Fill in the Blanks Trinity CollegeOnline version Fill in the gaps exercise by Julio Mogollón Jiménez 1 fortune generous figure returned ideals walk founded under dissolved ensuring landowners received TRINITY COLLEGE Trinity College was 1 ) by Sir Thomas Pope in 1555 . A devout catholic with no surviving children , Thomas Pope saw the Foundation of an Oxford college as a means of 2 ) that he and his family would always be remembered in the prayers and masses of its members . He came from a family of small 3 ) in Oxfordshire , trained as a lawyer , and rose rapidly to prominence 4 ) Henry VIII . As Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations he handled the estates of the monasteries 5 ) at the Reformation , and amassed a considerable personal 6 ) . Pope was a discreet and trusted privy counsellor of Mary Tudor , and it was from Mary and Philip that he 7 ) Letters Patent and royal approval for his new foundation . Pope died in 1559 . Although his religious 8 ) were never fully realised - Elizabeth I had succeeded her sister and England 9 ) to the Protestant faith - nonetheless the memory of his name , like his college , has endured the fluctuating fortunes of over 400 years . His wife , Lady Elizabeth Pope , was a particularly influential 10 ) in Trinity's early years . Pope's foundation was for a President , twelve Fellows and twelve scholars , all supported by the income from his 11 ) endowment of lands , and for up to twenty undergraduates . The Fellows , all men , were required to take Holy Orders and remain unmarried . The College Statutes set out rules for a simple monastic life of religious observance and study . The Garden was an informal grove of trees , mainly elms , amongst which the members of the College could 12 ) and meditate .
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