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_.  ancient Britain: inhabitedthis lfland _, and that
, ~"h-i_-_»:<A from Greeklade, a ‘1ownirz”i_W111:-.-fllireg this Am...
'  A-.r demy was tranflatedto Oxford, which jome will

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I an lle cford, from the Riverof Oufe (by the Latino called

Ifis) which gioeth name to the next adjoynirzg Ijland, called OufiAA]ey'

Others flay it was founded when the City of Oxfords was fir]! bnildeélb, a

many years before the Incarnation ofour'Saviour Chrifl. Others   fity it

was burildedg, or at Ieafi refiored, by King Vortiger :1 But the chiefejb

conclude and agree, that Elfred, of {ome called Alrured, King of the
W efl_SexQns, about‘ the year 872, was the Chie f and ttrrrincipall Fozaz--
der thereof .- And thatfsbefides the ancient Hofllw‘ for Scholargwhiieh

is evident were there remaining after many overthrow: of warres ) he a

can fed.” to be rerefied therein three Colledges or publiclg Schools , fbr the
teaching ofGranzmer,4 %.Philofl2phy, and Diviniriex fending thither his
uwne his j?nrtEtlie1ward. Since which time, by‘ reafim o f be divers in--
curfions end eontinuall wars which were“ daily in this A I and 3 i bgtmgen
the Britoir;s,VB.o4man 3,, Sraxons, Kings of this Heprarclaie , Danes»
eanalNdrmanis, the light and glory ofthis, Academy was not onelyof
old eclip fed; shut.revenfi7zce, the Conqueft (inrthAe barons war.s),alfEz

_obfcured and defaced.‘ And it is nzofl certaine, as is the de/traftions were
emany,_/o the refianratiorzo therof (hortly en hlgea by one Prince or other.-for  

that at length recovering; the fame and difgrzirty which it holdeith among ji-

Abother Chriflian Academies o je ElrIF()pe“3i?5’,A is now worthily reputed one of

the Amofl famous Z/rzzvwfitieoritt the world an the an eient osnd noble F afi-

nzilyo the Vercs haoine;beAertlo;zg Earls rthereof, and [0 [till remain.‘ a

Arzdshowfimnertloe Hoflr1es,7Ha1s,7Irznes, Sc.'hool5,, and religions Hon-«A
fl3.rg_.,‘ ‘whereof this 7/sniv”erfity,./z'rzc'e the Corzqueft did'CrW1flfi‘.') and '¥¥‘biC‘b

now are wholly defaoeohorinpart comaxrted into fame of the{pre_]ent t it
CoIledges,;3were for theirmtmber, arzdjorthenumheroof »S1‘m2'e?1t5 in
  A r A “ A A A ‘A 2 Athem~~t

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jfbflwa much above. allxlfbat item are extanndviz;dDivi-Fridfwi,di Pri-dd -

or.s.M1ariaudAu1a, Divi Ajacgbid Aula Divi Grcgorii At:rIa.- Dd
Iohztn. Baptifi;%‘Aud]a,d  Tdhoxmn Aula, Poritlatu. Aula, S¢?.'C€rdO:.-
‘tiff. A;;1a,Pgckwa:er1 ALL11a, Phfiftvici Diveribrium, M3“‘g“]x}e3. A-=4,
cadcdniiaé:‘AuIa, S. Marga rem; Aula, Regis Audla, Rqginse Ania,
‘Pidttantidi %AuI.:1, Green'~ Ania, Corbctci Au’a, Parvaa Academia’:
Ania, St-apul. Ania, arzdmar2y%orber;5 yei atfiaz‘: prefinzt there mtg

— eigbteérzgoodbi Culledges and iaoufis erefféd ,7 maixztaizzedwitb tine:-l‘.::.d

Idiezdsd and revenem of ibez‘r’fom2’a‘er:5 dandjéven’ Hal: rbat 5'tudent$d d

Im in zit their own charge, not bdvirzghendowmem‘ aflcmd io mairztairzdid
fisem; gB~e[id€5 there are publick éTTciaool«:ddarzd a ‘Library, who [9 Fabrickg;

:51) the ~&o!«aé1tyofman_y royal, noblegarzd religiom perjbns, was of latex;
yearsfirziflyed, wbicbrzo flfniverfitie in the war1d_c.m in all point: pa:- A
ralel; v Tbeféd are we dn1;r_/e fies »of:Gods mac r.€1igi07z_;,mzd d.$'emz‘r-zarie: of A 

ggod literature; 2

¥  —.._..—.m.r - W" | 1 , - ' ‘ I "

1,1’ 7V“iziverfiry‘dCa£/edge, foyzzded 872.

 

A ~ Pgcligiond and g0odd“literature_., fbr the dincrcafe and Pcudjr
of Divinity, Philofophie and citdhe-r arcs,‘in the‘ dfecond year of‘

  fred or Aimed King-of the Wei’: S_axor_z5}, being adddifiéddd ator: A

his ‘reigns foundedthis Colledggbydthé name of the Great Hal; 

or 7}dnz"v:-rfitié C:ab'edge_;d ,d;fr<:§~n1;tVh.e .foun‘datio"n‘ whercof the flu?-"
dents wércjdnuaintained our of~t:hc”Kings Exchequer, until King
H/illiam--theCor1dqu.e»ror. did take the fame from dthdemd : by which“
meansddboth theColldedge. wanted repairing, da'nd-the fiuddentsd

alfd were for inanyyears enforced to live by the devotion of»

religiouspcople. _ .Afta-wards W‘z'llidmf ~Ar~ch»- deacon of Dmf-‘
ham, about ‘t'hE=year, V1 2%Ij7d=.,repai»re'd and end-owed the famcdwithi
11fe,w poffeflfions,‘ VA cfiablifhing xhdérciridfia M5di1f¥ef, two Fellows,
adBdibIe~ C1adrk5Vwhich%ddisthdc JP0rter.' Since by‘ the bountyof

