William Attersoll (died 1640), was an English puritan divine and author .
40-509: Attersoll was apparently for a time a member of Jesus College, Cambridge , when, as he writes in his "Historie of Balak" (1610), his patron of later years, Sir Henry Fanshaw, was "a chiefe and choise ornament" there. But in that case he must have early passed from it; for he proceeded A.B. 1582 at Clare Hall , and A.M. 1586 at Peterhouse . Attersoll succeeded William Bishoppe in the living of Isfield , in Sussex , soon after 18 January 1599 – 1600,
80-530: A Nobel Prize . Two fellows of the college have been appointed to the International Court of Justice . Sonita Alleyne was elected master of Jesus College in 2019, 40 years after the college began admitting women as students. She is also the first black leader of an Oxbridge college. When founded in 1496, the college consisted of buildings taken over from the Nunnery of St Mary and St Radegund , which
120-622: A café bar, research space and student social areas. The development is built on part of the site of Wesley House, the freehold of which had previously belonged to the College and was returned to it in 2014. The College Chapel was founded in 1157 and took until 1245 to complete, and is believed to be the oldest university building in Cambridge still in use. Originally it was the chapel of the Benedictine Convent of St. Mary and St. Radegund , which
160-568: A feminist perspective, creating a new discipline subsequently known as feminist history. During this time, the discipline of postcolonialism developed, and she became interested in this topic. She was appointed Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History University College London (UCL) in 1998, and was Principal Investigator of the "Legacies of British Slave Ownership" and "Structure and Significance of British-Caribbean Slave Ownership, 1763–1833" research projects. She retired from her professorship on 31 July 2016. As of May 2022 , she
200-665: A law library on the ground floor. The Old Library was in regular use until 1912. It still contains over 9,000 books and is available to private researchers upon appointment. The Old Library includes the Malthus Collection, being the family collection of alumnus Thomas Malthus , famous for his study An Essay on the Principle of Population which influenced Charles Darwin . Jesus College has large sporting grounds on-site. These include football, rugby, cricket, tennis, squash, basketball and hockey pitches. The Jesus College Boat House
240-469: A long time by mee ... I deliuered into their hands these three treatises ". The other two treatises (besides "Nineveh") are "God's Trvmpet sovnding the Alarme" (1632)and "Phisicke against Famine, or a Soueraigne Preseruatiue" (1632). He was the maternal grandfather of Nicholas Culpeper . Shortly after his birth Culpeper's father died, and he was removed to Isfield where he was brought up by his mother. Attersoll
280-747: A second edition in 1633, viz. "A Commentarie upon the Epistle of Saint Pavle to Philemon Written by William Attersoll, Minister of the Word of God, at Isfield in Sussex. The second edition, corrected and enlarged" (1633). It is this volume that has been wrongly assigned to William Aspinwall . In 1632 Attersoll published a volume called the "Conversion of Nineveh ". In the Epistle-dedicatory to Sir John Rivers he writes of himself as an old man: " Having heretofore upon sundry occasions divulged sundry bookes which are abroad in
320-582: A small group of scholars. A large part of the original nave was replaced by College rooms, and subsequently part of the Master's Lodge. The misericords were created by the architect Augustus Pugin between 1849 and 1853. Pugin used fragments of the misericords dating from 1500, which had been preserved in the Master's Lodge as templates. Repairs were also undertaken by George Frederick Bodley between 1864 and 1867, who commissioned decorative schemes from Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. The same firm returned in
360-750: A third of the same names proceeded A.B. 1672 at Catherine Hall . In all likelihood the former was the William Attersoll of Calamy, whose name is simply entered under " Hoadley (East), Sussex", as among the ejected of 1662, and so, too, in Samuel Palmer 's Nonconformist's Memorial . [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1885). " Attersoll, William (d.1640) ". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College
400-508: A traditional history degree, developing an interest in medieval history . Hall was involved in student politics and activism in Birmingham around 1968, but then had a baby, which changed her life. She got involved in the women's movement , became a feminist historian, and co-wrote Family Fortunes with Leonore Davidoff in 1987. In the early 1960s, she participated in a march for Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament . In 1970, Hall attended
440-423: Is 400 yards away, across Midsummer Common. The college frequently hosts exhibitions of sculpture by contemporary artists. It has hosted work by Sir Antony Gormley , Sir Eduardo Paolozzi , and Barry Flanagan . The college grounds also include a nature trail, inspired by poetry composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his time as a student. Jesus College is one of the few colleges to allow anyone to walk on
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#1733085489746480-566: Is Emerita Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at UCL and chair of its digital scholarship project, the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery , on which she has worked since 2009. Hall met her future husband, cultural theorist and activist Stuart Hall , on a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament march in the early 1960s, and the two would go on to marry in 1964. The couple had
520-681: Is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge . The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge . Its common name comes from the name of its chapel, Jesus Chapel. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Mary and St Radegund by John Alcock , then Bishop of Ely . The cockerel
