A History of the University of Cambridge

Hebrew, university lecturer on, how paid,
93; study of, enjoined on masters of
arts, 105.

Henry V., appropriation of revenues of
alien priories by, 54.

Henry VI., foundation of King's College
by, 54

Henry VII., bequest of, for completion of
King's College chapel, 68.

Henry VIII., refusal of, to sanction plun-
der of the universities, 86; decision
of, at Hampton Court, in favour of
Cambridge, 97; nominal founder of
Trinity College, 98.

Hey, Jo., theological sympathies of, 184.
Heywood, Oliver, prefers the Puritan
writers to Plato, 153.

Hill, Thos., master of Trinity, illiberal
rule of, 152.

History, foundation of professorship of,
by Lord Brooke, 148; foundation of
Regius professorship of, 173; first pro-
fessors, 173; study of, advocated by
Sedgwick, 191.

Holdsworth, Dr. Ri., vice-chancellor,
committal of, to prison for reprinting
the Royal Declarations, 151.

Horrocks, Jer., watches the transit of
Venus, 160.

Hullier, Jo., conduct of King's, burning
of, on Jesus Green, 109.

Ignoramus, performance of, before King
James, 145.

Injunctions, the Royal, of 1535, 86.
Institution of a Christian Man, The, chiefly
a Cambridge production, 89.
Intercollegiate teaching, first proposal
for, 205.

Irishmen, first admission of, to fellow-
ships at Sidney College, 136.
Irnerius, teaching of, at Bologna, 4.

JAMES I., expectations at accession of,
138; deputation of the university to,
ib.; delight of, in theological disputa-
tion, 144; and in college plays, 145.
James II., pushes exercise of royal right

of interference to extremes, 162; re-
tracts when too late, 164.

Jebb, Dr., proposal of, to institute annual
examinations, 181.

Jegon, Dr. Jo., vice-chancellor, dispute
of, with the Mayor, 137.

Jesus College, foundation of, 59; first
statutes of, ib.; the only college where,
after 1549, grammar was still taught, 104.
Johnson, Geo., of Christ's College, expul-
sion of, from Church at Amsterdam, 130.
Josselin, secretary to Archbp. Parker, 44;
his history of C. C. College, ib.

KELKE, ROG., master of Magdalene, a
Marian exile, 115; maladministration
of, as master, 144.

Kilkenny, Wm. de, foundation of first
university exhibitions by, 14.
King's College, foundation of, 54; early
code of, ib.; exceptional independence
which its founder seeks to secure for it,
55; completion of chapel of, 68.

Law, Edm., master of Peterhouse, char-
acter of his theology, 183.
Lectures, 'cursory,' meaning of the ex-
pression, 28; meaning of 'ordinary,'
ib.; twofold character of, in mediæval
times, 62.

Leo X., proclamation of, affixed to doors
of the Schools, 80.

Lever, Thos., testimony of, respecting
alienation of funds designed for Trinity
College, 99; respecting the rapacity of
the courtiers, 102.

Library, see University Library.
Lightfoot, Jo., influence of, as master of
St. Catherine's, 172.

Local Examinations, institution of, 213;
extension of scope of, 215; extension of,
to highest grade schools, 216.
Logic, the study of, acquires new im-
portance, 6; attention devoted to, by
William of Champeaux, 7; importance
attached to, in medieval times, 23.
Lollardism, presence of, in the universi-
ties, 50; repression of, by Arundel, 51.
Lombard, Peter, a pupil of Abélard, com-
piles the Sentences, 7.

Lucasian professorship, foundation of, 160.
Lutheran books, evidence of existence of,
at Cambridge, 77; importation of, into
the eastern counties, 80; burnt on
Market Hill, 81.

Lydgate, Jo., vindication of Cambridge
from heresy by, 79.

MACKENZIE, G., of Trinity, starts the
University Calendar, 185.

Madew, Jo., master of Clare, a leader in
the university, 91.

Magdalene College, endowed from mon-
astic property, 90; foundation of, 96;
original statutes of, ib.; losses of, 144.
Magister Glomeric, function of, 23,
Manchester, earl of, restored to the
chancellorship, 155.

