Oxford (England) -- History; University of Oxford -- History
fortune left to, by Dr John Radcliffe, 84, 85
_Wadham_, foundation of, by Nicholas Wadham, 306;
Somersetshire men employed as builders on, 306;
style of building of, 306
_Worcester_, Gloucester Hall, afterwards S. John
Baptist Hall, refounded as, 106;
hall, library and chapel of, 106;
beautiful gardens of, 106
Colleges and chantries made over to the King by Parliament, 271, 272
_Commons and battels_, explanation of terms of, 176
_Commoners_, explanation of term of, 193;
increase in number of, 193 _seq._;
system of, first definitely recognised, 193-194
Congregation House, old, 158 _seq._;
University library first lodged there, 159;
description of scene in, on appointment of new
guardians of "chests," 160-162
Convocation, or Great Congregation, held in chancel of S. Mary's, 160
Convocation House, building of, by Laud, 310
Constantinople, fall of, 240
Crafts and Guilds, market stands appointed to different, 58, 59
Cranmer, Archbishop, imprisonment and martyrdom of, 284-287;
portrait of, 287
Cromwell, Thomas, Vicar-general of England, 268, 269
Cromwell, Oliver, appearance of, near Oxford, 327;
defeat of Northampton by, 327;
of Sir Henry Vaughan by, 327;
surrender of Cavaliers at Bletchington House to, 327;
visit to Oxford of, to watch progress of Reformation, 334
_Crown Inn_, old, 24
Danes, massacre of, 9;
ravages of, 10, 25
Davenant, John, 24
---- Sir William, Shakespeare sponsor to, 24
_De haeretico Comburendo_, 140
Divinity, decline of study of, after Restoration, 336
Divinity School, and Library, erection of, 226, 227;
gifts towards, from Cardinal Beaufort and Thomas Kempe,
Bishop of London, 226, 227, 228
Divinity Schools, Parliament sitting at, 320
D'Oigli, Robert, remains of castle of, 25;
possession of Oxford by, 28;
houses owned by, 29;
restoring of fortifications by, 30;
description of, 32;
marriage of, 33;
Castle of Oxford built by, 33;
S. Michael's Tower built by, 39;
story of conversion of, 40, 41;
churches founded by, 41, 42;
landmarks left of time of, 46;
death of, and successor to, 46
D'Oigli, Robert, nephew of above, 46;
story of wife of, 46, 47
Dress, regulations for, of different members
of the University, 191, 192, 193
_Drogheda Hall_, 81
Drunkenness, rise of, 305;
increase of, 306
Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, reforms instituted
by, as Chancellor, 294, 295
Dumas, highwayman, execution of, at Oxford, 354
_Durham Hall_, 106-108;
dissolution of, by Henry VIII., 108
Durham Monastery, students sent to Oxford from, 107
Edmund, King, death of, 26, 27
Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, Abbey of Regulars founded by, 108
Edward II., share of Oxford in deposition of, 211
Edward IV., visit of, to Magdalen, 231
Eglesfield, Robert, foundation of Queen's by, 218, 219;
statutes drawn up by, 219
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