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amongst others. Cromwell himself was particularly interested in a new university at Durham which he viewed as important in order to help with the propagation of the gospel in those 'dark places' of the North. The statutes drawn up in 1656 were worked over by
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Quakers as being an institute designed to prepare ministers. According to Fowler, "on April 22 directed that a grant which had been drawn up to make the College a University should not be sealed until further order".
397:) 'the man who created a University in Durham three hundred years earlier'. However this suggestion was met by 'astonishingly fierce opposition', affecting a compromise with the proposed college coming to be called
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It had an effective life of 1656 (when
Cromwell and his Privy Council issued an order for the founding of the College) to 1659, being dissolved officially in 1660. The Chapter of
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College closed. However, the cause of education was not wholly forgotten, for Bishop
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against the foundation of a third university, and especially against any grant of degree-awarding powers. The college was also opposed by
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vacant and available for the new institution. Cromwell signed letters patent setting it up formally in May 1657; and around this time
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as Tutors Tonge, Richard Russell, John Richell and John Doughty;
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of Lincoln College, Oxford, and Leonard Wastell, Rector of
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957:. Vol. 2. H Colburn. 1828. pp. 531–543.
346:The College never scaled up to these intentions.
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1067:(5th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 229.
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254:appointed in 1657 as Master or Provost, and
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579:Venning, Timothy. "Wolseley, Sir Charles".
568:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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450:"The First Durham University"
282:reformer in contact with the
206:and George Griffith in 1656.
1131:History of Durham University
1044:. Durham World Heritage Site
915:UK public library membership
882:UK public library membership
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262:was appointed the Visitor.
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332:Trinity College, Cambridge
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