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OXFORD. 
have been_new founded, or at leaft new built, A.D. 1233, 
.» who laid the firft ftone himfelf. In 
145 illiam Waynflete, bifhop of 
Whincheter who erected on its {cite his magnificent col- 
Auftin Friars founded a priory here in 1268, 
a of ground in of Holy- mi or Holy-well, 
given to them by king ry II1., the inftance of fir 
John Haudlo. At the fapprefion, the {cite was fold to 
the duke of Suffolk, from whom it was purchafed by Mrs. 
Wadham, and the college which retains her name ereCted 
thereon. 
The Dominican, Preaching, or Black Friars, in the firft 
year of their arrival in ona nd, A.D. , built a houfe 
and a chapel in the parith of St. eee le ona afi of ground 
given them by Lfabel de Balbec, widow of Robert, earl of 
O ’ 
e "Froncjie or ee Friars had their houfe in the 
parifh of St. Ebb. The chief founder and benefaGor of 
this eftablifhment was H. III. It was granted, 36 H. VI., 
to Richard Andrews and John Howes. 
The Carmelite or White Friars firft fettled in Oxford 
- 1254, in a houfe given them by Nicholas de Meules 
near the river, oppofite to Rowley. About 60 years after- 
wards, however, they were ceanetemed by king Edward II. 
to the ancient palace of Beaumont, which they poffeffed till 
the fuppreffion. 
The Crouched or Crofd Friars firft fixed rile fae oun 
in Grantpoint, near Broadgate-hall; but a the yea 
1348, they prqcured a houfe and chapel i iti the Gaui of 
the church of St. Peter’s in the Eatt. 
The houfe of the Friars-de-Sacco, or td penitentia cfu 
fteod near the Weft-gate, on the {cite of the very ancient 
church of St. Benedi& or Burdoc. Thefe friars were Tap. 
preffed, with fome other mendicant orders, A.D. 1307, 
when the houfe and its appurtenances were beftowed on the 
Grey friars. 
Trinity Houfe was iri by Edmund, earl of Cornwall, 
in 1291, for the reception of ¢ Trinitarian friars of the 
redemption of captives,” on refided here, and in the chapel 
of the Holy tee ee Eaft-gate, till nearly the time o 
the general diffolut 
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he Palace i foley umont yan mentioned, as beftowed on 
the Carmelite friars, ftood on the wett fi the city. It 
was built by Henry I. ee the year 1128, and continued 
to be a aaa ee refidence oe feveral fucceeding t 
reigns eae nry II. {pent much ‘of his time in this palace, 
which had the honour of = ing birth to his gallant fon, 
Richa ‘y All the buildings were pulled down at the dif- 
folution except the hall, the materials of which were after- 
all low fragment of them, therefore, 
this appears to have conftituted a part of 
one of its eee divifion 
The Caflle, built, or, as ; King fuppofes, reftored, by 
bert de Oigli, was a fortrefs of prodigious ftrength, a 
occupied a great extent of ground clofe to the river Ifis, 
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ft of defence by that monarch; 
but after it became poffeffed a the ena a great part 
e only remains 
it now in exiftence are t ount, a on and the fhell 
of one of the saci ue. which is a fquare, maffive 
flruéture, lighted by a few loop-holes only, and having a 
projecting baftion turret at one angle, through which a nar- 
row ftair-cafe leads to is top of the caflle. It now con- 
ftitutes part of the 
e William Chillingworth, fir 
D’ Avenant, Dr. Charles D’Avenant, his fon, Dr. Edward 
Pococke, mae A. Woo 
of him i in *“ Athen 
of the Englifh dramatic 
dward Wootton. 
he preceding account of Oxford has been derived from 
perfonal knowledge of the city, and from feveral publica- 
tions of the beft authority ; butit is regretted that the na- 
ture of the prefent work will not admit of a more copious 
narration. The chief books confulted are *¢ The Hiftory and 
Antiquities of the Univerfity of Oxford,’” by Anthony A. 
Maa. M.A., edited and much enlarged by John Gutch, 
+» in 5 vols. 4to., publifhed in the years 1786, 1790, 
es and 1798. This work contains a large mafs of in- 
formation, the moft effential faéts in which, with *the addi- 
tion of much biographical and critical materials, are intro- 
duced into “A Hiftory of the Colleges, Halls, and public 
Buildings attached to the Univerfity of Oxford, reas 
the Lives of the Founders, by eager rina 
2 vols. 8vo., 1810. The au 
prone, in his pair du& 
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an entirely new publication, and is a very ufeful and interefting 
ecum. “ ‘The Oxford Guide,” or ‘*Companion,”’ isa 
fuperticial little volume, and pega of this pita city. 
It was fatirize in “A Guide to the Com-. 
panion, and Companion to the Guide. ue ae pene: 4vols., 
I2mo., contains many curious anecdotes fgets to the uni- 
verfity, city, and to perfons connece I 
= Beauties of England, vol. xiii. .» Mr. 
coun ofall the principal places inthe county. «The Hif- 
of the Univerfity of Oxford, with 80 coloured En- 
pa ings,” t d in 2 vols i 
now publifhing in monthly numbers. ‘The following publica- 
tions contain much valuable and ufeful information re{fpecting 
different colleges: W ood’s Athenz Oxonienfes, a new edition 
of which is now printing under the careful and able editorfhip 
of Philip Blifs, fellow of St. John’s college; Churton’s 
Lives of the Founders of Brazen-nofe College; Lowth's 
Life of William of Wykeham, founder of New College; War- 
ton’s Life of Sir Thomas Pope, Founder of Trinity Col- 
lege; Chandler’s Life of William Waynflete, Founder of 
Magdalen College; Spencer’s Life of Henry Chichele, 
Founder of Ali-Souls aes Hs 
containing 1400 
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