HAND-BOOK FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO ON THE HILL;

CONTAINING A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE OF HARROW

AND THE GRAMlVIAR SCHOOL FOUNDED BY JOHN LYON: WITH A DIRECTORY, COMPRISING THE RESIDENCES 01l' THE NEIGHBOURING GENTRY, TRADESMEN. ETC.

EDITED BY , AUTHOR OF AN HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY-LE-BONE.

LONDON: W. N. WRIGHT. BOOKSELLER TO THE QUEEN. 60, PALL MALL. J. S. CROSSLEY. HARROW. 1850. ADVERTISEMENT.

THE Editor· of this little work during a visit to a friend at Harrow a few months since, was surprised to find that there was no distinct publication devoted to the history of a place. that none can visit with in­ difference. and which has ever been regarded with affectionate veneration, in after life, by all who have been educated at its far-famed School. An attempt to supply this deficiency is now made; the Editor has endeavoured by a careful inspection, . and reference to the best authorities, to render the work not only interesting to the casual visitor, but useful to the inhabitants of Harrow and the neigh­ bourhood. The disadvantages, that a person not constantly • resident on the spot always meets with in an attempt of this kind, have been greatly relieved by the valuable assistance afforded by Mr. William Winkley, Jun. Vestry Clerk. . The Editor is at a loss to acknowledge, as it deserves, the liberal treatment he has had the honour to receive from those Gentlemen to whom he_applied for information. The Wood-Engravings are from original Drawings by Mr. Frederick Skill, Assistant Drawing-Master, at King's College. CONTENTS.

Road from to Harrow _-- .. Page 1 The Parish - ...... -_ .. 8 • Early History.. - .. --- .. - 11 Views from Harrow...... __ - 23 The Church - .. .. --__ - 26

Sepulchral brassesl Tablets and Tombs in the Church . 32 --- .. _ .. _ - 43 The School Buildings - ...... 53 Monitor's Library - .. :- - .. _ - 55 Harrow School Chapel - .. - .. _ .. 60 The Head Master's House.. .. _- .. • 62 Archery --- .. -__ .. .. 63 Head Masters...... _ .. - 65 Under Masters --- .. .. _ .. .. 6'1 Vacations - .. .. • .. __ .. 69 Scholarships and Annual Prizes -__ .. - 70 Royal Visits ---- ...... - 71 Eminent Harrovians --- .. __ - '14 Rental of the School Lands, 1590 _ .. .. - 85 Local Charities ...... _ .. .. - ib. Water Supply - .. - .. - ...... 89 Highways. Police, &c. .. .. ___ - 91 Parish Registers - - -__ _ .. 92 The Union - ...... - 94 The Board of Health --- _ _ _ - ib. Modes of Conveyance to Harrow _ ...... 95 Inns and Houses of Entertainment ___ - 97 Postal Arrangements --_ .. • .. 98 .. •••-•__ .. ib. Miscellanea -- .. -___ - 101 Directory .. .. - .. --_._ .. 106 HARROW -ON - THE - HILL.

ROAD FROM LONDON TO HARROW.

A MORE pleasant drive can scarcely be imagined than that which this road affords, at a short dis­ tance from London. It commences from the Edg­ ware Road at about half a mile from the spot where Tyburn gate formerly stood at the west-end of Ox~ ford street; and crossing the Green at Paddington, passes the Church of that Parish, called St. Mary's. This church was built between the years 1788 and 1791, having been consecrated on the 27th of April in the latter year. It is a small quadrangular build­ ing ofyellow brick with stone dressings, having a Doric portico in the South front, and a small cupola on the top; the cost of its erection was about £6000. Over the South entrance- within the pediment of the por- tico, is the following inscription; AOSA EN Y'.PI~TOI~ (8)Eil KAI EnI I'H~ EIPHNH .EN ANepnnOI~ EY.IlOKIA. * The Road turning to the right crosses the Pad­ dington Canal. From the summit of the bridge to the .. "Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth peace, good will towards men. - LUKE, ch. ii. v. 14. B 2 ROAD FROM LONDON

right formerly was seen Hampstead and Child's Hill in the distance: in the. foreground, the Regent's Canal, a branch of the Paddington Canal leading to the City; Maida Hill and Vale, the buildings about St. John's Wood, with pasture land extending to Kilburn. The spire of Harrow church was also dis­ tinctly seen. This charming view is now, however, intercepted by a number of villas, which have been erected on the north and south hank of the Regent's Canal. To the left of the bridge are the Canal wharfs, the Terminus and extensive works of the Great "VVestern Railway, St. Mary's Hospital, and the tasteful buildings which have -recently been erected at Pad­ dington and Bayswater; in the foreground. is the beautiful gothic church of the Holy Trinity· built in 1846. and the thick foliage of the trees in Ken­ sington Gardens, bounds thehorizonto the south-west. From this bridge the road proceeds by an easy sweep through Westbourne Green. In the hollow to the right is a nursery ground, with a maze of more than ordinary intricacy: to· the left formerly stood the house called "VVestbourne Place. once the re­ sidence of the Venetian Ambassador, afterwards pur­ chased by S. P. Cockerell. Esq. and lastly by Gen­ eral Lord Hill, the gallant companion of the Duke of Wellington. The works of the Great Western . ~ailway have completely altered the whole surface of the land in this neighbourhood. _• Westbourne Place has been pulled down. and the grounds in which it stood, being intersected by the Railway is now covered with buildings, called West- TO HARROW. 3

bourne Villas. From the great change that has taken place, travellers to Harrow now prefer entering the " at Westbourne Green, after passing through the many magnificent streets, squares and terraces, all trending from the west end of Street, and the Uxbridge Road, towards this point; thereby avoiding the Edgware Road, and the crowd of vehicles conveying goods or pa88engers to and from the Railwav terminus. . . " The road now crosses the Canal a second time by a bridge, at Westbourne Green; just before the bridge is reached,. on the right, resided Mrs. Sid­ dons, the celebrated tragic actress; here for many years she enjoyed the comforts of retirement from the turmoil of theatrical life. Having crossed the bridge, on the left is a fine building, the Lock Hospital; this charity has lost a munificent Patron in the person of the late Duke of Cambridge; one of the wards is named after him, the Cambridge Ward. Hence the road runs parallel with the line of the Canal, as far as Kensal Green skirted on the left side for the most part by handsome houses; the rear of these look over N otting Hill, Kensington and the intervening country bounded by the Surrey Hms. . To the right for the space of half a mile along the road, the open fields, with the Churches of Hamp­ stead, Highgate, and the woody scenery ofthat neigh­ 18~O! bourhood are to be observed. The Cemetery at Kensal Green is three miles from Oxford Street; it contains forty-eight acres, and lies between the Canal and the road fOf about • 4 ROAD FROM LONDON a quarter of a mile. It is beautifully laid out and . planted with trees, shrubs and flowers, in the style of the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise at Paris, which it rivals in the beauty of its embellishments and costliness of its monuments. There are Chapels for the performance of the Burial Service, and catacombs extending along the wall calculated to contain about 2000 coffins. It is one of the earliest, and considered in a commercial point of view, most successful speculations of the kind. Many persons of the highest rank are interred here, among whom may be mentioned His Royal Highness the Duke of l:::iussex, 1843, H. R. H. the Princess Sophia, 1848; Duchess of Argyle, &c. &c. The North Western Railway passes under the Harrow Road at Kensal Green in a slanting direction from Kilburn, and proceeds from above the boun­ dary wall of the Cemetery, along the fields ~o the left. Before the establishment of the Cemetery, a public­ house called the Plough,* with a few straggling cottages, stood upon the Green, principally to the right of the road; these, and a small farm-house, were all the buildings then existing. It is now a town. with a population whose spiritual wants

* In proof of the former loneliness of this spot, we extract the following from a Magazine of)774: - Last night four per­ sons, who had the appearance of coalheavers, or draymen. went to the house of Anthony Hemmings, who keeps the Plough at Kensal Green, on the Harrow road, and after drinking some time, suddenly jumped up, and presented pistols at the said Hemmings, his wife. and two men in the house; and after robbing them of what they had about them, ransacked the • house and carried off all the money and plate. • TO HARROW. 5 have required the erection of a large church: thus exhibiting the strange inconsistency of the

tavern, bearing the sign of the H Coach and Horses," where formerly stood a hedge alehou8e much fre­ quented by anglers and others resorting to the river Brent. Here Morland painted some of hisbestpictures. Between the sixth and seventh mile-stones on the right, is Park, the seat of the l1everend John Edward Gray. At Wembley Hill is a commo­ dious tavern called the Green Man, a favourite place of resort, as the grounds are beautifully and taste­ fully laid out, and afford an extensive view of the surrounding country. The North 'Vestern Railway again crosses the Harrow Road, near the seventh mile stone, at which place is the Sudbury and Wembley Station; it then proceeds to the right of Harrow and . Within two miles of Harrow, the road reaches Sudbury Common. This Common, a large tract of land on the left, extending from the 8th mile stone to the entrance of Harrow, was inc10sed under the authority of an act of Parliament passed in 1803, for inclosing all the waste lands in the parish of Harrow.

Opposite the H Swan" at the entrance ef Sudbury Common, is a road leading to and TO HARROW. 7 Pinner, by which the steep ascent of Harrow-Hill may be avoided. A pretty church 4esigned by G. G. Scott, Esq. has recently been erected at Wembley j the patronage of the living is vested in the Misses Copland, who reside at Sudbury Lodge. Sudbury Priory is another gentleman's residence of a pleasing style of architecture, occupied by William Webster, Esq. Owing to the erection of the above church, the convenience of the Railway Station and the healthy situation of the place, the hamlet of Sudbury is rapidly increasing in buildings and population. At a short distance before the road ascends the • hill, on the right. stands Sudbury Grove, a beautiful residence. in a finely timbered park of about 50 acres, the property of Henry Young, Esq. The road now ascends the hill leading into the town. skirted at intervals on either side by detached villas of various architectural pretensions. A nne view of the country may be obtained on looking back from the brow of the hill. A striking portrait of Henry VIII. being the Sign of the principal Hotel called .. the King's Head." attracts the eye at the commencement of the town. This house, pleasantly situated on the left, is con­ ducted by· Mr. James Laws. whose family have been proprietors for more than fifty years. Supe­ rior accommodation for Gentlemen and Families ruay be obtained here. The view from the windows and grounds, looking west, takes in the greater part of the splendid scenery, which is seen at a higher elevation from the Churchyard. It is also a Posting-House, with Livery and Bait Stables. and Horses are kept for hire. 8 THE PARISH. At Greenford, about two miles from Harrow, the Grand Junction Canal makes its nearest approach to the town; pleasure boats, drawn by horses, convey passengers from Paddington to this place; and many thousands avail themselves of this mode of conveyance during the summer: the Canal passing through fine fertile meadows, and disclosing to view some beautiful villages.

THE PARISH. THE Parish of Harrow, otherwise Harrow-on-the­ Hill, lies in the County of , within the Hundred of Gore, and is bounded on the North by Watford and in ; on the east and south-east by , Whitcburch, Kingsbury. and Willesden; on the south by Acton and Twyford ; and on the west and south-west. by , Green­ ford and Northall or . It contains, includjng the hamlet of Pinner about 13,600 acres of arable and pa~ture land. *. • Norden gives the following account of this place. (1573) .~ It may be noted how nature hath exalted that high , as it were in the way of ostentation to shew it selfe to all passengers to and from London, who beholding the same may saye it is the center (as it were) of the pure vale; for Harrow standeth invironed with a great contrye of moste pure grounds, from which hilI, towardes the time of harveste a man maye beholde the feyldes rouode about so sweetly to address themselves to the sicle and syth, with such comfortable haboundaunce of all kinde of grayne, that it maketh the inhabitants, to clappe theyr handes for joye to see theyr valleys so to laugh and singe. .. Yet this fruiteful and pleasante country yeldeth little com­ forte unto the wayfaringe man in the winter season, by reason of the clayish nature of the soyle, which after it hath tasted THE PARISH. 9 According to Mr. George Thomas Clarke's Re­ port to the General Board of Health, 25th July. 1849, the soil of the hill is composed of the lower beds of the London clay containing cement stones, and resting upon the sands and gravels of the plastic clay. which are largely developed at Harrow Weald. and are exposed in the deep cutting through which the London and N orth-Western Railway enters Bushey. The: London clay, near the centre of the hill. is about 230 feet thick. and the total depth to the chalk 275 feet. The hamlets of Pinner. , Sudbury. Wemb­ ley, Weald, Greenhill, , Kenton and Preston, are all within the parish of Harrow. At the census of 1831 the population of the parish of Harrow was 3,861. comprising 719 families, and dwelling in 609 houses. besides 35 then uninhabited. In 1841 the population of the whole parish was 4,627. of which 356 were Irish haymakers and, therefore, • migratory. At that time Harrow town seems to have contained 1.359 people. dwelling in 167 houses. besides 21 uninhabited; Greenhill numbered 151

the autombe showers it beginneth to mix deep and dirtye, yeldinge unsavery passage to horse and man. Yet the coun­ trye swayne holdeth it a sweet and pleasant garden, and with his whippe and whyseJl, can make himself melodye, and dance . knee deepe in dirte, the whole daye, not holdinge it any dis. grace unto his person. Such is the force of hope of future proffitt. The deepe and dirtiest lothsome soyle Yeldes golden grayne to earefull toyle. And that is the cause that the industrious and painful hus. bandmen will refuse a pallace. to droyle in theys golden pUddles." 10 THE PARISH. persons, dwelling in 28 houses; Roxeth, 842 persons in 153 houses, besides. 13 void; and Sudbury. 566 persons in 96 houses, besides 7 void. The population is now probably about 5000, exclusive of Pinner. Although this place derives its chief claim to notice from the foundation of its celebrated Free , it has ever been an object of interest to strangers and to all admirers of rural scenery, from the peculiarity of its situation commanding such rich and varied prospects. The Hill on which Harrow is built, rises alone out of an extensive fertile vale, to an elevation of 200 feet; it is somewhat depressed in the centre: on the highest northern point, crowned with a belt of ancient trees, stands the Church with its square embattled tower and tapering spire, a prominent and picturesque object through the whole of the adjacent country, and visible over a great part of the valley of the Thames. The tower contains a peal of eight bells, and the spire is covered with lead. The panoramic view from this Tower is of surpass­ ing beauty, and is said to extend into thirteen Coun. ties, viz. Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Middlesex. The better part of the town is chiefly composed of houses connected with the School, lying imme­ diately below the Church, from which High Street descends in a southerlv direction. • On the northern slope, about 1100 yards from the Church, and half way between the town and EARLY HISTORY. 11

Railway Station,is the detached Hamlet of Greenhill. Somewhat below the School, Hngarth Lane, com­

monly called. Hog lane, but lately named Crown Street.. branches off south east and southwards to the contiguous hamlets of Roxeth and Sudbury. The slopes and base of Harrow Hill are thickly wooded., aud studded by numerous villas.

EARLY HISTORY.

IN two ancit.'llt records, viz. the will of Warher­ dus dated 830.. and Domesday .Book, this place is called Herges, probably from the Saxon word He01ge, Hergh.. or HeTige, a troop of soldiers, or a church. 1\:lr. Lysons has adopted the latter meaning, and supposes that the existence of a church upon the Hill, might hal'e occasioned the name; other authorities hold that unless it can be proved that there was a church, prior to the one built iD the time of 1Villiam the Conqueror, there is but little reason to adopt that interpretation. The situation seems likely to have been a military post on account of its commanding view of the open country, and if so, the first meaning would be the most acceptable. Herga super montem, was the name; and in the older English Recor(ls it is called Harewe at Hulle. In the Records at Lambeth, it is sometimes called Harowes, a friend suggests that the real ety~ mology of the word may be found in the Ice- .landic word har, altus, and in the Belgic ouwe,pratum, • • (Skinner Etymol.) Tyrwhit observes, in his defini~ 12 EARLY HISTORY. tion of the exclamation harow! that the Icelandic was common to all the Scandinavian nations. A reference to the various names of places in Great Britain which commence with Har will show that they are mostly high places, either with regard to the country in general or to their own immediate neighbourhoods. By a grant of Henry Ill. a weekly market was appointed to be held at Harrow, but it has long been discontinued.lIt: An annual Fair is held on the first Monday in August, which is remarkably free from those scenes of vice and dissipation usually prevailing at Fairs near London, the sports being exclusively of a rural character. Lysons informs U~, that the manor of Harrow be­ longed to the Church of Canterbury, a considerable time before the Norman conquest; for it appears that in the year 81212, Wilfred, Archbishop of Can­ terbury, purchased Herges and other lands, for the purpose of restoring them to that church, from which they had been taken by Kenulf King of the Mercians. Previously, however, to this restora­ tion, he granted them for life to his relation 'Varherdus, one of the monks, who by his will, beariug date 830, bequeathed them, in compliance with the Archbishop's directions, to the Convent.

.. In the Cartulary of the See of Canterbury, (in the Bodleian Library) is a charter of Hen. Ill. dated 1262, which grants to the Archbishop a weekly market on Monday, andan annual fair on the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the Vigil, and the day following. The charter was renewed to his successor by Cart. 8 Edw. n. (1315) No. 10.-Lysons. EARLY HISTORY. 13

In the Domesday survey, it was taxed at 100 hides (a hide containing about 100 acres), in the whole,. valued at £56 per annum; in Edward the Confes­ sor's time at £60. This manor was in the occu­ pation of Earl Lewin when Edward died. The record adds, that Geoffrey de MandevilIe held two hides in the hundred of Elthorne under the Arch­ bishop, valued at 148. per annum; this estate had been occupied by Turbert, a servant of Earl Lewin. and could not be separated from the Archbishop's manor, of Harrow.* In the year 1397-8, when Archbishop Arundell was banished for high treason, an inquisition was taken of his estates. Among others he was found to have possessed the manor of Southbury, now Sudbury, in Harrow, containing 500 acres, valued at 3d. per acre. All the manors, together with Harrow town, were given by Archbishop Cranmer to Henry VIllA in 1543, in exchange for other lands. The King granted them in Jan. 1546 to Sir Edward Dudley, afterwards Lord North, at that time a great favourite, holding offices ofconsiderable trust. Not long after­ wards the capricious monarch havingconceived some displeasure against him, he was summoned to his presence in great haste, when the King, after looking angrily at him for some time, said. U We are informed. you have cheated us of certain lands in Middlesex;" to which Sir Edward answering • The Earls ofJersey, as Lords ofthe Manor of Southall, are subject to a fine payable to the Lord ofthe Manor of Harrow. Probably for the estate abovementioned. C 14 EARLY HISTORY. with an bumble negath'e,H How was it then," said the King, "Did we give those lands to you ?" er Your Majesty was pleased so to do," replied Sir Edward. The humility of the Minister appears to have quickly appeased the King's anger, for he at once admitted the fact of the gift, and restored Sir Euward to his favour. These estates continued in the North family till the year 1630, when the manors of Harrow and Sudbury, with the advowson of the Church, and rent of assize belonging to the manors of Woodhall. Headstone and Roxeth, were aliened by Dudley North, to Edmund Philips, and Geo..ge and Rowland Pitts. They afterwards came to the Rushout family, by the intermarriage Qf James Rushout, Esq. (who was created a Baronet in )661.) with Alice, daughter of Edmund Pitt, Esq. from whom they descended to Sir John Rushout, Bart. who was created a Baron in 1797, by the title of Lord Northwick, and who was suc­ ceeded in his title and estates by his son the present Lord Northwick. The Lordship of Harrow and Sudbury comprises the whole parish.* • Sir James Rushout, first Baronet of this family, was advanced to that dignity 13 Car. H. He was M. P. for Evesham thirty years, without interruption, except in the con­ vention Parliament at the revolution, when he sat for the County of Worcester. In May, 1697, he was appointed ambassador extraordinary to the Grand Seignior, but died in the February after, just as he was ready to set out. Sir John Rushout. fourth Baronet, grandfather of the present Lord Northwick, was M. P. for Malmsbury, Wilts, and afterwards for Evesham. Worcestershire. till 1768. In the reign of George n. he was a leading opponent of Sir Robert Walpole, and after the fall of that minister, he was made one of the Lords of the Treasury, and soon after Treasurer of the. EARLY HISTORY. 15 Lord Northwick formerly resided in a mansion called Sudbury Grove, at the foot of , which had been in the possession of Lord Bolton, until he purchased the estate of Flambards, after the death of Richard Page, Esq. of Wembley, and finished the mansion, (which had been begun by that Gentleman) on a more enlarged scale; the pleasure grounds. which, as well as the house, are very beau­ tifully situated. have also been much improved. It is now the residence of Henry Young, Esq. His Lordship's family seat is , Wor­ cester: he has also another residence \l'ith a splen­ did gallery of Pictures at Cbeltenham. Lord North­ wick was born at the Grove, now in the occupation of the Rev. J. N. Simpkinson. The House and grounds, called Harrow Park, are to the right on entering the tOWll; the house is a neat structure, in the style of building of the

Navy; be lived to a great age, dying Feb. 2, 1775, aged 91. Dr. Nash, the Historian of Worcester, says, .. His memory, good-nature, and politeness were then in their full bloom; old age, which in general is not to be wished for, seemed in him rather an ornament than a burden." His mother was a zealous Protestant, and by her apprehensions of Popery, on the accession of James H. is supposed to have hastened his birth. His son, Sir John Rushout, :fifth Baronet, and M. P. for Evesham, was raised to the Peerage, October 26,1797, and died October 20, 1800, being succeeded by the present Peer, who was born February 6, 1770; this venerable nobleman appears to emulate the characterof his grandfather as recorded by Nash. When he resided at Harrow, free access was given to his beautiful grounds, and splendid mansion, not only to the Scholars of Harrow, (in whom he took great interest, being a Governor of the School), but to all respectable persons upon application. He is also a zealous and munificent patron of the Fine Arts. 16 EARLY HISTORY. - reign 'of James I. It is now in the occupation of G. F. Harris, Esq. one of the Assistant Masters of the School. The park and grounds are beauti­ fully laid out and finely timbered. The views from many points are truly magnificent; the old and new churches of Stanmore, with the castle recently erected by Mr. Rhodes, are plainly visible. The imitative ruins erected many years ago in these grounds by Mr. Page are worthy of inspection;

here is also Ij, fine lake with a temple, and a pictu­ resque bridge. . .By the ancient Custom of the Manor of SudbuJ"}-. lands within the Manor descend as by the commolJ -:law, except that in default of male issue or heirs, the eldest daughter or eldest of any female heirs in the same degree of consanguinity inherits. A customary tenant purchasing customary lands within this manor, pays no fine, nor does the heir­ at-law of such tenant pay any fine at his admission; but if lands are bequeathed to any other than the heir-at-Iaw, a fine of alienation is paid. The tenant's services formerly in this manor seem to have heen commuted for certain sums of money, called work·silver, which is frequently mentioned in old surveys. The ancient manor-house of Harrow, was the occasional residence of the Archbishops of Canter­ bury, but its site is now not to be discovered. The famous Thomas a Becket resided in it in the year 1170; being about to visit the heir-ap­ parent, Henry Plantagenet, at Woodstock, then at variance with his father, Henry 1I., he receiv- EARLY HISTORY. l7

ed a command from the King to repair immedi­ ately to his own diocese. The prelate obeyed, and at his return spent SOILe days at Harrow, keeping great hospitality. The Abbot of the monastery of St. Alban's paid Becket many civilities at this time, but he experienced great disrespect from two of his own clergy, Rigellus de SackvilIe, called the usurp­ ing Rector of Harrow; and Robert de Broc, the Vicar, who, according to Matthew Paris, maimed a horse which carried the Archbishop's provisions, by cutting off its tail, for which they were pub­ licly excommunicated on the ensuing Christmas Day at Canterbury; this occurred a few days before Becket was murdered. In 1250, and in 1300, his successors still continued to use it as a place of retirement. The archiepiscopal residence was afterwards removed from the village of Harrow to a place near Pinner formerly called Heggeston, now Head­ stone. At this time it is only a farm-house, but with some vestiges of antiquity about it, and sur­ rounded by a moat. The brewhouse is considered to be part of the ancient building. At a later period Cardinal "Tolsey, who was Rector of Harrow, is said to have resided here; a circumstance which has been stated as a reason, why the only two inns in Harrow, some years since, both bore the head of Henry VIII. for their signs. The manor of WoodhaIl, in Pinner, was held by the Nevill family some time prior to 1754, when aD ejectment was brought against Dame c2 18 EARLY HISTORY.

