Francis Bevans (1530 – 3 June 1602) was a Welsh lawyer who was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1586 to 1602.
[1] Bevans was born in 1530 Carmarthen in Wales.
He became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1573.
[4] In his absence, Griffith Powell (who was to become Principal himself in 1613) effectively ran the college during much of the time that Bevan was Principal.
[5] Bevans died in Hereford, England, in 1602, the same year as Westfaling.