Thanks for his gifts. 'Quid quod nullis honorum insignibus, quos Gradus dicimus, profectum inter nos tuum (quem fortuna melior expectavit) convestiri dignatus es.' See a letter from W. W. to Dr Gwyn, with a present of 22 vols. for the library where he calls himself 'sometimes an unworthie member [of the coll.], though but of short 5 continuance'. Letters etc. [as n. 164] p. 39. 292 (see 300). E Coll. S. Joh. 2 Sept. 1634. The master and 8 seniors to bp. Morton of Durham (Lat.). p. 329. Thanks for his second gift of £100 for books. [On 19 Nov. 1634 the total number of books in the library was 2771; on the 26 Febr. 1639 10 it had risen to 3329, as attested by Wm, Rogers in a 4to Catalogue MS. f. 54 v°.] 293. Westm. 7 July 10 Chas. I. The king to Dr Beale master. p. 330. Hen. Masterson of Chr. coll. to be admitted to the fellowship va. 15 cated by Dr Rob. Lane's death. See above p. 294 L. 33. 294. No date. To a donor of books to the library. p. 331. Addressed as 'Honoratissime Illustrissimeque Domine'; his noble pedigree is spoken of. Per te fruimur Chrysostomi facundia aurea, Suarezii laborioso acumine, Picorum omnigena eruditione.' Neither 20 the copies of these authors in the library, nor the old catalogues, supply any clue to the name. 295 (see 189). Brewers' Hall 30 Sept. 1634. From Ri. Rochdale master and 17 wardens and assistants. p. 332. [One of the subscribers makes his 'mark ']. Recite the instruments 25 dated June 41 Eliz. and 28 Nov. 43 Eliz. by which Ri. Platt of London brewer founded a free school and almshouses at Aldenham. Request the coll. to nominate 3 persons, of whom the company of brewers may choose one to be master in place of Rowl. Greenwood resigned. [See App. B. to 5th Educ. Rep. (1818) p. 477]. 296. St John's 7 Oct. 1634. The president and 7 seniors in reply. p. 333. 30 Received their letter 4 Oct. Platt' a private friend and wellwisher to our Society, in bestowing vpon vs the choyse of his Schoole Mr., therby affording vs meanes both to reward the deserts of some one of 35 our owne students, by preferring him to that place, and to expect a supply of young Schollers well grounded by his paines, who as he was brought vp among vs and preferred by vs, so he cannot but be respectiue of vs and send some of his schollers to vs.' When the master returns, they will nominate three candidates, within the month 40 at furthest. 297. Kings-Head Watling streete 13 Nov. 1634. Jo. Stoddart to Rob. Gray of Chr. coll. p. 334. 'I repayred vnto the party [a very honest man and Master of a shipp] and he showed me the will and the land that was given by 45 George White gent. of London [17 Nov. 1583], and for the perform 5 ΙΟ 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 ance he left one Thomas White his brother the Executor for him: the land remaines in Essex at a place called Sunderley within 3 miles of Lee. Now the will I pervsed and the words are as followeth. Item I give vnto St. John's Colledge in Cambridge £8 per annum towards the maintayning of one poore Scholler or other that studdies Divinity. Now after the executors decease, then it is left to be at the disposeing of the Mr. and Fellowes of the same Colledge, as they should thinke fitt...The gift is...to be payd yearly out of a part of the land. If you thinke good for any to stirre or come vp aboute this busines, this Mr. of a shipp (if he be not gone to sea before any Messenger comes) can satisfie you...concerning the land.' 298 (see 299, 301). Westm. 9 Febr. 10 Chas. I. From the king p. 335. Jo. Jude B.A. coll. Jo. 'to be forthwith chosen...into a fellowship,... if any be now voyd, otherwise into the first...that shall become void there hereafter, so that such your election and admission of him shall not be contrary to any of the statutes of your house.' See above P. 294 1. 34. 299. Whitehall Febr. 163. From the marq. of Hamilton. p. 335. The above granted at his request. [Jo. Jude, son of Edw. J., some. time vic. of Nasinge and then rect. of Hunsdon Herts, after being two years at a private school kept by Mr Goodericke, was adm. pensioner of St. John's 8 Mar. 163 æt. 16, under Mr. Spell. Register of admissions]. 300 (see 292, 304, 311). Dunelm. 