of vicar-general, ib.; suppression of
Interpreter of, by royal edict, 499;
death of, 500
Counties, regulations with respect to,
in original statutes of Trinity Col-
lege, 142; see also Appendix (D).
Cox, Ri., a frequent correspondent
with the Helvetic churches, 195;
an arbitrator on the petition against
the Elizabethan statutes, 237; testi-
mony of, to increase of competent
preachers in both universities, 262;
suggestion made by, to Burghley, for
the appointment of a commission at
St John's, 267
Cranbourne, visct., see Cecil (Sir Robt.).
Crane, Jo., f. of Christ's, required to
appear when summoned to account
for performance of a play at Christ's,
76
Cranmer, Tho. (archbp. of Canter-
bury), gives lectures at Buckingham
College, 65; his correspondence with
Melanchthon, 102; his admiration of
the German theology, 108; chief
compiler of the Reformatio Legum
Ecclesiasticarum, 111; invites Bucer
to Cambridge, 117; martyrdom of, at
Oxford, 155
Crayford, Jo., master of Clare, his elec-
tion to the vice-chancellorship, 10;
departure from precedent on the
occasion, 11; circumstances which
probably led to his selection for the
office, ib.; his character as described
by Fuller, ib. n. 2; shews Alane no
favour, 16; his arbitrary rule at
Clare Hall, 21
Credit, very charily given by tradesmen
to undergraduates in 17th century,
443
Cromwell, Tho., his entry with respect
to Fisher's execution, 1; a warm-
hearted patron, 3; commencement
of his connexion with the university,
ib.; his intervention between town
and university solicited by the latter,
ib.; elected high steward of the uni-
versity, ib.; tact displayed by, in
exercising his intervention, 5; letters
of, to the mayor and burgesses, ib.;
energetic remonstrances of, with the
same, 6; proceedings of, as visitor of
the university, 7; appoints a royal
commission to the university, 8; in-
vites Alane to England, 14; fails to
pay Alane's pension at the university,
15; introduces him to Convocation,
16; grants the fellows of St John's
College permission to elect a master
20; recommends Dr Day for the
office, ib.; skilful tactics of, in the
spoliation of the monasteries, ib. ;
confidence reposed by, in Latimer at
Cambridge, 21; aids Queens' Col-
lege in its petition to Hen. VIII, 25 ;
degradation and death of, 35
Crown, the, favorable influence exert-
ed by, in elections to college master-
ships, 71
D.C.L., degree of, when no longer re-
required in the College of Advocates,
127, n. 2.
Daniell, the historian, a friend of Dr
Cowell, 497
Darrel, Jo., a pretended exorcist ex-
posed by Harsnet, 489
Davenant, Jo. (bp. of Salisbury), pre-
sident of Queens' College, 483; de-
clined his fellowship on first election,
ib.; elected lady Margaret professor,
ib.; ability of, as a moderator, 484;
claims of, to the presidency, supported
by Preston, ib. ; the uncle of Thomas
Fuller, 486; a candidate for the lady
Margaret professorship against Play-
fere, 505; one of the English dele-
gates to the Synod of Dort, 560;
quaestio propounded by, at the royal
visit, 565; retirement of, from the
presidency of Queens', 568
Davidson, Jo., principal of the Paeda-
gogium at Glasgow, 365
Davies, Mr., M.P., brings forward mo-
tion in parliament for a committee
of enquiry respecting the two uni-
versities, 385
Day, Geo., succeeds Metcalfe as master
of St John's, 19, n. 2; election of,
largely due to the support of Tho.
