Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College at the University of Cambridge was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely. It is traditionally held that the nunnery was turned into a college because the nunnery had gained a reputation for licentiousness.

Masters of Jesus College

• William Chubbes or Stubs, D.D. 1497-1505
• John Eccleston or Egliston, D.D. 1505-1516
• Thomas Alcock, LL.D. 1516 only
• William Capon, D.D. 1516-46
• John Reston, D.D. 1546-51
• Edmund Pierpoint, B.D. 1551-57
• John Fuller, LL.D. 1557-58
• Thomas Redman, B.D. 1559-60
• Edward Gascoyne, LL.D. 1560-62
• John Lakin or Larkyn, B.D. 1562-63
• Thomas Ithell, LL.D. 1563-79
• John Bell, D.D. 1579-89
• John Duport, D.D. 1590-1617
• Roger Andrewes, D.D. 1618-32
• William Beale, D.D. 1632-34
• Richard Sterne, D.D. 1634-44 and 1660
• Thomas Young, M.A. 1644-50
• John Worthington, D.D. 1650-60
• John Pearson, D.D. 1660-62
• Joseph Beaumont, D.D. 1662-63
• Edmund Boldero, D.D. 1663-79
• Humphrey Gower, D.D. 1679 only
• William Saywell, D.D. 1679-1701
• Charles Ashton, D.D. 1701-52
• Philip Yonge, D.D. 1752-58
• Lynford Caryl, D.D. 1758-81
• Richard Beadon, D.D. 1781-89
• William Pearce, D.D. 1789-1820
• William French, D.D. 1820-49
• George Elwes Corrie, D.D. 1849-85
• Henry Arthur Morgan, D.D. 1885-1912
• Arthur Gray, M.A. 1912-40
• Wynfrid Laurence Henry Duckworth 1940-45
• Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard 1945-59
• Denys Lionel Page (knighted 1971) 1959-73 (d. 1978)
• Alan Cottrell (knighted 1971) 1973-86
• Colin Renfrew (Lord Renfrew of Kairmsthorn) 1986-96
• David Crighton 1997-2000
• Robert Mair 2001-