J

torical notice of, 52-58; population,
list of, in the several hundreds, &c.
59.

Oxford, city of, its situation and

general character of aspect, 60, 61; remarks on the etymology of its name, 61; fanciful opinions of some writers concerning its antiquity, 61-62; much reduced in the time of Aulus Plautius, 62; ravaged by the Saxons, 63; St. Frideswide's founded, ib.; King Alfred resided at Oxford, 64; that king supposed the founder of the University, ib. ; burned to the ground, and exposed to various calamities during the conflicts between the Danes and Saxons, 67, 68; chosen for a royal residence, 69; storm. ed and reduced by William the Conqueror, ib.; Domesday account of the city, 70-73; Robert de Oilgi, obtains permission to build a castle, 74; a council held by King Stephen, 75; the Empress Maud besieged in the castle by that king, 75, 76; Richard I. born at Oxford, 76; great fire, ib.; unwholesome state in the time of Edward III. 83; the prevalence of a plague, 84; Parliaments held by Richard II. ib.; dreadful pestilence, 87; Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer put to death at Oxford, 93, 94; black assize, 96; earthquake, 96, 97 ;plague prevailed, 97; Parliament held, ib.; transactions during the civil war, 93-100; Parliament summoned by Charles II. 101; extent of city, properly so called, 242; including suburbs, ib. ; not any Roman coins or relics found, ib.; division into streets; character of domestic buildings, &c. 342, 243; uncertain when first encompassed by a wall, periods at which the walls were repaired, &c. 243-245; division of the city into wards and parishes, 245 act for paving, when obtained, 249; principal bridges, ib.; town and county hall, ib.; music room, 249, 250; Radcliffe infirmary, 250; house of industry, ib.; other charitable institutions, 250, 251; schools for gratuitous education, 251; dissenting meetVOL. XII,

ing houses, ib,; number of religions houses prior to the Reformation, and state of their remains, 251, 252; palace of Beaumont, 252; town and county gaol, involving remains of the castle built by De Oilgi, 252, 253; city bridewell, 253, 254; general market, 254, 255; pennyless bench, 255; internal govern ment, 256; members of Parlia ment, how chosen, ib.; natives, 256-259.

, University of, different opi nions respecting its foundation, 6466; account of the first professors in, 66; early dissensions in, 66, 67; not prosperous during the reign of Alfred's successor, 67; treated with neglect by William the Conqueror, 74; its flourishing condition in the reign of Richard I. 77; the students quit Oxford in consequence of a tumult, ib.; great number of students in the reign of Henry III. 78; the Pope's legate treated with disrespect, 79; conflict between the students and townsmen, 80; the students fight on the side of the barons, ib.; the building and endowing of colleges, when first introduced, 81; dispute between the University and the Bishop of Lin. coln, 82; many students retire to Stanford, 84; state of the University in the reign of Richard II. 85; discontents in the time of Henry IV. 86; state in the reign of Henry V. ib.; in that of Henry VI. 85, 87; Edward IV. a friend to the University, 87; in which conduct he was imitated by Richard III. ib.; low state of learning at Oxford in the reign of Henry VII. 87, 88; state of the University in the reign of Henry VIII. 88-91; state in the reign of Edward VI. 91, 92; state in the reign of Mary, 92-94; state in the reign of Elizabeth, 91-96 ; state in the reign of James I. 97; loyalty of the students at the commencement of the civil war, 98; a visitation of the University ordered by the Parliament, 99; state during the usurpation of Cromwell, 100; in the reign of Charles II. 101; state during the reign of James II. 10120 103;

103; existing statutes, when they received the royal approbation, 103; legislative branch, account of, 103, 104; university officers, explanatory list of, 104-106; terms, degrees, necessary exercises, &c. 106, 107; total number of members, 107.

P.

Parishes, notice of three isolated, 492.
Pembroke College, general account
of, 191-194; circumstances of
foundation, statutes, &c. 191-193;
benefactors, 193; character of
buildings, ib.; chapel, ib.; hall,
194; eminent scholars, ib.; so-
ciety, how constituted, ib.
Petre, Sir W. anecdote, 149.
Physic garden, Oxford, notice of,

241.

