ponds and the lop of the willows, for 20 years beginning Mich. 1560, at a rent of 30s. pp. 327-329.

157. 1 Aug. [altered into 2 Apr.] 1 Mary [the words ‘and in earth immediatly under Chryst the supreme head of the church of England and Ireland' erased]. Lease to Tho. Harison of Cumber- 5 ton weyver, of land there, for 30 [altered into 50] years, at a rent of 58. 6d. pp. 329, 330.

158. 20 Aug. 1 Mary [called 'in earth...supreme head']. Lease to Jo. Goldesboro of Cambridge bocher, of Jakys manor Cottenham, for 20 years, at a rent of 53s. 4d. J. G. covenants to serve the col- 10 lege with 'good and sufficient moton' at 3s. 8d. the carcase of 34 lb. p. 331-f. 333 a.

159. Same date. Patent (Lat.) for Jo. Tebolde to be steward of the manors in Hunts, Beds, and Herts. ff. 333 b. 334 a.

160. 20 Sept. 1 Mary. Lease to Jo. Pinder gent. of Northstoke 15 rectory, for years beginning Ladyday 1559, at a rent of £15. [Erased]. This was alienated to Mr Henry Stoner.' ff. 334 b. 335.

161. 13 Nov. 1 Mary. Lease to Geo. Osborne of London goldsmith, of a stable and hayloft, for 33 years, at 1d. rent, if demanded. f. 336.

162. 15 Nov. 1 Mary. Lease to the college by Geo. Osborne of 2 chambers for 33 years at a rent of 1d., if demanded. f. 337.

163 (cf. 165). 16 Mar. 1 Mary. Lease to Jo. Watson of London gent., of Ospringe parsonage, for 10 years beginning Mich. 1559, at a rent of £33. 16s. 8d. ff. 338, 339 a.

164. 7 Nov. 1555. Testimonial (Lat.) to Jo. Lakyne B.A. fellow. f. 339 b.

165 (see 163). 2 & 3 Ph. and M. Permission to Jo. Watson to alienate the lease of Ospringe parsonage to Wm. Roper of Lincoln's Inn. f. 340 a.

166. 2 Apr. 1 Mary. Lease to Randall Hall of Horningsey gent. of Horningsey parsonage, for 10 years beginning Ladyday 1557, at a rent of £21. f. 340 b. 341.

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167. 11 May 1554. Testimonial (Lat.) to Alex. Smythe B.A. scholar. f. 342 b. 35

168. 14 May 1 Mary [fidei defensoris erased]. Presentation (Lat.) of Pet. Reed to Thorington rectory, vacant by promotion. f. 343 a.

169. 22 May 1 Mary. Presentation (Lat.) of Jo. Thomson B.D. fellow, to the vicarage of Northstoke, vacant by the death of - 40 Bradshawe. f. 343 b.

170. 28 June 1 Mary. Licence to Wm. Rustat to alienate his lease [n. 142] of Ramerwick manor to Rob. Godlyngton. f. 344 a.

171. 20 Nov. 1 & 2 Ph. & M. Lease to Tho. Haryson of Cumberton weaver, of land there for 50 [altered into 20] years, at a rent of 5s. 6d. [in consideration of his building a dwelling-house, this is struck out and 23s. 8d. added in marg.] ff. 345 b. 346 a.

5 172. 25 Nov. 1 & 2 Ph. & M. of Hertyngforthburye. f. 346 a.

173. 20 Nov. 1 & 2 Ph. & M.

Receipt for £4 to Wm. Laurence

Patent (Engl.) constituting Wm. ff. 346 b. 347 a.

Norryse receiver of Bromehall manor.

174. Same date. Receipt for £20 to Tho. Mynors of Hertin10 fortheburye gent. f. 347 a.

175. 14 Jan. 1 & 2 Ph. & M. Patent (Lat.) appointing Tho. Wrenne jun. gent. college auditor at a salary of 40s. f. 347 b.

176. 18 Mar. 1 & 2 Ph. & M.

Presentation (Lat.) to the dean and chapter of Canterbury (sede vacante) of Martin Clipsham clk. to 15 Ospringe vicarage, vacant by the legal deprival of the last incumbent. f. 348 a.

