Students of Oxford and Cambridge Universities
Many of our illustrious ancestors were educated at Oxford and Cambridge, known collectively as 'Oxbridge'. Many documents, books and charts state that so and so matriculated from this or that college in Oxford or Cambridge so I thought it would be a good idea to check all these claims and put them all together on a single page.
There are books which list everyone who has attended these universities. The Oxford book is called Foster's Alumni Oxonienses and the Cambridge equivalent is called Alumni Cantabrigienses compiled by J.A.Venn.
I have managed to get the Cambridge details online and the Oxford ones have very kindly been sent to me by the Oxford University Archives. There are two volumes of the Oxford Alumni; 1500 - 1714 and 1715 - 1886. After that they are available on a card index up to 1932.
What follows is the details contained in those pages along with links to the individuals concerned.
Oxford
Volume 1 1550 - 1714
| Bartholomew Pinckney b1633 - d1659 |
cler. fil. MAGDALEN HALL, matric, 25 July, 1665; B.A. from MAGDALEN COLL, 6 July 1658. |
| George Pinckney b1593 - d1652 |
of Wilts, cler. fil. MAGDALEN HALL, matric. 16 June 1610, aged 17; B.A. from ST. MARY HALL 21 July, 1613, M.A. 3 May, 1616, vicar of Uphaven 1619, and rector of Rushall, Wilts, 1623. See Foster's Index Eccl. |
| Hill Pinckney b1688 - d???? |
s. William of Salisbury, Wilts, gent. BALLIOL COLL., matric. 23 Feb., 1703-04, aged 15; B.A. 1707: student of Lincoln's Inn 1707. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. |
| John Pinckney b1593 - d1652 |
B.A. from ST. MARY HALL 21 July 1613, M.A. 3 May, 1616, as 'George,' whom see. |
| John Pinckney b1619 - d1680 |
s. Philip, of Dinton, Wilts, sacerd. MAGDALEN HALL, matric. 18 Feb., 1635-6, aged 16; B.A. 27 Oct., 1640, rector of Fugglestone St.Peter and Bemerton, Wilts, 1658, and vicar of Longstock, Hants, 1659, until ejected 1662 for nonconformity; died 6 may, 1680. See Calamy, i. 274; & Foster's Index Eccl. |
| Philip Pinckney b1584 - d1658 |
(Pynckney), of Wilts, gent. CHRIST CHURCH, matric. 27 Feb., 1600-1, aged 17; B.A.from MAGDALEN HALL 17 April, 1605, M.A. 16 April, 1608, then in orders, vicar of Dinton withTeffone Magna, Wilts, 'from whence he was driven by the king's forces,' rector of Stanway, Essex,about 1645 by the Westminster assembly, butreturned to Dinton in that year, where he remaineduntil his death in 1661; father of the preceding. See Add. MS. 15,669, pp. 200, 232. |
| Robert Pin(c)kney b1552 - d1636 |
B.A. from ST.MARY HALL, 10 June, 1572. M.A. 5 July, 1575, rector of Liddiard Millicent 1577, Barwick St. John, 1579, and of Rushall 1580, all Wilts. See Foster's Index Eccl. |
| Thomas Pin(c)kney b1629 - d???? |
gent. BALLIOL COLL., matric. 19 March, 1648-9, demy MAGDALEN COLL., 1648-52, B.A. 27 June, 1649, M.A. 29 April, 1652, fellow 1652-7, rector of Wallingford St. Mary, Berks, until ejected for nonconformity 1662. See Blesam, v. 209; Calamy, i. 296; & Burrows, 518. |
| William Pinckney b1657 - d???? |
s. William, of Charlton, Wilts, gent. CHRIST CHURCH, matric, 11 Dec, 1674, aged 17, B.A. 1678. |
Volume 2 1715 - 1886
| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney b1746 - d1825 |
s. Charles, of Charlestown, South Carolina, arm. CHRIST CHURCH, matric 19 Jan., 1764, aged 18; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1769, brother of Thomas 1768 |
