Editing Trinity College, Oxford (section)

=== Durham College ===
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[[File:Durham Quad, Trinity College, Oxford.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Surviving buildings of Durham College in Durham Quadrangle]] The site where Trinity College now stands was originally occupied by Durham College, built for [[Benedictine]] monks from [[Durham Cathedral]].<ref name="hopkins9">{{harvnb|Hopkins|2005|pp=9&ndash;15}}</ref> This college had been founded after land was bought in 1291, though monks had been sent to Oxford for a few years previous to this.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40176 "Houses of Benedictine monks: Durham College, Oxford"]. ''A History of the County of Oxford'' Volume 2 (1907), pp. 68-70. Accessed 27 March 2012.</ref> The site was surrendered to the crown in March 1545, being granted to private owners in 1553. They were then acquired by civil servant [[Thomas Pope]] on 20 February 1555 (February 1554 as then was), who used them to found Trinity College 16 days later.<ref name="hopkins9"/> Durham College was originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, [[St Cuthbert]], and the Trinity, and it is thought that Trinity College took its name from the last element of this dedication.<ref>{{harvnb|Hopkins|2005|p=17}}</ref>