85:
30:
120:
76:, a Norman of the eleventh century, though also said to be originally a Saxon construction of c. 1000–50; the gate itself was called also Bocardo Gate. The rooms were over the gate, and there was a box in the church for charitable contributions to the prisoners.
107:, was imprisoned there in or shortly before 1318, prior to being hanged. The prison was demolished in 1771, for a road construction scheme, following an Act of Parliament in 1770, and as part of the wider city redevelopment in Oxford under
160:
There is a folk etymology for the name: because
Bocardo was found to be one of the harder forms of valid syllogism for students to learn, it was said to be the name of a prison that was hard to escape from. One of the rooms in
471:
321:
415:
689:
464:
699:
694:
347:
457:
704:
169:. An essay presented to the Oxford University Genealogical and Heraldic Society in 1835 suggested that the name was "derived from the
375:
286:
235:
325:
93:
69:
429:
525:
92:
was held before his execution in 1556; one of the Oxford
Martyrs. It is now preserved in the Saxon bell tower of
668:
643:
597:
177:, a library or archive". It also says that it is "probable" that "the academic prison lent its name to logic".
58:
72:; the prison consisted in fact of rooms in a watchtower by Oxford's North Gate, the tower being attributed to
555:
84:
45:, England existed until 1771. Its origins were medieval, and its most famous prisoners were the Protestant
515:
108:
592:
550:
500:
29:
638:
607:
510:
505:
369:
170:
104:
633:
602:
582:
577:
565:
545:
495:
186:
431:
Second Annual Report of the
Proceedings of the Oxford University Genealogical and Heraldic Society
663:
648:
612:
520:
481:
409:
307:
210:
65:, like Elizabeth Fletcher, among the first preachers of the Friends to come to Oxford in 1654.
658:
540:
282:
560:
530:
391:
274:
145:
73:
250:
572:
587:
535:
360:
162:
100:
89:
50:
46:
33:
Engraving of part of
Bocardo prison by N. Calcott in 1770, over Oxford's old Northgate.
683:
653:
123:
54:
368:
449:
364:
302:
141:
127:
119:
137:
62:
17:
379:. Vol. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co – via Wikisource.
42:
118:
83:
28:
453:
393:
Calendar of the Plea and
Memoranda Rolls of the City of London
390:
Thomas, A. H., ed. (1932). "Calendar – Roll A 25: 1381–83".
96:
Church, Oxford, which is adjacent to the site of the prison.
156: Some mammals have no tails.
621:
488:
434:. Vol. 1. Oxford: J. Vincent. 1835. p. 37
88:The door of the cell from the Bocardo Prison where
103:, who claimed to be the real king in the reign of
396:. Vol. 3, 1381–1412. London. See footnote 50
152: Some cats have no tails.
61:) in 1555. Other prisoners included a number of
465:
154: All cats are mammals.
8:
472:
458:
450:
414:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
348:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
199:
407:
322:"St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford"
205:
203:
279:The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire
7:
404:– via British History Online.
690:Buildings and structures in Oxford
68:It was located near the church of
25:
700:1771 disestablishments in England
376:Dictionary of National Biography
249:How, Frederick Douglas (1910).
695:Defunct prisons in Oxfordshire
263:– via Project Gutenburg.
1:
277:; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974).
281:. Penguin. pp. 294–95.
255:. Beautiful England. Blackie
94:St Michael at the North Gate
70:St Michael at the North Gate
721:
705:Defunct prisons in England
442:– via Google Books.
130:
97:
34:
122:
87:
32:
105:Edward II of England
370:"Gwynn, John"
236:"The Angus Library"
187:Jacob Barnet affair
664:Wallingford Castle
482:South East England
308:Acts and Monuments
211:"Oxford City Wall"
140:for a traditional
131:
126:representation of
98:
35:
677:
676:
639:Canterbury Prison
328:on 7 January 2010
275:Pevsner, Nikolaus
16:(Redirected from
712:
634:Camp Hill Prison
526:East Sutton Park
474:
467:
460:
451:
444:
443:
441:
439:
426:
420:
419:
413:
405:
403:
401:
387:
381:
380:
372:
357:
351:
344:
338:
337:
335:
333:
324:. Archived from
318:
312:
301:For example, in
299:
293:
292:
271:
265:
264:
262:
260:
246:
240:
239:
232:
226:
225:
223:
221:
207:
146:scholastic logic
21:
720:
719:
715:
714:
713:
711:
710:
709:
680:
679:
678:
673:
649:Kingston Prison
617:
484:
478:
448:
447:
437:
435:
428:
427:
423:
406:
399:
397:
389:
388:
384:
367:, eds. (1890).
