Lands in Great and Little Abington and Hildersham were purchased by the College in 1447 from John Abytoun for £50. The Abington lands were originally intended as a compensation to Trinity Hall for the use of its land in Mill Street, Cambridge, to extend King's College (Henry VI's grant of the lands to Trinity Hall is kept under KCAR/6/2/1/4 Title Deeds ABI/63); Trinity Hall refused to accept them, so they instead became part of the King's College estates. The lands were eventually sold in 1869.