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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67907	The foundation of the Universitie of Oxford, with a catalogue of the principall founders and speciall benefactors of all the colledges, and total number of students, magistrates and officers therein being. And how the revenews thereof are and have been increased from time to time, and by whom, with buildings, books and revenues as no universitie in the world can in all points parallel: these are the nurseries of religion, and seminaries of good literature.	Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658.	1651 (1651)	Wing L370; ESTC R202711	10,636	19

chosen Master of Pembroke Hal in the University of Cambridge 1507. founded this Colledge by the name of Corpus Christi Colledge in Anno 1516. which he endowed with lands and revenews for the maintenance of a President nineteen Fellows twenty Scholars two Chaplains 2 Clarks and two Choristers To this Colledge Hugh Oldham Bishop of Excester sometimes of Queens Colledge in Cambridge Chaplaine to the Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmond and Darbie c. contributed so bountifully that the next after the Founder he is entituled the principall benefactor Since by the liberality of Iohn Claymond first President thereof Master Mordent William Frost Mistris Moor Doctor Reynolds Sir George St. Paul Knight and other good benefactors this Colledge is much beautified and adorned so as there is at this present in the same a President twenty Fellows twenty Scholars two Chaplains two Clerks and two Choristers besides officers and servants of the foundation with other students the whole number being seventy XIII Christ-Church Colledge founded 1546. THomas VVolsey Cardinall Archbishop of Yorke c. growing toward the height of his honour laid the foundation of a Colledge which from the name of his dignity was to be called the Cardinals this was done upon the site of ground where formerly had stood the ancient Priory of St. Friswid while the Cardinal was raising this building he was pulled downe himselfe and falling within the statute of Praemunire his designe for the Colledge failed with the Founder whereupon Henry the eight King of England France and Ireland c. having in his hands that which remained of the Cardinals intentions added thereunto Canterbury Colledge and Vine Hall otherwise called Peckwater Inne And having translated the Episcopal sea from Osney he placed it here calling this his new foundation The Cathedrall Church of Christs Church in Oxford which being endowed by him with a fair and ample revenew he established therein a Dean 8 Canons 3 publick Professors of Divinity Hebrew and Greek 60 students eight Chaplains eight Singing men an Organist eight Choristers twenty four Almsmen and a Free-School for Scholars the revenews whereof by a visitation in Queen Maries time were converted to the maintenance of forty students more to make up the full number of a hundred as now it is Since that time Otho Nicholson one of the examiners of the Chancery hath in building and furnishing of a fair Library expended the summe of eight hundred pounds In which at this present are students of all sorts with officers and servants of the foundation to the number of 223. XIV Trinity Colledge founded 1556. SIr Thomas Pope Knight founded this Colledge in the fourth yeare of the reigne of King Phillip and Queen Mary dedicating the same to the holy and individuall Trinity where about the year 1350. Thomas Hatfield Secretary to King Edward the third afterwards Bishop of Durham had formerly builded a Colledge called Durham Colledg which was endowed with certaine lands by the gift of the founder and Robert VValworth Prior of Durham for the Maintenance of eight Monks and seven Clarks such as should be thought fit to come thereunto from Durham which old Colledge being by continuance of time exceedingly decayed and ruinated the said Sir Thomas Pope Knight obtained to erect his new Colledge thereon endowing the same with Lands and possessions for the maintenance of a President twelve Fellows and twelve Scholars Since by the liberality of the late Lady Elizabeth Powlet and many other worthy and well affected benefactors the same is much beautified with buildings books and other ornaments for the perfecting whereof there hath been expended great summes of money wherein there is at this present a President twelve Fellows twelve Scholars besides officers and servants of the foundation with many other students the whole number being a hundred thirty three XV St. John's Colledge founded 1557. HEnry Chicheley Doctor of the Civil Law Chancellor of Salisbury Bishop of Saint Davids Archbishop of Canterbury c. among other buildings laid the foundation of this Fabrick and called it Saint Bernards Colledge After its suppression by King Henry the eight it was in a dreame ut tradunt shewed unto Sir Thomas VVhite Knight Merchant Taylor of the City of London thereupon by him new built to the honour of S. Iohn Baptist who endowed it with a maintenance for a President fifty Fellows and Scholars a Chaplaine a Clarke six Choristers and foure Singing men The company of Merchant Taylors in generall and divers of them in particular have been also very beneficiall more especially Sir VVilliam Craven Knight Sir VVilliam Paddie Knight Doctor of Phisick sometimes Commoner of this Colledge hath given towards the building of the Library and not onely furnished it with a hundred books but also purchased perpetuall patronages of Greek three hundred pounds and of Bagley a hundred pounds erected a faire paire of Organs in the Chappel gave twenty pounds per annum for the maintenance of the Organist c. And as this Colledge was first begun by Henry Archbishop of Canterbury so it is now enlarged with a fair and spacious back-Court embattled by VVilliam Archbishop of Canterbury in which at this present is a President fifty Fellows and Scholars a Chaplain a Clarke besides servants Commoners and other students being in all 110. XVI Jesus Colledge founded 1572. HVgh Price Doctor of the Civill Law treasurer of Saint Davids procured the foundation of this Colledge on the ground where White Hall had formerly been situated which was given with the edifices and gardens thereunto belonging by Queen Elizabeth who is the true Foundresse thereof being so stiled in the mortmain by her confirmed 27 Junii Anno regni sui 13. Collegium Jesu infra Civitatem Vniversitatem Oxon. ex fundatione Reginae Elizabethae wherein she established a Principall eight Fellows eight Scholars and Hugh Price is onely stiled a benefactor who builded one part thereof Since by the bounty of Herbert Westfalling Bishop of Hereford Henry Rowland Bishop of Bangor Griffith Loyd Dr. of Law Griffith Powel and Iohn Williams Doctor of Divinity late Principall Sir Eubule Thelwel Knight late Principall of the same who hath made a Court in a manner four-square builded and wainscotted the Hall perfected the Chappell with a curious and costly roof seats glasse and all other things necessary for so sacred a place and many other goodly ornaments Mistris ●●ne Wood widow of Owen Wood Deane of Armagh in the Kingdome of Ireland with other good benefactors it is much increased with students and hath at this present in the same a Principall sixteen Fellows sixteen Scholars besides officers and servants of the foundation with other students being 109. XVII Wadham Colledge founded 1613. NIcholas VVadham of Merefield in the County of Sommerset Esquire in the seventh year of the reigne of King Iames deceased and bequeathed four hundred pounds per annum and left in ready mony six thousand pounds to purchase more Lands for the endowing