If/alter ;Skjrlorb__DO &or‘*of‘I3aW5Bifl1op of Lifcbfiedld and Co'ventr_y,;
after of Bat/9 and W615; ‘ and lafllv Of“Durbamj;,i who gave three;

A dFé*11owfl1ips,d“dHénry Pfzerty: jE's't:1:*1d aof dNo.rtbumbe15la7zdd,d .who_' gave as =

the-rthdr?ceV 5‘ and by rddheg‘ifEof»Rob%ert Dudley late Earldof Leice-Q!
fler, d1aIa723‘Fri]%or'zd Efquire, M-afi; Gulgfleyf Refiour dofffyteflev in A

A Sz}rdrey;,M’i’firi”s P413225 Maihflflon, S; Sz'mofldBenJzet: _.,who hath "be-av V A

cmgathcd. good Iaixds to idnczcalfc the number osdpcxfom and
Schqlans

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A Sc.‘h0Iars( aftertthe deceafe of'hisL:.1dy) Mafler Cbaijles Greerzé-"A A
mod, fornetimes dfellow of this Colltdge, and Peoftox" 4 Of this r
Elniverfity, who gave Hi «:00 pounds towards the new bniiding A

oft‘hisCo1ledge,and fame otherhbenefaétors 3 the ctmzpany‘

and revenues ofthis Colledge is nmch increafecl , ft) as thetetis A
at this prefem: in thefamea Mafier, exght Helium's ,,_ o1’1ewB1hle- A
C-1eirk,w.ith ofiicers and fervants of the Poundatxon ,behdes A A

other fiuden ts gthe whole num’be.r%beingV73 . a

t II. : A13ctliol;.Colledge founded 12 6 i. A A

Olm Ba'i9l, born at Bernard: Came in thdeBi{hop%Ar’ckof Dflrtw V

,h;A’bam(a worthy warriour to King Henry the thidtddeiu lffs  ci*v‘il,, 
wars againfl hisfiaronsj with his wife Dervorgifh tedda Lady Q? ‘ V
thonorable Paren cage  being in her right Earl 0-fGalloway5 dainde, ,
Lord high Conflable ofSco!land)'parents of Iobrz Ba ’z‘ol King “of ‘“
Scots, founded tAhis_eColIedge, giving thercunto both lands and 
revenetifst, for the n1f;tintenanc¢dof’a M:;ficr,A 1:t>_ Fel1o”d?s,Av A it ”
Schdlars, w_hichjiSAAArecordAed‘ to be tthCAfi’1‘P£5”_ :i1,idt’IhI‘1”C>Ptt‘ ‘éfihéientljrfiv

av:

endowed tfldfledge in this Univerfity, as fame late I—Ii{’cdrians}<A»
copfiantly aflirijhe. But by the reafon ofthe Scotti/B’Wars~in
the reigne of King Edward the firfig the fludents ce-uA1d not 
peétceably enioydtthe fame. ThisVColledge-hath iincc, "by the H-4 A
»««be%rality of PbilipSomervil_A.,' a1iC1,Mafgaret hisewifed, the La’dy'El/4" ‘A ;
L’mg_[;7reeAh~Co11mteflZ2 of'AA1Sfalz’5bury,t Rzcbard de Hofinger,’ VI/2‘/z’z'}:im ‘
Lord F eltmz,-*[-Iugla dc ‘Z[r'e'rzn;t* Knight, VVilliamt Human of Gilfoni At;
Efquire, Dhdétor Bel! Bilhoph of V V orcefler, Peter BlMIZddl'E‘fqL}i[‘e,’V__
the Lady Elihctbeib Periarz, me? to A the Ahonorable ‘Sir dFrarzc2.vf

. Bacon late Lord:ChaVncelour,h Mary Dmzcb_.,and 1cib7zB1*o1rne,wich”

divexjsdotherbenefadtors, been much ixlcteated with buildings, A
and other ornaments. In which the number offellows are un - A

certain e_., and at the difcretionofthet Vifi~t0L1r,M21fier,and three

feniour Fe11oys[s,tas the erevenews thereoftdo inc:-etaI?c1e)m;_tde~; ~

Cm-afe". “"l7‘he‘re’é‘aAre in the fame at this prefent a Maffex‘, %  1tQFelt.«
lows, I ItSchollers,,dfdurexhibitioners, Abefidesofheersend fee-
A wanted of the foundation, the Wholénum her being At 38;  AV  

4 %   (4) 4
5:1 I I.AA Marten Colledge? founded I 2  4.

 Alter (Ia Merto7z fometimes L. Chancellour of Ezzglaniig

_ A Comfeliour to King Henry the third, and Edward the
firfi, Bifhop of Rocbgfler, founded this Colledgeby the name of  . »

eM€Ti0A?liCu11edge, endowing it in eficfi with all ti1e.eIands%and"”A

revenews which at t:his;Aprefen.I: are bclonginghthereuntoa up-_ A
daining in the famea Warden, and no definitive number of
"Fellows, Since by theiliberalicy ofIobn 1%!/iot AD0&or of Die

e vihity, Chancellour ofExcefier(formerA1y FA::1l.aW of this C01.-
‘ledge, who gave ma.incenancefori twelve Schollers, whereof‘

H1116:-fl10uld-ferve the nine {enieour Fellows, and are by them no
be%chof'eAn, upon; which thtywerc hhcalled Pojimczflers, the other A A
tihrecfhould A%femArAeieA1.1§the Fellowsg and they are ehofen by one
who i§..ycab1y‘t1e&edto besprincipa,1—1ioi_7the Fafimafiersjtf/some:

