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             The Vniversity of Oxfords plea refuted, or, A full answer to a late printed paper intituled, The priviledges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation together with the universities answer to the summons of the visitors ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ...
             Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
             Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
             Fell, John, 1625-1686.
             Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658.
             Waring, Robert, 1614-1658.
          
           [2], 64 p.
           
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             1647.
          
           
             The authorship of The priviledges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation has been variously attributed to Richard Allestree, John Fell, and Gerard Langbaine. Robert Waring claimed the authorship himself. Cf. Madan.
             Errata: p. 64.
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           University of Oxford.
           Priviledges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation.
        
      
    
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             THE
             Vniversity
             of
             OXFORDS
             Plea
             refuted
             .
             OR
             ,
             A
             full
             ANSWER
             to
             a
             late
             printed
             Paper
             ,
             Intituled
             ,
             The
          
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           Oxford
           in
           point
           of
           Visitation
           :
           
             Together
          
           with
           ,
           the
           Vniversities
           Answer
           to
           the
           Summons
           of
           the
           Visitors
           .
        
         
           
             Manifesting
             the
          
           Vanity
           
             and
          
           Falsity
           
             of
             this
             pretended
          
           Vniversity
           Priviledge
           
             and
          
           Plea
           
             to
             the
          
           Visitors
           
             Jurisdiction
             ;
          
           That
           the
           right
           of
           Visiting
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           Oxford
           is
           onely
           in
           the
           Kings
           Majestie
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           exempt
           from
           all
           other
           Iurisdiction
           by
           its
           Foundation
           ,
           Prescription
           ,
           and
           severall
           Grants
           of
           Exemption
           .
           
             And
             insufficiency
             of
             all
             the
             Allegations
             and
             Authorities
             produced
             to
             support
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           for
           the
           
             information
          
           of
           the
           
             Iudgements
             ,
          
           and
           
             satisfaction
          
           of
           the
           
             consciences
          
           of
           all
           
             ingenuous
             Members
          
           of
           that
           
             Vniversitie
             ,
          
           who
           onely
           out
           of
           
             Ignorance
          
           or
           
             Error
             ,
          
           not
           
             Obstinacy
          
           or
           
             Malignity
             ,
          
           have
           demurred
           to
           the
           
             Iurisdiction
          
           of
           the
           
             Visitors
          
           thereof
           ,
           though
           appointed
           ,
           authorized
           by
           
             Ordinance
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             Commission
             under
             the
             Great
             Seal
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             By
          
           William
           Prynne
           ,
           
             
               Esq
            
             one
          
           of
           the
           said
           Visitors
        
         
           
             Prov.
             19.
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Heare
               Counsell
               ,
               and
               receive
               Instruction
               ,
               that
               thou
               maist
               he
               wise
               in
               in
               thy
               latter
               end
               .
            
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           T.
           B.
           
             for
          
           Michael
           Spark
           ,
           1647.
           
        
         
           
             ROBERT
             :
             DAVIES
             of
             ILannerch●
             Denbighshire●
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Vniversity
           of
           OXFORDS
           Plea
           refuted
           .
        
         
           THE
           ingenuous
           Answer
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Doctors
           ,
           and
           both
           the
           Proctors
           of
           my
           Mother-University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           to
           the
           honourable
           standing
           Committee
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           for
           its
           regulation
           ,
           on
           the
           16.
           of
           this
           instant
           
             November
             ,
          
           (
           before
           whom
           they
           were
           then
           personally
           convented
           ,
           for
           demurring
           to
           the
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Visitors
           appointed
           them
           by
           both
           houses
           of
           Parliament
           )
           to
           this
           effect
           :
           
             That
             they
             did
             in
             their
             former
             papers
             presented
             by
             the
             Proctors
             ,
             October
             8.
             by
             way
             of
             petition
             ,
             onely
             represent
             their
             sense
             of
             their
             own
             priviledges
             ,
             and
             their
             Obligations
             (
             as
             they
             conceived
             )
             by
             divers
             oaths
             for
             the
             maintaining
             of
             them
             ,
             without
             circumscribing
             or
             limiting
             ,
             much
             lesse
             denying
             or
             contemning
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             but
             purposely
             avoyding
             (
             as
             still
             they
             did
             desire
             to
             avoyd
             )
             all
             questions
             of
             so
             high
             and
             transcendent
             a
             nature
             ;
             it
             being
             possible
             that
             they
             might
             be
             in
             an
             errour
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             be
             obliged
             in
             conscience
             ,
             not
             to
             do
             otherwise
             then
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             convinced
             of
             that
             errour
             .
             And
             therefore
             humbly
             d●sired
             convenient
             time
             to
             advise
             with
             councell
             ,
             more
             fully
             to
             inform
             themselves
             ,
             in
             a
             case
             so
             extraordinary
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             great
             concernment
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             themselves
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             whole
             Vniversity
             in
             present
             ,
             and
             in
             future
             ,
             &c.
          
           enduced
           me
           ,
           not
           onely
           then
           to
           move
           this
           honourable
           Committee
           ,
           that
           the
           University
           
           and
           they
           might
           be
           fully
           heard
           by
           their
           Counsel
           on
           a
           convenient
           day
           ,
           to
           alledge
           whatever
           they
           could
           ,
           both
           in
           maintainance
           of
           their
           respective
           Answers
           delivered
           in
           under
           their
           hands
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Visitors
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           them
           there
           acknowledged
           ,
           which
           was
           accordingly
           ordered
           in
           their
           favour
           ;
           But
           likewise
           to
           borrow
           some
           time
           from
           my
           other
           employments
           ,
           to
           examine
           and
           refute
           all
           those
           pretended
           University
           priviledges
           ,
           and
           false
           allegations
           to
           support
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           lately
           printed
           at
           
             Oxford
          
           (
           by
           the
           Universities
           approbation
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           not
           misinformed
           )
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Priviledges
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
          
           OXFORD
           
             in
             point
             of
             Visitation
             ,
             &c.
          
           (
           which
           hath
           seduced
           many
           to
           dispute
           and
           disobey
           the
           Visitors
           power
           ;
           )
           wherein
           the
           substance
           of
           all
           their
           Objections
           against
           the
           Visitors
           jurisdiction
           in
           point
           of
           law
           or
           conscience
           ,
           are
           comprised
           ;
           that
           so
           I
           might
           in
           a
           University
           way
           ,
           by
           strength
           of
           argument
           and
           evidence
           ,
           not
           by
           power
           and
           force
           ,
           inform
           the
           misguided
           judgments
           ,
           and
           satisfie
           the
           erronious
           consciences
           of
           all
           such
           members
           of
           this
           University
           ,
           liable
           to
           our
           visitation
           ,
           whose
           obstinacy
           or
           malignity
           shall
           not
           render
           them
           altogether
           incapable
           of
           better
           instruction
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           any
           hopes
           of
           commiseration
           or
           pardon
           for
           their
           contumacy
           .
        
         
           I●
           is
           not
           my
           design
           in
           this
           summary
           Discourse
           ,
           to
           enter
           into
           any
           large
           debate
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           power
           of
           both
           houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           whose
           supream
           jurisdiction
           to
           visit
           ,
           punish
           ;
           reform
           all
           abuses
           and
           corruptions
           in
           the
           Kings
           own
           Court
           ,
           in
           the
           highest
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Officers
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           
             Corporations
          
           and
           Societies
           of
           men
           whatsoever
           ,
           within
           this
           Realm
           ,
           I
           have
           largely
           vindicated
           in
           
             a
          
           
             other
             Treatises
             ,
          
           seeing
           the
           University
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           parties
           convented
           ,
           do
           willingly
           wave
           this
           dangerous
           Dispute
           ,
           as
           fatall
           and
           destructive
           to
           them
           ,
           if
           positively
           insisted
           on
           ;
           but
           onely
           to
           demonstrate
           to
           them
           the
           vanity
           and
           falsity
           of
           this
           their
           pretended
           Priviledge
           they
           peremptorily
           assert
           ,
           and
           principally
           rely
           on
           ,
           as
           their
           lawfull
           Inheritance
           and
           Birth-right
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           obliged
           by
           oath
           and
           duty
           to
           maintain
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           right
           of
           visiting
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           is
           onely
           in
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           
             exempt
          
           from
           all
           other
           jurisdiction
           ,
           both
           by
           foundation
           ,
           prescription
           ,
           and
           severall
           grants
           of
           exemption
           .
        
         
         
           This
           their
           claim
           and
           assertion
           ,
           I
           shall
           irrefragably
           falsifie
           and
           refute
           by
           Histories
           and
           Records
           ,
           which
           cleerly
           evidence
           ;
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           was
           anciently
           of
           right
           for
           many
           ages
           ,
           under
           the
           jurisdiction
           ,
           if
           not
           visitation
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           as
           he
           was
           their
           Diocesan
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           anciently
           of
           right
           ,
           and
           so
           continued
           till
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           under
           the
           visitation
           &
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           as
           Metropolitanes
           (
           who
           have
           frequently
           visited
           this
           University
           and
           
             Cambridge
          
           too
           )
           as
           being
           within
           their
           Province
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           acknowledged
           and
           adjudged
           by
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           and
           an
           whole
           Parliament
           in
           his
           reign
           ,
           and
           by
           King
           
             Charles
          
           himself
           ,
           upon
           solemn
           debate
           ,
           to
           be
           lawfull
           Visitors
           of
           it
           ,
           
             de
             jure
             .
          
           And
           that
           these
           three
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           of
           13.
           
             H.
          
           4.
           have
           by
           their
           Charters
           and
           Votes
           absolutely
           disclaimed
           the
           King's
           sole
           right
           of
           visiting
           the
           Universities
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           resolved
           the
           contrary
           ,
           when
           the
           Universities
           for
           their
           own
           ends
           have
           set
           it
           on
           foot
           ,
           and
           laid
           claim
           unto
           it
           :
           no
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           before
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eight
           ,
           ever
           visiting
           either
           of
           the
           Universities
           ,
           for
           ought
           appears
           by
           any
           authentick
           Records
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           by
           his
           Legat
           hath
           visited
           both
           Universities
           ,
           without
           resistance
           ,
           or
           any
           Plea
           put
           in
           to
           his
           jurisdiction
           ,
           no
           longer
           since
           then
           Q.
           
             Maries
          
           reign
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Universities
           are
           subject
           to
           their
           Chancellours
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           too
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           conffessions
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           most
           particular
           Colledges
           and
           Hals
           in
           both
           Universities
           ,
           as
           Colledges
           ,
           Hals
           and
           Members
           of
           the
           University●
           have
           their
           particular
           Visitors
           appointed
           by
           the
           founders
           ,
           to
           whose
           visitation
           and
           jurisdiction
           they
           are
           subject
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           King's
           alone
           .
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           That
           their
           pretended
           grants
           of
           exemption
           were
           procured
           onely
           from
           Popes
           ,
           not
           from
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           that
           our
           Kings
           themselves
           &
           one
           Parliament
           ,
           have
           damned
           them
           ,
           as
           derogatory
           to
           the
           King's
           Prerogative
           ,
           even
           in
           times
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           Vniversity
           it self
           disclaimed
           and
           renounced
           ,
           them
           both
           before
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           in
           full
           Convocation
           ,
           as
           a
           grievance
           ,
           not
           a
           priviledge
           ,
           obtained
           against
           their
           wils
           ,
           and
           without
           their
           privity
           ,
           to
           their
           prejudice
           .
        
         
         
           When
           I
           have
           made
           good
           these
           positions
           ,
           the
           whole
           University
           and
           their
           Delegates
           (
           if
           not
           stupendiously
           obstinate
           )
           must
           necessarily
           retract
           this
           their
           Plea
           as
           false
           and
           nugatory
           ,
           and
           disclaim
           their
           imaginary
           Priviledge
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           cleer
           as
           the
           noon●
           day
           Sun
           ,
           that
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           was
           under
           the
           jurisdiction
           ,
           if
           not
           visitation
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           as
           being
           their
           Diocesans
           :
           First
           ,
           by
           the
           very
           Buls
           of
           Pope
           
             a
          
           
             Boniface
          
           the
           eight
           ,
           and
           
             b
          
           
             Sixtus
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           cited
           in
           the
           third
           page
           of
           
             the
             Priviledges
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
          
           Oxford
           
             in
             poynt
             of
             Visitation
             ;
          
           in
           expresse
           termes
           exempting
           the
           University
           ,
           
             ab
             omni
             jurisdictione
             Episcopali
             &
             a
             Visitatione
             :
          
           which
           needed
           no
           such
           exemption
           by
           two
           successive
           Popes
           ,
           from
           the
           Bishops
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           ,
           if
           the
           University
           (
           founded
           many
           hundred
           yeers
           before
           these
           Buls
           were
           granted
           )
           had
           never
           been
           subject
           to
           ,
           but
           exempted
           from
           it
           by
           foundation
           and
           prescription
           too
           ,
           as
           is
           pretended
           ;
           it
           being
           then
           a
           meer
           superfluity
           for
           these
           Popes
           to
           grant
           ,
           or
           the
           University
           to
           embrace
           ,
           as
           a
           special
           priviledge
           and
           indulged
           favor
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           by
           these
           ensuing
           cleer
           Historical
           passages
           :
           
             c
          
           
             Matthew
             Paris
          
           in
           
             anno
             dom
             .
          
           1257.
           pag.
           915
           ,
           916.
           writes
           thus
           concerning
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincolns
          
           and
           University
           of
           
             Oxford's
          
           contest
           then
           happening
           between
           them
           about
           his
           jurisdiction
           and
           the
           Universities
           priviledges
           ,
           which
           he
           endeavoured
           to
           infringe
           in
           the
           generall
           ,
           without
           specifying
           the
           particulars
           ,
           which
           difference
           was
           referred
           to
           the
           Parliament
           then
           at
           hand
           to
           determine
           .
        
         
           
             Eodem
             tempore
             ,
             videlicet
             septimo
             idus
             Martii
             ,
             venerunt
             ad
             sanctum
          
           Albanum
           
             quidam
             Magistri
          
           Oxoniae
           ,
           
             circitèr
             novem
             Artistle
             ,
             q●i
             querula
             voce
             coram
             Rege
             ,
             in
             Capella
          
           Sancti
           Oswini
           
             reposuerunt
             querimoniam
             de
          
           Episcopo
           Lincolniensi
           ,
           
             qui
          
           contra
           Statuta
           Universitatis
           antiqua
           &
           approbaca
           ,
           nitebatur
           libertates
           Scholarium
           eneruare
           :
           
             &
             statutus
             est
             dies
             responsionis
             ad
             instans
          
           magnum
           Parliamentum
           ,
           
             ut
             auditis
             partium
             rationibus
             ,
             pacificarentur
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             a
          
           
             Henry
             Lexinton
          
           was
           then
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
             .
          
        
         
           What
           the
           Parliament
           (
           here
           made
           the
           proper
           Judge
           of
           the
           Universities
           priviledges
           by
           the
           Kings
           own
           referēce
           )
           determined
           in
           this
           cōtroversie
           ,
           or
           what
           the
           priviledges
           cōtroverted
           were
           ,
           I
           find
           not
           in
           any
           Historian
           or
           Record
           :
           but
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           they
           
           determined
           nought
           against
           the
           Bishops
           jurisdiction
           over
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           who
           had
           the
           better
           cause
           and
           right
           ;
           as
           appears
           by
           this
           passage
           of
           
             Matthew
             Parker
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             b
          
           
             Antiqu.
             
             Ecclesiae
             Brit.
          
           p.
           204.
           in
           the
           life
           of
           
             Iohn
             Peckam
             ,
          
           anno
           1287.
           
        
         
           
             Hoc
             etiam
             tempore
             lis
             quaedam
             inter
             .
          
           Lincolniensem
           Episcopum
           &
           Universitat●m
           
             Oxon
             ,
             aliquot
             innis
             de
          
           jurisdictione
           Episcopi
           in
           Scholares
           Universitatis
           agitata
           est
           .
           
             In
             qua
          
           Joannis
           Cantuariensis
           ,
           
             cum
             SCHOLARIVM
             CAVSAM
             VACILLARE
             ,
             NEC
             IVRA
             STARE
             POSSE
             intellexerat
             ,
             Scholaribus
             rescripsit
             ;
          
           si
           in
           Jure
           contenderent
           ,
           
             VINCI
             EOS
             ET
             SVPERARI
             NECESSE
             ESSE
             ;
             praesertim
             cùm
             his
          
           quibus
           uterentur
           Privilegiis
           
             A
             IURISDICTIONE
             EPISCOPALI
             IVRE
             COMMVNI
             STABILITA
             ,
             EXIMI
             NEQVAQVAM
             POTVISSENT
             :
          
           
             c
          
           
             Oliver
             Sutton
          
           was
           then
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           this
           advice
           ,
           it
           seems
           the
           University
           submitted
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln's
          
           jurisdiction
           ,
           as
           their
           Diocesan
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           to
           present
           their
           Chancellour
           to
           him
           for
           his
           approbation
           and
           confirmation
           ;
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           this
           History
           ,
           recorded
           in
           
             Antiq.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           268.
           
        
         
           
             Anno
          
           1350.
           
           Oxoniensis
           Universitatis
           
             Scholares
             Cancellarium
             suum
             ,
             quendam
          
           Willihelmum
           de
           Palmorna
           
             elegerunt
             :
             Qui
             cùm
             ad
          
           Lincolniensem
           Episcopum
           ,
           
             in
             cujus
             Diocaesi
             tunc
             ste●i●
          
           Oxonium
           
             confirmandus
             venisset
             ,
             crebris
             procrastinationibus
             in
             aliud
             temporis
             ab
             Episcopo
             rejectus
             est
             :
             Id
             tàm
          
           Universitas
           Oxonien●is
           
             quàm
             ipse
             Cancella●ius
             electus
             indignè
             tulit
             .
             Qui
             facti
             querela
             coram
             A●●chiepiscopo
          
           (
           Simone
           Islippe
           )
           
             declarata
             ,
             ab
             eo
             opem
             &
             remedium
             ad
             tam
             diutinam
             &
             voluntariam
             sine
             causa
             tollendam
             moram
             ,
             petierunt
             .
             Archiepiscopus
             edicto
          
           Lincolniensi
           
             praecepit
             ,
          
           Ut
           Cancellarium
           electum
           die
           quodam
           statuto
           confirmaret
           ,
           aut
           coràm
           se
           compareret
           ,
           dicturus
           causam
           ,
           cur
           admitti
           &
           confirmari
           non
           debeat
           .
           
             Interea
             Archiepiscopus
             causam
          
           Johanni
           Coulton
           
             Cancellario
             suo
             ,
             &
             Ecclesiae
          
           Cathedralis
           Wellensis
           
             Decano
             commisit
             .
             Die
             statuto
             aderant
          
           Cancellarius
           
             electus
             ,
             &
             Oxoniensis
          
           Universitatis
           procuratores
           ,
           
             qui
             confirmationem
             &
             consecrationem
             instanter
             petierunt
             ;
          
           Lincolniensis
           
             autem
             Episcopus
             non
             comparuit
             :
             in
             cujus
             absentis
             contumaciam
          
           Cantuariensis
           Cancellarius
           in
           negotio
           electionis
           legitimè
           procedens
           ,
           eam
           legitimè
           ritèque
           celebratam
           ,
           ac
           canonicam
           
           esse
           pronunciavit
           .
           
             Quo
             facto
          
           Archiepiscopus
           Cancellarium
           confirmavit
           ,
           &
           eundem
           ad
           Universitatem
           Oxoniensem
           regendam
           admisit
           ;
           
             gregique
             Scholarium
             scripsit
             ,
          
           ut
           ei
           jam
           admisso
           juxta
           Universitatis
           jura
           ac
           statuta
           obtemperent
           atque
           pareant
           .
           
             Ab
             hac
             admissione
          
           Lincolniensis
           
             Episcopus
             privilegie
             suo
             antedictó
             (
             ut
             se
             suosque
             papali
             privilegio
             ,
             quod
             Avinione
             à
             Papa
          
           Clemente
           
             magnis
             muneribus
             impetravit
             ,
             ab
             hujus
             Archiepiscopi
             jurisdictione
             defenderet
             )
             fretus
             ,
             ad
             Papam
             appellavit
             .
             Archiepiscopus
             antem
             rejecta
             appellatione
             ,
             eum
             ut
             suae
             jurisdictionis
             &
          
           Archiepiscopalis
           authoritatis
           
             contemptorem
             ,
             ad
             sui
             tribunal
             vocavit
             ,
             &
             non
             accedentis
             proterviam
             interdictis
             Ecclesiasticis
             in
             ejus
             terras
             praediaque
             latis
             mulc●avit
             :
             multa
             deinceps
             in
             hac
             lite
             coram
             Papa
             agitanda
             controversa
             sunt
             ,
             in
             quibus
          
           Lincolniensis
           
             revocato
             suo
             privilegio
             a
          
           Cantuariensi
           
             victus
             succubuit
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             great
             Contest
             happened
             in
             the
             time
             of
          
           Iohn
           Synwell
           
             Bishop
             of
          
           Lincoln
           ,
           
             as
          
           
             d
          
           Godwin
           
             (
             who
             relates
             it
             too
             )
             informs
             us
             ;
             adding
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Pope
           also
           granted
           at
           the
           same
           time
           unto
           the
           University
           ,
           that
           the
           Chancellour
           should
           be
           onely
           elected
           by
           the
           Schollers
           themselves
           ,
           and
           so
           presently
           authorized
           to
           govern
           them
           ,
           without
           the
           admission
           of
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           I
           conceive
           is
           a
           cleer
           mistake
           ;
           for
           
             Matthew
             Parker
          
           (
           out
           of
           whom
           he
           relates
           it
           )
           records
           ,
           That
           this
           exemption
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           from
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln's
          
           jurisdiction
           ,
           was
           procured
           by
           the
           intercession
           of
           
             William
             Wittlesey
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           about
           the
           yeer
           1375.
           (
           and
           that
           from
           another
           Pope
           ,
           not
           
             Clement
          
           but
           
             Vrban
             ,
          
           some
           25.
           yeers
           after
           this
           contestation
           )
           which
           he
           thus
           expresseth
           ,
           
             Antiqu.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           283.
           
        
         
           
             Hujus
             Archiepiscopi
             intercessione
             atque
             gratia
          
           Oxoniensis
           
             Academia
             à
             jurisdictione
          
           Lincolniensis
           
             Episcopi
             ,
             per
          
           Urbanum
           Papam
           quintum
           EXEMPTAEST
           :
           
             &
             tàm
             libera
             potestas
          
           Cancellarium
           
             suum
             eligendi
             ●acta
             Scholaribus
             ut
             Cancellarius
             sine
             admissione
             quacunque
             simulatque
             electus
             sit
             magistratum
             inire
             atque
             gerere
             possit
             .
          
           An
           undeniable
           evidence
           ,
           that
           till
           this
           Papall
           exemption
           procured
           ,
           the
           University
           and
           Chancellour
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           were
           under
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Lincol●ns
          
           jurisdiction
           ,
           as
           their
           Diocesans
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Hyndeman
          
           Chancellour
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           
             Nicholas
             Faux
          
           his
           Commissary
           ,
           procuring
           
           another
           exemption
           from
           the
           Pope
           [
           BONIFACE
           
             the
             eighth
             ,
             as
             some
             affirm
          
           ]
           of
           this
           University
           and
           the
           Schollers
           in
           it
           ,
           both
           from
           Archiepiscopal
           and
           EPISCOPAL
           JURISDICTION
           ;
           the
           Schollers
           ,
           and
           Doctors
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           complained
           of
           it
           to
           Archbishop
           
             Arundel
             ,
          
           and
           the
           whole
           Convocation
           at
           
             London
          
           in
           the
           yeer
           1396.
           and
           there
           openly
           renounced
           it
           ,
           as
           
             non
             mod●
             in
             Metropolitani
             &
             ORDINARII
             ,
             sed
             &
             ipsius
             Vniversitatis
             praejudicium
             atque
             gravamen
             :
          
           Whereupon
           it
           was
           damned
           by
           the
           whole
           Convocation
           (
           as
           you
           may
           read
           at
           large
           in
           
             Antiqu.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           304
           )
           and
           likewise
           by
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           in
           the
           twentieth
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           in
           the
           13th
           yeer
           of
           his
           reign
           :
           (
           of
           which
           more
           anon
           :
           )
           whereby
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln's
          
           jurisdiction
           over
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           was
           not
           onely
           acknowledged
           and
           revived
           ,
           but
           likewise
           submitted
           to
           by
           the
           whole
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ;
          
           and
           this
           exemption
           from
           it
           by
           Popes
           Buls
           onely
           ,
           declared
           to
           be
           a
           prejudice
           and
           grievance
           to
           the
           University
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           too
           :
           whose
           jurisdiction
           thus
           revived
           ,
           was
           never
           afterwards
           impeached
           or
           abrogated
           by
           any
           subsequent
           Buls
           or
           Patents
           I
           can
           meet
           with
           ,
           but
           continued
           its
           vigor
           till
           the
           erection
           of
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           out
           of
           
             Lincoln
          
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Letters
           Patents
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           in
           the
           yeer
           1541.
           which
           abolished
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln's
          
           power
           ,
           and
           translated
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Diocesse
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Patents
           of
           33.
           
           &
           37.
           
             H.
          
           8
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           demonstrate
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           
             Richard
             Flemming
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           
           in
           the
           yeer
           1430
           founded
           
             Lincoln
             Colledge
          
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           
             William
             Smith
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           anno
           1513.
           founded
           
             Brasenose
             Colledge
          
           in
           
             Oxford
             ;
          
           of
           both
           which
           Colledges
           (
           though
           members
           of
           the
           University
           )
           and
           of
           some
           others
           ,
           he
           and
           his
           Successors
           continued
           Visitors
           till
           this
           present
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           By
           all
           these
           evidences
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           fortified
           my
           first
           position
           ,
           That
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           was
           subject
           to
           the
           jurisdiction
           ,
           if
           not
           visitation
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Lincoln
          
           (
           as
           the
           University
           of
           
             Cambridge
          
           was
           to
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Ely
             ,
          
           which
           I
           can
           fully
           evidence
           ,
           were
           it
           pertinent
           )
           and
           refuted
           the
           Universities
           and
           their
           Delegates
           false
           plea
           ,
           
             That
             
             the
             right
             of
             visiting
             the
             Vniversity
             of
          
           Oxford
           
             is
             onely
             in
             the
             King's
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             exempt
             from
             all
             other
             jurisdiction
             ,
             by
             its
             foundation
             ,
             prescription
             ,
             and
             severall
             grants
             of
             exemption
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           proof
           of
           my
           second
           position
           ,
           touching
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           
             Canterburies
          
           right
           &
           jurisdiction
           to
           visit
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           (
           and
           
             Cambridge
          
           too
           )
           as
           Metropolitans
           ,
           being
           scituated
           within
           their
           province
           ,
           by
           History
           ,
           Records
           ,
           and
           our
           Kings
           avowing
           of
           this
           their
           right
           ,
           and
           disclaiming
           their
           own
           ONELY
           OR
           SOLE
           RIGHT
           TO
           VISIT
           THE
           UNIVERSITIES
           ;
           wherein
           I
           shall
           make
           use
           of
           non●
           bu●
           punctuall
           authorities
           .
        
         
           
             Godwin
          
           in
           his
           Catalogue
           of
           English
           Bishops
           p.
           74.
           writes
           thus
           of
           
             Robert
             Kilwardly
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ;
             That
          
           (
           in
           the
           yeer
           1278.
           )
           
             he
             visited
             all
             his
             Province
             ,
             and
             BOTH
             THE
             VNIVERSITIES
             ;
             in
             which
             he
             disputed
             excellently
             ,
             and
             shewed
             himself
             in
             divers
             kinds
             of
             exercise
             .
          
           And
           
             Matthew
             Parker
          
           in
           his
           
             Ant.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           198.
           records
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Totam
          
           Cantuar.
           
           
             Provinciam
             visitationis
             jure
             peragravit
             ;
             In
             hac
             VISITATIONE
             ACADEMIAS
             IPSAS
             METROPOLITICA
             AVTHORITATE
             INGRESSVS
             EST
             ;
          
           (
           and
           that
           without
           any
           opposition
           or
           demurrer
           to
           his
           jurisdiction
           ,
           for
           ought
           appeareth
           :
           )
           &
           Oxonii
           
             in
             Scholis
             ,
             non
             modò
             de
             Theologia
             ,
             sed
             de
             Philosophia
             atque
             Logica
             argutè
             disp●tavit
             .
             In
             quibus
             artibus
             multas
          
           Oxoniensium
           
             opiniones
             &
             sententias
             tanquam
             minus
             probabiles
             reprehendit
             atque
             refellit
             .
          
        
         
           His
           next
           Successor
           
             Iohn
             Peckam
             ,
          
           anno
           1288.
           visited
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           by
           his
           Metropolitical
           right
           ,
           without
           any
           resistance
           or
           dispute
           ,
           
             Antiqu.
             Ecclef
             .
             Brit.
          
           p.
           204.
           
           
             Ipseque
             perlustrata
             reliqua
             Provincia
          
           OXONIENSEM
           
             ACADEMIAM
             IURE
             METROPOLITICO
             VISIT
             ATVRVS
             ADLIT
             :
             In
             qua
             visitatione
             ,
             quasdam
             philosophicas
             opiniones
             ,
             quos
             errores
             ,
             &
             a
          
           Roberto
           Kylwarby
           
             ante
             reprehens●s
             docuit
             ,
             tanquam
             Haereses
             &
             à
             fide
             Christianâ
             abhorrentes
             è
             suggestu
             Latinè
             refellit
             .
          
        
         
           
             Simon
             Islippe
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           anno
           1350.
           received
           an
           Appeal
           from
           the
           Chancellour-elect
           and
           Proctors
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           against
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           who
           refused
           to
           admit
           and
           conform
           
             William
             Palmorin
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           had
           elected
           and
           presented
           
           to
           him
           for
           their
           Chancellour
           ;
           upon
           
             whose
             default
             ,
             he
             admitted
             and
             approved
             of
             his
             election
             ,
             confirmed
             him
             in
             his
             Office
             ,
             and
             wrote
             to
             the
             Schollers
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             to
             submit
             unto
             and
             obey
             him
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             lawes
             and
             statutes
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             ,
             as
             Antiq.
             
             Eccles.
          
           Brit.
           p.
           258.
           and
           
             Godwin
          
           in
           his
           Catalogue
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           p.
           95.
           affirm
           ,
           and
           
             *
          
           I
           have
           formerly
           manifested
           more
           at
           large
           :
           A
           pregnant
           evidence
           of
           his
           Metropolitical
           jurisdiction
           both
           over
           the
           Chancellour
           and
           University
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1390.
           
