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1. archive.british-history.ac.uk › vch › oxonWadham College | British History Online

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   Jul 4, 2024 · WADHAM COLLEGE Circumstances Of The Foundation. Nicholas Wadham, the founder of this college, was born in 1532 of a good Somerset family of Merifield, near Ilminster, and was educated at Oxford, at either Corpus Christi or Christ Church.

2. www.wadham.ox.ac.uk › about › history-archivesHistory & Archives - Wadham College, Oxford

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   History in Brief. Wadham College was founded in 1610 in the reign of King James I by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham. Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Somerset family, died in 1609 leaving his fortune to endow a college at Oxford.

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   Jul 20, 2024 · The college was founded by Nicholas Wadham who died in 1609 but whose intentions were carried out by Dorothy (Petre) his widow. The buildings were begun on the site of the former house of Austin Friars, in April 1610 and finished in July 1613; the society was founded in 1612.

4. www.cabinet.ox.ac.uk › wadham-college-1610-13Wadham College, 1610-13 | cabinet - University of Oxford

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   'Wadham is the only college [in Oxford] which was built all at one go and has remained virtually unchanged since....' (or at least had when Sherwood and Pevsner first published their survey of Oxfordshire in 1974).

5. historicengland.org.uk › listing › the-listWADHAM COLLEGE, Non Civil Parish - 1001293 - Historic England

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   Wadham College was founded by Dorothy Wadham (the wife of Nicholas Wadham, d 1609; together they are regarded as joint founders) in 1610, when building was begun, and completed by 1613. It was built just outside the city walls on the site of an Augustinian friary which had gone by the late C16, when the site seems to have been given over to ...

6. oac.web.ox.ac.uk › wadham-collegeWadham College | Oxford College Archives - oac.web.ox.ac.uk

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   Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, a childless husband and wife from the West country, where he was a prominent landowner. Dorothy was from an Essex family. There is a pedigree in Jackson’s Wadham College.

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   Who founded Wadham College?

   • Wadham College was founded in 1610 in the reign of King James I by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham. Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Somerset family, died in 1609 leaving his fortune to endow a college at Oxford. The hard work of translating intentions into reality fell on his widow, Dorothy, a formidable woman of 75.

   History & Archives - Wadham College, Oxford

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   Where can I find information about Wadham College?

   • Address: Wadham College, Oxford, OX1 3PN E-mail: archivist@wadham.ox.ac.uk Web: www.wadham.ox.ac.uk Phone: 01865 277900 Secondary sources: T G Jackson, Wadham College, (1893) (an authoritative historical starting point, available online); Joseph Wells, Wadham College, (1898) - especially valuable on the buildings;

   Wadham College | Oxford College Archives

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   What is Wadham College Archive?

   • Wadham’s archive largely comprises internal college documents, and records of college estates, of which the largest collection were in Essex. A catalogue of the Muniments of Wadham College was produced by Lawrence Stone for the National Register of Archives in 1962, and reproduced in limited numbers.

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   Does Jackson's Wadham College have a pedigree?

   • There is a pedigree in Jackson’s Wadham College. The archive largely comprises internal college documents, and records of college estates, of which the largest collection were in Essex. A catalogue of the Muniments of Wadham College was produced by Lawrence Stone for the National Register of Archives in 1962, and reproduced in limited numbers.

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8. www.oxocn.org.uk › colleges › wadham-collegeWadham College - oxocn.org.uk

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   The college was founded by Dorothy Wadham in 1613, using money left by her husband Nicholas Wadham for the purpose of endowing an Oxford college.