'L_eecI:,AS. flflaprizas Bodeley Knighx, a memorable benefeétor to this.A

UnAiv’ctrIityA, Dofizor W'ilfon, Mafi. Igobn Clpamberx, foiiietimes
a Fellow of.Etou,: Canon ofWz'nfi>r(Who n1adeiithen1I4.,>& gavei
1ooohpounds"that%two Fellows ihould be eleé-’ced out of 

Schogl toithis Cdlledge fucceflively) D=c;&orA jerviee, Dofizmf
e 7e_/5p, and thclate worthy Warden, S.AHcm*y Siwil Knighn,Pro,;~

;v,off ofEtorz,A(who founded two 1nathen1Aat;ick leéiures inwthe

Ilniverfiry, which Aheini %hiswperfon- read publickly for two

terms, by whefe hprocuirement 2mdca1~echis Qolledgc hath been ..,
niuichzbeau tified and en1arged:iwie.h fair buildings, beaks , and
0,rnamen ts) it is much enriched; In-this Colledige at ehis pre-
fem: is a Warden, Ag 1 Fellows, 14;. Schollers _, be~fides' cnflieers

» and efervants ofthe,fOund.1tion, with ovthcriif’cujde1Arts:heheiwhdle

numben‘beingL8io. i M  

&-_¢- A ‘ 'A‘A A ‘ A A A A.

l——'

 I IV.<Exceffer ColZe.dge,founded'I 3_.»~1'6,

‘]VAIter $’tapuldon,i einig defcended of noble papegcagci

M 3 A A (fbrhis wifedome, gravity , and learnfmgwas gofixn
employed in .En1ba{Tages for Kin¥g'Edwm~_d the 2. who made him

‘Bifhqp ofAExAcefler, Lord Treafurerof Englarzd, farid one of his

Privy-«Co.unce1)Foundcd this Coliiedgei by the name of Stapuldon
A A  A A ‘ Hall; A

he endowed with lands and 1*ev-exlews, for the ii i
maintensance of oneRe&or58c 12 Fel?1ows, ontoi 'Wl‘llCl‘i num~  

ber one Ihonld bcyearly chofen to govern Il_?t‘:‘1‘t'll. fiftetjin

anno,14o4. Edmund Stanford Bifhop of Extcefler {brother to Iialp‘/9.

Earl Staflard) Lord Cll3IlC£.»~ll.0I“ of Englarzdfi gavetwo Fliotew
fhips_,reFormed the flatutest, altered the 11‘-?.m€tl1(’l-‘€Ol“, and cal-
“Wed Excefler Colledge. To this C01l‘edge llnee,S'ir -Will:-rm Pe-
  1 I-erKi1ight, principall Secretary to Kintgifle.-‘h;‘;'-thél8th., K. Ed-
ward the 6:12. Q__Ma1y;and Qgfllizabeib, gave eight f<llow(I1ips~,
and augmented thewages of the Fellows of the firii fonnlidati -

i 0n,t0 make themequall with his.. Sirlillollm Periam Efq. gave
560 pounds, which was expended in building 5 Sir Iolon Ac'lmz'

Knlightagave Sfoo ptbunids, which was hefcorwed in building of
aifair and fpacious Hall, and George Halgewe1IDo&. of Divinity _,
Archdeacon of Suyrrey (yet living) fometimes Fellow of this
Hpufc, founded,ere&ed andufinilhed the new Chappt lI_.,all three

 fivonfhire men. In which Colledige at this prefent is one Re-.  
&or. 22 Fellows, two Penfioners, and one Bible--c1ark_., bcfides-V
officers and {ervants om": Foundation with other fiud€nt3.;:'t0 A

thC;Dl1II1bCr-"DF23:”Q.; i ~ A  ~ A

 t‘ V. ‘0rz'all iG«'ol/ledge, fouitdedt I  3 7.  

/_, Inzg Edward the fecond ( called Edward of:Cmzartnin) began»

v the fo=undati:on of thisxcolledge, by the procurement’ of A
A” Adam Brown‘C1erlt, Almncr td the {aid King, dtedicating the]
fame to the honour of the blefled Virgin Mary _., calling it the
Houje or Halllof 5.’. Mary the Virgin (Vulgol,0lr‘iall Cal/edge) which =

_ heendowed"withilandsuandrevenews for the maintenance of A

1oneoProvofl5 and I0 Fellows. But afterw‘ards’by theeliberalia»  ‘ . A
tyoof iIobnFrank_., who gave ‘allowance for four Fellowlhips,‘ =
IobnCarpenterqBi{ho.p ofWarc”effer,-, tiwhca: gave one Fellowllsipa 
Ifilliam Smith Bifhop of Lirzcolrze , who gave one Fellowfluipg A

t the aforenamed Adam Brawng who was fitfi Prtovofi, being aim
[0 tag real: benefafior 5 King Edward the third , who gave the

Hofpital I of SJ Bmctbolmew near Oxfiord 5 Antbtony Elirzeow D. of "

Law, late. Provofi, whobtfiowed 1 zoo pounds in building the
forefront, and Rich. Dudley, who gave majntenanlcefor two

Fell owe,

 'AE:‘t1lox=2*s5a1id 6.. €Xhibi£i0nE'rs,0ther fixbeing of a ~moréan’cieht
ioundationi, bcfides divers other bznefafto rs , this Colledge is

