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Dorothy Wadham (/ ˈ w ɒ d ə m /; née Petre) (1534/1535 – 16 May 1618) was an English landowner and the founder of Wadham College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Wadham was the first woman who was not a member of the royal family or titled aristocracy to found a college at Oxford or Cambridge. [1]
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The college was founded by Dorothy Wadham (née Petre) in 1610, [7] according to the wishes set out in the will of her husband Nicholas Wadham.Over four years, she gained royal and ecclesiastical support for the new college, negotiated the purchase of a site, appointed the West Country architect William Arnold, drew up the college statutes, and appointed the first warden, fellows, scholars ...
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The lease book of Oxford Council in 1607 stated "Thomas Franklyn has licence to set up an inn with the sign of the King's Arms". [5] Franklyn's choice of the name refers to King James I (reigned 1603–1625), who was involved with Wadham College, immediately to the north.
Ethan Crumbley will be sentenced Friday for the shooting at Oxford High School in 2021. A judge ruled he can face life in prison without parole despite his age. ... The 17-year-old who killed four ...
By 1836, the building was being used for purposes beyond concerts, including auctions and exhibitions. During the 1870s, the Oxford Philharmonic Society would give weekly concerts. In 1910, the building was leased by the Oxford University Musical Union, and John Henry Mee wrote his essay The Oldest Music Room in Europe the following year. [ 6 ]