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The defign of this court was furnilhed by James Wyatt, 
architect, and the whole carried into execution under his 
direction. It was completed in 1783, chiefly through the 
munificence of Richard Robinfon baron Rokeby, late 
lord-primate of Ireland. 
The Cathedral of Chrift-church, to which the college is 
appended, is fituated to the eaft of the grand quadrangle 
of the college. It was originally the church of St. Fridef- 
wide’s monaftery. This edifice is referred by King, in his 
Munimenta Antiqua, to the era of the Saxons; but Dug- 
dale, Tanner, and Willis, date its foundation in the time 
of Henry I. In its architecture this church prefents the 
ltyles and examples of different ages, from the time of 
the original building up to the commencement of the 
fixteenth century. The church is built in the ftiape of 
a crofs, and meafures 154. feet in length. In the centre 
rifes a tower with a fpire to the height of 144 feet. 
Some of the windows contain fine fpecimens of painted 
glafs, and in the north aifle is a monument attributed to 
St. Fridefwide. There are eight chorifters, partly main¬ 
tained by the dean and chapter; that is, they have din¬ 
ner in the hall of the college daily. They receive alfo a 
falary arifing from corn-rents, and confequently varying 
in amount; it however is always fufficient to pay for the 
reft of their board and lodging, for clothes, and to cover 
the expenfes of a journey to a moderate diftance. The 
chorifters are in the foie nomination of the dean, exclu- 
five of the chapter, and he appoints at any age he thinks 
proper; the time of their difmiffal is alfo at his difcretion. 
They wear caps and gowns in their ordinary drefs, and 
furplices in the choir. A preference is ufually given to 
the fons of clergymen and profeflional gentlemen. Since 
the foundation of the college there has always been a 
mafter provided for the boys, who inftrufts them in Latin 
and Greek. They are alfo taught writing and arithme¬ 
tic. The chorifters attend morning-fervice in the cathe¬ 
dral at ten o’clock, and afternoon-fervice at half-paft 
three. They are in the grammar-fchool from feven in the 
morning till nine, from eleven till one, and from two till 
half-paft three. They are taught finging by the organift. 
They are permitted to be members of any other choir in 
Oxford, provided their attendance does not interfere 
with their duty at Chrift-church. They have not any 
engagements for the profit of the finging-mafter. There 
is no provifion for fuperannuated chorifters : frequently, 
however, as they have had a good education, they enter as 
fervitors at Chrift-church. We maj obferve, in general, 
that the finging-boys brought up in thefe choirs have 
ufually entered into holy orders, and have defervedly ob¬ 
tained the patronage of their feveral colleges. Gent. Map;. 
Feb. 1819. 
14. Trinity College was founded by fir Thomas 
Pope, in the reign of Philip and Mary, from whom he 
obtained a royal licenfe and charter, dated the 8th and 
28th of March, 1554. The fociety was then made to con- 
fift of a prefident, a prieft, twelve fellows, and eight 
fcholars; but the latter were foon increafed to twelve. 
Thefe he placed in the tenements called Durham-college, 
which he bought and repaired for their accommodation. 
In 1556 he drew up a body of ftatutes for their regula¬ 
tion, under the aufpices of the celebrated cardinal Pole, 
to whom it is fuppofed he was indebted for many ufeful 
hints. The fame ftatutes are ftill in force, with fome flight 
alterations made by the firft prefident, with the confent 
of the founder, after the re-eftablifliment of the Protef- 
tant worfliip, on the acceffion of queen Elizabeth. The 
endowment of this inftitution by fir Thomas was only 
limited by the extent of his means, which were happily 
ample. In May 1556 he gave the fociety one hundred 
pounds; and, before the clofe of that year, made over to 
them no fewer than thirty-five manors and thirteen ad- 
vowfons, 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 requifite to become benefactors to this college. 
O R D. 
fo that the fociety remains nearly in the fame ftate as 
when originally founded, with the addition only of gen- 
tlemen-commoners and commoners. The bilhop of Win- 
chefter is vifitor. 
