They were now, without any trial, without any accusation, thrust out of their house.

The communion plate of the chapel, the books in the library, the very chairs and beds of the collegians were seized.

Part of the building was turned into a magazine, part into a barrack, part into a prison.

Simon Luttrell, who was Governor of the capital, was, with great difficulty and by powerful intercession, induced to let the ejected fellows and scholars depart in safety.

He at length permitted them to remain at large, with this condition, that, on pain of death, no three of them should meet together, [236] No Protestant divine suffered more hardships than Doctor William King, Dean of Saint Patrick's.