ynches, in the seconde storie fower foote and in the thirde three foote and two ynches wth freestone soyles sixe ynches thicke and ten ynches broade, the iames and minions to be of white stonne with hance headds also of white stonne, and cornises and kneelers over everie windowe of free stonne, and in the first and second stories with arches of bricke turned over every windowe, and in the third storie with gable ends and crests and finialls of free stonne, and nine windows of tymber wth one light apeece in the garrets or excelses of oaken tymber wth roofes of tymber over the same, the whole number of lights in the whole building to bee seventie two and to have one iron barre 3 quarters of a inch square, strongly and fitly placed & fastened in the midst of every of the same lights and that there shall bee 30 dooble casements of iron well and cleane wrought fitly and strongly placed and fastned in the windows of the 3 stories and nine single casements of iron in the windows of the garrets or excelses, and all the same lights and casements shall bee well and sufficiently glased with good burgundie glasse in small quarries well leaded soddred and sufficiently sett into the same windowes and bound to the barrs. And that all the said severall chambers shall bee floared with good sufficient and seasoned board of oake layd uppon sufficient rests of oake tymber for the grounde floare and good and sufficient dormans and rests for the other 3 floares. And that all the particians shall bee maide with good and sufficient groundesills posts girts punchions and studds of oake tymber and the same and also all the studies to bee lathed with hart lath and the 4 particians in the second and third stories and about the staires to be lathed on both sides with hart lath and to be all uppon the lathes cast over with lime and hayre workmanlike. And that there shall bee in the same building twelve outward doares of fir deale smoothed and well handsomely and sufficiently made and fitted to the doresteeds and hanged on good and sufficient hookes and hingells, with a good and sufficient looke and kea to every of the same dores and one and twenty Studdie doares of good seasoned Oake boards smoothed and well and sufficiently made and fitted to the door steede and hanged on sufficient hookes and hingells. And that the roofe of the same building shall bee of sufficient Oake tymber with seven paire of good and sufficient principall sparrs, dooble purlinges and wimbeames, and to stand on wall platts of oake six inches thicke and nine inches broad and shall bee covered with good tyle laid with morter upon hart lath. And that all the said chambers and studdies in the three stories and in the garretts or excelses shall be well and workmanlike seeled with lime and haire layd on reed well fastned with hartlath unto the timber of the said building ... [It is further agreed that John Atkinson shall provide all the material: and that Martin Perse shall pay £500 in the following sums :—thus, at the sealing etc. of these presents £100 on 20th May 100: 1st Aug. 100: 10th Sep. £100: 1 Nov. £100, the residue in full.] II. Decree for building the Legge Building, 1618. In loco capitulari Collegii de Gonvill et Caius 15° die mensis Januarii per consensum custodis et maioris partis sociorum ita decretum est, ut tenementa antiqua juxta portam humilitatis diruerentur, et in eorum loco novum erigeretur aedificium Collegio deinceps adjungendum, eâ structurâ et conditionibus quae postea sequuntur. Primo, ut duodecem distincta fiant cubicula supra quatuor distinctas areas et infra quatuor excelsa distincta. Secundo, ut jus assignandi cubicula praedicta, pro communi iure custodis et sociorum in predictis tenementis, ita distribuatur ut Custos peculiariter sibi habeat ius assignandi tria cubicula cum excelsis continuâ serie erecta, eaque ita coniuncta primus eligat ubi placuerit in toto aedificio: ut novem reliqua cubicula cum tribus excelsis inter duodecem socios antiquae fundationis ita distribuantur, ut singuli socii et eorundem successores secundum senioritatem suam singula cubicula aut excelsa sibi habeant, quae scholasticis aut pensionariis pro placito assignent, proviso semper quod pensiones cubiculorum per consensum custodis et sociorum imponendae debitis temporibus solvantur, ex quibus redditus antiquus reponetur in cistâ communi, reliquum custodi et sociis remanebit. Ulterius, in eodem capitulo decretum est ut Johannes Atkinson curam huius aedificii perficiendi in se susciperet, et pretium reciperet a Collegio sexcentas sexaginta libras solvendas temporibus per Collegium assignandis, et ligna praeterea et lateres et rudera veterum tenementorum. Ita