| Erlysman Pinckney b1838 - d1920 |
o.s. Erlysman Charles, of St.Jame's, Salisbury, Wilts, arm. EXETER COLL., matric. 2 June 1857, aged 18; B.A. 1861, M.A. 1864, of Wraxall Lodge, Bradford-on-Avon, bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1863. See Foster's Men at the Bar. |
| George Pinckney b1863 - d1948 |
1s, William, of Milford Hill, near salisbury, arm. EXETER COLL., matric. 27 May, 1882, aged 18. |
| George Henry Pinckney b1811 - d1883 |
4s. John Hearne, of Laleham, Middlesex, cler. EXETER COLL., matric. 17 June, 1831, aged 19; B.A. 1835. |
| John Hearn Pinckney b1777 - d1864 |
s. William, of Great Bedwin, Wilts, gent. CORPUS CHRISTI COLL., matric. 19 July 1794, aged 16; B.A. 1798, M.A. 1802, B. & D.D. 1813, died at East Sheen, Surrey, 9 April 1864 |
| Miles Pinckney b???? - d???? |
s. Charles of Charlestown, America, arm. MAGDALEN COLL. matric. 7 July, 1787, aged 18. |
| Robert Pinckney b1827 - d1886 |
1s. Robert, of Amesbury, Wilts, arm. ST.JOHN'S COLL., matric 5 April, 1848, aged 21; vicar of Cullompton 1857-61, rector of Chilfrome, Dorset, 1862-9, of Hittitleigh, Devon, 1869-70, vicar of Highcliffe, Hants, 1871-80, of Hinton Admiral, Hants, 1879, until his death in 1886. |
| Robert Arthur Pinckney b1858 - d1911 |
1s. John, of Salisbury, arm. EXETER COLL., matric. 19 Jan., 1877, aged 18; B.A. 1882. See Eton School Lists. |
| Thomas Pinckney b1750 - d1828 |
s. Charles, of Charlestown, South Carolina, arm. CHRIST CHURCH, matric. 23 Nov., 1768, aged 18; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1774, brother of Charles 1764. |
| William Pinckney b1834 - d1908 |
4s. Robert, of Amesbury, Wilts, arm. EXETER COLL., matric. 25 Feb., 1853, aged 18; B.A. 1857, M.A. 1859, of Milford Hill, Wilts, banker. See Eton School Lists. |
Others 1886 - 1932
| Erlysman Charles Pinckney b1871 - d1954 |
CHRIST CHURCH, matric. 29 May, 1891 |
| Gerald Henry Pinckney b1904 - d1999 |
MERTON, matric. 15 Oct., 1924 |
Cambridge
1261 - 1900
| Alfred Baskett Pinckney b1834 - d1908 |
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Oct. 22, 1867. [Yr.] s. of [the Rev.] William Philip (1828), of Henley-on-Thames (and Ethelred, dau. of Roger Baskett). B. [Aug. 16], 1849, at Eversholt, Beds. School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1876. An architect. F.R.I.B.A., 1897. Married, 1885, Charlotte Sarah, dau. of the Rev. E. W. Dowell, V. of Dunton, Norfolk. Died May 31, 1937, at Bath. Brother of William J. (1863). (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Burke, L.G.; The Times, June 2, 1937.) |
| Charles Pinckney b1660 - d1698 |
Adm. at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1679. Of Norwich. B.A. 1683-4. Ord. deacon (Norwich) June, 1683; priest, Sept. 1686. V. of Briston, Norfolk, 1687-96. R. of Radcliffe, Lancs., 1698, deprived. Perhaps V. of Terling, Essex, 1694-8. |
| Francis Pinckney b1711 - d1768 |
Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, June 29, 1730. S. of Thomas, gent., of London. School, St Paul's. Matric. 1730; B.A. 1733-4. Perhaps R. of Neath, Glamorgan, 1737-68. |
| Horatio Lockton Pinckney b1806 - d1882 |
Adm. pens. (age 19) at TRINITY, Oct. 18, 1824. S. of [the Rev.] John [Hearne], D.D. (C.C.C., Oxford, 1794) [of Temple Grove, East Sheen, Surrey (and Harriet Lockton, of Monckton, Andover)]. B. at Mattingley, Hants. [Jan. 25, 1806]. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1825; B.A. 1829; M.A. 1864. Entered the Army. Died in India, 1882. Brother of William P. (1828). (Eton Sch. Lists, which erroneously gives ?died 1861?; Burke, L.G.) |