Cromwell, 20; assessor with Queens'
College in its negotiations with the
Carmelites, 25; letters of, as public
orator, ib.; facts in earlier career of,
ib.; inclination of, rather to scienti-
fic than to theological studies, 38; a
zealous partisan of the Catholic
party, ib.; in Baker's view, a loss to
St John's, ib. n. 1; procures new
statutes for St John's, 39
De Dominis, archbp. of Spalatro, ad-
miration of, on witnessing the Cam-
bridge Commencement, 432
Dee, Jo., of St John's and Trinity, 84;
Greek reader at Trinity, ib.; re-
formed the Julian calendar, ib.; later
career and melancholy end of,
573
Degrees, to be bought at some univer-
sities in time of Edw. vi, 120; En-
glish, not recognised at English Col-
lege in Rome, 256; in theology, de-
nounced by the Puritan party, 241,
n. 1; right of conferring, granted to
the Jesuits by Julius 111, 258; man-
date, 232
Demosthenes, as much studied as Cicero
in the time of Ascham, 53; prescribed
as a subject of lectures in time of
Edw. vi, 111
Dennis, Hugh, bequest of settled on
Magdalene College, 70
Denny, Sir Anthony, appealed to by
St John's College to save Sedberg
School, 92
Dering, Edw., appeals to Cecil in behalf
of Cartwright, 228; reputation of,
for learning, 234; criticism of Eliza-
bethan statutes by, 234-5
Devereux, Robt. (2nd earl of Essex),
one of Whitgift's pupils at Trinity,
274; his subsequent arrest in London
by Whitgift's retainers, ib.; succeeds
Burghley as chancellor, 440; visit of,
to Cambridge, ib.; execution of, for
high treason, ib.; decision of, between
town and university, 441
Dexter, Mr, Congregationalism of,
cited, 298, n. 1; 300, n. 2; 301, n.
2; observation of, on want of a His-
tory of the Cambridge Separatists,
301, n. 4
Digby, Everard, Whitaker seeks to
expel, from his fellowship at St John's,
323; grounds on which Whitaker
justifies the expulsion of, 350
Dillingham, Wm., animadversions of,
on Ball's account of Chaderton's re-
tirement from the mastership of Em-
manuel, 570, n. 2
Disciplina Ecclesiastica, Whitgift's
criticism of the new translation of,
304; the translator of, a Cambridge
man, ib. n. 3; principles of, favor-
ably received in certain counties, 312,
n. 3; proposed alteration in, 323;
see also Travers, and Appendix (C.)
Dispensation from oath, clause con-
cerning, not contained in first statutes
of Trinity College, 141; contained
in statutes of St John's, ib. n. 3
Dispensations, with respect to acts and
exercises, forbidden, 231; injurious
effects of the measure, ib.
Disputations, in college chapel of Mag.
dalene, 69; when to be held, in time
of Edw. vi, 112, n. 2; favored by the
Reformers, 112; held before the
Visitors in 1549, 114; the cause of
popular outbreaks, 117
Divinity, decline of study of, in 1560,
183; new method of study of, ini-
tiated by Perkins, 511; introduction
of same, by Ames, at Franeker,
512
Doctor, degree of, rarely taken circ.
1551, 101
Dod, Jo., discusses at St John's with
other Puritan divines proposed alte-
rations in the Disciplina, 323
Dogs, can they syllogize?, the quaestio
in the philosophy act before King
James in 1615, 520
Dominican friars, the, site of their
former foundation at Cambridge, 23;
decline of the reputation of their
house, ib.
Dorington, f. of Caius, refuses to
give up his fellowship, 201; accused
of fighting with the other fellows, ib.
n. 2
Dort, Synod of, English delegates at,
chiefly Cambridge men, 560; arro-
gance of the Calvinistic deputies at,
561; tour made by English delegates
at, through the United Provinces,
ib.; their cold reception at Leyden,
Douay, univ. of, foundation of, 253;
foundation of English college at,
254; design of founder of, ib. n. 1;
majority of English students at,
from Oxford, 254; benefactions of
Gregory XIII to, 255; removal of, to
Rheims, ib.; number of English
students at, ib.
Dove (bp. of Peterborough), a candi-
date for a fellowship at Pembroke at
the same time as Andrewes, 486
Downes, Andr., f. of St John's, period
of his professoriate of Greek, 416;
appointment of as Regius professor
of Greek, 419; lengthened tenure of
the professorship of Greek by, 506;
educated at Shrewsbury school, ib.;
account given by D'Ewes of his inter-
view with, ib.; contributions by, to
Savile's edition of Chrysostom, ib.;
one of the translators of the Bible, ib.
Downham, Geo. (bp. of Derry), f. of
Christ's, a student of the Logic of
Ramus, 411
Dress, academic, statute respecting, on
the part of graduates, 389; character
of in 16th century, 392
Dryander, see Encinas.
