Emmanuel College is one of the larger colleges of the University of Cambridge, embracing a community of around 500 undergraduate students; 150 graduate students; 90 Fellows and 150 College Staff. The main college site occupies extensive grounds, sited in the centre of Cambridge and providing an environment for learning and living that is both beautiful and peaceful. Emmanuel College was founded in 1584, on the site of a Dominican priory, by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. Parts of the monastic buildings remain today: for example the Hall is built on the foundations of the nave of the Dominicans’ church, and the boundary wall to the priory, with its distinctive pitched coping divides the Paddock from Park Terrace. The pond in the Paddock is on the site of the friars’ fishpond.