tamen ut collegio syngrapham competentem cum praede exhibeat, ut totum hoc aedificium constituto tempore perficiatur, eâque formâ et structurâ et materiâ sufficienti secundum indenturas deinceps inter praedictum Joh. Atkinson et Collegium conficiendas, in quibus conditiones hujus operis expriItem ut in illâ structurâ monimentum aliquod fiat in memoriam Dris. Legge, et ut huic decreto Custos et socii subscribant antequam nummi ex aerario desumantur. Endorsed. The decree of the Mr. and Fellowes of Cajus Colledge concerninge the buildinge of the brick Court, wth the conditions agreed upon for buildinge the same. Jan. 15, 1618. mentur. III. Contract with John Atkinson for the Legge Building, 1618. ... Articles of agreement betwene the sayde College ... and John Atkinson of the same Towne and County, Yeoman 18 Jany. 16 James I... concerninge a Range of buildinge to be erected and sett upp in Gonvell and Caius Colledge in Cambridge... Imprimis the said John Atkinson ... doth covenant ... that he will at or before the feast of All Seynts next ensuinge the day of the date of these presents erect builde and fully finish ... upon foundations digged to the firme ground and walled, to be well and sufficiently rammed, one buildinge of ninety two foote in length to be Three stories in heyght with garretts or excelses in the topp of the Rooffe, Two of the stories to be Nyne foote betwene the floore and the sealinge, and the halfe storie to be eight foote and a halfe, the lower storie to be eightene foote wide within the walls and to be parted into foure Chambers, every Chamber to have three convenient Studdies a peece; the next storie to be ninetene foote wide within the walls, and to be equally devided into foure chambers likewise with two convenient studdies a peece and the halfe storie to be equally devided into foure chambers and to have two studies a peece; and the garretts to be parted into ffoure Roomes and have two studdies apeece with fyttinges and convenient Stayres of Oken plancke to leade conveniently to every of the same chambers. And that the outward walls of the same buildinge shalbe of Bricke, filled or layd with white stone within. All the corners thereof to be sett with Coynes of freestone, the same walls to be of the thicknes of three bricks and a halfe, which conteyneth two foote and Tenne inches under the water table, the same water table to lye three foote or more above the ground and to be of free stone chamfored foure inches and a halfe thicke. And from the water table to the middle floore, the length of three Bricks, which conteynes two foote and a halfe, and from the middle floure to the wall plate Two bricks and a halfe in length, which conteyneth Two foote in thicknes, both the gable ends of the same buildinge to be made gable wise, with Cresses and some comely finishinge of free stone, and all the walls on the insyde to be cast over with lyme and hayer, and that there shalbe placed in every of ye Twelve chambers one Chimney with Chimney peeces and borders of white stone cleane and handsomely wrought, the shafts of the same Chimneys to be brought up Cantwise a convenient heyght above the level of ye ridge of ye roofe of the house or buildinge, and that there shalbe placed two convenient doresteds with free stone Jawmes and whitestone heads with whelmers and kneelers over the same of free stone, and convenient windowes in the three lowe stories, every light to be eightene inches wide, the first to be three foote eight inches in height, the seacond storie foure foote, and the third three foot two inches hye, with freestone soyles six inches thicke and Tenne inches broade; the Jawmes and munions to be of white stone with hance heads also of white stone, with kneelers and whelmeres over every window of freestone, and in the first and seacond storie with arches of bricke turned over every windowe, and in the halfe storie with gable ends with crests and finialls of freestone, and twelve windowes of timber, of two lights a peece in the garretts or excelses, and every light in the seacond and halfe storey to have one barre of yron of three quarters of an inch square, strongly and fytly placed and fastened in the midest of every of the same lights, and in ye lowest story to have two barres of Iron in every light well placed and fastened, and every studdye window to have an iron casement of Two foote longe, and every chamber two casements besids the studdies of the same length, for thorow light and ayer, and all the same lights to be well and sufficiently glased with good Burgundie glasse in small quarries well leaded sodered semented and sufficiently set into the same windowes, and bound to the