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

**Section:** People named in the 1571 charter

| 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 | - |