Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College is a college of the University of Cambridge, home to over 600 students and fellows, and is the third oldest of the existing colleges.

History

On Christmas Eve 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the foundation of a new educational establishment in the young university at Cambridge. The Hall of Marie Valence, as it was originally known, was thus founded to house a body of students and fellows.

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Christmas Eve - 1347 - Edward III - Marie de St Pol - Earl of Pembroke - Cambridge

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The statutes were notable in that they both gave preference to students born in France who had already studied elsewhere in England, and that they required students to report fellow students if they indulged in excessive drinking or visited disreputable houses!

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France - England

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The college was later renamed Pembroke House, and finally became Pembroke College in 1856.

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