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in October 1681, some of the Councillors, Jenkins wrote to a colleague, "were pleased to fall upon me" for not sharing with them important items of foreign policy. Jenkins staunchly defended the practice of keeping such information strictly confidential. He argued that the Secretaries of State "were
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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
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not at liberty to carry any part of their intelligences to the Council, unless his Majesty directed it specifically": this was a rule which he had always followed and by which he was "indispensably bound".
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As Principal of Jesus College from 1661 to 1673, he was responsible for much construction work, including the college library. The position was one of several rewards he received from King
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in 1669. In the 1670s he spent much of his time on the Continent engaged in a number of diplomatic missions. Notably, he was England's principal representative at the Congress of
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he vehemently opposed Exclusion, and acted as the effective Government leader in the Commons. After the failure of Exclusion he played a major role in the so-called "
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He set up a small private school for the education of Aubrey's son and other local boys, but it was broken up by Parliament in 1651 as a seminary for potential
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was governed by English, not French law: the result would be that the property would pass in its entirety to Charles II, rather than to his sister
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from 1668 to 1685, and enjoyed a high reputation for judicial integrity. As a statesman he served as Secretary of State from 1680 to 1684.
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found him "heavy and dull" he could show great spirit and determination when necessary. At a meeting of the
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under French law. His arguments were successful and on his return to England, Charles rewarded him with a
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he was made a fellow of Jesus College and became Principal on Mansell's retirement the following year.
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from 2 February 1681 to 14 April 1684. His major legislative achievements include authoring the
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Due to his close friendship with Archbishop Sheldon, he was also created a judge, first of the
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As a Minister, if not noted for brilliance, he was hard-working and incorruptible. Though
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in 1648, and entered the household of the Welsh Royalist Sir John Aubrey, first of the
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and finally of the Court of Admiralty. As Judge of the Court of Admiralty he won
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He was one of the Commissioners appointed to negotiate the abortive Union with
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academic, diplomat involved in the negotiation of international treaties (e.g.
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Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Oxford
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In his will, Jenkins stated: "It is but too obvious that the persons in
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Jenkins was made a privy counsellor in February 1680. During the
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In failing health, he retired in 1684 to his house at
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and died there the following year. He never married.
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He is regarded as the second founder of the eminent
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1679 portrait of Sir Leoline Jenkins by Herbert Tuer
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