Mandate degrees, royal abuse of, 156;
royal letter respecting, 165.
Map of Cambridge in 1574, 89.
Margaret of Anjou founds Queens' Col-
lege, 56.

Margaret, the Lady, countess of Rich-

mond, appoints Bishop Fisher her con-
fessor, 67; founds professorship of
Divinity, ib.

Margaret, Lady, preachership, foundation
of, 67.

Margaret, Lady, professorship, foundation
of, 67.

Marie de St. Paul, foundress of Pembroke
Hall, 36.

Marian exiles, the, sentiments with which
they returned to Cambridge, 114.
Martin V., Pope, supports the university
in its repudiation of the jurisdiction of
the bishops of Ely, 52.

Martin (St.), monastery of, at Tours, 3.
Mary I., Queen, state of university during
reign of, 108.

Master of arts, original significance of
the term, 25; studies of, 57; usual career
of, 63.

Mathematics take the place of grammar
in the Trivium, 104.
Matriculation of students, statute requir-
ing, 95.

Mayor, Prof. J. E. B., edition of Baker's
History of St. John's College by, 165.
Medicine, the study of, promoted by the
Saracens, 4; original course requisite
for degree of doctor of, 27; development
in the Cambridge school of, 210.
Mendicants, the, influence of, at the uni-
versities, 31; traces of their overthrow
at Cambridge, 89.

Mere, Jo., registrary of the university,

Merton College, Oxford, early statutes
of, 33.

Merton Hall, probable date of, 15.
Merton, Walter de, code given by, 33.
Methods of instruction and examination,
new, introduced in connection with uni-
versity extension movement, 220, 221.
Mey, Jo., services of, as member of Uni-
versity Commission, 97.

Michaelhouse, foundation of, 35; Fisher
appointed to mastership of, 67; dissolu-
tion of, 98.

Middelberg, a centre for Puritan seces-
sionists from the university, 130.
Middleton, Conyers, relations of, to
Bentley, 174; appointment of, as uni-
versity librarian, ib.

Mildmay, Sir Walt., foundation of Em-
manuel College by, 130; his motives
questioned by Elizabeth, 131; limita-
tion imposed by, on tenure of fellow-
ships, 132.

Millenary Petition, the, scope of, pre-
judicial to the universities, 138.
Millington, Wm., first provost of King's
College, 55; his ejectment from his
post, ib.

Milner, Isaac, theological views of, 185.
Milner, Joseph, History of the Church, by,

184.

Milton, Jo., his censure on college plays,
146.

Monasteries, dissolution of, a gain to the
colleges, go.

Monk, Dr., on the increasing numbers of
the university, 188.

Monmouth, duke of, election of, to
chancellorship, 162; deposition of, ib.
Montacute, Si., bp. of Ely, gives statutes
to Peterhouse, 33.

Monte Cassino, teaching at monastery
of, 2, 4.

Moral Philosophy, activity of Whewell as
professor of, 194.

More, Hen., a distinguished Platonist,
157; popularity of works of, 159.
Mountague, Ja., suppression of the Apello
Cæsarem of, 147.

'NATIONS,' division of Continental uni-
versities into, 18.

Neville, Dr., master of Trinity, deputed
to congratulate King James I., 138;
munificence of, as master, 143.

New College, Oxford, code of, a model
for that of King's College, 54.

New England, early divines of, educated
at Emmanuel College, 132.

Newton, Sir Isaac, early Cambridge career
of, 160; retirement of, on the outbreak
of the plague, 161; growth of academic
reputation of, ib.; publishes second
edition of Principia at Bentley's per-
suasion, 167; later career of, 171.
Nicholson, Sygar, early printer in Cam-
bridge, 77.

Nonjurors, mandamus for ejection of,
from fellowships, 165.

Norfolk, natives of, prominent among the
Cambridge Reformers, 81.

Norfolk, ninth duke of, restored to high-
stewardship of the university, 107.

'North and South,' division of the Eng-
lish universities into, 18.

Northampton, migrations from Oxford
and Cambridge to, 18.

Northampton, earl of, discountenances
the pretensions of the Caput, 140.
Northumberland, first duke of, arrest of,
in King's College, 107.

