Editing Trinity Hall, Cambridge (section)

==History==
The devastation caused by the [[Black Death in England]] of the 1340s included the loss of perhaps half of the population; [[William Bateman (bishop)|Bishop Bateman]] himself lost nearly 700 of his parish priests, and so his decision to found a college was probably centred on a need to rebuild the priesthood. The site that Bateman chose was the original site of [[Gonville Hall]], which had been founded three years earlier, but was financially struggling. Bateman's clerical aim for the Hall is reflected in the foundation of 1350, when he stated that the college's aim was "the promotion of divine worship and of [[canon law|canon]] and civil science and direction of the commonwealth and especially of our church and [[diocese of Norwich]]." This led the college to be particularly strong in legal studies, a tradition that has continued over the centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/about/college/detail.asp?ItemID=2340|title=Trinity Hall -|work=cam.ac.uk}}</ref>

At first all colleges in Cambridge were known as "Halls" or "Houses" and then later changed their names from "Hall" to "College". However, when [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] founded [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] next door, it became clear that Trinity Hall would continue being known as a Hall. The new foundation's name may have been a punishment for the college's master, [[Stephen Gardiner]], who had opposed the king's remarriage and had endured much of the college's land being removed. It is incorrect to call it Trinity Hall College, although Trinity Hall college (lower case) is, strictly speaking, accurate. A similar situation had existed once before when [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] founded King's College (in 1441) despite the existence of [[King's Hall, Cambridge|King's Hall]] (founded in 1317). King's Hall was later incorporated in the foundation of Trinity College in 1546.

Trinity Hall, in addition to having a chapel, also had joint usage of the Church of St John Zacharias with [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare Hall]], until the church was demolished to enable the construction of [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]] in the 15th century. After this, the college was granted usage of the nearby [[St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge|Church of St Edward, King and Martyr]] on [[Peas Hill]], a connection which remains to this day.