cal meaning and associations. The arms are those of the
foundress; the shield, France (ancient) and England quarterly, was the
royal shield of the period; the bordure, gobonny argent and azure (the
argent in the upper dexter compartment), was the "difference" of the
Beauforts, and is only slightly indicated. The supporters, two
antelopes, come from Henry VI. There is no crest above the shield, and
heraldic rules are against its use by a lady, but on her seal the Lady
Margaret used the Beaufort arms as above ensigned, with a coronet of
roses and fleur-de-lis, out of which issues an eagle, displayed or; and
this device of coat and crest is used by the College. The arms on the
gate are surrounded by badges, the Portcullis of the Beauforts, the
Tudor, or Union, rose, each surmounted by a crown. Besides these we have
daisies (marguerites), the badge of the Lady Margaret, and some flowers,
which are not so easily identified. Certain vestments and embroideries,
which belonged to the Lady Margaret, of which a list has been preserved,
are described as "garnishede with sophanyes and my ladyes poisy," or,
"with rede roses and syphanyes." The sophanye was an old English name
for the Christmas rose, and there seems little doubt that these flowers
on the gate are meant for Christmas roses. The carving on the right,
under the portcullis, where these emblems seem to be growing out of
something resembling a masonic apron, is very curious.

Above the gate are two sets of rooms. The upper set has been used from
the beginning as the Treasury or Muniment Room of the College; the set
immediately above the arch is now an ordinary set of rooms. In this set
resided, during his college career, Lord Thomas Howard, a son of the
fourth Duke of Norfolk, afterwards himself first Earl of Suffolk and
Baron Howard de Walden. He fought against the Armada in 1588, and
commanded the expedition to the Azores in 1591; the fame of Sir Richard
Grenville of the _Revenge_ has somewhat eclipsed that of his leader in
the latter case; the reader may recall Tennyson's _Ballad of the Fleet_.

[Illustration: BAG OF FLOWERS OVER ENTRANCE GATEWAY]

To the left of the gate it will be observed that five windows on the
first floor are of larger size than the rest; this was the original
position of the Library; the books were removed in 1616 to a room over
the Kitchen, and later to the present Library. According to tradition
Henry Kirke White, the poet, occupied, and died