Leoline Jenkins

Sir Leoline Jenkins (1625 – 1 September 1685) was a clerical lawyer serving in the Admiralty courts and diplomat involved in the negotiation of international treaties, originally from Cowbridge in south Wales.

Biography

As Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1661–1673, he was responsible for much construction work, including the college library. The position was one of several rewards he received from King Charles II of England for his loyalty to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War; he was also created a judge.

Jenkins was made a privy councillor in February 1680. He served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from April 26, 1680 to February 2, 1681 and Secretary of State for the Southern Department from February 2, 1681 to April 14, 1684. His major achievements include authoring the Statute of frauds (29 Car. II c. 3) and the Statute of distributions (22 & 23 Car. II, c. 10), dealing with the inheritance of personal property.

He is regarded as the founder of the eminent Cowbridge Grammar School, renowned for its academic standards. He is buried in the chapel of Jesus College, to which he bequeathed most of his estate. [ [http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-JENK-LEO-1625.html Welsh Biography Online] ]

Leoline Fellows

In his will, Jenkins stated that "It is but too obvious that the persons in Holy Orders employed in his Majesty's fleet at sea and foreign plantations are too few." To address this, he established two Fellowships at Jesus College, whose holders should serve as clergy "in any of his Majesty's fleets or in his Majesty's plantations" under the direction of the Lord High Admiral and the Bishop of London respectively. The last such fellow, Frederick de Winton, was appointed in 1876 and held his fellowship until his death in 1932. This category of fellowship was abolished in 1877 by the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Commission, without prejudice to the rights of existing holders such as de Winton. [cite news|title=The Rev. F. H. de Winton|last=Hazel|first=Alfred|authorlink=Alfred Hazel|date=May 3 1932|work=The Times|page=19]

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