To boost his side, a sixteenth century Cambridge historian once claimed that the university was founded by Cantaber, prince of Spain, in the "year of the world" 4321.
為了不服這口氣，十六世紀的劍橋史學家曾經抬舉出一位「傳說中」娶了不列顛公主的西班牙王子，做為劍橋創始人。