in the Renaissance play Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay by Robert Greene (dramatist) . Brasenose is also mentioned in Chapter 5 of Evelyn Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited , where the "pub-crawlies hearties from BNC" were noted as frequenting the Turf tavern. [ edit ] References ^ Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006 (updated