30 Jan. 163. From bp. Morton of Durham (Lat.). p. 336. A double mistake; theirs, in regarding his payment of a debt of gratitude as a benefit; his, in not scenting 'quod...non statim subolfecerim (quae erat narium mearum oboesitas') that their praise was an invitation to further beneficence. Led to these thoughts by 'literae perquam eruditi iuvenis Domini Loe, bene longae illae quidem longeque gratissimae, quamvis paulo abstrusiores, adeo vt Delio quodam natatore opus habeant: dicit enim sibi spe quadam obtinendi sodalitium aliunde ducto,... veniam tamen discedendi denegari. Ex quibus verbis, nisi me mea fallat-conjectura, subodorari mihi videor, quid vellet, vel potius quid nollet dicere: nempe nolle se nobilissimum ducem, pugilem istum strenuum abs te divelli aut abstrahi, et in alia, tanquam aliena, castra transire. Hoc vt facilius credam, fecit verborum Amicissimi viri Domini Robinsoni dulcissima recordatio: qui prout istius discessus vel obscura significatio innuebatur, subinde indignabundus quasi, tam vultu, quam voce, ab omni consensu abhorrere videbatur. Pergite igitur (viri doctissimi) tam divitem venam sodalitii honore alere atque fovere, vt tandem ego duplici gaudio afficiar, tum quod tu (Johannense Collegium) Illo fruare, tum quod Ille te: quem ego eo animo Collegio nostro imprimis destinabam, vt illi ornamento esse posset. Illi inquam, quod olim Antistes literarum, Divinus Ille Whittakerus, non Collegium, sed propter omnium in eo Artium insignem mercaturam, Academiam ipsam indigitabat. Nec igitur mirum esse potest si nostrum Loum in illo totam éykukλowαideíav devorare maxime cupiam.' Morton writes to Prof. Sam. Collins from St. John's 4 Apr. 1633: (Commun. to Cambr. Ant. Soc. III. 36): 'I pray you admitt to your presence my little Bachelor Loe, and incourage him by your posalls; I trust that 5 God hath destinated him to be a singular Organ in his Temple, the Church of God.' Admissio discipulorum 9 Nov. 1631, p. 441: 'Ego Richardus Loe non iuratus [having not completed his 16th year, Stat. Eliz. c. 16] Staffordiensis admissus sum discipulus huius collegij pro Card. Morton.' He did not proceed M.A. till 1639. 301 (see 298). Broadstreet London 14 Febr. 163. From Hen. earl of Dover. p. 337. ΙΟ For Jo. Jude's fellowship. 'In regard of the Loue I beare the young mans father, who hath bene of a long tyme my Chaplin.. I... second his Majestie's request with another of myne owne, that you 15 will soe befriend the young man for my sake (who together with my Son Rochford were somtymes members of your Societye and I haue another sonne designed shortly to come among you) that he may in noe wise fayle of his expectation.' 302 (see 308). S. John's 9 Mar. 1634. To [the bailiffs of] Shrews- 20 bury. pp. 337, 338. Hope that the school, now in some decay, may appear in its former glory again. If Mr Mighens weaknes may not be supplied as the Schooles ordinances provide by the 2nd Schoolemaster, vpon notice of the vacancy from you and just reasons why the 2d Schoolemaster may 25 not discharge the office in the time of Mr Meighens life and impotency in this poynt provided, we shall vse our best diligence to find out some able man whom wee shall choose into the place, who if we can prevaile with him shall be content with £20 wages during Mr. Meighens life: if not, we will either consent with you in the 30 summes thought fitt by you to be allowed Mr. Meighen during his life, or signifie what other meanes and order is to be vsed with your consent accordingly as we shall conceive to be most agreable to the intention of the Founder and the orders. In the meane time give vs leave vpon this occasion of writing to you to put you in minde of 35 an arreare of £8. 158. due from you to the Colledge for one halfe yeares rent anno 8 Caroli Regis: as also £5. 138. 4d. for charges in law, which we have disbursed in soliciting the Schoole affaires.' 303. E Coll. D. Joh. 6 Id. Mart. 163. To lord Darcy (Lat.). p. 333. 40 Begging for books: 'Habuimus...ad gloriam nostram....liberos tuos, nunc liberalitatem vel (vt aperte loquamur) libros impetramus. Ille immaturo fato. . extinctus est, hi non nisi cum mundo interituri.' 304. No date. The master and 6 seniors to bp. Morton of Durham. (Lat. by 'Mr. Petter Orat.). pp. 339, 340. 45 Reply to 300. If it be a mistake to thank him, it is a mistake they will be guilty of all their lives. Noluimus quidem strenuum 5 IO 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 pugilem dimittere: sed amore non tam, quam metu noluimus. Imo Fugivitum et Desertorem cohibuimus, nostris qui posthabitis auspiciis et spreta Aquila, alienum ad nescimus quem foeni manipulum aut fugerat, aut fugisse voluerat, sane tentaverat; tentaverat et gratis, nec spe aliqua vel sodalicii vel commodi aut praetenta aut mentita; Sacris tantummodo tum Ecclesiae Anglicanae, tum Vestrae, tum Nostrae, solennibus semper, semper honorandis (ad quas Dominus iste nauseabundus stomachatur) scilicet perterritus. Et jam veriverbio ipsam nec dimissi causam nec dimittentium mentem sane tenet Paternitas vestra. Quam si praesensisset, nec refractarium Dominum auspiciis nostris committendum iudicasset. Quid enim? Illum a Te nobis commendatum ut credamus, qui illorum semet acerrimum contemptorem, quorum Tu Temet cultorem Religiosum, Fautorem Pientissimum propalam ostenderis? Ille ut in Joannensis Collegii Societatem asseratur, qui communem illius convictum nolens et fugiens a tergo