Francis Bevans (1530 – 3 June 1602) was a Welsh lawyer who was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1586 to 1602.[1]
Life
editBevans was born in 1530 Carmarthen in Wales. He became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1573. He gained a B.C.L. in 1579, a Cambridge LL.B. in 1581, and an Oxford D.C.L. in 1583.[2][3]
Bevans was Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford in 1585–6, and Principal of Jesus College from 1586 to 1602.[2] He was also chancellor to Herbert Westfaling, Bishop of Hereford, and so spent much of his time as Principal in Hereford.[4] In his absence, Griffith Powell (who was to become Principal himself in 1613) effectively ran the college during much of the time that Bevan was Principal.[5] Bevans died in Hereford, England, in 1602, the same year as Westfaling.[4]
References
edit- ^ Baker, J. N. L. (1954). The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III - The University of Oxford. The University of London Institute of Historical Research. p. 278.
- ^ a b "Bevans, Francis (BVNS581F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Le Neve, John; Hardy, Thomas Duffus (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England ... p. 575.
- ^ a b Bell, Nancy (1999). "Conservation of the College Charters". The Jesus College Record: 58.
- ^ Baker, J. N. L. (1971). Jesus College 1571-1971. Oxford: Oxonian Press Ltd. p. 13. ISBN 0-9502164-0-2.
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