Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . were afterwaidsadded. Bps. Wilberforce and Hampden were also members of this college. Almost opposite Oriel is a lofty arch flanked with fluted Doric columns, called Canterbury Gate, It was built by Wyatt in 1778, 52 Aldens Oxford Guide. and forms the entrance to one of the small quadrangles of ChristChurch, named Canterbury Quad. (see page 67) from a collegeformerly standing on its site, founded 1363, of which Wycliffe(see Nos. 14, 20, 26, 60) was first warden, and Sir Thomas Morea student. Close to the gateway is
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . were afterwaidsadded. Bps. Wilberforce and Hampden were also members of this college. Almost opposite Oriel is a lofty arch flanked with fluted Doric columns, called Canterbury Gate, It was built by Wyatt in 1778, 52 Aldens Oxford Guide. and forms the entrance to one of the small quadrangles of ChristChurch, named Canterbury Quad. (see page 67) from a collegeformerly standing on its site, founded 1363, of which Wycliffe(see Nos. 14, 20, 26, 60) was first warden, and Sir Thomas Morea student. Close to the gateway is 25. Corpus Christi College,* founded in 1516 by Richard Fox, Bp. of Win-chester, Keeper ofthe Privy Seal toHenry VII. andHenry VIII. It was dedicated tothe honour of the mostprecious Body of ourLord Jesus Christ, ofHis most spotlessMother, and of all theSaints Patrons of theCathedral Churches ofWinchester, Durham,Bath and Wells, andExeter. Bishop Foxs originaldesign was to erecta seminary for eightmonks of St. Swith-uns Priory in Win-chester, with a fewsecular scholars. But. CO;.PUS COLLEGE. this plan was altered, it is said at the suggestion of Hugh Oldham, Bp. of Exeter,who remonstrated thus: What, my lord ! shall we build houses and providelivelihoods for a company of buzzing monks, whose end and fall we ourselvesmay live to see? No, no ! it is more meet a great deal, that we should have careto provide for the increase of learning, and lor such as by their learning shall dogood in the church and commonwealth. Bishop Oldham followed up this advice * Some important additions were made- to this College in 1885, by the erection of newbuildings on the opposite side oi the way, at the corner of Grove-street, at a coSt of aboutj£,_from theoriginal of Mr. T. G. Jackson. Corpus Christi College, 53 by giving 6,000 marks towards the building of Corpus Christi College. Thisinstitution was the first in Oxford in which anyregular provision was mad
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