5th July 1765. 'Agree that Mr. Baker pay the money which he receives for the use of the college into the hands of Sir Francis Gosling and company as bankers for the college and that the master write to them to pay it to the drafts of the bursar.'

15 July 1765. Agreed to pay to the corporation of Cambridge a fine of 5 one guinea for a lease of a small piece of land in Wall's lane, behind the stable belonging to the house in Trinity parish lately left us by Dr. Newcome. 26 Febr. 1766. 'Agreed that all scholars who are examined in the country and admitted, be examined again when they come to reside and pay the usual fees a second time to the examiner.'

17 Mar. 1766. Agreed that Ds. Youde just now elected into one of the foundresses fellowships be entered into the register as chosen out of the scholars of Dr. Gwynn's foundation pursuant to the agreement made between the college and the heirs of Dr. Gwynn.'

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2 Apr. 1766. 'Agreed, that a petition shall be presented to his majesty, 15 if the master shall find it probable that such a petition will succeed: to alter or annul the clause in our statutes, which confines us to choose only two fellows from each county, provided that this alteration do not take place in the election of any person now bachelor.'

2 Apr. 1766. 'Agreed that for the present the butcher be allowed 3jd. 20 a lb. for meat.'

8 Apr. 1766. 'Agreed that the bursar pay 128. 10d. monthly for an augmentation of the proper sizars' commons, whilst meat continues at 3d. a lb.'

4 June 1766. 'Dr. Ogden being called upon to give his answer concern- 25 ing the living of Lawford, of which he has deliberated a month; and desiring farther time because he is endeavouring to exchange his own living for one within distance of it; it was agreed, to allow him to Midsummer day, and then to consider the matter again. [He was elected to Lawford 25 June]. 'Agreed that when the tenants pay no sealing money, it be paid by the 30 college.

'Agreed, that whenever the reserved rent of a lease or the fine shall be double what they were between the years 1680 and 1700, there the sealing money be double, and the addition paid by the college.

'Agreed to have a new gate from the back lane to the street.

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'Agreed that the bursar order the stair-case windows and any others that belong to the college to be mended, and order the inhabitants of all chambers where the windows are broken, to mend their own.'

3 Nov. 1766. Agreed to allow Pennington [afterwards Sir Is.] £15 a year for the care of the observatory, and for making observations to be de- 40 livered to the master and seniors, till such time as some other provision shall be made for this business."

13 Nov. 1766. Agreed that if a pair of iron gates for the end of the walks next the fields can be purchased at a reasonable price, then the wooden gates that are now there be removed to the top of the back lane; otherwise, 45 that new wooden gates be made for the back lane. And that the bursar act in this matter according to his discretion.'

6 Apr. 1767. 'Whereas it appears to us, that D. Beecher lately fellow of the college hath kept his fellowship about 6 weeks after his marriage, by declaring the reports of his marriage to be false, with a design of preventing his fellowship being filled up at this election: It is ordered, that his name 5 be taken off the boards, unless cause be shewn to the contrary within a month, and that his sponsor do acquaint him with this order.'

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4 May 1767. Ordered that from the end of this college month the butcher be allowed 4d. per lb. for the 3 following months, on account of the uncommon dearuess of provisions.'

15 June 1767. 'Agreed to give £8 towards the repairs of the church of All-Saints.'

31 July 1767. Agreed that a pair of globes be bought for the observatory by Mr. Ludlam at a price not exceeding 10 guineas, none having been purchased on a former order, 6 July 1764.'

23 Nov. 1767. 'Agreed to elect Mr. Abbot into the rectory of Brinckley, he giving a bond of £200 to reside or resign, if required, agreeable to the donation of bp. Watson.' 14 Jan. 1768, Wm. Abbot having refused the appointment, Jo. Currey was elected on the same terms.

12 Febr. 1768. 'Agreed that the baker apply every year to the bread20 bursar for directions, what sum shall be given in doles, and to what parishes: and that the bread given to the prisoners in the 2 gaols be brown.'

18 Febr. 1768. Agreed that Dr. Newcomb's moral prize for the year 1767 be allowed to Sr. Carr.'

25 Febr. 1768. Agreed that out of the fines to be received this year the 25 bursar place in new S. S. annuities £550, being nearly the sum arising the last three years from the benefactions of Dr. Brackenbury and Mr. Robins.'

4 Mar. 1768. 'Agreed that 2 linen cloths for the communion table and 8 4to prayer books be bought for the use of the chapel.'

25 May 1768. 'The master and six seniors being met to elect two seniors 30 in the room of Mr. Cardale and Mr. Ludlam, unanimously agreed that the insanity of the two fellows next to the seniority, namely Mr. Allen and Mr. Stubbs, is a weighty cause why they should not be elected into the number of seniors.'

