Mary died in 1558, and on 20 November, the Sunday following the proclamation of Elizabeth, Bill, the former master of the College, preached at St Paul's Cross in London; the next Sunday, his successor Christopherson preached there. Probably the men disliked one another, and certainly took different views of the position. Some scandal was caused, an the upshot of the affair was that Christopherson was sent to prison, while Bill returned to Cambridge, restored to the mastership. Bill, a discreet courtier, was a favourite at court, and held, under Elizabeth's favour, the provostship of Eton and the deanery of Westminster together with the mastership of Trinity; it was probably due to his influence that Elizabeth in 1560 issued a commission to procure materials and labour for completing the chapel which had been begun on her sister's initiative. Baker praised his prudence and temper while master, and added that "if he has shown any frailties or failings here, allowances must be made for difficult times and potent courtiers that are not easily resisted." In my opinion the services to the College of its first three masters, Redman, Bill, and Christopherson, were of the greatest value, and have hardly received that recognition from posterity which they deserve. On Bill's death, the crown offered the mastership to Beaumont, a calvinist whose views were more pronounced than Cecil supposed at the time of the appointment. Beaumont sympathized with the puritan party, whose numbers in the University were now rapidly increasing, but did little to guide them or to check their intolerance which constantly offended public opinion. The description of the windows in the new chapel does not suggest that figures or catholic symbols appeared thereon, but, none the less, the "malcontents" thought them objectionable and in November 1565, broke "all the windows wherein did appear superstition." In the same term occurred the famous surplice disturbance[23]. The puritans objected to the use of the surplice in chapel on Sundays, Saints' days, and their eves, and on a certain "Sunday (in Dr Whitgift's absence), Mr Cartwright and two of his adherents made three sermons on one day in the chapel so vehemently inveighing against the ceremonies of the church that at evening prayer all the scholars save three [together with one of the chaplains] (viz. Dr Leg, Mr West, Whitaker's tutor, and the chaplain) cast off their surplices as an abominable relic of superstition"--a curious illustration of how little the calvinists esteemed the value of academic discipline unless they exercised it themselves. The organization of this demonstration was attributed to Cartwright, their leader in the University and a fellow of the College; it was probably due to the disapproval of his conduct in this and similar matters that shortly afterwards he went out of residence for two or more years.