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DA 690.098097"'""'" ""'''' °'''uinf»in,iK'',t.?,!,."'^ Oxfort" historical 3 1924 028 187 965 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028187965 My^r] THE [1911 OBJECTS & WORK OF THE Oxford Historical Society OXFORD PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY MCMXI Those who desire to become members are requested to com- municate with the Treasurer (Rev. H. Salter, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, Berks.), or with any member of Committee. The sub- scription is one guinea a year, and there is no further liability on the part of members. COMMITTEE F. Madan, M.A. Rev. Dr. J. R. Magrath, Provost of Queen's. R. L. Poole, LL.D. Rev. H. Salter, M.A. C. L. Shadwell, D.C.L., Provost of Oriel. (S^ytotb Iblstotical Societig THE Oxford Historical Society was founded in 1884 in memory of J. R. Green, and on lines which he had suggested. At once it met with such welcome that in 1886 the subscribers numbered 580 ; but from that time it has received little support, and as the old subscribers have died, few have come forward to take their place ; in 1896 there were 453 subscribers, 385 in 1900, now about 390, and as 77 of these are life compounders the annual income of the Society is only £%'2,o. Whatever may be the causes for this neglect, it cannot be said either that public interest in Oxford is flagging or that its history is already well ascertained. This is evident from the handbooks about Oxford, so numerous and rich in enthusiasm on the one hand, and on the other hand, as the authors themselves confess, so poor in facts. The materials for the history of Oxford, both Town and University, before 1500 are to a great extent unprinted, and much remains to be done for the period between 1500 and 1625. There is, of course, no limit to the materials that might be published for the history of Oxford ; but considering not what might, but only what must, be published, there is need that for the credit of Oxford this Society should exist for many years to come. The following pages indicate some of the most urgent tasks which the Society wishes and is ready to undertake. It was the teaching of J. R. Green that the sources of history are wide, but he would have allowed that some records are more important ^than others and claim priority in publication. To put the case briefly, (i) that which is of wide use and B 3 helps many students should be published before that which is local or antiquarian and of use only to the specialist, (a) that which corrects current mistakes or supplies gaps in our knowledge, before that which only confirms what is already known and taught, (3) that which is beyond the reach of the ordinary student, before that which is in public libraries or has been calendared. In short, records that are wide, corrective, and difficult claim precedence over those which are limited, confirmative, and easy. We proceed to mention : — I. Records which satisfy these three canons of urgency. II. Other records worth attention. III. Materials which are in preparation or ready for publication. A. MEDIAEVAL RECORDS OF THE TOWN. (3 or 4 volumes.) In the original scheme of J. R. Green it was laid down that the Society should publish records, ancient and modern, dealing with the history of the Town as well as the University. Little or nothing has been attempted with the modern records of the Town, and their claim is not urgent at the moment ; but the ancient records should be published without delay. While Norwich, Nottingham. Leicester, Northampton, Bristol, and even Reading have been issuing volumes of miscellaneous deeds to illustrate their mediaeval history, Oxford has lagged behind, although its mediaeval history is more interesting and more complicated than that of any other English town. It is true that of the original mediaeval records nearly all that remains has been printed. In 189a the Royal Charters to Oxford were printed in a volume called Royal Letters to Oxford, and in 1909 an English abstract of the Liber Albus was published by the Oxford Chronicle Company. These are the chief mediaeval records which remain in the Town Archives, But in i6a5 ^"d 1626, before that destruction which must have taken place between 1640 and 1660, Twyne was allowed to copy what he thought interesting, and in his notebooks there is enough to make four volumes of great value. Two volumes would be required for the Oxford deeds between I a 80 and 1500 which are found in Twyne. They include nearly 100 royal writs to Oxford of which there is no other trace, some petitions to the king hitherto unknown, some