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349 a.

1 Ph. & M. Same as 181, but imperfect; erased. ff. 348,

178. 2 Apr. 1 & 2 Ph. & M. Lease to Sir Jas. Dier serj. at law, 20 of Broune's farm Weston Colvyll, for 20 years, at a rent of 40s. ff. 349 b. 350 a.

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179 (see 183). 6 May 1 & 2 Ph. & M. Lease to Wm. Kendall yeoman, of a close at West Wicham Cambs., for 20 years, at a rent of f. 350 b.

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180. 14 Oct. 2 & 3 Ph. and M. bridge gent., of lands in Multon from Mich. 1561, at a rent of £9.

Lease to Edw. Raven of Camand Whaplode Linc., for 20 years ff. 351. 352 a.

181. 11 Oct. 2 & 3 Ph. & M. Lease to Ri. Marshall yeoman, of a tenement and land at Atweke in Holdernes, for 20 years from 30 Mich. 1561, at a rent of £5. ff. 352 b.-354 a.

182. Same date. Lease to Wm. Roper of London gent., of Ospringe parsonage, for 10 years from Mich. 1559, at a rent of £33. 68. 8d. This lease is x' to litell rent.' ff. 354 b.-356.

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183.

6 Oct. 2 & 3 Ph. & M.

Same as n. 179. f. 357.

14 Oct. 2 & 3 Ph. & M.

184. Lease to Tho. Gardener of Lond. gent., of tenements and lands in Steple Morden and Tadlowe, for 20 years from Mich. 1559, at a rent of £8. ff. 358, 359.

185 (see 188, 189). No date. Latin letter to Qu. Mary.

After great troubles and confusions the queen has been sent to 40 console them tanquam siquis e cœlo delapsus Mercurius esset.' Their company is drawn from the whole kingdom. Lady Margaret founded the college and gave it laws. [Compare this passage with one in Aschami Epistolæ, pp. 292, 293]. Three great wrongs sustained by the college; 1. The alienation of the estates of the foundress; 2. 'Joannes Fisherus 45 rofensis episcopus vir imprimis doctus, et singulari vitæ morumque in

tegritate, cui illa pientissima proavia vestra moriens omnia sua vasa aurea atque argentea nobis legata reliquosque thesauros in vita concessos com. mendauerat, est propter acerrimam suam catholicæ fidei veræque religionis defensionem in carcerem a quibusdam eius inimicis atque insectatoribus coniectus. Is cum in carcere inclusus atque abditus nihil tam in animo 5 habuit homo pius, quam qua ratione commodissime superiora illa ornamenta ad nos transmittere in vita possit, paucis post diebus securi cruenta percussus, instituto consilio fraudatus est, vitam Deo commendauit. Eius nos morte duplici commodo [quomodo MS.] priuati sumus: vno quod superiora illa ornamenta vna cum ingentibus præclarorum operum voluminibus IO penitus amisimus, altero quod eius optatissima vita perfruentes, spem magnam novi beneficij habebamus, quod non expectare, imprimis a tanto virtutis literarumque patrono, non potuimus. Quanquam est illud quidem non in postremo loco deplorandum, tam clarum esse hiis tam periculosis temporibus catholicæ fidei lumen extinctum neque extare iam usque veræ 15 pietatis exemplar; nos tamen in priuata causa priuatos dolores tantummodo significandos putauimus.' 3. 'Inopia nos iamdiu amicorum, qui aliquam nobis sumptuum partem alleuare possint, vehementer perturbat: et illa noua ac inaudita rerum omnium caritas quæ vniuersam vndique circumfusam regionem pervasit, fere depellit a studiis: statuta nobis et decreta stipendia 20 parua sunt, nobis ad victum et ad cultum parum conferunt. Quid enim est alios hebdomadatim tres denarios, alios septem accipere; quibus autem maximum stipendium statuitur, duodecim tantum sumere? An est illa tantula pecuniæ summa quæ æquare tantam sumptuum magnitudinem possit?...An est illa stipendij erogatio, cuius fructibus ali tantam [tantum 25 MS.] undique concurrentium multitudinem speremus? Esto potuisse aliquando, nimirum aureis illis seculis, cum diuitiis omnes affluerent, cum nulla re quisquam egeret: nostra tamen hac ætate non potest: ferrea est, adamantina est, absque omni humanitatis sensu est. Quotus enim quisque reperietur qui non aliorum sibi bona quam minimo parare, sua alijs vendere 30quam maximo pretio velit? Quotus quisque occurret qui cum suo commodo etiam alienum fructum sapit? Hac temporum [tempore MS.] iniquitate, Serenissima regina, eo nos inopes scolastici vestri deducti sumus, vt nec nobismetipsis studiorum nostrorum certum finem proponere, nec Reipub. vestræ debitos ei fructus promittere possimus. Ergo messem sparsa iam 35 doctrinæ et literarum semina non expectabunt? Abdita in mortifero solo ita miserabiliter computrescent? Respice, quæsumus, Nobilis regina, squallorem scolasticum et deformitatem intuere, etiam atque etiam commiserere ingravescentis calamitatis, occurrito præcipiti et calamitosæ ruinæ.' If the queen will aid them, they will honour and pray for her as second 40 foundress. ff. 360. 361.

