ABELARD, Peter, 68
Abingdon, village of, 23;
toll of herrings paid to monastery of, 27
Act of Supremacy, 268
Addison, Joseph, demy at Magdalen, 349
Æthelred, the Unready, building of S. Frideswide by, 9-11
Agnellus of Pisa, builder of first school of Grey Friars, 99, 100
Alfred, King, claim of, as founder of University, 64, 65;
relics of, 87, 88
Allen, Dr Thomas, astrologer, 102
Arthur, Prince, son of Henry VII., at Oxford, 235

BACON, Roger, 100-102
Balliol, Sir John de, founder of Balliol Hall, 127, 128;
intended work of, carried out by widow, 127, 128
Bancroft, Archbishop, Chancellor, prohibition by, of long hair, and other reforms instituted by, 306
Barbers, regulations concerning, 57, 58
Barnes, Joseph, new press at Oxford set up by, 243
Barons, struggle of, with King, and effect of at University, 208 seq.
Basset, Alan, first endowment for Oxford scholar provided by, 81
Beaumont, palace at, built by Henry Beauclerk, 54;
site of, 54;
grant of, to Carmelite Friars, 103, 104
Bedford Hall, or Charleton’s Inn, purchased for site of All Souls’, 225
Bells, famous Osney, 49
Bible, Authorised Version, 307
—— Bamberg, 241
—— Mazarin, 240, 241
Black Assizes, the, 252, 253
Black Death, the, 211;
effect of, on learning, 212;
provisions against, in statutes of Corpus Christi, 251;
causes of, 251;
outbreaks of, 252, 253, 254, 271, 340;
regulations concerning, 253
Blue Boar, the, old inn known as, 109
Bocardo, old gate house, used as prison, called, passim
Bodley, Thomas, founder of library, 299-301
Bodleian Library, formation of, 300 seq.;
visit of James I. to, 301;
of Charles I. and Falkland, 301;
some rare books and treasures belonging to, 302;
building, and description, of, 303, 304;
extension of, by Laud, 310;
preservation of, from injury by Fairfax, 329
Botanic Gardens, foundation of, 310
Botany Bay, gardens known as, 106
Brasenose Hall, purchased by University, 81
Brazen Nose Knocker, carried to Hamford and back to Oxford, 202, 203
Brethren of the Holy Trinity, settlement of, in Oxford, 105
Broad Walk, origin of name of, 20, 21
Brome, Adam de, foundation of hall, afterwards King’s Hall, and Oriel College by, 125
Burne-Jones, E., works of, at Oxford, 8, 355
Bury, Richard de, founder of first public library in Oxford, 106, 107, 108;
dispersion of books of, 108;
college proposed by, taken under Edward III.’s protection, 107

