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3 days ago · These internal developments had since the inauguration of the college only been disturbed by one great outside event, the Civil War and Commonwealth. Pembroke was at first strongly Royalist. Under Clayton, its Laudian Master, it provided many officers for the royal army and melted down its plate as other colleges did. An accident, however ...
During his imprisonment in the Tower of London during the Civil War he vowed that, if he were released, he would build a new chapel for his College. This he did, choosing for the architect his nephew, and the Chapel of Pembroke, consecrated in 1665, is the first completed work of Sir Christopher Wren and the first chapel in Oxford or Cambridge ...
Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, [3] England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 students and fellows. It is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost ...
To mark our 400th anniversary, we have published a hard-backed, full-colour volume tracing the College’s History from founding to present day. Over its four centuries, Pembroke has seen and endured civil and world wars, periods of reform and reaction, cultural change and economic crisis.
In commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of WWI, we have created these pages to share information about the war's impact on Pembroke College.
Jan 10, 2024 · Pembroke College: The First 400 Years is launched in Oxford and London. In celebration of the College’s 400th anniversary which we mark this year, we have released a new College history book documenting the four centuries leading to this milestone.
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Oct 21, 2024 · Pembroke College, by including a College chapel in the 14th-century buildings enclosing the court, is an early example of the typical collegiate plan at Cambridge; but the architectural evidence of it has been almost destroyed by demolitions made within the last eighty-five years.
