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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
apparent kindness to the young prince , hoped to reconcile the people to their severity against Wykeham . However , either their zeal against Wykeham abat . rd . or it was at length surmounted by the king ' s kindness , or , peihaps , by his religious fears , and by his confessor : for , on flic rSlb of June following , three days before his death , he restored Wykeham ' s temporalities , upon condition that ho shouldat his own expenselit out three men of warwith each fifty
, , , men at arms , and fifty archers , for one quarter of a year , at such wages as were usually paid by the king , but the king was to pay the mariners . ' ,. On the 2 ist of June 1377 , Henry died , and his grandson , Richard II . succeeded him . The power of Wykeham ' s enemies was now at an end , and his troubles ended with it . The young king summoned
him to attend his coronation , by his writ , dated June 26 ; he assisted atthe ceremony on the 15 th of July following , and his pardon passed the great seal on the 31 st of the same month . This pardon recites only the first seven articles of accusation ; ancl , that it might not include an implication of guilt , the following remarkable clause was added : ' Willing that all men should know , that although we have
-granted to the Bishop of Winchester the said pardons and graces , -nevertheless we do not think the said bishop to be in any wise chargeable in the sight of God with any of the matters thus by us pardoned , but do hold him to be , as to all and every of them , wholly innocent . ' By an instrument , under the privy seal of the same date , which recites the eihth articlein consequence" of which his
temg , poralities were seized , he was released from all matters contained in 'it , and from all the conditions on which his temporalities had been restored . Yet the loss sustained by Wykeham , 011 this occasion , is said to have amounted to 666 7 L 6 s . Sd . sterling , being , according to the reckoning of that time , estimated at 10 , 000 murks .
Wykeham , as soon as he was delivered from -persecution , and reinstated in his possessions , proceeded in the execution of his design , to rouxn TWO COLLEGES , one at Oxford , and one at Winchester . His plan was to provide for the perpetual maintenance and education of 200 scholars , who were to proceed from the first elements of letters , through the whole circle of the sciences , to the highest degree in each faculty . . . ¦ _ ¦ . '
The college at Winchester was to be the nursery of the college at Oxford ; and he established the societies before he had erected the buildings . At Winchester he formed a private grammar school , provided with proper masters , and maintained in it tin- full number " of scholars , which he afterwards established in his college ; and at Oxford he instituted his society , and appointed it a governor ,
allowing the members a liberal maintenance , providing them with lod ging , and prescribing rules for their behaviour . [ " TO IJE CONCLUDED IN OUR XEXT . " ]
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
apparent kindness to the young prince , hoped to reconcile the people to their severity against Wykeham . However , either their zeal against Wykeham abat . rd . or it was at length surmounted by the king ' s kindness , or , peihaps , by his religious fears , and by his confessor : for , on flic rSlb of June following , three days before his death , he restored Wykeham ' s temporalities , upon condition that ho shouldat his own expenselit out three men of warwith each fifty
, , , men at arms , and fifty archers , for one quarter of a year , at such wages as were usually paid by the king , but the king was to pay the mariners . ' ,. On the 2 ist of June 1377 , Henry died , and his grandson , Richard II . succeeded him . The power of Wykeham ' s enemies was now at an end , and his troubles ended with it . The young king summoned
him to attend his coronation , by his writ , dated June 26 ; he assisted atthe ceremony on the 15 th of July following , and his pardon passed the great seal on the 31 st of the same month . This pardon recites only the first seven articles of accusation ; ancl , that it might not include an implication of guilt , the following remarkable clause was added : ' Willing that all men should know , that although we have
-granted to the Bishop of Winchester the said pardons and graces , -nevertheless we do not think the said bishop to be in any wise chargeable in the sight of God with any of the matters thus by us pardoned , but do hold him to be , as to all and every of them , wholly innocent . ' By an instrument , under the privy seal of the same date , which recites the eihth articlein consequence" of which his
temg , poralities were seized , he was released from all matters contained in 'it , and from all the conditions on which his temporalities had been restored . Yet the loss sustained by Wykeham , 011 this occasion , is said to have amounted to 666 7 L 6 s . Sd . sterling , being , according to the reckoning of that time , estimated at 10 , 000 murks .
Wykeham , as soon as he was delivered from -persecution , and reinstated in his possessions , proceeded in the execution of his design , to rouxn TWO COLLEGES , one at Oxford , and one at Winchester . His plan was to provide for the perpetual maintenance and education of 200 scholars , who were to proceed from the first elements of letters , through the whole circle of the sciences , to the highest degree in each faculty . . . ¦ _ ¦ . '
The college at Winchester was to be the nursery of the college at Oxford ; and he established the societies before he had erected the buildings . At Winchester he formed a private grammar school , provided with proper masters , and maintained in it tin- full number " of scholars , which he afterwards established in his college ; and at Oxford he instituted his society , and appointed it a governor ,
allowing the members a liberal maintenance , providing them with lod ging , and prescribing rules for their behaviour . [ " TO IJE CONCLUDED IN OUR XEXT . " ]