List of rectors of Exeter College, Oxford

The following is a list of rectors of Exeter College, Oxford.

1318–1566
• John Parys (1318–1319)

• Stephen de Pippecote (1322–1325)

• John de Sevenaysshe (1325–1326)

• John de Kelly (1326–1327)

• Richard de Pyn (1327–1330)

• Henry de Tiverton (1333–1344)

• William Dobbe (1334–1335)

• William de Palmorna (1336–1337)

• John de Blankeswille (1344)

• Robert de Trethewy (1354 – June 1357)

• John Halle (1357 – Spring 1359)

• John Wiseburg (May – October 1359)

• Robert de Clyste (1359–1365)

• Robert Blakedon (1365–1366)

• John Otery (1367)

• Thomas de Kelly (1368–1369)

• William Franke (1370–1371)

• John Dagenet (1371–1372)

• Robert de Lydeford (1373–1374)

• Martin Lydeford (1374)

• John More (1374–1375)

• Thomas Worth (1375–1377)

• Thomas White (1377–1378)

• Richard Browne (1378–1379)

• Lawrence Stevine (1379 – March 1380)

• William Talkarn or Talcaryn (March – October 1380)

• William Slade (1380–1384)

• Thomas Dyre (1385–1389)

• Thomas Hyndeman (16 October 1389 – 2 April 1390)

• Richard Mark or Marks (2 April 1390 – 1391)

• Helias Stoke (14 October 1391 – 1393)

• Robert Marschel (11 October 1393 – 1394)

• John Gynne (1395–1399)

• John Jakys (11 October 1399 – 1400)

• Richard Penwyne (1400–1401)

• Geoffrey Prentys (1401–1402)

• John Cowling (1402–1404)

• John Schute (1404–1405)

• Thomas Noreys (1405–1406)

• William Penbegyll (1406–1407)

• William Fylham (1407–1408)

• William Grene (1409–1411)

• Walter Trengoff (1411–1413)

• Benedict Brente (1413–1414)

• William Fylham (1415)

• John Alwarde (1416–1417)

• Henry Whitehead (1417–1418)

• John Alwarde (1418–1419)

• Ralph Morewyll (1419–1422)

• Edmund Fitchet (1422–1424)

• John Colyforde (1425)

• William Palmer (1425–1432)

• John Rowe (1433–1440)

• John Rygge (1440–1441)

• John Lyndon (1441–1442)

• John Westlake (1442–1443)

• John Evelyn (1443–1447)

• Richard French (1449–1453)

• Walter Windsor (1453–1457)

• William Mogys or Mogas (1457–1459)

• William Thomas (1459–1460)

• William Baron (1460–1464)

• John Phylypp (1464–1470)

• William Major (1471–1474)

• Richard Bradleghe (1475 – 14 March 1478)

• William Mylplaysh (14 March – 14 July 1478)

• John Orelle or Oryal (4 July 1478 – 1479)

• William Meryfeld (1479–1480)

• James Babbe (1482–1484)

• John Smythe (1485–1487)

• Thomas Ruer (1487–1488)

• Richard Panter (1488 – 20 Decr 1494)

• Richard Roberd or Roberts or Robyns (Lent – Oct 1495)

• John Atwell (1495–1499)

• Thomas Michell (1499–1501)

• John Rugge or Rigge (1501–1502)

• Gerendus Raffe (1503–1504)

• William Bery Bury (1506–1508)

• Symon Todde (1512 – Summer 1514)

• John Rugge or Rigge (1515–1516)

• Thomas Vyvyan (27 Mar 1518 – 8 Oct 1519)

• William Smythe (1519–1521)

• Philip Bale (14 Dec 1521 – 6 Oct 1526)

• Edmund Fletcher (1526–1529)

• John Bere (1529–1531)

• John Pekyns (1531–1534)

• John Bery or Bury (1534–1536)

• John Dotyn (1537–1539)

• John French (25 Oct 1539 – 1542)

• Henry Laurence (17 Oct 1542 – 9 October 1543)

• Augustine Crosse (17 Oct 1543 – 1546)

• William More (17 Oct 1546 – 1553)

• William Corindon or Corydon or Corndon (1553–1555)

• Stephen Marks (17 Oct 1555 – 1556)

• Philip Randell (17 Oct 1556 – 17 Oct 1557)

• Robert Newton (17 Oct 1557 – 17 Octr 1559)

• John Neale (18 Oct 1560 – 1566)

1566–1887

 * John Neale (Whitsuntide 1566 – deprived 12 October 1570)
 * Robert Newton (31 October 1570 – resigned 4 October 1578 (see above))
 * Thomas Glasier (21 October 1578 – d. 9 March 1592)
 * Thomas Holland (24 April 1592 – d. 17 March 1612)
 * John Prideaux (4 April 1612 – resigned 3 August 1642)
 * George Hakewill (23 August 1642 – d. 2 April 1649)
 * John Conant (7 June 1649 – deprived 1 September 1662)
 * Joseph Maynard (18 September 1662 – resigned 30 April 1666)
 * Arthur Bury (27 May 1666 – deprived 26 July 1690)
 * William Paynter (15 August 1690 –d. 18 February 1716)
 * Mathew Hole (8 March 1716 – d. 19 July 1730)
 * John Conybeare (6 August 1730 – resigned 29 January 1733)
 * Joseph Atwell (17 February 1733 – resigned 3 March 1737)
 * James Edgcumbe (11 April 1737 – d. 16 May 1750)
 * Francis Webber (5 June 1750 – d. 29 September 1771)
 * Thomas Bray (22 October 1771 – d. 28 March 1785)
 * Thomas Stinton (15 April 1785 – d. 6 July 1787)
 * Henry Richards (23 July 1797 – d. 19 December 1807)
 * John Cole (7 January 1808 – d. 13 October 1819)
 * John Collier Jones (6 November 1819 – d. 7 August 1838)
 * Joseph Loscombe Richards (1 September 1838 – d. 27 February 1854)
 * John Prideaux Lightfoot (18 March 1854 – d. 23 March 1887)

1887–present

 * William Jackson Jr (15 April 1887 – resigned 25 March 1913)
 * Lewis Richard Farnell (15 April 1913 – resigned 19 September 1928)
 * Robert Ranulph Marett (10 October 1928 – d. 18 February 1943)
 * Eric Arthur Barber (26 September 1943 – 1956)
 * Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare (1956 – resigned 1972)
 * Greig Barr (1972 – resigned 1982) (d. 23 April 2008)
 * The Lord Crowther-Hunt (1982 – d. 16 February 1987)
 * Sir Richard Norman (1987 – d. 6 June 1993)
 * Marilyn Butler (1993–2004)
 * Dame Frances Cairncross (2004–2014)
 * Sir Rick Trainor (October 2014)
 * Major General Andrew Roe (elected June 2023 to take effect from October 2024)