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YE PARISH OF CAMERWELL,

YE PARISH OF CAMERWELL

A BRIEF ACCOUNT

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PAEISH OF CAMBERWELL,

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WILLIAM HAKNETT BLANCH.

LONDON :
E. W. ALLEN, AVE MAEIA LANE, E.G.

1875.

LONDON :
BHADEURV, AGNEW, & CO., IRINTKKS, WHITEFKIARS.

ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ.,

JUSTICE OF THK PEACE AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF SURKEY

MY DEAR Sin :

Your kind consent to allow me to associate your name with the
following pages, is but one more added to the numerous acts of kindness
which I have received at your hands.

Although there are many who would gladly testify that during 60 years'
residence in Camberwell, your " daily pleasure's been in doing good," no
one can more truly appreciate your high character and proverbial generosity
than

Your ever obliged and obedient servant,

WILLIAM HARNETT BLANCH.

PBEFACE

A PREFACE is too often merely a medium for apology. Whilst regretting
its necessity in my case, and condemning the practice in others, I am com-
pelled nevertheless to thrust myself upon the indulgence of my subscribers,
and ask forgiveness for the delay which has taken place in the publication of
the present volume — a delay which has been caused by a desire on my part
to enlarge the basis of my original design, and so present to my subscribers a
more complete local history than I had originally contemplated.

Further apology I shall not make : for the support which I have received
from the local gentry — embracing all shades of opinion and religious belief —
is ample justification, if any were needed, for the compilation of such a work.

It is not in any way an ambitious book, but simply a collection of facts
concerning a parish with which I am officially associated, and where my family
have long been resident. My connection with the local press a few years
since gave me perhaps the first idea of getting materials together for a local
history, and my subsequent official position brought to my hand statistics
showing the wonderful changes which had recently come over the Parish of
Camberwell. I was further encouraged to proceed from the fact that, beyond
the slight sketch of Camberwell given by Lysons, in his Environs of London,
and by Manning and Bray, and by Brayley, in their County Histories, there
had only been one attempt to chronicle local events, and bring Old Camber-
well out of the obscurity to which time and negligence had consigned it.
Of Mr. Douglas Allport's able Collections concerning Camberwell, published
in 1841, I desire to speak in terms of the highest praise. As a local
history it will ever be regarded as a book of the greatest authority. It
is, however, now rarely met with, and on application to the representatives
of Mr. Allport's family, I at once received permission to copy such of the
illustrations in Mr. Douglas Allport's book as I might like to select — a
permission which has been made use of in a few instances. I have also
made slight use of materials found in the County Histories, and in minor
publications ; but by far the greater portion of the following compilation is
from original documents.

I have received during the past three years — that is, from the time it
became known that I was engaged upon the work — the most liberal, and
indeed unlooked-for, assistance.

I am also largely indebted to many old residents for books and prints

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placed at my disposal, and rny thanks are eminently due and are hereby
offered to the following :

Messrs. Philip Stephen King (De Crespigny Park), G. W. Marsden
(Camberwell Grove), George Aug. Griffith (Lyndhursfc Roadj, J. J. Gloss
(Camberwell Green), Edward Burls (North Terrace), Dr. Webster, J. P.
(Dulwich), Mrs. Lilley (Eye Hill Park), W. Shoults (Camberwell Grove),
James Henderson (Adon Mount, Lordship Lane), Mrs. Lines (Camberwell
Grove), G. S. Mansell (Walnut Tree Villa, East Dulwich), Perceval Alleyn
Nairne (The Glebe, Camberwell), Charles Stevens, Clerk to the Board of
Guardians, Eobert Vincent (Camberwell Road),, George Murphy (Church
Street, Camberwell) — and many others.

For active literary assistance I am under great obligation to Mr. Arthur
Bott, F.G.S., for his able and exhaustive chapter on the Geology of Camber-
well, whilst I desire also to acknowledge the valuable assistance from Mr.
E. H. Bramley, whose facile pen will be recognised in many happy descriptive
sketches. To Mr. W. F. Noble I am indebted for his diligent and successful
researches at the British Museum and Public Record Office ; for his accurate
transcript of documents unintelligible to any but an expert ; and for his
intelligent and hearty co-operation at all times, more particularly for his
companionship, when, through the courtesy of the Vicar, I was enabled to
spend my 1874 vacation in the vestry of the church, for the purpose of
making extracts from the Parish Register.

I am anxious also to place on record the assistance I have received from
Sir T. Duffus Hardy, of the Public Record Office, through whose courtesy
I have been enabled to place before the reader much original information
concerning old Camberwell. My thanks are likewise due to the Secretary of
the Post Office ; Mr. Purdy, the principal of the statistical department of
the Local Government Board, and to Mr. Overall, the courteous Librarian
of the Guildhall Library.

To Mr. J. G. Thompson, of St. Mary's College, Peckham, who notwith-
standing many onerous duties, has found time to afford me considerable
assistance, I owe a special meed of thanks.

To Mr. T. C. Noble, author of Memorials of Temple Bar, I am under
considerable obligation for many valuable notes concerning this district ;
whilst to Mr. G. Steinman Steinman, author of the History of Croydon and
other works, I am indebted for much interesting information, and his papers
in the Coll. Top. et Gen. on the Camberwell Register and Old St. Giles's
Church, have been of great service to me ; to Mr. T. P. Shonfeld I am indebted
for many nights of " honest toil," and more especially for assistance rendered
in the statistical portions of the work ; whilst I must not omit to mention
that T received many valuable hints from gentlemen who treasure up the
legendary lore of a limited district, amongst whom may be mentioned Mr. J.
Innes, of Cold Harbour Lane. To the Master of Dulwich College, I owe
not only a debt of gratitude but a word of apology, for through his readiness
to assist me at all times in my researches, I have been sometimes led, owing

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to my official engagements, to trouble him at times and seasons which must
necessarily have been highly inconvenient.

The account of Dulwich College, considering the great interest of the
subject, will perhaps be considered disproportionately brief, for I had some-
what exceeded my proposed number of pages, before reaching that important
chapter of local history. Many original documents concerning the history of
the College in the eighteenth century have been held over for publication on a
future occasion.

In the slight sketch now given, I have endeavoured to steer clear of contro-
versy, but I cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without protesting,
as a resident of the parish of Camberwell, against the wild ex parte statements
recently made concerning the interest of Camberwell in Alleyn's foundation.
The gentlemen who indulge in these random statements are not content with
an endeavour to prove that St. Luke's parish is entitled to a much larger share
of the College funds than it has hitherto received, but a large amount of
superfluous energy is thrown away in showing that Camberwell is at the best
but an interloper — a sort of arri&re pensee of Edward Alleyn — a district
which by the mere matter of accident only has managed to catch a few
crumbs, which ought never to have been swept off the table of the three
parishes (St. Botolph, St. Saviour, and St. Luke) "solely entitled for ever"
to receive Alleyn's bounty.

Now this is certainly delightfully novel. Camberwell, where the autumn
of Alleyn's life was spent, where he bought land and houses, and built his
College^- where he was recognised not as an actor, but as a gentleman of
property, and a lord of the manor — where he was married to Constance
Donne, and where all that was mortal of his " dear sweet harte and loving
mouse " was laid to rest, and where his own bones now remain, — has no
connection with Alleyn, his history, or his foundation ! But if it be conceded
for the nonce that Camberwell had but slight association with Alleyn, what
shall we say of St. Luke's ? The great claims now advanced by our friends
"on the other side of the water" are based on the fact that Alleyn was
proprietor of a theatre in that parish, which said theatre tumbled to pieces
shortly after Alleyn's death. Now this may or may not constitute a stronger
claim upon Alleyn's bounty than the Camberwell associations I have men-
tioned, but it does appear to me that there is only one of the four
"interested" parishes which has but a slight claim upon Alleyn's estate, and
that is the parish of St. Luke's ; and this is perhaps the reason that so
great an outcry is necessary to preserve the status of that parish as a
beneficiary.

Not long since what may be termed " St. Luke's views " were represented
in a tract called "The History of Dulwich College, with a short Biography
of its Founder," by Frederick Hovenden. In perusing Mr. Hovenden's
History we learn for the first time that "the marriage of Alleyn's mother
to a player and haberdasher named Browne was probably the cause of the
existence of the present Duliuich College." I never pass the splendid College

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buildings now, but I think of poor Browne, the husband of Alleyn's mother,
the actor and haberdasher, " the cause of the existence of Dulwich College ! ! "

Mr. Hovenden further informs us that in the year 1613 Alleyn entered
into a contract with one " Ben Johnson " for the erection of a " chappell, a
schoole house, and twelve almshowses," — a fact which is doubtless known to
Mr. Hovenden exclusively. It is, however, more than probable that Mr.
Hoveuden here alludes to the contract with John Benson, which is so like
" Ben Johnson " that it really seems hypercritical to call attention to the
discrepancy; but then Mr. Hovenden is an elective Governor of Dulwich
College for the Parish of St. Luke— the author of a " History " of the College
— a great discoverer of mares' nests, and an accepted authority on Dulwich
College north of the Thames.

It is difficult to persuade oneself that the author of this pamphlet ever read
the documents upon which he founds his claim for the parish of St. Luke.

Let me state a few facts derived from those documents.

In 1613 Alleyn commenced the erection of his college at Dulwich, in the
parish of Camberwell.

In 1616 his chapel was consecrated, and the rest of the buildings at least
partially occupied.

In 1619 he obtained letters patent perpetuating his endowment.

Now it is not till September, 1619, in the deed of foundation, that the first
allusion is made by Alleyn to the three outlying parishes. In that deed he
does at length give a special interest to the four parishes (i.e., Camberwell, as
well as the others) in the eleemosynary benefits of the charity. But the
meaning which he attached to this privilege is made quite evident by the
fact that he proceeded himself to admit " foreigners," «'.&, boys other than his
twelve poor scholars, to his new school.

Moreover, his statutes — to which Mr. Hovenden is glad enough to appeal
on behalf of the " assistants " — while they limit the poor scholars to three
from each parish, give a free education to all Dulwich boys, and establish a
perfectly open school in Dulwich for eighty boys without any restriction of
birth or residence, except so far as the Dulwich boys and the free scholars
are concerned.

Then again as to the " assistants," whom Mr. Hovenden supposes to have
formed a sort of Governing Board, with almost absolute power, they are not
even mentioned till 1626, seven or eight years after Alleyn's College had
been in full working order.

The object of their appointment was obviously to provide that security
which is now obtained by the publicity of trust accounts against malversation
of the funds by the actual recipients. Accordingly they were to be summoned
only to the half-yearly audits, to the election of a new warden, and to act as
assessors in certain possible, though not very probable, cases of appeal. But
they were secured (as Alleyn thought) against all opportunity of undue inter-
ference in the administration by the addition, under these same statutes, of
six " Junior Fellows " to the resident members, " every one of them to have

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his voice as the fower senior fellowes have," so that they had only six votes
as against twelve or (in case of the vacancy of the warden ship) eleven votes
of the resident members. Such at any rate was Alleyn's intention.

But one more choice extract, and I must leave Mr. Hovenden. " Need
more be added to show that it was Alleyn's intention to benefit these three
parishes, and that the small benefits he threw into Camber well Parish were
from the accident of his building the College there, the property being
about that time in the market, and that it was his expressed condition
that the vested interest should solely lie in these three parishes for ever."

Xow I am quite at a loss to understand how Alleyn could have purchased
the property unless it had been in the market for sale ; and with respect to the
11 accident " of building his College at Dulwich, it may be remarked that but
for the "accident" of his owning a theatre in St. Giles, Cripplegate, the
modern parish of St. Luke's would have known nothing of Dulwich College.

On the other hand, Alleyn had been purchasing land at Dulwich for
several years before he commenced the College, and nothing was more natural
than that he should erect his building on his own land, and in the vicinity
of his fine old manor house, and should devote his wealth primarily and
specially to the benefit of his own tenants and neighbours.

It is an exceedingly painful duty thus to call attention to inaccurate and
unfair statements made by a gentleman occupying a prominent public
position; but as representing the parish of Camberwell in this matter, I
am compelled to notice them. When a Governor of Dulwich College, who
ought to be better informed than the ordinary run of folk, puts his name to
a document, common courtesy at once enlists our attention, and demands
criticism.

There are many omissions to be regretted in the present volume, amongst
which may be mentioned the " health statistics " of the district, which, under
the able supervision of Dr. Bristowe, the Medical Officer of Health, are now
presented to us with so much completeness. This chapter would also have
enabled me to do justice to the time and labour given to sanitary reform
in this parish by Mr. Andrew Middlemass, the late Chairman of the Sanitary
Committee ; but I trust that an opportunity will be afforded me at no
distant day to supply the information now unavoidably omitted.

One word respecting the illustrations. For the purpose of giving fac-
similes of old documents and prints, I have availed myself largely of
the services of Mr. Griggs, Hanover Street, Peckham, and it is mainly
through his intelligent co-operation that I have been enabled to place
before my readers so many interesting relics of old Camberwell. The
photographs by Mr. Garrett Cocking, Queen's Road, Peckham, and the
London Stereoscopic Company, speak for themselves ; whilst the wood-
engravings of Mr. Dorrington, of Fleet Street, have been executed with
great care. Some of the illustrations originally announced do not appear
in the present volume, but in their place are others of perhaps greater
interest.

xii PREFACE.

I desire also to bear testimony to the courtesy which I have experienced
from Messrs, Bradbury, Agnew, and Co., printers, whose work has been exe-
cuted in their usual first-class manner.

In conclusion, I must thank my numerous subscribers for the confidence
so generously accorded me, without which I could not have progressed very
far with my self-imposed labours ; and I should be wanting in common
gratitude were I to omit mention of the untiring zeal and devotion of one
"nearer yet and dearer than all other," who has, notwithstanding the many
and manifold claims of a domestic character, found time to undertake a
great part of the correspondence, and to make hundreds of calls for the
purpose of collecting information for this volume.

WILLIAM HARNETT BLANCH.

MAY, 1875.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

1. GENERAL SURVEY 1

2. GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL 9

3. OLD FAMILIES 28

4. VOLUNTEERS— PAST AND PRESENT 66

5. POPULATION 77

C. TRAVELLING— PAST AND PRESENT 81

7. POLITICAL HISTORY . . . 85

8. LOCAL NAMES AND PLACES 90

9. CAMBERWELL UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH 95

10. PAROCHIAL HISTORY 98

I. — GENEEAL SUEVEY 98

II. — LIGHTING AND WATCHING 101

III. — THE CflUECHWAEDENs' ACCOUNTS 110

IV. — VESTEY CLEEKS 123

V. — COLLECTOES 125

VI. — BEADLES, &c 127

VII. — THE BUEIAL BOAED 130

VIII. — PAEOCHIAL CHAEITIES 132

IX. — RATES AND TAXES 143

X. — THE WOEKHOUSE 153

XI. — PAEISH BOUND AEIES 156

XII.— POOE RELIEF 158

XIII. — DUST AND BEEEZE 163

XIV. — OLD AND NEW VESTEY HALLS 165

XV. — INPIEMAEY, NAZAEETH HOUSE AND CATEEHAM ASYLUM . . 168

XVI. — THE CHUECH REGISTEE 171

XVII. — OUE LOCAL PAELIAMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICEES . . .183

11. CHURCHES AND CHAPELS . 191

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PAGE

12. SCHOOLS . . , . ,'•",'* 241

13. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS . . . • : V ' ' . * • - 260

14. LOCAL WORTHIES, PAST AND PRESENT . , . . . .279

15. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS . . . , .. .' . . 292
1G. BUILDINGS OF THE PAST § 9 . . .801

17. SPECIAL AND GENERAL INCIDENTS . . . . ; . . . 312

18. MANORIAL HISTORY «....,,.' .327

19. SUBSIDIES 335

20. LOCAL PLACES AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS . . . ~ • .' V -340

21. LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS .,..,. 35G

22. HOSTELRIES PAST AND PRESENT , .'. . 3GG

23. LOCAL LONGEVITY . . 373

24. THE HAMLET OF DULWICH 375

25. MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN ......... 420

2G. DULWICH COLLEGE . 441

APPENDIX.

DULWICH COLLEGE.

I. — LETTERS PATENT . i

II. — DEED OF FOUNDATION vi

III. — GRANT OF LANDS , . . ix

IV. — STATUTES AND ORDINANCES xiii

V. — WILL OF EDWARD ALLEYN xxxiv

VI. — BUILDING CONTRACT xxxvi

VII. — LIST OF BOYS SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY xxxviii

VIII. — LIST OF MASTERS, WARDENS AND FELLOWS .... xxxix

IX. — LIST OF VISITORS xlii

X. — REVENUE, 1858-74 xlii

XI. — THE CONSECRATION OF DULWICH COLLEGE CHAPEL AND

CEMETERY xliii

XII. — ATTENDANCE AT UPPER SCHOOL, 1858 — 74 .... xlvi

XIII. — ATTENDANCE AT LOWER SCHOOL, 1858 — 74 .... xlvi

XIV. — LIST OF HONOURS (UPPER SCHOOL) xlvii

LIST OF ILLUSTBATIONS.

DULWICH COLLEGE, 1875

EXTRACTS FROM DOMESDAY BOOK

FOSSIL LEAVES AND SECTION OP THE LONDON BASIN

FOSSIL SHELLS, ETC

TEETH, ETC. (WOOLWICH BEDS)

JOHN BOWYER AND FAMILY (OLD ST. GILES'S CHURCH)
MATHYE DRAPER AND WIFE „ „

LADY HUNT'S MONUMENT „ „

REV. THOMAS JEPHSON

EDWARD SCOTT'S MONUMENT (OLD ST. GILES'S CHURCH)
BARON SCOTT'S MONUMENT „ „

SCOTT MONUMENT „ „

CAMBERWELL MILITARY ASSOCIATION (FAC-SIMILE) .
REGIMENTAL ORDER IST SURREY R.V. „

OLD HEAD QUARTERS IST SURREY R.V. .

LAMBETH ELECTION, 1857

FAC-SIMILE VESTRY MINUTES, 1674 (A.g.) .

1715 ....

PAROCHIAL ALMANAC, 1840

RATING ORDER (SURREY SESSIONS) ....
OLD WORKHOUSE AND VESTRY HALL
FAC-SIMILE VESTRY MINUTES, 1675 ....
„ „ „ 1696 ....

MAP OF CAMBERWELL, 1744

1834

NEW VESTRY HALL

PAROCHIAL PORTRAITS

OLD ST. GILES'S CHURCH (NORTH VIEW)
CAMBERWELL (COPIED FROM AN OLD PRINT)
RUINS OF OLD ST. GILES'S CHURCH ....
INTERIOR OF ST. GILES'S CHURCH ....

EXTERIOR OF' ST. GILES'S CHURCH

CAMDEN CHURCH

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, EAST DULWICH ....
MARLBOROUGH CHAPEL, OLD KENT ROAD
CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL, CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD
WESLEYAN CHAPEL, QUEEN'S ROAD, PECKHAM

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xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

GERMAN CHAPEL, WINDSOR ROAD, CAMBERWELL . . . To face page 238

CAMBERWELL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL . . ' . . . . ,, 250

GREEN COAT SCHOOLS, CAMBERWELL .' „ 256

CAMDEN SCHOOLS . . . ...'.'. . . „ 260

BASING MANOR HOUSE „ 260

DANIEL CRONIN „ 270

MR. CRONIN'S FREE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES „ 270

SAMUEL CHANDLER, D.D. . . A . . . ... „ 280

DR. LETTSOM'S VILLA, GROVE PARK „ 282

THE OLD HOUSE ON THE GREEN „ 302

BOWYER HOUSE , > • „ 303

FOUNTAIN COTTAGE ., 304

POLITICAL PROCESSION TO THE GROVE HOUSE, CAMBERWELL . „ 306

DENMARK HILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL „ 308

OLD FARM HOUSE, HIGH STREET, PECKHAM „• 310

THE CAMBERWELL BEAUTY „ 340

CAMBERWELL GROVE, 1750 „ 342

CAMBERWELL MILL „ 342

ST. MARY-LE-STRAND HOUSE, OLD KENT ROAD .... „ 346

OLD FARM-HOUSE, PECKHAM RYE „ 352

GOLDSMITH HOUSE, PECKHAM „ 360

JAMES HENDERSON „ 362

FAC-SIMILE OF " SOUTH LONDON PRESS "..'-. . . . „ 364

" OLD PLOUGH INN " „ 366

" THE GREYHOUND," DULWICH ....... „ 366

"OLD CROWN INN," DULWICH „ 368

" BEW'S CORNER," LORDSHIP LANE „ 368

" THE OLD ROSEMARY BRANCH " „ 370

DR. WEBSTER, J.P „ 394

FAC-SIMILE DULWICH CLUB BILL OF FARE, 1782 ... ., 396 '

HENRY BESSEMER ., 400

BELAIR „ 406

OLD ELM TREE, HALF MOON LANE . . . . . . „ 408

THE MANOR HOUSE, DULWICH ., 408

CASINO, DULWICH HILL ., 410

MR. BESSEMER'S HOUSE (FRONT VIEW) ., 412

„ „ (BACK VIEW) » 412

„ CONSERVATORY „ 414

„ GROUNDS (BRIDGE OVER LAKE) .... „ 414

WOODHALL (FRONT VlEW) ........ „ 416

„ (BACK VIEW) „ 416

THE Hoo, SYDENHAM HILL (FRONT VIEW) .... „ 418

„ „ „ (BACK VIEW) ,. 418

EDWARD ALLEYN „ 420

DULWICH COLLEGE, 1750 „ 446

1790 „ 446

1830 „ 446

1840 „ 448

THE GREAT HALL, DULWICH COLLEGE „ 464

DR. CARVER, THE MASTER OF DULWICH COLLEGE . . » 466

Y? PAEISH OF CAMEKWELL.

GENERAL SUKVEY.

OMESDAY BOOK supplies us with the earliest reliable record of
this parish. At that time there was a church and consequently a con-
gregation of people at Camberwell. The church was probably built
about the seventh century,* but no one can assert with any exactness at
what period the Parish of Camberwell became a habitable spot. Anti-
quaries generally agree, that the space between the hills of Camberwell and the
rising ground of Deptford and Clapham, and as high up as Lambeth, was originally
a vast bay or lake overflowed by the tide, and at low water a sandy plain, and
that when the Eomans fixed themselves in England, they improved it by banking
against the Thames and by draining. Koman utensils have been found in various
parts of south London,f which Dr. Whitaker considers ample evidence that the
wonderful work of embanking the river was projected and executed by the
Eomans. During the excavations made by the Grand Surrey Canal Company in
1809, a Roman causeway was discovered strengthened and supported by stout piles of
timber. It ran in a north-easterly direction from the Kent Road to the Thames at
Rotherhithe ; was about fifteen feet wide, and extended about 250 yards. ^ Mr. Bray,
the county historian, had a handsome pen-tray made out of one of the oak piles, and
presented it to the late Mr. Samuel I. Lilley, of Peckham, for assistance rendered in
connection with the county history.

This interesting morsel of antiquity bore the following inscription : — " Cut out of
an oak pile in a causeway through Camberwell marshes probably made by the
Romans : discovered 1809."

A curious description of Roman London is given in a letter to Hearne the
antiquary, in 1714, from the ingenious and elaborate Mr. John Bagford,§ from
which we extract the following : — " When the Romans first came into this island
they landed near Dover, and from thence proceeded by easy journeys towards this
city, raising their military ways, and at every ten miles' distance fixing their stations
or camps. At Peckham, of late years, was dug up in the middle of the highway, a
famous glass urn, which I more willingly took notice of, because urns of this kind are
scarce, and are not commonly seen. Much about the same time, not far from St. Thomas
a Watering, in a garden near the road, was dug up an ancient Janus's head in marble.
Many other Roman antiquities have been found on the edge of Blackheath, particularly
in that part near the town of Leusum. On the left hand of Kent Street, in the road
to London, in the garden ground (which was a Roman military way, and is commonly
made use of upon an extraordinary cavalcade, as it was particularly upon the entrance

* See " St. Giles's Church." J Manning and Bray, Hist, of Surrey,

t Peckham, Old Kent Road, Kennington, St. § Hughson's London. Vol. i. p. 3ti.

George's Fields, High Street, Southwark,

2 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

of King Charles II. at his return from Holland, and at such time is layed open) they
have found in digging, several Roman antiquities, with many of their coins, both in
silver and brass. I have been the more particular on this subject, to show that the
Romans were much, and had their several stations, in Surry, and left many remains
behind them for future ages to admire."

In 1690 a Janus's head in marble was discovered near St. Thomas a Watering, in
the Kent Road. " I am apt," says Dr. Harris,* " to fancy it to have been the very
Deus terminus which was placed near the ferry at Lambeth, where the Roman ways
parted. Montfaucon, in his travels, tells us where there were several cross ways in
old Rome, called Jani, where there stood a statue of Janus, usually with two, but
sometimes with three or more faces." Defoe, however, writing in 1742, in describing
the Roman military way leading from the horse-ferry at Lambeth, says : " At the end
of Kent Street there was a very strong fortification of stone, the foundations of which
were dug up in the year 1685 ; this ran across a garden about a quarter of a mile from
the Stone's-End. In digging up this foundation, there appeared two ancient pillars
of a large gate ; upon each of them had been placed heads with two faces curiously cut
in stone, one of which was taken up, but the other, lying in a quicksand from whence
the springs flowed out freely, was rendered more difficult to be taken up ; and the
curiosity of the people being not very great, they contented themselves with getting
up one of the heads, which was placed over the gardener's door, where it remained
for several years, until it was known to the learned Dr. Woodward, who purchased
it and kept it in his valuable collection of curiosities.''! It would appear from this
that the heads when discovered retained their original position on the piers of a
Roman gateway. The great temple erected to Janus by the Romans was always open,
we are told, in a time of war, and it was only closed three times in 700 years, the
Romans during that period being continually fighting in some portion of the
globe.

With respect to the Thames embankment, there can be no doubt, according to an
eminent antiquary £ that the work was commenced by the ancient Britons long before
the advent of the Romans. " The Romans must have continued the work during the four
or five centuries of their dominion in Britain ; but that it was not complete in anything
like its present form until after the Norman conquest, is clearly shown by historical
evidence. It is asserted that should the earthen wall of the river burst its banks, the
town of Peckham and much of the surrounding country would be entirely submerged.
The various reyes and rises, such as Peckham Rye, &c., were islets in the great
estuary of the Thames." Residents of Peckham have been somewhat alarmed of late
at the construction of the monster reservoir on the heights of Nunhead, capable of
holding 80,000,000 gallons of water, but the danger of being washed out of existence
by the friendly streak of water close by, perhaps never before presented itself to their
mind.

