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Benefactors.] —The principal Benefactors tothis College, after the Founder, were Simon deMontacute, Bifhop of Ely, who was the Au-thor of a new Body of Statutes, and gave the Mat-ters and Scholars the privilege of nominating theirown Members, which, till then, was veiled in theBifhops of Ely; referving to himfelf and fucceffbrsthe power of confirming the nomination. He alfobellowed the Patronage of the Retflory of Kenton,,and a fmall Manor in Hadenham, called CheweL

Simon Langham, Bilhop of Ely, and after-wards Archbilhop of Canterbury; John Warke-worth *, Mafter; John Whitgift , Archbifhop ofCanterbury; Fordham, Bifhop of Ely; Walpole,.Bifhop of Norwich; Cofins, Bifhop of Durham ;Lady Mary Ramfey;. Sir William Browne, M.D.;Edward Lord North; and Dr. Perne, were alfo«important Benefactors,

* Leland, in his Colleflions, Tom. IT. part ii. p. 471,&c.—fays: “ A Booke of Chronique in Peter Col'c-ge Li~“ brarh: The Bocke was of his J owne hande, fometime-" Mafter of Peter College; concluding thus (p. 499): ,s Fi-“ nljhid ctnd ended after the Copie of Caxton therm yn Weft-“ rnynflret" which copie MSS. I have, feene and added ttnote at the PolychroruconT

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