. The English Dominicans. tences. In token of their earnestness and as a fine against non-appearance both sides deposited money with the Augustinianprior and convent of S. Frideswide. The four arbitrators chosen all met in person, the Bishop,the Canon, and the two Friars, and gradually in London drewup a document which was intended to give satisfaction allround. It consisted of seven chief headings: (i) In future the Dominicans could hold their disputationsin their own priory, but the rest should go to S. Marys,(ii) The sermons and examinations of bachelors used to beheld in the Dominican and
. The English Dominicans. tences. In token of their earnestness and as a fine against non-appearance both sides deposited money with the Augustinianprior and convent of S. Frideswide. The four arbitrators chosen all met in person, the Bishop,the Canon, and the two Friars, and gradually in London drewup a document which was intended to give satisfaction allround. It consisted of seven chief headings: (i) In future the Dominicans could hold their disputationsin their own priory, but the rest should go to S. Marys,(ii) The sermons and examinations of bachelors used to beheld in the Dominican and Franciscan churches, but forthe last twelve years had been transferred to S. was to stand, but in future each bachelor, beforelecturing in the Sentences, was in the Dominican churchto preach one sermon before the masters of the facultyof theology on a Sunday assigned by the University,(iii) The statute whereby no one was to profess Scriptureuntil after first taking a degree as bachelor in theologywas to TOMB OF EDWARD II IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL Photogi-aph by Syihiry A. Pitcher [To face p. 80 (iv) Also the statute was to continue whereby none couldlecture on theology till after first graduating- in artsexcept by a unanimous vote of the masters of the theo-logical faculty. (v) Yet no master was to veto such a dispensation out ofmalice, and his reason for objecting might be chal-lenged within ten days and discussed by the whole uni-versity. (vi) No new statutes were to be passed without first beingput in writing and read to all the masters, and tencopies were to be distributed to each faculty for dis-cussion. Then after an interval of fifteen days the sug-gested statute must have been confirmed by a majorityof any three faculties of which arts must be one. (vii) The Dominicans were to retain their own free schoolsin their priory, which were to be counted part of theUniversity, so that for lectures, disputations, and dis-cussions, these satisfied as legitimate
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