” A much exucrcafed. Moreover our late Soveraigne L. K.'i11g-Iamex,

7 being informed that tghqtitlc of the Foundatiohn thereof with

V theh}andsther€L1nto belonging were in A quefiion , -and. Afubjelft ’

 to eviéiion, hath confirnxed by Letters Pattexnts a‘fure,efiag¢ _ V

A . of the {Lune : Wh€1‘€inwAaI:%this pref:-.n1:is one Pmva£t»,» ?13A7.;

;Fe11ows, 1 2 . Pen fioners or exhibitioners, one Bib1C*CldFk5b,E A; _j_

.Afides officcrs and fervamcs ofthe foundation A,» with othérA‘fiu-”' A
dent$,the whholenumberfbeingh106. ‘ A _A A A ‘ V‘   -y"‘  A 4

VI. g92_g_téen:CoAlfledge,f§unA2Ied1fA3 4 ‘ham: T: h A

/1  Olzert Eglesfiéfd .B3CChhI‘0r Qf‘Div'gnity«, w(3:haplaAin':hhtQ'Q_L_1ee§1~ '
A _ Piail’z'ppa,A Awifé to King jEd'mdr_d.phe,thhird,fourid€dA‘ihiS(3o%l-

Aledge in his Own ground , by the nameof Queen": Ccs"11e'dgfc A

? (commending thehpatronagc thereof to his Lady "fthei?Q1_ce'n
and to the 0_u_e_ens Qf Ejzglandh fuccefliw-ly)AA which he *e(1AdoI7Ucd'
with ‘lands and revenews for the maintenancqofahPx*ovofl;, and

‘ 12 Fellows which were to be augmented as the revenews 17;;-M-

hcre:1fet!A,Bt1*t iince by the bofuntyi C$fKin%gAEdm%1rd the thirdgwho
gave the Hofpicall of S. 7ulz‘ans;'m Souhtbamptahngcommonly heal-
  led Gods Howie; King Edward the fourth, who gavephe Prfipryh
‘:O“f_ Sberlmm hinfiamfbire, Robert Langtojz ,AA.‘17::oma:h L;mgto;2‘ 
V vofi, Bithop ofW'z'ncloej'fer. Edm‘.Grinclall,Archbi fhopAofhC;mtefZ2u-
em Cbrifloprher Bambridgé *Prcwofi,"Archh_i{hop of 71' orkeg 71/Vi1lz‘ahm A
-iFettAipZace Efquire, I-Ienry Robinfon Provofi, Bifhop of‘Carlile¥5, D;

" 4-.A7}rie 1211:: Provofl-. and divers Otzhcir Ian: §!;oodhben"efa&or”sA;AA,ithé:
V ~ numAba*r of Pmhdmtssare much inAcre’afcd.A M0Areover,ourla1;hf”eAsSc9- :

A «w3raiAg11?LadyfQ;;EhIizabetb tin; htheh 3‘y;carAA ihcxj. raigh,b¢Aiingwih~
',AfgZ%3_I’I7l~‘lh-E-*€l~f.h%1'.|‘£i.h‘1Z the ticlcot the foundatin thereof,‘ with ~1:hAe ]'3IlCl§

A _flm.€un.‘gQ. beI0ngi11g, were in qdefiicJn7,‘ andéfixbjhtéf ‘to AéVhi"&i‘dnh5

by 'A€*cA»o‘fAAP2=»;1*~IiAamenthconfirmcd 2 :fure efcatfeof the fa’«me;.?Lihkc-~

‘ with of 3i1tAcj;;AfiA_)r ;hebet.tei~Aencou 2<a,c::er11Ahtan‘:h of theFe1Iows',% 'wh_oh
A «are :3}! bormdwby feature EC) proF€fiZ+1DAiAvEnitv ah I{ing:«CHZ1ARA_I.S,

 “the i:mfehz*cefii0-n 0f‘‘*(l_:MARfI. , Patrcxneflh Whof, Atzhihsl CoI%1“C:c*l;§;I,e?
A mhbefiqwupoxhz the f:1methe.hperpem-all h.p.1t:ronaA‘ge“~ 0Fhc€hrAf31~n%e A
} ~hEr:A1:ccfice‘s infthe ‘COLm_)tyJ .of;'1 Squfbamptcm- In it hath Ythls prcfem: A

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is a. %hProv0‘I’c_.;lFQ12rteen F c11o1=vs, Swen Scholars,_ Two Chap-L A
 laines, and‘four'tecnh oth er fluden ts Under--graduats, called by '

«the Fem nc3acr,LS'érm'e22-Ate: ad mer2fiirm,o rflociorumh minifiri; whbefidggsh

  dLfficher*shand {‘crv;ants of thee ro.undhxti~onh, \?V‘ith othrzr °Ih;d¢v.g}5;’ 

 ‘C0 ~t~h<: n n mbher 0;‘{*F1‘~6  - V

, % ‘VI  New Co:'fcd;_h;,e, fomzdgd, .1% ‘g’ 75. .
1- Northampton, and Buckiizgbdm, ‘~Provofi of IVéI.r, Pbcbzénd of
twelve it-verall places, principzill Sccrfitary to King Edward

tfhfl third5Keepcrof the Privy ‘Seal; Biihop 0fWir1cbeffer , L. high A V

‘Treafuhrejr, and Chancellor ofE7zgIand,,h founded this Collcdge,

h dedjcatitag the fame to God the Father‘, and the blefled Virgin
h “Mary; 'which"‘he endowed with lands and xjcvenues for‘ the
hmaintenahncc of :1 Warden, Seventy Fellows, and SchoIIa1:s,”

Thén Chaplains, three Clarks,  one Orgaxfzfi, Sixteen Cheri»

