A
Aberdeen, university of, foundation
of, 364; colleges of, ib,; constitution
of, ib.; reconstitution of, 367
Absence, leave of, to master of Trinity,
139; to fellows of Trinity, 143
Abstract, An, etc.. quoted with refer-
ence to proceedings in the schools
prior to admission to degrees, 427:
see also Appendix (G).
Academiis, Tractatus de, assigned to
Dr Caius, not by him, 161, n. 2
Accorambonus, professor of the civil
law at Padua, 57
Accursins, Fr., civilian, his want of
classical learning, 129
Ackworth, Geo., public orator, delivers
an address on occasion of the resto
ration of Bucer and Fagius to their
university honours, 182
Act, of Parliament, for the Mainten-
ances of Colleges, see Smith, Sir
Tho.; reference of Whitgift to ope
ration of, 451; of 13 Eliz., 377; of
18 Eliz. ib.; of 1589, for repression
of abuses in elections to fellowships,
Adams, Jo., esquiro bedell, reports the
return of Northumberland to Cam-
bridge, 118; death of, 154
Admissions, to degree of B.A. in reign
of Edward v1, 88; see Bachelors of
Ainsworth, Ralph, master of Peter-
house, his description of the town
authorities, 4; displaced at acces.
sion of queen Mary, 150
Alane, Alex,, visits Cambridge, 14; is
appointed 'King's scholar,' 15; lee-
tures on the Scriptures, ib. ; enters
Queens' College, ib.; circumstances.
of his previous carcer, ib.; his pen
sion from Cromwell not paid, ib. ;
opposition offered to his tenching,
ib.; explanation of his name, ib. u.
2; deems it prudent to leave Cam-
bridge, 16; introduced to Con-
Vocation by Cromwell, ib.; takes
part in its discussions, ib.; his infu-
ence on these discussions, 17, n. 1;
appointed professor of theology st
Leipzig, 104; meets with Gardiner
in Germany, 113; one of the earliest
students at St Leonard's College,
364
Albericns Gentilis, revives the study of
the civil law at Oxford, 425
Aleiti, reforms the study of the civil
law, 125; his two oratiors at Polg
na, 128; his writings stu lied by Sir
T. Smith, 130; Aldrich, Ro. (master
of Corpus Christi), goes over to the
Puritan party, 216; formally cen-
sured by Burghley, ib,; resigns his
mastership, ib.; deprived of his
canonry, 261
Alexander, Peter, compiles a new col-
lection of Sentences, 199
All Souls, Oxford, designed to be the
law college of the university, 133, n.
3: only two flows at, in priest's
orders, cire. 1572, 227; Whatgift
prepares a new co-le for, 2×3
Allen, Wm., p.p., of Oriel, Oxford,
opens a house for English Catholics
nt Douay, 251
Altdorf, university of, origin of, 410,
Alvey, Hen, f. of St John's, th`rd pro-
vost of Trinity College, Dublin, 356;
Puritanical views of, ih,
Alvey, Ri., master of the Temple, ■
fellow of St John's, 305
Ames, W., f. of Christ's, elits Ramus's
Logic, 111; a pupil of Perkins, 510;
refusal of, to wear the surplice, ib.;
sermon by, against the licence prae-
tised at Christmas time in the uni-
versity, 511; compulsory rougnation
by, of his fellowship, 15; uppatit-
ment of, to professorship, at Frane-
ker, ib.; Medulla Theologorum of, ib.;
introduces the new Cambridge me-
thod of studying divinity at Francker,
512; his defence of the same, ib.;
importance of this tradition, both at
home and abroad, 513
Andrewes, Lancelot (bp. of Winches.
ter), f. of Pembroke, defends the
opinions put forward by Baro, 319;
liberality of, as head of Pembroke,
381; reason for which he revoked the
monies originally designed for buy
ing up impropriations, 451, n. 2;
elected to a Greek scholarship at
Pembroke, 486; circumstances of
his election to a fellowship, ib.; his
character and genius, 486-7; his
love of nature, ib.; his love of tench-
ing, 487; his success as a catecheti-
cal lecturer, 488; his ability as an
administrator, ib.
