Bradwell, parish, 478. .; Brasennose College, general notice of, 121-127; when founded, 122; some account of the founder, 122, 123; of Sir R. Sutton, 123; charter of foundation, ib. ; character of buildings, 124, 125; hall, 125; library, 125, 126; chapel, 126; eminent scholars, 126, 127; explanation of name, 127; society, how constituted, ib. Brightwell, village, 357. Britwell hill, traces of a castrametation, 316. Britwell prior, 358; mansion inhabited by nuns, ib. Brize Norton, village, 484; manor, Broughton castle, 512; manor, ib.; Bruerne, 505; formerly a monastery Burford town, 472; priory, 472, 473; pictures in, 473; church, 473-475; curious inscription, 474; monument of Sir Laurence Tanfield, ib.; benefactions have suffered from neglect, 475; parish register, ib.; free-school and almshouses, ib.; town noticed by history at an early period, 47.5, 476; obsolete custom, 476; a curious custom still prevailing, ib.; internal government, &c. 476, 477; Dissenters, 477; population, ib,; natives, 477, 478. Caversham lodge, some notice of the seat so termed, 341, 342. Chadlington hundred, 492-511; pa rishes m, 493. Chadlington village, 509. Chapel house, inn so called, stone Charlbury, town, 532; parish register, ib. Chastleton, seat there, 505; barrow, ib. Chaucer, Geoffrey, his grand-daughter marries the Duke of Suffolk, 352; a supposed residence of, 379, 380; remains of his residence at Woodstock, 389, 390. Chichele, archbishop, biographical notice of, 112, 113. Chillingworth, William, native of Oxford, 257. Chipping Norton, town, 493; of note in the Saxon times, ib.; Roman coins found, ib.; erroneously called Cold Norton, 493, 494; manor, 494; aspect of the town, 494, 495; church, monuments, &c. 495-497; site of castle, 497; free-school, ib.; almshouses, 497, 498; school for girls, 498; remains of a monastic foundation, ib.; formerly sent members to Parliament, ib.; internal government, 499; land, ib.; fairs and market, ib.; dissenting meeting houses, ib.; population, ib. Chistlehampton, village, 380. Christ Church, general notice of, 132, 147; original design of founder, common 133 133; charter surrendered to Henry | Crowmarsh Gifford, village, 349, VIII. 134; refounded by that king, ib.; benefactors, 135; character of buildings, 135-158; cathedral, 138-142; chapel, 142; hall, portraits in, &c. 142, 143; library, pictures, busts, &c.143-145; theatre of anatomy, 146; eminent scholars, ib.; society, how constituted, 134, 146, and 147. Churches, number of, in Oxfordshire, 51. Battle, hamlet, 352. Crowsley Park, seat of Johu Atkyns Wright, Esq. member for Oxford, $39. Cuddesden Palace, 266. D. Danes in Oxfordshire, 6. De Brom, Adam, anecdotes of, 188. Churches in Oxford, St. Mary's, 241, la Pole, some account of that family, 352, 353; remains of their mansion at Ewelm, 354; hospital and school founded by, 355, 356. De Merton, Walter, anecdotes of, 172, 173. De Veres, Earls of Oxfordshire, account of, 52-54. ―, John, anecdote of, 54. Deddington, town, 465; manor of, ib.; Quintain formerly in practice, 466; pilgrim's house lately taken down, some account of, 466, 467; curious cellar, 467; site of castle, ib.; Piers Gaveston seized bere, 467, 468; church, 468, 469; na, tives, 469; formerly sent members to Parliament, ib.; internal government, 469, 470; parish regis ter, 470; market, ib.; population, ib. Devil's Coits, monumental stones so termed, 446. Ditchley, seat, 447; descent of property, 447, 448; architectural character of mansion, 448; hall, 448, 449; breakfast room, 449; dining roon, ib.; green paper drawing room, 450; tapestry drawing rooni, 450, 451; green damask drawing room, 451; great drawing room, 451, 452; Chinese drawing room, 452; chapels, ib.; park, 455. Dobuni, the original inhabitants of Oxfordshire, 2; origin of the term Dobuni, 3; further particulars concerning, 3-6. Dorchester hundred, 368-380; pa rishes in, 368, 369. Dorchester Dorchester town, 369; of great for- 518. Duns Tew, village, story of a woman Durham, bishop of, his judicious ex- Walter Skirlaw, bishop of, Fairclough, Dr. a native of Blet- Figg, James, the prize fighter, a na- William of, anecdotes, 213. Four Shire Stone, 502. E. Fox, bishop, some account of, 127- Eldsfield, village, 263. of