Margaret Conyers, and her nepheweosmo Henry Joseph Nevill, by the heir-at-Iaw of Henry CoIIins, surviving trustee of a settlement made by William Wilkinson, who possessed tbe manor in ] 665. The estate was recovered, and being sold in 1760, pursuant to the direction of the said settlement, to John Lawes, it was alienated by him to John Drummond. Esq. The manor of Wembley formerly belonged to the priory of Kilburn. Upon the dissolution of religious houses in 1543, a grant of Henry VIII. gave it to Richard Andrews and Leonard Cham­ berlayne, by whom it was conveyed in the same year to Richard Page, Esq. whose descendants be. came successively resident proprietors for two centuries and a half; scarcely such another instance occurs in the whole county of Middlesex. It became. by purchase, the property of John Gray, Esq. The grounds, which are extremely beautiful, were laid out by Humphrey Repton the celebrated Landscape gardener.*' The Manor of Woxindon, now called Uxendon; in this parish, formerly belonged to the Travers family, from whom it passed to Sir Nicholas Brem­ bre about 1376. Some years afterwards it became forfeited to the crown, and was granted by King

* Uvedale Price in his Cl Essay on the Picturesque," and Richard Payne Knight, in his Poem of .. The Landscape," wrote with great severity on this gentleman's practice. and accused him of U Shaving the Goddess, whom he came to dress." Repton answered with much spirit, and the well· known controversy on the Picturesque ensued. EARLY HISTORY. 19

Richard in 1394, for the sum of £40, to Thomas Godelac, and J oan his wife. From the Godelacs it passed by marriage to the Bellamys. Jt is related that, when the Babington conspiracy was discovered, in the reign of Elizabeth, the principal delinquent and his associates, concealed themselves in Bellamy's house near Harrow, where they were ultimately captured, and being brought to London were executed with circumstances of unusual severity. Jerome Bellamy suffered death also, for concealing them, and his brother destroyed himself in prison. Robert Southwell, a Jesuit, was apprehended at Uxendon, in 1592, and com­ mitted to the Tower.· This manor afterwards became the property of Richard Page, Esq. of Wembley, and is now in the possession of Henry Young, Esq. The manor of Roxeth is mentioned in the en­ dowment of Harrow Vicarage about the year 1240. In 137], the Archbishop of Canterbury granted the estate of William Roxeth, outlawed for felony, to Sir Williflffi Brembre and his heirs. It passed from the Dudleys successively through the families of Hutchinson, N!colls, Brian, and Taylor, to Percival Hart, Esq. by the provisions of whose will it became the property of three parties; with others, Emma, the wife of David Garrick enjoyed a third. It is now the property ofMr. R. B. Cbapman, by his marriage with the only daughter and sole heiress of the late William Greenhill, Esq. The Manor of Flambards takes its name from 20 EARLY HISTORY.

Sir John FIambard, who had property in Harrow in the reign ofEdward Ill. WilIiam Gerard, Esq. died seized of this estate in 1609, and it continued in his family for many generationt, till it became the property of the only daughter of Sir Charles Gerard, Bart. who married first Warwick Lake" Esq. and secondly, Miles Stapylton, Esq. Flam~ bards was purchased in 1767, by Francis Heme, Esq. and became the property of Richard Page, E.5q. after whose death it was purchased by Lord North­ wick as before mentioned. It is now the property of the Rev. 'V. W. Phelps" and was part ofthe pre­

sent Harrow Park. • Tokynton Chapel, long since destroyed, is thus described in the augmentation office, dated I. Edw. VI. "A free chapell, distant two miles from the church (near 'Vembley), wheretmto belongeth cer­ tain lands and tenements" by whom, how long time past, or to what use the said chapel was founded. the parson and churchwardens know not" but time out of manes mind hath been belonging, and as a member taken, out of the parish church of Harrow, until about two years past, one ,Tohn Finch entered and ever since has occupied the same, by the grant of one William Ligbte, that affirmeth be hath purchased it, so that tbey meddle not with it ; which chapel with the lands thereof, is worth yearly £6." There was a chantry in this chapel, to which John Fornese was presented, anno 1419, by Matilda Barneld, widow, on the death of William Freeman, the last chaplain. The site of Tokynton EARLY HISTORY. 21 chapel, with the lands thereto belohging~ were afterwards held (under a lease from Queen Eliza­ beth) by Richard Read, and in 1670 were granted to Sir WiIIiam Herricke and Arthur Ingram~ Esq. who aliened them the same year to Jobn Page~ ancestor of Richard Page, Esq. who sold the estate to .Tohn Tubbs, Esq. of Harlesdon Green. , the seat of the Marquis of Aber­ corn, is at the north end of this parish, it was surrendered with other lands to the King, by Cranmer in 1543." In 1706 it belonged to the family of CoghiIl, and passed at different later periods to Thomas Whittlewronge~and John Ben­ -net; in 1788, it was purchased by the Marquis of Abercorn who greatly enlarged and improved the mansion, furnished it with a valuable collection of pictures, and resided there in great magnific{'nce. There is an obelisk in the park here, erected by the late Col. Beaufoy, the summit of which is stated to

• In the manor of Harrow Sudbury at a Court Baron the homage present that there is a priory called Bentley priory built in honour of St. Mary Magdalene, of the foundation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and that the Archbishop beyond memory gave the said priory with all its land to the prior of St. Gregory without the wall of Canterbury, and to the convent there in pure alms; that they from the time of such grant used to find a priest to celebrate mass and other divine service in the chapel of the blessed Mary Madalene within the priory of Bentley aforesaid every week. That the said priest [Canonicus] used to be called Prior of Bentley. And they further present that Thomas Weilys now Prior of St. Gregory for 20 yeurs and more has not presented any prior nor found any [presbiter] to celebrate divine service in the same chapel for 2 years and more againstthe form of the foundation aforesaid and against the custom and to the damage of the tenants of the manor. Ex Rot. Cur. 22 EARLY HISTORY.

be 496 feet above the level of the sea. A quantity of gold Roman coins was found near the house in diggingfor the foundation of a wall in the latter part of the last century. The modern architectural im­ provements were made by the late Sir John Soane. Her late Majesty, Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, wIto had resided for some time at Bentley Priory, died there December 2, 1849. At the northern extremity of Harrow Weald is a lofty elevation crowned with ancient beeches, which is said to afford a land-mark to mariners in the German , Ocean. Another object of interest in this neighbour- hood, is Grimes Dyke, a vallum of British formation, it is seen on the road leading from Harrow to Wat.. ford, and is in some places 20 feet wide, much over­ grown with furze and weeds. It is supposed by some to have been the southern boundary of the Cassii, and may be traced at intervals into the neighbourhood of Barnet.

At Harrow \Veald is a pleasant villa, called j Woodlands, the property of Stephen Kennard, Esq.,' It was built by a gentleman named Martin during the American War; afterwards added to by hi§! widow, and finished in its present state by Mr. Hawkes in 1845. Woodlands was for twenty years, the summer residence of Adam Askew, Esq., a gentleman from Durham, and was the scene of great hospitality. It was purchased by the pre­ sent proprietor who had occupied it fIT two years previously, in tile year 1849. 23

VIEWS FROM HARROW. •

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The visitor to Harrow for the first time, is strllck with agreeable surprise at the unexpected view which opens upon him from the Churchyard. Looking towards the west and south-west, the eye

it' , in a letter to Mr. Murray, April 1822, says: ." There is a spot in the churchyard, near the foot­ path, on the brow of the hill looking towards Windsor, and a tomb under a large tree, (bearing the name of Peachie Or Peachey), where I used to sit for hours and hours when a boy. This was my favourite spot." 24 VIEWS FROM RARROW. wanders over an extensive tract of conntry, includ.. ing a portion of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, of the greatest variety and beauty. Windsor Castle appears in the horizon, the interveningJandscape consists of a series of magnificent woodlands and highly cultivated dales; the hedge-rows, adorned with great diversity of foliage, among which stately elms grow luxuriantly, add to the charming character of the prospect. For the full enjoyment of the richness of the scene, it is almost needless to say, that Summer or Autumn should be chosen. The view to theEast takes in the great metropo.. lis, also Highgate, Hampstead, and Primrose Hills; to the southwards Knockholt beeches are seen, and the undulating outline of the Surrey Hills bound the prospect. Looking towards the north, the land­ scape is less extensive, being intercepted by the high woodlands about Stanmore and Harrow Weald. On this side, the village of Stanmore.. Bentley Priory and Harrow Weald Church are the most conspicuous objects. . The extreme points of view to be observed from the Church Tower.. are: Harrow Weald and Stanmore confining the view to the north. To tbe north.east it becomes more extensive and goes far away into Essex; to the east the Langdon Hills ap· pear. The high grounds of Kent, towards Rochester, are sometimes to be seen in the south-east, but the smoke from overgrown Lo~don so frequently in­ tercepts the view, that it is difficult to define the VIEWS PROM HARROW. 25 point~ bounding the h'Jrizon in that direction. l\'Iore southwards the Surrey hills are seen, with the Tower on Leith Hill, and the continuation of the 4 ridge to Guildford, where it assumes the name of the Hog's back, in its continuation to Farnham. Wind­ sor Castle and the Great Park appears in the south­ west, then the Nettlebed hills, and those at Stokell­ church. The obelisk in Ashridge Park, in Hertford­ shire, over-looking Bedfordshire and Bucks, brings the eye back to the more contracted view to the north. Having pointed out the views from Harrow, it is but right to mention some of the spots from which we have observed it to the greatest advantage. From Putney the hill is seen at the end of a fine reach of the Thames. From the Viaduct at Hanwell it rises the u queen of the valley, .. as well as from Castle Bar, and in the lane leading from Pinner to Roxeth, the whole side of the hill is displayed, ex­ hihiting e\'en a more commanding site for a Royal Castle, than even 'Vindsor itself.

Three interesting seats and Parks in theneighbour­ hood, at easy distances, are well worthy of a visit from their connection with historical recollections, - Moor Park, Cashiobury, and Osterley.

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THE. CHURCH, which is dedicated to St. Mary, and stands 011 the summit of the Hill, is a spacious edifice, consisting of a nave, chancel, two aisles, and two transepts, with a chancel chapel newly added. It appears to have been built abuut the 14th century, but there HARROW CHURCH. 27

are some remains of far more ancient architecture; a curious Saxon arch at the bottom of the tower and somecircular columns in the interior which divide the north aisle from the nave. The original building, of which these remains formed a part, was erected eight centuries ago, by Archbishop Lanfranc, in the time of William the Conqueror, as is related by Ead­ mer, who says, that when Archbishop Anselm was preparing to consecrate the church of Harrow, built by his predecessor Lanfranc, but within the diocese of London, the Bishop of that see claimed the right of consecration, upon which the matter was referred to \Vulstan, Bishop of Worcester, the only Saxon prelate then living, who decided in fa­ vour of the Archbishop. The present church once narrowly escaped de­ struction by fire; in March 1765, the spire was struck by lightning, and upwards of 15 feet of it consumed. The preservation of the church, is said to have been mainly owing to the exertions of Mr. 'Villiam Timberlake; the hat and coat he wore at the time, were preserved many years by his family (who still reside at Harrow) as curious memorials, they bore singular evidence of his activity and dan­ ger, being nearly covered with molten lead which had fallen from the spire. The roof of the nave is of wood, and considered extremely beautiful, with carved ornaments, the brackets are supported by whole-length figures of the Apostles, evidently of the 14th century; these figures were 50 much mutilated in the time of the 28 BARROW CHURCH.

Puritans, that the features cannot now be distin­ guished. The repairs of the Church have been recently finished; they were effected under the superintend­ ence of the present Vicar and churchwardens, as­ sisted by a Committee of Gentlemen, and after the designs of G. G. Scolt, Esq., architect, at the ex­ pense of £7000. The alterations made during the repairs, consist of the removal of the high pews, and substitution oflow-backed seats ofoak, the addi. tion of a chancel chapel, and the taking away of the gallery over the west end, formerly used by the Scholars, a gallery across the chancel which entirely concealed the then chancel window; and another gallery in the north transept: the fine Saxon arch in the west tower still remains; the original north porch has been removed. The ancient door, at the entrance of the church, within the north porch, is a great curiosity, the lock with its case, is a yard long, a foot wide, and four inches thick, The larp;e east window, of stained glass, containing the scrip­ tural subjects of the Nativity, Baptism. Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension, and three windows on the south side of the chancel, are the munificent gift of Henry Young, Esq. the lay rector, or lessee of the great tithes. The organ, which was in a dilapidated state, has been also removed, but a subscription is about to be set on foot for the purchase of another. . The fine Anglo-Norman- font, of Purbeck mar- ble, coeval with the date of the original church, HARROW CHURCH. 29

and in excellent preservation~ has been restored to its proper place. .By some unaccountable barbarity of taste, a deed almost amounting to sacrilege was committed. It was removed from the Church in the year IBOl~ to a neighbouring garden~ where it lay neglected for more than 43 years. The Vicar~ and the Churchwardens~Messrs. James Locking Wink­ ley, and Joseph Hodsdon. effected this restoratiun of the" holy font" to its pristine location in )846. The original pulpit is not in existence, but the present one is a fine specimen of oak carving, at least 200 years old. It was presented to the parish by Tanner Arnold, Esq. in the year 1708. Over the south porch is a parvise, or small room; there are some vestiges of colour and gilding on the ceiling, and the remains of a niche and canopy, which probably held a cnlcifix or small figure of a Saint; in the room are a worm-eaten and dilapi­ dated chest, which may ha\'e been used as a recep· tade for the muniments of the Church, and the re­ mains of a piscina taken from the end of the south transept. Before the recent alterations, a Hight of stairs. within the church, led to this chamber, but they have heen removed, and access can now only be. obtained by means of a ladder• During the progress of the repairs a Squint or Hagioscope was discovered in the south transept, which has since been stopped up. The parish had formerly a rector and a vicar; the rectory being a sinecure in the gift of the Arch. bishop of Canterbury; the Rector holding the right n2 30 HARROW CHURCD.

of presentation to the Vicarage. After Cranmer had surrendered all h is estates in Harrow to Henry VIII. the advowson was granted with the Manor, to Sir Edward North, and is still annexed to it, Lord Northwick, the present Lord of the manor, being the Patron. The impropriation of the great tithes subject to the repairs of the chancel, was given to Christchurch College, Oxford; and they have been leased at various times to different per­ sons. The tithes payable to the Dean and Chapter of the above College, and also to the Vicar of Harrow, were by the Harrow Enclosure Act, com­ muted to a Corn Rent. In 13~7, the church of Harrow was rated at 60 marks, the vicarage being rated at 10 marks. The latter was endoweu by St..Edmund,Archbishop ()f Canterbury (who died ill 1242), with all the small tithes and the tithe of hay on the lands of Bamon and Hugh de Rokesie and Ailwin, and William de Hegge or Hegeston (now Headstone); the tithe of hay on which estate. i5 described in the Parliamentary surveys as belonging to the vicarage. In the present arrangement of Corn Rents, the Vicar takes nothing from Headstone manor, the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church having the exclusive right. Ii'rom the Norman conquest this parish was reckoned among the parishe8 belonging to the Deanery of Croydon and Surrey; by a recent Act of Parliament. however, it has been assigned to the Diocese of London.. The Archbishop is HARROW CHURCH. 31

however connected with it in testamentary and other peculiar matters, and is also a Visitor to the Grammar School. The late Archbishop, Dr. Howley, expressed his regret at the separation of Harrow, and would have been glad of an exception with regard to it,as it was different from most pecu­ liars, " also from old associations;" but stated, that be still rejoiced that he was connected with the place, as ,f VISITOR TO THE SCHOOL." In 1650, the living was valued at £50 per annum. The present annual value, according to the Clergy List, is £650. The Vicar of Harrow is the Rev. John 'VilIiam Cunningham, who succeeded the Rev. W. L. Wil­ liams, in the year 1811; the latter was presented to the Vicarage in 1777. Cuthbert Tonstall, afterwards Bishop of Lon­ don, and joint editor of the Bible of 1541, was rec­ tor of Harrow from 1511 to 151:l2. He was suc­ ceeded by William Bolton, Prior of St. Bartholo­ mew. An extraordinary tale is told of this Prior, that he and all his brethren of the Priory with pro­ visions, boats on wagons, &c. fled to a house he had built at Harrow, being the highest ground in the county, on account of a predicted flood that was to destroy a great part of London in the year 1524. This story is doubted by Stowe, though asserted by Hall and Speed, but it is known that he rebuilt the Rectory-house in -1522, which may have given rise to it. 'Villiam de Boseo.. Rector of Harrow, in the year 32 HARROW CBURCtt.

1324, founded a chantry dedicated to the Virgin -Mary, and endowed it with 101 acres of arable land, five and a half ofmeadow, and 48. 4~d. rents; the lands belon~ing to this chantry were chiefly situated at Kenton, togtther with a Chantry-house at , at which place there is an ancient building now used as a dwelling for labourers, sup­ posed to be the said chantry. The Chaplain was directed to perform daily mass for the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rector, and other ministers of Harrow, and all the parishioners living and dead.

SEPULCHRAL BRASSES, TABLETS AND TOMBS IN THE CHURCH.

Some of the Brasses that have been rendered partially imperfect have been transferred to tlie walls of the building to prevent further injury; those that are stiIl perfect, one -or two of which have only latel)· come to light, having been hidden by the ancient pews, are left in their original posi- tIOn.• The earliest of these interesting memorials is that of Sir John Flambard, in the chancel, who died in the reign of Edward Ill.; it bears the effigy of tbe deceased, adorned with a helmet, mail, gorget, &c. with a dog at his feet; and bas the following inscription, in which the name of Flambard is fancifully divided,

Jon med'o marmore numinis ordine Flam tum~lat~ Barde quoque verbere stigis e funere hie tueatur. HARROW CHURCH. 33

Also of Sir James Flnmbard, beneath a canopy. The brass of John .Byrkhed, rector of Harrow, who died in 1418. Above his effigy is a rich Gothic canopy; his robes areornamented through thewhole length with figures of Apostles and martyrs. The inscription is nearly obliterated, but is given in '''eever's Funeral :\Ionuments, Edit. J63 I, as fol­ lows: .

Sta, moriture. vide docent te mltssa Johannis Byrkhed sub lapide quem trux necat Atropos annis M domini: C quater & X octo numeratis : Jungitur iste Pater Cutberge luce beatis : Hunc charitas. gravitas, fides, prudentia morum Presulibus primis Regni fecere decorum: o Deus in celis tua nunc fovet a]ma majestas Quem tantum terris morum perficet honestas.

At the corners were the arms of Byrkhed and of Archbishop ArundelI. Part of the inscription at the top and bottom, the head of the figure, and a portion of the centre of the shrine on either side, • • are mISSIng. On the wall of the South transept is a brass, one of those which has been removed from the floor, with the effigies of George Ainsworth, his three wives and 14 children; with the inscription thus translated: .

H Pray for the soul of George Aynesworth and " for the souls of Agnes, IsabelIa. and Johanna hfs .(( wives. \Vhich George died on the 14th day of .(~ the month of February, A.D. 1488. On whose Cc souls may God have mercy. Amen." 34 HARROW CHURCH.

