Oxford (England) -- History; University of Oxford -- History
Campion, Edmund, Jesuit poet, funeral sermon
of founder of S. John's preached by, 289
_Canditch_, origin of name, 31
Canterbury, early school of literature at, 69
Carfax, origin of name, 23, 24
---- Tower, 149
Cathedral (see also under S. Frideswide)
---- Lady Chapel of, 7, 8, 9
---- portions of, remains of S. Frideswide's, 9
---- restoration of parts of, by Sir Gilbert Scott, 12
Cathedral, Latin Chapel of, 8, 9
---- Chapter-house of, 12
---- spire of, 12, 15
Catholic reaction, the, 276 _seq._;
two colleges due to, 288;
decrease of, after Cranmer's death, 288
_Cat Street_, now S. Catherine's, 225
Caxton, press set up in Westminster by, 241
Champeaux, William of, 68
Chancellor, jurisdiction of, 163 _seq._;
extension of jurisdiction of, 167-169;
jurisdiction of, supreme over certain classes, 170;
penalties imposed by, 170, 171;
office of, made permanent and non-resident, 171
Chancellor's Court, as held in mediæval times, 162, 163
---- cases brought before, 163, 164, 165
Chancellorship, first mention of, 76
Charles I., entertainment of, at S. John's, 311;
portrait of, 311;
plays performed in honour of, 311;
court held by, at Oxford, 319 _seq._;
return to Oxford of, after failing to take Gloucester, 323;
desertion of, by his supporters, 324;
serious position of, 324;
rejection of advice to surrender by, 324;
disposition of army of, 325, 326;
unsuccessful move of, against Abingdon, 325;
escape from Oxford of, 326;
successes against Essex of, 326;
defeat of, at Newbury, 326;
retirement of, to Oxford, 326;
escape in disguise from Oxford of, 328;
handing over of, by the Scots, 329;
order to Oxford to surrender sent from, 329
Charles II., keen interest in chemistry taken by, 336;
conferring of title on Royal Society by, 336;
refuge in Oxford from plague taken by, 340;
Parliament convened by, at, 341;
victory of, over Exclusionist party, 341
Chichele, Archbishop, colleges founded by, 108, 109, 224, 225
---- prosecution of war with France by, 225
_Chests_, kept in old Congregation House, 159;
ceremony in connection with, 160-162
Church property, seizure of, by Wolsey, 260, 261
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