Note 472 — 1827
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Trinity College, Cambridge, was founded by King Henry VIII. in 1546, on the site of King's Hall, founded by Edward III. in 1337. Two of the gateways of the latter remain, as parts of the great court of Trinity. Over one of these—the King's or entrance gate way—the statue of Henry VIII. is erected. The portrait, described in the sonnet, is in the Hall of the College.—Ed.