Master of St Cross Hospital in Winchester

There has been a Master within the Hospital of St Cross dating back to 1136.

This is not a complete list.  However, we make every effort to update it regularly.

The Venerable Michael Harley, Archdeacon of Winchester,  is the current Master of St Cross & Priest-in-charge of St Faith.  He was licensed on the 23 April 2009.

Some interesting reading about the hospital and the Master can be found at the British History website.  [Click here]

Robert de Limosia, 1136 ?
Roger, 1185
Alan de Sancta Cruse, 1190
Alan de Stoke, appointed 1204
Henry de Cusia or Susa, appointed 1241
Geoffrey de Fernyng, appointed 1250
Thomas de Colchester, appointed 1260
Stephen de Wotton, died 1275
Peter de Sancta Maria, archdeacon of Surrey, 1289-96
William de Welynger or Wendling
Robert de Maidstone, 1305-20
Geoffrey de Welleford, 1321-2
Bertrand de Asserio,  1322-33
Peter de Galliciano, 1333
William de Edingdon, High Treasurer of England, 1335-45
Raymond Pelegrini, papal nuncio, 1345-6
Richard de Lusteshall
Walter de Wetwang
John Edingdon, 1346-66
William Stowell, 1366-8
Richard de Lyntesford, 1368-70
Roger de Cloune, 1370-82
John de Campeden, 1382-1426
John Forest, 1426-44
Thomas Forest, 1444
Thomas Chandler, warden of New College, 1463-5
William Westbury, provost of Eton, 1465
Richard Hayward, died 1489
John Lichfield, 1489-91
Robert Sherborne, 1491-1500 ?
Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, 1500-17
John Claymond, President of Magdalene and Corpus Christi Colleges, appointed 1517
John Incent, appointed 1524
William Meadow, 1545
John Leefe, 1557
Robert Reynolds, 1557
John Watson, 1559
Robert Bennett, 1583
Arthur Lake, 1603
Sir Peter Young, 1616
William Lewis, 1627
John Lisle, 1649
John Cooke, 1657
Richard Shute, 1660
William Lewis, 1660
Henry Compton, 1667
William Harrison, 1675
Abraham Markland, 1694
John Lynch, 1728
John Hoadley, 1760
Beilby Porteus, 1776
John Lockman, 1788
Francis North, 1808
L. M. Humbert, 1855
W. G. Andrewes, 1868