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were various other bequests. The property has 

 been held by and is still in the possession of the 

 antient family of Croke, to whom it was granted 

 in the 31st of Henry the VHIth. 



I might carry these notices of what is interesting 

 to the antiquary in the neighbourhood of Oxford 

 to a great extent, but enough has been said to 

 prove to him, when he visits that celebrated Uni- 

 versity, that there are abundant objects to gratify 

 his curiosity, and reward his research. It is one of 

 my pleasing dreams that I may sometime or other 

 see all that is interesting in Oxford and the country 

 around it, and have an opportunity of committing 

 to paper whatever I may find worth the notice of 

 either the antiquary or the naturalist. 



