MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.) William Bromley, Esquire of the Royal Court and one of the
Burgesses of the University of Oxford, gave an original gold
medal struck to commemorate the coronation of Her Majesty
Queen Anne on 23 April 1702. See the Vice-Chancellor's
Catalogue, no. 341.
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.) George Clarke LLD, Fellow of All Souls College and several
times Member of Parliament for this University had, in Queen
Anne's reign, the post of Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.
Being deeply appreciative of beautifully made objects, he
commissioned a model of a warship with all its masts, sails and
rigging, and resolved that it should be anchored in this safe
harbour. Here it is only right to remember William Lee Esq. who
made the little ship so beautifully.
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.) Thomas Nelson MA, Fellow of University College, gave a gold
coin from the reign of Queen Anne which is worth five guineas.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Anne Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, represented as Jupiter the Thunderer, succeeded 23 April 1702. Given by William Bromley Esq., Member of Parliament for the University of Oxford.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Anne, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland. On the reverse, a radiant heart below a diadem; QUIS SEPARABIT within a crown of cords mingled with roses. In the Dean's Cab.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Queen Anne. On the reverse, Pallas in armour, holding a spear in her right hand and a shield in her left moulded with a Gorgon.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Queen Anne. On the reverse in one part Britannia sits on a globe (or so it appears), holding a spear in her right hand and in her left a Victory, at whom, from the other side, a prisoner looks, seated upon the spoils, his hands tied behind his back.
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 363 Oratio Dominica intra ambitum Denarij Angl. conscripta cum benedictione Annæ Reginæ. per T. Baker. The Lord's Prayer, written around the edge of an English penny, with a blessing on Queen Anne. By T. Baker.
A Catalogue of the Benefactors to the Anatomy Schoole in Oxon. (Rawlinson Q.e. 36) Mr John Withers gave
A Piece of scering Glass.
A Medall of Queen Anne upon the Taking of the
Vigo Fleet
A Medal of Lewis the Great relating to the Lea
tory, on the Reverse of wch TOL eraria let cives.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) - A. 2.
Numisma Inaugurale ANNÆ REGINÆ Magnæ
Britanniæ.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) - 11.
Radiated Providence Muscle. Cat. 588. Mr. John
Graves Her Majesty's Collector of those Parts, brought me
this Shell from that Island.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 53. The Survey of the Mannor of Leedes, 9 Jac. I. when it was
Part of Q. Anne's Jointure. Generalis supervisio manerii de Leedes
& omnium &
singulorum terrarum, tenementorum, redituum, exituum
& membrorum ejusdem
manerii, &c. capt. apud Leedes & Prænobilis
Gilbertus comes
Salopiæ, capitalis Seneschallus Curiæ Dnǣ Reginæ ma
nerii
predict.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 178. An excellent Answer to Priestcraft in Perfection; by the
learned
and pious Rich. Thornton Esq; late Recorder of Leedes. Also his
Reasons for taking the
Oaths to Her Majesty Qu. Anne.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) This reminds me of another Branch of the Curiosities that I be
gun to collect of late
Years, viz. Original Letters, and other
Matters of the proper
Hand Writing of Persons of all Ranks, emi
nent in their Generations. It begins with the
Kings of England, and
contains the Signs Manual of K. Hen. 5, Hen. 6, Edw.
4, Rich. 3, and
Hen. 7. K. Henry the 8th, Queen Katharine Par's Letter
to the Admi
ral, K. Edw. the 6th's to the said Queen; the entire
Letter of his own
Writing, so one of his Sister the Lady Elizabeth's, both delicately
writ: Qu. Elizabeth's
Original Instructions for the Lord Evre, War
den of the middle
Marshes. Mary Queen of Scots, when
Prisoner in
Yorkeshire; K. James the 6th
of Scotland, the same when King of Eng
land; his Daughter Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia: K. Charles the Ist's
Letter to the said Queen;
the Commeatus for Sir John Burrough,
Garter:
K. Charles II. when in Exile (to the Provost of Edinburgh); and after
his Restoration: His Order for erecting a
Monument in Westminster-
Abbey for K. Edw. 5, and his Brother, whose murdered Corps were
then discovered at the Tower.
