CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 1321-41. Prior Crawden bought a Hostel on this site for monks of Ely, thence called "Ely Hostel." 1349-50. Bishop Bateman's charter of foundation, Jan. 15, and license of Edward III. to acquire houses, Feb. 23. 1352. 1354. Purchase of house from Prior and Convent of Ely. License from Bishop of Ely to build a Chapel, May 30. Purchase of house called "Draxesentre." 1374. Contract with John de Mildenhall to build chambers. 1513. Repairs to, and consecration of, Chapel. 1544. Acquisition of Henneabley by exchange with the Town, Sept. 12. Purchase of Garden from the same, Sept. 20. 1545. Purchase of ground from Michael House. Garret Hostel Lane made, and wall built. 1562-3. Combination Room, Oriel of Hall, and other offices built by Dr Hervy. 1569. North-west wall of College garden built. 1600(?). Library built. 1728. Parapets added to N. side of Principal Court, and the walls plastered. Hall and East front altered: N. and S. sides of Principal Court 1769. Agreement with the Town for waste ground between the College wall and Garret Hostel Bridge. 1804. Lodge altered (Sir W. Wynne Master). 1822. Further alterations to Lodge (Dr Le Blanc Master). 1823. Range of Chambers built on W. side of Porter's Court. 1852. Lodge enlarged; East range of Principal Court rebuilt after fire (A. Salvin architect). 1864. Enlargement of Chapel. 1872. East range of Porter's Court rebuilt (A. Waterhouse architect). 1876. Chapel decorated. APPENDIX. I. William Warren, from whose work, so often quoted in the History of this College, the following extracts have been made, was, as he has himself recorded (p. 487), son of the Rev. Samuel Warren, vicar of Ashford in Kent, where he was born April 27, 1683. He was admitted Sizar of Trinity Hall, May 3, 1700; elected Fellow, Sept. 3, 1712; proceeded to LL.D., Mar. 30, 1717: died 1745—6. His work on his own College is styled by himself "Collectanea ad Collegium siue Aulam sanctæ Trinitatis in Universitate Cantabrigiensi præcipuè spectantia;" and signed at the bottom of the title-page, "W. Warren, LL.D., Aul. Trin. Soc. Ap. 27, 1730." This title exactly describes the work, which is a collection of documents interspersed with personal anecdotes, rather than a history. The labour bestowed upon it is considerable, and has been most useful in rescuing what otherwise would have perished. The author's friend the Rev. William Cole, who transcribed it into his collections, makes the following remarks upon it (MSS. LVIII). "Let Fops and fine Gentlemen ridicule the Industry bestowed in this Case, and the Like: but let such Sneerers understand, and especially if they eat the Bread of these Foundations, that it reflects no small Ingratitude to the Memory of their Benefactors to be so indifferent to what proclaims their Honour and Beneficence." The Old Building for the Monks. "This is in Length about 79 Feet, and 31 in Breadth from outside to outside. We take this old Building to have been ye Place (or at least yt it was some part of it) whither ye Monks used to come from Ely for ye convenience of Studying. It is a very ancient Building, standing East and West, and is, so far as ye length of it reaches, a partition between Clare Hall and this College. It is cover'd with Slates, no Chimneys appearing now above ym. But withinside we still see ye lower part of a large Chimney in ye Kitchen: In another room the ruines of an Oven. The Stair-Case (for there is but one) consists of great pieces of Timber fasten'd with wooden pins to other pieces scloping underneath. The Sides of the Building consist of Clunch, and Rag Stones and Bricks plaister'd over. There are Three Passages into it. On the Jams of ye First next ye East end are two small Heads of a man and a Woman. On ye Jams of the Last, viz. that next ye West End, are two Coats of Arms: The First is held by an Angel on his Breast and is, a Crescent within a Bordure Ingrayl'd, our Founder's Arms. The Second is likewise on ye breast of an Angel, and is, Three Mitres two and one, being ye Episcopal Arms of Norwich. These two Coats I take to be ye most ancient of any yt now appear throughout ye College, perhaps as ancient as from Bishop Bateman's Time. They are cut on Clunch Stone, and are now almost worn out. It seems to me probable, yt ye Inside of this Building is ye same yt it was when ye Monks of Ely came to it before Bishop Bateman purchas'd it; and yt upon ye Founding of Trinity Hall, ye Bishop built ye outside up to ye inner part." II. Contract for timber work. Hec indentura tripartita facta Cantebrigg' decimo septimo die Septembris anno regni Regis Edwardi tertii post conquestum Angliæ quadragesimo octavo [17 Sept. 1374] inter venerabilem in Christo patrem et dominum Dominum Simoncm dei gratia London' Episcopum