 At the start of the Caroline era , when Charles I came to the throne , the Inn continued to prosper . Over 100 students were admitted to the Inn each year , and except during the plague of 1636 the legal education of students continued . Masques continued to be held , including one in 1634 organised by all four Inns that cost £ 21 @,@ 000 — approximately £ 3 @,@ 170 @,@ 000 in 2016 terms . Before 1685 the Inn counted as members five dukes , three marquises , twenty @-@ nine earls , five viscounts and thirty @-@ nine barons , and during that period " none can exhibit a more illustrious list of great men " . 
