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,
ib.; church much neglected, ib.
Broadwell Grove House, 478, 479.
Broughton Poggs, village, 479; de-
cayed mansion, ib. ; manor, how
held formerly, ib.

Broughton castle, 512; manor, ib.;
gold ring found, 513.
Broughton church and monuments,
513, 514.

Bruerne, 505; formerly a monastery
here, ib.; and a seat belonging to
the Cope family, ib.
Bullington hundred, 260-287; pa-
rishes in, 260.

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.
Chalgrove village, 358.
Chalgrove Field, skirmish there in
which Hampden received his death
wound, 358; a dagger and hatchets
found there, 364.

Chapel house, inn so called, stone
coffins found, 500.

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.
Culham, village, 380.

D.

Danes in Oxfordshire, 6.
D'Avenant, Sir William, a native of
Oxford, 257; anecdotes of, ibid,
161, and 162.

De Brom, Adam, anecdotes of, 188.
De la Field, Rev. Mr. anecdotes of,
365, 366.

Churches in Oxford, St. Mary's, 241,
242; All Saints, 245; St. Peter's
in the East, 245-247; Carfax, or
St. Martin's, 247; St. Clement's,
ib.; St. Ebb's, ib. ; St. Giles's, ib. ;
Holywell, 248; St. John's, see Mer-De
ton college; St. Mary Magdalen's,
248; St. Michael's, ib.; St. Peter's
in the Bailey, ib.; St. Aldate's,
248, 249; St. Thomas, 249.
Church Enstone, village, 509; church,

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-
mer consequence, 369, 370; for-
merly encompassed by a wall,
570, 371; had originally several
churches, 371; and a castle, ib.;
embankment in the neighbourhood,
871, 372; Dyke Hills, an antient
double entrenchment, 372, 373;
Roman coins and various relics
found, 373, 374; abbey, 374;
school, ib.; church, monuments,
painted glass, font, &c. 374-379;
population, 379; bridge, ib.
Drayton, parish, 516; descent of
property, 516, 517; decayed man-
sion, 517; church and monuments,
517, 518; singular anecdote re-
specting a former lord of the ma-
nor, 517; Roman coins found,

518.

Duns Tew, village, story of a woman
who revived after hanging for half]
an hour, 470.

Durham, bishop of, his judicious ex-
ertions for the benefit of the poor,
45, 46.

Walter Skirlaw, bishop of,
anecdote, 215.

Fairclough, Dr. a native of Blet-
chingdon, 539.

Figg, James, the prize fighter, a na-
tive of Thame, 299.
Filkins Hall, 479.
Flemming, Richard, bishop of Lin-
coln, some account of, 157, 158.
Forest Hill, village, 264; Milton's
first wife resided there, ib. ; church,
font, &c. 265.

William of, anecdotes, 213. Four Shire Stone, 502.

E.

Fox, bishop, some account of, 127-
129.

Eldsfield, village, 263.

of

Elizabeth, Queen, anecdote, 132.
Etherydge, George, a native
Thame, 299.
Ewelm hundred, 350-368; parishes
in, 350.

village, 350; derivation of
name, ib.; ancient mansion of Sir
E. Cope, 351; chalybeate spring,
ib.; a curious echo mentioned by
Plot, ib.; descent of manor, 352;
account of De la Pole family, 352,
353; remains of Manor Place, 354;
church and monuments, 355; hos-
pital and free-school, 355, 356;
Roman coins found, 356; gives ti-
tle of viscount, ib.
Exeter College, general notice of,
147-151; character of buildings,
147, 148; some account of founder,

G.

Garsington, a house built there by
Sir T. Pope, 267; constituted
barony, ib.

Gaunt's House, an antient building
near Standlake so called, 483,
48-4.

Glympton village, 456.
Godstow nunnery, 428; account of
the foundation, 428, 429; Rosa-
mond de Clifford placed there,
429; connection of Henry II.
with Rosamond, 430; probable
cause of the contumely with which
Rosamond's remains were treated
by the Bishop of Lincoln, 431;
narrative of the removals of her
coffin, 431, 432; her sons by Hen-
ry, the most dutiful of that mo-
narch's issue, 432, 433; present
state of the nunnery ruins, 4S3,
434; an examination of the Chap-
ter House in which it is supposed
Rosamond

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,

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,
153; but chiefly indebted to the
exertions of Dr. Price, ib. ; some
cir-
account of Dr. Price, ib.;
cumstances of foundation, 153, 154;
benefactors, 154; character of build-
ings, 154, 155; hall; 155; library,
155, 156; chapel, 156; curiosities,
ib. eminent scholars, 156, 157.
St. John's College, general notice of,
201, 207; some account of the
founder, 201, 202; circumstances
of foundation, statutes, &c. 202,
203; benefactors, 203; character
of buildings, 203-205; gardens,
205; hall, ib.; library, 205, 206;
chapel, 206; common room, 207;
eminent scholars. ib.; society, how
constituted, ib.

Joyce Grove, seat, 368.
Juxton, Archbishop, 542.

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
the reign of James II. 102, 103;
general notice of, 162-172; some
account of the founder, 162, 163;
circumstances of foundation, 163,
164, benefactors, 164, 165; cha-
racter of buildings, hieroglyphic fi-
gures, &c. 165-169; chapel, 169;
library, 170; ball, ib.; honoured
by royal visits, 170, 171; plea-
sure ground, 171; eminent scho-
lars, 172; society how constituted,
ibid.

Manufactures, general notice of those
in the county, 42.
Mapledurham village, 346; seat there,
belonging to the Blount family,

ibid.

Mary's, St. Hall, account of, 229, 230.

Mary,