ex una parte, et Johannem de Mildenhale de Cantebrigg' Carpentarium ex alia parte, testatur quod predictus Johannes concessit et manucepit inuenire maremium quercinum bonum et sufficiens pro omnibus cameris nouiter faciendis in manso habitacionis scolarium Collegii [sive] Aule sancte Trinitatis Cantebrigg: videlicet copulas siue sparres Wyndbems suchlates Asthelers Corbels jowpes (?) balkes summers siue dormannes giystes et etiam stures cum pertinenciis pro mediis parietibus in dictis cameris sub et supra, videlicet tam in solariis quam in celariis, ac etiam steires et steyretres. Concessit insuper prefatus Johannes et manucepit inuenire huiusmodi Maremium quercinum pro domibus construendis a boriali fine Aule dicti Collegii versus boream usque ad venellam communem vocať' Heneylane de materia forma fabrica ac bonitate simili fabrice tecti eiųsdem Aule cum sumers et giystes pro solariis, et cum stures et grunsiles cum pertinentiis pro mediis parietibus sub et supra dict' solari' versus coquinam de nouo faciend'. Et etiam idem Johannes inueniet omnimodum Maremium pro omnibus et singulis domibus cameris et ceteris supradictis necessarium vel qualitercunque requisitum, et dictum Maremium faciet ad dictum Mansum adduci, ipsumque Maremium operabitur formabit leuabit et perficiet sumptibus suis: et, quantum ad cameras predictas secundum magnitudinem spissitudinem rectitudinem bonitatem et omnimodam formam fabrice camerarum orientalium habitacionis dicti mansi. Et quantum ad domos alias superius memoratas secundum omnimodam bonitatem et formam Aule habitacionis supradicte. Et ista omnia complebit bene et fideliter circa festum Assumpcionis beate Marie proxime futurum. Et dictus Johannes operabitur omnia ostia, tam maiora quam minora, et ad illa inueniet ligamina lignea sufficient' et requisita. Ac etiam fenestras et fenestrellas et plaunchers omnium camerarum coquine et solariorum et hoc circa quatuor menses postquam super hoc fuerit requisitus ex parte dicti Collegii. Et pro dicto Maremio et opere prout supra dicitur inueniendo et perficiendo dictus Johannes recipiet de venerabili domino antedicto centum libras, soluendas inde eidem Johanni ad festum sancti Michaelis proxime futurum quinquaginta libras, et ad festum Natalis domini decem libras, et ad festum pasche decem libras, et ad festum Natiuitatis sancti Johannis Baptiste decem libras, et infra quindecim dies post complecionem dicti operis viginti libras: et dictus dominus inueniet tabulas pro plaunchers ostiis et fenestris. In cuius rei testimonium partes predicte presentibus indenturis alternatim sigilla sua apposuerunt. Dat' apud Cantebrigg' die et anno supradict'. III. Account of the changes in the Court, made 1729-30. In ye same years (viz. 1729 and 1730) ye outside of our Chapel fronting y North was plaister'd with Hard-finishing, as was also that whole side of y Court. The Chamber windows of it were sash'd; the Garret windows were alter'd. and a Parapet wall built ye whole length. The opposite side of yo Court (viz. ye North Side fronting ye South) had been done a year or two before, much in ya same manner; but some of ye Chamber windows had been sash'd at different times before. The Founders arms were set up cut in Stone. The Sun Dyal on ye Chinney new done with ye Motto wch had been on it before, viz. Fumus et Umbra." IV. Memoranda concerning the Chambers. [Under this head Warren has left (pp. 37—39) a minute and interesting account of the changes introduced into the chambers during the 17th and 18th centuries, by altering the windows and wainscoting the walls. He gives first the chamber-rents as settled by the College, 25 August, 1711, describing the position of each chamber, and designating it by a number. This list shews that there were only 28 chambers at that time, but from a provision respecting the increased rent to be paid "if 2 or more Pensioners keep in a Chamber" it appears that the number of residents was greater than the number of rooms. The plan (fig. 1) has been numbered in accordance with the list, which, printed in italics, has been combined with the "Memoranda" to save repetition. I have omitted the rents, as beside the purpose of this work, but I have added, from Warren's own Catalogue, the date of Admission of each Fellow mentioned by him, and a few other particulars, included within square brackets.] I. "The Chamber under y Library West. Has yo Arms of ye Stuarts in it over ye Chimney. I believe those Arms were put up there above a hundred years ago. [The Arms mentioned are probably those of Sir Simon Steward, of whom Fuller records, Worthies, ed. 1662, p. 169, "I remember he lived (after he was Knighted) a Fellow-commoner in Trinity-hall, where...his Armes are fairly depicted in his Chamber...." They are no longer there, and all record of them has been lost.] 2. The Next eastward. 