Hugh Saunders
DD (died 1537), otherwise Hugh Shakespeeres or Breakspeare, was an English
clergyman and academic, Principal of
St Alban Hall, Oxford
St Alban Hall, sometimes known as St Alban's Hall or Stubbins, was one of the medieval halls of the University of Oxford, and one of the longest-surviving. It was established in the 13th century, acquired by neighbouring Merton College in the ...
, 1501–1503, and
Vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1501 and 1502.
A
pluralist, Saunders was vicar of
Deptford St Nicholas
Deptford St Nicholas was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. The creation of the parish accompanied the building of the Church of St Paul's, Deptford, constructed by the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches to meet t ...
in 1502–1503, and of
Hoo St Werburgh in 1503, and he resigned from
Meopham
Meopham is a large linear village and civil parish in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England, lying to the south of Gravesend. The parish covers , and comprises two villages and two smaller settlements; it has a population of 6,427 increasi ...
in 1504. In 1509 he became a canon of
St Paul's, in 1513 Rector of
St Mary's,
Whitechapel, and in 1516 of
Gestingthorpe, Essex, as well as Rector of
Mixbury
Mixbury is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about southeast of Brackley in Northamptonshire.
Manor
The toponym is derived from the Old English ''mixen-burgh'', meaning "fortification near dung-heap". ''"Burgh"'' refers to Beaumont ...
; his will was
proved on 26 February 1538.
["Saunders, Hugh, D.D. (alias Shakespeeres or Breakspeare)" in '' Alumni Oxonienses'' (Oxford: Parker & Co, undated, c. 1892)]
Sabery-Saywell, pp. 1297-1322
referencing Newcourt; Foster's Index Eccl.; & Lansdowne MSS. 979, f. 62, and 980, f. 199. 0/ref>
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16th-century births
1537 deaths
Principals of St Alban Hall, Oxford
Doctors of Divinity
16th-century English Anglican priests
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford