They  say  that  the  chancellor  —  the  title  first
appears  at  Lincoln  about  1163  —  preside
over   the   school.       In    1220-1230    in    Eishcp


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CHANCELLOR'S  SCHOOLS


CHANCERY


Welles'  Register  there  are  several  instances  of
clerics  being  instituted  to  churches  on  con-
dition that  they  attended  the  chancellor's
school  at  Lincoln  to  learn  theology.  In  1236
the  Lincoln  customs  were  written  down,  and
the  office  of  the  chancellor  is  then  said  to  be  in
the  first  place  to  teach  the  theological  school
and  to  preach  in  the  church.  At  Salisbury,
apart  from  a  much  suspect  deed  of  1108,  the
first  appearance  of  a  chancellor  under  that  name
is  in  a  deed  of  1175-1180.  In  1240  we  find  the
bishop  on  the  ground  of  the  thin  and  scanty
fruits  of  the  chancellorship,  annexing  a  rec-
tory to  it,  on  condition  that  the  chancellor
cause  theological  lectures  to  be  given  in  the
city  by  duly  qualified  doctors  or  do  so  in  person,
if  they  so  desire.  In  1259  Richard  of  Graves-
end,  bishop  of  London,  remarking  that  in  other
cathedrals  in  England  the  lecturer  in  theology
had  always  been  a  member  of  the  chapter,  but
in  St.  Paul's  they  had  resorted  to  outsiders,
decreed  that  the  chancellor  should  always  per-
form this  duty  and  that  only  Masters  or  Bache-
lors in  theology  should  be  eligible  for  the  office.