inquisitions, appeals to the Pope, extracts from the annual accounts of the Town Chamberlains, further deeds about the riot on St. Scholastica's day and full records of a riot in 1397, the arguments in a dispute with the Abbot of Oseney about the boundaries of Oxford, and other miscellaneous documents. It would be well to include the inquisitions about Oxford, which are at the Record Ofifice among the 'Miscellaneous Inquisitions ' ; they are short but of the first importance. Also the Inquisitions Ad quod damnum might be added. The greater part of this matter has been copied. A third volume would be composed of the records of the Hustings Court and the Mayor's Court. The rolls of the latter have all perished ; but Twyne extracted the most interesting entries between laSo and 1480. The rolls of the Hustings Court for two or three years still survive ; and again Twyne's extracts are at hand for the same two centuries. Such a volume would be of interest to the lawyer as well as the historian, and would throw light on the ways of the people, the constitution of the Town, and the working of the Courts in Oxford. A fourth volume would be the reproduction, as far as possible, of the ' Little Red Book ' of the City, which has not been seen since 1660. It was a volume drawn up about 139c, sorhewhat like a Customary, containing records in French and Latin which were likely to be useful for the guidance of the Town Clerk. Twyne made such copious extracts from it that it would be possible to restore about half the book. Though it was by no means a complete Customary such as that of Northampton, it gives some customs which seem to be- unknown elsewhere. About these records two things may be pointed out : first, that Twyne's volumes are so confused and unmethodical that at present they are of little use to students ; secondly, that owing to the presence of the University, the municipal history of Oxford is abnormal, and cannot be reconstructed by the analogy of other towns. These records can claim urgency, partly because they are of interest to all who study the constitution, the growth aad the decay of boroughs, and partly because they would help to fill some serious blanks in our knowledge. There are not many residents in Oxford who could say when mayors began at Oxford,^ why they did not preside at the Hustings Court, who were the chamberlains and the aldermen, what were their duties and emoluments, who were eligible for these offices and how they were elected, who were the burgesses, whether the status was acquired by birth, or residence, or payment, what were its burdens and its privileges, whether Oxford was an oligarchy or a democracy. So little has been printed on these matters that a writer who deals with mediaeval Oxford can avoid inaccuracy only by avoiding definiteness. B. EARLY RECORDS OF THE UNIVERSITY. The Registers of the Chancellor's Court. These registers record the lawsuits which were tried before the Chancellor or Vice- Chancellor. The earliest volume, cover- ing the years 1434-1469, has been skimmed by Mr. Anstey for the second volume of Munimenta Academica, but he has not exhausted its value, and Oxford cannot for ever remain content that one of its oldest records should be known to the world only from the skimmings of an editor. The next two * In Records of Northampton, vol. ii,p. 15, it is stated that Oxford first elected a mayor in 1229; the Oxford Pageant represented Henry II conversing with the^ mayor ; there can be little doubt that 11 99 or 1200 is the date of the first mayor. volumes extend from 1498 to 1514, and from 1537 the series is complete. They are of great value as illustrating the life of those times, the state of the town and University, and the conflicting jurisdictions of the mayor and the chancellor. Edited with local knowledge they could not fail to be interesting. The Registers of Convocation and Congregation. These registers record the business that was transacted in Convocation and Congregation. The first volume runs from 1448 to 1463 ; from 1505 the series is continuous. They have been used in the ' Register of the University of Oxford ' (O. H. S. vol. i) but not exhausted. The Grace Books recently printed at Cambridge set Oxford a good example. The University Letter Book. Bodl. MS. 382, quoted by Wood as Registrum F., contains the letters of the University from 1508 to 1597 ; if they are less ancient than the letters edited for the Society by Mr. Anstey, they are on the other hand less trivial. The Merton Register. Some colleges have registers which begin at an early date, notably New College and Magdalen, where they are com- plete