CUDDESDON, (Oxfordshire) on the W. side of Thame, near Wheatley, and 5 m. E. from Oxford; the Bps. of which having no
palace, either in T. or country, Bp. Bancroft built one here, in the R. of Cha. I. who gave him timber for it out of
Shotover-Forest. It was finished in 1635, after it had cost him 3500 l. but Col. Legg, in 1644, caused it to be burnt down
to the ground, for fear lest the Pt. should put a garrison into it. However, Dr. Paul and Dr. Fell, the two successive
Bps. restored it, the former by providing timber for it, and the latter by compleating the building on the old foundation.
Here is a ch. sc. for girls.