A bra~s to the memory of Wi1Iiam Wightman, Esq. who lived 27 years in the Rectory of Harrow and died in 1579; with the effigies of himself and wife. There were originally effigies of hi~ the chil­ dren, but they have heen stolen. On the floor of the chancel chapel is a very fine brass in excellent preservation, to the memory of ~. John Sonkev, Gent. and Alice his wife. He was • sonne to Thomas Sonkey in the Countye of Lan- caster, Esq. He deceased the December" Anno Dni. 1603." On the North side of the nave, towards the East end, also taken from the floor, is the brass from the tomb of John Lyon, Founder of Harrow School, with tbe inscription :- u Heare lyeth buried the bodye of John Lyon, " late of Preston, in this parish, yeoman, deceased ., the 3rd day October, in the yeare of our Lord, c' 1592, who bath founded a free grammar-schoole ., in this parish to have continuance for ever; and "for maintenance thereof, and for releyffe of the " poore, and of some poore schollers in the uni- ," versityes, repairinge of highwayes.. and other good

U and charitable uses, hath made conveyance of tt lands of good value to a corporation granted for . "that purpose. Prayse be to the Author of all " goodness, who makes us myndful to follow his " good example:' A marble monument has been placed over the above, erected by subscription of Old Harrovians in. HARROW CHURCH. 35

1A13; the Latin inscription was furnished by the learned Dr. Parr. ,JOHANNI • LION PRESTONIlE. IN • PARlECIA • HARR.OVIENSI. MORTUO PRID • ID • OCTOBR.. ANNO • CHRISTI MDXCJI. ET • IN • HAC. ECCLESIA • SBPULTO. FUNDI. DOMINI • CULTORIQUE. ASSIDUO • FRUGI • PROBO. SAPIENTI • SINE. VIA • ET • ARTE. ET. QUIA. BONIS. SUIB • OPTIMB • UTI. NOVIT. UNICE • FORTUNATO • SCHOLlE • IMPENSIS • EJUS • EXTRUCTlE. ET. AD • PUEROS • GR1ECIS • AC • LATINIS. LITERIS • ERUDIBNDOS • INSTITUT..E. MAGISTRI • ATQUE. ALUMNI. HOC • MONIMENTUM. COLLATA • PECUNIA. PONENDUM. CURAVERUNT. ANNO • SACRO • MDCCCXV. The Sculptor was the classical Flaxman, the designer of the beautiful illustrations of Homer, ~schylus, and Dante. Above the inscription is a basso-relievo of a master and three pupils; popu. lar opinion gives originals to the figures, and calls them Dr. Butler, the then Head :l\faster, and the three Perceyals, the sons of the murdered minis­ ter. On the North wall of the North transept is the monument of William Gerilrd, Esq., who died in 36 HARROW CHURCH.

] 584; and on the East wall that of WiIliam Gc· rard~ Esq.• who died in 1609, with the effigies of himself and sister carved and painted. Within a part of this transept, formerly stood a sarcophagus to the memory of John Page~ Esq. of Uxendon, dated 1667. The Gerarus and Pages were very ancient families in the parish of Harrow. The former were possessed of the mansion and estate of Flambards, and held in their family tbe hereditary office of clerks of the Duchy of Lan· caster. The family of Page was possessed of the ancient estate of Uxendon, and many successive members of it were Governors of the School. John Gray~ Esq., of Wembley Park, and John Erown, Esq., of Sudbury Hill House. On the floor is a flat stone to the memory of Thomas Downer~ Esq., 150~. Here are also monuments to William Horne, M.A. Master of the School, who died in 1685; and Anthony Brucer, 1754, aged 95. . Within the rails oftbe Communion Table are mo­ numents to Catherine, wife ofHenry Clerke, Esq. of Ruislip, who died in 1613, aged 84; a copy of Mrs. Clerke's will, preserved in a case, is kept in the Church. Sir Samuel Gartb, the celebrated physi­ cian~ author of the Dispensary, who died in 1718; his lady in J717. A mural tablet on the north side of the Com­ munion table.. to the memory of Mr. Edwards, of the Grove, Harrow, formerly a bookseller in Pan HARROW CHURCH. 37 l\fall, who having amassed a large fortune, retired to this place. In the chancel are three marble tablets to the memory of different branches of the family of the Uev. J. W. Cunningham, the Vicar. In the South transept is a monument by "Ur est­ macott to the Rev. Joseph Drury, D.D. At the annual dinner, in 1834, it was resolved to erect tbis monument. It is a basso relievo, represent­ ing two boys contemplating a bust of their Master; as in the case of the monument of the founder, likenesses have been discovered, and appropriated to Sir and Lord Byron. The Inscription is as follows :- Josepho Drury, S. T. P. Per annos xx. Apvd Hergenses Lvdimagistro Iscre Dumnoniorum Sepulto Hoc Cenotaphium Grato Pioque Animo Ordo Alumnorum Anno M.DCCC.XXxv. FAC. CVR. Sir Edward Waldo, Rnt. 1707. In the North aisle are the tablets of Mrs. Sarah Butler, 1718; and John Partridge, Gent. 1760. In the South aisle are the mural monuments of , Apothecary to Geo. I. and Geo. II. and Apothecary-general to the army, 1733; Daniel Graham, Esq., one of the Governors of Harrow

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School, 11"78; Robert Graham, Esq., and Major Henry Graham, who fell at \Vaterloo; and Thomas Ryves, Esq., F.R.S., A.S., placed here by his widow, with the following lines: -

When sorrow weeps o'er virtue's sacred dust, Our tears become us and our grief is just, Such were the tears she shed, who grateful pays 1'his last sad tribute of' her love and praise.

On the floor are the flatstones of John Page, Gent. 1;15; Penelope, daughter of William Plowden, Esq., and wife lstly of North Foley, Esq., 2ndly of Colin Whiteworth, of Staffordshire, Esq., 1779. Here are tablets erected by subscription to the memory of George Arthur Gough CaIthorpe, who died 12 Dec. 1843, aged 16; and Edmund Lewis, who died Jan. 1844, aged 18; with inscriptions on each, written at the request of the Subscribers.. by the Rev. , late Head :Master. The Hon. W. Robert Spencer, Father of the Bishops of Jamaica and Madras. At the west end are the flatstones ofRobert Lawes, Apothecary, 173~ ; Joan, daughter of John \Vheeler, and relict of Henry Kellat, Esq., 17'71; and the Rev. Francis Saunders, A.M., 49 years Vicar of the parish. In the South transept is a mural monument to the memory of Dr. Sumner, Head Master of Harrow School, who died Sept. 1711, aged 41, with an inscription from the pen of Dr. Parr: ' .HARROW CHURCH. 39

H. S. E. ROBERTus SUMNER, S. T. P. Col. Regal. apud Cantab. olim socius: Scholre Harrovien­ .sis haud ita pridem Archididascalus. Fuit huic prrestalltissimo viro ingenium naturl1 peracre, optimarum disciplinis axtium sedulo excultum, usu diuturno confirmatum el quodammodo subactum: Nemo enim aut in reconditis sapientire studiis ilIo subtilior extitit aut humanioribus literis limatior, nemini fere vel felicius contigit jUdicii acumen, vel uberior eruditionis copia. Egregiis hisce cum dotibus naturre, turn doctrinre subsidiis in­ super accedebant in scriptis vera, et prope perfecta eloquentia, in sermanefacetiarum lepar planeAtticus, et gravitati suaviter aspersa urbanitas; in moribus singularis quredam integritas et fides; vitre denique ratio constans sibi, et ad virtutis narmam diligenter severeque exacta: omnibus qui vel arnico essent eo vel magistro usi, doctrinre, ingenii, virtutis triste reliquit desiderium subit! eheu I atque immatura moTte correptus .prid. Id. Septemb. Anno Dam. ] 771. .£tat. sure. 41. The monument of Richard Colvile~ Esq. of New­

tonJ in the Isle of Ely, 1723. Here also are buried James Cox, D.D. £0 years Master of the School, who died 1759. l\fargaret his wife, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Brian, .1788, aged 95; J ane, wife of Thomas Moore, Esq. 1768; Thomas Lawrence, 1780; Charles, son of Charles Bathurst, of .Fleet-street, 1763; and Charles Bathurst, Esq., the personal friend of Pope and Swift. He was descended from all ancient family of the Bathursts, Lords of the Manor of Lechlade~ in the county of Gloucester, and Baronets of the of Great Britain and Ireland. He died July 21st, 1786, aged 77; , son of Dr. Sumner; and Richard Page of Wembley. . In the churchyard" lie the remains of John Page, 40 HARROW CHURCH.

Esq. of \Vembley, who died in 1623, and who had lived to see 75 children and grandchildren; the Rev. Thomas Brian, 39 years Master of the School, who died in 1730; and the tomb of the Rev. Thomas Thackeray, D. D. Master of the School, who died in 1760; SirJohn Boys, who by his will, dated in 1441, directed his body to be buried in Harrow church. There are numerous memorials to the families of Hill, Greenhill, Hodsdon, and Winkley, inhabitants of the parish for many gene­ rations; the representatives of these families still constitute a considerable portion of the most re­ spectable parishioners. Rev. John Hooker, :M. A. 1722; John Highlord, 1726; James Waldo, Esq. 1756; John Ballinger, 1774; Lt.-Gen. Edward Urmston, 1778; John Hodsdon, Esq. 1780; amI Charles Waldo, Esq. 1790. On a rail, at the east end of the churchyard, to • the memory of Isaac Greentree, until recently, might have been traced the followiog lines, said to have been written by Lord Byron when at School. " Beneath these green trees, rising to the skies, The planter ofthem, Isaac Greentree, lies; A time shall come when the green trees shall faH, And Isaac Greentree rise above them all!' The Rev. Benjamin E'-ans, formerly one of the Assistant Masters, and for some years Under Master, lies buried near the foot.path on the left, le~ding from the gate to the principal entrance of the church. He was 41 years one of the Masters of the School, and died 1833, aged 68. HARROW CHURCH. 41

Rev. Sam. N. Evans, 40 years curate of this Parish, died 1836, aged 91 years. John Henshaw, 1726. Rev. James Simon Butticar, died 1792, aged 49. Francis Bernasconi, aged 49. The Hon. Antony Francis Henry Ashley, second son of Lord and Lady Ashley, who died at Harrow. School, 3]8t May, 1849, aged 16. A subscription has been set on foot by the friends of this exem­ plary youth, to erect an appropriate testimonial to his memory, by building two National Schools, with a Master and Mistress's House, to be dedi­ cated to him as a monument of their affectionate esteem. . A black upright tombstone, records the death of CC Thomas Port, son of John Port, of Burton­ upon-Trent, in the County of Stafford, Hat manu· facturer, who near this town had both his legs 5evered from his body by the Railway Train; with the greatest fortitude he bore a second amputation by the surgeons, and died from loss of blood, Au­ gust 7, 1838, aged 33."

There are three district churches within this Pa­ rish, viz. Harrow \Veald, Wembley and Pinner; the Misses Copland, are Patronesses of \Vembley.; the Patronage of Harrow n'eald. and Pinner is vested in the Vicar of Harrow. The annual value of Pinner is stated to be £100, with a residence. :£2 42 HARROW CIIURCH.

The new church of St. John, Harrow \Vealt!, was consecrated on All Saints day, 1850. the archi­ tect (Mr. 'Butterfield) was the designer of St. Au­ gustine's, Canterbury. The church was built partly in consequence of the dilapidated state of the old church, and to afford more accommodation for the • inhabitants of the hamlet. In close connection with it. a college has been founded by the Rev. Edward Monro, having tor its express aim the edu­ cation of youth in the habits and in the doctrine of the church of . In a similar manner, a .house has been opened for the reception of the adult sons of the labouring poor, in order to bring them more under the guidance of the clergyman. These two establishments are supplied mainly from the village school, the first class of which are being prepared for eventual admission into the College. The Parsonage and School-rooms were built and endowed by the Rev. Ernest Appleyard. "------.. --.~._---_­ .. --­-

THE SCHOOL.

. THIS School, one of the most flourishing in the king- dum, was founded by John Lyon, of Preston, in the p~rish of Harrow. Little is known of him, hut that he was a wealthy yeoman, although from the manner in which he drew tIp the Rules for the Government of the School, and from his handwriting attached to each page of his will, he must have been a man of 44 HARROW SCHOOL.

superior intelligence for his station in life. His pro­ perty, from expressions used by himself in his will, appears to have been in a great measure acquired by his own industry; and his gratitude to Divine Provi­ dence for his success in life, is frequently expressed there in strong terms. For many years previous to his death he had appropriated 20 marks annually to the instruction of poor children. A part of the house in which he lived at Preston is still standing; it appears to have been suitable for the habitation of a substantial yeoman. In the year 1571, (14th Eliz.) John Lyon pro.. cured letters patent and a royal charter from the Queen, recognising the foundation which he proposed, and empowering him to draw up certain statutes for the regulation and government of the establish­ ment; also constituting the Trustees of his property a body Corporate, themselves, and their successors by election among themselves, for ever, under the title

of H The Keepers and Governors of the Schoole called and to bee called THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOLE OF JOHN LYON, in the village of Harrow upon the Hill, in the countye of Middlesex." The charter, after con­ ferring certain rights on the Governors, proceeds ,to guarantee such other dispositions, as the founder shall subsequently make. The names of the first Governors were

GILBERT GERARD, Esq. Attorney-General, WILLIAM GERARD, Gentleman, JOHN PAGE, of Wembley, , of Sudbury Court, HARROW SCHOOL. 45

THOMAS REDDlNG, of Pinner, RICHARD EDLYN, ofWood~Hall, all gentlemen possessed of property, and residing­ within the parish of Harrow. The Governors are enjoined, on the occurrence of vacancies in their own body, to elect successors within twenty days; and in case of disagreements between them, the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being is nominated as a Visitor, to decide all ques­ tions and controversies; especially in case of the election of a Master~ where the number of votes shall be equally divided. Nineteen years after the charter of Elizabeth, and only two years before his death, which took place Oct. 1592, Mr. Lyon drew up a very curious docu­ ment, containing his "Orders, Statutes and Rules," for the future government of his School, with full in"" structions for the disposal of the estates which he intended to devote to various charitable uses. In these papers he mentions his intention of building a school-house, with habitations for Master and Usher, and directs the sum of £300 to be expended for that purpose, within three years after his decease, provided he should die without having completed his intentions. He proceeds to specify how many surveyors they shall employ, with their duties, entering at the same time into a minute detail of the manner in which the accounts shall be kept and preserved. . The statutes for the school are drawn up with great care and precision. The Master is directed to be " on no account, below the degree of Master of Arts ~" or the Usher .. under that of a Bachelor ofArts:' The 46 HARROW SCHOOL. stipends of the Masters are settled; the number of the Forms specified; the books and exercises for each form marked out; the mode of correction described; the hours of attending school, the vacations and play­ days appointed; and the nature of the scholar's amusements directed to be confined to .. driving a top, tossing a hand-ball, running and shooting." The last mentioned diversion was in a manner insisted upon, as all parents were required to furnish their children with .. bow-strings, shafts, and bracers to exercise shooting." With regard to the hours of attendance in the School, it is ordered that the first thing which shall be done in the morning after the boys are assembled. and the last thing before they depart. shall be to hear Prayers distinctly read by some scholar whom the master shall appoint. The prayers are now read by the Master, not by a scholar. The Founder directs that a competent number of scholars shall be educated freely, but allows the ~. Schoolmaster to receive over and above children of the inhabitants within the parish, so many foreigners as the whole number may be well taught and applied, and the place can conveniently contain, by the judge­ ment and discretion of the Governors. And of the Foreigners he may take ~uch stipends and wages as he can get, except that they be of the kindred of John Lyon the Founder, so that he take pains with all indifferently as well of the parish as foreigners, as well of poor as of rich; but the discretion of the Governors shall be looked to that he do." HARROW SCHOOL. 41 It also provided ~. that no girlff shall be received~ to be taught in the same School." The last rule conveys a wide discretionary power to all future Governors by which they are privileged with the advice of the Master, to amend, alter, or abolish any of the foregoing rules, as the change of times may require, and to substitute others in their stead. This discretionary power has been frequently exercised to accommodate the system to modem cir... cumstances, always for the advantage of the School. Five articles are subjoined to the statutes, which the Master is required to recite to all persons bringing Scholars to be received on the foundation; 1. You shall submit your child in all things to be ordered in all things according to the discretion of the School~ master and Usher. 2. You shall find your child sufficient paper, ink, pens, books, candles for winter" and all other things at any time requisite for the maintenance of his study. 3. You shall allow your child, at all times, bow-shafts, bow-strings and a braver, to exercise shooting. 4. You shall see diligently from time to time, that your child shall keep duly the ordinary bours and times in coming to the School, and in diligent keeping and continuing of his study. 5. You shall be content to receive your child, and to put him to some profitable occupation, if after one year's experience, he shall be found unapt to the learning of grammar. If yOUT child shall use at sundry times to be absent from School, unless by reason of sickne8~ he shall be utterly banished from the School." 48 HARROW SCHOOL.

One of the earliest deviations from the Founder's Rules, appears to have been that of allowing the liJasters to be married men; an alteration that took place more than 180 years ago. The sum of £20 was allotted for the support of four exhibitions; two in Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge, the others in Rny College at Oxford. In choosing the exhibitions, the preference is to be given to the founder's kin*; secondly to natives of

'!l' Several families in the neighbourhood of Harrow assert that they are of Founder's kin, particularly those descended from the Smiths, formerly of Eastboro, Herts, near Watford and Pinner. The following singular and amusing Statement of one of these claimants is here inserted: Statement of Martha Claxton with regard to her being of Kin to John Lyon, Founder of Harrow School, &c. ~c. I am the widow of Henry Claxton, to whom I was married at Harrow; am the daughter ofJohn and Sarah Smith, formerly Aldwin; was born at Eastboro Hear Watford, baptized at home, and registered either at Watford, , Ruislip or Bushey. My father was the son of WiIliam and Ann (or Mary) Smith who was the daughter of one John Lyon, who I suppose lived near Aldbury, as my grandmother came up from that part about the time of her marriage to my grandfather. She had brothers named John, ·William, and James, and a sister Jane, or at any rate I was always given to understand they were my great uncles and great aunt. I remember my great uncles John and James; they resided in the parish of RUislip, and were small farmers. I also remember my great aunt Jane. I remember my grandfather Smith used to say to my father "Why don't you sendyour sons to Harrow School which is their birthright?" I have always been given to understand as long as I can remember' that we were of the same family as the Founder of Harrow School. About the year 1806 or l808 I came over to Harrow on business; a Miss Hill came with me, and on pa<;gin~ the School J made the remark" see how my old uncle shakes;" it was a very windy day, and J was alluding to the Lion which supported the weathercock. Some time after this the parish of Harrow went to law with the Gover- HARROW SCHOOL.

, ~~ Harrow, and thirdly, to such as are most meet for towardness, poverty and painfulness;" and in case it should happen that no Scholars of the foundation should possess the requisites preferring them to these exhibitions~ any other Scholars at Harrow School are declared eligible. These Scholarships are held for four years and in consequence of the improved

nors of the School; one of the most active persons on behalf of the parish was one of the Churchwardens, Mr. John Foster; to whom, somewhere about this time, the above Miss Hill was married, and she mentioned to him the circumstance of my making the remark respecting the weather-cock, which excited his curiosity that he came to me to learn more particulars, and he was so satisfied with my statement, that he requested me without delay to procure all the requisites that could be ob­ tained, or anything else that might throw some light upon the matter. In accordance with his request, and through the hopes held out of the advantages that would accrue to my family should we be fortunate enough to prove a relationship to the Founder, I and my sister Sally Dean, went to a great expense in searching the registers of Ruislip, Aldbury, TTing, Harefield.­ &c. but not being accustomed to make searches, and the ex­ penses in consequence being 50 great, we were obliged to give up the pursuit. We however had the satisfaction of tracing back our pedigree for a period of one hundred and seventy years, within Forty-four years of the Founder's death. A Pewter Plate which belonged to my cousin Mary Smith, (which with many others had been in my family a great number of years) was taken with the registers found by the said Mr. Foster, to the Herald's College, where he was told that there was no doubt but that we were of the same family as the Founder, from the Arms en!!:raven upon the plate, but that as the Arms had obt been paid for, renewed, or something to that effect, for a period ofTwo Hundred years, they were lost. The plate was returned, but I rather think the registers were left at the College. My Grandfatherand Grandmother Smith (whose maiden name was Lyon) lived at Eastboro, between Pinner and Watford, and I remember hearing it said that the Royal Family lunched at their house on the first day of hunting. One of my relations has a plate with Cl W. L." upon it, but all the plates that had the Arms or Crest upon them I am afraid F 1>0 BARROW SCHOOL. value of the ,estates have been increased, but their number is uncertain; it is voted each year whether any, and how many scholarships shall be declared vacant: they are .£30 per annum each. . The revenues of the School estates are now con';' siderable; but it is curious that those parts of the property which have most increased in value, such as land in Mary.le-bone and Paddington, called the Pine­ apple estate, now let on building leases, were appro­ priated to the repair of the road from London to Harrow. and other roads in the neighbourhood; these estates, which 60 years ago produced only £100 per annum, are now supposed to return an annual income of £4000. It is reasonable to suppose that John Lyon could never have anticipated such an increase in the value of this part of his .property. or he would scarcely have devoted it to the purpose of keeping roads in re. pair. when the foundation of the school seems to have been the principal object of his benevolent intentions.

have long been melted down, in consequence of the high price at one time given for that metal, and the low circumstances of those into whose hands they came. My age is from 77 to SO years. My Father and Mother I believe were married at Ruislip. I bave always been told that my Grandmother's family in every generation endeavoured to keep up the name of" John." The foregoing Statement is true and correct, to the best of my belief, it having been carefully read over to me. As witness my hand this thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-five. MARTHA CLAXTON. Witness, JAMES CLOWES, Harrow. Aldbury, two miles and a half from Tring, Co. Herts. Rev. William Lyon. Clerk; instituted 15 Oct. 1562, tothe Vicarage of Braughing, (D. of Norfolk, Patron). He was deprived 1 May, 1568.-Clutterbuck. RAR ROW SCHOOL.

The income is expended by the Governors in the Masters' salaries, (viz. £30 a year to the Head Mas. ter and £20 to the Lower Master) the Exhibitions. relieving decayed housekeepers and widows. and in the payment of an optional sum annually to the sup" port of the National School. &c. . Mr. Lyon further directed the sum of £10 per annum to be paid out of his estate!! for thirty sermonll to be preached in the Church of Harrow j the School.. master or Vicar to have the preference; also :£20 annually distributed to poor householders ofthe parish on Good Friday. This gift is now divided. viz. o£] o. is given away on Good Friday. 10 groats each to 60 poor persons residing in any part of the parish. and the like on St. Thomas' Day. The overplus of cer­ tain rents directed to be given towards the help and relief of poor marriages. is now given towards ap'" prenticing the children of the poorer inhabitants. The total rental of the Free School Lands in ]590 in Harrow, Alperton. Preston. &c., was 179. 69. 8d. In 1808 the estate was stated to consist of 321 acres.. 3 roods and 29 perches, producing a rental of £586. Is. 5d. The name of James Brydges. Duke of Chandos, afterwards called cc The Grand Duke," appears in the list of Governors for 1720. • The apportionment of the property to the repair of highways was early a subject of litigation. A Petition was presented to Parliament, by Leonard Stockdale of Kingsbury, praying that the Governors of the Lands belonging to the Free School at Harrow­ en-the-Hill. founded by John Lyon deceased, might be called to an accompt as to their administration. IJARROW SCnOOL.

