INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W.

Akeman Street, old Roman road known as, 15 Alan de Walsingham, cathedral builder, 174 Alcock, Thomas, Bishop of Ely, founder of Jesus College, 185, 186; his plan of incorporating grammar-school with college, 187, 189 Alcwyne, departure of, from England, 52 Audley, Sir Thomas, conversion of Buckingham College into Magdalene by, 249; Fuller’s account of, 249, 250; grant of suppressed monasteries made to, 251 Augustinian Friars, settlement of, on site of old Botanic Gardens, 72 Barnard Flower, King’s glazier, 151 Barnwell, origin of name, 37; Augustinian priory of, 35, 36; foundation and further history of, 36, 37; rebuilding of, 38; present remains of, 38 Barnwell Cartulary, 18, 40 Barnwell Fair, 17, 18 Barrow, Dr. Isaac, Master of Trinity, his work in connection with, 260 Bateman, William, Bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, 174 Bede, monastic school of, 51, 52; book on “The Nature of Things” by, 52 Benedictine Order, re-establishment of, under St. Dunstan, 53; discipline of, 75 Bentley, Dr. Richard, Master of Trinity, feud between Fellows and, 261-2; work of, in connection with college, 262 Bibliotheca Pepysiana, 252 Black Death, the, 103, 111, 134 Black Friars, arrival of, in England, 55; land and buildings belonging to, purchased for site of Emmanuel College, 268 Books, complaint by Roger Bacon of lack of, 57 Brazen George Inn, the scholars of Christ’s lodged in, 220 British earthworks, 14 Buckingham College, description of, by Fuller, 248; foundation of, by Benedictine, 248; hall built in connection with, 248; lectures by Cranmer at, 249; semi-secular character of, 249; conversion of, into Magdalene College, 249 Burne-Jones, designs by, for Jesus Chapel, 203 Caius, John, founder of College, 114; design for famous three gates by, 114-19; death of, 119 Camboritum, 16, 17 Cambridge, verses on, by Lydgate, 2; legendary history of, 3-8; position of, 14; origin of name of, 15, 16; geographical position of, 17; early population of, 24; farm of, given as dower to the queen, 24; beginnings of municipal independence of, 27; “the borough,” overflow of, incorporated with township of S. Benet, 28, 32; first charter of, 48 Cambridge Guilds, 120, 121, 122-26 Cambridge University, migration of masters and scholars from Paris to, 59, 60; royal writs concerning, 60; description of, in Middle Ages, 61, 62, 63; course of study pursued at, 63, ff.; learning at, in thirteenth century, 68-70; library, erected by Sir Gilbert Scott, 144 Candle rent, insurrection of towns-people on account of, 132, 133 Cantelupe, Nicholas, legendary history by, 4-7 Carmelites, settlement of, on present site of Queens’, 72 Castle, old site of, 15; foundation of, by William the Conqueror, 22; use of, as prison, as a quarry, 23; gate-house of, demolished, 23 Castle Hill, ancient earthwork known as, 14, 15 Chaucer, tradition concerning, 106 Churches— Abbey, the, 39 All Saints by the Castle, 34 Holy Sepulchre, one of the four round churches of England, 40, 43, 44 S. Benedict, 28, 29, 31, 125, 130-31 S. Edward, 176; independence of, with regard to pulpit teaching, 177, 178 S. Giles, 34, 35 S. John Zachary, 176 S. Mary at Market, afterwards Great S. Mary, 123 S. Peter, without the Trumpington Gate, afterwards called Little S. Mary, 86, 87 S. Peter by the Castle, 34 Close, Nicholas, architect of King’s Chapel, 147, 148 Coleridge, S. T., scholar of Jesus, 208; poems written by, at College, 208 College, meaning of the term in olden times, 62 Colleges— Caius. See Gonville Hall Christ’s, foundation of, 210, 215; God’s House, taken as basis of, 215; Royal Charter of, 216; description of buildings of, 217, 218; hall of, rebuilt by Sir Gilbert Scott, 219; windows of, 219, 220; scholars