Of having schools in cathedral churches.

In order for a knowledge of the Word of God to be retained in the church, which is hardly possible without expertise in languages, and in order that barbarity ignorance shall not be allowed to creep in reign among our people, and especially the ministers of the church, and so that learning, which is the gift of the Holy Spirit, should be spread as widely as possible, and finally so that sounder minds maybe planted and fostered nurtured and grow by an education in letters, it is our will that every cathedral church throughout the whole of our kingdom shall have a school, so that boys who have already learned mastered the first elements through the effort of tutors under the guidance and care of a schoolmaster may be further educated in public schools. And it shall be the responsibility of the dean and chapter to pay a schoolmaster twenty pounds a year, either out of the common revenues of the church or out of income belonging to the prebends, or if this cannot be done, that one particular prebend shall be set aside for this purpose so that its entire income may go to the master of the school. Even if the schoolmaster does not ask receive anything from his pupils by way of remuneration, nevertheless he shall not be prevented from accepting something from the wealthier ones, if they offer it to him, [but] he shall not accept take anything at all from the poorer ones, because we have decreed that the establishment of schools in the churches is designed above all to compensate for their poverty.

By whom the master of a school is to be chosen.

The examination and admission of a schoolmaster is the bishop's responsibility, even if in some churches the matter has been decided differently up to now. And in testing him, these are the things which are to be looked for above all. He is to be sincere in his profession of evangelical doctrine, of sound morals, sober in his behaviour lifestyle, an expert in grammar and the humanities, and strong enough in health to be able to withstand the strains of teaching.