 The fortunes of Gray 's Inn continued to decline after the English Restoration , and by 1719 only 22 students were joining the Inn a year . This fall in numbers was partly because the landed gentry were no longer sending sons who had no intention of becoming barristers to study at the Inn . In 1615 , 13 students joined the Inn for every student called to the Bar , but by 1713 the ratio had become 2 @.@ 3 new members to every 1 call . 
