(_d._) The Fellows in common were entitled to the services of the common servants; for which see below. (_e._) The Fellows were entitled to have rooms (_cameræ_) rent-free. These were to be chosen, according to seniority, on the May chapter. About 1600 we find that along with his room, the Fellow received also the attic (“loft,” or “cock-loft”) over it, into which he might put a tenant from whom he might receive rent. How far this custom had come down from antiquity we have no means of saying. (_f._) Obits (_obitus_), allowances for being present at Mass on the anniversary-day of a benefactor. A considerable benefactor invariably made a bargain with the College, that his name should be kept in remembrance, and his soul’s health prayed for in a special Mass, yearly on the anniversary of his death, or, if that should clash with some very solemn season of the Church’s year, on the nearest convenient day. To insure the presence of the Rector and Fellows, he generally ordered that each Fellow present at the Commemoration Service should receive a stipulated sum, which was called by the same name as the day itself, an “obit.” The following are the dates of the obits in Lincoln College, and the amount paid to each Fellow; the Rector as celebrant, receiving in each case double the amount which a Fellow received:--Jan. 10th, Edward Darby, 1_s._; Jan. 16th, Bishop Beckington, 6_d._; Feb. 23rd, Archdeacon Southam, 1_s._; March 21st, John Crosby, 8_d._; March 26th, Dean Forest, 1_s._; April 11th, Cardinal Beaufort, 8_d._; May 29th, Rotheram, the second founder, 1_s._; Aug. 23rd, Bishop Audley, 1_s._; Oct. 10th, Bishop William Smith, 1_s._; Oct. 29th, William Dagvill, 1_s._; Nov. 16th, William Bate, 6_d._--all of them early benefactors. The obit of the first founder, Fleming, was fixed for Jan. 25th; but no allowances made for it, gratitude alone being strong enough to ensure the attendance of all the Fellows. At the Reformation, the celebration of Mass and, consequently, the observance of these anniversary services in the form directed by the statutes, became illegal, and the chapel services ceased. The allowances still continued to be paid to each Fellow who was present in College on the particular day, the test of “presence” being now dining in hall at the ordinary hour of dinner. (_g._) Pittances (_pietantia_). Besides the sum given to the Rector and each Fellow on a benefactor’s anniversary day, it is sometimes directed that a sum shall be paid to them in common for “a pittance,” _i. e._ as I suppose, to provide a better dinner on that day. Thus Cardinal Beaufort gave a pittance of 3_s._ 4_d._; Rotheram, one of 2_s._; Edward Darby, one of 3_s._ 4_d._