The following is a list of headmasters at Bristol Grammar School from when the school began in 1532. Start yearEnd yearNameAcademic degreeAlma mater 1532 (or earlier) c. 1542 Thomas Moffat 1542 c. 1561 John Harris c. 1561 1562 Mr Dyconson c. 1564 1564 Mr Style c. 1565 1566 Mr Turner c. 1570 1571 Mr Dunne c. 1582 1583 Mr White c. 1584 1584 Mr Alexander Woodsonne c. 1600 1622 William Swift M.A. Christ Church, Oxford 1622 1622 Richard Payne M.A. New College, Oxford 1622 1636 Richard Cheynie M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford 1636 1638 Henry James M.A. Trinity College, Oxford 1638 1642 Bartholmew Man M.A. Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1642 1657 Walter Rainsthorp M.A. St John's College, Oxford 1657 1662 John Stephens M.A.B.C.L. Trinity College, Oxford 1662 1670 William Ball M.A. Wadham College, Oxford 1670 1687 John Rainsthorp M.A. St John's College, Oxford 1687 1689 William Stephens M.A. St Edmund Hall, Oxford 1689 1697 Thomas Wotton M.A. Wadham College, OxfordKing's College, Cambridge 1697 1702 Robert Welstead M.A. 1702 1709 Edward Pearce M.A. University College, Oxford 1709 1717 William Goldwin M.A. King's College, Cambridge 1717 1722 James Taylor M.A. Oriel College, Oxford 1722 1743 Alexander Stopford Catcott M.A. St John's College, Oxford 1743 1764 Samuel Seyer M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford 1764 1811 Charles Lee M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford 1812 1844 John Joseph Goodenough M.A. New College, Oxford 1827 1854 Robert Evans M.A.D.C.L. Jesus College, Oxford 1855 1860 Charles Thomas Hudson M.A. St John's College, Cambridge 1860 1883 John William Caldicott M.A.D.D. Pembroke College, OxfordJesus College, Oxford 1883 1906 Robert Leighton M.A. Balliol College, Oxford 1906 1916 Sir Cyril Norwood M.A.D.Litt. St John's College, Oxford 1917 1938 Joseph Edwin Barton M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford 1938 1942 Ralph Westwood Moore M.A. Christ Church, Oxford 1943 1960 John Garrett"Garrett, John Walter Percy", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, online edition published 1 December 2007, accessed 20 September 2025 M.A. Exeter College, Oxford 1960 1975 John Mackay D.Phil. Merton College, Oxford 1975 1988 Roy Avery M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford 1988 1999 Charles Martin M.A. Selwyn College, Cambridge 1999 2008 David Mascord B.A.PhD University of YorkSt John's College, Cambridge 2008 2018 Roderick MacKinnon BSc University of Leicester2018Jaideep BarotM.A.M.Sc.St John's College, CambridgeUniversity of Durham
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