Numbers, decline of, in the university, in
latter part of seventeenth century, 166,
note.

OATH of supremacy, consequences of ad-
ministering of, 116.

'Opponent,' the, in disputations, 23; four
in number, 177.

Optime, senior and junior, explanation
of term, 177; senior, when first divided
from wranglers, 176, note; proctor's, 177.
Orders, religious, early admission of, to
degrees in the university, 17.
Oughtred, Wm., f. of King's, a supporter
of the Copernican theory, 160.
Oxford, town of, burnt, 10; schools at, ib.
Oxford, university of, probably older than
Cambridge, II; placed before Cam-
bridge by Parliament, ib.; influenced
by the Renaissance earlier than Cam-
bridge, 66; decline of, during the Re-
formation period, 113.

PAGET, Wm., high steward, a leading
Reformer, 81.

Paley, Wm., befriended by Law, 183;
writings of, 184.

Paræus, burning of the works of, 146.
Paris, commencement of university of, 6;
teachers of, obtain State recognition, 9;
model for Oxford and Cambridge, 11;
migrations from, to England, 17.
Paris, schools of Abélard at, 3; study of
logic at, 7:

Paris, Matthew, statements of, respecting
Oxford, 12.

Parker, Matt., archbp. of Canterbury, his
secretary, Josselin, 44; map of Cam-
bridge executed by direction of, 89;
appointed dean of college at Stoke,
election of, to mastership of C. C.
93;
College, 97; services of, to the uni-
versity, ib.; resignation of headship,
by, 108; death of, 127; benefactions of,
to the university, ib.

Parliament, university acquires the privi-
lege of returning members to, 140; Act
of, requiring presentation of printed
books to the university, 157.

Parr, Kath., the real foundress of Trinity
College, 98.

Paschal II., Pope, constitutes Ely an
episcopal see, 11.

Pattrick, Symon, election of, to presidency
of Queens', 157; the same nullified by
the Crown, ib.

Paynell, Wm., innovations on subjects
for lectures by, 81.

Peachell, Jo., master of Magdalene, ex-
amined before Commissioners, 164; de-
privation of, ib.

Peacock, Dean, publication of Observa-
tions of, 197.

Pecock, Reginald, illustration of fifteenth
century tendencies afforded by, 52.
Pember, Robt., tutor of Ascham, 91.
Pembroke Hall, foundation of, 36; earliest
extant statutes of, ib.

Pensioner, the college, early existence of,
69; enactment of restrictions on ad-
mission of, 87, 99.

Perkins, Wm., ability of, as tutor at
Christ's College, 144.

Perne, Dr.,master of Peterhouse, manages
to retain his post, 116; his character,
ib.
Peterhouse, foundation of, 33; earliest
code of, ib.; original buildings of, 35.
Physic, foundation of Regius professor-
ship of, 94.

Picot, the Norman sheriff, founds the
church of St. Giles, 13.

Pilgrimage to Parnassus, performance of,
in St. John's College, 145.

Pilkington, Jas., one of the Marian exiles
at Frankfort, 115.

Pilkington, Leon., one of the Marian
exiles at Frankfort, 115.

Pitt scholarship, foundation of, 188.
Plague, Great, of 1349, effects of, 40; ex-
tension of, to Cambridge, 160.
Platonists, the Cambridge, 156; charac-
ter of their philosophy, 158.
Plays, college, dislike with which they
were regarded by the Puritans, 145.
Pole, Card., elected chancellor of the
university, 109; statutes of, 110.
Poll men, 177.

Ponet, Jo., a distinguished member of
Queens' College, 92.

Porson, Ri., election of, to fellowship at
Trinity, 181; appointment of, to pro-
fessorship of Greek, ib.

Porson prize, foundation of, 181.
Pory, Dr., permitted, though a Catholic,
to retain the mastership of Corpus, 116.
Powell, Dr., institutes examinations at
St. John's, 182.

Prayer-Book, a Latin version of the, used
in college chapels, 117.
Precedence, question of, between the two
universities, how solved, 156.

Preston, Jo., successful rule of, at Em-
manuel College, 133; success of, as
college tutor at Queens', 143.

