CHAPTER XII.

THE PARLIAMENTARY VISITATION AND THE COMMONWEALTH.

Measures preparatory to the Visitation—Appointment of the Visitors and the Standing Committee of Parliament—Early proceedings of the Visitors, and suppression of resistance from the University—Visitation of colleges. Submissions and expulsions—Reception of Fairfax and Cromwell—Second Board of Visitors—Third Board of Visitors, and conclusion of the Visitation—State of the University on the recovery of its independence 138