Reminiscences of Oxford by Oxford men, 1559-1850 / selected and edited by Lilian M. Quiller Couch.

Date:
1892
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Credit: Reminiscences of Oxford by Oxford men, 1559-1850 / selected and edited by Lilian M. Quiller Couch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. i. PAGES Bodley, Sir Thomas (154f—1609 : in residence 1559—76, etc.) 1-3 Probationer and Fellow of Merton, 1.—Undertakes the reading of a Greek lecture in the College Hall, 1.—Stands for Proctorship, 2.—Leaves Eng- land, 1576, 2.—Returns to Oxford and devotes himself to its library, 3. II. Laud, William (1573—164!: in res. 1590—1601, etc.) . 4-12 Letter to Walter Curie, Bishop of Winchester, respecting the reading of Calvin's Institutions at New College, 4.—Letter to Richard Baylie, Vice-Chancellor, respecting ‘ Mr. Crofts and his great horses,’ 5.—Extract from a letter to Christopher Potter, Vice-Chancellor, concerning the Christmas-day sermon and communion in College Chapels, 6.—Extract from Laud’s answer to the speech of Lord Say and Sele, 7.—Letter to Sir Robert Cotton, desiring the return of an ancient volume of Beda, lent from St. John’s College library, 10. III. Hobbes, Thomas (1588—1679 : 1n res• J6o2—8, etc.) . 13-7 His birth and early education, 14.—Admitted into Magdalen Hall, 14.— Hobbes’ studies at Oxford, 16.—Tutor in the Cavendish family, 16. IV. Evelyn, John (1620-1706 : in res. 1637—40, etc.) . . 18-34 Admitted a fellow commoner at Balliol, 18.—Coffee houses in England, 19.—Evelyn’s gift to his College library, 20.—Learns dancing, vaulting, and the rudiments of music, 20.—Leaves Oxford to reside in the Middle Temple, 20.—Visits Oxford in 1654, 21.—Visits Oxford in 1664, 25.— The building of the Sheldonian Theatre, 26.—Evelyn obtains the Arundel Marbles from Mr. Henry Howard, as a gift to the University of Oxford, 26.—Receives the thanks of the University, 27.—Visits Oxford in 1669, 29.—The Encaenia of the new Theatre, 29.—Honorary degree of D.C.L. is conferred on Evelyn, 32.—Visits Oxford in 1675, 33.