complete the foundation
... that it took over 50 years to complete the foundation of Jesus College, Oxford, as one Principal lost the draft statutes and the next one kept the replacement copy in his study for several years?
... that it took over 50 years to <b id="mwEBQ"><a href="./List_of_founding_Fellows,_Scholars_and_Commissioners_of_Jesus_College,_Oxford" id="mwEBU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of founding Fellows, Scholars and Commissioners of Jesus College, Oxford">complete the foundation</a></b> of <a href="./Jesus_College,_Oxford" id="mwEBY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jesus College, Oxford">Jesus College, Oxford</a>, as <a href="./Francis_Bevans" id="mwEBc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francis Bevans">one Principal</a> lost the draft statutes and <a class="mw-redirect" href="./John_Williams_(college_principal)" id="mwEBg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Williams (college principal)">the next one</a> kept the replacement copy in his study for several years?