The learned antiquary, Sir William Dugdale, gives some account § of the marshes
in the suburbs of London. It appears that in the 22nd Henry VI. (1443), Sir John
Burcestre, Knight, Richard Bamone, Richard Combe, William Oxburne, Adam
Lynelord, John Martin, John Malton, and William Kyrton, were assigned to view
•all those banks on the side of the Thames and marshes adjoining, "as well within
the Lordships of South Lambehithe, North Lambhithe, Lambhithe Marshe, and
Parysh Garden, as in Southwerk,Bermundsey,Rotherhithe,Depford-stronde, Peckham,
Hacham, Camerwell, and Newyngton, in the counties of Surrey and Kent, which
were at that time broken and in decay, and to take order for the repair of them ; as
also to make the necessary laws and ordinances for the safeguard and preservation of

* Hist, of Kent. j Mark Anthony Lower.

t See Allport, Collections, &c., 27. § History of Embanking and Drayniug, p. 67.

Lcenftf W £* ^

EXTRACTS FROM DOMESDAY BOOK RELATING
TO CAMBERWELL AND PECKHAM.

GENERAL SURVEY. ;3

"them, according to the Laws and Customer of Romeney Marsh ; and, moreover, to

imprest so many diggers and labourers to be imployed therein upon competent
•sularyes, as shall be necessary in respect of the great necessity at that time for the

speedy dispatch of that work." Commissions were also issued for the same purpose
in the 25th, 31st, and 33rd of Henry VI., and in the 5th and 14th of Edward IV.

Numerous plans have at various times been proposed for the embankment of the
Thames, some including railways, arcades, terraces, promenades, &c. More than a

century and a half ago Sir Christopher Wren designed " a commodious quay on the
•whole bank of the river, from Blackfriars to the Tower ;" and in 1845 John Martin,
•*he painter, designed a railway along both sides of the Thames, with an open walk

from Hungerford to the Tower, and from Vauxhall to Deptford.

The fac-simile of those portions of the Domesday Book* relating to Camberwell

is .else where given, but as the characters there used may be unintelligible to a portion
of our readers, we transcribe the paragraphs into more modern type.
Camberwell is mentioned as follows : —

« TERRA HAIMONIS VICECOMIT'

IN BRIXISTAN H'D.

Ipse Haimo ten' Ca'brewelle. Norman tenuit de rege E. T'c se def M p xij hid.
Modo p vi hid. & una v' Tra e' v. car. In d'nio sunt iiic & xxij vill'i & vij bord' cu'
vi car.' Ibi aeccl'a & Ixiij ac' p'ti. Silua de Ix pore' T. R. E. ual'b' xij lib' post vi
lib' Modo "j lib."

THE LAND OF HAIMO THE VISCOUNT.

IN BRIXTON HUNDRED.

Haimo himself holds CA'BREWELLE. Norman held it of Edward the Confessor.
It was then taxed for 12 hides, t Now for 6 hides and 1 virgate. There are 6 cam-

* This curious and interesting statistical record,
which has been characterized by Spelman as "not
-only the most ancient, but beyond dispute the most
noble monument of Britain," and which Hume
styles " the most valuable piece of aiuiquity pos-
sessed by any nation" [" Monumentum totius Bri-
tannia, non dico antiquissimum, sed absque
controversial augustissimum "], includes an ac-
count of the state and value of the landed property
throughout nearly the whole of England at the
•close of the eleventh century. It was collected and
arranged under the direction of commissioners
especially appointed for the purpose, who com-
pleted their task in 1086, and the fruit of whose
labours was the compilation of the two invaluable
volumes, appropriately entitled the Domesday
Book : or, Book of Judgment.

Holinshed gives the following account of
Domesday Book :— " The king (William the Con-
queror), having at length obtained some rest from
wars, practised by sundrie meanes to inrich his
.coffers, and therefore raised a tribute throughout
the whole klngdome; for the better levieing
whereof, he appointed all the subiects of hisrealme
to be numbred ; all the cities, townes, villages,
-and hamlets to be registered ; all the abbies, mo-
nasteries, and priories to be recorded. Moreover
he caused a certificat to be taken of eurie man's
substance, and what he might dispend by the yeare :
he also caused their names to be written which
"held knight's fees, and were bound thereby to
serve him in the wars. Likewise be took a note of
euerie yoke of oxen, and what number of plough
lands, and how manie bondmen were within the
realme. This certificat being made and brought
unto him, gaue him full vnderstanding what
wealth remained among the English people, there-
upon he raised his tribute, taking six shillings for
ouerie hide of land throughout this realme, which
amounted to a great masse of monie, when it was
-nil brought together into his excheker."

For the execution of the Survey, Commis-

sioners, called king's Justiciaries or Legati Regis,
were appointed to go into each county. "The
Inquisitors," according to Sir Henry Ellis, " upon
the oath of the Sheriffs, the Lords of each Manor,
the Presbyters of every Church, the Reves of every
Hundred, the Bailiff and six Villans of every
village were to enquire into the name of the plnce,
who held it at the time of King Edward, who was
the present possessor, how many hides in the
manor, how many carucates in demesne, how
many homagers, how many villans, how many
cotarii, how many servi, what free men, how many
tenants in socage, what quantity of wood, how
much meadow and pasture, what mills and fish
ponds, how much added or taken away, what the
gross value in King Edward's time, what the
present value, and how much each free man or
soch-man had or has. All this was to be triply
estimated ; first, as the estate was held in the time
of the Confessor ; then, as it was bestowed by K ing
William ; and thirdly, as its value stood at the
formation of the Survey. The jurors were more-
over to state whether any advance could be made
in the value."

t The hide was a very old denomination of land
among the Saxons. The quantity of a hide, re-
marks bishop Kennett, " was never expressly
determined. The Dialogus de Scaccario makes it
100 acres. The Malmsbury manuscript, cited by
Spelman, computes it at 96 acres ; one hide, four
virgates, and every virgate four acres. And yet
the history of the foundation of the Abbey of
Battle makes eight virgates go to one hide. But
Polydore Vergil blunders most, who reduces a
hide to 20 acres. The truth seems to be, that a
hide, a yard land, a knight's fee, &c., contained no
certain number of acres, but varied according to
different places. In the Domesday Inquisition,
the first inquiry was, 'How many hides 'i '"-
Gloss. Par. Antiq.

A virgate was the fourth pxrt of o ic carucate or
hide.

r. 2

4 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

cates of arable land.* Two are in demesne ; and there are 22 villains,t and 7 bordars,t
with 6 carucates. There is a church ; and there are 63 acres of meadow. The wood
yields 60 swine.§ In the time of King Edward it was valued at ,£12 ; afterwards at.
.£6, and now at ,£14.

The following concerns Peckham : j| —

Ep's Lisoicensis ten.' cle epo' PECHEHA' Alfled tenuit de Heraldo T. R. E. &
iacuit in Patricey. T'c & mo' se def 'd p ii hid. T'ra e' i car' Ibi e' un' uill'i, & iii
bord' & ii ac' p' ti. T. R. E. & mo' ual xxx sol. Cu recep.' xx sol'.

The Bishop of Lisieux holds of (Odo) the Bishop (of Baieux H) Pecheham which.
Alfleda held of Harold, in the time of King Edward, when it was included in
Patricesy. It was assessed then as at present at 2 hides. The arable land is one-
carucate. There are 1 villan and 3 bordars, and 2 acres of meadow. It is valued
at thirty shillings, as it was in the time of King Edward; but when received at.
twenty shillings.

It appears from the above that Pecklmm formed a part of Battersea Manor in the
reign of Edward the Confessor, and this statement corresponds with the account of
that manor among the lands of the Abbot of Westminster, in the Domesday Book,,
where it is mentioned that the Bishop of Lisieux held two hides, of which the church
at Westminster was seized in the reign of King William, but was afterwards dis-
seized by the Bishop of Baieux. William II. made over to Archbishop Anselm the
profits and revenues of his manor of Petteham, then valued at thirty pounds per

* "What, and how much a Plough land is, Sir
Edward Coke in his Ninth part, in Low's case, and
upon Littleton, telleth us, and saith. That a Carue
or Hide of land, or a Plough land, which is all one,
is not of any certain content, but so much as one
Plough may Plough in one year ; and so in some
counties it 'is more, and in some other it is less
(according to the heaviness of their Soil) and
differences arising from several presentments,
what shall be conceived a Plough-land, an order uf
explanation was made that 100 acres should be ten
esteemed and one Peny an Acre for all more.
1 Oct. 1«5 Jac. And afterwards upon the same
difference 80 acres was to be accounted a Plough
land, and so proportionably to be charged for
mending the Highways.

" And of the same opinion was Judge Prisot, 35
Hen. vi. 29, where he saith, That a came i f Land is
greater in one Country than another, for that a
Plough may plough more in one County than
another.

"And yet some others do make a difference
between an Hide of land and a Carue or Plough
land. For they say that an Hide of land doth
contain four Plough lands, whereas a Carue or
Plough land containeth but li'O acres ; and every
Plough land or Carue is four yard land (in Latin
called Quatrm>u terrce), every yard land containeth
.;0 acres. But a Plough land or Carue is called in
Latin Carucata terra;, that is, quantum aratriim
arare pottut in estivo ttmporf. And yet this defini-
tion or description of Carucata terra? showetb, that
t is not of any certain amount." The Country
Justice, by Michael Dalton, 1705.

t ''These villeins, belonging principally to Lords
or Manors, were either villeins rfyaruant, that is,
annexed to the inanur or land ; or else they were
n yross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person
of the lord, and transferable by deed from one
.wner to another. They could not leave their lord
without his permission ; but if they ran away, or
were purloined from him, might be claimed and
recovered by action like beasts or other chattels.
they held indeed small portions of land, by way of
ustaining themselves and families ; but it was at
he mere will of the lord, who might dispossess
hem whenever he pleased; and it was upon
. illein services, that is, to carry out dung, tohed^e
.aid ditch the lord's demesnes, and any other the

meanest offices. And these services were not only -
base, but uncertain as to their time and quantity.
A villein could acquire no property, either in lands .
or goods ; but if he purchased either, the lord
might enter upon them, oust the villein, and seiz^
them to his own use."— See Blackstone, Comm..
vol. ii, pp. 92—96.

J The bordarii of the Survey are called by Coke,
" boors holding a little house, with some land of
husbandry, bigger than a cottage." Bishop Kennett
says, ' ' The bordarii often mentioned in the Domes-
day inquisition, were distinct from the servi and t
villani, and seem to be those of a less servile con-
dition, who had a bord or cottage with a small
parcel of land allowed to them, on condition they
should supply the lord with poultry and eggs, and .
other small provisions for his board and entertain-
ment " — Gloss. Par. Aiitiq.

§ "The wood yields 60 swine." When the -
woods of a manor are said to have furnished the
lord with so many hogs de pasnagio, it is to be
understood of swine fatted with the mast and
acorns : and implies, in proportion to their number, .
that those woods abounded with beech and oak.
This was a usual method of stating the quantity of
wood upon an estate : which leads us to suppose -
that the woods were considered as of no other
value than to afford pannage for hogs : indeed, a
wood that yielded neither acorn nor beech mast is
in the survey called silvo infructuoso. In the Saxon
and early Norman times the wealth of the agri-
culturists consisted, in no small degree, in his
droves of swine ; for bacon was the general viand
of the people, and even the table of the feudal lord
was usually loaded with the favourite joints fur-
nished by the porcarius, or swineherd. Dr. Whit-,
aker remarks that, "though the hog would of
course be put up to fatten at that time as at
present, he was in his general habits more of a
wild animal than now, feeding, as his snout imports,
upon roots, mast, &c., and very far from the filthy
impounded glutton to which we have degraded
him."

|| The district of Dulwich is not mentioned.

if The Bishop of Baieux was the son of Thurston
de Bastenburg, a Norman, who, having been present
at the battle of Hastings, was, for that and other
services, rewarded with large grants of land, both,
in Kent and Surrey.

GENERAL SURVEY.

annum, for seven years, by way of security for a loan of two hundred marks of silver,
which he had borrowed of the church of Canterbury.* The mortgage appears to
have been paid off, as his successor, Henry I., gave both Camberwell and Peckhani to
his natural son, Robert Earl of Gloucester.

The manor of Dulwich was given to Bermondsey Abbey in 1127, and it remained
in possession of the abbey till the dissolution of the monasteries, when it was
granted to the Calton family, who sold it to Edward Alleyne, the founder of Dulwich,
-College.

It has already been shown that in the eleventh century there was a church at
Camberwell, and it is fair to assume therefore that it contained a few families of
note even at that remote period. A century later mention is made of eight knight's
fees in Camerwell and Hechesh'm, four of which were in the first-named place, f
Estimating therefore each knight's fee at twenty pounds, which is the value com-

monly assigm
portance sine

The subsidi

d to it, Camberwell must have increased very considerably in im-
the Conqueror's survey was made.t In the fourteenth century, a

capital messuage of the annual value of six shillings and eightpence is mentioned, and
buildings in Camerwelle and Peckham are several times alluded to, and it will be
.seen on reference to the subsidies granted by Parliament to Edward III., that in the
•early part of the fourteenth century fifty-five persons were assessed within the
villages of C*,merwell and Peckham, the aggregate amount levied on the parish
£± 16s. 7d.§ The names given in this subsidy form the earliest muster
well and Peckham residents yet published, and some of the families
ed can be traced through Camberwell history for hundreds of years.
sewell,|| French, Baker,1T Ode, Forde, Dovedale,** and Bretynghurst ft
.ents of yesterday, so recently do some of their names occur upon the

amounting to
roll of Cambe:
there mentioi
Stephen de Be
appear as resi
pages of local history.

In subsequent subsidies during the long reign of Edward III. the contribution of
this parish is generally put down at 100 shillin

s of the reign of Henry VIII. illustrate in a remarkable degree the

increasing importance of the place, for the number of persons assessed was about 100
.against 55 in tie reign of Edward IIT ; and many families of wealth and repute had
bought land End built mansions within it. The Skinners, Scotts,§§ Muschamps,

* Holinshed, Clron. ii. 22.

t "A knight's :ee is properly to be esteemed
according to the quality aud not according to the
quantity of the lahd ; that is to say, by the value,
.^nd not by the content. And antiquity thought
i hat twenty-pound land was sufficient to maintain
the degree of a knight." — Coke.

J Allport, Collections, &c., p. 57.

§ Money at this time is generally estimated at
thirty times its present value.

|| In 1307, the 35th Edward I., Robert de Beke-
well died, seised of the manor of Camberwell, held
of the heir of Gilbert Earl of Gloucester, by the
service of half a knight's lee, consisting of a capital
messuage, value 6«. 8d. a year ; a windmill, 10s. ; a
wood, 6*. Sd. ; 221 acres of arable land, at <$d. an
•acre ; 20 of meadow, at 2s. ; 26 of pasture, at 'Ad, ;
rents of assise, £9 lla. 3d. ; customary works, '20s ;
perquisites of courts, 6d.— in all, £20 4s. Id. Stephen
<le Bekewell, his son and heir, held this estate in
the 8th of Edward II. ; and in the 43rd Edward III.
it belonged to Henry de Bekewell; for in that year
Thomas Doleshill, or Dolsley, died, seised (jointly
with his wife Joan) of the manor of Peckham, held
of Henry de Bekewell by the service of 5s. lOd. a
year, to be paid at his manor of Camberwell.

If The Bakers at one time held the manor of
Basing in Peckham.

** Douedale Mauor, since corrupted into Dowdale
and Dowlas, belonged originally to a family of that
name. John dc Ovedale married Isabella, sister of

Thomas de Tychesey, who in 1297 died seised of
considerable land in Camberwell.

•f t The manor of Bredinghurst was named after
this family. In the 9th Edward III., Johanna, wife
of Robert de Bretinghurst, died seised of one hun-
dred and twenty acres of land ir. Camberwell and
Peckham, by the service of paying 10s. every thirty-
two weeks to the ward of Dover Castle. — Caleud.
tnquis. Post Mort., vol. ii. p. 05.

U A curious instance of legislative error, based
upon an exaggerated estimate of the number of
parishes, occurred at this time. The Parliament of
1371 granted Ed ward I II. a certain subsidy, to raise
which it was estimated that an assessment of the
average rate of £1 '2s. 4d. upon each parish would
be sufficient; but it was found when the rate
was actually levied that the number of parishes
had been taken to be five times more numerous
than was really the case, so that the rate had even-
tually to be raised to £5 10s. on each.

§§ John Scott was made baron of the Exchequer
in 1529. The manor of Camberwell-Buckingham
granted to the Scotts by Henry VIII. ultimately
descended to the Cocks. The Muschamps belonged
to Peckham. The bowyer family are now repre-
sented by Sir William Bowyer Smijth, of Hill Hall,
Essex. John Webster is described in a document
of the time as of "Peckham Rie," and Henley,
Monck, Hamond, and Pike are names which appear
i.i the church register for nearly 300 years.

G Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Bowyers, Drapers, Delves, and Doves, first appear as residents ; and the following
names of the inferior gentry are also mentioned : Munck, Starkie, Hamond, Webster,
Henley, and Pike.

During Elizabeth's reign mention is made of Thomas Calton, brother of Sir Francis,,
who held the Dulwich Manor, which he subsequently sold to Edward Alleyn. In the-
thirty-fifth year of Elizabeth Thomas Calton was assessed at ,£3 for his land at Dulwich,
and about the same time the Garcliners and Grymes appear as Peckhani residents.
The reign of James I. introduces us to the Milburys of Camberwell, at whose-
house the Jesuits were secretly housed ; to the Budders of Dulwich, to the Swing-
fields of Peckham, and to Edward Alleyn, whose land at Dulwich was assessed
at .£20.

As showing the relative importance of Dulwich compared with the remaining-
portion of the parish, it may be mentioned that in a subsidy granted to James I. the
sum of £± 6s. 8d. was collected in Camberwell and Peckham, and 15s. 8d. in the-
hamlet of Dulwich. The troublous times of Charles I. were severely felt in Camber-
well, for not only were some of the Parliamentary troops found at Dulwicli-
College, but fighting took place in the streets of Camberwell,* and many of the
leading residents, through espousing the cause of the king, had their property
confiscated. Sir Thomas Bond, of Peckham, who was a warm adherent of thc-
Stuarts, was a notable sufferer, and the mob were so exasperated against him that
they were with difficulty restrained from destroying his beautiful mansion at
Peckham.

The hearth -tax of the 15th Charles II. tells us something of the relative size of the
residences of the local gentry of that day. Sir Edmund Bowyer was assessed for
20 hearths; John Scott, Esq., 17; Mr. Delves, 10; Mr. flox, 13; Doctor Parr
(vicar), 10 ; and Dulwich College, 33.

The earliest poor ratef (1697) which has come under our notice illustrates in a
remarkable manner the great increase which had taken place in the number of
residents. The total number of assessments then amounted to 233, divided as
follows : Camberwell, 88 ; Peckham, 103 ; and Dulwich 42, and the total
amount of the rate at 3d. in the £ was .£72 18s., divided as follows : Camberwell.,
£31 7s. Qd. ; Peckham, .£30 9s. 3d. ; and Dulwich, .£11 Is.

Sir Thomas Trevor whose name appears in this rate was afterwards raised to the
peerage and appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.

The De Crespignys appear in local records about 1740 ; the Spurlings a few years
earlier, and the Shards of Peckham about the same time as the Spurlings; the
Puckles came to Camberwell about the middle of the eighteenth century. Dr. Lettsom..
whose splendid "villa" is elsewhere described, was a power in the parish at the
beginning of the present century.

The state of society in Camberwell at the end of the eighteenth century is thus
described by Dr. Lettsom in his " Village Society " : — " In Camberwell village there^
are few poor inhabitants and not many overgrown fortunes. Among those who-
may be deemed of the superior class a general equality prevails, both as to
exterior appearance and mental cultivation. They consist chiefly of respectable
merchants and tradesmen, and of those holding eligible situations in the public
offices."

The rural character of Camberwell at the latter part of the eighteenth century may

* The following entry occurs in the church re- £86; Thomas Allen, £110; John Jackson, £125;
gLster; — "1647. Aug. 1. The same day was biiryed Richard ffloyde, £151; Sir Thomas Trevor, £60;

gister; — "1047. Aug. 1. Tne same day was biiryed Kichard moyde, Jtl51 ; Sir Thomas Trevor, £60;
H man that was killed upon the highway by the Nicholas Abbis, £146 ; Widow Nash, £206 ; Thoma.s
souldgers."

t In this rate Anthony Bowyer was assessed at
£l:J6; Dr. Tipping, the vicar, £U.O ; William Scott,

Alleyn, £66 ; John Alleyn, £43 ; and Dulwich Col-
lege, £25.

GENERAL SURVEY. 7

be gathered from the fact that the " trees and hedges of the village " are alluded
to in the vestry minutes ; and in 1782 caterpillars so abounded in the parish
that the overseers spent £10 in "apprehending" them, at the rate of 6d. per
bushel. The caterpillars were described as being "dangerous to the public in
general."

The churchwardens' accounts of the past century contain numerous entries showing
that hedgehogs were more numerous than ratepayers, and 4d. (alive or dead) was the
price put upon the animal. Polecats were also a terrible trouble to the local authorities
and Is. was paid for each one destroyed. And even sparrows were regarded by the
Camberwell farmers as deadly enemies, and 3d. a dozen was paid by the church-
wardens for sparrows' heads ! If report is to be credited, these sparrows' heads
after being paid for and thrown away, came to the tally again with wonderful
regularity !

The churchwardens and overseers of a parish are of course exceptionably shrewd
individuals at all times ; but it reveals a very high order of intelligence when a
man is able to detect a Camberwell pole-cat or hedgehog, from one caught in a
neighbouring parish. Perhaps the Camberwell animals, like the " Camberwell
beauty," had some peculiar excellence, or distinguishing mark, or it may be that
they were more civilised than their brethren in other parts !

In 1797 the residents were, it appears,* "much troubled by hogs being suffered to
range at large in the roads," and a committee was formed " to inquire what steps
could be taken " to abate the evil, when it was resolved, " That notices be sent to the
parishioners, and others stuck up, to prevent hogs being at large in the roads, and
that 5s. reward be paid by the churchwardens for information of owners who are to
be indited at the expense of the parish."

The hogs of Camberwell are mentioned in Domesday Book in the llth century
and at the close of the 18th they are still found laying claim even to the king's
highway ! There was evidently no sanitary committee in those days.

The great changes which have come over Camberwell since the commencement of
the present century are fully recorded elsewhere. From a straggling suburban parish
of about 4,000 inhabitants, Camberwell has become a congeries of streets, part of the
great metropolis itself. Bricks and mortar, and universal stucco, have invaded the
place, and green fields and hedge rows axe fast deserting us. In describing the
parish in the middle of the past century, a writerf quaintly remarks — " The spirit
of building which has been so prevalent for some years past, appears equally to have
affected this part with any other round the metropolis ; for between Newington
Butts and Camberwell several new streets have been formed, and a prodigious
number of new buildings erected." Another writer J remarks, that " Camberwell is
a very pleasant village, of rather a straggling form, but there are many good buildings
in it, inhabited by the merchants and gentry of London."

Of recent years Camberwell has opened its arms not only to the mechanics driven
out of other parts, but to the " noble army of clerks." Considerably more than half

* V. M., June 22nd, 1797. unlike the disposition of the ancient citizens, who
Stow, alluding to the enclosures of the com- delighted in the building of hospitals and alms-
men fields, by means of hedges and ditches, which houses for the poore, and therein both employed
were destroyed by the Londoners 6th Henry VIII., their wit and spent their wealth, in preferment
remarks :— " But afterward wee saw the thing in of the common eomtnoditie of this our citie." Stow
worse case than ever, by means of inclosure for gives the following distich made in ridicule of some
gardens, wherein are build ed many faire summer of the houses built in his day : —
houses; and, as in other places of the suburbs, «« iriyVnVa Pastlp ar\c\ "Fisher's Follv
.ome of them like midsummer pageants, with ^SiiH^^tndMfgllGSy."
towers, turrets, and chimney-pots, not so much

for use or profit, as for show and pleasure, and f The Traveller,

bewraying the vanitie of men's minds, much j Harrison, History of London, p. 557.

Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

the houses are now let either at weekly or monthly rentals.* The local gentry are
gradually being driven into Dulwich ; and the market gardens, for which the parish
was once famous, have given place to the manufacture of size and soap ; to monster
gasometers, and to other "outward and visible signs" of inevitable nastiness.

* In the neighbouring parish of Lambeth there
is an annual increase in the percentage of houses
above £40. The qualification for a vestryman in

that parish has in consequence of the fact that more
than one-sixth of the houses are now let at £40 and
upwards, been increased from £25 to £40.

GEOLOGY OF CAMBEKWELL.

N order to give the reader an intelligible view of the geology of Camberwell,
it will be necessary to offer some remarks upon what is called the London
basin, of which the parish of Camberwell forms a part ; we shall then
proceed to enter more into detail, with regard to the special district under
consideration.

London, as our reader is aware, is situated in a valley, bounded on the north by
Hampstead Hill, which rises about 430 ft. above the Thames, and on the south by a
range of hills, of which Norwood, the highest, is 353ft. above that level.* This valley
gives unmistakable evidence of having been formed by erosion and denudation ;
for there is a sandy bed (fig. 1) lying nearly horizontally, about 100 It. beneath the top
-of the London Clay at Highgate and Hampstead Heath, and a bed of exactly the
same character, very near the summit of Norwood Hill ; this bed has not been found
-anywhere between these two places. We conclude, therefore, that these two patches
of sand are all that are left of one bed which stretched right across London ; which
bed, with many beneath it, have all been worn and washed away by some current of
"water running east and west and forming the valley of the Thames. If we proceed to
•the north or the south of the hills bounding the Thames valley, we come at Ware,
Hatfield and Watford on the north, and Croydon, Epsom, and Leatherhead on the
south, upon ranges of chalk hills ; and borings and sections at various places reveal to
ois the fact that these chalk hills are the outcrop of a thick bed of chalk, which under-
lies the whole of the country between these points. The depth at which the chalk is
reached, in those parts nearly on a level with the river Thames, averages from about
100ft. to 120 ft.

