Thomas Elyot
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Sir Thomas Elyot was an English diplomat and scholar. He is best known as one of the first proponents of the use of the English language for literary purposes.
Study for a lost portrait of Sir Thomas Elyot, drawn by Hans Holbein the Younger
Study for a portrait of Margaret, Lady Elyot
The first page of The boke named the Gouervnour, deuysed by syr Thomas Elyot knight, from a 1537 printing
The Castel of Helth
St Mary Hall, Oxford
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St Mary Hall was a medieval academic hall of the University of Oxford. It was associated with Oriel College from 1326 to 1545, but functioned independently from 1545 until it was re-incorporated into Oriel College in 1902.
St Mary Hall, Oxford
"The dolls house", a surviving 1743 building of St Mary's Hall, abutting the 1640 chapel and hall on the right
1826 Gothic Revival building on the west side of St Mary's Hall, incorporating the old gate