. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ons till his death hi 1404, when he wasburied in a splendid chantry in the nave ofWinchester (athedral, then lately rebuilt by scheme of Winchester and New Collegesshows that Wykeham intended them to be notmerely eleemosynary institutions, but great ec-clesiastical corporations. The buildings show agrand adaptation of the c()mmon monastic planto a different and more public At Oxford ftlie lotf
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ons till his death hi 1404, when he wasburied in a splendid chantry in the nave ofWinchester (athedral, then lately rebuilt by scheme of Winchester and New Collegesshows that Wykeham intended them to be notmerely eleemosynary institutions, but great ec-clesiastical corporations. The buildings show agrand adaptation of the c()mmon monastic planto a different and more public At Oxford ftlie lotfy cliapel and hall with gateway andmuniment towers defended from the cold windsthe large low quadrangle containing the sleeping-rooms and studies ; the cloister on one side and,. the kitchen on the other are remote from inter- W\ (Bj/ jiOTiilssion of the New ZuefArd.) vuptions. Tlicre was a large library, an audit- 1399] THE UXIVERSITIES. 317 Iooin; a brewhoiise and a bakehouse (lutside the gate ;everything, in fact, which could be needed for the variouswants of the members. The wardens residence, allowances,privileges, and provision for hospitality, are on a level with. (iilltnan ti: CV jiEKTOx colli;!;!; i,iin:AUY. those of the abbot of a wealthy monastery. Every detail ofthe life of his scholars is minutely prescribed by Wykehamsstatutes ; in fact, perfection is the note of bis whole particular coursi^ of study to bo followed within the collegeis marked out; and in this Wykeham, as the tirst founder 318 THE BLACK DEATH, AND AFTEItWAnDS. [r348 who contemplates any instruction being given to his schohxrsin college, is the founder of the Oxford tutorial sjstem, bywhich the teaching in the Faculty of Arts has been almostexclusively carried on. All recognised branches of learningwere to be encouraged at New (Jollegc : of the seventy scholars,ten were to study civil law, ten canon law, two might devotetheir tune to medicine, and two to astronomy, w
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