| John Robert Hugh Pinckney b1876 - d1964 |
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 25, 1894. Yr. s. of Erlysman (Exeter College, Oxford, 1857) [barrister], of Wraxall Lodge, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts. (and Elizabeth Mary, dau. of James William Cusack, M.D., of Knockbanes, Co. Galway). B. [May 11], 1876, at Wraxall Lodge. School, Wellington College. Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. 1897. A director of the National Bank of India, and of tea and rubber-producing companies in India and Ceylon. During the Great War, 1914-19, served in War Trade Intelligence Dept.; Acting Deputy Chairman. C.B.E., 1920. Married, Oct. 6, 1903, Winifred, dau. of James Ledger Hill, of Combe Grove, Bath, and had issue. Of Hidden Cottage, Hungerford, Berks., in 1951. (Burke, L.G.; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; Who's Who.) |
| Leonard Pinckney b1679 - d1731 |
Adm. Fell.-Com. at CLARE, May 18, 1697. Of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. Matric. 1697. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Nov. 14, 1696. Gentleman Usher to the King. Customer of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Died Aug. 1731. (Musgrave.) |
| Robert Pinckney b1624 - d1647 |
Adm. sizar (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 18, 1641. S. of William, husbandman. Bapt. Feb. 4, 1626-7, at Barnard Castle, Durham. School, Lartington, Yorks. (Mr Rawes). Matric. 1641; B.A. 1645-6. Buried at All Saints', Cambridge, Oct. 18, 1647. |
| William John Pinckney b1845 - d1928 |
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Nov. 27, 1863. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. William Philip (next) (and Ethelred, dau. of Roger Baskett). B. [Feb. 7], 1845, at Eversholt, Beds. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1864; B.A. 1868; M.A. 1876. Rowing ?blue,? 1868. Ord. deacon (Hereford) 1869; priest, 1870; C. of Ludlow, Salop., 1869-74; Lecturer there, 1874-80. C. of Upton-on-Severn, Worcs., 1881-2. C. of Ludlow, 1882-4. V. of Quatford, 1884-1901. Married, Aug. 30, 1881, Agnes Mary, dau. of Major George Tennant. Resided subsequently at St Leonards-on-Sea. Died Mar. 11, 1928. Brother of Alfred B. (1867). (Scott, MSS.; Book of Blues; Burke, L.G.) |
| William Philip Pinckney b1810 - d1898 |
Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, Jan. 18, 1828. [3rd] s. of [the Rev.] John Hearne [D.D.] (C.C.C., Oxford, 1794) (and Harriett Lockton, of Monckton, Andover). B. [Mar. 22, 1810], at Laleham, Middlesex. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1828; B.A. (22nd Wrangler) 1832; M.A. 1836. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Nov. 16, 1836. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1842; priest, 1843; C. of Moulsoe, Bucks., 1843-7. V. of Holy Trinity, Rotherfield Greys, Oxon., 1848-89. Married, Dec. 28, 1842, Ethelred, 2nd dau. of Roger Baskett, of Tickhill, Yorks. Resided latterly at Henley-on-Thames, where he died Nov. 17, 1898. Father of Alfred B. (1867) and the above; brother of Horatio L. (1824). (Record of Old Westminsters; Inns of Court; Crockford; Burke, L.G.; The Times, Nov. 19, 1898.) |