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window was filled with stained glass in 1855 , b ut this
was replaced in 1896 by entirely new glass designed by
wr 0 e . K e m p e ; the stained w est window, th e g ift
,f Ralph Cawley D.D. principal 1770 - 7 7 , contains figures
of Christ and the four E vangelists, executed by Pearson
in 1776, from a painting by M ortim er, and the rem ain ­
ing windows are chiefly m em orials to the Rev. F. W.
R o bertso n M.A. incum bent of T rin ity chapel, B righton,
d ^ Aug. 1 8 5 3 ; the Rev Richard H arington" D.D.
principal 1842-53 . d - J3 Dec. * 8 5 3 ; the Rev. J. W .
Barlow, d. 18 5 9 ; the Rev. J. P. H arris, chaplain at
Lucknow, d. 18 5 9 ; the Rev. E. H artopp-Cradock D.D.
principal, d. 18 8 6 ; the Rev. D. Pocklington, d. 18 7 0 ;

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designed by Mr. T. G. Jackson in keeping with his
other work. The Amsterdam cottages contained a few
traces of ancient work, such as fire-places, which have
been preserved in the basement of the new building,
together with other fragments of 12th and 13th century
work, found built into the cottages as ordinary wallingstones. The foundation consisted of a Principal and
twelve Fellows, and eight other fellowships were after­
wards added, and by an Ordinance of the Commissioners
under the “Oxford University Act, 1854” (*7 and 18
Viet. c. 81), all the fellowships were thrown open.
By the statutes framed under the “Universities’ Act,
1877” (40 and 41 Viet. c. 48), the number of Fellows,
T. C. Edwards Moss esq. d. 1893, and others: in the exclusive of one ex-officio and two supernumerary,
ante-chapel is a monument to Robert Shippen D.D., was fixed at twelve. Scholarships and Exhibitions have
F.R.S. principal 1710-45; and one by Bacon, to William Ibeen added at different times, and include several
Cleaver, principal 1785-1809, and successively Bishop “Somerset ” scholarships, founded by Sarah Duchess
ofChester (1787), Bangor (1800), and St. Asaph (1806), j Dowager of Somerset, limited in the first instance to
■who died 15 May, 18x5: there are other monuments ipersons educated at the grammar schools of Manchester
to Frodsham Hodson D.D. principal 1809-22, by Man­ and Marlborough and the cathedral school of Hereford.
ning; the Very Rev. Hugh Cholmondeley B.D. Dean of There are twenty valuable scholarships and some exChester (d. 1815), bv Sir Francis Chantrey; one de- j
|hibitions on the foundation of William Hulme esq. of
signed by Sir W. B. Richmond R.A. to Mr. Walter Ivearsley, in Lancashire, first founded in 1691, and re­
Pater, and another to the Rev. Albert Watson M.A. settled under a scheme in 1907 by the Board of Educa­
principal 1886-89 (d. 1904) : the fine brass eagle lectern tion. These are tenable for four years, the senior
-was presented in 1731; the eagle lectern of wood gilt, scholarships being worth £150 and the junior £100 a
dating from 1694, and presented to the college in 1708, year. Three clerical exhibitions were founded by the
was given by the college in 1743 to Abingdon school, Misses Colquitt, of Green Bank, in Lancashire, in 1842,
and is now in the School chapel. Both the chapel and an open scholarship of ¿100 yearly in 1875 by
library are architecturally interesting as exhibiting the Mrs. Jane Robinsoninmemory of the Rev. John Watson
resultof an attempt to combine the Classic and Gothic M.A. some time Fellow of this College, and two exhibi-styles. In 1894 the chapel underwent partial restora­
each yearly were founded in 1907
tion, the pediments over the doorway and windows, by Mr. Heath Harrison, gentleman commoner of the
-the parapets on the north side and the cornice being college. The college presents to twenty-one benefices
carefully renewed; the roof was also re-covered and and Air. Hulme's trustees have, in addition, the patron­
■strengthened; the whole work was carried out under age of twenty-nine benefices, to which they are bound
the direction of T. G. Jackson esq. R.A. A block of to present those who either are or have been scholars
new buildings, completed in 1886, from designs by the on his foundation. The annual income of the college
same architect, has taken the place of two slightly built is estimated at £20,000.
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and not well-planned structures previously standing in
the kitchen or garden quadrangle. By their removal, Charles Buller Heberden M.A., hon. D.C.L. principal,
elected in 1889.
and that of some cottages and outbuildings, a new and
spacious quadrangle was formed, bounded on the east William Teulon Swan Sonnenschein M.A. vice-principal
and lecturer.
by the chapel and on the west by the new wing, which
isset a good way back. This new range of buildings Rev. Frederick William Bussell D.D., B.Mus. tutor.
is120 feet in length, and from 36 to 48 feet wide, and William Nelson Stocker M.A. lecturer and senior dean.
contains 22 sets of rooms for undergraduates, two large Alfred Joshua Butler D.Litt. bursar.
lecture-rooms, and a spacious set of rooms for a Fellow. Charles Henry Sampson M.A. senior tutor.
