is dedicated to Brett)
  • 1967 to 1972 - William Birkett Cook[1]
  • 1972 to 1982 - Michael Vallance (the school's learning support building is named Vallance Building)
  • 1982 to 1997 - Michael Lang
  • 1997 to 2008 - Neil Kern[12]
  • 2008 to 2009 - Derek R. Best (the building that he taught in was renamed the Derek Best Building)
  • 2009 to 2014 - E. Martin George[13]
  • 2014 to date - Kieran McLaughlin

References
  1. Baty, D.; Gedeye, N.G.E., eds. (1991). Durham School Register (Fifth Edition to 1991 ed.). Durham City: Durham School. pp. 14 to 19. ISBN 0-9515730-0-4.
  2. Earle, Charles; Body, Lawrence, eds. (1912). Durham School Register (Second ed.). Durham City: Durham School. pp. 18 to 24.
  3. Allen, Elizabeth. "Smart, Peter (1568/9–c.1652)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Sep 2004). Retrieved 7 August 2010. ...in 1597 the new dean appointed Smart to the mastership of Durham School, where he probably remained until 1609.
  4. Knighton, C.S. "Ingmethorpe, Thomas (bap. 1564, d. 1638)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Sep 2004). Retrieved 7 August 2010. In 1610 he was appointed headmaster of Durham School but he gave offence to his employers, the dean and chapter, by speaking in a sermon with 'biting invective' against one of their number, Archdeacon Tunstall (VCH Durham, 1.379). Ingmethorpe was called before the chapter on 9 July 1612, and was imprisoned until 13 June 1613 when he made his submission to the charge. The following Christmas he resigned from his headmastership, and spent the rest of his life at his rectory of Great Stainton, where he ran a small private school.
  5. William Page, ed. (1928). "City of Durham". A History of the County of Durham: volume 3. Victoria County History. pp. 29–53. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  6. Courtney, W. P.; rev. A. I. Doyle. "Rud, Thomas (1667/8–1733)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 9 August 2010. From 1691 to 1699 he was headmaster of his old school at Durham.
  7. Courtney, W. P.; rev. A. I. Doyle. "Rud, Thomas (1667/8–1733)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 9 August 2010. In 1710 Rud returned to Durham School until 1711, when he was instituted to the vicarage of St Oswald, where he catalogued the library left to it by a predecessor, John Cock.
  8. Vian, Alsager; rev. M. C. Curthoys. "Elder, Edward (1812–1858)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004, online edn, Oct 2005). Retrieved 7 August 2010. Elder, Edward (1812–1858), headmaster, the son of John William Edmund Elder, was born in Barbados on 1 October 1812. ... He was a tutor at Oxford until 1839, when he became headmaster of Durham Cathedral grammar school. The school was in a sorry state, but was transformed during Elder's headmastership, ultimately acquiring the standing of a public school, helped by the move to a new site in 1844.
  9. Malden, John (1996). Let Durham Flourish. Durham City: The Friends of Durham School. p. 8. ISBN 0-9528670-0-1. The School moved from Palace Green to its present site in 1844.
  10. Malden, John (1996). Let Durham Flourish. Durham City: The Friends of Durham School. pp. 8&9. ISBN 0-9528670-0-1.
  11. Hughes, C.E.; rev. Richard Smail. "Holden, Hubert Ashton (1822–1896)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004, online edn, Oct 2009). Retrieved 7 August 2010. Henry Holden (1814–1909), classical scholar and headmaster, was born at Birmingham on 7 July 1814, the second son of Henry Augustus Holden (1785–1870), a clergyman, and his wife, Mary Willetts Holden. ... Holden was headmaster of Durham Cathedral school from 1853 until 1882, then vicar of South Luffenham, Rutland, from 1881 until 1898.
  12. "School News". Times [London, England]. 7 March 1997. The Governors are pleased to announce that Mr Neil Kern has been appointed Headmaster of Durham School, following the retirement of Mr Michael Lang. Mr Kern is at present a Housemaster at Repton School and will take up his post on September 1, 1997.
  13. "Dream job for Durham School headteacher". Northern Echo. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
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