Christ's Hospital of Abingdon


Christ's Hospital of Abingdon is a charity with a long history, based in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

History

A royal charter established the Master and Governors of the Hospital of Christ of Abingdon in 1553, the year that Mary I succeeded to the English throne. Sir John Mason, a Tudor diplomat, was its first Master from 1553 to 1566.
The charity supports almshouses in Abingdon. Sampson Strong decorated the hall with portraits of founders, benefactors and former governors.
The charity has been involved with education, educating Abingdon boys from 1608 until 1870. There has been a close connection with Abingdon School since 1870.
Christ's Hospital established Albert Park in northwest Abingdon in the 1860s on the site of the former Conduit Field.
The current charity is based at St Helen's Wharf in Abingdon, Registered Charity Number 205112.

Names of Masters

The following list contains the names of the Masters.
Name of MasterYear/s as Master
Sir John Mason1553–1565
Roger Amice1566, 1567, 1568
Richard Mayott1569, 1570
Thomas Orpwood1571, 1604, 1613, 1614
James Fisher1572, 1578, 1585
William Braunch1573, 1574, 1581, 1593
Thomas Stampe1575, 1577
Thomas Smith1576, 1582
Thomas Tesdale1579
Thomas Mayott1580, 1594, 1603, 1627
Paule Orpwood1583, 1595
Lionell Bostock1584, 1598
John Fisher1586
William Kishey1587
Anthony Tesdale1588, 1607
John Wise1580
Richard Tesdale1590
William Lee1591, 1602, 1619, 1624
William Welling1592
Francis Little1596, 1597
Robert Payne1599, 1621
John Blacknall1600
Paule Dayrell1601
James Hide1605
William Bostock1606
Thomas Reade1608, 1623, 1632
Lawrence Stevenson1609, 1620
John Mayott1612, 1615, 1616, 1625, 1633, 1649, 1659
Richard Curtyn1617, 1627, 1635
Robert Kisbey1618
Richard Chickin1622
Thomas Clempson1626
Edmond Bostock1628, 1636
John Fyssher1629
John Payne1630
Edmund Franklyn1631, 1642, 1654
Thomas Wilde1637
John Hawes1638
William Castell1638
Richard Mayott1639, 1643
William Payne1640
Richard Payne1641
Robert Mayott1643
Thomas Steed1644
John Bolter1645, 1656
James Curteyne1646, 1657, 1665, 1675, 1684
Thomas Payne1647, 1655
Richard Cheyney1648
Francis Payne1650, 1658, 1668, 1672
Jonathan Hawe1651, 1660, 1664, 1671, 1682
Edward Bond1652, 1662
William Wells1653, 1661
William Cheyney1663, 1666
William Weston1667
John Payne1668, 1677, 1686, 1694
George Winchurst1670
Robert Blackaller1673, 1678, 1685, 1693, 1709
Robert Morris1674, 1679, 1687, 1695
William Cheyney1676, 1690
Robert Sellwood1680, 1689, 1696, 1703
Richard West1681, 1688
Thomas Hulcotts1683
James Corderoy1691
Thomas Sparks1692
Michael Rawlins1697, 1705, 1716, 1723
Henry Knapp1698, 1708
John Sellwood1699, 1707
John Spinage1700, 1714
Richard Ely1701, 1706, 1715, 1724, 1726, 1729
George Drew1702
Robert Mayott1704
Thomas King1710
William Phillipson1711
William Dunn1712
Richard Mayott1713
John Rawlins1717
Anthony Clackson1718
Clement Saxton1719, 1729
Thomas Prince Sr.1720
John Pretty1721
Matthew Anderson1722, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1752, 1759, 1764
James Saunders1725, 1740
William Wells1726
Thomas Read1727, 1730, 1741

Name of MasterYear/s as Master
John Waldron1728
William Motley1730
Edward Saxton1731
Edward Green1732, 1743
William Hawkins1733, 1744
Edward Spinage1734, 1742
William Yateman1735, 1745
John Crossley1736, 1746
John Knapp1737, 1747
John Fludger1738, 1748, 1764
Thomas Justice1749, 1757, 1761, 1765
John Eldridge1750, 1766
Richard Basely1751, 1770
Rev. Michael Rawlins1753
Edward Baldwin1754
Richard Rose1755, 1771
George Knapp Sr.1756, 1772
Charles Cox1757
Henry Harding1758
John Bowles1760, 1784
John Knapp1762
Thomas Prince Jr.1763
Joseph Penn1767
Robert Crew1768
Dudson Rawlins1769, 1790
William Bowles1776, 1778, 1789
William Eldridge1777, 1792
John Payne1778
Robert Crew1780
James Powell1780, 1793
John Harding1781
John Bedwell1782, 1794
Edward Child1783, 1795, 1804, 1814
Samuell Sellwood1785, 1797, 1805, 1816
William Allder1786, 1798, 1806
George Hawkins1787, 1788
James Penn1791
James Smallbone1793
Thomas Prince III1796, 1808, 1812
Henry Knapp Sr.1799, 1811
John Eldridge1800
Thomas Knight1801, 1814, 1815, 1826, 1827
Benjamin Morland1802
John Gallaway1803
John Francis Spenlove1807, 1820, 1828
Thomas Baker1809, 1819, 1831
James Cole1810, 1821, 1832
Richard Bradfield1813, 1824
Samuel Cripps1817
Henry Knapp Jr.1818, 1834
Thomas West1822
Thomas Curtis1823, 1835
Charles King1825, 1837
William Church1826
John Vindin Collingwood1829, 1839
William Strange1830
William Doe Belcher1833, 1842, 1843, 1854
George Bowes Morland1836, 1844, 1866, 1867
Daniel Godfrey1838, 1847, 1855, 1859, 1868
Richard Badcock1840, 1864
Benjamin Collingwood1841
John Hyde1845, 1850, 1856, 1861, 1870
John Tomkins1846, 1851, 1857
William Belcher1848, 1853, 1862
Thomas Hedges Graham1849, 1860, 1869
Edwin James Trendell1852, 1863
William Pemberton1858, 1865
John Creemer Clarkec.1890
Arthur Edwin Preston1929
John Holden Hooke1959
Herbert George Mullard1962–76
Douglas Arthur Kitto
Dr Jack Cherry1984–85
Ernest William Johnston Nicholson1985–86
William James Howard Liversidge1986, 1987
Norman John Holmes
David Roger Barrett
Michael William Matthews1997
Thomas Chamberlain1998
Helen Mary Ronaldson2003
Geoffrey Robert Morris2008
Robert Farrant2009
Tom Ayling2018–present