A Decree was made 23 April ami. 9 R. Jacobi I. (1659) upon a Bill ofcomplaint exhibited by Sir Henry Hobart. Attorney-General, against the Governors of the Lands and possessions of John Lyon: whereby -the said Governors were ordered and adjudged to repair the Highways between Edgware and London, and Harrow-on-the-Hill and London, from time to time as need shall require, according to the true -intent and meaning of the will of John Lyon, and to appoint two overseers yearly to look after the ~ame. : The Governors of the school, by a deed of the Corporation duly signed and sealed on the 21st day of April, 1659, appointed "WilliamGrey, of the Cettyof London, Merchant Taylor. and John Lyon, of the said Cette of London, Gentleman, or eayther ofthem to be Surveyors, of all the lands belonging to the said School." The present Surveyor is , Esq. . The management of the School and its estates have been called in question, as follows :- . An information having been laid against the Go­ vernors of Harrow school by the Attorney-General in the Court of Chan~ery, at the instance of certain inhabitants.. the case was heard before Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls, who gave judgment on 'the 18th of Aug. 1810. The relators' petition embraced three points: 1. The removal of such <,f the Governors of Harrow School as the peti­ tioners contended had not been duly elected. 2. The better administration of the Charity. 3. An alteration in the present constitution or establish.. ment of the School. HARROW SCHOOL. 53 The first article was dismissed. on the ground that the Court had no jurisdiction over Corporate bodies. On the second article, Sir William Grant determined, that the relators were entitled to have inquiries directed as to whether the estates were pro­ perly and advantageously managed. but declared his persuasion, that the Governors had administered the revenues of the Charity to the best of theirjudgment. and had been actuated by no improper motives in what they had done or omitted to do. Lastly, he refused to sanction any alteration in the establishment of the School by limiting the number of foreigners. as not likely to be productive of any advantage, and as in.. compatible with the intentions of the Founder. who had declared that the Master might receive over and above the youths on the Foundation, so many foreigners as might be well taught, and as the place would contain. This judgment, in which Sir William Grant displayed much luminous reasoning, too long for insertion here, has probably set all future litiga­ tion of this kind at rest: a very desirable circum­ stance. as many other chartered Schools besides Harrow, had their interests involved in the question.

THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS consist of the Master's House, the (School, and Speech Room) and the Chapel. They are built in the Elizabethan style, of red brick with neat stone dressings, unencumbered by any elaborate ornament; the lofty bay windows being .the prominent features in the School and Speech rooms. 11'2 54 BARROW SCHOOL• . .The School, erected about three years- after the Founder's decease, stands below the Church, a little to the South; the arrangement of the interior of the ancient part of the building remains exactly in its original state; the Speech Room, an addition to the old School, and in perfect harmony in the style of architecture with it, is a substantial and commodious building, and was erected under the auspices of Dr. Butler, and hy subscription of Old Harrovians. at an expense of more than £10,000. It is furnished with seats for the accommodation of a large number of Visitors; there is in it a fine Picture of Cicero plead­ ing against Catiline; painted by Gavin Hamilton, presented by Lord N orthwick. In stained glass, let into the windows, appear the Armorial bearings of Queen Elizabeth, and King George Ill. together with those of the Governors, Head Master and Be­ nefactors. The ancient School-room is of an oblong form, about 50 feet in length, by 21 wide, and the height of very good proportion to the area. The walls are wainscoted with oak to about one half of their ele­ vation. above which are large square heavy framed windows: the room has a gloomy appearance, which is somewhat increased by the dingy colour of the wainscoting, entirely covered with the carved names of many generations of Harrovians; cut in the panels, in every yariety of shape and character. Formerly the plastered walls above the wainscoting were :6lled with names and dates. but they have been ob· literated by whitewashing the walls. Boards have since been put up on which the names are. neatly car- ved in regular order and of uniform size. HARROW SCHOOL. 55 These Inscriptions are held in' great veneration, and are certainly extremely interesting. They are not suffered to be desecrated by paint or varnish, but remain exactly in the rude state in which they were cut. Among them will be found the names of many distinguished public characters of the last 80 or 90 years; of Parr; Sheridan (only the initials R. B. SJ; W. Jones. (Sir William); Bennett, (Bp. of Cloyne) ; Ryder, (Bp. of Lichfield and Coventry) ; Murray, (Bp. of Rochester) j Dymock (the Cham­ pion); Ryder, (Lord Harrowby); Temple, (Lord Palmerston); Hartington, (Duke of Devonshire); Lord Normanby, 1813; Lord Byron; and Peel, (Sir Robert). On account of the recent lamen­ ted death of Sir Robert Peel, this inscription has excited conf'iderable interest j it is carved on the panel to the left of the seat of the head master, and it is pleasing to observe that on the same panel appear the names of his three eldest sons, ~ R. Peel, 1835 ;" cc F. Peel, 1836;" and cc W. Peel, ] 837." Between the two last letters of Sir Robert Peel's name, and in ·smaller letters, appears the name of Perceval, as cut by that lamented Statesman.' In the story above the School-room are several other rooms; the largest of which was formerly used, by the Governors at their annual meetings, and here their records were preserved. These rooms are now used as class-rooms, with the exception of one, which is devoted, to the· MONITORS' LIBRARY. This room is neatly and appropriately fitted-up; 51 HARROW SCHOOL. the Books, Classical and Miscellaneous in various languages, are in excellent condition; they are all stamped with the Device of the School. The Library was :first established on a small scale bv.. Dr. Sumner,-lE- but has much increased of late years by presenta- tions from Scholars leaving the School. from Old Harrovians and others. A List of the acquisition of the year with the names of the donors is printed with the annual Prolusiones. . Among the objects of interest to be noticed in the Library. are the Portraits of Dr. Parr. Lord Byron, and John Sayer, Captain of the School in 1770. afterwards founder of the Sayer Scholarships j a Bust in marble of .Lord Byron, presented by Lord Dungannon i a sword worn by Lord Byron when in Greece. and a rich Mosaic table from the Temple of Peace at Rome, presented by Capt. Keane. A small quarto volume, containing a Collection of H Speech Bills," was recently presented to th~ Library by Dr. Butler, Dean of Peterborough, as the result of many years research. 4~ From the year 1772 till 1780," the Dean observes, ., these Speech Bills were, it is believed, invariably in Manu~cript; in what year they :first appeared in a printed form is doubtful. Down to the year 1799, the series is very defec- tive, containing only as follows:- 1785 July 5 1792 June 7 July 5 1793.•.• May 2 •• June 6 ••• July 4 .... There is a portrait of Dr. Sumner, in the Jlossession of an inhabitant of Harrow. HARROW SCHOOL. 51 1794.•• _May 4 _•June 5 •• ~ July 3 1795.• _. May 7 •• June 2 .... July 2 ] 796.•• wMay 5 .. _•.••••••.••••

1797.•.•..•.•.•••.•.••. .it •• 1798.••••.•••• June 14.••Julv 5 • From 1798 to 1829, the series is complete• •'1£ any Old Harrovian will favour the Dean of Peterborough with one or more of the deficient If< SPEECH BILLS," the same will be thankfully ac.. knowledged and most carefully inserted in the above~ mentioned highly interesting volume:' In the Speech Bill of the 5th of July 1804, ap­ pear the names of Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Byron, in conjunction with a Scholar of the name of Leeke, of whom nothing is now known: Lord Byron •••• Latinus Leeke •.•• ... _• Drances ex Virgilio. Peel, sen. • •••• Turnus Her Majesty has added to the value of this book hy writing in it ".Victoria R. Nov. 16, 1848;'; the day on which Her Majesty honoured the School with a visit. Prince Albert has also inscribed his name. . . There is also preserved here an autograph Letter of Louis Philippe, late King of the French,* expressing his sense of the kind reception he met with on the • The letter alludes to a holiday given to the Pupils by Dr. Vaughan at Louis Philippe's requpst, and is inserted by per­ mission of H. M. Butler, Esq., Captain of the School. cc Le Comte de Neuilly presents his best thanks to Doctor Vaughan for his kind compliance with the wish that le Comte de Neuilly had ventured to express, under the emotion of the cheers with which the young gentlemen of the College had greeted bis passagethrough Harrow. L. P. Claremont, 20th of September, 1848." 58 HARROW SCHOOL. occasion of his passing through Harrow on his return from a visit to Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, at Bentley Priory, in September, ] 848. It remains. only to notice. a superb Fancy Archery dress, worn on the day of shooting for the Silver Arrow, about the year 1766, by Henry Read, and presented by the Rev. J. Read Munn, through the Dean of Peterborough: it is preserved in a glass case, and is a curious relic of the by-gone times of Harrow. Above the Speech Room are three Class Rooms; the one to the South front is now appropriated to the use of the Sixth Form. Some of the rooms were originally used as a resi.. dence for the Master; but it is probable that he did not reside in them much more than half a century from the original foundation, on account of their inconvenience. In 1670, allowance was made to the Master by the Governors for a house, and for fitting up the same to receive boarders: and in 1672, a house belonging to the trust was finally made over to him and his successors, free of rent. . The building stands in a gravelled court-yard, con­ f3iderably above the level of the street, and is entered by a tlight of stone steps; above the entrance is placed the following inscription ;-

Ioannes • Lyon. scholam • condidit •A•S• MDLXXII • Gu. bematores • vetvstate • corrvptam •peevnia • ex • area • eroga­ ta • avcto • evltv • refeeervnt. A•S• MDCCCXIX • porticvm • auditorium. bibliotbeeam • alia • in. domo • superiori • con· clavia • et • vestibvlvm • evm • gradibvs • lapideis • ampliato • areae • spatio • gvbematores • magistri • atqve • alvmni • colla­ to • aere • adstrvenda • cvraverunt. HARROW SCHOOL. 59

Georgius Butler S. T. P. Archididascatus • haec. add ita­ menta. facienda. procuravit • idemque . collatoribus • appro­ bavit • A. S. MDCCCXX. The school Clock was the gift of Sir Gregory Page Turner, Bart. Beyond this court-yard are the Racquet courts, es­ tablished by sUbscription of the Scholars. aided by a munificent donation from T. H. Sotheron, Esq.• M. P. one of the Governors of the School; thence the ground falls with a considerable declivity. Before quitting this channing spot, the writer desires to acknowledge the urbanity and politeness ofthe intelligent Custos, Mr. Samuel Hoare, to whom he is indebted for much of the information here gIven.• l'•

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HARROW SCHOOL CHAPEL was erected by Subscription for the accommodation of the Scholars alone, and consecrated by the Arch­ bishop of Canterbury, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1839; the HARROW SCHOOL CHAPEL. 61 consecration Sermon was preached by the Rev. J. W. Cunningham. the Vicar. The interior is both plain and neat; there is an Altar-piece by West. of "The Ascension," presented by Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P., one of the Governors of the School, and founder of the Neeld Scholarships; and also a fine-toned organ by Bishop. A marble tablet, and service-booKs for the altar were ·presented by Lord Dungannon. Divine service is performed in the Chapel annually, in commemoration of the Founder John Lyon, and every Sunday and Saint's day. ~ In the Chapel, the Church. and the School, there is no distinction of seats for the Sons of Noblemen. It was for this reason that Rufus King, the American Ambassador, sent his sons to Harrow. as the only School where 110 ostensible distinction was shown to rank.

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THE HEAD MASTER'S HOUSE stands on the right hand or eastern side of the street, in the ascent to the Church; it is a modern erection, but as before mentioned. in a style of archi. tecture uniform with the other School buildings. The former house which stood on the same site was burned down in the latter part of 1838. It had re­ ceived so many additions and alterations under various possessors, that all trace of its original form was lost. About 1757, Dr. Heath made great additions to it; and Dr. Butler, in more recent times. also expended much money upon the house and grounds, ARCHERY. 63

and added a gothic porch to the street front, with other architectural ornaments. There was then also a communication from the grounds, with Lord North.. wick's Park. The house was large enough at that time to contain 120 boarders, besides the Master's family. More space being allowed to each scholar in the arrangement of the new building, only about 35 Scholars can now be accommodated therein: the remaining Boarder6 in the Head Master's. House being lodged in an adjoining House. The fire which destroyed the former building took place on the 22nd of October, 1838; the premises were insured partly in the County and partly in the Phrenix Fire Offices, to the amount of about £4000 ; and it is a singular fact, that the greater part of the insurance in the County, was only effected a few days before the accident happened. The amount of the Insurance, with the proceeds of a SUbscription raised for the purpose, enabled the Governors to erect the present building. The Under and Assistant Masters occupy house15 in different parts of the village. The original device of the School is a Lion rampant, being the armorial bearings of the Founder, and a rebus of his name. The arrows crossed were added at a later period. ARCHERY. The practice of archery, as we have seen, wae enjoined by the Founder. The 4th of August was the original Anniversary on which six, and in later times twelve boys, contended for a silver arrow. The 64 ARCHERY. first Thursday in July was afterwards substituted. The competitors were attired in fancy dresses, of spangled satin; the usual colours were white and green, they also wore green s-ilk sashes, and silken caps. He who first shot twelve times nearest to the central mark was proclaimed the victor, and carried home the silver arrow, a triumphal procession of boys attending him; the entertainments of the" day were concluded with a ball in the school-room, to which the neighbouring gentry were invited. The last silver arrow was contended for in July. 1771, and the one made for the ensuing year, but not used, is in the possessionof the Rev. B. H. Drury, of Harrow. The reasons which induced Dr. Heath to abolish this ancient custom, are stated to have been, the frequent exemptions from the regular busi­ ness of the school, which those who practised as future competitors for the Prize. claimed as a privilege NOT TO BE INFRINGED UPON; also. on account of the band of profligate and disorderly persons that this exhibition brought into the village from its vicinity to London, and which tended to injure the discipline and morals of the School. The butts at Harrow was formerly"a very beautiful spot. on the left of the London road, entering the village. They were backed by a lofty knoll crowned with majestic trees; on the slopes of this eminence were cut rows of grassy seats, gradually descending, worthy, (according to Dr. Parr,) of a Roman amphi­ theatre. But digging for brick earth many years since. has entirely altered the whole surface of the place. the knoll itself having altogether disappeared. 65

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The celebrity of Harrow School, and the origin of its success, is no doubt to be chiefly traced to the distinguished abilities of those who have superintended the education of the Scholars. The first person on record who was elected to the office of Head Master, was The Rev. WILLIAM HORNE, M.A. in 1656. "Prre­ ceptor strenuus," engraved upon his tomb, is the only remaining memorial of his character. Since his time, the following gentlemen have successively been elected. The Rev. THOMAS BRIAN, A. M. died May, 1730, aged seventy-three, having held the office for the space of thirty..nine years. The Rev. JAMES Cox, D.D., of Merton College, Oxford. He died in the year 1759, at the age of ) sixty-six, and is buried in Harrow Church. The Rev. THOMAS THACKERAY, D.D. He had been Assistant Master at , and intro­ duced the Eton system of education at Harrow, which, with few modifications, has continued in use ever since. Dr. Thackeray resigned at Midsummer, 1760, and died in London the same year, aged sixty-seven. His tomb is in the churchyard at Harrow. The Rev. ROBERT SUMNER, D.D., in 1760. The school rose much higher during his superintendence than in that of any of his predecessor!;; at the time of his demise it contained 250 Scholars. His epitaph, 62 66 HEAD MASTERS. written by Dr. Parr, and placed in the south transept. of the church at. Harrow. and the noble eulogy paid to his memory by Sir William J ones, in the preface to his Treatise on Asiatic Poetry, will ever distin­ guish him in the annals of Harrow.' Dr. Sumner died at the early age of forty-one. The Rev. BENJAMIN fhATH. D.D., F.A.S., suc­ ceeded Dr. Sumner in 1771. The abolition of the arrow-shooting was one of the earliest measures of Dr. Heath. He resigned the Mastership in the year 1785, on his election to one of the fellowships of Eton College. The Rev. JOSEPH DaURY, D.D., was elected in 1785. During his superintendence. the number of scholars exceeded 350, and the whole establishment was in consequence much enlarged. Dr. Drury re­ signed in 1805, having been Head Master twenty years. The Rev. GEORGE BUTLER, D.D., in 1805, re­ signed in 1829, and was afterwards promoted to the Deanery of Peterborough. . The Rev. DR. LONGLEY, D.D., in 1829, resigned , in 1836. on being elected to the Bishopric of Ripon. The Rev. CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D.D.• in 1836, and resigned in 1844, on being promoted to a CanonTy of Westminster. The Rev. CHARLES JOHN VAUGHAN, D.D. the present Head Master, succeeded Dr. Wordsworth in 1844. The school is now in a very flourishing state, and contains nearly 400 scholars. 67

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are elected by the Governors; among them since the beginning of the last century are found the names of the Rev. JOHN HOOKER, A.M. Rev. JAMES Cox, A.M., afterwards Head Master. Rev. CHARLES, A.M. Rev. W. SANDERS, A.M. Rev. WJLLIAM PRIOR, A.M. Rev. THOMAS WADESON, A.M. Rev. MARK DRURY, A.M., brother to Dr. Drury, Head Master. Rev. BENJAMIN EVANS, A.M. Rev. HENRY JOSEPH THOMAS DRURY. A.M. The Assistant Masters are appointed by the Head Master, if their duties are exercised in the Upper School: by the Under Master, if in the Lower--~ School. They were first allowed to take boys into their houses in Dr. Heath's time. The costume of the Masters and Assistant Masters, when on duty, is that of their respective degrees in the Universities. The present Visitors and Governors of the School are as follow: Visitors. HIS GRAC-; THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY; THE RIGHT HON. AND RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF' LONDON. Governors. THE MARQUIS OF ABERCORN; THE EARL OF ABERDEEN, K.T.; THE RIGHT HON. LORD NORTHWICK ; JOSEPH NEELD, ESQ., M. P.; REV. 68 UNDER MASTERS.

J. W. CUNNINGHAM, M. A.; T. H. S,. SOTHERON, ESQ., M. P. The Seal of the Governors is a Lion Rampant, with the motto If Donorum Dei Dispensatio Fidelis." The Masters are elected by a majority of this body; but it has happened several times, when the Head Mastership has become vacant, the votes have been equally divided, so that it has become necessary to refer to the Archbishop of Canterbury, according to the Statutes. The Governors in early times, as they are em~ powered to do, dispensed with many of the books of Instruction which are mentioned in the Founder's Statutes. and substituted others. The spirit of his Rules has, however, been always attended to, by pur~ suing the means best calculated to ensure the benefits of classical education. There are but few boys on the foundation. These are boarded at their own homes, the advantage which they receive being an exemption from paying the schooling. The School is at present divided into the following Forms: Sixth Form. (Includes the 10 Monitors). Upper Fifth Fonu. Middle Fifth Form. Under Fifth Form. Upper Shell. Middle Shell. Under Shell. Upper Fourth Form. Under Fourth Form. Third Form, First and Second Removes. VACATIONS. 69- The Speech day is usually on the fi st Thursday in July, and is attended by a very numerous audience of the first distinction in rank and literature. The Concio Latina addressed to the Governors is delivered by the Captain of the School on the first Thursday in June. It touches on all matters interesting to Har­ rovians, whether of a public nature, or more imme­ diately confined to the School. The present Establishment is as follows :- Head Master. REV CHARLES JOHN VAUGHAN, D.D., Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Under Master. REV. WILLIAM OXENHAM, M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford. Classical Assistant Masters. G. F. HARRIS, Esq. M.A. REV. B. H. DRURY, M.A.; Rev. J. N. SIMP­ KINSON, M.A.; Rev. G. TOWNSEND WARNER, M.A.; REV. H. KEARY, M. A.; REV. S. A. PEARS, B. D. ; REV. F. RENDALL, M. A. ; E. H. VAUGHAN. Esq. M. A.; Rev. T. H. STEEL, M.A. Mathematical Masters. REv. R. MIDDLEMIST, M.A.; J. F. MARILLIER. Esq. ; Extra Masters. MONs. RUAULT, French and Italian Master; MONS. G. RUAuLT, German Master; MR. WOOD. Drawing Master; MESSRS. AN­ GELO, Fencing and Drill Masters.

VACATIONS. At Easter, Three Weeks; at Midsummer, Six; at Christmas, Five: the Easter Holidays begin on the Tuesday before Passion Week; the Midsummer. on the last Tuesday in July; the Christmas end on the Wednesday after the Monday following the Epiphany. 70

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John Lyon's, £30 a year for four years to either University. Mr. Sayer's, Two of 50 Guineas a year for four years to Caius College, Cambridge. Mr. Neeld's, Two of £30 a year for three years to any College at Oxford. Isabella Gregory's, One of £100 a year for six years to either University.

ANNUAL PRIZES.

John Lyon's Five Guineas, in Books for Latin Hex­ ameters. Do. Do. Greek Iambics. Do. Do. Latin Alcaics. Mr. A. J. B. Hope's, Do. Greek Prose. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peers Gold Medal. value Ten Guineas, for a Latin Prose Essay. The Isabella Gregory Gold Medal, value Ten Guineas, for Latin Prose. The Head Master's Prize of Books for an English Prose Essay. Do. English Poem. The ground, which contains several acres, was originally enclosed from a tract of land called Roxeth Green. There is ample space for the enjoy- ROYAL VISITS. '. 71 ment of that healthy exercise, with an elegant pa­ vilion.

At a place known to Old Harrovians as It TheDuck Puddle)" a large bathing place * has been formed for the convenience of the School, with an engine to supply water, erected at considerable expense, princi­ pally defrayed by the Head Master, Dr. Vaughan. The general health of the Boys, owing, no doubt, to the airy, dry, and elevated situation, is remark­ able; serious sickness, notwithstanding the number of boys. of various constitutions. being of very rare occurrence. It is a fact, that no cases of Cholera oc­ curred in the town of Harrow, during the preva­ lence of that disease in the year 1849. For a period of twenty-four years only two deaths occurred in the School, and during the past twenty-five years only three. Medical Attendant on the School, Thomas Hew- lett, Esq. . Solicitor to the Governors of Harrow School, Henry Young. Esq. 12 Essex Street, Strand. Surveyor to the Governors, Decimus Burton. Esq., 6 Spring Gardens.

