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

Name
Position
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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.
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William Aubrey
Fellow and Commissioner
A former Regius Professor of Civil Law (1553–1559); reappointed as a Commissioner in the 1589 charter
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Nicholas Bacon
Commissioner
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth I
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William Cecil, Lord Burghley
Commissioner
Secretary of State and leading adviser to Elizabeth I; reappointed as a Commissioner in the 1589 charter
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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).
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John Cotterell
Fellow
Clergyman, formerly Principal of White Hall and Laurence Hall, Oxford
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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.
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Gregory Downhall
Scholar
Studied at Merchant Taylors' School (where he was a founding scholar) and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge
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William Garth
Scholar
Unknown background – no evidence that he matriculated at either Oxford or Cambridge
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Gilbert Gerard
Commissioner
Attorney-General under Elizabeth I; reappointed as a Commissioner in the 1589 charter
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John Higginson
Fellow
A Leicestershire priest, named as a Fellow of the college in the 1622 charter
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Thomas Huet
Fellow
Precentor of St David's Cathedral (1562–1588)
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Thomas Huyck
Fellow and Commissioner
Chancellor of the Diocese of London
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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
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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)
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John Lloyd
Fellow
Former Dean of St Asaph, judge of the High Court of Admiralty
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Robert Lougher
Fellow
Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford (1564–1570 and 1575–1580) and Regius Professor of Civil Law (1566–1577)
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John Osmand
Scholar
Unknown background – no evidence that he matriculated at either Oxford or Cambridge
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William Platt
Scholar
Studied at Merchant Taylors' School and Christ's College, Cambridge
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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)
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John Wilford
Scholar
Studied at Merchant Taylors' School and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge
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Francis Yeomans
Scholar
Unknown background – no evidence that he matriculated at either Oxford or Cambridge
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Question: What was Thomas Huyck's role in the founding of Jesus College, Oxford?
Answer: In 1571, Huyck was named in the charter as one of the eight founding fellows of Jesus College, Oxford.