7. A bursar, injuring the buildings, or not taking care of their elegance, to be expelled. 9. An obstinate bursar to be expelled. p. 254. p. 254. 14. A bursar, speaking in the vulgar tongue, to go without his gown, and with a broad white leather belt for one day for the first offence, two days for the second, three days for the third, &c.; and, if incorrigible, to be expelled. p. 255. 18. The second Tuesday in October to be the day of competition for filling up the vacant bursaries. p. 255. III. VISITATION S. VISITATION OF THE CHANCELLOR, A.D. 1549. (From the original record in the archives of the University.) p. 259. Visitation of the King's College of Aberdeen by Mr. Alexander Galloway, canon of Aberdeen and prebendary of Kynkell, rector of the said University, along with Sirs Patrick Myrtoun, archdeacon of Aberdeen, Alex-ander Spittall, James Wawane, and Duncan Burnett, canons thereof, and prebendaries respectively of Clatt, Oyne, and Methlik, elected for that purpose by the masters of the University; and reformation of the abuses therein, by William, Bishop of Aberdeen, the chancellor, with the advice of the above persons. 15 August, 1549. p. 259. 1. The principal, subprincipal, mediciner, grammarian, cantor, and sacrist, warned to discharge the duties of their offices, and to commence reading, teaching, and preaching in their faculties, within nine days, under the penalties contained in the foundation: the correction of the canonist and civilist postponed in their absence. p. 259. 2. The regents of arts, and students in theology, warned to keep their proper hours, to wit, six o'clock in the morning, with the usual hours for their lectures in philosophy and the arts, with daily meetings, and disputations in the arts on Saturdays: such of the students of theology as are not priests, to have themselves promoted to the priesthood at the appointed time each of them to find for himself the usual round hood, to use only the usual round clerical caps, to swear anew the oath prescribed by the foundation, on pain of losing his stipend, and to discourage the growth of their hair and beards, such as have beards being bound to remove them within three days, on pain of excommunication. p. 260. 3. The cantor, sacrist, and six chaplains of the choir to observe their duty, on holidays as well as festivals, as prescribed by the foundation; all the members of the College to assemble on Saturdays in the Chapter of the College, while the Preciosa is being sung, to hear read the table of divine offices followed in the Cathedral, that they may observe it, and also to treat concerning the management of the revenues of the College, and its good government and discipline; the principal, subprincipal, canonist, civilist, mediciner, grammarian, cantor, and sacrist, to be fined eight pence, if absent from divine offices without good excuse, &c., &c. p. 260. 4. The bursars in arts warned to be diligent in their studies, and to speak Latin only, both when in College and recreating themselves in the fields, on pain of losing their bursaries for a third offence; to wear their hoods everywhere, except in their chambers and the church; to have themselves made supposts of the University, and to give their oath to observe the statutes, within three days, under the penalty of not receiving their stipends; and to be janitors by weekly turns. p. 261. 5. Bursars in arts to be promoted to the degree of M.A. gratis. p. 261. 6. None, whether masters or students, to speak any other language than Latin anywhere within the College, except in case of necessity. p. 262. 7. Servants within the hall to be able to speak Latin. (This is deleted in the original.) p. 262. 8. All to obey, in the first place, the Principal, who ought, therefore, to be eminently virtuous and learned, and, in the second place, the Grammarian, who must be virtuous, learned, studious, and unwearied in giving inp. 262. struction. 9. The Cantor, whose duty it is to oversee the discharge of divine offices in the choir, to have the like character. p. 262. 10. The principal, canonist, civilist, mediciner, subprincipal, and grammarian, warned to render, within fifteen days, an account of their intromissions with the property of the College, and, especially with the sums severally set apart for the repair of the College and the manses outside it. p. 262. 11. Like provision made regarding the oil for the lamp burning before the Holy Sacrament; and the common procurator, before his admission, to find caution for his actings. p. 263. 12. The common procurator to repair the campanile, the tower over the church, the leads round it and its roof, and the roof of the whole buildings, before the first of May following: the sum set apart for the repair of the manses outside, to be kept in a common place, and not to be applied to p. 263. 13. The money set apart for the repair of the College by former procurators to be put aside in a common coffer under keys, according to the foundation. p. 263. 14. The principal, subprincipal, and other regents, to find a proper economus to look after their support. p. 263. 15. The Principal to see that every person in the College discharges his duties, especially in the teaching of theology, the arts, and other faculties outside the College, as also, in the proper celebration of religious offices in the Church at the appointed hours, the ringing of the bells and keeping of the clock; and to take care, with advice of the rector and regents, that all necessary repairs be made. p. 263. The utensils of the College to be seen. 17. The names of the students of theology who entered in the years 1546, 1547, 1548, and 1549. 16. The Foundation to be read publicly in presence of all the founded members, four times a year. p. 263. p. 264. p. 264. 