. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . St. Johns CoIIe§:e. 9S. 96 Aldens Oxford Guide. At the dissolution of monasteries, Henry \^III presented the house to ChristChurch. The latter society conveyed it in 1555 to Sir Thomas White, anative of Rickmansworth, knight and alderman of the city of London, bywhom, under a licence granted by King Philip and ()ueen Mary, it wasdevoted as a College for the study of Sacred Theology, Philosophy, and GoodArts, to the praise and honour of God, the Virgin Mary, and St. John theBaptist. White was a clothier
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . St. Johns CoIIe§:e. 9S. 96 Aldens Oxford Guide. At the dissolution of monasteries, Henry \^III presented the house to ChristChurch. The latter society conveyed it in 1555 to Sir Thomas White, anative of Rickmansworth, knight and alderman of the city of London, bywhom, under a licence granted by King Philip and ()ueen Mary, it wasdevoted as a College for the study of Sacred Theology, Philosophy, and GoodArts, to the praise and honour of God, the Virgin Mary, and St. John theBaptist. White was a clothier, anl a benefactor of Merchant Taylors School,whence many of the scholars of St. Johns are elected. Entering the hoary gateway, under the old slatueof St. Bernard,we find ourselves in the First or original Quadrangle. On ourleft is the Hall, the ancient refectory of St. Bernards, built 1502,btit completely metamorphosed in the Georgian period. It con-tains portraits of the Founder, Abps. Laud and Juxon, Sir WalterRaleigh, King George III, &:c. Over the fireplace is a singularpicture of St. John Baptist, sta
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