Proctors, the, 'the tribunes of the
people,' 124; nominated by a cycle of
colleges, ib.; curtailment of functions
of, ib.
Puritanism, takes its rise at Cambridge,
118; design of, in the university, 120;
increased activity of, 128; development
of, at Emmanuel College, 132; and at
St. John's, 133; decline of, in the uni-
versity, noted by Pepys, 154.
Pythagoras, School of, 15.
Quadrivium, the, course of study com
prised in, 25; modification of, 104.
Queens' College, first foundation of, 56;
original statutes of, 57; Fisher appointed
president of, 67; purchases the pre-
mises of the Carmelites, 90; services of,
to learning, at the time of the Refor-
mation, 92.

Querela Cantabrigiensis, the, a royalist
manifesto, 150.

REDMAN, JO., first master of Trinity, a
leader in the university, 91; services of,
as commissioner, 97; master of King's
Hall, 99.

Reformation, the, unfavourable effects of,
on the university, 93, 102.

Reformers, the, in the university, 81; in-
clude many of the best scholars, 82;
invited to Cardinal College, ib.; their
influence at Oxford, 83.

Regent Walk, the, the chief approach to
the Schools, 146.

Regents, the, the teachers of the uni-
versity, 27; extension of period of their
teaching, 125.

Regius professorships. foundation of, 94.
Renaissance, the, earliest influences of, at
Cambridge, 66; further progress of, 69.
'Respondent,' the, in disputations, 23.
Return from Parnassus, performance of,
in St. John's College, 145.
Rhetoric, study of, in medieval times, 24.
Ridley Hall, foundation of, 211.
Ridley, Nich., bp. of London, when master
of Pembroke, learns by heart the Pauline
Epistles, 92; one of the commissioners
of 1549; burning of, at Oxford, 109; his
pathetic remembrance of his college,

IIO.

SALERNO, university of, its origin, 4.
Salisbury, John of, his surprise at exces-
sive attention given to study of logic, 7.
Sancroft, Archbishop, efforts of, to pro-

mote university education among the
clergy, 161; chancellorship declined by,
164.

Sandys, Dr., bp. of London, arrest of, as
vice-chancellor, 107.

Saracens, the, originated a more scientific
study of medicine, 4.

Scholar, earliest use of the term in its
modern academic sense, 38.

Scholars required to place themselves
under supervision, 18, 30; complaints
of, of absence of patrons, 103.
Schoolmen, abolition of the, as text-books,
87.

Schools of the Roman Empire, disappear-
ance of, 2.

Schools, the university, when built, 28.
Scotchmen, first admission of, to fellow-
ships, at Sidney College, 136.
Sedgwick, Adam, Discourse of, 191.
Selwyn College, foundation of, 210.
Senate House, the new, building of, 174;
examinations first held in, ib.

Sentences, the, of Peter Lombard, 7; abo-
lition of, as a text-book, 86.
Sermons, reading of, forbidden to the
clergy, 162.

Seville, school at, 2.

Shaxton, bp. of Sarum, a leading Re-
former at Cambridge, 81.

Sherlock, Thos., bp. of London, master of
St. Catherine's, influence of, in the uni-
versity, 173; writings of, ib.
Siberch, Jo., first printer of Greek at Cam-
bridge, 76.

Sidney Sussex College, foundation of, 136;
original statutes of, ib.; first Cambridge
college to admit Irishmen and Scotch-
men to fellowships, 136; contribution
of, in aid of Charles I., 149; vacancy in
mastership of, filled up by royal man-
date, 162; clauses in statutes of, against
Popery struck out, 164.

Sike, H., appointed through Bentley's in-
terest professor of Hebrew, 169.
Sizars, earliest apparent institution of, 34.
Smith, Jo., f. of Christ's, becomes founder
of the General Baptists, 130.

Smith, Jo., f. of Queens', Discourses of,157.
Smith, Sir Thos., friendship of, with Cheke,
92; pupils of, ib.; advocates changed
pronunciation of Greek, 94; contro-
versy of, with Gardiner, 95; elected
vice-chancellor, ib.; protects the uni-
versity at Court, 97; brings about the
foundation of Trinity College, 98; ap-
pointment of, as Regius professor of
Civil Law, 106; Act of, for the mainte-
nance of colleges, 135.

