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This college was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln, and built on the site of St Mildred's church, graveyard and surrounding tenement houses - all of which were pulled down to make way for it. It had a precarious financial existence in its early years but new statutes in 1479 and further benefactions in the 15th and 16th centuries eased the situation. Notable Fellows of the college include John Wesley (the evangelist who founded Methodism), Lord Florey who developed penicillin and the philosopher Samuel Alexandre - one of the first Jews to be elected to an Oxford fellowship.