Oxford (England) -- History; University of Oxford -- History
_Jesus_, first Protestant college, foundation of, by Hugh Rees, 296;
Elizabeth, nominal foundress of, 296;
statutes of, 296
_King's Hall_, 125
_Lincoln_, first founding of, 146;
buildings of, as planned by Bishop Fleming
and finished by John Forest, Dean of Wells, 146;
remodelling of foundation of, 147;
famous sermon preached on behalf of, 147;
valuable book brought by Robert Fleming from Italy to, 243
_Magdalen_ (S. Mary Magdalen), first foundation of, 229;
statutes of, 193-194;
laying foundation stone of, 229;
wonderful old trees in "grove" at, 230;
arrangement of buildings of, 230;
"Founder's Tower" at, 230;
statutes of, based on those of New College, 230, 231;
visit of Edward IV. to, 231;
of Richard III., 231;
of Henry VII., 232;
old pieces of tapestry at, 235;
bell tower of, 235, 237;
Wolsey's share in design of, 235;
obit for Henry VII. kept by, 236;
ceremony at, on May Day, 236, 237;
school of, 274, 275;
restoration of ejected fellows of, by James I., 347;
ceremony in commemoration of, 348;
refusal of, to accept President chosen by James II., 345 _seq._
_Merton_, first foundation and statutes of, 116;
regulations of, 118, 119;
"secondary scholars" of, 119, 120;
revision of statutes of, by Walter de Merton, 120, 121;
remains of old buildings of, 122;
chapel of, 122, 123;
quadrangles of, 123, 124;
mediæval library of, 123, 124;
valuable books in possession of, 124;
"Mob" Quad. at, 124;
"poore scholars" at, 194;
buildings provided for commoners at, known as S. Swithun's, 198, 199;
court held at, by Henrietta Maria, 319, 320;
residence at, of Charles II.'s queen, 340
_New_, first foundation of, 220;
provisions of, as drawn up by William of Wykeham, 221, 222;
plan of buildings of, 223, 224;
chapel windows of, 224;
ecclesiastical aspect of, 224;
cloisters of, converted into powder magazine, 317
_Oriel_, first foundation of, 125, 126;
buildings bought for, 125
_S. John Baptist_, foundation of, by Sir Thomas
White, on site of old College of S. Bernard, 108, 109, 289;
munificence of Laud to, 290;
buildings at, by Laud, 310;
loyalty of, to King, 311;
history of precious relic preserved at, 311;
colonnades of, 290
_S. Mary's_, Erasmus at, 245;
dissolution of and conversion of building to other purposes, 245;
remains of ancient building of, 245;
present house on site of, 245
_University_, earliest endowment, 78;
legend of foundation of, 78, 79;
lawsuit in connection with, 79, 80;
_French Petition_, 79;
real founder of, 80;
incorporation of, 82;
statutes of, 82, 83;
removal of scholars of, to present abode, 83;
purchases of houses made by, 83, 84;
tenements acquired by, known as Great and Little
University Hall, and _Cock on the Hoop_, 83, 84;
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