[15] In this charter, King Henry VI was named as the founder, and in the same year the college moved to its current site.

[17] The original 15th/16th-century college buildings now form part of First Court, including the chapel, Master's Lodge and Great Gate tower.

The college hall, originally built at the start of the 16th century, was restored in 1875–1879 by George Gilbert Scott the younger.

[20] Design critic Hugh Pearman comments "Lasdun had big trouble relating to the street at the overhanging rear".

[21] It appears distinctively in aerial photographs, forming part of the northern boundary of the college.

[29][30][31] The college has also educated Nobel Laureates including Martin Evans, James Meade, Alexander Todd and Duncan Haldane.

[citation needed] Some of the college's other famous alumni include former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, theologian William Paley, historian Simon Schama, South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts, Lord Mountbatten, medical doctor, scientist, and diplomat Davidson Nicol, and comedians John Oliver, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Andy Parsons.

The JCR's counterpart, the Middle Combination Room (MCR) represents the graduate students of the College, and has its own bar.

The Senior Combination Room (SCR) is composed solely of fellows of the College and holds two feasts each year.

A separate society called "Christ's College May Ball Committee" is set up every two years to organise and direct this event.

The 2010 May Ball, named "L'Esprit Nouveau", was held on 15 June 2010 and featured a 1920s Parisian theme, Two Door Cinema Club headlined the entertainment.

This is said to be the result of a historical conflict between the Students and Fellows at Christ's, who were on opposite sides during the English Civil War.

The words of the Grace are as follows: Sine quo nihil suave, nihil jucundum est: Benedic, quaesumus, cibo et potui servorum tuorum, Quae jam ad alimoniam corporis apparavisti; et concede ut istis muneribus tuis ad laudem tuam utamur gratisque animis fruamur; utque quemadmodum corpus nostrum cibis corporalibus fovetur, ita mens nostra spirituali verbi tui nutrimento pascatur Per te Dominum nostrum, Amen.