Trinity College was founded by Henry VIII in 1546. To obtain a site for it, he suppressed King's Hall and Michael-House, two medieval colleges which were built on or owned most of the ground now occupied by the Great Court, and with their revenues, largely augmented by property of dissolved monasteries, he endowed it. The scheme of the College and his objects in founding it are stated in his letters patent of 19 December 1546, and particulars of the income assigned by him to the foundation are set out in his charter of dotation dated 24 December 1546. These documents have been printed[1] and are readily accessible, but the history of the events leading up to the foundation of the College is …
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