List of headmasters of Durham School


Durham School, tracing its history back to Langley in 1414 and earlier, has had a number of Headmasters.

1414 to 1541

This incomplete list comes from The Durham School Register, 1991. The list is derived from The Account Rolls of the Receiver General which show that two chaplains, the forerunners of the Headmasters, were paid, one for the Langley Grammar School and one for the Langley Song School. They do not make it clear which chaplain was for which school however, so two names are often given here.
This list comes from The Durham School Register supplemented as indicated.
After the Dissolution in 1541, Henry VIII reconstituted the school.
Originally located on Palace Green outside Durham Cathedral, the school moved to its present site in 1844.
Headmasters since then have been: