nian Hospital of St
John in 1280, but the experiment was not a success. Nor did he carry out
his full intentions as regards Peterhouse, the foundation of which
followed on the failure of the fusion of his scholars with the hospital;
but Simon Montagu, his successor in the bishopric of Ely, carried on his
work, and in 1344 gave the college a code of statutes in which the
influence of the Merton code is plainly visible. A master and fourteen
fellows formed the original foundation, but the present consists of a
master, and not less than eleven fellows and twenty-three scholars. The
hall retains some original work; it was first built out of a legacy from
the founder. The library building (_c_. 1590) is due to a legacy from Dr
Andrew Perne (master 1554-1580); and Dr Matthew Wren (master
1625-1634), uncle of the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren, directed
the building of the chapel and cloisters. The most famous name connected
with the college is that of Cardinal Beaufort.

_Queens' College_ stands at the south of the riverside group, and one of
its ranges of buildings rises immediately from the river. A college of
St Bernard had been established in 1445 by Andrew Docket or Dokett,
rector of St Botolph's church, who had also been principal of a hostel,
or students' lodge, of St Bernard. He sought and obtained the patronage
of Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI., who undertook the foundation of
a new house on another site in 1448, to bear the name of Queens'. Docket
became the first master. In 1465 Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward
IV., became the college's second foundress. The foundation consists of a
president and eleven fellows. The buildings are exceedingly picturesque.
The main quadrangle, of red brick, was completed very soon after the
foundation. The smaller cloister court, towards the river, retains
building of the same period, and the beautiful wooden gallery of the
president's lodge deserves notice. Another court is called Erasmus's;
the rooms which he is said to have occupied remain, and a walk in the
college garden across the river bears his name.

_St Catharine's College_, on the west side of Trumpington Street, was
founded by Dr Robert Woodlark or Wodelarke, chancellor of the university
and (1452) provost of King's College. It was opened in 1473, but the
charter of incorporation dates from 1475. The foundation provided for a
master (Woodlark being the first) and three fellows; there are now six
fellows,