St John's College, St Andrews
- St John's College, St Andrews
St John's College (or pedagogy) of the University of St Andrews as a constituent college founded between 1418 and 1430 and was the precursor to present-day St Mary's College. The founder of the college was Lawrence of Lindores (1372-1437) [http://www.gashe.ac.uk:443/isaar/P0243.html] under the chancellorship of Bishop Wardlaw.
History
King James I used the rivalry between Bishop-Chancellor Wardlaw and Lawrence, to petition the Pope, in 1426, to transfer the University from St Andrews to Perth, in line with the King's policy of bringing the Scottish Church under royal control. This move failed, but it made the academic community aware of its common interests. [http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_spa/history/early.html]
The college was located on South Street, on the present site of the King James library and Parliament Hall, to the immediate east of the present St Marys College buildings. Parts of the original college buildings are incorporated into the King James library and adjoining structures [http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/library.html] .
St Johns College was refounded by Cardinal David Beaton under the name the "New College of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary" or "St Mary's College" in 1538. St Mary's preserves the link to St John's in its motto 'In Principio Erat Verbum', from the gospel of St John, 1.1, In the beginning was the word [http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/about.html] The college crest was the phoenix of St John the evangelist on a silver background.
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