Proverb: Testons are gone to Oxford to study in Brazen Nose, when Henry VIII. debased the coinage.
Census in Aug. 1552: Principal, 8 M.A.’s, 12 B.A.’s, 49 who had not taken a degree, including the steward and cook; in all 70 in residence.
Census in 1565/6: Principal, 31 graduates, 57 undergraduate scholars and commoners, 8 poor scholars, 5 matriculated servants: in all 102 names on the books.
Census in 1612: Principal, 21 Fellows, 29 scholars, 145 commoners, 17 poor scholars, 14 batellers and matriculated servants: in all 227 members in residence. Revenue £600 a year. (Principalship £80.)
Plate presented to the King, January 1642/3, by the College, 121lb. 2oz. 15d.
A scheme of amalgamation with Lincoln College was proposed in Oct. 1877, and on March 22, 1878, there was a meeting of both governing bodies in Brasenose Common Room; but by the end of that year the plan had come to nothing, partly owing to a vigorous pamphlet by H. E. P. Platt, Fellow of Lincoln.
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CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.
By T. Fowler, D.D., F.S.A., President of Corpus.