           
             William
             Courtney
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           (
           as
           
             Antiqu.
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           302.
           informe
           us
           )
           
             Visitationem
             totius
             Provinciae
             suscepit
             :
          
           and
           being
           strongly
           opposed
           by
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Exeter
          
           and
           
             Sarisbury
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           enforced
           to
           cry
           
             peccavi
             ,
          
           and
           to
           submit
           to
           his
           visitation
           at
           last
           ;
           
             reliquas
             tunc
             Diocaeses
             sine
             molestia
             visitavit
             :
             In
          
           Lincolniensi
           
             solummodo
             a
             visitatione
             quorundam
             Monachorum
             ,
             gratia
             &
             intercessione
          
           Abbatis
           Albanensis
           ,
           OXONII
           
             cessavit
             :
          
           (
           visiting
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           University
           .
           )
           
             Ita
             visitatione
             peracta
             aliquantulum
             cessavit
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           Register
           of
           Archbishop
           
             Arundel
             ,
          
           fol.
           46.
           the
           Doctors
           ,
           Batchelours
           and
           Schollers
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           in
           their
           Articles
           exhibited
           against
           their
           Chancellour
           and
           Vice-chancellour
           ,
           to
           Archbishop
           
             Arundel
          
           and
           the
           Convocation
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           recite
           and
           make
           this
           honourable
           mention
           of
           this
           Archbishop
           
             Courtney's
          
           visitation
           of
           the
           University
           (
           where
           he
           was
           joyfully
           received
           without
           the
           least
           oppositiō
           ,
           though
           forcibly
           resisted
           in
           other
           places
           )
           
             Quod
             dictus
             Archiepiscopus
             IPSAM
             VNIVERSITATEM
             TAM
             IN
             CAPITE
             QVAM
             IN
             MEMBRIS
             ,
             plura
             gravamina
             revocando
             ,
             crimina
             corrigendo
             ,
             excessus
             reformando
             ,
             diversas
             personas
             ab
             act
             :
             scholasticis
             suspendendo
             ,
             AVTHORITATE
             SVA
             METROPOLITICA
             VISITAVIT
             .
          
        
         
           These
           three
           Archbishops
           having
           visited
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           (
           and
           
             Cambridge
          
           too
           )
           in
           their
           Metropolitical
           visitations
           without
           the
           least
           contest
           or
           opposition
           ;
           
             Thomas
             Hyndeman
          
           their
           Chancellour
           ,
           and
           
             Nicholas
             Faux
          
           his
           Commissary
           ,
           without
           the
           Universities
           and
           Schollers
           consents
           ,
           procured
           a
           Bull
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           exempt
           themselves
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           University
           ,
           Colledges
           and
           Schollers
           in
           it
           ,
           from
           all
           
             Archiepiscopal
             and
             Episcopal
             jurisdiction
             and
             visitation
             :
          
           Whereupon
           
             Thomas
             Arundel
          
           
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           intending
           to
           visit
           the
           University
           (
           as
           his
           Predecessors
           had
           done
           )
           in
           the
           yeer
           of
           our
           Lord
           1396.
           was
           opposed
           by
           the
           Chancellour
           and
           Vice-Chancellour
           ,
           who
           pleaded
           the
           self
           same
           plea
           against
           this
           Archbishops
           visitation
           ,
           as
           the
           Universities
           Delegates
           and
           Doctors
           do
           now
           against
           the
           Visitors
           appointed
           by
           
             Ordinance
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             Commission
             under
             the
             great
             Seal
             ;
          
           namely
           ,
           
             That
             the
             visitation
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
          
           Oxford
           ,
           
             as
             a
             Vniversity
             ,
             belonged
             onely
             and
             solely
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             the
             Archbishop
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Vniversity
             and
             Schollers
             in
             it
             ,
             were
             by
             the
             Popes
             own
             Bull
             exempted
             from
             the
             Archbishops
             and
             Bishops
             jurisdiction
             and
             visitation
             .
          
           Whereupon
           the
           Doctors
           ,
           Proctors
           and
           Schollers
           of
           the
           University
           complained
           to
           Archbishop
           
             Arundel
          
           and
           the
           Convocation
           against
           the
           Chancellour
           and
           Vice-Chancellour
           for
           procuring
           this
           Bull
           ,
           which
           they
           renounced
           ,
           and
           the
           Convocation
           then
           damned
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           matter
           comming
           afterwards
           before
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           he
           disclaimed
           any
           such
           Priviledge
           and
           Prerogative
           of
           sole
           visiting
           the
           University
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           fasten
           on
           him
           ,
           acknowledged
           and
           ratified
           the
           Archbishops
           and
           Ordinaries
           jurisdiction
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           nulled
           the
           Popes
           Bull
           of
           exemption
           .
           This
           is
           apparent
           by
           Archbishop
           
             Arundels
          
           Register
           ,
           fol.
           46
           ,
           91
           ,
           92.
           by
           Archbishop
           
             Parkers
          
           Register
           fol.
           269.
           and
           these
           ensuing
           passages
           in
           
             Antiq.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           transcribed
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           pag.
           304.
           
           Anno
           1397.
           
           Januarii
           19.
           
           Cleri
           Synodus
           
             Londini
          
           convenit
           .
           
             In
             hac
             Synodo
             Scholares
          
           Oxonienses
           
             quaerelam
             contra
          
           Thomam
           Hyndeman
           
             Universitatis
             Cancellarium
             ,
             &
          
           Nicholaum
           Faux
           
             ejus
             Commissarium
             proposuerunt
             ;
          
           Quod
           exemptionis
           jura
           ,
           quibus
           ab
           Archiepiscopali
           &
           Episcopali
           jurisdictione
           Universitas
           fiat
           immunis
           a
           Papa
           impetrassent
           ,
           non
           modo
           in
           
             METROPOLITANI
             &
             Ordinarii
             ,
             SED
             IN
             IPSIVS
             VNIVERSITATIS
             PRAEIVDICIVM
             ATQVE
             GRAVAMEN
             :
             Quod
             privilegium
             SERVITVTIS
             POTIVS
             QVAM
             LIBERTATIS
             INSTAR
             ESSE
             DOCEBANT
             .
          
           Cùm
           enim
           anteà
           si
           iniquis
           Cancellarii
           aut
           Procancellarii
           imperiis
           opprimerentur
           ,
           aut
           injuriis
           afficerentur
           ,
           appellationibus
           &
           Archiepiscopali
           aequitate
           subventum
           eis
           suit
           ,
           nunc
           in
           unius
           potestatem
           redacti
           ,
           a
           quo
           nec
           permissa
           esset
           provocatio
           ,
           nec
           superioris
           jurisdictione
           
           possit
           coerceri
           ,
           quasi
           perpetuae
           servituti
           subjacerent
           .
           
             Itaque
             ab
             Archiepiscopo
             petierunt
             ,
             ut
             QVONIAM
             SVAM
             IN
             EOS
             IURISDICTIONEM
             AGNOSCERENT
             ,
             &
             antecessoris
             sui
          
           Willielmi
           Courtney
           
             moderationem
             atque
             prudentiam
             CVM
             ACADEMIAM
          
           OXONIENSEM
           
             TAM
             IN
             CAPITE
             QVAM
             IN
             MEMBRIS
             VISIT
             ARET
             ,
             experti
             essent
             ,
             VT
             EA
             a
             Cancellario
             ejusque
             Commissario
             procurata
             PRIVILEGIA
             RESCINDRET
             ;
             QVIBVS
             IPSI
             ,
             interposito
             ad
             id
          
           Michaele
           Sergeaux
           
             juris
             utriusque
             Doctore
             legitimo
             procuratore
             ,
             EXPRESSE
             ATQVE
             PUBLICE
             IN
             SYNODO
             RENVNCIARVNT
             .
             Eam
             RENVNCIATIONEM
             Archiepiscopus
             RATAM
             HABVIT
             ,
             ET
             EXEMPTIONIS
          
           OXONIENSIS
           
             PRIVILEGIA
             IRRITAET
             IN
             ANIA
             IVDICAVIT
             .
             Tum
             Cancellarius
             quasi
             furore
             actus
             petulanter
             ac
             immodestè
             se
             abdicavit
             Magistratu
             ,
             Synodoque
             sine
             venia
             discessit
             ;
             sed
             Archiepiscopus
             eum
             edicto
             revocavir
             ,
             ejusque
             proterviam
             atque
             audaciam
             repressit
             .
             In
             eadem
             Synodo
          
           DOCTORES
           OXONIENSES
           
             quosdam
          
           Joannis
           Wicly●●i
           
             opiniones
             exposuerunt
             ,
             quas
             Synodus
             condemnavit
             .
          
           And
           pag.
           309.
           anno
           1413.
           
           
             Legatis
             autem
             ad
             concilium
             generale
          
           Pisis
           
             emissis
             ,
             ARCHEPISCOPVS
             in
             ea
             Synodo
          
           Jura
           quaedam
           
             QUIBVS
             TAM
          
           CANTABRIGIENSIS
           
             QVAM
          
           OXONIENSIS
           
             ACADEMIAE
             TENERENTVR
             ,
             condidit
             ;
             quoe
             in
             publicis
             constitutionibus
             continentur
             ;
             Nam
             &
          
           RICHARDUS
           REX
           ,
           Thomae
           Arundel
           Cantuariensi
           Archiepiscopo
           ,
           
             antequàm
             in
             exilium
             iret
             VTRASQVE
             ACADEMIAS
             ,
             ETSI
             EXEMPTIONEM
             CLAM
             A
             PAPA
             OBTINVISSENT
             ,
             SVBIECIT
             ,
             ET
             OBTENTA
             PRIVILEGIA
             non
             minus
             ARCHIEPISCOPALI
             QVAM
             REGIAE
             AVTHORITATI
             PRAEIVDICIALIA
             ,
             IDEOQVE
             RESCINDENDA
             ,
             DECREVIT
             .
          
        
         
           This
           will
           yet
           more
           evidently
           and
           undeniably
           appear
           by
           the
           Patent
           of
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           himself
           ,
           recorded
           in
           the
           Patent-Rols
           ,
           
             De
             anno
             Vicessimo
          
           Richardi
           
             secundi
             ,
          
           parte
           3.
           Memb.
           9.
           and
           entred
           in
           the
           Registers
           of
           Archbishop
           
             Warham
             ,
          
           fol.
           111.
           and
           Archbishop
           
             Parker
             ,
          
           fol.
           269
           ,
           which
           for
           fuller
           satisfaction
           ,
           I
           shall
           at
           large
           transcribe
           .
        
         
           
           
             Rex
             omnibus
             ad
             quos
             ,
             &c.
             falutem
             .
             Sciatis
             quod
             cum
             quaedam
             dissentiones
             ,
             lites
             &
             debatae
             nuper
             motae
             fuerunt
             &
             subortae
             inter
             Venerabilem
             Patrem
             
               Thomam
            
             Archiepiscopum
             
               Cantuariensem
            
             ex
             parte
             una
             ,
             &
             Cancellarium
             Universitatis
             
               Oxoniensis
               ,
            
             &
             QUOSDAM
             ALIOS
             (
             not
             the
             whole
             body
             or
             major
             part
             )
             ejusdem
             Universitatis
             ex
             altera
             ,
             super
             ●su
             &
             exercitio
             jurisdictionis
             &
             VISITATIONIS
             dictae
             UNIVERSITATIS
             ,
             clamante
             videlicet
             prae●ato
             Archiepiscopo
             &
             VENDICANTE
             JURISDICTIONEM
             ET
             VISITATIONEM
             HUJUSMODI
             AD
             IPSUM
             ET
             SUCCESSORES
             SUOS
             ,
             AC
             ECCLESIAM
             SUAM
             PERTINERE
             ,
             AC
             PERTINERE
             DEBERE
             ,
             Praedecessoresque
             suos
             hujusmodi
             jurisdictionem
             ET
             VISITATIONEM
             IN
             UNIVERSITATE
             PRAEDICTA
             HABUISSE
             ET
             EXERCUISSE
             .
             Allegantibusque
             praefato
             Cancellario
             &
             aliis
             praedictis
             
               (
               the
               very
               plea
               in
               terminis
               alledged
               by
               the
               Vniversity
               and
               their
               Delegates
               now
               )
            
             Visitationem
             dictae
             Universitatis
             ut
             Universitatis
             ,
             AD
             NOS
             SOLUM
             ET
             IN
             SOLIDUM
             PERTINERE
             ,
             ET
             PERTINERE
             DEBERE
             
               (
               the
               very
               first
               time
               that
               any
               such
               pretence
               or
               priviledge
               was
               insisted
               on
               without
               any
               authority
               or
               presidēt
               to
               back
               it
               ;
               )
            
             Nos
             volentes
             hujusmodi
             dissentiones
             ,
             lites
             &
             debatas
             ,
             prout
             Regiae
             convenit
             Majestati
             (
             attentis
             damnis
             &
             periculis
             quae
             inde
             verosimiliter
             evenire
             possint
             )
             sedare
             &
             pacificare
             ,
             ac
             pacem
             ,
             quietem
             &
             tranquilitatem
             inter
             partes
             praedictas
             pro
             viribus
             con●overe
             ;
             ac
             considerantes
             ,
             QUOD
             VISITATIO
             HUJUSMODI
             AD
             PRAEFATUM
             ARCHIEPISCOPUM
             ET
             SUCCESSORES
             SUOS
             ,
             AC
             ECCLESIAM
             SUAM
             PRAEDICTAM
             DE
             JURE
             COMMUNI
             PERTINET
             ,
             AC
             PERTINERE
             DEBET
             ;
             QUODQUE
             NOS
             AUT
             PROGENITORES
             NOSTRI
             CANCELLARIUM
             AC
             UNIVERSITATEM
             PRAEDICTAM
             RETROACTIS
             TEMPORIBUS
             MINIME
             VISITARE
             CONSUEVIMUS
             ,
             
               (
               a
               cleer
               evidence
               and
               fatall
               judgment
               against
               this
               pretended
               priviledge
               and
               feigned
               plea
               ,
               which
               this
               King
               himself
               in
               terminis
               disclaimed
               ,
               when
               first
               invented
               and
               
               alledged
               :
               )
            
             Volumus
             &
             EX
             CERTA
             SCIENTIA
             DECLARAMUS
             ,
             Quod
             VISITATIO
             Cancellarii
             &
             Procuratorum
             dictae
             UNIVERSITATIS
             qui
             pro
             tempore
             fuerint
             ,
             necnon
             OMNIUM
             DOCTORUM
             ,
             MAGISTRORUM
             REGENTIUM
             ET
             NON
             REGENTIUM
             ,
             AC
             SCOLARIUM
             EJVSDEM
             VNIVERSITATIS
             ,
             QVORVMCVNQVE
             eorum
             servientium
             ,
             aliarum
             personarum
             QVARVMCVNQVE
             cujuscunque
             status
             vel
             conditionis
             extiterint
             ,
             libertatibus
             ant
             privilegiis
             dictae
             Universitatis
             utentium●
             se●
             illis
             gaudere
             volentium
             ;
             NECNON
             VNIVERSITATIS
             PRAEDICTAE
             ETIAM
             UT
             VNIVERSITATIS
             ,
             AD
             PRAEFATVM
             ARCHIEPISCOPVM
             ,
             SVCCESSORES
             SVOS
             ,
             AC
             ECCLESIAM
             SVAM
             PERTINET
             ,
             ET
             PERTINERE
             DEBET
             ,
             AC
             PERPETVIS
             FVTVRIS
             TEMPORIBVS
             PERTINEBIT
             .
             Salvis
             Nobis
             &
             Haeredibus
             Nostris
             omnibus
             aliis
             quibus
             in
             Vniversitate
             praedicta
             Nos
             &
             Progenitores
             Nostri
             uti
             consuevimus
             temporibus
             retroactis
             .
             In
             cujus
             ,
             &c.
             
               Teste
               Rege
               apud
               Westm.
               primo
               die
               Iunii
               :
               Per
               ipsum
               Regem
               .
            
          
        
         
           An
           ancient
           royal
           Declaration
           and
           judgment
           in
           the
           present
           Controversie
           ,
           so
           full
           and
           diametrally
           opposite
           against
           the
           Vniversities
           and
           Delegates
           present
           Plea
           and
           pretences
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           replyed
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           This
           Declaration
           and
           Resolution
           of
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           2d
           ,
           was
           afterward
           more
           fully
           recited
           ,
           approved
           and
           ratified
           by
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           presently
           manifest
           in
           its
           proper
           place
           .
        
         
           Not
           long
           after
           this
           Declaration
           and
           Patent
           ,
           this
           Archbishop
           
             Thomas
             Arundel
             ,
          
           in
           the
           yeer
           of
           our
           Lord
           1407.
           visited
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Colledges
           therein
           ,
           thus
           summarily
           expressed
           by
           
             Matthew
             Parker
          
           in
           his
           
             Antiq.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           308
           ,
           309.
           
           Post
           haec
           
             Archiepiscopus
             Cantabrigiensem
             Academiam
          
           JVRE
           METROPOLITICO
           VISITAVIT
           ,
           multaque
           Collegiorum
           statuta
           ordinavit
           ,
           pravas
           consuetudines
           delevit
           ,
           facinora
           Scholarium
           castigavit
           ,
           &
           cum
           visitationem
           remisit
           ,
           omnia
           quae
           sibi
           in
           visitatione
           detecta
           fuerunt
           ,
           causasque
           de
           quibus
           cognoscere
           ac
           inquirere
           caepit
           ,
           suae
           jurisdictioni
           reservavit
           .
        
         
         
           The
           relaxation
           of
           this
           Metropolitical
           Visitation
           was
           not
           till
           
             Octob.
          
           15.
           1404.
           so
           as
           it
           depended
           three
           whole
           yeers
           or
           more
           ,
           as
           is
           apparent
           by
           the
           Register
           of
           
             Arundel
             ,
          
           1.
           pars
           ,
           f.
           388
           wherein
           the
           whole
           forme
           of
           his
           visitation
           of
           
             Cambridge
          
           Vniversity
           and
           Colledges
           ,
           being
           at
           large
           recorded
           ,
           fol.
           491
           ,
           492
           ,
           493.
           it
           will
           neither
           be
           impertinent
           nor
           unprofitable
           to
           give
           you
           this
           account
           thereof
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Register
           ,
           fol.
           492
           ,
           &c.
           which
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           pattern
           of
           direction
           now
           .
        
         
           
             
               Item
               decimo
               septimo
               die
               mensis
               Septembris
               anno
               domini
            
             1401.
             idem
             reverendissimus
             Pater
             Archiepiscopus
             supradictus
             ,
             visitavit
             Cancellarium
             &
             Vniversitatem
             
               Cantabrigiae
            
             in
             domo
             Congregationis
             ejusdem
             Vniversitatis
             ,
             comparentibus
             tunc
             ibidem
             coram
             eo
             Cancellario
             ,
             a●
             omnibus
             &
             singulis
             Doctoribus
             &
             Magistris
             regentibus
             &
             aliis
             personis
             quibuscunque
             dictae
             Vniversitatis
             qui
             hujusmodi
             visitationi
             interesse
             tenebantur
             ,
             &
             deberent
             de
             consuetudine
             vel
             de
             jure
             :
             &
             facta
             deinde
             collatione
             ,
             ac
             proposito
             verbo
             Dei
             ,
             &
             causis
             suae
             visitationis
             hujusmodi
             seriosè
             expositis
             ;
             Cancellarius
             Vniversitatis
             praedictae
             certificatorium
             de
             &
             super
             executione
             mandati
             .
             Sibi
             pro
             ipsa
             visitatione
             alias
             directi
             ,
             coram
             eodem
             Reverendissimo
             Patre
             tunc
             ibidem
             exhibuit
             ,
             sub
             eo
             qui
             sequitur
             verborum
             tenore
             .
             Reverendissimo
             in
             Christo
             patri
             ac
             Domino
             ,
             Domino
             
               Thomae
            
             Dei
             gratia
             
               Cantuariensis
            
             Archiepiscopo
             ,
             totius
             
               Angliae
            
             primati
             &
             Apostolici
             sedis
             Legato
             ,
             ejusve
             Commissariis
             quibuscunque
             ,
             suus
             humilis
             &
             devotus
             filius
             Cancellarius
             Vniversitatis
             
               Cantabrigiae
               ,
               Eliensis
               Diocaesis
               ,
            
             tàm
             debitam
             quàm
             devotam
             ,
             obedientiam
             cum
             omni
             reverentia
             &
             honore
             debitis
             tanto
             Patri
             mandatum
             vestrum
             reverendum
             nuper
             recepi
             ,
             tenorem
             continens
             subsequentem
             .
             
               Thomas
            
             permissione
             ,
             &c.
             Dilecto
             filio
             Cancellario
             Vniversitatis
             
               Cantabrigiae
               ,
               Eliensis
               Diocaesis
               ,
            
             nostrae
             Provinciae
             
               Cantuariensis
               ,
            
             salutem
             ,
             &c.
             Quia
             nos
             in
             progressu
             visitationis
             nostrae
             Metropoliticae
             in
             dicta
             Diocaesi
             exercenda
             ,
             vos
             &
             dictam
             Vniversitatem
             adjuvante
             Domino
             proponimus
             visitare
             ;
             vos
             tenore
             praesentium
             peremptorie
             Citamus
             &
             per
             vos
             omnes
             &
             singulos
             Doctores
             &
             Magistros
             regentes
             ,
             &
             alias
             personas
             quascunque
             praedictae
             Vniversitatis
             qui
             nostri
             visitationi
             hujusmodi
             interesse
             tenentur
             de
             consuetudine
             vel
             de
             jure
             ,
             citari
             volumus
             &
             mandamus
             ,
             quod
             compareatis
             
             &
             compareant
             coram
             nobis
             in
             domo
             Congregationis
             Vniversitatis
             praedictae
             decimoseptimo
             die
             mensis
             
               Septembris
            
             proxime
             futuri
             ,
             cum
             continuatione
             &
             prorogatione
             dierum
             tunc
             sequentium
             ,
             visitationem
             nostram
             hujusmodi
             juxta
             juris
             exigentiam
             subituri
             ,
             facturique
             ulterius
             &
             recepturi
             quod
             Canonicis
             conveni●
             institutis
             :
             &
             quid
             f●ceritis
             in
             praemissis
             nobis
             dictis
             die
             &
             loco
             debitè
             certificetis
             per
             literas
             vestras
             patentes
             ,
             hunc
             tenorem
             ,
             una
             cum
             nominibus
             &
             cognominibus
             omnium
             &
             singulorum
             per
             vos
             in
             hac
             parte
             Citatorum
             in
             schedula
             eisdem
             literis
             vest
             is
             annectenda
             descriptis
             habent●s
             ,
             sigillo
             vestro
             consignata
             :
             Datum
             in
             Manerio
             nostro
             de
             
               Lambeth
            
             18.
             die
             mensis
             
               Augusti
               ,
            
             anno
             domini
             millesimo
             quadringentesimo
             primo
             ,
             &
             nostrae
             translationis
             anno
             quinto
             .
             Cujus
             auctoritate
             mandati
             omnes
             &
             singulos
             doctores
             &
             magistros
             regentes
             &
             alias
             personas
             quascunque
             praedictae
             Vniversitatis
             tempore
             receptionis
             dicti
             mandati
             vestri
             ,
             &
             nunc
             in
             dicta
             Vniversitate
             existentes
             ,
             qui
             dictae
             visitationi
             vestrae
             hujusmodi
             interesse
             tenentur
             de
             consuetudine
             vel
             de
             jure
             personaliter
             inventos
             ,
             peremptoriè
             Citavi
             ,
             quod
             compareant
             coram
             vobis
             aut
             vesti
             is
             Commissariis
             dictis
             die
             &
             loco
             cum
             continuatione
             &
             prorogatione
             praedictis
             visitationem
             vestram
             hujusmodi
             juxta
             juris
             exigentiam
             subituri
             ,
             facturique
             ulterius
             &
             recepturi
             quod
             in
             ea
             parte
             canonicis
             convenit
             institutis
             .
             Quantum
             verò
             ad
             personam
             meam
             ,
             dictis
             die
             &
             loco
             cum
             continuatione
             &
             prorogatione
             consimili
             coram
             vobis
             seu
             vestris
             Commissariis
             annuente
             domino
             personaliter
             comparebo
             facturus
             humiliter
             &
             recepturus
             quod
             dictum
             mandatum
             vestrum
             exigit
             &
             requirit
             .
             Nomina
             vero
             &
             cognomina
             omnium
             &
             singulorum
             doctorum
             &
             magistrorum
             regentium
             ,
             &
             aliarum
             personarum
             dictae
             Vniversitatis
             quarumcunque
             per
             me
             citatorum
             in
             schedula
             praesentibus
             annexa
             continentur
             :
             In
             cujus
             reitestimonium
             Sigillum
             officii
             mei
             praesentibus
             apposui
             ;
             Dat.
             
               Cantebrigiae
            
             quoad
             sigillationem
             praesentium
             .
             Idib
             .
             
               Septembris
            
             anno
             Domini
             supradicto
             .
             Quo
             certificatorio
             tunc
             ibidem
             incontinenti
             perlecto
             ,
             idem
             reverendissimus
             Pater
             Archiepiscopus
             supradictus
             ab
             eisdem
             Cancellario
             ,
             ac
             Doctoribus
             ,
             magistris
             regentibus
             &
             personis
             aliis
             supradictis
             ,
             &
             a
             singularibus
             personis
             eorundem
             obedientiam
             recepit
             canonicam
             .
             Et
             deinde
             
             examinavit
             dictum
             Cancellarium
             singulariter
             ac
             secret●
             &
             sub
             silentio
             dictis
             doctoribus
             &
             magistris
             regentibus
             &
             aliis
             personis
             supradictis
             seorsim
             separatis
             ,
             super
             i●●is
             particulis
             ,
             videlicet
             .
             
               An
               statuta
               &
               laudabiles
               consuetu●lines
               Vniversitatis
               abamnibus
               observentur
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             an
             
               sint
               aliqui
               scholares
               in
               dicta
               Vniversitate
               mandatis
               &
               monitionibus
               dicti
               Cancellarii
               obtemperare
               nolentes
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             an
             
               sint
               aliqui
               pacem
               &
               Vnitatem
               in
               dicta
               Vniversitate
               perturbantes
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             an
             
               communes
               cistae
               &
               pecuniae
               ac
               claves
               earundem
               fideliter
               conserventur
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             an
             
               Magistri
               ,
               Doctores
               Bacchalaurei
               &
               scholares
               debi●è
               &
               fideliter
               perficiant
               formas
               suas
               ,
               &
               meritis
               &
               scientia
               exigentibus
               ascendant
               gradus
               suos
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             an
             
               sint
               aliquae
               personae
               &
               suspectae
               de
               Lollardia
               vel
               de
               haeretica
               pravitate
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             si
             
               Doctores
               reputant
               &
               disputent
               publicè
               in
               scholis
               ,
               &
               quotiens
               &
               quando
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             si
             
               sit
               numerus
               sociorum
               completus
               in
               Aulis
               sive
               Collegiis
               dictae
               Vniversitatis
               juxta
               ordinationem
               &
               voluntatem
               fundatorum
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             an
             
               sint
               aliqui
               scholares
               aliquo
               notorio
               crimine
               irretiti
               seu
               infamati
               ,
               vel
               non
               proficientes
               in
               studio
               ,
               aut
               impedientes
               alios
               quo
               minus
               proficiant
               ?
            
             Item
             ,
             
               qualiter
               regitur
               eadem●
               Vniversitas
               ,
               videlicet
               in
               victualibus
               &
               aliis
               necessariis
               ?
               &c.
            
             Et
             examinatus
             ●uit
             idem
             Cancellarius
             super
             
               aliis
               Articulis
            
             etiam
             in
             hujusmodi
             visitatione
             de
             jure
             requisitis
             .
             Aliis
             insuper
             Doctoribus
             ,
             Magistris
             &
             personis
             aliis
             supradictis
             secundum
             quod
             de
             jure
             debuerunt
             secretè
             ,
             &
             singulariter
             examinatis
             ,
             &
             eorum
             dictis
             &
             depositis
             conscriptis
             in
             registro
             ,
             idem
             reverendissimus
             Pater
             singula
             tunc
             ibidem
             successivè
             exercuit
             quae
             in
             hujusmodi
             visitatione
             de
             jure
             quomodolibet
             fuerunt
             requisita
             .
          
           
             Item
             ,
             eodem
             die
             reverendissimus
             Pater
             per
             certos
             Commissarios
             suos
             visitavit
             
               Collegium
               sanctae
               Trinitatis
               Cantebrigiae
               ,
            
             in
             capella
             ejusdem
             Collegii
             ,
             comparentibus
             coram
             eisdem
             commissariis
             Gardiano
             sive
             custode
             ,
             unà
             cum
             singulis
             suis
             consociis
             &
             scholaribus
             ejusdem
             collegii
             ;
             quibus
             singulariter
             &
             secretè
             examinatis
             super
             statu
             &
             regimine
             ipsius
             collegii
             ,
             &
             aliis
             articulis
             in
             hujusmodi
             visitatione
             de
             jure
             requisitis
             ,
             &
             eorum
             dictis
             &
             depositis
             conscriptis
             in
             Registro
             ,
             ab
             eisdem
             &
             eorum
             singulis
             ,
             vice
             &
             auctoritate
             dicti
             reverendissimi
             Patris
             ,
             obedientiam
             receperunt
             canonicam
             ,
             &
             singula
             exercuerunt
             ibidem
             quae
             de
             consuetudine
             vel
             de
             jure
             ulterius
             quomodolibet
             fuerint
             requisita
             ;
             &
             exhibitum
             suit
             certificatorum
             pro
             visitatione
             
             hujusmodi
             per
             Gardianum
             sive
             custodem
             supradictum
             continens
             hunc
             tenorem
             .
             Reverendissimo
             in
             Christo
             patri
             ac
             Domino
             suo
             Domino
             
               Thomae
               ,
            
             &c.
             ejusve
             Commissariis
             quibuscunque
             suus
             humilis
             &
             devotus
             ●ilius
             Gardianus
             sive
             custos
             Collegii
             Sanctae
             
               Trinit●●is
               Cantebrigiae
               ,
               Eliensis
               Diocaesis
               ,
            
             tam
             debitam
             quam
             devotam
             obedientiam
             ,
             cum
             omni
             roverentia
             &
             honore
             debito
             tanto
             Patri
             ,
             mandatum
             vestrum
             reverendissimum
             nuper
             recepi
             ,
             tenorem
             continens
             subsequentem
             .
             
               Thomas
            
             &c.
             dilecto
             in
             Christo
             filio
             Gardiano
             sive
             custodi
             Collegii
             Sanctae
             
               Trinitatis
               Cantebrigiae
               ,
               Eliensis
               Diocaesis
               ,
            
             nostraeque
             
               Cantuariensis
            
             provinciae
             salutem
             ,
             &c.
             
