Editing Ancient university (section)

==Governance==
[[File:20130808 Kings Back Court 02.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[University of Cambridge]] in [[Cambridge]], England]]
[[File:StAndrewsWedding 2013-08.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[University of St Andrews]] in [[St Andrews]], Scotland]]
[[File:University of Glasgow Quadrangle.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[University of Glasgow]] in [[Glasgow]], Scotland]]
[[File:King's College Chapel, University of Aberdeen.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[University of Aberdeen]] in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland]]
[[File:Old College, University of Edinburgh (24923171570).jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[University of Edinburgh]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland]]
[[File:Dublin - Trinity College Dublin - 20180925051055 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Trinity College Dublin]] Ireland]]
These universities are often governed in a quite different fashion to more recent foundations. The [[ancient universities of Scotland]] also share several distinctive features and are governed by arrangements laid down by the ''Universities (Scotland) Acts''. In addition to these universities, some now-defunct institutions were founded during this period, including the [[University of Northampton (thirteenth century)|University of Northampton]] (1261–1265),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-37165019|title=Northampton: The ancient English university killed by a king|author=Laurence Cawley|work=BBC News|date=11 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230718143926/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-37165019 |archive-date= Jul 18, 2023 }}</ref> [[University of Stamford]], Lincolnshire (1333–1335),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WU-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA468|pages=468–474|title=Stamford University|series=The Victoria History of the County of Lincoln|author=William Page|date= 1906}}</ref> and the [[Fraserburgh University|University of Fraserburgh]], Aberdeenshire (1592–1605).<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-10099?genre=book&sid=oup%3Aorr&title=Fasti+academiae+Mariscallanae+Aberdonensis&volume=1|title=Fraser, Sir Alexander, of Philorth|date=23 September 2004|author=R. P. Wells|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/10099}}</ref> There was also the [[medieval University of Dublin]] which was an early but largely unsuccessful attempt to establish a university in Dublin, the capital city of the [[Lordship of Ireland]]. Founded in 1320, it maintained an intermittent existence for the next two centuries, but it never flourished, and disappeared for good at the [[Reformation in Ireland]] (1534–41). It was located in [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]]. It had no connection with the present University of Dublin, better known as Trinity College Dublin (its sole college), which was founded in 1592.