Besides these there is mention and record of divers other halls or
hostels that have been there in times past, as Beef Hall, Mutton Hall,
etc., whose ruins yet appear: so that if antiquity be to be judged by
the shew of ancient buildings which is very plentiful in Oxford to be
seen, it should be an easy matter to conclude that Oxford is the elder
university. Therein are also many dwelling-houses of stone yet
standing that have been halls for students, of very antique
workmanship, besides the old walls of sundry others, whose plots have
been converted into gardens since colleges were erected.
In London also the houses of students at the Common Law are these:
Sergeant's Inn. Furnival's Inn.
Gray's Inn. Clifford's Inn.
The Temple. Clement's Inn.
Lincoln's Inn. Lion's Inn.
David's Inn. Barnard's Inn.
Staple Inn. Newmann.
And thus much in general of our noble universities, whose lands some
greedy gripers do gape wide for, and of late have (as I hear)
propounded sundry reasons whereby they supposed to have prevailed in
their purposes.
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