As the only spot at which the chalk comes to the surface, near the parish of Camber-
well, is to the east at Loampit-hill, Lewisham, it is not intended further to describe
.that formation, than to state that it was formed at the bottom of a deep sea, such as
the Atlantic Ocean ; which opinion has, of late, been confirmed by the ocean dredg-
ings, which have been made by Dr. Carpenter and others. The ooze or mud, which
Jias been obtained in this manner from the bed of the Atlantic Ocean, has been care-
fully examined beneath the microscope, and has been found to be composed, chiefly,
•of minute shells or fragments of minute shells belonging to the group called Foramini-
Jera; these shells are identical with those which, Professor Ehrenberg has shown,
compose the great mass of the chalk strata. Nor is this all ; a great number of types
•of animal life were met with in these dredgings, distinctly characteristic of the
fauna which lived in the cretaceous sea : and the most remarkable discovery of all
was the finding a siliceous sponge (•i.e., a sponge, the skeleton of which is composed,
.not of horn, as in the ordinary sponge, but of silex or flint) which represents a
large group of chalk fossils called Ventriculites (little bag stones).

* Prestwich, The Ground beneath Us, p. 35.

Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The strata (stratum, a layer or bed) overlying the chalk in the London basin are as
follows :

Post Tertiary or Quar- ( 6. Beds of Peat.

. . . \ 5. Yellow clay (brick eaith). Sand and gravel.

ternary

Eocene*
Chalk.

( 4. London clay.

1 3. Oldhaven and Blackheath Beds.

) 2. Woolwich Beds.

( 1. Thanet Beds.

As these deposits are to be found in the parish of Camberweli, we shall therefore
now confine our remarks to the geology of this district.

Within the last fourteen years great light has been thrown upon the subject iib
hand by the excavations which were made for the construction of the Southern High
Level Sewer, main line and Effra branch ; the main line being carried through Dept-
ford Broadway, Queen's Road, Peckham, Eastwood's brickfield, Hanover Park,
Hanover Street, across Lyndhurst Road, Denman Road, across Camberweli Groves-
through Cold-harbour Lane, Stockwell Green, Stockwell Private Road, ending at the
Plough Inn, Clapham : the Effira branch diverging from the mainline near St. Mary's
Church, crossing Pecham Rye, close by the fountain, crossing Lordship Lane, being
carried as a tunnel under the Five-fields at Dulwich, crossing Dulwich and Herne
Hill to Brixton.

The following sections were taken during the progress of the works.

Along the main line :

Queen's Road, Peckham ; Eastwood's brickfield, Peckham ; Denman Road, Lynd-
hurst Road ; De Crespigny Park, Camberweli ; Lilford Road, Cold-harbour Lane.

The total length of the main line sewer, commencing at Deptford Creek, and
terminating at Clapham Common, is 5 miles 1850 feet ; and the ground gradually
rises from east to west • at Clapham being about 60 feet above the level of the river •
Thames.

Along the Effra branch :

Nunhead brickyard ; Five-fields, Dulwich ; 1st East Shaft, 2nd Main Shaft, 3rd,
West Shaft.

Section No. l.f Queen's Road, Peckham.

Made ground .
( Brown clay and sand .
Valley Drift . . . < Grey sandy clay
( Dark grey clay .
Woolwich Beds . . Woolwich clay (very shelly) .

Section No. 2. Eastwood's Brickfield, Peckham.

Valley Drift .

Mould

Yellow clayey sand .

Yellow sandy clay ....

Light brown clay with a little sand

ft. in.

2 6

11 3

4 0

21 9

* Gr. tos, the dawn, and Icainos, recent : so
called because the fossils found in these beds show
a perceptible approach to existing species.

t Sections Nos. 1 to
vol. i. pp. 329, 330.

Proc. Geol. Association,.

lection

across the Thames Valley from, Hampstead to JVorwood.

Camberwell tfhe % 'harness.

tthalk.((8) Oldhaven.fgJ Woolwich and Reading; h. London Clay. k. Lower gag-shot

he (Post-tertiary deposits sands and gravels, brick-earth, beds qf sand and peat
are too thin to be shewn.

gott, del

( reduced )

( reduced \

Fossil leave* from Glay*-beds Woolwich Ijeds

GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL. 1L

Section No. 3. Denmaii Road

, Lyndhurst Road, Peckham.

ft.

in.

Yellow clay (brick-earth) .

. 2

()

Valley Drift (22ft.) . <

Woolwich Beds . . |

Greenish mottled sandy clay
Woolwich clay (very shelly) .
Clayey green sand with a few shells .

. 18
. 3
. 5

6
6
6

Section No. 4. De Crespigny

Park, Camberwell.

ft.

in.

Made ground ....

. 2

(

Brick-earth clay ....

. 7

Sand, with a little gravel

. 0

^Infirl'v plnv

Valley Drift (25ft. Sin.) \

• Fine gravel, sand and water .

. 3

Gravel ......

Loamy yellow clay

. 1

London clav .

Blue clav . ...

Section No. 5. Lilford Road, Cold-harbour Lane.

Loamy gravel and sand .

! Loamy gravel and sand . . . . 2 it
Sand and gravel 3 „
Coarse gravel and water . . . . 20 „

25 0>
Section No. 6.* Through Nunhead Green.

( Clay, about ...... 8 ft.

London clay. . . j Basement bed, pebbles . . 12 in. or 18 in.
Woolwich Beds . . Sands.

Section No. 7.f Nunhead Brickyard.

(Section about 40ft. long and 6ft. or 7ft. deep.)

Soil.

( A little brown clay at one part only.
London clay . . . < Basement bed. An irregular clayey pebble-bed,

( 1 ft. to 2 ft. in thickness, lying irregularly on,
Woolwich Beds . . Sand, with layers of clay.

In the works for the Southern High Level Sewer, across Peckham Rye, near where
the fountain now stands, the Paludina bed (Woolwich Beds) was cut through. This
bed is a pale grey clayey limestone, mostly crowded with the shells of Paludina.
lenta (Fig. 5) ; here, the shells were massed in one continuous floor in the middle ol
the bed, causing it to split, when struck with the hammer, along the line of fossils.
The position of this bed, in the Woolwich series, is clearly shown in the following
sections at the " Five-fields," Dulwicli. This bed was also cut through, in the main
line excavation about half way between Sections Nos. 3 and 4 ; here the Paludina?
were not so numerous as at Peckham Rye ; but they were of larger size, and what is oi
great interest, numerous impressions of the operculum (Lat. a cover, or lid) or
horny door, so well known in the periwinkle (Littorina), were found in the bed a
little above the line of the Paludinse themselves. This would seem to show that the

* Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Geology of t Memo'rs Geol. Survey. Geol. London Basin,,

the London basin, Part i. p." 131. W. Whitaker, Parti, p. 131. W. Whitaker.
li.A.

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Paludina} had died upon the spot, where they were living, before a fresh deposition
of clay or mud took place (the shells are almost invariably filled with the clay), their
bodies had decomposed and the opercula had floated away and had • been deposited
-elsewhere.

The Effra Branch of the Southern High Level Sewer was carried as a tunnel
beneath the " Five-fields," Dulwich, and the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, 10)* were
-taken of the beds passed through in the shafts that were sunk.

Section No. 8. Five-fields, Dulwich (East shaft.)

London clay .

Woolwich Beds
28ft, 6 in.)

(about

Soil

Loamy clay ....
Red sand .

Black clay, with leaves, lignite, &c.
Blue clay „

Dark clay „

PaludinaBed .
Band containing broken cyrense
Oyster bed . .
Blue clay with leaves
Dark sand .
Blue clay with leaves
Dark sand .
\ Hard shelly rock (bottom).

•Section No. 9. Five-fields, Dulwich (Main shaft.)

London clay .

Woolwich
53ft.)

Beds (about

Soil

Loamy clay

/ Mottled clays . . . . .
Mottled sands .

Clay, with cyrenae

Paludina bed .

Sandy clay ... . .

Oyster bed, sandy

Dark blue clay, with leaves . . .

Green sand witli comminuted shells

Very hard, tough and rather coarse

sandstone (greatest thickness) . .

Dark blue clay, with leaves, lignite,

shells, and bone . . . .

ft. in.
0 9
6 10
5 6
2 2
10
6

0 8
0
0
8

2 4

1 6
9 3

36 0

ft. in.

0 9

12 0

8 0

4 6

6 0

0 9
3 0

1 8

7 0

-Section No. 10. Five-fields, Dulwich (West shaft).

London clay .

Woolwich
28J ft.)

Soil

Loamy clay

Dark clay

Paludina bed

Light sandy clay, with leaves .
Blue clay, with oysters .

Dark sand

Beds (about J Yellow sand

Blue clay, with leaves

Dark loamy sand .

Blue clay, with thin layers of sand

Running sand, with water

Light coloured loamy clay

Hard shelly rock (bottom).

* Proc. Geologists' Association, vol. i. pp. 114. 115.

65 8

ft. in.

0 9

9 3

2 0

0 6

1 10

3 0
0 8

2 0
2 6
0 8
9 0

4 0
2 6

38 8

GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL.

At a brickyard about a quarter of a mile south-east of Brockwell Hall, Dulwich,
there is a long section, partly hidden "by fallen masses of London clay ; the following,
beds being shown in the middle : —

Section No. 11.*
London clay .

01dhavenBeds(0
Woolwich Beds

Stiff brown, roughly laminated, and jointed (so
as to break up into cuboidal pieces), rather
sandy towards the base, where there are a
few flint pebbles, and some green grains.

Buff sands with shells, 6 in. to 9 in.

Light coloured sand, with many thin layers of
clay, evenly bedded, 6 ft. visible.

Besides the sections above given, we are also in possession of others in the parish,,
which it may be well to mention : —

Section No. 12.f Marlborough House, Peckham (1841).

( Gravel

Valley Drift (20ft.) . < Bright loam and sand . ...

( Sandy gravel

Woolwich Beds . . Yellow, soapy clay, marbled with light

blue ....
. Green sand and clay, and quicksand
I Dark grey sand, yielding water, strongly
Thanet Beds . . . \ impregnated with copper (1) . . .

/ Greenish sand

Slate-coloured clay and dark heavy sand
Chalk with flints, water at

3ft.

1-4 „
3 „

20 „
40 „

16 „

2,,

2 „

123 „

Section No. 13.J At the foot of Herne Hill, Dulwich.

Soil, &c. (10ft.)
London clay .

Gravel

Black mould ....
Blue clay with pyrites and selenite
Sand yielding plenty of water .

223

ft.
1

in.
6
6

43 0

Section No. 14.§ Champion Hill, Dulwich.

To chalk
In chalk .

53 0

210 ft

298 „

Section No. 15.|| Dulwich Mineral Wells.

T i | ( Clay with vegetable substances

" c y ' ' * ( Clay with pyrites and septaria.

Section No. 16.11 Forest Hill (J. Walter's, Esq.)

To chalk

Section No. 17.** Grove Lane, Camberwell.

Gravel, clay, and sand
Dark cindery, friable, earthy matter
London clay (?) . . <{ (decomposed pyrites)

Peacock coal (lignite ?) 6 in. clay .

508

20
20

40
300

* Memoirs Geol. Surrey. Geology of London
Basin. W. Whitaker, Part i. p. 133.

t Allport, Collections Illustrative of the Geology,
&c., of Camberwell, p. 8.

J Allport, Collections Illustrative of t!ie Geology,
&c., of Carnberwel], p. 7.

§ Mylne, Sections of the London Strata.
|| Phil. Trans., vol. xli. p. 835.
«IT Allport, Collections Illustrative of the Geol igy,.
&c. , of Camberwell, p. 5.
** Ibid., p. 8.

14 Y' PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Section No. 18.* Near Cliurch Street, Camberwell.

To chalk .

Section No. 19. t Camberwell Grove (Mr. Wynne's).

Section No. 18.* Near Cliurch Street, CamLerwell.

To chalk . .105 ft.

ft. in.

To chalk 208 0

In chalk 300 6

508 6
(Water rose to 90 ft. below the surface.)

A section of the beds above the chalk at Loam-pit Hill, near Lewisham, though
not in the parish of Camberwell, has been added, for the purpose of comparison.

Section No. 20.$ Loam-pit Hill, near Lewisham (showing the succession of beds
from the chalk to the Oldhaven and Blackheath Beds) :

Oldhaven and Blackheath Beds Pebble bed

/ Fine sand, yellow and iron shot . . 10 ft.
f Loam and plastic clay with pyrites and

leaves 10 „

Sands, yellow 3 „

Clay, lead-coloured, with leaves . 2 „

_,r , . , -r, -, ' Clay, brownish, with cyrenoe . . . 6 „

Woolwich Beds . . ^ Cla£ inthree beds; the upper and

lower contain cyrense, and the mid-
dle oysters 3 „

Loam and sand ; upper part cream-
coloured, with nodules of friable
marl, lower part sandy and iron-shot 4 „
( Ferruginous sand, with flint pebbles . 12 „

m 4. -R j } Green sand, coarse and pebbly . 5 „

) Sand, ash-coloured, slightly micaceous 35 „
C Green sand, with green-coated flints . 1 „
Chalk, with beds and nodules of black flint.

From these sections it will be seen that the chalk which, as we have before stated,
underlies the whole of the London area, is covered with clays of varying thickness.
The water which falls upon the exposed surfaces of the chalk at its outcrop, percolates
through, to the lowest part of the chalk beneath London; the clay above, being
impermeable, prevents the water rising, except in any places where borings or wells
-are made, and there most abundant supplies of water are found (as in Section
No. 19). On the other hand, the surface springs, which were formerly very abundant
at a depth of 10 ft. or 12 ft., and the springs, which supplied the wells in the neigh-
bourhood of Peckham, which seldom were of a greater depth than from 25 ft. to
•30 ft., have in almost all cases been dried up, by the cuttings through the beds of clay,
which lay beneath and which retained them ; in the excavations for the Southern High
Level Sewer.

I. ThanetBeds.

Of the strata which lie above the chalk the next in ascending order, and therefore
the oldest beds of the Tertiary system or epoch, are the Thanet Sands, as they have
been called by Mr. Prestwich,§ from their occurrence in the Isle of Thanet and tlu^
immediately adjoining district. The word "Beds," instead of "Sands," has been
suggested by Mr. Whitaker, as a more applicable term, as sometimes there is a large
proportion of clay in the formation.)] The reader will observe that these " Beds "
•were cut through in Section No. 12.

* Mylne, Sections of the London Strata. § Quarterly Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. viii. p. 23ft.

t Simpson MS. in Library Inst. Civ. Engineers. || Whitaker, Memoir Geol. Survey, vol. iv.

t Prof. Phillips, Geol. Oxford and the Valley of port i. p. 55.
ihe Thames.

GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL. 15

The mineral structure of the Thanet Beds consists essentially of a base of fine
light-coloured quartzose sand, mixed, in its lower beds more especially, with more or
less argillaceous or clayey matter. The following two characteristics are worthy of
note : First ; these beds never contain layers or beds of rounded black flint-pebbles,
so common in the beds above, nor do they exhibit beds of mottled clays, such as so
well mark the Woolwich and Reading Beds. Second ; there is a constant occurrence
-at the very base of the deposit, and immediately resting on the chalk, of a layer of
flints of all sizes, just as they occur in the underlying chalk, from which the chalk
seems to have been washed away, without wearing or fracturing the flints ; for they
-are almost as perfect as the undisturbed flints in the chalk, but present this difference,
that, instead of their usual white or black coating, these flints are almost invariably of
a deep bright olive-green colour externally ; * by which they may be recognised in other
beds (tertiary or drift) to which they have been subsequently carried (vide Section
No. 20). Mr. Whitaker is of opinion that this bed of green-coated flints may have
been formed after the deposition of the beds above, by the dissolving away of the
chalk, and the consequent leaving behind of its contained insoluble flints. For the
grounds upon which this opinion is based, we must refer the reader to Mr. Whitaker's
Memoir,t where the question is discussed in all its bearings. The green-coating of
the flints is owing to a deposition of a salt of iron.

The Thanet Beds are very constant in character throughout the London Basin,
attaining a thickness, in some parts, of 90 ft. ; but thinning out to the westward,
until a little west of London they are only 4 ft. thick, shortly beyond which point
the beds disappear altogether.^ They are thickest in the east of Kent, where they
tire more clayey, and contain fossils : they may be well seen on the coast near Recul-
vers and in Pegwell Bay, and also in sand-pits and cuttings in the neighbourhood of
Woolwich.

II. Woolwich Beds.

The next beds, in order of succession, are the Woolwich Beds, cut into or through
in sections Nos. 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and probably 18 and 19.

These beds are more variable in character than the Thanet Beds, and also more
widely extended, becoming thicker from east to west, or in the contrary direction to
the Thanet Beds, and then again thinner farther west in the London Basin. § Their
thickness varies from 15 ft. in the extreme west to 80 ft. or 90 ft. in some of the
deep wells under London. In the east of Kent the thickness averages 25 ft. In its
general character this formation consists of irregular alternations of clays and sands ;
the former of many and bright colours, mostly mottled and plastic ; the latter also of
many colours, both coarse and fine in texture, sometimes with flint pebbles, and no wand
then hardened into sandstone or conglomerate. In parts we find, associated with the
light-coloured sands, finely bedded grey clay, containing vast numbers of estuarine
shells, and often with oyster shells compacted into rock.|| The beds included in this
formation, judging from the fossils contained in them, appear to have been deposited
in an estuary, as we find alternations of marine, fluvio-marine and fresh- water forms
of life. As is general with deposits of this character the species of fossils are few,
though the number of individuals is very large. This is specially noticeable in the
Paludina bed, already referred to (ante, p. 11).

The following is a list of fossils found in this parish, from the Woolwich Beds : —

* Prestwich, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. viii. p. 235.

p. 242. § Jukes and Geikie, Manual of Geology, p. 67'-.

t Whitaker, Memoir Geol. Survey, vol. iv. part i. || Whitaker, Memoirs Geol. Surv., vol. iv.

pp. 58, 59. part i. p. 99.

t Prestwich, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. viii.

ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

LOCALITY.

Ol 'J!A>1.B*0«

Dulwich.

eckham.

amberwell.

"phodon (canine tooth)* (Fig. 12) ^

H^cotheriuin cuniculum (molar tooth)t

InS ofi mammal' (undescribed form)t

P°teS£ in Sta of a large insectivore ^ pro- f
bably allied to opossum (Didelpnis) I

(Davis)t (Fig. 10) J

Birds (?)•

-if

Bones ..••••

^Chelonia (bones) Trionyx .

Crocodilia (Scutes) .

JfViJv

•X-

Pycnodont toothj . • •

«r

Lamna (? sp.) teeth .

•x-

Lepidotus minor ? .
Bones, scales, teeth, vertebrae . . •

Gasteropoda.
Calyptaea trochiformis. Lam. . . •
Cerithium funatum. Mant. (including C.

Variabile, Desh.)

_^_

Cerithium Lunnii. Mor.J .

„ gracile. Mor.it . . • •

Fusus (sp. ?) . • •

.£

Fusus gradatus. Sow. j

-x-

„ latusj • • •

•^

Melania inquinata. Deir

Melanopsis brevis. Sow
Hydrobia Parkinsoni. Mor.t . • •
Websteri (Mor. T)% .

Neritina Consobrina. Desh. . . .

„ globosus. Defr

Paludina aspera. Michaud .
?, lenta. Brand (Fig. 5)

•5f

„ rugosa (Brand ]) . . .
Pitharella Rickmanni. Edw. (Fig. 4)

Bulimus ellipticus§ (Fig. 7) .
Planorbis hemistoma. Sow.

„ Isevigata.! Desh. .

•fr

Conchifera.

Area, Dulwichiensis. Edw. . ...

Bysso-arca Cailliaudi. Bella
Corbula Regulbensis.J Mor.

•if

(sp ?) ....

Cardium Laytoni.^ (Mor. ?)

•3f

'•

Cyrena cordata. Mor. (Fig. 8)
v,, cuneiformis. Fer. (Fig. 9)

•5f

„ deperdita. Sow.

„ Dulwichiensis. Rickman (Fig. 6)

„ obovata. Sow

* Owen, Palaeontology, p. 357.

t In the Collection of Arthur Bott, F.G.S.

* In the Collection of Caleb Evans, F.G.S.

§ In the Collection of Arthur Bott, F.G.8., Proc.
Geol. Assoc., vol. i. p. 338.

GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL.

SPECIES.

Conckifera — continued.

Modiola elegans. Sow. . .

„ Mitchelli. Mor.
Teredo antenautac.* Sow.
Teredina personata. Desh. .

Tellina (sp. ?) *

Ostrea Bellovacina. Lam. (including O.
edulina. Sow.) .....
„ elephantopus 1 Sow. .
„ pulchra. Sow.
„ tenera. Sow.
Psammobia Condamini. Mor.* .
Unio Edwardsi. Wood

„ Solandri? Sow

„ Deshayesii. Prestwich .
Poly zoo,.

Flustra

Foraminifera.
Globigerina ?

LOCALITY.

Dulwich. Peckliam. Camberwell.

Coleoptera.

Wing Cases ......

Plants.

Cones, cast of . . . .

Leaves, seed-vessels, wood, (figs. 2 and 3)

On the above list of fossil remains, it may be interesting to make a few remarks.
Three of the species of shells are new to science, and have received specific names
associating them either with the finder or the locality. They are the following : Area
Dulwichiensis, Cyrena Dulwichiensis (fig. 6), and Pitharella Rickmanni (fig. 4). The
latter shell has since been found at Chislehurst, Kent. The second of these was
figured and described in the Illustrated London News for March 24, 1860. It would
be beyond the scope of these remarks to enter into the scientific considerations upon
which these shells have been determined to be of new species ; those, however, to
whom these questions may be of interest, are referred to the Proceedings of the
Geologists' Association, vol. i. p. 110, for a full description of Cyrena Dulwichiensis,
and to the Geologist, vol. iii. pp. 208 — 212, for a like description of Pitharella Rick-
manni. The Cyrena Dulwichiensis was found in the bed called " Very hard, tough,
and rather coarse sandstone " (section No. 9), and was associated with other forms of
Cyrena and with Pitharella Bickmanni ; the latter shell being also found in the
Paludina bed at Dulwich and Peckham. The Cyrense have been beautifully pre-
served, and show very clearly, especially in Cyrena , Dulwichiensis, the marks of the
colour bands. The fossil leaves, found at Dulwich (see sections Nos. 8, 9, 10), have
been also marvellously preserved, being not merely impressions, but the carbonized
substance of the leaves themselves ; sometimes the leaves forming a thin blackish
carpet over many square feet of clay. Many of these specimens are now in the Geo-
logical Museum, Jermyn Street.

But what may justly claim our attention, even before these interesting relics, are
the mammalian remains, which are mentioned in the foregoing list : and this for
two reasons — the first, as indicating the close proximity of land ; the second, as giving
us some slight insight into the denizens of the land at that remote period of time.
And it may be here observed in passing that the remains of terrestrial animals are, from

In the Collection of Caleb Evans, F.G.S.

18 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

the very nature of the case, of great rarity, compared with the remains of creatures
living either in marshes, lakes, rivers, or seas ; because all deposits of sediment are
formed under one of these influences, and therefore the creatures, living on the spot,
are the most abundantly preserved.

Coryphodon (fig. 12) .* — This specimen is thus described by Professor Owen in Pal-
aeontology, p. 357 : " A fossil canine tooth, brought up from a depth of 160 ft., out of
the ' plastic clay ' (Woolwich Beds), during the operations of sinking a well at Camber-
well, near London, belongs, from its size s (nearly 3 in. in length), to a large
quadruped, and from the thickness and shortness of its conical crown, not to a carni-
verous, but to a hoofed mammal, most resembling in shape, though not identical with,
that of the crown of the canine tooth of some large extinct tapiroid mammals, which
Cuvier had referred to his genus Lophiodon, but which has since proved to belong to
Coryphodon." This specimen is described at full length by Allport,f under the
name Lophiodon ; the much shorter and more recent description of Professor Owen
has been, however, considered preferable. Two of the figures of the specimen, given by
Allport, are inverted ; so, to the casual observer, the base of the tooth, which was
hidden in the jaw, might be readily mistaken for the crown. In all figures care
should be taken to give a representation of the specimen, illustrated, in its natural
position.

Hyracotherium cuniculum. — This specimen is a molar tooth of the lower jaw of
another animal, belonging, as determined by Professor Owen, to the same thick-
skinned (Pachydermata) class as the Coryphodon. For the description of this genus,
see his History of British Fossil Mammals, p. 419, figs. 165, 166. J It was a
small creature, and from careful examination of a skull found in the London clay at
Herne Bay, is supposed, from the largeness of the eye cavity, to have been of a timid
nature, like the hare ; although its structure classes it in one of the families of the
hog tribe. § This specimen was found during the progress of the works for the
Southern High-Level Sewer at Dulwich, and is from the bed called " Very hard, tough,
and rather coarse sandstone" (section No. 9, vide fig. 11). The next two specimens
are from the same bed.

Incisor of a Mammal. — This specimen has been very carefully examined and
compared by Mr. Davis, of the British Museum, who, while confirming the opinion
that it is a mammalian tooth, is unable to identify it with any known fossil forms,
and is inclined to consider that it belongs to some undescribed form of mammal ; the
peculiarity of the specimen consisting in the absence of the chisel-edge which incisor
teeth almost always present, from the grinding and sharpening which they are con
stantly receiving from the teeth which oppose them. This tooth presents no trace of
thus having been ground and sharpened, the crown being nearly semicircular from
side to side. Cuvier, however, in his description of the order Marsupialia, || figures
the jaws of two genera, Petaurus and Hypsiprymnus (Kangaroo-rat), in which the
incisors of the lower jaw show no grinding or chisel-edge, the teeth of the upper jaw,
incisors in the former case, and incisors and canines in the latter, appearing to
overlap them. As the incisors of the lower jaw of both these genera present a
remarkable resemblance to the specimen now described, figures of the fossil incisor
tooth and of the lower jaws of both the genera, are placed side by side for com-
parison, together with a figure of the skull of Hypsiprymnus (figs. 13, 14, 15,
and 16).

Portion of mandible or lower jaw with two teeth in situ of a large insectivore. — This

* (Peak tooth). Owen, Hist. Brit. Foss. Mamtn., } A specimen of this genus is also figured i

p. 306, fig. 105. Prestwich, Ground Beneath Us, p. 51.

t Allport, Coll. Illustrating the Geol., &c., of § Ibid., p. 52.

Oamberwell, pp. 15—17. II Penny Cyclopaedia.

,m*.

'tharella tfickmanni

'jrena oordata

(Portion of lower jaw with two tt
of an insectivorous Jtfammal.

<Paludina lento.

Ijulirmis ellipticus.

ouneqformis

}4olar tpptfa lower jaw, of
Syraaotherium cunioulum.

