Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . ho studied in this house were Sir Thomas More(whose portrait after Holbein adorns the Hall), and George Sandys the St. Mary Hall is its parent society,—24. Oriel College, founded by King Edward II., at the suggestion of hisalmoner, Adam deBrome,onthei2thApril, 1326. TheKing bestowed onthe society a largemessuage knownas La Oriole,whence the presentname of the collegeis derived.* Thecollege was incor-porated in 1603by letters patentof King James Hall was builtdining hALL. oriel COLLEGE. in 1637,
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . ho studied in this house were Sir Thomas More(whose portrait after Holbein adorns the Hall), and George Sandys the St. Mary Hall is its parent society,—24. Oriel College, founded by King Edward II., at the suggestion of hisalmoner, Adam deBrome,onthei2thApril, 1326. TheKing bestowed onthe society a largemessuage knownas La Oriole,whence the presentname of the collegeis derived.* Thecollege was incor-porated in 1603by letters patentof King James Hall was builtdining hALL. oriel COLLEGE. in 1637, and has since been restored and improved. It is entered by an embattledportico approached by a flight of steps. Over the entrance arestatues of the Virgin and Child, with those of Kings Edward III., in canopied niches under a semi-circular pediment. The * Oriol is an old French word meaning any portiro, recess, or small room which wasmore private and better ornamented than the rest of the building. It is derived from theLatin aureolum, gilded, ornamented with Oriel College. 51 room is of noble proportions, and its oaken roof is one of the finest in Oxford; on the walls are several portraits of eminent persons connected with the college, including Edward II., Sir Walter Raleigh, Queen Anne, Bp. Butler, &c. There are also some elegant specimens of ancient art, in the shape of two drinking cups, one said to have been the gift of Edward II., the other a cocoa-nut in silver gilt, presented by Bishop Carpenter in the 15th century. The Chapel (adjoining the Hall to the S.) was completed in 1642. It has been altered at various dates, most recently in 1884-5 by Mr. T. G. Jackson, and a new E. window added in memory of the late Provost. The Library, designed in the Ionic order by Wvatt, 17S8, is on the X. side of the second quadrangle, on the site of an older room originally erected in 1444. It contains many rare books, including the Parliamentary Records and other works
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