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long-standing fellows of great academic merit, staircases C and D Great Court. The Clock Tower was from King's Hall but was moved from where the sundial now is, and the Great Gate of Trinity was built just before the amalgamation and thus still bears the King's Hall name, in Latin. Unfortunately, the last buildings of Michaelhouse were recorded as being knocked down with the completion of the southern section of Great Court.
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King's Hall was located in what is now the northern section of the Great Court of Trinity College, and there still stands an original building from that time. It is found off Great Court next to the Chapel, and contains some of the most coveted rooms in the College, generally held only by
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The universities of Oxford and Cambridge remained dominated by Anglican clergy until well into the 19th century - this was one of the driving aspects for the setting up of secular institutions,
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tells of two students from "Soler Halle" (another name for King's Hall), who take their revenge on a thieving miller and his family for stealing grain from the University.
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in 1337. In 1412, the master or warden is recorded as Richard Derham. In 1433, Richard Pyghtesley was described as a clerk, in King's Hall, (Aula Regis).
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in 1546. This, combined with lands confiscated from the Church, caused Trinity to be the richest and biggest college, a position it has retained.
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and Cambridge, being both religious institutions and quite rich, expected to be the next target, and, indeed, the King duly passed an
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1575 map of Trinity College showing the King's Hall (top left) and Michaelhouse (top right) buildings before Nevile's reconstruction
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with great new architecture, but he died a few weeks after the college was created. The layout of Great Court is mainly due to
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Fellows’ Bowling Green, with the oldest building in the college (originally part of King's Hall) in the background at right
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that allowed him to suppress (and confiscate the property of) any college he wished.
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to provide chancery clerks for his administration, and was very rich compared to
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This article derives some information from an edition of
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Educational institutions established in the 14th century
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King's Hall no longer exists, as it was combined with
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Was once one of the constituent colleges of Cambridge
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Cambridge University
King's Hall, Cambridge heraldic shield
Trinity College
John Hotham, Bishop of Ely
Trinity College
Edward II of England
Cambridge
Peterhouse
King Edward II
Michaelhouse
Trinity Great Court

John Hotham, Bishop of Ely
letters patent
Edward III
Michaelhouse
King Henry VIII
Christ Church
Thomas Nevile
Oxford
Act of Parliament
University College, London
Catherine Parr
Michaelhouse
Catherine's
Garratt
Gregory's
Margaret's
Ovyng's
Physwick

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