361:Stephen, Leslie
359:
358:
354:
345:
341:
331:
329:
320:
319:
315:
300:
296:
289:
273:
272:
268:
258:
256:
248:
247:
243:
234:
233:
229:
219:
217:
209:
208:
201:
196:
183:
165:was also named
158:
155:
153:
117:
82:
59:Nicholas Ridley
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
718:
716:
708:
707:
702:
697:
692:
682:
681:
675:
674:
672:
671:
669:Blantyre House
666:
661:
659:Reading Prison
656:
651:
646:
644:Finnamore Wood
641:
636:
631:
629:Bocardo Prison
625:
623:
619:
618:
616:
615:
610:
605:
600:
598:Standford Hill
595:
590:
585:
580:
575:
570:
569:
568:
563:
553:
548:
543:
538:
533:
528:
523:
518:
513:
508:
503:
498:
492:
490:
486:
485:
479:
477:
476:
469:
462:
454:
446:
445:
421:
382:
352:
339:
313:
294:
287:
266:
241:
227:
215:Oxford History
198:
197:
195:
192:
191:
190:
182:
179:
163:Newgate Prison
150:
148:. An example:
116:
113:
101:John Powderham
90:Thomas Cranmer
81:
78:
51:Thomas Cranmer
47:Oxford martyrs
39:Bocardo Prison
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
717:
706:
703:
701:
698:
696:
693:
691:
688:
687:
685:
670:
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
654:Oxford Castle
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
626:
624:
620:
614:
611:
609:
606:
604:
601:
599:
596:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
567:
564:
562:
559:
558:
557:
556:Isle of Wight
554:
552:
549:
547:
544:
542:
539:
537:
534:
532:
529:
527:
524:
522:
519:
517:
514:
512:
509:
507:
504:
502:
499:
497:
494:
493:
491:
487:
483:
475:
470:
468:
463:
461:
456:
455:
452:
433:
432:
425:
422:
417:
411:
395:
394:
386:
383:
378:
377:
371:
366:
362:
356:
353:
350:
349:
343:
340:
327:
323:
317:
314:
310:
309:
304:
298:
295:
290:
284:
280:
276:
270:
267:
254:
253:
245:
242:
237:
231:
228:
216:
212:
206:
204:
200:
193:
188:
185:
184:
180:
178:
176:
172:
168:
164:
157:
149:
147:
143:
139:
135:
129:
128:Modus Bocardo
125:
121:
114:
112:
110:
106:
102:
95:
91:
86:
79:
77:
75:
74:Robert D'Oyly
71:
66:
64:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
40:
31:
27:
19:
628:
516:Cookham Wood
436:. Retrieved
430:
424:
398:. Retrieved
392:
385:
374:
355:
346:
342:
330:. Retrieved
326:the original
316:
306:
297:
278:
269:
257:. Retrieved
251:
244:
230:
218:. Retrieved
214:
174:
166:
159:
151:
133:
132:
124:Venn diagram
99:
67:
55:Hugh Latimer
38:
36:
26:
593:Spring Hill
551:Huntercombe
501:Bronzefield
480:Prisons in
365:Lee, Sidney
332:20 February
171:Anglo-Saxon
684:Categories
608:Winchester
511:Coldingley
506:Bullingdon
438:11 January
400:11 January
288:0140710450
259:11 January
220:11 January
136:is also a
109:John Gwynn
603:Swaleside
583:Rochester
578:Maidstone
566:Parkhurst
546:High Down
496:Aylesbury
410:cite book
303:John Foxe
142:syllogism
613:Woodhill
521:Downview
181:See also
138:mnemonic
622:Defunct
541:Grendon
189:of 1612
175:bochord
167:bocardo
134:Bocardo
80:History
63:Quakers
18:Bocardo
561:Albany
531:Elmley
489:Active
285:
252:Oxford
43:Oxford
573:Lewes
194:Notes
588:Send
536:Ford
440:2019
416:link
402:2019
334:2010
283:ISBN
261:2019
222:2019
115:Name
57:and
37:The
305:'s
144:in
41:in
686::
412:}}
408:{{
373:.
363:;
213:.
202:^
173:,
111:.
53:,
473:e
466:t
459:v
418:)
336:.
311:.
291:.
238:.
224:.
49:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.