from the beginning ; but for the most part they record nothing but the granting of leases and the appointment to offices, and do not deal with the discipline and fortunes of the College or the history of the University. But at Merton a register of another kind was begun in 1482, giving in the form of annals the doings of the College, and sometimes of the Town and University as well. It would not be easy to exaggerate the interest of this register or its value as an authority for the customs and behaviour of University men in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. If we value the diaries of Wood and Hearne as historical authorities for their 8 times, we should value this register more, as it deals with a period for which we have fewer sources. If it had belonged to a monastery, it would have been printed before now. A Volume of mediaeval University Documents. Before a complete Cartulary of the University is attempted, it would be wise to wait until all the Patent Rolls are calendared, from which more than half the material would be taken ; and so full are the Calendars issued by the Record Ofifice that even then a Cartulary, though convenient, would not be a necessity. More needful at present is a volume giving such mediaeval documents connected with the Uni- versity as have never been printed. Of the four letters issued by Nicholas, Bishop of Tusculum, in 1314, one only has been printed and that incorrectly; the deed of the executors of Alan Basset, c. 1340, often referred to and misunderstood, would come next; at the Record Office there is a letter of Grosteste about the University ; the terms of peace between the northern and southern scholars in 1367 and 1274 are in the University Archives ; there are unprinted letters of the University in manuscripts at Cambridge and elsewhere ; from the Lincoln registers would be taken the proceedings on the nomination of each Chancellor (c. 1290-1350), records which help a beginner to understand what the University was ; in the Bodleian there are some fifteenth-century letters from"the Prior of Gloucester College, and also the statutes of St. Mary's College and St. George's College of 1448 and about 1460 ; some visitations of Balliol, Lincoln, Oriel, and B. N. C. (144c- 1530) might be added. If material was needed to complete a volume, there are in the Archives more than 100 charters about the University property in Oxford, some of them as early as i2ao. We should thus have a volume of Collectanea such as J. R. Green contemplated in his original - scheme^ a group of documents on one subject and to some extent of one time. Most of this material is ready. II. OTHER RECORDS WORTH ATTENTION. Early WiUs. It has been suggested before now that a volume of Early Wills should be issued, and the volumes of Testamenta Eboracensia have been some of the most acceptable of the Surtees Society. In the University Archives there are $^ wills which were proved in the Chancellor's Court between 1436 and 1469 with 10 inventories ; in 1500 the series begins again, and from 1500 to 1560 there are 7a wills and 70 inventories. There are also some fourteenth and fifteenth-century wills of Oxford citizens in College muniment rooms ; at All Souls there are 5, at Lincoln 19, at New College 7, one at Exeter, 4 or 5 at Merton, omitting those at Magdalen, Balliol, and Christ Church, which it is hoped will be printed before long with their other Oxford muniments. A few more Oxford wills might be found at Somerset House. A Volume of Records of the Churches of Oxford. Such a volume would contain the foundation charters of the chantries established in parish churches of Oxford between 1333 and 1379 ; the returns of three religious gilds to be found at the Record Office among the Gild returns under Richard II ; such charters as remain (about 50 in all) con- cerning the houses which belonged to the churches and chantries in the Middle Ages, with the subsequent history of these possessions, the mediaeval rentals of St. Mary's chantry in the church of St. Mary Magdalene which happen to be preserved at New College ; a few early accounts of churchwardens and chantrywardens found in the Bodleian or in Wood's transcripts, the account of the chantries in the returns of 37 Hen. VIII and in the better known returns of Edward VI. Wood's account of the churches i^City of Oxford, vol. ii) covers 100 pages, although he prints no records ; an 10 account such as we have suggested would need a volume. The accounts of the churchwardens of St. Michael's are so full and so early that they would require a volume to them- selves; but though they are of great