Andrewes, Rog., master of Jesus Col.
lege, misrule of, 490; first to enact
that a journal of the college should
be kept, ib.
Antimartinus, on Whitgift's merits as
an administrator, 278, n. 1; culo.
gium of, on Dr Perne, 342, n. 1
Ap Rice, Dr, appointed by Tho. Crom-
well a commissioner to the universi-
ties, 8
Arbuthnot, Alex., principal of King's
College, Aberdeen, 366; in conjune-
tion with Melville devises a new con
stitution for the universities of Glas-
gow and Aberdeen, ib.
Archer, Wm., mayor of Cambridge,
asserts his precedence of the judges
of assize, 526
Aristophanes, Plutus of, acted in 1536
at St John's College, 73
Aristophanes, citation from, by Dr
Cains, 165
Aristotle, begins to be studied by those
under M.A. in the time of Ascham,
52; Politics of, subject of lectures
given by Thomas Smith in 16th cen
tury, 55; the Elenchi of, prescribed
as a text-book in time of Edw. vi,
111
Arithmetic, to whom taught, as a sub.
jeet in the regular course of study,
403
Arminianism, opinions favoring, begin
to be avowed in Cambridge, 488, 568
Articles, Fifteen, imposed by Gardiner
on the university, 151
Ascham, Roger, a student at St John's
College, 19; his character of Met-
calfe, the master, ib.; writes on be-
half of the university to bp. Thirleby
to request his aid in obtaining the
buildings of the Franciscans, 27;
his testimony to the eminence of St
John's, 36; his earlier tutors in the
college, 41-42; indebted for his
university education to Sir Anthony
Wingfield, 42; his indiscreet speech
concerning the Pope, 43; he is pro-
tected by old Dr Metcalfe, ib.; his
admirable penmanship, 5, and n. 3;
his account of the effects produced
by the Regius professorships, 52;
opposes, and then adopts, the new
pronunciation of Greek, 56; de-
scribes the effects produced by Gar-
diner's decree against the same, 60;
his account of the prosperity of St
John's, 84, n. 3; his concern for
Sedberg School, 87; his account of
the university in 1517, 88; his de-
scription of the courtiers, 93; leaves
England for Germany, 101; retains
his public oratorship, ib.; his stric-
tures on the Injunctions of 1519,
114; testimony of, to the neglect of
the study of the civil law, 152, n. 3;
description given by, of condition of
the university during reign of queen
Mary, 152; considerations which
serve to qualify his account, 153;
death of, 205; estimate of Ramus's
logie formed by, 407
Astronomy, included in mathema ics'
in reign of Edw. vi, 110; con cep
tions of, at Cambridge in early part
of 17th century, 402; statutes of
Savilian professor of, at Oxford, ini-
tiated the recognition of melern
discoveries in, 102
Atkinson, Ri., succeeds to the provost-
ship of King's, 151
Audley, lady Eliz., executress of lord
Audley, 67
Audley, Sir Tho., warns the townsmen
to keep the peace with the university,
Audley, Sir Thos., educated at Buck-
ingham College, 65; he restores the
house, ib.; his character, ib.; a great
gainer by the dissolution of the mon
asteries, 66
Augsburg, university of, a great centre
of Jesuit activity in 16th century,
258
Augustinian friars, the site of their
former foundation at Cambridge, 23;
at one time distinguished by intel
lectual activity, 31, n. 1
Aylmer, Jo. (bp. of London), f. of
Queen's College, 294; character and
career of, ib.; vigilance shewn by,
in surveillance of l'uritan press, ib.;
concurs in recommending to Burgh-
ley the suppression of the university
press, 295; condemns the Harmonia
Confessionum, 321
Ayusworth, see Ainsworth.