18. The students in laws warned that they neither make their residence, nor celebrate religious offices in the places appointed by the foundation, nor apply themselves to study as they ought; and that the houses of their chaplainries are become ruinous by their fault. p. 264. 19. Mr. John Hendersoun, student in theology, elected by the College to mark and write down the absences of the masters, regents, and students in theology and arts for a year, and to receive pay for his pains, at the sight of the principal and subprincipal. p. 264. 20. None to get a bursary in arts, without being first examined as to his fitness p. 265. 22. Alexander Andersoun, the subprincipal, elected receiver of the bursaries in the faculty of arts to the first of April following; to give account of his receipts to those elected by the University; and to cause reform the habits, caps, and hoods of the masters and bachelors, and to maintain decently the requisite number of these, under a penalty to be imposed by the rector and visitors. p. 265. 23. No boys to be allowed to serve the masters or students, within the walls of the College, except such as are able to speak Latin, and not to enter the hall, especially during supper and dinner; and the masters, regents, and students in theology and arts, to be served weekly by two bursars only, who are to share with the economus in the after meal. p. 265. 24. Poor persons alone to get bursaries in arts, and these to have all things gratis. p. 265. 25. The common procurator to be elected yearly every first day of May; to render his accounts to the principal, subprincipal, and regents, four times a-year, viz., on the first day of August, the first of November, and, lastly, on the first of February, and, at the end of the year, a full account of the whole these accounts to be examined by the rector and four visitors, elected by the University, before they are recorded in the original books. p. 265. 26. The procurator, in the month of July, yearly, on receipt of the revenues of the church of Aberlothnott, to put sixty pounds Scots, of gold and silver money only, in a coffer, for the repair of the College, and other six pounds for the support of the manses of the civilist, mediciner, and grammarian: for the safe keeping of this money, a casket to be made, with three locks and keys, according to the foundation, for the rector, principal, and subprincipal; and none of this money to be spent without the consent of the rector and four visitors, appointed by the University, or the majority of them. p. 266. 27. The procurator to cause no extraordinary expenses, unless by express command of the principal, subprincipal, and regents. The lamp before the holy sacrament to be kept continually burning, and the little monstrance for the keeping of the holy sacrament, to be put in a loftier place. p. 266. 29. The procurator to provide the economus seasonably with meal, bread, ale, flesh, and fish, and also coals, candles, and other necessaries, for the support of the masters and scholars: the economus to keep daily accounts of his receipts; the food to be new, and, with the ale, to be in proportion to the sum of money allowed to the members; and the principal and subprincipal to examine, at least once a month, whether the economus buys and preserves articles according to the entries in the ration book. p. 266. 29. The principal, subprincipal, regents, procurator, and economus to attend to the decent appearance of the College, and all its parts, within and without; care of the fuel to be taken for fear of fire. p. 267. 30. The above persons and the procurator to see that the sacrist does his duty in washing the vestments, and cleaning the brazen vessels belonging to the College, and in keeping the gutters of the church; also, that the cantor discharges his duty; and to see also as to the regulating of the clock and ringing of the bells, and that the janitors keep the place and its interior. p. 267. 31. No female brewers or bakers to enter the College: all such things, on account of the great inconveniences arising from such dealings, to be received at the gate, or within by a proper servant. p. 267. 32. Neither women nor rustics to enter the church by the College gates, but by the outer door of the church. 33. The principal to provide privies as soon as possible. p. 267. p. 268. 34. The principal and subprincipal not to be procurators or economists of the College. p. 268. 35. The principal and subprincipal to read in theology, at least thrice a week, that is, on every reading day till Saturday to the students of theology and others wishing to hear, at eight, A.M., in the class-rooms or hall, and to oversee the lectures given by the juniors in philosophy and arts; and to see that each of the doctors and masters preach the word of God in the vulgar tongue to the people, at least seven times a year, but more frequently in Lent, and in their common churches, and at least four times a year, where most convenient; and to persuade the students in theology to preach in their common churches, that they may become accustomed to, and ready in, preaching. p. 268. 36. The students of theology to study theology and philosophy continually, to be present at the meetings for philosophy and the Saturday discussions, and to have, in their order, beginning with the seniors, public theological discussions in the class-rooms once a fortnight on Saturdays during the following year, in presence of all wishing to hear, and once a week during the succeeding year, under a penalty to be imposed by the rector. p. 268. 37. These to have also Latin speeches on the twelve days therein mentioned. p. 268. 38. They are also to cause themselves be made priests within a year from the day of their entry, on pain of being deprived of their bursaries, and, after their promotion, to celebrate masses for the founder: they are, moreover, T |