Canine tooth of
Coryphodon (Owen

Fossil shells and teeth from Woolwich geds, (Dulwich.
natural

THE GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL. 19

specimen has also been very carefully examined by Mr. Davis, with forms from the
Middle Eocene, and recent forms of the opossum (Didelphis), with the former of
which it bears a strong resemblance, except as regards size, the forms known as
existing in Middle Eocene times being much smaller. Mr. Davis regards this
specimen as belonging to a species of insectivorous mammal, quite new to Palaeon-
tology (fig. 10). It may be interesting to mention that this is the first specimen of
an insectivore which has been found so low down in the tertiary deposits as the
Woolwich Beds.

To the north of Peckham and Camberwell the Woolwich Beds are hidden by the
brick earth and gravel, and then by alluvium (surface soil) ; they are clearly indicated,
however, by the wells sunk through them. They are also traced by borings on the
Middlesex side of the river Thames.*

III. Oldhaven and Blackheath Beds (see section No. 11).

This name has been given by Mr. Whitaker to the sands and pebble-beds which
come between the Woolwich Beds and the London clay, and which had been doubt-
fully classed by Mr. Prestwich as " basement bed of the London clay " in Kentf
The beds consist of well rounded flint-shingle and pebbles (so well known at Black-
heath, Bromley, &c.), fine sand, and, near Canterbury, of a bed of sandy-brown,
ironstone. Sometimes the pebble beds are cemented into a hard rock, and they
often contain fossils. The thickness of the beds classed under this name is from
20 ft. to 40 ft. thick. A well-marked feature connected with the pebble-beds is the
very much rounded condition of the pebbles, scarcely an angular flint being found
amongst them ; showing that they must have been accumulated in the sea at some
distance from land, where no beach pebbles could reach them until they had been
rolled to a very great extent. The fossils contained point partly to estuarine and
partly to marine conditions, showing somewhat the same conditions of formation as
the Woolwich Beds.

The following is a list of the fossils which have been obtained from these Beds, at
Brock well brickyard, Dulwich: —

SPECIES.

Gasteropoda.

Calyptrcea trochiformis. Lam.

Cerithium funatum. Mant.

Fusus (sp.)

Melania inquinata. Defr.

Natica (sp.)
Conchifera.

Cardium (sp.)

Cyrena cuneiformis. Fer.

Modiola elegans. Sow.

Mytilus ?

Ostrea (sp.)

IV. London Clay.

The beds under this name were cut into or through in sections No. 4, 6, "7, 8, 9,

), 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and probably 18 and 19.
The name given to this formation is, as the reader will at once recognize, due to

le fact that this clay is found very persistently beneath the metropolis,! and attains
to almost its maximum thickness in the London Basin. The greatest thickness,
however, appears to be in the Isle of Sheppey. Mr. Prestwich thus speaks upon this

* Whitaker, Memoir Gcol. Survey, vol. iv. p. 412.

•part i. p. 134. + The same bed also occurs beneath the city of

t Whitaker, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxii. Paris.

ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

point • « It would appear that the London clay gradually expands as it ranges from
until i attains a thickness of from 300 ft. to 400ft; and then very
the neighbourhood of London, it averages from 400 ft to 440 ft.

thick In the Isle of Sheppey and on the opposite Essex coast it reaches its greatest
drvelopnlt being there 'appa-tly as much as 470 ft to 480 ft thick"; Mr.
PresUvich was also the first to point out what is termed the basemen bed, which
is always found at the base of the London clay. This « basement bed "consists of
brown/green, and ferruginous clayey sands, and occasionally clays with layers of
flint pebbles, having a maximum thickness of about 12ft. ; in many places, however,
this bed is not more than 1 ft. in thickness.

The London clay proper is throughout its entire thickness of an uniform mineral
structure, so marked and distinct that it can be readily recognized, even where the
organic remains, which it generally contains, are wanting. The clay is of a bluish-
grey colour, at and near the surface being brown ; this has, however, been shown to
be due to decomposition, the iron which imparts the blue colour to the clay, peroxi-
dating by exposure to the atmosphere.f There are numerous layers in the clay of
nodular masses of clayey limestone, which have divisions or septa (Lat septum, a
chamber), and are, from that reason, called septaria. The divisions in these nodular
masses are filled with a kind of carbonate of lime (aragonite). From the character of
the deposit, and the remains of life-forms which it contains, which latter are very
plentiful in some parts, while in others they are rare, it is deduced that the London
clay was deposited in the sea ; the depth of which Professor T. Rupert Jones infers,
from the foraminifera preserved, to have been about 100 fathoms. Mr. Prestwich
says, speaking of the fossils, " taken altogether, they indicate a moderate rather than
a tropical climate, and yet the flora is, as far as we can judge, certainly tropical in its
affinities." £

The Isle of Sheppey is a wonderful storehouse of fossil remains of this period.
Remains of sharks have been found here, the length of which could not have been
less than 30 feet ; and remains of several species of the shark and ray tribes are
abundant. Turtles and crocodiles were also inhabitants of the seas of this epoch,
remains of eleven species of turtles and two of crocodiles having been found. Of
birds, bones have been discovered, which Professor Owen has determined to belong
some to a small species of vulture, others to a species of kingfisher, and again others
apparently to a small wader. Eones of a bird of gigantic size have also been found
of a species resembling the emu. Two species of mammalia have been discovered,
belonging to the Pachydermata or thick-skinned tribe of quadrupeds. We must also
mention the numerous and marvellous remains of plants which abound in the
London clay of Sheppey ; fragments of wood drilled by the teredo or sea-worm,
belonging to the cone-bearing class of trees, are very common, as also fossil fruits
and seeds of several hundreds of species. Of these, 114 species have been determined
by Mr. Bowerbank, and of this number, between 40 and 50 species belong to the pod-
bearing plants. The most common of these fossils are certain fruits which resemble
the fruit of the nipa, a kind of palm, which grows in great abundance in the jungles
of India and in the Asiatic archipelago. Some of the fruits resemble the orange or
citron and melon, and some fruit cones are exceedingly like some found in Australia.
• Professor Owen thus remarks on these marvellous remains : " Their abundance and
variety indicate the extent and nature of those dense primeval forests in which the
great tapiroid animal we have described as living at this period may have passed,
like its existing congener the tapir of South America, a solitary existence, buried in

* Prestwich, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. x. J Prestwich, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. x.

P- 4()7. p. 448.

t Uuat is per- oxide of iron.

-n.

F'ig.13. Incisor tooth, ofjrfammal, partly in matrix, (natural size)(Woohvioh Ijeds,

(Dulwiah.
fl.) Shewing- inside face of tooth.

(2.) Shewing- cavity at base of tooth ,'a and portion gf jaw (b.)

(#.) Jfatural position of the tooth.

Fier. 14. ^e.eth lower jaw of (Petaurus. F. Cuvier. (natural size)
Fig-. 1§. (Teeth lower jaw of Hypsipryninus F. Cuvier. (natural size]
Fig-. 16. Skull of Hypsiprymnus. \reduced)

THE GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL.

the dark depths of these ancient forests, and satiating its ravenous appetite with the
fruits, buds, and shoots of those fruit-bearing trees, witli the fossilized remains of
which it is associated."* To this we may add the following remarks by Mr.
Prestwich : besides this great tapiroid creature, the only known denizens of these
forests " were that timid hare-like pachyderm (Hyracotherium) and a great boa-like
serpent. Beyond these, those solitudes were probably but little broken, except by
the harsh notes of a few solitary birds of prey or of some fishing birds. In contrast
with this desolation on the land, the waters swarmed with life ; large crocodiles,
accompanied by their constant egg-devouring enemy, the fluviatile turtle, sported in
'the rivers, and the seas teemed with a numerous population of testacea and fishes.
The remains of those things living on the land of that time were borne down by the
.rivers, and became commingled with those living in the seas, but in a proportion and
in a manner which constitute the latter the great and distinctive feature of the group
•and clearly indicate the marine origin of the strata then and there accumulated." f

On referring to the sections before mentioned, it will be seen that the London clay
forms for the most part the high ground of Forest Hill, Dulwich Hill, Herne Hill, and
Champion Hill ; the boundary line then turns north through Camberwell to Ber-
mondsey ; in the lower parts, however, it is hidden by valley gravels, and can only
be seen in borings and cuttings.

Mr. Caleb Evans, F.G.S., has kindly furnished the following lists of fossils in his
-collection, from this formation, found by him during the progress of the works for
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway tunnels through Sydenham Hill and
Dulwich Wood : —

SPECIES.
.Fish.

Lanma (teeth).

Otodus (teeth).
Cephalopoda.

Nautilus centralis. Sow.
„ Urbanus. Sow.
'Gasteropoda.

Actaeon simulatus. Sow.

Aporrhais Sowerbyi. Mant.

Bulla attenuata. Sow.

€ancellaria Iseviuscula. Sow.
Cassidaria striata. Sow.

,, carinata. Lam. ?
Cerithium Charlesworthii. Prest.
Conus concinnus. Sow.
Cyproea oviformis. Sow.

Dentalium nitens. Sow.
Fusus curtus. Sow.

„ bifasciatus. Sow.

„ complanatus. Sow.

„ interruptus. Sow.

„ (or Pleurotoma) (sp.)
-Murex cristatus. Sow.
Natica labellata. Lam.
Orthostoma crenatus. Sow. (Actoeon ?)
Pleurotoma helix. Edw.
„ parilis. Edw.

teretrium. Edw.

SPECIES.
Gasteropoda, continued.

Pleurotoma ( ] ) varicosa. Hudleston

and Price.
Pyrula Greenwoodi. Sow.

„ Smithii. Sow.
Rostellaria lucida. Sow.
Scalaria reticulata. Sow.

„ nudosa. Sow ?
Solarium patulum. Lam.
Triton fasciatus. Edw. '{
Trivia (sp.)

Troshus extensus. Sow. ( = Phorus).
Voluta denudata. Sow. '\

„ nodosa. Sow. (rare).
Lauiellibranchiata.
Astarte rugata. Sow.
Area inipolita. Sow.
Avicula media. Sow.

„ papyracea. Sow.
Cardium nitens. Sow.

„ seniigranulatum. Sow.
Corbula globosa. Sow.
Cyprina planata. Sow.
C/ythereaobli([iia. Desh. ?
Leda amygdaloides. Sow.
Lucina ( — Cryptodon) Goodhallii. Sow.
Modiola elegcans. Sow.

„ depressa. Sow.
Neaera infiata. Sow.
Nucula Bowerbankii. Sow.
Wetherellii. Sow.

* Owen, Brit. Foss. Mammals and Birds, pp.

-203,204.

t Prestwich, Ground Beneath (Is, pp. 'A, 55

Ye PAEISH OF CAMEEWELL.

SPECIES.
Crustacea.

Hoploparia.

Xanthopsis Leacliii. Desm.
Cirrhipedia.

Scalpellum quadratum. Darwin.
Annelida.

Ditrupa incrassata. Sow.

Vermicularia Bognoriensis. Mant.

SPECIES.
Laviellibranchiata, continued.

Ostrea elephantopus. Sow. ?

Pectunculus decussatus. Sow.

Pholadomya margaritacea. Sow.

Syndosyma splendens. Sow.

Teredo antenautee. Sow.
Brachiopoda.

Lingula tenuis. Sow.

Terebratulina striatiila. Sow.

Allport mentions the occurrence of the Bagshot sands in small patches on the
higher parts of Sydenham Common ;* he has evidently mistaken, for sands of this
formation, the sands which occur very near the summit of Norwood Hill (marked ++
fig. 1), which, as stated on page 1, are identical with sands which occur at
Hampstead and Highgate 100 feet beneath the top of the London clay ; true sands,
of Bagshot age capping the top of the hill at Hampstead, as shown in fig. 1.

V. Post-tertiary Deposits.

(2) Yellow clay (brick earth) ; (1) sands and gravel.

By reference to sections No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 17, it will be seen that in all the
low-lying parts of the parish the Eocene beds are overlain by the (2) yellow clay,,
(brick-earth), (1) sands, and gravel of varying thickness.

If we look into the gravels carefully we shall find they are composed almost entirely
of flints, some angular, with their edges only slightly rounded, others again quite
smooth and round ; these are mixed with a coarse sand and a small proportion of
clay, and the whole bed is coloured a deep red by oxide of iron. If we further
examine the 'flints we find that they have on their surfaces casts or impressions of
some well-marked fossils ; and again, if we examine the interior of the flints beneath
the microscope, we find a number of minute objects named infusoria (so called from.
Leing abundantly found in putrid vegetable infusions). The casts and impressions,
are for the most part of echini, plagiostoma, pectens, &c., and of ventriculites and
other zoophites. These are common and well-known fossils of the chalk formation ;
the minute infusoria, two species of which are figured by Dr. Mantell as from the
Sydenham gravels, f are also commonly found in the chalk flints of the south-east of
England. And what is of more importance to our inquiry, these fossil remains, while
common to the chalk, belong to species which are not found in any formation newer
than the chalk, nor older than the group of rocks of which the chalk is the upper-
most portion. These evidences prove conclusively that the sub-angular stones and
pebbles, which compose the gravels of the district, have been derived from the chalk
formation. But, as we have shown, the gravel here rests upon beds of Tertiary age,,
and no chalk is found at the surface within a distance of from four to ten miles on
the south and east ; it is clear, therefore, that the materials for the gravel must have
been derived from some distance. Further, though the stones forming the gravel are-
for the most part flints derived from the chalk, yet there are substances found which,
have evidently come from other parts. Stones have been obtained from the gravel,,
which upon being broken are found, some to be pieces of chert, others pieces of rag-,
etone, derived from the beds called upper and lower green sand, which are older than,
the chalk, and which are found at the surface near Redhill and Dorking. It is
probable, therefore, that the stones composing the gravels of our parish and neigh-
bouring localities have been transported northwards from the hills of Surrey and
Sussex, and some of the stones must have been brought a distance of twenty miles..

* Allport, Collections Illust. Gcol., &c.,ofCamber-
•well, p. 18.

t Mantell, Wonders ot Geology, vol. i. p. 324.

THE GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL. 23

We occasionally, also, find pieces of slate and quartz amongst the gravel pebbles ; the
rocks from which these were originally derived are not found nearer than Wales
and the border counties. There are, however, some pebble-beds in Worcestershire
and Warwickshire which contain similar stones, and from which these pebbles
may have been derived. These stones, therefore, must have travelled a still greater
distance.

We shall now consider the question as to the way in which these pebbles have
been brought into their present position. It is doubtless well known to most of our
readers that astronomical investigations and calculations have proved the fact, that at
certain periods of time, removed from each other by vast intervals, owing to the
change in the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, it is possible for the earth to be more
than eight millions of miles (8,641,876 miles) further from the sun during the winter
than at the present day. Mr. James Croll, who has made this elaborate calculation,
justly argues that this increase of distance from the sun would cause a considerable
decrease of heat, and would therefore lower to a great extent the winter temperature.
This would take place to such a degree that what now falls with us as rain during the
winter, would then fall as snow. He also shows that the winters would not only be
much colder, but they would be much longer, and that this increase of cold in the
northern hemisphere would have the effect of causing the Gulf-stream, to which we
owe much of our present temperature, to flow into the Southern Ocean. For the
scientific considerations upon which these conclusions are based, the reader is referred
to Croll, Phil. Mag., February, 1870. Evidences of an extreme cold existing in
England at this time have been found in scratched boulders and blocks, which occur
in many parts of what is termed the boulder-clay ; these boulders and blocks pre-
senting exactly the same appearance as those which are left on the east coast of
America, carried by coast ice and icebergs from Greenland and Baffin's Bay as far
south as 40£° north latitude. During the period of greatest cold, Great Britain
was for the most part covered with a great sheet of ice, like that of Greenland, which
moved outward and downward from the high grounds to the sea. So vast was the
mass of ice, that it swept over even considerable hills, smoothing and scratching their
sides and summits. The boulder- clay before mentioned is considered to be the
product of the grinding of this mass of ice over the country.* We have evidences
in various parts of Great Britain that the land then sank beneath the sea to a great
depth, and as it gradually rose, the extreme cold passed away ; although on the re-
elevation of the country the climate still continued of sufficient severity to retain
much snow in the more hilly districts.

The animals which inhabited the land during this period of cold are remarkable :
the mammoth, or woolly-coated elephant, a two-horned rhinoceros, a large hippo-
potamus, an animal closely allied to the lion or tiger, of large size, a species of bear,
a hysena, the red-deer, rein-deer, wolf, a species of ox, and a species of horse, have
been proved to have existed, at this time, by the remains of their bones or teeth,
which have been discovered in the gravels. In the gravel pit near Croydon Station,
a small tusk of an elephant was found some years since. t In our own parish, a
discovery of mammalian remains of much interest was made in Hanover Park, during
the progress of the main line of the High-level Sewer. Here were found, about six
feet below the surface, antlers of the rein-deer (cervus tarandus), horns of an extinct
species of ox, probably bison priscus, and many teeth and jaws of smaller mammals.
There were also found here, a pair of large tusks of an elephant, as well as the lower
jaw with the teeth on either side. This magnificent specimen was shattered into
fragments, and consequently lost, owing to the inexperience of the workmen.

* Jukes and Geikie, Manual Geol., p. 703. t Prestwich, Ground Beneath Us, p. 21.

24 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The question still remains to be considered as to the manner in which the chalk
was denuded, from the waste of which the gravels in the neighbourhood of London, as
previously pointed out, have been most certainly derived. To suppose that the
glacial period had little or no influence in wearing away the chalk of the south-east
of England, because of the absence of any boulder clay to the south of the river
Thames, appears to be very questionable ; especially as we have beds of undoubted
boulder-clay so near as Finchley. Mr. Searles V. Wood, jun., who has devoted
much time to the consideration of this subject, believes the boulder-clay to have been
deposited over the Thames valley, and to have covered the whole of the south-east
of England, and that, as the land gradually rose, after the glacial period, the whole
of the boulder-clay was swept off the south-east of England, south of the river
Thames, and certain trough-like valleys were formed, of which the Thames valley
was one, in which the gravels were deposited. Mr. Wood contends that at this
period, and until a much later date, the Thames did not flow out at its present
mouth, which was barred by a high ridge of land, stretching along the east of Essex
to the north of Kent, as far as Rochester. He considers that the river Thames then
flowed from east to west, and that the river Lea may be regarded as the source of
the Thames of that day ; the sea into which the Thames then flowed occupying the
country around Reading. He, however, suggests the probability of a small opening
to the sea, towards the south, between Dartford Heath and this high ridge of land.
Mr. Wood considers that it was after the deposition of the Thames gravels that the
upthrow and denudation of the Weald took place ; parts of the gravels being carried
away, as well as the whole of the London clay, which, until then, had extended over
the whole of the Wealden area. Mr. Wood, in conclusion, contends that the
present mouth of the river Thames has been introduced, at a comparatively recent
period, over a land surface composed of Thames gravel, upon which grew an
extensive forest. The evidence of this forest is a peat-bed, almost exclusively com-
posed of the twigs and leaves of trees, in which the tree-trunks lie flat, in immense
numbers. At the base of the peat, stools of trees have been observed, rooted into
the gravel. These observations were made at the outfall of the southern sewers, about
20 feet below the level of the present high- water mark. The sea to the east of the
high ridge, which barred the river, having, by degrees, cut through the opposing
barrier, the river Thames flowed over the forest bed, gradually cutting its present
channel through it.*

It must, however, be admitted that the effect of rain and the atmosphere in
dissolving and disintegrating the chalk, where exposed to those influences, is very
great ; the rain dissolving the lime in the chalk, and carrying it down to lower
levels, the atmosphere also crumbling it away, as is so well seen in every cutting
where the chalk is exposed. When we consider the vast amount of chalk that must
have been denuded to produce the gravels, it seems but fair to suppose that all these
influences may have been at work.

As another view of the mode of deposition of these gravels, and also of the clays
or brick-earth, it may be well, to quote the opinions of Mr. Alfred Tylor, F.G.S.,
upon the subject. He says : " The evidences of numerous sections teaches us that,
prior to the deposition of the gravel, there was a land surface, smoothly denuded by
rain and streams, so as to form a perfect system of principal and minor valleys, the
ground sloping from higher to lower points, so as to admit the rainfall to flow with
the minimum of obstruction into the side valleys, and thence into the ancient Thames.
The subsequent deposition of the gravel -series did not, in any way, alter old lines of
drainage, but, where concavities existed, the new deposit had a tendency to fill them

* Wood, Quart. Journ. Gcol. Soc., vol. xxiii. pp. 404 ct seq.

THE GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL. 25

up with a thicker stratum of material than was spread over the general surface of
the chalk or clay. Thus the Quaternary beds (gravels and brick-earth) reach a
thickness of 80 feet at the maximum, while the average is perhaps only 20 feet in the

whole district We are justified in stating, that the character of the

^denuded surface of the London clay and chalk, above the level of the Thames, is
evidence of the occurrence of an enormous rainfall in the commencement of the
gravel period, and that the character of the surface-deposits of gravel is evidence of

nearly as much rainfall at the close of that period Of marine remains

in the Thames valley gravels there are no traces." *

It has been suggested, however, by Mr. Prestwich, that the volume of water
requisite to deposit these gravels and brick-earths may have been obtained ,by the
sudden melting of snow, in the short summer of the cold period, and that as the
climate ameliorated, the flow of water gradually decreased, and the river gradually
deepening the channel in the middle of its course, by degrees became confined
within much narrower limits. Though the last-quoted theory has received the more
•general acceptation, each has been here stated as giving the reader some insight into
the views as to the deposition of these gravels and clays. As to some extent support-
ing the second theory, we may be permitted to quote a few words by Professor
Geikie upon the subject. He says : " In the valley of the Thames, the ancient flood-
loam (brick-earth), brought down by the river swollen to a very great extent, rises
high above the present bed of the river, and similar deposits are found on slope8
which would seem to indicate rain-action rather than the work of a stream or river."f
Both the theory of Mr. Tylor and of Mr. Prestwich are based upon the hypothesis
that the river Thames at that period flowed in the same direction as at present, i.e.,
from west to east ; though it, of course, does not follow that it may not have turned
rapidly round to the south just east of the high ridge of land before described, and
flowed out into the sea near Rochester.

Before quitting this part of our subject, we may be permitted to make a short
extract from a work by the late Professor Phillips, of the University of Oxford, entitled
" Geology of Oxford and the Thames Valley." Speaking of the valley gravel, Pro-
fessor Phillips says : " When was that gravel deposited ? The answer must be —
after the last submersion and re-elevation of the tract where it lies. For though
gravels may have been formed in abundance in earlier periods, none such could have

Temained lying as these lie, undisturbed by the rises and falls of the sea

Some long interval of time undoubtedly separates us from the latest of the broad
.gravel-beds in the upper valleys of the Thames. Gravel is no longer accumulated
except in very small quantities, because the water-forces exerted in the valleys are
unequal to transport it. The uplands are still wasted, and plenty of small calcareous
stones lie on the slopes, such as might make gravel-beds ; but the rain and snow are

less abundant and the floods less impetuous We are conducted again

to the contemplation of a time when this region was subject to greater extremes of
cold than now, with more abundant rain and snow — a pluvial period — after the last
Tetreat of the great waters ; and it is permissible to believe that the local climate has
been gradually improving and acquiring more of its insular mildness and comparative
•dryness from that day to this." |

VI. Beds of Peat.

It only remains to consider briefly the beds of peat which occur in the parish, and
which are the last evidences of change in the Thames valley which belong strictly to
.•geological inquiry.

* Tylor, Pamphlet on Quaternary Gravels, also t Phillips, Geology of Oxford and the Thames

uart. Jouru. Geol. Soc., vol. xxiv. p. 455. Valley, pp. 490—492.

t Jukes and Geikie, Manual of Geology.

26 YC PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

As already stated, there is evidence that the lowest parts of the Thames valley have
been covered by a forest ; and, in the lower parts of our own parish, beds of peat of a
thickness varying from 2 to 9 feet have been found, in which have been dis-
covered the trunks and branches of oak, birch, and elm trees in great abundance. In
a well-section in St. James's Road, Kent Road, the. following beds were cut
through : *—

Mould and clay . . . • • • • • • 3 ft.

Peat-decomposed vegetable matter, with leaves of the oak

and hazel . . • • • • • • • • 9 „

Pure white sand, with a profusion of nuts, and part of the

antlers of a deer, at 12,,

This bed of pure white sand is also found in various parts of Peckham and towards
Camberwell at about the same depth. As we get towards Bermondsey, the peat-beds
are more abundant. During the progress of the works for the Southern High-level
Sewer, peat-beds were cut through in Hanover Park, and again in Hanover Street, at a
depth of from 6 to 8 feet below the surface, and a similar bed was cut through, when
excavatm" for the foundation of Bucks Bridge ; and again in the Coburg Road, towards
the Kent Road. In this last place the peat-bed rested upon a bed of pure white sand.
A bed of peat has been cut through in the Greyhound Road, Kent Road ; and still
nearer towards the Thames, in excavating for the foundations of the arches of the
Charing Cross (South-Eastera) Railway in the Blackfriars Road. There can be little
doubt that the forest, of which these beds are the evidences, was of the same age as
that mentioned by Mr. Searles Wood, to which we have already referred ; and that
the whole of the lower parts of the parish, and towards the river Thames, was more
or less of a swampy character, favourable to rapid vegetable growth.

This state of things appears to have lasted until the Roman era, if we may accept
the derivation of some of the names of the locality given by those who have studied
the subject. We can clearly see that by embankment, even of the rudest character,
the river would gradually deepen the channel in the middle, and thus by slow degrees
the land would become drained and habitable.

Conclusion.

In taking a rapid survey of the changes of level and climate and physical conditions
which we have attempted to lay before the reader, as having taken place in the Parish
of Camberwell and the neighbourhood adjoining, it will be seen that our starting-
point was the deep sea of the chalk period ; the whole of the south-east of England was-
part of this sea, as the sea must have necessarily been wherever we find the beds of chalk
deposited.

As the land was rising above the waters, and the chalk mud and sediment were
becoming consolidated, we have evidence of a new set of conditions setting in ; the sea
became much shallower, and beds of sand (Thanet Beds) of varying thickness were
laid down ; in some places shells were embedded with the sands, but in other parts
there were few or no shells, just as may be observed in the sand-banks which are
being formed near to our present shores.

The land still rising, we have next, in the Woolwich Beds, a condition of things
similar to that which may be seen in estuaries or near the mouths of large rivers ; we
have beds of varying thickness, which show an oscillation of level, comparatively
slight, yet sufficient to change a bed of oysters into a fresh-water lagoon, in which
the leaves of the trees overhanging the shore were shed and embedded in the mud ;
then the level altered, and we have the bottom of the estuary covered with PaludinjE,,

* Allport, Collect. Illust. Geol., &c. , of Camberwell, p. 19. .

