CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY.

1346-51. Purchase of site of Old and New Courts by the Foundress.

1363.

Orchard

1419-30.

southern part of Orchard.

"Bolton's" or "Knapton's Place," and conveyance to the College. 1428-47. Master's Chapel built, with poor scholars' dining-room below. Chapel

and Library enriched by presents.

1451. Lease of S. Thomas' Hostel from S. John's College.

1452. New Library built.

1462. Turret at S. E. angle of Old Court finished.

1463.

1534-7.

1549.

1579.

Roodloft, stained glass windows, and choir, of Chapel made or decorated.

West window of Chapel made.

Purchase of land belonging to S. Mary's Chantry.

University Hostel rebuilt.

1609. Lease of "The Paschal Yard."

1610-34. North side of second Court (western portion) built.

1620.

Lease from the Town of the lane leading to Swinecroft.

1634. Wainscot put up in Hall.

1659. South side of second Court (eastern portion) built with Sir Robert Hitcham's

bequest.

1663-5. New Chapel built.

1664. Considerable repairs done to the Old Court.

1664-6. Sir R. Hitcham's Cloister and building next to street built.

1668. Tennis-Court road made, or enlarged.

1679. Western end of south side of second Court appropriated to the Master. 1690. Old Chapel converted into Library.

1712. Front of College next to street cased with stone.

1833. Purchase of "The Paschal Yard" from Corpus Christi College. 1854-61. Purchase of land from Peterhouse to increase the Garden.

1862--3. Repairs executed by Cory.

1871-3. New Master's Lodge built by Waterhouse.

1874. Old Lodge and south side of Old Court pulled down.

1875. Old Hall pulled down; new Hall begun; and plans approved for new Library

and Lecture Rooms by Waterhouse.

May 16, 1663.

APPENDIX.

I. Contract for the brick-work of the Chapel.

Articles of Agreement made between yo R' wor1 M. Franck D' in Divinity Mr of P. Hall, and E. Stearne one of the Fellowes of the sayd Coll on the one part; And George Jackson and Tho. Hutton of Cambridge Bricklayers on the other part, Concerning the Brick-work of a new Chappell to be built at ye Coll. aforesayd as followeth.

It is Covenanted and agreed between ye parties abovesayd, That ye walls of the Chappell above the second Plint up to the Roofe shall contain in thicknes fower bricks in length; and that the Heads and sides of all the Bricks weh shall appear outwards shall be all ground, and fine ioynts made.

That ye work under the windowes shall be sett out 2 or 3 Inches to the thicknes of y second Plint, and so ordered that ye Bricks shall rise in the midst after ye forme of Stonework if the Modell so require it.

That for this work ye sayd Dr F. or Mr S. shall pay unto the sayd G. Jackson and Tho. Hutton, fower pounds, fifteen shillings per pole for every pole of square measure, the windowes not reckoned to make up the measure. They y sayd Jackson and Hutton being at all charges of workmanshipp except ye laying their materialls by them.

rate.

That ye Foundation work up to the second plint shall be reckoned at the same

That ye Brickwork the outside whereof shall be covered with Ashlaer shall be accounted for as inward work, at the Rate of 30 per pole for a Brick and half thick proportionably.

...

Articles of Agreement had made concluded and agreed upon the tenth day of January in the fifteenth yeare of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second, Annoque Domini, 1664: Betweene the R'. wor' Robert Mapletoft MastTM or Keeper of the Colledge or Hall of Mary Valence commonly called Pembroke Hall... and Nathaniel Coga Fellow of the said Colledge on the one part, and Cornelius Austine and Richard Billopps and William his sonne of Camebridge in the county of Camebridge Joyners on the other part, as Followeth, viz:

Imprimis it is agreed between the said parties... First, that they the said Cornelius Austine and Richard and William Billopps ... shall at their owne proper cost and charge find, provide and prepare such a parcell of good cleane and substantiall wainscott well seasoned all and without any cracks or flaws as may be everyway fit and sufficient for the Joyners work wh is to be done and sett up within the New Chappell at Pemb. Hall in Camebridge, and that whatever parcells of the said wainscot shall be thought to be insufficient and any way defective the said Rob' Mapletoft and Nath. Coga shall have liberty to refuse the same, and they obliged forthwth to supply better in the stead thereof.

Item it is agreed that they shall at their own proper cost and charges prepare work and sett up all the said wainscott according to a certaine forme and draught of

Joyners work agreed upon between the said parties with 14 seates on each side the chappell, and two returning on each side the doore beneath the organ loft, and with a large Cornice all round that inner chappell : and the whole work (at least within the inner chappell) to be finished, so as that the said inner chappell shall be in a readinesse for the laying of a marble pavement before the dedication of the said chappell, wh is intended to be upon the 21st of September next after the date hereof, yf god permitt. Item that they shall at their own charges provide all materialls of good wainscot for the two Rowes of the lower seates descending from the upper seates and answering thereunto, and for the carved work within the said chappell viz. for the Festoones and for the Capitalls.

Item it is agreed that the price to be paid by the said Robert Mapletoft and Nath. Coga unto the said Cornelius Austine and Richard and William Billopps shall be five pounds twelve shillings and six pence for every of the forenamed seates (being in all thirty two seates) with the two outer seates answering unto them, wh are included in that said price wh is agreed upon for the thirty two seates.

...

Item that they shall provide ... all the groundwork, ioyces, stepps, and Floores of all the said seates into the same rate and price of £5. 12. 6 per seate excepting onely some od remnants of oak yt remaine about the work of the said chappell wh the said Robert Mapletoft and Nath. Coga are to allow them for the groundwork. Item that they the said Joyners shal make such a difference for the seates on each side the doore beneath the organ loft as the said Robert Mapletoft and Nath. Coga shall direct them.

