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OXFO RD.

OXFORDSHIRE.

alternately terminating in crosses and gilded vanes: 'William Henry Perkin M.A Waynflete professo
the tower contains an exceptionally fine and widely | chemistry.
celebrated peal of bells, dated respectively 1740. 1739. Henry Cuthbert Bozett B.M.. M.A. fellow.
1712 (2), 1748, 1623 (6th and ioth), 1828 and 1641, !George Howard Douglas Cole B.A. fellow.
while the 7th bell has only a mediaeval inscription; ;Charles Scott Sherrington M.A. Waynflete profe««,
the whole peal was rehung in 1875, and in 1887 the physiology.
pinnacles and upper portion of the tower were thoroughly Arthur Christopher Paul Mackworth M.A. tutor
repaired under the superintendence of Mr. E. P. Warren, classics.
architect, and in 1909 a new chiming clock, designed Cyril Asquith B.A. fellow'.
by the late Lord Grimthorpe. was added: in 1012 the Edward Murray Wrong B.A. fellow.
whole outer face of the tower was carefully restored and George Henry Wakeling M.A. lecturer.
the inside thoroughly repaired: in 1890 the embattled Charles Grant Robertson M.A. tutor.
wall inclosing; the college precincts in Long Wall street Chaloner Thomas Topling Kemshead M.A. lecturer.
was extensively repaired and the crenelles renewed. Stephen Grosvenor Lee B.A. lecturer.
On 1 Mav in every year at 5 a.m. the college choir, in Rev. Horace Evelyn Clayton M.A. (fellows’ chaplain
pursuance of an ancient custom, ascend the tower, Rev. Albert Edward Negus M.A. Rev. Sidney
Handover M.A. and Rev. Arthur Groom Parham
and on its summit chant the Latin hymn “ Te Deum
Patrem colimus;" the celebration usually brings to­ M.A. chaplains.
John
Vnrley Roberts D.Mus. organist.
gether a crowd of listeners in the street below, and at
its close the bells break forth, and there is a great
Brasenose College.
blowing by street boys of tin borns. A special
Visitor, The Bishop of Lincoln.
festivity is also observed on Christmas Eve, in the
college hall, when the first part of the “Messiah” and
The King's Hall and College of Brasenose was founded
a selection of carols are sung, concluding with the in 1509 by William Smyth, Bishop of Lincoln, andSir
“ Gloria” of Pergolesi. The foundation of this college Richard Sutton kt. of Prestbury, in Cheshire; and
originally’ consisted of a President, forty Fellows, four stands on the site and carries on the name of the
Chaplains, thirty scholars called Demies, eight Clerks old Brasenose Hall, an institution which existed, as
and sixteen Choristers, with a succession of the Demies appears from various deeds, as early as abcut 1270,
to fellowships corresponding to the counties from which and which derived its name from a knocker fixedin
thev had been nominated to their demyships, the ten a bronze mask or nose on the gate, a tradition mainfellowships not so appropriated being open. Like other tained by a giltnose over the presentgateway. The
colleges, however, Magdalen has undergone a change in original “ nose” from which the name of the college
its constitution under the operations of the University is said to have been derived appears to have been
Commissioners, and in accordance with the statutes removed to Stamford, Lines, when the students of
made for it in 1882 its foundation consists of a Presi­ Brasenose Hall, as related by Antony a Wood, migrated
dent, not less than thirtv nor more than forty Fellows, thither in 1334.The students foundedin Stamforda
including fourWaynflete ProfessorFellows, four Chaplains, new collegiate institution, to which they transferred
thirty junior and eight senior Demies, an Organist, ten the name of their Oxford home, but of this fcuilding
Clerks, sixteen choristers, a schoolmaster and usher. nothing now remains except an ancient archway, upon
In the election to some of the demyships, attainments the door of which the knocker remained until 1880,
in mathematics and natural science are especially re­ when it was removed for security into the house which
cognized. Fellowships are divided into Professorial, occupies this site. This house, called i:Brasenose,"
Official and Ordinary fellowships: the two former classes the College purchased in 1890, and thus acquireda
are held by professors, and officers or tutors respec­ property of peculiar historical interest to them, and
tively; the latter are given after examination to can­ their first act was to restore to the College the relic
didates of the greatest proficiency, and are tenable for which had been exiled from their foundation formore
seven years. The demyships are of the value of £So than five and a half centuries: it consists ofa massive
yearly, and are tenable for two years, subject to re- knocker-ring passing through a rudely wrought faceof
election. The college maintains a laboratory for the brcnze, between the nose and the mouth; the whole
study of physics and chemistry, adjoining the Botanic resembles in design the ancient “ Sanctuary” knockers,
gardens opposite. It presents to 40 benefices, and its examples of which still exist, and is now affixed tothe
gross income from all sources for the year 19 13 was wainscot of the dining-hall of the College. The build­
ings are chiefly situated on the western side ofthe
^78,487 6s. 2d.
