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Research Notes
Map Group BISPHAM 1658
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Bispham 1658
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NOTES about BISPHAM'S ITER AUSTRALE REGINENSIBUS OXON,
1658
A poem was written, Iter Australe Reginensibus Oxon, to record
a college progress from Queen's College, Oxford through
Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire, by Thomas Bispham,
1658. A photocopy of the poem was kindly copied to MN by Felicity
Henderson, Australia, June 2002.
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The poem, A Southward Journey from Queens College, Oxford,
records in verse the progress of the college through Newbury,
Berkshire, via Andover, Hampshire, then Salisbury and Wilton,
Wiltshire, to Southampton and Winchester, Hampshire, and
Sherborne, Dorset. I am told that it does not have very much
topographical description.
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The title page reads:-
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Iter Australe, A REGINENSIBUS OXON. ANNO 1658. Expeditum.
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And after a ?dedication there is an outline:-
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Itineris Ratio.
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Primo Abbingdoiam, inde Neuberiam, hinc Andoverniam, Salisburiam,
Wiltoniam, Gissingiam, Hamptoniam, Wintoniam,Sherburniam denique
concessimus.
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I am a little puzzled by Gissing, which is in Norfolk and
hardly fits in with the rest of the journey.
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