interest, they do not add much to our knowledge and are not urgent. All this material is ready. Proctor's Accounts. The Proctor's accounts survive for fifteen years between 1464 and 1496, and one account of a century earlier has been printed in the English Historical Review. The Vice- chancellor's accounts begin at 1547. College Accounts. In the Middle Ages there was no uniformity about the method or want of method of College accounts, and many of them are more terse than illuminating. But extracts from the early accounts at Exeter College and Oriel College, and the Long Rolls at Queen's College show that they contain much information which would help us to understand the life of Colleges and the University in early times. With this we might place a record at New College extending over six or seven years in the reign of Henry IV, giving the names of all visitors who dined in Hall. St. Frideswide's Cartulary, Vol. III. A third volume to this Cartulary will be needed ultimately. Fifty or sixty of the charters of St. Frideswide's have been found at Christ Church, and two late rentals at the Record Office ; there are also errors to be corrected in vols, i and ii, some of which were inevitable. Also the life of St. Frideswide should be printed from the twelfth-century Laud. MS. Misc. 114, and the miracles which preceded the translation of St. Frideswide in 11 80 from the contemporary MS. Digby 177. As the BoUandists have printed both these documents 11 there is no immediate need for their reproduction ; but it should be possible for an Oxford editor to explain references, local and personal, which the Bollandists could not. Materials for the Topography of Mediaeval Oxford. Topography may seem a small thing to serious historians, but many historical questions can be solved by accurate topography. If a plan of mediaeval Oxford had been issued showing that an average hall did not measure more than 30 feet square, a German historian would not have con- jectured that a hall contained 100 or more scholars. In any case, the public have some right to complain, if Wood's description of Oxford is left as the last word. It was a work which he did not prepare for the press, and too much of it is hypothetical. For instance, he mentions Oven Hall, which Mr. Andrew Clark has been at pains to locate, but the original deed does not read Ouen Hall but Quen Hall, i.e. Queen's College ; on the authority of one deed he mentions a church of Dantesbourne in Oxford and even writes its history, but the church was in Gloucestershire ; misreading a deed at the Record Office he has invented a church and parish of St. Benedict, but the original only speaks of ' ceme- terium benedictum ', ' a consecrated cemetery'; more serious is his statement that there was a house of Converts at Oxford, an error which is now so firmly established that not even the most cautious suspect it. To reconstruct the topo- graphy of Oxford we have material such as no other town of the same size possesses ; the charters and leases about tene- ments in Oxford before the year 1500 number nearly 6,000 ; Magdalen has 900, Balliol 320, Merton 270, Lincoln 230, Oriel 300, New College 350, All Souls 300, Exeter (printed) 100, Queen's 100, University and other Colleges 300, Durham 52, St. Frideswide's charters (printed) 690, Oseney charters 1,000, charters in the University Archives 100, charters of Godstow, Stodley, Littlemore and the Templars 400, in Twyne from the Town Archives 200. By means of these it is possible to 12 trace the history of many of the tenements from the thirteenth century with the names of the occupants and the rents that were paid ; and when these deeds are in print it should be possible to identify all the houses mentioned in the survey of 1279. If t^'s can be done, it will be of more than local use ; but the longer it is delayed the more difficult it will be, as the old houses and their boundaries are vanishing rapidly. It will be seen below that some of these deeds will be soon printed. Original Papers of the Chancellor's Court (1580-1700). In the University Archives there is a very large collection of the private papers of lawyers who practised in the Chancellor's Court. Ecclesiastical courts are now of so little importance, and their procedure so little known, that these papers are of unusual value. It would not be easy to men- tion another source from which can be acquired such a full knowledge of the methods and the fees of these courts. The cases themselves are of interest and the papers give fuller details than are recorded in the Acts of the Chancellor's Court. It is interesting to notice that the great