List of founding Fellows, Scholars and Commissioners of Jesus College, Oxford
People named in the 1571 charter

List of founding Fellows, Scholars and Commissioners of Jesus College, Oxford

Section Title: People named in the 1571 charter
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Name	Position	Notes	Ref

Lancelot Andrewes	Scholar	Andrewes studied at Merchant Taylors' School and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge and was later Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Winchester and one of the translators of the King James Bible.

William Aubrey	Fellow and Commissioner	A former Regius Professor of Civil Law (1553–1559); reappointed as a Commissioner in the 1589 charter

Nicholas Bacon	Commissioner	Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth I

William Cecil, Lord Burghley	Commissioner	Secretary of State and leading adviser to Elizabeth I; reappointed as a Commissioner in the 1589 charter

The Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor of the university	Commissioner	The Chancellor at the time of the 1571 charter was Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (Chancellor 1564–1588, with Sir Thomas Bromley deputising for him between 1585 and 1588).

John Cotterell	Fellow	Clergyman, formerly Principal of White Hall and Laurence Hall, Oxford

Thomas Dove	Scholar	Dove studied at Merchant Taylors' School and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He was also named in the 1622 charter, and became Bishop of Peterborough.

Gregory Downhall	Scholar	Studied at Merchant Taylors' School (where he was a founding scholar) and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge

William Garth	Scholar	Unknown background – no evidence that he matriculated at either Oxford or Cambridge

Gilbert Gerard	Commissioner	Attorney-General under Elizabeth I; reappointed as a Commissioner in the 1589 charter

John Higginson	Fellow	A Leicestershire priest, named as a Fellow of the college in the 1622 charter

Thomas Huet	Fellow	Precentor of St David's Cathedral (1562–1588)

Thomas Huyck	Fellow and Commissioner	Chancellor of the Diocese of London

Robert Johnson	Fellow	Later Archdeacon of Leicester and founder of Oakham and Uppingham Schools, and named as a Fellow of the college in the 1622 charter

David Lewis	Principal and Commissioner	First Principal (resigning 1572); Fellow of All Souls, former Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, a judge of the High Court of Admiralty (appointed in 1558)

John Lloyd	Fellow	Former Dean of St Asaph, judge of the High Court of Admiralty

Robert Lougher	Fellow	Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford (1564–1570 and 1575–1580) and Regius Professor of Civil Law (1566–1577)

John Osmand	Scholar	Unknown background – no evidence that he matriculated at either Oxford or Cambridge

William Platt	Scholar	Studied at Merchant Taylors' School and Christ's College, Cambridge

Hugh Price	Commissioner	Treasurer of St David's Cathedral and founder of the college, his name appears twice in the charter (as a benefactor promising a bequest worth £60 per year, and then as the first-named Commissioner)

John Wilford	Scholar	Studied at Merchant Taylors' School and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge

Francis Yeomans	Scholar	Unknown background – no evidence that he matriculated at either Oxford or Cambridge

Sentence(s)

David Lewis was the first Principal of Jesus College in 1571, but left in 1572.

final_sentence: David Lewis was the first Principal of Jesus College in 1571, but left in 1572.