THE GEOLOGY OF CAMBERWELL. 27

who lived and died upon the spot where they are now found ; then the fresh- water
conditions prevailed again, as shown by the sections, each different bed indicating a
change in the physical conditions of the district.

The land, then, seems to have gradually sunk, and the pebble-beds (Oldhaven
Beds), which are considered to have been deposited some distance from shore, were
formed ; and then the pebble-beds at the base of the London clay.

The conditions under which the London clay was accumulated were of a purely
marine character, though the land could not have been far distant, as is evidenced by
the numbers and varieties of fruits which have been found from these clays in the Isle
of Sheppey. These remains also show us that the climate at this time must have been
warmer than at present, if not tropical in temperature. The beds of sand in the
upper parts of the London clay show that the sea was becoming shallower, and as we-
pass up into the Bagshot sands, shown at the top of Hampstead Hill, we find the
conditions of a still more littoral nature.

We then come to a break in the series of deposits ; beds found in the Isle of Wight
and in Suffolk and Essex having either not been deposited here, or, what is more
probable, having been entirely washed away by the influences which existed during
the glacial period.

We find at this time that the temperature was of an arctic character, and that
arctic conditions existed over our island. As the climate gradually ameliorated, and
the land, which had been again submerged to a great extent, arose, the gravels were
strewn over the trough of the Thames valley. On the land at this time roamed
elephants and rhinoceri, lions, bears, hysenas, wolves, and other animals ; and it is
believed, from the presence of this fauna in our land, that the separation of Great
Britain from the Continent did not take place until a yet more recent period.

The temperature still becoming higher, a forest grew upon the gravels and clays,
deposited in the Thames valley, which had been raised above the surface, and as the
Romans, the great civilizers of Western Europe, came to this island, the river Thames
was gradually confined to its present limits, and the forest disappeared, leaving trunks.
and leaves and twigs and fruit to attest this last change in the physical conditions of
our neighbourhood.

OLD FAMILIES.

THE BAKERS.

THE Bakers of Peckham were established in the parish at a very early date, as in
a Lay Subsidy granted in the 6th year of Edward III. Jo. le Baker was assessed for
Ms property at Peckham in the sum of 12 pence.

In a return of the Commissioners to take oaths in the 12th year of King Henry
jc 6th (1433) the name of Richardi Baker de Pekeham is returned as amongst the gentry
of the place. In the 18th Henry VIII. " John Baker of Peckham Rye " is quoted in
certain* legal documents, and from that time to the present the Bakers have never
deserted the parish of Cambenvell. In the Record Office is to be found an amusing
account of a law-suit between Richard Baker and Edmond Style, over the sum of
.£100 lent to Richard's father by Sir Homfraye Style, father of Edmond Style. The
•" Replicacons " and " answers " in the suit are so numerous that it would not be
ai surprising matter if the ,£'100 in dispute has been written about and quarrelled
over from that day to this.

John Baker, Enquire of Peckham, whose name occurs amongst the names of the
""principal gentlemen" of the county in 1558, supplied two lighthorse for the service
of the Queen, and Thomas Baker, gent., of the same place, supplied one ; and Richard
.Baker " 1 lighthorse, 1 Corslett, and a bowe."

In a return "conteyninge the names of such psons as furnished souldiors wth
armor unto the campe at Tilbury, out of the hundred of Brixton, under the charge of
Capt. Gaynsford, and have had the same or pt thereof chaunged or lost, what armor
y* was, whoe serv'cl there wth, by whome and with whome yl was chaunged or lost,"
^occurs the name of John Kingston " that serv'd for Mr. Baker of Peckham," and poor
•John lost his " pyke, Burgonett, sword, and dagger." The return is signed by Sir
Edmond Bowyer.

The Bakers appear as residents in all the subsidies of this parish.

1586.
1599.
1627.
1640.
1647.
1649.
1652.
1655.
1657.
1660.
1669.

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

Julye x, bur., Edward Baker.

June ij, bap., Jone, dan. of Richard Baker.

Feb. ix, bur., Mrps Elizabeth Baker.

Feb. ix, bap., Ellen, dau. of Henrie Baker.

Jan. xxj, bap., Thomas, sonne of Roger Baker.

Julye xvj, bap., Roger, sonne of Roger Baker.

Sep. vij, bap., Elizabeth, dau. of Roger Baker.

Ap. iij, bap., Henry, sonne of Roger Baker, Esquier.

July vj, bap., Judith, dau. of Mr. Roger Baker, Esquier.

Dec. x, bur., Roger Baker, Esquier.

July xxi, bur., Mri'« Elizabeth Baker.

* Pat. Roll, 4 Hen. VIII. p. 2.

OLD FAMILIES. 20

1672. Feb. xx, bap., Edmund, sonne of Mr. Thomas Baker.

1673. Dec. xxx, bur., Thomas, sonne of Mr. Thomas Baker.

1676. Oct. xiij, bap., Nicholas & Roger, twin sonnes of Mr. Thomas Baker.

1677. Oct. viij, bur., Roger, sonne of Mr. Thomas Baker.

1678. Ap. viij, bur., a sonne of Mr. Thomas Baker.

1678. Ap. xviij,bap., Elizabeth, dan. of Mr. Thomas Baker.
1688. Oct. xij, bur., Elizabeth Baker.
1693. Nov. vij, bur., Suzana, wyfe of Mr. Thomas Baker.
1700. Ap. 1, bap., Roger, sonne of Mr. Nicholas Baker.
1702. Ap. 8, bap., Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. Nicholas Baker.
1702. Ap. 16, mar., Mri's Judith Baker and Mr. James Butler. •
1705. Ap. 5, bur., Mr. Thomas Baker, High Constable.
1719. Ap. 30, bur., Mrs. Margaret Baker, &c. &c.

THE BASINGDONS.

Mrs. Basingdon, "wyddowe of Pekcam Rye," whose will bears date 1544, was
evidently a lady of some considerable means. The Basingdons (Henry and John)
were assessed at 16s. lOd. and 13s. 4d. in a subsidy granted in 34th and 35th
Hen. VIII., and other entiles of the family occur in subsequent subsidies. The will,
which is a very interesting document, is as follows : —

Basmndon ( ^n ^e name °^ God. Amen. The yere of our lord god mdxliiij
and the vj day of the mo . . . . of marche I Elisabeth Basingdon Wyddowe of
pekcam Rye in the pishe of camwe .... w'iu the Dyocys of Wynchester and
the countye of Surre being sycke in my boclie but of a hole and stedfaste mynde make
my testament and last wyll in this maner and forme Mowing, fyrst I bequethe my
sowle to god allmigtie to our blyssyd ladie saint marie and to all the holie companio
of heauen, my bodie to be buryed in the chyrchyard of saint Gyles of camwell
Aforesaid. Item I bequethe to the hy alter of camwell chyrche aforesaid for mv
tythes necligently forgotton xij'1. Item I bequethe unto the mother chyrche of
Wynchester ijd. Item to the byldyng of the steple of the chyrche of camerwell vjs and
viijd. Item I bequethe to Thomas Mownko ij kyne namyd wevyll and bleache. Item
to Elisabeth Mownke ij kyne namyd leictyn and sareone. Item I bequethe to
Elisabeth EdrJl ij keyne namyd lytell gayrle and blacke nan. Item to Agnes Edall
ij kyne namyd pykhorne and browne. Item to Johan Edall ij kyne namyd gret
garll and litell cheare. Item I bequethe to Hani Dove ij kyne namyd lele and
threbygs. Item I bequethe to Water Dove my sune in Lawe ij steres namyd hawke
and whyte and a quarter of Whete. Item I bequethe to kateryne Dove my
Doughter iiij calvys of the age of one yere and A fether bede wl a bolster a payre
of shets A couerlet and a payre of blanketes A fyne bearyng shete w* a blacke seyme
iij platters and iij dysshys of pewter a gonne being at John Mownks and my harnys
gerdyll which I boughte my selfe. Item I bequethe to John heth niy sarvant iij of
my best shepe. Item I bequethe to Wyllm my saruant one of my best shepe. Ite to
Agnes my sarvant one of my best shepe. Item I gyve and bequethe to Thomas Edall
my sonne my tenyment lying and sytting in Pekcam Rye afore said Wyth all the
purtenaunce thereto belongyng. The Resydwe of all my goods and cattels unbe-
quethyd fyrst my detts payd and legacis fulfylde I gyue and bequethe to the for
said Thomas Edall my sonne Whom I make my sole executor to the entente that he
shall bestowe them as he shall thynke yt best for ye helthe of my sowle and of all
my good freyndes sowles and I orden and make John Mownke supervisor of thys

30 Ye PARISH OF CAMERW^LL.

my said Wyll and testament. And I Wyll that he shall hatie for hys paynes
iij" iijjd. Wytnes herof syr Thomas shar pr'ste, John .Mowncke, Robert Ramseaye w*
other mo.

THE BONDS.

Sir Thomas Bond* had a fine mansion at Peckham in the middle of the 16th
century. He was in high favour at Court, and had been introduced to the Court of
King Charles II. by the Earl of St. Albans, and was made Comptroller of the
Household to the Queen Mother ; and was created a baronet by the King at Brussels
on the 9th Oct. 1658. He purchased a further estate at Peckham, belonging to Sir
Thomas Grimes, Bart., whose sister he had married. In the reign of King Charles
II. he built a splendid mansion on the site of the one which he had pulled down.
Evelyn notices his " new and fine house by Peckham." f " It stands," he says, " on
a flat, but has a fine garden and prospect through the meadows to London."

The house had a north frontage, approached under a canopy of stately elms, " at
the end of which was a beautiful prospect, terminated by a view of St. Paul's and
the Tower of London. The beauties of this prospect were greatly increased by the
masts of the ships being seen over the trees as far as Greenwich." The garden was
laid out with great elegance, and the walls were planted with the choicest fruit-trees
from France .^ The centre of the garden was, we are told, like "a wilderness" § after
the Elysian Fields in the Garden of the Ttiileries in Paris. Sir Thomas Bond
married Marie, daughter of Charles Peliott, Baron de la Garde of Paris, whose sister
•was one of the maids of honour to the Queen. ||

Faithful to the cause of the Stuarts, Sir Thomas Bond became deeply involved in
the interest of King James II., and was compelled to leave the country ; his fine
mansion was plundered by a fanatic Whig mob, and his estate forfeited to the Crown.
Sir Thomas Bond was buried at Camberwell, as appears from the following entry in
>the Church Register :— " 1685, June 3, was buryed Sir Thomas Bond, Knt. and
Papist."

The following report of this extensive property is given in the Treasury Board
Papers, Vol. 36, No. 30 :—

Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on the Petition of Sir
Henry Bond (attainted), stating that the Estate in Surrey and part of the Estate in
•St. James Field, were mortgaged by Sir Thomas Bond, Bart., deceased, father of the
petitioner, to Elizabeth Lady Wiseman, for .£7,500, and to Richard Rothwell, Esqr.,
for ^2,500, and to Sir Willm. Poulteney for 2,400, and that there were other incum-
brances thereon, setting out what the estate in St. James fields consisted of, and
various particulars about the estate called Albemarle ground. Dated 15th Feb. 1695.

The Monies received out of the estate late Sir Henry Bond's at Peckham & St.
James : —

By Mr. Morrogh, late receiver, from 5th July, 1689, to 12th April, ' £ s. d.

1694 (the time of Mr. M.'s death) 7,436 6 7*

By Mr. Molins, late Receiver of the Rents, from 12 Ap. 1694, to

23 Dec. 1695 im 7 n

9,137 14 6

* Arms: Argent onachevron sable, three bezants, p. 274.

through Great Britain, vol. i. || JJurke, Dormant and Extinct Baronetage.

OLD FAMILIES. 31

Monies paid out by Mr. Morrogh during his term of £ s. d.
R'ship for Interest to Mortees. . . . . 7,436 6 7£
By Mr. Molins during his term . .... 1,445 4 1

£ s. d.

Eemains Cash in Mr. Molins' hands .256 3 10

The debt due for interest to the several mortgagees on the estate late Sir Henry
Bond's and to the Lady Bond, the widow of Sir Thomas Bond, deceased, for her
annuity ;— Grand Total ,£7273.

£ s. d. £ 5. d.

Lady Bond . . . 3,200 0 0 Col. Fitzpatrick . . . 348 0 0

Mrs. Temple . . .. 696 0 0 Mr. Folkes . . . 1,212 12 0

E. of Leicester . . 180 0 0 Countess of Bristoll . . 464 0 0

Lord Culpepper . . . 121 16 0 SrThomasWitherleys,Exors. 500 0 0

Mr. Hornby . . 240 0 0 Sr John Temples, Exors. . 200 0 0

Dcr. Wake and Lady Hamilton,

Account of Arrears ; —

At Peckham and Camberwell, £1,024 8s. Od.

(Attached to this are the several Creditor's names and amounts).
Kent roll of Sr Henry Bonds, Bt., Estate ;— Peckham,
The House, Gardens, Courts, and little Close £ s. d.
before the House valued at per annum . 60 0 0
Several names (tenants) .... 638 12 0

Total . . 698 12 0

Minuted :— Read 3 Feb. '96. The King will grant these estates in trust to pay the
•debts ; the residue to be in trust for his Maty. In all these Documents occupy more
than 13 pages.

The property was subsequently restored to the son, Sir Henry, and by him sold to
Sir Thomas Trevor,* Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, created Lord Trevor
by Queen Anne.

He resided at Peckham, and dying June 19th, 1731, his estate was sold to Mrs.
Hill, from whom it descended to her nephew, Isaac Pacatus Shard, Esq., and from
him to his son William Shard, Esq., who died in 1806, and devised to his wife for
life, remainder to his brother, Charles Shard.

The mansion was pulled down in 1797, and many houses built on the site of it
and the gardens, now known as Hill Street.

THE BOWYERS.

The family of Bowyerf is derived in the visitations from John Bowyer of Chichester.
ilph, his son, was father of Richard, father of William, who married Joan Lambert,
id had issue Thomas, who married Joan (who, according to the pedigree in Hist, of
surrey, vol. III., died 15th Oct. 1539. ) Their son John married a third Joan, daughter
id heiress of William Brabant, of Bruton, by Alice, daughter and heiress of Richard
)ys (both of whose coats were quartered by the Bowyers), and had issue John Bowyer

* Mention is made in the Gent. Mag., Sept. 1731, t Arms of Bowyer: Or, a bend vaire cotised

"an aloe in bloom at the Lord Trevor's garden Gules. Crest, a wolf sejant on a Ducal coronet
it Peckham." (M. & R).

32 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

of Camberwell, William and John, both of whom died without issue ; and Agnes,.
married to John Browne, by whom she had William, Agnes, and Joan.

John Bowyer, of Cambervvell, born at Shepton Beauchamp, was married to his first
wife, Anne Jenes, Ap. 29th, 1540, and had issue Rice, s.p., and Thomas and Anne,
who' died infants. He married secondly, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Robert
Draper, Esq., of CamberweU, June 17th, 1550.

The husband's common-place book gives some interesting account of the second
marriage, and the following extract is made therefrom* :—

« Wedyng apparrell bought for my wyffe, Elizabeth Draper, the younger, of Cam.
berwell, agaynst 17 die Junii, An. Dni. 1550, with despensalls."

s. d.

First, four ells of tawney taffeta, at 11s. 6d. the ell, for the Venyce gowne 46 0
Item seven yards of silk chamlett crymsyn, at 7s. 6d. the yarcle, for a

kyrtle 52 »

Item, one yard and a half of tawney velvet, to gard the Venyce gowne,

at 15s. the yard .... 22 6

Item, half a yard of crymsyn sattyn, for the fore slyves . . ..68
Item, eight yards of russetts black, at 4s. 6d. the yard, for a Dutche

gowne * • • 35 0

Item, half a yard of tawney sattyn 50

Item, a yard and a quarter of velvet black, to guard the Dutche gowne . 17 8
Item, six yards of tawney damaske, at 11s. the yard, for a kirtle . . 66 0
Item, one yard and half quarter of skarlett, for a pety cote with plites . 20 0
The wedding ring is described as " weying two angells and a duckett," and graven
within with these words,

" Deus nos Junxit J.E.B.Y.R."

The date of the marriage is inserted with great minuteness : " At the hour of eight,.
the Dominical letter F., the moon being in Leo."

This John and his wife were buried in the chancel of St. Giles's Church, and the
brass represented a man and woman kneeling at a table ; behind him 8 sons, behind
her 3 daughters. The inscription ran as follows : —

Pjere Ifiett) tfje iooij of $oi)n ISotogar, esauter, auto <£lifafcett) Ijis totfe, one of tljr
Imugfjters of Kofcert Sraper, es<juier. Cfjeg W issue 8 sons anlr 3 Iraugfjters, anlr
$otm Irielr ttje x Irag of ©ctofcer, 1570. <£lijabetl) aftertoarlr margefe 312ailliani
jFowtfr, esouier, anlr fiatr issue one sonne anlr one traugljter, anlr Irielr t^e xitj of april.
1605.t

She seems to have outlived her last husband ; for a house adjoining the Free
Grammar School in 1615 was said to have been "late in the tenure of Elizabeth
Forster, widow."

* Lysons, vol. i. p. 78. between three annulets, two covered caps, between
t "Above the effigies were three escutcheons. them a mullet for distinction. This coat was con-
In the centre Quarterly, 1st and 4th a bend— as firmed to Henry Draper, of Colebrook, in the
Gsvillim has it, ' a bend verrey between two cotises.' County of Middlesex, gent, Oct. 14th, 1571. 2nd,
' This coat,' says he, ' pertaineth to Sir Edmond two chevronells, on each three martletts, between
Bowyer of CamberweU, in the County of Surrey, three escalop shells (Draper). 3rd, Ermin, in
Knt.' 2nd, on a fess humette, 3 leopards' heads, chief three lions rampant. The coat armour of Sil-
as given by Gwillim in his ' Heraldry.' This Hewitt Aucher, of Bishopsbourne, in the County
coat was confirmed by Sir Win. Segar, Garter, of Kent, Knight and Bart. ; it was borne by Robert
May 2nd, 1629, to Henry Brabourne, alias Aucher, M. A., priest of Queen's College, third son
Brabon, of London, descended from John Bra- of Sir Anthony, to whom a letter was addressed
bourne, alias Brabon, keeper of the mowed hawks xuider the hand of Queen Elizabeth, in which she
to King Edward IV. They are quartered by styles him 'her good freende,' assuring him that
Bowyer, in consequence of John, the son of Thomas she will rso remember his 'towardness' in n.
Bowyer, of Shepton Beauchump, having married certain business, ' that whensoever occasion may
into the family of Brabant, of Bruton. The third serve she will requite it.' The fourth corset is
quarter is charged with a chevron between three Ermine, a fess cheky. The fifth, a pale counter-
ucorns. Over the husband are the Arms of Bowyer, changed, three acorns." See Account of the JJowi,«r
impaling six coats; viz., 1st and Cth on a fess Family, Gent. Mag., No. 05.

MATHYE DRAPER AND WIFE.

( see page 41 )

JOHN BOWYER AND FAMILY.

( see page 32 )

COPIED BY PERMISSION FROM ALLPORT'S COLLECTIONS, &C.

OLD FAMILIES. 33

Sir Eclmond Bowyer,* who figures conspicuously in the annals of this parish, was
horn at Camberwell on the 12th May, 1552. He was Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex
(the two counties having then but one sheriff) in 1600, and was knighted by King
James I. at the Charter House, May llth, 1603, and was M.P. for Surrey the same
year. He was one of the witnesses of the deed of foundation of Dulwich College.
Besides one-fifth of the manor of Camberwell Buckingham purchased of Edgar
Scot in 1583, he and his descendants had considerable estates in Camber well, f They
possessed the Manor of Camberwell, Fryern, Milkwell, Coldharbour, the impropriate
Kectory, with the advowson of the Vicarage, and other lands, and had a capital
house on Camberwell Green. Sir Edmond had no children. In a return made to
the "Lo. highe Admyrall of England on the 23rd Julye, 1588," it appears Edmond
Bowyer, Esq., supplied for the Queen's service " one launce, one Petronell, two
corsletts, and 2bowes."J His last will bears date July llth, 1626, and in it he
desires to be buried in Camberwell Church, requesting his executors "to erect
a tomb of alabaster or white marble and jet, as they think fit,"§ over his remains ;
he also begs that he may not be " bowelled," and that his funeral may take place in
the day-time. 1 1

His nephew Edmund, who succeeded to the estate, was the son of Benjamin, the
fourth son of John Bowyer before named, and was only thirteen years of age at the
death of his uncle. He presented a petition to the Commons on the part of the
population of Surrey, praying for the restoration of the King and a return of peace
and quietness. He also was knighted and married — 1st, Esther, daughter of Sir
Anthony Aucher. She was so beautiful that she was called "the Star in the East. "IT
Sir Edmund was one of the Court of Record, constituted on occasion of a fire which,
on the 26th May, 1676, burnt the townhall and other places in South wark. Lady
Bowyer's monument, on the south side of the chancel, had this inscription : —

IN HOPES OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE,
BY THE MERITS OF JESUS CHRIST, HERE LYES BURIED Ye BODY
OF DAME HESTER BOWYER, LATE WIFE OF EDMUND BOWYER,
OF THIS PARISH, KNT., AND DAUGHTER OF SIR ANTHONY
AUCHER, KNIGHT.

THERE WAS A HAPPY SYMPATHY BETWIXT Ye VIRTUES OF Y"
SOULE AND Ye BEAUTY OF Ye BODY OF THIS EXCELLENT
DECEASED PERSON : SHE LIVED A HOLY LIFE, AND DIED THE
DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, DECEMBER Ye 10, 1665.

A GOOD LYFE HATH BUT A FEW DAYS
BUT A GOOD NAME ENDURETH FOR EVER.

SIR EDMUND ALSO (AS HE DESIRED) LYES HERE BY HIS LOVING
AND BELOVED WIFE. LIKENESS BEGAT LOVE, AND LOVE HAP-

* In 1G02, Earl Ellesmere entertained Queen lished about this time, says indignantly : —

Elizabeth at Harefield, and in a note "of all the " We see daily that noblemen and gentlemen of

presents " made to his lordship, to enable him eminent ranke, office, and qualitie, are either

better to entertain her Majesty, occurs the follow- silently buried in the night time with a torch, a

ing : — two-penie linke, and a lanterne, or parsimoniously

"Mr. Bowier, of Camerwell, i Salmon and 9 interred in the day time by tie help of some

Partridges," and the sum of five shillings was pro- ignorant countrey painter, without the attendance

sented by his lordship to the bearer of the same. of any one of the officers of arms whose chiefest

t Maiming and Bray, vol. iii. p. 408. support and maintenance hath ever depended on

t State Ps. D. M., vols. ii. and iii. the performance of such funerall rites and exe-

§ No monument was ever found, and as the in- quies."

structions were so explicit there could have been If Walpole, in his Life of Cornelius Jansen,

no difficulty in finding it had one existed, for it Anecdotes of Painting, says : " One of the best

was to be placed "between the chancel and o\ir works was the picture of a Lady Bowyer, of the

Lady's chapel, where Mr. Scott is buried, in the family of Auger, called, for her exquisite beauty,

place where the holy water formerly stood." The Star in the East."

II Weever, in his Funerall Monumentes, pub-

34 ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

PINESS TRUE HERE, COMPLETE IN HEAVEN, WHERE THEY REAPE
THE FRUIT OF THEIR FAYTHE AND GOOD WORKS. HE DIED Y<
27 OF JANUARY, 1681, IN Y« 67 YEAR OF HIS AGE.

TAM PIOS CINERES NEMO CONTURBET.

Sir Edmund Bowyer was succeeded by his eldest son Anthony. " He was a
gentleman," says the inscription on his monument, " generally esteemed in his life-
time, and universally well read, especially in the Laws and Constitutions of his
Country, which gave him an equal aversion to tyranny and anarchy. He did justice,
shewed mercy, and was a friend to the poor. Was borne Aug. 4th, 1633 ; was married
to Katherine,* the daughter of Henry St. John, of Becknam, in the County of
Kent, Esq., whose piety erected this monument. He dyed June 28, 1709, anno
setatis 76."

Anthony Bowyer died without issue, and by his will confirmed the settlement he
had made on his marriage, and devised the manor of Fryern, and a house at Camber-
well, to his wife Katherine and her heirs ; and in augmentation of the jointure
provided for her by the marriage settlement, he gave her all the rest of his estate for
her life, and directed that if the church at Camberwell should become vacant in her
lifetime she should present to it ; and after her death, he gave all such residue of his
•estates to his half-brother Edmund and his issue, and failing that to Sir William
Bowyer, Bart., of Denham, in Bucks, for life, remainder to his son and heir Cecil
Bowyer and the heirs of his body, remainder to his second son William in like
manner ; and failing that, it was to go to Greenwich Hospital, if there should be one
sailor maintained in it, and if not, to St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark.

Mrs. Katherine Bowyer died in 1717, and Mr. Edmond Bowyer came into possession,
•of the estates, but he died in about twelve months afterwards, without issue, and Sir
William Bowyer, whose father was created a baronet 12 Charles II., 25 June, 1660,
•came into possession of that part which Anthony had so devised to him on failure of
Edmund's issue. The estates afterwards came into the hands of the grandson of Sir
William Bowyer. This part of the Bowyer Estate was about this time sold to
Mr. Windham Bowyer, and another portion (Bowyer Place) let on building lease, and
a portion of the estate was bought by Mr. Robert Edmunds, an extensive market-
. gardener of New Cross. Edmund, as above mentioned, died in about a year. By
his will, he devised his estates to his sister Frances Bowyer for life (subject to an
annuity of £100 a year to his sister Elizabeth Bowyer for her life) ; and after her
death, to his niece Martha Windham and her issue ; and in failure of that, to his
niece Elizabeth Ashe of Twickenham. Martha Windham, described by Edmund
in his will as his niece, was daughter of Sir James Ashe by one of Edmund's sisters,
• and in 1715 was married to Joseph Windham, a younger son of William Windham,
Esq., of Felbrig, in Norfolk. He at length possessed the estate of Sir James Ashe
and took that baronet's name. Joseph Windham had issue only two daughters,
of whom Mary married her cousin John Windham. The issue of this marriage was
Joseph Windham f and Anne, who married Sir William Smythe, Bart., of Hill Hall,
in Essex. Mrs. Windham dying without issue in 1810, the estates came into the
•Smythe family.