of, lodged in the Brazen George, 220; Rat’s Hall, erection of, 220; further buildings of, erected by Inigo Jones, 220; “re-beautifying the Chappell” of, 220, 221; John Milton and Charles Darwin members of, 221, 223; other distinguished members of, 223, 224 Clare. See University Hall Corpus Christi, foundation of, 121, 127; building of, 126, 127; royal benefactors of, 128; distinguished men belonging to, 128, 129; library given by Matthew Parker to, 128; description of old buildings of, 129; new library of, 130; attack on, by townspeople, 132, 133 Emmanuel, foundation of, 265; design of Sir W. Mildmay in founding, 265; charter of, granted by Queen Elizabeth, 268; land and buildings of the Black Friars purchased for site of, 268; buildings of, erected, 269; offence given by the Puritanical observances of, 269; statement drawn up concerning the same, 270-71; tenure of fellowships at, 271-272; revision of terms concerning, 272; masters of other colleges elected from, 273; John Harvard, a graduate of, 274 Gonville Hall, first foundation of, 110; removal of, 111; statutes of, 111, 112; old buildings of, 112; bequest by John Household to, 112; strong support of reformed opinions at, 113; second foundation by John Caius, 114; architectural additions made by, 114; famous three gates designed by, 114-19 Jesus, foundation of, 180; number of society of at first, 187; grammar-school incorporated with, 187, 189; nunnery of S. Rhadegund converted into buildings of, 189, 190, 199, 200; “the chimney” at, 200; the chapel of, 201-203; constitution of, 203, 204; failure of plan for incorporating school with, 204; Cranmer and other famous men at, 204, 207, 208; King James’s saying regarding, 209 King’s, foundation of by Henry VI., 142; confiscation of alien priories for endowment of, 143; provision concerning the transference of Eton scholars to, 144; first site of, 144; description of old buildings of, 144; incorporation of, in new buildings of university library, 114; old gateway of, 145; ampler site obtained for, 146, 147; chapel of, 147-50; work in connection with stopped, 150; renewed, 151; windows of, 151, 152; screen and rood-loft, 153; further buildings of, 153, 154; Pope’s bull granting independence of, 154; distinguished men belonging to, 157, 158; King James’s saying regarding, 209 King’s Hall, first establishment of, 97, 98; absorption of by Trinity, 97, 257; picture of collegiate life given in statutes of, 98, 99 Magdalene, Buckingham College converted into, 248; dissimilarity of original statutes of, with those of Christ’s and S. John’s, 251; Duke of Norfolk contributes to revenues of, 251; date of quadrangle of, 251; of chapel and library of, 251; chambers added to Monk’s College for accommodation of scholars of, 252; new gateway of, 252; chapel of, “Italianised” and restored, 252; Pepysian Library of, 252; reference to same in Pepys’ “Diary,” 252; famous Magdalene men, 253 Michaelhouse, foundation of and early statutes, 97; absorption of, by Trinity, 97, 257 Pembroke, foundation of, 93; Countess of Pembroke, foundress of, 106, 107; charter of, 107; constitution of, 108; building of, 108, 109; remains of old buildings of, 110 Peterhouse, foundation of, 77; first code of statutes of, 79-81; hall of, 82-84; Fellows’ parlour at, 85; Perne library at, 89, 90; building of present chapel of, 81; description of same, 92 Queens’, foundation of by Margaret of Anjou, 158-61; earliest extant statutes of, 161; change of name of from Queen’s to Queens’, 161; similarity of building of with that of Haddon Hall, 162; description of principal court of, 162, 165; Tower of Erasmus at, 165, 166; residence of Erasmus at, 165-71 S. Catherine’s Hall, foundation of, 181; statutes of, 181; old buildings of, 181, 182; rebuilding of, 182; new