The Queen's College, founded 1341, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Queen's is centrally situated on the High Street, and is renowned for its eighteenth-century architecture. The college had an estimated financial endowment of £131m as of 2006.
The College was founded during the 14th century by the chaplain, Robert de Eglesfield (d'Eglesfield), of Queen Philippa of Hainault, wife of King Edward III of Eng...
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The Queen's College, founded 1341, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Queen's is centrally situated on the High Street, and is renowned for its eighteenth-century architecture. The college had an estimated financial endowment of £131m as of 2006.
The College was founded during the 14th century by the chaplain, Robert de Eglesfield (d'Eglesfield), of Queen Philippa of Hainault, wife of King Edward III of England; hence its name. It should be noted that whilst the name of Queens' College, Cambridge is plural, the Oxford college is singular, and must be written with the definite article. The College's coat of arms is that of the original Chaplain; it differs slightly from his family's coat of arms, which did not include the gold star on the breast of the first eagle. The current coat of arms was adopted by d'Eglesfield because he was unable to use his family's arms, being the younger son. The magnificent frontage was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor,...
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