[143] Alcock himself, by a unique arrangement made with Rotherham, held the Seals conjointly with that prelate, then Bishop of Lincoln, from April to September 1474; and he had acted in parliament in the same capacity for Stillington in 1472. Merton whose Cambridge operations were described in the last chapter was Lord Chancellor; so was Sir Robert Thorpe who began the Schools, and so were Booth and Rotherham who completed the Schools quadrangle and built the old library. John Somerset, who was chiefly instrumental in the founding of King’s College, was Chancellor of the Exchequer to Henry VI. [144] Cf. nationality of founders of colleges p. 150. [145] The stone house (p. 24 _n._) and John Goldcorn’s property--all opposite Michaelhouse--were then fashioned by Bateman, after the founder’s demise, as Gonville Hall. [146] See Gonville and Caius, pp. 143-4. [147] Twelve preachers from each university were annually licensed for any diocese in England. Gonville was now allowed two such licences on its own account. [148] p. 141. [149] He landed at Yarmouth in June, and the charter of foundation is dated November 20. [150] Magdalene, p. 127. [151] The style “the keeper and scholars of the college of the Holy Trinity of Norwich,” reminds us that the original dedication of this and Gonville corresponds to that of two of the ancient Cambridge guilds--the Holy Trinity and the Annunciation. [152] The N.E. corner was obtained four years after the foundation by the purchase of a house at the corner of Henney Lane. [153] See also King’s. [154] See also Caius. [155] Account given of the building of Corpus by Archbishop Parker’s Latin secretary, John Jocelyn, fellow of Queens’. It is supposed that the hall of the guild of Corpus Christi was near the old court; S. Mary’s guild met at the hostel of that name near the present Senate House. See also p. 83. [156] _Ibid._ [157] The brethren and sisters of the two guilds presumably thus taxed all house property bequeathed by them to their college, to defray the expenses of the wax lights so freely used in funeral and other liturgical rites. It has been pointed out that the riots occurred two days after the feast of Corpus Christi, with its recent procession in England, the contribution of wax tapers for which may have greatly aggravated the grievance. The feast is of xiii c. origin, the outdoor procession dates from the late xivth. [158] She was heiress to her sister Eleanor who had been betrothed to Edward IV. They were the daughters of John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, and Elizabeth’s only child Ann was wife to Richard of York murdered in the Tower.