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71a Antiqnitier of I REL AN D. 24;
N and granted his fate and ‘fecure Conduct to them, their Servants and At-
“ tendants, together with their Goods and Luggage,‘ both in coming to the
“ faid Uni'ver]ity, their Abode in it, and their Return from thence; and
“= commands all 'Magil’trates to defend and proteft them upon all lawful Oc- ’
“ calions.”] Yet notwithftanding thefe Encouragements, for want of a fulfi-
cient Fund-to maintain the Students, the Uzzie-er[ity by Degrees dwindled to
nothing. However thereremained fome Footlteps of it in the Reign of
King Hen. VII. For in a Provincial Synod held in Cbrzfl-Cbareb, Dublin,
before Walter Etz-Simons, then Archbifhop of Dublin, certain annual Penlions
were granted for feven Years to the Leflurers of tbe lhziverdty, by the Arch-
bilhop, and his Sulfragans and ‘Clergy of the Province of Dublin, [in
the Proportions following, -viz. the Archbifhop and his Chapters and Clergy
contributed xol. a Year, the Bilhop of Ojbry and his Chapter and Clergy,
the Bilhop of Fern: and his. Chapter and Clergy ‘5l.'a Year each, the
Bilhop of Leigblin and his. Chapter and Clergy, and the Bilhop of Kildare,
and his Chapter and Clergy, live Marks a year cach.] In the Reign
of King Edward IV an Univerlity was erected at Drogbedab by the Au-
thority of .a Parliament held there in November 14.65, before ‘llaomas, Earl
of Demand, 5. Lord Deputy to George Duke of Clarence, Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, and endowed with the fame Privileges as the (l'r1i1’1er]iIy of Oxford;
but thatU'7ziiver]z'Iy, for want of a fufiicient Revenue, foon came to nothing.
The Foundation Statute, written in the Frenrla Language (as the Cuflzom then
was) iskextant among the Records of Cbaneery (k), from whence I lhall give
it-‘entire, together with a Tranllation of it into Englifb. “ Item :1 la re-
“ quilition dc Communes, Qe pource que la terre d’lreland a nulle Uni-
“ verlite, ne Eltude generale dans la memfe, laquelle ]Euvre voudroit,
"‘ Caufe’-li bien l’encreH'e du Science, richelfe ct bonne governance, Comme,
'“.l’avoidance du riot, male governance, et extorlion dans la dite terre. Or-
“ donne ellt et efcablie et grante par Authorite du dit Parlement, que, .
“ foit une Univerlite 2: la Ville de Drogbedab, en laquelle Univerlite
“ pouvoient elite faits Bacheluers, Mailtres &: Docteurs en toutes Sciences
“ et Facultez, li come ils font en l’Univerlite de Oxenford, et aulii d’avoir,'
“ occupier ct enjoier toutes Maniers, Libertes, Privileges, et loix, et laudables,
“I-Coull:umes,> que la dite Univerlite a"Oxenford a occupie et enjoie. Perainli
“' qu’elle ne foit prejudiciable au Maire, Vicomitd, ni Communaute de la Ville
“ de Drogbedab
“ the Land of Ireland has no Univerlity, not general Place of Study within‘
“it, a Work of which Sort would caufe a great Increafe of Knowledge,
“ Riches and good Government, and would prevent Riot, evil Government
“and Extortion within the faid Land : It is therefore ordained, eltablifhed and
“ granted by Authority of the Parliament, that therebe an Univerlity in the
“ Town of Drogbedab,'in which may be made Batchelors, -Matters and Do&ors,
“ in all Sciences and Faculties, as they are made in the Univerlity of Oxford ;
“and that they may alfu have, occupy and enjoy all manner of Liberties,
“ Privileges, Laws and laudable Culloms, which the faid Univerlity of Oxford
“ hath occupied and enjoyed-, fo that it be not prejudicial to the Mayor,-
“Sheriffs, nor Comminalty of the faid Town of Drogbedab?’
[The next Attempt for erefting an Univerlity in Ireland was in a‘ Parlia-
ment alfemblcd at Dublin on the 17th of j7anaa2y 1568, in the Government
of Sir Henry Sidney, wherein a Motion was made to re-ereet the Univer-
lity formerly ellablilhed in -St. PaIriek’s Church, and to fupport it by voluntary
Contributions (l). The Lord Deputy gave due Encouragement to this Un-
dertaking by oliering to fettle on it zol. a Year in Lands, and to give I00 I.
in Money to carry on the Delign, and many other worthy Perfons promifed
their Bounty in Proportion to their Eftates. The year following on the 4th of
Marcb, the. Lord Deputy and Council of Ireland Writ a Letter to the Lords
of the Council of England, mentioning the Motion made in Parliament, the
Von. II. Qq q liberal
(I) De An. 5. Edw: Iv, Chap. 46. A (1) Gampion. p. 25. Holinglh. Chron. p. 69.
Alfo at the Requell; of the Commons, becaufe that.