Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge...Pub. by Direction of the Commissioners Appointed by the Queen to Inquire Into State, Discipline, Studies, and Revenues of the Said University and Colleges

Close, 16 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 33.-Sheriff of Cambridge is to pay Thomas Powys, warden of the King's elemosinary scholars in the University of Cambridge, the arrears due for two robes a year granted to him by the King; and also in future to provide him the price of two robes a year. 20 Feb.

Patent, 16 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 40.-Letter to the Chancellor, Treasurer, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Steward of the King's Chamber, the Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery, the King's Confessor and his Almoner, giving them full power to order, dispose, and appoint the foundation of the College already founded by the King, of a warden and thirty-two scholars in the University of Cambridge called King's Hall, and to assign to the warden and scholars at the King's expense the church of Fakenhamdam and other churches sufficient for their food, clothing, and the support of their house; also to ordain a rule for the conduct of the scholars and for the use and advantage of the College; also to grant them by letters patent such liberties as the King has granted to the College of Chaplains founded at Stratford-upon-Avon by John Archbishop of Canterbury. The grant of money daily to them made by the King, and the money out of the farm of Waltham paid by the Abbot, are to cease. 24 May.

Patent, 16 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 24.-Grant to the warden and scholars of the College called King's Hall, Cambridge, of the advowson of the church of Felmersham with the chapel of Pavenham annexed in county of Bedford, the advowson of the church of Hyntlesham, Suffolk, the advowson of the church of Grendon, Northamptonshire, and the advowson of the church of St. Mary, Cambridge. 25 July.

Patent, 17 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 23.-All causes of clerks arising in Cambridge or the suburbs about debts, taxations of houses, the sale of horses, cloth, food, &c. are to be decided before the Chancellor of the University. The Chancellor or his commissaries are to have cognizance of excesses in sale and purchase of wine, &c. in which a scholar is a party, and punish the delinquents. The Chancellor of the University for the time being shall not be molested in anywise in the

King's court in consequence of any imprisonment or punishment he may have caused. 19 Sept.

Patent, 18 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 23.—Licence to John de Illeygh and Thomas de Kenyngham to give the manor of Ikelyngton and an acre and a half of meadow in Ikelyngton to the master and scholars of St. Michael's Hall, Cambridge. 20 Aug.

Patent, 19 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 16.-Licence to Simon Bishop of Ely to give the advowson of the church of Hynton to the warden and scholars of St. Peter's Hall, Cambridge. 5 May.

Patent, 19 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 5.-The master and scholars of St. Michael's Hall, Cambridge, are to hold the manor of Ikelyngton and an acre and a half of meadow there for ever without let or hindrance, notwithstanding it had been acquired by former possessors without royal licence. 16 June.

Patent, 19 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 7.-Confirmation of the statute made by Simon, late bishop of Ely, relative to the election of scholars in the House of St. Peter, Cambridge. 8 Oct.

Patent, 19 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 8.— The King revokes the appointment he had made of Nicholas Burghard to be supported in the House of St. Peter, Cambridge. 10 Oct.

Close, 20 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 24.-Sheriff of Cambridge is to pay wages to six additional scholars in the King's Hall, Cambridge, besides the thirty-four whom the King already supports there. 28 Jan.

Patent, 20 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 22.- Licence to Elizabeth de Burgo to give the advowson of the church of Grantesden, Hunts, to the master and scholars of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and also the advowson of the church of Dokesworth. 15 June.

Close, 20 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 21.—An order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer and the chamberlain concerning the allowance of 4d. a day to the warden and 2d. a day to each of the scholars in the King's Hall in Cambridge. 12. Aug.

Patent, 20 Edw. 3. p. 3. m. 22.-Licence to the master and scholars of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to acquire lands, tenements, rents, and advowsons of churches to the value of 401. per annum. 30 Sept.

Patent, 21 Edw. 3. p. 3. m. 21. and 34.-Grant to the warden and scholars of King's Hall, Cambridge, of 20l. per annum, which the preceptor of the House of La Maudeleyne of Lokhay in the county of Derby is bound to pay to the King in aid of building their house. 30 July. 9 Nov.

Patent, 21 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 3. dorso.-Sheriff of Cambridge and others are appointed to inquire what lands and tenements in Cambridge have been acquired by religious persons, scholars, or other ecclesiastics since the 20th year of Edw. 2. 26 Oct.

Close, 21 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 12.—The preceptor of the House of the Maudeleyne of Lokhay in the county of Derby is to pay the warden and scholars of the King's Hall, Cambridge, those 201. per annum which the House is bound to pay to the King. 15 Nov.

Patent, 21 Edw. 3. p. 3. m. 9.-Licence to Mary de St. Paul, countess of Pembroke, to found a House of Scholars in Cambridge, and appoint in it a warden and thirty scholars or more; also to assign to them messuages for their habitation and advowsons of churches to the value of 100%. per annum. 24 Dec.

Patent, 22 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 33.-Licence to Edmund de Goneville, parson of the church of Tiryngton, to found a college of twenty scholars in the University of Cambridge, and to assign to a warden and the said scholars three messuages and a garden in Lurteburghlane in the town of Cambridge for their habitation. 28 Jan.

Patent, 22 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 32.-Licence to Mary de St. Paul, countess of Pembroke, to give a messuage in the town of Cambridge to the warden and scholars of the House founded by her in Cambridge. 4 June.

Patent, 22 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 17.-The King grants to the master and scholars of the House of St. Michael, Cambridge,

that when the House shall happen to be vacant the King's escheators, sheriffs, or bailiffs shall not interfere with the manors of Barnton and Ikelyngton, but in the beginning of the vacancy shall take one simple seisin of the manors in the King's name and then immediately retire. 24 July.

Close, 22 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 14.—The abbot of Waltham Holy Cross is to pay the warden and scholars of the King's Hall, Cambridge, the 55l. per annum which he is bound to pay to the King for the farm of the town of Waltham. 24 Oct.

Patent, 23 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 25.-Licence to the warden and scholars of King's Hall, Cambridge, to acquire lands, tenements, and rents to the value of 20l. per annum. 26 June.

Patent, 23 Edw. 3. p. 2. m. 18.-Licence to Mary de St. Paul, countess of Pembroke, to give all her lands and tenements in Repyndon in the county of Derby and four pounds of rent in Wyssenden in the county of Rutland to the warden and scholars of her Hall of Valence Marie, lately founded by her in the University of Cambridge. 30 June.

Patent, 24 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 30.-Licence to the warden, fellows, and scholars of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge to acquire houses and dwellings sufficient for their habitation in the town of Cambridge; and advowsons of churches to the value of 100 marks per annum. 23 Feb.

Patent, 24 Edw. 3. p. 1. m. 15.-Licence to Richard de Lyng, archdeacon of Norwich, Walter de Elveden, and Simon de Rekynghale, to give the advowsons of the churches of Kimburle and Briston, Norfolk, to the warden, fellows, and scholars of the Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge. 3 May.

Patent, 24 Edw. 3. p. 3. m. 1.-Licence to Richard de Lyng, archdeacon of Norwich, Walter de Elveden, and Simon de Rikynghale, parson of the church of Rollesby, to give the advowson of Brynyngham to the warden, fellows, and scholars of the Hall of the Holy Trinity, Cambridge. 3 Oct.