Badcliffe square, but now extend southward intoHigh
Sir Thomas Herbert Warren K.C.V.O.. M.A., hon. s
treet, and consist of three quadrangles, the firstofwhich
D.C.L. president, elected in 1885.
is entered by a very fine tower gateway in the Per­
John Alexander Smith M.A. Waynflete professor of pe
moral and metaphysical philosophy, and vice-president. ndicular style, erected in 1512, and restored bythe
Rev. William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge M.A. fellow. late Mr. Charles Buckler, architect, in 1865, when the
Rev. Henrv Austin Wilson M.A. librarian and founder’s canopied niche9 were filledwith statues oftheVirginand
Child, St. Chad of Lichfield, and St. Hugh of Lincoln.
chaplain.
This quadrangle, save for the third storey, added
George Edward Underhill M.A. classical tutor.
1604-37, retains its original character. The wellDavid George Hogarth M.A. fellow.
Sydney Howard Tines M.A. Sherardian professor of known piece of statuary, which formerly stood inthe
c
entre of the grass plot, representing Samson slaying»
botany.
Philistine, a copy from the original by Gr’ovama of
Cuthbert Hamilton Turner M.A. fellow.
Bologna, at Hovingham Hall, Yorks, and set up in1727.
Clement Charles Julian Webb M.A. classical tutor.
Rev William Dunn Macray M.A., hon. D.Litt. fellow. was removed, in 1881. On the south side is the HaJ.
Paul Victor Mendelssohn Benecke M.A. home bursar entered by a curious shallow porch, over which aretwo
ancient busts of King Alfred and John Scotus Engeffland classical tutor.
Edwin Bailey Elliott M.A. Waynflete professor of pure The former is said to have been discovered when the
foundation of the college was made. The hallhas a *
mathematics.
Christopher Cookson M.A. classical tutor, secretary to bay window at the upper end, filled with painted gl
and a massive chimney-piece, presented in 1760 by
the tutorial board and senior dean of arts.
Hon. Assheton Curzon D.C.L. of this College, afterw
Arthur Lionel Pedder M.A. mathematical tutor.
Robert William Theodore Gunther M.A. tutor in natural created Viscount Curzon; the walls are hung withp
traits ofthe founders, and of King Alfred, Sarah Pnc
science.
of Somerset, Lord Chancellor Ellesmere. Dr. Asjni
Reginald Lane Poole M.A. fellow.
Turner Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester (1842-79)- '
Horace Middleton Vernon M.A. fellow.
Burton B.D. (author of the “Anatomy of Melaneft® *
Arthur Ernest Cowley M.A., D.Litt. fellow.
Rev. Frank Edward Brightman M.A. theological tutor. Alexander Nowell D.D. dean of St. Pauls, ^rIIi|ecre.
Rev. James Matthew Thompson M.A. dean of divinity 1595, and several other former principals of thejo ?
In the second quadrangle, situated to the south
and tutor.
first, are the library and chapel: the bbraiTi ^
Charles Francis Bell M.A. fellow.
Arthur Lionel Forster Smith M.A. tutor in modern 1657-1663, was refitted in 1780, and contains . 1 •_
t
he Right Hon. Lord Grenville, Chancellor of ^
history.
versity from 1809 to 1333, by Nollekens. an
r
George Stuart Gordon M.A. fellow.
John
Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln (1827-53). •. 0fthe
Herbert Lister Bowman M.A., D Sc. Waynflete professor
The chapel, built in 1656-66 from the
.^«.pied
of mineralogy and junior dean of arts.
chapel of St. Mary’s College, which ancient'.' ^
Rev. Cyril Robert Carter M.A. estates bursar.
the site of the present Frewin Hall in Aew ¡„¡¡ring
Jobn Leslie Johnston M.A. fellow.
street, has a roof of elaborate fan tracery.
John Knight Fotheringham M.A.. D.Litt. fellow.
from coved arches, supported on brackets.
Herbert Arthur Smith M.A. tutor in law.