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A67887 The foundation of the Universitie of Cambridge, with a catalogue of the principall founders and speciall benefactors of all the colledges, and total number of students, magistrates and officers therein being. And how the revenews thereof are and have been increased from time to time, and by whom, with buildings, books and revenues as no universitie in the world can in all points parallel: these are the nurseries of religion, and seminaries of good literature. Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. 1651 (1651) Wing L368; ESTC R202707 11,708 19

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and b●stowed many other favours upon this Colledge She then under licence of King Edward the third altred the first name and called it after her owne name Collegium sive Aula de Clare In which Colledge by the gift of this honorable Foundresse and of Thomas Stoyle and Edm. Naturesse Masters thereof Iohn Thaxton Edith Green William Ducket VVilliam VVorleigh VVilliam Marshall Ralph Scrivener Thomas Cave Doctor Leeds late Master Thomas Cecil late Earle of Excester and the Lady Dorothie his wife who gave a hundred and eight pounds per annum William Butler sometimes Fellow and President of this House the famous Physician who gave one challice of pure gold with other plate and bookes c. to the value of five hundred pounds Iohn Freeman Esq. who gave two thousand pounds Doctor Scot Deane of Rochester c. late Master who gave in money plate and books the summe of three hundred pounds Master George Ruggle late Fellow who gave in mony plate and books above four hundred pounds Sir Robert Heath Attorny General c. Master Thomas Bing Master Humfrey Hide Robert Iohnson of Luffenham Esquire Master Erasmus Farrer Master VVilliam Briden Master Thomas Cropley and divers other benefactors there is at this present in the same a Master eighteen Fellows thirty six Scholars twenty poor Scholars besides officers and servants of the foundation with other students the whole number being 106. III. Pembroke Hall founded 1343. MAry de S. Paul Countesse of Pembroke Baronesse of Veisser and Mountenac● daughter to Guido Chastillion Earle of St. Paul in France and of Marie Britannia his wife after the death of Audomarus de Valentia Earle of Pembroke c. whose third wife she was but for one day as it is thought betook her selfe wholly to devotion bestowing the greatest part of her estate on Churches religious houses the poor and her servants having built Dennie Abbey and procured licence from King Edward the third to found this house by the name of the Colledge of Mary Valence after called Pembroke Hall within the compasse whereof as now it stands are the ancient Hostles of the Universitie and S. Thomas Knaptons B●ultons and Cousing places with part of the Chauntry-House of little S. Maries endowing the same with div●rs Patronages Impropriations lands rents plate jewels and other ornaments and established therein one Master six Fellows and two Scholars It hath been since enlarged by the gift of holy King Henry the sixth Edward Storie Bishop of Chichester Gerard and Nicholas Skipwith Doctor Atkinson Sir William Hussey Knight Charles Booth Bishop of Hereford Sir Roger Strange Knight Doctor VVats William Marshall William Smart and Alice his wife afterwards married to Ralph Scrivener Iane Cox widow all these besides Iohn Langhton Bishop of St. Davids Lawrance Booth and Thomas Scot alias Rotheram both Archbishops of Yorke Ricard Fox Bishop of Winchester Doctor Shorton Dean of Stoake Edmund Grindall and Iohn VVhitgift Archbishops of Canterbury VVilliam Fulke Doctor of Divinity which were all Masters of this House and have by gifts of lands mony plate books c. augmented the same and Lancelot Andrews Doctor of Divinity late Master and Bishop of Winchester hath given 1000 pounds and the perpetuall patronage of Rawreth in Essex with 374 folio books well bound Wherein there is at this present a Master 19 Fellows one tanquam 33 Scholars of the House besides officers and servants of the foundation with other students the whole number being 100. IV. Corpus Christi Colledge founded 1351. HEnry of Monmoth surnamed Torio Collo son and Heire of Henry of Lanchaster L. of Monmouth and Pomfret Earl of Lancaster Leicester and Darbie and high Steward of England succeded his father in all these honours and was by King Edward the third created Earl of Lincolne and Knight of the most honorable order of the Garter Duke of Lancaster and Lord high Steward of England c. Of the fraternity or Guild of Corpus Christi and blessed Mary the Virgin neare unto Luthborne lane and the Hostle of St. Bernard in the East wherof himself was then Alderman ordained this Colledge in the year 1351 and among other things appropriated unto the same the perpetuall Patronage of S. Benedicts Church adjoyning to this Colledge Which Colledge since hath been much beautified with buildings and increased in revenews by the liberalities of the Lady Margaret Brotherton Dutchesse of Norfolke c. Thomas Cambridge Esquire S. Iohn Cambridge Knight who gave a place called Stonehouse or Stonehall towards the augmentation of the same Iohn Meers Esquire Bedle Mathew Parker Fellow and Master of this House Doctor of Divinity Archbishop of Canterbury S. Nic Bacon Kni. Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England Roger Mann●rs late Earl of Rutland Lord Roos of Hamlake Belvoir and Trousbut c. Mast. Roger Mannors his great Uncle M. VVill Benedict and Mast. Leonard Cawson who gave 18 pounds thirteen shillings four pence for the maintenance of three Scholarships besides divers other benefactors So as there is at this present in the same a Master 12 Fellows 37 Scholars besides officers and servants of the foundation with other students the whole number being 126. V. Trinity Hall founded 1353. VVIlliam Bateman borne in the City of Norwich Doct. of the Civil Law Archdeacon of Norwich after the 18. Bishop of that See for exchange of certaine Parsonages obtained an ancient Hostle near adjoyning to the University House or Hall butting upon Milnstreet and St. Iohn Zacharies Church East where in former times students lived at their owne charge● which one Iohn de Crawden Prior of Ely had purchased for the Monks of that Priory to inhabit and reside in and made thereof a Colledge or Hall for the students of the Law dedicating the same to the honour of the holy and blessed Trinity in the City of Norwich endowing the same with lands and possessions To this Hostle before it was by him purchased Richard Ling Doctor of Divinity Chancellor of this University Archibald of Norwich Simon de Rekenhal VVal Elvedon gave 4 tenements Rob. Stratton Iohn Trunch VValter Baketon VValter de Aldersey and Peter de Bittering gave two messuages and seven peeces of ground one of the messuages being called Drakes entrie This Colledge hath since by the bounty of M. Simon Dalling and VValter Huke Masters thereof Robert Goodnap Iohn Maptid Gab. Dun Richard Nix Bishop of Norwich Step. Gardiner Doct. of Law Master of this House Bishop of Winchester Lord Chancellor of England and Chancellor of this University Matthew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury Doct. Mowse Doct. Harvey M. Busbie M. Hare Esq. Doct. Cowel late Master Doct. of Law and Kings Professor S. Gerrge Newman Knight and other benefactors been much enlarged So as there is at this present a Master 12 Fellows 14 Scholars besides officers and servants of the foundation with other students the whole number being 60. VI Gon. and Cai. Colledge founded 1353. EDmund Gonvil Rector of Terrington and Rushworth in Norfolk
obtained license of King Edward the third to erect this Colledge the first foundation whereof he laid anno 1348. where the orchyard of Corpus Christi Colledge is now situate which he dedicated to the honour of the Anunciation of blessed Mary the Virgin wherein he established a Master and 4 Fellows whom while he lived with his owne mony he maintained but he died untimely anno 1353 giving by will a great summe of mony in trust to Wil. Bateman Bishop of Norwich to perfect this his Colledge or Hall and to endow it with competent possessions who in anno 1353 procured the said Master and Fellows to remove to a place near unto his own Colledge then in building called Trinity Hall anciently called Hen●y in the Parish of Saint Michael where he purchased by exchange divers messuages and tenements on which he erected the same by the name of Gonvil Hall Afterwards Iohn Caius D. of Physick a learned antiquary in an. 1557 was made a Co-founder by Letters patents who caused it to be called Gonvil and Caius Colledge he added to the former Court being four square his faire building of free-stone increased the treasury with new revenews enriching it with large possessions for the maintenance of three Fellowes twenty scholars and a Porter Since the Ladies Mary Pakenhams and Anne Scroop Elizabeth Cleere D. ●alie Ste. Smith Rich. Willison Tho. Atkins Pet. Hewit VVil Gale Thomas Willows Will Sigo D. Knight Iohn Whittacre Mat. Parker Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Traps and Ione his wife Ioyce Franklin their daughter D. Windie Doct. Bishby D. Harvey S. VVil Paston Kn. VVill Cutting Dr. Legge D. Branthwait and D. Gostlin late Masters of this house Doct. Perse and D. Wels late Fellows of this House and many other good benefactors have increased the number of Fellows and Scholars books and buildings c. of this Colledge so as there is at this present in the same a Master 25 Fellows one Chaplain 69 Scholars besides officers and servants of the foundation with other students the whole number being two hunded and nine VII Kings Colledge founded 