OXFORD. 
defign of - ae en furnifhed by James Wyatt, efq. 
archite&, an whol pers into execution under his 
direGtion, Tt was coaileres 1783, chiefly through the 
munificence of Richard Robinfon, baron Rotheby, late lord 
primate of Irelan 
The cathedral of Chriftchurch, to which the college is 
gan will be noticed in the fequel under the head of 
increafe twelve. efe he place the teneme ae 
called Durham a we which he purc caste and repaired 
for their accommodatio e drew up a body o 
ftatutes for their regulation, under the aufpices of the cele 
brated cardinal whom it is fuppofed he was in 
debted for many nek bas he fame saan are ftill in 
force, with fome flight alterations made by the firft prefi- 
dent, with the confent of the founder, after the. re-eftablifh- 
ment of the Proteftant worfhip, on the acceffion of queen 
Elizabeth. 
e endowment of this inftitution by fir Thomas was 
‘only limited byt the extent ad his means, which were happily 
ample. In 1 e gave the fociety one hundred 
pounds; and brane the clofe gf that year made over to 
them no fewer than thirty-five manors and thirteen advow- 
fons, befides impropriations and penfions. So liberal, indeed, 
was his donation, that with the exception of the contributors 
towards the new buildings few perfons have deemed it requi- 
fite to become sip ea to this college, fo dae the fociety 
remains nearly in the fame ftate as when sia wae feted 
ith the addition only of gentlemen commoners and c 
moners. The bi f Winchefter is vifitor. 
medial! Soiaieed this college confifts of two 
courts. The firft contains the cha apel, the hall, the prefi- 
dent’s ‘inane: , the library, and fome apartments for the 
fellows and {cholars; and the latter is —_ gv by 
lodgings for the reception of ftudent hapel was 
built chiefly at the expence of Dr. Ba cna as is a gencrally 
fuppofed after a defign by dean Aldrich, corrected and im- 
proved by fir Chriftopher Wren. The interior is highl 
decorated. In a recefs at the ay sae . this chapel is a 
e 
a declaring that it fhould 
and {fcholars, three 
contributed to enrich the foc at different periods. 
Among thefe the chief were archbifhops Laud and Juxon, 
5 
sPoeaong the ellicr 
Wepalng, ‘bithop of "He ereford 
of Ban 
and Dr. William Holmes and his lady. All the ellows of 
this Syn except fix of the fou ~~ s kindred, and two 
from Cov from ol, rae Reading g, and 
one fon, Tunbridge oe are ceded i rom Merchant 
Tailor’s fchool in London, fir Thomas having been a mem- 
ber of that refpectable oe The bifhop of Win- 
chefter is vifitor 
The buildings of St. Joha’s college, as they at_prefent 
ftand,. have been ereéted at various periods. They are 
arranged chiefly in two quadrangles, one af which ftill re- 
of the tenements which ee Durham 
a pa leading into the fecond quad- 
rangle, 
fole expence se chbifhop Laud, from a defign by Inigo 
Jones n the one bo w 
. Thefe reprefent xing 
Charles I. and his queen, and “* were defignec and caft in bra 
by Fanelli of Florence.”? The apartments, in the fae: ae 
with the gateways, are built over ae fupported by 
eight round arches, and adorned with bufts of the cardinal 
and Chriftian virtues over each pillar. The library here is 
enriched with a valuable colleCtion of books and MSS. an 
a variety of antiquarian curiofities. 
Jefus College owes . ag to Hugh ap Rice or 
Price D.D. firft pre of Rochefter and eta of 
avid’s. This ans charaéter, obferving that his 
upon them an apical revenue of 160/., to which he added 
a donation of 1500/. to affift in ereéting the buildings, be- 
fides a fmail fum which he bequeathed for the fame purpofe 
at his death. ‘The queen, ee nominally foundrefs, be- 
ftowed little patronage and {till lefs property on her college, 
a circumitance not a little remarkable, as we believe this to 
hen ie 
n 
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Thelwall, befides hberal donations, procured for the fo 
une 1, 1622. Dr. William 
; He nry eee e 
; king Charles I.; Francis Ma-fell, 
ins 5 M 
t. line ea fome of ad od {ch 
larfhips. ‘Thefe additional revenues rendered new charters 
raed Pi at sania Peres ods. Th _was granted b 
and under 
