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A catalogue of all the colledges [sic] in the famous university of Cambridge, with the names of the principal founders and benefactors, with the time of their foundation, and the names of the present masters and governours, with the number of students in every colledge.
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I. St PETERS Colledge or House was Founded 1256. HVGO de BALSHAM Prior of Ely in the year 1256. placed a Master and Scholars in the Hostle of St. John in Cambridge in the year 1284. he being Bishop of Ely separated them from the Master and Fryars of St. John's Hostle and seated them in two Hostles adjoyning to St. Peter's Church now called Little St. Maries without Trumpington-gate in the place of which two He then Founded this Colledge Endowed it and placing in it a Master and 14 Fellows Since which time by the Liberality of Simon de Langham John de Fordham Bishops of Ely John Laceby VVilliam Irby Thomas de Castro Bernardi Master of this Colledge VVilliam Nonion Dr Holbrooks Dr Lant Dr VVarkworth Dr Denham Dr Hornby Dr Bâ—rgoine Dr Edmonds Dr Shirton Arch-Bishop VVhitgist Dr Pern John Blyth Fellow Dr Richardson Master Dr Hale Master John Cofins Bishop of Darham Master and other Benefactors this Colledge or House being the first that was built in this University there are in it a Master 22 Fellows 45 Scholars a Bible-Clerk beside Officers and Servants of the Foundation with other Students in all about Ninety Dr Joseph Beaumont Master Margaret Professor II. CLARE-HALL Founded 1326. RICHARD BADEW born at Great Badew in Essex by Licence from Edward the Second Founded this Colledge in Milnstreet near St. Zacharies Church placing there a Principal under whom the first 16 years the Students lived at their own Charges after Walter Thaxted Principal with the consent of the said Richard Badew Richard Ling Chancellour of the University Anno 1340 resigned the first Foundation into the hands of Elizabeth Grand-Child to Edward the first second Daughter and Coheir of Gilbert Earl of Clare from whom it bare the Name Clare-ball She Re-built and Endowed the same which many other Benefactors have since increased as VValter VVorleigh Ralph Scrivenor Tho. Cave Thomas Paske Benjamin Oley Arthur L d Capel Peter Gunning L d B p of Ely Dr Hacket Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield Dr Heaver and others There are in it a Master 18 Fellows 41 Scholars beside Officers of the Foundation and other Students to the number of 100. Dr Dillingham Master III. PEMBROKE-HALL was Founded 1343. MARY de St PAVL Countess of Pembroke having first Built and Endowed Denny Abbey in this County She procured a Licence from King Edward the third in the 17th of his Reign and then Founded this Colledge or Hall of Mary de Valentia after Pembroke-hall in which as it now stands are the Ancient Hostles of the University and S. Thomas Knaptons Boltons and Cosins places with part of the Chantry-house of Little St. Maries and Endowed the same with Lands Impropriations and Patronages Plate Jewels and other Ornaments Since it hath been much inlarged by the Bounty of King Henry the 6th by the Donations of John Langton Bishop of St. Davids Lawrence Booth Arch-Bishop of York Edmund Grindal Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Lancelot Andrews Bishop of Winchester Benjamin Laney late Bishop of Ely Dr Mark Frank Sir Philip Booth Sir Roger L'Estrange all of this Colledge beside others who have setled Lands or given summs of money as Sir William Hussey Lord Chief Justice of England Mr Thomas Watts Thomas James Thomas Hobs Esq William Marshal John Holmes with others who not long since repaired the Old Court of this Colledge and New Buildings were Erected by Sir Robert Hitcham sometime of this House Richard Ball Fellow D. D. and now Master of the Temple William Quarles late President also a fair New Chapel was Built and Endowed and Furnished by Mathew Wren sometime Fellow President and late Lord Bishop of Ely the Master Fellows and Scholars with other Students Officers and Servants of the Foundation are about 100. Dr Coga D. D. Master IV. CORPVS-CHRISTI Colledge was Founded 1351. HENRY of MONMOVTH Sirnamed Torto Collo Son and Heir of Henry of Lancaster Lord of Monmouth and Pontefract Earl of Lancaster Leicester Derby and High-Steward of England succeeded his Father in all his Honours and was by King Edward the 3d Created Earl of Lincoln and one of the Knights of the first Foundation of the most Noble Order of the Garter Duke of Lancaster c. of the Fraternity or Guild of Corpus Christi and Blessed Mary the Virgin near unto Luthborn-Lane and the Hostle of St. Bernard in the East whereof himself was then Alderman Founded