Editing St John's College, Oxford (section)

===Endowments===
The endowments which St John's was given at its foundation, and during the twenty or so years afterward, served it very well and in the second half of the nineteenth century it benefited, as ground landlord, from the suburban development of the city of [[Oxford]] and was unusual among colleges for the size and extent of its property within the city. The patronage of the parish of [[St Giles' Church, Oxford|St Giles]] was included in the endowment of the college by Thomas White. Vicars of St Giles were formerly either fellows of the college, or ex-fellows who were granted the living on marriage (when Oxford fellows were required to be unmarried). The college retains the right to present candidates for the benefice to the bishop.<ref>Kettler, Sarah Valente & Trimble, Carole (2003) ''The Amateur Historian's Guide to the Heart of England''. Sterling, Va.: Capital Books 1892123657</ref> Today St John's maintains the largest endowment of the Oxford colleges, for example owning the [[Oxford Playhouse]] building<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/aboutus/OPandOU.aspx |title=Oxford Playhouse and University of Oxford |quote=St John's College owns the Playhouse building, and leases the auditorium and adjoining offices to the Playhouse Trust. |publisher=Oxford Playhouse |access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> and the [[Millwall F.C.]] training ground.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsatden.co.uk/37291-exclusive-training-ground-purchase-is-on-millwalls-agenda.html |title=Exclusive: Training ground purchase is on Millwall's agenda |quote=St. John's College, Oxford, bought the facility for £1.85million when Peter de Savary was chairman. |publisher=News at Den Playhouse |access-date=3 July 2014 |date=3 July 2014}}</ref>

In January 2020, students carried out a five-day occupation on the college's front quad to protest against the endowment fund's continued investments in fossil fuels.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-04|title=Oxford alumni threaten to withhold donations to college amid row over fossil fuels|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/oxford-university-fossil-fuel-divestment-st-johns-college-students-occupation-a9316976.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/oxford-university-fossil-fuel-divestment-st-johns-college-students-occupation-a9316976.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-02|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Climate activists camp out at Oxford college|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18199372.st-johns-oxford-climate-protest-fossil-fuels/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Oxford Mail|date=30 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>