Cambridge and its history : with sixteen illustrations in colour by Maxwell Armfield, and sixteen other illustrations . t career. Alcocks part in its foundationwas perhaps limited to the rebuilding of the nunnerypremises. He was comptroller of the royal worksand buildings to Henry VII, and his architecturalskill and taste are evidenced by his work at Ely,Malvern and elsewhere. His adaptation of the nunsbuildings to the uses of the scholars shows at oncehis practical ability and artistic feeling. The greatchurch of Saint Radegund was in a ruinous condition.With the evidence of the stranded levi

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Cambridge and its history : with sixteen illustrations in colour by Maxwell Armfield, and sixteen other illustrations . t career. Alcocks part in its foundationwas perhaps limited to the rebuilding of the nunnerypremises. He was comptroller of the royal worksand buildings to Henry VII, and his architecturalskill and taste are evidenced by his work at Ely, Malvern and elsewhere. His adaptation of the nunsbuildings to the uses of the scholars shows at oncehis practical ability and artistic feeling. The greatchurch of Saint Radegund was in a ruinous condition.With the evidence of the stranded leviathan of Kingsthen before his eyes Alcock was too wise to lay on hissociety the burden of an ecclesiastical monument farbeyond its needs and means. What was dilapidatedhe rebuilt; what was unnecessary he converted toother uses ; whatever combined beauty with utilityhe reverently conserved. With a prospect of new lifeand energy Jesus looked back on centuries of hallowedtradition. It was Fishers wish that Saint Johnsshould do so too ; but the natural piety which hadlinked his foundation with an immemorial past was 1. V t k-HhW*?-- JKSUS rOI.I.KtJK FROM IHK FK1.1.C>V> t.AkliKN LANCASTRIAN CAMBRIDGE 79 rudely disregarded when its society destroyed theancient chapel and infirmary of the Hospital. The cloister was a feature newly introduced atKings, Queens and Saint Catherines, and Alcockdid well to retain it at Jesus. He built a new gate-tow-er : it was not of the pattern of Kings and Queens, but something original. The gate-tower of KingsHall (1428) and the later examples at Queens, Christs, Saint Johns and Trinity by their squaremassiveness, projecting angles and corner turretssuggest defence. Alcocks tower is all eleganceand spirituality. The earliest existing statutes of the college weregiven to it by Alcocks successor at Ely, bishopStanley. They make provision for a Master andeight fellows, as well as for four youths and four boys. The youths studied Arts ; the boys were s