.   fiersgbefidehs ohfflcersfhand iérvants *: and before he buihldedhthe

M  tame, he.-gave grxhibition to Fifty Scholars‘, for the {pace of 

ten years, in this univerfity. He alfo foundcdha Colledgeat

H A‘ ‘A Hfincldefier, wherein heeflabliflued one Warden ,, ten Fellows,
twohSchoolh~maf’cers,‘ and fevcnty fchollars; with officers and %

~fcrv_ants,h which are all maintained ax: his chzzrgeg, A out] of
~ which**hSchhhoc)h1% he; A ordaixmdhfhfhoulhdh be hchofenh thCVh"b$'fih {ch olars

 allwayes ‘($0 [apply théhvacant places of the‘FcIIOWs'of this A

=“Col1edg¢.h V “Since by the bount§' 0f Mafiexf Kaxvlirzt, Sir Ric}:-

IUia'm*Wz'Cl§an:1, alias ‘Perot %,’R.ehL‘?tor of imzrtiizs ’Ie%
grarzde, and after Dean there, é+iz*chdeacohn of iirzcolrze, ’

ward Redd Knight, %Do&hohr Newman, Dofizorh" hhReeve4’L11:Ve VVa1f-+ A

V “den, Do&or Martin, °RaberthhBel/, Dofiorhflmitb,‘ "and others; _

ch-i3Co}1cdgehis muchemiched with p1ate,‘h%books,:ha”.nd 0»-
>~ther0rnahmenhtsh.- in which at this pr»2i;'<:nt:4hisA a‘Wa‘rtieAn,h,Se~
venty Fellows and Scholars, ten ChapIaihs,'th:~ee C]1harks,honch

Organifi, fixteen Chorificrk hbefidcs officers and {ervafits of the h
“foundhation, with other ffudcntsg, being in al--1.: 37;. 7

..B Q

  <2) A  
I VIl‘l.Lz'ncgolrze Col/edge, fozmded, 1  2 Q.=v H

‘Rlcbard Fleming born in 'T“c2r-}v\ef/7l.'reN, D'o-Eco: of Divinityi, 

Bilhop of Lirzcolnel, in the eight years of the rcigne of
King Henry the Fifth, founded this Colledgc by the name

ofLz'ncolne Colledgc, which he endowed uzilth lands and re--«

  vcnews for the maintenance ofonle Ppe&our_..,» fix,aFell<:>ws,,v and ~

two Chaplains. Afiter,RoberltFlemirzgDeane of Lirzcolne, Edw

lward Derlgie Arch Deacon of Stow , endowccl the fame Col- A

A ledge‘ withlands, forlthe mailntengmcel of thrce'?‘Fcllows5j‘l.u“-*~
ll peraddrd to the number of the: fou:frclation;' Io/an Folrrefl V

D'a32lߢ/ of W615, Tlaamas Beclzjngtorz Bifh-op of Bath and WeI:5'

in

j’o/an Sam/cam Arcl1Deac0z1 Qf Oxford’, William Fyndern ,»

AEfqLzix~e¥, Hem-_y% Pihmufordll Cardinal 1 “VBi£h0p_:of- Wi7lCb€fl€T5«_

Iobn Budget: and ;Io1:»21 amaze au-g;_rnemed ghc lamb.  annol 1

Thomas Scor,al.ia.s Kotberam , borne in Tarlgefbigre, Fcllbw of

 xKiflg5lCOll€dge,*Chaplain¢ and Lord Privy Seal to King Edward 15

the Fourth;Provo{l of Beverley, BifhDp.of Rocbefler, after of 4
Liucolrze (and than chofén Mailer ofPembrokg Hall in Cdmhtidge) " 1

T Ilrcli?-Bifhop ofTor«l;_e,_l4Lord Ctmnccllourl of Erzglarzd, Qhan-
Vcellolur of thetlniverficy of Cambridge; ,* Sccnetary to “foure

Kings, when he was Bifhdp of Lihcolne‘ did much enlarge “,’ and J

finallypepfeéithelbuildings of thclfamgaddin to thewfolrmcr
»?};I,1t1'lb€I'fiVE fellowfhipsy. Since Waltefrfiates, §/V

. illzfiam A Dagvillg 

l A 'iIfiam Atwatér lBli.lbop of :Lincolne,w Edmund Au.dIey“, Robert

‘ Traps; Richard Kelbie late Rééior, Iobn Ranldql; gthc Right A

l Honorable and Righ tfievcrend F aihcr in God, Iobn Lord 131..

1110? Of 4 Limfollle, Sic. (who at‘ hisvgrcat charge. ereéted a fairc! A

l Ohappeljand divers other. B€nef.;a.8co;’s,l have~;much ‘increafcd 

llthefamc: wherein at.thisprei'en t” is" lltma R,¢&pr, fifizpcn Fcl-
.lows,tWo4~C2‘hap1ains, and fourelScho1ars,,befidcs officers -and 
fervants omhefoundation, wix;hl‘llother {tudenzcs being in all 

'   vomhundrcd andninc. _

A   .1lX.. ’A1z..

e i(~~9li..>r    
iIX%.A!l-Soulnes Ciolledge-,' ti 4 337.;

~HEnry Claicbely elloetor of the Civil Ltwg, flhetaeeiilcitin

of Sal%i5£mry,'Bi{hop of Saint"Dcwi:{5_,% Arch‘-Bilhop 05

-'iCartterbm;v3 in the fifteenth year of the reigneof King Henry
the Sixth, foundcdthis Collie/dge by the name of 2411 Soulrze
A .C01!ea’ge_, (' procuring the fitidliing I-Ie-my to give thereunto

I

n fourePr1o-rites Aliens, namely Aiberbury , ‘Rmnney,~‘Weedezz,

PirzI<§22ey,and Languenitb) the building whereof he pe1"fec,tred

' in fueh forme as it {lill rernaineth, endowing the fame with

. . lands and revenews,rfor the maintenance of one Warden,  

forty Fellows, whereof‘ twenty foure fhouldlbe Divines, land
the rell Ptudents of the Civill Law, appointing by flatute

that the number ofFe’llt>ws {hould never be augmented nor V

4 empaired; and that once in every year all places ( by death, A .