1441. HEnry the sixth called Henry of Windsor King of England and France son and heir of King Henry 5th and of Katherine daughter of Charles the 6 K. of France began this royal foundation dedicating the same to the honor of Saint Nicholas consisting then of one Master and 12 scholars in or about the places where the Churches of S. Nicholas and S. Iohn Zacharie St. Augustines Hostle and Gods House had formerly been situated But within 2 years after he enlarged the first foundation dedicating the same to the honor of our blessed Lady Mary the Virgin S. Nicholas In which Colledg at this present is standing one of the fairest Chappels in the world conformable whereunto he intended to have made this his Colledge which by his untimely death he left onely begun and unperfected for some of his royall Successors to finish Afterwards King Henry 7 finished the stone-work in part of the said Chappel and King Henry the 8 caused the same to be glased seated paved and perfected To this Colledge the Founder under his great Seale by act of Parliament confirmed this coat of arms which here in the margin they bear placing in chiefe a flower of France and a Lion of England that it may appeare to be the worke of a King Since Roger Goad D. of Divinity late Fellow and Provost Adam Robins Richard Day and D. Cowell late Fellows D. Smith late Fellow and Provost William Henshaw late Fellow also Thomas Weaver late Fellow now Fellow and late Vice-Provost of Eton hath wainscotted the back of the Fellows and Scholars seats on both sides of the said Chappel in a decent and comely manner and divers other benefactors with bookes and other ornaments have much enriched the same In which Colledge at this present is a Provost 70 Fellows and Scholars 3 Chaplains 1 Master of the Choristers 6 Clarks 16 Choristers 16 Colledge officers of the foundation besides 12 servitors to the seniour Fellows 6 poor Scholars with other students the whole number being 140. VIII Queens Colledge founded 1448. MArgaret Andegavensis daughter of Reyner Duke of Aniou titularie King of Sicilie Naples and Ierusalem Consort of King Henry the 6. obtained licence of the same King to build this Colledge upon part of the ground belonging to the Carmelites or White Friers butting on Milnsteet in the Parish of S. Botolphs and to purchase land of the value of 200 pounds for the endowment thereof dedicating the same to S. Margaret and S. Bernard but she died and left it unperfect Afterwards Q. Elizabeth wife to K. Edw. the 4 obtained licence to finish the same which she accomplished This Colledge since by the liberalitie of the Ladies Margaret Roos Iane Inglethorpe and Iane Burrough George Duke of Clarence Ciciley Dutchesse of Yorke Richard Duke of Glocester the Lady Anne his wife Edward E. of Salisbury Maud Countesse of Oxford Marm. Lomley Bishop of Lincolne Chancellor of this University Andrew Ducket Rector of S. Botolphs sometimes Principall of S. Bernards Hostle and the first President of this Colledge who had formerly been a Friar and gathered of well disposed persons much money and procured the Kings mandat that the Maior Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Town of Cambridge should sell him a parcel of ground called Goose-Green in the Parish aforesaid which is now an Island lying between the Colledge and the Green called Youngs green or banke Hugh Trotter D. of Divinity Iohn Drewel and Wil Weld Canons of S. Pauls S. Tho. Smith Fellow of this Colledge principal Secretary to Queen Elizabeth Henry Wilshaw 13 President of this Colledge D. Stokeys Iohn Chetham Henry Hastings E. of Huntington Iohn Ioslin George Mountague late Archbishop of Yorke together with many other noble and well disposed persons benefactors it is so increased as at this present there is in the same a President 19 Fellows 23 Scholars 8 Bible-Clarks and three Lecturers of Hebrew arithm. and Geomet besides other officers and servants of the foundation with other students the whole number being a hundred and ninety IX Katherine Hall founded 1475. RObert Woodlarke borne at Wakerley in Northumberland D. of Divinity the last Fellow that King Henry 6 placed in Kings Colledge third Provost of the same Chancellor of this University founded this Colledge or Hall in a place called the Milnstreet over against Queens Colledge Orchard formerly knowne by the name of the Carmelite Fryers of four Tenements which were purchased for that purpose he dedicating the same to the honour of S. Katherine the Vingin and Martyr obtained of King Edword 4 a licence of mortmain for the endowment thereof which was confirmed to him and his Successors for ever Wherein he established a Master and three Fellows Since it hath been enlarged by the liberaty of Isabel Canterbury widow William Taylor Katherine Myles Robert Simpton Hugh Penmerton the Lady Elizabeth Bernardiston Iohn Leach Richard Nealson