that the said lay fellowships shall be held only for the term Duration of of twelve years respectively, and shall, within that time, be vacated by those who are in the law line, by their not being called to the bar within eight years after their elections, and by those who are in the medical line, by their not taking the degree of doctor of physic within two years after they are of sufficient standing; likewise by marriage, or by entrance into holy orders, at any time within the first six years after their election, or by election into any of the superior stations of Master or Professor of the said college, or by possessing property of such yearly value as shall be specified in the statutes. the lay Fel lowships. suspend va the lay Fel lowships. AND in as much as it may happen that some of the Power to lay fellows of the said college may become disabled in body cancies of or mind, or from close application to speculative studies may have been prevented from following any profession with success, WE do hereby grant, will, and declare, that the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Archbishop of York, and the Masters of St. John's College and ClareHall, and of the said intended college, to be called Downing College, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and Duration of the clerical empowered, in any such case, to suspend the vacancy of any of the lay fellowships, upon formal representation and satisfactory evidence of the reality of the case: but such power and authority shall on no account be exercised in behalf of any Fellow who shall be possessed of property of such value as shall, according to the statutes of the said college, be sufficient to vacate his fellowship; nor shall the same be extended to a greater number of Fellows living at any one time than shall be specified in the statutes. AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, Fellowships. that the two clerical Fellows of the said college shall vacate their fellowships by marriage, or by possessing property or ecclesiastical preferment of such yearly value as shall be specified in the statutes of the said college. Scholars to be admitted. AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that pupils of the respective ranks of Fellow-commoners, Pensioners, and Sizars, be admitted into the said intended college in the same manner as they are admitted into other colleges, in the said university; and that they be instructed and educated in law, physic, and such other useful learn ing as is generally taught in other colleges, and that they shall be subject to the usual academical discipline. AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that out of the revenues of the said college there shall be, in the first place, set apart so much as shall be necessary to be applied in erecting proper buildings for the said college, together with any other funds applicable for that purpose, under the direction of our saïd Court of Chancery ; and that when such buildings shall be completed to the satisfaction of our said court, or a proper fund shall be set apart, under the order of our said court, for that purpose, the Master, Professors, and Fellows of the said college, shall receive, by and out of the remainder of such revenues, if sufficient for that purpose, after defraying all other necessary expences and disbursements, the stipends following that is to say, the yearly stipend to the Master of the said college shall be £.600; and the yearly stipend to each of the Professors of the said college, £.200; and the yearly stipend to each of the Fellows of the said collage, £.100; but if there shall be any deficiency in the revenues of the said college, in that case the said several stipends shall abate E A building fund to be set apart, under the direction of the Court of Chancery. Professors to read lectures. in proportion; and if there shall, at any time, be AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that the Professors of the said college shall read such lectures, or courses of lectures, in their several departments, as the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Archbishop of York, and the Masters of St. John's College and Clare-Hall, and of the said intended college, to be called Downing College, for the time being, or the major part of them, shall, from time to time, order, direct, and appoint; and that care shall be taken, in the statutes of the said college, to enforce the reading of such lectures by suitable penalties in case of any wilful omissions thereof. oath. AND, further, we do by these presents, for us, our Master's heirs, and successors, order, direct, and appoint, that the said Francis Annesley, so nominated and appointed to be the first Master of the said college, as herein beforementioned, and all other person and persons who shall, from time to time, be nominated, elected, and chosen, into the office of Master of the said college, shall, before he, they, or any of them, shall be admitted to the exercise or execution of the office of Master of the college aforesaid, take a corporal oath, upon the Holy Evangelists, for the true and faithful execution of the said office of Master, and for the faithful discharge of the duties thereof; and shall also take the oaths provided or prescribed by the laws or statutes of this realm, or required by the laws, statutes, or ordinances of our said university of Cambridge, to be taken by all Masters of colleges before the Vice Chancellor of our said university for the time being. And we have also given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, do |