Mr.  Bampton' s  Nunton  lands  lay  '  contiguous
to  and  greatly  intermixed  with  '  the  Bouverie
property.  Mr.  Bampton  refused  to  sell  his
land,  and  to  prevent  its  being  sold  after  his
death  he  devised  it  to  the  University  of
Oxford,  which  became  possessed  of  it  after
Mrs.  Bampton's  death,  about  1778.  The
lectures  began  in  1779.  Meanwhile  the
third  Lord  Folkestone  (second  Earl  of
Radnor)  endeavoured  in  vain  to  buy  or
exchange  the  property,  but  in  1780  obtained
a  lease  of  it,  and  in  1805  he  induced
the  University  to  accept  in  exchange  an
estate  called  Tinkersole  at  Wing,  Bucks,  and


obtained  a  private  Act  of  Parliament  (45
Geo.  m.)  authorising  the  exchange.  Thus
'  the  intentions  of  Mr.  Bampton,  other  than
his  concern  for  the  Christian  faith,  were
altogether  defeated'  (Shadwell).  The  lec-
tures were  delivered  annually  until  1901,
since  which  date  they  have  become  biennial,
and  Mr.  Bampton's  intentions  further  varied.
[s.  l.  o.]

Alumni  Oxon.  ;  C.  L.  Shadwell,  The  Uni-
versities and  College  Estate  Acts,  5,  6  (1898) ;
MSS.  in  the  University  Archives.
BANCROFT,  Richard  (1544-1610),  Arch-
bishop of  Canterbury,  son  of  John  Bancroft
and  Mary  Curwyn,  was  born  at  Farnworth,
Lancashire,  11th  or  12th  September  1544.
He  studied  at  the  local  grammar  school,  and
entered  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  about
1564;  proceeded  B.A.,  1567,  and  removed
to  Jesus  College,  where  he  was  Tutor  till
1574  ;  proceeded  M.A.,  1570,  and  D.D.,  1585.