31 May 1768. 'Agreed that it is improper for any of the fellows to sign 35 letters testimonial for orders without the assent of the master and seniorsand that it is not improper, in extraordinary cases and for persons of exemplary characters, for the master and seniors to set the college seal to the testimonials of undergraduates.'

11 July 1768. Agreed that the stone-work in the middle court except 40 the hall be cleaned and painted and large crown-glass be put into the windows, which now are small and wanted.'

31 Dec. 1768. Agreed to give the sum of 10 guineas to the Revd. Mr. Kemball of Brandon in Suffolk, a poor clergyman.'

16 Febr. 1769. 'Agreed that the junior bursar for the future shall make 45 no charge to the college for any additional price of charcoal beyond what he pays, or for boiling brawn; nor shall receive any present from the charcoalmerchant; nor shall claim any o'd iron or copper out of the kitchen, which

shall always be sold for the benefit of the college: and that in lieu of the above perquisites he shall charge the college in his own accounts the sum of £22 yearly, being, communibus annis, as nearly as we can compute, the full value of them. Besides which he is to have as usual bis stipend of £2 per annum, and his fee at the two commencements, but nothing more. 5

Agreed that the charcoal be sold to the members of the college at the same price and measure at which it is bought; and that none be sold but to members of the college.'

18 Febr. 1769.

Agreed that the lectures for doctors' and batchelors' in divinity degrees be read in chapel immediately after evening prayers, and 10 at not fewer than 5 times.

'Agreed that Mr. Ashby employ a surveyor to give his advice about taking the proper steps for the inclosure of the fields behind the college, and to make a plan of them, if necessary.

'Agreed that new moreen curtains be bought for the audit room.... 'The five lines which are blotted out in page 188 of this book contained a censure of Mr. Forster's behaviour: a copy of which, together with the manner in which they were blotted out, may be seen in the admonitionbook in the master's custody. This entry was made by the order of the master and seniors February 18th, 1769.'

5 Apr. 1769. Agreed that the audit room be painted, and a bath stove be put up in the place of the present grate.'

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22 May 1769. Whereas on the 16th of February 1768 an entry was made in this book in the following words-It is the unanimous opinion of the master and seniors that Mr. Forster's behaviour yesterday at a meeting 25 was improper and indecent; and ordered that the president communicate this opinion to him; which entry I Ralph Forster on the 6th of February last blotted out; being now convinced of my error I have by the order of the master and seniors entered it again with my own hand. R. Forster.'

6 Dec. 1769. Agreed to give the sufferers by a hail-storm recommended 30 by the bishops of Ely and Norwich and the vicechancellor 2 guineas.'

16 Jan. 1770.

Agreed to give 5 guineas for the use of the poor Protestants in the Pais de Vaudois.'

29 Jan. 1770. Agreed that of the dividend of 1769 be paid as a gift to D. Kipling, and that from the beginning of the present year he be con- 35 sidered as restored to his Lupton scholarship.

'Agreed that D. Kipling be allowed to sit at the fellows' table, he paying for his commons as a master of arts.' The occasion of this order may be gathered from p. 308 l. 21, 26, 30.

'Agreed that in all leases of houses in this town or London, which shall 40 be renewed from henceforth, a clause of re-entry, in case of any want of repairs, be inserted.'

14 Febr. 1770. 'Whereas two sums amounting together to £162. 108. 3d. have been annually deducted out of the corn-rents to increase the college stock-And whereas the revenues of the college are now sufficient for the 45 public uses of it without such addition-It is agreed by the master and seniors that the said deduction shall not be made hereafter, but that the

whole corn-rents shall be applied to the commons and præter of the master fellows and scholars in the usual proportion.-And whereas the commons of the master and fellows have been burthened with several articles which do not properly belong to them, amounting at least to £50 in the last year; 5 it is agreed that the senior bursar add to the præter of the present year the said sum of £50, and that such burthens be discontinued for the future.'

19 Febr. 1770. 'Agreed to appoint D3. Kipling auditor or clerk of the accounts during our pleasure.'

20 Febr. 1770. 'Agreed that in lieu of 18 qu. of wheat divided annu10 ally at Lady-day and Michaelmas between the master and all the fellows, which usually produces in money some odd farthings to each, there be allowed for the future the sum of £1. 68. 8d. to the master, and 138. 4d. to each fellow.'

