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IV. Account of the Horn belonging to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in a Letter to Mr. Gough, from the Rev. Mr. Tyson, Fellow of the said College

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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At your request, I send you a drawing of a horn which formerly belonged to the gild of Corpus Christi, the original founders of our college. It appears from the manuscript Historiola of the College (probably written by Jocelyn, secretary to archbishop Parker) that this horn was presented to the gild by their alderman, John Goldcorne, about the year 1347. “Johannes de Goldcorn, “quum suo tempore erat aldermannus gildae, dedit magnum cor “nu potatorium ornatum operculo cum suis appendicibus ex ar “gento deaurato, quo usi sunt ejusdem gildae fratres in festo prae “cipue Corporis Christi sane liberaliter.” See Fuller's History of the University of Cambridge, page 45; and Masters's History of Corpus Christi College, page 3. The operculum, or cover, mentioned by Jocelyn and Fuller, is since lost, though it was probably fixed by a chain to the two rings marked (a) in the drawing. The head at the extremity of the horn may probably be intended for the reigning monarch Edward the Third. On the front of the large end are the arms of the College.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1775

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page 19 note * Pl. IV.