Note 73 — Chapter XV · THE HISTORY OF THE MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS.

Under a badly-worded grace passed on 11 May 1842, on the recommendation of a syndicate on theological studies, candidates for mathematical honours were, after 1846, required to attend the poll examination on Paley’s Moral Philosophy, the new testament and ecclesiastical history. This had not been the intention of the senate, and on 14 March 1855, a grace was passed making this clear.