H. Owen, the Librarian, and Principal of Jesus College, died in March of
this year, and was buried in his College Chapel. In his room was elected
the Rev. John Price, B.D., of Jesus College, 'after a severe contest
with Mr. Cleaver, of Brasenose, afterwards head of that College and
Bishop of St. Asaph, who used to say that he was indebted to Mr. Price
for his mitre, for had he obtained the Bodleian he should have there
continued, instead of becoming tutor in a noble family, and so placed in
the road to advancement. In this election the votes were equal, and Mr.
Price, being senior, was nominated by the Vice-Chancellor[259].' Price
appears to have been employed in the Library as early as the year 1760,
when a payment of £8 8_s._ was made to him; in 1766 he signs, together
with Owen and Thomas Parker, an account of books received from
Stationers' Hall.
[259] Note by Dr. Bliss in the edition of Wood's _Life_ published, in
1848, by the Eccl. Hist. Soc. p. 88.