2. Concerninge the seconde, the partie greived is to have his particuler remedye.

3, 4. To the thirde and fowerth there lyeth noe ordinarie remedye.

5. To the ffifte, those indecent and unreverent speeches beinge referred by your lordship to the justices of assise, weare mete to be punished by byndinge the parties to there good behaviour.

Concerninge the ingrossers, the Universitie, by the charters, but principallie by the acte of parliament of ano 13° reg. Eliz. maye punishe them. And at this tyme it weare not unfitt to complaine of some of the principall in the starre chamber, to the end that they might have some exemplarie punishment in theire owne towne.

THE HEADS TO LORD BURGHLEY.

[From MS. Lansd. no. 84, art. 91.]

To the righte honorable their singuler good lord, the lord Burghley, lord high treasurer of England, geve these.

RIGHT honorable our singuler good lord: youer excellent favour and most fatherly care of this Universitie, with continuall thanksgivinge to God and most unfayned affection to your honour, our selves acknowledge and other men by us understand, for which we most willingly vowe our humble service to your honourable commaunds, reposinge our whole reste and peace (agaynst all attemptes), under God and her majestie, in your only protection. We have yeilded (accordinge to your honours dyrection and our duetie) humble thankes to the lord keper and to Mr. atturneygenerall, by our severall lettres, and have presented Mr. atturney with our degree of master of artes; we have likewise recommended, by letters, our duetie, and theis our affayres, to the lord North, and have further acquainted

therwith our honourable highe steward, Mr. secretarie, and our honourable freinde sir John Fortescue. Your honours letters were delivered to the maior of Cambridge in the towne hall; wherat he is so moved as that he threatneth to make those smoke that infourmed your honour hereof. His demeanure att his taking of the oathe on Michaelmas day, in the towne hall, was most intollerable. It was tendred with the presence of sixe aunciente doctors of divinitie, who resolved before to indure all manner his carriages, noe whit doubtinge but they wolde be extraordinarie; and so it fell owt: for, hearinge of our cominge, he hastely withdrewe him self and his assistantes from the bench and hall (where it was allwayes wont solemply to be given and taken) into the parlour; and when we were come into the hall and stayed amongst the crowde, him self and 3 other cam forth to us, and we makinge motion to have the places accustomed taken, the maior aunswered, he would doe that he was tied unto. Then the booke and his oath tendred and read, he stood and tooke it with his head covered all the tyme, withowt due reverence to God and her majestie; which, uppon former resolved considerations, we did forbeare to controll, as unwillinge to cause disturbance in that multitude; but notwithstandinge theis advantages given by him, and your letters delivered, we heare of nothinge but threatninge termes, unfittinge his person and our estate, the conceipte and censure whereof we most humbly referre to youer honourable wisdome. Writtes for regratours of corne are served uppon fower townsmen, whom we thinke your honours shall have before you in the starre chamber on Munday next, quindena Michaelis. The subpæna for restoring the disfranchised burgesses we dayly expect. For other misbehaviours (according to youer honours direction, with the advise of Mr. atturney) we resolve to censure here. So, beseching God in our uncessant prayers long to preserve youer honour in healthfull lyfe and most

happye dayes, and most humbly recommendinge our service to youer commaundes, we take our leave. At Cambridge, this xjth of October, 1597.

Youer honours most entirely bounden ever,

JOHN JEGON, vice-chauncelor (accompanied with these heades of colledges and Universitie officers, doctors Tindall, Nevile, Barwell, Cleyton, Robson, the two proctors, and 3 bedells) sent from St. Maries a bedle to signifie to Robert Wallis, maior of Cambridge, and his brethren, in the townehall assembled, that they were comminge to give the maior his oathe. This message done to them sitting upon the bench, where time out of minde the oath was given and taken, they presentlye withdrew themselves into the parlor, and the vice-chauncellour and his companie comminge into the hall (full of towne people) the maior came forth, attended with the deputie recorder and 2 aldermen, and stoode in the middest of the hall, neere the foormes by the table, the maior being told by the vice-chaunceliour that the wonted place for the oath was uppon the benche, and the formes for the officers of bothe the bodies. He answered, he wold doe that he was tyed unto. Then a booke being called for, an old parchment booke (as seemed to us) of the towne charters or recordes, was offered by the towne-clarke; against which after exception was taken by the vice-chauncellour, one of the bedles tendred a Testament, whereupon the maior laying his hand, his head being covered, so continued untill the oath was fullie read through, not so much as offringe to put hand unto head when he heard the name of Jesus Christ. This was endured by the vice-chauncellour and his assistantes, upon resolution made before their cominge to abide whatsoever the saide maior his demeanour shoulde happen to be, rather because they stoode amidd the multitude of townesmen. This done, D. Tyndall rounded the deputie recorder in his eare, asked

him whether he ever saw an oathe so taken before.

Whereunto the

[From MS. Lansd. no. 84, art. 93.]

To the right honorable the lorde Burley, lorde high treasurer of England and moste loving chauncelor of the Universitie of Cambridge.

OUR moste honorable good lorde: wheras certeine misdemeanours of Robert Wallis, maior of Cambridge, were certefied under the handes of the vice-chancellour and heades of colledges there, wee most humblye praye your pleasure therein.

Furthermore, wheras by importunitie of the saide maior and townsemen the vice-chauncellour hath bene called hether by writtes out of the kinges benche, and compelled many daies to attend that courte to justefie the jurisdiction of our consistorie, which (under your lordships auctoritie by chartre given) wee have ever heretofore inviolablye used, wee moste humbly praye your honour woulde be pleased either by your honorable meanes to procure us freed from that undue vexation, or to referr thexaminacion of what wee can saye in that behalf to the consideracion and report of some learned in the lawes, some particulers wherof wee were boulde to present to your lordships vewe by Mr. Maynarde.

Your honours most bounden ever,

The vice-chauncellour and heades of colleges in

the University of Cambridge.

PURITANISM IN TRINITY COLLEGE.

THE VICE-CHANCELLOR TO LORD BURGHLEY.

[From MS. Lansd. no. 84, art. 95.]

To the right honorable the lord Burghley, lord highe treasurer of England and most lovinge chauncellor of the Universitie of Cambridge.

Most honorable my singuler good lord, with humble remembraunce of my duety: may it please your honour to be advertized that one Hughe Huddleston, master of artes and ffellowe of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge, deemed a long tyme amongst us a man distracted in phrenesie (as may appeare to your honour by this censure of him in that colledge), uttered speaches against her majesties governement; wherewith he beinge charged, and confessinge the same in effecte, is by me committed to close pryson. The speaches and the whole proceedinge held with him I am bolde to presente, in a schedule here inclosed, to your honourable wisdome, most humbly cravinge therein your good pleasure. And so most humbly recomende my service to your honourable commande. At Cambridge, this xxxjtie of December, 1597.

Your honours most bounden ever,

JOHN JEGON, vice-can.

Primo die Octobris anno regni reginæ Elizabethæ xxxix° per magistrum et seniores decretum ut sequitur.

Collegium Trinitatis.

WHERAS Mr. Hughe Huddleston, ffellowe of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge, for the space of ten yeares last past hathe bene diverslye distracted with sondry vaine fancies, producing troblesome effectes and intemperat and unseasonable behaviour, to the dayly offence and disturbance of sondry persons within the said societie, insomuche that for reformacion of such disorders heretofore offered, the right