Miscellaneous papers in many hands concerning the colleges and halls of Oxford

Title

Miscellaneous papers in many hands concerning the colleges and halls of Oxford

Shelfmark

MS. Wood F. 28

Summary

Miscellaneous papers in many hands concerning the colleges and halls of Oxford, containing lists of alumni and benefactors and other extracts from college archives, but including also:

Fol. 12, for University college, a list of messuages purchased with the money left to the college by William of Durham, notes concerning sir Simon Bennet's benefaction (fol. 15), and Langbaine's collections from the college statute books (fol. 19)

Fol. 42, for Balliol college, extracts from the registers made by Nicholas Crouch, 1685, followed by (fol. 51) the case between Balliol college and the halls about the proctorship, 1668

Fol. 89, for Queen's college, dr. Langbaine's (autograph) reasons for increasing the value of the taberdarship (hence printed by N. Denholm-Young in B.Q.R. vi. 195), with (fol. 98) an answer thereto, about 1650, and (fol. 106) notes of the disposition of fines in several colleges, and (fol. 116) an account of Robert de Bix (d. 1380)

Fol. 118. for New college, a controversy between sir Richard Fiennes and Humphrey Wykeham of Swalcliffe, esq., about their kinship to William of Wykeham

Fol. 159, for All Souls, a life of the founder in Latin, written Dec. 29, 1574, by R[obert] H[oveden]

Fol. 207, for Christ Church, 'the reasons of dr. Richard Thornton about the personal and local succession of the prebendaries', and (fol. 186v) lists received from mr. R[ichard] Washbourne, chaplain of Christ Church, 1665, of admissions 1547-81, followed by (fol. 194) the elections from Westminster school to Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity college, Cambridge, 1561-1689, and (fol. 209) a petition of the students to the king on behalf of dr. John King

Fol. 212, for Trinity college, a catalogue of alumni from the foundation to 1600, and (fol. 257) a history of the college, in Latin, drawn up by mr. Joseph Taylor, Aug. 1666

Fol. 267. for Wadham college, a suit with Merton college about the rights of the Augustinian friars

Fol. 291, for Pembroke college, the names of members who were officers in the army of king Charles i, and a dispute between the college and the visitor

Fol. 310. the case of Hart hall, Aug. 8, 1664

Fol. 376. copies of inscriptions, after 1659, which were on the plate of St. Edmund hall at the time of its being sold, Mar. 17, 1679, for the building of a chapel

Date

Written by Anthony à Wood and others in the 2nd half of the 17th century

Language

English

Latin

Multiple languages

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

320 Leaves