Boteler Grammar School, Warrington

Boteler Grammar School Head-Masters




Head-masters of Boteler Grammar School
1526-1576 ? "Sir" Richard Taylor Degree in Canon Law, Oxford, 1506 ; Bachelor of Divinity, 1521 ; occupying School-house, 1524 ; Rector of Lymm, 1565
1576 ?-1605 John Wakefield At Oxford in 1572 ; died and buried in Warrington, 1605.
1605-1620 Robert Martin B.A. Brasenose college, Oxford, 1602 ; resigned and became minister at Aston, 1620 ; died 1646.
1620 ?-1673 Nathan Ashworth B.A. Brasenose college, Oxford, 1609 ; held Nowell Scholarship ; died aged 84 in 1673.
1673-1679 John Wright Brasenose college, Oxford, 1634 ; died aged 61 in 1679.
1680 ?-1683 ? J. Clayton
1683 ?-1686 Joseph Willott B.A. Jesus college, Cambridge, 1677 ; M.A. 1681 ; died at the age of 32 in 1686
1687-1718 Samuel Shaw M.A. Master at Wigan, 1676-1686 ; rector in 1691 ; Prebendary of Chester ; died 1718
1718-1719 John Tatlock
1720-1757 Thomas Hayward Born in Warrington, 1695 ; B.A. Brasenose college Oxford, 1716 ; M.A. 1719 ; Vicar of Garstang, 1722-1731 ; died 1757
1757-1807 Edward Owen Born in Montgomeryshire, 1728 ; B.A. Jesus college, Oxford, 1749 ; M.A., 1752 ; previously Usher at Crosby ; Rector in 1767 ; died 1807.
1807-1814 Robert Atherton Rawstorne, M.A. Brasenose college, Oxford, 1803 ; Became Master and Rector at the same time ; deprived of Mastership in 1814 by Court of Chancery ; Rector till 1832 ; died near Preston, 1852
1815-1828 William Bordman M.A. Pembroke college, Oxford, 1801 ; came from Reading as Usher in 1808 ; requestef to resign in 1828 ; died at Honfleur, France, 1846.
1828-1842 Thomas Vere Bayne Born at Oxford, 1803 ; Scholar and M.A. of Jesus college, Oxford ;new school built, 1829 ; helped to found National School, 1833 ; resigned in 1842 ; died at broughton, 1848.
1842-1861 Henry Bostock Born Newcastle-under-Lyme ; M.A. Wadham college, Oxford ; previously Master of Aylesbury ; asked to resign, 1861 ; died at Southport, 1863
1863-1881 Offley Henry Cary Educated at Rugby ; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford ; School rebuilts just before he came ; resigned in 1881 ; died at Trusham, Devon, 1919.
1881-1907 Edward John Willcocks M.A. Saint Catharine's college, Cambridge ; second master here, 1879 ; previously at Cheam, Surrey ; moved from School-house to Latchford in 1905 ; died in 1907.
1907-1932 Horace Gray Educated at Perse school and Jesus college, Cambridge ; B.A. 1896, M.A. 1900 ; Cricket "blue", 1894 ; taught at Westward Ho !, Ipswich, Wellington ; Head at Kendal, 1904-1907.
1932-1940 Evan Price Evans
1940-1950 Nathaniel Clapton
1951-1973 Peter Martin Jackson, M.A. Educated at Perse school and Emmanuel college, Cambridge ; Athletics "blue"
1973-1981 Robert James English
1981-1983 Eric Percival, M.A.


Head-masters of Boteler Comptehensive School
1983-1986 John Robert Baker
1986-2001 John Higgins
2001-2014 John Sharples
2014- Beverley Scott-Herron