186. 20 Apr. 3 & 4 Ph. & M. Bond of £200 to Jo. Blythe M.D. to stand by the award of Hen. Hervy D.C.L., Tho. Yale, D.C.L., Rol. Swinborne B.D. and Jo. Ruste alderman of Cambridge. f. 362 a.

187. 10 Jan. 3 Eliz. Presentation (Lat.) of Tho. More to Os- 45

springe vicarage, vacant by death. f. 363 b.

188 (see 185). 17 Cal. Dec. [1557, or 1558]. Latin letter to the bp. of Lichfield [Watson], 'suo singulari patrono.' f. 364.

'Magna est rerum omnium penuria, multitudo quam huius collegij nostri sumptus alunt non exigua, facultates autem ita tenues vt vix ad minimam partem earum rerum quibus vita studiosorum indiget comparandam sufficiant. Etenim sentimus, si non antea, at iam certe, 5 colendissime pater, quid sit priuari fundis nostris e quibus annuatim quadringentæ libræ nobis penderentur, si non ministri Regis Henrici octaui eos nobis subtraxissent. Sentimus profecto quid sit carere ornatissima illa bibliotheca quam vir nunquam satis laudandus Johannes Fisherus roffensis episcopus uiuens nobis dederat. Sentimus etiam quid sit destitui IO vniuersa illa supellectile, illis vasis argenteis aliisque preciosis tam sacrarum ædium quam familiarium ornamentis, quibus nobilissima fœmina domina fundatrix nostra nos moriens donauit. Quorum quidem nulla hijs temporibus nobis emenda forent, si non ministri apparitoresque regij hæc nostra dum essent in optimi illius episcopi roffensis ædibus diripuissent...... 15 In eum statum res nostræ redacta sunt, vt certum nobis sit breui hoc collegium nostrum, vnde in omnes huius regni partes non parua literatorum multitudo exire solet et literas studiaque nostra in quibus hactenus vitam nostram omnem transegimus deserere, nisi tuo tuique similium auxilio maturius iuuemur.' Beg him to urge the queen and cardinal to relieve 20 them, 'per eruditionem illam tuam qua literatos omnes præ ceteris iuuare et promouere soles ipse omnium literatissimus, per collegium hoc in quo ipse scolastici vitam degens tuæ iuuentutis olim rudimenta imbibisti.' The master and others bearers of the letter, will state their case more at length.

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189. No date. Latin letter to the bp. of Ely [Thirlby].

Set forth to him, their visitor, their troubles. The loss of lady Margaret's estates, to the amount of £400 a year; 2 of bishop Fisher's furniture, books and plate. Hope that the queen will restore, in whole or part, what 'her most illustrious father' took away; and that Pole, Gardiner and Thirlby will further their suit. 'Inopes sumus et misera hac rerum caritate fame et frigore pæne enecti iacemus.' A quarter's stipend is insufficient for a month. Beg him to visit them 'beneficio prius quam gratissima præsentia corporis tui.' f. 365.

