Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850 by Various
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Where did William of Wykeham get the wealth with which he built and
endowed New College, Oxon, and St. Mary's, Winchester; and rebuilt Winchester Cathedral? What are the present incomes of New College, and St Mary's, Winchester? Is there a copy of the Statutes of these colleges in the British Museum, or in any other public library? W.H.C. April 22, 1850. _Richard Baxter's Descendants_.--Can any of your correspondents inform me of the whereabouts of the descendants of the celebrated Richard Baxter? He was a Northamptonshire man, but I think his family removed into some county in the west. W.H.B. _Passage in St. Peter_.--Besides the well-known passage in the _Tempest_, what _Christian_ writers have used any kindred expression to 2 Pet. iii. 10.? J. SANSOM. 8. Park Place, Oxford, June 1. 1850. _Juice-cups_.--Is it beneath the dignity of "NOTES AND QUERIES" to admit an inquiry respecting the philosophy and real effect of placing an |
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