d of, 66, 71, 78;
when taken, 35, 43.

---- of Divinity, qualification for, 30;
dress of, 77.

Bands worn, 68.

Beaconsfield, Lord, 86.

Beaufort, Cardinal, 91.

Bedels, history of, 54 seq.;
caps of, 72;
at degrees, 4, 17.

Bodleian, 88, 89.

Boots to be worn, 65.

Caius, Dr., 61.

Cambrensis, G., 22.

Cambridge, dress of Vice-Chancellor at, 69;
degree ceremonies at, 28-9;
King's College, 40 _n._;
gowns at, 68.

Candidates (for degrees), dress of, 1;
presentation of, 11;
oath of, 13;
admission of, 15, 17.

Cap, 71 seq.

_Cappa_, 69, 70.

Chancellor, origin of, 22, 26;
authority of, 50;
non-resident, 51.

Chichele, Archbishop, 90.

Church and University, 25.

Church, Dean, 86.

_Circuitus_, 44.

_Collecta_, 37.

'Commencement' in American Universities, 23.

Commemoration, origin of, 31;
description of, 32-3;
noise at, 86-7;
music at, 87.

Compton, H., 82.

Congregation, 88, 93.

---- Ancient House of, 93;
degrees conferred in, 4, 5;
nominates examiners, 4.

Convocation, 93;
business in, 4.

---- House, 88 seq.

Cranmer, Archbishop, 92.

Crewe, Lord, 32;
oration of, 32.

Degrees, meaning of, 24;
order of taking, 6-7;
elements in, 27;
requirements for, 34 seq.;
in absence, 18;
_ad eundem_, 18;
Lambeth, 27;
honorary, 32.

---- ceremony, admittance to, 2;
notice of, 3.

D.C.L., 32; dress of, 75.

D.D., first, 22;
qualifications for, 30;
dress of, 69, 75-6; cap of, 72;
theses for, 30, 92.

_Depositio_, 45.

Divinity School, 87, 89 seq.

D.M., dress of, 75.

D.Mus., dress of, 76;
Haydn, 76;
Handel, 87;
Richter, 76.

Doctorate, German, 47;
qualifications for, 76;
presentation for, 11, 63.

Eglesfield, R., 68, 70 _n._

_Encaenia_, see Commemoration; etymology of, 31 _n._

Evelyn, J., 28, 80, 81, 87.

Examinations, mediaeval, 41 seq.;
control of, 52.

Fell, Dr., 53.

Friars at Oxford, 46.

Gibbon, E., quoted, 24.

Gowns, 69, 75 seq.;
proposed abolition of, 54.

'Graces,' college, 5, 6;
University, 38 seq., 59.

Green, J.R., quoted, 33.

Heber, R., 85.

Hoods, 70-1, 75 seq.

'Inception,' 19, 29, 31.

Key, T., 60.

Laud, 'Grace' for, 39;
and Proctorial election, 59;
portrait of, 72;
munificence of, 88.

Laudian Statutes, quoted, 4, 6, 18, 40;
oath in, 13;
greater strictness of, 67.

Lectures required for degree, 36;