Volume 1

Memorials of Oxford / by James Ingram ... ; The engravings by John Le Keux, from drawings by F. Mackenzie.

  • James Ingram
Date:
1837
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memorials of Oxford / by James Ingram ... ; The engravings by John Le Keux, from drawings by F. Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tions were found necessary in the time of bishop King, when the newly created see was removed from Oseney to Oxford, in 1545; and there is even a tradition, not entirely to be overlooked, that certain portions of the materials of that| magnificent abbey were used in the construction of the new roofs; though Wolsey, as it appears from the journal of expenses‘, had certainly prepared most of the work at the time of his degrada- tion. GRA C YY: <A: : ¢ i) WS ee 2 a SS Hoe by oe » oe GZ iN Po fol SS \. ZW —#? NY} N >| @ ; Uy We: : WAY SAW : at AU DY J ee SA Se SCA 26) ZS = x) Pa oO) ne x Se ene. Beet ee =e Re Re 7 ANS ZR aeons BSCS x oss: ra <\ iF] ey ty [I=]. Sai a) ¢ “Payments made for the making, framing, and kerving of the new vault of the roof of the quere within the foresaid college. “Payments there for the making, carving, framing, and garnishing the vault of the roof of the new church of the said college.” It would seem that Wolsey’s plan was to preserve the choir and transepts, modernizing them in the style of the chapels of Magdalen B 3