Griffith Lloyd

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Griffith Lloyd († 1586) was head of Jesus College at the University of Oxford from 1572 to 1586 . He was also Regius Professor of Civil Law from 1577 until his death. In 1586, Griffith was elected to the English Parliament for the Cardiganshire constituency (largely identical to modern day Ceredigion ) but died six weeks after the 1586 Parliament opened.

Life

Lloyd was the second son of Hugh ap Llewellyn Llwyd (Lloyd) and his wife Joan. His father was sheriff of the county from 1566 to 1567 and came from the respected Lloyds of Maesyfelin family of Lampeter , Wales . Lloyd's father's brother, David, was also a Member of Parliament in 1545. Lloyd was married to Anne, sister of Elizabeth, the wife of his predecessor in the Regius Professorship Robert Lougher and great niece of Thomas More . According to other, less reliable sources, it was Lougher's daughter. In his will of August 13, 1585, Lloyd bequeathed his lands in Cardiganshire to Jesus College, but only after the death of his widow and daughter in 1615. So he became the first founder of the college.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c William White; Notes and Queries ; Oxford University Press, 1891; Page 112
  2. ↑ JNL Baker (1954) The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III ; The University of London Institute of Historical Research; Page 278.
  3. ↑ a b Brigid Allen (1998) The early history of Jesus College , Oxford 1571-1603 ; Oxoniensia LXIII; Pages 105–124.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h History of Parliament (Online) Griffith Lloyd ; accessed on May 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ Menter Lambed (2006) History of Lampeter - The Manor Houses ( Memento of 27 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ) ; Website of the City of Lampeter .
  6. ^ Benefactors, on the Jesus College, Oxford website, May 14, 2002; accessed August 17, 2007; (Web source no longer available).
personal data
SURNAME Lloyd, Griffith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1586