this Colledge in the year 1351 among other things appropriating unto the same the perpetual patronage of St. Benedicts Church This Colledge since hath been much beautified with Buildings and increased with Revenues by the Lady Elizabeth Brotherton Dutchess of Norfolk Thomas Cambridge and Sir John Cambridge gave Stone-hall toward the Augmentation of the same John Meers Esq Beadle Mathew Parker Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Roger Mannors Earl of Râ—tland Lord Roos of Hamlake Belvoir and Trusbut c. Roger Mannors his great Unkle William Benedict Leonard Causton gave 18l. 3s 4d. for maintenance of 3 Scholarships and Mr John Booth B. D. sometime Fellow of this Colledge gave 3l. per Annum beside divers other Benefactors Here is at present a Master 12 Fellows 37 Scholars besides Officers and Servants of the Foundation with other Students to the number of 150. John Spencer D. D. Master and Dean of Ely V. TRINITY-HALL was Founded 1350. WILLIAM BATEMAN born in Norwich Doctor of the Civil Law after 18 year Bishop of that Sea for the exchange of certain Parsonages in the 24th of King Edward the third Anno 1350. obtained an Ancient Hostle near adjoyning to the University House where in former times Students lived at their own charges he made thereof a Colledge or Hall and dedicated it to the honour of the Holy and Blessed Trinity Endowing the same with Lands and Possessions for Students of the Civil Law Since Richard Ling D. D. Chancellour of this University Archibald of Norwich Simon de Rekenhall and Walter Elverton gave four Tenements Robert Stratton John Trunch Walter Baketon Walter de Aldersey and Peter de Bittering gave two Messuages and seven pieces of Ground one called Drakes Entry Since John de Botisham Bishop of Rochester Richard Nix Bishop of Norwich Stephen Gardner Bishop of VVinchester Lord Chancellour of England Mathew Parker Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Dr Mouse Dr Harvey Dr Cowel Doctor of Laws and Kings Professor Sir George Newman Thomas Eden Dr of Law Chancellour of Ely George Gaell and by other Benefactors this Colledge hath been much inlarged so that here is a Master 12 Fellows 14 Scholars beside Officers and Servants of the Foundation with other Students to the number of 70. Sir Tho. Exton Master VI. GONVILL and CAI Colledge was Founded 1348. EDMOND de GONVILL younger Brother of Sir Nicholas Gonvill and Rector of Rushworth and Terington in Norfolk obtained of Edward the third Licence to Convert his three Messuages with a Garden and the Appurtenances situate in the Parish of St. Botolphs and
St. Benedicts into a perpetual Colledge of a Guardian or Warden and 20 Scholars Students in Logick and other Sciences and to give it what Name he would who by his Deed dated on Thursday in the week of Pentecost the 23d of Edward the 3d 1348. Founded this Colledge accordingly and gave it Statutes of his own and called it by the Name of Gonvill-hall and while he lived maintained the Guardian and Scholars or Fellows with his own money but he dying An. Dom. 1350. left VVilliam Bateman Bishop of Norwich Executor of his Last Will leaving him a great summ of money in trust to the intent he should perfect his Foundation and Endow his Hall with competent Possessions who in 1353. prevailed with the Masters and Fellows to remove to a place near his own Colledge where he purchased divers Messuages and Tenements on which he Erected the same by the Name of Gonvill-hall afterward John Caius Dr of Physick a great Antiquary in An. Dom. 1557. was made a Co-founder by Letters Patents and caused it to be called Gonvill and Caius Colledge He added to it a fair Building of Freestone increased the Treasury with new Revenues for the maintenance of three Fellows twenty Scholars and a Porter Since the Ladies Mary Pakenham and Ann Scroop Elizabeth Cleer Dr Bayly Stephen Smith Dr Knight Dr Whitacre Dr Parker Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Dr Wendy Dr Bishby Sir VVilliam Paston Dr Batchcroft Dr Gostlin Dr Cosiâ—s Bishop of Durham and other Benefactors have much increased the buildings and number of Scholars so that here are twenty six Fellows one Chaplain seventy five Scholars besides Officers and Servants of the Foundation and other Students to the number of one hundred and forty Doctor Brady M. D. Master VII KINGS-COLLEDGE was Founded 1441. HENRY the Sixth called Henry of VVindsor King of England and France Lord of Ireland Sirnamed the Holy Proclaimed in his Cradle Crowned in his Infancy and in his riper years Renowned in France in the 19th year of his Reign An. Dom. 1441. began his Royal Foundation of this Colledge dedicating the same to the honour of our Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin and St. Nicholas