& do order that the said Precedency be enjoyed by the said V. Chan. & his Successors without any let or disturbance by the said Mayor or his Successors. And likewise it is hereby order'd that the Deed engross'd for the conveying of lands purchased with the 200lb. which Mr. Thompson gave by his last Will & Testament, to be employed in the Workhouse, for the setting the poor in Cambridge on work at the discretion of the V. Chan. & Mayor (wherein the said Mayor of the town of Camb. caused his name to be written before the V. Chan'. name in the said Deed) be cancelled, & forthwith made void : & that the said Mayor, upon the sight of this order, cause a new Deed to be made, wherein the V. Chan'. name shall be first placed, as of Right it ought: that so things in reference to the Workhouse in Camb. may be executed jointly by the V. Chan. & Mayor according to the tenor of the Will, and the intent of the Donor.

This day his Majesty sitting in council did hear at large the

controversy between the University of Camb. & certain Bur- About setting the price of gers of the Town, concerning the rating & setting the price Victualia, of candles in parof Victualia, and particularly of candles, and other necessaries ticular. comprised under the term of Focalia; and of the consequences lately fallen out upon that controversy: which having been long debated by Council learned on both sides; his Majesty finally ordered by Advice of the Board, that as well the late Mayor & Bailiff, & WTM. Bridge, as Edward Almond, John Ball, Jonas Scott, & Tho. Oliver shall acknowledge & submitt themselves, by setting their hands to this order in the Council Book, to the jurisdiction & privileges of the University, as well for the rating and setting a price of all kind of Victuals & of Candles, & all other necessaries comprehended under the term of Focalia; as for the correcting & punishing of all such inhabitants of the town, as shall break and exceed the said rate and prices, so set by the V. Chan. or such Officers of the University, as are in that behalf authorized.

And it is further order'd, that all the parties, fined by the V. Chancellor, shall pay the fines; & such charges of the court, as was set upon them by the V. Chan.; & shall make public confession in the V. Chan'. Court of their fault in breaking the said rates & prices so set, & réfusing to pay the fines assessed upon them, & questioning the privileges of the University. And as touching the discontinuing of any of the persons in this order mentioned: It is order'd that peace & agreement shall be settled between both parties, according to performance of that respect & submission, which is due from the inhabitants of the said town of Cambridge to the said University.

From Tabor, f. 716.

Ex. WIL. BECHER.

At the Court at Whitehall, Dec. 18, 1669.

Present,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,

His R. Highness the Duke of Yorke.

His R. Highness Pr. Rupert.

La. Archbr. of Cant.

L'. Hatton.

That the Heads prick for Beadles.

Whereas Mr. Worts, M. of Arts, & Fellow of Caius Coll. in the University of Cambridge, did by his Petition complain to his Majesty in Councill, that being chosen to succeed Francis Hughes, deceased, in the place of Esq'. Bedell, according to the Statute in that behalf, he was rein Tabor, f. 668. fused admission by Dr. Baldero, their V. Chan. & therefore

See an Interpretation of Stat'. 30 & 40

to this purpose,

praying releif; his Majesty was graciously pleased, by Order of the 17th of Nov. last past, to summon the said D'. Baldero, & all other partys concerned, to appear, & set forth the merits of the said cause before the Board: And the par

tys accordingly meeting with councill learned on either side, it appeared that, upon the decease of the said Francis Hughes, two persons were nominated by the V. Chan. & other the heads of Houses, who being proposed to the congregation, that one of them Mr. John Peck, Fellow of St. John's College, had more votes than the other; & was consequently admitted into the Esq'. Bedells place. And notwithstanding it was alledged, that the petitioner, Mr. Worts, had many more voices in the Congregation than any of the others; yet having not been nominated to the said place by the Heads of Houses, according to the antient custom, & constant usage ever since the making the statute in this behalf; his Majesty was pleased to declare his Election void. And for the final settlement of this & the like Elections in the future; he was pleased to order, & it is hereby order'd accordingly, that the nomination of the persons for the Esq. Bedells place, shall always remain in the Heads of Houses for the time being, & the Election only in the whole Senate of the University: which Election is to be out of the persons so nominated by the Heads of Houses, & no others. And it is further order'd, that the said John Peck be continued in the execution of his charge.

From Mr. Mason's Book, f. 50.

ROBERT SOUTHWELL.

The Election of

Mr. Bacon con

firmed.

At the Court at Hampton Court, Jul. 25, 1728.

Upon reading this day at the board a Report from the Lords of the Committee of his Majesty's most honourable P. Councill, dated the 16th. of this Instant, in the words following, viz.

In obedience to your Majestie's Orders in Councill of the 19th. of last mouth, referring unto this Committee, the humble petition of the several Heads of Colleges, Doctors, & Masters of the University of Camb., whose names are thereto subscribed; & likewise the humble petition of Jo". Bacon, of Camb. in the county of Camb.

Their Lordships this day took the said petitions into consideration, which set forth, that on Wednes