Somerset. eleventh duke of, election of,
to chancellorship, 165.
Somerset, the Protector, chancellor of the
university, 107.

Sophister, meaning of the term, 23.
Sparrow, Dr., imposed as president upon
Queens' College by the Crown, 157.
Stafford, Geo., success of his lectures on
the New Testment, 81.

Stamford, migration from Oxford to, 18,
Stanley, Jas., gives original statutes of
Jesus College, 59.

Stanton, Hervey de, founds Michaelhouse,
35.

Stare in quadragesima, explanation of ex-
pression, 174.

Statutes (of the colleges), reformation of

204. See also under names of colleges.
Statutes (of the university): Statuta An
tiqua, 20; statute of 1276, 30; of 1538,
93; of 1544, 95; statutes of 1549, 104;
repeal of same, 108; of 1557, 110; Eliza-
bethan, of 1570, 123; revision of, peti-
tioned for, 199: of 1858, enactment of, 201.
St. Benet, præ-Norman church of, 13.
St. Catherine's Hall, foundation of, 58;
statutes of, ib. ; reputation of, in seven-
teenth century, 173.

St. Giles, foundation of church of, 13;
canons of, move to Barnwell, 14.
St. John the Evangelist, foundation of
Hospital of, 15; introduction of secular
scholars at, 32; suppression of, 70.
St. John's College, foundation of, 70;
alienation of estates bequeathed to,
ib.; different codes of, given by Fisher,
71; eminent members of, at the time
of the Reformation, 91; Puritan synods
secretly held at, 133; contribution of,
in aid of Charles I., 149; History of, by
Baker, 165; new statutes granted to, by
the Crown, 198.

St. Mary's (Gt.), destruction of documents

at, 19; university gatherings held in, 28.
St. Rhadegund, nunnery of, foundation
of, 15; suppression of, 59.

Stephen, Sir Jas., description of Whewell
by, 197.

Stuart, Prof. Jas., lectures by, the origin
of the University Extension Movement,

217.

Students, non-collegiate, statute for ad-
mission of, 203.

Studium generale, generally used to de-
note a university in medieval times, 1.
Subscription, abolition of, by Parliament
in 1640, 148; again required in 1662, 156.
Supremacy, oath of, abrogated by Parlia-
ment, 165.

Surplice, the, opposition to, in the uni-
versity, 119, 132; wearing of, enjoined,
139; compulsory wearing of, abolished,
149; wearing of, enjoined at the Restora
tion, 155.

TESTS, movement for the abolition of,
192; rejection of Bill for, by the House
of Lords, 193; chief supporters of the
Bill, ib.; final abolition of, 194.
Theology, course of study in, in mediæval
times, 26.

Thompson, Dr., master of Trinity, service
rendered by, in preparation of improved
college statutes, 203.

Three Articles, the, subscription to, re-
quired on admission to the doctorate,
139; not to be compulsory on admission
to degrees, 155.

Town and gown, earliest frays between, 19.
Travers, Walt., designs of, as a moderate
Puritan, 128; expulsion of, from his
fellowship, by Whitgift, ib.; the Dis-
ciplina of, 129; reappearance of same,
as the Directory, ib.

Trinity College, claim of, to represent
the earliest Cambridge college, 35;
partly built out of materials from the
Franciscan precincts, 90; foundation of,
98; first fellows of, partly from St.
John's, 99; original statutes of, ib.;
benefaction to, from Mary I., III; in-
crease in numbers at, during Neville's
administration, 143; rebuilding of, ib.;
state of, at time of Newton's entry, 160;
improvements effected in, by Bentley,
168; new statutes granted to, by the
Crown, 198; statutes of, further re-
modelled, 203.

Trinity College, Dublin, modelled on the
university of Cambridge, 135.

