See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

ANTHONY See also:

• A2(z)

A2 See also:

• ANTHONY A2 WOOD (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

WOOD (1632-1695)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary, was the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood (1580-1643), B.C.L. of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, where See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 17th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1632 . He was sent to New See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College school in 1641, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve was removed to the See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school at Thame, where his studies were interrupted by See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war skirmishes . He was then placed under the tuition of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• EDWARD

Edward (1627-1655), of Trinity College; and, as he tells us, " while he continued in this See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition his See also:

• MOTHER

mother would alwaies be soliciting him to be an apprentice which he could never endure to heare of." He was entered at Merton College in 1647, and made postmaster . In 1652 he amused himself with ploughing and See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell-ringing, 2 In the See also:

• LIFE

Life he speaks of himself and his See also:

• FAMILY

family as Wood or a Wood, the last See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form being a pedantic return to old usage adopted by himself . A See also:

• PEDIGREE

pedigree is given in See also:

• CLARK, FRANCIS EDWARD (1851- )
• CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS (1752—1818)
• CLARK, JOHN BATES (1847— )
• CLARK, JOSIAH LATIMER (1822—1898)
• CLARK, SIR ANDREW
• CLARK, SIR JAMES (1788—1870)
• CLARK, THOMAS (1801—1867)
• CLARK, WILLIAM (1770-1838)
• CLARK, WILLIAM GEORGE (1821—1878)

Clark's edition . and " having had from his most See also:

• TENDER

tender years an extraordinary ravishing delight in See also:

• MUSIC

music," began to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach himself the See also:

• VIOLIN

violin, and was examined for the degree of B.A . He engaged a music-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and obtained permission to use the Bodleian, " which he took to be the happiness of his life." He was admitted M.A. in 1655, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year published a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of sermons by his See also:

• LATE

late brother Edward . He began systematically to copy monumental See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions and to See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for antiquities in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and neighbourhood . He went through the See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church registers, " at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time being resolved to set himself to the study of antiquities." Dr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• WALLIS, JOHN (1616-1703)

Wallis, the keeper, allowed him free See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the university registers in 166o; " here he layd the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of that See also:

• BOOK

book which was fourteen years afterwards published, viz . Hist. et Antiq . Univ . Oxon." He also came to know the Oxford collections of See also:

• BRIAN (926-1014)

Brian Twyne to which he was greatly indebted .

He steadily investigated the muniments of all the colleges, and in 1667 made his first See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he visited See also:

• DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM (16o5-1686)

Dugdale, who introduced him into the Cottonian library, and See also:

• PRYNNE, WILLIAM (1600-1669)

Prynne showed him the same civility for the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower records . On See also:

• OCTOBER

October 22, 1669, he was sent for by the delegates of the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, " that whereas he had taken a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal of paines in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing the Hist. and Antiq. of the Universitie of Oxon, they would for his paines give him an See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo li. for his copie, conditionally, that he would suffer the book to be translated into Latine." He accepted the offer and set to See also:

• WORK

work to prepare his English MS. for the translators, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Peers and Richard See also:

• REEVE (O. E. gerefa)
• REEVE, CLARA (1729–1807)
• REEVE, HENRY (1813–1895)

Reeve, both appointed by Dr See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

Fell, See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of Christ Church, who under-took the expense of See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing . In 1674 appeared Historia et antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis, handsomely reprinted " e Theatro Sheldoniano," in two See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio volumes, the first devoted to the university in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and the second to the colleges . Copies were widely distributed, and university and author received much praise . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• BARLOW, JOEL (1754-1812)
• BARLOW, PETER (1776-1862)
• BARLOW, SIR GEORGE HILARO (1762-1847)

Barlow told a correspondent that " not only the Latine but the See also:

• HISTORY

history itself is in many things ridiculously false" (Genuine Remains, 1693, p.183) . In 1678 the university registers which had been in his custody for eighteen years were removed, as it was feared that he would be implicated in the Popish See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot . To relieve himself from suspicion he took the oaths of supremacy and See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance . During this time he had been gradually completing his great work, which was produced by a London publisher in 1692—2692, 2 vols. folio, Athenae Oxonienses: an Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their See also:

• EDUCATION

Education in the University of Oxford from 1500 to 1690, to which are added the See also:

• FASTI

Fasti, or See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals for the said time . On the 29th of See also:

• JULY

July 1693 he was condemned in the See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor's See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court for certain libels against the late See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon, fined, banished from the university until he recanted, and the offending pages burnt . The proceedings were printed in a volume of Miscellanies published by See also:

• CURLL, EDMUND (1675-1747)

Curll in 1714 . Wood was attacked by Bishop See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter to the Bishop of See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield and See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry (1693, 4to), and defended by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew Dr Thomas Wood, in a Vindication of the Historiographer, to which is added the Historiographer's See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

Answer (1693), 4to, reproduced in the subsequent See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the Athenae . The nephew also defended his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle in An Appendix to the Life of Bishop See also:

• SETH
• SETH (Egyptian Set, Sth~~~{{{or Sts)
• SETH (I* according to Dillmann, " setting " or " slip "; Septuagint, Philo and New Testament, fie, but r Chron. i. 1 Ells in A ; Josephus, EfjOor, Vulg. Seth)

Seth See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward, 1697, 8vo .

