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A75453 Answers to the objections aga[i]nst the college-bill. 1690-1699 (1699) Wing A3470; ESTC R231338 4,262 1

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ANSWERS to the OBJECTIONS against the COLLEGE-BILL OBJECTION The Case of the President and 12 of the Ancient Fellows against other who have brought in the Bill in Parliament Answ That is The President and 12 of the Ancient Fellows in a private Cabal against the same President and the majority of the ancient Fellows and 40 other Fellows assembled in Publick College Obj. The Persons who promote this Bill were chief Actors in surrendring the Colle●● Charter Answ The Surrender of the late Charter was Subscribed by 35 of the ancient F●●●ows of which Number were the now President and 10 of the Petitioners against this Bill and by way of Ballot 23 of 27 of the Fellows then present gave ●●eir Vote for the said Surrender nor do we know of any who promoted this Surrender besides Sir Tho. Witherly the then President And so far were those Pe●sons who promote this Bill from being chief Actors in Surrendring the Charter that great Endeavours were made to leave their Names out of the Charter of King James as Persons disaffected to the then Government one of them having voted for Common-Council Men who appeared against the Surrender of the City Charter Obj. And procured a New Charter from King James Answ The College in Publick Meeting appointed 18 of the ancient Fellows of which number were the present President and 4 more of the Petitioners against the Bill to act in relation to the new Charter who met and resolved what useful Privileges they should desire to be inserted therein as securing the Treasury and College Seal settling Committees Licensing Books relating to Physick and Surgery c. Obj. The late Charter makes the Fellows to be only at the King's Pleasure Answ This Clause was not desired but forced upon us Obj. Forty new Fellows were imposed on the College by the new Charter some of which were Papsts and Foreigners Answ Most of these new Fellows were Members of the College before and examined the rest Men of good Practice and approved Learning residing in the Town having taken their Degree of Doctors in our own or other Universities and such as by our Acts of Parliament we had Power to admit amongst whom there were only two Papists that we know of and the Queen Dowagers Physician who are left out in this Bill as they well know And tho' they would pretend that these new Fellows were imposed upon them yet 't is so far from truth that they do well know that their Names were given to the late Lord C●ancellor by Sir Tho. Witherley then President as Persons fitly qualified for their Learning and Experience to be Fellows of the College and when 30 of these Fellows were admitted into the College there were not fewer than 24 of the ancient Fellows present consenting to their admission of which Number were the present President and five of the Petitiones against the College-Bill who gave 10 s. a Man towards making a Feast to express their Joy for the advantage the College received by the encrease of their Number c. The College having hereby received about 1500 l. towards the Payment of a great Debt contracted in great measure by the ill management of late Presidents and Elects and enable themselves to Pay the remainder in half the time they otherwise could Obj. The New Charter cost the College to Burton and Grayham above 200 l. Answ This Money was all disposed of and paid to Burton by the then President Sir Tho. Witherley and Dr. Rogers now President and then Treasurer of the College who thereupon ought to answer for it and there being about 30 l. more demanded by Burton of Sir Thomas Millington the present Treasurer ●ho thought it so Extravagant that he absolutely refused to Pay it Obj. Some of the old Fellows were excluded by this Charter Answ The Chancellor lest out 4 by his Absolute Power and we by our Application got them restored having in the mean time consulted with them and treated them as Fellows upon all occasions and as a farther testimony of our respect to them refused to put out a Catalogue during their Suspension lest we should thereby have owned the Illegal and Arbitrary Proceedings of the Chancellor against them Obj. Arbitrary By-Laws were made upon the Admission of these new Fellows Answ All our By-Laws were made upon great Deliberation for the good of the Publick and the College pursuant to our Acts of Parliament in the framing of which some of these Petitioners were concerned and at the confirming of them in two several publick Meetings as our Statutes require most of the Petitioners against this Bill were present And as to those made after the admission of the new Fellows they were such as added greater Penalties to enforce the due observation of the Moral Statutes of the College obliged Treasurers to give Bond for the College Security directed Auditors to be joyned with the Elects in passing the College Accounts secured the College Seal from being applied to Writings c. without the consent of the Society and advanced the Honor and Interest of our own Universities nor do they any way relate to this Bill Obj. One of the Arbitrary By-Laws was That no Member of the College should write Latin Directions for the breach of which Members were fined at will and pleasure Answ This By-Law instanced was ballotted in two several Meetings in the first it pass'd Nemine contradicente in the second at a Months distance it was carried by 31 of 37. Which By-Law was and still is thougt necessary to prevent the mistakes too often committed by Apothecaries and their Servants in translating Physicians Latin Directions which have proved fatal to some of the King's Subjects The Fine is certain by Statute viz. 20 s. and not Arbitrary being inflicted by the Censors who are upon Oath Obj. Divers Suits and Actions were commenc'd c. by Virtue of the new Charter against Apothecaries and Surgeons Answ All Suits whatsoever are commenc'd by the Censors as the Law of the Kingdom direct nor has any Apothecary or Surgeon been sued since the new Charter that we know of by vertue of any new by Law. Obj. The Doctors who promote the Bill Petition'd a Committee of the House to Confirm King James ' s Charter Answ The President and 11 of the ancient Fellows as they call themselves did secretly without the consent of the College present a Petition to the Committee of Grievances the consequence of which had been the turning out of 40 new Fellows whereupon in open College the same President and 55 Fellows whereof 26 were of the ancient Corporation did Sign and Seal a Petition for continuing the said Fellows and the Privileges contained in the said Charter having in a former College chosen a Committee to take care of them after which the President refusing to call a College tho' requested by the principal Members thereof the Vice-President and 40 of the Fellows of which Number were 4 of the Elects and above