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Controversy with the University about theological degrees in 1253 38 Controversy between the University and the Dominicans 39 Study of Arts (philosophy) before Theology, insisted on by the University 41 Roger Bacon on the need for some preliminary training for the Friars 42 Extortion of graces by external influence; ‘wax-doctors’ 42 Career of a student Minorite 43 On the numbers of Friars sent to Oxford 43 Course of study before ‘opposition’ 44 ‘Opposition’ and ‘Responsion’ 45 The degree of Bachelor of Divinity 46 Exercises before ‘Inception’ 47 ‘Vesperies’ and Inception 48 Questions disputed on these occasions in the thirteenth century 49 How far were the statutable requirements as to the period of study really carried out? 49 Expenses at Inception 50 Necessary Regency 52 Conditions on which dispensations were granted 52 Maintenance of Franciscan students at the University 53 What proportion took degrees 54 Relative numbers of the various Religious Orders at Oxford 54   CHAPTER IV. BOOKS AND LIBRARIES. Absence of privacy in a Franciscan Friary 55 Books of individual Friars 56 The two libraries, and their contents 57 Grostete’s bequest of books 57 Extant MSS. formerly in the Franciscan Convent 59 Alleged illegal detention of books by the Friars in 1330 60 Richard Fitzralph’s statements 60 Richard of Bury, on the libraries of Mendicant Friars 61 Dispersion of the books of the Oxford Franciscans