             Quia
             nos
             in
             progressu
             visitationis
             nostrae
             Metropoliticae
             
               praedictae
               Diocaesis
            
             vos
             &
             Collegium
             vestrum
             in
             personis
             &
             rebus
             annuente
             Domino
             ,
             visitare
             intendimus
             ,
             tenore
             praesentium
             peremptoriè
             vos
             citamus
             ,
             &
             per
             vos
             omnes
             &
             singulos
             consocios
             &
             scholares
             praedicti
             Collegii
             citare
             volumus
             &
             mandamus
             ,
             quod
             compareatis
             &
             compareant
             coram
             nobis
             &
             Commissariis
             nostris
             in
             capella
             sive
             domo
             capitulari
             praedicti
             Collegii
             decimo
             septimo
             die
             mensis
             
               Septembris
            
             proxime
             futuri
             ,
             cum
             continuatione
             &
             prorogatione
             dierum
             tunc
             sequentium
             ,
             visitationem
             hujusmodi
             juxta
             juris
             exigentiam
             subituri
             ,
             ulteriusque
             facturi
             &
             recepturi
             quod
             canonicis
             convenit
             institutis
             ,
             &
             quid
             feceritis
             in
             praemissis
             nos
             aut
             Commissarios
             hujusmodi
             dictis
             die
             &
             loco
             debitè
             certificetis
             per
             literas
             vestras
             patentes
             ,
             hunc
             tenorem
             ,
             una
             cum
             nominibus
             &
             cognominibus
             omnium
             &
             singulorum
             sociorum
             &
             scholarium
             per
             vos
             in
             hac
             parte
             citatorum
             in
             schedula
             eisdem
             literis
             annectenda
             descriptis
             habentes
             .
             Dat.
             in
             manerio
             nostro
             de
             
               Lambeth
            
             18.
             die
             mensis
             
               Augusti
            
             anno
             domini
             Millesimo
             quadringentesimo
             primo
             ,
             &
             nostrae
             translationis
             anno
             quinto
             .
             Cujus
             auctoritate
             mandati
             omnes
             &
             singulos
             consocios
             &
             scholares
             praedicti
             collegii
             in
             eodem
             collegio
             tunc
             praesentes
             personaliter
             invētos
             ,
             peremptoriè
             citavi
             ,
             aliis
             vero
             tunc
             absentibus
             ,
             infra
             tamen
             provinciam
             vestram
             existentibus
             ,
             dictum
             mandatum
             vestrum
             &
             visitationem
             hujusmodi
             intimari
             et
             notificari
             ,
             eosque
             praemuniri
             feci
             ,
             quod
             dictis
             die
             et
             loco
             cum
             continuatione
             et
             prorogatione
             praedictis
             coram
             vobis
             seu
             vestris
             Commissariis
             compareant
             ,
             visitationem
             vestram
             hujusmodi
             juxta
             juris
             exigentiam
             recepturi
             ,
             
             facturique
             ulterius
             &
             recepturi
             quicquid
             dictum
             mandatum
             vestrum
             exigit
             &
             requirit
             ;
             caeteros
             autem
             consocios
             et
             scholares
             dicti
             Collegii
             ab
             eodem
             Collegio
             tunc
             et
             nunc
             absentes
             ,
             &
             in
             diversis
             remotis
             partibus
             etiam
             extra
             dictam
             provinciam
             agentes
             ,
             non
             citavi
             nec
             praemunivi
             prout
             nec
             pot●i
             quovismodo
             :
             Quantum
             ad
             personam
             meam
             ,
             praedictis
             die
             &
             loco
             cum
             continuatione
             &
             prorogatione
             praedictis
             ,
             coram
             vobis
             s●u
             Commissariis
             vestris
             ,
             Dante
             Domino
             ,
             personaliter
             comparebo
             ,
             fecturasque
             humiliter
             &
             recepturus
             quod
             dictum
             ,
             &c.
             
             In
             cujus
             rei
             testimonium
             Sigill●m
             commone
             dicti
             Collegii
             duxi
             praesentibus
             apponendum
             .
             
               Datum
            
             Cantebrigiae
             
               in
               dicto
               Collegio
               quoad
               consignationem
               praesentium
               2●
               Id.
               
            
             Septembris
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
               supradicto
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Visitatio
                
                 
                   
                     Collegii
                     de
                     Clara
                     ,
                     Collegii
                     beatae
                     Mariae
                     ,
                     Procratus
                     Alborum
                     Canonicorum
                  
                
              
            
             Item
             ,
             eodem
             die
             eisdem
             modo
             &
             forma
             idem
             Reverendissimus
             Pater
             visitavit
             per
             Commissarios
             suos
             
               Collegium
               de
               Clare
               Hall
               Cantebrigiae
            
             in
             capella
             ejusdem
             Collegii
             :
             Et
             
               Collegium
               Annunciacionis
               beatae
               Mariae
               Cantebrigiae
            
             in
             capella
             ejusdem
             Collegii
             ;
             ac
             
               Prioratum
               Alborum
               Canonicorum
               Cantebrigiae
            
             in
             ecclesia
             ejusdem
             Prioratus
             ,
             recepta
             obedientia
             Canonica
             ,
             &
             singulis
             aliis
             exercitis
             in
             et
             circa
             loca
             praemissa
             quae
             in
             visitationibus
             hujusmodi
             de
             jure
             fuerint
             quomodolibet
             requisita
             .
          
           
             Item
             decimo
             nono
             die
             dicti
             mensis
             
               Septembris
            
             idem
             reverendissimus
             Pater
             Archiepiscopus
             supradictus
             per
             certos
             Commissarios
             ,
             quos
             ad
             hoc
             sufficienter
             deputavit
             ,
             visitavit
             
               domum
               sive
               Prioratum
               Monialium
               Sanctae
               Radegundis
               Cantebrigiae
               ,
            
             Priorissam
             ,
             ac
             singulas
             consorores
             et
             commoniales
             suas
             in
             dicta
             domo
             capitulari
             ejusdem
             prioratus
             ,
             recepta
             ab
             eisdem
             et
             earum
             singulis
             obedientia
             Canonica
             ,
             et
             ipsis
             secretè
             et
             singulariter
             examinatis
             ,
             earumque
             dictis
             et
             depositis
             conscriptis
             in
             registro
             ;
             similiterque
             aliis
             exercitis
             quae
             in
             hac
             parte
             de
             jure
             fuerint
             requisita
             ,
             ac
             sub
             modo
             &
             forma
             in
             aliis
             locis
             hujusmodi
             superius
             observatis
             seu
             r●citatis
             .
          
           
             Item
             ,
             eodem
             die
             modo
             et
             forma
             in
             aliis
             Collegiis
             superius
             observ●tis
             ,
             Dominus
             visitavit
             per
             Commissarios
             suos
             
               Collegium
               Sancti
               Michaelis
               Cantebrigiae
            
             in
             capella
             ejusdem
             Collegii
             ;
             et
             eodem
             die
             per
             Commissarios
             hujusmodi
             visitatum
             suit
             
               Hospitale
               
               sive
               domus
               Sancti
               Iohannis
               Cantebrigioe
            
             in
             Ecclesia
             ejusdem
             Hospitalis
             ;
             &
             
               Collegium
               Sancti
               Petri
            
             in
             capella
             ejusdem
             Collegii
             ;
             ac
             
               Collegium
               de
               Pembroke
               Hall
               Cantebrigioe
            
             in
             capella
             ejusdem
             Collegii
             :
             et
             eodem
             die
             idem
             reverendissimus
             Pater
             iter
             ar●ip●it
             versus
             
               Ecclesiam
               Cathedralem
               Eliensem
               ,
            
             pro
             sua
             visitatione
             hujusmodi
             inibi
             exercenda
             ;
             ubi
             eodem
             die
             a
             venerabili
             patre
             Domino
             
               Iohanne
               ,
            
             Dei
             gratia
             
               Eliensi
               Episcopo
               ,
            
             ad
             suum
             palatium
             Eliense
             cum
             se
             et
             suis
             honorificè
             fuit
             receptus
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Archbishop
           having
           thus
           peaceably
           without
           any
           resistance
           ,
           visited
           the
           University
           ,
           Colledges
           and
           Schollers
           of
           
             Cambridge
          
           by
           his
           meer
           Metropoliticall
           right
           ,
           as
           being
           within
           the
           Diocesse
           of
           
             Ely
             ,
          
           and
           part
           of
           his
           Province
           (
           though
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           foundation
           and
           Buls
           of
           exemption
           from
           several
           Popes
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           pleaded
           as
           ful
           an
           exemption
           from
           Archiepiscopal
           and
           Episcopal
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           as
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           which
           I
           could
           demonstrate
           ,
           if
           material
           )
           After
           this
           ,
           in
           the
           yeer
           of
           our
           Lord
           1411.
           he
           determined
           to
           visit
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           in
           the
           twelft
           yeer
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           his
           reign
           ;
           but
           comming
           thither
           to
           visit
           ,
           was
           repulsed
           by
           the
           Chancellour
           
             Richard
             Courtney
             ,
             Benedic●●
             Brent
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             B●rch
          
           Proctors
           ,
           and
           some
           Schollers
           of
           their
           faction
           ,
           which
           
             Thomas
             Walsingham
          
           in
           his
           
             Historia
             Angliae
             ,
          
           and
           
             ●podigma
             Neust●iae
          
           too
           (
           Anno
           Dom.
           1411.
           thus
           relates
           :
           
             Dominus
             Cantuariensis
             dum
             ni●itur
             visitare
             Vniversitatem
             Oxoniarum
             ,
             repulsam
             passus
             est
             .
          
           Whereupon
           the
           Archbishop
           complaining
           to
           the
           King
           of
           that
           affront
           ,
           both
           parties
           referred
           themselves
           to
           his
           royall
           determination
           of
           this
           Controversie
           ;
           who
           after
           a
           full
           h●a●ing
           of
           both
           parties
           ,
           the
           seventeenth
           day
           of
           
             December
             ,
          
           in
           the
           twel●t
           yeer
           of
           his
           reign
           ,
           by
           deliberate
           advice
           of
           his
           Councel
           ,
           confirmed
           the
           Order
           ●ormerly
           made
           by
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           over-ruled
           the
           Chancellours
           and
           Proctors
           pretences
           ,
           (
           now
           revived
           and
           insisted
           on
           )
           
             That
             the
             Vniversity
             was
             exempt
             from
             all
             Archiepiscopall
             and
             Epi●copall
             visitation
             by
             the
             Bull
             of
             Pope
          
           Boniface
           
             the
             eight
             (
             which
             he
             d●clared
             null
             &
             prejudiciall
             to
             his
             crown
             ,
             and
             they
             then
             renounced
             the
             second
             time
             )
             and
             that
             the
             King
             was
             the
             onely
             and
             sole
             Visitor
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             as
             a
             Vniversity
             :
          
           which
           he
           then
           likewise
           disclaimed
           ,
           and
           adjudged
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Archbishops
             of
          
           Canterbury
           
             should
             and
             ought
             for
             ever
             after
             to
             visit
             the
             Vniversity
             ,
             
             Chancellour
             ,
             Proctors
             ,
             and
             all
             Doctors
             ,
             Schollers
             and
             Members
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             whatsoever
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             the
             Archbishops
             were
             hereafter
             disturbed
             in
             their
             Visitations
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             ,
             all
             its
             Franchises
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Priviledges
             should
             be
             seised
             into
             the
             King's
             hands
             till
             their
             submission
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             they
             should
             likewise
             pay
             a
             thousand
             pound
             fine
             to
             the
             King
             for
             such
             their
             disturbance
             .
          
           Which
           resolution
           and
           proceedings
           before
           the
           King
           in
           this
           cause
           being
           drawn
           up
           in
           writing
           and
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           13.
           
           
             Henry
          
           4.
           and
           there
           read
           before
           them
           ,
           were
           they
           all
           ratified
           and
           confirmed
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           enacted
           to
           
             be
             of
             as
             great
             vigor
             and
             effect
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             done
             and
             made
             in
             Parliament
             ;
          
           which
           is
           evident
           by
           the
           Parliament
           Roll
           it self
           ,
           An.
           13.
           H.
           4.
           num
           .
           15.
           and
           by
           Archbishop
           
             Parkers
          
           Register
           ,
           fol.
           269.
           a
           true
           transcript
           whereof
           (
           for
           the
           full
           conviction
           and
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           our
           present
           Opposers
           )
           I
           shall
           here
           insert
        
         
           
             
               Memorandum
               ,
               quod
               venerabilis
               in
               Christo
               Pater
            
             Thomas
             Archiepiscopus
             Cantuariensis
             
               in
               praesenti
               Parliamento
               nostro
               exhibuit
               quandam
               petitionem
               ,
               una
               cum
               quadam
               schedula
               eidem
               annexa
               in
               haec
               verba
               .
            
             A
             Tressovereigne
             Sr.
             Nostre
             Sr.
             Le
             Roy
             Supplie
             humblement
             vostre
             humble
             chapellein
             
               Thomas
            
             Archevesque
             
               de
               Canterbiis
               ,
            
             Que
             pleise
             a
             vous
             Tressovereign
             Sr.
             
               par
               assent
               de
               Signeurs
            
             Esperit
             aelx
             &
             Temporells
             ,
             &
             les
             Comes
             in
             cest
             present
             Parlement
             ,
             de
             graunteir
             approver
             ,
             ratifier
             &
             confirmer
             tout
             cest
             quest
             compris
             en
             un
             cedul●
             ,
             a
             cest
             bille
             annexe
             ,
             &
             que
             meisme
             ceste
             cedule
             puisse
             se
             e●tre
             enrollee
             &
             enacte
             in
             cest
             presente
             Parlement
             selo●e
             la
             fourme
             &
             effecte
             de
             mesme
             le
             cedule
             ,
             &
             que
             mesme
             la
             cedule
             &
             tout
             ceo
             quest
             compris
             e●
             icelle
             soient
             de
             taunt
             de
             force
             effecte
             &
             authorite
             ,
             &
             mesme
             les
             force
             effecte
             &
             auctoritee
             eient
             &
             teignent
             ,
             come
             ils
             ussent
             estre
             faict●●
             en
             ceste
             Parlement
             &
             per
             auctoritee
             de
             mesme
             le
             Parlement
             .
          
           
             Memorandum
             ,
             Quod
             cum
             
               Richardus
            
             secundus
             ,
             nuper
             Rex
             
               Angliae
               ,
            
             propter
             diversas
             dissentiones
             ,
             lites
             et
             discordias
             quondam
             habitas
             in
             
               Vniversitate
               Oxoniensi
               super
               jure
               &
               titulo
               visitationis
               dictae
               Vniversitatis
               ,
               ac
               de
               quadam
               Bulla
               exemptionis
               praetensa
               ad
               excludendum
               Archiepiscopum
            
             Cantuariensem
             
               tunc
               existentem
               &
               Successores
               ●uos
               ,
               ac
               quoscunque
               ali●s
               Ordinarios
               infra
               Vniversitatem
               praedictam
               ,
               ac
               quoscunque
               fundatores
               dictae
               Vniversitatis
               ac
               Collegiorum
               ejusdem
               Vniversitatis
               a
               visitatione
               dictae
               Vniversitatis
               ,
               &
               ab
               omni
               
               jurisdictione
               Ordinaria
               ,
               per
               eosdem
               Archiepiscopum
               Ordinarium
               &
               fundator●s
               &
               suos
               successores
               ac
               commissarios
               suos
               in
               eadem
               Vniversitate
               fa●iond
               .
               &
               ex●rcend
               .
               Per
               breve
               su●m
               venire
               fecerit
               in
               Cancellaria
               sua
               apud
            
             Westmonasterium
             
               Bullam
               Praedictam
               ;
               &
            
             Cancellarius
             et
             Procuratores
             dictae
             Universitatis
             tunc
             existentes
             sufficiens
             Warrentum
             sigillo
             commune
             Universitatis
             praedictae
             ●igil
             .
             latum
             pro
             se
             et
             Universitate
             praedicta
             habentes
             ,
             et
             secum
             in
             Cancellaria
             praedicta
             deferentes
             ,
             ad
             exhibendum
             ,
             publicandum
             ostendendum
             et
             praesentandum
             coram
             dicto
             nuper
             Rege
             in
             Cancellaria
             praedicta
             
               Bullam
               praedictam
               ;
            
             necnon
             ad
             respondendum
             ibidem
             ,
             et
             ulterius
             faciendum
             et
             recipiendum
             quod
             
               per
               eundem
               nuper
               Regem
               &
               consilium
               suum
               ord●natum
               fuisset
               &
               definitum
               ,
            
             prout
             de
             recordo
             in
             eadem
             Cancellaria
             plenius
             liquet
             :
             ac
             postmodum
             iidem
             Cancellarii
             ,
             et
             Procuratores
             
               pro
               se
               &
               to●a
               Vniversitate
            
             praedicta
             submiserunt
             se
             de
             materiis
             praedictis
             Ordinationi
             et
             di●finitioni
             dicti
             nuper
             Regis
             :
             Q●i
             quidem
             nuper
             
               Rex
               ,
               habita
               inde
               matura
               &
               pleniori
               deliberatione
               cum
               consilio
               suo
               ,
            
             ac
             clarè
             considerans
             ,
             
               Eullam
               praedictam
               fore
               impetratam
               in
               praejudicium
               ●o●onae
               suae
               ,
               ac
               legum
               &
               con●uetudinum
               Regni
               sui
               enervationem
               ,
               &
               in
               Haereticorum
               &
               Lollardorum
               ,
               ac
               homicidiarum
               &
               aliorum
               male
               factorum
               favorem
               ,
               &
               audaciam
               ,
               dictaeque
               Vniversitatis
               verisimil●m
               destructionem
               ;
               Ordinavit
               ,
               &
               per
               breve
               suum
               praecepit
               &
               inhibuit
               dicto
            
             Cancellario
             ,
             Magistris
             ,
             Doctoribus
             et
             Scholaribus
             Universitatis
             praedictae
             ,
             
               in
               fide
               ,
               Legeancia
               &
               dilectione
               quibus
               sibi
               tenebantur
               ,
               ac
               sub
               poena
               amissionis
               privilegiorum
               Vniversitatis
               praedictae
               ,
               &
               sub
               forisfactura
               omnium
               aliorum
               que
               sibi
               forisfacere
               poterant
               ,
               ne
               dictam
               Bullam
               in
               aliqua
               sui
               part●
               exiqui
               ,
               seu
               exercere
               ,
               sue
               beneficium
               aliquod
               exemp●ionis
               per
               Bullam
               illam
               aliqualiter
               repor●are
               seu
               reciper●
               praesume●ent
               ,
               sed
               omnibus
               exemptionibus
               &
               privilegiis
               in
               ea
               parte
               contentis
               ,
               coram
               tune
               dil●cto
               clerico
               suo
               notorio
            
             Richardo
             Renhalle
             ,
             
               quem
               ad
               eos
               ex
               causa
               praedicta
               destinavit
               ,
               palam
               &
               publicè
               ,
               pro
               imperpotuò
               renunciarent
               ,
            
             ac
             super
             renunciationem
             hujusmodi
             quandam
             certificationem
             sibi
             sub
             sigillo
             dictae
             Universitatis
             ,
             ac
             publica
             instrumenta
             fieri
             ,
             er
             sibi
             per
             eundem
             Clericum
             suum
             transmitti
             facerent
             ,
             sub
             poenis
             supradictis
             .
             Postmodum
             allegantur
             praefato
             Cancellario
             et
             aliis
             sibi
             adhaerentibus
             nomine
             Universitatis
             praedictae
             VISITATIONEN
             PRAE●DICTAM
             AD
             DICTUM
             RICHARDUM
             NUPER
             
             REGEM
             SOLUM
             ET
             INSOLIDUM
             PERTINERE
             ;
             
               consideransque
               ,
               quod
               visitatio
               Vniversitatis
               praedictae
               ad
               praefatum
               Archiepiscopum
               &
               successores
               suos
               ,
               ●
               ac
               ad
               eccles●am
               su●m
            
             Cantuarien●em
             PERTINUIT
             ET
             PERTINERE
             DEBUIT
             ;
             QUOD
             QUE
             IPSE
             AUT
             PROGENITORES
             SUI
             CANCELLARIUM
             AC
             UNIVERSITATEM
             PRAEDICTAM
             RETROACTIS
             TEMPORIBUS
             MINIME
             VISITARE
             CONSUEVERUNT
             .
             
               Voluit
               &
               
                 ex
                 certa
                 scientia
                 sua
                 declaravit
                 ,
                 quod
                 visitatio
                 Cancellarii
                 ac
                 Procuratorum
                 dictae
                 Vniversitatis
                 qui
                 pro
                 tempore
                 fuerint
                 ,
                 necnon
                 omnium
                 Doctorum
                 ,
                 Magistrorum
                 Regentium
                 &
                 non
                 Regentium
                 ,
                 ac
                 Schola●ium
                 ejusdem
                 Vniversitatis
                 quorumcunque
                 ,
                 eorumque
                 servientum
                 ,
                 aliarumque
                 personarum
                 cujuscunque
                 status
                 vel
                 conditionis
                 exstiteriat
                 libertatibus
                 aut
                 privilegiis
                 dictae
                 Vniversitatis
                 utentium
                 seu
                 illis
                 gaudere
                 valentium
                 ,
              
               NECNON
               UNIVERSITATIS
               PRAEDICTAE
               ETIAM
               UT
               UNIVERSITATIS
               ,
               
                 ad
                 praefa●um
                 Archiepiscopum
                 &
                 Successores
                 suos
                 ,
                 ac
                 ecclesiam
                 suam
                 praedictam
              
            
             PERTINUIT
             ET
             PERTINERE
             DEBUIT
             ,
             AC
             FUTURIS
             TEMPORIBUS
             PERTINERET
             .
             
               Postmodumque
               praedictus
               ●uper
               Rex
               per
               diversa
               Brevia
               sua
               Cancellario
               ,
               Procuratoribus
               ,
               cunctis
               Doctoribus
               &
               Scholaribus
               Vniversitatis
               praedictae
               praeceperat
               ,
               quod
               ipsi
               Archiepiscopo
               praedicto
               &
               successoribus
               suis
               in
            
             visitatione
             sua
             praedicta
             in
             eadem
             Universitate
             facienda
             in
             omnibus
             sub
             poenis
             praedictis
             parerent
             et
             obedirent
             ;
             
               Postmodumque
               sicut
               datum
               fuit
               intelligi
            
             Domino
             
               nostro
               Regi
            
             Henrico
             
               quarto
               post
               conquestuw
               quod
               visitante
            
             Thoma
             
               Archiepiscopo
            
             Cantuari●nsi
             
               jure
               suo
               Metropolitico
               Diocaesi
            
             Lincoln
             .
             
               Anno
               Regni
               dicti
            
             Henrici
             
               Regis
               duodecimo
               ,
               venit
               ad
               praedictam
               Vniversitatem
            
             Oxonii
             
               ad
               exequendam
               in
               forma
               juris
               ecclesiastici
               ibidem
               visitationem
               suam
               ,
            
             Richardus
             Courtnay
             
               ad
               ●unc
            
             Cancellarius
             Universitatis
             
               praedictae
               ,
               ac
            
             Benedictus
             Brent
             &
             Johannes
             Birch
             
               ad
               tunc
            
             Procuratores
             
               dictae
               Vniversitatis
               ,
               ac
            
             quamplures
             alii
             eis
             adherentes
             ,
             
               in
               eadem
               Vniversitate
               dictum
               Archiepiscopum
               de
               visitatione
               sua
               praedicta
               &
               jurisdictione
               ejusdem
               Archiepiscopi
            
             manuforti
             injuste
             impedierunt
             ,
             et
             ei
             absque
             causa
             rationabili
             resistebant
             :
             
               super
               quo
               diversae
               lites
               dissentiones
               &
               discordiae
               inter
               ●r
               fatum
            
             Thomam
             
               Archiepiscopum
            
             &
             eosdem
             Cancellarium
             
             &
             Procuratores
             ac
             alios
             Scholares
             Universitatis
             
               praedictae
               eorumque
               fautores
               ,
               de
               &
               super
               jure
               &
               impedimento
               visitationis
               ,
               &
               jurisdictionis
               praedictarum
               ,
               mot●●
               fuerint
               &
               exortae
               in
               Vniversitate
               praedictae
               ,
               &
               super
               hoc
               praesente
            
             Thoma
             
               Comite
            
             Arundel
             ,
             &
             
               aliis
            
             personis
             honorabilibus
             
               secum
               existentibus
               in
               Vniversitate
               praedicta
               ,
               tam
               Praefatus
            
             Archiepiscopus
             
               pro
               se
               &
               Ecclesia
               sua
               praedicta
               quam
               praefatus
            
             Richardus
             Courtnay
             
               Cancellarius
               Vniversitatis
               praedictae
            
             &
             Benedictus
             Brent
             &
             Johannes
             Birch
             Procuratores
             
               ejusdem
               Vniversitatis
               ,
               pro
               se
               et
               eorum
               adhaerentibus
               in
               m●teriis
               praedictis
               ac
               pro
               Vniversitate
               praedicta
               per
               assensum
               eorundem
               adhaerentium
               se
            
             submisserunt
             &
             concesserunt
             stare
             arbitrio
             judicio
             &
             ordinatione
             ac
             decreto
             illustrissimi
             Principis
             &
             Domini
             dicti
             Domini
             nostri
             Regis
             
               Henrici
            
             de
             &
             super
             jure
             &
             impedimento
             visitationis
             &
             jurisdictionis
             praedictarum
             per
             dictos
             Magistrum
             
               Richardum
            
             Cancellarium
             &
             sibi
             adhaerentes
             praestito●
             ac
             dissentionibus
             ,
             Litibus
             &
             discordiis
             praedictis
             ,
             &
             earum
             dependentiis
             ,
             &
             super
             hoc
             dictus
             Dominus
             noster
             Rex
             
               Henric●s
            
             dictum
             Magistrum
             
               Richardum
               Courtney
            
             Cancellarium
             ac
             dictos
             
               Benedictum
               Brent
               &
               Iohannem
               Birch
            
             venire
             fecit
             coram
             eo
             in
             propria
             persona
             apud
             
               Lambeth
            
             in
             crastino
             Nativitatis
             beatae
             Mariae
             dicto
             anno
             Regni
             sui
             duodecimo
             ,
             ad
             faciendum
             &
             recipiendum
             quod
             per
             
               cundem
               dictum
               Regem
               de
               advisamento
               Consilii
               sui
               foret
               consideratum
               in
               materiis
               praedictis
               ;
            
             &
             praedictus
             Archiepiscopus
             ibidem
             coram
             praefato
             Domino
             Rege
             comparuit
             ,
             &
             tàm
             praefatus
             Archiepiscopus
             quam
             iidem
             Cancellarius
             &
             Procuratores
             ad
             tunc
             &
             ibidem
             coram
             dicto
             Domino
             Rege
             submissionem
             praedictam
             in
             omnibus
             (
             ut
             praedictum
             est
             )
             fore
             factum
             in
             forma
             praedicta
             recognoverunt
             ,
             &
             ibidem
             concesserunt
             stare
             arbitrio
             ,
             judicio
             &
             
               ordinacioni
               ejusdem
               Domini
               nostri
               Regis
               de
               &
               super
               jure
               &
               impedimento
               visitationis
               &
               jurisdictionis
               praedictorum
               ae
               aliis
               mate●iis
               &
               omnibus
               dependentiis
               earundem
               :
            
             Qui
             quidem
             Dominus
             Rex
             postea
             17.
             die
             mensis
             
               Septembris
            
             dicto
             anno
             duode●imo
             apud
             
               Lambeth
            
             praedictū
             ,
             auditis
             &
             intellectis
             tam
             allegationibus
             quam
             responsionibus
             partium
             praedictarum
             ,
             &
             etiam
             habens
             considerationem
             ad
             dictam
             submissionem
             factam
             tempore
             dicti
             Regis
             RICHARDI
             ,
             ac
             ordinationem
             judicium
             &
             determinationem
             super
             eandem
             submissionem
             ,
             tangentem
             visitationem
             &
             jurisdictionem
             praedict.
             
               ac
               clare
               
               consid●rans
               ,
               QVOD
               VISITATIO
               VNIVERSITATIS
               pra●dictae
               etiam
               us
               Vniversitatis
               ,
               ET
               OMNIVM
               IN
               VNIVERSITATE
               PRAEDICTA
               COMMORANTIVM
               AD
               DICTVM
               ARCHIEPISCOPVM
               ET
               SVCCESSORES
               SVOS
               VT
               DE
               IVRE
               ECCLESIAE
               PRAEDICTAE
               PERTINET
               ET
               DE
               IVRE
               PERTINERE
               DEBERET
               ,
            
             et
             quod
             iidem
             Cancellarius
             et
             Procuratores
             ac
             alii
             ●is
             in
             hac
             parte
             adhaerens●s
             ●undem
             Archiepiscopum
             de
             visitatione
             et
             jurisdictione
             praedictis
             
               INIVSTE
               &
               ABSQVE
               TITVLO
               SEV
               RATIONABILI
               CAVSA
               MANVFORTI
               IMPEDIERVNT
               ,
            
             dictum
             judicium
             ,
             ordina●ionem
             &
             determinationem
             praedicti
             
               Richardi
            
             nuper
             Regis
             ratificavit
             ,
             approbavit
             ,
             &
             confirmavit
             
               PRO
               IMPERPETVO
            
             duratura
             ;
             &
             ulterius
             tam
             authoritate
             sua
             Regia
             quàm
             virtute
             submissionis
             praedictae
             sibi
             factae
             ad
             ●uncibidem
             arbitratus
             fuit
             ,
             ordinavit
             ,
             consideravit
             ,
             decrevit
             &
             adjudicavit
             ,
             
               QVOD
               PRAEDICVS
               ARCHIEPISCOPVS
               ET
               SVCCESSORES
               SVI
               IMPERPETVVM
               HA●EANT
               VISITATI●NEM
               ET
               IVRISDICTIONEM
               IN
               VNIVERSITATE
               PRAEDICTATAM
               CANCELLARII●
               COMMISSARII
               ,
               quàm
               Procurat●rum
               EIVSDEM
               VNIVERSITATIS
               QVI
               PRO
               TEMPORE
               FVERINT
               ;
               NECNON
               OMNIVM
               DOCTORVM
               ,
               MAGISTRORVM
               RE●ENTIVM
            
             &
             non
             Regentium
             ac
             Scholarium
             ejusdem
             Universitatis
             quorumcunque
             ,
             eorum
             servientium
             ,
             aliarumque
             personarum
             cujuscunque
             status
             v●l
             conditioni●
             ex●iterint
             ,
             
               ET
               ETIAM
               EIVSDEM
               VNIVERSITATIS
               VT
               VNIVERSITATIS
               ;
            
