Masters of Trinity Hall

1350-1354
Robert de Stretton (Stratton)
DCL by 1352; papal notary by 1379; died in 1392.

1355-1384
Adam Walker or Wickmer
Canon of St Paul’s, 1363; and of Chichester, 1371.
Died by 1386.

1384-1413
Robert Branch or Braunch
Canon of Chichester, 1390; died 1436

1413-1429?
Henry Wells
Resigned in or soon before 1429; died 1431

1429-1443
Marmaduke Lumley
Bishop of Carlisle, 1430-1449; and of Lincoln, 1450.
Lord High Treasurer of England, 1446-1449; Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1427-28; died 16 Dec 1450

1443-1453
Simon Dalling
Died after 1453.

1453-1471
Simon Thornham
DCL 1463; died by 1472.

1471-1501
William Dalling
Died 1501

1502-1503
Edward Shouldham
DCL 1469; Canon of Lincoln, 1488; died 1503.

1503-1505
Vacancy

1505-1512
John Wright (Wryght)
Resigned 1512; sometime Rector of Clothall (Herts); died 1519.

1512-1517/18
Walter Huke (Hewke)
DCnL 1495; sometime Rector of Holywell (Hunts); died 1517/1518.

1520 or earlier -1525
Thomas Larke
Formerly Surveyor of Building Work for King’s College Chapel. Resigned 1525; died 1530.

1525-1551
Stephen Gardiner
Bishop of Winchester, 1531-1551 and 1553-1555; Secretary of State, 1528-1531; Lord Chancellor, 1553-1555. Elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1539 and 1553. Ejected as Master of Trinity Hall before Feb 1552; restored, 1553; died 12 Nov 1555.

1552 (Feb-Oct)
Walter Haddon
Left to become President of Magdalen, Oxford, Oct 1552; died 1571.

1552-1553
William Mowse
From Oct 1552; removed, 1553; restored 1555; resigned probably before 1559; died 1588.

1553-1555
Stephen Gardiner (again)

1555-1559?
William Mowse (again)

1559-1585
Henry Harvey
Died 1585.

1585-1598
Thomas Preston
Died 1598.

1598-1611
John Cowell
Died 1611.

1611-1626
Clement Corbett
Died 1652.

1626-1645
Thomas Eden
Died 1645.

1645
Robert King
Oct 1645 – resigned before admission owing to objections from the House of Commons; re-elected, 1660, died 1676.

1646-1660
John Bond
Died 1676.

1660-1676
Robert King (again)

1676-1688
Sir Thomas Exton
Sometime Admiralty Judge; elected three times as MP for the University of Cambridge; died 1688.

1688-1703
George Oxenden
Died 1703.

1703-1710
George Bramston
Died 1710.

1710-1735
Sir Nathanael Lloyd
Benefactor of the College. Resigned 1735; died 1741.

1735-1764
Sir Edward Simpson
Died 1764.

1764-1803
Sir James Marriott
Died 1803.

1803-1815
Sir William Wynne
Died 1815.

1815-1843
Thomas Le Blanc
Judge of the King’s Bench, 1799; died 1843

1843-1852
Sir Herbert Jenner-Fust
Died 1852.

1852-1877
Thomas Charles Geldart
Regius Professor of Civil Law, 1814-1847; died 1877.

1877-1888
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
Regius Professor of Civil Law, 1847-88; died 1888.

1888-1902
Henry Latham
Benefactor of the College; died 1902.

1902-1916
Edward Anthony Beck
Died 1916.

1916-1919
Vacant

1919-1929
Henry Bond LLD
Resigned 1929; died 1938.

1929-1954
Henry Roy Dean MD
Professor of Pathology, 1922-1961. Retired 1954, died 1961.

1955-1965
Sir William Ivor Jennings KBE QC LittD
Downing Professor of the Laws of England, 1963-1965. Died 1965.

1966-1975
William Alexander Deer FRS
Elected Professor of Mineralogy, 1951; resigned 1975.

1976-1984
Sir (Theodore) Morris Sugden CBE ScD FRS
Formerly Chief Executive, Shell Research; died 1984.

1984-2000
Sir John Lyons LittD FBA
Formerly Professor of Linguistics & Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex; retired 2000.

2000-2004
Peter Clarke LittD FBA
Professor of Modern British History 1991-2004; resigned 2004.

2004-2014
Martin Daunton LittD FBA
Professor of Economic History, 1997

2014-2021
The Revd Canon Dr Jeremy Morris MA DPhil FRHistS

2022-present
Mary Hockaday, MA