25 June 1770. 'The master and seniors having this day at my earnest 15 request consented that my grace be offered to the university for the degree of doctor of laws, though it be contrary to the usage of the college for a B.D. to offer himself for a doctor of law's degree: I hereby solemnly declare and I engage and covenant that I will not on account of this degree ever claim, ask or accept any preference to those who are my seniors by admission 20 into their fellowships in the disposal of any living or benefice in the patronage of the college or any other emolument or advantage whatsoever, except those which were enjoyed by the late Dr. Price.

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Witness

W. S. Powell.'

W. FAIRCLOUGH.

5 Jan. 1771. Agreed that the allowance to Sir Ralph Hare's exhibitioners be raised from £5 to £6 per month...

'Ordered that the lecturer do not ever hereafter entertain the questionists with wine and brawn in the hall.'

29 Jan. 1771. Agreed that the dividend for the last year shall be the 30 same as for the year before.

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'Agreed that no share of the said dividend be assigned to Mr. Fovargue till his case be more known and considered.' Ste. F. was tried in 1774 for the manslaughter of his gyp Tho. Goode, who died 6 Febr. 1770 (Cooper's Annals, IV. 372).

16 Apr. 1771. Agreed that the butcher be allowed 4d. per lb. from the beginning of the 4th college month to Michaelmas next, provided the meat, which he sends both to the fellows and scholars, be liked.

Agreed that, to supply the additional price, id. a day be added to the commons of each fellow and scholar.'

20 Apr. 1771. Agreed that the college pay the window-tax from Midsummer for the master and fellows.'

20 June 1771. Mr. Wadeson having declared to the master his willingness to accept the vicarage of Higham and his desire of being presented to it immediately, and Mr. Youde having also declared the same desire, and 45 his resolution to dispute Mr. Wadeson's title to it, and all the other fellows who are seniors to Mr. Youde having passed it, it was agreed unanimously by the master and seniors not to take any part in this dispute between Mr. Wadeson and Mr. Youde, but to wait for the determination of the visitor

or of any court of justice, if Mr. Youde shall begin any suit relating to it before the 1st day of July next.'

20 Aug. 1771. ‘Agreed that Mr. Wadeson's fellowship became void of course at the expiration of 6 years from his degree of master of arts, on account of his not then being in priest's orders.' 5

17 Oct. 1771. Mr. Rosenhagen's fellowship having expired in July last, agreed by the mr. and seniors that his name be taken off the boards, unless some one of the fellows declare himself willing to be his sponsor within a week from this time. . . .

'Agreed that the library windows be new glazed in a handsome manner, 10 and the lead covering on the S. side be new cast.'

14 Nov. 1771. Decree of Edm. Keene, bp. of Ely.

Ri. Wadeson, B.D. having appealed (26 Aug.) against the order of 20 Aug. made by the seniors in the absence of the master, and having admitted that he was not in priests' orders within 6 years of the M.A. degree; and 15 the master and seniors having answered the appeal: the bp. confirms the order of 20 Aug. in accordance with stat. 24, and declares Wadeson's fellowship to be void. And as it appears both from the appeal and answer that 'the directions contained in the 49th chapter of the statutes of the said college concerning the reading of the statutes have not been duly observed, 20 and as we think that so great a violation of the statutes of your college ought not to pass unnoticed and uncensured by us, we do accordingly censure you the said master and senior fellows and do by these presents strictly require and enjoin you henceforth to read or cause to be read publicly and solemnly in your chapel the statutes of your said college at such times and 25 in such form and manner as is set forth in the said 49th chapter. And we do moreover direct you the said master and senior fellows to place this our decree and definitive sentence among the archives of your college, you having first entered or caused to be entered a faithful copy thereof in your book called the conclusion-book, and this you are duly to certify us within 30 14 days after the day of the date of these presents.'

21 Nov. 1771. 'Agreed to elect Mr. Youde into the vicarage of L'igham.'

18 Jan. 1772. Agreed to give the bp. of Ely's secretary 2 guineas, agreeably to the bp.'s desire by Mr. Beadon, for the trouble he had in Mr. 35 Wadeson's late appeal to the visitor.'

31 Jan. 1772. Agreed that the dividend for the year 1771 shall be £44 to each junior fellow; to be paid by the 20 Febr. next.' So 29 Jan. 1773; 22 Jan. 1774; 28 Febr. 1775.

20 Febr. 1772. 'Agreed that the side of the first court opposite to the 40 chapel be covered with stone, sashed and otherwise improved agreeably to a plan given in by Mr. Essex.

'Agreed that an advertisement be published for workmen to deliver in their proposals, and that contracts be made with them by Mr. Essex, with the consent of the master and senior bursar, that the workmen be bound 45 to prepare all the materials before Christmas next, and that the work be begun as soon after as the weather will permit.'