Francis Mansell

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Memorial plaque for Francis Mansell in the chapel of Jesus College

Francis Mansell (* 1579 - † May 1, 1665 in Oxford ) was an English university professor. He served three times as principal of Jesus College , Oxford.

Origin and studies

Francis Mansell came from the Mansel family , an old gentry family from Wales . He was the second son of Francis Mansel and Catherine Morgan. His father was made a baronet in 1622 . Francis Mansell attended the Free School in Hereford and studied from November 1607 at Jesus College in Oxford, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts on February 20, 1609 and in 1611 as a Master of Arts . In 1624 he became Doctor of Divinity .

Changing career as a university lecturer

Mansell's first application as a Fellow of All Souls College failed in 1613, but he was elected in the next election. At the end of July 1620, the Vice Chancellor appointed him rector of Jesus College, which was attended almost exclusively by Welsh, although some fellows opposed it. Mansell dismissed four of his opponents, but he resigned his office in 1621 and was replaced by Eubule Thelwall . After he died in 1630, Mansell was elected rector this time without dissenting votes. Under him the facility of the college was enlarged considerably. At the beginning of the English Civil War he was in Wales in 1643 to manage the inheritance of his brother Anthony Mansel, who had died in the war . He supported the royalists and only returned to his college after the siege of Oxford in 1647. As a royalist, he was deposed as rector by the members of parliament and, like almost all fellows, disadvantaged, so that he returned to Wales and lived in Llantrithyd Court near Cardiff from 1648 . In 1651 he returned to Oxford and was given permission to live in the college's gate tower because of his reputation. After the Stuart Restoration , he was appointed rector for the third time in 1660, but due to his old age he resigned after seven months in 1661. He was succeeded by Leoline Jenkins .

Mansell was considered authoritarian, but also very astute. Despite his severity and severity, he was popular and respected in college. He bequeathed his property, including his library, to the college.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jesus Library: Francis MANSELL 1579-1665. Retrieved February 3, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Mansell, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mansel, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1579
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1665
Place of death Oxford