| Gloucester College | |
|---|---|
| University of Oxford | |
 Gloucester Hall in 1675 | |
| Location | Present day Worcester Street |
| Coordinates | 51°45′18″N 1°15′49″W / 51.75497°N 1.26370°W |
| Established | 1283 |
| Closed | 1542 (annexed to St John's) 1714 (refounded as Worcester College) |
| Named for | St. Peter Abbey, Gloucester |
| Previous names | Gloucester College (1283-1542) Gloucester Hall (1542-1714) |
| Map | |
  Location in Oxford city centre | |
Gloucester College, Oxford, was a Benedictine institution of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, from the late 13th century until the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century. It was never a typical college of the University; in that there was an internal division in the college, by staircase units, into parts where the monasteries sending monks had effective authority.[1] The overall head was a Prior, later changed to a Prior Studentium, and finally a Principal.[2]
It later became Gloucester Hall, an academic hall and annexe of St John's College and was again refounded in 1714 as Worcester College by Sir Thomas Cookes.
- ^ David Knowles, The Religious Orders in England vol. II (1955) p. 14 calls it "something of a patchwork" and (p. 17) "a loose confederation of small groups rather than a college".
- ^ Appointed by the Abbot of Malmesbury, but there was a regent master appointed by the provincial Benedictine presidents. (Knowles p. 14)