institution, of which Linacre was the founder, have been submitted to my inspection, and from them has been given a copy of the exemplification of the charter, which, though often printed, has never been fully or correctly transcribed. The annals furnished little of the early history of the college, of which I could avail myself; for it was not until the year 1555, under the presidency of Dr. John Caius, that any records were instituted of the acts or proceedings in which the Fellows were privately or publicly engaged. The Bodleian library furnished a few documents, of which I have made use, and in my search for which I was assisted by the Reverend Dr. Bandinell, librarian of that collection.
The civility also of the Reverend George D'Oyly, D.D. procured me access to the registers of the Archbishop of Canterbury, preserved in the library at Lambeth, from which, however, I have been enabled to confirm no more than two trivial notices, which had been previously cited by other authors.
The sources from which the materials in the following pages have been gathered, will be evident on a reference to the notes.
