St John’s College, Cambridge, was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII,
St John’s College, Cambridge, was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, in 1511. It was founded on the site of a thirteenth century Hospital of St John and, largely thanks to the efforts of Saint John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester following Lady Margaret’s death, the college received approval of Henry VIII, the Pope and the Bishop of Ely. Over the course of the following five hundred years, the College expanded westwards towards the River Cam, and now has eleven courts, the most of any Oxford or Cambridge College. Women were first admitted into the college in 1981. -- source link
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