Magna Brittanica; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain . r . ^ & ^ © ^ e 1 a 2 ^ S i - ^ 5 ^01 V \ 5v o. DKSION FOR THE TOWER OF KlR G*S PaMHBID OB . \ c ( i CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1,7 The Provofts Lodge, which is fituated near the eall end of the chape!, is an an-cient building, but the apartments are large and commodious. When Queen Eli-;iabeth vifited the univerfity in 1564, flie took up her abode at this lodge, the hallof which was her guard-chamber ; the dining-room over it, herprefence chamber •the gallery, and the adjoining rooms, her privat
Magna Brittanica; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain . r . ^ & ^ © ^ e 1 a 2 ^ S i - ^ 5 ^01 V \ 5v o. DKSION FOR THE TOWER OF KlR G*S PaMHBID OB . \ c ( i CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1,7 The Provofts Lodge, which is fituated near the eall end of the chape!, is an an-cient building, but the apartments are large and commodious. When Queen Eli-;iabeth vifited the univerfity in 1564, flie took up her abode at this lodge, the hallof which was her guard-chamber ; the dining-room over it, herprefence chamber •the gallery, and the adjoining rooms, her private apartments: an ancient chair,ftill in the gallery, is faid to have been ufed as her chair of ftate. The lawn, to the weft of the college, communicates by means of a ftone bridgewith the fhady walks on the othei- fide of the Cam. The foundation of ^ccns Collcgi: was begun by Margaret of Anjou, Henry theSixths Queen, in 1448, and completed by Elizabeth, the confort of his rival, in1465. In this college are 19 fellowfhips, one bye-fellowfliip, 19 fcholarfliips of8 1. per annum each, and eight fmall exhibitions. The fellowfhips, under certa
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