Jesus College, Cambridge University is in Cambridge University.
In 1503 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 13] educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Around 1520 Bishop Edmund Scambler was born at Gressingham. He was educated at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University [Map] and Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Around 1560 Francis Willoughby [aged 14] educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Around 1568 Fulk Greville 13th Baron Latimer 5th Baron Willoughby 1st Baron Brooke [aged 13] educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Around 1569 Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet [aged 13] was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Around 1592 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg [aged 15] educated Jesus College, Cambridge University.
On 15th June 1638 James Herbert [aged 15] matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
John Evelyn's Diary. 31st August 1654. Jesus College, Cambridge University, one of the best built, but in a melancholy situation. Next to Christ-College [Map], a very noble erection, especially the modern part, built without the quadrangle toward the gardens, of exact architecture.
In September 1670 John Flamsteed [aged 24] visited Cambridge and entered his name as an undergraduate at Jesus College. While it seems he never took up full residence, he was there for two months in 1674, and had the opportunity to hear Isaac Newton's [aged 27] Lucasian Lectures.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Around 1686 Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton [aged 13] educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In 1700 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 15] admitted at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In 1712 Francis Willoughby 2nd Baron Middleton [aged 19] graduated Master of Arts at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Around 1742 Henry Willoughby 5th Baron Middleton [aged 15] educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In 1744 Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton [aged 17] educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In 1745 Thomas Willoughby 4th Baron Middleton [aged 16] educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In 1814 John Tyssen Tyrell 2nd Baronet [aged 18] migrated to Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In 1858 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 24] graduated B.A. with a second class in the classical tripos at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He proceeded M.A. in 1862 and D.D. in 1879.
On 6th May 1861 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley was born at Knockmaroon. He was educated at Clifton College Bristol, Jesus College, Cambridge University and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
In 1862 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 28] was elected Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge University.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1904 Captain Charles Noel Ridley [aged 19] began his education at Jesus College, Cambridge University where he spent two years.
Ambrose Browne 1st Baronet educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.