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2 giorni fa · The Downing family was apparently of East Anglian origin: in 1561 a George Downing of Beccles in Suffolk by will directed that his sons should go to the University of Cambridge. His son George, of Queens' College, taught for many years at Ipswich Grammar School and in 1608 became its master: this George's son, Emmanuel, of Trinity ...
2 giorni fa · Erasmus mainly stayed at Queens' College while lecturing at the university, between 1511 and 1515. [note 27] Erasmus' rooms were located in the " I " staircase of Old Court. [74] Despite a chronic shortage of money, he succeeded in mastering Greek by an intensive, day-and-night study of three years, taught by Thomas Linacre , continuously begging in letters that his friends send him books and ...
- Counsellor to Charles V. (hon.)
2 giorni fa · Queens' College, Cambridge, which bought 12 a. at Burwell in 1537, owned 43 a. there by 1595. In 1817 those colleges were allotted 44 a. and 37 a. for their 54 a. and 46 a. of arable. Pembroke also had 38 a. of heath.
1 giorno fa · The President's Lodge, Queens' College. Following the Roman withdrawal from Britain around 410, the location may have been abandoned by the Britons, although the site is usually identified as Cair Grauth, as listed among the 28 cities of Britain in the History of the Britons attributed to Nennius.
16 ore fa · The college's most formal name is the College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the University of Cambridge, usually abbreviated to Corpus Christi College. From the early 16th century, it was also known as Benet or St Benet's College, from the nearby St Bene't's Church, associated with the founding guild of Corpus Christi.
- 1352; 671 years ago
- 266
- May the old house flourish
- £90.9M (2017)
2 giorni fa · GIRTON COLLEGE. Girton College lies about 2 miles north-west of Cambridge at the junction of the road from Girton village with the Huntingdon Road. In 1951 the College grounds extended over about 52 acres of gardens, playing fields, woodlands, and farm land.
1 giorno fa · Following several legal actions the farm was put up for sale by order of the High Court in 1891 and was bought by Queens' College, Cambridge, which sold it in 1921 to J. W. Mitcham. The Grange is an L-shaped house facing St. Michael's rectory, probably of 17thcentury origin but much altered.