Item that the price to be paid unto them the aforesaid Joyners for the said Cornice from the ends of the seates round the east end and also over the doore to the inner chappell shall be sixteen shillings per yard to be measured by the girt: they to find all materials and work belonging to it. Item the price to be paid for every round Columne shall be three pounds for the materialls of it and working and finishing all belonging to it except the capitall.

Item it is mutually agreed that they ... shall deduct and make allowance ... for the avennues and passages where the seates are to be interrupted at the rate of twelve shillings per yard girt measure, Item that the said Robert Mapletoft and Nath. Coga shall allow unto them... twelve shillings per yard for the wainscot in the Corners of the Chappell next under the organ loft with the Cornice over it to be measured by the girt. Item it is agreed that the price to be paid for the wainscot in the outer chappell, to be wrought with large faire pannells and Balection molding shall be seven shillings per yard girt measure, and they the said Joyners to find all materialls belonging to it.

Lastly for the times of payment it is covenanted and mutually agreed that in consideration the said Cornelius Austine and William and Richard Billopps shall give good and sufficient security for the severall summes they shall receive untill their work be performed according to these articles, that then the said Robert Mapletoft and Nath. Coga shall pay unto them ... one hundred pounds the tenth day of March next after the date hereof and fifty pounds more the tenth day of Aprill, and fifty pounds more the last of June next comeing and the rest as soon as their work is in due manner fully compleate and ended. In witnesse whereof the parties above mentioned have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seales the day and yeare first above written.

Memorandum It was agreed before the sealeing that the price to be paid for the Pillasters in the door passage and the outer chappell shall be 12 per yard girt

measure.

IV.

Gonville and Caius College.

CHAPTER I.

HISTORY OF THE SITE'.

HE present site of Gonville and Caius College is bounded on the north by Trinity Lane, formerly called S. Michael's Lane, on the south by SenateHouse Passage, on the east by Trinity Street, formerly called High Street, and on the west by Trinity Hall Lane, formerly called Milne Street. Before the formation of Senate-House Passage, the lane from Milne Street along the north side of the University Library extended only to the Gate of Honour, and thence turned south into Schools Street. The remainder of the south boundary of the site was formed by the buildings and garden of S. Mary's Hostel, belonging to Corpus Christi College.

Before we enter upon the history of the site, it must be remarked that it was originally divided into a north and south portion by a narrow lane, which ran across it from High Street to Milne Street, leaving the former at a point opposite to S. Michael's Churchyard, and entering the latter opposite to the end of S. Gerard's Hostel Lane3. The western part of the north

1 [This chapter can only be thoroughly understood by consulting the accompanying plan drawn by my friend the Rev. John Lamb, M.A., late Fellow and Bursar of Caius College. The portions of the text and notes contributed by him are signed J. L.] [For an account of this Hostel, see the History of the Schools.] 3 Annals, 7. The passage is translated and quoted below, p. 168. Amongst certain dues payable by Michael House we find: "Item Thesaurario ville Cantebr'

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portion was the site acquired by Gonvile Hall in 1353 from Corpus Christi College in exchange for the original site in Luthburne Lane. It was situated "in Henney," and contained the great Stone-house, or principal messuage, of Sir John de Cambridge, and the adjoining messuage of John Goldcorn, with the buildings, gardens, walls, shops, and schools appertaining thereto1. This property was held of the Priory of Anglesey "in capite," and by an indenture dated 1354 (28 Edw. III.) an annual rent of 5s. was paid for it. Between it and High Street were some dwelling-houses, the history of which will be most conveniently related after the south portion of the site has been described.

At the south-west corner of the latter was a garden belonging to the estate of Sir John de Cambridge, which subsequently became the garden assigned to the Master, as indeed the greater part of it is to this day. Eastward of this, extending to the High Street, was the Stone-house of the Prior of Anglesey: between which, and the lane previously mentioned, was the Rectory House of S. Michael's Church and its garden. This, together with the advowson of the Church, had been purchased in 1323 by Hervey de Stanton, founder of Michael House, and conveyed by him to his college. In position it is represented by the alley of trees that connects the Gate of Virtue with the Gate of Humility. We must now investigate the history, and trace the acquisition, of these pieces of ground.

pro quadam venella ex opposito ecclesie Sancti Michaelis Cantebr' ijs.' Otryngham, P. 75. [The chartulary referred to as "Otryngham," or "the Otryngham Book," is described in a note to the History of Michael House, and the MS. chronicle referred to as "Annals" in Chap. 11. Note 1.]

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1 [Annals, p. 3. In the conveyance, dated 15 August, 1353, of the old site to Thomas de Eltisley, Master of Corpus Christi College, by John de Girington, Master (custos) of the Hall of the Annunciation, the site received in exchange is described as "capitale mesuagium domini Johannis de Cantabrigg, militis situatum ex opposito habitacionis collegii scolarium domus Sancti Michaelis, una cum toto illo tenemento quod quondam fuit Johannis de Goldecorne predicto mesuagio annexo, cum scolis schoppis gardinis muris et omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis." J. L. Corp. Christ. Coll. Treasury, Drawer 31, No. 62.]

2 [This was paid regularly till 1611. J. L.]

3 [Otryngham, 1 b, p. 2.]

4 [Professor Willis is here speaking of the original position of the Gate of Humility. The Alley of Trees is however the same, and the new gate at the end opposite S. Michael's Church is still called the Gate of Humility.]