John Lloyd (judge)

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Rev. John Lloyd DCL (died 20 February 1607) was Dean of St Asaph, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and one of the founders, along with Queen Elizabeth Tudor, of the first Protestant College at the University of Oxford, Jesus College.

Engraving Jesus College 1740
Oxford men and their colleges – All Souls', from Radcliffe Library

Early life[]

Born in 1533, he was the third son of David Lloyd. He married Elizabeth Pigott, daughter of Thomas Pigott (Bedfordshire MP), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. [1]

Biography[]

Lloyd obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oxford in 1542. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, member of the governing body of the University of Oxford[2] He received the degrees of BCL in 1554 and DCL in 1565. In April 1559, he was appointed Dean of St Asaph but was removed from this position in November the same year.[3] In 1571, Lloyd was named in the charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I as one of the eight founding fellows of Jesus College, Oxford. That College was the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford and was the only college created there by Elizabeth Tudor.[4][5][6][7] Along the members who were part of that charter was, William Cecil of Burghley House, the Secretary of State ; Sir Christopher Hatton of Holdenby Palace, the Lord Chancellor of England ; Nicholas Bacon of Old Gorhambury House, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and a few others. There was in total 8 founding fellows, 8 founding commissioners, 8 founding scholars and a Principal. In 1589, Elizabeth Tudor issued a new Charter, reducing the members from 22 to 13, making all of them Commissioners with no more Fellows or Scholars. John Lloyd was one the thirteen founding Commissioners of that chart and was promoted from Fellow to Commissionner.

He became an advocate of Canterbury Court of the Arches in 1566, and later was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.[8] Before Jesus College was founded, Lloyd had been Principal of White Hall, University of Oxford.[9] He was buried in the Minster (church) at Chester Cathedral.

References[]

  1. ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=PA780&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=lloyd&f=false
  2. ^ Richardson, D. (2011). Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families (2nd ed.). Douglas Richardson. p. 780. ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7.
  3. ^ "Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, considerably enlarged and brought down to the present time" Edwards, E. p170: Wrexham, John Painter, 1801
  4. ^ https://www.tudorsociety.com/oxfords-six-tudor-colleges-by-john-tepper-marlin/
  5. ^ https://conference-oxford.com/venues/conference/jesus-college
  6. ^ https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/history/our-history/
  7. ^ http://www.oxocn.org.uk/colleges/jesus-college.html
  8. ^ Foster, Joseph (1892). Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Parker and Co.
  9. ^ "The Founders". University of Oxford. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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