English cleric, Bishop of Exeter and patron of education (c.1452–1519)
For the Canadian football player, see Hugh Oldham (Canadian football).
The Right Reverend
Hugh Oldham
Bishop of Exeter
Effigy of Hugh Oldham (d. 1519), Bishop of Exeter, Oldham Chapel, south aisle, Exeter Cathedral
Church
Roman Catholic
See
Exeter
Installed
12 January 1505
Term ended
25 June 1519
Predecessor
John Arundel
Successor
John Vesey
Orders
Consecration
5 January 1505 by William Warham
Personal details
Born
c. 1452
Lancashire, England
Died
25 June 1519 Exeter, Devon
Buried
Exeter Cathedral
Statue of Hugh Oldham at Manchester Grammar SchoolCanting arms of Oldham: Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second three roses gules
Hugh Oldham (c. 1452 – 25 June 1519) was an English cleric who was Bishop of Exeter (1505–19) and a notable patron of education as a founder and patron of Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Born in Lancashire to a family of minor gentry, he probably attended both Oxford and Cambridge universities, following which he was a clerk at Durham, then a rector in Cornwall before being employed by Lady Margaret Beaufort (mother of King Henry VII), rising to be the chancellor of her household by 1503. During this time he was preferred with many religious posts all over the country, being made archdeacon of Exeter in 1502 and finally bishop of that city in 1505, a decision that was probably influenced by Lady Margaret.
He was a conscientious bishop who ensured that only educated people were appointed to ecclesiastical posts. His patronage of educational establishments included the foundation of The Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford for which he donated £4,000. After his death he was buried in Exeter Cathedral in a chantry chapel that he had caused to be built for that purpose. The chapel is decorated with numerous carvings of owls, which were his personal device.
HughOldham (c. 1452 – 25 June 1519) was an English cleric who was Bishop of Exeter (1505–19) and a notable patron of education as a founder and patron...
Oldham /ˈoʊldəm/ is a town in Greater Manchester, England, it lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5 miles...
its founder, HughOldham, and the badge should be read as "owl-dom". This suggests that he pronounced his name, as the local accent in Oldham still tends...
"I am very hungry!"). The early sixteenth-century Bishop of Exeter, HughOldham, adopted the owl as his personal device. It bore a scroll in its beak...
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham. The borough had a population...
island). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for HughOldham, biologist and magnetician at Mawson Station in 1955. List of Antarctic...
composer (d. 1521) Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer (d. 1517) HughOldham, Bishop of Exeter (d. 1519) Pietro Antonio Solari, Italian architect...
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, branded and commonly referred to as Oldham Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham...
the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton, previously Oldham West, from 1970 until his death in 2015. Before entering...
HughOldham (1452–1519), Bishop of Exeter from 1505 to his death in 1519. He was born to a family of minor gentry who lived in Ancoats. Bishop Oldham...
Bozkurt of Dulkadir. July 2 – Manchester Grammar School is endowed by HughOldham, the first free grammar school in England. July 22 – At the First Congress...
category. The Co-op Academy New Islington primary school is located on HughOldham Way, New Islington Marina and is bordered by the Rochdale Canal. The...
benefactors to education for the nation; HughOldham. Richard de Oldham was recorded as lord of the manor of Werneth/Oldham (1354). His daughter and heiress,...
Speke, Devon (buried in the Speke Chantry) HughOldham, Bishop of Exeter (1504–1519; buried in the Oldham Chantry) William Alley, Bishop of Exeter (1560–1571)...
miles (6.4 km) north-east of Manchester and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Oldham. The orbital M60 motorway skirts it to the east. The population at the 2011...
His heir was his nephew John Harman (fl.1557/9), the son of his brother Hugh Harman (d.1528) of Moor Hall, who appears to have sold Moor Hall to John...
died in infancy and the other was Colonel Sir Henry HughOldham, C.V.O. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Oldham, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement)...
fire in 1789 but was rebuilt. In September 1761, with his assistant HughOldham, Brindley surveyed an extension from Longford Bridge to Hempstones, near...
Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman Early modern John Arundel HughOldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley...
begun. 1515 – 2 July: Manchester Grammar School is endowed by Bishop HughOldham, the first free grammar school in England. c. 1538 – The manor of Manchester...
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