: or otherevife void) {hould be fupplyed. He, alfo ,.gave lands

and revenews for the maintenance of Chaplains _., Clarke and

' Chnriilers, fan; number. Since Reginald Pool Cardinal! , an“cl

+;Arch -~Bifh“op of Canterbury,‘ Sir Wifiiam Peter fometitne Fellow _.

of this Colledge, Privy Counfcllor to Henry the eight_., King

‘Edward (12,:-eneeMar_y, “andQ1,cen Elizabeth, have been bene- A

4 factors to the fame. And the late Qgeen Elizabeth of famous

nienxtwy, confirmed by letters Pattents to this Colledge, the

A Parfonage ofStm1ton Harecourt. In this at thieprefent is one
3Wardejn, forty Fellows , two Chaplains, three Clarks,fix‘ ‘V

A : Chori(iers,- befides lofficersw ‘intend iervantc ei theifoundation,

with other lludents, the Wiiolc -nuniber being 70. A

X. Ma‘gdaleneiiColledge; *ffaunt!cd, I 4.59. A

Illiam Pattirt commhnly called tWaz’nfleet, from the A
i A‘ P

lace ofhis birth, having been Pmvoil ofliton, jux» 4

ta Wiefiar, after Bilhop of Wincbefier , and Lord Chancellorl

ii 0fErzgfand,‘ about the thirty‘ feaventh yeare cifthereignc of e
-King Henry the fixth, founded firfi Magdalene Hall; nfteir that A

tllii A

('1 0.) ‘r I

1 this Colledge (where S. Iolam Hofpitall had Formerlyn been

fitu_atcd)dedicati.ng thefam-e to thehonour nf 8. Mary Mag»
dalene, endowing it with Eandé "and revenews for the mainte-

nance 0f one Pzefident, forty Feflows, thirty Dernies, on t

  Scho1ars,—fi3w‘ Ghaplaitnes, eight Glanks, and fixteen Chotilt
flare. Since King I-Ieizry Ihefzvemh, Thoma: Izzgledue, Chap-
jaine rd-»th£'.FCh-.t1I)d<‘r, VI/,z'Z!iam F itzdllen Earle of Amndel
Knight (}£~th:f.‘.' mofl noble Order of the Garter ,: who rnarried.

A ?(I7!€'da£.1:gf1t€f‘ of RicbardNe72z'l Earle oFSal.vl2£‘sry, frottxewhomatw

A the reigne’ofKir1“'g I-Icnmtheeighht, %
aII_.,.andt Colledge of BT21 fen-No /I: [but he 

.i'§Iinea1Iy dee{cendd«.d"the Bight Honorzgbele, and my fingular

good Lord Tfsomas now Etzrle ofAArzmdeI and Surrey, Eérlee 1

h.?VI:3r{ha11o? Ezzglmzd, utfupra; Iobrz F orman,D.Hz'gdeIz Prefident

Io/an CIagmo:2d.P:‘e1’3dznr, Robert A/Iorewerzt, mm Mullins Arch,» -‘

Deacon of London, Iolm VV:mzer D. of ‘Divinity , dD.eancn of}.

Lizcbfieléwith fame others,,h_a%ve been liberal b€I1€f&&OFS5bLlE"~%
the mxxnber of Fellows and SChOI3..1'SyHtiChCI‘ hath been, nor: n

xv

may be incre;1{ed%}.In “which at this prefent is 3 Prefidentforty
F e11owes,thirty Demies, or Scluotlars, four Chaplains, eight 4

Clazks, flxtetn C.horiflers_., School-MMafie1*, andan Ufher, .
three ‘Readers of Divinitymaturall zandmorallnPhilofophy, .
dbexidesddiverszofhcersand fetv:ants.of the F oundation, with «

other fiudents , being in all t two hundred and twenty. ; A

XI.!‘Btaze2z-Nojé Cofiedge _:, founded ""1 V 3 *1" 5}. 

   ‘j Illiaén Smhb, borne at armoutb, fomejtimes F e1,1dW' *

A   OF Pembroke Hall in theflniverfity ofcambridge, Bir -A
{hop ofCo~vezztryand Litdafie-Zd,tranfl'é1ted to~Lirzcolne_;,fir{’¢ Lord A

Preiidtent of %VVale,r, and that for many;ycaI‘s, five yeares
¢Ghanc:e11’0F0fFh€hUniverfity of Oxfford, in the firfl year of

bundcd this Colledge by
the name ofKz'ng;  
1ive.dn"o1‘: Vtonfiniflih, the fame as he intended) in a place where

f1~€lf£EOfOFCVdiV£i’$‘HaI$ havetbeen fituated (fome whereof flill  

A remaine) namely “Rama Aula ’Univ;:rfltati:te'9'Ezzei-Nafl, or A

£z’t_t1erfZ/jziverfity ands Brazen»-Nofe Hal,‘ otherwife hca_lIed_ the

tmvzgs H;tIh1,d tvithnmny more. After-whofe death Ricbardnw
'S.wo1z Efq_t}i1*c, tooke upon..him;. te1.E_erf.:& theafame , which

he.

