H STORY H (REWKERN E SC OOL.

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BY THE E R V. R . GR O S VE N O R B AR T E L O T , AL A .

O R E W K E R N E

“ PR IN BY JAME S W H E AT LE Y M C O UN T Y MAIL FFI E . TED , SO ERSET O C

C O N T E N T S .

U U I S AG O I . CHAP . FO R CENT R E

J OHN D E COMBE

T H E CHANTRY O F T H E HO LY TRINITY

T H E L M IM LL FREE SCHOO , SO ET E CA ED

CHANTRY O F T H E HOLY TR INITY

’ THE FOUNDER S INTENTION AN D S C H E M E

SUBSEQUENT BENEFACTORS THE SCHOOL ESTATES

L L V III . THE O D SCHOO

‘ L THE NEW SCHOO 0 01

AN D S ME N THE WARDENS, FEOFFEES, TOWN

THE M ASTERS OF THE SCHOO L

I K L L X I . CREW ERNE SCHO ARS OF O D

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I . IM XIII . N DR PENNY S T E

XIV T H E H L G I E R . SC OO RE ST

P R E F A C E .

O f m ak in b ook s l to g many there is no end, nor is there like y

. o e au thors be S m of us are born , some attain authorship, and

e T h som have authorship thrust upon them . e latter of these is

true in the present case . Crewkerne School celebrates the 400th

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. 2 5 th Anniversary of its Foundation on St James s Day, July , 1 9 I 89 . n view of this festal event I was in April requested by the Anniversary Committee to prepare for the Press a History of the School . Such is the origin of this book . Written in much

’ in the haste , and printer s hands in May, it must of necessity L ; betray m any signs of treatment less thorough than the subject merited . To the Warden and Governors of the School I desire to express my obligations for access to the School muniments ; and to the following my thanks for valuable helps and

H . C . T h R ev . e . suggestions Rev the Head Master, Gaye, Vicar

- of Crewkerne Rev . Willoughby Allen, M . A . , sub Rector of

° B Exeter College, Oxford Rev . J . P . illing, Rector of

as Seavington ; Rev . P . W . Unwin, Second M ter of the School ;

h E s . . . Major Sparks, Jo n Sparks , q , W A Rixon, Esq , of

A lfoxton . . . . u . a s Park ; Mrs G P R P lman, Rev C non Edmond ,

r . C . . of Exeter Rev. Canon Wo dsworth, Rev S Ruddle,

. C ...... t Rev A Le hbridge, Rev T Hoskins, Rev J Stroud , F

. S . . . u nr . J . Tompsett, Esq , Warren, Esq , Mr Fred Stoodley, J ,

. C o . . and Messrs Little and , of Exeter

R . G . B.

East Gate, Corfe Castle,

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“ L I S T 0 I L L U S T R A T O N I S .

C RE W K ER N E CHURCH FRO NTISPIECE

T o FACE PAG E

EXETER CATHEDRAL

“ CREWK ERNE ABBEY IN 1 846

’ J OHN DE COMBE S MAN TEL - PIECE (FROM PHOTO BY

LI L AN D C O . X TT E , E ETER)

K G LL “ B H CREW ERNE PARSONA E, CA ED THE AB EY, W ERE J OHN DE CO MBE LIV ED

M J K . L . J . P . M BY M S S A OR SPAR S, D , , (FRO A PHOTO E SR . ELLIOTT AND FRY)

L HO L U FE O N T THE O D SC O , SO TH

H L O L T E O D SCHO , NORTH FRONT

THE NEW SCHOOL

R E V . F. LL M . A . M H BY IS O PH WE ER, (FRO A P OTO CHR T ER , OF CREWK ERNE)

K C R EW ERNE CHUR CH, W E S T FR O N T

pa PE N N Y

H I S T O R Y O F C R E W ‘K E R N E S C H O O L

P E CH A T R I.

F ou r C entu r ies Ago “ HE 400th Anni versary of the Foundation of Crewkerne School cannot fail to land u s mentally for awhile in the reign of V I King Henry I . His was an important reign in

many ways, but chiefly so in that it was a marked period of transition and

revolution in Society, in

e ni Literature, and L ar ng, as well as in national ideas T he long and destructive W ai s

—aiid n too n of the Roses were over, no e soo , for therein had the old noble families well nigh

exter minated one another . T hose of the nobility who d had survived the struggle found their feu al independence

1 to be but a shadow of its former greatness . whilst a new

i l d on a of w a r nob l t , e e ate qualification e lth ather than of i y v , i e was ther r nd the K s serv e t to the ro a l n age, ga ing ou ing ub i n y l

cheddlngton 9

The di cover too of Am ca if for the rese t it did little s y, , eri , p n

se an r a an el , at y ate t ught the people to think for themselves, d

to too nin ts se not trust implicitly to the lear g of the Ancien , who

d as theology and science might, after all, be just as much benighte

e e . vi th ir g ography And with this came the re val of study .

c ars o s S hol fl cked to England from foreign countrie , the Greek

an ua th ol l g ge attracted more students than ever before, e d m a e s th ethods of te ching were superseded by bett r method , and e printing press brought literature within the reach of the ordinary student.

h of e of t T is wave the New L arning was, course, first fel

r ’ in the Universities , but it gradually sp ead over the length and breadth of the land . Schools naturally became a desideratum, w but schools were very few and far bet een . Especially was this

1 447 a dearth of schools experienced in London, for in the year “ petition was presented to Parliament setting forth that it were expedyent that in London their Should be a sufficient number of scholes and enfou rm ers in gramer and not for the singular avail of two or three persons grevously the hurt the multitude w of yong peple of ai this land . For her there is grete nombre

few to the s of lerners and teachers, and noon others, maistre

n ouerer coun in as waxen rid of monie, and the ler ers p in y g, ‘ c nc o enlie a enst r of l expe rye e p sheweth, g all vertue and ord e wel ” of publik . If then, London felt this want schools , the country w r s h ls to ns felt it more, for there we e not a dozen foundation c oo

w' 1 5th . o e th in England at the close of the century H ev r, that e wish of the country was atte nded to in regard to education is shown by the fact that before the l 6th century closed there was

w f c n d le s ze but could oast O f ita hardlya to n o any o si erab i b

Grammar School .

' n to om r et th town of wk r st d ore T urni g S e s , e Cre e ne oo f mwt 3

ss th in the matter of education four centuries ago. It posse ed e

c earliest Foundation Free Grammar School in the county, in fa t ‘ 1 it has been described as one of the most ancient in the kingdom “ not ten to 1 499 the d of its there being more than anterior , ate ” foundation .

Crewkerne was a town of considerable importance in those w days . It had sprung up in Roman timm at the intersection of t o

d o n - Roman roa s ; later , under the Anglo Saxons , it had attained sufficient importance to be chosen with seven other Somerset o of t wns as a place fitted for the establishment a Royal Mint, and c oins of the reigns of Ethelred II, Canute, Harold I, William the

a m O f Conqueror, and Rufus his son are ext nt, bearing the sta p the Crewkerne Mint . In subsequent times the two obvious causes of the prosperity of Crewkerne were firstly its position and secondly the high l nobility and influence of its andlords .

A S regards the first of these causes the town stood on the

e main road from Exet r to Salisbury and London, it was the natural centre of a district thickly dotted with villages possessing the some of the best land in the county, besides which, from lie of m the land round Ly e Regis, a great deal of the merchandise from that then considerable seaport had to find its way to

the Crewkerne, along the ancient Lyme road, before it could reach most profitable markets .

of w s Then, again, the Lord the Manor of Crewkerne had al ay h been a nobleman of igh position, able to secure for the town such exemptions from taxation and such privileges of markets h h and fairs as were conducive to t e prosperity of t e place. A thousand years ago King Alfred was its owner, and he bequeathed 1 b to his s son E thelwald and h ro al ownershi younge t , t is y p ' l h e I Pu msno Book of t o Ax , p. 83 7, actually secured to C rewkerne the privilege of absolute iM unity f to o . n from taxation, which lasted down the time Henry II Soo after the Conquest the Redvers Earls of Devon became lords of

of this town, whence it descended to the Courtenays, a family great eminence, and of the kindred of the Royal Families both of

’ i 1 3 - . 46 1 478 England and France For a t me also ( ) Prince George,

- in d w as Duke of Clarence, the ill fated brother of K g Edwar IV, Lord of the Manor and Patron of the Rectory during the

Bu attainder of the Earl of Devon . t it seems that the possession of the Manor of Crewkerne carried ill luck with it, for no less than five of the Courtenays Earls of Devon died in battle or on the ff sca old, whilst the Duke of Clarence himself, as we remember

’ In learning at school, was drowned by his brother s orders a butt o f his favourite Malmsey wine .

But we have traced the history of Crewkerne sufficiently for our purpose, which is to show that it was a place of V I importance in the time of Henry I . Its beautiful Parish Church of St Bartholomew was standing in all its mediaeval

co- o splendour, served by its three rect rs and its three chantry

o priests , who probably lived t gether in the spacious conventual “ ” building where now the Abbey Stands . The population was little under for in 1 5 48 it was certified that there were ’ ” “ O n a thousand partakers of the Lorde s Holy Supper ther. e

to i thing, however, which was wanting in order ra se Crewkerne intellectually, religiously, and morally was a good free school founded upon thoroughly religious principles .

T he following chapters are intended to S how how this want

C H APT E R II.

’ o/ m ae C mée j o .

OMBE is a tithing lying partly in Crewkerne parish and f partly in Wayford . That part o Combe which

concerns us in our present research is Combe St.

R ei ne. s e g Thi is situat d two miles west of Crewkerne, in a “ ” valley o r combe lying dee p down be low the road leading to B Chard . Above it on the right is St . eigne Hill, which an aged ” ” rrain dairyman pronounced to me as Strain Hill or S e e Hill . ’ mi l s A This e nence can be seen for mi e round. keeper s cottage is situated there now, but formerly there was a church there R i n d to . e ne to dedicate St g , and said co tain the bones of that

i . But who was St. R e gne ? the reader will ask I Shall not enter into a lengthy discussion on this point . Much has been written on the subject. A little over four centuries ago the

C W rcestre hronicler, William of y , wrote thus concerning this s pot Sancta Regina, id est Reyn, virgo in Ecclesia prope ” rok n C mitat m r iae . C gy in o u S o e set . There he describes St

B as . eigne, near Crewkerne, a female saint However, in another page he says Sanctus W hyt u s et Sanctus R aynu s in Ecclesia capellae super planum prope C rok ehorn in C omitatu S om ersetiae ” T ate rshal secundum relatione e. This shews that the Chronicler hi B mself was doubtful whether St. eigne at Combe were a male

R i e iz . : n o r s . v . e female aint There were two of the name, St g , B n virgin, martyred at Alexia, in urgu dy, in the third century, h S e T he other was w o was commemorated on ept mber the 7th. 6

S t . B or R inf e red B of who w . e eigne g , ishop Cologne, , ith St Whyt o r B f B ab u r o ur . B Witta, ishop g, and with St oniface, Archbishop, fif and ty more were martyred near Utrecht on Whitsun Eve,

A . D . 75 5 . of These were mostly men Wessex, sent over the re

as missionaries, and, in consequence, Archbishop Cuthbert, of

comm em o Canterbury, ordered their martyrdoms to be annually

rated throughout the English Church . There can be little doubt B the St . eigne commemorated at Combe was the male saint of the name and this view is strengthened by the fact that W hitedown

has o fair, close by, always been held at Whitsuntide, which is als

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W . s St . itta s day Probably these two saints were natives of thi

t o part of Wessex, and so their shrines were erected here keep

their memory alive where in life they best were known .

But Combe St. Beigne has another and a greater interest for

us. Here was born John de Combe, the Founder of Crewkerne

of School . His ancestors had for many years been owners Combe

fixit of Farm, even right back to the days before the y surnames,

and they had adopted the place name as their surname . Hugo

d e r 1 3 27 u the Combe lived the e in , and his name occ rs in Subsidy

of a xi Roll th t year as paying jd . He witnesses also a deed in the

of d the possession Crewkerne School, ated at Crewkerne Sunday 1 3 40 t . 1 4 next af er the feast of St Katharine, Edward III [ ]

of K nt . who Possibly he was the same family as Sir John Combe, ,

- d two Bau dri . e purchase thirds of the manor of p, co Som rset, and

W ald u ll W h f rd and lands in ep and ec e o in the same county, “ w in uisitio ost mortem the hose q p , held on Thursday after Holy ” i 46 e h e 1 9th Trin ty day, Edward III stat s that died 3 6 n a June, Edward III, leavi g a son and heir John Combe, ’ m ho d one l e inor, w marrie without the King s permission Emi in , ” Part rich of . daughter of Robert , before he came age

B r R ei ne the rs ter of th 1 5th o n at Combe S t. g in fi t quar e

I I n d as l 1 428 b ut l f the , e tere a scho ar at Winchester in , e t in ” s ame year to enter some Secular employment . However, it

' is certain that o u r John de Combe obtained a university

' education; Sent to the University of Oxford (to what college is

of to to uncertain) , the study Law would seem have presented

the r him g eatest attraction, and after pursuing it attentively he S upplicated to the University Authorities for leave to proceed t o

‘ of B 1 5 1 448 the degree achelor of Civil Law, th December, Perhaps he hoped one day to succeed the gre at lawyer of those

. i o Pillesdon days, Chief Just ce Sir John H dy, who lived at ,

e eight miles from Crewkerne, and whom, of cours , he had often ’ f i e . But o se n the unsettled state the country, culm nating in the l wars of the Roses, b ighted his legal prospects, so that he turned

' his attentionto theology and matters ecclesiastical . I n due course and after due preparation he received Holy Orders and

of o f b ecame Priest. Then by the presentation George, Duke ’ one of Clarence, the King s own brother, who during the

r of periodical attainde s the Earls of Devon, had become lord of

Wk e e of . Cre rn , he was instituted i nto the Rectory St ’ 1 2 1 4 Bartholomew s Church, Crewkerne, th March, as “ LL B . John Combe, This brought him back to the old place o nce more, and here for a quarter of a century he presided as

ofiicial n Rector . His residence as Rector was the old Parso age ” m “ hi of house, co monly called the Abbey, w ch stood at the west the Churchyard until it was demolished in From the style of the architecture it is probable that he left his mark on “ the fabric of the Abbey, and indulged that taste for building which he di splayed so splendidly in the west front of Crewkerne

Church and elsewhere .

- l r E d wa rd L. Pe nn we a re e na led to ive a n 1 By t he k ind ne s s o f t he a t e D . | y b g ill s t ra t io n o f t he A e a s it t h e n a ea r e d It is I raved om“ th' u bb y;; s pp , e g f r l i n i T aunto M seum P iggo tt C o l ect o n n u .

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H owever it was not to be that John de Combe should end a 1 484 th his days as Country Parson ; and so in the year , e

o f C rewk erne e r Manor s having been restor d to the Cou tenays, t B t Peter Cour enay, ishop of Exe er, appointed the Rector to the

Treasurership of Exeter Cathedral, and after holding that position

e of two years, Courtenay collat d him to the Precentorship the hi f d 1 486 . same Cathe ral, , w ch o fice he held till his de ath It must not be thought that John de Combe resigned his ’ re e ectory of C wkern when he obtained preferment at Exeter . R ‘ H HC Ontinued for twelve years more to preside over the religious l e k if of his native place, ta ing no doubt a special interest in the B education of the youth of his flock . ut his Exete r duties

sence from Crewkerne, and after being Rector

l O ld fee ing the weight of age, he resigned

" rew 1 496 e i to is o s C kerne in , and devot d h mself h Precent r hip for

‘ te the remainder o f his life . His residence there was in the ‘ ’ f r i P recento s House in the Close of Exeter Cathedral . He left his

m ark . g as a builder there both inside and out, and in the hall of l t hiit residence he erected a splendid mantelpiece of carved stone

’ n on which his monogram appears . Alas the Precentor s house has s di appeared , and the mantelpiece has seen many vicissitudes, but by the indefatigable and kind research of Canon Edmonds we are enabled to reproduce an excellent photograph of this interesting

memorial of our Founder . May the said mantelpiece one da y

‘ find a home in Crewkerne, and terminate its wanderings beneath

the roof of our Schoo l . We feel sure that John de Combe

would have wished it to be so .

The last few years of his life at Exeter were associated to a

a . cert in extent with events of English History Prince Richard ,

alias Perkin Warbeck, landed in Cornwall, and marching

n hward a tacked E e er on the 1 7th and 1 8th e e ort t x t Sept mb r, 1 0

‘ 1 49 c z u d th of w ucc ss ul in 7. The iti ens, n er e Earl Devon, ere s e f

on to he resisting his attack, so he marched Taunton where d turned coward and eserted his followers , and took Sanctuary at

V II . . T he Beaulieu rebellion being over, King Henry himself made a progress through the west and reached Exeter 8th d d 1 497 . r e o an October, He spent th ee we ks there, par ning ’ l o n A ll l t on his fining the rebe s, and Saints Day he ef return at J hn e journey . It is extremely probable th o de Comb entertained some of the nobles of the Cou rt at his house during those three weeks . m Though absent fro C rewkerne, John de Combe never forgot

B u his his native place . efore his death he caref lly prepared “ ” scheme for the Foundation and Government of a Free School a t Crewkerne . Having succeeded to his ancestral estate at

' Combe he assigned to Feofiees or Trustees an annual Rent

w s Charge therefrom, assigning to them as ell the full po session 2oth of his lands in Crewkerne and Merriott, by deed dated

1 4 V II . 1 498 and January, Henry , , the rents from the whole were to be devoted for ever to the maintenance of a Ffree ” n f S chool . At or about the same time o e o the numerous chantries attached to Crewkerne Church w as put to bette r use and amalgamated with the said Free School . There is not the

our h e of the least doubt that Founder, aving s en the working Exeter Free Grammar School- one of the oldes t in England 9 modelled his o wn therefrom . In the early part of the year 1 4 9

‘ John de Combe died a successor was collated to the “ Precento rship of Exete r Cathedral vacant by the death of ” 5 1 1 499. N th John Combe April th, o stately tomb marks e

: spot where he was buried no lengthy Latin inscription, studded

s of s with superlative epithet , recounts the virtues thi faithful a Pr e t but on r h P rish i s , n e the less his name will neve peris : it " 1 1 has come down to us and it will go down with honour to the

‘ remotest posterity: for in founding Crewkerne School John de ‘ ’ exe it m onu mentu m care erenniu s Combe g p .

N O N H E M L M OTE T FA I Y OF CO BE . 9 1 1 . 7 . . to In the Rev John Combe, M A , on his election the i d “ Mastersh p of Crewkerne School, is describe as of Combe, who ” fr descended om EJohn de Combe ye Founder. This is probably not quite correct, for John de Combe being in Holy Orders was “ so under vows of celibacy, that unless he was a widower with children before he received Holy Orders hezwould not have left descendants . There were families of the name of Combe, doubtless

H oletho rnes1 H ewish kinsmen to the Founder, resident at and , ,

rei n of in Crewkerne, in the g z Queen Elizabeth, as is testified by the following extracts from the Crewkerne Parish Regis ter 5 5 ba d . 6 1 9. c . Ali e, d :of John Combe the elder, p May,

26 1 5 60. Joano Combe burd . May,

ba d . 1 5 60. . R ichd Robert, s of Combe , p

5 1 . 28 . 1 6 John Combe, burd . Nov ,

an 5 2 . b . . 1 6 ichd . m r . R e R icha d, s of Co b , p J ,

1 1 5 62 . b . 3 John , s . of John Combe , p May,

b 4 1 5 62 . Walter, s . of Robert Combe, p . July,

f ba . 26 1 564. Margaret, d . o Christopher Combe, p Jan,

1 0 1 5 64. Wm . Combe was wedded to Alice Money June,

of H ewishe 1 2 . 1 5 66 . Agnes, d . of Wm Combe, , borne Feb ,

. 1 4 . 1 5 67 . W m . , s . of John Combe and Joan, bap Aug ,

f dz b 6 M an 1 5 68. Elinor, d. o Robt Combe Johan, p , i 1 5 9 Thirsto n Combe of H ewish wedded to El zabeth Hunt 6 .

H oolethornes d 1 0 (1 . s Marie, of Chri topher Combe, of , burie

5 2 . D ec , 1 7

of R and b 7 C o 1 581 . R obert, s . obert Combe Elizabeth, p ,

I H olethornos close to C ombe Farm. ‘1 2

W l of H olethorne marr ed o Marie S tuck e 2 a ter Combe, , i t y 1

n 1 58 . a . 7 J ,

f b 29 . 1 58 . ! . o acharie, s Walter Combe, p Feb 7

B m 1 6 . 1 588. William Combe and Alice eere ard Apl ,

3 1 602 . John Combe and Katharine Elford mard May, John Combe of H ewish and K atharine Witcombe mard 1 8

1 602 . April,

Other reference s to the famil y are w d 1 646 d th Ed ard Combe live at Crewkerne , mentione in e

B 22 . 1 646 will of his kinsman, Nicholas ragg Oct , .

o f n l ther 1 680 Elias Combe, Crewker e, gentleman, ived e ,

d . e . . and was the father of the sai Rev John Comb , M A ,

and of Wm . Combe .

' H oarthorne feoflee o Richard Combe, of , in Crewkerne, was f

1 . the School 1 7 7 He spelt his name Coombe .

c was e an In 1 785 Mr. Ri hard Coombs surg on d apothecary

e of Crewk rne .

of B e co . The will of John Combe, clerk parson ettiscomb ,

Pill sd n 3 e o . 1 554 and Dorset, adjoining , was dated Sep , , 22 proved He appoints his brother,

his D v nell William Combe, and kinsman, Harry y y , to

s - in - be his executor , and mentions his brother law,

’ ’ ~ s H ensb ur s Richard Lawrence, and his Si ter, Wm y

c w wife, but there is nothing to conne t him ith Crewkerne .

There were Somerset families of the same name three

r . centu ies ago at Combe St Nicholas, North Petherton, i n t H emm n to . . e g , and Timsbury, co Somerset The la t r family entered their pedigree in the Herald’s Visitation of Somerset 1 6 23 , and obtained from Sir William Seager, Garter King of — nt . z 6 Arms, a gra of these arms, viz Sable two bars between

- e 3 2 and 1 . e A. d l n s e du b es argent , , Cr st : emi io abl , cally c l d o lare argent.

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CHAPTER III .

’ ‘ M e H l T mm t T be C hantry qf o y y .

ART of the foundation now represented by Crewkerne Grammar School was originally endowed for purposes different from those to which the revenues eventually

S of 1 548 succeede d. The foundation is described in the urvey as “ the {free sobole som etyms callyd the Chantry of the T ryni tie

m ak e to there . This leads us to a little enquiry as the nature and uses of chantries ; why they were so called and when they d . e flourished Chantries, so call because their , express purpose and object of foundation was that masses might be chanted or

the ae sung for souls of the founder and his family, were a medi val

- o ut growth of the Roman doctrine of purgatory . They multiplied e xceedingly in England during the fourteenth and fifte enth ’ centuries, so that even in St. Paul s Cathedral alone there were

- no less than forty seven chantries existing in 1 548. Even at

Crewkerne there were three if not more . A chantry was generally founded within a cathedral or parish church and had its chapel located in one of the S ide aisles at the east end of the said

e now to aisle, an ancient piscina b ing all that generally remains

its c. . . mark position, g, at the St Mary Chantry Chapel, now in the vestry Crewkerne Church . Sometimes a specially built side chapel was added to the church over the of the w tomb founder and his family, and this as

s c ed w s s w e s d con e rat as a chantry chapel in hich mas e er ai .

for the departed. A good example O f this may be seenin the 1 4.

C h tr was in the h h b ld not a h d an y c urc yard, in a ui ing att c e to the

’ church, still being of course erected over the founder s tomb,

. e or intended tomb, if he were alive For instanc , at Crewkerne

1 5 48 of . on there were in two chantries St Mary, e described as ” “ . the . the St Mary in the Church, and other St Mary in ” Churchyard . And yet again sometimes a chantry was at a distance from the parish church as was the case with the

- - B . the eauchamp Chantry in Stoke sub Hamdon However, intention of the foundation of a chantry was the same in every

be case, namely, that a daily mass s hould said for the health,

of th mi wealth, and prosperity e founder and his fa ly during life f and for the repose o their souls aft er death . But this had to be

S O the either paid for, Founder endowed the chantry with land,

. or tenements, etc , else settled an annual rent charge issuing for

o ut o f w a ever his o n est te for its maintenance . In the former case a Royal license had to be obtained because the S tatu te of

Mortmain (1 279) forbade the giving of 1ands ~ to ecclesiastical o r

’ other corporations without the king s consent . Hence, if we can

of find the date of that license, we can fix the date the foundation

of . the Chantry We have had search made, but have failed to find any such license relatingto the Crewkerne Chantry of the

Trinity . Nor are there any entries of institutions of chaplains to h ’ t t e said Chantry to be found in the Bishop s registers . Yet his Chantry was endowed with lands at T emplelands and elsewhere w r r ? hich descended to the F ee School . How a e we to explain this Either it was founded before 1 279 or the Statute of Mortmain w as evaded by a legal fiction . Probably both are t ru e ; for

T em lelands Pillesdon and he p is in , according to Dugdale, though

a ds P lesdon’ gives no date, but certainly before Savar s y l Pillesdon Pillesdon o ord of , gave lands in to the preceptory f

1 . In lzi7 8 im o n s o n o f W a lte r d e Pillesd o n e c han ed all his la nd : in . , x g ' crewk rne to Warmdo R a o h for half a Kni ht s fee In Pillesdon» e l g g , , 1 5;

This re e o was an in ti ti l n i to Temple C ombe. p c pt ry s tu on be o g ng 1 1 1 8 the Knights Templars, a military religious order founded in

B of al . 1 1 85 by aldwin II, King Jerus em Not before did the

s e s . o Templar establish th m elves in England Temple C mbe, of

c course, takes its name from its former onnection with the d . l d hi h S avaru s e Knights Templars Obviously, then, the an w c “ ” w But Pillesdon gave the Templars as called Temple land . “ ” how came Temple land to the Chantry of the Trinity ? In 1 3 40 the order of Knights Templars was finally suppressed

d am throughout Englan and then their estates bec e dispersed , The following deeds in the possession of the school throw some

s of T em l lands 3 light on the hi tory p e from 1 75 .

