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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    men, to be appointed by the king, a stipend of six pounds per annum during his majesty’s pleasure. ‘In this state the college still continues, enjoying the endowment of lands and tithes conferred on it by Henry VIII. in his letters patent of 11th December, 1546; with such improvements and additions as have been made to it by the liberality of subsequent bene- factors. Beneractors. Although these have not been nu- merous, as indeed there was less occasion for their aid, by reason of the large provision made by the original founders, yet the kind manifestation of their good-will to the establishment, and their judicious modes of exhibit- ing it, deserve to be remembered and expressed with ho- nourable thankfulness. In the latter part of the reign of queen Elizabeth, the family of Venables in Cheshire gave to this College an estate, on condition that the nomination of one student should be in the heirs of that family. This agreement was confirmed by a private act of parliament in the year 1601. In 1620, Dr. Robert Chaloner, a member, afterwards canon of Windsor, gave 20/. a year, for the maintenance of a Divinity lecture, or for the better support of three poor scholars. This money is ap- plied to the former purpose. In 1633, Mr. Joan Bostocke, of Windsor, bequeathed certain tene- ments in that town, the entire profits of which were to be given to four poor students. Thomas Whyte, citizen of London, gave 4]. arising out of houses in Shoe-lane, London, to one scholar of this house. William Wickham, sometime a student here, gave the perpetual advowson of the rectory of Stanton-upon-Wye, Herefordshire, on con- dition that it should be presented in succession to students of the first class. In 1663, William Thurston, citizen of London, bequeathed 800/. to “ the King’s College in Oxford,” for the support of one or more scholars.—A dispute having grown out of the ambiguity of this ex- pression, the matter was solemnly determined by the king in favour of Christ Church ; another studentship was then added to the original