560-526: Is a British academic. She is Emerita Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London and chair of its digital scholarship project, the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery . Her work as a feminist historian focuses on the 18th and 19th centuries, and the themes of gender, class, race, and empire . Catherine Barrett (later Hall) was born in 1946 in Kettering , Northamptonshire. Her father, John Barrett,
600-402: Is the main library of Jesus College and is open 24 hours a day. The library was designed by Eldred Evans and David Shalev in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the college in 1996. Completion of the library was shortly followed by a new accommodation building in 2000, now known as Library Court. The Quincentenary Library has a particularly large law collection, housed in
640-462: Is the symbol of Jesus College, after the surname of its founder. For the 300 years from 1560 to 1860, Jesus College was primarily a training college for Church of England clergy. Jesus College has assets of approximately £375m making it Cambridge's fourth-wealthiest college. The college is known for its particularly expansive grounds which include its sporting fields and for its proximity to its boathouse . Three members of Jesus College have received
680-508: The International Court of Justice (ICJ), where he served as a Judge (1982–1991) and later as President (1991–1995). Professor James Crawford was also a Fellow of the college and later Whewhell Professor of International Law (1992–2014) before his appointment to the International Court of Justice in November 2014. Current Honorary Fellows include Lord Roger Toulson of the Supreme Court of
720-481: The University of Sussex at Falmer , but was living between Brighton and London, having met her future husband, Stuart Hall , who lived in London. She found herself out of place among the "stylish, metropolitan types" and bewildered by the emphasis on the multidisciplinary syllabus at Sussex. She moved to the University of Birmingham , where Stuart had moved to set up the Centre for Cultural Studies , and she completed
760-491: The "trouble" was occasioned by a suspicion on the part of Attersoll's parishioners that the new parson was too much of a scholar, and unlikely to be a preacher after the type of their former. Attersoll was the author of many biblical commentaries and religious treatises . His earliest works were entitled "The Pathway to Canaan " (1609) and "The Historie of Balak the King and Balaam the false Prophet" (1610). These, with others of
800-409: The 15th century, the parish was renamed after the college as Jesus parish, with the churchyard still being used for burials. This was short-lived, as by the middle of the 16th century Jesus' parish was absorbed into that of All Saints . Significant alterations were carried out to the church under Alcock, transforming the cathedral-sized church, which was the largest in Cambridge into a College chapel for
840-482: The 1870s to install stained glass. Said and sung services are held every day during term. Choral Evensong takes place four times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays), and sung Eucharist on Sunday mornings. There are also Compline twice a term, as well as Masses on major holy days. The chapel, famed for its warm but clean acoustics, is also a much sought-after space for concerts and recitals, as well as recordings. Jesus College maintains two choirs,
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#1733085489746880-610: The College Choir and the Chapel Choir. Between September 2009 and December 2016 Mark Williams , former assistant organist at St Paul's Cathedral , served as director of music, being succeeded by Richard Pinel, former assistant organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor and Organ Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford , in January 2017. After Pinel's departure at the end of the 2022 academic year, Peter Wright served as acting director until
920-671: The UK's first National Women's Liberation Conference at Ruskin College , Oxford. She was a member of the Feminist Review collective between 1981 and 1997. Hall is a feminist historian, known for her work on gender, class, race and empire between 1700 and 1900. She was employed as a "gender historian" at the Northeast London Polytechnic (now the University of East London) in the late 1980s, which involved looking at history from
960-867: The United Kingdom , Sir Rupert Jackson of the Court of Appeal , and Sir Colman Treacy , also of the Court of Appeal, all of whom were students of the college. Honorary fellows include Dame Sandra Dawson ; Sir Anthony Gormley ; Anthony Gubbay ; Sir David Hare ; Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow ; Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn ; Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton ; Sir Bernard Silverman ; Richard Tuck ; and Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond . Catherine Hall Catherine Hall FBA FRHistS (born 1946)
1000-571: The appointment of the current director Benjamin Sheen, who took up the post in January 2023. Former Organ Scholars include Malcolm Archer , who (until 2018) was the Organist and Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College , James O'Donnell , Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey , and Charles Harrison , Organist and Master of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral . Sonita Alleyne
1040-593: The college have been members of the Cambridge Apostles . The main entrance to Jesus College is a walled passage known as the "Chimney". The term is derived from the Middle French word cheminée , for "little path" or "little way". The Chimney leads directly to the Porter's Lodge and then into First Court. All the courts at the college, except for the cloister , are open on at least one side. The Quincentenary Library
1080-435: The date of Bishoppe's burial. In the Epistle-dedicatory to Sir Henry Fanshaw, knight, the king's remembrancer in his highness's court of Exchequer , prefixed to Attersoll's "Historie of Balak", he speaks, among other of Fanshaw's acts of kindness shown towards him, " of the fauour you shewed me at my repaire vnto you, in that trouble which befell me about the poore liuing that now I enioy ". Succeeding sentences state that