and called it Kings Colledge which having so Royal a Founder we acknowledge no other for the Maintenance thereof in which at this present is standing one of the most Famous Chapels in the World conformable to which he intended to make this his Colledge but by reason of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster he was in a short space deprived both of his Kingdom and his Life and so left it unperfected for some of his Successors to finish Accordingly Henry the 7th finished the outward Fabrick and was cut off by death but Henry the 8th adorned it with glorious Windows and beautified it with Seats and a rich carved Rood-loft and divers other Ornaments and gave to it this Coat of Arms viz. in a Field Sable three Roses Argent and that it might appear to be the work of a King he caused a part of his own Arms to be placed on the Chief of the Eschocheon viz. party per Pale Azure and Gules on the first a Flower of France on the second a Lion of England In this Colledge is one Provost 70 Fellows and Scholars three Chaplains one Master of the Choristers six singing Clerks 16 Choristers and 16 Colledge Officers and Servants the whole number being 113. all maintained by the Bounty of Her Royal Founder King Henry the sixth Sir Thomas Page Provost VIII QVEEN-COLLEDGE was Founded 1448. MARGARET ANDEGAVENSIS Daughter of Reiner Duke of Anjou Titular King of Sicily Naples and Jerusalem Consort of King Henry the 6th obtained Licence to build this Colledge upon part of the Ground belonging to the Carmelite Fryars and purchased Lands to the value of 200l per An. for the Endowment thereof dedicating the same to St Margaret and St. Bernard but she died and left it unperfected Queen Elizabeth Wife to King Edward the fourth obtained Licence to finish the same which she did afterward by the Liberality of Andrew Ducket first President of this Colledge George Duke of Clarence Cicely Dutchess of York Richard Duke of Glocester the Lady Ann his Wife Edward Earl of Salisbury Maud Countess of Oxford Marmaduke Lumbey Bishop of Lincoln Dr Thimbleby Dr Davenant Bishop of Salisbury Dr Mountain Bishop of London Dr Roberts Bishop of Bangor Dr Gell Dr Smith Edward Kemp B. D. and other great Benefactors it is so increased that there is in it a President 19 Fellows 27 Scholars 12 Bible Clerks 3 Lecturers of Hebrew Arithmetick and Geometry beside other Officers and Servants of the Foundation the whole number is about 124. Doctor James President IX KATHERINE-HALL was Founded 1475. ROBERT VVOODLARK D. D. born at VVakerby in Northumberland Founded this Colledge or Hall in a place called Milnstreet he dedicated the same to the Honour of St. Katherine the Virgin and Martyr He obtained of King Edward the fourth a Licence of Mortmain for the Endowment thereof which was confirmed to him and his Successors for ever wherein he Established a Master and six Fellows Since it hath been inlarged by the Liberality of Isabel Canterbury VVilliam Taylor Katherine Myles the Lady Elizabeth Bernardiston Dr Sharton Mr St. Johns Dr Green Dr Thimbleby Dr Midleton John Cholmley John Duke Sir John Claypool John Gostlin M. D. a large and bountiful Benefactor Thomas Buck Fellow Senior Beadle Esq Peter Phesant Ann Lady Cocket Ann Lady Bernardiston Dr VVilliam Gouge Mr Coulson Mr Cradock Robert Skerne Esq a great Benefactor John Lightfoot D. D. Here is now a Master 6 Fellows 18 Scholars 9 Exhibitioners besides Officers and Servants of the Foundation with other Students 156. Doctor Echard Master D. D. X. JESVS-COLLEDGE was Founded 1496. JOHN ALCOCK born at Beverly in York-shire Doctor of the Civil Law Bishop of Ely Lord Chancellour of England procured Licence of King Henry the seventh to Convert into a Colledge an Ancient Nunnery the Nuns whereof all were dead but two and dispersed and the House much wasted He also obtained Licence under the Great Seal of England to appropriate all the Land that belonged to it to this his Colledge and Dedicated it to the blessed Virgin St. Mary and St. John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin St. Rhadegund commonly called Jesus Colledge wherein he Established a Master five Fellows and six Scholars Since it is much increased by the accessary Foundations of James Stanly Bishop of Ely Richard Pigott Serjeant at Law Sir Richard Read Chief Justice of the Common Pleas John Andrews Prebend of St. Pauls Dr Fuller Sir John Risely Thomas Thirleby Bishop of Ely John Batemanson L. L. D. Dr Duport late Master Tho. Sutton Esq Tobias Rustat Esq Yeoman of the Robes to King Charles the second with divers other Benefactors so that there is now in the same a Master 16 Fellows 26 Scholars besides Officers and Servants of the Foundation with other Students in all 116. Edmund Boldero