CAMPION, Edmund, Jesuit poet, funeral sermon of founder of S. John’s preached by, 289
Canditch, origin of name, 31
Canterbury, early school of literature at, 69
Carfax, origin of name, 23, 24
—— Tower, 149
Cathedral (see also under S. Frideswide)
—— Lady Chapel of, 7, 8, 9
—— portions of, remains of S. Frideswide’s, 9
—— restoration of parts of, by Sir Gilbert Scott, 12
Cathedral, Latin Chapel of, 8, 9
—— Chapter-house of, 12
—— spire of, 12, 15
Catholic reaction, the, 276 seq.;
two colleges due to, 288;
decrease of, after Cranmer’s death, 288
Cat Street, now S. Catherine’s, 225
Caxton, press set up in Westminster by, 241
Champeaux, William of, 68
Chancellor, jurisdiction of, 163 seq.;
extension of jurisdiction of, 167-169;
jurisdiction of, supreme over certain classes, 170;
penalties imposed by, 170, 171;
office of, made permanent and non-resident, 171
Chancellor’s Court, as held in mediæval times, 162, 163
—— cases brought before, 163, 164, 165
Chancellorship, first mention of, 76
Charles I., entertainment of, at S. John’s, 311;
portrait of, 311;
plays performed in honour of, 311;
court held by, at Oxford, 319 seq.;
return to Oxford of, after failing to take Gloucester, 323;
desertion of, by his supporters, 324;
serious position of, 324;
rejection of advice to surrender by, 324;
disposition of army of, 325, 326;
unsuccessful move of, against Abingdon, 325;
escape from Oxford of, 326;
successes against Essex of, 326;
defeat of, at Newbury, 326;
retirement of, to Oxford, 326;
escape in disguise from Oxford of, 328;
handing over of, by the Scots, 329;
order to Oxford to surrender sent from, 329
Charles II., keen interest in chemistry taken by, 336;
conferring of title on Royal Society by, 336;
refuge in Oxford from plague taken by, 340;
Parliament convened by, at, 341;
victory of, over Exclusionist party, 341
Chichele, Archbishop, colleges founded by, 108, 109, 224, 225
—— prosecution of war with France by, 225
Chests, kept in old Congregation House, 159;
ceremony in connection with, 160-162
Church property, seizure of, by Wolsey, 260, 261
Churches, number of, in D’Oigli’s time, 45;
increase in number of, in Henry I.’s time, 45;
old, of which no trace remains, 45
S. Aldate, 44, 45
Carfax, 149
S. Clement, “boiled rabbit,” 46
S. Ebbe, remains of, 44
S. Frideswide, first site of, 8;
burning of, 9;
rebuilding of, by Æthelred, 9-11;
restoration of, by Robert of Cricklade, 11;
description and date of architecture, 11, 12;
damage of, by fire, 12;
Chapter-house of, 12;
school connected with, 19;
western bays of, destroyed by Cardinal Wolsey, 20, 21;
conversion of, into Cathedral Church of Christ, 270
S. Giles’, 92
S. Martin’s, 24
S. Mary’s, 149, 150;
University business transacted at, 153;
famous sermons preached at, 154;
older portions of, 154;
pinnacles added to, 154, 157;
buttresses and statues of, 157;
chancel and nave of, 157, 158;
Convocation held in chancel of, 160;
erection of porch of, 310
S. Nicolas, 94
S. Peter’s, crypt of, 42, 43;
chancel, porch, etc., of, 43, 44
Cobham, Thomas, Bishop of Worcester, enlargement of S. Mary’s designed by, 158, 159;
books of, pawned for funeral expenses, 159;
dispute concerning same between Oriel and the University, 159
Colet, John, course of lectures by, on Epistles of S. Paul, 244;
letter to Erasmus from, 245
Colleges and Halls—
All Souls’, first foundation of, 224;
prominence to study of law and divinity given at, 225;
Bedford Hall purchased for site of, 225;
quadrangle of, 226;
Codrington Library, etc., of, 226
Balliol, first foundation of, 127, 128, 129;
regulations concerning scholars at, 129;
fellowships at, 130;
erection of buildings of, in fifteenth century, 130;
present chapel of, 130;
manuscripts brought to, by William Grey from Italy, 243
Brasenose Hall, purchase of, 81;
conversion of, into college, 203;
famous knocker of, 202, 203;
foundation stone of college laid, 203
Christ Church, founding of, by Wolsey, 259, 260;
suppression of religious houses to procure the funds for, 260, 261;
laying of foundation stone of, 262;
hall, and other buildings of, 262;
migration of Cambridge students to, 262, 263;
introduction of Lutheran tenets by same, 263;
fortunes of, involved in fall of Wolsey, 268, 269;
opposition of members of, to King’s divorce, 269;
answer of King to Wolsey concerning, 269;
later foundation of, 270;
court established at, by Charles I., 317;
residence at, of Charles II., 340
Corpus Christi, first of the Renaissance colleges, 248;
foundation of, by Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester, 248, 249;
statutes of, 249;
provisions of, for teaching of New Learning, 249, 250;
curious sun-dial at, 250;
sculpture over gateway at, 250;
connection of, with Magdalen, 250
Exeter, first foundation of, 125;
statutes of, 125;
refounding of, 125;
modern buildings of, 125
Jesus, first Protestant college, foundation of, by Hugh Rees, 296;
Elizabeth, nominal foundress of, 296;
statutes of, 296
King’s Hall, 125
Lincoln, first founding of, 146;
buildings of, as planned by Bishop Fleming and finished by John Forest, Dean of Wells, 146;
remodelling of foundation of, 147;
famous sermon preached on behalf of, 147;
valuable book brought by Robert Fleming from Italy to, 243
Magdalen (S. Mary Magdalen), first foundation of, 229;
statutes of, 193-194;
laying foundation stone of, 229;
wonderful old trees in “grove” at, 230;
arrangement of buildings of, 230;
“Founder’s Tower” at, 230;
statutes of, based on those of New College, 230, 231;
visit of Edward IV. to, 231;
of Richard III., 231;
of Henry VII., 232;
old pieces of tapestry at, 235;
bell tower of, 235, 237;
Wolsey’s share in design of, 235;
obit for Henry VII. kept by, 236;
ceremony at, on May Day, 236, 237;
school of, 274, 275;
restoration of ejected fellows of, by James I., 347;
ceremony in commemoration of, 348;
refusal of, to accept President chosen by James II., 345 seq.
Merton, first foundation and statutes of, 116;
regulations of, 118, 119;
“secondary scholars” of, 119, 120;
revision of statutes of, by Walter de Merton, 120, 121;
remains of old buildings of, 122;
chapel of, 122, 123;
quadrangles of, 123, 124;
mediæval library of, 123, 124;
valuable books in possession of, 124;
“Mob” Quad. at, 124;
“poore scholars” at, 194;
buildings provided for commoners at, known as S. Swithun’s, 198, 199;
court held at, by Henrietta Maria, 319, 320;
residence at, of Charles II.’s queen, 340
New, first foundation of, 220;
provisions of, as drawn up by William of Wykeham, 221, 222;
plan of buildings of, 223, 224;
chapel windows of, 224;
ecclesiastical aspect of, 224;
cloisters of, converted into powder magazine, 317
Oriel, first foundation of, 125, 126;
buildings bought for, 125
S. John Baptist, foundation of, by Sir Thomas White, on site of old College of S. Bernard, 108, 109, 289;
munificence of Laud to, 290;
buildings at, by Laud, 310;
loyalty of, to King, 311;
history of precious relic preserved at, 311;
colonnades of, 290
S. Mary’s, Erasmus at, 245;
dissolution of and conversion of building to other purposes, 245;
remains of ancient building of, 245;
present house on site of, 245
University, earliest endowment, 78;
legend of foundation of, 78, 79;
lawsuit in connection with, 79, 80;
French Petition, 79;
real founder of, 80;
incorporation of, 82;
statutes of, 82, 83;
removal of scholars of, to present abode, 83;
purchases of houses made by, 83, 84;
tenements acquired by, known as Great and Little University Hall, and Cock on the Hoop, 83, 84;
fortune left to, by Dr John Radcliffe, 84, 85
Wadham, foundation of, by Nicholas Wadham, 306;
Somersetshire men employed as builders on, 306;
style of building of, 306
Worcester, Gloucester Hall, afterwards S. John Baptist Hall, refounded as, 106;
hall, library and chapel of, 106;
beautiful gardens of, 106
Colleges and chantries made over to the King by Parliament, 271, 272
Commons and battels, explanation of terms of, 176
Commoners, explanation of term of, 193;
increase in number of, 193 seq.;
system of, first definitely recognised, 193-194
Congregation House, old, 158 seq.;
University library first lodged there, 159;
description of scene in, on appointment of new guardians of “chests,” 160-162
Convocation, or Great Congregation, held in chancel of S. Mary’s, 160
Convocation House, building of, by Laud, 310
Constantinople, fall of, 240
Crafts and Guilds, market stands appointed to different, 58, 59
Cranmer, Archbishop, imprisonment and martyrdom of, 284-287;
portrait of, 287
Cromwell, Thomas, Vicar-general of England, 268, 269
Cromwell, Oliver, appearance of, near Oxford, 327;
defeat of Northampton by, 327;
of Sir Henry Vaughan by, 327;
surrender of Cavaliers at Bletchington House to, 327;
visit to Oxford of, to watch progress of Reformation, 334
Crown Inn, old, 24

