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lodge; and on the interior front is a uniquely and sin­ 1cal education, but the records of this abbey between 1276
g u l a r l y designed octagonal tower, containing the stair­ and 1307 having been l
ost, no principal’s name is known
case leading to the first floor, which is entirely occupied previous to that ofWilliam Boys, nor isthe hall expressly
by the dining hall, a fine room 60 by 27 feeL with oak mentioned until the time of John de Cornubia, principal
chimney pieces, beautifully carved, and contains portraits in 1317. On the dissolution of religious houses, Henry
ofJohn Tyndale, translator of the New Testament, Lord \III. granted it to two citizens of Oxford, of whom it
Chancellor Clarendon, Thomas Sydenham M.D. the was purchased by William Dennyson, Provost of Queen’s,
physician, several bishops and others: here also is who in 1557 devised it to his college, which society pro­
rhe common room. A new building in the same cured. an Act of Congregation in 1559, confirmed by tho
style, containing 12 sets of rooms, was erected in 1890, Chancellor of the University, securing to them the per­
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ie, also from Mr. Jackson’s designs. The remaining buildings, occupying little more than three sides of an
buildings formed part of the ancient Hart Hall and its oblong quadrangle, chiefly date from the middle of the
successor, Hertford College, and of these the chapel, 17th century, and their quaintness and irregularity»
now used as a library, a plain and uninteresting struc­ aided by the creepers which festoon the whole north
ture in the Italian style, was erected by Dr. Richard side, give to them a singularly picturesque appearance;
Newton, last principal of Hart Hall and first principal the hall, forming part of the -west side, contains portraits
of Hertford College, as constituted in 1740; and was of Daniel Wilson D.D. Bishop of Calcutta, 1832-58, and'
consecrated by Dr. Potter, Bishop of Oxford, 25 Nov. formerly vice-principal, 1807-12; Thomas Tully or Tullie1716. A new chapel, measuring within 84 by 26^ feet, D.D. principal in 1658-76, and several of his successors ;
was erected in 1909, eastward of the old chapel, and at the east end of the quadrangle are the chapel and
includes a small cloister and a tower, the whole being library, erected chieflybv the liberalityofStephen Penton
from designs by T. G. Jackson esq. D.C.L., R.A., B.D. Principal, 1675-84; the firststone ofthe chapel being
F.S.A.: in the same year twelve sets of rooms were laid 19 April, 1680, and the building consecrated by John
erected, forming part of the scheme of ultimately ex­ Fell, Bishop of Oxford, 7 April, 1682; the ante-chapel,
tending the buildings into Holywell street-. The old which faces the quadrangle, is of two storeys, with a
hall, which unites the collections of the two societies, panelled parapet, in the Classic style; the entrance iswas greatly augmented in 1777 by the valuable be­ flanked by two lofty columns of the Corinthian order,,
quest of John Cale esq. of Hart Hall, who also left rising through both storeys and supporting a pediment 7
an endowment of £30 yearly for the librarian: the old the upper storey forms the library, which contains several
refectory and buttery, with portions adjoining, were thousand volumes, contributed bv various members of
enlarged, if not wholly built, in the reign of Queen the hall; the choir, or chapel proper, bounded on th*
Elizabeth, by Philip Rondell, principal of Hart Hall, north and east by the gardens of New College, has me­
1549-99. In 1898 the college acquired certain premises morial windows to the Rev. John Branthwaite M.A.
opposite in New College lane and at the east end Principal, 1861-4, &nd to Bishop Wilson, Vice-Principal»
of Broad street, including the remains of the extra d. 2 Jan. 1858 ; the east window has also been filled with'
mural ehapel of Our Lady at Smith gate, and on stained glass designed by Mr. William Morris M.A.,
this site new buildings were erected in 1903 from F.S.A. In 1821 the advowson of Gatcombe, in the Isle o*f
designs by Mr. Jackson, and will provide 24 sets of Wight, was purchased by the University as an augmenta­
rooms: the ancient chapel, which is to be preserved, has tion of the revenues of the Principal by a benefaction of
been in part uncovered, and proves to be an almost £1,000, under the will of the Rev. George Holme D.D. of
perfect octagon, with octagonal buttresses at the angles; Queen’s College, in 1763, which had accumulated in the
several large Perpendicular windows have been disclosed interval. The first principal presented to itwas the Rev.
at the east end, some of which retain tracery, and on William Thompson D.D. principal 1843-54. By an Act
the south side is a doorway of the same period, over of Parliament, passed in 1913, this living will at the
which is a mutilated sculpture in five compartments, next vacancy become separated from the principalship,.
representing the “Annunciation.” There is one benefice and the patronage be vested in the Queen’s College.
inthe gift of the Principal, and nine other benefices are A statute enacted in 1913 makes provision for a viceheld by trustees for the benefit of the college.
pnncipal and chaplain, and secures a sum which will
ultimately amount to £300 a year for exhibitions.