Architecturally confidered, this college confifts of two 
courts. The firft contains the chapel, the hall, the pre- 
fident’s lodgings, the library, and fome apartments for 
the fellows and fcholars; and the latter is wholly occu¬ 
pied by lodgings for the reception of ftudents. The cha¬ 
pel was built chiefly at the expenfe of Dr. Bathurft, as is 
generally fuppofed, after a defign by dean Aldrich, cor¬ 
rected and improved by fir Chriftopher Wren. The in¬ 
terior is highly decorated. In a recefs at the upper end 
of this chapel is a monument in honour of fir Thomas 
Pope, and of his third lady, with their w'hole-length 
figures fculptured in alabafter. 
15. St.John’s College. All the colleges hitherto 
noticed have owed their origin to the munificence of dif- 
tinguifhed ftatefmen, or prelates; but we now come to 
one which was founded and endowed by an individual 
whofe fortune was gained by induftrious exertions in the 
mercantile world. This was fir Thomas White, a citizen 
and merchant of London, and one of the molt liberal and 
benevolent characters of his age. The fpot feleCted for 
the new foundation was the fite of St. Bernard’s college, 
the buildings of which, indeed, ftill form a fmall portion 
of the prefent college. Here fir Thomas fixed his fociety 
in 1557, fliortly after he had obtained a licenfe and charter 
for its inftitution ; and in the fame year drew up a body 
of ftatutes, declaring that it fnould confdt of a prefident, 
fifty fellows and fcholars, three chaplains, three clerks, 
and fix chorifters ; but the twelve laft-mentioned mem¬ 
bers were foon difcontinued, the funds being found in¬ 
adequate to their proper fupport. A fuitable choir, how¬ 
ever, has fince been founded by fir William Paddy, one 
of the numerous benefactors who have continued to en¬ 
rich the fociety at different periods. Among thefe the 
chief were archbifhops Laud and Juxon, and Dr. William 
Holmes and his lady. All the fellows of this college, ex¬ 
cept fix of the founder’s kindred, and two from Coven¬ 
try, two from Briftol, two from Reading, and one from 
Tunbridge, fchools, are eleCted from Merchant Tailors v 
fchool in London, fir Thomas having been a member of 
that refpeftable corporation. The bifliop of Winchefter 
is vifitor. 
The buildings of St. John’s College, as they at prefent 
ftand, have been ereCted at various periods. They are 
arranged chiefly in two quadrangles, one of which ftill 
retains a part of the tenements which compofed Durham- 
college. In this divifion are the hall and chapel, the pre- 
fident’s lodgings, and chambers for the fellows and fcho¬ 
lars. The principal entrance is under a fquare tower 
adorned w'ith aftatue of St. Bernard, placed in a richly- 
canopied niche. On the eaft fide is a paflage leading into 
the fecond quadrangle, which contains the library, and 
was ereCted at the foie expenfe of archbilhop Laud, from 
a defign by Inigo Jones. In the centre, both on the eaft 
and weft fides, is a gateway of the Doric order, furmount- 
ed by a femicircular pediment of the Ionic and Corin¬ 
thian, and having a ftatue on either fide between the co¬ 
lumns. Thefe reprefent king Charles I. and his queen, 
and were defigned and eaft in brafs by Fanelli of Florence. 
The apartments in the fame range with the gateways are 
built over cloifters, fupported by eight round arches, and 
adorned with buffs of the cardinal and Chriftian virtues 
over each pillar. The library here is enriched with a va¬ 
luable collection of books and manuferipts, and a variety 
of antiquarian curiofities. 
16. Jesus College owes its foundation to Hugh ap 
Rice or Price, D. D. firft prebendary of Rochefter and 
treafurer of St. David’s. This benevolent character, ob- 
ferving that his countrymen, the Welfli, were fcarcely 
ever noticed in collegiate endowments, reiolved to found 
a college peculiarly for their benefit; and with this view' 
prevailed on queen Elizabeth to inftitute the prefent efta- 
hlifhment 