writers on the Canon Law were still quoted as textbooks, showing that Canon Law was not, as is commonly said, abolished at the Reformation. A short volume might be made from autobiographical notes in Tviryne's collections, giving his interviews with Camden, Spelman, Cotton, and various Vice-Chancellors ; though he did not keep a diary he sometimes wrote down current events. A volume has been suggested from the Letters of Dr. Char- lett (c. 1700-1710), and another of the Letters of Dr. Bloxam (c. 1840-1870) ; they are preserved at the Bodleian and Magdalen College. Ra-wlinson's Collections, continuing Wood's Athenae Oxo- nienses to about 1760, have been suggested, and would be serviceable to biographers. 13 An early Assize Roll would make an interesting volume, especially to lawyers. The first Assize at Oxford of which we have full records is of 1343; the roll is in excellent con- dition, but five-sixths of the cases concern the County, not the Town. If we had a County Record Society, it would be a volume which the societies could issue jointly. There are in private hands some good Records of the Gild of Cordwainers, beginning about 1490. Although Oxford had many other corporations in the Middle Ages, such as the glovers, fullers, weavers, tailors, butchers, none of their records before the reign of Elizabeth have survived. III. MATERIALS WHICH ARE IN PREPARATION. The next volumes to be issued are : — 1. A Catalogue of Portraits in the possession of the University and Colleges of Oxford, together with those in the Tovs^n Hall and County Hall, by Mrs. R. L. PooLE, with illustrations. This is a work which has long been required. The first volume will appear immediately, the second and concluding volume in two or three years' time. 2. The Enactments in Parliament concerning Oxford from the Earliest Time, edited by Mr. L. L. Shadwell. This is an enlarged and improved edition of the Enactments in Parliament, edited in 1869 by Dr. John Griffiths. 3. The charters, leases, and rentals of St. John's Hospital and Magdalen College concerning tenements in Oxford, in two volumes, edited by the Rev. H. Salter. These records are in some respects even better than the Oseney charters and rentals, being continuous to the present day. The volumes will be all the more welcome as they are a present from Magdalen College to the members of this Society. Is it too optimistic to hope that other bodies may show a like liberality ? 14 The following volumes are in preparation : — I. The second volume of The Flemings in Oxford, edited by the PROVOST OF Queen's. a. Another volume of Hearne's Remarks and Collections. 3. A history of Queen's College, with an Appendix of Documents, edited by the Provost of Queen's. 4. The Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, edited by the Rev. H. Salter. For more than twenty years this Cartulary has been promised to the Society ; the Cartularies at Christ Church, the British Museum and the Record Office have now been transcribed, and the original charters at Christ Church and the Bodleian. There are 1,000 charters about tenements in Oxford, 1,500 about properties in ten or more of the southern counties, and 400 general and miscellaneous deeds ; there are also rentals of Oseney tenements in Oxford for 12,60, laSo, 1317, 1324, 1413, 1448-1470, and 1498 ; the whole would extend to five volumes, and could be issued if funds were forthcoming. For a house founded so late as nag, the Oseney Cartulary is unusually interesting, and would be a main authority for the county historians of Oxon., Bucks., Berks., and Northants. 5. For events in the University and City from 1626 to 1648 the MS. diary of Thomas Crosfield, preserved in Queen's College Library, is full of interest. The transcription of this document is nearly complete. 6. A volume of Collectanea dealing with the eighteenth century, of which the main article would be the Shepelinda MS., an anonymous diary of some resident in Oxford. The Visitations of Religious Houses in Oxfordshire. All the material that can be found dealing with the mediaeval visitations of monasteries and Colleges in the county and town of Oxford has been copied, and it proves to be less scanty than in most counties. Unfortunately part of it, dealing with Dorchester, Bruern, Studley, and Thame, lies somewhat outside the scope of this Society, but if such a volume would be acceptable to the subscribers, it could be printed. 