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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 . " ]

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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE . Article 4
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY, Article 10
FEMALE SECRESY. Article 17
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 18
ON THE ABUSES PRACTISED BY MILLERS AND DEALERS IN CORN. Article 22
REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY. Article 24
ON THE POWER OF HABIT. Article 25
SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CHARACTERS. Article 28
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PROMISSORY NOTES AND PAPER CREDIT. Article 34
THE REMOVAL OF THE MONUMENTS OF THE FINE ARTS FROM ITALY TO FRANCE. Article 37
CURIOUS ANECDOTE OF A FRENCH TRAVELLER. Article 38
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE REPRESENTING A COMPANION OF THE ANCIENT KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, Article 40
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LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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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 . " ]

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