Editing Leoline Jenkins (section)

==Restoration ==
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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 [[Charles II of England]] for his loyalty to the [[Cavalier|Royalist]] cause during the [[English Civil War]].

===Judge ===
Due to his close friendship with Archbishop Sheldon, he was also created a judge, first of the [[consistory court]] of [[Westminster]], then of the [[Arches Court]] and finally of the Court of Admiralty.<ref>''Pepys Diary'' 27 March 1667</ref> As Judge of the Court of Admiralty he won [[Samuel Pepys]]' warm praise for his ability and integrity, although Pepys was told that his appointment had not been welcomed by the [[advocates]] at [[Doctors Commons]].<ref>''Pepys' Diary'', 27 March 1667</ref> He played a crucial role in the development of English [[Admiralty law]] as a coherent body of legal principles.

He was also an expert on [[international law]]. On the death of the [[queen mother]] [[Henrietta Maria]] at [[Colombes]] in August 1669, Jenkins was sent to [[Paris]] to argue that the disposition of her [[personal property]] 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 [[Henrietta of England|Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans]], who would have been the [[beneficiary]] under French law. His arguments were successful and on his return to England, Charles rewarded him with a [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]].

===Diplomat ===
He was one of the Commissioners appointed to negotiate the abortive Union with [[Scotland]] 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 [[Nijmegen]] (1676-1679) which brought to an end the [[Franco-Dutch War]], and for a time the sole representative. Critics said that he was "in agony" at being left with the sole responsibility for making decisions. Certainly, as the English government ruefully admitted, Nijmegen was "far from being such a peace as his Majesty would have wished for",<ref>Kenyon, J.P. ''The Popish Plot'' (Phoenix Press 2000), p. 90</ref> although the unsatisfactory outcome from the English point of view was largely due to the resentment of English interference by both French and Dutch representatives at the Congress, rather than to any blunder by Jenkins.<ref>Kenyon 2000 p.48</ref>