PEEFACE THE list of names given in the Brasenose Register is based primarily on College archives, but many have been added from other sources, such as the publications of the Oxford Historical Society, and Foster's Alumni Oxonienses. For the first period (1509-1575) the chiefsource is the Vice-Principal's Register,^ the earliest date in which is February 26, 15|§. This Register is concerned mainly with the acts of the Governing Body, but it also contains lists of members of the College in residence at certain dates (the first being June 24, 1549), occasional admissions, and lists of College Officers (viz. Vice-Principal, Bursars, and praelector publicus) from 1559-60 onwards. In 1576, so far as Brasenose men are concerned, the University Matriculation Register begins, and is the chief source of information up to 1602. For the sixty years from 1602 to 1662 there is a copy of the ' first and earliest Admission Book belonging to the College'. This copy was made by the Rev. John Holmes, Fellow of the College (1770-88). The original is not now to be found. In 166f the Caution Book begins. This was used by Holmes for his list of names, but the original is still preserved. Other sources are lists of admissions and applications for admission. A list of Fellows up to Principal Yate's time is given in the very valuable Register which he compiled, and has been continued to the present date. ^ The Vice-Principal's Eegisters are in Latin up to the year 1799 inclusive. Towards the end of the eighteenth century an English Register begins to be used, at first irregularly, side by side with the Latin Register, and from 1800 onwards English alone is used. A few specimens have been given from the eaily Registers, especially for the period up to 1575, illustrating either the Latinity, or the customs of the time. a 2