Volume 1

The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the University of Oxford / by Anthony Wood. Now first published in English, from original manuscript in the Bodleian Library; with a continuation to the present time: by the editor, John Gutch (Appendix ... containing Fasti Oxonienses; or a commentary on the supreme magistrates of the university ... with a continuation to the present time.

  • Anthony Wood
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MDCCLXXXVI-MDCCXC [1786-1790]
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Credit: The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the University of Oxford / by Anthony Wood. Now first published in English, from original manuscript in the Bodleian Library; with a continuation to the present time: by the editor, John Gutch (Appendix ... containing Fasti Oxonienses; or a commentary on the supreme magistrates of the university ... with a continuation to the present time. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OR, A ComMenrary. on the fupreme Magiftrates of the es of Oxrorp; : NAMELY, Of the Balaceieces Commissarizs, PRocitaNceLLors, or VicECHANCELLORS, and Procrors. - OTWITHSTANDING the Cantabrigians (1) have been fo bold as 7 to derive their Catalogue of Chancellors from Amphibalus the Mar- tyr, who, as they fay, was the firft ReGtor of the Scholars of Cambridge City, An. Dom. 289, and from others who interruptedly fucceeded, viz. Mauritius in the time of Conftantine the Great, An, Dom. 310,. Kynotus i in the time of K. Arthur, an. 517, Edbertus in the reign of Cedwall, an. 678, Almericus in the reign of Cadwallader, an. 690, 8c. and I know not whom, (all received upon uncertain truft by the firft author of thofe matters, Nich. de Cantilupo, who died An. Dom. 1441) yet. I fhall not prefume to do as they have done, but infert only thofe that { find. from. record, not in the leaft to be doubted by many. To pafs by therefore St. German, St. Gitpas, MELKINUS, Newnius, KENTIGERNUS, and others, who tea in the times of the Britains nod Saxons, reported by a very good Exemplar (as Camden faith) of Afferius Menevenfis (2) to have ftudied in Oxford, and there to have made good (1) Nich. Cantelupus in Historia de Antiquitate Cantabrigiz, five in His. Nigri preff. per Tho. Thomafium Re era a, Univerf. Cantab. Codicis Cantab. MS. Mattheus Stokys, Bedellus, Armiger, et Regiftrarius Cantabr. in CaraLtoco Retto- rum et Cancellarioruam a Mauritio, tempore APPEND. Robertus Harus qtiondam Alumnus in Coll. Gonvill. in ead. Univ. in CaraLoco Canc. ejufd. MS. &c. (2) Edit. Francof, e bib. Camdeni, an. 1603. [Et ex recenfione Francifci Wile, Oxon, 1722, 8vo,] Orders
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