Chichele, the Founder of All-Souls, a Fellow of this College in Wykeham's life-time.

The LIBRARY (fituated on the eaft fide of the quadrangle) confifts of two elegant Rooms, one over the other, 70 feet long and 22 broad; both of them well furnished with books, and in the Library are fome valuable manuscripts.

From hence we pafs through the middle gate into the GARDEN-COURT, which widens by breaks as we approach the Garden. This court is feparated from the garden by an iron gate and palifade, which extend 130 feet in length, and admit of an agreeable profpect of the garden through them. In the garden is a beautiful mount well difpofed, and covered with a thick fhrubbery. Great part of the garden, as well as fome parts of the collège, is encompaffed by the city wall, which ferves as a fence, and is to be traced with its battlements and baftions along the north and fouth boundaries of the college.

At the fouth-eaft corner of the garden we enter the BOWLING-GREEN, which is neat and commodious. Oppofite to the entrance is a pavilion; on the right fowering fhrubs, and a row of elms to fhade the green; and on the left a row of fycamores, which are a great curiofity, being nearly incorporated from one end of the row to the other.

Having conducted our reader to the furtheft part of the college, we would recommend a view of the building from the garden, from whence the lower court has a very grand effect; as from thence the wings appear properly difplayed, and the whole is feen at a convenient diftance. The Perspective View. annexed was taken from the Mount.

This college was founded by William de Wykeham, a native of Wykeham in Hampshire, from whence he obtained the name of Wykeham. His extraordinary

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extraordinary integrity recommended him to the highest trust and favours of King Edward the Third. When young he was employed by that King in moft of the buildings at that time carried on by the crown, particularly in the rebuilding Windsor Castle in the magnificent form in which it now appears. He was foon advanced to fome of the moft confiderable preferments in the church, and in 1366 was confecrated Bishop of Winchester, in the 43d year of his age. His advancement in the ftate kept pace with his preferment in the church. He was conftituted Chancellor of England, Sept. 17, 1367. Froiffart fays of Wykeham, that he was fo much in favour with King Edward III. that every thing was done by him, and nothing was done without him. His munificence proceeded always from a conftant generous principle, a true spirit of liberality.

The foundation ftone was laid March 5th, 1379 and it was finished on April 14, 1386, when the Warden and Fellows took poffeffion of it. In the year following, St. Mary's College near Winchester was begun, and was finished and inhabited in the year 1393, by a Warden, ten Fellows, three Chaplains, three Clerks, and fixteen Chorifters; as also -two Mafters, and feventy Boys, out of whom a certain number were to be annually elected as a supply to New College. Both which colleges this pious and munificent Founder faw completed, making ample provision for the fupport of each, and giving them a regular and perfect body of ftatutes. And having furvived many years, he enlarged his will with coftly legacies of jewels, plate, money, and books, to be diftributed throughout the feveral diocefes in which he was preferred, or had temporal poffeffions at his deceafe. He died Sept. 27, 1404, when he was 80 years of age. Wykeham's pious

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example has occafioned many eminent perfons, chiefly fuch as had been Fellows of this Society, to be confiderable Benefactors to his munificent foundation.

The Univerfity Sermon is preached here on LadyDay and Trinity Sunday in the Chapel.

The prefent members are, the Warden, feventy Fellows, ten Chaplains, three Clerks, one Sexton, fixteen Choristers; together with feveral Gentlemen Commoners.

Vifitor. The Bishop of Winchester.

WADHAM COLLEGE.

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HIS College is fituated north of the Public Schools and Printing-Houfe; its front facing the gardens of Trinity College. It confifts chiefly of one large quadrangle, about 130 feet fquare.

The Portico, which leads to the Hall, is adorned with the statues of King James I. and Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham the Founders. The buildings of this college not having undergone any alteration fince the time of the foundation, it has a regularity and uniformity above the reft..

The Hall is a spacious Gothic Room, at the southeaft angle of the great Court; and the Library ftands on the east of the Hall.

The Chapel is a fpacious edifice, at the north-eaft angle of the fame court, and has that venerable appearance fo remarkable in the chapels at New College and Magdalen, having the Ante-chapel at right angles with the choir. What is most admired here is a very large window at the eaft end, of the Paffion of our Saviour, by Van Ling, wherein are a great variety of figures admirably done. The windows on

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