15 Enough has been said to show that the Society has not yet accomplished one-half of the tasks which were considered urgent twenty-seven years ago, and it asks for 300 new members that its income may once more be ;^45o. It is not easy to account for the neglect that has been its lot. To some slight extent the Society may itself be to blame ; its productions have now and again contained work short of the highest, or have been other than a record society aims at producing ; but as it has depended for its editors on volunteers and men of little leisure, it has sometimes been obliged to produce what it could, not what it would ; and whatever were the errors in the past, they have not been such as to prevent a steady growth in the number of subscribing libraries, although the subscribing individuals have decreased. Ten years ago the length of the series might have deterred subscribers, but that should not be the case now. When a series has reached nearly sixty volumes, it is unnecessary to possess it all, just as no one buys the whole of the volumes of the Surtees Society or the Camden Society, but only those volumes in which he is interested. It is asked that Oxford men should subscribe, not because the volumes will be amusing or will increase in price, but as a \(iTovpyia from those who live by Oxford or have had profit there. There may even be some who, as a gift to Oxford, would undertake the whole, or part, of the cost of one of the volumes that is contemplated. The Society is managed with economy ; it pays nothing by way of rent or salaries, the printing and binding are done by the University Press at cost price, and the clerical expenses are of the smallest. Almost the whole of its income is devoted to the production of historical works. If it were to arouse in the present generation such enthusiasm as in the past, before another twenty years were over most of the sources for the history of Oxford would be in print and within the reach of students throughout the world. 16 CONSTITUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SOCIETY. The working of the Society, including the correspondence, financial business, arrangement with editors and responsibility for punctuality of publication is in the hands of a Committee of not more than six members of the Society. Vacancies in the Committee are filled up through the Committee. The ordinary members are such as signify their desire to be on the books of the Society. The annual subscription is one guinea, due on January i for the year then commencing. No member is entitled to a publication until his subscription is paid for the year for which the volume is issued. A com- position of fourteen guineas is accepted in lieu of all annual subscriptions, constituting life-membership from the date of composition ; after five years of subscription it is twelve guineas ; after ten years, ten. Payments should be made either to the account of the Society at the Old Bank (Barclay & Co.), Oxford, or to the Treasurer. A full statement of the finances of the Society, duly audited, is forwarded after the close of each year to every member. The volumes of the Society are octavo in size and contain on an average not less than 400 pages. Compounders and new members can obtain any of the publications of the previous years at half members' prices.^ The Clarendon Press under- takes the printing and care is taken that the type, paper, illustrations, and general appearance be kept up to a high standard of excellence. It is found that one volume can be issued annually for each two hundred and twenty of subscribing members. ' Except Vols, iii, iv, xxix, lii-lv, which can only be supplied on these terms in a complete set. ®yfort> Ibistorical Society. PUBLICATIONS. 1884. 1. Begister of the University of Oxford. Vol. I. (1449-63; 1 505-7 1)1 edited by the Rev. C. W. Boase, M.A., pp. xxviii + 364. (Price to the public, without discount, and prepaid, i6s.) 2. Remarks and Collections of Thomas Heame. Vol. I. (4 July 1705 — 19 March 1707), edited by C. E. Dqble, M.A., pp. viii+404. (i6j.) 1884-85. 3. The Early History of Oxford (727-1100), preceded by a sketch of the Mythical Origin of the City and TTniversity. By James Parker, M. A. With3illustrations,pp.xxxii + 42o. (20^.) 1885. 4. Memorials of Merton College, with biographical notices of the Wardens and Fellows. By the Hon. Geo. C. Brodrick, Warden of Merton College. With one illustration, pp. xx + 4 1 6. {i6s., to members of Merton 12s.) 5. Collectanea, 1st series, edited by C. R. L. Fletcher, M.A. With 2 illustrations, pp. viii + 358. {i6s.) (Contents : — a. Letters relating to Oxford in the 14th Century, ed. by H. H. Henson; d. Catalogue of the Library of Oriel College in the I4tli Century, ed. byC.L. Shadwell; c. Daily ledger of John Dome, bookseller in Oxford, 1520, ed. by F. Madan ; d. All Souls College versus Lady Jane Stafford, 1587, ed. by C. R. L. Fletcher; e. Account Book of James Wilding, Under- graduate of Merton College, 1682-88, ed. by E. G. Duff;/ Dr. Wallis's Letter against Maidwell, 1700, ed. by T. W. Jackson.) 