Dudley, Robt. (earl of Leicester), en-
couragement given by, to Puritan
party at Oxford, 283; administration
of, as chancellor at Oxford, 370
Duport, Jo., m. of Jesus College, re-
monstrates with Barret on his ser-
mon ad clerum, 327; one of the
translators of the Bible, 489
Eden, Tho., succeeds to mastership of
Trinity Hall on resignation of Cle-
ment Corbet, 500
Edinburgh, university of, foundation
of, 369; contrast in circumstances
of same, as compared with those of
the earlier Scotch universities, ib.;
first teacher at, ib.; his course of
instruction, ib.; subscription to Na-
tional Covenant required from all
admitted to degrees at, ib.
Edmundsbury, the monastery at, tes-
timony of Leland to its splendour,
32
Edward VI, statutes of, 109; munifi-
cent intentions of, in relation to the
university, 144
Elizabeth, queen, visit of to the uni-
versity in 1564, 187; incidents of the
visit, 181-192; results of the same,
192; her conduct on receiving intel-
ligence of massacre of St Bartholo-
mew, 242; refuses her assent to bill
for correction of abuses in elections
to fellowships, etc., 269; accuses Sir
Walter Mildmay of founding a Puri-
tan college, 311; benefaction of, to
Emmanuel College, 311; death of,
445; grace of the university on the
occasion, ib.
Elections, abuses in, to fellowships,
scholarships, etc., 268-70
Elphinstone, Wm. (bp. of Aberdeen),
foundation of King's College, Aber-
deen, by, 364
Emmanuel College, foundation of, 310;
charter of, ib.; benefaction of queen
Elizabeth to, 311; suspected of lean-
ings to Puritanism, ib.; statutes of
the society, 312; decidedly Puritan
character of, ib.; debt of New Eng-
land to, 313; disregard shewn by,
for discipline of the Church of Eng-
land, ib.; form of prayer used in
college chapel of, ib. n. 5; mode of
celebrating the Lord's Supper at, 314,
n. 1; lengthened exclusion of, from
the academic cycle,' 314; number
of admissions at in earlier part of
17th century, ib. n. 4; reputation of,
during the Commonwealth, 314; re-
fusal of Blundell scholarships by, 361;
number of undergraduates at, at one
time greater than that of St John's,
472; flourishing condition of, under
Lawrence Chaderton, 476; exami-
nations for fellowships at, 480, n. 2;
refusal of, to paint the college build-
ings on occasion of James' first visit,
517; copy of Ignoramus in library
of, 528; Hall's medal, commemora-
tive of the Synod of Dort, still pre-
served at, 561; critical state of af-
fairs at, towards the close of James'
reign, 569; election of Preston as
master of, on retirement of Chader-
ton, 570.
Encinas, Francis, teaches Greek at
Cambridge, 109
English, bachelors of divinity required
to preach in, 111
English College at Rome, origin of,
255; re-endowment of, by Gregory
XIII, ib.; oath imposed on English
students, on admission at, 256, n. 1;
'Pilgrims' Register' at, ib.; studies
at, ib.; English degrees not recognised
at, ib.; influence gained by the
Jesuits at, 260
English language, the, praise of, by
Sir T. Smith, 132
Erasmus, his dialogue on the pronun-
ciation of Greek and Latin, 54;
studied by Cheke and Smith, 55
Essex, co. of, preference to be given to
natives of, in elections at Emmanuel
College, 312
Eton College, its Greek grammar de-
rived from Padua, 58; see King's
College.
