IN issuing this first volume of Wood's Life and Times I have to
express my obligations to all members of the Bodleian staff, for their
ready help in the multitudinous enquiries which I have had to address.
to them. My particular thanks are due to Mr. F. Madan, M.A., for
information and counsel which have helped me out of many diffi-
culties. My pupil, Mr. John Darlington, Commoner of Lincoln
College, associated himself with me in preparing for this work the
narratives of contemporary Entertainments, Ceremonies, etc., found
in Wood MS. D 19(3): I gratefully acknowledge his assistance.
As the sheets have been passing through the press I have noticed,
too late for correction, several slight repetitions; it will perhaps be
considered sufficient apology for such slips, that these notes had
to be brought together from widely scattered sources and at such.
irregular intervals as pressing duties allowed.
The whole of the copy for this work has been sent to press, so
that no other delays need take place than those caused by yearly
publication. Complete indexes will, of course, be given with the
last volume. But in view of the intervals between the yearly issues,
a temporary index has been added to the present volume. It is
designedly brief and incomplete, but embraces the chief names of
Academical interest.
The analyses here given will supply the place of a Table of
Contents.