th-west corner of the site of the
present Caius, by William Bateman, bishop of Norwich and founder of
Trinity Hall. The famous physician John Caius (q.v.), who was educated
at this small institution, later conceived the idea of refounding and
enlarging it, obtained a charter to do so in 1557, and became master of
the new foundation of Gonville and Caius College. The foundation
consists of a master and not less than twenty-two fellows, exclusive of
the provision under the will of William Henry Drosier (d. 1889), doctor
of medicine and fellow of the college, for the endowment of seven
additional fellowships. Since its refoundation by Caius, the college has
had a peculiar connexion with the study of medicine, while, besides many
eminent physicians, Sir Thomas Gresham, Judge Jeffreys, Robert Hare,
Jeremy Taylor, Henry Wharton and Lord Thurlow are among its noted names.
Three sides of the main quadrangle, Tree Court, including the frontage
towards Trinity Street, are modern (1870). The interior of this court is
picturesque, and the design of the smaller Caius Court was inspired by
Caius himself. He also designed the gates of Honour, Virtue and
Humility, of which the two first stand _in situ_; the gate of Honour is
a peculiarly good example of early Renaissance work. Caius is buried in
the chapel.

_Jesus College_ lies apart from and to the north-east of the majority of
the colleges. It was founded in 1406 by John Alcock, bishop of Ely. The
site was previously occupied by a Benedictine nunnery dedicated to St
Radigund, which was already in existence in the first half of the 12th
century and was claimed by Alcock to have been founded from Ely, to the
bishops of which it certainly owed much. The name given to Alcock's
college was that of "the most Blessed Virgin Mary, St John the
Evangelist, and the glorious Virgin Saint Radigund," but it appears that
the founder himself intended the name to be Jesus College. He provided
for a master and six fellows, but the foundation now consists of a
master and sixteen fellows, with twenty scholars or more. There are
several further scholarships confined to the sons of clergymen of the
Church of England. Architecturally Jesus is one of the most interesting
colleges in Cambridge, for Alcock retained, and there still remains, a
considerable part of the old buildings of the nunnery. The most
important of these is the church, which Alcock, by removing most of the
nave and other portions, convert