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B - The Manner of the Presentation of the Duke of Buckingham his Grace to the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

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Upon the 12th of July, 1626, the vice-chancellor, heads of colleges, and others appointed to attend in this service, set out to Ware the first night, and the next morning to London, where, about three or four of the clock in the afternoon, they all met at Durham House, and there put on their robes, hoods, habits, and caps; and the senior bedel and register were sent by Mr Vice-Chancellor to view the place appointed for the entertainment, and fit the same with a chair for the duke, if he pleased to sit, and a little table to stand before the vice-chancellor and orator right before the duke, for them to make their orations at. But the duke sat not in his chair, but stood behind it at both the orations, and whilst he delivered his own speech.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009
First published in: 1911

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