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GLAMORGAN RECORD OFFICE/ARCHIFDY MORGANNWG

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DCOW/1/1-3 Sir Leoline Jenkins

DCOW/1/1, 2 Letter from Leoline Jenkins at Nijmegen to Sir John 14 Jul 1676 Bulstrode, ambassador at the court of Brussels, advising him of the arrival of William Temple in Nijmegen [Leoline Jenkins’ armorial seal affixed] Also: letter from W. Lewis, Bridgend, donating letter Dec 1872 to Cowbridge Grammar School [2 papers]

DCOW/1/3 Extract from Pepys’ Diary (26 & 27 Mar 1666) relating Not dated to Sir Leoline Jenkins, copied onto Cowbridge Grammar School crested notepaper [1 paper]

DCOW/2-5 Scholars and Masters

DCOW/2 ‘Delectus epigram. themat’ – Latin, Greek and 18th century Hebrew verses, mainly 18th century [‘The Golden Book’. Inscribed on flyleaf: ‘Ex Dono Johannis Turbervil Armigeri Huius Scholae olim Scholaris, 1723’] Also: translations and notes [1 volume and loose papers]

DCOW/3/1 Register of scholars, giving dates of admission and 1862 – leaving, observations on scholastic progress, circa 1915 personal details, etc. [This volume was compiled originally by Rev. Thomas Williams, headmaster, from 1864-1870. Occasional entries and amendments were made by subsequent headmasters] [1 volume]

DCOW/3/2 Register of scholars 1889-1921 [Register compiled by W F Evans, headmaster, with additions by his successors] [ 1 volume]

DCOW/3/3, 4 Admission registers 1915-1928, [Printed forms, bound into volumes, giving dates of 1928-1937 admission and discharge, parents’ occupations and residence, examination results, etc.] [2 volumes]

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DCOW/3/5-9 Admission registers and record books 1914-1928, [Contents similar to DCOW/3/3, 4 above] 1928-1932, [5 volumes] 1932-1940 1940-1943, 1943-1946

DCOW/3/10 Register of staff 1919-1966 [1 volume] [dates of appointment]

DCOW/4 Roll call sheets and general conduct reports 1890-1918 [1 bundle]

DCOW/5 List of senior prefects 1919-1956 [1 paper]

DCOW/6/1-8 Photographs of school groups and individuals: 1,2 Headmaster and sixth form [4 copies] Circa 1880 Also: Correspondence concerning identification of sixth form photograph 1881, written 1946

3. Headmasters and scholars [fragile] 1904

4. Rugby XV [3 copies] 1877-1878

5. Rugby XV Circa 1880

6. Cricket XI [fragile] Circa 1904

7. Cricket XI, with identifying key to personalities Not dated

8. Arthur S. Morgan, rector of Shirenewtown 1933 [A. S. Morgan was first editor of the ‘Bovian’] [11 photographs, 3 papers]

DCOW/7/1,2 Obituary notice of Rev. W. F. Evans 1929 Also: photograph of W. F. Evans memorial window in Llanblethian church [1 newscutting, 1 photograph]

DCOW/8/1-4 Miscellaneous notes and information concerning old 1851-1900 boys [4 papers]

DCOW/9 Information concerning first two Jenkins Fellows, 1943 compiled by R. Williams [ 1 paper, typescript]

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DCOW/10, 11 School Prayers

DCOW/10 Book of prayers [compiled and used by Daniel Durel] copied post [1 volume] 1795 [watermark]

DCOW/11 School prayer Not dated [1 paper]

DCOW/12-18 Speech Days and Prize Days

DCOW/12/1-4 1. Latin oration delivered to Sir John Straddling 23 Sep 1618 by Evan Seys on school speech day

2, 3 English translation of Evan Seys’ oration Also printed copies 1930 4. Explanatory notes compiled by R. W. [1 manuscript copy of oration headed ‘This Speech was delivered the 23d of September 1618 by my Scholar Evan Seys’. The master of Cowbridge Grammar School in 1618 was Rev. Walter Stradling] [2 booklets, manuscript; 3 booklets, printed; 1 paper]

DCOW/13/1-2 Speeches of senior scholars on speech days 16 Dec 1871, (2 copies) 21 Dec 1872 [3 booklets, printed]

DCOW/14/1-3 Speech day programmes 9 Jul 1909, [3 leaflets, printed] 29 Jul 1913, 28 Jul 1914

DCOW/15 List of speakers at speech days 1894-1955 [1 paper]

