and testament, unto whome I geve my ringe with diamond, havinge noe better thinge to present his grace withall. Item, I doe geve to eache of my exequutors tenne pounds apece for their paines to be taken about my buriall and other business to them appoynted to be taken from me after my decease, over and besides all other ordinarie charges which they shall spend aboute my said buriall and other my said busines to them appoynted, desieringe them that they will see me honestlie buried. And further I doe geve unto the said moste reverend ffather, my Lord of Canterburie his grace, full power and aucthoritie and most humblie desier him to see that my exequutors do performe this my laste will and testament accordinge to the trewe meaninge of the same, and that my said exequutors shall execuit this my laste will and testament in all things accordinge to the trewe meaninge of the same by his graces oversight assent and consent. And also I will that my said Lord of Canterburie his grace duringe his naturalle lief shall have like powere and aucthoritie to see all the Statuts which I have made in my said College of Gonnevill and Caius, which are sealed and subscribed with my hande and seale to be performed kept and observed. And yf any ambiguitie or doubte shall rise in the same or in anye of them then I will the same shalbe expounded and declared by the said Archbishoppe. And I will and my minde is that the same his graces exposition to be observed as thoughe I had done it myselfe. Item, I geve unto my Lord Catelyn chefe Justice of the King's Benche one ringe with a corse in a sheet made upon it. Item, I geve to my Lord Dyer one ringe with T. W. upon the same. Item, I geve to Mr Justice Wraie a ringe with deathes head. Item, I geve to Mr Attorney generall my hoope of golde. Item, I geve to Mr Solicitor my ringe with a Turquies desiering them to take thes things in good parte for wante of better and to be good unto my poore College. Item, I geve to Mr Houe so muche velvet as lieth in my chest beinge in one pece. Item, I geve unto Mr Houe three yards of satten. Item, I geve and bequeathe to my exequutors above named eche of them a blacke gowne. And for the performance of this my laste will and testament I doe leave unto my said exequutors fower hundered pounds in reddie monie here in London and at Cambrige, most certainlie declaringe that I owe no man one penye savinge one quarters rent of my howse wherein I dwell. Item, I will to Richard Clapham that nowe servithe me xx". Item, I geve to the poor of St Bartholmewes Hospitall in Smithfilde xx". Item, I will that the Master and felowes of my College aforesaide shall within one quarter of a yere after my decease putt in and place my scollers in my said College, and that they excede not twelve in nombre, and the fellowes three, untill the leasses that nowe ben of the mannors of Crokeslie Snelleshall and Roughton be expired and determined, And afterwards upon newe leases maid of the said mannors accordinge to my statuts to make up the numbre of xxtie scollers and three fellowes, and in the meane tyme to provid good and hable scollers accordinge to my statuts to supplie those romes. Item, I clearlie forgeve unto the saide College all the monye that it oweth me and appearethe in the coumptinge booke. Item, I will that there be mayntained a lustie and healthie honeste trewe and unmaried man of fortie yeres of age and upwards, to kepe cleane and sweete the pavements and gutters without the gayts so farre as the necessarie places doe need, and likewise within my College, and doe saflie looke and attend to the gates, to open and shutte them at lawful and dewe tymes, and to light the lanterens in winter in places appointed in the said College, and he to have for his stipend xl' by the yere with his chambre free, and once in a yere to geve him a gowen of ruge with my Armes in a scutchion to be sette thereon as my almes man. Provided alwaies and I will that yf ther be not sufficient of my monie and plate remanent after my buriall and discharge of my will, to purchase so muche lands as shall suffise for the kitchin and almes man as ys aforesaid, then I will that the said College (the charges beinge firste rated and accoumpted for the kitchen and almes man what yt will amount unto) shall lay out so muche of their owne monye as

together with the remanent of my monie and plat will suffise for the purchase of the said lands, and thei to receave the same uppe againe yerelie of the rents and proffitts of the said mannor as it shall growe, anythinge aforesaide towchinge the placinge of my scollers in anywise notwithstanding. Item, I geve to my Ladie Catlyn a kercher of callico clothe frenged. I geve to my Ladie Allington one karcher also of calloco cloath frenged. In wittness whereof to this my presente laste will and testament I have subscribed my name with my owen hand the daie and yere above written. Thes beinge witnesses; Richard Greene, William Houe, Franciscus Clerke.

JOHN CAIUS.

STATISTICAL PROGRESS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

The statistical1 curve on the following page is a fair representation of the rise, decline, and subsequent rise, of the University, during the four centuries, 1500-1900. It is only by this graphical mode of representation that the statement made in the Introduction to Vol. I, and frequently repeated since, can be adequately understood. The height of the curve above the base line represents the average number of bachelor degrees conferred. It is the average of the five years of which the year in question is the centre. Thus in 1546 the number is 28, that is, the average number of degrees conferred in the years 1544– 1548 was 28. In 1626 it had risen to 288, and in 1763 had sunk to 82. This mode of "smoothing the curve" by taking the average of several years gives a more intelligible and trustworthy result than would be yielded by taking the figures separately for each year.

I have not given a similar chart for our own College in particular, because, as it happens, this is unnecessary. Whereas several colleges have had notable rises and falls on their own account, Gonville and Caius has, by a curious coincidence, on the whole so closely followed the general progress of the University that the same curve would serve either purpose with sufficient accuracy. The principal difference seems to be that the temporary recovery of the University after the Restoration, during the period 1660– 1670, is scarcely perceptible in our own case.

The following figures represent the total number of admissions to the College, as recorded in our various books, in successive decades measured from 1560. A glance at these figures will confirm what I have said about the general progress of the College during this long period.

1 A similar chart, taken from these data, was published in Mr J. B. Mullinger's short History of the University of Cambridge, 1888.