ed into the usual form of a college
chapel. The tower, however, is retained. The bulk of the building is an
admirable example of Early English work, but there are traces of Norman;
and Alcock added certain Perpendicular features. Of the rest of the
college buildings, the hall is Alcock's work, the brick gatehouse is a
fine structure of the close of the 15th century, while the cloister is a
little later, and stands on the site of the nuns' cloister. Another
court dates from the 17th and early 18th centuries, and there is a
considerable amount of modern building. The most famous name connected
with Jesus College is that of Cranmer. Among many others are Sir Thomas
Elyot, John Bale, John Pearson, bishop of Chester, Hugh Peters, Gilbert
Wakefield, Thomas Malthus, Laurence Sterne and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

_King's College_ has its fine frontage upon the western side of King's
Parade. It was founded by King Henry VI. in 1441. The first site was
small and circumscribed, and in 1443 the existing site was with
difficulty cleared of dwellings. The king designed a close connexion
between this college and his other foundation at Eton; he provided for a
provost and for seventy scholars, all of whom should be Etonians. In
1861 open scholarships were instituted, and the foundation now consists
of a provost, forty-six fellows and forty-eight scholars. Half the
scholarships are still appropriated to Eton. An administrative
arrangement peculiar to King's College is that by which the provost has
absolute authority within its walls, to the exclusion of officers of the
University. The chief architectural ornament of the college, and one of
the most notable in the town, is the magnificent Perpendicular chapel,
comparable with those of St George at Windsor and Henry VII. at
Westminster Abbey. The building was begun in 1446, and extended (apart
from the interior fittings) over nearly seventy years. Within, the most
splendid features are the fan-vaulting which extends throughout the
chapel, the noble range of stained-glass windows, which date for the
most part from the early part of the 16th century, and the wooden organ
screen, which, with part of the stalls, is of the time of Henry VIII.
The college services are celebrated for the beauty of their music. The
bulk of the other collegiate buildings are of the 18th century or
modern. The old court of King's College is occupied by the modern
university library, north of the chapel; the gateway,