190. 8 Cal. Febr. 1558. Lat. letter [originally addressed to 35 Gardiner, but the conclusion, with the date and address to abp. (Heath) of York were added later]. f. 366.

The college owes its existence to the liberality of the foundress and of bp. Fisher; it was designed to support 50 fellows and 50 scholars. King Henry deprived it of rents to the annual value of £400; bp. Fisher was 40 constrained not only to reduce the number of fellows and scholars by one half, but to reduce their stipend and livery, so that the scholars now receive 7d. weekly and expend 16d., the fellows receive 12d. and pay 6 'dragmas.' To relieve their poverty bp. Fisher bequeathed £12 to be divided yearly among the priests of the college at his trentals, assigned his four fellows 45 a double stipend, and designed all his estate for the college. By his death 'quæ, proh dolor, instar proditoris habebatur,' we lost all his books, his furniture, his plate, his 'vestes populares ac sacras.' If some speedy help be not rendered, actum plane erit de nobis et studijs nostris propter hanc

intollerabilem charitatem rerum.' They specially request aid in a tedious chancery suit against one Slegge.

191. 26 Oct. 4 & 5 Ph. & M. Presentation (Lat.) of Fras. Babyngton M.A. fellow to Aldesworth vicarage, vacant by the death of Wm. Blaxton. f. 367 b.

192. 22 Apr. 155[6]. Testimonial (Lat.) to Christopher Tatem M.A. fellow. f. 368 a.

193. 7 July 2 & 3 Ph. & M. Licence to Ol. Wardner to alienate to Jo. Edwardes his lease of grounds in Romney Marsh, dated 3 Nov. 1 Ed. 6. f. 368 b.

194. 7 July 1556. Testimonial (Lat.) to Tho. Shelito B. A. fellow. ff. 368 b. 369 a.

195. 18 Nov. 3 & 4 Ph. & M. Licence to Hen. Stores to sell his lease (dated 27 Apr. 31 Hen. 8) to Tho. Belliall of Little Marcham. f. 369 a.

196. 20 Oct. 3 & 4 Ph. & M. Lease to Rob. Busby of Tylstorne in Holdernesse yeoman, of a tenement with land in Marflete, for 20 years beginning Pentecost 1559, at a rent of £3. 128. 8d. 'Let this lease pai 3s. 4d. of the quit rent. ff. 369 b. 370 a.

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197. 7 Oct. 1556. Testimonial (Lat.) to Valentine Taler M.A. 20 fellow. f. 370 b.

198. 199. 21 Oct. Same to Rob. Dakins M.A. and Geo. Story M.A. fellows. ff. 370 b. 371.

200. 12 Cal. Nov. Latin letter to serjeant Dyer. f. 372.

He knows the trouble and expense in which the old suit respecting 25 Hilton has involved them. Beg his assistance in their present tedious and costly suit, brought against them by one Snagg. Dyer has given the fee due to him from the college to be divided among poor scholars.

201. Latin letter to [Thirlby] bp. of Ely. f. 373 a.

Rejoiced the last summer to hear that the dispute about Hilton was 30 referred to him and serj. Gawde. Have full confidence in his justice and good will.

202. 4 Nov. 3 & 4. Ph. & M. Lease to Jas. Rowlye of London tailor, of a tenement and land in Merflett in Holdernesse, for 20 years beginning Mich. 1560, at a rent of 448. 11d. ff. 377 b. 378.

"This counterpayne is twyse Regestered but never sealed: for this Ja. Rowley confessed vnto me, A° 1563. 26 Janvarij at London yt he hadd no lease, nor seale off y Colledge.' [Note in Leon. Pilkington's hand].

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203 (see 207). 19 Nov. 3 & 4 Ph. & M. Appointment of Ol. Lowth yeoman as college receiver for Bromchall and Northstoke, at a stipend 40 of 268. 8d. ff. 378 b. 379 a.

204. 13 Dec. 3 & 4 Ph. & Mary. Lease to Jo. Spurnstone of London girdler, of Hedcorn parsonage, for 10 years beginning Mich. 1564, at a rent of 33s. 4d. and 10 quarters of wheat 'good swet sufficient well dressed and able stuff after 6s. 8d. a quarter, or elles and in 45