ROYAL VISITS. King Charles 1. on his flight from Oxford- came as far as Harrow with the intention of proceeding to London, but wavering in his resolution he betook himself to Newark, a step which decided his fate• .. This Bathing-place is 220 feet long, and 48 feet wide; the deepest part is 6 feet '1 inches, and the shallowest S feet 4 inches. ROYAL VISITS.

King George III visited Harrow, about the year 1805, in the course of a drive from Windsor. When the Queen Dowager Adelaide resided at Bentley Priory, Her Majesty frequently drove over to Harrow for the purpose of enjoying the pros­ pect, and on one occasion visited the School. when she expressed herself much gratified with the inspection. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert honoured Harrow with their presence on Thursday, Nov. 16. 1848. Her MHjesty, who was then with the Queen Dowager, at Bentley Priory, having suddenly noti­ fied her intention to visit the School, every prepa­ ration for a grand demonstration of loyalty and welcome was made with extraordinary alacrity. A few minutes before one o'clock, the approach of the Royal Carriages was observed from the hill, and they were received by the multitude with ac­ clamation. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were accompanied by a numerous suite, and on arrival at the School gates. were rccei,'ed by Dr. Vaughan with the whole of the Assistant-Masters, and being conducted to the Speech Room, where the whole School was assembled, Her Majesty commanded that the Masters should severally be introduced to her. The Captain of the school (Church) was then introduced to Her Majesty. to present a fC BilL" The" Bill " having been called over in the presence of the Queen by two of tbe Masters, Her Majesty was graciously pleased to signify to Dr. Vaugban tbat an extra Week's Holi­ days should be given to the Boys at the ensuing • ROYA L VISITS. 73 Midsummer. The Royal Pl:I.fty then \'isited the old School Room, and the Library, together with the Class Rooms. Her Majesty next proC'eeded to the Church, then in process of restoration, where she was met by the Vicar, the Rev. J. W. Cunningham; Mr. William Winkley, Churchwarden; Mr. William Arnold, Overseer; Mr. WiIliam 'Vinkley,jun. Vestry Clerk; and a number of the principal inhabitants, and after inspecting the sacred edifice, and visiting the tomb now called c, Byron's tomb," the Royal party ultimately departed amid:;t the vociferous cheers of the Scholars and the assembled Inhabitants. The • Rev. Dr. Vaughan had had the honour of dining with the Queen and Prince Albert. on the Wednes­ day, at the Queen Dowager's, Bentley Priory. His Royal Highness Prince Albert had communi­ cated his intention to attend on the Speech­ day, July 1850, but was prevented by the death of H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge. Her Majesty has graciously signified her desire that a week's extra holidays be given to the Scholars on ac­ count of the birth of Prince Arthur; which indul­ gence has also been granted to the other public Schools.

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EMI~ENT HARROVIANS..

To enumerate all the scholars of Harrow that have rendered their names eminent in after life, and gained a station in the History of their Country, ~ould ex­ ceed the limits of a H Hand Book;" a few have, however, been collected from various sources; but principally from a little work, called '~A selection of Lists of the School; " dedicated to the" Governors, Masters, and Scholars, of Harrow School;" and printed in 1849, for gratuitous distribution, by the Very Rev. George Butler, D. D., Dean of Peter­ borough, Head Master from 1805 to 1829. The annexed extract from the Preface of that work will sufficiently explain the praiseworthy motives of the Rev. Editor :- .. The reputation of Harrow as a Public School of .. sound and Religious education, and the celebrity ~, both in Church and State of many of its Alumni, " (including a large portion of the Aristocracy of the .. Nation), have induced the Editor to put forth this .. little volume; believing that, whilst to Old " Harrovians it may supply pleasing reminiscences of .. by-gone days, it must also to the present andfuture "generations of Harrow boys suggest additional .. motives for veneration, as well as cordial affection, .. toward the scenes of their own and their fore­ .. father's boyhood, » together with an honourable .. ambition individually to sustain the good name .. of the School by persevering diligence and exem- EMINENT HARROVIANS. 75

"plary conduct, as CHRISTIANS, GENTLEMEN, and •• SCIIOLARS• •• With this object, and as a memorial of the .. Editor's high respect and regard for tbe members,

I. old and young. of an Institution, over which for lJ nearly a quarter of a century he had the honour to .. preside: these few detached .. Ab~ence Lists" .. or "Bills of the School " have been selected by .. him, and printed for gratuitous distribution, illus­ t. trated with such annotations as the kindness of .. friends and his own reflections have enabled him

If to annex." • WILLlAM BAXTER, celebrated philologist and antiquary, born at Llanlugan in Shropshire, in 1650. He edited several editions of the classics, his most noted Work, Glossarium . Antiquitatum Britannicarum, sive Syllabus etymologicus antiquitatum veteris Britannice atque lbernice temporibus Romanorum, appeared in 1719. In a note on the third line, Ep. 15, lib. I. of his well-known edition of Horace, Mr. Baxtcr thus refers to his education at Harrow. re Qui vicus satis natus est in Medio-Saxonum nostrorum pago; prre­ sertim vera nobis, qui in sacro isto Monte Musas primum adivimus." JOHN DENNIS, Poet and Critic, a man of superior talent. He died 1733, aged 77. JAMES BRUCE, the celebrated Abyssinian Traveller. He left the school in 1746. Through all his wanderings, he re­ tained a great attachment for Harrow. He had expressed a wish to be appointed one of the stewards to the Harrow School anniversary dinner held in June: the nomination took place, but he died April 27, 1794. ROBERT ORME, author of the History of Hindostan. He was born in IndIa and came to Harrow at Bi~ years of age. He went to India 1742, revisited England, and returned to India in 1754, as Member of Council at Madras. SIR WILLIAM lONES. the celebrated Oriental Scholar, was first placed at Harrow under Dr. Thackeray, in 1753, at the age of seven years, and continued under Dr. Sumner; he re- 76 EMINENT HARROVIANS.

moved to University CoIl. Oxford; but his intimacy with Dr. Sumner, and Dr. Parr, induced him after the completion of his academical career, to return there in the capacity of private tutor to Earl Spencer. Lord Teignmouth relates that when a boy at Harrow, he invented a political play, in which Dr. William Bennet, Bishop of Cloyne, and Dr. Parr, also boys, were his principal associates. They divided the fields in the neighbourhood of Harrow according to a map of Greece, into states and king­ doms: each fixed upon one as his dominions, and assumed an ancient name. Some of their schoolfellows consented to be styled barbarians, who were to invade their territories, and attack their hillocks, which were denominated fortresses. The chiefs vigorously defended their respective domains against the incursions of the enemy; and in these imitative wars, the young statesmen held councils; all doubtless very boyish, but admirably calculated to fill their minds with ideas of legislation and civil government. In these amusements Jones was ever the leader. He wrote a Greek Oration in praise of the Founder, John Lyon. In after life (I783) he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court at Fort William, Calcutta, on which occasion he was knighted, and finally died of inflammation of the liver, 27th of April, 1794. A monument in St. Paul's and a statue at Bengal, were both voted by the Hon. East India Company, and another by FJaxman was erected to his memory in Univer­ sity College, by his Lady. REV. DR. PARR was the son of a surgeon, and born at Har. rowan the 26th of Jan. 1746-7. He was entered on the foundation of John Lyon in 1752, and in 1760 at the age of fourteen was bead boy. He entered Emanuel College, Cambridge, and in the year 1767, at little more than the age of twenty, returned to Harrow, as an assistant master under Dr. Sumner. Dr. Parr was an unsuccessful candidate for the head-mastership on the death of Dr. Sumner. ADMIRAL LORn RODNEY, the hero of the 12th of April, 1782. EARL MOl RA, afterwards Marquis of Hastings, and Governor General of India. RICYARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. Wn,LIAM SOTHEBY, F. R. S., Poet. WILLIAM RICHARD HAMILTON, late Under Secretary of State, Trustee of the British Museum, author of £!fYptiaca. EARL OF H \RROWBY, President of the Council. ADMIRAL the RT. HON. CHARLES YORKE, M.P., Lord of the Admiralty. EMINENT HARIlOVIANS. 77

EARL OF HARDWICKE, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. VISCOUNT PAI,MERSTON, Secretary at War. RT. HON. R. RYDER, late Secretary of State. TAYLOR COMBE, Esq., M. A. Secretary of the Society of An­ tiquaries, and Keeper of the Antiquities and Coins, in the British Museum. REV. T. GISBORNE, Author of many Moral and Religious Works and Poems. RICHARD MORNINGTON, MARQUIS OF WELLESLEY. K. G. Atthe death of Dr. Sumner, 1771, he was removed to Eton. The cause of his removal was the active part that he took in favour of Dr. Parr, who was a candidate with Dr. Heath for the Head Mastership, and a universal favourite with the boys; Dr. Parr being unsuccessful, many of the boys were removed. W. YOUNG OTLEY Esq., F. R. S., F. S. A., Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum. Eminent in the knowledge of Art, and publisher of a magnificent work on the drawings of the Old Masters; dipd May 16, 1836. LORD TEIGNMOUTH, the biographer of Sir Wm. Jones; Author of a work on and its scenery; and a life of his father, who was Governor General of India. T. R. MALTHUS, Author of Essay on Population, &c. died. 1836. EARL SPENCER, K. G. First Lord of the Admiralty, during many of our great Naval Victories, and Collector of a mag­ nificent Library at Althorp. RT. HON. , successively Attorney General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; was assassinated in the lobby of the House ofCommons, on the 11th of May, 1812, by one Bellingham. who shot him through the heart. A. FONBLANQUE. Esq., Barrister, King's Counsel, M. P., au­ thor of a valuable work on Equity, and Editor of .. the Ex. aminer." LORD ALTHoRP, Third Earl Spencer, Chancellor of the Ex­ chequer, in the Administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne. REV. CHARLES TOWER. His father won the silver arrow, about 1764. MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERIC CAVENDISH PONSONBY, K. C. B., Brother to the Earl of Bessborough. Se­ verely wounded at Waterloo; while lying on the ground three different charges of cavalry passed over him. Gover­ nor of Malta. H2 EMINENT HARROVIANS.

SIR J. EARDLEY EARDLEY WILMOT. BART. M. P. for War- wickshire, Governor of Van Dieman's Land, where he died. SIR JAMES CRAWFURD, Minister at Hamburgh. DAVID MORIER, Minister at Frankfort and in Switzerland. EARL OF ABERDEEN, K. T. Foreign Secretary of State. EARl, OF WESTMORELAND, Minister Plenipot~ntiaryat Berlin. COL. Wn,DMAN, , Aid-de-camp to the Marquis of Anglesey, at Waterloo. HENRY PllWYS, Captain 83rd Regiment, youngest son of the first Lord Lilford, Lieut. 9th Lancers, killed at the siege of Badajos, 18 12. WILLIAM ELPHINSTON, sell., Major-General, commanded as Lieut.-Colonel of 33rd Foot towards the end of the day at Waterloo; died Major-General at Cabul, commanding the army. RT. HON. SIR HENRY ELLIs, K. C. B., First Commissioner to China with Lord Amherst. GEORGE, third EARL OF TYRCONNEL, Aid de-camp to the Duke of York. He was attached in a Military Diplomatic capacity to Admiral Tchitchagoffz's Corps d'Armee, and died from fatigue and cold, when accompanying the Russians in pursuit of the French, 20th December, 1812, at \\'ilna; where a monument has been erected to his memory in the Reformed Church hy Prince Kutusow. W. BRYAN PROCTOR, Esq., Commissioner in l .. unacy j but better known in the literary world, as author of the works published under the assumed name of Barry Cornwall. JOSE PH NEELD, Esq., M. P. for Cbippenham, one of the Governors of the School. J. BULLER, Esq., Clerk of her Majesty's Council. LORD ELGIN, Ambassador, Collector of celebrated Marbles from the Parthenon, now in the British Museum. HON. AND VERY REV. HENRY ERsKrNE, Dean of Ripon. EARl, OF LONsDALE, Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, afterwards Postmaster-General. BARNET, Lieut.-Colonel in the Guards, Consul.General in Egypt. RT. HON. SIR ROBF.R1' Gordon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Vienna. SIR ROBERT CAVENDISH SPENCER, Capt. R. N., K. C. H. third son of the second and brother of third and fourth Earls Spencer. Died on board and in command of H. M'5. frigate Madagascar, at Alexandria, 4th November, J830. LT.-GEN. SIR EDWARD BOWA'I ER. He went to Harrow, EMINENT HARRO\'IANS. 79 1798, left 1804; in Third Foot Guards till he became Maj.­ Gen. 1837; K. C. H. ] 837 ; Equerry to H. M. Wm. IV. 1832; and to H. R. H. Prince Albert, 1846; Groom in waiting to the Queen, 1845; Col. 49th, and Lt.-Gen. ]846; LL. D., Oxford, 1841. BARTHOLOMEW FRERE, Esq., left Harrow in 1791, for Trinity • College, Cambridge, where he gained high honours. From that time he wae much engaged in diplomacy at Vienna, Madrid, Berlin, and in Turkey, and finally for the second time at Constantinople, which he quitted in 1821, with the rank of Minister. JOHN MIREHOUSE, Esq., Common Serjeant of the City of London. Author of a Treatise on "The Law of Advow' sons," and "The Law of Tithes." EDWARD DRUMMOND, Esq., Private Secretary to Sir Robert Peel, Bart. The lamented victim of an assassin. GEORGE JOHN FREDERICK, DUKE OF DORSET, born Nov. 15th, 1793. This amiable nobleman was killed by a fall from his horse. REV. CHARLES PARRY, Bishop of Melbourne, Senior Wrangler. ]828. SPENCER PERCEVAI" Esq., M. P., son of the Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval, Premier. THE EARL OF ZETLAND. THOMAS WALl-ER, Esq. Secretary of Legation at Brussels. THOMAS DYKE ACLAND, Esq. M. P. Somersetshire, Double 1st. Class, 1831, late Fellow of All Souls, gained the First Peell\Iedal at Harrow. BERIAH BOTFlELD, Esq., Norton Hall, Northamptonshire, sat in Parliament for Ludlow. Deputy Lieutenant of North­ Hants, High Sheriff of the County in 1830, Governor of Christ's Hospital, Author of "A Tour in Scotland, 1829," .. Notes on the Cathedral Libraries of England," and Mem­ ber of most of the learned Societies in Europe. Rev. H. DRURY, Rector of Bremhill, Wilts. Editor of the .. Arundines Cami." . WM. CLINTON PETER COLLINSON, jun. Lieutenant 37th Ben­ gal Infantry. He died 30th Jan. 1840, in Camp near Pushoor, of a wound received in an attack on that fortress. His elder brother Charles T. R. Collinson, who had also been at Harrow, was Captain in the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of foot, and was the only British Officer killed in the attack on Chin Kiang Ton in China, 1842, THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE, now Governor General of India. W. D. RYDER, Esq. fourth son of the Hon. and Rev. Henry, 80 EMINENT UARROVIAN8.

Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and some time Assistant Secretary to the Governor of Ceylon. SIR GEORGE FRANCI8 SEYMOUR, G. C. H., C. B., Rear Admiral of the Red, Lord of the Admiralty, eldest son of Lord Hugh Seymour. COL. MaDRE, Grenadier Guards, Aid-de­ camp to Sir John Hopetoun, since Earl of Hopetoun, nephew of Sir John Moore, severely wounded the 14th of April, 1844, at the blockade of Bayonne j having his arm shattered by a musket-ball, whilst, together with Captain Herries, Aid-de-camp, he was endeavouring to extricate the General from beneath his horse, which had been shot under him by the French in a sudden sortie from the Citadel. When thus engaged, they were surrounded by the enemy, and the whole party were taken prisoners. SIR CHARLES FITZROY, Colonel Grenadier Guards, late Governor of Australia. HON. T. ERSKINE, Justice of the Common Pleas. SIR T. J. PLATT, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. GENERAL FELIX CALVEHT, distinguished at Waterloo. COL. SIR AUGUSTUS D'EsTE, son of H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex. REAR-ADMIRAL SIR AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, Bart., C. B., Usher of the Black Rod. HON. CHARLES BEAUMONT PHIPPS, Lieut.-Col. Fusileer Guards, and Private Secretary to H. R. H. Prince Albert. LORn COTTENHAM, Lord High Chancellor. LORD ASHLEY, Ch. Ch. Oxon. M. P. SIR LucIUS O'BRIEN, Bart., M. P. for Clare. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, Esq., late M. P. for Limerick. lAMES BUCKNALL BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, M. P. for Devizes. Second in command under Colonel Chesney, in the cc Euphrates Expedition." SIR HENRY LYTTON BULWER, Minister to the United States, Under-Secretary of State, 1849. COUNT PAUL LIEVEN, eldest son of Prince Lieven, Ambassador from the Emperor of Russia. The Princes Alexander and Constantine Lieven were also educated at Harrow. RT. HON. lAMES STEWART WORTLEY, M. P. for Bute, Judge Advocate General. REV. FRANCIS FRENCH, M. A., Oriel CoIl. Oxon. Author of .. Travels in France, Spain, and other countries," &c. REV. ISAAC WILLIAMS, Trin. ColI. Author of H The Cathe­ dral," and other religious Poetry. REV. , D.D., Ch. Ch. Ox. Principal of Perth CoIl. N. B. EMINENT UARROVlANS. 81

LORD SOMERVILLE, President ot the Board of Agriculture. LORD BYRON, the Poet, born Jan. 22, 1788, in H0lles Street, Cavendish Square, was placed at Harrow under Dr. Drury ; his name appears in the List of 1803, No. 60, Under Fifth Form. He seems to have been a leader in all the sports, schemes, and mischief of the school. His correspondence every where teems with evidence of his attachment to Har­

row. He says, (f My school-friendships were with me passions!" and again, Cl At Harrow I fought my way very Cl fairly. I think I lost but one battle out of seven; and Cl that was to H ;...... My most memorable Cl combats were with Morgan, Rice, Rainsford, and Lord .. Jocelyn, but we were always friendly afterwards. I was 0' a most unpopular bar, but led latterly, and have retained cc many of my school-friendships, and all my dislikes­ 0' except to Dr. Butler, whom I treated rebelliously, and Cl have been sorry ever since. Dr. Drury, whom I plagued cc sufficiently too, was the best, the kindest, (and yet strict, .. too,) friend I ever had- and I look upon him still as a .. Father." .. P. Hunter, Curzon, Long, and Tattersall, were my prin­ .. cipal friends. Clare, Dorset, Charles Gordon, De Bath. II Claridge, and John Wingfield, were my juniors and favour­ cc ites, whom I spoiled by indulgence. Of all human beings• .. I was, perhaps, at one time, the most attached to poor .. Wingfield, who died at Coimbra, 1811, before I returned .. to England. He thus describes his feelings after leaving Harrow, when he encountered in society any of his old schoolfellows ::- 0' Ifchance some well remember'd face, Some old companion of my early race, Advance to claim his friend with honest joy, My eyes, my heart proclaims me yet a boy; The glittering scene, the fluttering groups around, Were all forgotten when my friend was found." The late Sir Robert Peel was one of his contemporaries at Harrow, and an anecdote is I'elated, that when a tyrant some few years older claimed to fag Peel, and began to inflict sundry stripes upon his arm by way of punishment, Byron saw and felt for the misery of his friend; and know. ing that he was not strong enough to tight with any hope of success, and that it was dangerous to interfere, never· theless rushed forward, and in a voice trembling with terror and indignation, asked the executioner if he would EMINENT HARROVIANS. tell him cc how many stripes he meant to inflict?" "Why" asked the latter, " you little rascal, what is that to you ?..~ 11 Because if you please," said Byron, holding out his arm, 11 I would take half I .. It is doubtful whether the friend. ship of manhood is capable of anything half so generous. He also writes, at 8 later period, after leaving Harrow, " Peel the orator and stateman, Cc that was, or is, oris to be') was my form-fellow, and we were both at the top of our remove. We were on good terms, but his brother was my intimate friend. There were always great hopes of Peel amongst us all, masters and scholars - and he has not disappointed them. As a scholar he was greatly my supe­ rior j as a declaimer and actor, I was reckoned at least his equal; as a schoolboy out of school, I was always in scrapes, and he never, and in school he always knew his lesson, and I rarely, but when I knew it, I knew it nearly as well. In general information, history, &c. I think I was his superior, as well as of most boys of my standing." The date of his entrance at Harrow, the names of the boys who were at that time Monitors, the list of his fellow pupils under Dr. Drury, are all noted in his various School Books. On the first leaf of his Scriptores Grreci is written, " George Gordon Byron, Wednesday, June 26th, A. D. 1805. 3 quarters Df an hour past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 3d. school,- Calvert, monitor; Tom Wildman, on my left hand, and Long on my right. Harrow on the Hil!." One of his proteges to whom he was sincerely attached, and with whom he corresponded in after life, was William Harness, who at the time he entered Harrow, was ten years of age, while Byron was fourteen. Young Harness, still lame trom an accident of his infancy and but just recovered from a severe illness. was ill fitted to struggle with the difficulties of a Public School j and Byron, one day, seeing him bullied by a boy much older and stronger than himself, interfered, and took his part, and from this time they became inseparable. Writing to Mr. Harness, Dec. 1811, Byron says j­ " I have not changed ill all my ramblings, Harrow, and, of course yourself, never left me." Among the Occasional Pieces, and in The Hours of Idle. ness, will be found, Lines "On a distant View of the Village and School of Harrow on the Hill." " On a change of Masters at Harrow School.'· " Lines to Edward Noel I"ong, Esq." , . El\IINENT HARROVIANS. 83

~ Lines written beneath an Elm in the Churchyard' at Harrow." Cl Lines on Revisiting Harrow," &c. Lord Byron died at Missolonghi, on the 19th of April, 1824, where he haei gone to devote his influence, his fortune and his life to aid the cause of Grecian independence. • EnwARD NOEL LONG, Esq., Coldstream Guards. Addressed as CLEON in Byron's If Hours of Idleness;" and by his proper name in a subsequent poem. He served as Ensign in the l';xpeditioD to Copenhagen; and early in 1809 was drowned, when on his way to join the army in the Penin­ sula, the Transport in which he sailed being run foul of in the night by another of the convoy. REv. J. CECIL TATTERsALL, B. A., Ch. Ch. Oxon. Addressed as DAVU~ in Byron's "Hours of Idleness;" he died December 8th, 1812; he is said to have saved Lord Byron's life, by warding off a blow made at him by one of the young farmers in a feud on the subject of the cricket ground. EARL DE LA W ARR, Lord Chamberlain. Addressed as EURYALUS, in Byron's" Hours of Idleness!' LORD CLARE, Governor of Bombay in 1832. Addressed as Lycus by Byron in the same poem. HON. JOHN WING FIELD, Coldstream Guards. Addressed as AWNZO by Lord Byron, in the ., Hours of Idleness," and also in" Childe Harold," Canto I. He died of fever at Coim­ bra in his 20th year. SIR ROBERT PEEL was born at Bury in Lancashire, 5th July, 1788, died July the 2nd 1850; the result of an accident by a fall from his horse, in St. James's Park, on the evening of Saturday, the 29th of June. He appears in the Speech Bill of 1803, as Peel, sen. Upper Fifth Form, No. 58. His Brother, William Yates Peel, afterwards Under Secretary of State, M. P. for Cambridge University, and Tamworth• .appears in the same Bill as, Peel, jun. Fourth Form, 1st Division, No. 157. Sir Robert Peel sat for Cashel in 1809; became Under Secretary of State, Home Department,1810; was Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1812; returned for the , 1817; Secretary of State for the Home Departr ment, 1822; resigned office, 1R27; resumed office as Home Secretary, 1828; defeated at Oxford, but returned for Westbury, 1829; succeeded to the Baronetcy and elected for Tamworth, 1830, and resigned office in the same year. Returned from Italy to form an Administration as Prime Minister, 1834; resigned, 1835; elected Lord Rec­ tor of University of Glasgow, 1836; declined office. 1839» 84 EMINENT HA RROVIANS• . returned to office as Prime Minister, 1841 ; resigned 1846; and addressed Parliament for the last time on Mr. Roebuck's Motion of confidence in Lord Palmerston's Foreign policy, June 28th, 1850. Sir Robert Peel was blessed with domestic felicity, a rare comfort amidst the turmoil of political strife; his benevo­ lence was extensive: as a liberal patron of literature, science and the Fine Arts, he was excelled by none, and was ever accessible to its professors. One of the last acts of his life was to exert his eloquence in their behalf in presiding at the Anniversary of the Artist's General Benevolent Institu­ tion, the 11th of May, 1850. His death is deplored by every class, from tbe throne to the cottage. His gratitude to Harrow was proved by placir.g three of bis sons there, and he occasionally attended the Speech Days. When at Harrow, he resided in a house then tenanted by the Rev. Mark Drury, Second Master; it stands on the East side of the street a short distance from the Head Master's House. This house is now in the occupation of Mr. William Winkley, jun. Vestry Clerk, who is an en­ thusiastic Collector of all matters of local interest connected with Harrow. The room which Sir Robert occupied in this house is still in its original state. A brick on which he had carved his IJame has been taken from the outer wall, and is preserved with great care; that the inscription is genuine is verified by his handwriting in a ciphering book of the same date, equally interesting, now in the possession of J. F. Marillier. Esq. Mathematical Master. LOCAL CHARITIES. 85

RENTALL OF THE FREE SCHOOLE LANDES, WITH LIST OF THE TENANTS, 1590.

