Hugh Price, historical personality with a connection to Wales (Brecon)

Hugh Price

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.

Connection: 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 Brecon, in Mid-Wales, the son of a butcher named Rhys ap Rhys.

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A small portrait of Price hangs behind high table in the hall of Jesus College, and is attributed to the school of Hans Holbein the younger.