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s ta tu e tte s , c o m p ris in g all th e le a d in g characters in ou
and N e w T e s t a m e n t h i s t o r y ; im m e d ia te ly over th
co m m u n io n t a b le is a re p re s e n ta tio n of th e Crucifix*
and a b o v e a ll, in t h e a p ex o f th e ro o f, a group rep ’
s e n tin g t h e L a s t J u d g m e n t ; th e w h o le of thege f iJ L
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W illia m W a lt e r M e r r y D .D . r e c t o r ; e le c te d in tlo w sk i, of L o n d o n . I n th e e a s t q u a d ra n g le is the hall
b e g u n in 1729, fro m th e d e s ig n s an d u n d er the super',
1884.
W illia m W a rd e F o w le r M .A . fello w .
in te n d e n c e of D r. G e o rg e C la r k e ; i t contains a laro»
P e r c v G a r d n e r M .A . fello w .
p ic tu r e of “ T h e F in d in g of th e L a w ,” b y Sir J
J o h n A r t h u r R n s ld n M u n ro M .A . b u r s a r a n d le c t u r e r T h o r n h ill, a n d n u m e ro a s p o r t r a it s , am ong which are
a n d d e an of d e g re e s .
th o se of H e n r y V I ., A rc h b is h o p C h ich e le , Archbishop
N e v il V in c e n t S id g w ic k M .A . le c t u r e r .
S h e ld o n , A rc h b is h o p V ern o n , C o lo n e l C o d in g to n , founder
E d g a r C a r d e w M a r c h a n t M .A . s u b -r e c to r , t u t o r and of th e lib r a r y , S ir W illia m B la c k sto n e, S ir Christopher
W ren , Y o u n g , th e p o e t, L o r d C h a n cello rs Talbot and
d o m e stic b u rs a r .
W a lt e r H a m ilto n M o b e rly M .A . l e c t u r e r in p h ilo so p h y .
N o r th in g to n , th e M a rq u e ss of S a lis b u r y K .G . and manr
E d w a r d I r v in g C a r ly le M .A . t u t o r a n d le c t u r e r .
o th e r s ; and th e re a re also here b u s ts of Chichele, and Dr.
G e o r g e s D r e y e r M .A . fe llo w .
R e g in a ld H ebeT , B ish o p of C a lc u t t a 1823-6. Adjoining the
h a ll are th e b u t t e r y a n d k itc h e n ; in th e former is a bus;
A ll S o u ls C o lle g e .
of G ile s B e n n e t t, m a n c ip le , and an o th er of Nicholas
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a w k sm o o r, t h e a rc h ite c t : th e co lle g e plate includes a
V is it o r , t h e A rc h b is h o p o f C a n te r b u r y .
v e ry c u r io u s a n d a n cie n t s a lt-c e lla r of silver gilt, sup.
T h e C o lle g e o f A ll S o u ls of th e F a it h f u l D e p a rte d , of
p o rted b y an a rm e d fig u re , an d g iv e n to th e college by 3
O x fo rd , co m m o n ly c a lle d A ll S o u ls C o lle g e , w as fou n d ed
d e sce n d a n t of th e C h ic h e le f a m ily .
A passage wav
b y K i n g H e n r v V I . b y a p a te n t of fo u n d a tio n b e a r in g
b e tw e e n th e h a ll a n d ch a p e l co n d u c ts to the great or
-d ate 20° M a y , ’ 1438. W it h h im w a s a s s o c ia te d as c o ­
n o rth q u a d ra n g le , 172 feet b y 15 5 , b u ilt in 1720-60 from
fo u n d e r H e n r v C h ic h e le , A rch b ish o p of C a n te r b u r y ,
the d e s ig n s of N ich o la s H a w k s m o o r ; th e eastern side,
P r im a t e of a ll E n g la n d , b y w h o m th e c o lle g e w as e n ­
co m p ris in g th e co m m o n room an d fellow s’ chamber^
d o w e d a n d it s s t a t u t e s is s u e d , 20th A p r il, 1443. T h e
is re lie v e d in th e c e n tre b y tw o lo fty embattled towers,
c o lle g e w as e x p r e s s ly d e c la re d to b e fo u n d e d fo r s t u d y
w ith cro c k e te d p in n a cle s , in a d ebased Gothic style;
an d p r a y e r , n o t o n ly fo r a ll th e s o u ls of t h e fa ith fu l
ea ch su rm o u n te d b y a sp e cie s of lan tern of two stage?:
d e p a rte d , b u t e s p e c ia lly fo r th e s o u ls of H e n r y V . K in g
the to w e rs are u n ite d b y a s c re e n or facade of the sani!
