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rpilin " u t t e r ly o u t of k e e p in g w it h th e a rc h if°
of so°noble a ro o m . In 1866 t h is w as re p la c e d by
emificent oak ro o f, fro m t im b e r g ro w n on th e co lle g e
3 f t 's * and v er.v e ffe c tiv e sta in e d g la s s p laced in the
f dow’s at a to ta l co st o f ¿ 6 ,0 0 0 . D u rin g 1904 exalterations an d a d d itio n s w e re m a d e to th e
tensiv
^ u s e , an d in 1906 th e stone w o rk of th e
n T rv was ren ew ed. O n th e w a lls are h u n g m an y
» lit- of co lleg e w o rth ie s , in c lu d in g th e fo u n d e r,
William* of W yk e h am , A rc h b is h o p C h ic h le y , B ish o p s
IV nfleet, Ken an d o t h e r s : t h e m u n im e n t to w e r,
1 tchen and b u rs a ry re m a in , fo r th e m o s t p a rt , as first
„fpd • the lib ra ry , 70 fe e t b y 22 fe e t, co n sists of
hro apartments, and w as r e fitte d b y M r. W y a t t . T h e
den court, b u ilt a fte r th e m a n n e r o f V e rsa ille s , is t e r ­
minated by an iron p a lis a d e an d g a t e s , 130 fe e t in le n g th ,
to have been b r o u g h t fro m C a n o n s, a t L i t t le S tan more, in M iddlesex, th e once sp len d id se a t of J am es
T h e g a rd e n s, c h a r m ­
( B r id g e s ) , isfc D u k e of C h an do s.
ingly retired, are b e a u tifu lly p la n te d w ith a la r g e v a r ie ty
of trees and sh ru b s: in th e c e n tre is a lo fty m o u n d ,
thickly grown w ith d e cid u o u s tre e s an d e v e rg re e n s , the
lawns around w hich are sh a d e d on t h e s o u th and east
sides by avenues of a n c ie n t lim e s an d m a g n ifice n t c h e s t ­
nuts ; and on th e w e s t sta n d s a b o x su n d i a l : th e n o rth
and east sides are b o u n d ed b y th e old c ity w a ll, w ith its
crenellated bastions, p o stern and “ a lu r e ” o r p a ra p e t w alk,
and the steps le a d in g th e re to , s t ill in ta c t, a n d c a r e ­
fully repaired in 1906: n o rth of th e c h a p e l is a s lip of
ground called th e “ S lip e ,” a t t h e en d of w h ic h stan d s
the tow er; th is is of five s ta g e s w it h an e m b a ttle d
parapet and angle t u r r e t , a n d co n ta in s a v e r y fine
peal of 10 bells, d a te d r e s p e c t iv e ly 17 12 (2 ), 1655.
1703, 1672 and th e re s t 1 7 2 3 : b e tw e e n th e o ld c ity
wall and H olyw ell s t r e e t is th e th ir d q u a d ra n g le , the
buildings of w hich, m a in ly fo u r s t o r e y s in h e ig h t, are in
the Perpendicular s ty le , and w e re b u ilt in 1872-5, a t a
cost of £ 20,000, fro m d e s ig n s b y th e la t e S ir G ilb e r t
Scott R .A .; d u rin g 1882, a lte ra tio n s w ere m a d e in th e
kitchen wing, and in 1886 an d 1898 a fu r t h e r b lo ck , in
the same style, w as ad ded to t h is q u a d ra n g le , fro m
designs by M r. B a sil C h a m p n e y s, and th e fro n ta g e to
Holywell street is now 370 fe e t, an d in c lu d e s a la r g e
gateway-tower, 80 feet in h e ig h t, e re c te d as a m e m o ria l
to the late Mr. A lfr e d R o b in so n M .A . a fo r m e r F e llo w
of the college. T h e co lle g e p r e s e n ts to 39 b e n e fic e s ;
the estimated
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e le c te d i n 1 9 0 3 .

John Baron M oyle D .C .L . sen io r b u rs a r.
Edward Harold H ayes M .A . tu to r .
David Sam uel M a rg o lio u th M .A ., D .L itt . L a u d ia n p r o ­
fessor of Arabic.
Percy Ewing M atheson M .A . tu t o r , p r e c e n to r a n d dean
of arts.
Herbert A lbert L a u re n s F is h e r M .A . C h ic h e le l e c t u r e r
in foreign histo ry.
Horace W m. B rin d le y J o sep h M .A . tu t o r an d ju n . b u rs a r.
Herbert Hall T u rn e r M .A ., D .S c . S a v ilia n p ro fe sso r of
astronomy.
®as^ n»s -^ s k d a ll M .A ., D .L i t t . le c t u r e r ,
ohn Cook W ilson M .A . W y k e h a m p ro fesso r of lo g ic .
L c? ^*sson A LA . S a v ilia n p ro fe sso r of g e o m e trv .
0 n Sealy E T o w n sen d M .A . W y k e h a m p ro fe sso r of
physics.

