Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- List of Abbreviations
- Chronological Summary
- Dedication
- Chapter I William Byngham, the First Founder
- Chapter II The Dispute with John Langton
- Chapter III The First Royal Licence, 1439
- Chapter IV The Expansion of the Milne Street Site
- Chapter V The Royal Licences of 1442
- Chapter VI Marking Time: 1443 to 1446
- Chapter VII The Royal Licence of 1446 and its period
- Chapter VIII The Foundation Charter of the College of Godshouse and its period
- Chapter IX The Relationship of Godshouse and Clare Hall
- Chapter X The Last Days of William Byngham
- Chapter XI The Proctorship of John Hurte, 1451–1458, and of William Fallan, 1458–1464
- Chapter XII The Proctorship of William Basset, 1464–1477
- Chapter XIII The Proctorship of Ralph Barton, 1477–1490
- Chapter XIV The Proctorship of John Syclyng: Early Years, 1490–1496
- Chapter XV The Proctorship of John Syclyng: Later Years, 1496–1506
- Chapter XVI The Negotiations between Godshouse and the Lady Margaret
- Chapter XVII Syclyng's Death and Will
- Chapter XVIII The Buildings and Furniture remaining from the Godshouse period
- Chapter XIX Godshouse and Christ's College
- Appendix
- Index
- Plate section
Chapter VIII - The Foundation Charter of the College of Godshouse and its period
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- List of Abbreviations
- Chronological Summary
- Dedication
- Chapter I William Byngham, the First Founder
- Chapter II The Dispute with John Langton
- Chapter III The First Royal Licence, 1439
- Chapter IV The Expansion of the Milne Street Site
- Chapter V The Royal Licences of 1442
- Chapter VI Marking Time: 1443 to 1446
- Chapter VII The Royal Licence of 1446 and its period
- Chapter VIII The Foundation Charter of the College of Godshouse and its period
- Chapter IX The Relationship of Godshouse and Clare Hall
- Chapter X The Last Days of William Byngham
- Chapter XI The Proctorship of John Hurte, 1451–1458, and of William Fallan, 1458–1464
- Chapter XII The Proctorship of William Basset, 1464–1477
- Chapter XIII The Proctorship of Ralph Barton, 1477–1490
- Chapter XIV The Proctorship of John Syclyng: Early Years, 1490–1496
- Chapter XV The Proctorship of John Syclyng: Later Years, 1496–1506
- Chapter XVI The Negotiations between Godshouse and the Lady Margaret
- Chapter XVII Syclyng's Death and Will
- Chapter XVIII The Buildings and Furniture remaining from the Godshouse period
- Chapter XIX Godshouse and Christ's College
- Appendix
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
The editors of Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge have published, in vol. iii, several Charters of God's House, including the documents dated 9 February 1442, 1 March 1442, 26 August 1446. That those royal documents are styled charters with no less justification than this of 1448 is readily admitted, but as they were charters giving licence to found which was not exercised, they have been generally designated licences in the preceding chapters, while the compound term ‘Foundation Charter’ has been reserved for the royal charter dated 16 April 1448, which, while it gave licence to the Proctor and scholars to do many things which without licence they might not lawfully do, and gave licence also to many persons, named and unnamed, to do many things for the benefit of the college which without licence they might not lawfully do, did especially, and above all things else, found the college. The essential difference may be seen from comparison of the forms of words used respectively in the royal licence of 26 August 1446 and the foundation charter of 16 April 1448, now being considered. The 1446 document declares:
We have conceded and given licence for ourselves our heirs and successors to the aforesaid William Byngham and Masters William Lychfeld William Millyngton William Guile Gilbert Worthyngton John Cote…John Tilney…and John Horley…and any other person or persons nominated for this purpose by the said William Byngham…that they might make create incorporate erect unite ordain establish and found…in the aforesaid two cottages or tenement and the tenement sometime belonging to the abbess of Denney with the gardens adjacent…a perpetual college of a Proctor and scholars…for all future time.
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- The Early History of Christ’s College, CambridgeDerived from Contemporary Documents, pp. 86 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010