The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Founded 1352 by The Guild of Corpus Christi and The Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sister College – Corpus Christi College Oxford. Men and Women – Undergraduates 253 Postgraduates 220.
Corpus Christi is unique in the university for being the only college founded by ‘town’ and not ‘gown’ – in other words established by town’s people and not the ruling class or clergy. The Guild of Corpus Christi and the Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary pooled resources and were granted a licence by Edward III to build what was the eighth Cambridge college, in 1352.
City mayor reminds college of its roots
The original court was modest and supported a master and two fellows. They would have studied theology and canon law, along with their responsibilities as chaplains to the guild. The town’s people, led by the mayor, stormed the college in 1381, reminding it of its roots, protesting about the hated ‘candle rents’, levied upon its domestic properties. This led to further peasant protests that King Richard soon brought to a brutal conclusion.
Trumpington Street
Corpus is one of a cluster of impressive colleges and buildings facing Trumpington Street, the south approach road into central Cambridge. On the east side is Corpus and Pembroke while on the west side is the fabulous neoclassical Fitzwilliam Museum along side Peterhouse and St Catherine’s (directly opposite Corpus). Students have a three-minute walk to the market square.
The college has consciously remained small and intimate – educating 220 post-graduates and 253 undergraduates, accommodated in rooms both on and off-site varying from ‘quaint’ ancient to ‘comfy’ modern.
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... investigators Watson and Crick used to seek refreshment with a pint or two. Today it is a watering hole for both town and gown. Standing behind it is the award winning Robert Beldam Building, that houses a modern lecture theatre and study bedrooms.
The college has seen many colourful figures study in its ancient grounds including playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe, who reputedly led a shady double life as a spy sent to infiltrate subversive Catholic communities. In 1630, at the height of the plague, the master, Dr Butts, was the only member in the college to remain, considering it his duty to organise relief. He hanged himself in a fit of isolated depression, giving rise to one of several, ghost stories. In 1904 three undergraduates tried to exorcise the tortured soul – there is some debate as to how effective this was but Master Butts has not been seen since.
Anne Boleyn in the spring of 1536 and the consolidation of power at court and in
The “writ of Henry I on local courts” is an administrative command issued around 1108 by Henry I, King of England during the Anglo-Norman period from 1100 till 1135. Henry addresses the writ to two individuals specifically in the country of Worcestershire, Samson and Urse of Abbetot, as well as to the barons of Worcestershire generally. Samson and Urse both held titles of prestige and power in Worcestershire County as the bishop and sheriff respectively at the time. The writ generally concerns the court systems, both royal and local, and more specifically delineates the jurisdictional spheres to be enjoyed by the particular courts concerning land disputes. Technically, the writ alludes to four distinct courts: the King’s Court, the Lord’s Court, and the County (or Shire) Court and the Hundred Court. Moreover, it refers to two types of people within Anglo-Norman society: the barons, or lords, and the vassals, or those who held the lands of, and at the pleasures of, the barons.
In this documentary report I shall look at the account of Urban II’s speech we are given by Fulcher of Chartres and assess it’s usefulness according to it’s likely reliability and it’s concurrence with the other accounts of Urban’s speech and the evidence we have from his letters. I shall first look at who Fulcher of Chartres was, as his role in society is important for understanding how he may have come to be aware of or present at the council of Clermont. A brief look at Fulcher will also provide an insight into what his opinions may have been and how this may colour his representation of the events. I shall also look at the message as we see it in Fulcher’s version of events and then at the overall view we are given from the evidence. I shall also look at the conclusions that ‘modern’ scholars have come to. Finally I shall look at the outcomes of this council and how much the outcomes reflect the aims we are told about in the accounts of the council of Clermont.
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At age fifteen Henry began working as a clerk for a local merchant. When he was eighteen, not yet having found his profession, he married Sarah Shelton who was sixteen at the time. Her dowry was a 600-acre farm called Pine Slash, a house and six slaves. Henry’s first attempt as a planter got ruined when fire destroyed his house in 1757 (Red Hill). Near his twenty-fourth birthday he decided he was going to become a lawyer. He was Self-taught and barley prepared, Henry convinced the panel of well-known Virginia attorneys Wythe and Randolph that he had the cleverness to warrant admission to the bar (Red Hill). With his energy and his talents, and some encouragement from his important family, Henry established a successful practice in the courts of Hanover and adjacent counties. Henry’s career as a lawyer began in December 1763 with his rousing in the preacher’s cause, a disagreement rooted in the behaviors...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), like Holmes’ chronicler, was a doctor by profession. He led a varied and adventurous life. The epitaph on his gravestone in the churchyard at Minstead in New Forest, Hampshire reads: Steel true/ Blade straight/ Arthur Conan Doyle/ Knight/ Patriot, Physician and Man of Letters. Conan Doyle was also a lot more. He was a historian, whaler,
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