h(11)

the accontpiifhedg, ‘wherein he eifiabliifhed -Ada P.*incipa"1l, and A

twitlee Ftllows, maintained partly by the changes of the

,Founder, and partly by his owne charge. But Iinceiby theii-

' berality of William CIz’ftc5n,Wz'Iliain Porteglobn Eltorgalias Edie?‘

u Humfrey Ogle, Edward Derbicg, Talon Clamorzd , Iolaiz William fa-rt,
Brian Higden, Alexarzder Noel Dean of Saint P;ml5.in lorzdozz,

e effoyce F rarzkland, Bichgrd Harper ufiice of the Con-1u_aou pleas,
Sir Iobn Port Knight,Iob2z Lord A7 ordant3Do&'ot* Barr1flc3r1,Ge0rg_e;‘

i1’aIz'rz,, andother good benefafiors, this Clolledgeis much  
fbeautificd with buildings andother ornaments _.,.i-for the par; A ~

V fe€’ting whereofthere hath been» expended great fummes of

money, within thefe few years ipafi : and at this p.t*efent.i thet~e
arein the fame, aPrincipa11, twenty Fellows, befides Shou-
1ars,ofiicers and fetvantsofthe foundation 5 the whole num-
ber being 186. - A A A

A XI I; (Jopu: Cbrzflzf Golfedge, founded I 5 I--6%.‘ 4%

IiCbardiF Doft. oFLaw, Agent in France for Kit1gHeIl~ Q
, A ry the feventb, Lord Keeper of his Privy Seal , p.t'.iucipiaItIi"_

Secretary, and one of his Privy Counfcl , Eulbafladorniuto

Scotla*2d,Bi£hop oflifxcefier, Bat}: and Web, Durham and W'ir.zi-.. A
A c"befler,Godfathietj to King Henry the eight: , andthen choieui
MafiettofPembi'oI{e Hal in the Llniverfity of«Camln*idge,1..5 no 7.; %_

founded this Colledge by the name of Corpm?-CbriflLC01ledge,

in Anna ..li 5-~ I 6. which he endowed with lands and re- A
A vencws for the nnaintenance of a Prcfidenr; nineteen Fellows,

» twenty Scholars; ‘two Chaplains, 2 Glarks, :111d\CVVO,Ch0Ii'n- t

Peers. To this Colledge Hugh Oldkam BifhopiofExcefler,fom,e~.~.,}
times of Queen: Colledge in Cambridge _., Chaplttine to the 
Lady Margaret Ooun-tefie of Riclamozzdand Darbie, Sec. contri-A-i 
buted fo bountifulilynhat the nexoafter the Foun der,l1e is en-~ 

ntituled the principall benefafior. Since by the libfilfiilfltty of

Iobn Claymond firii Prefident: thereof, Miéfffil‘ Morderzt _.,'C William

t F raft‘, Mifiris Moor,D5&or Reyrzaldsfiir George St. Paul;Knight, A

e e and other good benuefafiors, this Collcdge is muchbeautified

audtadorned; (0 as there is at this prefent in thefame , :1 Pre»

Btg ~ ' figflflh ‘

cm)   4  

_.fid'enc, twenty Fellows, twenty Sicho1ar*s,i two ohaplafig; e

two Clerk s, and two Choriflers, 'b€fiCi€S oflicers and fervants

' ofthe foundatioxi, with otheg iiudenctsg the Whole "nuugheri

-"‘bc.ing%fivtnty..

XIII. Cb1fz'[i- Church Colledge, fozuzded, -m.1:54i5i. A

Home: VVolfeyCardine1l2 Archbifhop of Tor}§e',8zc. grow-
Ting toward the height of his hono’ue,laid the foutndatio-n

a ofa Colledge, which from the name of his dignity, was to be i

called thecardimzlrg 8: this was done upon thefite of ground,

A A where formeflyn had flood the ancient Priory of St. ~Frz‘fa~id .3, ._
cawhileche Cardinal was raifing this building he was pulled ~  

downehimfelfe, and Fallingiwithixl the fiatute of Premuzzire,
his defigne for “the Colledge tailed with the Founder 5 where-

upon Henry the eight, King offinglarzdt Frcmceande Irelarzdflfc.

having in his hands that which remained of the Cardinals in-
tentions, added thereunto Canterbury Collcdge and Vine Hall,
otherwifi: called Peckwater Imze. And having tranflated the

 Epifcopal {Ea from Ofmay , he placed it here, calling this his

new foundation, The Catbedrallcburcb of Cbrifi: Cburcb in 0x.

-Fford : whichbeing endowed by him with a fair andeample re.

an renew, he efiablifhcdi therein a Dean, 8 Canons, 3 publick 

' Profcflors of Divinity,’ Hebrew and Grflfk, 6o fludcnts, eight
 Chaplains, eightSinging men, an Orgamfla tight Choriflers,
twenty four>Almfmen , and a Free-School forscholarsg
__the revenews whcrcofltby a vifitation in Qgteen Marie: time,

A were converted to the maintenance of forty ttfludentag Mmore, i

  ~ to make up the full number of “a hundred, as now it is. Since

ithattime Otbo Nichol fimonc of the examiners of .,the Chan...

 ccry,hath in bui1ding~and’furni[hing ofa fair Library expen-
‘ dcd the fumme ofeight hundred pounds. In which at this
prefent arefludents of all forts, with officer-‘s and fervants of

1 the foundaticzn, to thenumber ofzzg.

