Category: History - British

The Grey Friars in Oxford

The object of this work is to give an account of the outward life of the Franciscans. This might be fairly taken to include the whole activity of the friars with the exception of their contribution to scholastic philosophy; for that clearly forms a subject by itself. But even...

Chapters

27. Part III, according to the scheme drawn up in the Prologue[1466], was to

i. De potestate papae et cleri; ii. De potestate et juribus Romani Imperii; iii. De gestis Johannis XXII; iv. De gestis Domini Ludovici de Bavaria; v. De gestis Benedicti XII; v...

29. Part II.

[528] Ibid. 220 seq. (full analysis of the speech). The original is printed in Edw. Brown’s Fascic. Rer. Expetend. (1695), Vol. II, under the title, _Defensorium Curatorum_. A s...

21. CHAPTER II.

The following sixty-seven names are classed together under a separate heading simply because they are found in a list in an old manuscript. The list is evidently intended to inc...

22. CHAPTER III.

=Agnellus= or =Angnellus of Pisa= was custodian of Paris before becoming first Provincial of England[1204]. He is said to have been made Provincial by St. Francis in 1219[1205];...

30. Book II attributes these _quaestiones_ to ‘Doctor canonicus magister

[1447] Lambeth MS. 221 (sec. xiv), fol. 308 b; among ‘modern Oxonians,’ singled out for special praise, is ‘Occam inceptor in theology.’ Barth. of Pisa, Liber Conform. f. 81 b,...

14. CHAPTER III.

Learning necessary to the friars.--The first readers to the Franciscans at Oxford.--Nature of the office of lector; Grostete and Adam Marsh.--The lector and his _socius_.--Later...

25. Part vi. is mentioned in Part v.: it is to be a treatise, ‘_De

_Alchemy_ was treated in the _Opus Minus_ and in the _Compendium Philosophiae_. Bacon divides it into (1) Speculative alchemy, ‘the science of the generation of things from elem...

18. CHAPTER VII.

Lost records.--Mendicancy.--Procurators and limitors.--Career of Friar Brian Sandon.--Charges of immorality against the friars.--Their worldly manner of life before the Dissolut...

13. CHAPTER II.

First Settlement inside the City Wall.--Acquisition of the houses of W. de Wileford (1229) and Robert Oen (1236).--Increase of the _area_ in 1244-1245.--Grants from the King, Th...

17. CHAPTER VI.

Rivalry between Friars Preachers and Minors: proselytism.--Politics and Philosophy.--Peckham and the Oxford friars.--Evangelical Poverty.--Contrast between theory and practice.-...

19. CHAPTER VIII.

Attitude of the Grey Friars towards the Reformation in its intellectual, religious, and political aspects.--The Divorce.--Visitation of Oxford in 1535.--Suppression of the friar...

28. m. 10, is a grant of ten marks to a friar, apparently a Minorite of

[377] Mon. Franc. I, 359-360. Adam Marsh writes to the Provincial, ‘rogans obnixius quatenus ... Bibliam carissimi P. de Wygornia piae recordationis eidem (sc. fratri Thomae de...

12. CHAPTER I.

Arrival of the Franciscans at Oxford.--Their early Poverty, and Cheerfulness.--Oxford Friars as Peacemakers, and Crusaders.--Relations to the University, and to the first Colleg...

20. CHAPTER I.

1. W. of Esseby, Warden and Custos, c. 1225.--2. E. de Merc, Warden, 1237.--3. P. of Tewkesbury, Custos, 1236-1248.--4. J. of Stamford, Custos, 1253.--5. Martin, Warden, c. 1250...

16. CHAPTER V.

Learned friars as practical workers among the people.--Their sermons.--Educational organization throughout the country.--Relations of the Oxford School to the Franciscan Schools...

15. CHAPTER IV.

Absence of privacy.--Books of individual friars.--The two libraries, and their contents.--Grostete’s bequest.--Extant manuscripts once in the Franciscan Convent.--Alleged illega...

1. PART II BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE FRIARS

The object of this work is to give an account of the outward life of the Franciscans. This might be fairly taken to include the whole activity of the friars with the exception o...

10. CHAPTER III.

4. CHAPTER III. FRANCISCAN SCHOOLS AT OXFORD.

Learning necessary to the Friars 29 The first readers or lectors to the Franciscans at Oxford 30 Nature of the office of lector, as understood by Grostete and Adam Marsh 31 The...

31. Part II, Biographical Notices of the Friars, together with Appendices

A full description of the Society’s work and objects can be obtained by application to any of the Committee (Rev. C. W. BOASE, Exeter College; Rev. ANDREW CLARK, 30 Warnborough...

3. CHAPTER II. PROPERTY AND BUILDINGS.

First settlement of the Friars was within the City Wall 12 They acquire the houses of William, son of Richard de Wileford (1229), and Robert, son of Robert Oen 13 Increase of th...

26. Part III, Tractatus ii, breaking off in Lib. 3, cap. 16, as

above.--Bibl. de l’Arsenal 517, fol. 17-303, Parts I, II, and III, ending with the words ‘_Magister Hoc multis racionibus improbatur. Primo_ ...’, in Chapter 17 of the 3rd book...

11. c. 1400 313

=D. Supplications and Graces from the Registers of Congregation.= John David, 1450/1, 1454/5 336 John Sunday, 1453/4 336 Richard Ednam, 1462, 1463 336 Walter Goodfeld, 1506-1510...

7. CHAPTER VI. RIVALRY BETWEEN THE ORDERS: ATTACKS ON THE FRIARS.

Rivalry between the Friars Preachers and Minors: proselytism 71 Politics and Philosophy 72 Peckham and the Oxford Friars 73 Evangelical Poverty 75 Contrast between theory and pr...

8. CHAPTER VII. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FRIARS’ MANNER OF LIFE AND MEANS

OF LIVELIHOOD: BENEFACTORS. On the loss of Franciscan Records 89 Mendicancy as a means of livelihood 91 Procurators and limitors 92 Career of Friar Brian Sandon, legal _syndicus...

9. CHAPTER VIII. THE DISSOLUTION.

Attitude of the Grey Friars towards the Reformation in its intellectual, religious, and political aspects 112 The Royal Divorce 114 Visitation of Oxford University in 1535 116 S...

23. Part ii. _Logic and grammar in reference to theology.

‘Incipit compendium studii theologiae et per consequens philosophiae ut potest et debet servire theologicae facultati, et habet duas partes principales; prima liberali communica...

5. CHAPTER IV. BOOKS AND LIBRARIES.

Absence of privacy in a Franciscan Friary 55 Books of individual Friars 56 The two libraries, and their contents 57 Grostete’s bequest of books 57 Extant MSS. formerly in the Fr...

6. CHAPTER V. PLACE OF OXFORD IN THE FRANCISCAN ORGANIZATION.

Learned Friars as practical workers among the people 63 Their Sermons 64 Educational organization throughout the country 64 Relations of the Franciscan School at Oxford to the o...

24. Part v. is preserved in Royal MS. 7 F. viii. f. 2 (sec. xiii) (almost

_Incipit_: ‘Acto prologo istius quintae partis hujus voluminis quam voco compendium studii theologiae, in quo quidem comprehendo in summa intentionem totius operis, extra partem...

2. CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS.

Arrival and first settlement of the Franciscan Friars at Oxford 1 Their early poverty and cheerfulness 3 Oxford Friars as peacemakers and Crusaders 7 Relations to the University...