NEW COLLEGE

NEW COLLEGE, founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. Walter de Merton's college had so far been the only well-established society in Oxford, and was therefore known as 'the college' par excellence. Wykeham's college was therefore known as 'the new college;' a name which it has retained to the exclusion of the name the founder gave it, 'St Mary of Winton College.' Wykeham founded also Winchester College to be a school to supply his Oxford college. The hall, chapel, cloisters, bell-tower, and other buildings were on a scale hitherto unknown in Oxford, and, except at Magdalen and Christ Church, have had no rivals. The gardens are very beautiful, and are bounded by the only perfect segment of the city wall. The best-known names of members of this college are Archbishop Warham; William Waynflete, founder of Magdalen College; Henry Chichele, founder of All Souls; Bishop Ken; Sydney Smith; and Augustus Hare.