Archives Exhibition - 18th Century

New College Archives are doing weekly exhibitions, showcasing some of our amazing documents - one century at a time. 

This week's featured documents from the 18th century. 

It features: 

  • Benefactions Book
  • Bedford School Legal Cases from 1718
  • New College in 1732 by William Williams
  • Long Book 1750
  • The Chapel West Window - Reynolds et al
  • An old book with a drawn crest
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    An 18th-century record of gifts to the College (benefactions)

  • Old handwritten text
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    One of the legal cases of Bedford School - one of many schools the College had a hand in governing

  • Old hand-drawn layout of the New College grounds
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    An engraving of the College grounds in 1732

  • Old list of accounts
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    Annual accounts of the College

  • Sketch design of a stained glass window
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    A design for the west window in the Chapel by Sir Joshua Reynolds

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