Picture Gallery, Oxford, 254, 235.
Pirton hundred, 309-323; parishes in,

309.

Pirton village, 317; H. Rose a native, 318.

Plants in Bullington hundred, 287;

in Lewknor Hundred, S08; in Pirton hundred. 323; in Binfield hundred, 345; in Wootton hundred, 471; in Bampton hundred, 492; in Chadlington hundred, 510, 511; in Banbury hundred, 532, 533. Ploughley hundred, 533-543; parishes in, 533.

Pocock, Dr. Edward, a native of Ox-
ford, anecdotes of, 258.
Pope, Alexander, finished the fifth
volume of Homer at Stanton Har-
court, 443.

—, Sir Thomas, a native of Ded-
dington, 469; and see Trinity
College.

Population, list of, in the several

dreds, 59.

Price, Dr. anecdotes of, 153.
Prideaux Dr. anecdotes of, 151.
Pusshill, village, 321.

Q.

Rosamond de Clifford, circumstances

respecting her bower, 386-388; her bath, 388; for further particulars concerning, see Godstow Nunnery. Rose, H. a native of Pirton, 318. Roses, effect of the war of, in Oxfordshire, 7.

Rotherfield Peppard parish, 342; oaks found beneath a pond there, 342, 343.

hun-Rotherfield Gray, parish, 343; church, containing a burial place of the Knollys family, 344.

Queen's College, general notice of, 194, 201; some account of the founder, 194, 195; circumstances of foundation, charter, peculiar statutes, &c. 195-196; queens, who

Rotheram, Bishop, anecdotes of, 158,

159.

Rousham, 471.

Royal Society, originated at Wadham
College, 227.

S.
Sandford, village, 268; curious relic
in church, ib.: a preceptory, of
Templars formerly here, ib.
Schools,

Scroggs, Sir William, a native of
Deddington, some account of, 469.
Scrope, A. anecdote of, 308.
Seats, list of the principal, 48-50.
Sheep, curious sort of, formerly at Ri-
cot, 31.

Shifford, village, early Parliament
held there, 482.

Shiplake parish, 336; church, 336,
537; vicarage, formerly the resi-
dence of Mr. Granger, 337; ac-
count of Mr. Granger's death, ib;
crypt beneath ancient manor house,
358; parish register, ib.
Shiplake Hill, seat, 538.
Shipton Parish, 509; seat of the
Reade family, ib.
Shirbourn castle, 318; mention of by
Leland, ib.; description of build-
ing, and notice of pictures, 318,
319.

-

- village, humble in appear

ance, 320.

Lodge, 320.

Shotover House, Seat, 265.

Stonesfield, village, 425; tesselated

pavements, a Roman Hypocaust, &c. discovered, 425, 426. Stoken church village, 306, 307; derivation of name, 307; church, ib.; grave decorated with flowers, 306, 307; free-school, 507; earthquake felt here, ib. ; urns discovered, ib. Stonor, Seat, notice of, 322; gave name to the antient family of Stonor, ib.

Suffolk, Alice, Duchess of, her monument, 355.

Sutton, Sir Richard, anecdotes of, 123. Sw acliff parish, intrenchment in, 512. Swinbrook parish, 506; decayed mansion, ib.; various charities, ib.; grove, ib.

287.

Smyth, Bishop, some account of, 122, Thame, town of, 228; parochial di

123.

Somerton, village, 542.

Souldern manor, 542.

South Stoke village, 380.

Springwell, medicinal water so termed,
348-349.

Standlake, village, 482; descent of
manor, ib.; Bishop Kennet's men-
tion of a singular custom here, ib. ;
conjecture respecting that delusive
statement, 482-483.
Standolph chapel, remains of, 320,
321.

Stanton Harcourt, village, 440; ser

vice by which manor was formerly held, 440, 441; remains of ancient mansion, 441-443: church, containing interesting monuments, 443445; account of two lovers killed by lightning, 445, 446. Stapledon, Bishop, some account of,

148.

Steeple Aston, Roman pavement found

there, 9; notice of village, 470; free-school and almshouse, 470, 471; manor, 471.

