St John's, and John Whitgift, then Margaret professor, wrote to William Cecil as chancellor of the university for a remission in the orders just issued by the queen through Parker for enforcing the use of the surplice at Cambridge. The letter angered Cecil, and Parker was contemptuous. Beaumont then wrote in his own name a submissive letter to Cecil. References The Master of Trinity at Trinity College, Cambridge Attribution 16th-century births 1567 deaths Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge 16th-century English educators English philanthropists Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge People educated at Westminster School, London Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge Lady Margaret's Professors of Divinity