LR60 - Oxford University Archives, Bodleian Library - Registrum Vniuersitatis Oxon: de actis in Domo Conuocationis a festo Michaelis Anno Dni: 1615. Ad festum Michaelis 1628 - Register N. 23, fol. 76v

Notice of Jonson 's honorary degree from Oxford University, 17 July 1619 . The notice mentions Jonson 's patron and Chancellor of the university, the Earl of Pembroke   , who recommended Jonson for the honorary degree. The register is a bound volume of notices from Michaelmas Term 1615 to Michaelmas Term 1628.
Eugene Giddens

[fol. 76v]
Convocatio habita 17^o die mensis Julij Anno Domini 1619 Cuius causa erat vt litterae a Cancellario nostro honoratissimo ad hanc venerabilem Dominum missae legantur:

Ben: Johnson

Julij 17^o

Lactae errant Litterae in favorem Beniamini Johnson in humanioribus litteris egregie docti, vt ad gradum magistri in Artibus pro moveatur. Supplicat venerabili Convocationi Doctorum Magistrorum Regen egregius vir Beniaminus Johnson vt no obstantibus statutis et exercitijs prius p?raestandis et tempore complendo et gratijs in venerabili hac domo no proponendis bona vestra cumvenia ad gradum Magistri in Artibus in hac Academia admittatur et actualiter in Domo Congregationis creetur: causa est quod omni humana literatura foeliciter instructus et eo nomine a Serenissime Rege annua pensione eaque satis honorifica honestatus necnon ab illustrissimo Cancellario nostro Comite Pembrochiae commendatus et proprio Chirographo dignatus (causa denique ipsa a Delegatis prius approbata) vt possit hodie speciali vestro favore et gratia fretus titulo hoc Academico et honore insigniri conceditur simpliciter

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