OXFORD. 
lars, befides a number of exhibitioners, &c. The earl of cellor of the univerfity, godfather, yet they in fa& contri- 
Pembroke js vifitor. buted little or nothing towards its eftablifhment, further than 
The buildings of Jefus college form two quadrangles, what their patronage may be fuppofed to have accomplithed. 
the firft of which meafures go feet by 70, and the fecond According to the ftatutes drawn up, agreeably to the char- 
100 feet by go. The former, entered from the ftreet, con- ter, the fociety was made to confift of a mafter, ten fellows, 
tains the chapel on the north and the hall on the eaft fides. and the fame number of fcholars ; but the fellows have fince 
The other fides are occupied by apartments of three ftories been increafed to cata and the {cholars and exhibiti tioners 
high. The front, in the ftreet, was rebuilt in 1756, and is totwenty-one, by the liber among 
a heavy ereCtion, deftitute alike of inte jas and beauty. The whom the moft eminent were e lord Offulfton, grandfon to the 
fecond, or inner quadrangle, was begun in 1640, under the founder Tefdale, and George Morley, bifhop of Winchetter. 
management of Dr. Manfell, then eancipels but the dif- The chancellor of the univerfity is vifitor. 
turbances arifing from the rebellion prevented its comple- | Pembroke college now forms two {mall courts, which are 
tion till the year 1676, when it was finifhed by fir Leoline built on the ancient {cite of Broadgate’s hall, fome portion 
Jenkins, at his own expence. ‘The libragg on the welt fide of which is ftill ftanding, and conftitutes the hall of the 
of this quadrangle, contains a good eth of books and prefent college. The principal court is uniform in its archi- 
fome curiofities, among which are an immenfe filver bowl, te¢ture, and poffeffes the merit of fimplicity. It was chiefly 
weighing ounces, and capable of holding above ten eredted at ncaa _ during the feventeenth century, 
allons; a metal watch given by Charles I.; and a huge partly with the money of the founders, teas partly by the 
ew, faid to have been prefled by the foot of queen aid of fubfequent contibutions e front, which was only 
Elizabeth. The chapel, built in 1621, is divided into three completed in aces 4, 18 an unadorned elevation, ve a low 
parts by two {creens. ie roof is finifhed in compartments, tower over the entrance in the centre. e chapel is a 
and is very richly decorated. {mall, but clegant ‘ediliee of the ions order, aad is richly 
Wadham College was ‘founded b y Nicholas Wadham, efq. ornamente 
and his wife Dorothy, daughter of fir William Petre, an emi- Worecefler College was founded in 1714, under the will of fir 
nent benefaétor to feveral coileges in this univerfity. Theex- Thomas Cookes of Bentley Pauncefort, in Worcetterfhire, 
ecution of the undertaking, however, wholly devolved onthe who died in 1702, and bequeathed 10,000/. to be applied either 
latter, as Mr. Wadham himfelf died before the plan he had in eftablifhing a new Fa or in the endowment of addi- 
propofed could be carried into effet. Her firft itep was to tional fellowfhips and fcholarfhips in fome previous eftablifh- 
purchafe the fcite of the ancient priory of Auftin friars, ment. The truftees at firft hefitating which of the above plans 
once a place of great diltinétion in the univerfity, which fhe to adopt, the money accumulated to 15,000/. before they 
accomplifhed in 1610, and on the 31ft of July, in the fame came to the refolution of founding the prefent inftitution. 
year, laid the firft ftone of the prefent college. A royal This, however, they at length determined on, and a charter 
licence was obtained in 1611, arid in 1612 the flatutes pro- of incorporation was obtained in 1714 for a college, to be 
mulgated by the Canes received the fanétion of anaét of called « The Provoft, Fellows, and Scholars of Worcefter 
parliament. By thefe ftatutes, which ftill continue in force, College, in the Univerfity of pee a | body of ftatutes 
ab 
except as to the fubje& of marriage, the college was madeto were fined out the fame time, he fociety fettled 
confift of a warden, fifteen ore fifteen “feholars, twochap- in the'ancient tenements of Glccetter eT fome part of which 
lains, and two clerks. 'T'o thefe, however, feveral spa {till remains. Several liberal benefactors foon after added 
have been added by facceffive benefa ors, amcng w e confiderable donations. thefe, the principal were Dr. 
late Dr. John Wills, who died in 1806, defervedly poids the James Fynney, George Clarke, D.C. L., and Mrs. Sarah 
firft rank. This gentleman iequenied 400/. a-year to the Eaton, the laft of whom endowed feven folowiki go and 
wardenfhip; roco/. to improve the warden’s lodgings; twoex- five {cholarfhips for the fons of clergymen only. Hence 
fame faculties ; oe, a-year fora aa leGurer ; an annual and the vice-chancellor of the univerfity. A preference 
exhibition of 75/. and another of 1oo/. to two fuperannuated is given in the choice of ftudents, on the original foundation, 
fellows; 11/. 10s. to a preacher; and 6/. a-year forthe pur- to perfons educated in the founder’s fchools of Bromfgrove 
chafe of books to be given as a premium to the belt reader and Feckenham, and to his own kindred 
in the jee ca He further nominated the fociety his refiduary | The fituation of Worcefter college is on the weftern 
le cea fide of the city, on an eminence near the bank of the river 
The buildings are entirely comprifed in one very {pacious a The buildings form acourt, the fouth fide of-which 
quadrangle, about one hundred and thirty feet fquare; the is fill occupied by a range of old apartments, but its other 
whole of which, a the exception of a building of iad diviéons are all of modern ereétion, and comprife a chapel, 
ftories on the ront, were ereéte a hall, alibrary, and lodgings for the accommodation of 
foundrefs, at t the. expenc of 10,8 5. 8d. This a seine and ftudents. The architeGure of thefe portions 
lege i is entered by a gateway, under acentral tower, and has is grand and impofing, though fimp e aud devoid of orna- 
on a saath fide the hall and chapel, and on the other three, ment. The library, however, is fuppcrted by a {pacious 
warden’s lodgings, and apartments for the fellows, cloifter in the front towards the court, and is particularly . 
fcholars, and ftudents. In the middle of the eaftern fideisa markable ao a valuable colleGion of arehiteciural books an 
portico in four outpace adorned with ftatues in cano- neler 
pied niches of the founder and foundrefs, and of king Hertford College, the laft we have to notice, was the an 
ames I., whofe arms, fculptured in ftone, are placed i inthe cient Hart hall, which was founded by William Stapledon, 
higheft compartment. The bifhop of Bath and Wells is vifitor. bifhop a Exeter, and continued attached to reae college 
Pembroke College owes its foundation to the joint muni- til the year 1740, when it was elevated to the rank of an 
ficence of Thomas Tefdale and Richard Wightwick ; for bide geedene college by Dr. Newton, who beleacd upon it 
though i in the charter, which is dated 1624, king Jamesis his whole property. ‘[his, however, has proved infufficient 
denominated founder, and the earl of Pembroke, the chan- for its intended purpofes, ae as few benefactors have pea 
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