Prince Rupert, James Duke of Yorke,
the
same when King of England; William-Henry Prince of Orange, King
Will. 3. Qu. Mary 2. and her present Majesty
Qu. Anne, whom God
long preserve; Prince George, Duke of Glocester, and Princess Sophia,
to the Bishop of Sarum.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) The Original Charters of Edward I. King of England, to William de
Vescy; and of John King of Scotland to John de
Insula, under the
Great Seals of their respective Kingdoms. Letters Patents of K.
Rich. 2.
K. Henry 8. with this
additional Inscription upon the Seal, In terris
Supremi Capitis
Ecclesie Anglicane; which Title was also recognized by
the Clergy, as appeareth
by an Indenture of Rob. Prior of Nostell.
Queen Elizabth's with the Great Seal of England; and another with
that of the Dutchy of Lancaster. K. James I. and his Consort Queen
Anne. K. Charles I. and II. Only those of K.
Rich. 2. and Jac. I.
have lost the
Seals. Of the Royal Family, here are Charters of Edm.
Earl of Lancaster (second Son of K. Hen. 3.) and John, Constable of Eng
land, and Regent of
France (third Son of K. Hen. 4.) Of the
ancient
Nobility, Alice Lascy's (Lacy)
Confirmation of Aberford Mills, the Ori
ginal of that mentioned by
Dr. Kennet (Par. Ant. p. 280.) sealed with
three Garbs, An. 1274. Johan de Warenne Counte de Surr. a
toutes, &c.
de la vile de Wakefeud, 7 Ed. I. The
Arms Checkie.
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) - 75 One Medal of
William and Mary, and 4 of Queen Anne 5
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) - 76 Two Medals of Queen
Anne and 2 of George I. 4
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) - 78 One Half-penny, and 2 Farthings of Queen
Anne 3
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) - 115
Lewis XIV. William III. and Queen Mary, Queen Ann,
the Emperors Joseph and Charles VI. &c. 16
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) - 209 Queen Ann, a Vigo Crown, Half Crown, Shilling, Six-
pence,
Four-pence, Three pence, Two-pence, Penny,
and 3 Shillings 11
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) - 218 Sundry English and Scotch Coins from Charles II. to
Queen Ann inclusive, 40, 20, 10, and 5 Penny Pieces
23
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) - 89 three Letters and Signatures of King
James
II.- four
ditto of King William- Two ditto of Queen Anne
- Two ditto of King George I. and a Letter from
his
late Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Whales to Queen
Caroline
London in 1710, from the travels of Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach This palace has three courtyards, of which the
two first are tolerably large, but with poor old buildings. They are not unlike an
ancient Oxford college, although a great deal is
made of them in the Délices d' Angleterre, where they say
that two kings might well be lodged in these quadrangles. The back courtyard was
built by King William III in brick; it is
square and not very large, with small buildings. In it are
several yews and a
fountain. Behind this courtyard is the great garden, semi-circular in form; it is
flat and consists entirely of gazons, though there are some elegant statues of metal
and alabaster, of which one, representing a gladiatorem, is matchless. They say that
it formerly stood in the park in London. To the
right of the house is another large garden divided into two parts. In it are the
orangeries—that is to say, two large and one smaller one with numbers of handsome
plants, among which we saw two flourishing aloes twenty-four years old. They had,
indeed, a tolerable quantity of yellow blossoms, but, since they lacked sufficient
care and warmth, the stem was barely two ells high. In the smaller garden opposite
the water is a small building called the banquetin or summer-house, under which
there is a pheasantry. On the left hand of the main building is another section of
menageries, consisting entirely of hedges and paths, star-shaped, with several walks
meeting at a single point. On both sides are two mazes, one in the form of a circle
and the other of a triangle. This was the largest and best. We saw in the garden
various wooden rollers made of thick trunks of oak, which are used to roll the lawns
when they have been mown. After we had seen enough of the garden we went into the
house and first looked at the staircase, so elegantly painted by Vario with all manner of tales from Roman history.