Trinity Hall, foundation of, 40; early
buildings of, 42; fire at, 43; proposed
amalgamation of, with Clare Hall, 107.
Tripos, the, origin of the term, 174; estab-
lishment of first, 176; mathematical,
original examination of, 178; classical,
foundation of, 188; changes in examina-
tion for classical, 191-2; moral sciences,
foundation of, 197; natural sciences,
foundation of, ib.; law, foundation of,
206; historical, foundation of, 207;
changes in same, 208; changes in
classical, ib.; theological, foundation
of, and modification of, 209; Semitic
languages, foundation of, ib.; Indian
languages, ib.; mediæval and modern
languages, foundation of, ib.
Tripos verses, origin of, 175.
Trivium, course of study included in, 22;
modification of, 104.

Tyndale, Wm., a leader of the Reformers
in the university, 81.

UFFENBACH, description of Cambridge
colleges by, in 1710, 168.

Undergraduate course of study in medi-
æval times, 22.

Undergraduates, numbers of, in 1850, 198,
note; recent increase in, 211.
Uniformity, Act of, again put in force, 156.
Universities, features of the earliest, 9.
University Extension Movement, origin
of, 217; growth of, 218; new methods
introduced by, 220; conference in con-
nection with, 222.

'University,' original meaning of term
of, I.

University Hall, Clare Hall originally so
called, 45

University Library, the duke of Bucking-
ham offers to rebuild, 147; enlargement
of, in 1837, ib.; right of, to copies of
books printed within the realm, 157;
presentation to, by George I., of library
of Bishop Moore, 173.

University Press, the, first publications of,
77; royal licence given for, ib.; sub-
sequent inactivity of, 78; seizure of
Travers' Disciplina at, 130.

VACARIUS, alleged teaching of, at Ox-
ford, 12.

Valence, Peter de, attack on doctrine of
indulgences by, 80.

Verse composition, discontinuance of,
recommended, 202.
Verses, occasional, production of, a
common practice, 155.
Vice-chancellor, election of, vested in the
Heads, 123.

Vives, Lud., on academic disputations, 62.
WALLIS, Jo., f. of Queens', a supporter
of the Copernican theory, 160.
Walsh, B. D., Historical Account of, 195;
innovations advocated by, 196.
Ward, Sam., master of Sidney, deplores
the requirement to wear the surplice,
139.

Ward, Seth, ejection of, from fellowship,
152; a supporter of the Copernican
theory, 160.

Warham, Arch., testimony of, respecting
influence of Cambridge at Oxford, 83.
Watson, Ri., theological sympathies of,
184.

West, Nich., f. of King's, modifies early
statutes of Jesus College, 59.
Westcott, Prof., speech of, at University
Extension Conference, 222.
Whewell, Dr., views of, controverted by
Sir W. Hamilton, 190; reforms intro-
duced by, 194; influence of, described
by Sir James Stephen, 197; death of, 203.
Whichcote, Benj., provost of King's, re-
fusal of, to take the Covenant, 152; a
representative of the Cambridge Platon-
ism, 157; notable sayings of, 158, 159.
Whiston, Wm., encouraged by Bentley,
167; his Theory of the Earth, 169; his dis-
charge of duties of Lucasian professor,
ib.; theological controversy raised by,
170; his Primitive Christianity, ib.;
banishment of, from the university, and
final career, ib.

Whitaker, Wm., master of St. John's,
European reputation of, 133; Puritan
sympathies of, ib.

White Horse Inn, the, a meeting-place of
the Reformers, 81.
Whitgift, Archbp., early academic career
of, 121; deprives Cartwright of his fellow-
ship, 123; proposed retirement of, from
Cambridge, 126; departure of, for Wor
cester, 128; orders seizure of Travers'
Disciplina, 130; death of, 139.
Wolsey, Card., visit of, to Cambridge, 75;
surrender of the university statutes to,
76; founds Cardinal College, 82; invites
thither some of the young Cambridge
Reformers, 83.

Woodlark, Robt., founds St. Catherine's
Hall, 58; rule of, as third provost of
King's College, ib.

Woodville, Eliz., first code of Queens'
College given by, 57.

Wotton, Wm., remarkable attainments
of, 169.

Wyclif, influence of, at Oxford, 50. See
also Lollardism.

Wykeham, Wm. of, his despair of the
monasteries, 59.
YORK, school at, 2.

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