chapel of, built on site of Hobson’s stables, 182 S. John’s, royal license to refound the Monastic Hospital of, 226; bequest of Lady Margaret lost to, through opposition of Court Party, 230; other revenues obtained for, by Bishop Fisher, 231; first Master of, 231; early and present buildings of, 231, 232; “Bridge of Sighs” at, 232; great gateway of, 235; old and new library of, 235, 236, 237; the Masters’ gallery at, 236; lines on by Wordsworth, 237, 238; new chapel of, erected by Sir Gilbert Scott, 238, 241; famous men at, 241, 242 Sidney, foundation of, 265; desire of Lady Frances Sidney in the founding of, 266; Fuller’s account of petition to Queen Elizabeth concerning, 275-76; granting of charter to, 276-77; original statutes of, 277; Papist master of, deposed, 278; buildings of, 278-79; poem by Giles Fletcher on, 278; old chapel of, destroyed, 279; old Fellows’ garden at, 279; Royalist and Republican members of, 280; Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fuller members of, 281; Fuller’s “Child’s Prayer to his Mother,” and prayer at close of his history, 283 Trinity Hall, origin of, 174; buildings of, 175, 176; hall of, 176; chapel of, 176; beating the bounds by Fellows of, 178; old library of, 179; Garden and “Jowett’s Plot” at, 180; King James’s saying concerning, 209; example of change from mediæval to modern conception of learning furnished by, 253; King Henry’s charter of foundation, 253; site of, 254 Trinity College, relation of old halls and hostels with present buildings of, 254-55; Dr. Thomas Neville’s work in connection with, 258; building of new library at, 260; later additions to, 261; two minor halls at, replaced by Bishop’s hostel, 261; feud between Master and Fellows of, 261; Dr. Bentley’s work in connection with, 262; Isaac Newton at, 263; other famous men connected with, 263 University Hall, first foundation of, 93, 99; refoundation of, as Clare House, 99; statutes of, 100, 103, 104; dispute of with King’s College, 104, 105; supposed identity of with Chaucer’s “Soler-Halle,” 105, 106; great men associated with, 106 Cornelius, Austin, wood-carver, 153 Cosin, Dr., Master of Peterhouse, building of College Chapel by, 91 Cranmer, entry of, into Jesus College, 204; fellowship at resigned by, 249; lectures given by, at Magdalene, 249 Crauden, John of, Prior of Ely, Hostel of, 174, 175; portrait bust of, 174 Cromwell, Oliver, member of Sidney College, 281-82; portrait of, by Cooper, 282; Lowell’s verses on, 282 Danes, ravages of, 52, 53 Darwin, Charles, member of Christ’s College, 221, 222, 225 De Heretico Comburendo, 136 Devil’s Dyke, British earthwork known as, 14 Dokell, Andrew, founder of S. Bernard’s Hostel, 160 Dominicans, introduction of the new philosophy by, 58, 59; settlement of, on site of Emmanuel, 72 Drayton, Michael, picture of Fenland by, 11-12 Elizabeth, Queen, visit of, to Cambridge, 251 Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Clare, University Hall refounded by, 99 Elizabeth Wydville, Queen to Edward IV., second foundress of Queen’s College, 161 Ely, Lady Chapel, comparison of with King’s, 149, 150 Ely, student monks of, Hostel for, provided by John Crauden, 174; transference of, to Monk’s College, 175 Erasmus, residence of, at Queens’, 165-68; “Paraclesis” of Novum Testamentum written while there, 171; appointment of, to Lady Margaret chair, 211; his praise of Oxford teachers, 212; summoned to Cambridge to teach Greek, 214 Eton College, 141; connection of, with King’s, 144 Fenland, changes in physical features of, 9-11; description of, in Liber Eliensis and other works, 11-13 Fisher, John, Bishop of Rochester, founder of Christ’s and S. John’s, 185, 242; notice of Lady Margaret attracted by, 211; divinity professorship founded by, 212; literary