The anteroom for the guards was ornamented with arms like that at Windsor.
Then we came to several rooms tolerably, though scarce
magnificently, furnished, many of them having elegant
studies of flowers over the
doors.
We also observed a special kind of barometer and thermometer in the form of a
clock, which are made by TomsonTompion.[*]Von
Uffenbach evidently meant to write Tompion, 1638-1713; see earlier note.
Tomson
Tompion
the London
watchmaker worked fifty years later.
In King William's apartment there were
two cupboards full of miniatures and carvings, and above some books.
On the walls hung two excellent pen-and-ink sketches of Marly and Meudon.
We were also shown several lacquered block-houses, which are said to be a present from the Great Mogul.
Then we were taken into the so-called Hall of Triumph, because in it hang nine great paintings
representing the triumph of Julius Caesar, with
the words: Veni, vidi, vici. They were painted by
Julio Romano, Andrea Mantegna or Montagnia, with matchless elegance and tolerable delicacy of execution,
especially as far as the garments are concerned.
Opening out of this room is the
gallery in which hang the seven famous paintings of
Raphael Urbino. They consist entirely of Bible stories from the Acts of
the Apostles. On the second picture is the following inscription: P. Sergius Paulus
Asiae Pro
Cos.
Christianam fidem
amplectitur
Pauli praedicatione.
The woman who
was showing us round assured us that the King of
France once offered thrice a
hundred thousand pounds sterling for these seven paintings.
Next we walked through
some rooms which are not yet finished. On the ceiling of one of them was a painting
of the Queen.
In the last was a great painting
of the antlers of a stag, below which the following words were to be read:
Le vray Portrait du Cerf dans le Chateau d'Amboise en France.
Lequel a onze pieds de hauteur & neuf de largeur & cinq pieds & demy
d'Espace entre les deux branches.
Downstairs we saw two small rooms with about sixty
superbly fine paintings. Among them were several excellent
perspective-pieces and also a vastly elegant and well-painted picture of Christ and St
John as two small children.
There was also an incomparable night-scene on
the door. They say that these paintings were collected by King William.
After this we were taken into a room of moderate
size in which are to be seen paintings of the nine so-called Beauties of England or Dames of Queen Mary. They are all done life-size but are remarkable neither for
beauty of appearance nor for the execution of the artist. Madame
Kent is the best of all.
When we had seen all the sights of the palace we
went to get a meal and then drove in the afternoon to RICHMONTRichmond, which lies on a fairly high hill in truly agreeable country by
the Thames, though the prospect from Hampstead is yet more charming. The spring, the
Assembly Room and other public rooms for those taking the waters lie rather low down
in the direction of the town and are most elegant buildings. The place itself is
tolerably pleasant. One can take one's diversion here, as in all such places and
medicinal springs in England, and the life is
fairly unconstrained. We remained here so long that we set off for London quite late in the evening in considerable
terror of being robbed. For the footpads know that people return to London very late from such places, so the roads are
very unsafe. It is no small scandal that in so mighty a realm and such a capital one
can feel no security even in the vicinity of the town. It is even the less to be wondered at since such robberies take
place at night in the town itself and even in
the neighbourhood of St James' Palace.
British Curiosities in Nature and Art (1713)
Cotton Library] In the passage
from Westminster-Hall,
to the Abby, where
are a curious Collection of Ancient choice manuscript Vollumes: done mostly on
Vellum, collected by Sir Robert
Cotton; and is by Act of Parliament, made a publick
Library. With Medals and other Curiosities.
The Palace] (where Queen Anne was Born 1664.) and Chapel of St. James. Here in the great Court, is a Whales Rib, in length about 21 Foot and 21 Inches in Breadth or
Diameter in the thickest part; and at White-Hall, the Banqueting-House, and Statue of King James II. in
Brass, with the Dial in Privy-Garden, are
observable.
The Duke of Montague's House] is also very
remarkable for curious Finishing and Furniture.
Shells, Insects, a Coffee-tree with Berries, &c.] A curious Collection at Dr. Sloan’s, in Bloomsbury-Square.