             &
             quod
             Cancellariu●
             ,
             Commissarius
             ,
             et
             Procuratores
             Universitatis
             praedic●ae
             qui
             pro
             tempore
             fuerint
             ,
             eorum
             Successores
             ,
             et
             omnes
             alii
             in
             dicta
             Universitate
             pro
             tempore
             commorantes
             ,
             futuris
             temporibus
             eidem
             Archiepiscopo
             et
             Successoribus
             suis
             in
             visitatione
             et
             jurisdictione●
             Universitatis
             praedictae
             etiam
             ●t
             Universitatie
             ,
             in
             omnibus
             pareant
             et
             obedi●nt
             ;
             et
             quod
             ne●
             aliqui●
             aliu●
             in
             Universitate
             praedicta●
             aliquod
             privilegium
             se●beneficium
             examptionis
             ad
             ex●ludendum
             praesatum
             Archiepiscopum
             seu
             .
             Success●res
             suo●
             de-visitatione
             et
             jurisdictione
             
             praedictis
             in
             Universitate
             praedicta
             colore
             alicujus
             Bullae
             seu
             alterius
             tituli
             cujuscunque
             erga
             praedictum
             Archiepiscopum
             seu
             Successores
             ●uos
             clameant
             ,
             habeant
             seu
             vendicent
             ullo
             modo
             in
             futuro
             :
             et
             quod
             quotiens
             Cancellarius
             ,
             Commissari●s
             vel
             locum
             tenens
             ipsorum
             ,
             vel
             alicujus
             ipsorum
             ,
             vel
             Procuratores
             di●tae
             Universit●tis
             ,
             qui
             pro
             tempore
             fuerint
             ,
             vel
             eorum
             Successores
             ;
             ●ive
             aliquis
             eorum
             impedierint
             ,
             vel
             impedierit
             praefatum
             Archiepiscopum
             vel
             Successores
             suos
             aut
             ecclesiam
             suam
             praedictam
             ,
             aut
             ipsorum
             vel
             alicujus
             ipsorum
             Commissarium
             vel
             Cōmissarios
             de
             hujusmodi
             visitatione
             seu
             jurisdictione
             dictae●
             Universitatis
             ,
             vel
             in
             aliquo
             contravenerint
             dictis
             arbitrio
             ,
             ordinationi
             ●ive
             judicio
             per
             praetatum
             
               Richardam
            
             nuper
             Regem
             factum
             ,
             sive
             arbitrio
             ,
             judicio
             ,
             decreto
             ,
             considerationi
             vel
             ordinationi
             ipsius
             Domini
             nostri
             Regis
             
               Hen●i●i
            
             in
             ●ac
             casu
             〈…〉
             aliquis
             dictae
             Universitatis
             in
             fut●●●
             impedierit
             dictum
             Archiepiscopum
             vel
             Successores
             suos
             ,
             aut
             Ecclesiam
             suam
             praedictam
             ,
             aut
             ipsorum
             vel
             alicujus
             ipsorum
             Commissarios
             vel
             Commissarium
             ,
             de
             visitatione
             sua
             aut
             jurisdictione
             antedictis
             ,
             vel
             in
             aliquo
             contravenerit
             d●cto
             arbicrio
             five
             judicio
             per
             praefatum
             
               Richardum
            
             nuper
             Regem
             in
             forma
             praedicta
             facto
             ,
             vel
             arbitrio
             ,
             judicio
             ,
             decreto
             considerationi
             seu
             ordinationi
             ipsius
             Domini
             nostri
             Regis
             
               Henrici
               ;
            
             &
             quod
             Cancellarius
             ,
             Commissarius
             Procuratores
             Universitatis
             praedictae
             tunc
             non
             fe●erint
             diligentiam
             &
             posse
             eorum
             ad
             adjuvandum
             dictum
             Archiepilcopum
             vel
             Successores
             suos
             aut
             Ecclesiam
             praedictam
             ,
             seu
             Commissarium
             vel
             Commissario●
             de
             visitatione
             aut
             jurisdictione
             antedictis
             ,
             vel
             in
             aliquo
             cōtravenerint
             dictis
             arbit●io
             ordinationi
             ●ive
             judicio
             per
             praefatum
             
               Richardum
            
             nuper
             Regem
             in
             forma
             praedicta
             factis
             ,
             vel
             arbitrio
             ,
             judicio
             ,
             decre●o
             ,
             considerationi
             seu
             ordinationi
             ipsius
             Domini
             nostri
             Regis
             
               Henr●●
               ;
            
             &
             quod
             Cancellarius
             ,
             Commissarius
             &
             Procuratores
             Universitatis
             praedictae
             tunc
             non
             fecerint
             diligentiam
             &
             posse
             ●orum
             ad
             adjuvandum
             dictum
             Archiepiscopum
             &
             Successores
             suos
             aut
             Ecclesiam
             suam
             praedictam
             ,
             seu
             
               Commissarium
               vel
               Commiss●●os
               suos
               in
               hujusmodi
               Casu
               ,
               ac
               etiam
               ad
               puniendum
               hujusmodi
               impedientes
               &
               resistentes
               ;
            
             Quod
             to●iens
             omnes
             Franches●●e
             ,
             lib●rta●es
             ,
             ac
             omnia
             privilegia
             ejusdem
             Universitatis
             in
             manu●
             Domini
             Regis
             vel
             haeredum
             suorum
             
             seisiantur
             ,
             in
             eisdem
             manibus
             ipsorum
             Domini
             Regis
             vel
             haeredum
             suorum
             remansura
             quo
             usque
             praedictus
             Archiepiscopus
             vel
             Successores
             sui
             pacificam
             visitationem
             ac
             jurisdictionem
             in
             forma
             praedicta
             in
             dicta
             Universitate
             habuerit
             vel
             habuerint
             ,
             &
             etiam
             totiens
             Cancellarius
             ,
             Commissarius
             ,
             &
             Procuratores
             ejusdem
             Universitatis
             quo
             pro
             tempore
             fuerint
             &
             eorum
             Successores
             ,
             ac
             Universitas
             praedicta
             solvant
             &
             teneantur
             ,
             solvere
             ipso
             Domino
             nostro
             Regi
             
               Henrico
            
             &
             haeredibus
             suis
             
               mille
               libras
            
             legalis
             monetae
             
               Angliae
               :
            
             Quae
             quidem
             cedula
             visa
             ac
             cum
             matura
             &
             diligenti
             deliberatione
             examinata
             &
             intellecta
             ,
             dictus
             Dominus
             Rex
             in
             pleno
             Parliamento
             asseruit
             &
             declaravit
             ,
             
               omnia
               &
               singula
               in
               eadem
               schedula
               contenta
               per
               ipsum
               secundum
               quod
               in
               eadem
               continetur
               facta
               ,
               arbitrata
               ,
               ordinata
               ,
               considerata
               ,
               decreta
               &
               adjudicata
               in
               omnibus
               esse
               &
               ex●itisse
               :
            
             &
             sic
             de
             assensu
             Dominorum
             Spiritualium
             &
             Temporalium
             necnon
             Communitatis
             in
             eodem
             Parliamento
             existentium
             qui
             super
             eisdem
             pleniorem
             deliberationem
             similiter
             habuerunt
             &
             eisdem
             decreto
             &
             judicio
             plenariè
             consenserunt
             &
             agreaverunt
             ,
             eandem
             cedulam
             &
             omnia
             &
             singula
             in
             eadem
             contenta
             concessit
             approbavit
             ,
             ratificavit
             &
             confirmavit
             :
             Quodque
             eadem
             schedula
             in
             Rotulo
             parliamenti
             secundum
             formam
             &
             effectum
             ejusdem
             irrotularetur
             &
             inactaretur
             ,
             ac
             etiam
             quod
             eadem
             schedula
             &
             omnia
             in
             ea
             contenta
             sunt
             tanti
             et
             talis
             valoris
             effectus
             et
             authoritatis
             ,
             et
             eosdem
             valorem
             effectum
             et
             authoritatem
             habeant
             et
             teneant
             ac
             si
             in
             praesenti
             Parliamento
             ,
             ac
             per
             auctoritatem
             ejusdem
             Parliamenti
             facta
             exti●issent
             .
          
           
             Et
             puis
             apres
             sur
             diverses
             matieres
             moeney
             par
             entre
             le
             dit
             Erceve●que
             et
             
               Lercevesque
               Deverwyke
            
             sur
             certaines
             privileges
             pretenses
             par
             le
             dit
             Ercevesque
             Deverwike
             pour
             le
             
               College
               appellee
               Queen-hall
               ,
            
             en
             la
             
               Vniversity
               Oxenford
               ,
            
             le
             dit
             
               Erchevesque
               de
               Canterbiis
            
             en
             presence
             du
             Roy
             et
             des
             Signeurs
             en
             le
             dit
             Parlement
             
               provist
               ,
               que
               se
               le
               dit
            
             Erchevesque
             Deverwyck
             
               purroit
               sufficientment
               monstrer
               ascum
               privilege
               ●u
               especialtee
               de
               recorde
               perount
               le
               dit
               Er●evesque
               de
               Canterbiis
               ne
               deust
               user
               ne
               exercer
               s●
               visitation
               du
               dit
               College
               ,
               il
               se
               vorroit
               eut
               abstinier
               ;
               Sauvant
               a
               Luj
               touteffois
               la
               visitation
               de
               les
               Escoliers
               demourantez
               en
               le
               dit
               College
               solone
               les
               juggementx
               &
               decrees
               faictz
               &
               donnez
               par
               le
               dit
               Roy
            
             Richard
             ,
             &
             
               par
               nostre
               Signeur
               le
               Roy
            
             Henry
             
               prest
               come
               en
               le
               recorde
               eut
               fuit
               plus
               ple
               nement
               est
               declarez
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           This
           Act
           is
           likewise
           recorded
           even
           by
           
             Robert
             Hare
          
           himself
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Collectio
             Libertatum
             &
             Privilegiorum
             Vniversitatis
          
           Oxon.
           
        
         
           Lo
           here
           a
           full
           and
           punctuall
           resolution
           of
           two
           successive
           Kings
           ,
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           and
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           against
           the
           present
           pretended
           Priviledge
           and
           Plea
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           their
           Delegates
           ,
           which
           subverts
           all
           the
           grounds
           of
           their
           feigned
           exemption
           from
           all
           other
           Visitors
           but
           the
           King
           ,
           either
           by
           foundation
           ,
           prescription
           or
           papall
           Buls
           and
           Grants
           .
        
         
           This
           Archbishop
           
             Arundel
          
           not
           onely
           visited
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           but
           likewise
           held
           a
           Provinciall
           Councell
           therein
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1408.
           in
           which
           he
           made
           a
           constitution
           concerning
           the
           Heads
           and
           Wardens
           of
           the
           University
           ,
           thus
           entituled
           ,
           
             Gardiani
             principales
             &
             Praepositi
             Universitatis
          
           Oxoniensis
           ,
           
             semel
             in
             singulis
             mensibus
             inquirant
             de
             moribus
             &
             Doctrina
             suorum
             Scholarium
          
           (
           and
           that
           under
           pain
           of
           deprivation
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           wilfull
           neglect
           )
           which
           Constitution
           is
           recorded
           at
           large
           by
           
             Iohannis
             de
             Aton
             ,
          
           Constitutiones
           Legit
           .
           fol.
           154.
           
           Yea
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             Phillip
             Repingdon
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
          
           sent
           forth
           his
           Citations
           for
           a
           visitation
           to
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           as
           their
           Diocaesan
           ,
           intended
           to
           be
           held
           by
           him
           in
           St
           
             Maries
          
           Church
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           dated
           ,
           
             apud
             Leicest
             .
             12.
             
             Feb.
             Anno
             Dom.
             1415.
          
           (
           being
           the
           first
           yeer
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fift
           his
           reign
           )
           to
           which
           the
           University
           ,
           as
           to
           some
           particulars
           readily
           submitted
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           their
           answer
           to
           him
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             they
             intended
             to
             make
             PERSONAL
             APPEARANCE
             to
             his
             Summons
             at
             the
             time
             and
             place
             appointed
             ,
             Recepturi
             quae
             ad
             Officium
             inquisitionis
             haereticae
             pravitatis
             duntaxat
             pertinere
             noscumtur
             .
             Sub
             hac
             tamen
             protestatione
             ,
             quod
             per
             illam
             personalent
             comparitionem
             non
             intendimus
             in
             vos
             consentire
             SVPER
             QVIBVSCVNQVE
             ARTICVLIS
             .
             (
             haereticae
             pravitatis
             duntaxat
             exceptis
             )
             &c.
          
           Datum
           apud
           
             Oxon.
          
           4●
           mensis
           
             Martii
          
           Anno
           Dom.
           1413.
           
           A
           cleer
           evidence
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           repeal
           of
           the
           Popes
           Buls
           of
           exemption
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           13.
           H.
           4.
           not
           onely
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           but
           likewise
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Lincoln's
          
           jurisdiction
           over
           ,
           and
           visitation
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           as
           their
           Diocesan
           ,
           was
           revived
           and
           submitted
           to
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           cases
           of
           Heresie
           .
        
         
         
           And
           in
           this
           very
           yeer
           1413.
           this
           Archb.
           
             Arundel
          
           made
           certain
           Statutes
           for
           the
           government
           of
           the
           Universities
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           as
           
             Antiqu.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           relates
           ,
           p.
           309.
           the
           greatest
           badge
           of
           his
           jurisdiction
           over
           them
           .
        
         
           Anno
           Dom.
           1417.
           
           
             Henry
             Chirbley
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           upon
           the
           frequent
           and
           grievous
           complaints
           of
           divers
           in
           both
           Vniversities
           ,
           made
           a
           Constitution
           and
           Ordinance
           in
           full
           convocation
           ,
           to
           endure
           for
           ten
           yeers
           ,
           touching
           the
           promotion
           of
           
             Graduates
          
           in
           the
           Vniversities
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           enrolled
           in
           his
           Register
           ,
           fol.
           13
           ,
           &
           14.
           
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Morton
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           in
           the
           yeer
           of
           our
           Lord
           1490.
           visited
           divers
           Diocesses
           within
           his
           Province
           ,
           and
           among
           others
           the
           Diocesse
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           then
           was
           ,
           
             Antiq.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           342
           ,
           343.
           in
           which
           visitation
           it
           is
           probable
           he
           visited
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           as
           part
           of
           that
           Diocesse
           ,
           though
           I
           find
           no
           expresse
           mention
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Anno
           Dom.
           1557.
           
           
             Reginald
             Poole
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           visited
           the
           Vniversities
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Cambridge
          
           by
           his
           Delegates
           ,
           the
           History
           where
           of
           its
           recorded
           at
           large
           in
           Master
           
             Fox
          
           his
           Acts
           and
           Monuments
           ,
           Vol.
           3.
           Edit.
           1640.
           p.
           762.
           to
           780.
           and
           epitomized
           in
           
             Antiqu.
             
             Eccles.
             Brit.
          
           p.
           422.
           which
           Visitation
           some
           say
           he
           kept
           onely
           as
           Popes
           Legat
           ,
           not
           in
           his
           Metropolitical
           right
           ,
           though
           I
           conceive
           he
           visited
           in
           both
           those
           capacities
           ;
           altering
           and
           reforming
           the
           Statutes
           of
           both
           Vniversities
           ,
           and
           making
           new
           ones
           of
           his
           own
           for
           them
           to
           observe
           ,
           yet
           extant
           among
           their
           Records
           .
        
         
           An.
           19.
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
          
           reign
           ,
           
             Edmund
             Grindall
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           and
           his
           Commissary
           ,
           received
           an
           Appeal
           from
           
             William
             Wylson
          
           elected
           Rector
           of
           
             Lincoln-colledge
          
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
          
           and
           his
           Delegates
           (
           Visitors
           of
           that
           Colledge
           )
           refused
           to
           admit
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           granted
           an
           Inhibition
           to
           the
           Bishop
           and
           his
           Visitors
           ,
           and
           summoned
           them
           to
           appear
           before
           him
           to
           determine
           this
           election
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Queens
           Commission
           to
           examine
           this
           businesse
           ,
           dated
           23.
           
           
             Apr.
             19.
             Eliz.
          
           endorsed
           on
           the
           Rolls
           of
           that
           yeer
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           twelft
           yeer
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           
             William
             Laud
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           intending
           to
           visit
           both
           Universities
           by
           his
           Metropolitical
           Right
           ,
           the
           Universities
           revived
           this
           Plea
           
           against
           his
           jurisdictiō
           ,
           which
           had
           rested
           in
           peace
           without
           any
           controversie
           from
           K.
           
             Henry
          
           the
           4th
           his
           resolution
           ,
           
             Anno
          
           1612.
           till
           that
           very
           yeer
           1635.
           
           The
           Universities
           alleaged
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           onely
           was
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           their
           sole
           Visitor
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           exempt
           from
           all
           .
           Archiepiscopal
           and
           Episcopal
           visitation
           by
           foundation
           ,
           prescription
           ,
           papall
           Buls
           ,
           royall
           Charters
           and
           expresse
           Statutes
           ;
           &
           the
           Vice-Chancellour
           ,
           and
           Heads
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           on
           the
           24.
           of
           
             December
          
           1635.
           presented
           this
           ensuing
           Paper
           to
           the
           Archbishop
           ,
           against
           his
           Metropoliticall
           power
           to
           visit
           them
           (
           comprizing
           in
           it
           whatever
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           hath
           alleaged
           ,
           or
           can
           colorably
           object
           against
           their
           present
           visitation
           )
           
             the
             Originall
             whereof
             I
             have
             in
             my
             custody
             ,
             endorsed
             with
             the
             Archbishop's
             own
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   A
                   Summary
                   Brief
                   or
                   Extract
                   of
                   the
                   REASONS
                   wherefore
                   the
                   University
                   of
                   CAMBRIDGE
                   is
                   exempt
                   both
                   from
                   Archiepiscopal
                   and
                   Episcopal
                   Jurisdiction
                   and
                   VISITATION
                   .
                
                 
                   IT
                   being
                   laid
                   for
                   a
                   ground
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Chancellour
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   as
                   
                     Ordinarius
                     ,
                  
                   hath
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   
                     ancient
                     time
                     had
                     ordinary
                     jurisdiction
                     within
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   may
                   appear
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   by
                   the
                   Letters
                   patents
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Richard
                  
                   the
                   second
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   great
                   Seal
                   of
                   
                     England
                     ,
                  
                   of
                   a
                   grant
                   to
                   the
                   Chancellour
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   a
                   significavit
                   into
                   the
                   Chancery
                   of
                   his
                   excommunications
                   ,
                   as
                   Bishops
                   used
                   to
                   do
                   ;
                   whereupon
                   the
                   Writ
                   of
                   
                     De
                     excommunicato
                     capiendo
                  
                   was
                   to
                   issue
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   ,
                   by
                   a
                   multitude
                   of
                   presidents
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   exercise
                   of
                   spirituall
                   Censures
                   and
                   Jurisdictions
                   ;
                   amongst
                   which
                   it
                   doth
                   appear
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Edward
                  
                   the
                   first
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     Chancellour
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     did
                     excommunicate
                     the
                     Builiffs
                     of
                  
                   Cambridge
                   
                     for
                     infringing
                     the
                     Priviledges
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     :
                  
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Henry
                  
                   the
                   eighth
                   ,
                   
                     Iohn
                     Edmunds
                  
                   then
                   Master
                   of
                   
                     Peter-house
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   Vice-Chancellour
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   did
                   excommunicate
                   Dr
                   
                     Cliffe
                     ,
                  
                   Chancellour
                   to
                   the
                   
                   Bishop
                   of
                   
                     Ely
                     ,
                  
                   for
                   excommunicating
                   a
                   priviledged
                   man
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   matter
                   comming
                   before
                   Cardinal
                   
                     Woolsey
                  
                   the
                   Popes
                   Legate
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   ordered
                   for
                   the
                   University
                   ;
                   and
                   Doctor
                   
                     Cliffe
                  
                   submitted
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   Vice
                   Chancellour
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   absolved
                   by
                   him
                   publikely
                   in
                   the
                   Vniversity
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   Vniversity
                   of
                   
                     Cambridge
                  
                   is
                   
                     Studium
                     generale
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   Communitas
                   Clericorum
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   is
                   
                     f
                  
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   royall
                   Prerogatives
                   of
                   the
                   Kings
                   of
                   
                     England
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   where
                   they
                   are
                   founders
                   of
                   Monasteries
                   ,
                   Colleges
                   ,
                   or
                   other
                   Religious
                   places
                   ,
                   such
                   Religious
                   places
                   ,
                   so
                   founded
                   are
                   
                     eo
                     ipso
                  
                   exempt
                   from
                   Episcopall
                   and
                   Archiepiscopall
                   Iurisdiction
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   onely
                   to
                   be
                   visited
                   by
                   persons
                   delegated
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   by
                   Commission
                   under
                   the
                   great
                   Seal
                   of
                   
                     England
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   University
                   is
                   of
                   the
                   
                     royall
                     foundation
                     of
                     the
                     King's
                     Progenitors
                     or
                     Predecessors
                     ,
                  
                   it
                   appears
                   not
                   onely
                   by
                   authentick
                   Historians
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   by
                   a
                   Petition
                   exhibited
                   by
                   the
                   Chancellour
                   and
                   Schollers
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   ,
                   5.
                   R.
                   2.
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   in
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   concerning
                   the
                   Townsmen
                   of
                   
                     Cambridge
                  
                   burning
                   their
                   Charters
                   and
                   other
                   Writings
                   and
                   Muniments
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   And
                   the
                   reason
                   of
                   the
                   Petition
                   is
                   given
                   ,
                   
                     Cum
                     dicta
                     Vniversitas
                  
                   Cantebrigiae
                   
                     sit
                     ex
                     .
                     ordinatione
                     &
                     fundatione
                     illustrium
                     Progenitorum
                     vestrorum
                     ,
                     propter
                     honorem
                     Dei
                     &
                     Sanctae
                     Ecclesiae
                     .
                  
                   which
                   Petition
                   was
                   accepted
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Decree
                   thereupon
                   made
                   in
                   Parliament
                   against
                   the
                   Townsmen
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   The
                   Popes
                   of
                   
                     Rome
                  
                   untill
                   26.
                   
                     H.
                  
                   8.
                   did
                   usurp
                   upon
                   the
                   Imperial
                   Crown
                   of
                   the
                   Realm
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   assume
                   to
                   themselves
                   a
                   superiority
                   and
                   supremacy
                   in
                   all
                   matters
                   of
                   Ecclesiastical
                   government
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     in
                     very
                  
                   
                     g
                  
                   
                     ancient
                     times
                     there
                     were
                     Grants
                     ,
                     Rescripts
                     or
                     Buls
                     to
                     free
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     from
                     the
                     jurisdiction
                     of
                     the
                     Bishop
                     of
                     the
                     Diocesse
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     Archbishop
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Pope
                   
                     Iohn
                  
                   the
                   two
                   and
                   twentieth
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   eleveneh
                   yeer
                   of
                   the
                   reign
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Edward
                  
                   the
                   second
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   his
                   request
                   ,
                   doth
                   
                     confirm
                     to
                     this
                     Vniversity
                  
                   (
                   which
                   he
                   called
                   
                     Studium
                     generale
                     )
                     all
                     manner
                     of
                     Priviledges
                     and
                     Indulgences
                     before
                     that
                     time
                     granted
                     to
                     it
                     by
                     any
                     of
                     his
                     Predecessors
                     ,
                     or
                     any
                     Kings
                     of
                     this
                     Realm
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   The
                   Prior
                   of
                   
                     Barnwell
                  
                   also
                   ,
                   
                     Anno
                     Dom.
                  
                   1430.
                   as
                   delegate
                   
                   to
                   Pope
                   
                     Martin
                  
                   the
                   fift
                   ,
                   by
                   vertue
                   of
                   that
                   power
                   committed
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   
                     confirmeth
                     the
                     jurisdiction
                     and
                     exemption
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     by
                     an
                     authentick
                     instrument
                     under
                     the
                     seal
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Pryor
                     and
                     his
                     Covent
                     ,
                  
                   called
                   ,
                   
                     Processus
                     Barnwellensis
                     ,
                  
                   the
                   Original
                   whereof
                   is
                   still
                   in
                   
                     Archivis
                     Academia
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Pope
                   
                     Eugenius
                  
                   Anno
                   Dom.
                   1433.
                   being
                   12.
                   
                     H.
                  
                   6.
                   reciting
                   the
                   Buls
                   of
                   Pope
                   
                     Honorius
                  
                   &
                   
                     Sergius
                     primus
                  
                   (
                   the
                   which
                   were
                   
                     n
                  
                   seven
                   hundred
                   yeers
                   before
                   that
                   time
                   )
                   
                     for
                     the
                     freeing
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     from
                     the
                     jurisdiction
                     of
                     the
                     Bishop
                     and
                     Archbishop
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   reciting
                   the
                   processe
                   of
                   
                     Barnwell
                     ,
                     doth
                     confirm
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     and
                     supplies
                     all
                     defects
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   appeares
                   by
                   the
                   Original
                   in
                   Parchment
                   in
                   
                     Archivis
                     Vniversitatis
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   There
                   is
                   a
                   
                     o
                  
                   
                     constant
                     custome
                     and
                     prescription
                     for
                     the
                     freeing
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     from
                     the
                     jurisdiction
                     of
                     the
                     Bishop
                     and
                     Archbishop
                     ;
                  
                   And
                   a
                   Prescription
                   and
                   Custome
                   will
                   prevail
                   in
                   this
                   case
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   upon
                   the
                   
                     canon
                     Law
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   it
                   will
                   upon
                   the
                   
                     municipal
                  
                   and
                   
                     fundamental
                     Lawes
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     :
                  
                   and
                   the
                   rather
                   ,
                   because
                   the
                   
                     canon
                  
                   Law
                   had
                   his
                   force
                   in
                   this
                   Realm
                   by
                   usage
                   and
                   custom
                   :
                   And
                   to
                   prove
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Custome
                   and
                   Prescription
                   was
                   ancient
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   
                     Henry
                  
                   the
                   sixt
                   ;
                   it
                   appears
                   by
                   the
                   foresaid
                   instrument
                   under
                   the
                   seal
                   of
                   the
                   Prior
                   of
                   
                     Barnwell
                     ,
                  
                   termed
                   
                     Processus
                     Barnwellensis
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   the
                   Masters
                   ,
                   Doctors
                   and
                   Schollers
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   preserving
                   of
                   their
                   immunities
                   and
                   exemptions
                   from
                   the
                   Bishop
                   and
                   Archbishop
                   (
                   their
                   Charters
                   and
                   Buls
                   from
                   the
                   Popes
                   being
                   lost
                   or
                   burnt
                   )
                   did
                   addresse
                   themselves
                   by
                   Petition
                   to
                   Pope
                   
                     Martin
                  
                   the
                   fift
                   ,
                   who
                   did
                   make
                   a
                   Commission
                   Delegate
                   to
                   the
                   Prior
                   of
                   
                     Barnwell
                  
                   and
                   
                     Iohn
                     Deeping
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   to
                   either
                   of
                   them
                   to
                   enquire
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   Prior
                   takes
                   upon
                   him
                   the
                   execution
                   of
                   the
                   Commission
                   ;
                   the
                   University
                   in
                   the
                   Regent
                   house
                   make
                   a
                   Proctor
                   under
                   the
                   common
                   Seal
                   :
                   There
                   are
                   seven
                   Witnesses
                   examined
                   who
                   speak
                   for
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   their
                   memory
                   ,
                   some
                   of
                   
                     them
                     for
                     sixty
                     yeers
                     ,
                     that
                     (
                     by
                     all
                     that
                     time
                     )
                     the
                     Chancellour
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     had
                     exercised
                     Ecclesiastical
                     jurisdiction
                     within
                     the
                     University
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   names
                   
                     Richard
                     Scroop
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   eleven
                   other
                   Chancellours
                   of
                   the
                   Vniversity
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     p
                  
                   
                     that
                     no
                     Archbishop
                     or
                     Bishop
                     did
                     interpose
                     ;
                  
                   and
                   doth
                   instance
                   Doctor
                   
                     Fordham
                  
                   Bishop
                   of
                   
                     Ely
                     ,
                  
                   comming
                   to
                   
                     Cambridge
                     with
                     an
                     intention
                     to
                     visit
                     the
                     University
                     ,
                     when
                     he
                     understood
                     of
                     the
                     
                     Priviledge
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     ,
                     he
                     did
                     supersede
                     .
                  
                   Sithence
                   that
                   Processe
                   ,
                   being
                   above
                   two
                   hundred
                   yeers
                   ago
                   ,
                   .
                   there
                   have
                   been
                   fourteen
                   Archbishops
                   of
                   
                     Canterbury
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   sixteen
                   Bishops
                   of
                   
                     Ely
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                     none
                     of
                     them
                     have
                     visited
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     of
                  
                   Cambridge
                   ,
                   
                     notwithstanding
                     they
                     have
                     visited
                     their
                     Diocesse
                     and
                     Province
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   Not
                   insisting
                   on
                   sundry
                   
                     p
                  
                   
                     ancient
                     Charters
                  
                   of
                   former
                   Kings
                   ;
                   King
                   
                     Edward
                  
                   the
                   second
                   ,
                   An.
                   11.
                   of
                   his
                   reign
                   ,
                   writes
                   to
                   Pope
                   
                     Iohn
                  
                   the
                   two
                   and
                   twentieth
                   for
                   
                     confirming
                     the
                     ancient
                     Priviledges
                     which
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     then
                     used
                     ,
                     with
                     augmentation
                     of
                     new
                     ;
                  
                   the
                   which
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Tower
                   of
                   
                     London
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   was
                   under
                   the
                   great
                   Seal
                   of
                   
                     England
                     .
                  
                   And
                   22.
                   
                   
                     Maii
                     36.
                     Edw.
                  
                   3.
                   that
                   
                     King
                     directeth
                     Letter
                     Patents
                     to
                     the
                     Archbishops
                     ,
                     Bishops
                     and
                     Ecclesiasticall
                     persons
                     by
                     way
                     of
                     Prohibition
                     ,
                     that
                     Schollers
                     should
                     not
                     be
                     cited
                     into
                     Ecclesiasticall
                     Courts
                     out
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     :
                  
                   And
                   6.
                   
                   
                     Hen.
                  
                   5.
                   when
                   a
                   Commission
                   was
                   granted
                   for
                   the
                   enquiring
                   and
                   correcting
                   of
                   Hereticks
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Statute
                   of
                   2.
                   
                     Hen.
                  
                   5.
                   there
                   is
                   this
                   clause
                   ;
                   
                     Nolumus
                     tamen
                     quod
                     aliquis
                     vestrum
                     de
                     aliquo
                     praemissorum
                     quae
                     per
                     privilegia
                     &
                     libertates
                     Vniversitatis
                     per
                     Cancellarium
                     ejusdem
                     Vniversitatis
                     solummodo
                     corrigi
                     &
                     terminari
                     debent
                     ,
                     colore
                     praesentis
                     commissionis
                     nostrae
                     in
                     aliquo
                     intromittatis
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   of
                   King
                   
                     Iames
                  
                   of
                   blessed
                   memory
                   ,
                   in
                   
                     March
                  
                   20.
                   of
                   his
                   reign
                   ,
                   he
                   first
                   declares
                   his
                   intention
                   to
                   
                     confirm
                     the
                     Priviledges
                     and
                     Customes
                     used
                     in
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     :
                  
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   he
                   doth
                   in
                   expresse
                   terms
                   
                     confirm
                     the
                     jurisdiction
                     as
                     well
                     spirituall
                     as
                     temporall
                     ,
                     the
                     Priviledges
                     ,
                     Quietances
                     and
                     Exemptions
                     ,
                  
                   not
                   onely
                   by
                   the
                   Grants
                   of
                   his
                   Progenitors
                   ,
                   
                     vel
                     aliarum
                     personarum
                     quarumcunque
                     ,
                  
                   but
                   also
                   
                     praetextu
                     aliquarum
                     Chartarum
                     ,
                     donationum
                     ,
                     consuetudinis
                     ,
                     praescriptionis
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   And
                   thirdly
                   ,
                   Grants
                   that
                   
                     the
                     Chancellour
                     ,
                     and
                  
                   (
                   in
                   his
                   absence
                   )
                   
                     the
                     Vice-chancellour
                     shall
                     visit
                     Colledges
                     which
                     have
                     no
                     speciall
                     Visitor
                     ,
                  
                   which
                   Charter
                   is
                   also
                   
                     exmero
                     motu
                     &
                     certa
                     scientia
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   It
                   appears
                   by
                   the
                   Statute
                   of
                   25.
                   