of E n g la n d an d F r a n c e , of T h o m a s D u k e of C la re n c e
c h a r a c te r , a n d fro m th e ir s in g u la r it y , fo rm a well-kno\n!
an d o f o th e r n o ble a n d f a it h fu l s u b je c ts of th e r e a lm
fe a t u r e in a ll v iew s of O x fo rd ; on th e w est side extends
w h o d ie d in th e F r e n c h w a r s ; an d o th e rw is e to p r o ­
a p ia zz a , c o n n e c tin g t h e c h a p e l and library, with a
m o te t h e s tu d y of p h ilo so p h y a n d a r t s , o f t h e o lo g y and
cu rio u s b u t p ic tu r e s q u e t o w e re d g a te w a y in the centre,
of th e c iv il a n d can o n la w . T o th is en d it s s ta t u t e s
le a d in g to th e R a d cliffe sq u a re ; on th e north side is the
r e q u ir e d t h a t of it s f o r t y F e llo w s t w e n ty - fo u r sh o u ld
lib r a r y , a b o u t 200 fe e t lo n g b y 33 w ide, b u ilt in 1720-60
g r a d u a te in a r t s a n d p h ilo so p h y , a n d he c a lle d “ a r t is t s ,”
u n d er th e d ire c tio n of S ir N a th a n ie l L lo y d kt. and Dr.
a n d s ix te e n in c iv il la w to b e c a lle d “ j u r is t s .” John
C la rk e , fro m a b e q u e s t of £ 10 ,000 b y Col. Christopher
D r u e ll, A r c h d e a c o n o f E x e t e r , and R o g e r K e y e s , b o th
C o d rin g to n M .A . fello w o f A ll S o u ls, 1690, and governor o(
a fte r w a r d s fe llo w s, w e r e th e a r c h it e c ts of t h e co lle g e ,
th e L e e w a r d Isla n d s, 1697-170 3 , w h o died 7 April, 1710,
w h ic h is s itu a te d on t h e n o r th sid e of th e H ig h stre e t,
an d is b u rie d in t h e a n te - c h a p e l ; i t contains upward.«
w e s t w a r d of Q u e e n ’ s c o lle g e , an d c o n s ists o f th re e
of 90,000 v o lu m e s an d is su rro u n d e d on three sides by
q u a d ra n g le s . T h e p r in c ip a l fro n t, 194 fe e t in le n g th ,
a g a lle r v ab o ve th e ca se s , in w h ic h are 24 busts 0!