After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short illness he died on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1695, and was buried in the See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of St John Baptist (Merton College), in Oxford, where he superintended the digging of his own See also:

• GRAVE

grave but a few days before . He is described as " a very strong lusty See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, " of uncouth See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, not so See also:

• DEAF

deaf as he pretended, of reserved and See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper-See also:

• ATE

ate habits, not avaricious and a despiser of honours . He received neither See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office nor See also:

• REWARD

reward from the university which owed so much to his labours . He never married, and led a life of self-denial, entirely devoted to antiquarian See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . Bell-ringing and music were his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief relaxations . His See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is poor, and his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste and See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment are frequently warped by See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice, but his two great See also:

• WORKS

works and unpublished collections form a priceless source of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information on Oxford and her worthies . He was always suspected of being a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, and invariably treated See also:

• JACOBITES (from Lat. Jacobus, James)

Jacobites and Papists better than Dissenters in the Athenae, but he died in communion with the Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Wood's See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript (See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by the Bodleian in 1846) was first published by John Gutch as The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford, with a See also:

• CON

con-tinuation (1786-1790, 2 vols . 4to), and The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford (1792-1796, 3 vols . 4to), with portrait of Wood . To these should be added The Antient and See also:

• PRESENT

Present See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of the City of Oxford, chiefly collected by A. a Wood, with additions by the Rev . See also:

• SIR

Sir J .

Peshall (1773, 4to; the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text is garbled and the editing very imperfect) . An admirable edition of the Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661–66 by AnthonyWood, edited by See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Clark, was issued by the Oxford See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society (1889-1899, 3 vols . 8vo) . Modius Salium, a Collection of Pieces of See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

Humour, chiefly See also:

• ILL

ill-natured See also:

• PERSONAL

personal stories, was published at Oxford in 1751, 12m0 . Some letters between See also:

• AUBREY, JOHN (1626-1697)

Aubrey and Wood were given in the See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine (3rd See also:

• SER

ser., ix. x. xi.) . Wood consulted Dr See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson about getting a third volume of the Athenae printed in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, saying, " When this volume comes out I'll make you laugh again " (Relig . Hearnianae, i . 59) . This was included in a second edition of the Athenae published by R . Knaplock and J . See also:

• TONSON

Tonson in 1721 (2 vols. folio), " very much corrected and enlarged, with the addition of above 500 new lives." The third appeared as " a new edition, with additions, and a continuation by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON (1833– )

Bliss" (1813–1820, 4 vols . 4to) .

The Ecclesiastical History Society proposed to bring out a fourth edition, which stopped at the Life, ed. by Bliss (1848, 8vo; see Gent . Mag., N.S., See also:

• XXIX

xxix . 135, 268) . Dr Bliss's inter-leaved copy is in the Bodleian, and Dr Griffiths announced in 1859 that a new edition was contemplated by the Press, and asked for additional See also:

• MATTER

matter (see Notes and Queries, 2nd ser., vii . 514, and 6th ser., vi . 5, 51) . Wood bequeathed his library (127 See also:

• MSS

MSS. and 970 printed books) to the Ashmolean Museum, and the keeper, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Huddesford, printed a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of the MSS. in 1761 . In 1858 the whole collection was transferred to the Bodleian, where 25 volumes of Wood's MSS. had been since 169o . Many of the original papers from which the Athenae was written, as well as several large volumes of Wood's See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence and all his diaries, are in the Bodleian . We are intimately acquainted with the most See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute particulars of Wood's life from his Diaries (1657–1695) and autobiography; all earlier editions are now superseded by the elaborate work of Andrew Clark, The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, Antiquary, of Oxford, 1632–1695, described by himself (Oxford Historical Society, 1891–1900, 5 vols . 8vo) . See also Reliquiae Hearnianae, ed .

Bliss (2nd ed., 1869, 3 vols . 12mo) ; See also:

• HEARNE, SAMUEL (1745–1792)
• HEARNE, THOMAS (1678-1735)

Hearne's Remarks and Collections (Oxford Historical Society, 1885–1907), vols. i.-viii.; Macray's Annals of the Bodleian Library (2nd ed., 189o) ; See also:

• NICHOLS, JOHN (1745–1826)

Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, i, iv. v. viii . ; See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble's Biogr . History of England, i . (H . R .