1120-556: The lawns of its courts, except First Court, Cloister Court and those that are burial sites for nuns from the original nunnery. A major addition to the College – the largest in modern times – is the West Court development, which was officially opened in October 2017 by HRH the Earl of Wessex. Its facilities include a 180-seat lecture theatre, medical teaching suite, guest and conference accommodation,
1160-483: The prioress, which became the Master's Lodge. This set of buildings remains the core of the college to this day and this accounts for its distinctly monastic architectural style, which sets it apart from other Cambridge colleges. A library was soon added, and the chapel was considerably modified and reduced in scale by Alcock. At its foundation, the college had a master, six fellows and six scholars. Jesus College admits undergraduate and graduate students to all subjects at
1200-572: The same kind, all in quarto , were, severally, expositions of portions of the Book of Numbers , and were ultimately brought together in a noble folio of 1300 pages in 1618. In the quartos and folio alike there is abundant evidence of wide if somewhat undigested learning, penetrative insight, and felicitous application in the most unexpected ways of old facts and truths to present-day circumstances and experiences. All this applies especially to his "New Covenant" (1614), and to his next important work, which reached
1240-472: The university though typically accepts a larger number of students for engineering, medicine, law, natural sciences, mathematics, economics, history, languages, and human, social and political sciences. The college offers a wide range of scholarships. The college consistently performs well in the informal Tompkins Table , which ranks Cambridge colleges by undergraduate results. Along with students from Trinity , King's , Christ's and St John's , students of
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1280-442: The world, whereby I received much encouragement, I resolved, notwithstanding being now in yeares, and as it were donatus rude , preparing for a nunc dimittis , utterly to give over and to enjoyne myselfe a perpetuall silence touching this kind of writing, and content myselfe with performing the other more necessary duty of teaching. Nevertheless, being requested, or rather importuned, by friends to publish some things which had been
1320-421: Was a Baptist minister, while her mother, Gladys, came from a family of millers. Her parents met at Oxford University , where Gladys was studying history. When Catherine was three years old, the family moved to Leeds , Yorkshire, and she grew up there in a non-conformist household; both parents were "radical Labour ". She went to grammar school, where she says she had an excellent education. She then attended
1360-529: Was a Fellow from 1957 to 1978. The Glanville Williams Society, consisting of current and former members of Jesus College, meets annually in his honour. Justice David Hayton , editor of Underhill and Hayton's Law of Trusts and Trustees and current judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice was a Fellow from 1973 to 1987. Professor Robert Jennings was a Fellow of the college and later Whewhell Professor of International Law (1955–1982) before his appointment to
1400-533: Was a great influence on the young boy's political and religious beliefs, and taught him up to the age of 16 both Latin and Greek. As a boy Culpepper became interested in astronomy, astrology, time, his grandfather's collection of clocks, and the medical texts found in Attersoll's library. It was his grandmother who introduced him to the world of medicinal plants and herbs. As shown by the Isfield Register, Attersoll
1440-575: Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1978). He became an Honorary Fellow in 1979. Eric Maskin was a joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007. Maskin was a research fellow from 1976 to 1977 and has been an Honorary Fellow since 2009. Several prominent figures in the law have been fellows of the college. Professor Glanville Williams , described as Britain's foremost scholar of criminal law,
1480-466: Was buried "30 May 1640", and thus had remained in his original " poore liuing " for upwards of forty years. He describes himself as "a poore labourer in the Lord's vineyard, and a simple watchman in his house". He also speaks of "the poore cottage" in which he resided (Ep. to Nineveh). His works are now extremely rare. Another William Attersoll, probably his son, proceeded A.B. 1611, A.M. 1615 at Peterhouse; and
1520-399: Was dissolved by Bishop John Alcock . The original structure of the chapel was cruciform in shape and the nave had both north and south aisles. A high, pitched roof was surmounted by a belfry and steeple; this collapsed in 1277. The chapel was also used as the parish church of St Radegund. Twice the chapel was ravaged by fire, in 1313 and 1376. When the college took over the precincts during
1560-642: Was elected master of the college in 2019. She was preceded by Ian White , former Van Eck Professor of Engineering at the university. Previous masters of the college include: Three members of the college have received Nobel Prizes . Philip W. Anderson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1977). Anderson was a fellow from 1969 to 1975 while he held a visiting professorship at the Cavendish Laboratory and has been an Honorary Fellow since 1978. Peter D. Mitchell , an undergraduate and later research student,
1600-404: Was founded at the beginning of the 12th century. The chapel is the oldest university building in Cambridge still in use and predates the foundation of the college by 350 years; it also predates the university by half a century. The Benedictine Convent, upon dissolution, included the chapel and the cloister attached to it; the nuns' refectory, which became the college hall; and the former lodging of
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