Eucharist, the, nature of, much dis-
cussed in 1548, 114
Euclid, prescribed as a text-book in
time of Edw. vi, 110
Euripides, prescribed as a subject of
lectures in time of Edw. vi, 111
Examinations, evidence for their ex-
istence before the reign of Elizabeth,
120, n. 1; for fellowships, held at
Emmanuel College early in 17th
century, 480; for fellowships, in-
stance of, at Pembroke College, early
in the 17th century, 486; at Trinity
College, 605, 607
Examiners, mention of, in original
statutes of Trinity College, 140
Exmeuse, Wm., a Carthusian, edu-
cated at Cambridge, 30
Fagius, Paulus, appointed reader of
Hebrew, 119; his death, 123; burn-
ing of remains of, 156; period of his
readership of Hebrew, 416
Fairclough, Sam., refuses to sustain a
female part in the performance of
Ignoramus, 518
Fasting, observance of a day of, en-
joined by the bp. of Ely, opposed by
the chancellor, 299
Fathers, the, Overall distinguished by
the discrimination he shewed in
quoting, 501
Faulkner, Maurice, fined for assertions
respecting relations of master and
fellows of St John's, 265
Fawcett, Ri., expelled from his fellow-
ship at St John's, 39; refuses to take
part in the consecration of archbishop
Parker, 40
of Magdalene College, con-
ditions to be observed in election of,
69; not distinguished in first charter
of Trinity College, from scholars,
81; Bucer's surprise at the manner
in which they are allowed to remain
on the foundations, 120; treatment
of, by Heads, 383; position of seniors
and juniors contrasted, 386
Fellowships, smallness of their endow-
ment circ. 1549, 90; interference of
the Crown in elections to, becomes
common in latter part of 16th cen-
tury, 71; elections to, at Trinity Co-
lege, 141; conditions of tenure of, at
Trinity college, 142; medical, at
Caius, 163; abuses in elections to,
268; royal nominations to, 286;
resistance of the university to royal
nominations to, 289; results of for-
mer restrictions attached to tenure
of, 318; theory with respect to tenure
of, adopted by Bedell at Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin, 356; augmentation in
value of, owing to Sir Thomas Smith's
Act, 379; increasing importance
attached to acquirement of, 386;
undue influences at elections to, 387;
come to be looked upon as a pro-
vision for life, ib.
Felton, Nich., m. of Pembroke, sup-
ports the claims of Micklethwaite
against Preston to the lectureship at
Trinity Church, 572
Ferdinand, Philip, gives private in-
struction in Hebrew in the university,
417; William Gouge one of his pu-
pils, ib.; William Eyre's comment
on his departure, 418
Ferrarius, civilian, his writings studied
by Sir T. Smith, 130
Fines, for neglecting academic dress,
389; for breaches of discipline at
Trinity, 143
Fines, system of, in relation to college
estates, 376; legislation of parlia-
ment with reference to same, ib.; on
renewal of leases, often appropriated
by master and fellows, 386
Fines, on renewal of college leases,
Millenary Petitioners propose to abo-
lish, 447
First-fruits (and tenths) payment of,
remitted to the university, 12; the
payment a real burden, ib. n. 2
Fisher, bp., entry respecting execution
of, by Cromwell, 1; erroneous state-
ment of Fuller respecting chancellor-
ship of, 1, n. 1; when elected to the
office, 2; statutes of, re-imposed on
St John's, 150
Fiswick's Hostel, origin of the name,
80, n. 3; it is surrendered to Trinity
College, 80
Fitzherbert, Hugh, an able tutor at St
John's, 42
Fitzwalter, viscount, husband of the
foundress of Sidney Sussex College,
357; preference expressed by, for
Cambridge over Oxford, ib. n. 2
Fletcher, Giles, sen., f. of King's Col-
lege, 372; career and attainments
of, ib.; poem of, de Litteris antiquae
Britanniae, ib.; impression which it
gives of the condition of the univer-
sity, 373; see also Appendix (F).
Fletcher, Giles, jun., dedication of one
of the poems of, to Dr Neville, 469
Fletcher, Ri., (bp. of London), f. of
Corpus Christi, signs petition against
Elizabethan statutes, 236; extreme
rigour of the Lambeth Articles at-
tributed to influence of, 338
Forty-two Articles see Tests.
Fox, Edw., of King's College, made bp.
of Hereford by Tho. Cromwell, 3;
his abilities and character, ib.; de-
fends Alane in convocation, 16
Franciscan friars, the, site of their
former foundation at Cambridge, 23;
head of the house in 1534, ib. n. 2;
premises of the, petition of the uni-
versity for, 26; the buildings an or-
nament to Cambridge, 27; buildings
of the, serve as materials for Trinity
College, 80; survey of the buildings,
ib. n. 2; spectacle presented by pre-
cincts of, after dissolution of the
monasteries, 81
Franeker, university of, appointment
of Ames to professorship of theology
at, 511
Frankfort, a centre of the Marian ex-
iles, 171; activity of the exiles at,
172; discussions at, ib.