DANES, massacre of, 9;
ravages of, 10, 25
Davenant, John, 24
—— Sir William, Shakespeare sponsor to, 24
De haeretico Comburendo, 140
Divinity, decline of study of, after Restoration, 336
Divinity School, and Library, erection of, 226, 227;
gifts towards, from Cardinal Beaufort and Thomas Kempe, Bishop of London, 226, 227, 228
Divinity Schools, Parliament sitting at, 320
D’Oigli, Robert, remains of castle of, 25;
possession of Oxford by, 28;
houses owned by, 29;
restoring of fortifications by, 30;
description of, 32;
marriage of, 33;
Castle of Oxford built by, 33;
S. Michael’s Tower built by, 39;
story of conversion of, 40, 41;
churches founded by, 41, 42;
landmarks left of time of, 46;
death of, and successor to, 46
D’Oigli, Robert, nephew of above, 46;
story of wife of, 46, 47
Dress, regulations for, of different members of the University, 191, 192, 193
Drogheda Hall, 81
Drunkenness, rise of, 305;
increase of, 306
Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, reforms instituted by, as Chancellor, 294, 295
Dumas, highwayman, execution of, at Oxford, 354
Durham Hall, 106-108;
dissolution of, by Henry VIII., 108
Durham Monastery, students sent to Oxford from, 107

EDMUND, King, death of, 26, 27
Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, Abbey of Regulars founded by, 108
Edward II., share of Oxford in deposition of, 211
Edward IV., visit of, to Magdalen, 231
Eglesfield, Robert, foundation of Queen’s by, 218, 219;
statutes drawn up by, 219
Elizabeth, Queen, accession of, 291;
needlework of, preserved in Bodleian, 291;
deputation from University to, 291;
reception of, at Oxford, 291, 292, 293;
leave-taking of, 293;
second visit of, to Oxford, 297;
speech by, 295, 296;
departure of, 296, 297, 298
Erasmus, visit of, to Oxford, 245;
reception of, 245;
description by, of Oxford and scholars, 246;
works of, 246
Essex, advance upon Oxford of, 322, 323;
occupation of Abingdon by, 324;
defeat of, at Gosworth Bridge, 325;
defeat of, in Cornwall, 326

FAIRFAX, Sir Thomas, investment of Oxford by, 328;
withdrawal of, 328;
renewal of siege by, 329;
camp of, on Headington Hill, 329;
surrender of Oxford to, 329;
visit of, to Oxford to watch progress of Reformation, 334
Fellows, ceremony gone through at All Souls’ previous to admittance as, 178, 179
Fleming, Bishop, “Collegiolum,” beginning of Lincoln College, founded by, 146
—— Robert, compiler of Græco-Latin Dictionary, 243