Bachelors of arts, numbers proceeding
to degree of, in reigns of Edw. vi
and Mary compared, 153; same, at
Oxford and Cambridge, in reign of
Elizabeth, compared, 168, n. 2;
same, in reign of Elizabeth, com-
pared, 214, n. 4; residence on the
part of, when studying for degree of
M.A., first dispensed with, 387;
studies of, for degree of M.A., 414;
the time often misspent, ib. n. 1
Bachelors of divinity, requirements
imposed upon, in time of Edw. vi,
111; sometimes admitted without
a degree in arts, 112
Bacon, Francis, criticism of, on defects
of universities, 437; paper drawn up
by, for guidance of king James, 416;
return of, as representative of the
university to parliament, 461; at-
tachment of, to his university, ib.;
design of, at one period of his life,
to retire to live at Cambridge, 465;
his costly entertainments in the
university, ib.; name of, associated
with the maintenance of the indepen-
dence of the university, 465; pro-
bably present on the occasion of the
royal visit in Mar. 1615, 521; possi.
ble reference in his Novum Organum
to a question disputed on the occa-
sion, 522; appeal to, from the uni-
versity for assistance in its contest
with the town, 518; he proves to
have anticipated the request, 519;
election of, as high steward of the
town, 551; letter of, on forwarding
his Novum Organum to the univer.
sity, 573
Bailey, Tho., n.d., removed from mas
tership of Clare Hall, 177; his sub
sequent career, ib.; retires to Donay,
251; not the author of the Life of
Fisher, ib.
Baker, Philip, D.D., succeeds to pro.
vostship of King's, 178; popish
stuff' found in chambers of, 200;
articles preferred against, as provost,
ib.; flight of, ib.
Baker, Tho., socius ejectus of St John's,
on the tradition of l'uritanical doc-
trine in the university, 194; his
opinion on the dispute between Dr
Caius and the fellows, 202, n. 2
Balcanqual, Walter, f. of Pembroke,
represents the Church of Scotland
at the Synod of Dort, 561
Beale, Jo., a member of Jesus College,
30; testimony of, with respect to
hospitality shewn to Marian exiles
at Zürich and Basel, 171, n. 2
Balliol College, Oxford, acceptance of
Blundell scholarships by, 369; dif
culties attending the same, ib. n. 3.;
alterations at, with respect to same,
361, n. 1
Bancroft, Ri. (archibp. of Canterbury),
signs petition against Elizabethan
statutes, 236; opinion expressed by,
respecting Cartwright and his follow-
ers, 299, n. 4; on the translation
of the Disciplina published at Can-
bridge, 301; on the spread of the
principles advocatel in the Disci
plina, 312, n. 3; opposition offered
by, to Beza's influence, 331; works
by, against the Puritans, 332; ser-
mon at Paul's Cross by, ib.; refer-
ence made by, to controversies at
Cambridge,' at Hampton Court Con-
ference, 452; common experiences a
boul of sympathy between him and
king James, 155; influence of, over
the latter, 159; life of, saved by
Laurence Cha lerton, his fellow col-
legian, 477 and n. 1; success of, as
a tutor of Jesus College, £; nta
fellow of the society, ib. n. 1; John
Cowell assumes the profession of a
civilian at the instance of, 497;
death of, 509; recognition by, of
Lively's deserts, 501; said to have
dictated to the translators of the
Bible, 507; drives Ames from Eng-
land, 511
Barber, Thos., executor of lord Audley,
Barlow, Wm. (bp. of Lincoln), com-
plaint of, with respect to lie née in-
dulged in in university pulpa, 429
Barnwell, priory at, final suppression
of, 25; its revenues still considerable
at the time, ib,
Biro, Peter, favored by Dr Ferne,
326; appointment of, to lady Mar-
garet professorship, 326; character
of, as a theologian, ib.; attacked
by Laurene Chalerton, 327; fin-ls
an ally in Barret, b.; Ima
preached by, at St Mary's, 347; his
defence of same to Whitgift, 318; is
cited before the Heads, ib.; sympathy
shewn for him and for his views,
319; his resignation of his chair, ib.;
his death and funeral, 350; Fuller
on treatment of by the university,
319, n. 4; testimony of, to the
prosperous condition of the colleges
at Cambridge, 373
Barret, Jo., a Carmelite, educated at
Cambridge, 30
Barret, Wm., f of Cains, sermon
preached by, in 1595 the origin of the
Lambeth Articles, 327; consents to
read a retractation at St Mary's, 328;
is ngain cited, ib.; appeals to Whit
gift, ib.; cites in his defence the
Apostles' Creed by Perkins, 329; nc-
cused of attributing blasphemy to
Beza, ib.; avails himself of the re-
action against Calvinism, 333; is
summoned by Whitgift to Lambeth,
338; consents to sign a second re-
cantation, ib.; quits Cambridge and
joins the Jesnits, 350
Bartholomew, St, massacre on the eve
of, 212; sensation created thereby
in England, ib.
