 It has been noted that in the period between the Founder's death and when the College was reconstituted in 1857, the chief object of the Master, Warden and Fellows had been to lead the pleasantest life possible with little regard to furthering Alleyn's directions to provide every poor scholar with adequate preparation for the world.The fact that the Founder had been so narrow in his definition of who could become Master or Warden also meant that this narrowed the field of applicants such that the quality of candidate was not always of the highest calibre.This led to a ""sad procession of non-entities"" in the words of one commentator, with few exceptions.