The answer of the chancellor, masters and scholars of the Vniversity of Oxford, to the petition, articles of grievance, and reasons of the city of Oxon presented to the honorable committee for regulating the University of Oxford the 24. of July, 1649.

4. Whereas the Petitioners conceive there are at this present neare about a third part of the houshol∣ders within the Citty Priviledged by the University, We answer.

1. That we conceive a tenth part of the Hous∣holders within the Citty and Suburbs are not priviledged persons; And that as the benefit of their priviledge by the daily growing oppressi∣ons and vexations of the Petitioners is in a man∣ner wholy destroyed•• so the number of privi∣ledged persons is much lesse then ever it was heretofore within the memory of man.

2. That if it were true which the Petitioners suggest, it thence followes, that the Petitioners by desiring (as they doe in their last Article) to restraine All Priviledged persons from exercising any Trade within the Citty, doe thereby desire to expose a rhird part of the Housholders within the Citty as (being priviledged, as they say) to want and beggery.