By deed dated on the Sunday next after the Feast Of the

of . the 49th of translation St Thomas Martyr, in the year

' T d of Pillesd on enfeofied Edward III, homas Ho ges, , Sir Robert B R of Pill esdon 24th 1 3 abbe, chaplain ( ector from February, and Robert Phelpo teS in all the land called T empleland with “ e Pillesdon to e secu ndu m ct in appurt nances in , us s prescribed ” forma m et efiecti cuj usda m ca me nostras and which are not

' d i of nfeofim ent repeated in this dee . Aga n by another deed s dated at Pillesdon the Tuesday before the feast Of the Nativity of

3 rd a of the Virgin Mary, in the ye r King Henry V

t Pilles don e to e Rober Philpot, of , grant d Mast r John Maior all the lands and te nements called T empelland in Pil lesdon to the k . e ru rn o n same uses Again another deed, dat d at C e e the

Feast of S t . T homas the Martyr in the 4th year of Henry VI

1 425 S erhauk e of L t l W nso rs ( ) Master John p , John King, y y y ,

S cots of C rok es tret m e and Roger in the parish of Il inster, grant d ‘ to e s and w Mast r John Maior, Thoma Lome, JOhana, his ife, the ” S a T em lelond in Pillesdon ich l sa w me p , wh ately, they y, e

' have received by the grant or enfeofiment of the aforesaid John ié‘

~ Maior to have and to hold according to and in the form and ” ff of c n f e ect a ertai charte r o ours . Thus lawyers were just as

n to f well able the as now evade an Act o P arliament, and the Sta tute of Mortmain was evaded by the founding of what we l O f ” choose to cal , for want a better word, a Donative Chantry, which came under the control of no ecclesiastical or secular

e to h power. Lands were grant d the selected C aplain, who handed them on to feoffees and received them back in the shape of payment for masses . f “ m l l The after History o T e p e ands is simple . Coming

s the T rinitr into the posse sion of y Chantry it was handed on, when

e c the Chantry and Fre S hool were amalgamated, which was at least before 1 5 48 finally it was the property of the Crewkerne

the 1 881 e e School down to year , since which dat it has b en

d the and of the represente by stones, mortar, timbers New 1 School Buildings .

T he re is a m o n s t t he m nim e nts o f t he ho l a d e e d d at d at ru ke rne 1 . g u S c o e C

t he S nd a ne t a ft e r t he Fe as t o f S t . C a t ha r ine in t he 14t h e a r o f E d wa rd u y x , y Ill b w hic h s a k M a re s c ha l o f C r u k e r n a nd M a t il lis h is wif e ra nt e d y I . , g u nt o W illia m d e C ha d d e s le h C ha la in o ne a c re o f a ra le la nd a nd a n g , p , b “ " o rc ha r d in C r u ke r n t he o ne l in in Ie u e r na r a lo n s id e t he la nd o f , y g Q , g ” L c ie la t e wif e o f Pe t e r Ve lo a nd t he o the r l in a t R s t e b u r he . T his u . , y g y g wa s c e rt a inl ra nt e d f o r a s ir it a l r o s e d o t le s s c o nnec t e d wit h t h e y g p u pu p , ub T r init C ha nt r b u t we ha ve no t e e n a b le t o id e nt if t he la c e s na m e d y y, b y p w it h a ny p ro per ty whic h subs eque nt ly ca m e int o t he p o s s es s io n o f the Boho o L 1 7

C H APT E R W .

' ‘ T be F re S cé ool s mefzme called { be C /zam ' o til e e , o m f

O W and when did the Chantry of become assimi lated with the Free School of Crewkerne ? We have been unable to discover

t Pillesdon R e t was the exact date, but i appears that c ory

e the g nerally held with other cures, and we have seen that Rec tor of Pilles don was sometimes the Chantry Chaplain. In the 1 43 2 8th T was year , September , a certain homas Comb ll ed instituted Rector of Pi esdon . It is possible that he was relat to John de Combe ; he m ay have been uncle to him. At any

' R ecto r of n rate, when our Founder was Crewkerne his i fluence

" with Royalty at one time and the Courtenays at another to back " him we not up, must have been exceedingly great, and must

set forget that he was a lawyer as well as a cleric, so that if he u t his mind on diverting the revenues of a chantry, which was q i e

of his superfluous, into a channel more conducive to the benefit ff flock, he had every means at his command to e ectively bring

to w an influence bear on the project. It as a donative Ch try ‘ feoflees the were agreeable the thing was done.

At the same time it is to be noted that Chantry priestsoften d id teach the youth and keep school . Their priestly duties were

was the very light their daily solitary mass soon said, and most of da a l y left cle r before them no parochial visiting, only the dai y f . n o fices to be gone through At Enford, in Wilts, Sir Joh W estele c 1 4 2 t 1 494 d d w it y, Vi ar 7 o , founde a Chantry, en o ing is

w of i ith a flock one thousand sheep, that number to be ma ntained

for ever, and the increase of the flock to be paid to the Chantry 1 5 1 priest as his stipend . In 47 we read concerning Richard

‘ incu m Morres, the incumbent of this Chantry And the said

bent is a very honest poor man, and hath none other living, but “ only this chantry, and a man right able to serve a cure, and “ hath always occupied himself in teaching of children there .

T h e fact is, a Chantry priest needed some other occupation to

keep him from idleness . The poet Chaucer gives us an idea how

common it was, in his days, for a rector to put a curate to serve ‘ ’ h s b enefice i , and seek out for himself a rich Chantry for souls,

in which to luxuriate in ease, opulence, and idleness . No wonder,

i n 1 529 then, , an Act was passed forbidding parsons to receive money for saying masses for the departed . And although this ff Act did not a ect the older endowed chantries, yet it was the 1 5 45 thin end of the wedge, and in another Act was passed

r m . h o . te w ich went further, and p vested the revenues of all

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h . i C antries in the King for life Then at the K ng s death, when h t is Act expired, a more drastic Act in the first year of Edward ’ “ 2 a s VI g ve into the King s hand all colleges, chantries, free ” ld s u e &c . chapels, brotherhoods, fraternities, g y , free schools, ,

t &c . wi h all their endowments, goods, plate, moveables, , power being given to the King to alter the nature, condition, or purpose o f u s e s ch in titutions as w re not suppressed, and to dispose of the s am e e to b tter uses, such as the relief of the poor students in the

Universities or otherwise . It was by this Act that King d V I & e c . E ward got all the cr dit of founding Grammar Schools, , th roughout the C O u L t ry. In many cases he did nothing of the

s drt old endowed schools were by this Act taken into his hands,

and Crewkerne School among the number, touched up, put to

1 . C e rtifi cat e o f C o lle e s a nd C ha nt ries N o . 5 8 . g , , 2 ! 1 Ed ! V " C . 14]

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Sir Hughe Paulet K nighte and Henry Cricke holden of the t “ ’ R inges M a cert ayne customary landes parcell of hi s Grace s

of C ru k erne videlt s Manor aforesaid, , too partes of the lande callyd C rafte grau nted unto theym by e “ Copy of Court Rolle for terme of their lyves after the custom e of the saide Manor to the

tr nitie m a ntenance use of the y and y of the said scole, by the surveiors of the late attaynted Lorde Marques of Exciter then

whiche worthe earel o lorde of the saide Manor, landes be y y ver and above xl s paide to the manor of C ru kerne aforesaide for the

r he s m e la ndes rm i a nd f a m o f t a ” m

I ohn B rde S cale M r ther a m an o ho nest convers acion well y , , f

oodl u d em ent d othe m oche ood an the cou ntrie lerned a nd of g y j g , g

r n in u e and tea chin o children havin a t thi in y ertu ou se b i g g pp g f , g s

x xx l resent o r vi S colers rece ved the hole ro ects for his p i j , y p fl

And the then ha bitants ther be m ost hu mble su ters to ha ve wages . the sa id f ree S cale contynu ed wt a ugmenta con of the sa ide M r his

in lyv g. Here is the Rent Roll of the School in 1 547

“ ‘ ‘ ‘ Gilt : l atc Qlli antrg of the £ 012 Ui cinitp newthe fi re: S chool there

R obert R a wys holds by indenture a close of p astu re called T emp lelandes lyinga t P illesdon in the C ou nty

r er nn of 0 07 set a nd r ende s p a . .

John Golde E s qu iar holds a close of p astu re balled

s w l a nd renders er a nnu m ii M ayden el p j s.

H enry O rg/he holds by copy s ire ac res of land in the

o r u kerne a nd renders er ann ii s comm onfi eld f C p j . ; ‘ T homas Baker holds ana cre of la nd inthecommon

field a nd renders p er a nn

x ns re h l 1 . S i o r s eve co s c o ars . 2 1

‘ R obert H awlc ns holds a cotta e with a arden y , g g

a nn xed a cl se astu re i vi r ates o m e , o of p ii g f ead o w in Grea t Blachnyll and an acre of land and renders per ann J ohn Brayne ho lds a cotta ge with ca rtila ge and xiij

acre 0 land in the common field an r enders - er , s ] d p

R o bert S herlocke holds a cottage with a garden and

J ohn Byrde holds a cottage with a virga te of mead o w in G reat Bla chnyll a nd r end ers p er a nn Joan Lawrence holds by copy a cottage and iii acres of la nd in the comm on field of C rukerne and renders p er ann J ames Greenwaye holds a cotta ge and are a cres of land in the common field of C rukerne and renders p er

Alexander Berde holds by cop y a cottage a nd y a cres

nd renders r nn v vii of a rable land a p e a j s jd . W illia m Br owne holds a close of land called the

t r and rendezs er a nn ixs W es ove s p .

J ohn M ason holds a t will ha lf a n a cre of land in the common field a nd renders p er a nn L au rence C ollcs holds a close of p astu re and an acre

l in n arshal in the of m eadow y g in S tu rmy ster . M l

t D rs n n r r nnu vii s coun y of o et a d re de s p e a m j . Willia m W a ttes holds a tenement with app u rtena nces lying a t M ayden N ewton in the C ou nty of D o rset

nder r xs a nd re s p e . James Bayly h olds a close of p astu re containing by

timation i re an er er annum ii e es j ac s d rend s p u d j ' 22

John Daul eny holds a n a nnual rent comingfrom

— D educt iii R ent resolu te to the Lord the K ing for free rent

' for the latid ca lled C omes L andes, with suit and

t lut L r t K in r r t n R en reso e to the o d he g fo f ee ren , a d

th land called T em l elandee v /m e p j s. l ute t H u h Paw et K t. or r e rent xx R ent resol o g , , f f e d . ixd .

nd remains xvd A .

’ C ustomar y lands demicco by copy of C ourt to H a h P a n/ct K t a nd H enr C r che to the g , , y use of

' the T r znzty and the m a intenance of the aforesa id

r e S chool b H enr late M a r u is o E xeter o F e y y, q f , f ’ T r eason a tta zntea once o the ctemesne o the H zgh , f f

t nher ne now in the ha M anor of C , nds of the L ord the K i ng.

K t and O h d Hugh Paulet, , Henry reke ol by copy of Court

Roll for their lives to the use aforesaid two parts of the lands

C ruk erne lying in aforesaid called Craft and render per ann . beyond xls . annually payable to the Lord the King as of hi s Manor of C r uk erne for the rent or farm of the aforesaid ij parts

L ands a nd fiossesszons gr a nted for the obser vance

’ of a n a nnual A nnzoersa r y zn the P a r ish C hu rch

' Be n h ld l e of l d M eriet c ll d H ann n John vy o s a c os an in , a e y ge

‘ ' a a nd renders e ann . . ii s iii d H ys, p r j j . 2 3

A nnual r ent granted for the mazntenanee of a

ht r nin in the P r i h C hu r ch ther e la mp and a lig bu g a s . l K t . Hugh Paulet, , renders annua ly from his lands and tenements in C ruk erne aforesaid per ann The Dean and Chapter of Wells pay annually from the issues, profits, revenues, and fruits of their lands and possessions by the hand of the C omm unar or Receiver of the same Cathedral

e c of Church, annually to be paid for the maint nan e divers obits

hi . or anniversaries wit n the Church aforesaid to be held viz , for f i o xs . the obit or ann versary John de Combe,

One other item relating to this period is furnished by Leland, ’ V III s the Antiquary, who visited Crewkerne in Henry reign and noted the following remarks about it “ to C rok ehorn u From Stoke , a mene (moderate) market to n “ south west from Montague a five miles and four from k Stoke by hilly ground . C ro ehorn is sette under the “ rootes of an hille . Ther I saw nothing very notable Yet there ys a praty crosse environed with sm au l pillers

and a praty toun house yn the market place . The Chireh s tondeth on the hille and by it is a grammar ” s obole endowed with landes for an annual stipende . V CHAPTER .

' T he F under s I ntention and S che e o m .

H E ori gm al charter or trust deed of John de Combe to

' S choo l is m . was e c 1 702 the issing It in exist n e in , for

. Le eves was in . that year Mr , the schoolmaster, paid

‘ s even shillings and Sixpence for writing an Englis h coppie ’ ] hi s i of Mr. Combe s original deed of the School and for goe ng

addon to C ou ncellor W for advice about Loscomb e Es tate .

- o i The gap in the history . the School caused by the loss of its foundation deed is indeed great ; we have had search made at

w V to London, at Exeter, and at Wells R egistries ith a iew ’ o r . But all obtaining a copy of this deed, of the Founder s will

a a to no purpos e. We must endeavour then to m ke the best of the matter and to supply from subsequent documents as much of the original trust deed as we possibly can .

i of B F rst all, then, from a note in the Account ook, we supply the date of the said deed and this is a great point. It . “ was dated the 20th day of January in the 1 4th year of King

r Henry VII . Now the reign of Hen y the VII began in August 5 20th fi 1 48 , so that the of January in the rst year of that reign 4 A . D . 1 would be styled The date of the deed, then, is

h A . D . 1 4 20t January, , The Founder, therefore, must

e di have ex cuted it only a few weeks before his death, for he ed

l 1 5th 1 499 of of his before Apri , (the date the appointment successor in the Precentorship) .

Having supplied the date of the foundation of Crewkerne 5013001 W e proceed to collect evidence regarding the contents and

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eo e t t in f fi men e to the use a nd y ntente f o ow ge. T H A T [ S T 0 S A Y that the saide f eofiees so ther eof bey nge seased s hall r eceive or s ufier to be

r eceived at! the ss u es r entes r itts and advan y , , p o/ ,

ta es com n e and r owin e o u t the sa i de l a ndes g y g g g of , tenements a nd other the p r emisses by one s uch pers on or persons as s hall be electe a nd chosen by the m or e par t of the sa id f eofiees a nd other s ir e of the m oste discr eeteste m en of the T own of C r uher ne in the cou nty e of S omers et to the use of the F r ee G r ammer S coote in C r uher ne af or esaid a nd ther e to be hef te and taught by one honeste a nd discr eet ter ned pa rson ther e to be appointed by the said f eof ees a nd the sir e T ownesmen or the m or e f a r t of them f r om tyme to

t me A N D [ F hit ha en r n nhabitit e or y . pp f o o y other wise that the said F r ee G r ammer S coote by the space of one y ea r a nd a day e be not hef te within the said towne of C r u her ne af or esaid a niesse hit be f or ca use of s ichness or any e other la wf u l! ca use f r oo ed b the said ee ees a nd s ixe townesmen T H A T y f /f , T H E N the sa id issues a nd p r ofits of the said landes and tenements so r ecea o ed y ea r ly e s hat be by the discr econ of the said f eof ees a nd s ir e townes men or the mor e f a r t of them p utt and employ ed to the r epa racons and amendinge of the said T own and the hieghewayes about the s aide T owne as neede shall re uire rom t e to t me or ver g f ym y f e . 27

T he above intention of the Founder is repeated in all

nf ofim ent ed to subsequent e e de s up modern times, copied exactly word for word . It is a most interesting document ; i drawn up by the Founder h mself. We can trace in it his

far shrewd and seeing personality, his legal training, his keen

of desire for the continuity his scheme and foundation, and his concern for the lasting benefit, mentally and bodily, of the inhabitants of his native place .

It was with great reverence and attention to detail that the ’ Founder s wishes were in the days o f old carried out to the very

o letter. Like every other foundation the Scho l has had its ups

one . and downs, but thing may safely be said, and that is this

Never, d uring four centuries and more, has Crewkerne been without its Grammar School for the term of a year and a day ;

of never, so far, have the revenues the school been expended in “ ” amending the town pump or cracking stones for the Crewkerne ” hieghewayes .

or n A word two about the scheme of gover ment . Those estimable noblemen and gentlemen who freely give their time and attention towards guiding, regulating, and improving the ’ Grammar School in these days are called Governors . That is 25 quite a modern term in our School . Until years ago they were always calle d by the term o u r Founder gave them ; they ' ” w f fi s ere either eo ee or townsmen . They rather liked those — — names maybe, because the Founder gave them to them and until Parliament interfered none of them would have dreamt of l giving the o d names up . There are many interesting entries in the earliest extant — — account book of the school whi ch begins in l 6o9 shewing ’ ow d f w h the Foun er s system of government ork ed. The

coffees and townsmen le fr m am n he r nu r . { e cted o o g t i mbe , a 28

w d and a l ff one the ar en b i i , the to manage the accounts,

' other to manage the estates . Feofiees were not to be outsiders as is seen from the following

Ffeb ruar 2md 1 699. y ye , — MEMORANDUM It is agreed by the feoffees of the said schoole that noe person whatsoever h vem g out of the parish is for ye

' e feofiee s future to be lected of the same Schoole, unles he have a ” c onsiderable Estate in this parish .

h w ink T is is smeared ith , so beneath it is this The above agreement bei ng partly obliterated by the dislike o f fitt to s th for the some persons, I think itt tran cribe e same ” B n f e efitt o the School .

W M. M R FIE D d . per E E L , W ar en

Anno 1 71 2 .

' T he Feofiees and w d To nsmen always dine together, in olden times, at the expense of the School, on their annual day of i i reckoning. Th s was some little return to them for the r freely given time and attention to the interests and welfare of the

. on o Poulett School Sometimes, these occasions, L rd , who was

' i o f feofl es h mself one the e , would send them some venison from 1 641 his park at Hinton St. George . Hence we read an item in ,

o f t Paid for nine quarts sacke, and a pinte and four quar s of clarret at the eating of the venison that was given by my Lorde

P o ulett 00- 1 3 1 6 1 0 di , In this annual nner cost the school

£ 3 3 s . 1 692 £ 8 1 0s . , but in it had risen to per annum, so that it

of s who is evident that some the outsider , had not the honour of ‘ feofiees d was being , proteste against this little item, and the result f to that the feo fees, always ready please, entered the following

i in nu of ar 1 700 wh ch se ere resolut on , the, mi tes : the ye , i v ly

—a curtailed the expense on this item z 29

’ ' - A- 8th 1 00: M anonAs MJ Mr. R e C ossens O ctober , 7 og r ,

‘ ' c en W arden for fifees . senior, was hos ye Schoole by us, ye

thatt n Moreover, tis agreed att any meeti g for passing any accounts for ye Schoo le yt only eighteen pence ordinary and

’ exterordinary shall be expended for each fifiee and townsman ” then present at such meeting .

Up to 1 703 there had been five sets of enfeoffments . The m Crewkerne, Merriott, and Co be property were in the hands of one set Pillesdon of another Sturminster and Maiden Newton o f Loscomb e another Haselbury of another and , in Netherbury, w n t . as of a o her This a cumbersome arrangement, so it was ordered as follows — 4th 1 702 . M E MO R AN D . A t December , a generall meeting of ye feofees of ye Free Gramer Schoole of C rewk ern it was then

' mutually agreed by ye said feofiee s and towns men (viz ) that a

inf ofm nt e e H onble . general be now made, and that ye John

o B . . L rd Poulet, John ear, Roger Cossins, jun , Sam Lawrence,

. t . M erefield Hen Fowler, John Poole, Peter S embridge, Wm ,

. C oom e . no w Saml Donne, Elias j and John Hody, jun , be

infeoft enfeofm ents , and that for the future no particular be

r made, all former presidents to the contra y notwithstanding, ‘ In the same year this is entered in the accounts

' ‘ W addon for advice Losco mb To Counceller , about e and the

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1 2 8 . 6d . fieofiements , £ 2 5th 1 703 the So by deed dated February, , all School Estates

w - ff w were handed over to t enty three feo ees, and this number as

‘ “ ‘ ix m ost maintained until 1 876 . The s discreetest townsmen acted with these as before in the management of the School .

B s y a new scheme of the Charity Commis ioners, dated 2 6th

1 875 and H er M 2 July, , approved by ajesty in Council, l st July,

' ’ ' 1 87 6 feoffees were l s d in their c , the abo i he ; and pla e a governing 30 b d was ed of 1 5 s of wh ht o y establish , consisting person , om eig are

t a i Representative and seven C o iip t ve Governors . Three of the former are appointed by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Somerset, acting in the petty sessional division in which

Crewkerne is situate . One more of the former is appointed by l the Governors of the endowed Schools at I minster, and the remaining four are chosen by the Parish Vestry of Crewkerne . The Cooptative Governors are appointed by the Representative

f . Governors, and hold o fice for eight years

This new Scheme excited a certain amount of opposition at the time when the changes which it brought about were "in

’ nu bibus . Witness the following protest made at a Crewkerne 1 0 1 8 2 Vestry Meeting June , 7 , and signed by three ratepayers “ s of We, the undersigned inhabitants and ratepayer the town and parish of Crewkerne, viewing with alarm the power acquired by the Crown under the recent Act of Parliament for interfering

ou r with the government, income, and intentions of local n institutions, do hereby protest against any act or thi g done by the Education Commissioners which may deprive the inhabitants

of of this town and neighbourhood having, as from time immemorial , complete and undivided jurisdiction, power, and control over the revenues, appointments, intentions, and endow ments of the Crewkerne Grammar School, feeling that the present attempt to interfere with one charity may be only the fir st step of a march of spoliation, and that sooner or later our almshouses, hospital, and perhaps even our private property may be alienated

. we a s for the purposes of the State , therefore, as inhabit nt

a and ratep yers, claim to have this protest entered among the minutes of this Vestry Meeting.

’ Having traced the Founder s scheme of Government down to its c o and h v d scri h extin ti n, a ing e bed t e present Government 31

. d due of the School, it only remains to state how much gratitu e is

' Feofiees from Crewkerne to the and Governors, both past and

a n present, in preserving and h ndi g down the revenues of the

n School in their integrity, in addi g to the estates by purchase ff when opportunity a orded, and in freely devoting their time and energy in carrying out the directions of the Founder .

NOT E O N T H E SEAL or CRE W KERNE SC HOOL.

The Seal of Crewkerne School, of which we give an h illustration, is worthy of more space t an we can spare to it . Ten years ago it excited a good deal of correspondence in the B t C r ewkernia n as to its origin and meaning . u many years before that Mr . P ulman wrote thus concerning it 1 “ Some years ago a seal of which I give an engraving was n found appended to an ancient document relati g to the School . Some curiosity about this seal was excited at the time of its

s discovery, and it was at first supposed to repre ent the ancient

. s e a arms of the town The de ign, however, is cl arly not an armori l ensign but simply a device which , together with the legend , appears to have been adopted at an early period . Instances of this nature frequently occur in Seals belonging to Corporations

' ” in their corporate capacity to which arms have never been assigned ” for the institutions intrusted to their care . To the above remarks the author has appended a foot note as follows I am

Bo . 9 i o k of the Axe, 4th E d . , p 3 3 . 32

College to whom the seal in question has been submitted.

had N ow it is much to be desired that Mr. Pulman given “ the date of this ancient document. No doubt it was one of the earliest school deeds now missing. At any rate we may rest assured that so great an authority as Mr . Pulman would have “ ” never described a deed of last century as an ancient document.

' I have only found five impressions of this seal on an enfeofiment 25 3 1 7 deed dated February, Anne, and the legend thereon

C R O K O R N I E N S IS of is SIGILLUM , which, course, is a grammatical blunder and evidently not the work of any one educated at the School.

But ? what does this seal represent That is the question .

to Various answers have been given this question, some wise, some unwise . To me it seems that there is only one solution of

t e the mat er, and I advanc without hesitation the new and original theory that the design represents the castellated monastic abode of the Knights Templars perhaps their original building ,

c . alled the Temple, in London They were a military order, hence

&c . the portcullis, the machicolated doorway, , and we read that

d . they live in strongly fortified castles Also I cannot help thinking that the triple tower in the centre of the design has d istinct reference to the Holy Trinity . Read in thislmanner the is o of School seal a condensed hist ry the whole institution, viz . : — to Endowment given first Knights Templars, second to Trinity

Chantry, and finally to the School .

d In conclusion, I am convince that the seal has been inherited

T em lelands by the School, together with p Estate, from the

of an Templars, through the Chantry the Holy Trinity, d is an b emblem to e highly valued .

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CHAPTER VI.

S ub e u nt B e t r s g e nefac o s .

N the year 1 547 the School possessed amongst other property lands in Sturmins te r Marshall and Maiden t o . old ds in to so a Newt n The dee relat g these are missing, th ’ we are unable to say whether they were given by a subsequent

to or h to benefactor the school, whether t ey were originally given ’ the Trinity Chantry and came thence into the School s pos session .