                     H.
                  
                   8.
                   cap.
                   19.
                   
                   
                     &
                  
                   21.
                   that
                   albeit
                   the
                   supremacy
                   in
                   causes
                   Ecclesiastical
                   be
                   resumed
                   to
                   the
                   Crown
                   from
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   yet
                   no
                   part
                   of
                   that
                   power
                   which
                   the
                   Pope
                   or
                   Archbishop
                   of
                   
                     Canterbury
                  
                   (
                   as
                   his
                   Legat
                   )
                   in
                   any
                   wise
                   ever
                   had
                   ,
                   is
                   invested
                   In
                   the
                   Archbishop
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   
                     q
                  
                   
                     especicially
                     provided
                     ,
                  
                   That
                   in
                   the
                   
                     case
                     of
                     Monasteries
                     ,
                     Colleges
                     ,
                     &c.
                     exempt
                     from
                     Episcopall
                     power
                     ,
                     and
                     immediately
                     subjected
                     to
                     the
                     Pope
                     ,
                     the
                     
                     Visitation
                     shall
                     not
                     be
                     by
                     the
                     Archbishop
                     ,
                     but
                     by
                     Commissioners
                     to
                     be
                     nominated
                     by
                     the
                     King
                     by
                     his
                     commission
                     under
                     the
                     great
                     Seal
                     .
                  
                   It
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   that
                   by
                   the
                   Statute
                   of
                   31.
                   
                     H.
                  
                   8.
                   in
                   a
                   proviso
                   therein
                   contained
                   ,
                   there
                   the
                   
                     Bishop
                     and
                     Archbishop
                     have
                     a
                     power
                     given
                     unto
                     them
                     over
                     Monasteries
                     ,
                     Colledges
                     ,
                     &c.
                     which
                     before
                     were
                     immediately
                     subjected
                     to
                     the
                     Pope
                     ;
                  
                   but
                   that
                   enlarging
                   of
                   the
                   power
                   of
                   the
                   Archbishop
                   doth
                   extend
                   
                     onely
                     to
                     Religious
                     houses
                     dissolved
                     ;
                  
                   it
                   doth
                   not
                   
                     extend
                     to
                     the
                     Vniversity
                     :
                  
                   and
                   the
                   Statute
                   of
                   1.
                   
                     Phil.
                  
                   &
                   
                     Mary
                  
                   cap.
                   8.
                   repealing
                   the
                   Statutes
                   made
                   against
                   the
                   Pope's
                   Supremacy
                   ,
                   and
                   giving
                   power
                   to
                   the
                   Archbishop
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                     to
                     visit
                     in
                     places
                     exempt
                     ,
                  
                   hath
                   a
                   
                     speciall
                     proviso
                  
                   thereby
                   ,
                   
                     not
                     to
                     diminish
                     the
                     Priviledges
                     of
                     the
                     Vniversities
                     of
                  
                   Oxford
                   
                     and
                  
                   Cambridge
                   ,
                   
                     nor
                     the
                     Priviledges
                     granted
                     to
                     the
                     church
                     of
                  
                   Westminster
                   ,
                   Windsore
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     the
                  
                   Tower
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   no
                   new
                   power
                   given
                   to
                   the
                   Archbishop
                   by
                   the
                   Statute
                   of
                   1.
                   
                   
                     Elizabethae
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   this
                   appears
                   evidently
                   in
                   the
                   proviso
                   therein
                   touching
                   the
                   Visitation
                   ,
                   for
                   (
                   if
                   he
                   will
                   visit
                   )
                   he
                   must
                   be
                   
                     having
                     jurisdiction
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                     he
                     must
                     visit
                     onely
                     within
                     his
                     jurisdiction
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   the
                   power
                   is
                   also
                   
                     given
                     to
                     Ordinaries
                     within
                     their
                     jurisdictions
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   
                     i
                  
                   
                     Presidents
                     and
                     examples
                     in
                     the
                     very
                     poynt
                     ;
                  
                   wherein
                   not
                   to
                   insist
                   upon
                   the
                   president
                   of
                   any
                   Archbishop
                   before
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   26.
                   
                     H.
                  
                   8.
                   in
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   the
                   Pope
                   then
                   being
                   reputed
                   the
                   
                     Supream
                     head
                     of
                     the
                     church
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   the
                   Archbishop
                   of
                   
                     Canterbury
                  
                   having
                   a
                   
                     Legatine
                     power
                     ,
                  
                   his
                   acts
                   then
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   ensampled
                   to
                   the
                   succeeding
                   Archbishops
                   ,
                   who
                   have
                   not
                   any
                   power
                   
                     in
                     the
                     poynt
                     in
                     question
                     touching
                     visitation
                     ,
                     from
                     the
                     Pope
                     ;
                  
                   but
                   what
                   hath
                   been
                   done
                   sithence
                   is
                   most
                   materiall
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   time
                   hath
                   taken
                   up
                   above
                   an
                   hundred
                   yeers
                   ,
                   which
                   by
                   the
                   Canon
                   Law
                   is
                   accounted
                   not
                   onely
                   
                     tempus
                     antiquum
                     ,
                  
                   but
                   
                     tempus
                     antiquissimum
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   The
                   first
                   Visitation
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   ,
                   sithence
                   that
                   time
                   was
                   27.
                   
                     H.
                  
                   8.
                   when
                   the
                   Lord
                   
                     Cromwel
                  
                   was
                   Chancellour
                   of
                   this
                   University
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   
                     same
                  
                   was
                   by
                   
                     *
                  
                   
                     commission
                     under
                     the
                     great
                     Seal
                     of
                     England
                  
                   (
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   
                     Cromwel
                  
                   Chancellour
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   )
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   foresaid
                   Statute
                   of
                   25.
                   
                     H.
                  
                   8.
                   
                   The
                   second
                   visitation
                   was
                   
                     k
                  
                   3.
                   
                     Edw.
                  
                   6.
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   doth
                   appear
                   by
                   the
                   Letter
                   of
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                     Somerset
                  
                   the
                   then
                   Chancellour
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   ,
                   that
                   
                     visitatio
                     Regia
                  
                   was
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   moved
                   by
                   
                   the
                   Letters
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   to
                   send
                   Visitors
                   :
                   he
                   being
                   then
                   Protector
                   was
                   not
                   in
                   Commission
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   third
                   and
                   fourth
                   yeer
                   of
                   the
                   reign
                   of
                   
                     Phillip
                  
                   and
                   
                     Mary
                  
                   (
                   the
                   Pope
                   being
                   restored
                   to
                   his
                   usurped
                   power
                   )
                   Cardinal
                   
                     Poole
                  
                   did
                   visit
                   the
                   University
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   appears
                   in
                   the
                   processe
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   as
                   
                     Legatus
                     ,
                  
                   by
                   Commission
                   from
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   
                     cui
                     Papa
                     commisit
                     visitationem
                     &
                     reformationem
                     studiorum
                     generalium
                     :
                  
                   which
                   clause
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   the
                   proviso
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Statute
                   1
                   ,
                   &
                   2.
                   
                     Phil.
                  
                   &
                   
                     Mary
                     ,
                  
                   proveth
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Visitation
                   was
                   not
                   
                     authoritate
                     Metropolitica
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   And
                   lastly
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   
                     Royall
                     Visitation
                     1.
                     Eliz.
                  
                   by
                   
                     m
                  
                   Commission
                   under
                   the
                   great
                   Seal
                   ,
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Cecill
                     ,
                  
                   then
                   the
                   Chancellour
                   of
                   the
                   University
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   others
                   :
                   The
                   Queens
                   Letter
                   before
                   the
                   said
                   Visitation
                   ,
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Cecill
                     ,
                  
                   is
                   ,
                   
                     Because
                     the
                     chief
                     order
                     and
                     governance
                     of
                     Our
                     Vniversity
                     of
                  
                   Cambridge
                   
                     appertaineth
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     being
                     the
                     chancellour
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                     Wee
                     thought
                     meet
                     to
                     will
                     you
                     in
                     Our
                     name
                     to
                     give
                     signification
                     ,
                     that
                     We
                     mean
                     very
                     shortly
                     ,
                     with
                     your
                     advice
                     ,
                     to
                     visit
                     the
                     same
                     by
                     some
                     discreet
                     and
                     meet
                     persons
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           reasons
           ,
           presented
           by
           the
           Vniver
           .
           of
           
             Camb.
          
           &
           others
           of
           like
           nature
           sent
           from
           
             Oxf.
          
           amplified
           by
           councell
           ,
           upon
           a
           full
           &
           deliberate
           hearing
           of
           both
           parties
           before
           the
           King
           himself
           &
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           privy
           Counsel
           at
           
             Hampton
             court
             ,
          
           the
           King
           and
           Lords
           resolved
           against
           the
           Universities
           claims
           and
           reasons
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           the
           ancient
           Declarations
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           disclaiming
           this
           new
           revived
           Monopoly
           ,
           
             of
             the
             King's
             sole
             right
             of
             visiting
             the
             Vniversities
             ,
          
           they
           would
           attribute
           to
           him
           as
           his
           Royall
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           their
           grand
           Priviledge
           and
           Birthright
           (
           which
           they
           are
           bound
           by
           oath
           and
           duty
           to
           maintain
           )
           as
           this
           ensuing
           Charter
           of
           King
           
             Charles
          
           himself
           will
           demonstrate
           ,
           to
           their
           eternall
           refutation
           .
        
         
           
             
               
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Anno
                       duodecimo
                       CAROLI
                       ,
                       pars
                       sexta
                       Novemb
                       2.
                       
                    
                  
                
                 
                   Commis.
                   visitat
                   .
                   Archiepiscopo
                   Cant.
                   
                
                 
                   REX
                   
                     omnibus
                     ad
                     quos
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                     Suborta
                     nuper
                     lite
                     &
                     controversia
                     inter
                     Reverendissimum
                     in
                     Christo
                     Patrem
                     Archiepiscopum
                  
                   Cantuariensem
                   ,
                   
                     &
                     Vniversitates
                     nostras
                  
                   Oxonii
                   &
                   Cantebrigiae
                   
                     super
                  
                   jure
                   &
                   titulo
                   visitationis
                   Metropoliticae
                   Universitatum
                   praedictarum
                   ,
                   praefato
                   Archiepiscopo
                   jus
                   visitandi
                   praedictas
                   Universitates
                   sibi
                   &
                   Ecclesiae
                   suae
                   Metropoliticae
                   Christi
                   
                     Cantuariensi
                  
                   vendicante
                   ;
                   praefatisque
                   Universitatibus
                   se
                   a
                   visitatione
                   praedicta
                   exemptas
                   esse
                   pretendentibus
                   ;
                   liteque
                   &
                   controversia
                   praedictis
                   ,
                   ad
                   Nos
                   &
                   judicium
                   &
                   sententiam
                   nostram
                   Regiam
                   delatis
                   ,
                   
                     Nos
                     ad
                     stabiliendam
                     pacem
                     inter
                     partes
                     praedictas
                     &
                     ad
                     tollendam
                     in
                     perpetuum
                     bujusmodi
                     controversiae
                     materiam
                     ,
                     Reverendissimum
                     in
                     Christo
                     Patrem
                     praedictum
                     &
                     perquàm
                     fidelem
                     Consiliarium
                     nostrum
                  
                   Willielmum
                   ,
                   
                     providentia
                     divina
                     Archiepiscopum
                  
                   Cantuariensem
                   
                     totius
                  
                   Angliae
                   
                     Primatum
                     &
                     Metropolitanum
                     ,
                     &
                     Vniversitatis
                  
                   Oxonii
                   
                     Cancellarium
                     ,
                     Necnon
                     perdilectum
                     &
                     perquàm
                     fidelem
                     consanguineum
                     &
                     Censiliarium
                     nostrum
                  
                   Henricum
                   
                     Comitem
                  
                   Holland
                   ,
                   
                     Vniversitatis
                  
                   Cantebrigiae
                   
                     Cancellarium
                     ,
                     aliosque
                  
                   nonnullos
                   a
                   praedictis
                   Universitatibus
                   mandata
                   sufficientia
                   habentes
                   ,
                   venire
                   fecimus
                   coram
                   Nobis
                   &
                   Consiliariis
                   Nostris
                   
                     in
                     Aula
                     Nostra
                     apud
                     honorem
                     Nostrum
                     de
                  
                   Hampton
                   Court
                   
                     vicessimo
                     primo
                     die
                     mensis
                  
                   Junii
                   ,
                   
                     Anno
                     Regni
                     Nostri
                     duodecimo
                     ;
                     ibidemque
                  
                   auditis
                   &
                   intellectis
                   quae
                   per
                   partes
                   praedictas
                   hinc
                   inde
                   dici
                   &
                   allegari
                   potuerunt
                   ,
                   habitaque
                   cum
                   praefatis
                   Consiliariis
                   Nostris
                   deliberatione
                   matura
                   ,
                   ad
                   definiendam
                   &
                   dejudicandam
                   litem
                   &
                   controversiam
                   praedictam
                   processimus
                   in
                   modum
                   fequentem
                   .
                   Primò
                   &
                   ante
                   omnia
                   per
                   probationes
                   legitimas
                   &
                   
                     per
                  
                   confessionem
                   utriusque
                   partis
                   ,
                   
                     Nobs
                     constabat
                     ,
                  
                   Nos
                   jure
                   Coronae
                   nostrae
                   Regni
                   
                     Angliae
                  
                   habuisse
                   &
                   habere
                   potestatem
                   visitandi
                   Universitates
                   praedictas
                   quoties
                   &
                   quandocunque
                   Nobis
                   &
                   Successoribus
                   nostris
                   visum
                   ●
                   fuerit
                   :
                   
                     praefatumque
                  
                   Archiepiscopum
                   jure
                   Ecclesiae
                   suae
                   Metrop●●●ticae
                   
                   
                     Christi
                     Cantuariensis
                  
                   habuisse
                   ,
                   &
                   habere
                   potestatem
                   visitandi
                   totam
                   Provinciam
                   suam
                   
                     Cantuariensem
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   qua
                   Universitates
                   praedictae
                   positae
                   sunt
                   .
                   
                     Cum
                     verò
                     ex
                  
                   parte
                   Universitatum
                   
                     propositum
                     esset
                     ,
                  
                   Universitates
                   praedictas
                   per
                   quasdam
                   Chartas
                   nostras
                   &
                   Praedecessorum
                   nostrorum
                   ,
                   &
                   Bullas
                   Papales
                   fuisse
                   exemptas
                   &
                   immunes
                   ab
                   omni
                   visitatione
                   &
                   jurisdictione
                   Archiepiscopi
                   praedicti
                   ,
                   eandemque
                   immunitatem
                   ligitima
                   temporis
                   usu
                   fuisse
                   praescriptam
                   ;
                   ex
                   parte
                   praefati
                   Archiepiscopi
                   coram
                   Nobis
                   ostensum
                   &
                   probatum
                   fuit
                   ,
                   tres
                   Praedecessores
                   suos
                   Archiepiscopos
                   
                     Cantuarienses
                  
                   actualiter
                   visitasse
                   Universitates
                   praedictas
                   jure
                   Ecclesiae
                   suae
                   Metropoliticae
                   Christi
                   
                     Cantuariensis
                     ,
                  
                   &
                   non
                   per
                   potestatem
                   legitimam
                   ;
                   ortaque
                   olim
                   lite
                   inter
                   Archiepiscopum
                   
                     Canturiensem
                  
                   &
                   Universitatem
                   
                     Oxon.
                  
                   super
                   jure
                   visitationis
                   praedictae
                   tempore
                   
                     Richardi
                  
                   secundi
                   Praedecessoris
                   Nostri
                   ,
                   Regis
                   
                     Angliae
                     ,
                  
                   eundem
                   Praedecessorem
                   Nostrum
                   plenè
                   auditis
                   quae
                   per
                   partes
                   utrinque
                   proponi
                   potuerint
                   ,
                   pro
                   Archiepiscopo
                   &
                   jure
                   visitationis
                   suae
                   judicasse
                   ;
                   eademque
                   controversia
                   itorum
                   emergente
                   inter
                   Archiepiscopum
                   
                     Cantuariensem
                  
                   &
                   Universitatem
                   
                     Oxon.
                  
                   tempore
                   
                     Henrici
                  
                   quarti
                   Praedecessoris
                   Nostri
                   Regis
                   
                     Angliae
                     ,
                  
                   eundem
                   Praedecessorem
                   Nostrum
                   similiter
                   pro
                   Archiepiscopo
                   praedicto
                   &
                   JURE
                   VISITATIONIS
                   SUAE
                   PRAEDICTAE
                   PRONUNCIASSE
                   ET
                   DETERMINASSE
                   ,
                   EASDEMQUE
                   SENTENTIAS
                   ET
                   DETERMINATIONES
                   PER
                   ACTUM
                   PARLIAMENTI
                   Anno
                   tertiodecimo
                   
                     Henrici
                  
                   quarti
                   fuisse
                   ratificatas
                   &
                   confirmatas
                   .
                   Quinetiam
                   Nobis
                   constabat
                   ,
                   praedictas
                   exemptiones
                   &
                   immunitates
                   a
                   visitatione
                   Metropolitica
                   Archiepiscopi
                   
                     Cantuariensis
                     ,
                  
                   vel
                   earum
                   aliquam
                   ,
                   per
                   aliquam
                   Chartam
                   Nostram
                   vel
                   Praedecessorum
                   Nostrorum
                   non
                   fuisse
                   concessas
                   ,
                   easdemque
                   per
                   Bullas
                   Papales
                   concedi
                   non
                   potuisse
                   ,
                   nec
                   per
                   cursum
                   temporis
                   citra
                   actuales
                   visitationes
                   Archiepiscoporum
                   praedictorum
                   fuisse
                   legitimè
                   praescriptas
                   ,
                   nec
                   de
                   jure
                   Nostro
                   Ecclesiastico
                   potuisse
                   praescribi
                   :
                   praefatus●●
                   Archiepiscopus
                   coram
                   Nobis
                   protulit
                   schedulam
                   subscriptam
                   manibus
                   Magistrorum
                   Collegiorum
                   Universitatis
                   
                     Cantebrigiensts
                  
                   in
                   qua
                   Magistri
                   pro
                   se
                   &
                   Universitate
                   sua
                   ,
                   privilegiis
                   &
                   immuntatibus
                   Papalibus
                   Universitati
                   praedictae
                   concessis
                   ,
                   renunciabant
                   .
                   
                   
                     Quibus
                     omnibus
                     per
                     Nos
                     consideratis
                     ,
                  
                   habitaque
                   deliberatione
                   cum
                   praefatis
                   consiliariis
                   Nostris
                   ,
                   JUDICAVIMUS
                   ET
                   DETERMINAVIMUS
                   JUS
                   VISITANDI
                   CANCELLARIOS
                   ,
                   MAGISTROS
                   ET
                   SCHOLARES
                   UNIVERSITATUM
                   PRAEDICTARUM
                   ,
                   SUCCESSORUM
                   SUORUM
                   ,
                   EORVMQUE
                   SERVIENTIUM
                   ,
                   ALIARUMQUE
                   PERSONARUM
                   PRO
                   TEMPORE
                   EXISTENTIUM
                   LIBERTATI
                   ET
                   PRIVILEGIIS
                   UNIVERSITATUM
                   PREFAT.
                   UTENTIVM
                   ,
                   NECNON
                   UNIVERSITATUM
                   PRAEDICTARVM
                   VT
                   VNIVERSITATES
                   ,
                   SPECTARE
                   ET
                   PERTINERE
                   ad
                   praefatum
                   Archiepiscopum
                   &
                   SVCCESSORES
                   SVOS
                   &
                   Ecclesiam
                   Metropoliticam
                   praedictam
                   ,
                   PER
                   SE
                   ,
                   COMMISSARIVM
                   SEV
                   COMMISSARIOS
                   SVOS
                   EXERCENDVM
                   :
                   Et
                   quod
                   praefati
                   Cancellarii
                   ,
                   Magistri
                   ,
                   Scholares
                   ,
                   &
                   reliquae
                   personae
                   Privilegiis
                   Vni
                   .
                   versitatum
                   utentes
                   ,
                   eorumque
                   Successores
                   ,
                   PERPETVIS
                   FVTVRIS
                   TEMPORIBVS
                   EIDEM
                   ARCHIEPISCCPO
                   ET
                   SVOCESSORIBVS
                   SVIS
                   ,
                   EORVMVE
                   COMMISSARIIS
                   IN
                   VISITATIONE
                   ET
                   JVRISDICTIONE
                   VNIVERSITATVM
                   PRAEDICTARVM
                   IN
                   OMNIBVS
                   PAREANT
                   ET
                   OBEDIANT
                   .
                   Cum
                   vero
                   coram
                   Nobis
                   praeterea
                   proponeretur
                   non
                   satis
                   constare
                   
                     quoties
                     &
                     visitatio
                     praedictarum
                     Vnivesitartum
                     exerceri
                     debeat
                     ,
                  
                   ad
                   amputandas
                   similes
                   controversias
                   in
                   futuro
                   ,
                   Ordinavimus
                   ,
                   
                     quod
                     licebit
                     praefato
                     Archiepiscopo
                     &
                     Successoril
                     us
                     suis
                  
                   VISITARE
                   VNIVERSITATES
                   PRAEDICTAS
                   NON
                   TANTVM
                   SEMEL
                   IN
                   VITA
                   ,
                   sicut
                   in
                   reliquis
                   partibus
                   Provinciae
                   
                     Cātuariensis
                  
                   nuper
                   visitat
                   .
                   suit
                   ,
                   verii
                   ETIAM
                   QUOD
                   LICEBIT
                   IIS
                   EORUMQUE
                   SINGULIS
                   POST
                   PRIMAM
                   VISITATIONEM
                   METROPOLITICAM
                   FINITAM
                   PRAEDICTAS
                   VNIVERSITATES
                   PER
                   SE
                   VEL
                   COMMISSARIOS
                   SVOS
                   VISITARE
                   QVOTIESCVNQVE
                   ILLVD
                   
                   NECESSARIVM
                   PRAEFATIS
                   ARCHIEPISCOPIS
                   VISVM
                   FVERIT
                   EX
                   CAVSA
                   RATIONABILI
                   ET
                   LEGITIMA
                   PER
                   NOS
                   ET
                   SVCCESSORES
                   NOSTRO
                   SP
                   RIMITVS
                   APPROBANDA
                   .
                   
                     Cumque
                     praeterea
                     coram
                     Nobis
                     proponeretur
                     ,
                     ex
                     parte
                     Cancellarii
                     praedicti
                     ,
                     futurum
                     valdè
                     incommodum
                     sibi
                     &
                     successoribus
                     suis
                     pro
                     dignitate
                     personarum
                     suarum
                     ,
                  
                   si
                   in
                   visitationibus
                   praedictis
                   personaliter
                   debeant
                   comparere
                   ;
                   
                     declaravimus
                     ,
                  
                   jure
                   satis
                   consultum
                   esse
                   eorum
                   incommodis
                   in
                   hac
                   parte
                   ,
                   cum
                   possint
                   in
                   visitationibus
                   praedictis
                   per
                   Procuratores
                   suos
                   comparere
                   .
                   
                     Denique
                     per
                     praefatum
                     Archiepiscopum
                     a
                     Nobis
                     humiliter
                     petitum
                     fuit
                     ,
                  
                   hoc
                   Nostrum
                   judicium
                   &
                   declaratio
                   potestatis
                   visitandi
                   Vniversitates
                   praedictas
                   sibi
                   &
                   successoribus
                   suis
                   jure
                   Ecclesiae
                   Metropoliticae
                   Christi
                   
                     Cantuariensis
                     ,
                  
                   competent
                   .
                   non
                   possint
                   in
                   futuro
                   extendi
                   ad
                   EPISCOPOS
                   ET
                   ARCHIDIACONOS
                   LOCORVM
                   IN
                   QUIBUS
                   VNIVERSITATES
                   PRAEDICT.
                   POSITAE
                   SVNT
                   :
                   Et
                   ut
                   praefatae
                   Vniversitates
                   per
                   praefatos
                   Episcopos
                   &
                   Archidiaconos
                   IMPOSTERVM
                   NON
                   POSSINT
                   VISITARI
                   :
                   
                     Et
                     ut
                     hoc
                     nostrum
                     judicium
                     ,
                     ordinationem
                     &
                     determinationem
                     sub
                  
                   magno
                   sigillo
                   
                     Angliae
                  
                   concedere
                   confirmari
                   dignaremus
                   :
                   
                     cujus
                     petitioni
                     annuentes
                     ,
                     declaravimus
                     ,
                     QVOD
                     VNIVERSITATES
                     PRAEDICTAE
                     PER
                     EPISCOPOS
                     ET
                     ARCHIDIACONOS
                     PRAEDICTOS
                     IMPOSTERVM
                     NON
                     VISITENTVR
                     .
                  
                   Et
                   hoc
                   Nostrum
                   judicium
                   ,
                   ordinationem
                   &
                   declarationem
                   sub
                   magno
                   sigillo
                   
                     Angliae
                  
                   communiri
                   ,
                   &
                   confirmari
                   jussimus
                   .
                   
                     Mandantes
                  
                   praefatis
                   Cancellariis
                   Magistris
                   &
                   Scholaribus
                   Vniversitatum
                   praedictarum
                   ut
                   
                     VISITATIONI
                     PRAEFATI
                     ARCHIEPISCOPI
                     ET
                     SVCCESSORVM
                     SVORVM
                     SE
                     SVBMITTANT
                     ,
                     ET
                     VT
                     NVLLAM
                     EXEMPTIONEM
                     SEV
                     IMMVNITATEM
                     ADVERSVS
                     VISITATIONEM
                     PRAEDICTAM
                     SIBI
                     VENDICARE
                     PRAESVMANT
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   In
                   cujus
                   rei
                   ,
                   &c.
                   T.
                   R.
                   
                     apud
                     
                       Westm.
                       
                    
                     
                       tricessimo
                       die
                       Januarii
                       ,
                       
                         Anno
                         Regni
                      
                       Caroli
                       
                         Regis
                         Angl.
                         &c.
                         duodecimo
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     Per
                     breve
                     de
                     privato
                     Sigillo
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           By
           all
           these
           recited
           Histories
           and
           Records
           it
           is
           unquestionably
           apparent
           ,
           both
           in
           point
           of
           fact
           and
           right
           too
           ,
           That
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           visited
           the
           Universities
           both
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           the
           severall
           Colledges
           and
           Hals
           in
           them
           ,
           by
           their
           meer
           Metropolitical
           right
           .
           That
           this
           right
           of
           theirs
           ,
           and
           jurisdiction
           over
           the
           Universities
           ,
           was
           never
           opposed
           ,
           nor
           this
           Plea
           or
           Priviledge
           of
           the
           King's
           sole
           right
           ,
           ever
           pretended
           or
           insisted
           on
           till
           20.
           
             R.
          
           2.
           and
           that
           only
           by
           a
           factious
           party
           in
           the
           University
           of
           
             Ozford
             .
          
           That
           this
           King
           himself
           ,
           on
           whom
           that
           Prerogative
           was
           first
           fixed
           ,
           did
           by
           an
           expresse
           Charter
           and
           Decree
           absolutely
           disclaim
           ,
           and
           adjudge
           it
           for
           the
           Archbishops
           ,
           against
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           upon
           a
           solemn
           reference
           of
           the
           whole
           businesse
           to
           him
           .
           That
           when
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           renewed
           it
           again
           ,
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           to
           whose
           determination
           the
           Vniversity
           and
           Archbishop
           submitted
           the
           descision
           thereof
           ,
           adjudged
           it
           for
           the
           Archbishops
           against
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           and
           disclaimed
           this
           pretended
           Prerogative
           of
           his
           sole
           visiting
           she
           Vniversities
           :
           which
           determination
           of
           his
           was
           ratified
           by
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           a
           binding
           Decree
           against
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           and
           their
           Successors
           :
           That
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           enjoyed
           the
           Privilege
           of
           visiting
           the
           Vniversities
           without
           dispute
           ,
           till
           12.
           
           
             Caroli
             ,
          
           who
           upon
           full
           hearing
           of
           both
           Vniversities
           and
           the
           Archbishop
           ,
           before
           himself
           and
           his
           Councell
           ,
           by
           his
           Letters
           Patents
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           ,
           confirmed
           the
           descisions
           of
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           and
           the
           Archbishops
           Metropolitical
           right
           of
           visiting
           the
           Vniversities
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           Pleas
           ,
           Buls
           and
           Charters
           alledged
           for
           their
           exemprion
           ;
           and
           likewise
           disavowed
           his
           own
           pretended
           right
           of
           sole
           visiting
           the
           Vniversities
           as
           Vniversities
           ;
           That
           the
           Popes
           Buls
           now
           insisted
           on
           for
           exempting
           the
           Vniversities
           from
           Episcopal
           and
           Archiepiscopal
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           ,
           have
           been
           renounced
           by
           the
           Vniversities
           themselves
           ,
           and
           declared
           null
           and
           void
           by
           these
           three
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           of
           13.
           
             H.
          
           4.
           and
           no
           bar
           at
           all
           to
           the
           Archbishops
           right
           then
           ,
           much
           lesse
           to
           the
           Parliaments
           now
           :
           That
           no
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           ever
           visited
           the
           Vniversities
           till
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           and
           that
           
           neither
           his
           visitation
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           by
           his
           Commissioners
           (
           if
           reall
           )
           nor
           K.
           
             Edward
          
           the
           sixt
           by
           his
           ,
           nor
           the
           Statutes
           of
           26.
           
             H.
          
           8.
           c.
           1.
           25
           
             H.
          
           8.
           c.
           19
           ,
           31.
           nor
           1
           &
           2
           
             Phil.
             
