Nomination

of the first members,

AND in order the better to carry our will and inten

tion into execution in this behalf, we have made, assigned,

presents

nominated, constituted and appointed, and by these for us, our heirs and successors, do make, assign, nominate, constitute and appoint, our beloved Francis Annesley, Doctor of Laws in our said University, first and modern Master of the aforesaid College, and our beloved Edward Christian, Esquire, Master of Arts in our said University, and Barrister at Law, to be the first Professor of the Laws of England, and our beloved Busick Harwood, Doctor in Physic, to be the first Professor of Medicine in the said College; and we have likewise made, assigned, nominated, constituted and appointed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, do make, assign, nominate, constitute and appoint, our beloved John Lens, Serjeant at Law, and William Meek, Barrister at Law, Masters of Arts in our said University, and William Frere, Batchelor of Arts in our said University, and such thirteen other persons, to be qualified in manner hereafter prescribed, respecting the election of the future Fellows of the said College, as we shall, after the necessary buildings for the said College shall be erected, by writing

under our sign manual, nominate and appoint to be the

first and modern Fellows of the aforesaid college.

a body

corporate.

AND we do hereby further will, declare and direct, who are immediately that the said Francis Annesley, Edward Christian, Busick constituted Harwood, John Lens, William Meek, and William Frere, shall, immediately henceforth, commence and be Master, Professors, and Fellows, of the said College; in order to constitute a body corporate, for the several purposes of taking possession of the estates devised by, and to be purchased pursuant to the will of, the said Sir George Downing, and of administering the revenues thereof, and of superintending the erection of the necessary buildings for the said college, and for the other necessary purposes; and that the remaining thirteen Fellows of the said college, so to be nominated as aforesaid, shall not be nominated, or commence, or become Fellows of the said college, until after the erection of the necessary buildings for the same.

election, and

AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, Mode of that the future Masters of the said college shall be chosen qualificafrom amongst those who shall have been Professors or

tions of the future Mas

ters and Professors.

Fellows of the said college, and shall be elected by the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Archbishop of York, and the Masters of St. John's College and Clare-Hall, in our said university for the time being; and that the future Professors of the said college shall be elected by 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 Col, lege, for the time being, from among persons qualified in the following manner (that is to say), The Law Professor shall be, at the time of his election, a Doctor of Laws, a Master of Arts, or a Bachelor of Laws in one of our two universities of England, of ten years standing from his matriculation, and also a Barrister at Law; and the Professor of Medicine shall be, at the time of his election, a Master of Arts, who shall have been licenced to practice physic for the space of two years, or a Doctor or Bachelor of Physic in one of our said two universities of England, or a member of some one of the Scotch universities of seven years standing, and twenty-five years of age, who shall have attended

the medical lectures in one of the Scotch universities for

four years.

may vote by

proxy.

AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, Electors that the said several persons hereby appointed to elect the future Master and Professors of the said intended college, shall be at liberty to give their votes in such elections by a proxy, in writing, to any other of the said electors.

Mode of qualifica

elections and

tions of the

future Fel

AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that the future fellows of the said college, except those to be first named by us as aforesaid, shall be elected by the Master, Professors, and such Fellows of the said college as shall lows. be of the degree of Master of Arts, from among persons who shall have taken a degree in Arts, Physic, or Civil Law, in one of our said two universities of England, provided that the person to be elected to either of the said two clerical fellowships shall have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and shall be in holy orders at the time of his election, or if not in holy orders at the time of his election, shall enter into holy orders within six calendar months after his election; and if he shall not so do, his fellowship shall become and be vacant, from and after the expiration of such term of six calendar months from the day of such election,

Elections to be made within six

months, or lapse to the Visitor.

Duration of the appoint

ments of Master and Professor.

AND we do hereby will, declare, and direct, that all

such elections as aforesaid shall be made within six calen

dar months after any vacancy shall happen; or, in default thereof, we do hereby reserve to us, our heirs, and successors, as visitor of the said college, the right of nominating some person or persons, qualified as aforesaid, to supply such vacancy.

AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that the said Francis Annesley, Edward Christian, and Busick Harwood, and such other persons as shall hereafter be elected to the said respective offices of Master and Professors of the said college, shall hold and be continued in their said offices and places respectively, during the term of their respective natural lives, or during so long time as they shall well and faithfully demean themselves therein respectively; and that they shall be removeable only by the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Archbishop of York, and the Masters of St. John's College and Clare-Hall, in our said university, for the time being.

AND we do hereby further will, declare, and direct,