1886. 6. Magdalen College and King James II, 1686-88. A series of documents collected and edited by the Rev. J. R. Bloxam, D.D., with additions, pp. lii + 292. (16*., to members of Magdalen 12s,) C 18 7. Heame's Collections [as No. 2 above]. Vol. II. (20 Mar, 1707 — 22 May 1710), pp. viii + 480. (i6j.) 8. Elizabethan Oxford. Reprints of rare tracts. Edited by the Rev. C. Plummer, M.A., pp. xxxii + 316. {los.) (Contents: — a. Nicolai Fierberti Oxoniensis Academias descriptio, 1602; 6. Leonard Hutton on the Antiquities of Oxford ; c. Queen Klizabeth at Oxford, 1566 [pieces by J. Bereblock, Thomas Nele, Nich. Robinson, and Rich. Stephens, with appendices] ; d. Queen Elizabeth at Oxford, 1592, by Philip Stringer ; c. ApoUinis et Musarum Eidyllia per Joannem Sanford, 1887. 0. Letters of Bichard BadclifiTe and John James, of Queen's College, Oxford, 1749-83 : edited by Margaret Evans, with a pedigree, pp. xxxvi + 306. (15^., to members of Queen's i os.6d.) 10. Register of the University of Oxford, Vol. II (1671- 1622), Part 1. Introductions. Edited by the Rev. Andrew Clark, M.A., pp. xxxii + 468. (i8s.) 1887-88. 11. Ditto. Fart 2. Matriculations and Subscriptions. Edited by the Rev. Andrew Clark, M.A., pp. xvi + 424. (i8j.) 1888. 12. Ditto. Part 3. Degrees. Edited by the Rev. Andrew Clark, M.A., pp. viii + 448. (I'js.) 18. Hearne's Collections [as No. 2 above]. Vol. III. (25 May 1710 — 14 December 1712), pp. iv + 518. (i6j.) 1889. 14. Register of the University of Oxford, Vol. II, Part 4. Index. Edited by the Rev. Andrew Clark, M. A., pp. viii + 468. (17..) 15. Wood's History of the City of Oxford. New Edition. By the Rev. Andrew Clark, M.A. Vol.1. The City and Suburbs. With 3 Maps and several Diagrams, pp. xii + 660. (25J., to citizens of Oxford 20f. ; the two Maps of old Oxford separately, not folded, IS. f)d., to citizens is.) 19 1890. 16. Collectanea, 2nd series, edited by Professor Montagu Burrows, With one diagram, pp. xii + 518. {16s.) (Contents :— a. The Oxford Market, by O. Ogle; d. The University of Oxford in the Twelfth Century, by T. E. Holland ; c: The Friars Preachers of the University, ed. by H. Rashdall ; d. Notes on the Jews in Oxford, by A. Neubauer ; e. Linacre's Catalogue of Grocyn's Books, followed by a Memoir of Grocyn, by the Editor ; / Table-Talk and Papers of Bishop Hough, I?°3-I743. ed. by W. D. Macray; g: Extracts from the 'Gentleman's Magazine' relating to Oxford, 1731-1800, by F. J. Haverfield. Appendix : Corrections and Additions to Collectanea, Vol. I. (Day-book of John Dome, Bookseller at Oxford, A. D. 1520, by F. Madan, including a ' Half- century of Notes ' on Dome, by Henry Bradshaw).) 17. Wood's History of the City of Oxford [as No. 15 above]. Vol. II. Churches and Religious Houses. With Map and Diagram, pp. xii-j- 550. (20^., to citizens of Oxford i6s. ; Map of Oxford in 1440, separately, not folded, gd., to citizens 6d.) 1890-91. 18. Oxford City Documents, financial and judicial, 1268-1665. Selected and edited by Prof. J. E. Thorold Rogers, pp. viii + 440 (-1-2 loose leaves for vols. 6 and 16). (12s.) 1891. 19. The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, antiquary, of Oxford, 1632-1695, described by Himself. Collected from his Diaries and other Papers, by the Rev. Andrew Clark, M.A., Vol.1. 1632-1663. With 7 illustrations, pp. xvi-t- 520. {20s.) 20. The Grey Friars in Oxford. Part I, A History of the Con- vent ; Part II, Biographical Notices of the Friars, together with Appendices of original documents. By Andrew G. Little, M. A. , pp. xvi-f372. (16s.) 1892. 21. The Life and Times of Anthony Wood [as No. 19]. Vol. II. 1664-1681. With 10 illustrations, pp. xxviii-f 576. (20s.) 22. Eeminiscences of Oxford, by Oxford men, 1559-1860. Selected and edited by Lilian M. Quiller Couch, pp. xvi-t- 430 {I'js., to members of the University los. 6d.) C 3 20 1892-93. 23. Index to Wills proved and Administrations granted in the Court of the Archdeacon of Berks, 1508-1652. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A. (Issued in conjunction with the British Record Society.) pp. viii+200. {los.) 1893. 24. Three Oxfordshire Parishes. A History of Kidlington, Yarnton, and Begbroke. By Mrs. Bryan Stapleton. With a coloured map and 2 sheet-pedigrees, pp. xx + 400. (17J., to residents in the three villages los.) 25. The History of Corpus Christi CoUege, with Lists of its Members. By Thomas Fowler, D.D., President of the College. With 3 illustrations, pp. xvi+482. {20s,, to members of Corpus 1 2s. 6d.) ^ 1894. 