          
           &
           
             Mary
          
           c.
           8.
           nor
           1
           
             Eliz.
          
           c.
           1.
           did
           deprive
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           of
           this
           jurisdiction
           ,
           nor
           yet
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocesse
           ,
           whose
           jurisdiction
           continued
           till
           the
           twelft
           yeer
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           as
           this
           clause
           in
           his
           Letters
           Patens
           ,
           
             Declaramus
             quod
             Vniversitates
             praedictae
             per
             Episcopos
             &
             Archidiaconos
             IN
             POSTERVM
             NON
             VISITENTVR
             ,
             intimates
             :
          
           which
           fully
           makes
           good
           my
           second
           ,
           and
           fift
           position
           too
           ,
           in
           every
           particuler
           branch
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           be
           briefe
           in
           proof
           of
           my
           third
           .
           That
           Cardinal
           
             Poole
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           in
           the
           third
           and
           fourth
           yeer
           of
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           Reigne
           ,
           as
           Popes
           Legat
           ,
           visited
           both
           Vniversities
           ,
           is
           thus
           related
           by
           
             Matthew
             Parker
          
           his
           immediate
           successor
           ,
           Antiqu.
           
           Eccles.
           Brit.
           p.
           422.
           
           
             Reginaldus
             Polus
             in
             LEGATIONE
             ADMINISTRANDA
             ,
             quia
             ●um
             in
             vivis
             vix
             aliqui
             Evangelici
             quas
             flammis
             extingueret
             noti
             essent
             ,
             in
             mortuos
             saevire
             decrevit
             .
             Ac
             primum
          
           Cantuariensem
           
             Diocaesim
             VISITAVIT
             ;
             deinde
          
           CANTEBRIGIENSEM
           
             ET
          
           OXONIENSEM
           
             ACADEMIAS
             ,
          
           Johanni
           Christophersono
           
             Cicestrensi
             ,
             &
          
           Cutberto
           Scoto
           
             Cestrensi
             Episcopis
             ,
             necnon
          
           Colo
           ,
           
             &
             maximè
          
           Ormaneto
           
             (
             quem
             omnit
             us
             rebus
             praefecit
             )
          
           LVSTRANDAS
           ,
           
             &
             ad
             Pontificiam
             ●mussim
             atque
             normam
             reducendas
             commisit
             .
             Hi
             c●●m
             in
             collegi●s
             omnia
             perturbassent
             ,
             novisque
             duris
             legibus
             multorum
             juvenum
             praeclar●s
             indoles
             a
             studiis
             prorsus
             alienassent
             ,
             ne
             quid
             crudelitatis
             omitterent
             ,
             mort●orum
             sepulchra
             violarunt
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           whole
           form
           and
           proceedings
           of
           their
           visitation
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           and
           Colledges
           of
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           is
           at
           large
           recorded
           by
           Master
           
             Fox
          
           in
           his
           
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             ,
          
           Edit.
           1640.
           
           Vol.
           3.
           p.
           762
           ,
           to
           780.
           where
           those
           who
           please
           may
           read
           them
           at
           their
           leisure
           ;
           both
           the
           Vniversities
           submitting
           to
           his
           Visitors
           visitation
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           onely
           as
           Archbishop
           ,
           but
           Popes
           Legat
           too
           :
           
             cui
             Papa
             commisii
             visitationem
             &
             reformationem
             Studiorum
             generalium
             ;
          
           as
           he
           expressed
           in
           his
           Processe
           :
           This
           Cardinal
           altered
           the
           old
           ,
           and
           made
           new
           Statutes
           for
           the
           Vniversities
           ,
           rejecting
           those
           made
           by
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           sixt
           his
           authority
           ,
           which
           Statutes
           of
           his
           are
           yet
           remaining
           among
           the
           Records
           of
           both
           Vniversities
           .
        
         
         
           That
           the
           Chancellours
           of
           both
           Universities
           have
           anciently
           ,
           and
           at
           this
           day
           claimed
           a
           power
           of
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           too
           (
           in
           some
           cases
           )
           over
           them
           ,
           is
           confessed
           and
           argued
           by
           the
           University
           of
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Summary
             Brief
             of
             their
             Reasons
             ,
          
           forecited
           ,
           p.
           29
           ,
           32.
           they
           alledging
           this
           as
           one
           principall
           reason
           ,
           why
           they
           should
           be
           exempt
           from
           all
           Episcopall
           and
           Archiepiscopall
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           too
           ,
           in
           some
           cases
           :
           and
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           (
           as
           is
           apparent
           by
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Commission
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           23.
           
           Aprilis
           ,
           19
           
             Eliz.
          
           )
           made
           the
           se●●
           same
           Plea
           and
           suggestion
           against
           Archbishop
           
             Grinda●s
          
           jurisdiction
           in
           receiving
           an
           Appeal
           from
           
             William
             Wilson
          
           (
           Rector
           elect
           of
           
             Lincoln-colledge
          
           in
           
             Oxford
             )
          
           against
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
          
           and
           his
           Visitors
           ,
           who
           refused
           to
           admit
           him
           Rector
           of
           chat
           Colledge
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Chancell●ur
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
          
           OXFORD
           ,
           
             time
             out
             of
             mind
             ,
             had
             been
             in
             quiet
             possession
             of
             this
             Priviledge
             among
             others
             :
             Quod
             Doctores
             ,
             Magistri
             &
             Scholares
             omnes
             &
             singuli
             dictae
             &
             Academiae
             ,
             ab
             omni
             jurisdictione
             ,
             Dominio
             vel
             potestate
             quorumcunque
             Archiepiscoporum
             ,
             etiam
             Legatorum
             natorum
             ,
             necnon
             Episcoporum
             ,
             aliorum
             Ordinariorum
             ,
             &
             judicum
             quorumcunque
             quoad
             omnes
             Contractiones
             ,
             vel
             quasi
             initos
             infra
             praedictam
             Vniversitatem
             ,
             &
             quoad
             OMNIA
             CRIMINA
             ,
             vel
             quasi
             &
             PVNITIONEM
             corundem
             (
             exceptis
             prae-exceptis
             ,
             mahemia
             ,
             &
             felonia
             ,
             &
             Assisis
             ,
             &
             placitis
             de
             libero
             tenemento
             )
             &
             quoad
             OMNES
             ACTVS
             SCHOLASTICOS
             ,
             quamdi●
             degerint
             in
             e●dem
             Vniversitate
             ,
             sunt
             exempti
             &
             totalitèr
             liberati
             ,
             &
             praedicto
          
           CANCELLARIO
           SUBJECTI
           .
           
             Et
             quod
          
           CANCELLARIUS
           
             praedictae
             Vniversitatis
          
           OMNEM
           ET
           OMNIMODAM
           JURISDICTIONEM
           ECCLESIASTICAM
           ET
           SPIRITUALEM
           IN
           PRADICTOS
           SCHOLARES
           ET
           ALIAS
           PERSONAS
           EXERCERE
           LIBERE
           ET
           LICITE
           POSSIT
           ET
           VALEAT
           .
           The
           reality
           of
           which
           pretended
           exemption
           ,
           priviledges
           and
           infringment
           of
           them
           by
           
             Wilson's
          
           Appeal
           ,
           the
           Queen
           referred
           to
           the
           examination
           and
           determination
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Rochester
             ,
             Christopher
             Wray
          
           chief
           Baron
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Cordell
          
           Master
           of
           the
           Rols
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Wilson
          
           Doctor
           of
           Law
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Masters
           of
           Request●
           ,
           
           
           
           
             Iohn
             Gibbons
             ,
          
           Doctor
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Masters
           of
           the
           Chancery
           ,
           and
           
             Iohn
             Griffeth
          
           Doctor
           of
           Law
           ,
           or
           any
           seven
           ,
           six
           ,
           five
           ,
           four
           ,
           three
           or
           two
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           what
           they
           did
           or
           determined
           therein
           is
           uncertain
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           the
           Popes
           Legats
           and
           the
           Chancellours
           of
           both
           Universities
           ,
           have
           exercised
           ,
           and
           time
           out
           of
           minde
           enjoyed
           such
           jurisdiction
           over
           the
           Universities
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Cambridge
             ;
          
           their
           pretence
           ,
           of
           being
           subject
           onely
           to
           the
           King's
           visitation
           and
           jurisdiction
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           be
           disclaimed
           ,
           being
           directly
           contrary
           to
           their
           own
           expresse
           claims
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           Chancellours
           .
        
         
           My
           fourth
           position
           ,
           
             That
             the
             particular
             Colledges
             ,
             Hals
             and
             Members
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             have
             their
             particular
             Visitors
             appointed
             by
             their
             founders
             and
             private
             Statutes
             ,
             to
             whose
             visitation
             and
             jurisdiction
             they
             are
             subject
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             King's
             alone
             ;
          
           is
           such
           a
           known
           truth
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           not
           prove
           it
           ,
           having
           given
           some
           touches
           upon
           it
           
             *
          
           already
           in
           
             Lincoln-colledge
          
           and
           
             Brasennose
             .
          
           The
           rather
           ,
           because
           the
           author
           of
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           p.
           6.
           makes
           this
           Argument
           against
           the
           Visitors
           present
           jurisdiction
           ,
           
             We
             have
             yet
             a
             more
             strict
             and
             particular
             Obligation
             ,
             being
             sworn
             by
             our
             respective
             Statutes
             ,
             to
             allow
             and
             submit
             to
             no
             visitation
             but
             from
             those
             who
             are
             nominated
             by
             our
             Founders
             .
          
           And
           the
           common
           and
           Statute
           Law
           of
           
             England
          
           allows
           the
           Founders
           of
           any
           Colledge
           ,
           Abbey
           ,
           Hospital
           ,
           Free-school
           or
           Free-Chappel
           ,
           without
           cure
           of
           souls
           ,
           to
           visit
           or
           nominate
           those
           who
           shall
           visit
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           8
           
             Ass.
          
           29.
           8.
           
             E.
          
           369.
           13
           
           
             Ass.
          
           2.
           11
           
           
             H
          
           4
           12.
           84.
           27
           
             E.
          
           3
           84.
           6
           
             H.
          
           714.
           
           
             Fitz.
             Nat.
             Bre.
          
           42.
           
             a.
             b.
          
           50.
           
           〈…〉
           .
           
             Brook
             Praemunire
          
           1.
           5.
           
             H.
          
           5.
           
             c.
          
           1.
           25
           
             H.
          
           8
           
             c.
          
           21.
           43
           
             Eliz.
          
           c.
           4.
           
           Now
           of
           all
           the
           Colledges
           or
           Hals
           in
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           as
           Doctor
           
             Fell
          
           (
           the
           pretended
           Vice
           Chancellour
           alledged
           before
           the
           Committee
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           for
           regulating
           the
           University
           )
           there
           is
           none
           but
           Christ
           .
           Church
           onely
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           King
           is
           immediate
           Visitor
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           originally
           founded
           by
           Cardinal
           
             Woolsey
             ,
          
           not
           the
           Kings
           Progenitors
           )
           and
           no
           more
           but
           it
           and
           
             *
          
           
             Orial
             colledge
             ,
          
           and
           St.
           
             Mary-Hall
          
           (
           founded
           by
           K.
           
             Edward
          
           the
           2d
           )
           and
           
             Iesus-colledge
          
           (
           founded
           by
           Qu.
           
             Elizabeth
             )
          
           whereof
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Progenitors
           have
           
           been
           Founders
           ;
           which
           three
           later
           have
           their
           particular
           Visitors
           appointed
           by
           their
           Founders
           Statutes
           :
           and
           no
           Colledge
           in
           the
           University
           of
           
             Cambridge
          
           but
           
             Kings-colledge
             ,
             Trinity-colledge
          
           any
           
             Christs-colledge
             ,
          
           whereof
           the
           King's
           Ancestors
           are
           immediate
           Founders
           ;
           how
           then
           the
           King
           can
           truly
           and
           really
           be
           stiled
           ,
           the
           sole
           Founder
           or
           Visitor
           of
           both
           or
           either
           our
           Universities
           (
           there
           being
           but
           three
           Colledges
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           three
           in
           
             Cambridge
          
           of
           his
           foundation
           ,
           and
           but
           one
           of
           his
           visitation
           )
           I
           desire
           the
           University
           at
           leisure
           to
           resolve
           ,
           since
           this
           their
           Plea
           ,
           
             We
             have
             yet
             a
             more
             strict
             &
             particular
             obligation
             ,
             being
             sworn
             by
             our
             respective
             Statutes
             ,
             to
             allow
             and
             submit
             TO
             NO
             VISITATION
             but
             from
             those
             who
             are
             appointed
             by
             our
             Founders
             ,
          
           quite
           subverts
           their
           grand
           pretended
           Priviledge
           ,
           and
           strongest
           Plea
           in
           Bar
           (
           which
           the
           Author
           of
           
             The
             Priviledges
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
             Oxford
          
           undertakes
           to
           make
           good
           )
           
             That
             the
             right
             of
             visiting
             the
             Vniversity
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             is
             onely
             in
             the
             King's
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             exempt
             from
             all
             other
             jurisdiction
             ,
             by
             its
             Foundation
             ,
             Prescription
             and
             grants
             of
             Exemption
             ;
          
           when
           as
           I
           have
           proved
           it
           to
           be
           anciently
           and
           legally
           subject
           both
           to
           the
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           the
           Popes
           Legats
           ,
           the
           Chancellour
           ;
           and
           the
           Colledges
           and
           Hals
           as
           Members
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           sundry
           particular
           Visitors
           ,
           appointed
           by
           their
           respective
           Statutes
           and
           Founders
           ;
           the
           two
           last
           whereof
           themselves
           acknowledge
           and
           urge
           too
           .
           Which
           fully
           refutes
           the
           King's
           pretended
           royall
           Monopoly
           of
           sole
           visiting
           the
           University
           ,
           which
           himself
           and
           his
           Progenitors
           have
           severall
           times
           disclaimed
           and
           resolved
           against
           in
           expresse
           terms
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           manifested
           .
        
         
           My
           fift
           position
           is
           
             *
          
           already
           substantially
           proved
           in
           every
           syllable
           ,
           in
           the
           evidence
           for
           probat
           of
           the
           second
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           repeat
           ,
           but
           only
           conclude
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Vniversities
             Priviledges
          
           was
           very
           ill
           advised
           to
           plead
           Popes
           exploded
           ,
           illegal
           ,
           antichristiā
           Buls
           in
           Bar
           against
           the
           jurisdiction
           of
           both
           houses
           ,
           and
           the
           Visitors
           deputed
           by
           them
           ,
           in
           these
           Anti-papal
           times
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           which
           might
           justly
           induce
           them
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           the
           Heads
           and
           Members
           of
           the
           University
           have
           a
           higher
           and
           more
           reverent
           esteem
           of
           the
           Popes
           usurped
           ,
           
           abandoned
           authority
           ,
           and
           illegal
           Buls
           ,
           then
           of
           both
           houses
           rightfull
           Power
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           have
           these
           voyd
           Papall
           Buls
           (
           no
           better
           then
           the
           white
           Bull
           in
           
             Osny
          
           Tower
           )
           controll
           ,
           though
           the
           very
           Letter
           of
           them
           extends
           onely
           to
           exempt
           themselves
           from
           Archiepiscopal
           and
           Episcopal
           ,
           not
           Parliamentary
           jurisdiction
           and
           visitation
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           Regall
           .
        
         
           These
           five
           positions
           being
           all
           confirmed
           ,
           and
           the
           Universities
           pretended
           grand
           Priviledge
           and
           false
           Plea
           thereby
           sufficiently
           refuted
           ,
           I
           shall
           next
           examine
           and
           refeil
           the
           false
           grounds
           and
           impertinent
           Evidences
           produced
           by
           their
           advocate
           to
           make
           them
           good
           ,
           and
           so
           leave
           them
           without
           excuse
           .
        
         
           
           The
           first
           ground
           in
           maintainance
           of
           this
           exemption
           is
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Vniversity
          
           
           
             of
          
           Oxford
           
             wholly
             refers
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             its
             Originall
             &
             Founder
             ;
             That
             almest
             800.
             yeers
             since
             ,
             King
          
           Alured
           
             not
             onely
             founded
             publick
             Schools
             of
             Arts
             &
             Lectures
             ,
             but
             their
             Priviledges
             &
             Immunities
             ,
             having
             gotten
             them
             confirmed
             by
             the
             then
             Pope
             ;
             That
             the
             Vniversity
             ever
             submitted
             and
             she●●●red
             themselves
             under
             the
             title
             of
             the
          
           Kings
           Foundation
           
             &
             yet
             do
             .
          
           For
           which
           some
           Instruments
           of
           the
           University
           to
           K.
           
             Richard
          
           the
           2d
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           wherein
           they
           recite
           they
           are
           
             Vestrae
             fundationis
             &
             Patronqtus
             ,
          
           are
           cited
           in
           the
           Margin
           :
           Now
           all
           Societies
           whereof
           the
           King
           or
           his
           Predecessors
           were
           Founders
           ,
           are
           ONELY
           VISITABLE
           BY
           THE
           KING
           ,
           by
           the
           common
           Law
           of
           this
           Realm
           6
           
             H.
          
           7
           f.
           14.
           2
           
             H.
          
           5
           (
           I
           suppose
           he
           intends
           the
           Statute
           of
           2
           
             H.
          
           5
           c
           1.
           since
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           yeer
           book
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           )
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           
           first
           ,
           That
           the
           originall
           Founder
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           is
           not
           certainly
           known
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           King
           
             Alured
          
           was
           not
           the
           first
           Founder
           of
           this
           Vniversity
           ,
           or
           of
           Schools
           and
           Lectures
           in
           it
           ,
           (
           which
           had
           been
           time
           out
           of
           mind
           before
           ,
           as
           Master
           
             Cambden
          
           in
           his
           
             Britiania
             ,
          
           p.
           378.
           proves
           out
           of
           
             Ass●r
             )
          
           but
           onely
           the
           Restorer
           and
           Repairer
           of
           them
           ,
           recalling
           the
           long
           banished
           Muses
           unto
           their
           own
           sacred
           cels
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           Vniversity
           above
           three
           hundred
           yeers
           before
           at
           lest
           ;
           its
           Orders
           and
           Ordinances
           for
           Lectures
           ,
           &c.
           being
           made
           and
           established
           by
           
             Gildas
             ,
             Melkin
             ,
             Ninnius
             ,
             Kentigerne
             ,
          
           and
           other
           godly
           and
           learned
           men
           ,
           which
           Saint
           
             German
          
           wondrous
           well
           allowed
           of
           ●
           which
           the
           old
           Schoolmen
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           proved
           by
           the
           undoubted
           testimony
           of
           old
           Chronicles
           before
           
           King
           
             Alured
             ,
          
           in
           their
           contest
           with
           
             Grimbald
          
           their
           Divinity
           Professor
           there
           :
           And
           it
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           be
           a
           Founder
           ,
           another
           a
           Repairer
           or
           enlarger
           ;
           else
           every
           Founder
           of
           a
           new
           Colledge
           or
           School
           in
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           or
           Repairer
           of
           an
           old
           one
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           Founder
           of
           the
           University
           and
           Colledge
           it self
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           this
           King
           conferred
           any
           Priviledges
           or
           Immunities
           on
           this
           Vniversity
           ,
           &
           got
           them
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Pope
           ;
           I
           find
           no
           satisfactory
           evidence
           :
           but
           admit
           he
           did
           ,
           this
           makes
           him
           no
           more
           a
           Founder
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           then
           
             Edward
          
           the
           3d
           ,
           
             Richard
          
           the
           2d
           ,
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8th
           ,
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           King
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           or
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           who
           confirmed
           and
           allowed
           the
           Vniversities
           ancient
           priviledges
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           there
           are
           only
           three
           Colledges
           and
           one
           Hall
           in
           
             Oxford
          
           now
           remaining
           of
           the
           King's
           and
           his
           Predecessors
           foundation
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           
             Christ-church
             ,
          
           was
           really
           founded
           by
           Cardinal
           
             Wool●ey
          
           as
           a
           Colledge
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           
             *
          
           King
           onely
           as
           a
           Deanary
           and
           Cathedral
           ;
           all
           other
           Colledges
           and
           Hals
           ,
           with
           the
           publike
           Schools
           and
           Library
           had
           other
           Founders
           ;
           therfore
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Progenitors
           cannot
           be
           properly
           stiled
           ,
           the
           sole
           Founder
           of
           the
           whole
           Vniversity
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           onely
           Visitors
           by
           the
           common
           Law
           .
           Fiftly
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           (
           to
           speak
           properly
           )
           is
           the
           true
           reall
           Founder
           and
           establisher
           of
           both
           Vniversities
           ,
           they
           being
           incorporated
           and
           made
           capable
           to
           sue
           ,
           purchase
           and
           enjoy
           all
           their
           Priviledges
           and
           Lands
           without
           controversie
           ,
           onely
           by
           an
           act
           of
           Parliament
           in
           the
           13.
           yeer
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           rot.
           36.
           the
           title
           whereof
           is
           onely
           mentioned
           in
           the
           printed
           Acts
           ;
           therefore
           the
           Parliament
           being
           the
           true
           Founders
           of
           it
           ,
           have
           best
           right
           to
           visit
           it
           by
           the
           common
           Law
           ,
           by
           us
           their
           Commissioners
           ,
           as
           this
           Objection
           proves
           .
           Sixtly
           ,
           this
           plea
           ,
           That
           the
           Vniversity
           is
           of
           the
           King's
           foundation
           only
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Objector
           grants
           )
           is
           but
           the
           Vniversities
           own
           device
           ,
           who
           anciently
           did
           ,
           and
           yet
           do
           shelter
           themselves
           under
           the
           title
           of
           it
           ,
           against
           their
           lawfull
           Visitors
           ,
           and
           are
           very
           ill
           advised
           to
           fly
           to
           this
           false
           shelter
           now
           ,
           since
           three
           Kings
           and
           one
           Parliament
           have
           severall
           times
           driven
           them
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           premises
           evidence
           .
           Seventhly
           ,
           admit
           the
           antecedent
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Predecessors
           were
           sole
           Founders
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           yet
           the
           sequell
           is
           unfound
           :
           
             Ergo
          
           
           they
           only
           are
           the
           Visitors
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           none
           others
           ,
           seeing
           I
           have
           proved
           ,
           that
           others
           have
           of
           right
           visited
           and
           had
           jurisdiction
           in
           and
           over
           it
           as
           a
           Vniversity
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           besides
           our
           Kings
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           right
           ,
           by
           our
           Kings
           and
           Parliaments
           resolutions
           ,
           notwithstanding
           this
           pretext
           of
           being
           sole
           Founders
           .
           Eightly
           ,
           the
           King
           and
           his
           progenitors
           by
           their
           Charters
           are
           as
           much
           Founders
           of
           every
           Corporation
           ,
           every
           Company
           of
           Merchants
           and
           other
           Tradesmen
           in
           
             London
          
           and
           other
           Cities
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           Vniversities
           ;
           will
           it
           therefore
           follow
           ,
           
             Ergo
             ,
          
           none
           must
           visit
           or
           regulate
           them
           but
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Committees
           for
           Trades
           ,
           Complaints
           ,
           Grievances
           ,
           Clothiers
           ,
           Weavers
           ,
           &c.
           may
           not
           regulate
           nor
           reform
           them
           ,
           much
           lesse
           the
           Lord
           Major
           and
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           usually
           done
           .
           Ninthly
           ,
           the
           Book
           of
           6
           
             H.
          
           7
           14.
           is
           no
           resolution
           ,
           but
           a
           private
           opinion
           ;
           It
           only
           speaks
           of
           the
           Kings
           free
           Chappels
           without
           cure
           ,
           which
           he
           or
           his
           Chancellours
           shall
           visit
           ,
           not
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           but
           by
           Commission
           ;
           not
           of
           Vniversities
           or
           Colledges
           ,
           the
           thing
           in
           question
           ;
           nor
           yet
           of
           Monasteries
           ,
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           with
           cure
           of
           souls
           ,
           which
           the
           Archbishop
           and
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocesse
           shall
           visit
           ,
           though
           built
           ,
           founded
           and
           endowed
           by
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           as
           this
           very
           Law-book
           [
           6
           
             H.
          
           7
           14.
           ]
           grants
           ;
           whence
           most
           ancient
           Abbies
           founded
           by
           our
           Kings
           ,
           were
           exempted
           from
           archiepiscopal
           and
           Episcopal
           visitation
           and
           jurisdiction
           by
           special
           Charters
           confirmed
           in
           
             *
          
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Popes
           Buls
           ,
           the
           King's
           meer
           foundation
           and
           Charters
           alone
           being
           no
           legall
           exemption
           from
           their
           power
           by
           the
           common
           or
           Canon
           Law
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Statute
           of
           2
           
             H.
          
           5
           c.
           1.
           it
           speaks
           only
           of
           Hospitals
           of
           the
           King's
           foundation
           ,
           that
           the
           Ordinaries
           shall
           visit
           them
           by
           his
           Commission
           ,
           not
           of
           Colledges
           or
           Vniversities
           ;
           without
           the
           words
           and
           intention
           of
           the
           act
           .
           Tenthly
           ,
           this
           and
           other
           Law-books
           onely
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishop
           shall
           not
           visit
           Hospitals
           and
           Free-Chappels
           of
           the
           King's
           foundation
           ;
           but
           no
           Book
           avers
           ,
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           may
           not
           visit
           them
           nor
           their
           Delegates
           :
           and
           to
           argue
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocesse
           may
           not
           visit
           the
           King's
           Free-Chappels
           or
           Hospitals
           ;
           
             Ergo
             ,
          
           the
           Parliament
           may
           not
           do
           it
           ;
           is
           no
           better
           Logick
           then
           ;
           The
           Ordinary
           cannot
           visit
           nor
           reform
           the
           greatest
           
           Officers
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           Cours
           of
           Justice
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           the
           Kings
           own
           Court
           ;
           nor
           any
           civil
           abuses
           ,
           and
           publike
           grievances
           :
           
             Ergo
             ,
          
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           cannot
           do
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           all
           our
           Books
           agree
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishop
           by
           Commission
           ,
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           ,
           may
           lawfully
           visit
           the
           Kings
           Freechappels
           &
           Foundations
           ,
           and
           the
           stat
           .
           of
           2.
           
             H.
          
           ●
           .
           
             c.
          
           1.
           enacts
           as
           much
           :
           But
           we
           have
           such
           a
           Commission
           to
           visit
           the
           University
           ,
           therefore
           we
           may
           lawfully
           do
           it
           .
           These
           answers
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           have
           sufficiently
           shaken
           the
           
             sandy
             foundation
          
           of
           the
           Universities
           Exemption
           ,
           the
           
             Kings
             Foundation
          
           of
           it
           ,
           whereon
           they
           most
           rely
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           but
           the
           Objector
           learnedly
           replys
           ,
           
             p.
          
           3.
           
           
             Here
             you
             may
             please
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             being
             the
             Kings
          
           personal
           act
           ,
           
             his
             interest
             lies
             not
             within
             the
             reach
             of
             that
             Beaten
             evasion
             ,
             of
             a
          
           publike
           and
           politique
           
             Capacity
             .
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           I
           understand
           not
           wel
           what
           he
           means
           by
           
             the
             Kings
             personal
             act
             :
          
           Unless
           the
           act
           of
           the
           King
           in
           his
           natural
           Capacity
           ,
           as
           a
           Man
           ,
           not
           in
           his
           
             Politick
             ,
          
           as
           a
           King
           .
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           it
           follows
           :
           1.
           
           That
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Progenitors
           ,
           as
           
             Kings
             in
             their
             publike
             and
             politick
             Capacities
             ,
          
           were
           not
           founders
           of
           the
           University
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           their
           
             natural
             ,
          
           as
           private
           men
           ;
           which
           subverts
           his
           own
           assertion
           and
           foundation
           .
           2.
           
           That
           this
           priviledg
           of
           a
           Founder
           is
           not
           annexed
           to
           the
           Kings
           publike
           and
           politick
           ,
           but
           natural
           and
           personal
           Capacity
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           descendible
           nor
           hereditary
           ;
           since
           personal
           actions
           ,
           acts
           and
           priviledges
           ,
           by
           the
           rules
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             die
             with
             the
             person
             .
          
           If
           he
           mean
           by
           the
           
             Kings
             personal
             act
             ;
          
           that
           the
           King
           in
           person
           ,
           laid
           the
           very
           first
           Foundation
           stone
           of
           the
           University
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           ;
           or
           writ
           and
           sealed
           the
           Patent
           or
           Charter
           that
           first
           founded
           it
           ,
           himself
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           any
           Substitutes
           or
           Officers
           :
           This
           wil
           b●
           hard
           for
           him
           to
           prove
           ;
           and
           the
           sequel
           wil
           be
           ;
           
             That
             the
             King
             only
             in
             his
             own
             Royal
             person
             ,
             must
             visit
             the
             Vniversity
             now
             ;
          
           but
           net
           by
           any
           Commissioners
           or
           Delegates
           ;
           and
           so
           all
           his
           other
           Foundations
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           former
           presidents
           ,
           Statutes
           and
           Law-books
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           visit
           them
           by
           Commissioners
           ,
           which
           the
           Un●versities
           Answer
           acknowledgeth
           ,
           and
           himself
           to●
        
         
           The
           next
           *
           Ground
           of
           Exemption
           urged
           ,
           
           is
           pre-scription
           
           and
           Bulls
           of
           Popes
           ;
           both
           which
           being
           abandantly
           refuted
           in
           the
           premised
           positions
           ,
           and
           no
           plea
           at
           all
           against
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           any
           power
           derived
           from
           them
           ,
           (
           not
           mentioned
           ,
           nor
           included
           in
           ,
           nor
           yet
           confinable
           by
           these
           Bulls
           )
           though
           they
           might
           hold
           good
           against
           any
           ordinary
           or
           inferior
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           if
           true
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           therefore
           pretermi●
           without
           further
           Answer
           .
        
         
           The
           3d
           ,
           
           ground
           of
           Exemption
           alleaged
           ,
           it
           
             *
          
           grants
           of
           Exemption
           by
           Popes
           ,
           
             allowed
             and
             confirmed
             by
             Charters
             from
             several
             Kings
             ,
             both
             by
             themselves
             and
             in
             Parliaments
             ;
          
           to
           prove
           which
           ,
           there
           are
           quoted
           in
           the
           Margin
           some
           
             Popes
             Buls
             ,
          
           out
           of
           
             H●re
             ,
             the
             old
             book
             of
             Oxford
             Statutes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Senior
             Proctors
             Book
             ,
          
           with
           this
           addition
           ,
           25.
           
             H.
          
           8.
           
             c.
          
           21.
           
           All
           
             power
             of
             Visitation
             is
             given
             only
             to
             such
             ,
             as
             shall
             have
             immediate
             Authority
             by
             the
             Kings
             Commission
             ,
             under
             the
             great
             Seal
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             places
             formerly
             exempted
             ;
          
           as
           
             COLLEDGES
          
           &c.
           
           
             All
             Letters
             ,
             Patents
             heretofore
             made
             by
             the
             Kings
             Progenitors
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             Vniversities
             ,
             are
             confirm'd
             by
             act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           13.
           Eliz.
           
