Foundress Commemoration
27 June 2009
On 27th June the College celebrated the life and generosity of its foundress, Lady Margaret Beaufort, who died 500 years ago almost to the day.
Her extraordinary life, spanning seven decades of the most turbulent period of late medieval English history, culminated in the accession of her son as Henry VII, the first of the Tudor monarchs. Her great personal wealth was then put to good use – founding professorships in both Oxford and Cambridge, supporting the development of printing, newly arrived in England and, in 1505, re-founding the impoverished God’s House as Christ’s College. Her generosity laid the foundation for the continuing success of our College, helping it to maintain and develop the quality and range of its education.
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