Note 128 — V. ORIEL COLLEGE.
Reading edition
The pre-eminence of Merton, its conspicuous buildings, and its wealth, seem to have distinguished it as “the College,” until it found a rival in the “New College” of William of Wykeham.
Reading edition
The pre-eminence of Merton, its conspicuous buildings, and its wealth, seem to have distinguished it as “the College,” until it found a rival in the “New College” of William of Wykeham.