habuit? Collo qui obtorto et aversa mente civitate donatur Literaria, verendum est ne aut Proditor tandem fiat, aut Transfuga denuo, aut Sacris intersit nostris satis cum Tumultu dispendioque. Nec tamen illud volumus (licet impraesentiarum nec Vestro, cujus sumus obsequentissimi, nec Nostro, etsi perquam cuperemus, nec Juvenis desiderio sumus respondendo, cum neque locum vacantem sortiamur adhuc, atque Regis insuper Literis in vacaturum proxime jampridem perstringamur) ut spe omni deinde excidisse se putet Loeus. Qui si modo Redux Laribus nostris Penatibusque submissus moram fecerit, si studiosus specimen merentis dederit et desiderantis, id erga Pietatem Vestram officium, ea mens est et nostra Subscribentium et communis Omnium, Laeti ut lubentesque Loeum Vestrum, Nostrum effuso excipiamus sinu (cum Deus dederit, et dies ansam commodam) dignitate Sociali dignaturi. Quod et spondere, si justi simus, par est ; et praestare, nisi improbi simus, necesse est: Loeus modo obicem Loeo non posuerit.' 305. Rivington 10 Mar. 163. From Robert Shawe and 5 other governors of the school. p. 340. Send a presentation of two scholars, of whom the coll. is to choose one as master. Delayed by Mr. Shaw's absence in London. The bearer has a copy of the letters patent. By reason of this busie season of feeding time horses are hard to be procured amongst us as yett, and our time limitted neere an end, so as the Schollers now presented cannot be provided to come vpp in person with the presentation. Wherefore both wee and they doe humbly pray you, that you would be pleased to accept of their appearance in the second weeke of Aprill next, which curtesie we trust you will not denie, . . because it is noe new custome,...as wee haue diuers presidents to shew. And moreover if these men should refuse the place, the statutes of the Schoole gives us over to name other men, untill we finde such a one, as will take it.' Wm. Duckworth, the late master, died 6 Febr. 163. Nominate Edm. Shaw B.A. and Jo. Crooke B.A. 307. St. John's 27 Apr. 1635. Reply to the above. p. 341. Elect John Crooke. 308 (see 302, 312-315). No date. Propositions presented to the bp. of Lichfield and the coll. concerning Shrewsbury school. p. 342. "The free-Grammar Schoole being greatly decayed for learning and 5 number of Schollers, and Mr. Meighen the Head Schoole Mr. haveing been Schoole Mr. thereof by the space of 52 yeares and by reason of his great age and weeknes of body not able to continue the charge and burthen concerning the Schoole and the affaires thereof, it is thought meet that he should resigne the place he holdeth in the said Schoole 10 and that choyse be made according to the ordinances of the Schoole of some able man to succeed him in the same. In so much as by the ordinances.. the cheife Schoole Mr. is, vpon certificat of his weeknesse to execute the same, to have yearly not only the summe of £20 toward his maintenance, but allso the benefit of his 15 dwelling house, and that in such case his roome should be executed by a substitute. It is allso thought meet that the said Mr. Meighen should likewise yeald vp and leave the possession of the said house, and take noe benefit of the ordinance for any lodging or dwelling house there. 20 In consideration whereof, and of his long service in the said Schoole, it is though[t] meete that he should haue payd him yearely out of the Schoole revenewes during his life the summe of £20, and also should have during his life and a quarter of a yeare after rent free and free from reparations the house in Grinsell which was provided for the Schoole 25 Mrs. and Schollers...in time of any plauge [sic] or other infectious disease in the Towne of Salop. And that the said John Mighen should haue allso out of the Schoole revenewes the summe of £100. And for Mr. Meighens better security as well for the payment of the said £20 to him yearly during his life and for the enjoying of the said 30 house at Grinsell and for the payment of the said summe of £100 upon his resignation of the place he hoideth and yealding up of the said house he now hath as head Schoole Mr.: It is desired that the said L. Bishop and the aforesaid Colledge would be pleased to give their consent thereunto. And that the right Honourable the L. Keeper 35 would vouchsafe to establish the same by decree in his Maties High Court of Cauncery, and that all these things be done at the Schooles charges. Cha. Benyon Ballivi Villæ 140 Wee whose names are subscribed haying been chosen of the affaires of the Schoole, doe consent to the presentment of the aforesd. propositions. Ell. Jones. Tho. Owen. H. Nackworth. Tho. Wingfeild. R. Gibbons. George Wright. Jo. Meighen as committed.' 45 309. Apr. 1635. To a lady donor of MSS. p. 342. [The countess of Southampton. See letters between the countess |