Steeple Barton, some of the Dormer family buried there, 471.

visions, ib.; notice of, in Domesday, 288, 289; events there during the civil war, 289-292; church, 292295; remains of prebendal house, 295; school and almshouses, 295297; Anthony Wood, a student at the school, 296, 297; market and fairs, 297; population, ib. ; alarming number of paupers, and expense of assisting them, 297, 298; a depot for prisoners of war, 298; Sir John Williams created Baron of Thame, 299; natives, 299-301. Thame Park, 301; remains of abbey constitute part of the mansion, 302; account of abbey, 501, 302; chápel, 303; Dr. Seth Ward protected Thame, river, Dr. Plot's assertion in family of Lord Wenman, 303. concerning, 40, 41.

Thames, river, account of its progress through this county, 35-38; fish produced in, 39; always freezes first at bottom, 39, 40; when first made navigable to Oxford, 380. Theatre at Oxford, account of, 236, 237.

Trinity College, general notice of, 202

207

207-215; some account of the founder, 207-209; circumstances of foundation, endowment, &c. 209; benefactors, ib. ; character of buildings, 209, 210; gardens, 210, 211; chapel, 211; hall, 211, 212; library, 212; eminent scholars, ib. ; society, how constituted, 212, 213. Tusmore, seat, 542.

" U.

University College, general notice of, 213-219; futile disputes concerning its antiquity, 213; society of, owes its origin to William of Durbam, ib.; circumstances of foundation, 213, 214; first collegiate buildings for this society, when finished, 21; benefactors, 214-216; character of buildings, 216, 217; chapel, 217, 218; library, 19; hall, portraits, &c. ib. ; common room, busts, &c. 219; eminent scholars, ib.; society how constituted, ib.

University of Oxford, for general ac count of, see Oxford.

W.

Wadham College, general notice of,
222-227; some account of the
founder, 223; his designs com.
pleted by his widow, ib.; statutes,
&c. 223 and 227; benefactors, 223,
224; character of buildings, 224,
225; gardens, 225; chapel, 225,
226, library, 226; hall, portraits,
&c. ib. eminent scholars, 226, 227;
Royal Society originated in this
house, 227; society of Wadhain,
how constituted, ib.

Wadham, Nicholas, some account of,
223.

Walliscote house, 347.

Water Perry, seat, 266; many of the
Curzon family buried in the church,
ib.
Watlington, town of, 309; its proba-
ble antiquity, ib.; by whom the
manor was held at time of Norman
survey, 309, 310; situation and
present circumstances, 310, 311;
descent of manorial rights, 311,
312; market house, 312; church,

Wendlebury, 538.

Weston, North, descent of property,
and present state of, 303, 304.
Wheatfield, residence, 320.
Wheatley, village, 265.
Whichwood forest, some account of,
33, 34; numerous poachers in, 43.
White, Sir Thomas, some account of,

201, 202; purchased Gloucester
Hall, 220.

Whitchurch, village, 347; afforded
residence to Dr. Wallis, ib.
Wiccii, the Dobani so termed, 6.
Wickliffe, Dr. reads lectures at Ox-
ford, 84, 85.
Wigginton village, 523; monuments
in church, ib. tesselated pavement
and Roman coins found, ib.
Witney, town, 485; general aspect,
ib.; blanket manufactory, 485, 486;
blanket hall, 486; free school, 487;
meeting lately held, ib.; church,
487-489; Dissenting meeting houses,
ib.; population, ib.; one of the
manors given to Winchester by
Bishop Alwin, ib.; made a free
borough, 490; solemn jousts held,
ib.; accident at a dramatic repre-
sentation, 490, 491; suffered from
fire, 491.

Wolsey, Cardinal, his munificent care
of the university, 88, 89; account
of his early connection with, 133;
his intentions concerning the foun-
dation of Christ Church, ib.; no
authority for supposing that he was
the architect of Magdalen tower,
165.

Wolvercote, village, 427.
Wood Anthony, a native of Oxford,

anecdotes of, 258, 259.
Wood Eaton, formerly the residence
of Sir Richard Taverner, 263; Bri-
tish coins found there, 264.

Woodcot,