in th e H ig h s tr e e t , is of tw o s to r e y s , w it h an e m ­
so m e of t h e m o s t em in e n t fe llo w s of th e college, cast
b a t tle d p a ra p e t, a n d h a s e n tra n c e s to th e e a s t an d w e s t
in b ro n ze b y S ir H e n ry C h e e r e , k n ig h t : in the centre
q u a d r a n g le s , t h e l a t t e r b e in g th r o u g h a g a t e w a y to w e r
is a p la n e ta r iu m , k e p t in m o tio n b y machinery, and 3
w it h b a t tle m e n ts a n d an a n g le t u r r e t ; o v er t h e en ­
s ta tu e of C o lo n e l C o d r in g to n , also b y Cheere. The
t ra n c e a r c h a re t h r e e ca n o p ie d
n ic h es ,
co n ta in in g
a n c ie n t stain ed g la s s , fo r m e r ly in th e ante-library, ani
sta tu e s of t h e fo u n d e r and of H e n r y V I . and a basco e v a l w it h th e fo u n d a tio n of th e college, has bees
r e lie f o f th e R e s u r r e c tio n . T h e o ld o r w e s te rn quadre m o v e d to th e a n te - c h a p e l : in 1906 the roof of the
.r a n g le , 12 4 fe e t b y 72, re m a in s n e a r ly in t h e sa m e
lib r a r y w a s re n o v a te d , th e w h o le of th e lead work being
s t a t e a s w h e n f ir s t e r e c t e d ; on it s n o rth e rn sid e is
ren e w e d ; t h is lib r a r y is e s p e c ia lly T ich in works relating
t h e c h a p e l ap p ro a ch e d b y an e x q u is it e ly v a u lt e d p a s­
to ju r is p r u d e n c e , fo r th e p a r t ic u la r stu d y of which 1
s a g e w a v a t th e n o r th - w e s t co rn e r, le a d in g to th e anter e a d in g ro o m w it h acce ss fro m th e Radcliffe square
c h a p e l, 70 fe e t b y 30, on th e p a v e m e n t o f w h ic h are
w as b u ilt in 1867, a n d is o p en to g rad u a tes, barristers
b ra s se s to P h ilip P o lto n B .C .L . w it h e ffig y in co pe,
on th e O x fo r d c ir c u it, an d to o th e r persons properly
1 4 6 1 ; R ic h a r d S p e c k y n to n L L .B . fe llo w , w it h e ffig y in
re c o m m e n d e d , in fu ll te r m , fro m 10 a.m . to 4 p®
a c a d e m ic a ls , 14 9 0 ; a n d D a v id L lo y d e L L .B . and T h o m a s
an d d u r in g v a c a tio n t ill 3 p .m . b u t closing at 1 os
B a k e r S .C .L . w it h d e m i- e ffig ie s , 1 5 1 0 ; a n d th e r e are
S a t u r d a y s : i t is e n t ir e ly clo se d d u rin g August ano
m u r a l m o n u m e n ts to G e o r g e C la r k e D .C .L . and
S e p te m b e r. A t th e e a s te rn end of th e library is a ane
-for O x fo rd U n iv e r s it y 16 85-7, d . 22 O c t. 1 7 3 6 ; an d th e
s ta t u e in m a r b le , b y B a co n , of S ir W illiam Black*H o n . an d R t . R e v . E d w a r d L e g g e D .D . w a rd e n 18 17-2 7,
k t J u s tic e of t h e K i n g ’ s B e n c h and Common fla.
an d B ish o p of O x fo rd , 18 15-2 7. A h e a v y sc re e n of
rem o v ed h e re fro m tb e a n te -ch a p e l. The large »
Ita lia n c h a ra c te r, c o m p le te d a b o u t 17x 5 , a t th e c o s t of
e x tr e m e ly fine s u n -d ia l h e r e , sa id to be the r
th e P u rtm a n fa m ilv , se p a ra tes th e a n te-ch a p el fro m th e
E n g la n d ," an d c o n s tr u c te d so as to show the min
c h o ir, t h e d im en sio n s of w h ic h a re n e a rly th e sam e. B e ­
w as e re c te d in i s . a n d b e a r s th è m otto
Ferra» ’
tw e en 1664 and 1715 t h e ch ap el w a s tw ic e e x te n siv e ly
im p u t a n t u r .” I n
1900, p o rtio n s of the o»n
r e n o v a te d in t h e I ta lia n s t y le , t h e o p e n -tim b e re d roof
