Hollandiæ comes, cancellarius acad. Cant., securi percussus Londini. An. 1650. Procan. Tho. Horton, Th. D., C. Regin. mag. Hoc anno publica comitia feliciter rediviva. Hoc anno mense Aug. procuratorum cyclus altera parliamento institutus et confirmatus, quo provisio facta est pro collegiis Eman., Sydn., et Magd., ut quinque vices spatio annorum quinquaginta unius, unumquodque collegium prædict. habeat æque ac collegium C.C. Jesu, Gonvil. Caiense. An. 1651. Procan. Benj. Whichcott, Th. D., C. Regal. præpos. Hoc anno Sept. 16, Dr. Sam. Collins, reg. professor, expiravit, et Octobr. 4to Johannes Arrowsmith, Th. D., Col. Jo. præf., electus et admissus reg. theol. profes sor. Hoc anno in die comitiorum Dr. Coleman concertum musicum celebravit in sacello regali, ad hoc indulto. An. 1652. Procan. Sam. Bolton, Th. D., C. Chr. mag. Hoc anno Novembr. 27, Edv. comes Mancestriæ cancell. acad. exauctoratus per consessum parliament. Et Oliver. St. John, justiciarius communium placitorum, constituitur cancellarius acad. Decembr. 2do. Hoc edictum in senatu acad. promulgatur, et literæ gratulatoriæ ad cancell. missæ. Hoc anno Oct. 4, Jo. Arrowsmith, S.T.D., electus prof. theol. regius, et admissus in sacello Coll. Trin. per Tho. Hills, mag., et 8 socios seniores, eodem die. An. 1653. Procan. Ric. Minshull, S.T.D., Col. Sid, mag. An. 1654. Procan. Lazarus Seaman, S.T.D., Col. Petr. mag. Hoc anno Julii ultimo dominus Henr. Cromwell, nuper electus ab academia burgensis parliament. Cantabrigiæ, exceptus est oratione, altera in area Col. Trin. quam habuit Mr. Linnett, ejusdem col. socius, altera in novo sacello, ab oratore Rad. Widdington, præter epulas non unas. An. 1655. Procan. Jo. Lightfoot, S.T.D., Aul. Cath. mag. An. 1656. Procan. Theoph. Dillingham, S.T.D. A. Clar. mag. [He that answered the 2d day, viz. Mr. Goslyn, as he gave notable questions, so his position and answers were very commendable. One of his opponents was a young nobleman of Trin. Coll., viz. Mr. Cecill, one of my Lord Salisburys sonns, to whome Mr. Bartone dedicated his Euclyd. He disputed in the public commencement house, and with great approbation. It was a rare example. There was a full commencement, most doctors were for the physic faculty, and there were for divinity 2 doctors, though there were 3 of us last year; but we were continuers, and these came out of the country. Mr. Hotham, 'tis hoped, will come the next year.—Dr. Jo. Worthington's let. Aug. 5, 1656.] An. 1657. Procan. Theoph. Dillingham, ut prius. An. 1658. Procan. Jo. Worthington, S.T.D. C. Jes. mag. [Dr. Ingelo keeps the act the next commencement. We shall have also a musick act.-Dr. J. W. letter, Apr. 1658.] Date. APPENDIX III. TABLE (I.) OF THE NUMBER OF DEGREES TAKEN AT CAMBRIDGE, FROM 1570 TO 1658. [From MS. Harl. no. 7038.] This table, taken from the same document which furnished the preceding list of vice-chancellors, etc., will give a general idea of the fluctuations in the numbers of the degrees, taken at the University during the greater portion of the period embraced by the letters and other papers published in the present volumes. Another table is added, by way of comparison, from the modern Cambridge grace-book, including the degrees taken in the University from 1830 to 1840. B.C.L. Incorporated. Bachelor of |