Bartolus, his want of classical learning,
129
Barwell, Edm., master of Christ's, signs
petition against Elizabethan statutes,
236; takes part in the prosecution of
Barret, 334; laxity of adininistration
of, 172
Basel, a centre of the Marian exiles,
Baxter, Ri., failure of, at Savoy Con-
ference owing to his want of logical
training, 415
Beacon, Jo., proctor of the university,
accused by the Heads of fomenting
dissatisfaction among the younger
members, 237; described by Dr Perne
as given to contention, 287, n. 2
Beaumont, Robt., b.n. (m. of Trinity),
superseded in the lady Margaret pro-
fessorship, 188; signs letter to Cecil
deprecating re-introduction of ritual-
isin, 198; his Calvinistic sympathies,
ib.; letter of Cecil to, on use of the
surplice, ib.; apprehensive lest the
Puritan party shonld overthrow the
academic constitution, 221
Bedell, Wm. (bp. of Kilmore), f. of
Christ's College, 356; elceted provost
of Trinity College, Dublin, ib.; adopts
Mildmay's view with respect to resi
dence of fellows, ib.
Bell, Jo., master of Jesus College, signs
petition against Elizabethan statutes,
236
Bennet, Dr E. K., author's obligation
to, for loan of manuscript, 390, n. 2
Betts, Ri.. royal nomination of, to a
fellowship at Peterhouse, 289; his
real merits, ib.; his ultimate election,
230; himself a petitioner against
another royal nomination, ib.
Beza, Theod., succeeds to the place of
Calvin at Geneva, 191; observation
of, on the Zwinglian influence on
Elizabeth's policy, ib. n. 2; objection
of to square caps, 195, n 1; enter-
tains Cartwright at Geneva, 227; in-
fluence of his treatise de jure Magis
tratuum, 229, n. 2; dieta of, held as
of higher authority in St John's than
those of the Fatl.crs, 299; Baro ac-
cused of attributing blasphemy to,
329; estimation in which he was
held in England, 330; his Codex, ib.;
his influence oppo-ed by Bancroft,
331; his dictatorial character, 332;
letter of, to Burghley, on forward-
ing the polyglot Pentateuch, 345, n.
1; misconception of, with respect
to the university library, ib.
Bible, the, authorised version of, names
of the Cambridge translators of, 507;
misgiving of the translators of, ib.;
verdict of Selden on its merits, 508
Bidding Prayer, version of, used by Dr
Perne on occasion of royal visit in
1561, 192; see also Appendir (B.).
Bignon, Philip, reader of Hebrew in
the university, 417
Bill in parliament (1577) for repression
of abuses in connexion with fellow-
ships, etc., 268
Bill, Wm. (m. of St John's), circum-
stances of his election to a fellowship,
41; his remarkable combination of
offices, th. n. 2; as master of Trinity,
sups with Northumberland on his
arrival in Cambridge, 147; restrains
Sandys' impetuosity in the regent-
house, 119; forcibly removed from
Trinity Chapel on accession of Mary,
151; one of the university com-
mission in 1559, 171; restored to
the mastership of Trinity, 176
Bishops' Bible, the, Cambridge hal a
larger share in the preparation of,
than Oxford, 325
Black Book,' the, exaggerations of, 32
Blundell scholarships, foundation of,
at Sidney College, 360; irksome
conditions attached to their accept-
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