' enfeofiment 1 703 They were handed down under a separate until , u 1 5 77 and in a deed of Jan ary, , they are described as Sometime the of c d e property William Parker, de ease , and which lat ly we ' ” enfeofiement e Ffawne . hold by of a certain Walt r , deceased At present we have no clue to the date of William Parker and know

We come then to the Rev William Owsley as a subsequent benefactor to the School. He was a member of the Crewkerne and Misterton family of that name . Having been born about 1 550 , he was educated at Crewkerne School, and having received

of B 3 rd Holy Orders he became Rector Shepton eauchamp,

1 5 on o A ssh March, the presentation f James y and Roger

f of s F orte e . 1 594 , South Peth rton In he purcha ed, in

c . o onjunction with the Rev Christ pher Minterne, Rector of

o of h i 1 596 Cheddingt n, the Manor C edd ngton, and in he bought

M n a f B . . H e l w o a or so o ned the Manor Priston, near ath He

. zg " died March 1 6 . da ed 20 Januar 1 6 he , j ao t y, 34 gave the sum of £20 per annum for ever out of his Manor of PristOn to be expended in exhibitions of £ 5 each to assist four scholars annually at the University of Oxford . These were to be

e of B u nominat d by the Rectors Shepton eauchamp, P ckington,

i of and Chedd ngton, and the Vicar Kingsbury Episcopi, and by

of . Robert Owsley, nephew to the Founder, or by any three these

of w e In the Owsley account book, in the possession the Cre kern

S l c d choo , the following is re or ed

’ E PERSONS ELIGIBLE T O M n. O W S L v s EXHIBIT IO NS ARE

t and of and d d l s principally such as are the name, alliance, kin re

of blood to Mr. Owsley.

d. of e who ee ll s 2n Sons som are or have b n inhabitants, dwe er ,

or w s or i and housekeepers of, ithin Mi terton, with n the

of of the tithing Misterton, in the parish Crewkerne, in

county of Somerset.

f ar or s o e h a . the 3rd. Son some who have been in abit nts, etc , in

f B u h o . paris Shepton ea champ, in the county of Somerset

out of e or of 4th. Such as are taken Mist rton the school

Shepton af oresaid .

IN DEFAULT Of Candidates with either of these qualifications (and not otherwise) are eligible

e of . 5th. All p rsons the parish of Crewkerne

of the of Il s 6th: All p ersons the Free School of Town min ter,

in the county of Somerset . The yearly payments of the said several scholars to remain

' and oontinu e for and during the term of seven years from and

the afterthe said elections , if they so long live and continue in said college orhall or place of study in the said University of

' ” was to c e n e erment or u n the Oxford. Payment eas upo pr f po 3 5

B of n da d y an amended scheme the Charity Commissio ers, te 30 1 877 th November, , these exhibitions were entirely changed from their original purpose and became four annual scholarships

£ 9 d l s of of each, tenable by boys at Crewkerne School (vi e ist

Owsley Exhibitioners of Scholars in Chapter XIV . )

Another subsequent benefactor to the School was the Right

. l B Hon Wil iam Samuel est, second Lord Wynford, who founded 1 2 1 847 the Wynford Exhibition, by deed dated th June, , in B memory of his father, The Right Hon . William Draper est, first B aron Wynford, who was sometime at Crewkerne School . This Exhibition is of the annual value of £ 25 and is tenable at the

Universities of Oxford or Cambridge for four years .

e of was d 1 2th e An xhibition the same value founde Jun ,

1 847 E s . P . . , by Thomas Hoskyns, q , J , Warden of the School The Hoskyns and Wynford funds were invested in a dwelling house

. hi and garden in Abbey Street, Crewkerne These ex bitions have been an invaluable help to students who have proc eeded to the w he Universities, and the lists in Chapter XIV will she t ir recipients .

Another benefaction to the School took the shape of two

of scholarships founded by the children and grand children Dr. £8 Penny, tenable at the school for two years, of the value of per ” “ of annum, called the Charles Penny Scholarships in memory

. u d d 3 rd M a the late Dr Penny, headmaster. These were fo n e y,

1 881 .

A nd l not l s s a wh w ll be ast, but ea t, come name ich i honoured by posterity equally with the names of all the afore i

d . 1 883 . P . of mentione benefactors In , Major Sparks, J ,

of o ch d the Crewkerne, Lord of the Manor Langt n Herring, pur ase 36

s in f u d and two h l h s rent o n ing permanently maintaining Sc o ars ip , d calle the Sparks Scholarships for Ancient and Modern History, to d one a e of n l e be hel for ye r ach at the School, the a nual va u

of £8.

We must not omit to mention the two other Exhibitions of

£ 20 or per annum each, tenable for four years at the University in profes sional education . These are called the Crewkerne ” hi d 1 8th u 1 847 the School Ex bition, founde Aug st, , and “ d 3 oth John de Combe Exhibition, founde November,

8 of . to s 1 77, by the Governors the school They are open all boy over 1 6 who have been two years at the school and are tenable at any institution providing education of a superior grade or

u or a . instr ction in scientific, professional, technic l subjects

In regard to the s ubject of Exhibitions to assist scholars at 1 6 1 the University, it should be recorded that as early as 7 Crewkerne Scholars were granted assistance o ut of the Schoo l

the . funds towards expenses of their University career Thus, in

1 6 1 7 1 6 1 7 a for the accounts for , it is recorded then p id Tiler for one quarter in Oxford towards his maintenance xc. Again “ ’ 1 6 1 8 Paid to Tyler for one year s maintenance for his sonne in Oxford In 1 62 1 the same Robert Tyler was paid £ 4for his 1 3 ‘ maintenance at Oxford . Up to 68 the feofiees helped their scholars in Oxford in this way. After that date the Owsley E khibitions assisted most of the C rewk ernians who went to

d s e an Oxfor , and now the Hoskyn , Wynford, John de Comb , d

on th Crewkerne School Exhibitions carry e same work .

T here are two other names which are connected with the

ch l S oo , although their owners cannot strictly be called benefactors

h l . R ll 3 1 703 e to t e Schoo oger Cossins, by wi l st January, , gav n ua s f 1 s able ut f th la ds a in d an a n l umo £3 2 , pay o o e n t Fun g oas, 37 called Bickmill and Farringdon Lakes ; this sum to be paid to six s for d n and r poor boy their e ucatio , the ecipients to be chosen by the Warden and Feoffees of the Free Grammar

S c of w hool Cre kerne .

r M f h ro s M s. Martha intern gave three fourths o t e yearly p fit of d l e e Fu rrin don o ne a mea ow, at Mintern , at g , in Crewkerne, third of which was to be given towards the education of children of honest and industrious poor people of Crewkerne .

These two Charities are still given to Scholars at the S chool .

T N T H NO E O E FAMILY or OW S LEY.

R ev. was of ws Of The William Owsley the son John O ley, ’ of Misterton . Here is an abstract his mother s will

O wslie the In the Name of God, Amen . I, Eme , widow,

of O wslie h e late wife John , of Misterton, usbandman, being sick ” d &c . d to d the in bo y, make my will , My bo y be burie in

d . O wslie d churchyar of Crewkerne To my son, William the el er,

xxs . l i O uslie on er xc. e r To my son, Wi l am the y g , To my daught

xxs. xxs . T o c e Agnes To my daughter Elizabeth Ali e Somers t,

w li A: my servant. Residue to my son John O s e exec utor m witnesses Mark Winter, curat, John Partridge, Willia Sherlocke,

. a d 9 . 1 592 . d at n John Chubb Will d te Sep , Prove Taunto

d c n 25 . 1 5 92 . l i v n a i Ol Arch ea o ry Court Sep , Va or n e t r j £78 l .

Crewkerne Registers previous to 1 600have these entries

s n f ba d 1 5 William o o Wm Owsley Gent p 1 1 Aug 84.

E dward son of Ditto hp 5 Jan 1 585 .

l ad his w ll hu z.. Wi liam Owsley, the younger, m e i t s ” of . l of In the Name God, Amen Wi liam Owsley, w 24th 1 620 9t Crewkerne, Gentleman ; ill dated April, ; Proved h Ju e 1 620 63 S ce ne s his lands in the n n , ] mention te ure ‘3 8

f b n and c inN orthfield O R o ert Ha ninge Roger James, six a res “ ” n H asselber to Ffurl and ext unto , lands in the West field goeing

s n &c. W m . of Bequeath silver plate, ta kards, , to , son George

of M ar of Owsley, Mary daughter Edward Owsley, l y daughter

ni of Thomas K ght, and Joano wife Edward Owsley my son,

R esidue to my wife Florence Owsley whole executrix . Witnesses

B s B John Fuller, John all, William Chubb , and John erde . (John Fuller was curate of Crewkerne and John Ball was

Schoolmaster there . )

son of h t n George Owsley, William Owsley, Of C illing o , co. S 1 9 1 63 1 8 omerset, aged , in , matriculated at Oxford th Nov. ,

1 63 1 . Of St Mary Hall .

n B. A . was d R c of W h n Joh Owsley, , institute e tor itelacki gton,

th . 1 26 . 6 Sep , 7

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’ M aste s h use w h one u r of R odmore 01089 at r o , it q a ter Long ,

Furrin don 2 2oth g , and acres in the West Common Field, and

1 675 s o August, , another hou e in Carter Street was b ught from

’ Robert Hodges, which became the Master s House .

A cc unt utl in E states belon in to the S ch ol o of o y g g g o . — T E MPLE LAN D S PILLE S D O N C o . m ai n 1 3 75 IN , Do Originally ( )

o f of n part of the Endowment the Chantry the Holy Trinity, the of Chantry and Free School combined, finally of Free School

. s alone It con isted of a farm house, barn, stable, with garden

C owleaze Broomclose and orchard adjacent, and with fields called , ,

Back close R ushclose Fu rzeclose Beanclose , , Corner Close, , , and

In 41 . of 68 . two other closes, all acres An annual chief rent was due out of it to Lord Poulett . The whole was sold to pay

f or of N ew 1 881 . the building the School,

- W T C o . T . A s s MAIDEN NE ON, DORSE farm house, with outhou e

W aterin swa to the and garden, and closes, called g y, lying next ” C o mmon great River, Watts Close, Field, also lands at ’ Blushm oor Forehills Hill, Lang Coomb, Napp, Peach s Lane, ’ land S hee lands C ulverlands r all Fur , p , , Highe Coomb, Webber s W ,

. 45 w m s and Townsend In all a little over acres, ith co mon right

e 548 for 1 00 sheep . Possessed by Chantry and School, befor 1

i f w s descr bed as once the property o Wm . Parker. The hole old in 1 876 . — T S T C o . D O R S E r. A s e S URMIN ER MARSHALL, small E tat , once the property of the said Wm . Parker. It consisted of A

of o ne d of meadow acre in the Common Mea Sturminster, and

of three acres pasture, inclosed lying near the Church, commonly

P arkha s 1 2 6 n called y , whereon are pollard ashes and maide elms” (Survey It belonged to the Chantry and School

w h o . before 1 548. It was sold 1 881 to build the N e Sc o l 41

N E ’PI‘ man — l m E B R Y PLUC K C O . S ea A s l F H AS L U , ma ar ,

one a n described as messuage, containing two dwellings, a b r e, “ ” stable, garden, and orchard, and fields named Ridgeway,

’ B alias one Coward s ridge, Stitch, East Cross Hill, acre in ’ M aidenha S m allb rook s G amlin s y, Watts Close, , Little Mead, and

w T h 2 . t o G amlins . e 0 pasture, called the Great whole was acres It was purchased in 1 6 1 0 with money raised by the reversionary leases of the other School Es tates . It passed to Lord Portman

3 rd 1 871 . November, , by exchange for other lands — LO S C O MBE T B C o . T . A IN NE HER URY, DORSE farm house,

s a stable, barn, and two little garden adjacent, and fields c lled

’ or Little Mead, Mower Mead, Market Mead Mason s Mead,

B C arrott room Close, Spring Plott, Hill Close, two Closes,

M othercomb e B o Clover Close, Green Close, ott m, Great Close, ‘

Bean lot . 3 6 feoflees and Little p In all acres , purchased by the

681 w s L s in 1 ith money received in fine for long leases . o combe was so ld in 1 881 to Mr. Compton . We conclude this chapter concerning the School Estates with the following 42

' Pa rt ic ul a rs o f La nd s no w In Pos s e s s io n of t h e S c h o of ; a ll b e l ng s it u a t e d i n t h e P a r is h o f C re w k e r ne , e xc e p t w h e re o t h e rw is e n o t e d

N o . o n i h M T t e a p .

B n School uildi gs, Garden,

Pla field . and y Rev F. Weller 821 Saunder’s Piece Saunder’s Piece Field 1 404

04 K ithill . o 1 4 A J . S L veless i hill W allb ri 1 41 3 K t Fred . dge 1 43 1 K ithill 1 43 3 Upon Lang 1 1 98 Lower G ate or W irepits Edward Paull 1 525 Portway James Chard 1 3 5 4 Townsend Orchard 1 3 47 Dragon Close 1 3 05 Butts ’ Quarry 1 3 2 9 Butts Thomas Clapp 1 3 28 Butts’ Close W ’ NO m one 1 3 3 0 Butt s Acre 1 3 27 Barber’s Acre B wl 1 770 rightwell J . Fo er 1 460 Top Of Lang I44S A Under Langdo Little N iddons (in Merriott) R oger Parker 1 2 44 Fu rringdons 1 45 8 Top of Lang Sidney Hooper 1 6 1 8 Behind Groveley . w d Parson’s Walk R Hay ar 1 865 (it W itherlei h 1 866 g F. H . Hooke 1 495 Joseph Webber 1 494 K ennelway

1 1 22 Little Lopen W. C. Mitchell 1 041 In Boscombe Common Field Alfred Paull Buckham or C rowcastle Arthur Scr en B uckham iv Breachfield RichardShutler

Total lso Three Pro erties let out under the S chool for Lease of liv viz A p es,

ff c n The White Hart Inn and Yard a House, O i e, and garde ,

of in the tenure John Webber and a House, garden, and

of . w . orchard, in the tenure R Hay ard — 3 f £ . 1 s 4d . B . o N . of The fee farm rent , out Combe Farm ,

. 1 99 A D . 4 given , by the Founder, is still annually paid by Lord

' l E asthams P ou ett 4S . o ut W , also of Farm, paid annually by H . . n Hosky s, Esq, R CHAPTE VIII. T h ld S h l e O c oo .

HE History of the School buildings comes next in order

to the History of the Foundation . The one follows l naturally as a consequence of the other. The Schoo House is the visible embodiment of the scheme and endowment of the Founder . We are accustomed in these days to speak of two—buildings In Crewkerne under the name of Grammar School the O ld ' w Grammar School and the New Grammar School . It may be ne

ic d to some to hear that three buildings have, in their time, rejo e

s in the name here, and that there was a time when the pre ent Old Grammar School proudly shone fort h to the world under the

’ “ ” . has , title of the New Grammar School _ Every dog his day n and so do buildings which are ot Cathedrals .

of to d u In the absence evidence the contrary, and backe p

di ' by local tra tion, the natural supposition is that the Old Grammar School stands on the ancient site of the Trinity

. d c as one O Chantry It is situate close to the Chur h, in fact, f o u r s shows was u illustration , it virtually in the ch rchd in

1 846 of . it , before the erection the churchyard railings And occupied the same position when Leland visited Crewkerne about 1 5 3 0 e stondeth on and b , for he tells us the chir h the hille y it is a Grammar S chole endowed with landes for an annual stipe nd .

If the Grammar S chool which Leland saw was the same

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wa , h lw s d d s, n e s w s ll whic a ay nee e repair si c boy ere boy even , in

the those days, and apparently from same cause the school windows

' were so often broken that at last the feofiees got tired of repairing

e d the st to . th m, and stipulate for ma er be responsible therefor 1 3 i “ 6 0 t 1 3 8 8d . In cost . for hamdon stone to amend the great l wel , and the same year Morrice Game made a new school door “ for 1 5s . and two formes for the schollars to S it upon in the

Church .

But was this Old building was getting shaky, and it not quite

u 1 63 4 1 63 5 ff large eno gh, so in and the feo ees commenced preparations for entirely rebuilding the School, and for adding a

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e . on mast r s house Timber was cut the School estate at Haselbury, and the Warde n charges his expenses in riding to the forest to ” W ik ewood o , near Ilminster, where he b ught nine timber trees f for £ 1 4. The cost o hauling these home by ploughs of oxen

£ 5 6S . w was , and the trees ere laid in the parsonage barton to 1 63 6 mature till wanted . Then, in , the work was begun in ’ “ ft e arnest . William Meller s barn was hired to put the stu e of

O ld . the Schoole in Then the old School was pulled down, and l some of the o d timber and liornes sold to Mr. Hody and ‘ K n wstubb of w of others . Walter e bought f three the windo s ”

6S . the olde schoole for , and James Chubb bought another for “ . M ttf d d s d . e r . 4 . 28 . 6 Mr o received IS for writing covenant for ’ ’ ” th e performance of the carpenters and masons work. Edward

Bettscomb f e o ficiated as architect, carpent r, and mason, all in one £ 8 di w , for which he was paid , in ad tion to hat he earned by piece work and day work both in carpentry and masonry .

28 Ffisher du 8d . Thomas g a sawpit for , and he was also paid . “ ” in i . . n for ridd g [ e layi g bare] a foundation for the school, and ’ n Stephen Peppen got 4S . for two days lab our riddi g a foundation ” he S cho l rche S caff ld ol s w r rrowed and the for t o po . o p e e e bo ; 47 earl y acquired skill of C rewk ernians at rope making is Shown by ’ “ u artren of hem m ak in of t the entry, Paid for a q pp and the g y i ” s caffelds s v d . into ropes for to use about the , j j Stone was

- — 5 of £ 27 6S . d . purchased Nicholas Axe, Of Stoke sub Hamdon, for , w i £ 1 1 h ch cost more for carriage, whilst local stone was dug at a

u arr B q in Court arton, and when that gave out stone was “ ’ ” a r Obtained from Warren s Qu r . The Warden found all

Betscomb 3 1 6 Pert ch of materials, and paid Edward for wall, “ ” “ d . r h. f ld wm w at 28 . 1 1 per pe tc One o the o hamdon do s was ll to cleaned and used again, and is sti be seen above the door

our . w in illustration The stairs ere of stone, and the roof was ” d O f d C o n tile with Hardington tyle, bought Richar ggy , and ” w 1 24 of o of T he m e ith semes Hamdon tyle b ught Jasper , of l 1 1 d . . on Stoke, at per seam Richard Coggin aid the tiles for ’ ” f ild s 3 3 d . . M ere e 1 1 8 . £ , using for it Mr ladder, which it cost

3 . 1 63 d to return . It appears that this new School of 6 had seven

five- 1 on 3 5 light windows the ground floor, for which iron barrs 3 2 9 b f d . 20 l s o a £ 1 s . 2 cost , and it took iron to make b rs for the higher windows all these windows were glazed by Robert Somer

of Bemester £ 5 1 9s . 8d and and by Giles Quarrel, , for , Robert “ Pike received l 8d for S ix barrs of iron for the penacles of the

s . choole porche Finally, it occupied two men for eleven days ” u of h for the carrienge away ruble o ts the C hurc yeard . Then l “ fi' ” ’ a l the schoole stu e was brought back from Mr. Meller s

mb for Betsco . barn, and made new seats and benches the boys

But what had become of the scholars all this while ? They w n ere not enjoying a complete holiday, for the Parso age Hall was —“ hired for them paid for the parsonage hall for Mr. Master ” vs Ball to keep his school , and later on they were taught in the

n w we re no t m ad e t o o e n is s hown b t hi’ e nt r 1 I. T hat t hes e wi d o s p y y, 6 3 7 Paid u nto R o be rt S o m e r f o r t he t a king d o wns o f five panes of gla ss from h r the the school windowes by reasonof the heats wet c , 48

Chancel which appears at that time to have been partitioned off from the rest of the C hurchu Here they did some damage and the Warden enters in his account the same year Pd towards mending the C hancell windowes being torne by the meanes of ’ ” k e in of . B sa de c xvii p g Mr all s Schoole in the y pla e j d.

We have entered somewhat full y into the building of the “ ” New School of 1 63 6 be cause it is substantially the same

now l a building as is cal ed the Old Grammar School . Herein h ve countless generations of Crewkerne scholars imbibed their education, ere they have gone forth to face the world and win v renown, and we doubt not that all now li ing will remember this ins cription which used to stand graven in brass over the old porch

MEMORIE SACRUM M R I JOHANNIS C O M BII E N T O I QUONDAM PR E C R S ECCLES . CATHEDRAL S C H O LA M GR A M MA T A M EXON. GUI HANC IC

V 9 . O S LI FUN D A IT ANNO 1 4 9 : ET MRI GUL. U I OLIM

R E C T O R IS ECCLES . SHEPTON BE C H A M LE BE N E FI ” C E N T IS S IM I SCHOLAE HUJUS PATRONI . VENITE FILII O BE DIT E MIHI T IM O R E M DOMINI ” E GO vos D O C E BO .

’ This brass has since been removed to the Scholar s entrance o f the new School, where few outsiders ever see it, and its place o n the Old School porch has been supplied by the following

on w s of n inscription the stone, hich brings the hi tory this buildi g up to date THIS BUILD ING USED FROM 1 499 UNTIL 1 883 AS THE CREWKERNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL WAS IN Y BY THAT EAR CONVEYED WILLIAM SPARKS, “ P R H S E R D D N R T E E F T O T H E U C A AN O O H R O ,

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TR US TE E S UPON TR US T TO APPLY T H E R E N T IN FOUNDING A N D PERMANENTLY M AINTAINING O N E O R M OR E SCHOLARSHIPS IN CONNE CTION GR M M R S H L W ITH T H E CREWKERNE A A C OO .

Bu t the year 1 63 6 was memorable for another addition to

' the school buildi ngs . It was then that the feoflees bought from Hugh Webb the fourth part O f two cottages in C arter ~ o r Abbey “ Fu rrin don ll Street, and of a close at g , ca ed Long Rod Moore, 2 and % acres in the West Common Field, and one acre in the ” West Field, and four acres in the said field . This cottage ‘ re thatched f was repaired and , and is thence onward styled The “ ” f c House of O fi e, and was used by the Master in lieu of the

b u tterie which had formerly been rented from William Meller.

But a far more important purchase took place in 1 675 . By

20th 1 6 75 Pou lett indenture, dated August, , Lord and the other feoffees purchased of Robert Hodges for £ 1 62 “ a mansion or f ‘ dwelli n hou se g situated in Cartter Street, Crewkerne, with “ s garden, court, barne, stable, and outhouses, which premi es

. t . d Wm Hodges, Gen , decd , had purchase from Samuel Owsley “ ” ’ Gent . , decd . This afterwards became the Master s dwelling . house and was used up to 1 881 as a house for the boarders . In the garden at the side of this house an entirely new ’ 1 824 Master s house was built in , and was inhabited by the Head

Masters till the removal to the New School, after which, together

was with the aforementioned boarding house, it sold October

25th 1 883 to . . oc . , , C W Hasl k, Esq A CH PTER IX.

T fie N ew S et/2 001 .

~ E now leave the Old School and turn to speak of the

‘ present buildings of Crewkerne G rammar School . ‘ ‘ “ ’ Fi s oi an how cal the n to ke ce r t , me cha ge ta pla

' ‘ ’ and why were the O ld buildings given fip z This is soon

' a swee : The o was too ml and b the 27th n r d Old Sch ol s a l, y ’ ClauseOf t he néw scheme of the Charity C ommissioners which ” ’ ( “ cafne into f-brce in 1 876 it was enacted that as Soon as ’ ‘ ‘ ébnvssisnuy may be after the date of the Scheme the ’ Governors either by altering or by adding to the present S chool buildi ngs or by acqu iring or erecting other buildings

’ upOn Some conveni ent site in or near Crewkerne shall provide

' ro er S é ool di a: p p h buil ngs, for day scholars, boarders, with ' h u fer the d n e to c o o se Hea Master, power bei g giv n sell the S ho l s f i OStates topay expen e O build ng.

“ “ “ As resul t i exce was bt ed ust a t of h s, an llent site o ain j

' tsid the toim on Mo as and the was dfi e unt Ple ant, new School

r . built . Mess s Giles and Gough . were the architects and Mr.

T ravena was the contractor . Our illustration shews the School O f ' which they built, at a cost nearly We have no space

‘ i f to enter into minute details concern ng it . Su fice to say that

has the new School is replete with every modern convenience, it a 70 50 o r 60 ccommodation for boarders, besides day scholars, ’ there is a Head Master s house attached to it, and besides an

fiv s- and excellent chemical laboratory, a e court, gymnasium,

w in bat th r s e ht cr s o ld for cricket a s imm g h, e e i an ig a e p rt fie nd

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l a i . T he ceed s h a s ce in the C hurch p y ng pro ing began wit ervi , with a long procession of the clergy of the neighbourhood who l B robed at the O d School . The Lo rd ishop of Bath and Wells “ c s x1 1 . God preached, his text being E clesia tes , Fear and ” w keep His Commandments, which text was after ards inscribed f in the central dormitory of the School in memory O the sermon .

c i Then, after servi e, a public meeting, at wh ch the Warden, B c . Vis ount ridport, presided, was held in the schoolroom Many

s d were the speeches and vote of thanks , the School was uly a i decl red Open, and everyone sat down to a sumptuous luncheon n

of w h the dining hall, and in two the dormitories, after hic everyone surveyed the new buildings and pronounced them to be

a in every w y satisfactory .