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Henry Ludw ig H en derso n M .A . t u t o r a n d lib r a r ia n .
Prancis de Z u lu eta M .A . tu t o r .
Alu
^ a^ ns S m ith M .A . t u t o r a n d s u b -w a rd e n .
AUan Frederick W ald en M .A . tu t o r .
A lle n M u s.D o c ., M .A o r g a n is t.
Germra _ eorf=6 W ick h a m L e g g M .A . t u t o r and dean.
A r t b f £ eonard C h e esm a n M .A . le c t u r e r .
John i
?°rge H e a th M A - le c t u r e r ,
history 0n ^ yre s ^ - A - W y k e h a m p ro fe sso r o f an c ie n t

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Bobert

Barker M .A . tu to r.
divinity*’6 eonard P restige B .A . le ctu rer and dean of
Lincoln College.
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s t r e e t , in th e sp a ce b e tw e e n A ll S a in ts ’ C h u r c h an d '
E x e t e r C o lle g e , a n d p r e s e r v e s , m o r e th a n a n y o th e r
c o lle g ia t e e d ifice , its o r ig in a l c h a r a c te r , b e in g n o w theo n ly c o lle g e in O x fo r d to w h ic h a t h ir d s t o r e y h a s n o t
bee n a d d e d . I t c o n s ists o f
tw o q u a d r a n g le s ; then o rth ern , 80 fe e t s q u a re , is e n te re d fro m th e s t r e e t
b y an e m b a tt le d g a t e w a y to w e r , c o m p le te d a b o u t 1457,b u t t h e o r ig in a l w in d o w s w e re re p la c e d b y squ arew in d ow s in
th e 18 th c e n tu r y .
T h e b all,
42
fe e t
lo n g b y 25
fe e t w id e , w ith a lo u v r e on th e roof,,
w as b u ilt in 1436 a n d re p a ir e d in 170 1 a n d 1835, a n d in
1889 th e p la s te r e d c e ilin g w as r e m o v e d a n d th e fine
o ak t im b e r w o rk o f th e ro o f o p en e d o u t a n d r e s to r e d ,
u n d e r th e s u p e r in te n d e n c e o f T . G . J a c k so n esq . M .A .,
R .A ., F .S .A . ; th e w a lls a re h u n g w ith p o r t ra it s o f
th e fo u n d e rs an d o f L o r d C re w e , B ish o p o f D u r h a m ,
f o r m e r ly r e c to r o f th e c o lle g e ; D r. J o h n W illia m s,.
A rch b ish o p o f Y o r k , 1 6 4 1 -5 0 ; S ir N a t h a n ie l L lo y d k t.
m a s te r o f T r in it y H a ll, C a m b r id g e , 1710 -3 5 ; t h e R e v .
E d w a rd T a t h a m D .D ., th e R e v . J o h n R a d fo rd D .D .. theR e v. M a rk P a ttis o n B .D ., a n d th e R e v . W illia m W a lte r
M erry D .D . r e c to r s , as w ell a s o f o th e r c o lle g e w o rth ies*
e s p e c ia lly th e R e v . J o h n W e s le y M .A . a f o r m e r F e llo w ,
a n d V is c o u n t M o r le y of B la c k b u r n , fo r m e r ly a n e x ­
h ib itio n e r . T h e lib r a r y w as fitte d u p in 1739 a t th e
c o s t o f S i r N . L lo y d , b u t in 1906 a n ew lib r a r y o f
tw o s to r e y s , in t h e R e n a iss a n c e s t y le , w a s e r e c te d
in t h e F e llo w s ’ g a r d e n , fro m d e s ig n s b y M e ssrs . R e a d 1
a n d M acD o n a ld , a r c h it e c ts , a t a co st o f o v e r ¿ 5 ,0 0 0 .
A
new le c t u r e ro o m has also bee n b u ilt a d jo in in g th e
lib r a r y .
A n e x tr a w in g , c o n ta in in g fiftee n s e ts of
room s, w as e re c te d in 1882 e a s tw a rd o f th e fro n t
q u a d ra n g le , fro m d e sig n s b y T . G . J a c k so n esq . M .A .,
R .A ., F .S .A . T h e m a in b u ild in g of t h is w in g r u n s ea st
and w e st,
a b u tt in g u po n
th e a n c ie n t d in in g h a ll,
and
on th e s ite o f “ th e
G r o v e ,”
w ith
a w in g
e x te n d in g a t
r ig h t a n g le s to B ra se n o se
lan e. Thenew w in g co n s ists o f a g ro u n d floor and f ir s t an d
se co n d s to r e y s , a p p ro a ch e d b y t h r e e s t a ir c a s e s . N e a r e s t
th e o ld b u ild in g t h e g a t e w a y o pens in to a p a s s a g e
w h ic h t r a v e r s e s t h e s t r u c t u r e fro m n o rth to s o u th . O v e r
th is is an e le g a n t o rie l w in d o w o f n o v e l d e s ig n s u p p o r te d
on h a n d so m e m o u ld e d co rb e ls.
