gett him home, and threatned otherwyse to have a sworde thrust in him. 5. John Barbar, chandeller, was with force assaulted at Gogmagoge hilles by two of the procters men, and his horse, his panyers, and a hundreth poundes of candell, before day taken from him with violence, and brought to Cambridge, and ther the candelles taken away by the proctours, whoe threatned him dayly to have of him vjli in money for carryinge the candelles owt of the towne. 6. The proctours deputie, after nine of the clock at night, and divers with him, holdinge naked swordes in their handes, entered into the howse and bed-chamber of Roger Fidlinge to search for flesh. The man and his wyffe beinge both in bedd faste asleepe, who (awakinge with the noyse, and greatlie frighted with the sight) made an outcry, which when Henry Clarke, maior, did heare, he came into the street, commaundinge the peace to be kept; and was, by the procters deputie, charged to gett him into his howse, and threatned otherwyse to be sett in. 7. Richard Robinson was assaulted in the high waye, a horse of his killed that cost him 4or poundes, twelve score poundes of candelles taken from him by Mr. Browne, proctor, who did convent him before the vice-chancellour for carryinge the candell, and gott him condemned in twelve poundes of money, and kept him in prison till he paid viijli. of the xij., contrary to lawe, and to the utter undoinge of him, his wyffe, and chilldren. 8. Mr. Pattyson, procter, with force tooke thre dosen of candell from Henry Raper, and had of him x" in monye for carryinge the same candell. 9. Mr. Browne, procter, tooke from Christopher Ray tenn dosen of candell by force, and for carryinge the same candell gott him condemned by the vice-chanceller in xijd. for every pounde, and kept him in prison xiiij. dayes, and had on him xvjs. in monye. 10. Mr. Chambers, procter, restrained Steven Newman from carryinge candelles out of the towne, and after tooke of him vjs in monie to licence him to carrie his candelles out of the towne. 11. Mr. Lylesse, procter, assaulted the same Newman at Barnwell before daye, and stayed him with force, pulled down his hampers, on which he had xxiijli. of redy money, and xl. pounds worth of wares; which wares Mr. Lylesse tooke owt of the hampers, threwe them in the myre, searchinge for candell, and found none: by meanes wherof Newman was not onely in feare to have loste his wares and monye, but was dryven to bringe his wares backe againe, and loste his markett. 12. Henry Luck bought xiij. dosen of candell of James Robson, and as he was carryinge them towardes Bedforde, Mr. Lylesse, procter, tooke them away from him in the feilde with force, and besides putt Luck in such feare that he never durst come to crave restitution. 13. The same Mr. Lylesse tooke from James Robsoun his horse as he was goinge to his markett, and kept him 4or dayes; made Robson leese his markett, and to pay iijs. iiijd. for his horse meate. 14. James Robsoun for carryinge five dosen of candelles out of the towne, beinge convented before Mr. vice-chanceller, was condemned in iijli, contrarie to lawe, and yet forced to pay yt, or elles shoulde have bene sent to prisoun. And in all this time neyther thuniversitie nor towne did want candell. 15. Thomas Harrison for callinge Dr. Leedes papiste was condemned in xl, and kept in prison till he had payed yt, contrarie to lawe and conscience. 16. Martin Wharton, convented before Mr. vice-chanceller for certaine herringes by Mr. Farrand, procter, asked the said Farrand whether he did sue him as a promoter or and for askinge this question was condemned in iiijli. noe; Exactions in the faire. and forced to pay iiji. therof, contrary to lawe and conscience. 17. Generallie in their judgmentes they challenge authoritie to judge ether by common lawe, by civill lawe, by the customes of the Universitie, or by conscience, at their election. 18. The procters tooke of Cottismore of Huntingeton xsa yere for three yeres together for sellinge wine in his boothe, for which exaction he forsooke the faire. 19. A° 24° Elizabethæ reginæ, the proctours tooke of Thomas Warne and Richard Aspland vjs. viijd. for settinge wine on broch before they compoundede with the procters, and threatned further to sue them for sellinge wine without license. 20. Mr. Hawkins, procter, toke of Thomas Boughton, of Higham ferris, v. quartes of wine and tenn shillinges mony for sellinge wine in his bothe. 