James Dugdale was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford.[1][2]

In 1547, Dugdale become a Fellow of University College. He was Master from 1558, but only for a short period, since he refused to support Queen Elizabeth I with the Oath of Supremacy.[3] On 17 November 1561, he was summoned to appear in front of the Royal Visitors, failed to appear, and thus lost his Mastership of University College. Thomas Caius was elected Master later on the same day.

Dugdale had been collated Archdeacon of St Albans in 1557 but was deprived of the Archdeaconry in 1560 because of his Catholic sympathies and failure to sign the Oath of Supremacy.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Carr, William, University College, Routledge, 1998. ISBN 978-0-415-18632-2. Chapter V, The Sixteenth Century (page 83).
  2. ^ Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0. Pages 103–104.
  3. ^ University College. In H. E. Salter and Mary D. Lobel (editors), A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pages 61–81. Victoria County History. Date accessed: 10 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Archdeacons deprived under Queen Elizabeth" (PDF). Monastery Library & Archives. UK: Ampleforth Abbey. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of University College, Oxford
1558–1561
Succeeded by