. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . ally restored on the S. side ofthe Lady Chapel, probably their original position. St. Frideswides Priorywas finally surrendered to Henry VIII in 1522, and by him transferred toCardinal Wolsey, then at the zenith of his prosperity. The eminent prelatehad resolved to found an institution to be called Cardinals College,where the new learning should be cultivated in the service of the oldChurch, on a scale of magnificence quite unparalleled. The first stone ofWolseys College was laid July 16, 1525, but the
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . ally restored on the S. side ofthe Lady Chapel, probably their original position. St. Frideswides Priorywas finally surrendered to Henry VIII in 1522, and by him transferred toCardinal Wolsey, then at the zenith of his prosperity. The eminent prelatehad resolved to found an institution to be called Cardinals College,where the new learning should be cultivated in the service of the oldChurch, on a scale of magnificence quite unparalleled. The first stone ofWolseys College was laid July 16, 1525, but the completion of this grandproject was prevented by his attainder in 1529. Henry VIII then took pos-session of all the revenues which had been appropriated to Wolseys design,and in 1532 founded a college here which he named King Henry VHIsCollege. In 1546, having created the bishopric of Oxford, first established atOsney Abbey in the western suburb, he connected the new see with his recentlyfounded college, naming it Eccleaia Christi CathedralU Oxoniense,— The Christ Church Cathedra!. 69. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, LOOKING E. 70 Aldens Oxford Guide. Cathr-dral Church of Christ in Oxford. Christ Church is therefore an instance,without parallel, of the union of a cathedral and a collegiate foundation. Itsproper title being ^^.des Christi (not Collegium), it is never styled College,but is spoken of In* its members as The House. A curious illustration of itsmixed constitution is afforded by the fact that although the diocesan is knownas Hishop of Oxford, one never hears of the Dean of Oxford or the Canons ofOxford, but they are always described as the Dean and Canons of Christ Church. Architecturally the Cathedral is a type of the transition between the Xorman and Early English styles ; but traces of the earlier Saxon church have recently been brought to light at the E. end, and Mr. Park Harrison has shown the probability that at least in the Choir we have some of the pre-Norman work
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