revival at Cambridge promoted by, 214, 242; speech by, in Parliament, 250; funeral sermon on Lady Margaret by, 228, 229; sympathy of, with new spirit of Bible criticism, 242; friendship of, with Erasmus, 242; attachment of, to Papal cause, 242; character of, evidenced by his codes of statutes, 243; opposition of, to divorce of Henry VIII. and Catherine of Arragon, 243; description of trial and death of, by Froude and Mullinger, 244, 245 Fletcher, Giles, poem by, on Sidney College, 278 Franciscans, first habitation of, 55, 56; erection of house by, on site of Sidney College, 72 Friars, proselytising of students by, 72, 73 Friars of the Order of Bethlehem, 72; of the Sack, 72, 78 Frost, Henry, Burgess, founder of Hospital of S. John, 226 Fuller, Thomas, quotation from, concerning the Universities, 8; account of origin of Fair by, 17, 18; account of petition to Queen Elizabeth concerning Sidney College, 276-77; “Child’s Prayer to his Mother,” and prayer, at close of his History, by, 283 Gilbertines, settlement of, in Trumpington Street, 72 God’s House, small foundation of latter as basis of Christ’s, 215, 216, 217, 226 Grantebrigge, Norman village of, 32 Great Bridge and Small Bridge, 33 Grey Friars, arrival of, in England, 55 Guilds. See under Cambridge Guild of Corpus Christi, 120, 125, 126; incorporation of, with Guild of S. Mary, 121, 126; the “good Duke,” alderman of, 127; Queen Philippa and family enrolled as members of, 127; of Thegns, 122, 123; of S. Mary, 120, 121, 123, 125; of the Holy Sepulchre, first religious guild, 123 Harvard, John, graduate of Emmanuel, 274 Havens, Theodore, of Cleves, architect, 116 Henry VI., birth of, 137; description of, by Stubbs, 138; his love of letters, 142; and holiness, 143 Henry VII., visit of, to Cambridge, 151 Henry of Costessey, Commentary on the Psalms by, 58 Hervey de Stanton, Bishop of Bath and Wells, founder of Michaelhouse, 97 High Street, old, 34 Hobson, Thomas, chapel built on site of stables belonging to, 182 Hostels, establishment of, 63; various, absorbed by Trinity, 254-55 House of Benjamin, 47, 48 Household, John, bequest by D. Gonville, 113 Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely, founder of Peterhouse, 75, 76, 78, 79 Ingulph, story quoted from, 7 Jews, early establishment of, in Cambridge, 44; influence of, on academic history and material condition of town, 46, 47 Josselin, fellow of Queen’s, account of the building of Corpus Christi College by, 126, 127 King’s Ditch, the, old artificial stream known as, 32, 33 King’s Scholars, 97; regulations concerning, 98, 99 Kingsley, Charles, description of Fenland by, 12, 13 Lancaster, Henry, Duke of, alderman of Corpus Christi Guild, 127, 128 Lanes, old, still surviving, 33 Langton, John, architect of King’s Chapel, 147 Latimer, Hugh, sermon preached by, at S. Edward, 177 Learning, decline of, in fourteenth century, 95, 96 Lollardism in the university towns, 135, 136 Lydgate, John, verses on Cambridge by, 2, 3 Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, foundress of Christ’s College and S. John’s, description of, by Fuller, 210; funeral sermon on, by Bishop Fisher, 210, 228, 229, 230; influence of Bishop Fisher upon, 212, 215; noble benefactions of, 216, 217; rooms at Christ Church of, 218, 219; characteristic story of, 218; death of, 228; monument to, 228 Margaret of Anjou, description of, by Shakespeare, 158; foundress of Queen’s College, 158, 159, 160 Matthew Paris, description of Fenland by, 11 Mediæval students, dress of, 81-83 Merton, Walter de, exclusion of religious orders from his foundation by, 73; his Regula Mertonensis, 74, 75, 79 Mildmay, Sir Walter, founder of Emmanuel, 265; answer of, to Queen Elizabeth concerning same, 265 Milne Street, old, 34 Milton, John, member of