p a rts o f th e p a ra p e ts of t h e C o lleg e b u i l d i n g ~
co n v e rte d in to a fla t c e ilin g an d d e c o ra te d , an d th e
re n e w e d in sto n e. T h e w a rd e n ’ s residence,
m u tila t e d r e r e d o s p la s te r e d o v e r an d p a in te d b y R o b e r t
m a n sio n , a d jo in s t h e e a st q u a d r a n g le , and has a I "f
S t r e e t e r w ith a fre s c o o f t h e “ L a s t J u d g m e n t ;
m
to w a rd s H ig h s tr e e t, an d a g a rd e n m the rear,
17 15 t h is w a s o b lite r a t e d h v a p a in tin g of th e “ A s s u m p ­
co lle g e h a s lo n g bee n an d w ill still rem ain
j,
tio n of t h e F o u n d e r ,” b y S ir J a m e s T h o r n h i ll ; ana
tio n d iffe r e n t in c h a r a c te r fro m t h e other colleg“
R a p h a e l M e n g s’ fine p ic tu r e o f th e “ N o li m e ta n g e re ,
th e u n iv e r s it y . U n d e r th e n ew s t a t a t e X “ -profe!„riii
se t u p as an a lt a r p ie ce , w it h c o s tly p ila s te rs of m a rb le
w h ic h c a m e in to o p e ra tio n M a y 3, 1882, the Fr
on e ith e r sid e s u p p o r tin g a p e d im e n t. I n 1872-6 th e
in th e F a c u l t y of L a w h a s h e en la rg e ly
ch a p e l w a s c a r e f u lly r e s to r e d u n d e r t h e d ire c tio n of th e
its re v e n u e s , a n d its fe llo w sh ip s are now m al UT
la t e S ir G ilb e r t S c o t t R .A . w h e n th e s ta lls w e r e ,c le a r e d
to th e e n c o u ra g e m e n t of th e s tu d ie s 01 la
prori!is
of p a in t, t h e fine h a m m e r-b e a m ro o f a g a in op en ed and
d e c o ra te d in g o ld a n d co lo u r, t h e w h o le of t h e in ­ h is to ry , an d p a r t ly also in a id of r e *esTC* tt Mlm
is m a d e b y th e se s t a t u t e s fo r a w a r ® , »
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c o n g ru o u s w o rk a t t h e e a st en d r e m o v e d , a n d th e
tw o c h a p la in s an d fo u r b ib le c le rk s, bu
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o r ig in a l an d m a g n ific e n t r e r e d o s , a sp le n d id ^Q ^k of
o th e r u n d e r g r a d u a te s . T h e c o lleg e present
(4 ,
-the 15 th c e n tu r y ,’ w h ic h h a d been co n c e a le d b e h in d th e
Sees, and it s g ro ss a n n u a l in c o m e is
-frescoes a n d fo rg o tte n , c o m p le te ly re s to r e d , c h ie fly b y
sc h o la rs on th e F o u n d a t io n ; o th e r s c h o la rs h ip s and
e x h ib itio n s are ad ded fro m tim e to t im e fro m th e p ro ­
ceed s of tw o su sp e n d e d fe llo w sh ip s. T h e co lle g e p res en ts
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t h e m u n ific e n c e c f t h e la t e E a r l B a th u r s t , a fe llo w of
th e c o lle g e . T h is su p e rb w o rk , e x e c u te d a t a c o s t of
A 5 000, is p ro b a b ly th e fin est of it s k in d in th is co u n ­
t r y : it co n s ists c h ie fly of t h r e e t ie r s of e la b o r a te ly
ca n o p ie d n ic h e s , c o n ta in in g t h ir t y - f iv e s ta tu e s , e m b r a c ­
in g a p o s tle s, f a th e r s of th e c h u rc h , e c c le s ia s t ic s , k in g s
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E a r l C u r z o n of K e d le s to n P .O .. G .C .S - -, (
F .R .S ., F .B .A ., D .C .L . ch a n ce llo r of the u r n *
F r a n c is W illia m P e m b e r M .A . w ard en , e' * ted/c.T.O..
R ig h t H o n . S ir J o h n A lls e b ro o k S im o n F .L .,
K .C ., M .P ., M .A . su b -w a rd e n .