Cambridge and its history : with sixteen illustrations in colour by Maxwell Armfield, and sixteen other illustrations . ted, and Edward IVsQueen, Elizabeth Woodville, was induced to lend hername to the society as its patroness and co-foundress ;and, since the apostrophe has taken a place in Englishtypography, it has become the fashion to mark thepossessive dual by spelling the name of the college Queens. But it does not appear that either royal ladycontributed to its endowment. Poor and straitenedit was for the first half-century of its existence. Butit was not hampered by the architectural en
Cambridge and its history : with sixteen illustrations in colour by Maxwell Armfield, and sixteen other illustrations . ted, and Edward IVsQueen, Elizabeth Woodville, was induced to lend hername to the society as its patroness and co-foundress ;and, since the apostrophe has taken a place in Englishtypography, it has become the fashion to mark thepossessive dual by spelling the name of the college Queens. But it does not appear that either royal ladycontributed to its endowment. Poor and straitenedit was for the first half-century of its existence. Butit was not hampered by the architectural encumbrancesof Kings. The colossal shadow of Henrys endowmentdid not stifle the spontaneous liberality of humblermen, and Queens made none of the arrogant pretensionswhich alienated from the larger college the goodwillof town and University. In a special way Queensowed its comparative prosperity to the joint activityof burgesses and clerks. Its real founder, Doket,was at once Principal of the Hostel of Saint Bernardand Vicar of Saint Botolphs. The donor of the originalsite of the college was a townsman, and townsmen. IJL ( ()|,(iK KKOM IHE KIVKK f. A \ k LANCASTRIAN CAMBRIDGE 75 figured among its early benefactors. Doket, thefirst President, fortunately lived to direct the fortunesof the college for nearly forty years, during whichhe actively fanned the small spark of his kindlinginto a brilliance surpassing that of Kings or any ofthe older colleges. His merits arc dimmed by thegreater lustre of the men who entered into his laboursat Queens. Fisher and Erasmus made his collegethe centre of intellectual life at Cambridge and inEngland. But it was Doket who led his followerswithin sight of the Promised Land. Fortunately the statutes of Queens were not mouldedunder the same influences as those of Kings. Theearliest edition of them—of uncertain date—seemsto have been given to the college by Elizabeth Wood-ville. They provide for a President and twelvefellows, all of whom
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