John Meare (c. 1649 – 10 May 1710) was an English clergyman and academic administrator at the University of Oxford .
Meare was the son of John Meare of Horton, Cheshire . He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1665, aged 16, graduating B.A. 1669, M.A. 1671, B.D. & D.D. 1684.[ 1]
He was ordained deacon on 22 September 1678 and priest on 15 June 1679, both ordinations performed by John Fell , Bishop of Oxford in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford .[ 2]
In the church, Meare was appointed rector of Great Rollright , Oxfordshire in 1687; rector of Middleton Cheney , Northamptonshire in 1693; and canon of Wells Cathedral in 1703.[ 1]
Meare was elected principal (head) of Brasenose College, Oxford on 7 May 1681.[ 3] He also served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1697–1698.[ 4] [ 5] He was so unpopular as vice-chancellor that the warden of All Souls prayed aloud that he might be transported to the colonies.[ 6]
By January 1709, Meare had lost his mental faculties. As the college statutes required his assent for decisions, his incapacity caused the college administration to grind to a halt, prompting a dispute between the fellows and William Wake (the college Visitor as Bishop of Lincoln) on how to proceed.[ 6] Meare died on 10 May 1710.[ 3]
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1430 Thomas Eglesfield
1431 Richard Roderham
1433 John Burbach or Hurbach
1434 Thomas Gascoigne , Christopher Knolles , John Burbach
1435 John Burbach , Thomas Bonyngworth
1436 John Burbach , Thomas Greneley
1437 John Gorsuch , Thomas Greneley
1438 John Gorsuch , William Hawtrine
1439 John Gorsuch , John Burbach , Thomas Southam , Thomas Gascoigne
1440 John Gorsuch
1441 John Gorsuch , Robert Thwaits , William Babington
1442 William Grey , William Babington , John Gorsuch , William Westkarre
1443 William Dowson , William Westkarre
1444 William Dowson , Richard Hall , William Westkarre
1445 William Dowson , John Selot
1446 William Westkarre , John Moreton , William Dowson
1447 John Burneby , William Dowson
1448 John Burneby
1449 John Willey , John Burneby , William Dowson
1450 Richard Ringstede , John Beke , Roger Bulkeley , John Van
1451 John Beke , John Van
1452 John Beke , Thomas Tweyn or Yweyn alias Chalke, Thomas Saunders
1453 Luke Lacock , Robert Thwaits , Thomas Saunders
1454 Thomas Tweyn , Thomas Saunders
1455 Thomas Twynge alias Bonifaunt
1456 Thomas Saunders
1457 Thomas Chippenham
1458 Walter Wynhale , Thomas Twynge
1459 John Danvers , Thomas Jaune or Jane
1460 Thomas Tweyn
1461 William Ive , Roger Bulkeley
1462 William Ive
1463 John Watts , Thomas Chaundler , David Husband , John Mulcaster
1464 Laurence Cokkys , Thomas Chaundler , Roger Bulkeley , John Caldbeck , Thomas Person
1465 Thomas Smith , Robert Ixworth , John Caldbeck , Thomas Chaundler
1466 Thomas Chaundler , John Caldbeck , Thomas Stevyn , Laurence Cokkys , Thomas Hill
1467 Thomas Chaundler , Thomas Stevyn , Thomas Walton
1468 Thomas Stevyn , Thomas Jaune
1469 Robert Tulley , Thomas Jaune
1470 Thomas Stevyn
1480 John Lane , William Sutton
1481 Richard Fitzjames , William Sutton
1482 Robert Wrangwais , William Sutton
1484 Richard Mayew , Thomas Pawnton
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1509 William Fauntleroy
1510 John Thornden , John Mychell
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1512 Edmund Wylsford , William Fauntleroy , John Kynton
1513 William Fauntleroy , John Kynton , John Thornden
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1516 Lawrence Stubbs
1517 Richard Duck or Doke
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1519 Richard Barnack , Richard Duck or Doke
1520 William Broke or Brook, Richard Benger
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1528 John Cottisford
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1552 James Brookes or Brooks, Richard Marshall
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1556 William Tresham , Thomas Raynolds
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1577 William Cole
1578 Martin Culpepper
1579 Tobias Matthew
1580 Arthur Yeldard
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1582 Robert Hovenden
1583 Thomas Thornton
1584 John Underhill
1585 Edmund Lilly
1586 Daniel Bernard
1587 Francis Wyllis
1588 Martin Heton
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1592 Nicholas Bond
1593 Edmund Lilly
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1598 Thomas Singleton
1599 Thomas Thornton
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