Elizabeth, Queen, anecdote, 132. village, 350; derivation of G. Garsington, a house built there by Gaunt's House, an antient building Glympton village, 456. Rosamond was interred, 434, 435 ; stone coffins found on digging a channel, 435; cross formerly on the bridge, 435, 436. Goring, village, with remains of a Runnery, 348; Ikeneild Street quits Oxfordshire in the vicinity, ib. Gostelow, Walter, a native of Crope dy, notice of, 531, 532. Granger, Rev. Mr. account of his former residence, 337; particulars concerning his death, ib. Great Bourton, village, 531. Chesterton, village, 538. Tew, village, 459; descent of manor, 459, 460; farming speculations, 460; church, 461; discovery of Roman antiquities, 462464; of a fossil bed, 464. Park, 460; formerly re sidence of Lord Falkland, 460, 461. Great Tom, the bell so called, weight of, &c. 135. Grevile, Lodowick, singular tale respecting, 517. Grey's Court, seat, 343. H. Halls, as places of study in Oxford, general account of, 227, 228. Hanwell, village, 518; manor, ib.; decayed mansion, 519; church and monument of Sir Anthony Cope, 519, 520. Hampden, the patriot, account of the skirmish in which he received his death-wound, 358; biographical notice of, 360-363. Hardwicke House, 347. Harley, Robert, created Earl of Ox ford, 54; some account of the Harley family, 54-58. Harpsden Court, seat, 335; Roman coins found, 336; a circumvalla. tion, ib. church, containing a crosslegged effigies, 336. Harriot, T. a native of Oxford, 256. Hasely, parish, 364; ancient division and signification of name, ib.; de scent of property, 364, 365; Le land minister here, 365. (Little) hamlet, 365. Headington, village, 260; appears to have formerly contained a royal palace, ib.; constituted a barony, 261; terrace walk between Headington and Oxford, ib.; story of a student attacked by a wild boar near Headington Hill, ib. Headington Stone Quarry, 262. Henley on Thames, town of, 323; antiquity of name, ib.; situation, 324; bridge, ib.; church, 325; parish register, 326, 327; parochial library, 327; town hall, 327, 328; theatre, 328; free-schools and almshouse, ib.; Parliamentarian troops quartered here, ib.; account of Miss Blandy, 328-330; poem written at Henley by Shenstone, 330; Roman urns found, 331; market, internal government, and population, ib.; natives, 331335. Hertford College, 151, 152; the scholars removed by Bishop Stapledon, 151; a royal charter obtained by Dr. Newton, 152; notice of the buildings, ib.; eminent scholars, ib. Heylin, Dr. Peter, a native of Burford, some account of, 477. Heythorp, seat, 456; architectural character, 457-459; hall, 457; library, 457, 458; drawing room, 458; small drawing room, 458, 459; grounds, 459; chapel, ib. Heythorp, church, 457. Holt, Sir John, a native of Thame, biographical mention of, 299-301. Holton Park, 266. Hooknorton, village. 504; proverb concerning, ib.; battle there between the Danes and Saxons, 505. Isis, river, impropriety of the term, | Latchford parish, 365; descent of James II. anecdote of him, 102, 103. Jenkins, Sir Leoline, anecdote of, 156, 157. Jesus College, general notice of, 153 157; founded by Queen Elizabeth, Joyce Grove, seat, 368. manor, ib. Latimer, Bishop, put to death at Oxford, 93. Lenthal William, a native of Hen ley, biographical notice of, 331. Lewknor hundred, 305.308; parishes in, 305. village, 305; gold coins found there, ib. Lincoln College, general notice of, 157-162; some account of the founder, 157, 158; license of foundation when obtained, 158; Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln, allowed the merit of a co-founder, 158, 159; benefactors, 159; character of buildings, 159, 160; chapel, 160; hall, 160, 161; library, 161; eminent scholars, 161, 162; society, how constituted, 162. -, Bishop of, seized at Oxford by order of King Stephen, 75. Littlemore, remains of a nunnery, 268; nunnery seal found, 269. Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, a native of Henley, 331. Lovel, Francis, Lord, examination of a story concerning, 507, 508. Lydiat, Timothy, a native of Alkerton, memoirs of, 514. Lyneham barrow, 505. M. Magdalen College, proceedings at, in Manufactures, general notice of those ibid. Mary's, St. Hall, account of, 229, 230. Mary, |