The eastern front exhibits four gables, alternating with Herbert Francis Fox M.A. tutor.
three semi-octagonal bays, with balustraded parapets, George Henry Wakeling M.A. tutor.
rising above the spring of the roof, and intended to Rev. Henry Charles Wace M.A. tutor, chaplain,
librarian and junior dean.
carry the staircases, which are disposed in the usual
collegiate manner; the west front is much plainer in Arthur James Jenkinson M.A. tutor.
F
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ancis John Haverfield M.A. Camden professor of
design, but a similar style of treatment is preserved
ancient history.
throughout. During 1887-9 part of the remaining
buildings intended to complete the quadrangle were Sir Arthur John Evans D.Litt. professor of prehistoric
archasology.
meted 011 the south side, thus giving the college the
advantage of an entirely new frontage immediately There are also three lecturers not on the foundation.
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s^reet> bfie idea of accomplishing which Charles Frewen Jenkin M.A. fellow.
bad been cherished, itappears, bv the college authorities Thomas Vipond Barker M.A.. B.Sc. fellow.
since the beginning of the 18th century, and from that Robert Hamilton Hutchison B.A. lecturer.
time up to 1810 at least three architects were consulted
Corpus Christi College.
this project, and not less than five designs for
arryina it out produced and successively abandoned,
Visitor, The Bishop of Winchester.
uns block, also erected from designs by Mr. Jackson,
Corpus Christi College, founded by a charter, dated
r?°- ■ 1aboufc ¿ M ’Qoo, comprises a'new house for i March, 1516-7, of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester
and aninCipi
Sets of rooms for undergraduates, and Lord Pnvy Seal in the reign of Henry VIII. is
Sth I Rattled gateway tower, 62 feet in height, situated between Merton College on the east and Christ
into thf S F ’ *ormin£ the principal entrance Church on the west, and chiefly consists of one quad­
“e™id!nX
’ the fS<;ade' dasig»ad
tie Late rangle, TOt-h.an additional block of buildings on the south
ti'inc to tk stYIe, is of two storeys, with four gables side of the chapel court, overlooking Merton fields and
reliewd bl Lr° -rl,ge’ an.
d the flrst floor is effectively the Broad Walk; the principal front immediately faces
farapetselalloratelycarved pierced the south side of Oriel College, and exhibits an em­
"riel with sir bib?“ f * angle is a fine eorbelled-out battled façade of three storeys, with a central gateway
carried neariv nn S i
o c t a S o n a I »rocketed spire tower of four stages; over the gateway is a good oriel
gateway are ,, j •
ie ridSe1 over the window, flanked and surmounted by iich canopied niches,
roval a,* rrBI ’ in an »"usually large size, the and a singular piece of sculpture representing angels
Iir"Per s“k of the f s
,uM orters- in allusion to the bearing the Host, or Corpus Christi, in a monstrarfce,
College Of Pre
foundation as “the King’s Hall and with the arms of the founder of the See of Winchester
remafiniingl etp/.
unn it. * * ± 2 ™
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«»?« on either side. The quadrangle, 10r feet bv 80 feet in
ty the buiEe ° r ,sAhe
ne"'quadrangle was completed
dimension, completed in 1517 and embattled about 1600,
°iAmsterdam wa°« e°
staircase;-while the name was heightened in 1737 on the north and west sides bv
12 and No . °IVea c a P a s sa £e through between the erection of an additional storey; in 1807 itsbuildings
given to a senaratF. . «
name of Broadgates was were faced with ashlar, and in 1890 the ground level was
the well-known A m . 7 a rooms. thus commemorating uniformly lowered one foot; in the centre is a curious
,n Part- at least
c o u r t a n d P assas e . which cylindrical dial, designed by Charles Turnbull M A a
’9°9, and reviving the
°f this block UP t0 fellow of thecollege, in 1581, and constituting aperpetual
Jto°d in ancient H m
° Broadgat«s Hall, which calendar ; above the capital of the column is a pedestal
frontage. This k w ' a,™ part ot thp High street with shields of arms, supporting adwarf pyramidal finial,
“"tains about K
,
t0 the colle-e buildings surmounted by a pelican in her piety, the badge of
aIs" built and oceoea • ™ ms- xew bathrooms were the founder. On the eastern side of the quadrangle
opened in 19,0, and the whole plan was
is the hall, 50 feet by 25 feet, which has a good Late
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