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St. 3ol)n's College;

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i HI S College received its name from the dif-folvsd Hofpital of St, John’s, on the fcite whereof,it was- built. It was founded on the 9th of April,1511, by the executors, under the will of Mar-garet, Countefs of Richmond , Foundrefs ofChrift’s. The good Countefs being under fome tieto her fon, King Henry the Seventh, to forwardWeftminfter, was obliged to ailchis confent to al-ter her purpofe. The King’s anfwer, ftiil extant, •is tender and afFedlionate; it is dated Grenewkhe,July 17th, and mull have been towards the-conclu-fion of his reign, as he fays he was “ then de-“ clynynge, his fyght fo much appayr’d, or he fo“ unfitt for fuch bufmeffe, that he-protefts on his“ faith, he had been three days "or. he could make“ an end of .his letter.” The .King’s confent beingthus obtained, the Countefs, by her will, devifedcertain lands in the counties of Devon, Somerfet,and Northampton, of the value of 400/. fer arm.together with dm fcite. of the diffulved Priory of StPS 2 Join,