Christ’s, 221; description of rooms at, 221; mulberry tree planted by, 221; poems written by, as an undergraduate, 222; treatment of at college, 223 Monasteries, depression caused by suppression of, 246; advantages to universities arising from, 247, 248; King Henry’s words with regard to, 247, 248 Monastic houses, early settlements of, 72 Monk’s College, monks of Ely transferred to, 175 Monk’s Hall, 175 More, Henry, member of Christ’s, 224; as one of the Cambridge Platonists, 224, 225 Neville, Dr. Thomas, Master of Trinity, his work of building in connection with, 258-59 New Learning, the, 56, 57, 58, 183-85; encouragement of, at Cambridge, 211; renown of Oxford in connection with, 212; promoted at Cambridge by Bishop Fisher, 214; colleges of, 241; no regard shown to, in statutes of Magdalene, 251 Newton, Sir Isaac, at Trinity, 263; his Principia written there, 263; statue of, by Roubiliac, 263 Parker, Matthew, Archbishop, library of MSS. belonging to, 128, 130, 131 Parker, Richard, translation of Skeletos Cantabrigiensis by, 4 Pearson, Mr., old gateway of King’s restored by, 145 Perne, Dr. Andrew, portrait of, 85; bequest of library to Peterhouse by, 89; account of, 89, 90; Latin verb invented in honour of, 89 Philippa, Queen, member of Corpus Christi Guild, 127, 128 “Poore Priestes,” the, of Wycliffe, 135, 136 Preaching, art of, neglected, 212, 213; Lady Margaret’s readership founded as a remedy for, 213, 214 Puritanism in England, 265-66 Reginald of Ely, architect of King’s Chapel, 148 Regula Mertonensis taken as model for rule of Peterhouse, 75, 79 Richard de Baden, Chancellor of the University, 99 Richard III., gift of land by, to King’s College, 151 Richard of Bury, Bishop of Durham, application from Petrarch to, 95; description of Oxford by, 96 Rotherham, Thomas, Archbishop of York, college founded by, 187; purposes and provisions of same, 187, 188 S. AUGUSTINE, list of books brought to England by, 50 S. Bernard Hostel, 160; absorption of, in foundation of Queen’s, 161 S. John, Hospital of, 76, 226; nucleus of S. John’s College, 78; history and downfall of, 226, 228 S. Rhadegund, history of nuns of, 189-99; conversion of nunnery of, into college buildings, 199, 200 Scholars, secular endowment of, 76; dispute of, with regulars, 77; removal of, 77 Scholars of Ely, 78 School of Pythagoras, old Norman house known as, 27 Schools, monastic, of Northumbria and the South, 50, 51 Scott, Sir Gilbert, University library erected by, 144; hall of Christ’s rebuilt by, 219; chapel of S. John’s erected by, 238, 241 Sidney, Lady Frances, foundress of Sidney College, 266, 275-76; portrait of, 275 Simon, Montagu, Bishop of Ely, first code of statutes for Peterhouse by, 78 Spencer, Henry, Bishop of Norwich, revolt of towns-people quelled by, 133 Star Chamber, origin of name of, 46 Sterne, Laurence, portrait of, at Jesus, 207 Stourbridge Fair, earliest charter of, 18; comparison of, with Bunyan’s “Vanity Fair,” 19, 20 Symons, Ralph, architect of Emmanuel College, 269, 278 TESTAMENT of the Twelve Patriarchs, the Greek MS. of, 56 Tower of Erasmus, 165 Town and gown, ill feeling between, 132; riot arising from, 132, 133 Tusser, Thomas, residence of, at Trinity Hall, and verses by, 173 University, use of the term of, 60, 61 Venn, Henry, influence of, at Jesus, 208 Via Devana, or Roman Way, 15, 28, 32, 34 Walden, Abbey of, grant of, to Sir T. Audley, 252; association of, with Buckingham College, 252 Wharfs or river hithes, rights in regard to, 33 Wordsworth, William, lines by, on S. John’s, 237, 238 Wren, Dr. Matthew, Master of Peterhouse, 90; chapel of, built by, 91 Wren, Sir Christopher, architect of library at Trinity Hall, 260; tables, chairs, and shelves designed by, 261

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