Word: balsham
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Dates: during 1885-1885
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...other side. Its New Court is justly celebrated. The Countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII, was the patroness of this college. St. Peters, or Peterhouse as it is generally called, is the oldest of the Cambridge colleges, as it was founded in 1257 by one Hugh de Balsham, and boasts a long list of celebrated graduates. It is to this college that the famous deer park is attached. Kings College, the gift of Henry VI, is connected with the great school of Eton, and boasts the tiniest chapel among the colleges of Cambridge. The stained glass of this chapel...
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