Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I, in 1584 on the site of a Dominican friary. Since 1998, Emmanuel has consistently been among the top five colleges in the Tompkins Table. It is one of the wealthier colleges at Cambridge, with a financial endowment of approximately £105m and net assets of £150m in 2012.Photograph: David Iliff