Hugh Price (lawyer)
Hugh Price (c. 1495 – 1574) was a Welsh lawyer and clergyman who was instrumental in the founding of Jesus College, Oxford.
Price was born in
Canon Law
) and DCnL (Doctor of Canon Law), completing the last of these in 1526.
He was one of a group of judges who condemned
St. David's Cathedral and prebendary of Rochester Cathedral, receiving both appointments in 1541. However, he does not seem to have spent much time in either of these locations, retaining a house in Brecon where he was recorded as bailiff
in 1572.
In 1571 Price petitioned
Elizabeth I to formally establish Jesus College, Oxford. Price provided some funds for work on the college's construction, though only part of one quadrangle was completed in his lifetime. On his death he left the college 100 marks and his books. A promised benefaction worth £60 a year was provided on the condition "that I remained Founder of the same College" — an important point since the Queen had claimed that title for herself in providing letters patent
for the college.
A small portrait of Price hangs behind
hall of Jesus College, and is attributed to the school of Hans Holbein the Younger
.
Notes
- ^ The surname "Price", sometimes also spelled "Aprice" is a corruption of the patronymic "ap Rhys", meaning "son of Rhys". See also Welsh surnames.
Further reading
- Walker, David (2004). "Price, Hugh". required.)