DCOW/16/1-2 Prize lists, summer terms 1908, 1959 (2 copies) [3 papers, printed]

DCOW/17 List of presenters of prizes at schools’ annual sports 1919-1956 [1 paper]

DCOW/18 Schools Athletic Sports, programme of events 9 Apr 1881 [1 card, printed]

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DCOW/19-26 War Service and War Memorials

DCOW/19/1, 2 Roll of service 1914-1919 [1 volume; 1 booklet, printed]

DCOW/20, 21 Appeal for subscriptions for school war memorial, 1919-1921 and list of subscribers and subscriptions [1 booklet, 1 file]

DCOW/22 Correspondence and accounts with sculptors, 1919-1921 builders and others, concerning provision of war memorial [20 papers]

DCOW/23/1-4 Photographs of memorial window and tablet in 2 Feb 1921 Cowbridge church; notice of unveiling ceremony, and form of service of dedication [1 booklet and leaflet, printed; 2 photographs; also duplicates]

DCOW/24 Order of service for unveiling and dedication of 9 Nov 1949 memorial tablet in Cowbridge church [1 booklet, printed; also duplicates]

DCOW/25 Roll of honour 1939-1945 [1 paper, typescript]

DCOW/26/1-13 Order of school services of remembrance 1955-1972 Also: printed order of services compiled by League of Nations and British Legion [1 paper; 2 booklets, printed]

DCOW/27-28 School Magazines

DCOW/27/1-14 ‘The Bovian’, from first issue. Also duplicate series 1894-1973 [14 volumes, 17 booklets]

DCOW/28 ‘The Lion’ (Leoline House magazine) 1958, 1959, [1 bundle] 1961

DCOW/29-32 350th Anniversary Celebrations

DCOW/29/1-3 ‘The Bovian’ commemorative issues Dec 1958, Mar [3 booklets; also duplicates] 1959 & Jul 1959

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DCOW/30/1-4 Order of service for commemoration service 12 Nov 1958 Also: invitation cards, commemorative luncheon menu, guest and seating arrangements [2 leaflets and 1 card, printed, also duplicates; 1 paper]

DCOW/31/1-2 Order of service for old boys commemorative service 30 Nov 1958 Also: commemorative luncheon menu 27 Sep 1958 [1 booklet and 1 card, printed]

DCOW/32 Speech day programme, concert programmes, 1959 invitation cards, posters, press cuttings, photographs, etc. [1 bundle of leaflets and papers]

DCOW/33, 34 Archbishop of Wales’ Visit

DCOW/33 Order of service on occasion of Archbishop’s visit to 15 Nov 1921 Cowbridge [1 paper, printed]

DCOW/34 Address, in Latin, presented by scholars of 15 Nov 1921 Cowbridge Grammar School to the Archbishop [1 paper]

DCOW/35-43 Education – Administration

DCOW/35/1-3 Board/Ministry of Education (Welsh Department). 1920, 1929, Inspection reports 1947 [3 booklets]

DCOW/36/1, 2 Board of Education Draft Statutory Rules and Orders. Special Services regulations 1925 Training of teachers regulations 1926 [2 booklets, printed]

DCOW/37/1-8 Board of Education Memoranda and Circulars 1910-1933 concerning curricula, teaching methods, staffing etc. [8 booklets and papers, printed]

DCOW/37/9-11 Board of Education Memoranda and Circulars 1909, 1911, concerning language teaching, physical education 1920 and building regulations [3 booklets, printed]

DCOW/38/1-7 Cowbridge Grammar school rules for payments 14 Oct 1924, Also: Board of Education Memoranda 16 May 1934 [7 papers]

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DCOW/39/1 Scheme to administer funds applicable to 1894 Intermediate and Technical education in Glamorgan [1 booklet, printed]

DCOW/39/2a, b, Scheme altering existing Scheme, (Ministry of 1951 3a, b Education) and Instrument of Government and Articles of Government (Glamorgan County Council) [2 files, 2 papers; all printed]

DCOW/40 Return of Charity Commissioners concerning 1897 Cowbridge charities [1 booklet, printed]

DCOW/41 Cowbridge Grammar School Scheme 1919 [1 booklet, printed]

DCOW/42/1, 2 Board of Education. Specimen copies of teacher’s 1926 service book and notes and instructions [2 booklets, printed format]

DCOW/43 Glamorgan Education Committee. Plan of alterations Not dated to kitchen and house masters dining room [1 plan]

DCOW/44-56 Miscellanea

DCOW/44 ‘Glamorgan Observer’ 1873 [Containing reference to school] [1 booklet, printed]

