SCHOOLS 



unknown, rejecting the children of the citizens at its doors, who had 

 rejected it, and relying on strangers from a distance. 



When Warden Love died on 10 September, 1630, Stanley, in spite 

 of a royal letter on his behalf, failed to secure election to the wardenship. 

 The determined attack made on him by some fellows of New College, 

 perhaps his old pupils, in a letter for the new warden is interesting as show- 

 ing that already the headmaster was in the habit of living outside college, 

 probably for the sake of taking commoners as boarders, and had, as was 

 natural, virtually become commander-in-chief over everything to do with 

 the boys. They tell the warden that he may require the schoolmaster 

 and usher ' to lodge within the College though married sometimes, and 

 Bishop Andrews (161827) was ver y angry at the neglect,' and 'to 

 attend prayers in chapel every morning. For this cause they have 

 breakfast allowed them, which the Fellows do not.' ' He may hold the 

 Schoolmaster to his school hours, viz. 7 to 9 a.m., and 2 to 5 p.m. The 

 use of late has been 3 to 5 p.m. and 8 to 9.30 a.m., being too short.' 

 They also remind him that he may reserve the giving of ' remedies,' and 

 cited Westminster and Eton, where the dean and provost had kept that 

 power in their own hands ' by a good token that Dean Mountain denied 

 Bishop Bilson a play-day after he was a Privy Councillor.' To him 

 belonged granting leave out into the town. He could also appoint 

 scholars' tutors. ' The number and cumber of so many pupils doth 

 hinder the Schoolmaster in his main duty.' He can also call up before 

 himself ' any great and enormous fault which may seem to deserve above 

 five stripes.' They also complain that the ' partial lenity lately used 

 hath wronged the school much more than the old severity.' ' Diligent 

 attendance of the scholars at School, Church, Hall, Chambers and 

 Hills' (it is noteworthy that play-time is thus put on a level with 

 school-time) 'will prevent faults and save much of that severity which hath 

 been used, and otherwise must be used still or else the school will 

 continue as disorderly as they now are.' Also the warden may examine 

 the boys, especially in Greek Dr. Lake used to do it even as sub-warden. 

 Then the complainants perorate : ' If there be not more attendance and 

 teaching, lesse charges and whipping than is reported, the School will 

 never thrive nor the College recover its power again.' 



As usual we are left in the dark as to whether the new warden took 

 the advice given him. Stanley, at all events, whether he combined 

 favouritism to some with severity to others, laxness of discipline with 

 copiousness of ' bibling,' or not, remained schoolmaster for another 

 dozen years; during which, in 1639, he had become a canon of 

 Winchester. 



During his mastership, Archbishop Laud visited the college 



jure metropolitico. His injunctions * for the most part concern the chapel 



(where he caused the communion table to be replaced at the east end and 



railed in) and the wardens' and fellows' allowances. The only injunction 



1 Wilkins' Concilia, iv. 517. 

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