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PRESIDENTS OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
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statue of the founder. — From Ingram.
VISITOR. The Bishop of Winchester.
PRESIDENTS.
1. Claymond, John, B.D. , president 5 March, 1516-
17 ; s. John, of Frampton, co. Lincoln ; demy
Magdalen 1483-7, fellow 1487, M.A. (disp. 4 June),
1507, B.D. B.D. 22 June, 1507, D. D. (suppld. 1 July),
1510; president of Magdalen Coll. about Jan. ,
1506-7, resigned 2 Dec, 1516 ; master of Staindrop
college, Durham, 1500-1, master of St. Cross hos-
pital, near Winchester, 1505-24 ; rector of West
Monckton, Somerset, 1506, canon of Wells and
patron of Binegar, Somerset (presented 1513 and
1525), vicar of collegiate church of Norton, co.
Durham (resigned 1518), rector of Bishop's Cleeve,
co. Gloucester, 1517-37, of Tarring, Sussex, 1517,
of Bishopstone alias Ellisborne, Wilts, 1524, and of
Overton, Havant, and Mottisfont, (all) Hants ; died
19 Nov., 1537, buried in Corpus Christi chapel. See
O.H.S. xxv. 78; & Foster's Alumni Oxonienses,
287.
2. Morwent, Robert (or Morwen), B.D. , president 26 Nov. , 1537 ; born at Harpery, co. Gloucester, B. A. from Magdalen 8 Feb., 1506-7, M.A. 18 June, 151 1 ; appointed sociis compar and perpetual vice- president Corpus Christi 22 June, 1517, by the founder and to succeed Claymond without election ; rector of Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, 1521, of East Knoyle 1523, and of Bishopstone, Wilts, 1 531, prebendary of Gloucester 1554, until he died 16 Aug., 1558, buried in the college chapel. See O.H.S. xxv. 89 ; & A I. Ox. 1040.
3. Cheadsey, William, D.D., president 15 Sept., 1558, deprived 1559 ; scholar of Corpus Christi 16 March, 1528-9, from Somerset (born Sept., 1510), B.A. 30 March, 1530, fellow 1531, M.A. 28 June, 1534, B.D. 19 June, 1542, D.D. 11 July, 1546;
rector of West Hendred, Berks, 1545, chaplain to
Bonner, bishop of London, canon of St. Paul's
1545, and 1554, rector of Weston Colvile, co. Cam-
bridge, 1549, committed to the Marshalsea for
seditious preaching (popery) 1551:, ' the chief prop in
his time in the University for that cause,' vicar of
Paglesham, Essex, 1554, rector of All Hallows,
Bread Street, 1554, until deprived 1559, rector of
Thakeham, Sussex, 1554, vicar of Shottesbrooke
1558, archdeacon of Middlesex 1556, canon of
Windsor 1554, and of Christ Church 1557. See
O.H.S. xxv. 102; & A I. Ox. 265.
Bocher, William (or Butcher), B.D., president 15
Dec, 1559, resigned Dec, 1561 ; scholar Corpus
1534, fellow 1539 ; B.A. 4 March, 1543-4 suppld.
(as M.A.) for, B.D. 18 Dec, 1559 ; rector of Dunts-
bourne Militis, co. Gloucester, May, 1560, until his
death, buried there 1 Nov., 1585. See O.H.S. xxv.
106 ; & Al. Ox. 221.
G-reneway, Thomas, B. D. , president 3 Jan., 1561-2, resigned 1568 ; scholar Corpus Christi 1537, from Hants, B.A. 20 Oct., 1540, fellow 1541, M.A. 28 Jan., 1544-5; rector of Bowers or Bures Gifford, Essex, 1554-71, of Rettenden, Essex, 1557-61, and of Winterbourne Earls, Wilts, 1563, and of Heyford-at-Bridge (or Heyford Purcell) 1564, until his death, buried there 14 Aug., 1571. See O.H.S. xxv. 109 ; & Al. Ox. 600. Cole, William, D. D. , president 19 July, 1568, resigned in 1598 ; fellow Corpus Christi 1545-53 (from co. Lincoln), B.A. (suppld. March), 1547-8, M.A. suppld. 1551-2, B.D- 18 Nov. , 1568, D.D. Jan., 1573-4, vice-chancellor 1577 ; fled into Germany in Q. Mary's time and to Geneva, rector of Sudbourne,