To
the
Right
Worshipful
The
Heads
of
the
respective
Colleges
and
Halls
OF
THE
University
of
Oxford
.
YOU
are
desired
to
signifie
to
your
Societies
,
and
remind
them
,
That
during
the
Solemnity
now
approaching
,
on
the
seventh
day
of
July
,
All
Doctors
are
to
wear
their
Scarlet
Gowns
,
and
that
the
Exercises
will
begin
at
one
of
the
clock
in
the
After-noon
,
after
the
ringing
of
the
little
Bell
at
St.
Maries
.
You
are
farther
desired
to
let
them
know
,
That
the
rising
Semicircle
of
the
Theater
is
reserved
for
Doctors
and
Noble-men
;
and
that
the
enclosure
within
the
Rail
,
is
the
place
for
Inceptors
in
Arts.
The
Gallery
beyond
the
Doctors
,
in
the
Circular
part
of
the
Theater
,
will
be
the
place
of
Masters
.
The
side
Gallery
West-ward
,
is
reserved
for
the
Cambridge
men
:
That
East-ward
for
Strangers
.
The
Galleries
in
the
Front
for
Ladies
and
Gentlewomen
.
The
upper
Gallery
above
the
Masters
,
is
appointed
for
Gentlemen-Commoners
and
Batchelors
.
Those
above
the
Cambridge
men
and
Strangers
,
for
Under-Graduate
Scholars
of
Houses
and
Commoners
.
That
above
the
Ladies
for
the
performances
of
Music
.
The
Area
,
for
Batlers
,
Servitors
,
and
persons
of
promiscuous
quality
.
For
preserving
of
Order
,
there
are
beside
the
Curators
of
the
Theater
,
appointed
several
Proctors
of
it
;
who
according
to
the
Statute
in
that
behalf
,
are
to
take
care
the
public
peace
be
kept
undisturb'd
;
and
that
all
persons
be
plac'd
in
their
aforesaid
Stations
,
for
whose
assistance
there
are
assigned
severall
Officers
and
Door-keepers
,
to
be
subservient
to
them
,
and
excute
their
Commands
.
It
is
strictly
required
that
during
the
time
of
the
Act
,
All
persons
do
appear
in
their
Gowns
and
Caps
:
and
particularly
,
all
Under-graduates
,
and
Batchelors
of
Arts
,
comport
themselves
with
that
sobriety
and
modesty
,
as
may
tend
to
the
reputation
and
honor
of
the
University
,
upon
pain
of
being
put
in
the
Black
Book
,
and
otherwise
proceeded
against
,
as
the
exigence
of
their
faults
shall
requrie
.
Withal
it
is
required
,
That
no
person
below
the
condition
of
a
Gentleman
or
Fellow-Commoner
,
shall
presume
to
wear
a
silk
Cap
;
and
that
none
pretend
to
a
place
beyond
that
which
really
belongs
to
him
.
And
it
is
farther
ordered
,
That
no
Scholar
resident
in
the
University
of
what
Condition
soever
,
shall
be
admitted
into
the
Theater
,
who
is
not
in
his
Gown
and
Cap.
The
Names
of
the
Curators
and
Proctors
for
this
following
Act.
CVRATORS
-
-
John
Lord
Bishop
of
Oxford
.
-
In
te
absence
of
Sr
Christopher
Wren
,
-
Dr.
Marshal
Rector
of
Lincoln
.
PROCTORS
.
-
-
Mr.
Pullen
of
Magd.
Hall
.
-
Mr.
Bateman
of
Magd.
Coll.
-
Mr.
Ford
of
New
Coll.
-
Mr.
Hulton
of
Brasen-nose
Coll.
-
Mr.
Boise
of
Corpus
Christi
.
-
Mr.
Mostyn
of
Christ
Church
.
-
Mr.
Connant
of
Mert.
Coll.
-
Mr.
Tunstall
of
Queens
Coll.
-
Mr.
Piggot
of
Wadham
Coll.
-
Mr.
Hunt
of
Trin.
Coll.
-
Mr.
Jenkins
of
Jesus
Coll.
-
Mr.
Adams
of
Exeter
Coll.
-
Mr.
Farrow
of
Lin.
Coll.
-
Mr.
Bennet
of
University
Coll.
-
Mr.
Downs
of
Pembrok
Coll.
-
Mr.
Walrond
of
All
Souls
.
-
Mr.
Harding
of
St.
Johns
.
-
Mr.
Heicroft
of
Baliol
Coll.
-
Mr.
Desmaster
of
Oriel
Coll.
The
Proctors
are
desired
to
meet
during
the
Act
,
punctually
at
one
of
the
Clock
,
in
the
Apodyterium
of
the
Convocation
House
.