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OXFORDSHIRE.

OXFORD.

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Scholars, one Chaplain, an Organist, 8 Choristers, 6
singing men and 2 sextons. All the Fellows, except­
ing 6 of the founder’s kin, 2 from Coventry, 2 from
Bristol, 2 from Reading, and one from Tunbridge school«
were elected from Merchant Taylors’ School in London.
In 1854, 4 additional Fellowships were founded under
the will of Dudley Feredav esq. of Ettingshall Park,
Staffordshire, and 4 scholarships by the benefaction of
the late Rev. J. T. Casberd D.C.L. formerly Fellow of
the college and Prebendary of Fairwell in Llandaff
Cathedral. In future, under the new statutes, the
foundation will consist of a president, not less than 14
nor more than 18 Fellows; two ex-officio Fellowships, to
be subsequently held by the Professors of Arabic and
Mechanics; not less than 28 Scholarships, of which 15
will be assigned to Merchant Taylors’ School, two apiece
to Coventry, Bristol and Reading schools, and one to
Tunbridge school: there will also be four Senior
Scholarships for persons educated at Merchant Taylors’
School, and six open scholarships, besides one created
from the bequest of W. Lambe, four Casberd Scholar­
ships and certain Exhibitions. The college presents to
34 benefices, and has an estimated gross income of about
£22,030.
Rev. Herbert Armitage James D.D. president, elected
in 1909.
Edward Conduitt Dermer B.D. fellow.
Rev. Henry Jardine Bidder B.D. principal bursar.
Sidney Ball M.A. senior tutor and lecturer.
Ven. William Holden Hutton B.D. fellow.
John Undershell Powell M.A. tutor and lecturer.
Rev. Leighton Pullan M.A. vice-president, senior dean
of arts, tutor and lecturer.
Frederick William Hall M.A. tutor, junior bursar and
lecturer.
Rev. Charles Fox Burney M.A., D.Litt. fellow.
William Henry Stevenson M.A. librarian and junior
dean of arts.
William Searle Holdsworth D.C.L. lecturer in juris­
prudence.
John Leofric Stocks M.A. lecturer.
William. Somerville D.Sc., M.A. fellow.
Guy Dickins M.A. lecturer.
Claude Gordon Douglas B.Sc., B.M., M.A. tutor.
John Handyside M.A. fellow.
Rev. Thomas Parker George M.A. reader.
Austin Lane Poole B.A. lecturer in history.
Leonard Gray Butler M.A. lecturer in history.