barres, and that all the said chambers shalbe flored with good sufficient and well seasoned boards of Oke, layd upon sufficient Jeists of Oke tymber, for the ground flores, and good and sufficient Dormanes and Jeists for the other three flores, and that all the partitions shalbe made with good and sufficient groundsales posts girts punchones and studs of Oke tymber, and the same and all the studdies to be lathed with hart lathes, and the nine partitions in the seacond and halfe storie, and about the staires, to be lathed on both syds with hart lath, and to be all plastered over with lyme and hayer workeman lyke, and all the outward dores to made of ffurdeale cleanly and well wrought, and a sufficient locke and key for every of the outward dores, And also to make a good and sufficient dore for every studdye to be fitted to the dorestead and hanged on sufficient hooks and hinges. And that ye Roofe of ye same buildinge shalbe of sufficient Oketymber with soe many principall sparres as cann be conveniently placed with stronge pirlines and windbeames, and to stand upon wallplats of Oke six inches thicke and tenne inches broad and shalbe covered with good tyles laid with mortar upon hart lathes, and that all the said chambers and studdies in all the stories and the excelses of the said buildinge shalbe well and workemanlyke seeled with lime and hayer layd upon reede well fastened with hartlathes unto the tymber of the said buildinge. And further the said John ... doth covenant to make the syde of the buildinge next the streate with battlements after ye order of St Johns new courte, with gutters and spouts of leade to be well sothered and workmanlyke done. And that the streate syde of the said buildinge shall have in every of the foure chambers in the lower storey one three light window and two single light windowes and soe in proportion and order in every storey of the said buildinge, and every chamber on the courte syde of the said buildinge shall have soe many windowes and of the same order that doctor Perse his buildinge hath. And also the said John ... promiseth to levell the courte soe as the water may fall into the lane, and to pave it round about by the sydes eight foote broade with pebble, and to leave a pumpe in the courte and to be comelily covered by him lyke the pumpe in Gonvell Courte. And...the said John Atkinson doth covenant ... [to] have readie for the said workemen and buildinge all the tymber freestone whitestone brick and tyles, the same to be good and well burned, lyme, hayer, bords, lath, glasse, leade, and ironworke with locks and keyes, the studdye dores excepted and all other materialls...... [It was further agreed that the College should pay £660 in instalments, at sealing £400, 24th June following £160, and 29th Sept. 100; Atkinson to use "all the oulde buildings eyther on the streate syde or in the courte where his new buildinge is to stand."] From original in Caius College Treasury The receipts are for £400 paid 22 Jan. 1618. £60,, 18 Aug. 1619. This was paid in advance. £660 in full 29 Sept. 1619. V. Trinity Hall. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE SITE'. HE site of Trinity Hall is bounded on the south by Clare Hall, on the west by the River Cam, on the east by Trinity Hall Lane, a portion of the street anciently called Milne Street, and on the north by Garret, otherwise S. Gerard's, Hostel Lane. This lane however was not made until 1545. Up to that time the northern boundary of the site was a lane called Henney Lane, which, in continuation of one which has been already described as crossing the site of Caius College from east to west, led to the common ground called Henney, and to the river. The ground to the south of this was acquired during the life of the Founder, William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich, or immediately after his death3. [Professor Willis had made notes and collections for the earlier portion of this history, and had related the additions made to the site in the reign of Hen. VIII. in his History of Trinity College. I have brought the whole account together, and printed here, for the sake of clearness, the part which he had proposed to defer to a subsequent chapter. The facts of the history are therefore his, although the language of much of it is of necessity mine.] [See the History and Plan of Caius College.] 3 [See Historical Introduction. The conveyances of several of the pieces composing the site are no longer in the possession of the College. Their loss is to some extent supplied by those cited in the " 'Borough Report": but our knowledge of the western portion of the site is still deficient. ] VOL. I. 14 |