SUPPLEMENT THE SECOND,

TO THE

HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGES OF CAMBRIDGE.

The former Series of Additions referred to the History only: there could therefore be a reference to nothing but that: this latter Series refers both to the History and the former Additions: it, there-fore, becomes necessary to mark, by characteristic signatures, the references to each. Thus, in the following Series, H, with the page subjoined, will shew the page in the History, to which the reference is made; and A, with the page subjoined, will shew the page in the Additions.

VOL. I. THE INTRODUCTION.

A. p. S, 4. Registers.

THE importance of Registers, both in Colleges and Universities, for the purposes of biography, must be obvious to every one; and, since the reign of Elizabeth, they have been regularly kept: and as, on the one hand, it may be presumed that they will be preserved in great order, so, on the other, that they will always be accessible, where the case requires : -the same also of what are called the Archives, as being of the greatest consequence in matters of history-and, accordingly, each University has its public Registrar: Oxford has several, and the appointment of a Keeper of the Archives, as a distinct officer, seems a wise regulation in the economy of the University of Oxford. Oxford Matriculation Book be

gins in 1565; Cambridge about the same period; and, conse quently, Dr. Richardson's List of Graduates begins before the regular University matricula.

H. p. 3, I. 10. Dreams of Monks.

As there appears in some writers, either from self-love, or a desire to curry favour with present times, a propensity to under-rate, or even entirely to overlook, the attainments of former periods, so in others, to over-rate them, and almost to identify them with the age in which they themselves live. The former, as there will be another opportunity of observing, was the case of Hume; the latter, as I have already hinted, that of Anthony Wood. Indeed, we may be led into error or neglect by too much scepticism, no less than too great a fondness for antiquity. Still our religious institutions, like those of the ancient Jews*, were accompanied with schools; and as we must begin with them, the infantine literature of monastic ages, as well as its more advanced and improved state, has its natural, and, therefore, should find its regular place.

H. p. 3. Fine Arts.

Very lately, a most magnificent collection of paintings, prints, and books, on the fine arts, together with a suitable endowment, to give them effect, has been presented to the

* Nam ante excidium sub Vespasiano, habebantur in Academiâ Hierosomolytana Synagogæ seu Collegia amplius quadringenta, quorum singulis inerant Scholæ item binæ: altera, qua Lex scripta prælegebatur o n'a, i. e. Bibliotheca;-altera, quâ Misnaioth, seu Traditiones atq. exegeses veterum, sententiæ receptæ, decisiones forenses, id genus cætera docebantur. Hæc autem o seu Domus Doctrinæ nuncupabantur. Seldeni Prolegomena ad Librum Singularem de Successionibus ad Leges Ebræorum.—It is remarkable, that monastic houses had similar provisions, two schools, an outward and an inward one, as I have elsewhere shewn from the Asceticwn.

University by Earl Fitzwilliam; and the result no one can tell: perhaps it may be, that, at some future period, the arts may intermix even with the sciences in these seats of literature, more than we are at present aware of; and should that ever happen, the propriety of such incidental remarks on the arts, in connexion with our Academia, will be more sensibly felt than they can be now.

H. p. 9, 1. 6. Bodleian Library, (particularly the Collections of Dr. Rawlinson and Mr. Gough.)

That of Dr. Rawlinson contains a volume, of pieces before copied by Mr. Hearne, of Mr. Hatcher's Catalogue of Provosts and Fellows of King's College, with some more papers. Among others, too, of Dr. Rawlinson may be mentioned one volume, (though not going much into detail), as being, I believe, peculiar to this collection, entitled, The Foundation of the University of Cambridge, with the Names and Arms of all such noble Persons as have been Earls of Cambridge, and Chancellors of the University for 100 Years (to 1662), with various other Notices of a public Nature. It was written by William Sanderson, who, as appears by the Preface, lived in the reign of Charles II. This volume contains the Certificate of the Records of the University, as it was read over in the Consistory, April 2, 1629.

Mr. Gough's Collections are more numerous, and very valuable. Among these are, Cantabrigiensis Academia, or the Antiquities and Curiosities of Cambridge University, by John Pointer, the same writer, I suppose, as published the Oxoniensis Academia, or the Antiquities and Curiosities of the University of Oxford: they also contain, "Miscellanies relative to the County, the Town, and the University of Cambridge." These, according to a note written in them by Dr. Farmer, seem to have been the collection of W. Ingram, and contain many curious particulars. The more valuable part of Gough's Collections are, the MSS. of Francis

Blomefield, author of the Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, and the History of Norfolk. They consist of two volumes, folio. The first volume of the two folios contains General Collections for the County and University of Cambridge; the 2nd, Church Inscriptions and other materials for the general History of Cambridgeshire, all the Towns being entered in alphabetical Order. In this are transcribed all the old charters from King John to Edward VI. of the Town of Cambridge, which was done by the appointment of John Wicksted, sometime an alderman of the same town. There are also two smaller volumes, in 4to. by Blomefield.-But the most valuable of Gough's volumes are the vast collections of Dr. Mason, consisting of 34 volumes folio. Dr. Mason was the well-known antiquary of Trinity College, Cam bridge, of which he was Fellow, and for the history of which he left considerable materials in manuscript, which are now in Trinity College. And these are the principal MSS. relating to Cambridge, that I have met with in the Bodleian at Oxford.

H. p. 10. Mr. Hare.

I have elsewhere spoken of having formerly seen a volume of Mr. Hare's Collections in the Library of Caius College: indeed there are two volumes fol. of them in that Library, which are frequently referred to by Mr. Blomefield, in his MSS. that are among Gough's Collections in the Bodleian. In the Catal. MSS. Ang. et Heb. p. 122, 123, their distinct titles may be seen, Part of them only relate to Cambridge.

A. p. 6, 1. 10. Baker's History.

But whatever disapprobation any persons might feel for Mr. Baker, and his writings, it is certain, that Mr. B. possessed an indifference, bordering on contempt, for their judgment; and, indeed, bating a little superstitious fondness

for what was ancient, there is but little to which candour can object in his writings: but, in some respects, Baker's conduct was a satire on his censurers. In his Preface to the Funeral Sermon of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, he thus expresses himself of his contemporaries of St. John's: "I have no partiality or fondness for the present "College, nor do I possess such advantages from it as to "tempt me to deviate from the truth; and I do here declare "that I have more regard to our founders and benefactors, "than I have to the present College now living." And again: "As it is, I trust it with the reader. If what has "been said by way of apology do not satisfy towards ob"taining his favour, the next thing I am to tell him is, I do "not value his censure—I have always had an inclination to

speak the truth, and to do right, especially where it is "most deprest, and wanted, and in that opinion I hope to "die." P. 56-60.

"The some things," in Baker's History, which it seems "certain persons thought had better remain unpublished," were, it is probable, some old-fashioned sentiments or expressions, that Baker delivered as a nonjuror, which he most conscientiously, yet most peaceably, was: perhaps, too he might be thought to speak too favourably of the Puritans. As to his opinion of Bishop Gunning, he leant to the side of candour; for he spake not always conformably to his conviction of the truth of opinions, or strict merit of conduct, but as an historian stating facts, and according to his conviction of the sincerity of the persons of whom he wrote: this appears very evident from his Preface to Bishop Fisher's Funeral Sermon, in which he qualifies the Popish opinions delivered in the Sermon, with his natural candour, and with great admiration of Fisher; yet without believing as Fisher believed.

Mr. Ashby, who had been Senior Fellow of the College, adds, in the passage referred to above, "that when Mr. "Masters designed publishing the Life of T. Baker, he