The Rents of Harrowe.

OLD RENTS. £. s. d. Robert Marsh • • 05 00 00 Henry Platt • • • 01 00 00 Edward Claxton, Esq. • • 01 13 04 WidoweWyld • • • 00 13 04 Andrew Gowlett • • 00 13 04 John Archer • • • 00 13 04- John Harris • • • 05 00 00 Gabriel Ffisher • • • 00 10 00 Adam Hooper • • 00 10 00 John Wylde • • • 00 10 00 Mary Jones • • • 08 00 00 Bumphrey Thomas • • 00 16 08 John Reade • • • • 02 00 00 ~ Gabriell Maynard • • 01 00 00 The Rents of Alperton.

Andrew Wright • • 13 06 08 The Rents of Preston.

Thomas WaIter • • • 40 00 00 The Land at Walden • • 29 00 00 The Land at Minmes • • 20 00 00 The Land at Bamett • • 09 00 00 Mr. Johnson for Land at Kilbome • 20 00 00 Mr. Finch ofWatford for Land at Padding- ton , • • 20 00 00 • In 1590, the totall sume is 179 06 08

LOCAL CHARITIES.

Catherine Clark, in 1611, settled 240l. upon the Mercers' Company upon trust, to pay the vicar and I 86 LOCAL ClHAJUTIES. churchwardens of Harrow, to be distributed to twelve poor inhabitants, immediately after divine service, on the third Sundays after Michael­ mas and Lady~day. The charity not having been regularly claimed, in 1803 the Cumpany took an lI.ceount of this and other charities, from 1696 W Michaelmas 1802, and invested in the Three per cent. Consols, the balance due to this charity, amounting to 1241. 2s. Stock, the interest of which, with the original 12l., which is transmitted annually to the churchwardens of Harrow on the order of the Vicar, is distributed by the -eburch­ wardens in sums of ten shillings at Christmas, amongst the poor of Harrow town and the hamlet of Roxeth.

There is also a further sum of, 200l. Stock in the Three per cent. Consols, purchased with arrears of this charity undistributed, in the names of John Hodson and , in consequence of a suit instituted against the Mercers' Company many years ago. The interest was distributed in the Same manner as the before-mentioned, in similar sums of ten shillings each, but to different persons than thos-e -who ,receive from the other fund; but in consequence of 'the increase of population this • -charity re now given in as s-mall mms as 5s. and less. Barbara BurneU's Charity. Two poor women of the q.amlet of Weald are selected yearly by the vicar ofStanmore, subject to the approbation of the vicar of Harrow, and receive a certain quantity of clothing. LOcA.L CHARITIES• 81 • William Dwight" Charity. William Dwight, by will dated the 11th of April, 1637, gave and devised for the use of the poor, . an annuity or yearly rent-charge of 409., issuing out of a freehold tenement, and orchard and little close of land at Sudbury, to be paid yearly at Christmas, with a power of distress in case of non­ payment of trust. This is laid out in bread, and ' given to the poor with Parr's charity.

Margaret P£Cr,.·, Charity. Margaret, widow of the late , be.. queathed in trust to the vicar of Harrow for the time being, the interest of 200l. Three per cent. Consols, to be distributed in bread among the poor nf the hamlets of Harrow, Roxeth, Sudbury, aud Greenhill, on the first Sunday in August for ever. This is now usually distributed on Christmas Eve.

Edwa,.d Robinson's Charity. Edward Robinson, by will dated the 5th day of December, 171 J, surrendered all his three copy­ hold fields called Dunnings, held of the manor of JIarrow, alias Sudbury, to the use of his will, 80 as to secure the payment of one annuity or ye

There are always ten boys and two girls sent to a schoolmistress of the Church of England, residing in the hamlet, who has 2l. 10s. a year. Each boy has a coat, breeches, pair of stockings, shirt, a cap and band, yearly; the girls a gown, shift, pair of stockings, cap and tippet. The whole clothing costs lol. 10s., which, with the schooling and other trifling expenses, absorbs the charity. Henry Burch's Charity. , Henry Burch, Citizen of London, in 1791, gave for eVer to the poor of the hamlet of W embIey, • the interest of 200l. Stock, Three per cent. reduced Annuities, which now stands in the name of the vicar, who distributes the interest to the poor of \Vembley in small sums not exceeding ten shil­ lings, in proportion to the size of their families. Brown's Charity. John Brown, Esq. late of Sudbury Hill House, by his will bequeathed to the Infant School at Sudbury the sum of 20001. 8 per cent. Reduced Bank Annuities; and the further sum of loool. :3 per cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, to be invested in the Public Funds, in such manner as a Vestry with the Vicar and Churchwardens for the time being shall direct, to be applied to the purchase of coals to De distributed every year to poor persons residing within the distance of one mile and a half from Sudbury Hill House aforesaid, not receiving Parochial relief. WATER SUPPLY•. 89

INFIRMARY. In the year 1773, a small Infirmary was built on Sudbury Common.. at the joint expense of John Hodsdon, and Samuel Greenhill.. Gents. for such poor persons as should be afflicted with infectious diseases, or labour under dangerous accidents. The bouse was afterwards used for the reception of casual paupers: it is still standing.. but so dila­ pidated as to be useless, and it is in contemplation to take it down.

\VATER SUPPLY. We again quote from Mr. Clarke: The sources .of water-supply in Harrow are very limited. Those to which the public have access are the town­ pump, the lower way or King Charles's well.. ()f 18"70° of hardness, .and a pump" set up by the side of the Harrow pond.. of which the water is of 8'36°. Tbere are besides several private wells and pumps, and the houses of the rich have the usual arrangements for the storage of rain-water. The town well has a shaft 'l45 feet deep and 4 feet 6 inches clear diameter.. lined with two half­ brick rings, the inner laid in cement, the outer dry• .It descends through the clay into the sand, aod to within 30 feet ()f the chalk. Below the shaft is a boring «.l!~0 feet deep, 1 inches clear diameter, and partially lined with cast­ iron piping i~llch thick. This boring descends 200 feet into the chalk. The well is fitted with • I 2 90 HIGHWAYS, POLICE, &c.

one of Brathwaite's pumps, with a fly- wheel and two hand-cranks. It appears from a statement by Mr. Paton, who recently repaired and deepened this well. that when worked at 16 strokes a minute it will deliver 150 gallons every hour, and this was continued without exhaustion for 12 hours. When worked at 20 • strokes a minute. it deli\'ered about 180 gallons an hour. During my visit I had no opportunity of testing the duration of the supply; but the ma­ chinery, worked by two youths at their utmost strength. and for a very shurt time only, raised 2t gallons in 30 seconds, or at the rate of 300 gallons per hour. This well was originally sunk, in 1816, to a depth of 245 feet into sand. In 1847 the shaft was augmented to its present dimensions, and the boring added. This was executed at a cost of 534l., by private subscription, and no part of the expense was paid by rate. The quality of the water, according to Dr. Playfair's analysis is of 23·46° of hardness.

HIGHWAYS. POLICE, &c. The highways, excepting the turnpike-roads, are under the care of the parish surveyors, who are not professional men. and are changed from time to time. The Highway rate of 4d. in the pound l,ro­ duces £538 per annum. The town is watched by the , towards which force the parish pays 1,0~l5l. per PARISH REGISTERS. 91

annum out of the poor rate. There are no public lights whatever.

PARISH REGISTERS.

The earliest Parish Register commences in the year 1558, from which a few extracts are here gIven:• - Baptisms: ·1562, Henry Smyth. 1571, John Turner, Thomas Edlyn. 1574, Elizabeth Smyth. Burials: Anno 1583, the xxvth day of May, Zachary Lione. This was the son of John and Joan Lyon; had he lived, he would no doubt have inherited that part of his father's estate which was subsequently devoted to the rppair of roads. 1592. Buried, the 4th day John Lion of Preston. The following note is written underneath,

apparently of a later date. rI John Lyon the founder of the School, deceased Srd October 1592, see the brass plate in the Church." The month (October,) . is omitted in the Register, but the month of Sep­ tember occurs to another entry just above it. Anno Do: 1608. The xxxth August was buryed Widow Lion of Preston. This was Joan the wife of the above John Lyon; whom she had survived 16 years. 1608 July, the xxxth day was baptized, Charles the sonne of the Lord Dudley North. 1610 xxth Robert, soone of Lord Dudley North. PARISH REGIST~RS.

161~ John, sonne of Lord Dudley North. In the two last cases the months are not entered. 16~5. The iiij th day of July. was baptised Edward Ratlife, the snnne of Anthony RatIife. 1625. The iiijth day were married Daniel Wal­ doe and Anna Claxton of London. 1628. Baptised, WiIliam Claxton of Sudbury. 16~9. Sarah, daughter of Edward Claxton of Sudbury. 1633. November ye 15 day: Will. Waldo made Clark Extracts from the Registers as given by Ly­ sons ~- ~~ Buried Jan. 20, 1669-70.. The Right worship­ full Sr. Gilbert Gerard, Knt and Baronet." This Gilbert was son of William Gerard, Esq. Clerk of theCouncil of the Duchy of Lancaster, and grand­ ~on of William Gerard, who settled at FJambards, being the son of Thomas Gerard, Esq. of Lanca­ shire. GiIbertGerard, Esq. of Harrow, was created a baronet in 1620. He was M.P. for Middlesex in the two last Parliaments of James I. and during a great part of King Charles's reign. During the civil war be attached himself to the Parliament, who in recompense for his services, appointed him to many lucrative places; Cromwell made him one of the Lords of his upper house. The title became extinct in the person of Sir Cheeke Gerard, who was baptised at Harrow, July~, 1662" and buried there, March 9, 1715-16. et Ealfe, the wife of Sir George Bynion, was buried April 21.. 1659." PARISH REGISTERS. 93

~~ Aug. the 4th day, was baptised, the son of Mr. Thomas Nicoll of the Hermitage; Mr. Tho­ mas Nicoll, Mr. Thomas Smyth, his two great­ grandfathers, being godfathers, (a third great grandfather being alive, Mr. Gee of Isleworth.) Mrs. Nicoll, his grandmother. being godmother, 1686,'"

U Sir Charles Pym, (of Pymmore Corn. Somer. set.) buried May 8, 1688,'" He was created a Baronet in 1663. The title is now extinct.

U Dame Catherine Pym of Beakbourn in Kent, was buried Nov. 29. 1705." H Sir Edw. Waldo, Knt. was buried, Feb. 13, 1701-8," His daughter Grace. wife, first of Sir Nicholas Wolstonhc;>Ime, Bart. and 2dly, of Wil­ Ham Ferdinando Carey, Lord H unsdon, was buried at Harrow, May 15, 1729. She resided at Pinner. cc Sir Samuel Garth was buried JaD. 2Q, 1718-19:' He was an eminent physician, the well-known author of the Dispensary, a translation of Ovid, &c. Martha, Lady Garth, was buried in May 1711. In Hay's Religio PhiIosophi, the circumstance of Sir Samuel Garth's ordering a vault to be made for himself and his lady iD Harrow church, is spoken of as the result of some accidental whim. " The Honourable Sir John Rushout, of North­ wick in the County of Worcester. Bart. and the Rt. Hon. the Lady Anne Compton,:lI= married by

• It Lady Anne's Walk" now called It Northwick Walk," leading from the top of Harrow Hill to the Sheepcote Road, was originally named after this lady. 94 THE UNION. THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

license, Oct. 16.. 17~9.'· Lady Anne was fourth daughter of George, Earl of Northampton. Dr. William Page, Master of the Free School at Reading, was born at Harrow in 1590. He wrote

a 'fTreatise of justification of bowing at the name of Jesus:' This work gave ri!Je to a controversy in which Laud, Bishop of London. and Abbot, Arch. bishop of Canterbury, held opposite opinions. Dr. Page was thought well versed in the Greek fathers, an able disputant and a good preacher. Sir Arthur Ayre, public Orator of the University of Oxford, and Secretary to the Earl of Essex, is said to have been buried at Harrow in 1604.

THE UNION. By an Order from the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, the following and places in the County of Middlesex were united on the 1st of May, i'835. for the Administration of the Laws for the relief of the Poor, by the name of the Hendon Union: vi~. Edgware; Harrow-on-the Hill; Hendon; Kingsbury; Pinner; Great Stanmore; ; and Willesden. The names of the Guardians and Parochial Officers for Harrow and Pinner, will be found in their respective places in the Directory.

THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

The Board of Health was established in consequence of a petition to the General Board of Health. (in conformity with the provisions of the Public Health Act, 11 & 12 Vie. Cap. 63.) signed by numerous ratepayere. including nearly all the Masters of the School. George Thomas Clark, Esq. Super­ intending Inspector, under directions of the General Board, held pUblic sittings at the King's Head Inn, on the 23rd and 24th July, 1849, and having received evidence. and inspected the town, made his Report, dated 25th July, 1849. MODES OF CONVEYANCE. 95

In that Report, he says, II I have nowhere met with a petition so strongly ~upported, nor have I yet conducted any Inquiry in which the assistance afforded bas beeQ more cor­ dial or so universal. Among many other supporters, I may specially mention the ReT. J. W. Cunningham. Vicar; the Rev. Dr. Vaughan; Mr. Hewlett and Mr. Tyte, surgeons; Mr. W. Winkley, Churchwarden; Mr. W. Winkley, jun. Vestry Clerk and Registrar; Mr. Tootell, Clerk to the Board -of Guardians." Having obtained the opinion of the Masters of the School in writing, on the defective state of the drainage, and the necessity for adopting sanatory measures, and received a comprehensive Medical Statement signed by Thomas Hewle~ Esq. Surgeon to the School and to the Union, the Inspector finally recommended in his Report, " That the Provisions of the Public Health Act be applied as petitioned for ~ that the Local lloard do consist of nine Members; and that the property qualification for the Mem· bers of the Local Board be the maximum qualification fixed by the Act, ,iz. possessed of real or personal estate of not less than £1000, or Tated to the poor at not less than £30 annual value.n At a second inquiry beld by the same .gentleman at the King's Head Inn, Jan. 22, 1850, and evidence taken; certain parts of the boundary to which on the former occasion the Act was proposed to be applied, were now recommended by him to be altered according to a Map annexed to this Second Report. According to the Directions of the General Board, and after due notice, the inhabitants proceeded to elect a Local Board on the 30th day of SEptember 1850~ when the follow­ ing gentlemen were elected; . Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D.D. Rev. T. H. Steel. M. A. Benjamin Rotch, Esq. Thomas Hewlett, Esq. Messrs. H. F. Hill, John Woodbridge, J. L. Winkley, John Chapman, and Geocge Atkins: who have since elected The .Rev. Dr. Vaughan as their Chairman.

MODES OF CONVEYANCE TO AND FROM HARROW. By the Coach; The Coach leaves the Crown and Anchor, Harrow, daUy at 9 in the morning, arrives at the, Great 96 MODES OF CONVEYANCE.

Western Railway Station at Paddington at ]0 o'clock; Glou. cester Coffeehouse, Oxford Street, 10 min. past 10; Green Man and Still, Do. 15 min. past 10; Bull Inn, Holborn, half past ]0. Returning to Harrow: Leaves the Bull Inn at half past 4 in the afternoon: arrives at the Green Man and Still, three quarters past 4; Gloucester Coffee House 50 min. past 4 j Red Lion, Paddington, at 5; and at Harrow at 6 o'clo~k. By the North Western-Railway :-Provided with a ticket for the Harrow Station, at Euston Square, the passenger is con­ veyed by an easy transit of from 25 to 30 minutes to his des­ tination, a distance of 11 miles and a quarter: soon after leaving Euston Square, and catching a glimpse of the new buildings north of the Regent's Park, the train plunges into the Primrose Hill tunnel, 1,120 yards in length, and which consumed three years in excavating; on emerging from this tunnel,· the train proceeds principally between high embank. ments, passing first under the Edgware Road, and beneath a number of bridges chiefly used for connecting private property divided by the Rail; it then passes through the Kensal Green tunnel 960 feet in length, after which a good view of the country on either side may be observed, leaving Willesden on the right where there is a Station; crossing the Brent by a viaduct, and passing Sudbury Station, the train winds round the hill, where the spire of the church is seen rising above the trees, and the Harrow Station is reached: it lies in the valley rather more than a mile from the town. An omnibus meets the train here for conveyance of passengers up the hill. The time of starting of the various trains to and from Har­ row, is varied slightly every month; it would be advisable to prevent disappointment, that passengers shOUld consult the time tables of the Company or Bradshaw's Railway Guide at the commencement of the month.

Another agreeable mode of reaching Harrow, which forms a delightful excursion for good walkers, is to go by the Great Western Railway to Ealing; thence to walk through Peri­ vale churchyard; or to Hanwell, and through Greenford, and Sudbury. The journey from Hanwell is about five miles, and the road runs through some of the most secluded and beautiful portions of the Vale, which under the name of aOOSES OF ENTERTAINl\IEN'r. 97

Perivale is thus described by old Drayton in his Poly-Olbion, 80n/1; xvi. - As CoIn come on along, and chanc'd to cast her eye Upon that neighbouring hill where Harrow stands so high, She Perivale perceiv'd prank'd up with wreaths of wheat, And with exulting terms thus glorying in her seat; " Why should not I be coy, and of my beauties nice, Since this my goodly grain is held of greatest price r No manchet can so well the courtly palate please, As that made of the meal fetch'd from my fertile leaze. Their finest of that kind, compared with my wheat, For whiteness of the bread doth look like common cheat. What barley is there found, whose fair and bearded ear Makes stouter English ale or stronger English beer r The oat, the bean, and peas, with me but pulses are; The coarse and browner rye, no more than fitch and tare. What seed doth any soil in England bring, that I Beyond her most increase yet cannot multiply r Besides, my sure abode next goodly London is, To vent my fruitful store, that me d'Jth never miss. And those poor baser things, they cannot put away, Howe'er I set my price, ne'er on mychapmen stay."

INNS AND HOUSES OF ENTERTAINMENT.

The King's Head (Henry VIII.) is the principal Hotel, conducted by Mr. lames Laws. It is a Posting House, with Livery and Bait Stables, and Horses are kept for hire. • The Crown and Anchor, with Livery and Bait Stables, is an old established Inn, having been held by successive members of the family of Bliss for more than a hundred years. The house stands on the west side of the Street, a short distance from the church. The Castle, kept by Henry Smith. The Crown, kept by George Fletcher. Livery Stable Keeper, Ephraim Terry. Do. Do. William Hartmann. Also licensed to let Horses to hire.

