Henry VIII combined King's Hall, Michaelhouse and seven hostels to form Trinity College, Cambridge in 1546.

Alan Cobban has identified John Hotham, Bishop of Ely, as the person who guided Edward II in this foundation.

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, being both religious institutions and quite rich, expected to be the next target, and, indeed, the King duly passed an Act of Parliament that allowed him to suppress (and confiscate the property of) any college he wished.

This, combined with lands confiscated from the Church, caused Trinity to be the richest and biggest college, a position it has retained.

King's Hall was located in what is now the northern section of the Great Court of Trinity College, and there still stands an original building from that time.