ANOTHER APPENDIX

CONCERNING THE FOUNDATION OF MY LORD MAYNARD'S LOGIC LECTURE.

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ANOTHER foundation happened about the same time, which, though it were of a more public nature, yet being granted by and determined to a member of this house, that it may not altogether be forgot, I will speak one word of it. This was of a logic lecture by the lord Maynard, of £50 per annum. The first mention I find made of it was Octobr. 12 an. 1618', when it was intended by Sir William Maynard in conjunction with one Mr Argall an Essex man (as it should seem by the place of his abode). But 10 Mr Argall failing, my lord proceeded in his own name and at his own expense, and the king's letters patent passed to this purpose an. 1620, when or the following year his lecture was to commence, and my lord gives assurance of payment to the university from that year. 15 It does not appear from the public computus that payments were made so early, the first payment there made was an. 1628-93, when £75 was received and so much was paid to Mr Thornton fellow of St John's, his lordship's reader, for a year and a half's duty in reading that lec20 ture. From that year payments were continued till the year 1640, when the troubles coming on, and Mr Thornton his reader being soon after ejected for his loyalty, they were discontinued, the foundation dropt, and so we lost

1 Letter to Dr Gwyn, inter archiva.

3 Comput. acad. an. 1629.

2 Letters, ibid.

a benefactor. And indeed we seem to have lost more by these times, for the same year 16401 a commemoration of benefactors being drawn up by public order, in that form (besides my lord Maynard for £50 per annum for a logic lecture) stand commemorated my lord Brook for £100 5 per annum for a history lecture, Sir Henry Spelman for a Saxon lecture, whereunto he annexed the impropriated rectory of Middleton in the county of Norfolk, and Sir Edwin Sandys for £1000 left by will for a lecture in metaphysics; all which seem to have been lost by the 10 iniquity of the times, and being gone, no more is needful to be said of them, than to preserve their remembrance.

1 MS. Dr Jo. Cosin, who was vice-chancellor that year.

WILLIAM BEALE NINETEENTH MASTER,

ADMITTED FEBR. 20TH AN. 1633, OR RATHER FEBR. 19TH, 1633, BEING ASH WEDNESDAY.

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As Dr Gwyn was unfortunate in his government, so his misfortunes did not die with him, having laid the seeds of future divisions that broke out presently after his death; these were easily suppressed during his prefecture by his own power in concurrence with his seniors; he being gone, the fellows were now upon an equal foot in the choice of a new master. Dr Lane was then president of the college, a man of no mean abilities and favoured by the seniors, but his party not being strong enough amongst the fellows, a way was thought of to strengthen 10 his interest by dispatching Dr Ambrose to court upon pretence of giving notice of the master's death, but in reality to procure his majesty's letters.

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Dr Ambrose was the fittest person that could be thought of to this purpose, being a man of some character and yet not actually one of the number of seniors, though he was favoured by them, as appeared by a pretty noted instance, when being to commence B.D., an. 16271, he laid down as caution a college pot, etc., which could not have been done without the consent of the master and 20 seniors. Forty pounds was allowed him for his journey, and his negotiation was successful, for he procured his majesty's letters dated from Barwick, June 11, 1633, in pursuance whereof the seniors with some of their friends chose Dr Lane their master.

1 Comput. acad. ad an. 1627.

2 Archiv. coll. regr. liter.

Mr Holdsworth, a man of much greater worth and some time fellow of the same society, was put up by the younger set of men and was undoubtedly' chose by a clear majority, but being then suspected as puritanically inclined (though he approved himself otherwise in the 5 time of trial), he met with less favour in the university. Both parties presented their master elect to the vicechancellor Dr Laney in order to admission; but the case being doubtful or he unwilling to do anything that should look like opposing the court, which he must have 10 done by allowing the better plea, he refused to meddle or to admit either of them: upon which refusal both parties returned to the college, gave the oath and a sort of admission to their pretended heads, and so the house enjoyed two masters.

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Irregular things passed on both sides, the lapse of time, and that the seniors wanted numbers to make an election; vacancies were made in order thereunto, and both Mr Skelton's and Mr Wright's fellowships were declared void, either upon reasons that were insufficient, 20 or upon such as were not thought of till the present juncture and though this sentence ought to have been submitted to (having passed by the president and seniors) till redress could have been had, yet both Mr Wright and Mr Skelton seem to have voted, and, what was more 25 irregular, Mr Wright admitted Mr Holdsworth master, being senior (as I suppose) of that party.

Thus matters continued for some time, till his majesty was pleased to vouchsafe a hearing; where such heinous crimes and aspersions were cast upon Dr Lane, as he 30 thought it necessary to grant a commission to the heads of the houses to inquire into the truth of them. Inquiry was made upon that commission, but neither then did truth clearly appear, oaths being returned almost directly against oaths, as well in defence of as against Dr Lane. 35 So the matter continuing yet perplexed and the commissioners divided, his majesty took the matter back again

1 MS. Tenison. Vit. R. H. præfixa lectionibus.

2 Jun. 18.

3 Jun. 19.

MS. Tenison.

5 Liter. reg. inter archiva.

into his own hands, and partly upon colour of a devolution, as well as upon the right he had from both parties having submitted themselves to his determination, to prevent divisions and lest either of the parties should be ex5 asperated if the other were preferred, he pitched upon a third man, and sent his letters' mandatory for Dr Beale; who, after a long struggle of eight or nine months betwixt the contending parties, was admitted master February 20th by the greater part of the fellows.

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Dr Lane survived not long; stung and grieved with the aspersions that were cast upon him by his enemies, he died suddenly in June following, 1634; and was buried privately in the chapel, leaving some debt to the college and his reputation tainted, that might otherwise have fol15 lowed him unstained to the grave; and may teach his successors not to pursue preferment too eagerly, unless they be such as are themselves without sin. He had been chaplain to Henry earl of Southampton, and had been abroad with him in Holland in some relation to public 20 business, which, notwithstanding some offence then given, gave him an interest and reputation at court, which he unhappily survived. By his will all his goods were to be sold, and if there was any overplus, to be disposed of according to a secret trust. He was rector of Ashton 25 com. Northampton 3.

Mr Holdsworth, to shew he had more gratitude than resentment, the year after presented the college with books, was afterwards master of Emmanuel, whither he was attended by this society April 26, 1637 in order to 30 his admission, lived to be preferred by the king and to suffer for him, and has left to posterity the reputation of his sufferings as well as of his learning. He succeeded Dr Gwyn in his archdeaconry and prebend of Buckden in the church of Lincoln, though not in his mastership, 35 was nominated to the deanery of Worcester, and had the offer of a mitre, though he never wore it.

The breach was thus closed and healed, but the scars

1 Archiva coll. regr. liter. dat. Febr. 14, 1633-4.

2 Dat. Jun. 8, 1634. He died

Jun. 6, 1634. [Sic in orig.]

3 [Baker's Northants. ii. 128.] 4 Liber thesaur.