20 May 1590: David [Augustine] Baker of Abergavenny future #Benedictine matriculates at #Oxford#otd (BM) He would become an important writer and spiritual director, especially of English Benedictine nuns
18 May 1589: Bl. Thomas Belson, Catholic layman is arrested at the Catherine Wheel Inn #Oxford, near Balliol College #otd.
He was executed at Longwall #Oxford with three others on 5 July 1589 (BM)
18 May 1644: In a modest ceremony at Wolvercote Church near #Oxford Ann Harrison marries her 2nd cousin Richard Fanshawe #otd
As Lady Ann Fanshawe she is still studied for her memoirs and her recipes
(Valence House Museum/ Wellcome Trust, for the famous 'icy cream')
8 May 1438: #Cambridge university protests the preaching of Philip Norris of #Dundalk against the friars. #Oxford had praised his preaching 2 years earlier as ‘sonora sancte praedicacionis tuba’ - the resounding trumpet of sacred eloquence! (BM)
4 May 1549: Date originally fixed for a debate between Peter Martyr Vermigli & more conservative members of #Oxford University about the nature of the Eucharist. It didn't come off, however. (NPG)
29 Apr 1663: Christopher Wren displays a wooden model of what would be the Sheldonian Theatre #Oxford to the Royal Society #London#otd (Prosthetic Head)