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In 1740, Principal Newton, against two decades of furious opposition, managed to secure a charter and statutes incorporating Hart Hall as a full college of the university, Hertford College. The Fellows of Exeter College, who still claimed ownership of part of the site, were particularly angry.
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Nov 1, 2021 · Towards the end of the 13th century Hart Hall was one of five academic halls, or student lodging houses, that were situated around the piece of land in Oxford now occupied by Hertford College.
The first Hertford College began life as Hart Hall (Aula Cervina) in the 1280s, a small tenement built roughly where the college's Old Hall is today, a few paces along New College Lane on the southern side. [5]
There has been a college or hall on the Hertford site since the 13th century, previous iterations being Hart Hall and Magdalen Hall. But after several dramatic events, including bankruptcy in 1816 and the collapse of our buildings along Catte Street, we were refounded as the second Hertford College in 1874.
Hart Hall was originally established around the 1280s as an academic hall for students studying at the University. It carried on in this form until 1740 when Principal Richard Newton re-formed Hart Hall as an independent College. This first Hertford College was not successful and closed in 1818.
The college was originally founded as Hart Hall in 1282 by Elias de Hertford on Catte Street. In medieval Oxford, halls were primarily lodging houses for students and resident tutors, and thus did not have the same status as fully fledged colleges.
Hart Hall was not autonomous until 1740, and this college was dissolved in 1805. The true ancestor of the Hertford College established in 1876 is Magdalen Hall, since it was Principal & Fellows of Magdalen Hall who became Hertford College in 1876, and the rules of the new College were based on the rules of Magdalen Hall.