.. ,gtreet and occupies the site of the Cistercian Coli of St. Bernard, founded by Archbishop Chichele in
6-7 but dissolved, as a monastic institution, by Henry
V I I I and subsequently purchased by the new founder
T he college buildings consist chiefly of two quadrangles,
tb additions north of these and extensive gardens in
the rear; the principal front, facing St. Giles’s, may
ow be 'said to consist of two, if not three, distinct
Mocks of which the older portion, towards the south,
.„loner’
s in part to Chichele’s foundation; and over the
t r a n c e 0f
embattled tower gateway the statue of
St Bernard still remains; the intermediate portion is
chiefly remarkable for its curious Jacobean embattlements, and till recently marked the boundary of the
college buildings in that direction; but in i880-1 a new
range of buildings, with a central embattled gatewaj
tower, was erected northward of these, from designs by
thela'teMr. G. G. Scott, and this extension was continued
in 1899-1900; the new buildings correspond in style with
the existing fabric, and afford twenty-one new sets of
rooms and two large lecture rooms. In 1909 another
block was erected, known as the Rawlinson buildings,
and containing eighteen sets of rooms. Opposite the
ancient front, but separated from it by the pavement,
isan inclosed terraced walk, formed in 1576, with steps
ateither end, and shaded by rows of trees; it is stated
by Wood to have been purchased 5 April, 1576, of Sir
Christopher Brome kt. lord of North Gate hundred, and
was then 208 feet long and 44 feet wide; the first quad­
rangle, entered by St. Bernard’s gateway, is of two
storeys, and has on the north side the hall and chapel;
this side, with the south and w'est sides, are portions of
St. Bernard’s College, but the eastern side was added
in 1597. The hall, formerly the refectory, has a par­
ticularly fine arched roof and a screen of Portland stone,
and contains a full length portrait of the founder, pre­
sented in 1692 by Thomas Rowney esq. M.P. for the
city of Oxford, 1695-1722: a full length portrait ol
George III. in his coronation robes, by Ramsay, and
portraits of Archbishops Laud and Juxon, Henry Hud­
son, the Arctic navigator, and a number of others; the
chapel, which forms a continuation of the hall eastward,
was consecrated in 1530, and repaired later by Sir
Thomas White; between 1663 and 1678 extensive altera­
tions, chiefly of a debased character, were made, but in
1843 the structure was restored by Mr. Blore, and a
ceiling of fan tracery constructed; and in 1872-3 the in­
terior was redecorated and three memorial windows
inserted to the Very Rev. Henry Longueville Mansel
D.D. Dean of St. Paul’s and formerly tutor here, who
Jesus College.
died at Cosgrove Hall, Northants, 31 July, 1871; the
Visitor, The Earl of Pembroke.
Rev. Philip Wynter D.D. president 1828-71, d. 4 Nov.
1871; and the Rev. Robert C. L. Dear M.A. formerly Jesus College, founded by a charter of Queen Eliza­
tutor and fellow of Merton College, who died in 1872 ; beth, dated 27 June, 1571, on the petition of Hugh Price
at the north-east angle is a small but beautiful mor­ D.C.L. treasurer of St. David’s, is situated opposite to
tuary chapel, built in 1662, by Dr. Richard Bavlie. Exeter College, on the west side of Turl street, and
president 1632-48 and 1660, to receive the body of his consists of three quadrangles, of which the first contains
son: in the north wall is a marble urn, containing the the chapel on the northern side and the hall on the
heartof Richard Rawlinson LL.D., F.S.A. the antiquary, western. The principal front, wholly rebuilt in 1856,
d. 6 April, 1755; and under the altar are buried the from the designs of Messrs. J. C. and C. A. Buckler,
founder, d. n Feb. 1566; Archbishop Laud, beheaded on architects, of Oxford, in the Collegiate style of the 16th
Tower hill,10 Jan. 1645;and Archbishop Juxon, d.4 June, century, is of limited extent, but has a good embattled
1663. The ante-chapel contains brasses to Robert Hart, gateway tower, with a square turret rising above it on
Scholar or Fellow, d. 12 Feb. 1572 ; Robert Shingleton the north side, and over the entrance an elegant oriel
M.A. Fellow, d. 29 July, 1577 ;John Glover M.A. Fellow, window; at the northern extremity of the faqade appears
d-July. 1578;and Henry Price B.D. Fellow, d.2 Feb. 1600. the eastern gable of the chapel, and beyond it the gate­
A vaultedpassage, with a stone roof ofelegant fan tracery, way of the Principal’s garden; the south front, facing
leadstothe second or eastern quadrangle, built in 1631-5, Market street, was restored in 1853; the first quad­
chiefly at the expense of Archbishop Laud; on the east­ rangle, 90 feet by 70 feet, is of three storeys, with an
ern and western sides are open colonnades, formed of 16 embattled parapet; the chapel, situated on the north
pillars of the Doric order, each consisting of a solid side, was consecrated 28 May, 1621, and lengthened by
jock of Bletchingdon marble; in the centre, on either the addition of a chancel in 1836; over the entrance is
i e> is a portico profusely ornamented, and above the motto “ Ascendat oratio, descendat gratia;” the
ese,in niches, are bronze statues of Charles I. and his former altar-piece, 10 feet by 7 feet, representing “ St.
*naen Henrietta, by Hubert Le Sueur: the south and Michael overcoming Satan,” from a painting by Guido,
s sides are occupied by the library, of which the is now placed against the south wall; the east window is
ou hern portion wa^ built in 1596, and the eastern a very fair example of late Gothic; it dates from 1636,
so greatly admired for the grace and picturesqne- and in 1856 was filled with stained glass, representing
TnnS °- ■ ?arden fr°nt. in 1631, from designs by Inigo the “ types and anti-tvpes of Christ,” and the resurrec­
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part of the library are preserved the so- tion of Jairus’daughter, of the son of the widow of Nain,
anrl
^ .s*;a® °f Archbishop Laud, and his cap and of Lazarus: there are monuments to Sir Eubule
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1'ln" shek, together with a fine bust in bronze. Thelwall, principal 1621-30, and a great benefactor; Sir
spvoT-ofH-n611*'-vest™nts, altar tapestry, banners and Leoline Jenkins, principal, 1661-73; Col. Sir Edward
wa« a , ininat'ed rnissals: in 1909 a new building Stradling bart. d. June 1641; and several other heads
rnnm r ed forming the north side of the common of this society: the whole structure was carefully re­
to the^p3drangle. The gardens, extending eastward stored in 1864. The hall, on the western side, partly
with Tn*1 ,s road> occupy an area of about 3 acres, separates the two quadrangles, and is a spacious and
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s’ ‘well-planted shrubberies and some lofty chamber, completed bv Sir Eubule Thelwall: it
water .i’ro^!n cefiar and chestnut trees. In 1892 the has an elaborately carved screen, and at the upper end,
isnntr iE. ■ °i tbe College was entirely remodelled and projecting into the second quadrangle, is a fine embat­
oritrimii ain .direct, from the city mains. The college tled semi-octagonal oriel of 20 lights: the walls are
*> y consisted of a President, 50 Fellows and hung with portraits of Queen Elizabeth, Charles I. by