Memoir of Richard Busby D. D., 1606 1695

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Excerpt from Memoir of Richard Busby D. D., 1606 1695: With Some Account of Westminster School in the Seventeenth CenturyI have to thank Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co. For their permission to make use of my article on Dr. Busby which appeared in the Cornhz'll illegazine for April last, and the editor of Notes and Queries for his permission to reprint Lady Elizabeth Win wood's interesting letter. My thanks are also due to the Governing Body of Christ Church, Oxford, and to the Dean of Westminster for allowing the portrait of Busby and the seal of the Governors of the School and Almshouses of lvestminster respectively to be reproduced for the purpose of this book. I have also to express my obligations to Mr. John Sargeaunt, one of the Assistant Masters of Westminster School, for the chapter which he has kindly con tributed on the subject of Busby's Account Book, and to Mr. Kneen, the drawing-master at the School, for his drawing of the old Rod-drawer and Busby's Chair. To Dr. Rutherford the Head Master, Mr. Edward Scott the Keeper of the Manuscripts at the British Museum, Mr. Charles Trice Martin the senior assistant-keeper of the Record Office, Mr. John C. Thynne the receiver-general of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, Mr. George H. Radcliffe of the Chapter Clerks' Office, Mr. Fright the Clerk of the forks, the Rev. 7. M. Blandford the Vicar of Lutton, the Rev. R. G. Randolph the Vicar of \villen, Mr. Alan H. Stenning, and to all others who have rendered me any assistance I tender my grateful thanks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.