Harrow school and its surroundings

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CHAP. II. — John Lton's Glimpbb of the Futubi 26 CHAP, m.— Poundeb's Kin 49

CHAP. lY. — The Dabk Aqes or Habbow School, 1571

-1669 65

CHAP. V.—LioHT IN THE Dabkness, 1669-1746 . 91

CHAP. VI. — ^Abchdeacon Thaokebat at Habbow, 1746

-1760 121

CHAP. YIL — John Lton's hopes bealised undeb Db.

CHAP. VnL— Db. Heath's Regime.— Citil Wae at

CHAP. rX.— Db. Joseph Dbubt, 1785-1805 . .191

CHAP. X. — Db. Geoboe Butleb's Accession in 1805,

AND Twenty Yeabs or his Expebibnce 215

CHAP. XI.— Tempoba Mutantue, 1825-1844 . 248

CHAP. XII.— Chables John Yauohan, 1844-1859 . . 285

CHAP. Xni.— The Habbow Renaissance, 1859-1884 . 302

CHAP. XIY.— Habbow Cbicket 317

CHAP. XY.— Habbotiana 350

APPENDICES . 376

INDEX 465

ERRATA.

p. 24, 1. 21, /or Greenhill read Hill of GreenliUl.

p. 61, 1. 7, /or flfteeuth read fourtecuth.

p. 68, note *, line 2, for doubtless Headstone read near Osterley.

p. 122, 1. 4, for allumed read assumed.

p. 197, 1. 16, for solvere read voluoro.

p. 246, note *, 1. 1,/or Terry read Perry [i,e. Bishop Perry, late of Melbourne,

a senior wrangler, and leading man in the Church Missionary

Society], p. 265, transpose the rejerences and both the notes, p. 320, 1. 7, for 1850 read 1857. p. 320, note 1. 4, for Ye Harrow * boys * read Adventurous boys of Harrow

School, p. 370; note 1. 3,/or lirst person read first person plural.

XI

LIST OF HARROW MASTERS.

From the School Archives.

Ushers or Under Masters.

25 Sept. 1615, Thomas Lance. 20 May 1636, William Powder. 28 Sept. 1638, Gilbert Rinford.

19 June 1665, Thomas Robinson.

28 June 1700, John Le Hunt. 15 Oct. 1705, John Hooker.

29 Jan. 172^, James Cox. 6 June 1730, Francis Saunders.

(Mr. Saunders appears to be tlie first called under master, the previous ones being ushers.)

20 March 173|, William Charles. 28 March 1743, William

Saunders.

21 July 1747, William Cox.

I June 1749, William Prior.

Elected 1766, Richard Wadeson,

resigned 1789.

II June 1789, Mark Drurj.

(Benjamin Evans,

mentioned as assistant master in March 1805.)

9 Feb. 1826, Benjamin Evans, assistant master, to be under master.

20 June 1833, Rev. Henry Drury, vice Bn. Evans.

1841, Rev. W. Oxenham, vice Drury.

Henrv Reeves, writing-master iiQ 1746, dead in 1784.

— Reeves, writing-master in 1813.

— Marillier, writing-master in 1826.

This list is not, of course, exhaustive as regards assistant masters.

♦ In the Harrow Parish Refj^ster, Dec. 26, 1611, occnrs the following:

*' Buried, Anthony Rate (formerly) schoolmaster at Flambards, (afterwards) elected schoolmaster for the free schole. He died on Christmas Dav aboute

Masters.

1571-1611, Anthony Rate • 1613, Bradley.

29 April 1615, Wm. Launce. 1621, Robert Whittle, resigned

in 1628. 28 April 1628, WiUiam Hide.

10 Oct. 1661, Thomas Johnson. 25 Nov. 1668, Thomas Martin. 8 Sept. 1669, William Home. 12 Oct. 1685, William Bolton.

17 June 1691, Thomas Brian.

6 June 1730, James Cox (formerly usher).

23 June 1746, Thomas Thackeray.

31 May 1760, Robert Sumner.

3 Oct. 1771, Benjamin Heath.

3 May 1785, Joseph Drury.

11 April 1805, George Butler. 21 March 1829, C. W. Longley. 31 March 1836, Rev. Christo-

pher Wordsworth.

18 Oct. 1844, Rev. C. J. Vaughan. 16 Nov. 1859, Rev. H. M. Butler.

Xll L18T OF HAKKOW MASTERS.

ei^ht o'clock at night.** Anthony Rate was evidently the first head -master of John Lyon's Foundation, and taught the thirty poor scholars provided for during his lifetime. The education in vogue at Harrow during the dissipating of what was probably the old Archiepiscopal SSchool — held originally, as some critics think, in the chauntry, then in the church or charge-house, removed in 1746 (see Appendix B.) — was not to the liking of the Grerards. The owners of Flambards seem to have either carried on the pristine school temporarily in their ancient mansion, or engaged Anthony Rate to teach the younger members. In Tweifthnight, Act ILL Scene 2, there is mention of an individual " In yellow stockings and cross gartered most villainously like a Pedant that keeps a school i* the Church." Mr. Ualliweli Phillips, commenting on this passage, says : — ** Pedant in those days meant Domestic Schoolmaster." This seems exactly to describe Anthony Rate, formerly Private Tutor at Flambards, dates likewise agreeing, TwelJ'thmght being written in 1602, while Rate paid nature's debt in 1611. It seems possible that this passage, and also that from Liove*8 Labour Lostj Act v. Scene 2, quoted on our title page, refer to the education even then well known to be obtained at Harrow.

AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.