. Trinity college. ance screen appears to be older than thebuilding. Among minor works may be mentioned thedials, one next the library windows in the E. range,which was made by Henry Gellibrand in 1623; theother (shown in Loggan) on the north range was con-structed after Samminitiatus by Francis Potter. Potteralso painted the copy of the Founders portrait now inthe Hall. In 1612-3 the Found^^ and the Foundresspictures in the Hall cost ^£^3 and £2, and were coveredwith a curtain; there was also the Found* oldpicture in the chapel with a curtain of was often obtained from the est
. Trinity college. ance screen appears to be older than thebuilding. Among minor works may be mentioned thedials, one next the library windows in the E. range,which was made by Henry Gellibrand in 1623; theother (shown in Loggan) on the north range was con-structed after Samminitiatus by Francis Potter. Potteralso painted the copy of the Founders portrait now inthe Hall. In 1612-3 the Found^^ and the Foundresspictures in the Hall cost ^£^3 and £2, and were coveredwith a curtain; there was also the Found* oldpicture in the chapel with a curtain of was often obtained from the estates for therepairs, esp. from Holcombe Grange, to which thebursars paid many visits in 1607-8, sometimes bywater; sol. vehenti nos per rivum in schaphis ij*. The Library was largely increased partly by annualpurchases mostly of classics, but especially by a gift ofd^lOO from Lord Craven; Hyndmers bequest wassufficient to finish the new bookcases, etc. ; and alibrarian was first appointed in 1629. About 1615-20 I. PRESIDENT KETTELL 105 Kettell obtained a long lease from Oriel College ofPerilous Hall which adjoined the College on the ,and proceeded to build the fine house which bears hisname. There is no certainty that Kettell himself evernhabited it; there is a blocked up doorway at theottom of the garden, which led into the ; and in bequeathing it in reversion to hisnephew, Fanshaw Kettell, he seems to regard the chiefehouse ground and appertinances * simply as an invest-ment. Wood says that plays were acted there secretlyduring the Puritan domination. After the Restorationit was certainly used for the reception of commoners,for Bathurst in 1665 speaks of both the College andKettell Hall being brim full and running over. In1675 a charge occurs for Mr. Gilbert Budgell^s (, Fell. 1677-84) chamber supervisour ^ at KettellHall, and the house continued to be used by the Collegeduring some part of the 18th century. In KettelPs time the revenues began to i
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