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Baldewyn, Peter

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN111
  • Person

Servant to Lady Margaret, working as a scribe and illuminator.

Barnwell Priory

  • GB-1859-SJCA-CI358
  • Corporate body
  • 1092-1538

Barnwell Priory was founded in 1092 by Picot of Cambridge and construction was finally completed in 1112. The Priory was extremely wealthy during its time, with the number of monks rising from 6 to over 30. Additionally, it was chosen as the location for ... »

Barrett & Son Ltd.

  • GB-1859-SJCR-CI71
  • Corporate body
  • 1935

A ceramic painting firm located in Cambridge providing the College with painted crockery

Barrow, James, Reverend

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN323
  • Person

Rector of North and South Lopham, Norfolk (1822-1861), and of North Wingfield, Derbyshire (1861-1878)

Batcheller, Paul

  • GB-1859-SJAC-PN55
  • Person

Matric. 1728, B.A. 1731-1732, M.A. 1735. Rector of Storrington, 1733-1759. Rector of Pulborough, 1736-1759. Chaplain to the Earl of Scarborough. Son of Paul Batchiller.

Batchiller, Paul

  • GB-1859-SJAC-PN54
  • Person

Matric. 1695, B.A. 1699-1700, M.A. 1718. Rector of Storrington, 1721-1733.

Bateson, William Henry

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN344
  • Person
  • 1812 - 1881

Fifth son of Richard Bateson and Lucy Wheeler Gordon, William Henry Bateson was born on 3 June 1812 in Everton. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and admitted as pensioner to St John's College on 12 October 1829. He graduated in 1836, senior optime ... »

Baylis, Philip

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN324
  • Person
  • d. 1907

B.A. 1872

BBC

  • GB-1859-SJCA-CI259
  • Corporate body

Beale, William

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN172
  • Person
  • 1634-1644

William Beale (died 1651) was an English royalist churchman, Master in turn of Jesus College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge.
In 1642, Beale was active in raising funds for Charles I’s cause; urging St John’s and other colleges to send money ... »

Beauchamp, Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN156
  • Person
  • 1408-1467

Lady Eleanor Beauchamp was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp and Elizabeth de Berkeley. She married Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, in 1423. After the death of her first husband in 1430, Eleanor married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. ... »

Beaufort, Edmund, Duke of Somerset

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN158
  • Person
  • 1406-1455

Edmund Beaufort was an English nobleman and a key protagonist in the English Wars of the Roses. A descendant of John of Gaunt, Edmund was the son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and Margaret Holland. He married Eleanor Beauchamp between 1431 and 1... »

Beaufort, Henry, Duke of Somerset

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN157
  • Person
  • 1436-1464

Henry Beaufort was an important military figure in the English Wars of the Roses. The son of Edmund Beaufort and Eleanor Beauchamp, Henry was born c.1436 and first fought alongside his father on the Lancastrian side at the First Battle of St Albans in 145... »

Beaufort, John, Duke of Somerset

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN159
  • Person
  • c.1403-1444

The father of Lady Margaret Beaufort, John Beaufort was the second son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and Margaret Holland, and a descendant of John of Gaunt. He was an English nobleman and a military commander during the Hundred Years’ War, ... »

Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN148
  • Person
  • 1443-1509

Lady Margaret Beaufort was mother to King Henry VII of England and foundress of St. John’s College. Born on 31st May 1443 at Bletsoe Castle in Bedfordshire, she was the daughter of Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, ... »

Bedell, William

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN89
  • Person

A trusted official in the household of Lady Margaret Beaufort, treasurer to Thomas Wolsey, and bailiff of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire and possibly also of Kimbolton in Huntingdon. Bedell married Cecily Crathorne around 1506. He died in July 1518 and was ... »

Beith, Janet Margaret

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN326
  • Person
  • c. 1880 - 1965

Sister of John Hay Beith, alias the writer Ian Hay (B.A. 1898).

Benians, Ernest Alfred

  • GB-1859-SJCA-PN31
  • Person
  • 1880 - 1952

Benians was born in Goudhurst, Kent in 1880. His father was the headmaster of Bethany School in Goudhurst, and it was here that Benians received his schooling. He was admitted to St John's in 1899 and achieved his BA in 1902. He became Lightfoot Scholar ... »

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