Chap. VI. ne HIs T 0 Ry of tbe PuRITANS1 " Weftminfler had deferted their charge, and wer~become delinquents to K. Charles I. " the parliament, they did therefore ordain, that the earl of Northumber- ~ "land with abouf ten other lords, and twenty-two commoners, !hould cc be ; committee; and that any perfon, or more of them, !hould have " authority to order, direa, and difpofe of the rents, iJiues, and profits, cc belonging to the college or collegiate church, and to do and execute all cc other aas that did any way concern either of them." They ordained further, " that the dean, prebendaries, and and all other officers belong-. '' ing either to the college or ch!Jrch, who had abfented themfelves, .and " were become delinquents, or had not taken the covenant, !hould be fuf- " pended from their feveral offices and places, and all manner of benefit " and profit arifing from them, or from the arrears of them, Mr. Ojbal-· " difton on!y excepted." When the cathedral of Heriford fell into the parliament's hands the dean and chapter of that church were difpoJieJied, and their lands and re– venues feized into the hands of the committee of that county. The– dignities of the cathedral churches of Winchefter and Carlijle were ferved in the fame manner the· latter end of this year, when the ~hole frame of the hierarchy was diflolved. The parliament at the requefl: of the '!ffembly if divines, gav~ fame Rwm~es if marks of their favour to the univerfity of Cambridge, which was reduced :he ucverfi· to fuch neceffitous circumfl:ances, by reafon of the failure of their college ?rtfrre p~rr;_- · rents, that they could not fupport their fl:udents; it was therefore ordain-ferv~d. ed, April u. J 645· " that nothing contained in any ordinance of par- lb. p. 636, " liament concerning levying or paying of taxes !hould extend to the uni- 637. " verfity of Cambridge, or any of the colleges or halls within the faid uni- " verfity, nor to any of the rents or revenues belonging to the faid uni~ " verfity or colleges, or any of them, nor to charge any mafler, fellow, " or fcholar of any of the faid colleges, nor any reader, officer, or mi- ,, niiler of the faid univerfity or colleges, for any flipend, wages·, or pro- " fit arifing, or growing due to them, in refpecr of their places and em- " ployments in the faid univerfity." They likewife confirmed all their ancient rights and privileges, and ordered the differences between the uni- 'Verjity and town, to be determined according to law. On the fame day the ordinance for regulating the univerfity, and removing fcandalous miniflers in the affociated co.unties by the earl of Manch1fer, mentioned in the beginning of the Jail: year, was revived and continued. - On th? 17th of A_pril this year died Dr. Dan. Featly; he was born at Death if Char/ton m Oxfordfhtre I s8 I. and educated at Corpus-Cbrifti college, ofDr. feady, which he was fellow; upon his leaving the univerfity he went chaplain fo Sir 'Iho. Symmonds, the king's ambaffador to the french court, where he gained reputation by hi~ f~:mons and difputations with the papifls~ When
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