Volume II 1603-1660 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

160 9-1 0 ] INNER TEMPLE RECORDS. 49
George Croke, treasurer, his uncle ; and for Edward Herbert, of
Stallo, in the county of Montgomery, at the request of John
Lloyd.
Order for the expulsion of H ore, an Irishman, who refused to go
to church, receive the communion, or admit of any conference with the
master of the Temple, to whom he was directed for his better information
concerning religion, but professed himself " a Roman Catholic."
And further order that for the better trial of persons admitted into the
society, every such person shall within three communions after his
admission receive the communion in the Temple church upon pain of
expulsion.
The petition of Lancelot Lother, the Queen's solicitor and
an utter barrister of this House, and Holman, a fellow, to rebuild their
chambers, which are upper chambers and ready to fall, the nether
chambers belonging to the Middle Temple, and for which a like petition
is made to that House, is referred to Hugh Hare, John Hare,
William Towse, and John Hele.
Order that if any fellow (not being a bencher) be absent from
the House for the space of two years (unless by reason of sickness,
imprisonment, or being beyond the seas) he shall stand disadmitted
from his chambers. And the treasurer may admit any other fellow
who will pay the duties owing by the absent fellow.
Whereas since an Act of io February, i600, as to keeping
vacations, it is found by experience, by reason of the multitude
of students, that the keeping by every one of so many grand moots
cannot be done, it is ordered that the said students shall " keep
the exercise of sitting at grand moots in six vacations at sixteen
grand moots at the least, and come to the communion twice every
year of the said three years, and the names of those who perform the
said exercises of grand moots and the times and places thereof shall
be set down in a book " to be kept by the two ancient butlers.