21. The same Mr. Hawkins had of Phillipp Browne, dwellinge at the Rose without Aldegate, xs for sellinge wine in his boothe, and the taxers had of him ij3. 22. The procters, anno 24 Eliz. reginæ, exacted of one Berrie ijs iiijd for sellinge a carte loade of oysters, and the procters man had fowrepence more of him. 23. Trunyan Shordiche, iremonger, borrowinge weightes at Cambridge sealed with the Universitie seale, and beinge lawfull weightes, was not onely forced to paie for the newe sealinge of them, but Mr. Hawkins required more of him vjs. viijd. as forfeiture, because he brought not them to be newe sealed before they were sent for; and for non paiement of the vjs. viijd. detaineth one of the weightes. 24. Yf anie stranger doe buy anie corne at Cambridge, they ar restreined from carryinge yt owt of the towne eyther by lande or water, till they compounde with the procters and taxers. 25. Steven Rooke and Henry Flemsom, bakers, usinge by water to carrie their bread to Lynn, had their lighters, beinge laden, staied divers times by the taxers, whereby they loste their batches and their customers at Lynn, and Rooke hereuppon gave up his occupacion. 26. Edwarde Wallys, beinge lawfullie licensed by the justices in open sessions to be a kidder and carrier of corne, was restreined by Mr. Chambers and sued for carryinge. And the same Mr. Chambers toke of the wyffe of the said Wallis, without the privitie of Wallis, xxs to permitt him to carrie without trouble. 27. The wyffe of the said Wallys, after her husbandes death, beinge lykewise licensed, paied for like tolleracion xxs by yere for thre yeres to the taxers. And for the last yere she paide to Mr. Landesdaile and Mr. Taileboyes, taxers, 1s for tolleration. 28. John Keyvor beinge likewyse licensed by the justices, paide for like toleration xx", and this laste yere xls. was demaunded of him for the lyke tolleracion by the taxers. 29. George Horne for the like tolleration paied money to the taxers, and that notwithstandinge was forced to paie to the procters xv. more. 30. The said George Horne for like tolleration paied to Mr. Landesdaile, taxer, xs, and that notwithstandinge, beinge amerced in the Universitie leete, was condemned in xvjli. xiijs. and iiijd, and sent to pryson for yt, and forced to compounde with the procters. 31. They have brought back againe with force divers vessells laden with corne of sondrie persons lawfullie licensed by the justices, mysseusinge the corne with wetinge yt and dasshinge yt, and thrustinge a great deal therof into the ryver, and without money will not suffer yt to passe. 32. Mr. Landisdaile at this present dothe sue James Robsoun before the vice-chanceller for carryinge of wheat without the taxers license, and notwithstandinge that Rob soun is lawfullie licensed by the justices, yet Landesdaile hath libelled against him, and hopethe to condemne him in the somme of fowerscore thertene poundes thirtene shillinges and fower pence, contrarie to lawe. ANSWERS OF THE UNIVERSITY. [From MS. Lansd. no. 82, art. 42.] OUR very good lord: for that the wronges pretended by our neighboures of the towne are generallye suche as do concerne the private actions and behaviour of divers of our bodye in thexecution of thoffice of proctour and taxour, and fyndinge them for the moste parte to be suche as before this tyme we never harde of, and the reste suche as havinge ben broughte either before some of us whoe have nowe the goverment there or some of our predecessours, there is yet recorde remayninge of suche prooffes and defence as hathe ben particulerly made and used in them; oure desier is, it wolde stande with your lordshipes good favour to respite our more particuler auns were for some shorte convenient tyme, and for this present to accept of suche aunswer as uppon our generall knowledge we have thought mete to make, wherein we will stand allwayes to justifie the substaunce of suche aunswer as we shall delyver, uppon the perill of suche reproofe as we wolde be lothe to deserve at your lordships handes. Concerninge the first article, we do remember as muche as is alleaged concerninge the beatinge open of Peter Harrisons gates aboute xiiijen or xv. yeres since, but do denye it to be a wronnge, beinge done about ix. of the clocke in the eveninge, by the lawfull authoritie of a proctour, uppon complaynte made, and the requeaste of ayde for the delyvery of Mr. doctour Farrand, then master of arte, being putt in feare of his lief by Harrisons violent deteyninge of him in his howse, with many other circumstaunces |