Hugh Oldham (c.1452 – 25 June 1519) was a Bishop of Exeter and a notable patron of education. 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.
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