K 98 PINNEB. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. Postmaster, Jame3 Woodbridge, Money Order-Office. LONDON TO HARROW. Letters posted in London before 9 o'Clock in the Morning, are delivered at Harrow before 12 o'Clock. Do. Posted before 3 in the afternoon, are delivered before 6 o'Clock. Do. Posted before 8 o'Clock at Night, are delivered at 8 o'Clock next morning. HARROW TO LoNDON. Letters posted in Harrow before 9 o'Clock in the morning, are delivered in London before 1 o'Clock. Do. Posted before 4 o'Clock in the afternoon are delivered in London before 9 o'Clock. Bye Bags are made up :- For WiIIesden, Wembley, Neasden and Harlesden Green. For KiIburn, Cricklewood, Hyde and Kingsbury. For Paddington, St. John's Wood, Portland Town and Kensal Green. PINNER. The Hamlet of Pinner is an ecclesiastical appen­ dage to Harrow with a population of 1.331 persons" according to the census of 1841. From the mild­ ness of the air Pinner has recently been much recommended by the faculty for the residence of invalids. ~c Pinner Park was included in the grant to Sir Edward North, and passed by him to John Hutch· inson, Esq. in 1630; it is now a considerable farm" the property ofSt. Thomas's Hospital, having been purchased by the Governors of t.hat Instiiution in the year 1731. Nicbolas, Abbot of ,",Vestminster was made keeper of Pinner Park in the year 1383. ~, Pinner Church was built in the year 1321" and dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It is built for PINNER. 99

. most part with flints, and consists ofa nave, chancel, two aisles and two transepts. The nave is separated from the aisles, by octagonal pillars, and pointed arches. At the west end is a square tower of stone and flints, embattled. Some of the windows are lancet shaped, and consist of three compartments, with circular pillars, others are of the later gothic. In the east window of the chancel are some remains .(If painted glass, among which is a coat of arms (Az. Pelican Or.) In the north aisle are also some remains of painted glass, among which is a figure of Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. er Benefactions to this church: Francis TyndalI, anno 1631, gave a close called Willat Street, alias Howlis, to the preaching minister at this place. Mr. William Norrington, in 1705, gave £100 to be laid out in the purchase of a house for the minister. Sir Thomas Franklyn, by his will, anno 172R, gave an' annuity of £4 to the minister, being a rent charge on his house and lands at Ruislip. In the year 1731, two common field lands were pur­ chased for the minister, with money arising from the sale of timber on W'illat close.

le The earliest register at Pinner, is 1656.

Extract:

H 16Z28. Received for cocks in town, ]9s. 1Od.

H out of towne, Os. 6d.

H This custom appears to have prevailed as late as the year 1680." Lysons. MUNIFICENT CHARITY. Forty-five thousand pounds, in money and land, have been assigned over to trustees by Miss Roward of York Place, Portman Square, for the following uses: To erect 21 houses on her property at Pinner, near Harrow, in the form of a crescent; the centre house for the trustees; the other 20 houses for the sole use of 20 widows, who are to occupy them free of rent and taxes, and also to receive £50. a year clear of all deductions. The widows of naval men to have the preference, then those of military men, and lastly, those of clergymen. None but persons of good charac­ ter, to be eligible; the parties to be selected, chosen, or dis­ missed for misconduct, by the trustees. The deed is now en­ rolled in Chancery, and approved of by the Lord Chancel. lore Trustees named: - The Earl ofFingal, and W. A. Mack­ innon, Esq., M. P. Morning Herald, Dct 4,1850. 101

MISCELLANEA.

Daniel Dancer, the notorious miser, was born in 1'716, on , where his father lived, whose family consisted of three sons and a daughter, Daniel being the eldest. Some descendants of this family still reside at Harrow Weald. When he succeeded to his father's property, which was not very extensive, he adopted such a rigid system of parsimony, that he increased his income to upwards of £3000 per annum. Dancer had a sister who lived several years in the same house with him, and who was equally eccentric; she died intestate, leaving more than £2000 as the resuIt of her savings, of which he claimed £1040 for board and lodging during the time she resided with him, and obtained it by a law suit decided in his favour; he then took a third share of her remaining property in Common with his brothers. After the death of his sister he lived like a hermit, perfectly secluded, and to all appearance a wretched object of human penury, confining himself to a penny loaf daily, eating carrion, and begging scraps from the kitchen of Lady Tempest; his ~ress was a mass of rags, and his linen filthy; his house was a miserable hovel, which had been so much patched and repaired, and by such rude materials, that scarcely a bit of the original building could be distinguished. He lived in this state till he arrived at the age of 78, dying in the month of October, 1'794; his friend Lady Tempest calling to see him during his last illness found him lying in an old sack. which came up to his chin. with his head wrapped in the same materials. On her remonstrating with him, he said. e, that being a very poor man, he could not afford better; and having come into the world withouta shirt, he was determined to go out in the same manner." After his death. the dilapidated budding was thoroughly explored, and yielded a rich harvest to his legatees. Lady Tem­ pest and Captain Holmes: £2500 was found in a dung heap; £500 in an old jacket nailed down to the manger in a stable, and various parcels of bank-notes stuffed under the covers of old chairs, &C. a bowl full of guineas was taken up from beneath the hearth-stone; more than £200 in the chimney, and £600 in bank-notes were found in the bottom of an old teapot, with a piece of paper on the top of them inscribed " Not to be too hastily looked over." Although well acquainted with the practice of usury, and exceedingly acute in all monetary transactions. he appears to x2 10~ MISCELLA.NEA. have been very illiterate. There is still existing a bill in his own handwriting, of various sums disbursed on account of the Parish, to the amount of £2 15 0, dated 1758, when he was overseer of the Poor. Among the items are the following:- Feb. 23, Relieued the small pox young pricket. 00 02 06 For going to see the small-pox several times. 00 01 00 March 2, atending a strange childe to the grave Sroude and uter Gearie and other expencies • 00 05 00 A coffin for the same .••.•••• 00 03 00 March 22, Gave six pence to the widow Hawn- kins...... ,•. • . 00 00 06 Gave two shillings to the small pox pricket . 00 02 00 He was buried in Harrow Churchyard, although he had resided many years at Pinner.

1763. Mr. Pearce of Chancery Lane, returning from Har­ row in a chariot with his Lady, were robbed near Harlesden Green, by two mounted highwaymen. They were, however, pursued by Farmer Pope of Harrow, who came up with them as they were in the act of robbing two other persons, one of whom, Farmer Brown of Harrow, they had fired at. One of the Highwaymen was apprehended on the spot; his name was found to be Lewis; the accomplice, a man name Humphries, escaped. Lewis was executed on the 4th day of May, for this robbery. In a Letter to the Recorder of London, imploring him to intercede with the King for the preservation of his life, he described himself as descended from Archbishop Laud, and from the Robertses and Walpoles; and stated that he had served His Majesty for seven years, as Cadet, Mid­ shipman and Lieutenant; was at the taking of Senegal; the burning of the ships in the Bay of Cancalle; the reduction of Cherbourg; the unfortunate battle of St. Cass; the siege of Guadaloupe; and the engagement under Sir Edward Hawke.

1786. A banker's clerk returning from Harrow, with a considerable sum of money, was set upon by five footpads whom he resisted for some time; but was so severely wounded by the villains that the postboy had to return to Harrow for assistance. The gentleman's life was despaired of; but the robbers were apprehended in London and committed to prison from Bow Street, the same night, for further examination. MISCELLANEA. 103

John Lord Somerville born in 1765. educated at Harrow. the attached friend of the Duke of Bedford. and a great agricul. turist. He was President of the Board of Agriculture. and was one of the founders of the Smithfield Cattle Club. His humanity deserves to be particularly recorded for his perse­ vering though unsuccessful attempts to relieve oxen from the unnecessary sufferings they are made to undergo in the last stage of their useful existence. He wished to introduce the Portug1lese system of slaughter called laying, which is per­ formed by passing a knife through the spinal marrow in the nape of the neck, on which the unconscious animal falls down instantaneously. senseless and lifeless.

John Zephaniah Holwell, Esq. was born in Dublin. Sept. 1'1. 1711, and died at his house at Pinner, Nov. 5,1798; was a mem­ ber of the Council at Calcutta in 1756, when it was attacked by Surajah Dowlah, Nabob of Bengal. Mr. Holwell, with 145 of his Companions, were thrust into a close prison called the Black Hole, not 18 feet square, into which no air could come but by two small windows in one end. Here for a whole night they were confined, and in the morning only 23 were found alive, one of whom was Mr. Holwell, whose affecting narrative of his sufferings was published in 1758. He also published several interesting works, during the latter part of his life; he was a gentleman of high talent. great social vivacity and captivating manners; his serenity of mind and natural happy disposition. enabled him, notwithstanding the hardships he had undergone, to reach the patriarchal age of 98.

1809. On Friday Evening, March 31, two men were killed by the explosion of a barrel of gunpowder, on board a barge in the Paddington Canal, near the Harrow Road. The barge was freighted with puncheons of spirits, barrels of gunpow­ der, &c. It is said, that the deceased men were boring a hole with a gimlet in the barrel of gunpOWder, taking it for spirits. and the friction was supposed to have produced the catastro­ phe. Five other persons in the boat escaped unhurt. The body of one of the sufferers was blown 60 yards from the boat. Seven haystacks near the Canal was burnt.

Friday, July 3, 1812. Thomas Bowler, a farmer of con­ siderable property at Alperton, near Harrow, was indicte~ at the Old Bailey, under Lord Ellenborou~h'sAct, for malici­ ously discharging a loaded blunderbuss at William Burrows OR

• 104 MISCIU.LANEA. the 30th May, and wounding him in the neck at Alperton. He was taken on the 15th of June. The only motive assigned for the deed was some displeasure the prosecutor had given him in March, by lopping some trees whicb divided their res­ pective premises. Medical evidence was given that the pri­ soner had been insane from July, 1810, the consequence of an injury he received from a fall from his horse. The jury, however, found him guilty, and he was afterwards executed for the offence.

Dr. Samuel Henley, Who died 1816,was aleamed Orientalist, and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the College of Williams­ burg in Virginia. He was afterwards appointed one of the Assistant Masters at Harrow School; was elected F.S.A. in 177B, at which time he was Curate of Northall in Middlesex; presented about the same time to the Rectgry of Rendlesham in Suffolk; and in 1805 appointed by the East India Com­ pany Principal of Hayleybury College, then newly established.

John Stewart, Esq., commonly called Walking Stewart, died in Northumberland Street, Strand, Ash Wednesday, 1822, in the 72nd year of his age. He was sent to Harrow School when he was ten years old; was afterwards removed to the Charter~ house in his thirteenth year j at a subsequent period he went out as a cadet in the service of the East India Company, when he devoted himself to arduous study, until he became master of eight languages. He then entered the service of Hyder Ali, and afterwards became prime minister to the Nabob of Arcot j his claims on that Prince were satisfied many years after­ wards by the sum of £10,000 awarded to him by the East India Company. At different periods of his life, Mr. Stewart travelled in India, Turkey, Italy, France, Germany, Scotland, and America, principally on foot, which obtained him the soubriquet of Walking Stewart, and these journies were mostly taken for pleasure. His habits and manners were amiable and concilia­ tory, and the moral tenor of his life irreproachable. Mr. Stewart bequeathed £1000 to the University of Edin­ burgh, and the residue of his property to C. J. Dods, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn.

1uly 14, 1823. At Greenhill, near Harrow, died in the SIst year of his age, the Rev. Weeden Butler, senior. He com· menced his career in a solicitor's office, but disliking the MISCELLANEA. 105 profession he applied himself to study for entering holy orders. He then became an amanuensis to the celebrated Dr. Dodd, to whom he remained a steady friend to the time of his death in 1777. Dr. Dodd was appointed morning preacher in Charlotte Street Chapel, Pimlico, in 1767. He then gave the readership to Mr. Butler, who on the Doctor's "resignation in 1776 succeeded him in the office of Morning Preacher, and purchased one-fourth share in the revenues of the chapel. He officiated here up to the year 1814. In 1771, he married Miss Ann Giberne, of Parliament Street, Westminster. .I3y this lady he had issue four sons and a daughter; two of his sons only survived him. He was master of a classical school at Chelsea for more than 40 years, in which he educated his three sons; viz. The Rev. Weeden Butler, M.A. who succeeded hIm in the chapel and the School, and was Rector of Great Woolstone, Bucks; the Rev. George Butler, D.D. of Harrow, Head Master of Harrow School, now Dean of Peterborough: and Charles WilIiam Butler. Esq. Captain of the William Pitt, East Indiaman, who was lost with all his crew on the 17th Dec. 1813, during a tremendous storm at midnight off Algoa Bay. Mr. Butler enjoyed the friendship of H. R. H. the Duke of Kent, who appointed him one of his domestic Chaplains. Held in high honour by his flock, during his life, he died at a good old age without leaving, to his knowledge, a single enemy.

July 1828. At Pinner, a fine oak, perfectly sound and of the strongest kind, was struck by lightning. The shock had entirely severed the whole of its majestic arms at theirjunction with the trunk. The tree which was I 0 feEt in girth, was completely stripped of its bark and the body shivered from the topmost branch to the root. Perpendicular clefts passed into the heart-wood, and rent through the trunk in many places. so that splinters of six, eight. or ten feet long, by three or four inches thick, might be pulled out as billets would be pulled out of a faggot.

In the vicillity ofthe footpath leading to the

PARISll AND PUBLIC OFFICERS, HARROW-ON-'I'IIE-HILL. The Vicar: Rev. J. W. Cunningham. Curates: Rev.lno. Edmunds; Rev. J. S. Gale. Churchwardens: William Winkley, sen.; Joseph Hill. Overseers :-John Chapman; Henry Marnham: WilIiam Richard Paterson. Surveyors ofHi~hways: RicbardBrown Chapman; William Reeves; Daniel Clewley; Thoma5 Sneezum. . Vestry Clerk: WiIliam WinkIey, jun. Parish Clerk :-James Page. Guardians: Rev. John WiIIiam Cunningham; Messrs. Joseph Hill; lohn Hodsdon; Henry Finch Hill; and Benjamin Rotch. Relieving Officer: Charles Cresar Greaves. Registrar ofBirths and Deaths: WilIiam Winkley, jun. High Constable: WiIliam Arnold, sen. Constable: Thomas Charles Hudson. Sergeant 0/ Metropolitan Police :-James Thomas Cooper. Receiver 0/ Corn Rents: William Winkley, jun. Collectors and Assessors of the Property and Income and Land and Assessed Taxes: WiIliam Arnold, sen.; William Amold, jun. Assessors of Land and Assessed Ta:res: For HarroUJ Town, James GreenhilI; Sarjeant Hutton. For Roxeth, Henry Way. For SudIJury, lames Chapman. For Wembley ana .Alperton, WiIliam Avis. For Kenton and Preston, John Davidson. Fur Weald and Greenhill, Frands Dancer. Collector of Church, Poor and Highway Rates: George Richins. &licitors to the Parish: - Messrs. Fladgate, Young, and Jacksons, ]2, Essex Street, Strand• • Savings' Bank :-open every other Saturday from 7 till 8 o'clock in the evening; and on the first Tuesday in every month, from 4 till 5 in the afternoon; when the Managers attend to receive and repay deposits. President.-The Lord Northwick. Vice Presidents. The Marquis of Abercom; The Earl of Aberdeen; The Lord Bishop of' Ripon; Sir W. G. Milman, Bart.; A. J. B. Hope, Esq. M. P.; 10s. Neeld, Esq. MP.; T,H.S.Sotheron,Rsq.M.P. Trustees: Rev.l.W. Cunningham; Rev. J. E. Gray; Rev. W. Oxenham ; ReV'. T. H. Steel; Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D. D.; J. B. Boothby, Esq.; G. F. Hams, Esq.; R. Orford HoIte, F..sq. Trea8UTer : DIRECTORY. 101

-,J. F. Marillier, Esq•. Secretary: Mr. William Winkley, jun. Copies of the rules and every Information may be ob­ tained from the Secretary, at whose House the business of the Bank is transacted. LITERARY INSTITUTION. Treasurer. John Woodbridge. Hon. Secretaries. John Chapman. John Quilton. Librarian and Keeper. Charles Powell. INSURANCE OFFICES. • County Fire Office, William Winkley, jun. Agent. Mitre General Life and Family Endowment, James Wood- bridge, Agent. Pelican Life Office, Henry Ferdinando BoweD, Agent. Phrenix Fire Office, H. F. Bowen, Agent, Provident Clerks' Insurance Association and Benevolent Fund, John Quilton, Agent. Provident Life Office, William Winkley, jun. Agent. Royal Naval, Military and East India Company Life, Thomas Smith, Agent. Wesleyan Provident Association, Charles Powell, Agent.

FIRE ESTABLISHMENT. Engine House, Hogarth Lane. Two Fire Engines. Engine Keeper :,-William Arnold, JUDo Keys with the Keeper, at the Police Station, and at the Crown Inn, opposite. Firemen :-Thomas Sheward, Chief Fireman; Richard Os­ burn; Wm. Howell; Thos. Leaper; Jas. Woodbridge; Geo­ Boulton; Geo. Sheward; Jas. Grove; Jos. Martin; Jos. Carter. PAROCHIAL SCHOOl-So Harrow National Schools. Supported partly by the Go. vernors of Harrow School, and by voluntary contributions­ Master :-Frederick Leete. Mistress :-Miss Emma Ward. Roxeth Infant School. Mistress :-Miss Mary Ann Bryant Sudbury Infant School. Supported by Mr. Brown's Gift; Mistress :-Miss Eleanor Page. Greenhill School. Supported partly by the Governors of Harrow School and voluntary subscriptions. Schoolmistress: -Mrs. Witney. Wembley School. Supported by the Governors of Harrow . School and voluntary subscriptions. Schoolmaster -Thomas Parsons. SchoolmiJtress :' Mrs. Parsons. 108 DIRECTORY.

Kenton SchooL Supported by voluntary contributions. Schoolmistress :-Mrs. Perry. HARROW TOWN CRICKET CLUB. Stephen Woodbridge, Honorary Secretary. BENEFIT SOCIETJES :- HARROW UNITED BRETHREN SOCIETY, Treasurer: Rev. J. W. Cunningham. Stewards: Thomas Isbell, and William Craker. Secretary, George Richins. CROWN AND ANCHOR BENEFIT CLUB. Stewards: - Thomas Charles Hudson, Joscph Perry. Clerk: - Samuel Hoare. CROWN BENEFIT SOCIETY. Stewards: John Iredale; James Davis. Clerk: Robert Tyler. PLACES OF WORSHIP. The Parish Church. St. Mary's, Harrow Town. Harrow School Chapel, do. Baptist Chapel, do. Wesleyan Chapel, Roxeth. St. John's Church, Wembley. Baptist Chapel, Alperton. St. John's Church, Harrow Weald. St. John's Church, ])inner. Wesleyan Chapel, Pinner. HARROW TOWN :-Gentry. Barc1ay, Mrs. Boswell, Mrs. Ho~arth Cottage. Bowen, Frederick Perry, Esq., Surgeon. Cunningham, John William, Esq., jun. Drury, Rev. Benjamin Heath, Assist. Master ofHarrow School. Edmunds, Rev. John, Curate. Harris, George Frederic, Esq., Harrow Park, Assistant Master of Harrow School. Hathaway, E. P. Esq., Oak Tree Cotta~e, near Lowlands. Hewlett, Thomas, Esq., Surgeon to Harrow School. Hill, Miss Elizabeth. Hill, Miss Sarah. Keary, Rev. Henry, Assistant Master of Harrow School. Kench, Hannah. Knight, J. K. Esq., Suffolk House. Legh, Mrs. Catharine. Long, W. Esq., Suffolk House. Mackenzie, William, Esq., Ozier Cottage. Maclean, A., Esq. l1arillier, Jacob Frands, Esq., Writing Master, Assistant Mathematical Master, and Librarian of Harrow School. DIRECTony. 109

~ayo, Mrs. Mary. • MiddIemist, Rev. Robert, Assistant Mathematical Master of Harrow School. NicholI, Thomas Esq. Oxenham, Rev. William, Under Master of Harrow School. Pears, Rev. Steuart Adolphus, Hope House, Assistant Master of' Harrow School. Plank, William, Esq., lda Cottage. RendalI, Rev. Frederick, Assistant Master of Harrow School The Butts. Rotch, Benjamin, Esq., Lowlands. This gentleman is a Bar': rister-at Law, a magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Middlesex, was for several years Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, and sat in the first reformed par­ liament for Knaresborough. . Ruault, Mons. John Amable, French Master to Harrow School, The Vicarage. Ruault, Mons. Peter Gustave, Mount Pleasant, German Master to Harrow School. Simpkinson, Rev. John Nassau, Assistant Master of Harrow School, The Grove. Spedding, Mrs. Jane, Green Bank. Steel, Rev. Thomas Henry, A&sistant Master of Harrow School, Wolsey House. Stewart, James, Esq., Lyon House. 'fyte, Edward C., Esq., Surgeon. Vaughan, Rev. C. J., D.D., Head Master of the School, School House. Vaughan, Edwyn Henry, Esq., Assistant Master of Harrow School, Byron House. Warner, Rev. George Townsend, Assistant Master of Harrow School. Winkley, Mrs. Ann. Wood, Thomas, Esq., Drawing Master of Harrow School, Manor Cottage. Traders. Adams, Robert, Linen Draper, Silk Mercer, &c, Andrews, Alfred, Boot and Shoe Maker. Armstrong, William, Baker and Corn Dealer. Armstrong, Elizabeth, Baker. Arnold, William, sen., Stationer, Hosier and Glover. Arnold, William, jun., Plumber, Painter and Glazier. Atkinson, William, Fruiterer and Greengrocer. Baker, Hannah, Bookseller and Stationer. L po DIRECTOR"¥'.

