A searchable index · built on Foster's Alumni Oxonienses

Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714

A finding aid for the prosopographical study of Oxford's colleges: reconstruct the cohort of any college or hall across a chosen span of years — every member admitted, ranked by the fullness of what Joseph Foster recorded of them — or search the whole University for an individual by name. The text is the double-rekeyed edition of Foster at British History Online.

Any result set can be downloaded as CSV for analysis, and every search is written into the page address, so a query — a college cohort, a family, a name — can be cited or shared as a stable link. Most members entered by matriculation; fellows, Students, demies, scholars, choristers and the like are dated by that admission and labelled.

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Name (surname, or “surname, forename” — spelling as Foster gives it; try variants: Smith and Smyth)

College or hall

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Choose a college and a range of years to list its admitted members — or search a name across the whole University.