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- The College was founded by John de Balliol in 1263, and was consolidated by the latter’s widow, Dervorguilla of Galloway in 1282.
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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.
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.
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.
5 days ago · John Parsons, who succeeded Davey as Master in 1798, is commonly reckoned as the founder of modern Balliol, perhaps with too great a disregard for the efforts of his predecessor. (fn. 30) Parsons was the son of Isaac Parsons, butler of Corpus Christi College, and brother of Herbert, founder of the Oxford Old Bank.
The College was not founded by the John Balliol who was King of Scots 1292-1296, but by his father John Balliol, and was consolidated by the latter's widow Dervorguilla of Galloway. John [de] Bal [l]iol, Founder of the College in about 1263, was the head of a family which had been prominent land-owners in England and France for several generations.
Balliol College was founded in 1263 y John I of Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham. It’s said that the founder abducted a bishop after a dispute over land and forced him to support a group of Oxford scholars – thus, Balliol College was born.
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.
