Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . ster, burnt in fg^ wood by Mr. Griffith ; also bustsHJfta king Alfred and William Pitt. In the grounds to the rear, a housefor the Master has recently beenbuilt; also a new tutorial resi-dence adjoining the library, 1889.Re-entering the High-street,we pass a block of building at theW. extremity of the front, addedin 1S43 from a design by the lateSir C. Barry ; and on the oppositeside of the street is 19. All Souls College,founded in 1438 by Henry all souls coll. & st marys church. Chichele, of Higham Fer-rers, North
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Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . ster, burnt in fg^ wood by Mr. Griffith ; also bustsHJfta king Alfred and William Pitt. In the grounds to the rear, a housefor the Master has recently beenbuilt; also a new tutorial resi-dence adjoining the library, 1889.Re-entering the High-street, we pass a block of building at theW. extremity of the front, addedin 1S43 from a design by the lateSir C. Barry ; and on the oppositeside of the street is 19. All Souls College, founded in 1438 by Henry all souls coll. & st marys church. Chichele, of Higham Fer-rers, Northamptonshire, one of the original Fellows of New College(12), afterwards Abp. of Canterbury, whose statue, with that ofHenry VI., adorns the tower beneath which we enter. It is styled in the charter, The College of all the Souls of the faithfuldeparted, and especially the souls of Henry V., King of England and France, and of the faithful subjects of the realm who died in the French wars ; and wasfounded for one warden, forty fellows, two chaplains, three clerks, and three. All Souls College. 41 choristers. There are now four Bible-clerks, who are the only undergraduatesat All Souls ; the fellowships being filled up by election from other colleges.By the founders statutes preference in election of members was given to thosecandidates who should prove themselves to be of his kin ; but this restrictionhas been abolished ; and by the new statutes of May, 1SS2, provision is madefor fifty fellowships, of which several are tenable only in connection with Uni-versity professorships or other offices. Chichele spent, beside the cost of thesite, a sum of ^4, 545 15.W $d. in the buildings of this First Quadrangle and, theoriginal refectory. It is worthy of notice that this quadrangle retains its pristinefeatures, its relative proportions never having been altered as at New College(12) by the addition of a third storey. On the N. side stands the Chapel, a good specimen of latePerpendicular wor