Matthew Smyth 1512-1547/8
John Hawarden 1547/8-1564/5
Thomas Blanchard 1564/5-1573/4
Richard Harris 1573/4-1595
Alexander Nowell 1595
Thomas Singleton 1595-1614
Samuel Radcliffe 1614-1648
Daniel Greenwood 1648-1660
Thomas Yates (1648) 1660-1681
John Meare 1681-1710
Robert Shippen 1710-1745
Francis Yarborough 1745-1770
William Gwyn 1770
Ralph Cawley 1770-1777
Thomas Barker 1777-1785
William Cleaver 1785-1809
Frodsham Hodson 1809-1822
Ashurst Turner Gilbert 1822-1842
Richard Harington 1842-1853
Edward Hartopp Cradock 1853-1886
Albert Watson 1886-1889
Charles Buller Heberden 1889-1920
Charles Henry Sampson 1920-1936
William Teulon Swan Stallybrass (formerly Sonnenschein) 1936-1948
Hugh Macilwain Last 1948-1956
Maurice Platnauer 1956-1960
Sir Noel Frederick Hall 1960-1973
Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart 1973-1978
John Keiran Barry Moylan Nicholas 1978-1989
David James George Hennessy, Lord Windlesham 1989-2002
Roger John Cashmore 2002-2011
Alan Bowman 2011-2015
John Bowers 2015-