Chapter I: Front Matter

The College

Monographs

Edited and Illustrated by
EDMUND H. NEW

TRINITY COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE

W. W. ROUSE BALL.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE

R. F. SCOTT.

KING'S COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE

C. R. FAY.

MAGDALEN COLLEGE,
OXFORD

THE PRESIDENT.

NEW COLLEGE,
OXFORD

A. O. PRICKARD.

MERTON COLLEGE,
OXFORD

REV. H. J. WHITE.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE

CAMBRIDGE

BY

ROBERT FORSYTH SCOTT

FELLOW AND SENIOR BURSAR
OF THE COLLEGE

ILLUSTRATED BY

EDMUND H. NEW

1907: LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO.

NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

_All Rights Reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE COURTS AND BUILDINGS 1

II. SOME INTERIORS 13

III. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN (CIRCA 1135-1511) 35

IV. THE FIRST CENTURY (1511-1612) 40

V. THE SECOND CENTURY (1612-1716) 52

VI. THE THIRD CENTURY (1716-1815) 66

VII. THE CURRENT CENTURY 74

VIII. SOCIAL LIFE 86

INDEX 109

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_The Entrance Gateway_ _Frontispiece_

PAGE

_Plan of College Buildings_ x

_Bag of Flowers; detail of Carving over Entrance Gateway_ 3

_The Second and Third Courts from the Screens_ 6

_The Gatehouse from the Churchyard of All Saints_ 12

_Monument of Hugh Ashton in the Chapel_ 19

_The Hall from the Second Court_ 24

_Interior of the Library_ 34

_The Old Bridge_ 41

_The Hall and Chapel Tower from the Second Court_ 53

_The College Arms_ (_in the Third Court_) 58

_The Chapel Tower from the River_ 67

_The College Chapel from the Round Church_ 75

_The New Court from Trinity College Bridge_ 87

_The "Bridge of Sighs"_ 98

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