26. The Life and Times of Anthony Wood [as No. 19]. Vol. III. 168^-1695. With 3 illustrations, pp. xxxii + 648. (21J.) 27. The Register of Exeter College, Oxford, with a history of the College, and illustrations. By the Rev. C. W. Boase, M.A. Third edition, enlarged, pp. [8] + clxxxiv + 4oo. {Presented to the Society by the author: 15J., to members of the College 10s.) 28. The Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Prideswide at Oxford. Edited by the Rev. S. R. Wigram, M.A. With illus- trations. Vol. I. General and City Charters, pp. xx + 504 + 6 pages (loose) of corrections to vol. 24. (21^.) 1895. 29. The Early Oxford Press, a bibliography of printing and publishing at Oxford, ' 1468 '-1640. With notes, appendixes, and illustrations. By Falconer Madan, M.A., pp. xii-f-366. (Separate copies can be obtained only from the Clarendon Press, price 1 8 J. The Society can only supply it in sets.) 30. The Life and Times of Anthony Wood [as No. 1 9]. Vol. IV Addenda. With illustrations, pp. xii-h 322. (24^.) 21 1896. 31. The Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Frideswide at Oxford. Edited by the Rev. S. R. Wigram, M.A. With illus- trations. Vol II. The Chantry and Country Parish Charters, pp. xii+488 + 8 pages of additions and corrections (loose) to vol. 25. (21J.) 32. Collectanea, 3rd series, edited by Professor Montagu BtniRows. With illustrations, pp. xii+450. (211'.) (Contents : — a. Some Durham College Rolls, by Rev. H. E. D. Blakiston ; b. Parliamentary Petitions relating to Oxford, by Miss L. Toulmin Smith ; c. Poems relating to the riot between Town and Gown, i3SS,by Rev. H. Fumeaux ; Tryvytlam de laude Univ. Oxoniae, by the same ; d. Wykeham's Books at New College, by A. F. Leach ; e. Correspondence of Henry Earl of Clarendon and James Earl of Abingdon, 1683-85, by C. E. Doble ; f. Dr. Newton and Hertford College, by S. G. Hamilton ; g. Charles Earl Stanhope and the Oxford University Press, by H. Hart.) 1897. S3. A History of Pembroke College, anciently Broadgates HaU. By the Rev. Douglas Macleane, M.A. With 4 illus- trations, pp. xvi-}-544-f-4 pages of Addenda to vol. 32. (21*., to members of Pembroke 13.?.) 34. Hearne's Collections [as No. 2 above]. Vol. IV (15 Dec. 1712 — 30 Nov. 1714). Edited by D. W. Rannie, M.A., pp. x + 466 -i- [2], with a plate. ( 1 898, 2 if .) 1898. 36. Epistolae Academicae Oxon., a collection of letters and other documents illustrative of Oxford in the fifteenth century. Edited by the Rev. H. Anstey, M.A. With illustrations. Parti, pp. lii + 336. (2 If.) 36. Ditto. Part II, pp. vi + 389. (2 if.) 1899. 37. Wood's History of the City of Oxford [as No. 15 above]. Vol.111. Addenda and Indexes, vi^ith illustration, pp. x -(-476-1- [4]. (2 If., to citizens of Oxford i6f.) 38. Old Plans of Oxford, by Agas, Hollar, and Loggan. A port- folio containing 15 plates. (2if., to citizens of Oxford i6f.) 22 1900. 39. Oxford Topography, an essay by Herbert Hurst, B.A. With sketch-map, pp. viii+248. (A companion to No. 38: 21s., to citizens of Oxford 1 6s.) 40. The Life and Times of Anthony Wood [as No. 19]. Vol. V, completing the work. Indexes, pp. xvi+ 402 + [4]. (2 is.) 1901. 41. Studies in Oxford History, chiefly in the Eighteenth Centiiry, by the Rev. J. R. Green and the Rev. Geo. Roberson, edited by C. L. Stainer, M.A. With illustrations, pp. xx+ xxiv+382. (2 1 J.) 42. Hearne's Collections [as No. 2 above]. Vol. V (Dec. i, 1714- Dec. 31, 17 16). Edited by D. W. Rannie, M.A., pp. viii + 402 + [6]. (21..) 1902. 43. Hearne's Collections [as No. 2 above]. Vol. VI (Jan. 1,1717- May 8, 17 19). Edited under the superintendence of the Committee of the O. H. S. With an illustration, pp. viii + 432 + [6]. isjs.ed.) 1903. 44. The riemings in Oxford. Vol. I. Edited by the Rev. the Provost of Queen's College, pp. xxiv + 592 + [8]. (31^. 6d.) 1903-4. 45. The Ancient Kalendar of the University of Oxford. Edited by the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, pp. xxxii+294 + [8]. {31s. 6d.) 1904. 46. Oxford Silver Pennies. Edited by C. L. Stainer, M.A., pp. xlvi-[-96 + [8]. With 15 plates. {21s.) 1905. 47. Collectanea, 4th series, edited under the superintendence of the Committee of the O. H. S., pp. xii + 346. {31J. 6d.) (Contents: — a. Description of Oxford from the Hundred Rolls, ed. by Rose Graham ; 6. Oxford Church Notes, by Richard Symonds, 1643-4, ed. by Rose Graham ; c. Three Consecrations of College Chapels (Lincoln, 1631 ; Brasenose, 1666 ; Queen's, 1717), ed. by A. Clark, F. Madan, and J. R. Magrath, D.D. ;