The Colleges of Oxford: Their History and Traditions: XXI Chapters Contributed by Members of the Colleges
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The Colleges of Oxford: Their History and Traditions: XXI Chapters Contributed by Members of the Colleges
University of Oxford -- History
1648 July 13 Thomas Yate (ejected, but reinstated 10th Aug., 1660).
1648 April 13 Daniel Greenwood (ejected Aug. 1660).
1681 May 7 John Meare.
1710 June 2 Robert Shippen (Professor of Music in Gresham College,
London, 1705-11?).
1745 Dec. 10 Francis Yarborough.
1770 May 10 William Gwyn.
1770 Sept. 4 Ralph Cawley.
1777 Sept. 14 Thomas Barker.
1785 Sept. 10 William Cleaver (Bishop of Chester 1788, Bangor 1800,
St. Asaph 1806-15).
1809 June 21 Frodsham Hodson.
1822 Feb. 2 Ashurst Turner Gilbert (Bishop of Chichester, 1842-70).
1842 June 9 Richard Harington.
1853 Dec. 27 Edward Hartopp Cradock.
1886 Feb. 26 Albert Watson.
1889 Oct. 1 Charles Buller Heberden.
VIII. NOTANDA.
Proverb: _Testons are gone to Oxford to study in Brazen Nose_, when
Henry VIII. debased the coinage.
Census in Aug. 1552: Principal, 8 M.A.’s, 12 B.A.’s, 49 who had not
taken a degree, including the steward and cook; in all 70 in residence.
Census in 1565/6: Principal, 31 graduates, 57 undergraduate scholars
and commoners, 8 poor scholars, 5 matriculated servants: in all 102
names on the books.
Census in 1612: Principal, 21 Fellows, 29 scholars, 145 commoners,
17 poor scholars, 14 batellers and matriculated servants: in all 227
members in residence. Revenue £600 a year. (Principalship £80.)
Plate presented to the King, January 1642/3, by the College, 121_lb._
2_oz._ 15_d._
A scheme of amalgamation with Lincoln College was proposed in Oct.
1877, and on March 22, 1878, there was a meeting of both governing
bodies in Brasenose Common Room; but by the end of that year the plan
had come to nothing, partly owing to a vigorous pamphlet by H. E. P.
Platt, Fellow of Lincoln.
XII.
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.
BY T. FOWLER, D.D., F.S.A., PRESIDENT OF CORPUS.
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