             &
          
           19.
           Eliz.
           part
           .
           13.
           
             in
          
           Dorso
           ;
           
             The
             Priviledges
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             are
             confirm'd
             in
             the
             very
             words
             of
          
           Boniface
           ,
           8.
           
             acknowledged
             they
             had
             them
             by
             prescription
             ;
             the
             immediate
             subjection
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             to
             the
             Authority
             and
             Iurisdiction
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             other
             Exemptions
             ratified
             ;
             and
             those
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             sworn
             to
             ,
             in
             the
             Oath
             taken
             by
             every
             Graduate
             .
          
           These
           are
           all
           the
           evidences
           of
           moment
           produced
           to
           make
           good
           this
           ground
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           .
           
           1.
           
           That
           all
           these
           Popes
           Bulls
           of
           Exemption
           now
           insist●●●on
           ,
           were
           so
           farr
           from
           being
           allowed
           and
           confirmed
           by
           Charters
           from
           several
           Kings
           ,
           both
           by
           themselves
           and
           in
           
             Parliaments
             ;
          
           that
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           2.
           and
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           4.
           by
           both
           their
           Charters
           ,
           and
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           upon
           solemn
           debate
           ,
           disallowed
           ,
           ●ulled
           and
           declared
           them
           meerly
           void
           ,
           and
           the
           University
           it self
           ,
           absolutely
           renounced
           them
           as
           nullities
           and
           prejudicial
           ,
           in
           both
           their
           Raigns
           :
           King
           
             Charles
          
           himself
           by
           his
           Charter
           ,
           ratifying
           and
           approving
           their
           resolutions
           herein
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           proved
           .
           Therefore
           this
           allegation
           is
           a
           most
           palpable
           falshood
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           one
           Charter
           ,
           nor
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           
           that
           ever
           allowed
           or
           confirmed
           them
           before
           or
           since
           these
           Kings
           Declarations
           of
           their
           nullity
           .
           And
           admit
           these
           Bulls
           so
           confirmed
           ,
           yet
           they
           ex
           end
           only
           to
           exempt
           the
           University
           from
           Archiepiscopal
           ,
           or
           Ordinaries
           Visitations
           and
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           not
           from
           the
           Kings
           or
           Parliaments
           ,
           not
           mentioned
           nor
           intended
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           close
           up
           this
           with
           
             Matthew
             Parkers
          
           Authority
           ,
           the
           first
           
             Arch
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           in
           
             Queen
             Elizabeths
          
           Raign
           .
           
             De
             Antiqu.
             Eccles.
             Brit.
             p.
             35
             ,
          
           (
           before
           the
           Arch-Bishops
           lives
           )
           where
           thus
           he
           writes
           of
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           
             Arch
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           even
           in
           this
           Queens
           Raign
           ,
           &
           of
           these
           Popes
           Buls
           nullity
           .
           
             Episcopatus
             et
             Diocaeses
             suae
             Provinciae
             quandocunque
             ,
             et
             quocunque
             ordine
             sibi
             videbitur
             expedire
             ,
             visitat
             &c.
             Tamque
             latè
             patent
             hujus
             Archiepiscopatus
             privilegia
             ,
             ut
             in
             loca
             firmissimi●
             septa
             ac
             munita
             privilegijs
             se
             insinuent
             .
             Multa
             onim
             loca
             quae
             a
             Metropolitica
             et
             Ordinaria
             Iurisdictione
             se
             eximi
             procurassent
             ,
             ab
             hujus
             tamen
             Authoritate
             immunia
             ac
             tuta
             esse
             non
             poterant
             .
             Inter
             quae
             ILLAE
             CELEBRES
             CANTABRIGIENSIS
             ET
             OXONIENSIS
             in
             Anglia
             ACADEMIAE
             ,
             quanquam
             peculiaria
             jura
             ,
             et
             exemptionis
             privilegia
             sibi
             quondam
             á
             Papa
             concedi
             procurassent
             ,
             illis
             tamen
             authoritate
             posteá
             Regia
             irriti●
             ac
             rescissis
             ,
             IN
             CANTVARIENSIS
             ARCHIEPISCOPI
             AVTHORITATEM
             SESE
             REDDIDERVNT
             ,
             et
             tam
             VISITATIONES
             SVAS
             SVBIRE
             COGVNTVR
             ,
             quàm
             ad
             Synodalia
             sua
             concilia
             per
             Cancellarios
             acceduxt
             :
             In
             Cantabrigiae
             Collegio
             S.
             Petri
             ,
             cujus
             Eleensts
             Episcopus
             est
             patronus
             ,
             sede
             vacante
             ,
             tàm
             Praefectum
             quàm
             socios
             admittit
             ,
             et
             uni
             scholarium
             cui
             gratificare
             voluerit
             ,
             vacantsem
             societatem
             confert
             .
             OXONII
             ,
             Collegiorum
             omnium
             animarum
             ,
             et
             Mertoniensis
             est
             Patronus
             ,
             ac
             in
             utrisque
             Ordinariam
             et
          
           OMNIMODAM
           JVRISDICTIONEM
           EXERCET
           .
           So
           that
           he
           reputed
           this
           Jurisdiction
           of
           visiting
           the
           Vniversities
           ,
           a
           Right
           belonging
           to
           the
           Arch-Bishops
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           any
           pretended
           exemptions
           ,
           Charters
           or
           Statutes
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           then
           in
           being
           ;
           or
           the
           Bulls
           of
           
             Pope
             Boniface
          
           the
           8
           ,
           which
           
             Ioannes
             Cajus
             :
          
           De
           AntiqueCantabrig
           .
           
             
             Academiae
             ,
          
           p.
           71.
           confesseth
           to
           be
           abolished
           ,
           by
           the
           Le●ters
           Patents
           of
           K.
           
             Richard
          
           the
           2.
           made
           to
           Arch-Bishop
           
             Arundel
             ,
          
           in
           the
           20.
           
             year
             of
             his
             Raign
             ,
             and
             after
             confirmed
             by
             King
          
           Henry
           
             the
             fourth
             ,
             and
             an
             act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             the
             13
             year
             of
             his
             Raign
             ;
          
           as
           the
           Premises
           at
           large
           demonstrate
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           objected
           clause
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           25.
           
             H.
          
           8.
           
             c.
          
           21.
           extends
           not
           at
           all
           to
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           or
           any
           Colledges
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           most
           evident
           by
           the
           express
           words
           of
           the
           proviso
           ,
           which
           I
           shal
           here
           transcribe
           .
        
         
           Provided
           always
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           person
           or
           persons
           ,
           shal
           have
           no
           power
           or
           authority
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           this
           act
           ,
           to
           visit
           or
           vex
           any
           Monasteries
           ,
           Abbies
           ,
           Priories
           ,
           Colledges
           ,
           Hospitall
           ,
           houses
           ,
           or
           other
           places
           Religious
           .
           Which
           be
           or
           were
           exempt
           ,
           before
           the
           making
           of
           this
           act
           ,
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           act
           to
           the
           contrary
           thereof
           notwithstanding
           .
           But
           that
           Redress
           ,
           Visitation
           and
           Confirmation
           shall
           be
           had
           by
           the
           Kings
           highness
           ,
           his
           heires
           and
           successors
           ,
           by
           Commission
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           ,
           to
           be
           directed
           to
           such
           persons
           as
           shal
           be
           requisite
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           in
           such
           Monaster●●s
           Colledges
           ,
           Hospitals
           ,
           Priories
           ,
           houses
           and
           places
           Religious
           ,
           exempt
           .
           So
           that
           no
           Visitation
           nor
           Confirmation
           shal
           from
           henceforth
           be
           had
           or
           made
           in
           ,
           or
           at
           any
           such
           Monasteries
           ,
           Colledges
           ,
           Hospitals
           ,
           Priories
           ,
           houses
           and
           places
           Religious
           Exempt
           ,
           by
           the
           said
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           nor
           by
           any
           of
           his
           authority
           ,
           nor
           by
           any
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           Dominions
           ;
           nor
           that
           any
           person
           Religious
           ,
           or
           other
           resiant
           in
           any
           the
           Kings
           Dominions
           ,
           shal
           from
           henceforth
           depart
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           Dominions
           ,
           to
           or
           for
           any
           Visitation
           ,
           Congregation
           ,
           or
           assembly
           for
           Religion
           .
           But
           that
           all
           such
           Visitations
           ,
           Congregations
           ,
           and
           Assemblies
           shal
           be
           within
           the
           Kings
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           it
           is
           apparant
           .
           First
           ,
           that
           this
           act
           extends
           only
           to
           such
           
             *
          
           
             Colledges
             ,
          
           is
           were
           
             Religious
             Houses
             ,
             consisting
             of
             Menks
             and
             Friors
             ,
          
           not
           to
           
             Colledges
             of
             Schollars
          
           in
           the
           University
           ,
           as
           the
           coupling
           it
           with
           
             Monasteries
             ,
             Abbies
             ,
             Priories
             ,
          
           and
           
             other
             Places
             RELIGIOVS
             ,
          
           and
           the
           last
           clause
           :
           
             Nor
             that
             ANY
             PERSON
             RELIGIOVS
             ,
             depart
             out
             of
             the
             Kings
             D●minions
             ,
             to
             or
             for
             any
             Visitation
             or
             Assembly
             FOR
             RELIGION
             ,
          
           
           manifests
           :
           2.
           
           That
           it
           excludes
           only
           the
           
             Arch-Bishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           his
           
             Commissaries
             ,
          
           and
           under-Officers
           
             ,
             formerly
             mentioned
          
           in
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Act
           
             (
             the
             any
             other
             person
             or
             persons
             ,
          
           intended
           in
           this
           clause
           )
           from
           visiting
           these
           exempted
           
             Colledges
          
           and
           Religious
           Houses
           :
           and
           that
           not
           simply
           ,
           but
           
             BY
             REASON
             OF
             THIS
             ACT
             :
          
           Not
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           any
           V●sitors
           of
           their
           appointment
           ,
           3.
           
           It
           extends
           only
           to
           
             Colledges
             ,
          
           not
           to
           
             Vniversities
             ,
          
           not
           once
           named
           or
           intended
           in
           this
           Law
           :
           And
           a
           
             Colledg
          
           (
           especially
           of
           Monks
           and
           Religious
           persons
           as
           here
           )
           is
           one
           thing
           ,
           a
           
             Vniversity
          
           another
           ,
           by
           the
           Objectors
           own
           concession
           .
           p.
           6.
           4.
           
           It
           reacheth
           only
           to
           such
           Colledges
           and
           Places
           Religious
           ,
           as
           were
           exempt
           from
           Archiepiscopal
           and
           Episcopal
           Vis●●ation
           ,
           
             AT
             ,
             &
             BEFORE
             THE
             MAKING
             OF
             THIS
             ACT
             ;
          
           Therefore
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           Universities
           and
           Colledges
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Cambridg
             ,
          
           which
           at
           and
           before
           its
           making
           were
           not
           exempt
           ,
           but
           subject
           both
           to
           the
           Arch-Bishops
           and
           Bishops
           Visitation
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           largely
           proved
           ,
           5.
           
           Such
           exempt
           Colledges
           as
           are
           within
           this
           Act
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           visited
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           King
           in
           person
           ,
           or
           such
           persons
           as
           he
           shall
           
             personally
             nominate
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Objector
           dreams
           (
           no
           such
           words
           being
           in
           this
           Act
           )
           but
           ,
           BY
           COMMISSION
           UNDER
           THE
           GREAT
           SEAL
           ,
           TO
           SUCH
           PERSONS
           AS
           SHAL
           BE
           APPOINTED
           ,
           
             and
             requisite
             for
             the
             same
             ;
          
           &
           that
           either
           by
           both
           houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Keepers
           of
           the
           Great
           Seal
           ,
           who
           usually
           nominate
           and
           appoint
           all
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Sewers
           ,
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           ,
           for
           Visitations
           ,
           Inquiries
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           not
           the
           King
           in
           person
           .
           And
           the
           present
           Visitors
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           being
           thus
           appointed
           by
           Ordinance
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           by
           commission
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           ;
           are
           sufficiently
           authorized
           to
           visit
           the
           Vniversity
           and
           Colledges
           in
           it
           ,
           admit
           them
           places
           exempt
           within
           this
           proviso
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           not
           .
           6.
           
           Admit
           all
           that
           can
           be
           ;
           it
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           both
           H●uses
           of
           Parliament
           by
           this
           Law
           conferred
           the
           Power
           
             of
             visiting
             Monasteries
             ,
             Abbies
             ,
             Priories
             ,
             Colledges
             ,
             Hospitals
             ,
             houses
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             Religious
             ,
             exempt
             before
             this
             act
             ,
             from
             Archiepiscopal
             and
             Ordinary
             Visitation
             ,
             on
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             heires
             and
             successors
             ;
          
           who
           could
           not
           confer
           it
           on
           
           themselves
           .
           
             Ergo
             ,
          
           by
           the
           self-same
           reason
           ,
           both
           Houses
           may
           now
           by
           Ordinance
           and
           Commission
           ,
           lawfully
           conferre
           the
           like
           power
           of
           visiting
           the
           University
           ,
           though
           formerly
           exempted
           ,
           on
           the
           Visitors
           now
           appointed
           by
           them
           ;
           they
           being
           the
           
             supream
             Visitors
             and
             Reformers
             of
             all
             corruptions
             and
             abuses
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
          
           and
           appointing
           who
           
             shal
             be
             Visitors
             ,
          
           and
           what
           
             person
             or
             person
             shal
             be
             visited
             ,
             and
             what
             things
             inquired
             of
             in
             Visitations
             ,
          
           in
           sundry
           other
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           31.
           
             E.
          
           1.
           
           
             Rastal
             304.
             2
             H.
             5.
             c.
             1.
             25.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             21.
             26.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             21.
             26.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             1.
             28.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             10.
             31.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             13.
             14.
             2.
             E.
             6.
             c.
             1.
             5.
             E.
             6.
             c.
          
           3.
           1.
           
           &
           2.
           
             Phil.
          
           &
           
             Mary
             ,
             c.
             1.
             8.
             1.
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             2.
             14.
             Eliz.
             c.
          
           5.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           
             That
             the
             ancient
             Priviledges
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Franchises
             of
             the
             respective
             Vniversities
             of
          
           Oxford
           and
           Cambridge
           ,
           heretofore
           
             granted
             ,
             ratified
             and
             confirmed
             by
             the
          
           Queens
           Highness
           ,
           
             and
             her
             most
             noble
             Progenitors
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             increase
             of
             learning
             ,
             and
             further
             suppressing
             of
             Vice
             ,
          
           are
           confirmed
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
             An
             13.
             Eliz.
             rot
             .
             36.
          
           which
           
             incorporates
             both
             Vniversities
             ;
          
           but
           it
           neither
           confirmed
           the
           Popes
           Bulls
           of
           exemption
           ,
           nor
           gave
           them
           any
           Immunity
           from
           Archiepiscopal
           or
           Episcopal
           Jurisdiction
           and
           Visitation
           ,
           it
           being
           no
           ancient
           Libertie
           ,
           Priviledg
           ,
           or
           Franchise
           ,
           ratified
           or
           confirmed
           to
           them
           by
           the
           Queen
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           her
           noble
           Progenitors
           ,
           nor
           yet
           once
           mentioned
           or
           intended
           in
           the
           Large
           Patent
           of
           
             Priviledges
             ,
          
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           bearing
           date
           the
           10
           ,
           of
           April
           .
           in
           the
           14
           ,
           year
           of
           his
           R●ign
           ,
           made
           and
           granted
           to
           the
           
             Chancellor
             ,
          
           and
           
             Schollars
             of
             Oxford
             ,
          
           nor
           in
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
          
           Patent
           to
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           Masters
           and
           Schollars
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           bearing
           date
           the
           26
           ,
           of
           April
           ,
           in
           the
           3
           ,
           years
           of
           her
           Raign
           ,
           particularly
           confirmed
           by
           this
           Act.
           Therefore
           this
           Act
           makes
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           purpose
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Objected
           Commission
           in
           19
           ,
           
             Eliz
             ,
          
           part
           .
           12.
           
             in
             dors●
             ,
          
           pretends
           no
           exemption
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           and
           Colledges
           from
           Archiepiscopoll
           and
           Episcopall
           Visitation
           and
           Jurisdiction
           simply
           ;
           the
           thing
           not
           then
           in
           question
           ;
           neither
           
             doth
             it
             acknowledg
             or
             confirm
             the
             Vniversities
             Priviledges
             ,
             
             and
             all
             other
             Exemptions
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             words
             of
          
           Boniface
           the
           8.
           
             and
             acknowledg
             they
             had
             them
             by
             prescription
          
           &c.
           as
           is
           untruly
           surmised
           .
           But
           first
           ,
           it
           mentions
           divers
           priviledges
           then
           claimed
           by
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           Doctors
           and
           Schollars
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           and
           some
           exemptions
           in
           causes
           wholly
           belonging
           to
           the
           Chancellors
           conusance
           ;
           and
           next
           it
           only
           complains
           of
           
             William
             Wilsons
          
           infringing
           these
           Priviledges
           and
           Exemptions
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           ,
           in
           complaining
           to
           the
           Deane
           of
           the
           Arches
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           to
           Arch-Bishop
           
             Grindal
             ,
          
           against
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Visitors
           of
           
             Lincoln
             Colledg
          
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           for
           refusing
           to
           admit
           him
           to
           the
           Rectorship
           thereof
           to
           which
           he
           falsly
           pretended
           he
           was
           really
           and
           lawfully
           elected
           and
           presented
           ;
           and
           for
           sending
           Inhabitions
           and
           Citations
           thence
           to
           the
           Bishop
           and
           his
           Visitors
           (
           who
           were
           Members
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           )
           to
           appear
           in
           the
           Arches
           ,
           and
           with
           taking
           the
           final
           Examination
           and
           Determination
           of
           this
           election
           unto
           themselves
           ,
           which
           of
           right
           belonged
           to
           the
           Chancellor
           and
           University
           .
           Upon
           which
           bare
           suggestion
           and
           complaint
           ,
           the
           Queen
           granted
           a
           Commission
           to
           two
           
             Bishops
          
           and
           
             six
          
           others
           ,
           in
           a
           
             summary
             way
             ;
             without
             any
             noise
             or
             formal
             proceedings
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             truth
             and
             meer
             equity
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             by
             the
             best
             and
             most
             effectual
             means
             they
             could
             ;
             De
             et
             super
          
           VERITATE
           PRAEMISSORVM
           
             et
          
           PRIVILEGIORVM
           
             et
          
           EXEMPTIONVM
           DICTAE
           VNIVERSITATIS
           ,
           
             ac
             in
             causa
             et
             causis
             praedictis
             &c.
             procedere
             ,
             et
             fine
             debito
             ,
             omni
             appellatione
             et
             querela
             nuillitatis
             ,
             et
             supplicatione
             quacunque
             remotis
             ,
             terminare
             ;
             statutis
             ,
             Canonibus
             ,
             et
             consuetudinibus
             in
             contrarium
             editis
             ,
             litisve
             pendentibus
             ,
             in
             aliquo
             non
             obstante
             .
          
           So
           as
           this
           Commission
           doth
           no
           ways
           confirm
           the
           priviledges
           ,
           nor
           ratifie
           the
           exemptions
           therein
           claimed
           by
           the
           Chancellor
           and
           Vniversity
           ,
           by
           Charter
           ,
           statutes
           and
           prescription
           ;
           for
           then
           it
           would
           have
           remitted
           this
           cause
           of
           Election
           from
           the
           Deane
           of
           the
           Arches
           ,
           and
           Arch
           Bishops
           Delegates
           to
           the
           Chancellor
           and
           Vniversity
           (
           to
           whom
           by
           ancient
           Priviledg
           they
           alleaged
           it
           did
           belong
           )
           but
           only
           refers
           the
           
             Examination
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             Premises
             ,
             Priviledges
             ,
             Exemptions
             ,
             and
             Determination
             of
             this
             cause
             and
             controversy
             
             about
             this
             Election
             to
             certain
             Commissioners
             ,
             thus
             summarily
             to
             determine
             ,
             any
             Statutes
             ,
             Canons
             ,
             Customes
             ,
             or
             suits
             depending
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
          
           and
           so
           rather
           doubts
           of
           ,
           and
           questions
           the
           truth
           of
           there
           alleaged
           Vniversity
           Priviledges
           and
           Exemptions
           ,
           then
           confirms
           them
           ,
           though
           procured
           by
           the
           Chancellors
           and
           Universities
           means
           ,
           and
           drawn
           up
           by
           their
           own
           directions
           .
        
         
           But
           admit
           this
           Commission
           ratified
           and
           confirmed
           the
           Priviledges
           and
           Exemptions
           claimed
           in
           it
           by
           the
           Vniversity
           ;
           yet
           the
           substance
           of
           them
           is
           no
           more
           then
           this
           :
           
             That
          
           
             *
          
           
             all
             personal
             contracts
             ,
             suits
             ,
             controversies
             ,
             and
             offences
             of
             Schollars
             and
             Priviledged
             persons
             arising
             within
             the
             precincts
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             (
             except
             maihmes
             and
             fellonies
             )
             are
             to
             be
             tried
             and
             determined
             in
             the
             Vniversity
             before
             the
             Chancellor
             only
             ,
             not
             before
             any
             Arch-Bishops
             ,
             Legates
             ,
          
           Bishops
           ,
           or
           Ordinary
           Judges
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           .
           Will
           it
           therefore
           follow
           ;
           Therefore
           the
           Vniversity
           cannot
           without
           multiplied
           perjury
           ,
           acknowledg
           any
           Visitor
           but
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           immediately
           sent
           by
           him
           ;
           and
           is
           totally
           exempted
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           all
           Archiepiscopal
           and
           Episcopal
           ,
           but
           likewise
           from
           the
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           their
           Delegates
           Visitation
           ?
           No
           doubtless
           ;
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           
             King
             Charles
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Couns●●
           resolved
           ,
           that
           neither
           this
           Commission
           ,
           nor
           
             *
          
           any
           other
           Charter
           of
           Priviledges
           or
           Exemptions
           ,
           did
           free
           the
           Universities
           from
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Canterburies
          
           Metropolitical
           Visitation
           ,
           much
           less
           then
           from
           both
           Houses
           Delegates
           ,
           authorized
           by
           Ordinances
           and
           Commission
           for
           to
           visit
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           4th
           .
           ground
           and
           argument
           urged
           for
           the
           Universities
           Exemption
           from
           our
           Visitation
           ,
           
           is
           this
           .
           
             *
          
           
             That
             all
             visitations
             of
             the
             Vniversities
             (
             except
             in
          
           Queen
           Maries
           
             Raign
             ,
             by
          
           Cardinal
           Pool
           ,
           
             as
             Popes
             Legat
             )
             were
             held
             by
             the
             respective
             Princes
             authority
             ,
             and
             the
             persons
             visiting
             were
             immediatly
             sent
             by
             them
             ,
             only
             as
             their
             Representatives
             ,
             and
             who
             ever
             sate
             ,
             the
             King
             visited
             ;
             For
             which
             one
             Visitation
             ,
             by
          
           K.
           Henry
           
             the
             8.
             another
             by
          
           King
           Edward
           
             the
             6.
             a
             third
             by
          
           Queen
           Elizabeths
           
             Visitors
             &
             Commissions
             are
             cited
             :
          
           therefore
           the
           Universities
           are
           exempt
           from
           all
           other
           Visitors
           ,
           and
           those
           now
           appointed
           by
           both
           Houses
           ,
           but
           not
           immediatly
           by
           the
           King
           .
        
         
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           :
           
           First
           ,
           That
           no
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           before
           
             Henry
          
           the
           ●
           ,
           did
           either
           in
           Person
           or
           by
           Commission
           visit
           the
           Universities
           ;
           and
           his
           once
           meer
           Visitation
           of
           them
           by
           Commissioners
           (
           if
           true
           ,
           since
           I
           find
           no
           such
           Commission
           extant
           after
           much
           inquiry
           )
           was
           no
           exemption
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Law
           ,
           from
           their
           former
           Visitors
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           of
           the
           particular
           Colledges
           (
           which
           they
           likewise
           visited
           )
           from
           the
           Visitors
           designed
           them
           by
           their
           Founders
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           6.
           his
           
             Commission
             ,
             and
             Commissioners
             ,
             for
             their
             Visitation
             ,
             were
             made
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             his
             privy
             Councel
             ,
          
           (
           He
           being
           then
           an
           infant
           but
           of
           11.
           years
           of
           age
           )
           &
           not
           made
           nor
           nominated
           personally
           and
           immediately
           by
           himself
           ,
           as
           the
           Commissions
           themselves
           attest
           :
           And
           for
           any
           Commission
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           Queen
           
             Eliz.
          
           for
           the
           Vniversities
           Visitation
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           me
           a
           meer
           
             non
             liquet
             ,
          
           which
           I
           cannot
           find
           upon
           search
           after
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           King
           
             Charl●
          
           himself
           and
           his
           Counsel
           resolved
           upon
           f●l
           d●bate●
           that
           those
           Royal
           Visitations
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           did
           not
           exempt
           them
           from
           the
           Archbishops
           Visitation
           by
           his
           metropolitical
           right
           .
           Therefore
           they
           can
           much
           less
           priviledg
           them
           against
           the
           present
           Visitors
           ,
           commissioned
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           and
           armed
           with
           both
           Houses
           right
           ,
           from
           whom
           our
           Kings
           derived
           their
           power
           of
           Visitation
           at
           first
           .
        
         
           The
           5.
           
           and
           principal
           Plea
           in
           point
           of
           conscience
           ,
           most
           inculcated
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           
             *
          
           
             That
             the
             Heads
             and
             Members
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             are
             sworn
             by
             their
             respective
             Statutes
             ,
             to
             allow
             or
             submit
             to
             no
             Visitation
             ,
             but
             fr●●
             those
             who
             are
             nominated
             by
             their
             Founder●●
          
           Therefore
           they
           cannot
           ,
           without
           multiplied
           perjury
           ,
           submit
           to
           the
           present
           Visitors
           .
        
         
           I
           answ
           :
           
           First
           ,
           That
           this
           Oath
           obligeth
           them
           not
           as
           Members
           of
           the
           University
           ,
           but
           only
           as
           fellows
           of
           particular
           Colledges
           or
           Hals
           :
           Therfore
           it
           cannot
           be
           pleaded
           against
           our
           visiting
           the
           University
           in
           general
           ,
           but
           such
           particular
           Colledges
           only
           who
           are
           obliged
           by
           such
           an
           Oath
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           This
           Oath
           was
           never
           made
           not
           prescribed
           with
           any
           intention
           to
           exempt
           those
           particular
           Colledges
           that
           take
           is
           from
           the
           Kings
           or
           his
           Commissioners
           
           Visitations
           ,
           as
           the
           Objectors
           (
           I
           presume
           )
           wil
           grant
           ,
           not
           yet
           from
           the
           Archbishops
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           have
           formerly
           proved
           )
           though
           not
           appointed
           Visitors
           by
           the
           Founders
           ,
           to
           both
           which
           these
           Colledges
           have
           submitted
           ,
           without
           any
           perjury
           or
           violation
           of
           their
           Oath
           ;
           the
           end
           whereof
           was
           only
           to
           exclude
           all
           wrongful
           intrusions
           of
           co-ordinate
           or
           inferior
           visitors
           and
           persons
           ,
           upon
           the
           Founders
           right
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           usurpation
           ,
           not
           any
           superior
           lawful
           Jurisdiction
           or
           Authority
           ,
           which
           the
           Founders
           had
           neither
           power
           nor
           right
           to
           ab●idg
           .
           This
           is
           evident
           in
           the
           common
           case
           of
           
             Hospital
             ;
          
           which
           though
           bound
           by
           Oath
           and
           Sta●utes
           to
           admit
           no
           other
           Visitors
           but
           such
           as
           their
           Founders
           appoint
           ;
           yet
           the
           Ordinaries
           both
           by
           Statute
           ,
           Common
           and
           Canon
           Law
           ,
           〈◊〉
           and
           ought
           to
           visit
           them
           notwithstanding
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           2
           
             H.
          
           5.
           
             c.
          
           ●
           by
           vertue
           of
           their
           superintendent
           power
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           This
           Oath
           is
           like
           the
           Oath
           of
           Homage
           at
           the
           common
           Law
           ,
           having
           an
           implied
           ●avi●g●●
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           hath
           an
           express
           :
           
             I
             become
             your
             man
             from
             this
             day
             forwards
             of
             life
             and
             limb
             and
             of
             earthly
             worship
             ,
             
             and
             unto
             you
             shal
             be
             true
             and
             faithful
             ,
             and
             bear
             you
             faith
             for
             the
             Tenement
             that
             I
             claim
             to
             hold
             of
             you
             ;
             saving
             the
             faith
             that
             I
             ow
             unto
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             .
             O●
             ,
             salva●fide
             Deo
             &
             terrae
             Principi
             .
          
           The
           reason
           of
           which
           Saving
           is
           ,
           because
           the
           King
           is
           the
           Soveraign
           Land-lord
           &
           Paramount
           the
           Mean-lord
           .
           Which
           Oath
           of
           Homage
           .
           *
           
             Walter
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Exon
          
           giving
           to
           his
           Tenants
           in
           
             Cornwal
             ,
             nulla
             facta
          
           mentione
           de
           
             Homagio
             &
             Fidelitate
             Domino
             Regidebitis
             :
          
           thereupon
           one
           
             Michael
             de
             North
          
           exhibited
           an
           Information
           against
           ,
           
           them
           in
           6.
           
           
             E.
          
           〈…〉
           to
           the
           Kings
           Crown
           ,
           
             ●i
             ad
             damnum
             &
             ded●cus
             ipsius
             Domino
             Regis
             ,
          
           And
           upon
           the
           same
           ground
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           man
           hold
           〈◊〉
           Ho●●ge
           of
           divers
           Lords
           ,
           he
           〈◊〉
           say
           in
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Homage
           
             done
          
           savings
           he
           faith
           which
           I
           
             ow
             to
             our
             Lord
             the
             King
             ;
             〈…〉
             other
             Lord●
             .
          