Baldwin, David, Plumber, Painter, Glazier and Tobacconist. Blake, J08. and Son, Linen Drapers. Silk Mercers, &c. Bliss, John, Crown and Anchor Inn. Bodimeade, Wm. Blacksmith. Boulton. Martha, Upholstress and Dress Maker. BoultoD, George, Bricklayer. BoweD, Henry Ferdinando, Chemist and Druggist; Agent to the Phrenix Fire Office. Bowen, George, Grocer and Tea Dealer. Brownrigg, Mrs. Sophia, Boot and Shoe Maker. "Brownrigg. Miss Sophia, Milliner and Dress Maker. Carey, Charles, Beershop-keeper. Chad, John, Beadle and BelIman. Chapman, John, Ironmonger, &c. Chapman, Mrs. Lucy. Chapman, Richard Brown, Bricklayer and Builder. ChappeIl, WiIliam, Bricklayer. (::happin, Daniel, Boot anq Shoemaker. Chatham, William, Boot and Shoemaker. Chatham, Hannah, Straw Hat and Bonnet-maker. Clarke, Mary, Grocer and Tea Dealer. Clowes, James, Plumber, Painter and Glazier. Cooper, J. T., Serjeant of Police, Polic~ Station. Cornwell, Thomas, Dairyman. Craker, John, Boot and Shoemaker. Crossley, J. S., Bookseller to Harrow School, (Agent, WiIliam WinkIey, jun.) Dawkins, Mrs., Toy-dealer. Dixon, Alfred, Dairyman and Carrier to London. Edwards, Mrs., Dressmaker. Farmborough, William. Grocer, Tea Dealer and Beer Shop Keeper. The Sugar Loaf. Fletcher, George, Crown Inn. Franklin, William, Ironmonger. Fuller, Elizabeth, Pastry Cook and Confectioner. Goshawk, Edmund, Hair Cutter and Bird Stuffer. Gray, Theophilus, Carpenter. GreenbiII, James, Dairyman and Cattle Dealer. GreenhiII, Mary, Pastrycook and Confectioner. GreenhiII, Arthur, Baker. Grimwade, Thomas Shipp, Sheepcote, Farmer, Dairyman and Im'entor of the Condensed. Milk. Hill, James, Farmer. RiB, Henry Finch, Butcher. Boare. Samuel, School Porter. DIRECTORY. III

Horwood, Thomas, Brewer and Beer Shop Keeper, JVhite Hart. Hudson, Charles, Carrier to and from London. Hudson, Thomas Charles, Plumber, Painter and Glazier. Hudson, Mrs. C. Straw Hat and Bonnet·maker. Hutton, Serjeant, Grocer and Tea Dealer. Johnson, Samuel, Watch and Clock Maker. Kidney, Henry, Carrier to and from London. King, Mrs. Straw Hat and Bonnet-maker. Laws, James, Kin{fs Head (Henry VIII.) Hotel and Posting

House. • Longworthy, William, Schoolmaster and Book binder. Longworthy, Mrs. Schoolmistress, do. Moore, Rebecca, Fruiterer and Greengrocer. Morton, Mrs., Milliner and Dressmaker, Pictoria RoiIJ. Mountney. Frederick, Saddler and Harness Maker. Neary, George, Confectioner. Neary, James, Grocer and Tea Dealer. Palmer, Robert, Grocer, Cheesemonger~ &c. Page, lames, Parish Clerk. Page, Henry, Wheelwright. Parsons, Rhoades, Confectioner. • Pearce. Widow. Laundress. Phillips. George. Carpenter. Powell, Ann, Boot and Shoe Maker. Powell. Charles, Keeper of Literary Institution. Powell, Thomas, Tailor. Quilton, John. Secretary to Literary Institution. Row. James, Saddler and Harness Maker." Sandilands, Miss, ProYpect Place, Ladies' School, Day and Boarding. Savage, William, Fishmonger. Scriven, Maria, Ladies' School. Seabrooke, C., Baker. Skeats. Charles, Farmer and Corn and Hay Dealer. Smith, Henry, The Castle Inn. Smith, Thomas, Tailor. Spiers, James, Provision dealer. Taylor,J., Commercial Day School, Park Cottage. Timberlake. William, Tailor. Waldron, Job, Carpenter and Cabinet-maker. Walker, Joseph, Butcher. Walker, Thomas, Butcher. Warden, John, Boot and Shoemaker and Leatherseller. Watson, Betty, Beer shop keeper. Laad 01 Hay. Winkley, Mrs. J. Confectioner. lL'2 DIRECTORY.

Winkley, James Locking, Tailor. , Winkley, William, sen., Grocer and Tea dealer. Winkley, William, JUD •• Vestry Clerk, Peel House. Woodbridge, hmes, Tailor and Postmaster. Woodbridge, John, Carpenter and Builder. Wotton, Jane, Dairywoman• . ROXETH: Gentry. Duncan, John, Esq. Gale, Rev. lsaae Sadler. Dudley Cottage. Curate. Gale, Mrs. Ditto. Greenhill, Mrs. Roxeth Villas. Heathfield, Mrs. Raleigk Cottage. Humphreys, E. Esq. Roxeth Cottage Pigou, Mrs., Roxeth Villas. Webster, George, Esq., Do. Wynne, Captain, George. C. K, RoxethHouse. Traders. Atkins, Charles, Farmer. Atkins, George, Timber and Coal Merchant, Roxborough, Atkins, John, Beer shop keeper, Timber Truck. Bail, Jos. Three Horse Shoes. Baker, Joseph. Farmer. Baker, WiIliam, Farmer. Butterfield, Mrs., Laundress. Chad, Richard, Roxborougk, Cricket Ground keeper. Chapman, Richard Brown, Farmer. Clayton, John, Farmer. CornwelI, Thomas, Beer shop keeper. Farmborough, Abraham, Beer shop keeper, HalfMoon. Farmborough, Joseph, Carpenter. Greaves, Charles Cresar, Relieving Officer. GreenhiIJ, Joseph, Farmer, Roxborou,gh. GreenhilI. WiJliam, Farmer; Roxborough. Hodsdon, John. Farmer. Rowe, Mrs. Laundress. Lambird, Jonathan. Butcher. Martin, William, Bricklayer. Martin, William, Pig-killer. Nobes, William, Farrier. Page. Mrs.• Laundress. Paine. James. Baker and Grocer. Parker. James, Farmer. DIQECTORY• 113 • • Richins, George. Land Measurer and Collector of Poor Rates. Shepherd, Mrs., Laundress. Way, Henry, Farmer. SUDBURY:-Gentry.- Chapman, James, Esq. Clayton, William Clayton, Esq., Egremmt Cottage. Cleveland, Richard, Esq., The HermitrJge. Cluny Macpherson, The Mount. Copland, The Misses, Sudbury LodKe. Cunningham, Rev. John William, The Vicar, Julian Hill. Farrant, WIlliam, Esq. Hodsdon, Samuel, Esq. Holte, Richard Orford, Esq., Sudbury House. Holloway, Wm. Esq., Rose Bank Villa: Homes, Jame~, Esq., The Hermitage. Johnson, Thomas, Esq. Johnstolle, Thomas, Esq., Briony Cottage. Lang. The Misses, Sudbury Hill House. Luck, Rev. Charles, Wood-end Cottage. Morris, John, Esq., Vine Cottage. Pittman, Richard, Esq.,Julian Hill. Price, Miss Jane, Woodlands CottaKe. Skinn",r, James. Esq .• Rose Cottage. Trenchard, Mrs., Aspen Lod~e. Webster, William, Esq., Sudbury Priory. Wise, Mrs. Sudbury Hill House. Young, Henry, Esq.• Sudbury Grove. Traders. . Atkinson, John, Nurseryman. Bailey, Wm., Grocer and Fruiterer. Cornwell, William, The Swan. Fowle, James, Kurseryman. Greenhill, Samuel, Wheelwright. Greenhill, Vrilliam, Farmer, Hundred Elms Farm. Gardner, Stanley, Contractor. Goldby, Sheep-dealer. Green. Henry, Farmer, Sudbury Court Farm. Halfacre, George, Farmer. . Halfacre, Joshua, Farmer. Higgs, John, Farmer and Dairyman. Jones, Martin, Smith and Farrier. Long, lames, Contractor. Marnham, Henry, Farmer. L2 114' J>IRECTC'RY•

• Maore. William, Beer shop keeper. Perrin. William, Farmer. Plater, Stephen. Boot and Shoe maker. Pritchard, John, Hay Salesman. Pryer. Sampson. The Mitre. Reeves, WiIliam, Farmer. Sumpton. William, General Dealer. Smith, James, Sheep-dealer. Sparrow, John. Farmer. Tillyard, H .• Teacher of the Piano Forte. Woodside Cottage. Wellum. Lydia, The Black Horse. GREENHILL: Gentry. Greenhill, Mrs. Elizabeth. Hayles, Captain. Hill. Henry Finch, Esq. Hodsdon. Joseph. Esq. Pritt. Mrs. Winder. Mrs. Ann. Trarlers. Clewley. Daniel. Farmer and Dairyman. Manor Farm. Gibson, A. Tailor. Hill. Henry Finch, Farmer. Hodsdon, Joseph. Farmer. Row. James, Farmer. Seals, Henry, Queen's Arms, Harrow Station. Thrussell. John. The Marquis of Granby.

BATHS AND DOUCHES ON THE HYDROPATHIC PRINCIPLE. Bath-Keeper, Anthony H. Gibson. Harrow Station of the London and North Western Railway one mile and a half from Harrow. Station Master, Richard Bartram. It is now a First Class Station. Length of Railway in the parish exclusive of Pinner, 5 miles. 3 furlongs. 70 yards. WEMBLEY:-Gentry. Burton, Rev. Robert WilIiam. Incumbent of St. John's Dis. trict Church. Granville, Augustus Bozzi, M.D. Gray. Rev. John Edward, Wembley Park. Lowter. T. Esq. Traders. Earnes, Samuel, Wheelwright. Goldsmith. William, Smith and Farrier. DIRECTORY. 115

Goodes, Joseph, Beer shop keeper, Hare and Hounds. Gurney, James, Fanner, Oakington. Hetherington, John, Farmer and Horse dealer. Hetherington, William, Farmer and Horse Dealer. Hills, Thomas Bryant, Farmer. Jay, Mrs., Green Man, Wembley Hill. Parsons, Thomas, Clerk of St. John's. Read, John, Farmer. Strange, Mrs., Farmer. Tillyard, John, Chandler. Sudbury and Wembley Railway Statwn; Station Master, George Harbert. ALPERTON. Traders. AlIen, Hercules, Beer shop keeper. Ambrose, James, Farmer. Ambrose, Miss, School Mistress. Avis, William, The Chequers. Jones, Robert, Smith and Farrier. Paine, Mr., Beer shop keeper. Richins, Mrs., Laundress. Sims, John, Farmer. Tame, Henry, Farmer and Contractor. Webster and Co., Proprietors of Tile Works, (Ainslie's Pa. tent) . KENTON :-Gentry. Neate, John Thomas, Esq., Kenton House. Traders. Dancer, Yorke, Farmer. Figg, Ann, Farmer. Hitchcock, Thomas, The Plough. J ones, Elizabeth, Smith and Farrier. PRESTON :-Gentry. Lawrence, George, Esq., Preston House. Traders. Davidson, John, Farmer. Elmore, John, Farmer and Horse Dealer, Uxendon. Goodchild, James, Forty Farm Goodchild, John, DQ. 116 DIREC'fORY.

Hewitt, Henry, Farmer. Kinch, Mr. Nathaniel, Farmer, Woodcock Hill. Sneezum, Thomas, Farmer, (occupying the house. part of which still remains. of John Lyon, founder of Harrow School.) Walker, John, Beer shop keeper and Farmer, Rose et Crown. HARROW WEALD :-Gentry. Abercorn, Marquis of, Bentley Priory. Appleyard, Charles, Esq. Bernasconi, Bartholomew, Esq. Blackwell, Thomas, Esq. Botheroyd, Richard, Esq~ Browning, George, Esq., ,. Honduras Lodge." Crockford, Mrs., Weald Park. Crosse. Edmund, Esq., Hive House. Dancer, Francis, Esq., Weald.~tone House. Da'iidson, Amelia, Flora Villa. . Doe, Thomas, Esq., " Forrester, John. Esq., Steward to the Most Noble the Marquis of Abercorn. Brookes' Hill. Hill, Joseph, Esq. . Hole, Richard, Esq., The Hermitage. Keen, William Rivers, Esq., Nelme's Corner. Kennard, Stephen, Esq., Woodlands. Laytont Edward, Esq., St. Clement's. Lowe, Esq. " Monro, Rev. Edward, Incumbent of St. John the Evangelist's District Church. . Paterson, WiUiam Richard, Esq", County End Cottage. Reed, --, Esq. Hatchena. Walford, Richard, Esq. Wetherell, Mrs., Cold Harbour.

Traders. Anderson, Elizabeth, Farmer. Ballard, James. Carrier to London through Stanmore and Edgware, at the Seven Balls. Beal, John. Beer shop keeper, Rose and Croum. Beaumont, James, Wheelwright. Biggs, George. sen., Farmer. Blackwell, Charles, Farmer, and Brick and Tile Maker. Clarke, Benjamin. Smith and Farrier. Cornborough, WiJliam, Carpenter. Cox, J .• Beer shop keeper, Weald Lane. Dancer. Francis Robert. Farmer. DIRECTORY• 1]7 • Davidson, Amelia., Farmer. Doe, Thomas, Farmer. Fabling. Market Gardener, &C. Fife, William, Chandler. Foskett, Samuel, The Hare. Fry, William, Beer shop keeper, and Colt Breaker. Glass, William, Clerk of Harrow Weald Church. Harman, Thomas, Choir Master of Harrow Weald Church. Hawkins, George, Farmer. Hill, Joseph, Farmer. Luckett, Richard, The Bell. Massey, , Beer shop keeper. Millward, William, Farmer and Dairyman. Miner, George, The Windmill Inn, Bushey Heath. Page, William, Wheelwright. . Parkins, , Baker. Smith, William, The Red Lion. Smith, William, sen., Grocer and General Dealer. Smith, William, jun., National School Master. Steemson, J., Grocer, &c. . Taylor, Thomas, General Dealer. Whitmill, George, Shoemaker. Willoughby, John, Beer shop keeper.

PINNER.

PARISH OFFICERS. Rev. Thomas Burrow, Perpetual Curate. Churchwardens: Thomas Hill; Benjamin Weall. Overseers :-Charles Woodbridge; Joseph Kilby. Surveyor of Highways:-Joseph Hall, Esq. Guardians :-James Hill j Benjamin WeaIl ; Daniel Wilsher, Soames; WilliamAbbs j Ralph Carr.

NATfONAL SCHOOL. Boys. Master :-James Spicer Brooke. Girls. Mifttress : Mrs. Charlotte Jones,

CLUBS• . Pinner United Brethren. Treasurer ::-Thomas Hill. Secre- tary: -Thomas Tull. Odd Fellows. President: Mr. Henry Mayo. Vice-Presi. dent: Alfred Clarke. Trustees:- Messrs. George Tilbury and Joseph Kilby. Secretary:. George Key. 118 t>IRECTOlty.

Post OjJice. Post Master: Matthew Cooke. Letters dis~ patched at 6 P.M. through the Watford Post Office. Letters delivered at Pinner at 8 A.M.

Gentry. Abbs, Major William, Chairman of the Edgware Petty Sessions, The Hall. Blackstone, loseph, Esq., Camden Cottage. Bostock, John, Esq., . Burrow, Rev. Thomas, Parsonage House. Carr, RaIph, Esq., Barrow Point Hill, lustice ofthe Peace. Clare, Mrs., Ditto•. Doogood, Thomas, Esq. EIIis, lohn, Esq. Evans, Julian, M.D. Garrard, lames, Esq., Pinner Place. Glaham, Nathaniel, Esq., Treasurer to the Pinner and Rick- mansworth Turnpike Trust. Haines, WiIliam Filkes, Esq., Antoneys. Hall, loseph, Esq., Pinner Wood. The Residence of Sir E. L. f51Bulwer, while writing" Eugene Aram." Henson, William, Esq. Hill, James, Esq. Hill, Thomas, Esq. HoIlingbury, Charles, Esq. Howard, Miss, Norfolk Cottage. KeIIy, Edmund Charles Hubert, M.D. Lee, Edward, Esq. LudIam, Mrs. Milman, Sir WilIiam, Bart., The Grove. Pye, Mrs., East-end. RandalI, John, Esq., West-end Robertson, Mrs. Saunders, Thomas, Esq. Smyth, WilIiam, Esq., Pinner Green. Soames, Mrs. Mary, Pinner Green Lodge. Soames, Daniel WiIshen, Esq., Solicitor, Ditto, Stanborough, George, Esq. Thompson, George, Esq., Waxwell Cottage, formerly called Dingles. Tooke, ArthurWiIIiam, Esq., Pinner Hill• . Train, , Esq., Dove House. Turner, Isaac, Esq. Walton, James, Esq.• Hatchend. DIRECTORY. 119

Weall, Benjamin, Esq., Woodhall. Weall, John, Esq. Oxhey Lane. West, Mrs., West End. West. Frands, Esq., Do. Trgders. Abrey, Charles, Farmer. Brinkman. John, Cooper. Bedford, James, Tailor and Parish Clerk. Baker. Mrs., Draper. Bankes, John, Grocer and General Dealer. Beaumont, John Samuel, Wheelwright. Biggs, George, jun., Farmer. Bradbury, Jacob, Baker. Bradbury, Alfred, Bell Inn. Pinner Common. BradbuTY, , Brewer and Beershop keeper. Bailey, William, Greengrocer. Bailey, George, Butcher. Cato, William, Farmer. Cook, Mathew, Baker and Grocer. Chapman, John, farmer, Headstone Lane. Church, Abraham, Draper, Agent to StarFire a,nd Life Offices. Dear, Samuel. Smith. Doney, George, Bricklayer. Deacon, George, Farmer. Dear, John, Seedsman. Fox, Charles, Tailor. Freeman, M., Beer ~hop keeper. Francis, John, Boot and Shoe maker. Gibbons, James, Butcher. Ginger, Avis, Farmer, The Crown. Gude, Thomas, Plumber, Painter and Glazier. Gladman, James. Boot and Shoe maker. Hall John, Shoemaker. Hedges, James, Farmer. Hedges, Jamli!s, jun.• Farmer. Hedges, William, Farmer. Higgs, James, Carrier, Dealer in Faggots, &C. Hill, John; Farmer, Headstone. Hill, James, Farmer. Hill, Thomas, Farmer. Hodgett, Henry, Boot and Shoe maker. Jaques, John, Miller. Johnson, Robert, Earmer. Kilby, Joseph, Plumber, Painter and Glazier. • 120 DIRECTORY.

Key, George, Tailor. Lucas, Hezekiah, Farmer. Moores. William. Farmer and General Dealer. Marsden. Williarn, Queen's Head Inn. ' Poulton, William. sen.• Carpenter and Builder. Poulton. William, jun.• Carpenter and Beer shop keeper. Poulton. Matthew. Coal Dealer. . Pugh. Thomas Samuel. Grocer and Baker. Pim. John, Red Lion. Rayner. George. Beer shop keeper. Simpson. John, Farmer. Pinner Park. Roadnight, R .• Farmer, Woodredding. Thornborough. Mr., Farmer. Hope Cottage. White, Vincent. sen.• Bricklayer. White. Vincent, jun • Licensed to let carriages, &c. White. Miss. Linen Draper. Woodbridge, Charles. Carpenter and Builder. Weall, John, Farmer, Oxhey Lane. Weall, Benjamin, Farmer, JVoodhall. Wilshin, Benjamin, Farmer. Hurdle Maker, and Surveyor td the Pinner and Rickmansworth Turnpike Trust. Pinner Station. The Railway runs one mile and a half through this Hamlet. Station Master. Richard Wegg.

CARRIERS• • Carriers from Harrow to London Daily, to all parts of the City. calling at the principal Booking-Houses: A. Dixon.­ C. Hudson. H. Kidney. Persons are requested, when di­ recting Parcels, to write th~ name of the Carrier whom they wish to employ. Carrier from Pinner to London, James Higgs.

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A New Book of Eastern Travel. EL YDAIOUR, (The Wanderer.) By CHRISTOPHER PEMBERTON HODGSON. Author of Reminiscenses of Australia, &c.

" Sphynxes and Tryphons, hieroglyphics, all. Grinned but the tell-tales of an Empire's fall." Foolscap 8vo., Morocco cloth. Price 68. Notices ofthe Press. .. This account of travels in some of the principal countries in the East, is written in a very sprightly and discursive style. and is extremely entertaining. The au­ thor visited successively Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, Ceylon, and Hindostan. There is originality, in some instances approaching to eccentricity, in the author's views and ideas; his descriptions of scenery are animated, and his sketches of the manners of the natives of the East, graphic and characteristic." Morning Herald.

cc It was Katerfelto, we believe, who wrote a, tour. which commenced. " Having travelled all over the world, full gallop on horseback;" and the nearest in extent and speed to that illustrious wanderer, we think we must rank Mr. Hodgson. He has flown all over the world like a swallow skimming the surface of a lake; and, like the bird, dipped here and there to pick up something or other for book-making, if not for nest-building. His movements are certainly far and wide. and his evolutiQms rapid; but still he has aggregated enough to furnish plenty to the spectator, or in this case. reader." , Literary Gazette. Work.! Published by w. N. WRIGHT, BOOKSELLER TO THE QUEEN, 60, Pall Mall.

er Having accompanied our author through varied scenes of Eastern life, and acquiesced in most of his ob­ servations and opinions, we close our notice with a strong recommilndation to our readers to follow our example. It is just the sort of volume to beguile a long winter even­ ing. And though the cold winds howl without, and the rain falls, the curtains are drawn close, the fire burns brightly, and the reader sits in his easy chair, yet in imagi­ nation be may be transported to the bright blue Mediter­ ranean, where,on board a felucca, he skims the placid, lake­ like sea, whose shores are hallowed by many a classic memory and glow with natural beauties. Page after page the reader turns, unable to resist the inspiriting narrative which seems to realise the velocity it describes. We reiterate our recommendation that this pleasant little volume should be read." The Critic. , A TRAP TO CATCH A SUNBEAM. SIXTEENTH EDITION,

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er This is one of the most charming stories we ever read; it may be compared to a new-found violet, or an early primrose, or the first May rose, orthe song of the lark floating between heaven and earth; it is real, simple, pure in intention, and full of the bf:st philosophy. We thank the author heartily, and hope Easter, Midsummer, or at furthest, Christmas, may bring us such another story." Art Journal.

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cc The moral of this tale is more earnestly enforced than in the preceding interesting justly-favourite produc­ tions from the same pen; and is, in great measure, more applicable to grown-up people in the world than to the mere exemplary teaching of the young. For them, the boy and girl Vernon are the lessons; but for their elders, the previous lives of their father and mother, and other characters, possess the spirit and influence of works of more extended and elaborate fiction. In all instances the danger of the fatal .. Only" is exhibited, and the se­ rious evils which emanate from transgressions in trifles, and the want of firmness to act decisively, and without deviation from the right line of conduct in small matters, are conscientiously deduced from the premises. The story is cleverly and dramatically constructed; and the actors in it, both high and low, naturally drawn. The portion in the humblest ranks is indeed so close to reality, that we wonder how the young and fair author could depict it so truly. It shows how talent can make much out of rare chances for limited observation. The sketches of the self· indulgent Martin and his scolding wife are capital in their way." Literary Gazette. Works Puhlished by W. N. WRIGHT, BOOKSELLER TO THE QUEEN. 60, Pall Mall.

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