This young man had been a pupil of the Rector's, and studied divinity with him for a while before Matriculating at Lincoln College, Oxford; where in due course he took his degree, and whence he returned, in deacon's orders, to take charge of the endowed school at Epworth and to help in the spiritual work of the parish.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
But not being old enough to take orders, he stayed for a year at Oxford, without, however, Matriculating there.
"The Worlds Greatest Books Vol. II: Fiction"
Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
The servant at the door says, 'A gentleman is Matriculating.
"Story of My Life, volumes 1-3"
Augustus J. C. Hare