DCOW/45 Dates in history of school 1608-1932 Circa 1932 [1 paper]

DCOW/46 Brief history of school endowments 1896 [1 file, printed]

DCOW/47 Cowbridge Annual Athletic Sports, rules and 7 Aug 1882 programme [1 paper, printed]

DCOW/48 Oxford University Rugby Union Football Club, list of 1882-1883 matches [1 card, printed]

DCOW/49 Cardiff Football Club, list of matches 1885-1886 [1 card, printed]

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DCOW/50 League of Nations Union. Constitution of Cowbridge 8 Mar 1923 Grammar School branch [1 paper]

DCOW/51 Wings for Victory National Savings Campaign. 1943 Certificate of honour awarded to Cowbridge Grammar School savings group [1 paper]

DCOW/52 Photograph of South gate, old Grammar School and Pre 1848 cottages [Photograph from oil painting now hanging in school] 1871-1884, Also: covering letter from J Chapman giving written 1951 information on his childhood in Cowbridge [1 photograph, 1 paper]

DCOW/53/1, 2 Photograph of south gate and headmaster’s house Circa 1880 Also copy [2 photographs]

DCOW/54 ‘Counter’ found in school shrubbery, believed to commemorate bicentenary of Utrecht university [notes on envelope relate to identification of coin] [1 coin, in envelope]

DCOW/55 Description of Cowbridge in 16th century – copied by Rev J M Traherne from Trinity College manuscript Also: letter from John Ballinger to R Williams, 1928 headmaster of Cowbridge Grammar School, concerning identification of manuscript [1 file]

DCOW/56 Letter and note concerning Gwyn and Reid Trusts 1955 [2 papers]

DCOW/57-59 Printed books

DCOW/57 The Life of God in the Soul of Man, by Gilbert bishop 1691 of Sarum [from Cowbridge School library] [1 volume]

DCOW/58 Rules and Statutes for Government of Hertford 1747 College, Oxford, by R, Newton [‘D. Durel’ written in pencil on flyleaf] [1 volume]

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DCOW/59 Statutes of Jesus College, Oxford Amended to Oct [1 booklet, printed] 1903

DCOW/60 School Exercise Books [Possibly Cowbridge Grammar School, but more likely Eagle Academy]

DCOW/60/1, 2 School exercise books of William Thomas, Golden 1801, 1804 Mile [2 volumes]

DCOW/61 Printed Books

DCOW/61 The life of Francis Mansell, D. D., by Sir Leoline 1854 Jenkins, kt. L.L.D. [1 volume, printed]

DCOW/62 Trust Funds [see also DCOW/56]

DCOW/62/1 Reid Memorial, Trust Deed 13 Jan 1938 Also: correspondence and associated papers 1953, 1954 [1 paper, 2 files, in envelope]

DCOW/62/2 Gwyn Memorial, Trust Deed 9 Mar 1944 Also: draft Deed; correspondence and associated 1954 papers [5 files, in envelope]

DCOW/62/3 Lewis Evans Trust Fund. Correspondence and 1959 receipt for purchase of Defence Bonds; Receipt for deposit of Bond Book at N. P. Bank, 1962 Cowbridge [5 papers]

DCOW/63 School Societies

DCOW/63/1, 2 Literary and Debating Society minute books 1928-1932 [2 volumes] 1931-1938

DCOW/64 Cricket Team

DCOW/64/1-13 Cricket scorebooks 1889-1934 [13 volumes and booklets]

DCOW/65 School Library

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DCOW/65 Library catalogue 1914 [1 volume]

DCOW/66 Prospectus

DCOW/66 School prospectus Post 1928 [1 booklet, printed; also duplicates]

DCOW/67 Cowbridge Grammar School Pupils 1600-1900

DCOW/67 Notes on pupils of Cowbridge Grammar School, circa 1600-1900 compiled by A. J. Alden, Esq., a local historian, and master at Cowbridge Comprehensive School, circa 1980-1986 [Information compiled from ‘A Certaine Schoole’ by Iolo D. Davies (1967); ‘Old Cowbridge’ by L. J. Hopkin James (1922); the 1861 census; ‘Jesus College, Oxford 1871-1971’ by J. N. L. Baker (1971); and Cowbridge Grammar School records (DCOW) in the Glamorgan Record Office] [1 binder; photocopies]

Please note that additions will be made to these notes as information comes to hand. The aim of the compilation was to record past pupils of the school in the period before the surviving admission registers.