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Tom Tower and Tom Quad of Christ Church. Construction of Cardinal College (as it was initially called) begun in 1529 under Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York). He fell from King Henry VIII's favour before the college was complete, and the monarch refounded it in 1546 under its present name.

Tom Tower and Tom Quad of Christ Church. Construction of Cardinal College (as it was initially called) begun in 1529 under Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York). He fell from King Henry VIII's favour before the college was complete, and the monarch refounded it in 1546 under its present name.