We cannot do better than conclude this chapter with the . d w d . . . . . or s of our worthy frien , the Rev P W Unwin, M A , second master of the School

“ w e Without a sea shore, ithout even a river in its immediat

o the neighb urhood , it is at first sight hard to realise in what

attractive beauty of Crewkerne lies . Hill and dale, woodland ‘ u to 5 and past re, Shady lanes and winding streams, all combine ‘ “ make this O ld West country market town one of the most

picturesque places in this part of England. But its chief attraction exists in the fact that the town of Crewkerne forms f but a part of a magnificent tract of country . From any o the n umerous hills which almost enclose the town an extensive

w m a a vie y be seen on clear days, and this is especially the c se with regard to the hill on which the new School buildings

“ h has stand . That the site c osen for them is an healthy one bee n proved by the very few cases of illness which have

occurred in the School during the past 1 9 years . The present to boys look t he picture of health and 19941 athoro ughly

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lif T h er f i r vi w of e . e accompanying illustration gives a v y a e

is . of the School as it The playing field, which lies at the top

e the hill just b hind the School, is large and level, forming an c ex ellent football ground . From the field may generally be seen

a panorama not easily forgotten . Southward and Eastward the

view extends for miles, while to the north the eye passes from Chiselborough and Ham Hill across the Ilchester marshes to the more distant Glastonbury, with its Tor rising from the “ and n plain, fi ally rests upon the Mendip Hills, behind Wells “ and o 3 0 . Shept n Mallet, which are more than miles away “ ” Such is the present site of Crewkerne School . But with natural beauty of position are combined such modern advantages as are seldom found in any but the largest

s o . o l B u i e n ch ols The Sch o ild ngs, the ext rior of which is shew “ and in the illustration, contain, in addition to the necessary ’ o t t l s usual r oms, a carpen er s shop, a priva e aundry, and spaciou ‘new c l d a hemica laboratories, which have just been erecte at

c of a to ost over a Thousand Pounds . M inly owing the energy “ and generosity of the present Head Master the School po ssesses “ a a t fives- o an gymn sium, a lawn tennis court, an E on c urt, and se xce s w1 mm 1 n . e llent little g bath A boy who, under the “ c e d his a hard ircumstanc s, fin s playtime p ss slowly must be very " to l p eas e. 54

X CHAPTER .

T kc W ardens F eo ees and T wm m n o e . , f ,

' “ HE Official who presided over the feofiees and six “ ” discreetest townsmen was called the Warden . He ' “ ” was elected by the feofiees and townsmen f rom

among their own number . They generally elected a resident O f ,

’ r m C ewkerne or its i mediate neighbourhood, for the Warden s f presence on the spot was an advantage in case O emergency.

Pheli s O f However some wardens, for instance, Sir Edward pp

a . Mont cute, lived at a distance

The duties of the Warden appear to have been these ; to preside at the meetings, to keep the accounts, to pay the bills , to ride out and inspect the school estates, and in conjunction with

' b ailifi i the to see to repairs, to have charge of the school mun ments, and to prosecute any legal business which might be necessary for

the . 1 6 1 8 £ 1 1 2 s . e good of the School For instance, in , was sp nt i w f n l a . F r . business to Mr y and Mr Crewkerne, and Mr . ’ S herifle Wareham, the Warden, rode unto the under of Dorset ”

Ffr k . to have Mr. e e taken up with an execution This was

frek . F e Parson Robt , of Wootton, who had borrowed money upon

. 1 6 1 9 . bond from the School In Mr Robert Stembridge, the “ . n Warden, enters in his account, Pd for my charges for traveli g

w T r lawn s rl into C orne all to Mr. e y to see the lees O f W ythe ye

w rk xi sealed being eight days o e xx j s and pd . for the hyer of a ii ” horse for that tym e v j s . From this it appears that the

H ad to Wardenship was no sinecure. e h make himself *55

had borrowed school money on bond pay up. A nd a great deal » of the school money was let ou t upon bond at an interest of

0 he o 1 per cent. Some times t town authorities were glad t

r . n 1 6 1 2 bor ow There was a serious epidemic in Crewkerne i , and the school was shut up and the mas ter departe d as these entries shew : Lent unto the town In the great ext rem itie of sickness to help them xijli xs Paid to a messenger in the tym e

of to M r. B to the nd d c e the sickness to goe . aule e he shoul om

ma v d and teach agay j .

’ The feofiees and townsmen had complete control over the revenues of the Schoo l so that they could bestow some money when necessary to charitable objects in the town ; witness the foHowing

‘ In 1 622 it was agreed by the feofiees and townsmen that “ the warden should give to the poore of the Towne o ut o f the schoolhouse stock the some of iij li in regard of the hardness of t m” the y e.

“ In 1 627 they lent 46 shi llings to the town to buy 1 3 letheren co ntinu all 1 630 buckets for the use of the Towne, and in

they paid 7d . to the town towards a rate for setting up the cage

illorie I r In and p , an nstrument of g ievous torture then use, and in the same year they paid much towards the building Of a n “ h workhouse and prison chamber for the town, lendi g t e 1 0 Bridewell man £ towards the same works .

But c w w so o the besides objects onnected ith the to n, me f “ school money went towards the rival 5 factions in the reign of

Charles I .

In 1 643 the Civil War was going on between K ing and

P rl amen and the ch ol had to a Gs. 8d. r mo a i t, S o p y pe nth 56

n i f r a co tribut on to Parliament o the rmy. There are many entries in the ac counts relating to the presence of soldiers in n mi Crewker e when the rival ar es marched through . One entry in 1 643 shews how a soldier stole a lead gutter from the School

l of to make bul ets, and only gave it back on payment Sixpence “ Item paid a sou ldiar to redeam e a l eddine shute that caryes ye

al 00- 00 water over ye w l Other entries speak for themselves, n ’ 1 viz 1 644. Paid to Ardi e upon a rate towards ye Prince s “ Diet ye first time ye Army was here 00- 01 Paid to

Constable Curtis for a rate towards ye raising Of armes 00- 01 Paid 5 3 weeks pay towards a contribution rate for His Majesty’s

3 - 1 9 Service at 1 6d . a week £ The next year they paid 24

'

i 2 . cont r b u tion to £ 1 1 0d . weeks Lyme Garrison, s Lyme was

- anti Royalist, so that Crewkerne appears to have been Royalist 1 45 6 . at first, but to have changed round in 1 685 ’ Again, in , in the time of Monmouth s rebellion and the B ’ attle of Sedgemoor, the warden paid the constable s rate

’ towards the provision for the King s Army, and also a rate towards K einsham Bridge (which had suffered damage in the

i rebellion), and other tithing serv ces, which included the cost ' ’ efieries of carrying out Judge J sentences of execution, quartering and boiling in pitch the bodies of ten unfortunate followers of

nm ff . Mo outh, who su ered at Crewkerne We have dealt with the Wardens under the New Governing

l ve Scheme elsewhere, and all that remains is to g lists of persons

f f or who have held the o fices of Warden, Feof ee, Townsman,

Governor. 1 . P r ince M au rice

5 8

LIS T O F FE O FFE E S .

Sir Amyas Po ulett 1 63 0 Roger C osens Robert Baker George Lawrence Walter Ffawne Adam E ford Barnard Goold Alexander E ford 1 648 P ou lett William Lawrence Sir John , Kt. B B Ff rancis P u l t o e t . arnard aker , Esq P in M r f ild s e e . Robert y g John y , Jun a M erefeild hi John L wrence Robert , s Giles Baker brother John Baker JO hnH odye ofNorthover B Ffrek of Thomas aker Edward e, M r ld e fi e . Robert y , Jun Matthew Baker Thomas B eard C o lestone o f Robert Stembridge John p , William C oosyn s Hawkchurch Robert Taylor John Lawrence l Pou ett . Anthony , Esq Richard Sherlock, Jun . D awb n e . Giles y, Esq Humfrey Coxe E a . n William Ch bbe, Jun Joh ford

M r l . Thomas e yfi d 1 667 Rt Hon . Lord John B P o u lett Robert aker, Jun .

Ffrek e Pou lett . Robert Amias , Esq M erefeild of Hugh Copleston Robert ,

John Pawlet, Esq . Crewkerne M f ild of . e ere e Amyas Paulet, Esq Rob rt , John M erefeild W olmistone Ffrek e D awb ne of William John y, Robert Hody W olmisto ne M r f ild e e e . John , Jun John Cossins M r f ild 6 8 d e e e . 1 6 Edward , Jun William Ho ges John Lord P ou lett John H o dye O f . North

P l . ou ett E s . John , q over, Jun

Ffr k e D awb ne . John e John y, Jun

6 S i d w l Bt. Humphry Hody 1 70 r An re Hen ey, 59

hn d . Jo Ho y, Jun R l J e K t. . Sir ob rt Hen ey, ohn Donne, Jun a John Henley, Esq. S muel Donne John M erefeild (son of

M . of m e Robert , Crew Sa uel Lawrenc m Pou lett ke e John Lord , Robert M erefeild (son of Hinton M f i . ld M . ere e . Rob , of Wol William , Jun O f mistone) Richard Coombe, H oarthorne John Arden, Sen . H as selb r of Samuel e Anthony Poole,

S en. John Greenway, Chellington

John Marder, Sen . John Donne, Of Crew

John Patten, Sen . kerne Ffrek e O f William Henry Palmer, Clapton C os sens of John (son Of Samuel Hallett, C o John ss ens dec . ) Misterton C o secns Roger , Jun . Matthew Rogers, Of H wi h . e s Richard Sherlocke, Esq M erefeild of of Edward , William Paull, Fur Merriott long Ff w nu . o ler . John Patten, J , of Henry , Jun S everalls John C ossens John Lord P oulett Arden Ffrek e l Wil iam Hody Rt. Hon . Vere Earl M erefeild P o u lett William ,

s . Roger Co sins Rt . Hon John Viscount John Greenway Hinton l H el iar . George Lawrence John , Esq

Peter Stembridge Joseph Palmer, Esq .

. . . Fewtrell John Donne, Sen Rev Wm John Arden Robert Bryant John Goold Thomas Templeman Edward M erefeild Robe rt Taylor

William Hodges John Perkins, of Henley as Eli Coombe John Perkins , of Combe John Beer John Wills Robert M erefeild Thomas Budd John Stembridge Robert Tyler Henr y Ffowler Samuel Wills

R s . oger Cossin ,:Jun Edward Patten 60

E d rd l . h s E s . R t. H on S a uel Lord wa P e ip , q m

Adam Martin, Esq.

E s . John Collins, q ‘ n B a John Hanning, Esq. Rev, Joh ragg B n . e John ulle , Esq Rev. Richard Low '

. . ollifle E s Rev Dr John Wills George Slade J , q f (Warden o Wadham Rev. Edward Cook College) Forward

. . h Rev R Hoadley As e, Joseph Wills D D John Marsh Templeman Robert Jeane Bryant Robert Lowman

William Gray John Sparks, Esq.

R Fredk . ll E s oger Cossins Wi s, q 1 . 00 6 Richard Coombe Rev. S Stratton 8 ‘

. E s . Rev Thomas Price John Hussey, q n C ox Edmund Watts William Trevelya ,

t . R Hon . John E arl Esq.

ou l tt x. P e Ge neral the Hon . Ale n w Rt. Hon . Vist. Hinton ander Hood ( o

. . Poul t B Rt Hon . Capt e t Viscount ridport)

Bra e . John gg , Esq. Rev . J . S . S tubbs, M A

William Hoskins, Esq. Esq .

. Fewtrell C ox Rev John , Rev. John Miles

M . A . M . A . c . i . . H on E an John Phelips , Esq Rev J gg v s,

. i Rev Henry Hosk ns B. D .

M . A . A . C . Morse, Esq.

Bra . . . e . William gg , Esq Rev. Wm Vassall, M A

. N icholetts . John Hussey, Esq J . T . , Esq

. o w E s . Alexander Proctor, M D G. L man Lang, q

. B . Isaac Sparks, Esq Rev. Henry ond, M A .

B . Roger eard Thomas Hussey, Esq

. nl E s . s . n Samuel Will , Jun H Cor ish He ey, q

Rev. John Wills, M . A . Rev. Ge orge Ware n d . . Blomfiel Rev He ry Stanbury Rev. G . J , '

. H ilborne ollifl . e . Geo J , M A

. W lls M . . . h Esq Rev Jo n i , A.

i ar E s . John Draper Will am Sp ks, q

m C ox . Sa uel , E sq

. C ox . . Rev John , M A

ma k s . Tho s H os in , E sq 61

G O VE R N O R S O F C R E W K E R N E S C H O O L

UNDER T H E N E W SC HEME or 1 876 .

T he R i ht H on. c 1 876 g Vis ount Henry William Hoskins,

Bridport Esq.

Rev. Joseph Stubbs Thomas Hussey, Esq . l ' O lifie . George SladeJ , Esq B C Rev . James iggon Arthur harles Morse,

Evans Esq . V icholetts Rev. William assall John Toller N ,

Rev. George James Esq . Blomfield d c s George Fre eri Will ,

T he following have since held office

R . . . l Rev. R . Holme Rev W L oyd

. . . B. a c . H . E Whitley, Esq J H slo k, Esq

A . H . Hussey, Esq. The present Governors are

W ARDEN, Col . A . R . Hoskyns Rev. C . T. Hoskins

Rev . H . C . Gaye Mr. O . W . Catford

B . . Mr . A . udge C W Haslock, Esq .

- E s . . P . . . J . Dyson, q , J Lieut Col Perry

- . . . l . S hul am Mr W F E ston F Quantock dh , w h. . G o rin . v. P . R e Pre g Esq , J P ...... P . A J Goodford, Esq J Major Sparks, J

Richard Hayward, Esq. Francis J . Fry, Esq. ’ e of S ix The Founder s Schem , provided for the election ’ Townsmen to assist the Feofiees. These are the names of some of them -a A M E 1 6 1 2 Humphrey Hody Samuel Owsley Francis Ffrpk e 1 61 2 Edward Bragg Roger Beard 1 6 1 4 Richard Warham Robert Fford 1 621 John Breyu e l a h lexand E f W i li mC ubb, Sen. A er ord 1 624 John Motford Richard Lincoln 1 628 Samuel Donne 1 63 0 R ichardlS herlock John Clerke John Beard Nathaniel W ebb 1 6 3 6 James Chubb Robert Palmer

1 645 Richard Fowler Wm . Cox Robert Matton Richard C rosway John Patten Joseph Hallet l Wi liam Cossins, Jun . John Fowler George Cooke John Shire 1 6 60 Samuel H assleb er Joseph Tucker

Richard Frek e Wm . Cox

George Lawrence Thos . [French

1 667 Wm . Hodges Caleb King John Fowler Edmund Bryne

B . John Ford Wm . ryne, Sen

E dwd. T . 1 673 Richard Caswell yler, Sen Roger Brewer

64

mostly of Oxford University . Several of them were old Crewkerne Scholars who had obtained Exhibitions from the School to help them at Oxford . As to what was required of a Head Master the following mi nute from the account book will shew

' “ n w t h D mi 1 Ja uary the t en yet Anno 7 1 9/20. We the Ffeofiees “ and Townsmen belonging to the Ffree Gramer School O f Crewkerne 1 11 ye County O f Somersett Appoint “ of and place as school master ye said School Mr. John Combe,

ffounder of Combe (who descended from John de Combe, ye of

O f s s ye said School), being a person uch qualification as ye will of ye Donor expressly requi reth ; hereby di rectinghim to Observe the antient rules of the School and to instruct the scholl ers in

C hatechism ye Church and to expound thereon, to the end they

li l may be well grounded in the principles of R e g on . And for his due service in that employ we agree that he shall be paid

usuall S aller i -five the y Of Th rty pounds per annum, and to allow

his Usher Fifteen pounds per annum, and the said Mr . John Combe is to enjoy all the School houses with the appu rt s as

his predecessors have enjoyed . In witness whereof we have “ w hereunto set our hands ye day and year above ritten . (Signed

' by 1 1 Feofiees and 6 Townsmen . )

i on 79 These d rections are based Canon , in the Canons

Ec 1 603 hi clesiastical Of , w ch orders All school masters shall teach in English or Latin as the children are able to bear the larger or shorter Catechism heretofore by publick authority set ” of forth . Canon 78 provides for the episcopal licensing the l c of B A . o r . . urate any parish, being M A , to teach schoo in “ his parish if he be will ing ; provided always that this constitution e shall not extend to any parish or chapel in country towns, wher

a n we there is a publick School founded alre dy, i which case think it not meet to allow any to teach grammar but only him 65

” ll w f r th sa d h that is a o ed o e i Publick S c ool . T hat Crewkerne Masters rec eived Episcopal license is shewn by this entry in the “ accounts 1 6 3 7 Pd unto Mr . William Ffrek e towards his charge for riding unto Wells to certifie my Ld Bu shopp concerm ng the ” v choyse of a S choolem aster s . B The first master whose name we know was John yrdo, w 1 54 1 2 hose scholars in 7 numbered from 0 to 1 40. That he was a man of exceptional powers and attainments is shewn by the 1 passage which we have already cited elsewhere . It is probable

B rde R A that he was the same John y who supplicated for . 1 7 degree at Oxford January, and was admitted thereto 1 6 February, ki 1 609 Owing to the ss of all School accounts previous to , we are unable to give the names of the masters who succeeded John

B rde 1 609 w y until we come to James Wood, , from which date e have the following complete list O f masters .

e I Pa g 2 0. S ir s W a tson who d ied 1 523 m a have een so metime T i n t 2. T homa , , y b r i y C ha n try P r ie st a nd S choo lm a ster her o ; f o r he bequea th: l ega cies to the f r a ter m ty of the T r im ly a t C r e wker ne a nd al so to one of his schola r s A n a t act o i wil l n amed u styn . H er e as a bs r f h s o o A n S r 7 h a s W a on r I n the N a me f G d m e . I i om ts P i est C u r ato of ma k m all a n d t n C r okeh r n i n he d iocese o Ba th e w es t. o e, t f y tame b a ted " 22n cem r 1 523 P r o'vod 8th F f br u a r d esir d D o be . . y , I e to be t n ed z n the m zd dest o the C h r ch o C r okehor no a or esa id e u w thi f u f f , b f or e A r ha n r l T o the m other ch r h o a . c l h the im ge of S t M i hae t e c /e . u c f W ell s l i i d he h r ch C r o kehorne m est ow n a n d u l i j a i j , to t C u o f y b g s rp us to be ' r a e t e a t rn it o he T r im l ther e m aeormd o p y d for . T o h f r e y f t y y y wne. 1 o ‘ ’ tho u ij a i sl es of the C hur ch of B u r ton on T r en t xxuj s m zfid T o m y '

h r H en r W a t on eel T o m r other P eter v s m 1 d . 1 o h l f a t e y s s. y b j j t o b ack o S c r u m th ria r s o D or ohestor a nd o E mlcho t ' a nd gr ey f ria r s f , e f f , f s er v r all T o J ohn F orn a m P r iest ci a i n T o A m stotzll W e r cos se e y . , , j j d bbe . ' n l x yij s iiij d T o each of my god chzldfr e that be a i ve o yd . T o the i r e he he m - anoho r ess of C r okehor ne xld and a p a of sh ets . T o t r it thee o n a a ir o T o the niver sit on O x ord to r oa clj s iiij d a d p f sheets. u y f d a A nne F l esson in the second book of D ecr omen ts ms. vi zj d T o ernw m a. u t m T o J ohan D a o a ea r o st eel s. T o A s n schola p ai r of sheets. y p f y y r d e T ma L a wrence o C r ookohor n m ad he to my shor t gowne. R esi u to ho s f be c r hn n P r J ohn W a ter son J ohn L on exe uto . W itnesses J o F or am iest, , gs,

and other s. W il l iam Ba ker o C r ewkern e in his wd l d a ted 7th S e tem er 1 508 , f , , p b , , be u a t o t T nit t ewk rn q e ths 6s. 8d. to the Fraterni y f he ri y a C r e e; 66

It appears that the R ev. James Wood was elected master in

609 £ 20 of 1 at a stipend of per annum, with use a furnished

' lodging beneath the same roof as the School 3 and the feofiees were so attentive to the comforts of the mas ter and his friends that we read such items as these in the accounts

’ 1 61 0. Item payed for entertaining the schoolemaster s

' xxxv d fiather at his coming to Towne j s x .

. B 1 61 1 . Item bestowed on Mr Edward erd for his paynes

’ taking in teachings the schollers in the s choolemaster s ” absence xvj d.

1 6 1 2 . Bestowed on a breakfast unto Mr . Baule and his 4‘ ii i ” friends when he came to enter the School xx j s ii j d . i at fi . r e . 1 647 . Paid for a quart of sack to g Mr Tompkins

' It afterwards became the custom for the feofiees to present the master every year with a pair of gloves as a Christmas present ; the cost being charged to the School account thus

4 Ffor of . Xtmas 1 67 . a paire Gloves for Mr Tratt at ” - - £0005s 00d . Nothing better illustrates this cordial relationship which

' ' existed between feoflees and Masters than the letter o f

of . of l oth resignation the late Dr Penny, in which, under date

1 875 . . Aug, , he writes to W Sparks, Esq In thus severing my connection of upwards of 3 7 years standing with the governing

o I m body of the Crewkerne Grammar Sch ol, may be per itted to express through you to the warden and trustees, collectively and individually, my dutiful sense of the cordial relations which have ever subsisted between them and me, my gratitude for their support upon several critical occasions, and for the readiness with which they have always been will ing to enter tain my w f ” suggestions for the good orking o the School . 67

W e append a list of the H ead Masters

1 54 BY E D E 1 7. JOHN

d 1 6 1 3 . 1 609 R E v £ 20. . JAMES WOOD, Stipend Resigne l 1 6 1 3 5th B . . . 2 . March Rev JOHN ALL, M A , of St Mary Hal , B 1 5 89 2 Oxford . orn , matriculated at Oxford l st June,

- 3 1 08 9 . . rd A . 1 6 5 B . 7 1 60 act . 1 6 . , , th February, , M A ,

1 6 1 6 . 1 6 3 7 . . July, Resigned Mr Hooper, his usher 3 2 £ . Stipend for Master and Usher,

1 637 23 rd . . B T . . April Rev THOMAS LAM ER , M A , son of the

Rev. Thomas Lambert, M . A . , Rector of Sparkford,

3 oth . Somerset. Matriculated at Wadham College Oct ,

2 . . 1 6 9 1 7 B A . 5th 1 63 2 . , aged , July, , M A from St Mary

5 s 23 rd 1 63 . t Hall April, Resigned the Ma ership of

1 645 . Crewkerne School , in consequence of the Civil War

' T he feoflees granted him a lease of T emplands Estate in

l £ 3 2 him . ieu Of , salary due to He became Rector of

1 660- 1 1 66 1 -8 Sparkford , and Rector of South Cadbury ,

1 645 . P of n . d . Rev JOSIAH TOM KINS, Curate Crewker e Resigne

1 64 . £ 5 2s . 0d . 7 Stipend, 1 64 7 S £ 0. 1 . Mr. JARVI . Stipend, Resigned the same year

1 647 A M E T FO R D o J MES , son Of John M tford, of Crewkerne,

Scholar of Crewkerne School, and Temporary Master

I T he will hn Be rd e f r u k e r . o f J o , o C ne , c o . S o m e rs e t , D ra p e r, is d at e d 3 ot h

- “ S e t 15 5 7 . P r o ve d 2 9 t h O ct . 1 5 5 8 . H e s a s I d e s ire t o b e r ie d in p " , y bu t he c ho ir o f t he Pa ris h C h rc h o f r u c ke r ne I e e a t h t t he s a id h h u C . b qu o C u rc ' m es o wnee T o S t . A nd re w s h r h W ll vii d T o m d a h r y b t g C u c o f e s j . y ug te

P hlli a xli o n he r m a r r ia e . T o m s o ns a nd d a ht e rs R o e rt A nne p g y ug b , , T ho m as R ic ha rd a nd J o h n xl i a ie c e T o m s o ns J as e r a nd R o e r , . p . y p g v xii s iii d a ie c e t o R ic ha rd m n v li A ll m c hild n £ j j j p y yo u nge s t s o j . y re t o h i le ac ie s o n t he ir m r i i re c e ive t e r g a r ia ge o r a t t he a ge o f 2 1 . g ve t o Is a be l m wife m two le as e s o f t he fi rs t a nd s e c o nd a r o na es o f C r u ke r ne a nd y y p s g ,

I make h er e e c t r i . O ve rs e e rs R o e r R o d e n a nd T ho m a s M ille r x u x , g y . W it ness es S ir W illia m S he re will c . , urate the re, T homas S myth. James

R ichd R ow :S herlocke, and others. 68

m l r of e. s h ll ther He beca e Scho a Corpu C risti Co ege,

- d 28th 1 647 48. Oxfor , January, Expelled by the

1 648. . . 23 rd 1 66 Parliamentary Visitors M A August, 0, R of B 1 66 1 ector assingham, Lincolnshire, , and Canon

87 R of co . 6 9 of 6 9 . York 1 , ector Skinnand, Lincoln, 1

B T T T 1 64 . 7 Mr [HENRY AR LE Temporary Master. B of B of Probably Henry artlett, son John artlett, Maiden

at l 6th Newton . Matriculated Wadham College May ,

- A . l 6th 1 3 3 . 6 . 1 63 4 . 1 6 B 6 7 . , aet February, , M A July:

- 1 648 5 1 . 1 640. Fellow Of the College Died at Fording 5 bridge 1 65 .

P f w 48 . o 1 6 Rev JOSIAH TOM KINS, Curate Cre kerne, appointed

Master but resigned the next year.

1 649 25th . . B B . March Mr AR ER Temporary Master. T T 1 649 3 rd May . Mr. ELLIO appointed Master at £ 25 £ 2 7 1 0 . Stipend of , which was increased to s 0d . in

1 65 1 £ 3 0 1 652 . e , and to in He resign d Midsummer,

1 653 .

T T 1 653 September. Mr. HENRY TRA Matriculated at

2 7th 1 643 - 44 Magdalen College, Oxford, January, , aged A of 2 1 8. very successful master Crewkerne School for 6

£ 45 . 1 st 1 6 79 5 5 years . Stipend, Died May, , aged .

