can not all as - pire Το set the Cam on fire, Yet we'll mind about the weather! Watch the time,and swing, and fea-ther! And we'll gether raise the chorus, We'll let no one tri-umph o'er us, But we'll October Term, 1898. NOTES FROM THE COLLEGE RECORDS. (Continued from p. 300.) IN our Chronicle for this Term we record the names of the Burghley preachers for the year. The Burghley Sermons take their origin from a grant of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, dated 30 June 1581, which is printed in what follows. It will be observed that the two sermons were to be preached at Cheshunt and Stamford churches, as being conveniently near Lord Burghley's residences of Theobalds and Burghley. The manor of Theobalds was purchased by Lord Burghley in 1563, from John Ellyott of London. Robert Cecil, his son, first Earl of Salisbury, effected an exchange (dated 14 May 1608) with King James I, giving Theobalds for Hatfield. In consequence of this William Cecil, second Earl of Salisbury, and grandson of Lord Burghley, entered into an agreement with the College that the sermons should be preached at Hatfield instead of Cheshunt. From various references in College Orders it would appear that from a very early date the College sent two preachers annually to each place. But for many years there has been but one sermon preached; at Hatfield on the second Sunday after Michaelmas Day, VOL. XX. BBB |