History of the Infirmary and Chapel: Of the Hospital and College of St. John the Evangelist, at Cambridge (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Infirmary and Chapel: Of the Hospital and College of St. John the Evangelist, at Cambridge

Hugh de Balsham declared it to be a college before 1284 (temp. Edward I).

It is proposed in the following pages to give an account of the buildings which belonged to the hospital as far as they could be ascertained, and similarly of the chapel of the college. For a full history of the corporate body itself reference must be made to Prof. J. E. B. Mayor's very valuable edition of Baker's History of St John's College.

It is hoped that this account will be of interest to the members of the ancient and religious foundation and also to some persons who have never been connected with our college or even university. For it is curious and instructive to trace the changes which our old ecclesiastical buildings have undergone as time has altered the habits, duties, employ ments and tastes of their occupants.

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