’ His brass in Crewkerne Church, facing the scholars seats,

M nem osu non s ectatissimi reads thus p Viri M . Henrici Trat nuper dum vixit Ludi M agis tri C reuk erniensis longe celeberrimi cujus desideratissimae anim ae depositum subtus in Domino conquiescit defunctum primo di e May e t sepultum Septimo die Anno Domini 1 679 aetatis

suae

44 of n d m el ll. [ lines Latin verse follow, sig e by Sa u Hi The

' feofiees paid for this tomb ] 69

' . f N S T UO K E Y B. A . o c O i Rev JOH , , son Roger Stu key,

: Crewkerne educated at the School, obtained a Crewkerne School Exhibition to Oxford and matriculated at Wadham

- B . 1 A . 1 6 1 665 66 1 6 . 7 College th March, , aged th Oct ,

1 669 O f l 20th r , became Vicar Chi thorne Domer Septembe ,

1 5 . d 1 692 . 67 Resigned the Mastership 1 681 . Die

e . CHARLES WARREN . Temporary Mast r 25 th . . V B. A . h March Mr JOHN LEA ES, , son of Jo n B 1 7 Leaves, Pendomer, matriculated at alliol College th

1 - 6 4 . . 6 B A . 1 68 65 1 6 . 6 March, aged One of the most

3 5 . successful mas ters of the School . Stipend £ Resigned 1 7 1 2 .

3 rd . P E T T IN . March Mr . JOHN W Appointed Master

. i £ 35 . on probation Stipend , with Mr Ch lcott as usher 5 £ . 1 P w c . at In 71 9 Mr. ett in was displa ed 1 1 9 2oth 7 . R . . l January Rev. JOHN COM E, M A , son Of E ias d Combe, of Crewkerne, matriculated at Wa ham College

1 1 th - f 1 6 95 96 act . 1 6 . O February, , Scholar that College 1 69 B 7 A . . 5 h 2 0 . 1 7 1 699 . t 1 7 , th October, , M A June,

' - 1 705 1 7 1 5 . B Fellow Of the College , Sub Warden ecame

2nd 1 7 1 6 . 1 720. Rector Of Wambrook June, Died May, 1 720 2 th 7 . September. Rev. WILLIAM PAULL, M . A , was

appointed but resigned . 1 20 29th 7 . f R T . . o September Rev. JOHN PES ER, M A , son obert e Pester, of Kingston, co . Somerset, matriculat d at

A . 1 71 7 25th 1 7 1 3 act . 1 7 . B Wadham College June, , , ’ . . l 1 742. o f M A from King s Col ege, Cambridge, Vicar

S tawlei h 1 720- 8 o of O tters 1 728- 9 g , Rect r Stocklinch y

1 743 - 59 of 1 73 9- 43 and , Rector Hinton S t . George and

‘ - 1 743 59 of 25th 1 73 1 . , Vicar Axminster September,

. 22nd 1 76 . R the s e sh on Died March, 7 esigned ma t r ip cc u t o m a o n f prefer ent. 70 ‘

R A . m ar v. JO H N IBBS o aster. S R e G , Te p r y M on of

G of i . wa John ibbs , East Ch nnock Matriculated at dham

- 1 5 1 7 1 5 1 6 . 20. R A . 1 71 9. College th March, , aet Vicar of Ha selbury .

h o . . T B. A . 7t of S . Oct ber Rev SAMUEL SMI H, , son

. h Smith, of Sherborne, co Dorset, matriculated at Wad am

7th 1 6 90 act . 1 6 . B A . College April, , from Exeter 3 9 . £ 40 1 6 . R 3 . College Stipend, , and an usher esigned 1 7 0

h . . . f . 24t . o October Rev WILLIAM PAULL, M A , son Rev

Robert Paull, Rector of Hinton St. George, educated at

. l th the School Matriculated at Wadham College 6 July,

1 09 ac t . 1 8. B A . 1 7 1 4 . . x 7 , , M A from Sidney Susse

1 73 1 . co . College, Cambridge, Rector Of Dittisham,

23 VVinfrith , 1 7 . 1 1 Devon , , and of Newburgh, co Dorset, 73 both of which livings he held in conj unction with his

o . 1 8th Sch olmastership Died at Crewkerne September, ” 1 73 6 . Mr . Payne was his usher .

P N E . Av 29th September. Mr , locum tenens .

; D AG E 2 3 rd . B T G . . son of hn December Rev RO ER , M A , Jo

a e D gg , of Great Torrington, Devon, matriculated at 1 1 . 2 7 7 . . 7 1 8. B A 1 73 1 Balliol College th October , aet ,

3 4. . B f . 1 7 o M . A Fellow of his College ecame Rector

t 4th 1 73 7 h his S oke Abbas May, , which he held wit

1 75 6 . mastership . Died

3 . . S . . of G rd April Rev THOMA HARE, M A , son eorge

S im ondsb u r . Hare, of y, co Dorset, matriculated at Trinity

h 5 . t a M A . f f 1 7 1 72 ct . 1 9. O College, Ox ord, December, ,

d . B t 1 75 7 Cambri ge ecame Rector of Chedding on, , which

. 1 st 1 762 act . he held with his mastership Died June, , “ d. h of 5 6 . Tomb in Crewkerne Churchyar Aut or A ’

lana on o Daniel s . 0 we s m 1 5 new E xp ti f 7 ek , 8 , 7 8. H o

72

R v. A E . . 1 800 27th S e be . e N of ptem r JOH LL N, M A , Trinity ~

. t College, Cambridge Appointed Mas er on the displacement 1 820 f fl' . eo ees of Mr. Abraham In he and the school were

opponents in a Chancery suit . He retired from the

1 0th 1 83 7. mastership May,

P D . D . 6th . . F 1 83 7 July Rev AL RED PHILLI S, He resigned the

s 1 83 8 ma tership in June, , having accepted the Principal ’ ship of King s College, Isle of Man .

D D . 5 th . . . i of 1 83 8 July Rev CHARLES PENNY, , th rd son

Elias Penny, of Sherborne, matriculated at Pembroke

2nd 1 83 7 ac t . 1 7 . B A . 1 83 1 College, Oxford, February, , ,

1 83 3 R D . D . D . 1 850. ff M . A. , and Rector of Cha combe

48 . 1 8 , which he held with his mastership Domestic

C haplain to the Right Hon . Lord Raglan . Resigned the i 2 9th 1 875 £ 1 75 Mastersh p September, , with pension of ,

1 5th 1 875 . Died December,

9th t . . . . 1 875 2 Sep ember V P CULLINAN, locum tenens

1 st . BR A IT H W A IH E T T . . . 1 876 November ARNE , M A , of St ’ John s College, Cambridge, formerly Head Master of

m . Tru ro Gra mar School, Cornwall

’ t . . W 1 882 1 s September Rev GERALD O EN :KILDARE O NEILL, ’ M . A . , of Queen s College, Cambridge, Assistant Curate

of Crewkerne and Temporary Master of the School .

t u . . C . . of s 1 883 l s Jan ary Rev FREDERI WELLER, M A , Jesu

O f College, Cambridge, formerly Head Master Amersham

Grammar School .

ASSISTANT MASTERS . ' D There is no complete list of Assistant Masters under r.

of Penny. Some his assistants made their mark in the world in

of w d later life . Many them ere in Holy Or ers, for the Second ’ -w w s en rall C arats of haffc m e Dr. Penn s l vin Master a g e y C o b y i g. 73

may mention these names

’ S B N B. A . d Rev. JOHN WI E ERRYMA , , Caven ish College,

d t w c r of . l . Cambri ge, af er ards Re to Tydd St Gi es, d

1 873 .

ds FR E D E R IC E B W GUY M . A . e w Rev. ARLO , , aft r ar Canon of

; of e i S t Albans and Head Master For st H ll,

Walthamstow .

E W S W AN S BO R O UGH . . Rev. GEORG S AINE , M A , died at the

9. 28th 1 848 act . 2 School September, , Monument

erected by his pupils in Crewkerne Church .

D . . S C ! . . . D Rev DOUGLA MA KEN IE, M A , afterwards and

B ! 1 880 1 891 . ishop of ululand, , till his death,

R . Rev. CHARLES WA D, M A .

S B W J . Rev. JO HUA RO N OHN

H E B - 1 8 1 . . . O N Y UR N E 67 7 Rev JAMES HARDY , , M A , ’

of . Scholar St Catharine s College, Cambridge .

N . Rev. P. SA DILANDS

. . . B. . A . Rev C A WELLS, , Pembroke College, Oxford

Dr. MAIER . T J . HADDON SMI H, Esq.

S . CHARLE SANDERS, Esq

. W C T H O LLMULLE R Messrs HO E, MILNER, SANDERS, VIN EN , ,

T . . W . . N and CARRING ON, W S LE IS, V T CULLINA , Herr

WILHELMS .

w ma Under Mr. Arnett e y mention the names of

. . H C K . . 1 880 Rev A C I , M A , .

8 . . P 1 80 Mons PI ER,

C . 1 880. RI HARD PARSON, Esq , R . . . u B Messrs J J and ARRY. ons eur B N K M E N DE d E I I M i s A C , LL, an BR T EN ST E N . 741“

’

R ev. R D W E N K I D E E I M . GE AL O L AR O N LL, A.

d ll Un er the Rev. F . We er

. B. E s . 1 883 . J HIRON, q ,

. . R . m 1 884. A d e . A CLARKE, Esq , Ca bri g

. . B. A . m d e. A J , Clare College, Ca bri g

. . u d. F PERRY, Esq , Christ Ch rch, Oxfor

. . B. . . A e. R LYON, Esq , Trinity College, Cambridg P Mons . A D O L H Y .

H . P. CALEY, Esq.

B . w ds WILLOUGH Y CHARLES ALLEN, Esq , after ar

- M . l A. Fellow, and Sub Rector of Exeter Col ege, Oxford, ,

- . 1 8 ...... 86 90 B A F J C NORMAN, Esq , Cambridge

- T T B . 1 887 90. B. A . a HA ON HILDE RAND, Esq , Magd len,

Cambridge .

B . . . c c l d H E GILL, A, S holar Christ Chur h Col ege, Cambri ge,

Head Master Giggleswick School .

. . . N . J H T EVA S, Esq

A R E . B . A . . . . L S B Y P U , Esq London

. E IE G E . B . . B IS L A . l ll P K . , Esq Se wyn Co ege, Cambridge

. B . G RIDSDALE LAKE, Esq

WV . . . 1 896 . B A . B s f rd . G WILLIAMS, Esq , ra enose, Ox o

O R M O N D Y ; E s q.

W . T . G . PO ELL, Esq

. l . . . r H A Jones, Esq , Jesus Co lege, Camb idge ’ d T T W . B A . C . H . S . MA HE S, Esq , . . King s C ollege, Cambri ge

. l . B . A . H . E . T. TAYLOR, Esq , , Pembroke Col ege, Cambridge

B. . FORD, Esq

W l . . B. A . id . Y H GRA , Esq , , Jesus College, Cambr ge ( rang er) d . S . e. . . W B. A idne S ussex v. R e P W UN IN, , y College, Cambri g

of Curate Crewkerne.

‘ B S I PSO N E s . B. A . C ius olle e C ambr d e. P. . M , q, , a C g , i g

76 . or Ordinary of the place under his hand and seal being found meet as well for his learning and dexterity in teaching as for sober and honest co nversation and also for right understanding ’ ” ' God s true religion . And the feofiees duly impressed on the

e Masters at the tim of election to the mastership, that they were “ a untient to Observe the rules of the School, and to instruct the

‘ S chollers to in ye Church Catechism and to expound thereon, the ” end they may be well grounded in the principles O f Religion .

But the instruction afforded by the School went further than this scholars who showed su fii cient ability were prepared for the Universities as well as for the legal and medical professions ; in

to who fact, a thoroughly good classical education was given all i . des red it Latin was taught from the foundation of the School,

O f and Greek very Shortly after, whilst Hebrew formed one the

a subjects t ught to the promising senior scholars . But books were

' 0 a afiord very expensive, and as the boys uld not the most expensive ff volumes, nor could the master, so the feo ees and other kind friends from time to time assisted, as is shewn by the following

“ 1 61 7 T homatius D ictionai re o and Item for a , for l ther covering the same xij s

” 1 63 1 dixionaire 22s . Paid for a for the School, 3 4 n w 42 6d . 1 6 In 1 6 a e Lexicon cost 1 8s . In Henry Trott ,

w d d. 1 649 as 5 S . 6 pai for binding the Greek Lexicon, and in it ” 1 w cost IOS . to new bind it again . In 1 67 Sir Andre Henley and r s his brothe , Sir Robert Henley, gave two dictionarie and a l i to ex con the School for bringing which, and returning a letter 1 72 1 of n s 2S . 8d. . tha ks, the accounts hew that was paid In the study Of Hebrew was introduced so that scholars might w Obtain Hody Hebre Scholarships at Wadham College, founded b Dr. H od who hims lf was a C rewkerne bo . S o we read y y, e y 77 in the accounts 1 721 It was agreed that one guinea shall be ’ lai d out in M ontaneu s Hebrew Bible and other books for the ” use of the Gramer School .

There were no prizes, apparently, as are given every year

’ 1 65 5 feofiees now, but every year onward from the paid prize money to the head boys at the Christmas breaking up . It was ” decla m ed a kind of Speech Day, when the head boys y as it was “ 1 5 5 3 schollers . 6 e . called, g , Paid unto at their declamation ” ' ' Bailifi Feofiees 3 s. The Warden and and were present at these breaking up entertainments ; so we find entries such as this “ 23 th . 1 9, 1 7 , e Dec Paid for declaimants the Master, Warden 3 1 25 0d . and Usher £ 1 7s . After 7 these Speech Days occurred at Whitsuntide as well as at Christmas breaking up .

There were other awards given to promising scholars . A S early as 1 6 1 6 grants in the form O f Exhibitions were made to pupils who proceeded to Oxford . These were instituted before

1 625 O f £ 5 Mr. Owsley founded his Four Exhibitions ( ) each for the same purpose . The earlier Crewkerne School Exhibitions

O f £ 4 £ 2 were of the annual value , and sometimes only , and

S O s were tenable for seven years , and were a con iderable help to

o . 1 683 p or scholars In these appear to have ceased, probably because their place had been gradually supplied by the Owsley

Exhibitions, for though these latter were not strictly attached to

o m this Sch ol, yet through failure of outside candidates they beca e

a to be generally held by Crewkerne Scholars t Oxford . In 1 7 1 7 we read of payments to the Bayliff fo r ho rse hire and expenses

’ s r O w l at several times and place to serve the Electo s of Mr. es y s Exhibitions (to the use O f the S chollers of Crewkerne Parish) ’ ”

4s . with contents of the Donor s deed,

Another important Side of the school lif e Of those days T h h a s w da demands our attention . e sc ol r ere mostly y scholars “78 b ut from the earliest times they all had to attend school on

S undays and Festivals and march to Church, there to sit under proper supervision in their specially appointed aisle . This was “ 7 9, t A nd in obedience to Canon which direc ed the masters J as oft en as any Sermon shall be upon Holy and Festival Days within t the parish where they teach, hey Shall bring their scholars to the Church where any such sermon shall be made, and there S ee them quietly and soberly behave themselves, and Shall examine them at times convenient after their return, what they have borne away of such sermons . Upon other days and at other times they shall train them up with such sentences of Holy Scripture ” i to c to all l as shall be most exped ent indu e them god iness .

It seems that the S chollers Isle in the Church had been

t o i r allotted the School ever since the days of the Tr nity Chant y , and that this was the part of Crewkerne Church which was formerly adorned with the Trinity altar, where the Chantry priest f f O . daily performed the duties his O fice In Cromwellian times, w e e d ho ever, th r was a re istribution Of seats in the Church, and the organ having been broken up by the fanatics as a “ Popish ” f whustles box o , there is an entry in the School accounts O f a “ ” 1 648 scholl ers payment, , for fitting the organ chamber for the . From that time onward the organ loft was appropriated to the f o 2s . scholars at an annual rental , and many are the entries in

’ the accounts , Of new cushions for the Master s seat in Church ; for of m Of new matting the organ loft, and pay ents for sweeping the same . In [process of time the said {loft became dilapidated

' and it was found necessary to entirely rebuild it. The feofiees raised and found the money for this, and we have preserved the f sc s h s is h i identical list o sub riber . T i t e entry n the account

7 9

1 02 R ed as dz l G uift to and for 7 . e a free vo untary ye building Of a Gallery or loft in the Parish Church O f Crewkerne for the Schollars of ye Free Schoole within the same parish (there to sitt in time of Divine Service). All the charges of the several persons herein after named the respective somes as to their particular names are hereunder expressed . That is to say of

' John Hody E sqr £ 3 0 0 Mr Roger Coss 0 1 0 0 WVillm M r ld 1 Black do n 1 1 6 e efie E s q 1 6 Mr. Mr John Donne 1 1 6 Mr Joseph Hallett 1 1 6 Mr Le evs Schoole m r 3 3 0 Mr John Ffow ler 0 1 0 0 (besides 3 7s more by John Cos sins decd 0 1 0 0 him in bords) Mr Robe rt Knight 0 5 0 Mr Robert Beer 1 1 6 Mr John Poole O 5 0 Mrs Lydia M erefield 0 1 0 0 (!it help by his plow) (to be paid at Lady Day next)

9 1 7 6 4 3 0

Both s umes aforesaid O 6

Trees were cut on their O wn estates and the total cost came to

2 d. £ 5 1 1 8 . 8

Nor was this the only time when the funds of the School

’ 1 80 feoii s £ 1 were devoted to this gallery . In 3 the ee gave 00 school money to pay for taking down the present gallery in the

C hurch -belonging to the School and rebuilding another gallery in ’

m r onvenient . N o w h e a O e c place , however, the scholars ave b en allotted seats no longer in a gallery but in their original place in the C hurch .

Here are one or two other items of history which shew the

' feofiee s in the light Of parental protectors O f their youthful “ i s 1 63 7 : . sc holars . For n tance, in is an entry Pd unto Tho ( Ffisher for keeping the boyes in order the cock fightings daye 80

3 ” 1 v W e c t nl c h h on cc t 01 11 8 jd. er ai y annot envy Fis er eit er a oun 1

o r of his . 1 702 s task, on account remuneration An entry in read thus Pd for a warrant for those that Beate ye schoole boys ” w and ff i a ce l s . Evidently a little to n gown a a r had t ken pla 66 and the school boys had come 0 second best.

That the scholars worked late hours is shewn In 1 63 7 when ” i 9 O f e. xvi jd . was paid for candlesticks for the use the school

W e have hitherto said nothing with regard to the cost of

“ education at Crewkerne School in days of old . This must not

ff w a be passed over. The education a orded by the School S formerly free to boys resident in the town of Crewkerne and s iir “ miles round it. Hence the meaning of the term The Free ” School O f Crewkerne . Of course there were certain methods of : procedure before a resident within the six mile radius Could become a pupil at the School . He had to obtain a nomination

' feofiees signed by three or four , then if the School were full he had to wait for a vacancy.

But of - who as , course, non residents in the locality, came

'

u nder D r. boarders, had ;to pay, and it is recorded that Hoadly

x W Ashe there were as many as 80 boarders . e are enabled by

B . O f H olwell means of some diaries, written by Thomas artlett, Esq ,

Manor House, in Cranborne, Dorset, to supply some details concerning the cost O f education here for boarders about 1 7 3 9 ' B Mr . artlett sent his son to Crewkerne School as a boarder July

“

nd 1 73 9. . . . 2 , The Rev Thomas Hare, M A , was Head Master,

: . w and Mr Humphreys was Under Master . The School Year as — divided into two terms one extending from February to May,

‘ to s O f ear and the other from July December . The co t a y fis

“ “ board and schooling was £ 1 5 the expense Of carryingmy Son

” ’ to 1 4s . om Crewkerne School was , and the indulgent Father ent sundry accounts of pocket money entrusted. to t he youth?

82 o f school b oy attire in those days compared with the modern:

’ a a d h o o . N O n sc oolb y s utfit coll rs ties, none of the worries and troubles now caused by the wanderings of the responsible shirt n “ ” ff butto , only the neck ru les, which were entirely independent

a. Of studs and buttons, altogether a far more rational dress for schoolboy ! The nightcap is extinct as an article of schoolboy attire, and so perhaps is the white waistcoat, though fashions repeat themselves again and again . Bu t to complete the picture o f this Crewkerne Scholar of O ld we must imagine him in the powdered periwig which his Father bought him for his 1 8th hi ‘f 2 . 9 birthday, and which he wore w lst still at school July, 2 ” d . 1 742 Paid for a wig for myself and another for Tom £ 1 08 . 0 Fancy the awe and reverence of the little boys when the senior

a . schol rs wore wigs at eighteen We have lost, by the abolition of - o this article of head dr ss, that indescribable pleasure which the first donning the wig of manhood gave to our forefathers ; it

’ n or marked an epoch in o e s life, a day never to be forgotten ’ (shall we say) regretted .

c ho O ld We shall now pro eed t enumerate some of the

wk ernians n C re , who we t to Oxford during the last three

n ot be . l centuries This list does pretend to complete, but it wil give some idea of the clos e connection which existed between

o d Crewkerne School and the S merset College in Oxford, founde

D . 1 A . 6 1 3 . by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, B CREWKERNE SCHOOL EXHI ITIONERS .

’ i n O /a F ou ndat o .

-22 B T m tr c a at e n e f d 1 61 7 RO ER TYLER, a i ul ted M rto Coll ge, Ox or ,

- 1 5th 1 6 1 9 act . 1 9. B A . 1 7 1 622 3 . October, , th February,

In H oly Orders .

1 A c o nt e m o ra r o il a intin of this o uth ortra s himinthis identical wi . p y p g y p y g, in i ur and makes a strik gp ct e. 8 3

r achin e Bartholom ewe 1 634 bestowedlon Mr. Tyler p e g here ' ” day a quart of sacke 1 s .

- 2 M Y C H E L S on M chel of w . 1 6 6 9 , of John y , Cre kerne

1 63 1 C H IC K E of C hick e . , son Thomas

1 63 1 B T O f E O f RO ER FORD, son Adam ford, Crewkerne , 2 2nd 1 63 0 matriculated at Merton College October, , aet.

25 h 1 63 6 . 1 8. B A . 2 3 rd n . . t Ja uary, M A June,

In Holy Orders .

63 5 M E T E O R D O f M etford 1 JOHN , son John , of Crewkerne, 1 3th matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, June,

1 634 1 7 . , aged

1 661 O f e O f SAMUEL DONNE, son Rob rt Donne, Crewkerne, l 6th 1 661 matriculated at Wadham College July, , aged l d 2 0th 1 6 . Bate lar of Exeter College, Oxfor , March,

h 1 663 . B . A . 1 7t of same College, October,

Warden of Crewkerne School 1 691 .

1 664 W of . JOHN PRO SE, son of John Prowse, Hinton St George, l 6th matriculated at Wadham College March,

1 7 B . A . 29th 1 688. aged October, Rector of Pendomer

- 1 67 1 5 .

1 665 T C O f JOHN S U KEY, son of Roger Stuckey, Crewkerne, 1 6th matriculated at Wadham College March,

B . 1 . A f 6 1 9 1 6 6 9. O aged th October, Vicar Chilthorne 2oth e 1 6 75 . 1 692 . Domer Sept mber, Died (

1 670 P B G O f B O f JOSE H RA G, son Nicholas ragg, Crewkerne, 2nd 1 6 69 matriculated at Wadham College April, , aged

1 7 . Left 1 67 1 . 1 671 B T N W RO ER GREE A AY, son of John Greenaway, of Crewkerne,

3 1 st 1 67 1 . matriculated at Wadham College March, 25th 1 674 d Elected to a scholarship there September, , age

8. B A . 21 81; c e 1 675 . . Is i uI 1 67 1 O tob r, , M A u J y, 7. 8

1 671 C S W L son of C ll wk rn JOHN A EL , Clement aswe , of Cre e e,

h 3 1 st 1 6 1 matriculated at Wad am College March, 7 , aged

1 6 . B A . 3 rd 9 . 4 . h 1 8 1 67 . t 6 7 November, , M A November,

He was S AV ILIAN PROFESSOR O F AST RONOMY 1 709- 1 2,

O f l B to Vice Principal Hart Hal , and superior edell the

. 2 8th 1 71 2 5 6 . B University He died April, , aged uried x in Holywell Church, O ford, where is his tomb erected by ’ his wife Elizabeth . [Gardiner s Wadham Register, p .

1 672 S LY E d of matricu THOMA , son of E ward Lye, Crewkerne,

a t 27th 1 672 d 1 6 . R A . lated Wadham College July, , age

3 1 676 . rd May ,

1 674 B T O f matricu RO ER COLE, son Roger Cole, of Crewkerne, d 1 2 1 9 lated at Wa ham College th March, aged .

B A . 1 5 1 6 78. from Hart Hall th October,

1 6 6 B O f O f 7 AM ROSE WILKINS, son James Wilkins, Crewkerne, ’ l 22nd 1 6 7 -78 matriculated at Queen s Co lege March, 7 ,

f dl a lias 1 8. o aged Vicar Mid eton Longparish, Hants,

1 690.

1 6 B T W e od of 77 RO ER GOOD YN, son of Rob rt Go wyn, Crewkerne,

1 st 1 6 77-78 matriculated at Wadham College March, ,

aged 1 6 .

9 O f h l O f matricu 1 67 JOHN TAYLOR, son Jo n Tay or, Crewkerne,

’ Vvadham 28th 1 679 1 7 . lated at College, March, , aged

9th 1 685 . d R A . 8 1 682 . . th December, , M A July, Receive

' a gratuity from Crewkerne Grammar School Feofiees when

he preached at Crewkerne 1 6 92 .

B T t matricu a 1 680 RO ER PIKE, son of S ephen Pike, of Crewkerne,

- 1 8 1 680 l 1 9. lated at St. Mary Hall th February, , aged

B. A . 1 6 84.

Q t ); R E N n of harles W a ren of rewk rn 1 683 R os i a W AR , so C r , C e e.

86

n 1 706 . B r . nd Ja uary, u ied in Wadham Chapel Fou ed 1 0 Scholarships there.