O n e ith e r sid e t h e r e is
a d o u b le g a b le , t h e w in d o w s of t h e se co n d s t o r e y h a v in g
b old p e d im e n ts . T h e n o r th fro n t is m u c h p la in e r in
d e sig n a n d is t re a t e d so m e w h a t d iffe r e n t ly . W h e r e thetw o b u ild in g s m e e t t h e r e p r e v io u s ly e x is t e d a w in d o w ,
w h ic h w a s b lo ck e d u p on th e e x t e r io r an d co n c e a le d
w ith in b y th e p a n e llin g e r e c te d b y L o r d C r e w e in 170 1 ;
th e o r ig in a l t r a c e r y o f t h e o ld w o rk r e m a in s , h o w e v e r ,
in a p e rfe c t sta te o f p re s e rv a tio n . T h e to ta l co st w a s
a b o u t ¿ 9 ,0 0 0 .
T h e r e c to r ’s lo d g in g s w e re e x te n d e d in
1885, fro m d e s ig n s b y M e ssrs . W ilk in s o n and M o o re.
T h e in n e r q u a d r a n g le w as b e g u n in 1610 a n d c o m p le te d
in 1631 ; it is 70 fe e t sq u a re a n d c o n ta in s th e c h a p e l, 62
fe e t lo n g b y 26 fe e t w id e , e r e c t e d in 1631' a t th e e x ­
p e n se o f J o h n W illia m s , B is h o p of L in c o ln a n d a f t e r ­
w a rd s A rc h b is h o p o f Y o r k ; th e c e ilin g is of c e d a r*
e m b e llis h e d w ith t h e a rm s of th e fo u n d e r s an d p r in ­
cip a l b e n e fa c to rs ; t h e sc re e n , also of c e d a r, is r ic h ly
c a rv e d ; th e w in d ow s a re filled w ith r ic h an d b rillia n t
g la s s , sa id to h a v e b ee n b r o u g h t fro m F la n d e r s in
1629-31 b y A rc h b is h o p W illia m s ; th e f o u r w in d o w s on
th e n o rth e rn sid e co n ta in f ig u r e s o f t w e lv e p r o p h e ts a n d
fo u r on th e s o u th s id e t h e t w e lv e a p o s tle s : th e e a s t
w in d o w is d iv id e d in to s ix c o m p a r tm e n ts , in w h ic h a r e
re p r e s e n te d s u b je c ts fro m t h e O ld a n d N e w T e s t a m e n ts ,
c o n s istin g of s ix ty p e s w it h t h e ir a n t i- ty p e s , v iz . : 1. T h e
C re a tio n o f M an a n d th e N a t iv it y o f C h r is t ; 2. T h e
I s r a e lite s p a s s in g t h e R e d S e a a n d t h e B a p tis m of
C h r i s t ; 3. T h e P a s s o v e r a n d t h e I n s t it u t io n o f t h e
L o r d ’ s S u p p e r ; 4. T h e B r a z e n S e r p e n t in th e W ild e r ­
ness an d C h r is t on t h e C r o s s ; 5. J o n a h is s u in g fro m
th e W h a le an d th e R e s u r r e c t i o n ; 6. E lija h in th e F ie r y
C h a rio t an d t h e A sc e n sio n . T h e co m m o n ro o m w a3
n e w ly fitte d u p in 18 16 , a n d in 1818 th e w h o le f ro n t w as
re p a ir e d a n d im p ro v e d b y t h e in t r o d u c t io n o f a p p ro ­
p ria te G o t h ic w in d o w s.
T h e R e v . J o h n W e s le y M .A .
fo u n d e r o f t h e M e th o d is t co n n e x io n , w a s e le c te d to a
F e llo w s h ip h e re fro m C h r is t C h u r c h , 17 M a r c h 1726 ;
th e ro o m s sa id to h a v e b e e n o cc u p ied b y h im wheD
re s id e n t a re b e tw e e n th e first an d second q u a d ra n g le s ;
he d ied 2 M a rch , 17 9 1. T h e fo u n d a tio n o f t h is co lle g e
has u n d e rg o n e le s s ch a n g e th a n so m e o th e rs a t t h e
b an d s o f th e U n iv e r s it y C o m m issio n e rs. I t s fe llo w sh ip s,
w ith th e e x ce p tio n o f o n e w h ic h w as r e s tr ic te d to th e
d io ce s e of W e lls , w e re p r e v io u s ly open to th e o ld d io ceses
of Y o r k and L in c o ln , w h ic h co m p rise d n e a rly h a lf o f
E n g la n d . A ll t h e fe llo w sh ip s an d m o st o f t h e s c h o la r­
sh ip s a re n o w open w ith o u t lim it a t io n . T h e p re s e n t
fo u n d a tio n , in a c co rd an ce w it h s t a t u t e s e n a cte d in 1855
an d r e c a s t in 1898, c o n s ists o f a r e c to r , 12 fello w s a n d 14