Oliver Lloyd (or Lloyde) (1570 or 1571 – 1625) was a Welsh

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priest and lawyer who became

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Life

Lloyd was born in

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, Wales, in 1570 or 1571 and matriculated at

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in 1589 at the age of 18. He was made a Fellow of All Souls College and obtained his Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1597, with a Doctor of Civil Law degree following in 1602. He was later to become a benefactor of Jesus College. In 1609, he became an advocate of Doctors' Commons. He achieved swift advancement as a clergyman, becoming

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of Clynnog Fawr in Caernarfonshire, north Wales, Chancellor of

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and

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in 1615. Two years later, he became Dean of Hereford, holding the position until he died in 1625.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Oliver 1570s births 1625 deaths 17th-century Welsh Anglican priests Alumni of St Mary Hall, Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Welsh lawyers Deans of Hereford Canons of Windsor People from Montgomeryshire Members of Doctors' Commons