Bi B . God shop AKER The Right Reverend Father in , B B B D D . f . o WILLIAM AKER, , Lord ishop of angor and B Norwich, was the son of the Rev. William aker, Rector D O f A . 1 6 0 . . 7 Ilton, Somerset He was born , and was

educated at Crewkerne School, and afterwards at Wadham 1 8 College, Oxford, where he matriculated th March,

- 1 685 86 1 6 . , aged He Obtained a Foundation Scholarship

a and the Goodridge Exhibition at Wadham, and gradu ted 22 B . A d . 28 h 1 6 9 . n 1 689 . t 2 R D . October, , M A May, , D D . . l oth 1 707 . to a and July, He was elected 3 0th 1 693 Fellowship at his College June, , was Junior

1 696 B - v c Proctor , ursar, Sub warden, and e entually be ame

28th 1 7 1 9. B Warden May, efore this he held several

livings, St . Ebbes, Oxford, Padworth, St . Giles in the

B . Fields, London, ladon cum Woodstock He was

o 1 7 1 4 s d app inted Archdeacon of Oxford , and con ecrate

B B 23 rd 1 724 d ishop of angor August, , when he resigne

his wardenship . He was translated to Norwich 1 9th 1 72 7 B 4th 3 2 December, , and Died at ath December, 1 7 ,

B is to and lies buried in ath Abbey, where his tomb still 3 be seen . [Gardiner I 45 ]

T B C of . 1 673 PE ER RI E, son of Hugh Price, Crewkerne, C

’

a 7th 1 690 act. Of Wadham College, m triculated April, ,

- 1 7 . B A . 8th 1 6 93 94 . . from New Inn Hall March, , M A ’ h . 1 708. St Peter s College, Cambridge, Vicar Of Wort

1 696 O f w 1 708 Matravers , Rector Church Kno le , Vicar

o f B l 0th 9 1 740. 1 0 . eaminster June, 7 Died

M E R E FE ILD M erefeild WILLIAM , son of Robert , of

W olminstone B. 1 678 l , , of Wadham College, matricu ated 87

- ar 1 693 94 act . 1 7 S t d t O f M ddle 1 4th Febru y, , u en i

T 1 694. emple,

C . 1 680 JOHN FREN H, son of John French, of Crewkerne, c ,

W e 3 rd 1 697-8 of adham College, matriculat d February, ,

f B . B A . 1 01 . O . a t 1 8. 7 c . Vicar Ilton uried there

B . 1 680 JOHN COM E, son of Elias Combe, of Crewkerne, b ,

1 1 th 1 695 - 96 matriculated at Wadham College February, ,

h B of 1 . . 6 ac t Scholar, Ex ibitioner, Fellow, and ursar

- f 2 . o . B A . 1 699 . . 1 70 his College , M A Sub warden f 1 71 5 . c o Wadham , Head Master of Crewkerne Re tor

2 d . 20. n 1 7 1 6 . 1 7 Wambrook from June, D

A S H O f . 1 681 . WILLIAM , son of William Ash , Seaborough, b

In . 2oth 1 697 a ct . 1 6 . Wadham College, May, Clerk

- - f 1 698 1 00 B. A . 1 70001 . . 1 704. o 7 , , M A Rect r of Way ord

and of B . . 1 725 . Vicar urstock D September,

T T . WILLIAM GILLE , son of Rev Elias Gillett, of Misterton ,

1 6 . a . 6 8 7th W dham College, b Matriculated March,

- 1 . . 1 2 . . B . 7 7 1 3 4 ac t 1 8. A 707 7 1 1 1 . 70 , , , M A D

T F A S H O f of FIDELIS (or FAI H ULL) , son William Ash,

. 1 687 c e Seaborough, b , of Wadham College, matri ulat d ’

l t 1 703 act . 1 6 . B A . 1 707 . . s 6 h July, , , M A King

ll 1 7 1 9 . of 1 7 1 1 Co ege, Cambridge, Rector Seaborough ,

1 708. . 1 720 act . 3 6 . Vicar of Misterton D July, ,

B l O f . 1 688. WILLIAM COM E, son of E ias Combe, Crewkerne, b

- ll 1 3 1 705 6 act. Wadham Co ege, matriculated th March, ,

1 B A . 1 709. a B 1 709 8. M ster of eaminster School .

BR AG G E O f l Bra e of WILLIAM , son Wil iam gg , North Perrott,

1 690 O f d 27th h b . , Wadham College, matriculate Marc ,

B A 1 . 1 . . a t . 8 1 1 1 708, c 7

O f . ec O WILLIAM PAULL, son Rev Robert Paull, R tor p

. e ad ll l ed Hinton St G orge, Of W ham Co ege, matricu at 88

“ l 6th J l l 709 act . 1 8. B A . 1 71 4 M . A . f o S dne u y, , , , r m i y

s x 1 73 1 . ct of s m Su se College, Cambridge, Re or Gitti ha , 1 723 s of w h d , Ma ter Cre kerne Sc ool, hol ing at the same m R c and ti e the e tories Of Gittisham Winfrith . D . 1 8th

e 1 73 6 . Sept mber,

N S of n of w JOH LEAVE , son Joh Leaves, Master Cre kerne

h 2nd 1 709-1 0 School, Wad am College, matriculated March, ,

- 3 . B . 1 9 act . 1 7 . 6 Scholar, Fellow, and Sub warden Of 1 1 3 B A . . . 7 1 1 . . 7 7 Wadham College , M A Rector of

1 723 t of 1 5 3 . Hockley, Essex, , Rec or Fryerning 7

BB O f of h JOHN GI S, son John Gibbs, East C innock, entered

5 - 1 1 7 1 5 6 20. R Wadham College, th March, , aged A . f 1 1 9. B. 696 . O . . 7 1 Vicar Haselbury D 1 745 .

of s JOHN FARNHAM, son Of Francis Farnham, Mi terton,

of 2 5th 1 1 -1 Wadham College, matriculated February, 7 3 4,

’ act . 1 8. B. 1 696 . R A . 1 7 1 7 . . a Vicar Of St Stithi n s,

1 723 . Cornwall,

S B B r THOMA RYAN, son Of William ryan, Of C ewkerne, b .

1 698 d d 3 1 st c , Of Wa ham College, matriculate Mar h,

t . 20. R A . 1 72 1 . . 1 726 . . 1 2 1 1 8 ac 6 . 7 , , M A D 7

P FR Y of of . 1 700 JOSE H , son Joseph Fry, Crewkerne, b , Of

3 st 1 1 1 7 8 act . 1 8. Wadham College, matriculated March, , 23 D . 1 7 .

of , , , . 1 701 JOHN SHIRE son Of John Shire Crewkerne b , 1 4 1 1 9 h 7 ac . of Wad am College, matriculated th May, , t

22 . . 1 728. . 1 72 8. R A . 1 7 1 8. , M A D Vicar Of Walton

in Gordano . C T of of FRAN IS PAR RIDGE, son Christopher Partridge,

. 1 702 on l st Haselbury, b , entered Wadham College April, ’

1 9 . 1 24. 1 72 , act. 1 . R A 7

90

co . er. 1 st u 1 803 . B Hall, Chest Died Febr ary, uried in h ’ rc . M a the Priory Chu , Wareham (Vide Gent s g ,

B T T E R O f . f RO ER FORS , son Rev Nathaniel Forster, o B 1 2 Crewkerne, entered alliol College th March,

act . 1 5 . B A . 1 45 of Magdalen College 7 , Fellow of D D D B R . . . 1 778. f alliol College, and Rector o A ll h 1 2t 1 90. . . 7 Saints, Colchester D April,

T . w SAMUEL FORS ER, son of Rev Nathaniel Forster, Of Cre kerne,

1 746 act . 1 8. entered Wadham College , Subwarden of B . . 1 797 . w Wadham College D uried at Holy ell Church,

Oxford .

BB . 1 3 5 JOHN GI S, son of Robert Gibbs, of East Chinnock, b 7 . h . 20t 53 1 7 ac . 8 Entered Wadham College, m March, , t 1 .

B A . 1 75 6 .

V of n JOHN CLEE ES, son of John Cleeves, North Perrott, bor

3 1 754 a t 3 . 1 . 1 7 . 1 7 7 . c Trinity College, m th March, ,

T T i . 1 73 6 JOHN DOME , son of Will am Domett, of Crewkerne, b . 22nd 55 Entered Wadham College, matriculated March, 1 7 , 1 1 9. B A . 1 . act . 76

T O f . of WILLIAM FORS ER, son Rev Nathaniel Forster, 1 5 Crewkerne, entered Wadham College th December,

5 - 1 5 3 a 1 5 . 1 5 7 ct . 7 8 , Demy of Magdalen College,

1 5 . B. 1 3 . B A . 7 7 7 8

O f . THOMAS ALLEN, son of Simon Allen, Hinton St George, 22nd 1 740. b Matriculated at Wadham College, May,

1 760 act . 20. . . 1 764. , M A

O f l O f . 1 741 . JOHN WILLS, son John Wil s, Seaborough, b Of

1 8th 1 758 act . 1 7 Wadham College, matriculated March, , !

- 1 5 . 1 5 8 7 8 5 . . 1 Scholar 7 Hody Exhibitioner 6 R A 1 76 . D 5 . R . D . D . 1 6 . 1 3 . 1 65 . M A . 7 and 78 Fellow 7 Warden

of C 83 -1 8 6 R ec of dd S Wadham ollege 1 7 0 . tor Ty t . Mary 91

- 1 776 a 1 779. c l o f d , and of Se borough Vice Chan e lor Oxfor

- the 1 792 6 . He bequeathed money to College valued in 1 85 3 at There IS an inscription on Seaborough

showin . 1 6 Rectory g that he rebuilt it Died th June,

1 806 .

P a a JOHN TEM LEMAN, son of Thom s Templem n, of Merriott, 3 1 t 1 5 2 . s b . 7 Matriculated at Wadham College, May, ’

1 4. . . B A . 7 1 8. 7 1 0 act . 77 , M A from King s College, B Cambridge . Rector of Cricket St . Thomas and uckland 2 h 3 5 0t 1 8 . St . Mary . D . April, f . o THOMAS HORNER PEARSON, son of Rev Robert Pearson, B 52 . 1 7 Crewkerne, , of Wadham College, matriculated

1 2 . . . B . 76 . 2 th 1 768 act 1 6 . A 77 . 1 7 7 April, , M A

Rector of P odym ore Milton 1 776 . Vicar of Queen Camel

1 3 1 83 2 . 5 . . 1 78 D th May,

P of WILLIAM DRA ER, son William Draper, of Haselbury, P . 1 2 5 In. 1 7 3 . 2 1 1 75 3 act . , of Wadham College, th October, , 1 ’ L . 9. 1 825 5 . B . . 77 B A . 1 7 7 . C Died in (Vide Gent s

Mag . ) f w D . O . W T B. ED ARD WHI LEY, , son Rev Ed ard Whitley, Vicar

1 5 3 . 4 O f . 7 1 77 Merriott, b Fellow of Wadham College,

- f 1 9 . 1 9 R D 89 . O 9 1 825 h . . t 78 1 7 Rector Stowey 7 D . 6

1 825 act . 73 . November, ,

. e JOHN PEARSON, son of Rev Robert Pearson, of Crewk rne,

5 5 f d . 1 O o In 2 th 3 a t . . 7 7 77 b , Wa ham C llege, May, 1 , c 5 1 . 1 7 . Bible Clerk of Exete r College 77 B A . 77

V O f WILLIAM CLEE ES, son of John Cleeves, North Perrott, 5 1 6 . 23 rd 1 4 B . 7 77 ac . , of Wadham College, m March, , t

B A . 1 778. 1 8.

T C 1 75 5 GAYER PA H, son of John Patch, of Exeter, born , 1 4 76 matriculated at Wadham College th December, 1 7 , 92

M . 3 t 21 . B A . 80. A . 1 78 . R ac . 1 7 of . L r ector St eona d,

1 780. . 1 825 . Devon, D P d of r JAMES DRA ER, son Of Richar Draper, Melbu y, 1 1 th Dorset, matriculated at Wadham College, November, ’

1 799 act . 1 6 . B A . 1 783 . e . 1 83 6 , (Vid Gent s Mag ,

ii . ,

B T C H of . e RO ER LEA , son Rev Robert L ach, Of Sutton 28th Montague, matriculated at Wadham College, October,

h 1 83 9 act . . 1 80. . 1 1 t 77 7 D September, ,

f . . f o . o THOMAS HARE, son Rev Thomas Hare, M A , master

. l t Crewkerne School, matriculated at St Mary Ha l, 4 h

unc 1 783 26 . J , , aged

P B T BAR O N F son of s WILLIAM DRA ER ES , WYN ORD, Thoma

B of H aselborou h B. 1 3 1 7 atricu est, g , th December, 76 , m

' l 3 1 782 act . 1 4. lated at Wadham Col ege, l st October, ,

. . . 1 1 th 1 83 4. c of Created D C L June, Chief Justi e

‘

. te B 4th 1 829 Common Pleas Crea d aron Wynford June, . 3 1 845 . . es D at L sons, Kent, rd March, In his memory the Wynford Exhibition was founded at Crewkerne

exocllent of School . There is an portrait him in Wadham

College Hall . He used to walk in from Haselbury every

day to the School . f f o o B. WILLIAM SALMON, son William Salmon, Crewkerne, 1 765 d 1 3 1 782 , matriculate at Wadham College, th May, ,

1 1 782 . B A 1 86 . w act . 7 Scholar Of his College 7 Fello

. 9 1 . of . of the College and M A . 1 7 Vicar Wadhurst 2 d 81 B . . n 1 8. uried there D June,

B T P of o f RO ER TEM LEMAN, son Osborne Thomas Templeman, 9 B . 1 76 29th Merriott, , matriculated at Wadham College

a R 1 787 ct . 1 8. A . 1 791 . March, ,

S PH S . 1 77 son h d of S e o h JO E ADAM (b Of Jo n A ams, abor ug }

94

of B Alexius Abbott, lackheath, born at Little Court, 1 805 Herts, , educated at Crewkerne School and at

A ddi scombe Military College . Entered the corps Of

O f B 1 822 . Engineers the engal, Served in the

- B 1 824 6 . W as First urmese war , where he was wounded chief engineer with General Pollock ’s force against Cabul 1 843 served in the 1 s t Sikh Campaign Superintendent

- P . 841 o f N . W . B 1 7 Engineer the of engal, , when he

K B . 46 . B. 1 . C 8 retired as Major “General Created

1 854.

X P 6th O f . ALE ANDER TEM LEMAN, son Rev John Templeman,

f at o Lopen and Cricket St. Thomas . Matriculated ’

1 1 th 1 820 act . 1 8. R A . 1 824. Queen s College, May, ,

. . 1 82 . 1 8 8. a M A 7 Rector of Puckington 1 852 . D . 7 ll

P O f e WILLIAM YORKE DRA ER, son Joseph Shepherd Drap r,

o f Haselbury, matriculated at Wadham College l st June, 2 1 2 . 8 5 t 1 . B . 1 ac 7 A 8 9 O f B . , Rector rook, co Kent,

1 83 3 . cO . . . . Rector of Hope Mansell, Hereford D at St

8 1 865 act . 5 7 . Servan, France, th November, , n WILLIAM WILLS, son of Samuel Wills, of Crewker e,

2nd 1 81 2 act . 1 8. matriculated at Wadham College, July, ,

B A . 1 86 1 . . . 1 81 9. R o ue M A Vicar of Holcombe g , h 1 824. . 8t u 1 875 . D Aug st,

JOHN WILLS, son of Rev. John Wills, Rector Of South 26th Perrott, matriculated at Wadham College, June, 3 . 2 2 t 1 . . 8 . 1 8 8 ac 6 h . B A 1 , Hody Hebrew Ex ibitioner

- f 84 h 873 . O 1 8 1 873 . . 28t 1 Rector South Perrott, D July,

B W l GEORGE W. URRO WILLS, son of Samuel Wil s, of 1 6 Crewkerne, matriculated at Wadham College, th May,

3 3 a t 8 B A . 1 83 f 1 8 c . 1 . 7 . . . 1 83 9. o , M A Rector St.

- Leonar s x r 1 840 3 . . h an a 1 88 d , E ete , 7 D 7t J u ry, 6 95

T E R I S I I S D H T R E . D . 4th GH VEREND JAME W LLIAM WILL AM , , B . 1 825 ishop Of Quebec, was born at Overton, Hants , .

He was educated at Crewkerne School under Dr. Penny,

and at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he graduated

B. A . 3 rd 1 85 1 . ( Class Honours in Classics), In the same year he received Holy Orders and became curate of High

O f - Wycombe . He was some time curate Huish Champ 1 85 7 flower, Somerset. In he went to Canada to open ’ o c B the Grammar Sch ol in conne tion with ishop s College,

Lennoxville , and afterwards became Professor at the

’

B . 1 86 3 ishop s College, Lennoxville In he was consecrated 4th B hi ishop of Quebec, w ch see he held till his death in

1 892 .

S IR T B CHARLES AN HONY JOHNSON ROOKE,

O f 1 829 th Rajah Sarawak, was born , being e eldest son O f

Lackin ton Rev. F. Johnson, of White g , Somerset. He was

e . educat d at Crewkerne School under Dr Penny, whence 1 842 1 8 he entered the Navy in , but resigned in 52 . In

1 868 c B he su ceeded his uncle, Sir James rooke,

of B as Rajah of Sarawak, and adopted the name rooke . 888 He was created in 1 . T T mi AR HUR HAYNE HAMIL ON, son of Charles Hayne Ha lton, f ’ o . St Mary Major, Exeter, matriculated at St. John s 4th 1 841 t l ac . 1 8. B Co lege, Oxford, March, , ible Clerk,

- d 1 841 4 B A . 1 844 3 r . ( class) . Rector of St . Mary

1 866 . Arches, Exeter,

N W . c JULIUS CO RAN LO E, only son of Rev Ri hard Lowe,

f . B O . Vicar Crewkerne orn at St Marylebone, Middlesex, ’ 28th 1 841 matriculated at Queen s College, Oxford, May, ,

A 45 . 85 . R . 1 8 . . 1 4 act . 1 8. M A Sacristan of Durham,

- 85472. n r an 1 854. h la n of D u ha 1 Mi o C on, C ap i r m co. 96

1 873 ll hi s d 4th 1 887. Prison, , ti eath August,

T S 1 846 of WAL ER HOU E, , scholar Christ College, Cambridge, ’

. As a M A . sist nt Mathematical Lecturer at King s College,

. H London Entered oly Orders , NN W of THOMAS PRY E ANDRE , son Charles Foxe Andrew, Of

W ansau ht of x 23rd g , Cornwall, Lincoln College, O ford, f A 853 . 1 848 act . 1 9. R . 1 R o . November, , ector E and

- 1 880 94. W . Putford,

C B B . A . o 1 827 E V . R GEORGE HENRY TID OM E, , b rn Educated ’

t o . at Crewkerne School, whence he proceeded St Peter s

l B c B A 1 850. Col ege, Cambridge e ame . Ordained f ’ 1 85 1 . 1 852 . o . Deacon Priest Curate St Luke s,

- B 1 85 1 4. c of . 1 854 irmingham, Re tor Ashton, co Devon, , f ’ co . . o . and Hennock, Devon Curate St Peter s, Stepney,

’ 8 1 C uratc and . B 1 6 . Lecturer at St Matthew s, ethnal ’

1 864. c of . m 1 868 Green, Vi ar St Peter s, Ha mersmith, ,

l oth 1 899. till his death , June, P P son of h R IC HARD DRA ER TEM LEMAN, Richard Abra am a ’ r l e . n s Templeman, Of Crewke ne, m tricu at d at St Joh

x 3 0th 1 85 1 . College, O ford, June,

P son of EDW ARD TEM LEMAN, Of John Marsh Templeman,

Crewkerne, matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford,

June 1 852 act . 1 9. R A . 1 856 h 3 rd , , , Indian C aplain,

- 1 858 67 .

B B T T T B r WILLIAM A RAHAM AR LE , son of William a tlett, of r 1 . 9 Kingsbury, entered Wadham College Exhibitione th

B A . 1 855 . . . 1 85 7 1 85 1 ac t . 1 8. . March, , M A Vicar Of

1 868 . 1 897. W isb oro . Green, Sussex, , D ’ S UMME R H AY E S S of l e JULIUS , cholar Queen s Co leg ,

°

. . 8 1 855 . 1 61 . 1 859 B . . C ambridge . A M A Deacon , ‘ - 860 V c r of . J hn E al n ean 1 867. Priest 1 , i a St o , i gD ,

98

I I E N 2nd son of C h l P nn D . W A P N Y es D. C H AR LE S LL M , ar e y, , B B . of Crewkerne . orn at West Ilsley, erks Matriculated

22nd 1 856 a t c . at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, May, ,

5 - 60 1 8 a B A . 1 1 7 8 . . 6 . 1 8. Exhibitioner , l st cl ss M A

1 2 . 63 PL . 87 1 8 . S Senior Tutor and Assistant Master

- - 1 86 1 91 . B 1 86 80 . 1 898 l 7 . . Wel ington College, ursar D

E N S UMM E R H AY E S B . A . of H RY , Exhibitioner

. 5 d U 1 8 6 . Lon on niversity and St Thomas Hospital,

V - HENRY DA IS MALE, London University and St . ’ 1 866 . Thomas Hospital,

F N C ox t AL RED VYVYA , son of John Miles Cox, Rec or Of

. h Stoke Abbas, co Dorset, matriculated at Wad am

1 8 6 a t . . th 6 c 1 8 B 1 . 6 A . 8 0 . College, June, , 7 . M A ,

1 873 . 1 87 1 1 872 O f Deacon , Priest , Rector Hook Norton,

- 4 1 89 1 9 4. 1 88 . Vicar of Stockland with Dalwood

C of GEORGE PRING QUI K, l st son of George England Quick,

c . 25th Crewkerne, matri ulated at St Mary Hall, Oxford,

- t . 1 9 a 1 8 1 . 1 866 c 67 7 S O . L October, , , Dyke Scholar , . and

~ 4 D . . 1 87 1 8 0 A . 1 870. 7 1 87 1 B. M A , eacon , Priest ,

- . 1 885 7 . l co R ector of St Peter, Cork, Rector of Doug as, .

1 887 . Cork,

IS H T of Poul tt NC O N . V e . ERE FRA J SOMERSE , son Col G H .

P o 1 854 S omerset, M . , b rn , was some time at Crewkerne

'

S c l . the 4th le t hoo He was great grandson of Earl Pgu t ,

w of c . N o Pre s Hall, Shrewsbury N NT FR Y 1 869 d JOH FARRA , , Medical Stu ent at Taunton

C E E NT LFO R D son of T d L M A , homas Alfor , Of Curry Rival, ma ri ula ed r 5 t c t at Corpus Ch isti College, Oxford, 1 th 1 8 1 859 act . B A o er . . 1 863 . Oct b , , . M A . 1 866.

—- ew of W estbu sub Mend 1 886. Vi ry ip, 99

P T O N LE FE UVR E of l J Le Fcuvre PHILI HOR , son Phi ip ohn , f ’ ’ o . u St Peter s, Guernsey, matriculated at Q een s College ,

1 3 1 860 a t 1 8. . d ec c . B A 1 865 . d th D ember, , Or aine

1 866-6 7 . Chaplain

C N B T N zu d of R ev. s RI HARD ALLI RO ER SO , son Jame R of a e e obertson, Southsea, m triculated at Exet r Colleg , ’ - 28th 1 865 act . 1 8. 1 864 . . s January, , Scholar 7 St Peter

1 867 . and B A . 1 8 1 College, Cambridge, Junior Optime 7 . ’

F B A . . T . WAL ER GOLDING AL ORD, , St John s College,

Y W IS 3 rd of R o Lmvis of WILLIAM HENR LE , son bert , do t d at Lon n, gentleman, matricula e Lincoln College,

f d 1 3 1 866 . 1 8. R A . 1 870 . . Ox or , October, aged . M A

1 873 1 87 1 1 872 of . o , Deacon , Priest , Rector W Allingt n ,

- e 1 879 81 of d l 1 8826 . Lincolnshir , , Vicar Hin on, Wi ts,

f ff co. 1 886 . o . R Fonthill Gi ord, Wilts ,

N BB R of . W oolmi n ton e of JOH WE E , son Wm g Webb r, ll Merriott, entered St. Mary Ha , Dyke

3 th 1 874 act . 1 8. 0 January, ,

O N S or C R E W K E R N IAN S T H E N E W C W H OUR , UNDER S HEME, ILL

T H E C S T E A . FOUND IN S HOOL REGI ER, IN R

B OWSLEY EXHI ITIONERS .

F ou nded 2 056 anuar 1 62 . T enaél e j y , 5 7

R ssc 1 627 James o , of Shepton Beauchamp

O . l 1 63 1 George wsley, St Mary Hal 1 7 55 John Darby 1 756 John Mash

758 h lls W ad am ll 1 Jo n Wi , h Co ege m tt W dha 1 759 John Do e , a m C ollege 1 763 John Bryan 1 76 3 Thomas Allen, Wadham College 1 764 William Trevelyan Cox 1 7 66 l Wi liam Knott, Wadham College 1 7 6 7 W estcott, Exeter College

1 767 C am lin Thomas p , Trinity College 7 68 W 1 Thomas Horner Pearson, adham Co llege

1 7 7 1 W e illiam Yorke, Ex ter College 1 E W 1 7 7 dward hitley, Wadham College

1 73 ohn Pcarso n 7 J " , All Souls {College 4 W l 1 7 7 i liam Cleeves, Wadham College 9 1 7 7 James Draper,

1 7 7 9 Gayer Patch,

1 77 9 James Upton, Merton College W 1 782 illiam Salmon, Wadham College

3 H are . l 1 7 8 Thomas , St Mary Ha l W 1 7 86 Thomas Abraham Salmon, adham College 86 W ' 1 7 John Harbin, adham and Corpus Christi

e C 7 87 Rob rt Templeman, Wadham ollege 1 7 88 John Brown 1 7 9 1 Samuel Abraham W h l 1 793 Charles Price, ad am Co lege i 1 795 Will am Smith Knott,

Edward Cook Forward, Charles Edwards

l . 1 801 Francis Pa mer, St Mary Hall

1 806 John Wills, Wadham College 1 81 4 Thomas Price

H . Palmer h ch x r 1 81 5 John Allen, Christ C ur , O fo d 1 835 W illiam H amilton

1 02

H wle t C . S R on w e t . ivingt

s . B - e . o C y T . A H artlett

m F . B . . . J artlett G Raymond e 0 Weller A . 1 . Weller G m P. ould G w. . Weller P ta e. . S tham

m F. B . J . artlett m . Raymond m . T .

s . A . Stratton

J . Duk e

B 1 847 1 2 . EXHI ITIONS, FOUNDED , th JUNE

Y B HOSK NS EXHI ITIONERS . o h 1 846 3 t September, Walter House

1 85 25th S u mm erha cs 0 September, Julius y 1 854 27th September, Edward Lewton Penny

5 9 23 rd u nc l 1 8 J , C ement Alford

8 1 8th unc 1 63 J , Walter Golding Alford 24th 1 86 9 June, John Farrant Fry

8 T rcwb od 1 77 July, Edward y Carlyon 81 1 8 July, Robert Fuller Murray 885 1 July, Henry Percy Caley

889 ul 1 J y, John James Edwards 1 893 Maurice Taylor Male 9 ll 1 8 4 July, Wi iam Thomas Male

1 89 te 7 July, No Candida

1 898 No Candidate .