Sir William Smijth, the seventh baronet, who married Anne, only daughter
;and heiress of John Windham (Bowyer), Esq., and three of his sons, succeeded to the
title ; the kst of whom was the late Sir Edward, tenth baronet, who assumed by

* The chancel of the church was repaired at her Antiquaries ; educated at Eton and Christ's College,
•expense in 1713. Cambridge

t A distinguished member of the Society of

OLD FAMILIES. 35

royal licence in 1839 the additional surname and arms of Bowyer. He married
Letitia Cicely, daughter of John Weyland, Esq., of Woodeaton, Co. Oxford, and
•dying in 1850, was succeeded by his eldest son, the present Sir William Bowyer-
'Smijth, eleventh baronet. Sir William married Marianne Francess, dau. of the late
:»3ir Henry Meux, Bart.

ENTRIES IN CHURCH REGISTER.

1560. Mar. xii, bap., John Bowyer.

1561. Nov. xxiij, bap., Mathew, sonne of Maister John Bowyer, Esquire.

1562. June xxx, bap., Luke, a childe of Maister Bowyer's.
1564. May xviij, bur., Luke, sonne of John Bowyer, Esquire.

1567. July xiij, bap., Beniamyn, sonne of Mr. John Bowyer, Esquire.

1568. Sep. xxviij, bap., Gregorye, sonne of Mr. John Bowyer, Esquire.
1570. Jan. xv, bap., Sence, dau. of John Bowyer, Esquire.

1570. Oct. xvi, bur., John Bowyer, Esquire.

1572. Sept. 9, mar., Mrs. Elizabeth Bowyer * and Mr. William Foster.

1573. Maye xxv, mar., Mr. Edmond Bowyer and Mistress Katherine Bynd.
1573. Maye xxv, mar., Mris Elizabeth Bowier and Mr. John Bynd.

1588. July ij, mar., Mr. John Bowyer and Em. Snoe, widow.

1609. July xij, bur., Lady Katherine Bowyer, wife of Sir Ed. Bowyer.

1612. Oct. — , bap., Edmond, sonne to Mr. Benjamin Bowyer.

1613. Oct. xxviij, bap., Edmond, sonne to Mr. Benjamin Bowyer.
1619. Aug. v, mar., Eliza Bowyer and John Bottin.

1623. June iij, bur., John Bowyer.

1624. Dec. xxvi, bur., Mris Emma Bowyer.
1627. March xii, bur., Sir Edmond Bowyer, Knt.
1627. April xvi, bur., Mr. Edward Bowier.
1635. Feb. viij, bur., Mr. John Bowyer.

1641. Ap. x, bur., Edmond, sonne of Sir Edmond Bowyer.

1642. July xx, bap., John, sonne to Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1645. Feb. xxiij, bap., Eliza, dau. to Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1647. Jan. xv, bur., Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1649. Mar. llth, bap., Benjamin, sonne of Sir Edmond Bowyer.

1651. July xxiv, bap., Hester and Francess, daughters of Sir Edmond Bowyer.

1652. Sep. xvi, bur., Hester, dau. of Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1652. Nov. xx, bur., Francess, dau. of Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1654. May xxx, bap., Margaret, dau. of Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1665. Dec. xxi, bur., the Lady Hester Bowyer.

1667. Feb. xxij, bur., Benjamin, sonne of Sir Ed. Bowyer.

1675. Nov. xxiij, bur., John, sonne of Sir Edmond Bowyer.

1676. Dec. viij, bap., Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1679. Jan. 1, bap., Edmond, son of Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1679. Nov. xij, bur., Mary, dau. of Sir Edmond Bowyer.
1709. July v, bur., Anthony Bowyer, Esquire.

1718. Nov. 10, bur., Edmond Bowyer, Esquire.

1735. Ap. 9th, bur., Mrs. Francess Bowyer.

1753. Ap. 20, bur., Mrs. Mary Windham Bowyer, dau. of John Windham Bowyer,

Esq., and Mary his wife.

1780. April 23, bur., John Wydnham Bowyer, Esq.
1789. May 22, Mary Wyndham Bowyer, in her family vault.

* Mrs. Elizabeth Foster was buried 2 May, 1605.

D 2

PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

THE CHERRYS.*

This family is descended from the De Cheries of Picardy and Normandy, Lords-
of the Beauval Liguiere and Villencourt. A branch settled in England at an early
period In 1407, as appears from the French archives, Jean, or John de Cherie,,
sought for and obtained a safe conduct from the king to pass into Normandy for the
purpose of arranging some family affairs there. By an Inq. post mort. (14 Hen. IV.
1412-13) it appears that Thomas and John Cherie held lands, &c. in Plumpton, Co.
Northampton, and from this Thomas and John his son (the Jean of 1407) descended
the present representatives of the family in England. The first of the family to
settle in Camberwell was Sir Francis Cherry, of All Hallows, Barking, citizen and
merchant vintner, bom October 18th, 1552, at North Kilworth. He was knighted at
Chatham, 4th July, 1604, was ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to the court of
Russia,t from April, 1598, to 23rd March, 1599. He was buried April 14th, 1605, at
All Hallows. Elizabeth, the second wife of Sir Francis (his first wife died in child-
birth with her twelfth child), married afterwards Sir Thomas Hunt, at St. Olave's,
Hart Street.:}: Sir Thomas Hunt is described as being of Norfolk at this time, and
therefore it is not improbable that it was through the Cherry family that he
first became identified with Camberwell.

Mr. Robert Cherry, son of Sir Francis, was married to Elizabeth, daughter of
Stukeley, of London,§ and had issue Elizabeth and Francis. Elizabeth, who was
baptized March 2nd, 1621, married afterwards John Scott, Esq., of Camberwell.

ENTRIES IN CHURCH REGISTER.

1621. Mar. ij, bap., Eliza, dan. to Robert Cherrie.
1708. Dec. 7, bap., William, son of William Cherry.
1714. June 20, bap., Richard, son of Wm. Cherry.
1716. July 27, bap., George, son of Wm. Cherry.
1718. Mar. 2, bur., George, son of Wm. Cherry.

1718. June 1, bap., Daniel, son of Wm. Cherry.

1719. Mar. 24, bur., Wm. Cherry.

1719. Nov. 8, bur., Daniel, son of Wm. Cherry.

1738. Nov. 29, bap., Sarah, dau. of Wm. and Deborah Cherry.

1740. Ap. 27, bur., Mary, dau. of Wm. and Deborah Cherry.

1744. Jean. 1, bap., Deborah, dau. of Wm. and Deborah Cherry.

1745. Aug. 18, bap., William, son of Wm. and Deborah Cherry.

1746. Dec. 14, bur., Deborah Cherry.

THE KING AND SQUIRE CHERRY.

In Hearne's MS. Diaries, dated July llth, 1731, he wrote : "At Brick-bridge our
princes frequently came at the time of hunting in Windsor Forest. A little way
from this bridge was a very large pleasant oak, said to be the biggest in England,
called " Nan's Oak," because tradition reported that King James's first queen, Anne,
was much delighted with it, that she sickened under it, and some say this
sickness proved fatal. The tree was cut down in the beginning of King James II.'s
reign, to the no small resentment of the country people, by order of William

* Arms: Arg1. on a fesse engr. between three ceedings as messenger from Queen Elizabeth to the

annulets gu., a fleur-de-lis, or. Emperor of Russia is given in the Egerton papers

Crest: A demi-Lion arg». holding in the paw a gem (Camden Soc. Pubs.).

ring, or, enriched with a precious stone, ppr., the J 1609, Nov. 28, Sr. Thomas Hunt and the Ladie-

collet in pale. Motto, Cheris 1'espoir. Elizabethe Cherrie, vidua pr. Licenc.

t An amusing account of Francis Cherry's pro- § HarL MSS., No. 1046, p. 61.

OLD FAMILIES.

Cherry, Esq., father of, but of different principles from, my best friend, Mr. Francis
Cherry."

So they all went to work by the leave of their king,
And dug up the quickset ts, and filled the ditch in.
Then up came Squire Cherry, pretending grea>

power,
And threw them in prison as strong as a tower.

"Cherry planted the Hawthorn tree to Brick

Bridge,

And wronged the poor people of their privilege.
He cut down the oak-tree, where Queen Anne did

dine,
And said of the common 'All this shall be mine.'

White Waltham was troubled, their common ta'en

in;

So quick they resolved to make suit to the king.
'Twas one Master John Berry, who at Windsor did

live,
That direct to the king, their petition did give.

Said the king, when hunting one day very merry,
' Who took in this common ? ' They said, ' 'Twas

Squire Cherry. '
*How, pray,' quoth the king, 'why not thro wit

out?
It is a great wrong to my subjects no doubt.'

' They answered the king, ' That we dare not pursue,
Cherry is a great man, and he will us undo.'
' Go, throw it out quickly, without any fail,
And if any one trouble you, I'll be your bail. '

They hired a brave fiddler to play them along ;
And he played till he came to the prison so strong.
They bade him play briskly, and spare not a string,
For they were resolved to dance to the king.

The king heard the news, and from prison away
He brought them to Windsor and caused them to

stay.

And to each of them he ten guineas did give,
T' enable them better hereafter to live.

A dinner was given, so at Berry's they dined,
And pushed about briskly good ale, punch, and

wine.

They ate and they drank, and did merrily sing—
"May Cherry be d d, but God save the King.' "

THE COCKS.

The Cocks first appear on the parish books in 1695, and mention is then made of
^Walter Cock, who appears to have taken an active part in the affairs of the parish.
He died in 1712, and on his vault was the following inscription : —

" In this vault lieth interred the body of Walter Cock, Esq., one of her Majesty's
Justices of the peace for this county. He was a gentleman zealous for the good of his
country, and noted for his charity and benevolence to the poor ; universally beloved
-and esteemed by all ; who in his lifetime purchased this ground of the parish for a
burial-place for himself and family for ever. To whose blessed memory this tomb
was erected by his beloved relict Johanna Cock. He departed this life the 5th day
of January, 1712, in the 52nd year of his age."

In 1717 Mrs. Cock gave to the parish about an acre of land to enlarge the church-
.yard. Sir Jonathan Trelawney, the Bishop of Winchester, attended in person on the
13th of May and consecrated it in the presence of several of the clergy and gentry
of the neighbouring places.

Mrs. Cock was subsequently involved in the South Sea scheme, and being engaged
in some business at the time, a commission in bankruptcy was issued against her in
1722. In the meantime Walter Cock's eldest son Peter was married to Letitia, one
of the daughters of Lord Trevor.

The estate by reversion had come into the hands of Mr. Belchier, a banker in
South wark, and one of the representatives of that borough in Parliament in 1747 and
again in 1754. Belchier became embarrassed in his circumstances, and having mort-
.gaged the estate to Mr. Collins, the latter filed a bill in Chancery and obtained a
decree, under which it was sold in 1776.

By the particulars of sale it appears that on the death of Mrs. Cock Mr. Belchier
took possession of the estate and for some time occupied part of the mansion house,
-the remainder of it, fronting the road in Camberwell, having been untenanted for
some years and being then in ruins. These particulars describe the estate as con-
sisting of " four-fifths of the manor and of the commons, wastes, and manorial rights,
at that time not producing any profit ; the part of the mansion house late occupied
by Mr. Belchier, with the remainder thereof then in ruins ; a barn and about 42 acres
of land near the Grove lett at .£50 a year ; a long room then lately built for the enter-
it of company and about 10 acres of pleasure and garden-ground lett at .£42 8s. ;

38 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

a farmhouse and about 75 acres of land at Peckham Rye lett at £100 ; a cottage an&
five acres of garden-ground at £U ; and many other houses and small pieces of,
ground, making altogether a rental of £485 17s. The property was divided at the
sale amongst several purchasers, Dr. Lettsom being one.
FROM CHURCH REGISTER.
1664. July xvj, bur., Susannah, wyfe of Mr. Samuel Cock.

1668. Maye xv, bap., Francis, sonne to Mr. Theodore Cock, merchant.

1669. Aug. xx, bur., Francis, sonne of Mr. Theodore Cock.
? 1691. Mar. xvj, mar., Ann Cock and Nehemiah Lambert.

1700. Feb. 29, bap., Agnes Sarah, dau. of Walter Cock, Esq.

1701. Oct. 27, bap., Peter, son of Walter Cock, Esq.

1703. Aug. 13, bap., Johanna Cock, dau. of Mr. Walter Cock.

1704. June 11, bur., Ann, ye wife of Thomas Walter Cock, ye sonne of Antony-

Cock.

1705. July 18, bap., a dau. of Mr. Walter Cock.

1707. July 30, bap., Walter, son of Mr. Walter Cock.

1708. Ap. 6, bur., Joseph, son of Antony Cock.

1709. June 2, bap., Charles, son of Antony Cock.

1710. Jan. 6, Theodore, son of Walter Cock, Esq., so named and baptized by a,

Dutch minister.

1712. Nov. 3, bap., Hannah, dau. of Mr. John Cock.

1713. Jan. 14, bur., Walter Cock, Esq.

1713. Dec. 4, bap., Sarah, dau. of Mr. John Cock.

1714. Dec. 9, bap., Mary, dau. of Mr. John Cock.
1714. May 26, bur., Jane Cock.

1721. Jan. 22, bap., Fearn, dau. of Wm. Cock.

1723. Jan. 27, bap., Letitia, dau. of Mr. Peter Cock.

1724. Jan. 29, bap., John, son of Mr. John Cock.

1725. March 25, bur., Trevor, son of Peter Cock, Esq.

1725. Sep. 26, bap., Matthew, son of Peter Cock, Esq., and bur. Feb. 28, 1728.

1727. July 2, bap., Peter, son of Peter Cock, Esq., and bur. Sep. 17, 1729.

1728. Dec. 8, bap., Ann, dau. of Peter Cock, Esq.
1730. Ap. 30, bap., Joanna, dau. of Peter Cock, Esq.
1732. June 16, bap., Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Cock, Esq.
1737. Ap. 21, bur., Peter Cock, Esq.

1739. Jan. 27, bur., Elizabeth Cock,

1740. Aug. 8, bur., Mrs. Cock, wife of Walter Cock, Esq.

1743. Oct. 29, mar., Mrs. Joanna Cock, of Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, and George

Kelley, M.D., of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, by licence.

1744. May 24, bap., Theodore, son of Theodore Cock, Esq., and Catherine his wife..

1744. Oct. — , bap., Walter, son of Walter Cock, Esq. .

1745. Sep. 30, bap., and bur. 22 Ap. 1747, Frere, son of Walter Cock, Esq., and

Rebecca his wife.

1745. Oct. 9, bur., Rebecca, wife of Walter Cock, Esq.
1748. May 9, bur., Mrs. Catherine Cock, wife of Mr. Theodore Cock.
1750. Ap. 21, bur., Mr. John Cock.

1750. June 25, bur., Theodore, son of Mr. Theodore Cock.
1750. Dec. 9, bur., John, son of John and Mary Cock.
1752. May 20, bur., Master Walter Cock.
1760. July 14, bur., Theodore Cock, Esq.
1762. Aug. 25, bur., Mrs. Joanna Cock, aged 86.
1769. May 2, bur., the Hon. Mrs. Letitia Cock.

OLD FAMILIES.

" You who are led to this serene retreat,
Where Contemplation holds unrivall'd sway,
Stop, if Reflection you would dread to meet,
And from her rigid mandates shrink away.
But if a votary at soft Pleasure's fane,
Allur'd by yon proud city's tempting powers,
From day to day you join the thoughtless train,
And in illusion waste life's choicest hours.
'Tis you who chiefly want Reflection's aid ; —
Bow then to Contemplation's power sublime,
Here be your vows with pious fervour paid,
And Reformation shall redeem your time.

THE DE CRESPIGNYS.

This family were refugees from France in the reign of King William, and in
Marylebone churchyard are some memorials of the family bearing date 1695.* The
De Crespignys settled in Camberwell early in the eighteenth century. Mr. Philip
Crespigny's name appears first upon the vestry minutes in April, 1743,f and in 1750
his attendance at the Camberwell Club is elsewhere noticed .J Philip Champion de
Crespigny, who died in 1765, was succeeded by his son Claude, who was created a
baronet in 18()5.§ This honour was preceded the previous year by a visit from royalty,
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., honouring Champion Lodge with
his presence. Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny took an active part in local affairs,
and his name repeatedly occurs in the vestry minutes as attending the various local
committees. He was married to Mary, daughter of Joseph Clarke, Esq., of Rigton,
Derbyshire, the lady being then but sixteen years of age, and Sir Claude (then Mr.
Claude) De Crespigny a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; and after their marriage
they lived for a short time at Bath, before removing to Camberwell. Lady de Cres-
pigny was a woman of considerable ability ; and in Sir Claude de Crespigny's grounds
was a shrubbery surrounding a grotto dedicated to Contemplation. At the entrance
Lady De Crespigny had placed the following lines, written by her for the occasion : —

But, if curst apathy pervades your breast,
And veils it 'gainst Convictions heavenly light,
The Goddess here your offerings will detest,
Nor with one favouring smile your vows requite.
And yet fair Virtue may have scatter'd seeds
Which in your barren mind uncherish'd lie ;
Or choak'd by Dissipation, baleful weed !
Just spring to life, and blossom but to die.
Then enter here — to Contemplation bend,
Her power can raise the seed which Virtue sows,
From Folly's blights the tender plant defend,
'Till vigorous as the towering oak it grows."

Sir Claude was succeeded by his son in 1818, and in 1839 the title descended to his
great grandson, Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny. || Sir C. W. C. Crespigny
died in 1868, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir C. C. de Crespigny, the present
baronet. He married, in 1872, a daughter of Robert McKerrell, Esq. In 1841
Champion Lodge was pulled down ; the park, which originally covered about thirty
acres, is now entirely built over. IT According to Mr. Allport, the date 1717 and the
letters C. C. were found on the water-pipes when the house was destroyed, and the
family arms and crest on the west front of the house.

ENTRIES IN CHURCH REGISTER.
1747. May 3, Ann Maria Norwood, a child about 2 years old, taken in a starving

condition by Mrs. Crespigny from the gipsies' tent in Norwood, to be

maintained at her desire, bapt.
1765. Jan. 31, bap., William, son of Claude Champion Crespigny, Doctor of Law,

and Mary his wife.
1772. June 1, bap., Charles Champion, son of Philip and Betsey Champion Crespigny.

* A monument to Claudius Champion de Cres-
pigny, aged 75, "e Gallia natali, solo pro fide pro-
fugus." (Seymour, p. 862.)

t The parish officers being pressed for cash, Mr.
Crespigny and two others advanced £70 to them.
Vest. Min., 1743.

*" t Philip Champion de Crespigny bought Cham-
pion Lodge in 1755, of Henry Cornelison, Esq.

§ The following notice of Philip Champion Cres-
pigny appeared in Say's Reporter, Jan. 1803 :—

"Died, lately, at Bath, Philip Champion Crespigny,
Esq., formerly King's Proctor, and Member for
Sudbury. Mr. Crespigny was a man of extensive
knowledge, possessed a taste for literature, and
wrote two numbers in the periodical paper entitled
4 The World,' which was conduct ed by Mr. Moore,
author of 'The Gamester,' though at that time
Mr. Crespigny must have been very young ; a proof

that his taste and talent were, however, mature,
as ' The World ' was enriched by contributions
from the most distinguished wits of that period.
Mr. Crespigny was married four times, and has
left several children by his different marriages.
He was very much the man of fashion in his person
and demeanour, full of anecdote, and with a turn
for satirical humour, that rendered him a very
amusing companion."

|| He was the eldest son of Capt. Augustus de
Crespigny, R.N., by Caroline, dau. of Sir Wm.
Smyth, Bart., of Hill Hall, and was born in 1818.
He married Mary, second dau. of Sir John Tyssen
Tyrell, Bart., of Borehain House.

TT Messrs. Domville, Lawrence, and Graham are
the solicitors to the estate, and Mr. G. Brinsley,
auctioneer, of Bridge Street, Blackfriars, surveyor.

40 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1787. Sept. 27, hap., Claude Champion, son of William Crespigny, Esq., and the

Right Hon. Lady Sarah his wife.
1791. July 23, Augustus James, son of William Champion Crespigny, Esq., and

the Right Hon. Lady Sarah his wife, born at Nice, in Piedmont, 9th

March last.

THE DOVE FAMILY.

The family of Dove, of Camberwell,* though not mentioned in the Surrey
Visitations, is shown by a table in the volume of Surrey pedigreesf to have been
connected with Camberwell at a very early period.

Henry Dove, of Camberwell, was slain at Bosworth Field under King Richard III.,
having married Joan, daughter of Thomas Brereton, of Cheshire ; both of them, as
well as John Brereton, the grandfather of Joan, were buried in Camberwell Church,
— of course before the period of the registers.!

The orthography of the name was changed from Dowe, or Done, to Dove, as was
the case with another branch of the Dove family, who bore for arms the same doves,
with a fess and different field. §

In the church at Camberwell was a brass figure to the memory of Margaret, wife
of Mr. John Dove, the daughter of Matthew Kelett, of Surrey, gent., and also
the arms of Dove impaled by Arg. on a mount vert, a bear sable chained and armed
Or, which coat was confirmed to Matthew Kelett, of Ripley, Surrey, 1 Oct.
4 Edward VI. She died April llth, 1582, having had issue five sons (of whom
Dr. Dove was one) and four daughters.

The inscription was as follows : —

ifcm Igetf) fcursrti tfje fcofcg of fflargaret JBobf, togfe to Jofjtt Bobe, traugfjter Of
$lattf)eto l&elette, of Surreg, gentleman, antr Jjatr tggue hg tfje sattr Jtoljn, 5 Bonnes antr
tut fcaugfjters, antr fceeeaselr tlje ixtt trage of &prtll, &nno Jiomtm 1582.

The following entries concerning this family appear in the church register : —
1558. Ap. iii, buryed, Elizabeth Dove.

1568. Oct. 1, buryed, Jonas Dove, son of John Dove.

1569. 27 Feb., ch., Elizabeth Dowthrie, dau. of John Dove.

1570. Oct. 21, bur., Jone Dove, d. of Henry Dove.
1572. 30 July, ch., Agnes Dove, dau. of Henry Dove.

|| 1582. Ap. 23, bur., Margaret Dove, wife of John Dove.
1588. June 2nd, ch., Acton Dove, son of John Dove.
1662. Nov. 20, m., Thomas Dove & Katherine Todd.
1664. July 5, m., Elizabeth Dove & Wm. Hodson.
1688. Jany. 2, bur., Humphry Dove, gent.

THE DRAPERS.

The Draper family were connected with the Bowyers by marriage, as in 1550 John
Bowyer, of Lincoln's Inn, married Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Robert Draper,
Esq., of Camberwell.

dovp^fvi Pa-rty PeL°heVTIi Az' and Vert-« three E. 4, et sepultus est apud Camberwell, in Scott's

doves with wings addorsed Arg. membered Gules. Isle." Coll. Top., vol. iii. p 142

within * wrTt'h °i°S(;' P"01^' membered Gules, The arms were granted to John Dove of Camber-

within a wreath Vert, fructed Gules and banded well by Robert Cook, Clarencieux, 23rd Jan. 1572.

* TTari \T««i Kcort f i no § See Wilson's History of Merchant Taylors'

t HarlMSS. 5830, f. 108. School, pp. 114'J, 1150, 1164.

ton reiS avi^fVi0"3"8 Pfoav"sTJohannes Brere- || There is a bra»8 of this Margaret Dove in the

reeignavit (*tc) m parochia de Larnbhith temp'e vestry of the present church

OLD FAMILIES.

In the Surrey Visitations this family is derived from John Draper, of Flintham,
Notts, father of Thomas of the same place, who by the daughter and heiress of
Auger, by - , daughter and heiress of Urswicke, had another Thomas, also of
Flintham,* the father of Robert Draper, of Camber well,f Page of the Jewel Office
to King Henry VIII. This Robert married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John
Fyfield, alias Lowe, of Camberwell, and had issue Henry and Matthew, who both
died without issue, Elizabeth (wife of John Bowyer), and Benedicta (the wife of John
Fromond, of Carshalton). Robert had a younger brother John, father of Sir Chris-
topher Draper,*who was Lord Mayor of London in 1566-67.^ A monument was erected
in St. Giles's Church to Mathye Draper and his wife.

They were represented kneeling at a low table, with open books before them. The
inscription was as follows : —

Igetf) twrietr tf)e fcotrg of fttatfise Braper, earner, toljo foas ntarrtftr unto Settee §
l, Iraugtjter of 3:$liHiam i$laefttoell of ?l cation, earner, atttr tijjrlr hntfjout issue
ifje mst trage of Jlulg, in tfje gere of our Hortr 1577.

The marriage of Matthew Draper and " Sence " Blackwell took place, according to
gossiping old Machyn,|| on the 30th May, 1559, in the "parryche of saint Andrews
in the Warderobe," and the bride is described as being " the dawther of Master Wyl-
liam Blackwell, towne-clarke. They were mared in Laten, and masse, and after
masse they had a bryd cup and waffers and epocras and muskadyll plenty to hevere
body j and after unto master Blackwells plasse to bryke-fast, and after a grett
dener." IT

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1558. Dec. xx, bur., Thomas Draper.
**1558. Dec. xviij, bur., Henry Draper, gent.

1559. Ap. xiij, bur., William Draper, gent.

1559. June xiij, mar., Mathy6 Draper to Sence Blackwell.

1571. Aug. xxiv, bur., Saintes Draper.

1617. Oct. viij, bap., Katherine, dau. of James Draper.

• This is confirmed in Thorotoii's Nottingham-
-shire, where it is stated that in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, the manor of Flintham came to "the
wife of John Draper, whose ancestors have been
resident here (Flintham) since the beginning of
Edward III." These Drapers of Flintham bore also
the same arms as those of Camberwell.

t In the "particulars for grants," 36 Hen. VIII.,
it appears that this Robert Draper, " one of the
•officers of the King's Majestie's Juelhouse did
require to purchase p'cells of lande, sett, lyiuge and
beinge win the p'sshe of Cam'well, and Detford,
alias West Grenewyche Win the countee of Surrey
and Kent, beying of the clere yer'ly valew of
xiij li. xvj«. vijd," in witness whereof he " sett his
seale the iiij»h daye of July, in the xxxvjth yere of
the reigne of our souvraign Lord King Henry the
yiij'V The land is described as " certayne lande.s
in the pysche of Camwell called ffreyn, demysed
to Henry pyke pcell of the possessyons of the late
pryory of Hallywell, nighe the cyte of London."

t la his Diary, Machyn records that on the 30th
July, 1557, Master Draper, probably the alderman,
and a few other friends, joined " Monser the Machyn
de Henry " in an oyster feed. They "didettalffa
busshell of owsturs, in Ancken lane, a-pone hog-
hedes, and candy 11 lyght, and onyons, and red alle,
and clarett alle, and muskadylle and malmsesey
alle, at viij in the mornyng."