Rev. Henrv Boyd D.D. principal; appointed in 1877.
Sidney Graves Hamilton M.A. librarian.
Rev. Henry Herbert Williams M.A. principal; appointed
in 1913.
John Edward Campbell M.A. senior tutor, bursar and
lecturer.
Rev. Leonard Hodgson B.A. vice-principal.
Charles Edward Haselfoot M.A. tutor and lecturer.
George Robert Brewis M.A. senior tutor and lecturer.
Norman Whatley M.A. dean and lecturer.
Edgar Charles Priestley B.A. tutor and lecturer.
Basil Charles Allchin M.A. organist.
Rev. Edward Arthur Burroughs M.A. tutor & lecturer.
John Dewar Denniston M.A. lecturer.
Keble College
Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell M.A. lecturer
Visitor, The Archbishop of Canterbury.
Rev. John McLeod Campbell M.A. chaplain.
Keble College, situate in the Parks road, and nearlv
opposite the University Museum, was founded in 1868 bv
THE HALLS.
public subscription as a memorial to the Eev. John Kebfe
Of the Academical Halls once existing in Oxford, only M.A. of Oriel College, vicar of Hursley, formerly pro­
one, St. Edmund Hall, now maintains an independent fessor of Poetry, and author of “ The Christian Year ” d
position, and is a mansion for the reception of students, 29 March, 1866, with the object of training students in
simple and religious habits according to tbe principles
thrn, wl11 under discipline and instruction, and pass o
gh the course of study to their several degrees, pre- f the Church of England; the site, comprising
4$ acres, was purchased from St. John's
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wav as other students who reside in about
College for ¿7,007, the foundation stcne laid bv Arch­
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’1V s no^’However, like these, a corporate bodv, bi
shop Longley, 25 April, 1868, and the college', incor­
thftn 7 endowmenfcs it:'may possess are held in trust by p
orated' by Royal Charter 6 June, 1870, was opened 23.
were l l T ' l ' u T\e 0hancell°r i« the visitor. The halls June following, by the Marquess of Salisbury K.G. Chan­
lationffra!!6? If
^ta*uta Aularia,” a code of regu- cellor of the University, and was admitted to the privi­
Convocatin^ cjf7
University and since amended by leges of the University by decree ofConvocation, 18 April»
framed in 99 k iban Hal1’ m pursuance of statutes 1871. The buildings, consisting chiefly of two spacious
was inOeinh
0xford University Commissioners, quadrangles, are constructed of variegated brick with
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the re^ ation ofthe Principal, Bath stone dressings, in an early style of Gothic, from
Hall on the a ?k Ce°!l6Se;.and ln June, 1887, New Inn designs by Mr. William Butterfield, architect, and have
tached to BallM n nltS ^rinciPal> Dr. Cornish, was at- been severely criticised. The principal entrance is
th©c o l l e g e 2° ?0’ hut about 1897
sold by through a sort of gabled tower in tbe centre of the east
°a the death 1,Hannmgton Trustees. St. Marv Hall, f
ront, supported by deeply projecting buttresses, reaching
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annexed to Oriel College.
wide vaulted archway in the lower storey conducts to thebroad gravelled terrace surrounding the quadrangle, on
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Sfc- Edmund Hall,
the south side of which are the hall and library, divided1
to derive^ta1^?3^’,s*kuated Queen’s lane, isbelieved from each other by a staircase, with two common roomsCanterbury in tk6 ?m Edmund Rich, Archbishop of and a lecture room on the ground floor and a kitchen be­
I«*®« £ certain
°f Henry 111 wh° ieli«wd neath ; the hall, 127 by 35 feet, is one of the most capa­
t° 1226 and war school», on the same site from 1219 cious in Oxford; itis panelled all round, the panelling ai
Innocent I V t* *?on aHer his death canonized by Pope thedais end being higherand more elaborate; thewindows•^nons ofOsenfii„ yeaT.I2l59 it was purchased bv the are traceried and on one side is a projecting gallery, car­
y and applied to the purposes of academi- ried on three arches; the long wagon roof is divided by