WYNFORD EXHIBITIONE R S . 29 h 1 852 t September, Compton Reade

1 85 4th e e l e 6 2 Sept mber, Charl s Wil iam P nny on a Feuvre 1 860 2 l st June, Philip Hort I 1 03

22nd J e W ll m H Lawis un , i ia enry

’ 3 rd Ju1 y, John Webber

1 9th S trawso June, Henry Jones n

ul i B s C wf d asu e J y, Will am ea on ra or T re r

July, William Walter Coombs

e July, Fr derick Septimus Penny l d Ju y, Lionel Victor Edwar s

B l ed . July, asi Morey Ford (resign )

R X BI I E R CRE WKE NE SCHOOL E HI T ON S .

1 848 2 7th a r September, Thom s Prynne And ew 1 85 3 28th September, Richard Townsend

1 85 6 1 7 unc S umm erha cs th J , Henry y

1 862 1 9th unc . J , Richard A Robertson 2 l st June, Alfred Vyvyan Cox 1 866 1 2 l st June, Henry Davis Male

1 871 3 rd July, Thomas Hussey 1Gillham

1 873 1 9 unc ll W oolmin ton e th J , Wi iam g W ebb r 1 879 July, Charles Frederick Sandoe

1 882 a July, Thom s Trist Carlyon 886 B 1 July, Richard Grosvenor artlett 1 888 l July, Wil iam Henry Creech

1 890 l o m July, George Wel ingt n Statha

1 894 Basil Morey Ford (resigned) .

BE E XH IBIT I N E R JOHN DE COM O S . 1 884 E dward John Budge 1 892 Arthur Hubert Whetham 1 896 1 04

CHAR LES PE NNY SCHOLARSHIP

N 3 rd M AY (FOU DED , 1 881 July, Robert Willis 882 B 1 July, Richard Grosvenor artlett

3 , Frederick Septimus Penny 884 1 July, John James Edwards William Harry Creech 1 886 July, Thomas Walter Holme 1 88 7 July, Harold Carlyle Hayward 1 888 July, Lionel Victor Edwards 1 889 July, Harold Carlyle Hayward 1 890 ( July, Maurice Ingram Holme 1 891 B July, Charles Sutherland urrill 1 892 July, Maurice Ingram Holme 1 893 July, Charles Sangster Rivington 1 89 4 July, Edgar Hubert Good 1 895 B July, ernard George Weller 1 896 July, Arthur Arbuthnot Straton 1 89 7 July, Henry Strangways

D r 1 898 R . H . a b cy

SPARKS SCHOLARSHIP

O 2 9th C B (F UNDED DE EM ER,

Arthur William Herbert Cr eech Herbert Wentworth Husband Wil liam Jesse John James Edwards George Wellington Statham Reginald Hyatt Symons Lionel Victor Edwards

CHAPT E R XIII .

’ D r T i e [ 72 P enn s m . . y

Be it ea ness it de e es s o e a s e a w k , s rv m pr i , W e love the play-place o f our early days T he s ce ne t o ch and the hea t t e is u ing, r is s on

T hat ft cls no t at that s ht a nd fee at n ne . ig , ls o T he wall o n which we t ried our graving sk ill T he very name we carved subsis ting st ill h ench n h ch we sat h e d e e em ed T e b o w i w il p ploy , ’ ’ T ho h an ed hack d and he w d b u t no t d e o ed . ug m gl , , str y T he lit tle ones unbutto ned glowing ho t P a n o u r am e and o n the e r s o t l yi g g s , v y p A s happy as we o nc e t o kne e l and dra w T he c ha k n and n c le d o wn a t taw l y ri g, k u k o tch t he b a l int o the nd ed hat T pi l grou , ' O r drive it d evio us with a d ext rous pat T he pleasing s pec tacle at o nce excites u h eco l ec t o n o f o wn d e ht S c r l i s our lig s , ’ T hat vie wing it we s e em alm ost t ob tain O nn ce n we e t e ea a a n ur i o t s simpl y rs g i . T his fo nd attachm ent t o the well -known place ’ W he nce first we started int o life s long race M aint ains it s ho ld with such unfailing s way ' "— W e fee it e en a e and at ate t da . C W P R l in g our l s y O E .

the C rewk ernian 1 889 n N of June and July, (a magazi e of th conducted by members the School), e following of interesting account school life under Dr. Penny ” the of B appeared above signature OLD O Y . We have no

the nom -de- lume right to penetrate behind p , though we should like to give the writer all due praise for such an interesting little to h sketch of things that used be, feeling that we cannot pay im

to in extenso ’ a greater compliment than quote him . He says.

o em er the old D oc r W l es a h D to . e r er. w I rem b ? l, y , t I as

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o to the to of or l d the O ld G p Hinton Constitution Hi l, beyon

the the the School, and just as you reach summit turn up lane on

- left leading to Chard road, and the last field on the right hand side before crossing into the road is the field whither we boys had to tramp if we wished to play cricket or football.

W the the hen I first went to School, day boys (or, as they ” B s were sometimes called, Foundation oy , because part of their

the the fees were paid out of property of School), had no

the playground . They used to use the churchyard path at back of the School and Church for that purpose . Large triangular boxes used to surround the young trees at that time, but long ago

the are these trees, like boys, have now grown older, and now

as permitted to battle with the world best they may, without those ugly protections . Many a time, however, we have played “ ’ ” prisoner s b ase round those structures . After a while the Governors of the School purchased a piece of land adjoining

the . Church path A portion of it is now made into a garden,

s ee the and, as you will , present owner is building a cottage on

’ the remainder. That used to be the day boys playground . ? Have you ever been inside the Old School If not, I should advise you to go and have a loo k at it next time you are in B Abbey Street, just for the sake of old times . efore, however,

the r you enter, take a glance at porch, with its th ee pinnacles .

There was a brass formerly let into the porch, inscribed with the ’ ' to l enite lii obedite mi/n tim or m ° mot of the School, fi e D 0mini

’ ” e o vos D ocebo g , together with a lot more Latin which I cannot

now remember.

are Now you in the Schoolroom ; have a good look round you . d Imme iately on the right of the door as you enter, with their

O ld o ak i the . backs to the panell ng, sat first class On the left ’ of the door was the Fourth Master s desk (unless I much mistake 1 09

d th . h the same esk is at e School now) Next sat t e third class . “ o to Exactly Opp site, with their backs the wall, were the second

o class . Right in fr nt of the door was the stove (we had no steam

old pipes in those days as you have), and the same piece of f ironwork adorns the floor even now . To the right o the stove i ’ was the Th rd Master s desk, and next, with their backs to the

n the t . panelli g, sat four h class The forms and desks for the fifth and sixth classes were placed longitudinally in the centre of

the Was the room . At the top of the room on left , and is now,

’ the . Second Master s desk Just notice what a large, roomy old horsebox it is ; no wonder it was never removed to the new

School . On the steps which surround it have I Stood many a ‘ ’ c M time and received a wigging from a cruel Se ond aster, of ‘ ’ B to whom many Old oys, even this day, have the most lively and painful recollection . At the higher end of the room o n the on t wo the right as you enter door, perched steps, was ’ T h . e a Dr Penny s seat and desk . desk was a box with a fl p

one - down lid, and its stout, octagon Shaped leg was securely

the O f fastened to floor by iron stays, the screw marks which you can even now see in the floor . I believe the same desk is now B used by your Headmaster . ehind the desk, with its back to the wall, was a high, carved oak chair, in fact the very identical chair that you can now see so worthily filled by Mr. Weller.

Here, in this very chair, clothed in cap and gown, with a fat leg

n the o either side of his desk support, facing boys and the

h D . D . Sc ool, sat the Reverend Charles Penny,

B u S l efore, however, I describe him, let go through the sma l ’ door to the right of the Doctor s steps . This leads to the class

at rooms . The lower one, was times, used by the Governors

as a Boardroom, but was generally occupied by the French and

Y a t . T h m a ve was l o used a a classr o Fourth M s ers e roo bo , a s s o m. 1 1 0

N w to to the . l o 7 a m . T he return Schoolroom Time, bel n ri gs . The boys troop in to preparation and work till The top boy O f the first class takes up a board on which is pasted

i of the alphabetical l st names of the boys, and he reads them out

loudly . I used to be able to repeat the whole of them from A

to ! e s now. , but I have not been able to do it for many y ar ” was This was named the Roll Call, and each boy as his name “ ” called had to answer loudly Adsum, which, as you know, is “ l Latin for I am present . Un ess he replied he was marked

as to t to l on. absent, and had account herefor the Doctor ater

old c 7 a m The Doctor did not always ome in at , but generally looked in before we left at We all knew his

heavy step . His habit was to seize the latch (the very same as the to t now), twist it very rapidly, slash open “ door its wides extent (woe betide the legs of the first class boy who sat too close d one the to the oor), take step into the room, still holding handle

f the c . was o door in his hand, and glan e rapidly round If a boy not attending to his duties he was caught in a moment and had

to march up to the formidable steps . Then with a bang the

w the l to Doctor ould close door and, if all was well, wa k his

desk, drop into his chair, and glance once more round . Of

course, every boy was most assiduously at work and dare not look

the on k up . With a bang Doctor would place his desk a boo

which he invariably carried . I can well remember that book. 1 2 hi It was about inches square and two inches t ck, strongly

- bound in leather, and securely fastened with a brass book lock . o ld k Out then w u come his keys, the boo would then be unlocked

and d and a quill pen taken, in complete Silence the Doctor woul

r k . was all about w ite in that mysterious boo What the _ book w l ew and what he rote therein not a single boy in the Schoo kn ,

a and as far as I know it remains a mystery to this d y. E very

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But e and r . tortu e Doctor would not be disappoint d, if a cane

e one t gave out, a boy was at once despatch d for a new and he

’ whipping completed to the Doctor s satisfaction . th Old Of course e gentleman had peculiar things to try him . I remember once being up at a class (we used to dread going to the Doctor for class although he was very nice at times) we

i and the were doing h story, in the course of the lesson questions o n turned upon ships . In those days ir nclads were somewhat ewand he very kindly told us about them . Addressing one boy he said Tell me what were ships made of before they were made of iron 2

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o t the . Very pr mp ly intelligent youth replied Stone, Sir The w Doctor never smiled . He ble out his cheeks as he was wont to do when annoyed and with his right hand he reached down the b fi persuader from its resting place ehind him . Gazing xedly “ ” w n sir l — at the no frightened boy he said Sto e, eh, pushing

' chaIr c n ch l back his as he rose from his s at Sto e Ships, “ 1 Come closer, s r, a little closer. That will do What is this I ’ “ ” ir Ba — —it ch l cane S . have in my hand, A , ng whap came

cane m of l - down . And what is a ade , sir What bang ” — — - - is bang that whap made bang of, whap sir ? There was no reply but a cringing whelp as each blow “ ” m e cane l W descended . Tell , sir, what is a made of ood, ” sir cried the poor unfortunate . Now what were ships made ” “ ’ ”

W o . o f l od, sir Then don t you forget it, replied the

Doctor, as he placed his cane to rest and resumed his seat .

On another occasion we were up at the class for geography .

i the The questions turned on the var ous kinds of oil, and Doctor

‘ allowed us to run through the whole c atcgory. There was sperm

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l . . o i , rape oil, castor oil, cod liver oil, olive oil, etc , etc , and each boy re eked his brains to th nk of matters oleaginous . Suddenly i ? ’ ” ’ “ ne outh the a hor of the S ne S h s threw u his . r ht. D y , ut to ip p ig 1 1 3 — h had n d l . T he old ct hand e a i ea, a bril iant thought Do or liked these sudden inspirations, and looking very kindly at the “ ? a lad, said Well what is it Do you know of nother kind of

' ? Y S ir d . it i Oil es, replie the anxious youth What is ”

. . uff out c enquired the Doctor Hair oil , sir The p ed che ks, to the natural motion of the right hand the fatal ledge, conveyed to the unlucky W ight the fact that he had once more blundered and was about to pay the pe nalty .

s Some of the boys were very trouble ome, perhaps more so l than now, though as to that I would not ike to venture too

w as strong an opinion . Geography invariably a weak point with T h t many lads . e Doc or one day asked a youth what the Bay of

B . iscay was famous for The boy in all earnestness replied, ”

B . the w iscuits , Sir I can assure you storm that ensued a s

the o quite worthy of that well known bay, for D ctor blew, the

ed cane whistl , and the lad contributed no little noise to the hilarity of the occasion .

I hardly know, though, whether that boy deserved a thrashing more than he who when asked what separated England “ ” and France innocently replied the Suez Canal . The result of

’ ’ s uch an ans wer was to draw from the lad s eyes more water than nl there was at that time in the canal itself, as it was o y in course of construction . “ There is an old proverb that, Where ignorance is bliss ’ ” B ’ twere folly to be wise . oys, however, were in Dr. Penny s time (and doubtless are now) ready at all times to make a reply

off to any query on the chance that it might be right. T hey pretended to be wise where their knowledge failed . They replied — — in haste and repented at wcll hardly at their leisure but later

“ w as the b o on. So it with y who, when the doctor asked him

ow th ce e r ted the D ecl a on of d e de ce in merica h ey l b a ar ti In ep n n A , 1 1 4

’ “ all the efironter i l B ear i a D a hs‘ replied with y poss b e, y r ng e t w head Moth on the top of a pole . Doubtless the youth as a collector of insects anyhow the Doctor took good care that the moths did not collect on his clothes for a little while, and the

’ ‘ lad s own Declaration of Independence was held over sine di e.

n w one The Doctor was always kind to e boys . I remember new comer whom he caught laughing in school . He thought he would just frighten the lad and put him on his best behaviour ” “ for the future . Jenkins, said he, you are laughing. Come ” l . o d up here, sir, come up here Up marched the boy . The ”

. D o see cane i Doctor took down the cane you this , sir Yes, ” . sir, meekly replied the boy, expecting a good thrashing You ” ’ cane the . do, said the Doctor, thrusting the to boy s nose Then ” ’ ” sir . ! it smell it, , smell it There now mind you don t taste I

on think the boy did taste it later , though he was excused that

There was one peculi arity the Doctor posse ssed which I must not overlook his sense of smelling was really wonderful . He could detect whether a boy had an apple or an orange in his d pocket or desk in a moment . He woul enter the School with that sudden flinging Open of the door to which I have already h alluded, and standing bolt upright with the handle in his and

' or snifis w his w ould give three four loud, prolonged , dra ing

his m breath in through nostrils with the ut ost power of his lungs,

H e and then blowing out his checks in his wonted manner. ’ could smell apples afar o ff. Who s got apples ? he would “ i h . e thunder. Not a boy would reply It is in th s direction

a snifi n would s y, still g and walking invariably towards the “ u nfortunate possessor of the lu scious fruit. Tompkins (he had “ ” s l . spotte d the culprit) have you any apple Yes, sir Then ” ut w uld some a fine ros tem tin lookin bringthem out. O o y p g g

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s ll la i h h the the h ll the ne t te ma p ntat on, t roug style up i to x ga , B v r . j ump e e and there you are elow are two small rivers, the

fir i . Parrett and the M ll Stream Now cross the st wooden bridge, turn sharp to the right, follow the path until you are past the c 0pse on the left. Here used to be a small bridge . If it is there now cross over and follow the stream till you come to the weir or l waterfal . Go on to the bend in the river ; notice it takes a sharp turn to the right . Here was our bathing place from this point to the bend of the river a little higher up, where it turns abruptly to the left. What do you think of it ? Not much ?

Still it was better than no bathing place at all, although when there were twenty or thirty boys in the brook it was rather more

n i —it than water we were bathi g n almost amounted to mud. One mouthful of that discoloured liquid was quite sufficient to satisfy

any craving for more .

The deepest point is at the higher bend . A tree used to stand on the edge of the bank and the diving place was from one o f its branches into the hole . A fellow had to make a sharp dive with a rapid rise or hi s hands stuck in the mud past his

wrists as mine once happened to do .

3 2 Y our Had we Swimming Master es, third master, (I nk thi his name was Roberts) could swim and dive well, and he

u a assisted us all greatly whilst he was with us . We sed to le rn to swim on bundles of rushes or with two blown bladders on a

piece of string . Either of these were awkward in use, especially when they got away from one’s breast (as they were very apt to ’ do) and slid towards one s legs . It was not uncommon to rescue

a boy, who had the rushes or bladders just above his knees .

His legs and feet were then hoisted high into the air, and that

u ca u t s most seful portion of his anatomy, his p , was mo t

assiduously engaged in the vain attempt to drain the river oi~ its 1 1 7

s fl u uper uo s moisture . I need hardly say that the boys rescued in that way never succeeded in affecting the flow of the strea m to any appreciable extent and owing to the fact that th ey ” riabl uf m y imbibed s ficient Soup to last them for some ti e, f h they were ever therea ter shy of the rus es and bladders . ? Did the Doctor ever go with us to bathe No, we seldom

him after used to see much of school hours . Had we many boys ?

Y 1 00. a mu c es, very nearly There were at one time, I believe, h

o larger number attending the Sch ol, but as the Doctor got older

the School gradually dimi nished . Still his reputation as a

teacher was good . It was not altogether a rare thing for a boy to be expelled

. ni d from the School Insubordination was bound to be pu she ,

e and if thrashing would not do it, there was only one alternativ

- that the boy should be sent home . I remember one cas e,

of—first however, where the boy was made a public example birched in the lower classroom before the whole School (not

c aned, but birched), and then, with his j acket turned inside out,

expelled from the Schoo l . This poor lad was always in hot i l water took a thrash ng regularly a most every day, and

eventually ran away to Bridport to get to sea . He was brought

back, received a birching, and was expelled . At the time it

made us all terrified, and the lesson of disobedience impressed on ou r juvenile memories has never been erased at all events not

from mine, and as long as I live I shall never forget that poor boy and his birching . ’ nn In spite, however, of Dr. Pe y s reputation as a beating ’ master, many of his quondam scholars, through the good

grounding and excellent teaching received at his hands, have carved out for themselves names whi ch will live long in the

n . L is th l s and are the annals of their cou try ong e i t, many y 1 1 ; who owe not a little of their after success in life to the fact that

{ i l they rece ved such carefu tuition and thorough discipline, together with such inculcation of genuine manliness and

s i h d . tra g tforward conduct, at the han s of Dr Penny, in

Crewkerne School .

B ! to ou on h oys It only remains for me tell y e t ing more.

o 1 499 Crewkerne Sch ol was founded in the year , and is the tenth

. B oldest School in England earing that always in mind, it is for you, as successors of those who have gone before, so to carry on the banner of this grand old School that its lustre may not be dimmed that it may still float boldly and gallantly in the

i a s breeze, beckon ng beneath its ample folds a large rmy of boy

b e the who shall be all that boys ought to , remembering always

hi so grand old motto of the School, a motto with w ch it is

s t fil ii ob edite timorem intimately a sociated Veni e mihi,

D omini ego vos docebo .

OLD BO Y .

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FO UN D AT E S N . . T IO N R O LY A EN ERED .

Webber, William Wool

min t on e . g Mid r ,

Webber, John

B 25 . 1 83 1 arrett, Thomas Oct , Christmas ,

1 83 2 9 24 M an 1 83 2 Noon, John , 7 27 83 5 Higgins , Joseph Christmas , 1 1 83 3 Norris, Richard Giblet

n 1 0 26 an. 1 83 3 e . May ard J , Mid r , 1 1 Patch , John B 9 uncombe, Edward

1 6 Feb 25 1 83 4 Stoodley, John , March, 1 1 2 7 Palmer, Charles Christmas ,

1 0 1 6 M i r 83 ds . 1 6 Pitt, Thomas ,

1 83 4 . 9 22 . 1 83 4 2 5 1 83 7 Templeman, J Marsh Jan , March ,

1 83 5 . 1 83 5 Symes, Jos Gustavus 23 Vincent, Alfred l l 1 4 20 1 83 5 Day, John June, Christmas , 1 4 Marsh, Jos . Higgins

W arr 1 0 22 M ichaelma3 1 83 6 y, Charles 1 0 2 3 i M dsr . Hull, John ,

. 7 2 5 Ewens, Wm Withey

O hn‘ 8 27 Paul, J 1 2 7 1 83 5 Morey, John July, Christmas, i 1 7 0 e . 1 83 6 H ggins, Joseph Mid r , B 1 0 1 4 uncombe, George

E dwin S te hens 9 1 7 1 83 5 Collins, p Christmas, ‘ 1 7 Collins, John Wither l l

Ben . 9 1 8 Rowsell, Joseph 1 2 20 Hull, Samuel 9 Rendall, John

e 7 Rendall, Walt r Ireland W illi am 8 1 21 T FOUNDA IONERS ONLY .

i Hard ng, Oliver

Pearse, John W.

Pearce, Ebenezer 20 Patch, Alfred

2 1 . M idsr . Palmer, Frederic Sep , , 1 3 1 8 . 8 6 James , Samuel Jan ,

O s . 9 A u 1 83 7 Symes, J Gustavus g , 1 0 Ewens, Wm . Withey

' Bra n D efiett y , Harris R i ibl cd . G ett Norris, Maynard

Noon, John

9 . Pitt, Thomas Sep ,

5 O ct Templeman, Robert ,

r 3 28 M a . 1 8 8 Wills, Samuel ,

ADMISSIONS SINC E T H E APPOINT MEN T O F T H E

D . D . M ID MII E R 1 83 8. R E V . S U CHARLES PENNY, , ,

1 83 8 W arr 1 4 . 1 3 1 83 8 1 83 9 y, Charles Aug , Christmas, 1 4 1 6 . 1 6 8 0 Lowe , Julius Conran Oct ,

- 1 83 9 B . 8 . 1 6 1 83 9 1 840 re ad icknell, Wm Charles Jan , Left , ' m itted 1 841

1 3 25 1 83 9 M idsr . 1 841 Palmer, Samuel Mar. , ,

Hopkins , Hen . Maurice 8 3 0 Uphill Mar. , B e 1 1 l 1 0 arr tt, William Apri , W B 1 6 1 2 inter, John owyer Sep ,

4 ' 1 8 0Collins, Edwin 4 5 S te he 1 . 20 1 840 2 1 841 p Jan , March ,

1 1 . 7 e . 1 840 Barrett, William Feb , Mid r ,

R end ll John 1 3 M ar 25 1 841 a , _ Murley . , 1 22

T I E R S O . . T E D FO UNDA O N NLY A EN E R . 1 24 3 6 . 84 Maynard, John Mar , n 1

l 1 2 . 3 25 1 841 Rendall, Wa ter Aug , March ,

W arr . 1 1 1 842 y, Rich Symes Christmas, M 8 M d cD erm ott . 3 i sr. 1 846 , Arthur Oct , ,

1 841 B d 1 1 . 6 1 841 3 aker, E ward Feb , September, 1 84

. M d ll 9 25 i sr. 1 846 Wills, Wi iam F March ,

d 8 29 a 849 Templeman, Edwar July , Christm s, 1 B Donne, enjamin John l M errifie d 1 0 27 M idsr. July , , 1 1 1 5 Hodges, John Holman July Christmas,

. 7 27 1 6 Galpin, Walter Fred July , August

. . 5 B . 2 e . 1 84 icknell, Wm Chas 9 Aug , Mid r ,

S u m m erha cs 9 . 29 1 850 y , Julius Sep , September,

1 842 9 . 24 1 842 M idsr. 1 846 Hodge, Edward Jan , , 1 2 844 Pearse, Thomas Coke Christmas, 1 1 d 1 M idsr . 1 845 Paull, E win ,

Willy, Thos. Valentine Staple 9 March 29 B 8 Willy, Robert eck

S u mmerha cs 8 y , Thomas 8 3 0 Davis, Alfred John July , 1 1 Plowman, Charles

8 . 1 Marsh, John Hoskins Aug ,

“f . 8 . 1 7 Galpin, alter Fred Aug ,

W i 2 2 3 M idsr. 3 1 . 1 843 1 84 Genge, ill am Pope Jan , , 9 1 844 Plowman, Robert

S umm erha es l 8 3 1 1 850 y , Wi liam July , B 1 4 i 1 843 ullen, John Arthur Chr stmas,

1 844 o 8 A u 8 1 844 e 1 85 5 Penny, Edward Lewt n g, , East r, 1 85 6 . 7 Penny, Chas William 1 846 5 1 5 . 1 45 1 84 James, John Samuel Jan 27, 8 Christmas, B am Palmer, enj in 1 4 a, n

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T I R S . FOUNDA ONE ONLY. A

. H ebditch 1 4 1 853 Perry, Wm Christmas,

M i r 1 0 ds . Templeman, Arthur ,

1 852 . Higgins, Henry Thos

9 . 28 1 852 1 857 Taylor Jan , Christmas,

Thomson , George Osmond Lees 9 March 25

m 9 u 2 Clark, Willia Aug st ,

9 O ctob er l Sparks, Edward Isaac

Lawrence, Robert 29 1 0 . Eames Gear Sep , 3 0 s 1 4 S e . Eyre , James p ,

S trawson . Fredk . 1 2 . 1 2 , Geo Oct ,

Penny, Clement 3 Phillim ore 8 1 1 85 M idsr. April , , B Ramsey, ernard 1 855 Alexander Lady Day,

M idsr . 1 854 Colman, Robert ,

Sparks, Alexander

B 7 . 1 . 2 9 1 85 3 annerman Aug , Sept ,

Fullid e . 1 1 . 4 e . 1 854 g , Rob Ingram Aug , Mid r ,

5 . 1 3 . M ichls Genge, John Pope Aug , , 2 1 . 1 . 1 Roach, Rob Hillard Oct ,

E dwd . 1 0 Roach, Hooper 5 B . 1 2 . 1 9 1 854 2 1 854 arnard, Wm Field Jan , March ,

K ni . bb 1 2 . 7 . 2 9 1 855 Horsey, Thos Aug , Sept ,

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C hafira 1 0 . 8 g, Robert Aug , Midsummer,

9 . 2 9 1 85 5 1 85 7 Matthews, William % Jan , March,

1 0 . 1 1 85 8 Pearse, Richard Oct , Christmas,

. 8 1 8 Pearse, Geo Anthony 6 1

. . 1 1 A u . 4 1 85 6 1 85 9 Haslock, Chas Wm g ,

. 1 9 idsr . 1 5 1 4 . M 8 Glyde, Sam Dening Aug , , 7 25 B 1 0 . 26 1 85 7 1 86 artlett, Robert Jan , March , 0

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Lovibond l r d 1 2 A u . 3 stm s , A f e g , Chri a , 1 25 T E R L T I E N . A . E D. E FO UNDAT O N R S O LY EN F .