           If
           a
           man
           should
           make
           ●
           solemn
           Vow
           (
           having
           been
           overtaken
           with
           wine
           )
           never
           to
           drink
           wine
           more
           ;
           〈◊〉
           one
           addicted
           to
           swearing
           ,
           vow
           never
           to
           swear
           any
           more
           :
           yet
           these
           Vows
           would
           not
           extend
           to
           
             exclude
          
           him
           
           from
           drinking
           wine
           at
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           :
           or
           taking
           an
           oath
           upon
           summons
           or
           just
           occasion
           in
           any
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           or
           before
           a
           lawful
           Magistrate
           .
           So
           if
           a
           servant
           swear
           ,
           not
           to
           bewray
           his
           masters
           secrets
           ;
           or
           a
           fellow
           of
           a
           Colledg
           ,
           not
           to
           discover
           the
           secrets
           of
           the
           Ho●se
           ,
           or
           a
           Grand-Ju●or
           ,
           not
           to
           discover
           his
           fellows
           secrets
           ;
           yet
           these
           Oa●●●
           binde
           them
           not
           when
           they
           are
           called
           to
           discover
           them
           in
           a
           legal
           way
           ,
           upon
           a
           just
           cause
           before
           a
           lawful
           Magistrate
           ,
           upon
           any
           Action
           of
           Account
           ,
           B●ls
           of
           discovery
           or
           trial
           ;
           it
           being
           not
           within
           the
           intention
           of
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           power
           of
           those
           who
           prescribed
           them
           to
           restrain
           such
           legal
           discoveries
           ,
           or
           abridg
           the
           superior
           Magistrates
           power
           to
           the
           obstructing
           of
           publick
           justice
           :
           upon
           which
           gro●nd
           ,
           the
           Lords
           and
           others
           of
           the
           privy
           Councel
           heretofore
           ,
           and
           this
           very
           Pa●l●ament
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           when
           summoned
           as
           witness●●
           ,
           
           have
           without
           pe●jury
           ,
           or
           breach
           of
           trust
           discovered
           their
           Fellow-Councellors
           evil
           counsel
           &
           secret
           advice
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Letter
           of
           their
           Oaths
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           It
           is
           the
           Apostles
           express
           command
           ,
           
             Col.
             3.
             20
             ,
             22
             ,
             Children
             obey
             your
             Parents
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             wel-pleasing
             unto
             the
             Lord
             .
             Servants
             obey
             your
             Masters
             in
             all
             things
             according
             to
             the
             flesh
             :
          
           Yet
           all
           
             Divines
             ,
          
           
             *
          
           
             Canonists
             ,
             and
             Casuists
             ,
          
           resolve
           :
           
             That
             if
             Parents
             and
             Masters
             command
             one
             thing
             ;
             and
             Kings
             ,
             Magistrates
             or
             God
             himself
             command
             another
             thing
             ;
             Children
             and
             Servants
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ought
             rather
             to
             obey
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             King
             and
             God
             himself
             ,
             then
             either
             their
             Parents
             or
             Masters
             ;
             notwithstanding
             these
             universal
             precepts
             of
             obeying
             them
             in
             all
             things
             ;
          
           which
           ,
           have
           this
           implyed
           qu●lification
           involved
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           in
           all
           lawful
           things
           not
           contrary
           to
           the
           superior
           just
           commands
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           Magistrate
           or
           God
           himself
           ,
           which
           being
           the
           superior
           powers
           ,
           ought
           principally
           to
           be
           obeyed
           before
           natural
           Parents
           and
           Masters
           .
           Hence
           is
           that
           known
           resolution
           of
           
             Augustine
          
           subscribed
           by
           
             *
          
           
             Gratian
             ,
          
           and
           all
           Canonists
           .
           
             Quiresistit
             potestati
             De●●rdinations
             resistit
             .
             Sed
             quid
             〈◊〉
             Iubentur
             〈◊〉
             quod
             non
             ,
             debe●●
             facere
             ?
             hic
             sanè
             conte●●●
             potestate●
             .
             〈…〉
             Legum
             grad●s
             adverte
             
             verte
             :
             Si
             aliquid
             ●uss●rit
             curator
             ,
             faciendum
             est
             ;
             non
             tamen
             s●
             contra
             Proconsul
             jubeat
             .
             Non
             utique
             contemnis
             potestatem
             sed
             eligis
             majori
             servire
             ;
             nec
             hic
             debet
             minor
             irasci
             si
             maior
             pr●elatus
             est
             .
             Rursus
             ,
             si
             ipse
             Consul
             aliquid
             jubeat
             ,
             &
             aliud
             jubeat
             Imperator
             ;
             vel
             si
             aliud
             jubeat
             Imperator
             ,
             et
             aliud
             Deus
             ,
             quid
             i●dicatis
             ?
             Maior
             potestas
             De●s
             :
             da
             veniam
             ô
             Imperator
             :
             Tu
             carcerem
             ,
             ille
             gehen●am
             mi●atur
             .
             Hic
             jam
             tibi
             assu●●nd●
             est
             ●ides
             tua
             tanqu●m
             scutum
             ,
             in
             quo
             possis
             om●ia
             ignea
             iacula
             inimici
             oxtinguere
             .
          
           This
           resolve
           of
           his
           ,
           wil
           dissolve
           the
           present
           Objection
           ;
           that
           these
           Oaths
           and
           Statutes
           of
           particular
           Colledges
           ,
           wil
           exclude
           all
           other
           Visitors
           appointed
           by
           an
           equal
           or
           inferior
           ,
           but
           not
           by
           a
           superior
           Authority
           ,
           as
           the
           present
           V●sitors
           are
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           I
           find
           an
           express
           president
           in
           point
           .
           When
           
             *
          
           
             Cardinal
             Pool
          
           by
           his
           D●legates
           v●si●●d
           the
           
             Vniversity
             of
             Cambridg
          
           in
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           days
           ,
           
             Robert
             Brassy
          
           Master
           of
           
             Kings
             Colledg
             ,
          
           (
           aworthy
           
             old
             man
             both
             for
             his
             wisdom
             and
             hoar
             hairs
          
           )
           
             hearing
             his
             own
             nam●●ecited
             next
             after
             the
             Vice-Chancellors
             ,
             said
             .
             He
             was
             there
             present
             as
             all
             the
             other
             were
             ;
             neverthelesse
             for
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Reformation
             of
             his
             House
             was
             WHOLY
             RESERVED
             to
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Lincoln
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             the
             Kings
             Letters
             Pattents
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             grant
             of
             confirmation
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             himself
             ,
             under
             a
             penalty
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             suffer
             any
             stranger
             to
             intermed●e
             ,
             he
             openly
             pro●essed
             in
             discharge
             of
             his
             duty
             ,
             that
             ●nlesse
             their
             ,
             Commission
             gave
             them
             Authority
             and
             Iurisdiction
             upon
             ,
             the
             Colledg
             ,
             either
             by
             
               *
            
             expresse
             words
             or
             manifest
             sense
             ,
             he
             utterly
             exempted
             himself
             from
             being
             present
             .
             This
             his
             exception
             they
             took
             all
             in
             greas
             displeasure
             ,
             alledging
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             fully
             authorized
             for
             the
             order
             of
             the
             matter
             by
             the
             Cardinal
             ,
             out
             of
             whose
             Iurisdiction
             no
             place
             nor
             person
             was
             exempted
             :
             wherefore
             he
             had
             done
             evil
             ,
             to
             cal
             in
             question
             their
             Authority
             ,
             so
             wel
             known
             to
             all
             men
             .
             The
             next
             day
             the
             Delegates
             going
             to
             visit
             this
             Colledg
             ,
             Mr.
             
          
           Brassy
           
             the
             Master
             excusing
             himself
             ,
             made
             the
             same
             exception
             to
             them
             then
             he
             had
             before
             .
             To
             which
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Chester
           ,
           
             with
             a
             frowning
             look
             and
             angry
             coun●enance
             ,
             said
             ;
             He
             needed
             not
             to
             repeat
             the
             things
             he
             had
             protested
             
             before
             ,
             nor
             they
             to
             make
             answer
             any
             more
             
               to
            
             those
             things
             wherein
             they
             had
             sufficiently
             informed
             him
             before
             .
             He
             rather
             feared
             that
             their
             quarrel
             was
             not
             good
             ,
             that
             they
             made
             such
             a
             do
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             s●ught
             such
             starting
             ●ol●●
             .
             For
             so
             were
             diseased
             persons
             oft
             times
             wont
             to
             do
             ,
             whe●
             for
             the
             pain
             and
             grief
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             abide
             a
             stronger
             medicine
             :
             As
             though
             that
             any
             ever
             were
             able
             to
             grant
             so
             strong
             a
             priviledg
             ,
             as
             to
             withstand
             the
             Popes
             authority
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Popes
             Letters
             ,
             they
             must
             needs
             make
             on
             his
             side
             and
             those
             that
             were
             with
             him
             ,
             (
             and
             could
             not
             in
             any
             wise
             be
             alledged
             against
             him
             .
             Therefore
             he
             admonished
             him
             to
             desist
             from
             his
             ●nprofitable
             altercation
             ,
             and
             to
             conform
             himself
             and
             his
             to
             such
             things
             as
             were
             then
             in
             doing
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Master
             and
             Schollers
             submitted
             to
             their
             Visitation
             ,
             and
             were
             at
             sworn
             and
             examined
             to
             such
             interroga●●ries
             as
             were
             propounded
             them
             ;
             but
             some
             of
             them
             swore
             conditionally
             ,
             so
             as
             their
             faith
             formerly
             given
             to
             the
             Colledg
             were
             not
             impeached
             thereby
             ;
          
           Which
           submission
           and
           president
           in
           print
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Legates
           Visitors
           should
           induce
           all
           these
           
             Oxonians
          
           whom
           it
           concerns
           ,
           in
           like
           manner
           to
           submit
           to
           both
           Houses
           Visitors
           ,
           (
           having
           express
           power
           by
           Ordinance
           and
           Commission
           to
           visit
           all
           Colledges
           &c.
           )
           notwithstanding
           these
           objected
           Oaths
           and
           Statutes
           .
        
         
           Having
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           satisfactorily
           answered
           all
           Objections
           against
           the
           Jurisdiction
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           
             Oxford
          
           Visitors
           ,
           
           I
           shal
           briefly
           answer
           some
           allegations
           against
           their
           persons
           and
           proceedings
           .
        
         
           
             Their
             exceptions
             to
             all
             their
             persons
             in
             general
             (
             and
          
           
             *
          
           that
           with
           wonder
           and
           just
           scorn
           )
           
             is
             ;
             That
          
           they
           are
           their
           fellow-subjects
           ;
           When
           as
           for
           almost
           800
           years
           before
           they
           have
           been
           the
           care
           and
           stri●e
           of
           Princes
           .
           King
           
             Alured
          
           himself
           visits
           ,
           
             An.
             806.
             Edw.
             ●
             .
          
           &
           
             Rich.
             2.
          
           descided
           Controversies
           in
           the
           Vniversity
           .
           The
           late
           Visitations
           performed
           by
           Commissioners
           ,
           were
           by
           the
           chief
           Nobility
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           
             And
          
           his
           Maiesty
           that
           now
           is
           visited
           
             Christ
             Church
          
           personally
           ,
           with
           8
           Lord●
           of
           the
           Councel
           .
           
             To
             others
             of
             them
             in
             particular
             ;
          
           That
           they
           〈◊〉
           their
           own
           members
           ,
           who
           having
           sworn
           the
           observation
           of
           their
           Statutes
           ,
           
           Liberties
           and
           Customs
           ,
           cannot
           appear
           as
           Iudges
           over
           them
           without
           a
           violation
           of
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           nor
           yet
           without
           a
           manifest
           opposition
           of
           Nature
           ,
           where
           
             *
          
           part
           Iudg
           the
           whole
           ;
           and
           the
           Laws
           of
           Iustice
           too
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           consider
           the
           Interests
           and
           Engagements
           may
           often
           professions
           of
           the
           most
           active
           instruments
           of
           this
           work
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           fifth
           I
           answer
           ;
           
           First
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           Objections
           were
           of
           moment
           ,
           they
           might
           all
           be
           made
           against
           all
           proceedings
           of
           Justices
           of
           Ass●●
           ,
           Justices
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Juries
           ,
           at
           Assi●es
           and
           Sessions
           ;
           yea
           ,
           against
           
             Magna
             Chart●
             ,
          
           and
           the
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           which
           enact
           ;
           
             That
             no
             man
             shal
             be
             condemned
             or
             proceeded
             against
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Lawfull
             Iudgment
             of
             his
             PEERS
             ,
          
           not
           of
           Kings
           and
           Nobles
           ,
           of
           his
           Superior●
           ;
           And
           against
           all
           proceedings
           in
           the
           University
           it self
           ,
           either
           in
           
             Congregation
             ,
             Convocation
          
           or
           the
           
             Vice-Chancellors
             Court
             ,
          
           where
           Schollars
           and
           others
           are
           judged
           and
           ordered
           by
           
             fellow-subjects
             ,
          
           and
           the
           whole
           University
           ,
           by
           some
           particular
           Members
           of
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           guilt
           of
           perjury
           or
           violence
           offered
           ,
           either
           to
           nature
           or
           common
           justice
           .
           2.
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Visitors
           nominated
           by
           the
           Houses
           ,
           are
           but
           their
           fellow-subjects
           ,
           and
           neither
           Kings
           nor
           Nobles
           ,
           yet
           many
           of
           them
           are
           persons
           of
           quality
           and
           reputation
           ,
           meet
           for
           such
           an
           imployment
           .
           Two
           of
           them
           are
           dignified
           with
           the
           honorable
           order
           of
           
             Knighthood
             ,
          
           by
           the
           King
           himself
           ;
           
             *
          
           and
           one
           of
           them
           formerly
           in
           visiting
           as
           
             Vicar
             General
          
           to
           the
           late
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           (
           Chancellor
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             )
          
           who
           thought
           him
           worthy
           to
           visit
           the
           whole
           Province
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           fit
           and
           meet
           to
           visit
           the
           Vniversity
           .
           Others
           of
           them
           are
           Esqui●es
           by
           birth
           ,
           place
           ,
           or
           profession
           ;
           others
           dignified
           with
           the
           highest
           .
           Titles
           the
           Vniversitie
           could
           bestow
           upon
           them
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           been
           ancient
           .
           Governors
           ,
           and
           the
           meanest
           of
           them
           are
           sufficiently
           eminent
           both
           for
           piety
           and
           learning
           :
           Therefore
           ,
           
             not
             to
             be
             slighted
             with
             wonder
             and
             just
             scorn
             ,
          
           especially
           by
           their
           equals
           ,
           or
           inferiors
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           as
           most
           in
           the
           University
           are
           3.
           
           That
           King
           
             Alured
          
           himself
           
             visited
             the
             Vniversity
             in
             person
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           of
           our
           Kings
           
           after
           him
           ;
           it
           is
           untrue
           ;
           as
           for
           
             King
             Charles
          
           and
           his
           Nobles
           visiting
           of
           
             Christ
             Church
          
           personally
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           by
           resorting
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           behold
           a
           Play
           ,
           or
           Pastorall
           heretofore
           ,
           or
           to
           lodg
           in
           it
           in
           these
           times
           of
           War
           ;
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           it
           til
           now
           :
           That
           
             King
             Alured
             ,
             Edward
             the
             1
             ,
             Richard
             the
          
           2
           ,
           (
           yea
           
             Henry
          
           the
           4
           ,
           and
           
             King
             Charles
          
           too
           )
           did
           themselves
           decide
           Controversies
           between
           the
           University
           and
           others
           about
           their
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           concerning
           the
           Arch-Bishops
           Metropoliticall
           Right
           to
           visit
           them
           ,
           is
           true
           ;
           the
           distempers
           of
           the
           University
           requiring
           it
           ,
           who
           would
           rest
           satisfied
           with
           no
           meaner
           parties
           decision
           ;
           yet
           no●
           her
           of
           them
           visited
           it
           in
           Person
           or
           by
           Commission
           .
           Thirdly
           in
           the
           Visitation
           of
           the
           Universities
           by
           the
           Kings
           Commissions
           ,
           the
           Visitors
           named
           ,
           were
           not
           all
           Princes
           and
           Nobles
           ,
           as
           is
           suggested
           .
           There
           are
           but
           two
           such
           Commissions
           extant
           on
           record
           ;
           the
           one
           in
           2
           
             Ed.
             6.
             pars
             .
             3.
          
           in
           Dorso
           ,
           for
           visiting
           the
           University
           of
           
             Cambridg
             ;
          
           wherein
           Sir
           
             William
             Paget
             ,
          
           Contributor
           of
           the
           Kings
           houshold
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Smith
          
           the
           Kings
           Secretary
           ,
           
             Iohn
             Cheek
          
           the
           Kings
           Tutor●William
           
             Mayor
          
           Doctor
           of
           Law
           ;
           one
           of
           the
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ,
           and
           Dean
           of
           Pauls
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             W●●die
          
           the
           Kings
           Physitian
           ,
           or
           any
           7.
           6.
           5.
           4.
           3.
           2.
           or
           one
           of
           them
           were
           the
           sole
           Visitors
           ,
           not
           one
           of
           them
           a
           Peer
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           the
           
             chief
             Nobility
             .
          
           The
           other
           in
           3
           
             Edward
          
           6.
           
             pars
             .
          
           2.
           for
           visiting
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ;
          
           wherein
           
             Iohn
             Earle
             of
             Warwick
             ,
          
           high
           Chamberlain
           ,
           
             Henry
             Bishop
             of
             Lincoln
             ,
          
           and
           
             Richard
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rochester
             ,
             William
             Paget
             ,
          
           Controulor
           of
           the
           houshold
           ,
           
             William
             Peter
          
           Knight
           ,
           the
           Kings
           Secretary
           ,
           
             Richard
             Fox
          
           the
           Kings
           Almoner
           and
           Tutor
           ,
           
             Simon
             Heynes
          
           Dean
           of
           
             Ex●ter
             ,
             Christopher
             Nevense
          
           Doctor
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           
             Richard
             Morison
             .
          
           Esquire
           ,
           or
           any
           7.
           6.
           5.
           4.
           3.
           2.
           
             or
             one
             of
             them
             were
             nominated
             Visitors
             ;
          
           the
           meanest
           of
           them
           only
           doing
           the
           work
           ,
           without
           any
           exceptions
           to
           their
           inferior
           quality
           .
           What
           Delegates
           
             Cardinal
             ●●ole
          
           appointed
           to
           visit
           both
           
             Vniversities
          
           you
           have
           heard
           already
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           Arch-Bishops
           and
           Bishops
           have
           usually
           appointed
           as
           mean
           persons
           as
           any
           nominated
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           visit
           their
           P●ovi●ces
           and
           
           Diocesses
           is
           wel
           known
           to
           all
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           the
           Visitors
           now
           appointed
           have
           no
           absolute
           definitive
           power
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           but
           are
           subordinate
           to
           the
           Honorable
           Committee
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           for
           regulating
           the
           University
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           to
           certifie
           all
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           &
           to
           whom
           there
           is
           liberty
           of
           appealing
           granted
           to
           any
           that
           deem
           themselves
           injured
           :
           so
           as
           this
           Honorable
           Committee
           ,
           and
           both
           Houses
           are
           in
           truth
           ,
           the
           real
           Visitors
           ,
           the
           others
           but
           their
           Substitutes
           .
           Therefore
           these
           scorns
           against
           their
           persons
           (
           which
           must
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Parliaments
           wisdom
           and
           judgment
           )
           might
           have
           wel
           bin
           spared
           .
           As
           for
           any
           of
           their
           
             interests
             ,
             engagements
          
           and
           
             professions
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           beleeve
           they
           are
           all
           publike
           and
           syncere
           ,
           til
           the
           contrary
           be
           demonstrated
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           exception
           is
           to
           their
           proceedings
           ;
           
           
             *
          
           
             That
             their
             power
             was
             not
             manifested
             by
             some
             legal
             way
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           
           That
           this
           is
           untrue
           ,
           ●or
           it
           was
           first
           manifested
           by
           a
           printed
           
             Ordinanos
          
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           wherein
           their
           names
           and
           power
           were
           comprised
           .
           2.
           
           In
           a
           publike
           
             Citation
             ,
          
           subscribed
           by
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           of
           which
           all
           the
           University
           ,
           Colledges
           and
           Halls
           had
           legal
           notice
           .
           3.
           
           By
           an
           
             additional
             Ordinance
          
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Commission
          
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           of
           which
           they
           had
           a
           copy
           delivered
           to
           them
           upon
           their
           own
           request
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Visitors
          
           that
           sate
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           Objection
           
           is
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             That
             there
             is
             now
             no
             necessity
             nor
             want
             of
             a
             Visitation
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           
           That
           this
           is
           to
           question
           the
           wisdom
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           who
           deem
           a
           Visitation
           necessary
           ;
           and
           to
           prejudge
           the
           Visitors
           ,
           who
           may
           find
           more
           enormities
           in
           the
           persons
           to
           be
           visited
           ,
           then
           they
           can
           yet
           discern
           in
           themselves
           ,
           who
           
             *
          
           
             are
             no
             competent
             Iudges
             in
             their
             own
             cause
             .
          
           However
           ,
           if
           their
           Innocency
           be
           such
           
             as
             to
             evidence
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             those
             Monsters
             ,
             that
             their
             Enemies
             Charactor
             would
             speak
             them
             ;
             Nor
             yet
             are
             altogether
             unworthy
             their
             Education
             ,
             or
             their
             Founders
             Magnificance
             ;
          
           as
           the
           Objector
           blasons
           them
           ;
           they
           have
           then
           the
           lesse
           cause
           to
           refuse
           or
           decline
           the
           
             Visitors
          
           test
           ,
           and
           wil
           come
           off
           with
           greater
           honor
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           
           shame
           to
           their
           unjust
           
             Accusers
             ,
          
           if
           they
           appear
           such
           after
           stricktest
           S●rutiny
           ,
           then
           if
           they
           had
           not
           at
           all
           been
           brought
           to
           such
           a
           publike
           Tryal
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           now
           made
           good
           all
           my
           Positions
           ,
           and
           answered
           all
           the
           Universities
           allegations
           in
           point
           of
           Law
           or
           Conscience
           against
           their
           present
           Visitors
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           not
           out
           of
           any
           design
           to
           diminish
           or
           infringe
           the
           Universities
           just
           Priviledges
           (
           which
           I
           have
           been
           formerly
           sworn
           to
           maintain
           )
           in
           the
           least
           title
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           a
           real
           affection
           to
           the
           Universityes
           welfare
           ,
           and
           a
           desire
           to
           rectifie
           the
           erronious
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           satisfy
           the
           scrupelous
           Consciences
           of
           all
           present
           Opposers
           of
           the
           Visitors
           power
           ,
           to
           prevent
           those
           tragicall
           effects
           which
           their
           Obstinacy
           and
           Contumacy
           in
           this
           high
           contest
           are
           like
           inevitably
           to
           produce
           ,
           to
           their
           own
           and
           the
           Vniversities
           prejudice
           ,
           if
           persisted
           in
           .
           I
           shal
           ever
           endeavour
           to
           my
           power
           ,
           that
           the
           University
           may
           enjoy
           all
           her
           just
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           with
           Subordination
           to
           both
           Houses
           superior
           Authority
           ,
           and
           flourish
           more
           abundantly
           now
           then
           ever
           in
           piety
           ,
           vertue
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           learning
           ,
           which
           they
           cannot
           take
           unkindly
           at
           my
           hands
           .
           I
           shal
           only
           add
           :
           That
           as
           the
           
             Vniversity
             of
             Cambridg
          
           submitted
           to
           the
           
             Ordinance
             of
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             made
             for
             its
             regulation
             ,
          
           dated
           22.
           Jan.
           1643.
           
             which
             enabled
             the
             Honorable
          
           Ea●le
           of
           Manchester
           alone
           ,
           
             to
             appoint
             a
             Committee
             under
             him
             ,
             who
             should
             have
             full
             power
             to
             call
             before
             them
             all
             Provosts
             ,
             Masters
             and
             Fellows
             of
             Colledges
             ,
             Students
             and
             Members
             of
             that
             Vniversity
             ,
             who
             were
             scandalous
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             or
             ill
             affected
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             fomentors
             of
             these
             unnatural
             wars
             ,
             or
             wilful
             refusers
             to
             obey
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             deserters
             of
             their
             places
             of
             residence
             and
             to
             send
             for
             witnesses
             ,
             and
             examine
             any
             complaint
             or
             testimony
             against
             them
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             and
             to
             certify
             their
             names
             with
             the
             Charge
             and
             proofs
             against
             them
             to
             the
             said
             Earle
             ,
             who
             had
             power
             thereby
             given
             him
             to
             sequester
             and
             elect
             them
             .
             and
             put
             others
             in
             their
             places
             ;
          
           which
           he
           accordingly
           executed
           without
           any
           such
           publike
           opposition
           as
           we
           now
           find
           at
           
             Oxford
             :
          
           So
           I
           hope
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           wil
           receive
           so
           good
           
           satisfaction
           of
           their
           scruples
           ,
           from
           the
           premises
           ,
           as
           shal
           enduce
           them
           to
           a
           like
           submission
           to
           their
           present
           Visitors
           ,
           authorized
           by
           both
           Houses
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           a
           Commission
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           plea
           or
           demurrer
           ,
           or
           else
           leave
           them
           without
           excuse
           to
           both
           Houses
           severest
           justice
           ,
           for
           their
           wilful
           contempt
           of
           their
           Soveraign
           power
           ,
           against
           which
           they
           have
           publikely
           (
           in
           words
           )
           disavowed
           the
           least
           opposi●ion
           or
           dispute
           ,
           and
           yet
           strenuously
           oppose
           it
           in
           reallity
           ,
           by
           this
           contest
           against
           their
           Visitors
           ,
           upon
           meer
           groundles
           Pretences
           so
           frequently
           over-ruled
           against
           them
           heretofore
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           be
           b●t
           meer
           obstinacy
           in
           them
           to
           insist
           upon
           them
           any
           longer
           now
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           The
           Statutes
           of
           9.
           
             H.
             5.
             c.
             8.
             1.
             H.
             6.
             c.
             3.
             2.
             H.
             6.
             c.
             8.
             14.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             5.
             21.
             H.
             c.
          
           ●6
           .
           1.
           
             E.
             6.
             c.
             14.
             7.
             E.
             6.
             c.
          
           5.
           1.
           
             Phil.
          
           &
           
             Mar.
             c.
          
           3.
           1.
           
           &
           2.
           
             Phil.
          
           &
           
             Mar
             ,
             c.
          
           7.
           8.
           2.
           
           &
           3.
           
             Phil.
          
           &
           
             Mar.
             c.
          
           15.
           1.
           
             El.
             c.
             4.
             5.
             El.
             c.
             8.
             13.
             El.
             c.
             10.
             12.
             18.
             El.
             c.
             6.
             20.
             3.
             Iac.
             c.
          
           4.
           make
           mention
           of
           the
           
             Vniversities
             ,
          
           and
           give
           them
           some
           priviledges
           ,
           but
           no
           exemption
           from
           Visitations
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           Laws
           unto
           them
           .
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           
             P.
             18.
             l.
             9.
             read
          
           facturusque
           
             p.
             20.
             l.
             10
          
           they
           were
           
             p.
             23.
             l.
             12.
             
          
           Ordinationi
           
             l.
             31.
          
           pradictarum
           
             p.
             25.
             l.
             13.
          
           factis
           
             p.
             31.
             l.
             5.
             
          
           Academiae
           
             l.
             38.
          
           university
           
             p.
             38.
             l.
             4.
          
           primitus
           .
           
             p.
             40.
             l.
             17.
          
           quos
        
         
           P.
           27.
           l.
           3
           in
           the
           margin
           ,
           
             Episo
             .
          
           p.
           31.
           l.
           18.
           1407.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A56225e-440
           
             a
             The
             Sovereign
             Power
             of
             Parliaments
             and
             Kingdomes
             ,
             Part
             1
             ,
             2.
             and
             the
             Appendix
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             fourth
             part
             .
          
           
             a
             About
             
               Anno
            
             1300.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Anno
            
             1475.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Tiguri
            
             1589.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Godwin's
            
             Catalog●e
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             p.
             241
             242.
             who
             likewise
             recites
             this
             controversie
             .
          
           
             b
             
               Londini
            
             1572.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Godwins
            
             Catalog●e
             o●
             Bishops
             ,
             p.
             242.
             
          
           
             d
             Catalogue
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             p
             95
             ,
             245.
             
          
           
             
               Godwin's
            
             Catalogue
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             p.
             246.
             
          
           
             *
             Pag.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             Ex
             memorand
             .
             
               Phillip
               Repingdon
               ,
            
             Epist.
             Lincol
             .
             f.
             196.
             
          
           
             f
             Note
             this
             ,
             the
             very
             first
             Plea
             of
             our
             
               Oxonians
            
             now
             .
          
           
             g
             The
             same
             with
             the
             
               Oxenians
            
             second
             Plea
             ,
             in
             words
             and
             substance
             .
          
           
             n
             I
             doubt
             these
             pr●●ended
             Bu●s
             were
             mcc●
             forgeries
             and
             bais
             indeed
             .
          
           
             o
             The
             
               xouians
            
             third
             Plea
             in
             words
             and
             substance
             .
          
           
             p
             This
             was
             direct
             perjury
             ,
             since
             Archbishop
             
               Arunde●
            
             visited
             that
             University
             ,
             &
             all
             Colledges
             in
             it
             
               An.
            
             1477
             not
             30.
             yeers
             before
             ,
             p.
             3.
             54.
             &c.
             
          
           
             p
             The
             
               Oxonians
            
             fourth
             Plea
             in
             substance
             and
             words
             .
          
           
             q
             Alledged
             by
             the
             
               Oxonians
            
             too
             .
          
           
             i
             The
             
               Oxonians
            
             Argument
             too
             .
          
           
             *
             There
             is
             no
             such
             Commission
             to
             be
             found
             .
          
           
             k
             This
             Commission
             is
             extant
             .
          
           
             m
             There
             is
             no
             such
             Commission
             extant
             in
             the
             Rols
             .
          
           
             *
             Pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Speed's
            
             History
             ,
             p.
             1066
             ,
             1085
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             P.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             21
             ,
             36
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             The
             Unversities
             Priviledge
             ,
             p
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Godwins
            
             Catalogue
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             p.
             404.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Spelman
            
             Concil.
             Tom.
             1.
             p.
             631.
             to
             635.
             
             
               Ioan.
               S●ldeni
            
             No●ae
             ad
             Eadmerum
             p.
             165.
             
          
           
             *
             Actio
             personalis
             moritur
             cum
             persona
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Page
             2.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             *
             See
             
               Speeds
            
             Catalogue
             of
             Religious
             houses
             ,
             Colledges
             and
             Hospitals
             .
          
           
             *
             See
             the
             Charter
             of
             36
             
               E
               ,
            
             3
             ,
             pars
             .
             1
             ,
             mem.
             5
             Rot
             ,
             Claus.
             9.
             R.
             2
             &
             15
             R
             2
             mem
             17.
             in
             Tur.
             London
             .
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             &
             p
             41
             
          
           
             *
             Here
             p
             36
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Page
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Object
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Page
             6.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             
               Littleton
            
             l.
             2.
             chap.
             1●
             
          
           
             co●ks
             1
             
               Instit
               ,
            
             f.
             65
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             *
             See
             
               Gratian
            
             Caus.
             11
             ,
             qu.
             3
             
          
           
             *
             Caus.
             11.
             q.
             3
             
          
           
             *
             
               Fox
            
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             
               Vol.
            
             3.
             p.
             765
             ,
             766.
             
          
           
             *
             Our
             Ordinances
             and
             C●mmissions
             do
             so
             in
             express
             words
             .
          
           
             Obiect
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             Page
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Do
             not
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             let
             parts
             judg
             the
             whole
             ?
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             *
             Sir
             Natha
             .
             Brent
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             Page
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Objection
             .
          
           
             *
             Page
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             *
             unusquisque
             sui
             ipsius
             
               iniquus
            
             Iudex
             .