French, Tho., alderman of Cambridge,
empowered to prefer the petition of
the town for a new charter, 548
Freshmen, ordeal to which they were
subjected, 400
Froude, Mr J. A., story told by, re-
specting visit of queen Elizabeth to
the university in 1564, 190, n. 2;
improbability of the incidents, ib.;
grave misrepresentations of, 220, n.
1; too sweeping assertion of, 299, n.
3; injustice done by, to Parker's me-
mory, 249
Fulke, Wm. (afterwards m. of Pem-
broke) expelled from St John's for
disaffection, 204; discusses with other
Puritan divines amendments in the
Disciplina at St John's, 323; com-
mentary by, on New Testament,
singled out for disapproval by king
James at Oxford, 516
Fuller, Tho., error of, respecting bp.
Fisher's chancellorship, 1, n. 1;
comment of, on Dr Caius' benefac-
tion, 160; his conception of the du-
ties of a head of a college, 383
Galen, prescribed as a text-book in
lectures, by statutes of Edw. vi,
110
Games, students forbidden to look on,
at certain, 420; allusion to the sta-
tute in Ignoramus, 534
Gandia, foundation of Jesuit College at,
257
Gardiner, Steph., succeeds Cromwell
as chancellor of the university, 36;
in high favour with Henry, ib.; his
rapid rise, ib.; his character, ib. n. 1;
interferes in disputes at St John's,
39, n. 2; his taunt of Cheke, 54, n. 2;
point of view from whence he re-
garded the new method of Greek
pronunciation, 59; he forbids it, as
chancellor, 60; his controversy on
the subject with Smith and Cheke,
61; his further attempts at suppress-
ing the method, 62; remonstrates on
the performance of Pammachius at
Christ's, 75; committal of, to the
Fleet, 87; meets with Bucer and
Alane in Germany, 118; advocates
the introduction of the new method
of studying the civil law, 126; rose
to eminence through study of the
civil law, 181; restored to freedom
and office on the accession of Mary,
149; re-instated in the chancellor-
ship, ib.; letter of, to the university,
150; restored to the mastership of
Trinity Hall, 151; reactionary policy
of, 153; resentment of, at non-
election of Muryell to bedellship,
154; last measure of, as chancellor,
155; death of, ib.
Gascoigne, Edw., LL.D., succeeds Red-
man as master of Jesus College, 177
Gataker, Tho., of St John's College,
one of the first fellows of Sidney
College, 359
Geneva, university of, status of, in 1570,
227; abolition of subscription to
Calvinistic doctrine at, 230, n.1; con-
temptuous description of, by Ban-
croft, 285, n. 2; condition of, in 1583,
285; Andrew Melville studied at,
364
Geography, authors from whence the
student derived his knowledge of, in
early part of 17th century, 402
Gerrard, Gilbert, advises Burghley with
respect to the re-establishment of the
university press, 297
Gerson, Jo., forbade acting of plays in
the university of Paris, 72
Gesner, Conrad, a friend of Dr Caius,
158; professor at Lausanne, ib. n. 2
Geste, bp., avowal of, with reference to
his translation of the Psalms, 249
Giessen, university of, circumstances
that led to foundation of, 104
Gilbert, Wm., f. of St John's, de Mag-
nete of, 573; eminence of, as court
physician, ib.
Glasgow, university of, foundation of,
364; defects in original constitution
of, ib.; narrow escape of, from ex-
tinction at the Reformation, ib.;
peculiarity in its constitution, 365,
n. 1; reconstituted by Andrew Mel-
ville, 367
Glastonbury, the monastery at, once a
famous school for the universities,
30; description of its library by
Leland, 32
Glynn, Wm., of Queens', elected lady
Margaret professor, 84; one of the
disputants before the Visitors in
1549, 113
Goad, Rog., D.D., succeeds to provost-
ship of King's, 200; takes part in the
|