3. The Chamber over y Butteries. I have been told y' this chamber was wainscotted by Dr King or Mr Glisson. Perhaps it might have been by Both. [Robert King was admitted Fellow 1625, Paul Glisson 1633. The room is now wainscoted with panelling of the eighteenth century, but the older woodwork, in small oblong panels, still exists in the bedroom and gyp-room ] 4. The Chamber over y Parlour. [This is now made into two sets of attics.] 5. The upper Chamber on y N. side Westward. This Chamber was sash'd by Dr Dickins 1725. He afterwards Wainscotted it, and set up a Marble Chimney piece, etc. These things he has given to ye College [Francis Dickins was Regius Professor of Civil Law, 1714-1755. The wainscot is in excellent preservation, and over the original marble chimneypiece is a coat of arms in wood bearing the date, 1730.] 6. The Chamber under it. Dr Monson, who has this Chamber at present, sash'd it towards ye Court, and made some other alterations in it about 1725. Mr Page (a fellow Commoner who had it before) wainscotted ye Little room next to ye Fellows garden. [Henry Mason was admitted Fellow 1724. The wainscot still exists. The panels are large, in the same style as those in the room above.] 7. The next upper Chamber eastward. This Chamber was wainscotted time out of mind, perhaps in Queen Elizabeth's time. The Founder's Arms on ye Cieling. The Room sash'd in ye year 1725 by Dr Andrew. The Little room next to ye Fellows garden wainscotted and sash'd many years before by Dr Brookbank, I think about 1702 or 1703. [John Andrew was admitted 1705, John Brookbank, 1679. The Founders Arms have disappeared, and the ceiling is plain. The wainscot is extremely rich and beautiful, closely resembling in style the best of the woodwork put up in Trinity College Hall by Nevile. The panels are small and oblong, with a frieze of diaper-work under the cornice. Opposite to the fireplace is a pilaster, extending from floor to ceiling, ornamented with elaborate arabesques. The sides of the fireplace have similar pilasters, on a smaller scale, and over it are two large lozengeshaped panels, divided by two small detached columns, and flanked by similar ones.] 8. The Chamber under it. Sash'd toward yo Court 1727. Pd for y° outside work £15. 01. 06. by S" Nath'. Lloyd. See Miscell. Aul. Trin. Vol. 3. [The receipt for the frames and glass of 3 windows there preserved is signed "James Essex, 26 August, 1727." The money was Recd. out of the College Chest by the Master's Order."] 46 9. The next upper Chamber eastward. Wainscotted time out of mind, perhaps by Dr Eden, who probably kept in this Chamber. I find his name written with his own Hand with a Diamond on ye Glass windows in two places in ye Little room wch I make my Bedchamber next to ye Fellows Garden. The three windows of this Chamber next to ye Court sash'd 1727. Pd for the outside work by Sr Nathan' Lloyd £14. 19. o. [ut supra]. The Cellar in ye Coal-hole under y Staircase dug 1720. Staircase lin'd 1723. [Charles Eden was admitted 1624. The room has been completely modernized. Some early panel-work, probably removed from it, still exists in the attic above.] IO. The Chamber under it. Sash'd towards ye Court 1727. It was Wainscotted many years before. I think about ye year 1710. [The wainscot has been removed.] II. The next upper Chamber eastward. Sash'd by Dr Johnson, 1721. Wainscotted afterwards by Dr Peck. Dr Johnson had wainscotted part before. [James Johnson was admitted 1698; Wharton Peck, 1717. The wainscot still exists.] Wainscotted some years before. 12. The Chamber under it. Sash'd 1727. Cellar dug in yo Coal hole about 1721. [The wainscot has been removed.] 13. The N. Chamber on ye East Side. Wainscotted time out of mind, perhaps in Q. Elizabeth's time. Dr Nichols made alterations in yo Wainscotting, etc. about 1729. The Picture of Saint Christopher on a Pane of Glass. [Dr Philip Nichols, Fellow, was expelled the College 4 August, and the University 6 August, 1731, "for stealing books out of S. John's College Library and elsewhere."] 17. The next upper Chamber S. Sash'd and Wainscotted, Chimney fitted up with Marble, etc., about 1722. A new Chimney built in ye Garret 1730. 25. The Chamber next ye Chappel. This was y old Library, as we have it by Tradition. 26. The upper Chamber Southward. I have been told yt this was Dr Hervy's Chamber, and fitted up by him. [Henry Hervy or Harvey, LL.D. 1542, was Master 1560-1584.] 27. The Chamber over y Gate. 28. The next Chamber in y same Staircase northward. Paid for sashing this Chamber by Sr Nath'. Lloyd £05. 05. 00. See Miscell. Aul. Trin. Vol. iii." [The receipt is dated "October yeth 1727." In this case, as in the previous one, the money belonged to the College.] |