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Gonville & Caius College is exceptional among Oxford and Cambridge colleges in having had three separate founders at different times. The statutes made by those founders are also exceptional, for they have two unique features: first, the statutes of the last founder did not supersede those of the second founder but took effect concurrently with them for over three hundred years; and, second, the longest set of the three founders' statutes was formulated by someone - John Caius - who was not only a founder but had himself been a fellow of the college for which he was drawing up his statutes and was Master of that college during the years in which he was formulating the final draft of those statutes. As a result, Caius' statutes are remarkable for the unique detail of their provisions and their exceptional character. For both these reasons John Caius' statutes deserve greater attention than they have been given. This book contains a full edition and translation of the documents, and also the background: the very different characters of the three founders, Edmund Gonville, William Bateman and John Caius, and their varied objectives.