1 858 . 9 M ar . 25 1 858 8 Stoodley, Gerald Fred 5 , August ,

' O llifie 9 8 l J , John } April , Michae ,

. 9 . 2 h Haslock, Graham Hen Aug , C ristmas,

B 9 M ichs . White, James utler ,

9 . 3 Webb, Wm . Linton Aug , Christmas,

Horsey, Edmund

1 1 A u . 7 e . Halliday g , Mid r , 5 1 1 . Cox, Alfred Vyvyan Oct , 859 B 1 Ramsey, ernard

1 4 . 3 1 859 M ichs . Alexander Feb , , 9 25 Hussey, John Hubert March ,

B 1 2 . 7 lake, John Vickers Feb , Christmas,

n 8 M idsr . Matthews, Fra k ,

1 3 M ar. 25 Purchase, Thomas , Christmas, n 1 1 Quick, George Pri g 2 1 . 3 1 Luke, John Mar ,

. 9 1 . 1 Matthews, Lloyd Wm Aug , l ' O l ifie . H ilb orne 8 J , Geo 4

. 1 1 March , Thos Taylor 1 1 Tucker, Arthur

VVilie 1 0 a , John Christm s , 1 4 25 Marsh , Samuel March , l 1 6 8 Churchi l, George August

1 . 2 M i r 860 1 1 860 ds . 1 Marsh, George Feb , ,

. 1 2 Huish, Charles Hen Christmas, B 1 2 M idsr. Perry, John enjamin ,

9 . 26 Hodge, John 4 Mar , 9 Palmer, Henry 5

m an T ole n 1 1 . 9 , Joh Aug , 1 0 Gillingham, Samson 1 4 Gillingham, Henry

r hn Pe ry, Jo 1 0 1 26

. T E R E . FO UN DAT IO N E E S ON LY . A EN D 1 2 Slade, Tom

1 1 . 1 Male, Henry Davis Oct , 3 1 86 1 B 1 2 . 1 1 86 1 Summers, enjamin Jan ,

Hutchings, Charles 7 8 s Anthony April , Chri tmas,

Ramsay, Frederick

e 9 . 8 1 861 William L wis Aug , x t 9 He t, Joseph Smar

C ox 9 , Charles Edward

B e 1 0 ishop, Walt r 1 0 Quick, John William

Dummett, Richard E lmhead m 1 0 Tucker, Ja es

- 1 0 Sparks, Francis John

1 862 . 26 1 862 Matthews, Frank Jan ,

Mitchell, James 5 B 1 0 M ar . 2 icknell, Joseph Down , 1 0 Peach, Frederic 4

9 . 4 Haslock, Fred . Earle Aug , 29 . 1 3 . Wright, Jas Winstone Sep , Christmas,

Matthews, Percival William

Wrixon, Gerald Bentley G reviS 9

1 863 . 1 0 . 26 1 863 Perry, Robert Geo 5 Jan ,

8 . 25 Adams, John 5 Mar ,

r 8 . 1 0 Webbe , John Aug , 1 0 Hext, William

1 3 ' Marsh, Jno . Alexan . 1 2 Matthews, Frank

earc W llia c . 3 863 P e, i m 9 O t , 1

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I . . T E R E FOUNDAT O NERS O NLY A EN D. 1 1 Hussey, Augustus H .

Pulman, Wm, George B 1 87 1 arrow Christmas,

M id r 1 8 0 s . 7 Adams, Edward ,

. . 3 0 1 871 Lye, Thomas E Sep , 1 868 Dalby, Charles Geo

t . 25 1 868 25 1 869 Herber Mar , March , i Webber, Will am W l in oo m to n 1 1 e . g Mid r ,

1 0 A u . 3 Vassall, William g , 1 0 Galpin, Walter Fred . 3 1 B . 0 868 Phelps, John ryant Sep ,

H alf ard . 24 9 869 . 1 86 1 y , H Gilbert Mar , B Haslock, John ird

1 0 . 9 Draper, John Aug , 1 2 Snook, Henry k 1 0 Snoo , Charles

n 1 0 h s 1 872 Hooke, Fra cis Henry C ristma ,

Blomfield 1 0 1 870 , Rupert 1 3 Howe, Henry James

Matthews, Walter B 1 0 1 873 uckingham Christmas, 1 0 Ewens, Charles Read

0 d A . 1 87 Samson, Geral lex

1 1 . 3 1 1 870 M idsr. Groves Jan , , B Treasure, Wm . eason 9 1 0 1 878 Crawford August ,

Munford, Ferdinand 1 8 . 20 77 Charles Dec ,

G o . e Haines, e Mu len 29 1 874 Oliver Sep . ,

Morse, Arthur Tem

leman idsr. p M , 1 29

S T . FO UND AT IO NER O NLY. EN ERED

8 1 3 . 3 1 1 870 1 872 1 70 Morse, Edward Jan , 1 2 1 871 Morse, Sydney

. 1 0 . 25 1 873 Haslock, Alfred Jas Mar , 9 1 872 Patch, John 1 4 1 . 1 87 Rowe, Fred Cornelius 1 0 1 8 2 O S . 7 Stubbs, J Stubbs

9 l fli dsr 1 871 Snook , John ”

P ll 1 3 hi khs 1 872 enny, Wi iam John q 1 2 25 1 874 March ,

1 2 i A fi d f 1 872 Munford, Thomas p h

i Stubbs, Franc s 9 (Ihfis mnaa 1 872

1 dh fls 1 9 . 1 fl 8 1 m . n 7 7 Temple an, G Du can Aug q

1 871 . 3 0 1 87 1 a 1 873 Seward, John Jan , Christm s, O hn 3 Sibley, J Feb. ,

. 27 . 25 1 872 Harrison, John Mar March ,

M ostin Matthews, 8 1 S 2 7 1 7 e . 9 , p ,

M ichs . Morse, Leonard , 29 1 872 Penny, Edward ,

M idsr. Stone, George Drew ,

. 25 1 872 25 Edsall, Chas Alfred , March ,

Raisin, William

Webber, Henry

Lye, James

Lye, Henry John B lake, Alfred Henry

. 29 Sibley, Fred James Sep, , W m W atson, . George u A g. 1 0, T . FO UNDAT IO NERS O NLY . A . EN ERED

w 8 . 2 9 1 873 1 873 E d d. Watson, James Sep ,

1 874 1 0 . 25 1 874 Yarde, William John Mar , 1 2 Sibley, Edward Henry 1 3 Gale, Robert Ernest

. 8 . 1 5 1 874 Tompsett, Robert Hen Aug ,

Corbin, Henry Francis 1 4 1 874 William Christmas, 3 . l 875 o 8 . 1 1 88 1 C ombs, Wm Aug , 'Wa ter 2 1 e 1 0 . 1 878 Wheatl y, James Dec , l 0 9 . 1 8 1 6 . 7 Wheatley, Wil iam Aug

1 4 . 28 1 875 Gill, Thomas Holway Jan ,

s 7 5 Willi , Robert April ,

u 1 3 Lye, Charles Aug stus

E w . . d d 1 0 Eldred, Chas . 9 Eldred, Willington 8 6 1 7 Slade, Antony Robert

1 3 . 24 1 876 1 8 1 878 Albert Jan , March , 20 1 8 7 d 1 3 . 7 Vasey, Alfre Edwin Dec ,

w a 1 1 879 Po lesl nd 4 . 6 , Harry Aug ,

Powl esland 1 2 . 3 1 880 , Sydney Aug ,

Powlesland 1 0 . 4 1 881 , George Aug , 1 1 8 8 . 2 7 1 1 . 25 Patch, Gilbert Mar , Dec , 2 1 1 . 0 1 87 . 7 Stoodley, Oscar Fred Dec , 9 20 Franklin, William July , f 1 4 Falkner, Al red Ernest

l e d 1 2 Fa kn r, Milfor

1 32

E . T D. N AM A. EN ERE

’ O Brien l , Char es John

V es or 1 4 . 27 1 877 p Jan , ’ O Brien 1 1 , Wm . Henry 1 6 Sandoe, Charles Fred .

W o rdon 1 5 Sandoe, John

S andoe W m 1 2 , Augustus

H in esto n- g Randolph,

B . 1 0 1 8 ernard J Randolph March ,

Adams, Richard 1 0 Wedgewood August ,

Adams, Thomas Henwood 1 4 1 6 Hind, James Edward

Champion, Wentworth

Hugh Dec . 21

e Champion, Fr derick Ernest

Stuart, Hamilton

M O N air, Charles

Henry Robert Easter, t Forres er, Graeme B 1 0 6 Septimus erkeley August ,

G ro sc 1 6 , William John

s 1 4 Gro e, John Sobey

c B 1 3 Bru e, Ronald erners

Boscawen, Arthur 4 Townshend August ,

Boscawen, Townshend

nnefather R a d Pe , ich r

FitzGerald n Dec. 21 , 1878 1 33

. E NT D A ERE .

Pennefather r , F ancis

1 3 . 27 Robert Jan , t 1 2 Hings on, Richard

T ick ell h A rsco tt 1 3 , Jo n 3 . . 1 Morton, Fred Wm Y 1 1 oung, Stanley

G r ll s y , Humphrey John Maxwell 1 2

e 1 5 Jam s , Arthur Gatley

R etall ock R ichd . 1 7 , Ley 1 3 Windham, Reginald April,

Bl mfield o , George Augustus

Symonds, John

Naish, Henry

G owrin g, Edward Alexander 1 4 3 e . 1 Devenish, Herb rt Hy 5 20 1 . Johns, Alfred Sept ,

Legge, Vincent de

' Lapenoliere 8 1 5 Hine, Groves Conway 1 5 Norman, Albert 1 3 Grose, Richard

lers E , Charles George 9 4 Carew August , 1 3 Penny, Jeremiah 1 4 1 8 Bullen, John Shepherd March ,

l l ert 1 1 E l iot, A b . NT . FT . NAME . A E ERED LE

l 1 1 . 27 1 877 c Terre l, John Herbert Jan , De ember 1 0 1 884 Morse, Evan December,

Webber, Robert

1 1 . 2 1 1 878 Kingston Dec ,

Brea 1 3 25 1 880 y, Wilfred Henry April ,

Brea y, Christopher Francis 1 1 B G 9 1 1 884 udge, Charles eorge August ,

a r Dougl s , F ank

H amm ick 1 6 . 26 . 20 1 87 Nov , Dec , 7

’ O Brien 1 0 . 1 8 1 878 1 4 1 881 , Frank Smith Jan , April ,

E w ens Francis 9 6 1 879 , Leonard August ,

2 . 1 9 t 4 . 1 1 88 Hodge, Fred Rupert Jan , Augus , 1

Nosworthy, Allan 1 0 u 6 1 879 Percy Aug st ,

1 6 . 20 1 879 Naish , Henry Dec , 1 2 Symes , Alfred

. 1 5 6 1 879 Tompsett, Fred John August ,

Bu ck rell 1 2 3 1 880 , Edwin John August ,

Nettleton, Charles 4 Dering August , 1 881 G Tebbs, eorge

1 2 1 8 u u 4 1 882 Clementson April , A g st , w 1 5 1 0 1 878 Ha key, William August ,

' R ob t R at clifie 1 3 4 1 882 Dolling, August ,

. 1 2 Dolling, Wm George B 1 4 1 0 1 8 8 Watts, Arthur rodie August , 7

. . 1 4 Morton, Fred Wm

. 8 Edwards, Hy Stanley

e m 9 Odg rs, Tho as

1 36

A E E R . . NT ED

0 8 9 4 h s 1 2 . 2 1 7 1879 Holman, T oma Sept August ,

Hole, Henry John Genge

1 880 Penny, Frederick

1 0 . 22 1 880 Septimus Jan , August, E wens, Francis Leonard 1 1 1 6 Taylor, Edward

E lers 1 1 , Harold Carew

u . 1 6 Pl nkett, Loftus Hy h 1 4 Sten ouse, Hugh 1 5 Kendall, Nicholas 1 5 1 3 Ames, William Ralph April , B artlett, Richard 1 1 4 Grosvenor August ,

d 1 1 u 4 O gers, Thomas Aug st , 1 880 20 1 3 1 880 3 Campbell, Dallas April , August ,

. 1 2 1 4 Walden, Rob Edwin April , l ‘ 4 3 1 . 1 1 880 Tazewel , James Sep , R 1 4 Mitchell, obert Allen

E dwd . 1 2 Whitley, . Wm

l . 1 0 Whit ey, Hen Herbert

‘ o L eb air 1 0 u 4 T tt, Francis A gust ,

. 1 1 24 Terrell, Geo Roberts April ,

1 881 B 1 8 u 1 . 1 7 1 8 1 rannan, Hyla Catford Jan , Aug st 4, 4 Penberthy, William 1

k . a Haw er, Jas Thom s Alfred 1 3 k 1 4 Haw ey, Thomas

Plu t Lof e tus . n , Hen 1 7 k t o 1 3 7

A. ENT ER E D .

d 1 2 . 1 7 1 881 Tower, E ward Jan , August

B Ge or c 1 6 arrett, Henry g B 1 3 arrett, Herbert John 1 6 1 4 Uran, John Arthur April ,

Littlewood, Alfred 4 Sidney August ,

Peirce, Walter Rimington 1 2

. 1 4 Davern, Arthur Hen

Morton, Frederick Willi am

Hole, George William Harding 1 2

1 2 M a 9 1 881 D ec . 3 Tilly, Hugh Reid y , ,

- U s tick e . Nowell , Geo 1 2 4 Michael August , 1 3 Alcock, Percy Chris .

- Sweet Escott, Sydney 20 1 1 1 1 3 . 88 William Sep , August ,

- Sweet Escott, Ralph B 30 ond May ,

Sampson, Arthur 4 Campbell August ,

- Ustick e . Nowell , Wm Gordon Stapylton 1 4 1 5 Clinch, Arthur 1 3 Gale, William John Jan . 3 . 1 Daniel, Chas Herbert 3 . 1 Thring, Alf Percival

d rce 1 6 Fuge, Richar Pu ll 1 38

A . NAME f ENT ER ED .

Fuge, Thomas William 1 5 4 Marshall June August , l Ho ford, Herbert Frank Stanley n Sproston, Man ing Joseph King 1 3 1 5 F redk . Groves, Wm . 1 4 3 1 Caley, Henry Percy July , 1 3 Wyatt, James

Lawrence, Samuel 1 2 4 Goodland August , B 1 1 Lawrence, enjamin

Wheatley, Harry 25 1 882 1 0 . Stanley Jan , December

. 1 3 2 1 882 Chard, Norman Chas May, ,

H in eston- g Randolph, Bernard John Ran 4 dolph August ,

H in eston- g Randolph, Herbert Castillion Randolph

Moore, Henry B artlett, William Leftwich O ldfeld 1 0 1 3 Little, Charles Walter

Langdon , John Fred . P au lt u ok 1 6

. 1 . 1 . 2 6 1 82 Symonds, Chas Geo Sep , 8

T residder , Edward 3 Payson 1 August 1 , H h l Mole, erbert C ar es 1 1

1 40

. T R NAME . A EN E ED .

a 1 1 6 1 884. Eliot, Ivan L wrence March , August,

Bartlett, Rob . Ernest 1 1 20 1 884 Dunstan May ,

. 1 2 . 1 7 1 884 Whitley, Harold Alex Sep , 1 2 3 Holme, Leonard Ralph August ,

. 1 1 Holme, Garnet Wm July,

. t 8 Holme, Thos Wal er August, 5 1 . 2 7 1 885 Jesse, William Jan , Xmas , B artlett, William

Lethwich O ldfeld 1 3 1 2 Symons, Reg. Hyatt March,

h . Clark, C arles A

B 1 0 e artlett East r,

. 1 2 Chard, Fred William August , 1 1 1 1 1 885 Dale, Frank Parry May , August , 9 Dale, Geo . Frederick July,

. 1 2 7 1 885 Munford, Walter Ed May , Xmas ,

s Patch , John I aac 1 3 1 3 1 885 X Hayward May , mas, d Colthurst, E mund

' ollifie 1 2 J August,

B . 1 3 . 1 7 1 885 lade, Charles Wm Sep June,

B . lade, Fred Hellier Thomas 1 2 1 5 Moore, Henry 1 3 Moore, John

s . 1 4 Statham, Cha Pepper G Statham, eorge 1 41

T N AME . A . EN ERED . lw 2 85 . 1 . 1 7 1 885 1 8 Weller, Fred Ay ard Sep , l 7 A ford, Frederick

Parkinson, Frederick

1 3 . 28 1 886 Wilton Jan , August, m Rowland, Willia

D om vill e 1 2 August,

l E dmd . 8 Rowland, Ceci 1 1 Whetham , Stephen R .

E lers , Ralph Peter Carew 1 1

A nle 1 0 y, Vernon Russell 1 3 1 3 1 886 Kingdon, Wilfrid Rob . May , w Hay ard, Harold 9 1 7 1 886 Carlyle May , 1 886 9 1 2 1 886 Holme, Hugh Edward May ,

hf rd 1 2 8 6 Blac o . 1 7 1 8 , Harry F May ,

Mather, Frederick

r 1 5 1 886 Hen y Vaughan July,

B 1 4 . 1 7 1 886 radford, Alfred John Sep ,

. . 1 6 May, Jas . Wm Geo

Pain, Frederick Chas .

R u stat 1 1 f 1 3 Chard, Al red Ernest 9 Fone, Frederick Wm . 1 1 Read, Edward 88 1 7 De La Mare, Edmund

1 2 an. Francis J , t 1 5 Slade, Reginald Vic or d 1 6 Miles, Henry Edwar

ans Jas H r. T hos. 1 Ma 1 887 E v , . e 6 y, 1 42’

T . NAME . EN ERED

. 1 1 1 887 Whetham, Arthur H May, 1 0 Whetham, Paul 1 1 Moore, Richard

Gedge, Francis George Nicholas Lower

Cross, Francis Hugh Meynell

Ducat, John

Ducat, Richard w Henslowe, Ed ard

Leonard Easter,

Weller, Edward Wm . Morton 1 1 1 5 Danger, Henry Harold 1 2 Ramsay, Frank Wm . B ateman, Percy 1 3 Jeremiah Easter, 9 Fraser, Guy

. 1 2 Alford, Wm Montague 1 2 1 888 Moyle, Alfred January, 1 1 Moyle, Reginald

Stewart, George Blakeney 1 3

D avis S teauart 1 3 , Spencer

Holme, Maurice Ingram 1 0

g a 1 4 Whitley, Re in ld 1 4 Anderson, George Ed . 1 3 Male, Henry August, ale Mauri T a lo 1 M , ce y r 2

1 44

T . NAME. EN ERED B artlett, Herbert 1 890 u Francis Johnson Aug st, B artlett, Thomas Augustus Harold 1 0 1 2 Lye, Charles William

w r Hay ard, Arthu Rusher

e ff Leigh, G o rey

E dwd . Morrell, Terry Thomas

G rabham ed , Fr erick Ernest

A dol hi p , Paul

B . evis, Francis Wm 1 1 1 891 Woodgate Xmas , 1 6 Hewlett, Kenelm August, i 1 6 1 891 Mered th, John March July, G 1 6 erard, John Xmas, Bl 1 0 ake, Percy Ridsdale August,

B Geo. 1 0 Weller, ernard Present

» Parsons, Maurice Harry Donne

M erefield Parsons, Donne

i . 9 Ch chester, Hy Arthur 1 1 Marsh, Edward

Evered, Robert

R a nford y Guy August, w “ Po ell , Henry 1 5

n 1 3 Sibley, Er est Arthur

C ou d rr ice 2 Jan. 1 892 l , H a y Pr 1 1 45

A M . A . T . N E EN ERED LEFT . Bl e und n , Robert John H eb ditch 1 2 1 892 1 8 94 January, August, V V hea don w , Ed ard William 1 895

e 1 894 Stoodley, Fred D cember,

e s L ley , Charles u Michelson Aug st,

u Groves, E stace 1 3 Paviour Easter,

s a 1 0 Grove , H rry Fisher

w e a Po l s , Thom s D ist on a e 1 894 M riner D cember,

dw a . King, E rd Wm a e 1 3 r 1 89 Trel wn y Ap il, 3

a a 1 6 e 1 893 St th m, James Pepper D cember,

r h is t o Welle , C r pher ar a H old E ster,

a s hr s o e Ro d , C i t ph r Welle sley 9

r c e a l s e e 1 3 M a 1 892 1 894 P i , Ch r e V r y, December,

a u M e 1 1 u 1 895 Martin, P l lville A gust,

o F eder Raym nd, r ick 1 5 e 1 892 e e 1 893 Lancelot Jun , D cemb r,

' G eO Fre 1 1 u u 1 897 Raymond, y A g st,

t n . S an s te 1 2 M a 1 892 D e c 1 896 Riving o , C g r y, ember,

B ne h ray, Ken t 8 2 u s n 1 6 e . 1 9 Aug ti e S pt August,

r n e na 2 a Welle , Joh R gi ld 1 E ster, B 1 2 Ford, Paul arnard August,

B fo rad rd, Francis Garfield 1 0 d 1 2 Char , Willis Wm . $ 9 1 4 1 893 Heal, Thomas January, G w 1 0 Parry, erald O en 3 3 1 46

A l T . FOUNDAT IONER S ONLY . EN E RED 1 893 1 2 1 893 E ast er Good , Edgar Hubert January, G 1 1 ood, Alfred Stephen

1 2 u s Weller, Allan Claude Aug t,

B 1 0 D ee riant, Herbert Ralph ,

3 893 a s te . 1 1 Symonds, James Wm May, E r,

Straton , Arthur Arbuthnot 1 0

r 1 3 Eve ed, Thomas G 1 1 ale, Ernest 1 4 Male, Wm . Thomas

1 . . . 4 Munden, Chas Geo Sept

M cK enzie 1 1 , Kenneth 1 2 Lacey, Harry James 1 4 Menzies , James 1 6 1 893 Case, Philip October, April,

1 894 1 6 1 894 a Andrews, Hector January, E ster,

1 5 a Andrews , Victor Xm s ,

Coombs, F .

r r . 1 6 1 894 Ter ell, A thur Thos May, August,

Bea tt s 1 1 1 894 , Douglas Nairn June, 894 R 1 1 . 1 ivington, Gibson Sept 1 4 Palk , Wm . Charles

Clark , Montague 1 2 Addison August ,

1 S95 1 7 1 895 t e Cooper, Percy Caple January, Eas r,

e 1 3 u u Childs, Alb rt Harold A g st,

W enm ou th , Sydney 1 5 Philip May,

r 1 2 ar Turner, Walfo d Ashly Janu y,

Weller, Cyril Gordon Ramsay Present " 1 895 Lye, C . W.

1 48 N A M E . . T . F A EN ERED LE T .

G e ff 1 2 . 1 896 Case, o rey Dec Present

D arb e y, Reginald 1 2 1 897 Hewitt March ,

Marden, Graham

1 6 . 1 897 Young Feb December, 1 5 1 897 Didier, Armand May, August, 1 5 1 897 Case, Anthony Peter May, Present l 1 5 1 897 Renda l, Henry Alfred May, Easter, B artlett, Walter S wafii eld 1 3 1 897 a August, Xm s ,

B 1 2 . 1 897 udge, Robert Edward Sept Present

o 1 0 Tilley, Har ld Towt ‘ L llis a h n 1 2 1 897 a , P tc Fra k October, Xm s ,

Pi a ul e 1 6 . 1 897 p , Andr Sept September, i 1 4 S bley, Frank Present

. 1 5 . Marden , Douglas Wm Jan

Ba ldwin, Julian H o w 9 Arthur y May, B h roug ton, Leonard 1 4 t Samuel Sep ,

N ichollS P ercival 1 3 , Fred 1 . 1 Chard, Thos Norman 1 6 Whitley, Norman

Gordon, Douglas

Francis Ed ward 1 1 Jan .

a ha 1 5 Wy tt, C rles l e 1 8 1 899 e Pi au . p , Andr Feb , East r, M i t e ch ll, Arthur Rousell 1 4 1 899 Present

Lutley, Harold Be njamin 1 3 S 9 traton, Norman David M 1 3 arsden, Arthur Cecil

B . 1 3 udge, Chas Alfred H n 1 2 ay e, Richard Poole