V ‘A.Tr*inz'ty

V (31)?
XlV.fl”rirzz'ty co1z¢;Ige,founrded 1556. l

V .. Slr Thoma: Iiope Knight, founded this Colledge, in then‘

fourth yeare ofthereigne of King Phillip and flew Mary, 
dedicating the fame to the holy and individuall Trinity,
where aboutthe year 1 3,5 0. ‘.T/ooma5rHatfield, Secretary to
King Edward the third, afterwards Bi1hop"of Dur/9dm,Ahad
formexlybuilded a Collcdge called Durham Colledg , which
was endowed with certaine lands by the gift of the founder, e

1! and Robert I/‘Vdlwerttla Prior of Durham , for the Maintenance
e ofeight Monks, and {even Clarks, fuch-as fhould be thought

fit to come thereunto from Durham :which old Colledge e
beingbyrcontinuance of time exceedingly decayed and ruina-

. ted, the {aid Sir Thomas Pope Knight obtained to er~e&* his

new Colledgc thereon, endowing the fame with Lands and
pofleflions for the maintenanceof a Prefidem: , twelve Fel-- r

l lows, oandtwelve Scholars. Since by the liberality of their A

late Lady Elizabeth Powlet, and many other worthy and well

eaffefied benefaéiors, the fameis much be-hutified with build-

ings, books, andother ornaments»; for the perfeéting where- «
of there hath been expended great fumrnes of money ; wherco A
in there is at this prcfent a Prefidentg, twelve Fellows, twelve

_‘ Scholars, befides officers and fervants of the foundation_.,with l
~ many other fiudents, A the whroletnlumber being a hundred»

thirty three; A

M"

'  V  l A, XV; St. §‘obn': Cafledge; founded '1 557;: A

A ietbu

s . Enry 'C’bilcbeley Dofior of the Civil Law:,Chanicc1lor of ii
Salisbury, Bifhop of Saint‘: Dapidsg, Archbilhop ofy‘Can- A

 

   

this Fabrick, and called it t‘SaintAB8TI1§§__)A:(1J Colledgc. After ‘
its ‘fuppreflion by King Henry thecightf it was in a dreatne
(uft tradunt) _fhewed_ unto Sir Tbama:VVbite Knight, Merchant
Taylor of the City of Londtm, 8: thereupon by him -builcinew

in _ "to_thchonourlroff S.lIaIan.Ba1rti/l 5 whocndowedlit ith amain- l -t
 “ r ~ " l A o ,  litenancc-'

ry, 8cc. among other buildings laid the foundation of l  o

’(-14V) A

A finance for a Pre{'§dmt, fifi:y.FeIlows ‘ and Scholars, a Chap; A

laimr, 2: Clarke, fi§;lCl1,c>,2~’ifle:°s, A and fou2*e:Silnging men. The

 company @f'M£~:rch£=m£ 'T:aylors i,x2llgcncrall~, and divers of

them inrparticular hewle been lallibvmryobenofitlall5 hmlorle cf?-
pecialhly Sir V V illiam jcmverz l{nigI1t , Sir ,VVilliamrPada'ie‘

linight Dofzor of Phi-fickw, fom+::::imes_ lCommon«cr of {his
- Colledge, hath given htowards the buildmg of the~Libra1‘y,
_i:and‘no't cm‘ely~furnilhe,d it with a l}m'l£'lI‘«f(l books‘, but alfo

 lpm‘c‘haic'ci pmpetuall patronagrss, of Greela, tllrfffif hundred '

pounds, and of Eagle} :1 huhdrcdpcunds , Aercéhrd. a faire

pairs of Organslin thc:'Ch:1ppel, .gave,twcm;ylpoun~ds per ‘¢m- _%
mzm fo 1: the nmintenan cewofl the O:~ganill,«8cc;Ancllas this Col-
ledge was firfi begun by Henry Arclxbifhopiof‘Canterlmr_y, fol it! A

A is now enlarged with a Fair and fpacious béé'i:l{:l‘Coux‘t cnxbacy A

tled,byWVVz7Zliam Archlbifhoop of Canterburyl: in which Glbthls
prelént is a Prelidcnt, fifty Fellows and Scho1;1rs,ac.Chaplain,

‘ 3. Clarke, lbefidcs fézrvantis, Commoners , and,llll-oothcr'fiu- A

.de11ts,bcing inall 1 to.

XV.I.?,7efu: Col/edg,e,fo1mded M1 *5‘ 7 2.
I_I7/glut Przce"o€’cor ofthe ,jCiirill~Law, trcéifi1rer,of Saiiit

a

David:, procured chelfounldation ofthis'Collcdgc on thc- A

ground where White H4171 had formerly been fit;uat<:‘d , which '

wafgivenowich the €'dllZlCCS«:l'flld gardens thereunto lb;:long--

ing by Qyeerz Elizabeth , who is the true Fouxldrcflie there-- A
A ‘of, being [23 filled in the morcaiain, by her confirmed 2.7 711-

njz‘ A'(m,_za regm‘ fui 13.. Gollegium fefu, infra C ivitatem €97 ‘Z/niver-7
fitatem l0.1cozz. exwfunldatione Regime V Elizabetbw 3 wherein: file

eflablifhedva Principall,at:ight~ F fellows, eight Séholars ;,,and A

A Hugh ,Price;is oncly" fiilhcdlahenefaffcor, dvcrho, bL1lld€do0Ih1e'“p&Ft ,
. thereof. [Since by the bounty of Herbert Weflfallz'ng‘Bifliopl of V

Hereford, Henry RowIczndBiIhop ,of“lBa,rzgo,r,,, Grzyfiirla Loyd; h 
of Law, Grififb Po*me?I,, andllobzzl Williams lDo'&or,,oflDivi4 

nliqr, l e1coe.Principall,,f lS‘i,r,Eu5I4le Tbelwel Knight, Elate hPrinci4~

pa1_l‘0f:he fame,who hath tnadclla Clem in a‘m,anner'ifolure , 

[quargbuildedanld wainfitotted the Halll,perfc8cé:dlthlc Chap-4

pell, l