Mention is also made that on the 26th July
"Masteres Draper of Camurell was bered with
ij whytt branches and xij stayff torchys, and iij
grett tapurs, and ij dosen of skotchyons of armes."
This "Masteress Draper" must have been wife

either of John or Robert Draper.

Cbristopher Draper, who was Sheriff in 1560-61,
and Lord Mayor 1566-67, was buried at St. Dunstan's-
in-the-East, and Stow gives his epitaph, but with
the incorrect date 1560. He died in 1580, aged 70.
His daughters were married to Sir Wm. Webbe,
Sir Wolstan Dixie, and Sir Henry Billingsley, all
subsequently lord mayors.

It was during the shrievalty of Master Alderman
Draper that a letter was received by him " from the
Lord of Canterbury's grace, concerning the pulling
down of the rood-lofts in the city churches."

§ Allport imagines this to be an abbreviation of
Cynthia, but as the name occurs several times
throughout the Register as Sence Blackwell, Sence
Fromond, Sence Bowyer, Sence Symonds, and Sence
Briggs, it seems to represent some moral quality.
The inferior women of this time were called
"goody," as " Goody Brown," "Goody Jones," &c.

In Machyn's Diary she is styled " Sens Draper of
Cammerwell beyond Nuwhyngton."

|| Machyn. Diary, p. 199.

If If Machyn's dates can be relied upon, the
parties must have been re-married a fortnight after
at Camberwel), as their wedding is recorded in the
parish register as taking place on the 13th June.

** In Additional Charters, No. 8456, is an in-
denture between the King's Commissioners and
Henry Draper, whereby the latter purchases "x«B'
acres of land, beying besyde Hatcham barne byn
p'cell of the lands and possessions belongyiig to
the late Monasty of Comberwell in the Countee of
Kent." 25 Hen. VIII.

42 y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1619. Dec. ij, bap., Ann, dau. of James Draper.

1620. Sep. vij, mar., Jane Draper and John Williams.

1626. Jan. v, bur., Edm., sonne to Mr. James Draper.

1627. Aug. xxvj, bur., Elizabeth Draper.

1627. Oct. xxx, bap., Thomas, sonne to John Draper.

1629. July xxiij, bap., Francis, sonne of Mr. John Draper.

1630. Oct. xiij, bur., Francis, sonne of Mr. John Draper.

1631. Ap. xviij, bap., Francis, sonne of Mr. John Draper.
1633. Aug. xv, bap., John, sonne to Mr. John Draper.
1636. Sept. xxix, bap., Barbara, dau. of John Draper.

1639. Sept. xij, bur., Thomas Draper.

1640. Nov. vij, bap., Francis, sonne to Mr. John Draper.
1640. Mar. xiij, bur., Frances, wyffe of John Draper.
1649. Aug. iij, bur., James Draper.

1654. May iv, bur., Thomas Draper.

1657. Dec. xvj, bur., Elizabeth Draper.

1669. Sep. vij, bur., Barbara, dau. to Mr. John Draper.

1673. June xxj, bur., Barbara, wyffe to Mr. John Draper.

1674. Nov. xvij, bur., Catherin Draper.
1674. Feb. xxvij, bur., Mr. John Draper.
1684. Aug. ix, bur., John Draper.

THE FLEMYNGS.

Mr. Dennis Flemyng, Clerk to the Navy in the reign of Charles I., was a.
resident of Camberwell. The following letters, which appear in the State Papers
(Dom. Ser. vol. 362), tend to show that official positions in Charles's time were not
free from anxiety : —

To the rl honoble Tho. Lod Coventry Lod Keeper of ye Great Seale of England.

These are to certify yor Lop That Dennis Fleming Esqr. Clarcke of his Mats Navy
hath bene employed in his Mats Maryne affaires by the space of one hundred seventy
and seven Dayes begun the last day of Septemb 1636 & ended the five and twentyeth
Day of March following (both dayes included : To th' end yor Lop may be pleased to
graunt his Mats Writt of Liberate for the payment of three shillings fower pence
p diem for his travelling Charges out of his Matyes Receipt of Excheqr. for the tyme
aforesaid, according to his Matge8 Lres Patent granted to him on that behalfe (Viz1)
the sume of twenty nyne pounds & tenne shillings, and also three pounds for his Boat
hyre wthin the same tyme as hath bene formerly accustomed to be payed to the
Clarke of his Ma^ei Navye for the tyme being, wch in all amounteth unto the Sume
of thirtye-two pounds and tenne shillings.

Whitehall, 24th April, 1637. xxxij" x'
Lo. Trear. F C H V F W.

SIR, — Since my returne from ye Bath I have understood by an intymate friend ye
the Lords have an intention to appoint some person or other to execute my place,,
alleadging imbecilitie in me that cannot attend it : I protest I was so carefull y* I
tooke ye vacante tyme y1 might be (for any attendance) to make my iournie, hooping
to recouer my health, whereby I might be ye better enabled to doe his Matie service,
and left purposelie such able Ministers behinde me yl might performe such duties a*
concerned mypticuler wch I finde was carefullie done,&Ithanke God have received some
benefit by the Bath, and am still able to doe his Matie (as ever it hath bine my ambition)

OLD FAMILIES, 43,

good and faithfull service, I beseech you (as ever I have found you my noble friend) if
any such thing be in agitation, or intended by their Lops to plead for me, that no man
may be brought over my head wthout my Consent being able of myselfe to performe my
dutie, and I shall allwaies stand obliged not onlie for this but for all yor former favours
showed towards me, which I am bound to acknowledge wth much thankfullness. At
present let me request to heare from you, till I waite on you myselfe (wch had bene at
this instant but onelie I have taken a late Cold which constraines me a while to keepe
within dores) but God welling shalbe on ffrydaie if I might be certaine of your being
at Westminster or Greenwich so with my service psented rest

Yor most obliged freind and servant

DEN : FFLEMYNG.
Cammerwell, 28 June 1637.

(Addressed) To my much Honored ffreind Edward Nicholas Esquier one of y^
Clerks of his Mats most honoble Priuie Councell These.

(Endorsed) R 28 Junii 1637 Mr. fleming to about the place of Clerk of ye

Navy.

N.B. — The original MS. is very neatly written.

To the rl hoble Thomas Lod Coventry Lod Keeper of the Great Scale of England.

These are to certify yor Lop that Dennis Fleming Esqr Clarke of his Matyea Navye
hath bene employed in his Mat8 marine affaires by the space of 188 Dayes begun the
xxvjth Day of March 1637 and ended the 29th Day of September following (both Dayes
included) To th' end yor Lop may be pleased to graunt his Mats writt of Liberate for
the payment of iij8 iiijd p diem for his travelling Charges out of his Mats Receipt of
Excheqr for the time abouesaid according to his Mat" Lres Patente graunted to him on
that behalfe (Viz1) the Sume of xxxj1' vj* viijd and also iijH for his Boat hyre wthin
the same time as hath bene formerly accustomed to be payed to the Clarke of his
Mats Navy for the time being, wch in all amounts to the Sume of xxxiiij1' vjs viijd.

Whitehall, 19tb 8ber 1637.

I haue sent you here enclosed by my servant a copie of that note, wch you yesterday
desired, it being a Particuler of such demande as we first presented to his Grace before
his going to Sea, and since to his Matie and the LI" of his privie Councell, for a supplie
of Stores, discharge of maryners wages, and ffreight of ships both in this and former
services : wch if we doe reviue, as necessitie enforceth, the Demande must be enlarged,
his Maties stores (since this Collectio) having bene much emptied, by the setting forth
to sea 6 or 7 of his owne ships viz. the Sl Andrew and Antylope, the Gardland
St. George, Convertyne, Bonaventiere, Mary Rose, and happie Entrance, wch you know
as well as myself wherfore I Rest

Yor assured ffreind

ever Ready to serue you

DEN : FLEMYNG.
Camberwell, 29th Sept. 1627.

(Addressed) To his worthie ffreind Edward Nicholas Esq. at his house in Chano.
Howe dd wth haste.

(Endorsed) 29° Sept. 1627 Mr. ffleming sendeth me a Coppy of ye Demands made
June last for replenishing ye stores of ye Navy.

.44 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

THE GARDYNERS.

The Gardyners, who resided at Peckham at the latter end of the sixteenth and the
greater part of the seventeenth centuries, were a Bermondsey family. William Gardyner
of Bermondsey purchased, during the reign of Elizabeth, an estate at Peckham, the
Basing Manor, from "one Edward Newport, gent, and Richard Baker,* gent., both
of Camberwell," and in the Record Officef is an account of an action brought by Wm.
Gardyner of Barmondsey against Thomas Newman and John Thompson, Scriveners,
of London, "for obtaining money more than due, for writing certaine Indentures," and
.amongst the items complained of is the following, having reference to the purchase
of the Peckham estate : —

" ffor draweing and ingrossing of one Indenture betweene one Edward'Newport, gent.,
.and Richard Baker, gent., of th' one part and yr saide Orator and the saide Richard
Gardyner his sonne of th' other pte, conteyninge A bargaine & sale from the saide
Newport and Baker to yr saide Orator and the saide Richard his sonne of divers p'cels
of lande, meadowe, and pasture lienge and beinge in Camberwell in the saide countie
of Surrey sixe poundes xiij8 iijd."

The Richard mentioned above was the eldest son of William, who died at
an early age, and the property came into possession of the second son, Wm. Gardyner
(who died 1597), was a justice of the peace, and a person of considerable influence.
The Peckham property fell to the share of William's second son, Thomas, who was
knighted, made justice of the peace, and became lord of the manor of Basing,
Peckham, and died in 1632.

There are several curious letters^ extant from Sir Thomas Gardyner to persons high
in authority, from which the following are selected : —

§ RIGHT NOBL VICOUNT,

I am very sory that I cannot expres my willingnes and humble servis in mor
bountey by thes fruts which are so few, and cannot contineu, for now the season of
the yere vanishing awaye, whereby I am prevented ; but the willingnes of my Desiar
shall always indever to perfowrme and to showe tru testymony unto your Loppe for
your nobl favor and leater (in the behalfe of my yonge sunn) which can never be
forgoten of me but ever to be thanckfull, and whilst I have anything wherein I am
hable to dooe your Loppe servis, commaund it veryly, for I am asuredly

Your Lordshipps

T. GARDYNER.
Basing, in Peckham. Sept. 13, 1629.

I have sent your Loppe 8 melons, 12 figs and 22 pers, and carnelia cheris, all which
are the best and most fruts I have or can com by that ar good.

When your Lo"e shall have ocasion to writ to Coronell Morgin, I humbly pray to
remember my son.

ffor the Right nobl Lord the Lord Vicount Dorchester.

It appears from another letter from Sir Thomas, that King Charles I. sent him " a
fat venison in melon time," and in return he sent to the Court " fower'melons " which
he hopes " will proove well" Notwithstanding these little courtesies between Sir
Thomas and the Court of King Charles, he was summoned to appear before the Star

* In 1557, Henry Baker died seised of the Manor t Chancery Bills and Answers, G. 9, 1, No. 48.

of Casings m Peckham. Arms: Az. a griffin pas- j State P. Dom. S., vols. 149, 172, 175.

sant or. Crest, on a ducal coronet or, a lion passant § Lord Viscount Dorchester, Secretary of State,

gardant azure. At the Inq. p. m. taken 26th May, As Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador to Holland,

4 & 5 Philip and Mary, Richard, the eldest eon, he acquitted himself with so much honour that the*

was four years and eleven months old. His other King bestowed the honours of peerage upon him.

children were Frances, Phillipa, and Thomazine. Lord Dorchester died 1631-32.

OLD FAMILIES. 45

Chamber in the following year ; but he excuses himself thus (Nov. 22, 1630) : —
" I humbly praye that my coumming may be spared because of myne infermyties
if the mater be not great that is mad against me ; " and he complains bitterly of those
who " without just caus seketh to trobl those which disiareth to live quietly and in
peac without mollistation." The following was also written in the same month
(Nov. 16-30) to the " right nobl and right honorabl Earle the Earle of Suffolk " :—

Eight noble and right honorabl Earle,

I receaved a warrant by a messenger from your Loppe and other Lords of his
Maties privie counsell commaunding me to apere at the counsell chambar and to
answer unto such maters as shulld be objected aganest me, wherein I shall be most
willing to obeye in all things according to my duty and obedienc unto his Matic
and your Loppes commaunds, as knowing no cause wherein I have offended ; but
having infirmities that I cannot gooe from home and eather on horseback or coch I
voyde blood and am troubled with the stone, the which maketh me at this tyme to be
bould to acquaint your Loppe therewith, humbly praying your nobl Lopps favour
that if ther be no nessesetie for my aparence I may be spared untell God shall
make me more habl to performe your Lovps commaund, and I shall always rest
assuredly

Your Lordshipps

To serve verely,

T. GARDYNER.
Basings in Peckham,

Nov. 1630.

for the right nobl and right honourabl
Earle the Earl of Suffolke.

In another letter to Lord Dorchester, Sir Thomas writes to caution the minister
against Spain, which country "by the gift of the Beast " is to make short work of all
Dutchmen, Frenchmen, and Germans ; after which all Italy, France, Spain, and
Germany, and the Low Countries are " to sink and be as Sodom and Gomorrha," all
of which Sir Thomas warns the Secretary of State will happen within 35 years, " when
the number of the beast shall be fulfilled." The worthy knight states that he intended
to write a book on the subject, but he was then so busy with his melons and other
fruits that he was not able to spare the time. He adds emphatically, at the close of
his letter, " these thinges are no fables but remarkable."

As Sir Thomas died in 1632, two years after his remarkable letter was penned, it is
not at all likely that his threatened book was written. He was buried in Camberwell
churchyard, and on a large black marble slab was this inscription : —

fwrielr £tr Cfjomas igartrgncr, Ifcnt, tfje serbant of Jtesus

Sir Thomas was succeeded in his Peckham* estates by his grandson George, who
was 10 years and 7 months old at his grandfather's death, son of Sir William
Gardyner, son and heir of Sir Thomas Gardyner. George Gardyner sold the Basing
Manor Sept. 26th, 1651.

FROM CHURCH KEGISTER.

1595. Oct. 2, ch., Katherine Gardyner, dau. of Thomas Gardyner.
1609. July 28, bur., Mris Mary Gardiner, dau. to Sir Thomas Gardiner.
1632. Aug. 13, bur., Sir Thomas Gardiner, Knt.
1638. Sept. 4, bur., Lady Frances Gardiner.

* Sir Thomas died seised not only of this manor Greenhundred. C. of Wards, No. 321.
out of a messuage and lands in Camberwell, called

46 ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

THE HENDLEYS, OR HENLEYS.

The Hendleys, or Henleys, were an old Camberwell family.

In 1334 they are found in Corsworne, in Kent.* One of them, buried in
Otham Church, near Maidstone, has the following doggerel on a brass plate over his
remains : —

" 5n <Solr is all mg trust.

&ere Igetf) tf)e bolrg of ftfjomas &enoleg, esriuier bg Iregree, tlje goungest son of #erbia
, of Corstoorne, in Cramfeebroefee, gentleman fcnoton to be.

gabe a fjouse antr also lanfc tlje jfifteene for to page
to reliebe tlje poor people of Ijis parts!) for age
p?e fciefc tlje frag of from ?£im ttjat $ulras soft

a tfiousano fibe ljunlrrea anlr ninetg gere, being eigt)tie=nine geares ouRr
protesting often before l)is oeatij, toljen f)e Ijis fattlj treclaretr
Cftat onlg tig tfje oeatlj of Christ f)e fiopelr to be spareo.

Christ is oure onlg £abior."

"Walter Hendley, of Cuckfield, was created a baronet in 1661.

The first who is known to have resided here is described as " William Hendley of
Peckham, in the p'ish of Camberwell, in Surrey." His son John Hendley also lived
in Peckham, but his grandson of the same name is styled of Rotherhithe, and Esquire
of the body to King James.f John Hendley, gent., is mentioned as one of the
trustees under the will of Sir Edmond Bowyer, dated 11 July, 1626.

It appears from the following willj that Thomas Henley in 1544 held a farm
called " Knowles " within the Lordship of Dulwich, and in the subsidy granted in
the 34th and 35th Henry VIII. he is assessed at 2s. 3d. for his Dulwich property.
A branch of the Henleys settled at Peckham : —

In the name of God. Amen. The yere of our lord god m^xliiij the xviijth

daye of the monyth of Aprill. I Thomas henley of Dulwyche w'in the pishe of
•camerwell diocys of Wynchester and countye of Surr being seyke in my body but of a
hole and stedefaste mynde make my testament and last will in this manr and forme
folowing (fyrste I bequethe my sowle unto allmighti god to our blessyd lady and to
all the holy compani of heauen and my body to be buryed wlin the churche yarde of
sainte gylis of Camerwell aforesaid. Item I bequethe to Elisabeth my Wyffe all my
tenements and lands sitting and lying wlin the lordshipp of Dulwych or els wher and
allso my farme called knowls w* all ye purtenaunce and sffectes to the said testaments
lands and farme belongyng for the trme of hyr present lyffe and after the Dysseace of
my said wyffe then I wyll that my said farme called knowles shall remayne to my
sune Willum and yf yt shall happen my said sune Wyllm to decease before my said
Wyffe then I wyll that my said farme shall remayne to my sune Thomas and so to
dyssend from one to an other that is to saye to the longest lyver of all my chylderne
the residue of all my goods and cattels movable and unmovable my debts being
paid and funerall costes dyschargyd I gyve and bequethe to Elisabet my wyffe
whom I make my sole xecutrix and I orden and make harry henley my brother
supviser of this my last wyll and testament and I gyve to hym for his paines iijs iiijd
Wytnes herof, Water goodsune, Willm Calkar, and harri henley.

* Harl. MSS. 1046, fol. 59. same arms were used by the baronet, who dying

t Harl. MSS. 1345, fol. 52. They bore Paly bendy without male issue, the title became extinct.
gules and azure ; eight martlets in orle, or ; the t Add. MSS. (B. M. ), Nos. 24, 925, p. 24.

LADY HUNT'S MONUMENT IN OLD ST. GILES'S CHURCH.

( see page 47 )

COPIED BY PERMISSION FROM ALLPORT's COLLECTIONS, &C.

OLD FAMILIES. 47

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1559. Mar. xxiij, bap., Henry Henley.

1562. — , mar., Henry Henley and Agnes Cox.

1564. July xxiij, bap., Philipa, dau. of Henry Henley.

1564. Oct. xxij, bur., Bartholomew, son of Win. Henley.

1565. Maye xxvij, bap., Francis, son of Wm. Henley.

1566. Aug. xxiij, bap., Margaret, dau. of Henry Henley.

1567. Feb. ij, bur., Jone, dau. of William Henley.

1568. July ij, bur., John, sonne of Wm. Henley.

1569. Ap. iij,bap., Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Henley.

1569. Aug. xvij, bur., Marye, dau. of Wm. Henley.

1570. June ix, bur., Henry Henley.

1580. Sept. xxix, bap., Elizabeth, dau. of John Henley.
1583. June xxij, bur., John Henley.
1591. Nov. vjtb, bur., Richard Henley.

&c. &c. &c.

SIR THOMAS HUNT.

Sir Thomas Hunt, who married the widow of Sir Thomas Grymes, of Peckham
{nee Muschamp), was a benefactor to the parish, leaving £% 13s. 4d. annually to
the poor of CamberwelL In his " last will and testament " he describes himself " of
Lambeth Dene, Knt.," and he desires to be buried at Folkham, in Norfolk, " in my
church, where a monument is there made already."

A handsome monument was also erected in the church at Camberwell to his wife,
in the north-east corner of the church, and represented Jane, the daughter of Thomas
Muschamp, wife of Sir Thomas Hunt, kneeling at a fald stool. The pilasters on
either side were ornamented with carvings of fruit, flowers, and emblems of mor-
tality, gilt and coloured. Over it were the arms of Hunt,* and the inscription was as
follows : —

f LO ! MUSCHA'S STOCK A FRUITEFULL BRAUNCH DID BR'NGE

ADORNDE W'T VERTUES FIT FOR LAD'S BRIGHT

SIR THOMAS HUNT 0' MAY DAYES PLEASANT SPR'NG

POSEST Ye FR'WEJ Y< WAS HIS SOULES DELIGHT

H'S LOVLY JANE HAD TO SONS BY THO'S GRIMS ESQ. AND

DAUGHTERS THREE

W'T WEALTH AND VERTUES MET FOR THEY'R DEGRE'
WHE' TWISE VII YEAR' VI MONTS X DAYES WER SPE'
I' WEDLOCKS BONDS AND LOYALL LOVE' DELIGHT
NOVEMB' TWELFT' DAYE THEN SHE WAS CONTENT
THIS WORLD TO LEAVE AND GIVE TO GOD HIS RIGHT
HIR 60 THREE YEARS FULL, COMPLETE AND ENDED
HIR SOU' TO GOD; TO EAR' HIR CORP' COMENDED.

1604.

Sir Thomas Hunt was married three times, Jane Muschamp being his second wife,
te was sheriif of Surrey and Sussex in 1600, and died at Camberwell. His will is
-dated 28th April, 1625, and the terms of his bequest are as follows :-— " I give to the

* Per Pale, Argent and Sable, a saltire counter- { Aubrey prints "fruit," supposing the reference

changed ; on a canton of the second a lion passant to be to the children instead of the wife, who is

gardant of tie first, here called "frowe," a word of similiar import to

t Bray has " Jo : Muschamp 's ;" and Aubrey the Dutch vrow.
"Lomus' chest stock."

48 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Vicar and Churchwardens of Camberwell, to the use of the poor, fifty-three shillings,
and fourpence a year for ever." His instructions respecting his funeral are rather
quaint, and amongst other wishes expressed therein he states, " And the next Sab-
bath day, I would have Mr. Parson to mate some good sermon to the auditory who
come to church." The payment of this bequest was for seventy years allowed to fall
into arrear. but by the professional assistance of Mr. Lilley (Vestry Clerk) the sum
of ^155 was recovered in 1811, and passed by a vestry held March 26th, 1812, to
the credit of the church rate.

THE JEPHSONS.

The Jephson family have long been associated witH the parish of Camberwell,
more particularly as connected with the Free Grammar School. The first of the
family to settle in Camberwell was Alexander Jephson, Fellow of Trinity College,
Dublin, who was compelled to escape from Ireland in the days of Tyrconnel, after
having preached a sermon on Deborah and Barak on the landing of William and
Mary. The sermon was interpreted as seditious, and he would have been imprisoned
by the lord lieutenant if he had not escaped to England. He became master of the
Grammar School at Ratcliffe, and from, thence, with seventy boys, removed to Cam-
berwell School in the year 1700. He was rector of Bell-house, in Essex, and was
succeeded in his school by his son William, who was a Fellow of St. John's College,
Cambridge, and rector of Little Hormead, Herts.

He was succeeded by his son Thomas Jephson, who took his degree at St. John's
College, Cambridge, in honours, but never took holy orders, because when a boy he
lost his leg, and he is stated to have conceived a strong opinion that a mutilated man
should never be ordained. He was a very successful schoolmaster, and had a very
large school. He always had a great desire to raise the number of his scholars to-
one hundred, but hje never succeeded in getting beyond ninety-nine.

He was succeeded in the school by his son, the Rev. William Jephson, also of St.
John's College, Cambridge, who held the position of master in the school till 1842,.
when loss of sight compelled him to resign his position.
. A son of this gentleman is at present rector of Hinton, in Oxfordshire.

The Jephsons always took an active part in all local charities and institutions, and
the Misses Jephson were the principal originators of the Camberwell Savings' Bank.

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1703. Ap. 3rd, bap., Ann, clau. of Mr. Alexander Jephson, master of ye Free
Grammar School of Camerwell.

1703. Sep. 8th, bur., Ann. dau. of Mr. Alexander Jephson, master of the Free

Schoole.

1704. Oct. 13, bap., & bur. 7th March, 1705, Thomas, son of Mr. Alexander

Jephson, master of ye Free Grammar School.

1705. Oct. 17th, bap., and bur. Oct. 25th, Henry and Jane, children of Mr. Alex-

ander Jephson, master of the Free Grammar School.
1724. Aug. 28, bap., William, son of ye Revd Mr. William Jephson and Mary his-

wife.
1736. July 30, bap., Mary, dau. of y« Rev. William Jephson and Mary his wife.

1738. May 1, bap., Alexander, son of ye Reverend Mr. Wm. Jephson and Mary his

wife.

1739. Dec. llth, bur., Mrs. Mary Jephson.

1739. Dec. llth, bap., Thomas, son of ye Revd. Mr. William Jephson, born Nov. 30th.

fy Stals '

ST. GILES'S CHURCH, AND
MBERWELL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

1765.

OLD FAMILIES. 49

1745. Aug. 9, bap., Catherine, dau. of ye Rev. Mr. William Jephson and Martha
his wife.

1761. July 6, bur., the Reverend Mr. Wm. Jephson, Master of the Free School of

Camberwell.

1762. Jan. 15, bur., Charles Jephson.
1764. Jan. 30, bur., Elizabeth Jephson.
1764. May 7, bur., Mrs. Mary Jephson.

1768. Sept. 29, bap!, Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. Thomas Jephson and Elizabeth his wife.
1770. Ap. 25, bap., Thomas, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jephson.

1772. Mar., bap., Mary, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Jephson.

1773. June 25, bap., and bur. 2 Sep. 1773, Mary, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth

Jephson.
1775. May 3, bap., William, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jephson, born April 10th ,

1778. May 13, bap., Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Jephson.

1779. Feb. 2, buried, Prudence Jephson.

1779. Nov. 19, bap., Alexander, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jephson, buried

Nov. 7, 1781.

1780. June 3rd, bur., Thomas Jephson.

1782. Feb. 27, bap., Martha, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Jephson.
1784. June 4, bap., Thomas, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jephson.

THE MUSCHAMPS.

The Muschamps* undoubtedly lived in Camberwell at the time of Henry VIII.
Mr. Bray has traced their pedigree to Thomas Muschampe, to whose memory there
was an inscription in the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, and of whom
Weever, in his Funerall Monumentes, says, " he was Sheriffe of this Citie " (London)
" in the year 1463." The Magna Brit, et Hib. says of the Camberwell family ,f that
" they were ranked among the barons called to Parliament from the reign of King
Henry I. to that of King Henry IV." Lysons states that they came over to England
with William I.

