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History of the Chapel. The existing Chapel is the third on the site. The first was under construction by 1309 and more or less finished by 1328, when the Abbot of Reading assisted with gifts of money, tools, and materials. But the College had an approved private oratory even before that.
For more about the founders of the College, see this webpage on the founders of Balliol and their families. The College celebrated its 750 th anniversary in 2013. The College’s patron saint is St Catherine of Alexandria.
Balliol College was founded in about 1263 by John I de Balliol under the guidance of Walter of Kirkham, the Bishop of Durham. [12] According to legend, the founder had abducted the bishop as part of a land dispute and as a penance he was publicly beaten by the bishop and had to support a group of scholars at Oxford. [ 13 ]
- Origins and Seats of The Balliol Family
- Links to Scottish Royalty
- Burial Places of The Founders
- Balliol Genealogy
- Further Reading
- Notes
The College was founded by John de Balliol in 1263, and was consolidated by the latter’s widow, Dervorguilla of Galloway in 1282. De Balliol was the head of a family which had been prominent land-owners in England and France for several generations. Its principal base in England was Barnard Castle, named after an earlier head of the family in Engla...
The John Balliol who founded the Oxford College wasnot the John Balliol, King of Scots 1292–1296, buthis father. The claim of the younger John Balliol to the Crown of Scotland arose through his mother, Dervorguilla. She was a daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, and Margaret, who was a daughter of David Earl of Huntingdon, who, in turn, was a grands...
John Balliol died in 1268. The place of his death is not known. His heart was removed, embalmed, and kept by his widow Dervorguilla; it was buried with her at Sweetheart Abbey (which she founded) near Dumfries, in 1290. The burial place of the rest of his body is not known.
The Balliol family had no association with the College after Dervorguilla’s lifetime, and, unlike some other ancient foundations, it never granted privileges to the Founders’ kin. Consequently the College’s historic collections contain no primary sources about the Balliol family, meaning we cannot provide genealogical services to those interested i...
For an account of the College’s foundation by John Balliol and Dervorguilla, and its subsequent history, see J. Jones, Balliol College. A History. 2nd ed. rev. 2005. You can view digital facsimiles of the college’s medieval foundation documents here. John de Balliol (b. before 1208, d. 1268), Dervorguilla of Galloway (d.1290) and John de Balliol Ki...
See F. Bayley, The Bailleuls of Flanders, 1881, and A.R. Wagner, English Genealogy, 2nd. edition, 1972, p.58.D. Austin, Acts of Perception: A Study of Barnard Castle in Teesdale, English Heritage, and Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham, two vols, Durham 2007.Balliol College Archives, MISC 95–7, MISC 221.A. Weir, Britain’s Royal Families. The Complete Genealogy, 1989.Oct 23, 2024 · The college was founded by John Balliol of Barnard Castle and Devorgilla his wife between 1263 and 1268. There is mention of the building of a chapel of St. Catherine in 1327–8 but its position is uncertain.
Mar 16, 2013 · Architect: William Butterfield. The existing Chapel is the third on the site. The first was under construction in 1328, with the second Chape built about 1525. It was pulled down in 1856 to make way for this chapel by William Butterfield was the architect for the present building.
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Balliol was founded by John I de Balliol under the guidance of Walter of Kirkham, the Bishop of Durham. According to legend, de Balliol abducted the bishop as part of a land dispute. As a penance, he was publicly beaten by the bishop and had to support a group of scholars at Oxford.
