Cambridge (England) -- Pictorial works; University of Cambridge -- Pictorial works
We may note that All Souls’ Oxford retains the characteristic of the
ancient college foundations, in being a college of fellows only. The
title “students” for the fellows of Christchurch recalls the same
intention.
[341] When Gresham went to Gonville in Hen. VIII.’s time the
fellow-commoner had just made his appearance. Cambridge was full of
them in the reign of Elizabeth.
[342] Jeremy Taylor was a sizar, Newton and Bentley sub-sizars.
[343] Statutes of Christ’s College.
[344] The scholars of Eton were directed to recite the Matins of our
Lady while making their beds.
[345] This right was given up in 1856. The legal powers and privileges
of the university date from the xiii c. and the reign of Henry III.:
_Ita tamen quod ad suspensionem vel mutilationem clericorum non
procedatis, sed eos alio modo per consilium universitatis Cantabr.
castigetis_ is the clause inserted in 1261 in the matter of a quarrel
between students from the north and south parts of the realm. The
privileges granted to the university by Edward III. include the
power of imprisoning offenders; and even the king’s writ could not
be invoked to free them. In the 10th year of Edward’s reign the
university chancellor maintained this right both over scholar and
townsman. The oath taken by the mayor of Cambridge to maintain the
“privileges liberties and customs of the university” dates from the
same reign (when the mayor bailiffs and aldermen were obliged to swear
to respect the chancellor’s rights). When the riots of 1381 led to a
suspension of the town charter its privileges were transferred to the
university, till the restoration of the charter in 1832.
[346] The vice-chancellor’s court for persons _in statu pupillari_ is
composed of the vice-chancellor and six heads of colleges elected by
grace.
[347] It will be observed that the academic dean possesses
disciplinary functions like his predecessor and prototype the monastic
dean. The academic dean is also the presiding official at the chapel
services.
[348] Undergraduates may not give entertainments in taverns or public
halls without permission of their tutor: even then more than 5 men
_in statu pupillari_ cannot meet together in a public place without a
further permit from the proctor.
It was agreed in 1856 that the licence of any ale house was liable to
be revoked if a complaint in writing was made by the vice-chancellor
to the Justices of the Peace.
[349] Lodging house keepers sign a hard and fast undertaking with the
Lodging-house Syndicate. They cannot let to other than members of the
university without permission.
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