But for generations the master enjoyed
no more than a couple of _chambers_ at the most, and it was
not till the sixteenth century that an official residence was provided,
and then such residence consisted only of _lodgings_ a little more
spacious and convenient than those of any of the fellows, and in no
case separated from the main buildings of the college. Even when
masters of colleges began to marry (and the earliest instance of this
seems to have been Dr. Heynes, Master of Queens' College, in 1529),
it was long before the master's wife was so far recognized as to be
received within the precincts; and as late as 1576, when the fellows
of King's complained of their provost's wife being seen within the
college, Dr. Goad replied that she had not been twice in the college
"Quad" in her life, as far as he knew. When the great break-up came
in the next century, then the establishment of the master demanded
increased accommodation for his family, and the master's lodge began
to grow slowly, until university architects of the nineteenth century
displayed their exalted sense of what was due to the dignity of a
"head of a house" by erecting two such palaces as the lodges of
Pembroke and St. John's Colleges; for the glorification of the
artist, it may be, but whether for the advantage of the college, the
university, or the occupants of the aforesaid lodges may be
reasonably doubted.
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