The name of Muschamp occurs in "the Battaile Abbey Roll," containing the
names of the Conqueror's retinue.^

Henry I. gave the barony of Wollover, in Northumberland, to Robert de Musco-
campo, or Muschamp. From him descended another Robert, who in the reign of
Henry III. was reckoned " the mightiest baron in all these northern parts. "§ But of
this family the issue male appears to have failed ; as Camden says, " the inheritance
soon after was divided and shared among women," so that the name as regards this
chief branch became extinct. In the British Museum is a MS. book in which memo-
randa of the Muschamp family are entered. It contains an account of the family of
Thomas Muschamp, of Peckham,|| and the signature of Edward Muschampe, with the
date of 1553.

Elizabeth Muschamp the first child of Thomas Muschamp esquire Pcham in the
Count Surr was borne upon the munday at viij of the cloke a fore none upon seint
lenard Day the vth day of nombr the xj yere of the reigne of Kyng Edward the iiijth
And the godfader sr Water Muschamp Elizabeth wiffe of Rarff of the legh esquyer &
the wiffe of Rauffir West Gedindders.

* Arms : Or, three bars Gules. Ci'est : A mastiff Thomas Muschamp, not William, as previously

dog proper collared Argent. imagined. According to Bray, Agnes Scott was at

t Vol. v. p. 345. once the grandmother (see Exch. Pleas, Edwd. IV.)

{ Stowe Chron. Eng. 157. and the wife of Thomas's son William — an error

§ Camd. Brit. 861 . which has crept in through cutting Agnes into two-

II This Thomas Muschamp was the son of parts.

50 Y' PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Petre Muschampe the sonne of Thomas Muschampe was borne upon the ffryday in
ffebruary in the feste of seint Petre in cathedra in the comyng in of kyng Kerry the
vjth his godfaders Thomas Ph . . . e mrc & Thomas hore mrc godmoth Maude Mus-
champ his grandemoder.

Thomasyn my dought was born upon seint Thomas Day of y ... e in Decembre
upon thoursday the xv yere of kyng Edward Godfaders Colrnan Groode Godmoders
Jenkyn baker the Eldrs wiffe and his brodes wiffe.

Agnes my Dought was born. in Deccbr upon sondaye & Christmas eve hyr Godfader
bake°r, the elder the godemoders, my Gossepe Agnes Skynn' & Symthes wiffe

ffyscha. . . .

Wylyam my sonne by the grace of god was born in August upon seinte laurence
day & upon thursday. his godfaders Willym Welbek of lond & the Vicar of
Camrwell Thorn* orbhm his godmoder his gundem.

Brygytte my dought was born upon seinte petre day in July upon saterday in the
ffirste yere of the reigne off kyng Richard the iijth Godfader Michell Skynn Eliza-
beth Scotte hyr suster Agnes Godmoder, the chyldren of Ric Skynnr Gentylman.

In a MS. volume of church notes, taken by Nicholas Charles, Lancaster herald, in
the reign of James I., and now preserved in the Lansdowne collection,* is a pen-and-
ink sketch showing that one of the windows of Camberwell Church (which, on
referring to Aubrey's Antiquities of Surrey, appears to be the east of the north
aisle) contained the figure of a man attended by his ten sons and a woman attended
by as many daughters, all robed and kneeling in the act of prayer before a fald-stool.
Above the pictures were depicted three shields of arms, viz. : centre shield, quarterly
1 and 4, Or, three bars Gu. for Muschamp ; 2 and 3 Arg. on a chev. Gu., between
three lozenges sable, as jnany martlets Or, for Welbeck ; crest, a mastiff dog
proper, collared Arg. Dexter shield the same, without the crest. Sinister shield the
same, impaling Arg. three bears' heads erased Gu., muzzled Or, in chief as many
Torteaux for Barker. Beneath the figures was the following inscription : —

©rate pro fcono statu SHiIl'tnt fBuscfjamp &rtmgeri et &gneti0 tuor etus an0

S'ttt 1528.

In the north window f were shown the five following shields of arms, in the order
of two and three. First, Muschamp. Second, Welbeck. Third, Muschamp, impaling,
Arg. on a fess Sa., three boars' heads couped Or, for Scott. Fourth, Muschamp,
impaling, Gu. a chev. between three crosslets Or, for Bishe. Fifth, Muschamp and
Welbeck quarterly, impaling, quarterly : 1 and 4, Arg. a chev. Sa. between three
perukes proper, for Harmonde ; 2 and 3, Arg. on a fess Sa. between three apples
Vert, a mullet of the first, for Appleton. Beneath the arms was the following
inscription : —

©rate pro iono statu TOtl'mi fHusefjamp armigeri et &gnetus eonsorttu etus &n°
Bn't 1528.

Lysons is of opinion that the figures behind William and Agnes Muschamp were
not intended to represent the children of William Muschanip,t as Agnes brought
him no issue, and his children by his other wives, though numerous, fell short of the
number specified (20). One of these figures he conjectures to represent John Scott,
Baron of the Exchequer and brother of Agnes, and others to be his sons.

According to the following § record of baptisms, however, it would appear that

* No. 874, vol. Ixiv. widow of Nicholas Minne, Esq., Alderman of Lon-

i A\;brey, i. 166. don ; 3, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Sandys,

J William Muschamp had three wives : 1, Agnes, Esq.

daughter of Wm. Scott, Esq. ; 2, Elizabeth, daughter § Harl. MSS., No. 1807, p. 310.

of Henry Harmonde, Esq., of Cray ford, Kent,

OLD FAMILIES. 51

William Muschamp had nine sons and six daughters, and it is not by any means
improbable that the five missing children have escaped the notice of the genealogists.

To the In the name of god amen yor most honora yor

most

love dread and honor god Jove
yor most in the

Deare freend.

Edithe my doughter was borne the xvj daye of nouemb in the xxiijth yere
of kyng Henry the vijth And hir godmothers was my lady Carne & my lady
Leght of Stokwell & hir godfather Willm Brothers of london Drap.

Itm. Kaff Mnschamp my Eldest son was borne the viij Daye of Decemb.
the xxiiijth yere of kyng Henry the vijth And his godfathers was Raff Aleght
of the Temple And Razaing fforde And his godmother Kateryn welbek his
gradar ....

Itm. John my sone was borne the viijth Daye of May the ffirst yere of
kyng Henry the viijth And his godfathers Sr John legh & "Willm.
polkyn & his godmother mris Scott.

31ortug. Willm Muschamp was borne the xiiijth Daye of ffebruary the iij'le
yere of Kyng Henry the viijth his godfathers was Willm Welbek & Willm
Haddon his godmother his Auncte Dandyson.

Edward Muschamp was borne the first Daye of Aprell in the viijth yere
H. viij his godfathers the prior of Seynt Mary ourey & John Worsopp his
godmother my lady hoddy.

Mary my Doughter was borne the xiijth Daye of ffebruary in the vjth yere
of H. viijth hir godmothers my lady Jernynghin & my lady Archelley hir
godfather Richard Baker of Pekhm.

1515 Thomas my son was borne the xxvjth Daye of January the vijth yere of
H. viijth his godfather my brother John Somrs And mr Thomas Stacy vycar
of Cam1 well, And his godmother mrs Jernynghm wydowe.

nono Xpofer my sone was borne the vijth Daye of Aprell in the yere of or lord
V11J 1517 his godfathers sr xpofer garnyssh knyglit mr Willm Drap Gent his
godmother.

Richard my sone was bo'ne the xiiij Day of August in the xj yere of
H. viijth his godfathers Sr Richard Jernynghin knyglit & mr Thomas
Kytson mrc ml Jerlynghm his godmother.
)rtg. ffrauncs my son was borne

his godmoth

Willm my sone was borne the v Daye of January in the xiiij yere of
H. viijth his godfathers the prior of Seynt Mary ourey and Willm Holland
goldsmyth of London his godmother maistres Amadas goldsmyth.
lortg. Elizabeth my Doughtir was borne the xxth Daye of (blank) in the xvijth
yere of H. viijth hir godmother Elizabeth Drap & mary legh hir godfather.

Anne my Doughtir was boriie the viijth Day of ffebruary the xix yere of
H. viijth hir godmother Margaret lambard & Agnes Aleyn hir godfather,
lortg. Letice my Doughtir was borne (blank).

Martha my Doughtir was borne the vjth Day of ffebruary in the xxjtu
yere of H. viij.

Thomas, who is styled " citizen and goldsmith of London," married Catherine,
ighter of Louclay, and had issue two daughters ; Jane, married to Thomas Grymes,
London, and Susan, married to Henry Tappesfield, citizen and merchant of
mdon.

E 2

52 Y< PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Richard remained at Peckliam, as did also his son, grandson, and great-grandson
who were all named Francis, and are described as of that place.

A moiety of" Camberwell " manor was conveyed to Thomas Muschamp by Edward
Scott in 1564. From him it passed to his daughter, who was married to Sir Thomas
Grymes. Ralph Muschamp held the other moiety in 1588, and his grandson died
seised of it in 1632. Mary, his daughter, married Edward Eversfield, who sold it to-
Sir Thomas Bond.

The old manor-house stood near the High Street, on the land now intersected by
the Grand Surrey Canal, and was pulled down in the reign of Charles II. by,-
Sir Thomas Bond.

FROM THE CHURCH REGISTER.

1562. Oct. xxij, bap., Margaret, dau. of Mr. Muschamp.

1562. Nov. iv, bur., Margaret, dau. of Mr. Muschamp.

1564. Oct. xv, bap., Saints, dau. of ffrauncis Muschamp, gent.

1566. May xxij, bap., ffrauncess, dau. of ffrauncis Muschamp.

1567. Julye xx, bap., Jane, dau. of ffrauneis Muschamp, Esquire.

1568. Jany. xviij, bap., John, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1569. Feb. xv, bap., Mathye, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.
1569. Feb. xxix, bur., Mathye. sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.
1569. Maye xxiv, bur., John, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.
1571. Aug. i, bap., Agnes, dau. of ffrauncis Muschamp, Esquire.
1579. Aug. xxiij, bap., ffrauncis, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1584. Aug. xxix, bur., Mris Isabell Muschamp, wyfe of Mr. Ralphe Muschamp.

1596. Jan. xxvj, mar., Mri8 Katherine, dau. of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp, anc£

Mr. ffrauncis ffromonde.

1597. Jan. xix, mar., Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp and Mris Alice Mosley.

1598. Nov. v, bap., ffrauncis, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1599. Jan. xxij, bap., Benjamin, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1601. June xxj, bap., John, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1602. Sept. iv, bur., John, sonne of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1602. Sept. xiv, bur., Benjamin, sonne of Maister ffrauncis Muschamp.

1602. Nov. xij, bur., Mris E. Muschamp, wyfe of ffrauncis Muschamp.

1603. Nov. xiij, bap., Thomas, sonne of ffrauncis Muschamp.
1605. Sept. viij, bap., Susan, dau. to Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1608. Feb. xxviij, bap., Mary, dau. of Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1609. Mar. v, bur., Mris Mary, dau. to Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.

1610. Jan. xxi, bap., Elizabeth, dau. to ffrauncis Muschamp, gent.
1612. Aug. xxij, bur., ffrauncis Muschamp, gent.

1617. Ap. xvi, bur., ffrauncis Muschamp, Esquire.

1618. Sep. xv, bur., Sir Thomas Muschamp, Kiit.

1619. Jan. vij, mar., Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp and Mris Jane Bynde.
1619. Dec. xvj, bap., Katherine, dau. to ffrauncis Muschamp.
1619. Dec. xxij, bur., Katherine, dau. to Mr. ffrauncis Muschamp.
1621. Aug. xxviij, bap., Edmond, sonne to ffrauncis Muschamp, Esquire.

1627. Jan. xiij, bur., ffrancis, sonne of Mr. ffrancis Muschamp.

1628. Jan. ij, bur., Mris Jane, wyfe to Mr. ffrancis Muschamp.
1632. July xxvij, bur., Mr. ffrancis Muschamp.

1637. Maye vj, bur., Thomas Muschamp, gent.
1652. Sept. xiv, bur., Alice Muschamp.
1664. Ap. xj, bur., Elizabeth Muschamp.

OLD FAMILIES.

THE GRYMES FAMILY.*

The Grymes f were an old Peckham family. Thomas Grimes, of London, citizen
haberdasher, and of Peckliam, son of Richard £ Grymes, of London, married Jane,§
daughter and co-heir of Thomas Muschamp, of Peckham, and thus became possessed
of a moiety of the Manor of Camberwell. They had two sons, Thomas and John.
Sir Thomas was justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant of Surrey, and M.P. for
le county in 1623 ; he married Margaret, daughter of Sir George Moore, of Looseley,
Surrey, and sister to the wife of Dr. Donne. In a letter dated from Peckham, June
10th, 1606, and addressed to the Right Worshipful Sir George More, Knt., at Losely,
Sir Thomas expressed his pleasure at hearing of his sister Frances' preferment " (her
marriage with Sir John Oglander), desires to be remembered to his brother More
concerning certifying " the collectors of the fifteenes into Chancery ;" states that his
wife is " reasonable well," and that she was " brought to bed safely of a daughter on
last Whitsunday." He subscribes himself Sir George's " most assured son-in-law."

Sir Thomas Grimes had a numerous family, mostly daughters. He was succeeded
by his eldest son George,|| "sonne to Sr Thomas Grymes, who was married to Alice,
daughter and co-heir of Charles Lovell, of West Harding, Norfolk."

In Sir Edward Bysshe's Visitation of Surrey, 1662, the title of baronet IT is given to
-Sir George Grymes and Thomas his son ; but it is generally believed that the family
had only a warrant, and never passed the patent. His son Sir Thomas Grymes sold
his Peckham estates to his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Bond, Bart.

Sir George Grymes was intimately connected with the Royalist cause ; for in his
petition " touching such Gent" as shall retourne from His Mate Service upon ye late
Declaracon of Parliam*," he describes himself as having " for a long time wayted on
His Mat6'* person as his sworne servant."

Richard Grymes, a younger brother of Sir George Grymes, of Peckham, in 1649
also made an application to the " Commissiones for Compounding with Delinquents,"**
though it would seem from the following petition that he was not so much implicated
as some of his neighbours : —

The humble peticion of Richard Grymes of Peckham in the County of Surrey,
Sheweth,

That yor petr was never sequestred nor iudiceally impeached for any
Delinquency against the Parliament, nor was engaged in either Warre, but doubtinge
hee may hereafter bee lyable to sequestracon for something said or donne in relacon to
the first warre doth in pursuance of the late vote of yc 21 of March, 1648, humbly

Idresse himselfe to this honble Comittee.

And humbly praieth to bee admitted to Composicon according to the said votes as
being himselfe the firste discoverer.

Recd the 8th June, 1649, And the petr shall pray &c.

and Refterred — upon
his owne discourie.

* The name of this family is variously written
•as follows : — "Grymes," "Grimes," " Crymes."

t Arms : Or on three bars gu. as many martletts
of the first ; on a chief of the second two bars
nebulee Arg. Crest : A martlett vert.

I This Richard was no doubt the Master Grymes
.referred to by Henry Machyn in his Diary, Aug. 1st,
1553 :—

"The furst day of August was chossen the
shereyffe of London, Master (blank) Grymes,
clothworker, d welly ng in saynt Laurans Lane ; and
the vj day of August he was dysmyssd of the
shreyffship ; and in ys sted was chossen Thomas
Clayton, baker, the wyche Master Grymes gayff for
.ys fyneijclb."

§ She afterwards married Sir Thomas Hunt, and

her burial is thus recorded in the Register : —

" 1604, Nov. 13th, Dame — Hunt, wife to Sir
Thomas Hunt."

|| It appears from the Feet of Fines, Co. Surrey,
1565, "that iSir George and Alice his wife
possessed, amongst other property in Peckham,
one cottage, one garden, one orchard, six acres of
meadow, and four acres of pasture. "

And again in another agreement, " six messuages,
six gardens, six orchards, 2l) acres of land, and
four acres of meadow, and 50 acres of pasture."

TI This title is given once only in the Church
Register, viz., to ,Sir Thomas Grymes in Eiity.
19th Ap. 1664.

** Roy. Coinp. Pap., vol. xlii. p. 712.

54 Y* PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

According to the schedule of property accompanying the petition, it appears that
Eichard Grymes was "seised in reversion after the life of Mrs. Margaret Grymes his
mother," of property to the value of <£80 per annum. This, however, was mort-
gaged to one John Prettyward, ironmonger, for ^£300, for which he paid interest at the-
rate of 8 per cent. The statement was endorsed by John Sarney, of Peckham.
The following is the inventory of the goods of Richard Grymes : —

£ s. d.

Impris a Scarlett Coate and Pettycoate of blewe silke . 100
It. a silver Tankard a silver paire of Snuffers a silver

Poringer & an Aqua vite "botle 300

It. 2 peeces of nourished knetwork & I peece of Cutworke

holland wlh a lace about it 200

It. a fine paire of holland Sheetes 1100

It. a paire of laced Sheetes & curtaines for a bed . . 2 0 0>

It. a Counter pointed Cupboard .... worke wrought w. 100

It. a redd .... furniture for a Bedd wth .... silver lace 500

It. a quilted Counter point 050'

It. 2 paire of holl . . Pillowbeeres 050

It. 5 Table Cloathes & Cupboard Cloathes of coarse Diap 0 13 4

It. 2 Diap Cupboard Cloathes . ... . . . 056

It. 43 Table Cloathes & 1 Cupboard Cloatli . . . 080-

It. Diap Cupboard Cloathes 0*0

It. a laced Cupboard Cloatli 006

It. 5 Table Cloathes 0 10 0

It. 3 paire of Pillowbeeres 060'

It. 11 paire of Sheetes 2 0 0

It. 2 Trunckes 068'

The Appraisers John Knight gen & Capt

John Pegge gen

Itm. in ye greate Truncke 1 plush Cloake . . . . 500-

It. a fur Coate 0134

It. a black velvett suite & Cloake of Cloatli . . . . 3 10 0-

It. a black Shagg base Suite & Cloake . . . . 1100

It. a Cloath Suite 300

It. a redd blush Cloake & paire of Damaske briggs & a

white Sattin Dublett 2 10 fr-
it, a Cloath Cloake 500

It. a green e plush Cloake & a greene Sattin Dublett . . 2 10 0-

It. a black lyning for a Cloake & wrought wast coate . . 080

It. 2 Hatts 2 Girdles points a hatband and blue rubbin . 050
It. in ye litle Trunck 2 paire of silke hose 2 paire of silke

Garters 2 Dozen points a psalme booke . . . . 100-

£46 18 4
FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1603. Aug. xxix, bap., Frances, dau. of Sir Thomas Grymes.

1604. Feby. x, bap., George, sonne of Sir Thomas Grymes.

1606. June xxiv, bap., Elizabeth, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.

1607. Jan. — ,bur., Elizabeth, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.
1607. Oct. iv, bap., Martha, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.

* Blank in original document.

SCOTT'S MONUMENT OLD ST. GILES'S CHURCH.
( see page 55 )

COPIED BY PERMJSSION FROM ALLPORT'S COLLECTIONS, &C.

OLD FAMILIES. 55

1609. Jan. xxix, bap., Arthur, sonne of Sir Thomas Grymes.

] 609. Mar. xii, mar., Mris Mary Grymes* and Mr. William Glascock.

1609. Jan. xxix, bap., Arthur, sonne to Sir Thomas Grymes.

1610. June xxviij, bap., Thomas, sonne to Sir Thomas Grymes.
1615. Sep. v, bur., Mris Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Grymes.
1615. Sep. xj, bur., Mris Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas Grymes.

1615. Dec. xxx, bap., Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas Grymes.

1616. June ij, bap., Margaret, dau. to Mr. John Grymes.

1617. June iij, bur., Anne, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.

1618. July xvj, bur., Eliza, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.
1621. Ap. xij, bap., Susannah, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.
1624. Oct. xiv, bap., Constance, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.
1626. Sept. xxiij, bur., Mri9 Margaret, dau. to Sir Thomas Grymes.
1638. Mar. xix, bur., Mris Jane Grymes.

1638. May vij, bap., Charles Lowell, sonne to Sir George Grymes.
1638. May x, bap., Thomas, sonne to Sir George Grymes.
1640. May i, bap., Margaret, dau. to Sir George Grymes.

1640. Dec. xxiv, bur., Mr. John Grymes.

1641. Ap. xx, bap., George, sonne of Sir George Grymes.
1644. May vij, bur., Sir Thomas Grymes, Knt.

1644. Dec. xiv, bap., Mary, dau. to Sir George Grymes.

1646. July i, bap., Richard, sonne of Sir George Grymes.

1647. Nov. xiii, bur., Constance, dau. of Sir Thomas Grymes.
1652. Sept. xxix, bur., George, sonne of Sir George Grymes.

1654. July xxiij, bap., Henry, sonne of Sir George Grymes.

1655. Oct. xxij, bur., Benjamin, sonne of Sir George Grymes.
1655. Nov. xv, bur., Lady Margaret Grymes.

1657. Oct. xv, bur., Sir George Grymes.

1660. Sept. vj, bap., Edward, sonne of Sir Thomas Grymes.

1661. Jan. xxv, bur., Richard Grymes, Esquire.

1664. Ap. xix, bur., Edward, sonne of Sir Thomas Grymes, Bart.

THE ODES.

The Odes were residents of Camberwell in the 6th year of Edward III., when
William Ode was assessed in a lay subsidy at that time to the extent of 12 pence.

In the 12th of Henry VI. the name of "Richard Ode de Camerwelle" is returned
as one of the principal residents, and in the 38th Henry VIII. Henry Ode was
assessed at 16s. for his " goods and cattail."

The name occurs in various rates and subsidies down to the seventeenth century.

THE SCOTTS.

There were several monuments in the south aisle of St. Giles's Church to the
Scotts,f a family long connected with this parish ; that of Edward Scott being a grey-
stone slab, inlaid with a full-length brass of a knight in armour, with the following
inscription : —

OF Y0r CHARITIE P'Y FOR Yc SOULLE OF e&hmrlr £cott on' of se soncs

* In a pedigree of the Grymes family (Harl. couped Or. Crest: 1, a cup Arg. of fire Proper; 2,

MSS.) Mr. Wm. Glascocke is described as of " Hen- a boar's head couped Arg. a pheon fixed fessways

ingham, in Essex." in the neck Sable.

t Arms : Arg. on a fess Sable, three boars' heads

56 ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

of SJofm £rott esauifr to&icfie etrtoartr trcressgtr tije ntith Hag of £epte'ier &n° lint
fttrrrrc in bit! ON WHOSE SOULLE & ALL XPC'N SOULLS JH'U HAVE
MERCY.

John Scott, father of the above, was sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1520 ; was con-
stituted third Baron of the Exchequer* 15th May, 20th Henry VIII. (1529), and died
Sept. 7th, 1532. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Skynner, and sister and
co-heiress' to William Skynner, of Camberwell, Esq., by whom he had issue John,
his son and heir, and Edward, who died Sept. 29th, 1538, and Elizabeth, married to
— Appleyard.

The inscription on John Scott's monument was as follows :—

OF YOUR CHARITE P'Y FOR THE SOULLE OF Jofin Scott winter anb
one of tlje Barons of or ^oubagnge lortr tije ling's excljefeer, toljgclje Jfo^n trecesgtr tf)e
btj irase of £eptemfot t' tfie iitttj sere of tlje reggne of our ^oubagnge lortr l^tng
&enrg tf)e bitj. antr i' tf)e gere of our lortr (HJotr xbrmii. ON WHOSE SOULLE
GOD HAVE M'CY AND ON ALL CHRISTIAN SOULES. AMEN.

John Scott, Esq., his son and heir, was lord of the manor of Camberwell Bucking-
hams, and sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1548. This Scott is mentioned by
Holinshed as having been concerned in. the month of November, 1520, with Lords
Ogle and Howard, Sir Matthew Browne and Sir Wm. Bulmer, in certain " riots,
misdemeanours, and offences."f It appears that they were all pardoned save the
Lord Ogle, whose case, being murder, was remitted to the common law. John Scott J
was thrice married, and, according to his monument in the church, had nine children ;
but in his will it appears he had, besides Margaret, four other daughters — Elizabeth,
Ann, Mary, and Friswith, bequeathing to each of them .£10 on their marriage. In
an inquisition taken at his death it was found that he died " seised of the manor of
Camberwell, late the Duke of Buckingham's, who was attainted, of a moiety of the
manor of Canierwell, held of that manor of Camerwell which was late the Dukes ; of
a moiety of the manor of Cold Abbey in Camerwell, held of Ralp Muschamp of his
moiety of the manor of Camerwell ; also of a moiety of the manor of Bredinghurst,"
and of other estates in Woodmanstern, Chipstead, Carshalton. &c. By his will he
devised the manor of Camerwell, which was late the Duke of -Buckingham's, with a
messuage in East Dulwich, alias Peckham Rye, to five of his sons, Edward, William,
Bartholomew, Edgar, and Acton, equally between them. He died Aug. loth, 1558.
The inscription on the tablet in the church was as follows : —

JOHN SCOTT, THE SON AND HEIR OF JOHN SCOTT, ONE OF THE
BARONS OF THE EXCHEQUER, BEING MARRIED TO ELIZABETH
THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN ROBINS, MERCHANT, OF THE STAPLE
AT CALAIS, HAD ISSUE JOHN : RICH : EDW : WILL : BARTHOLOMEW :
ACTON. BEING ALSO MARRIED TO A SECOND WIFE CHIS. THE
WIDOW OF JOHN SANDFORD, HAD ISSUE MARG : AND BY MARG :
BORTON HIS 3rd WIFE HAD EDGAR AND SOUTHWELL, OF WHICH
HIS NINE CHILDREN, BARTHO : SCOTT HIS Vth SONNE REPAIRING
YE DECAYED RUINES OF THIS RIGHT WORSHIPFUL AND ANCIENT
FAMILY REVIVETH THE MEMORY OF HIS DECEASED § FATHER.

* There was a former John Scott, appointed Baron yons of armes." The date of Master Skott's

of the Exchequer 8th Jan., 4 Hen. VIII. (1513). funeral, given by Machyn, does not altogether fit in

Holinshed, Ed. 1557, vol. ii. p. 1507. with any of the Scotts who were justices of the

.<*r ln Macnvns Diary, 1560, mention[is made of peace. It refers possibly to Thomas Scott, whose

Master Skott of Cam (berwell), justes a pese, a name occurs in Cole's Escheats, i. 441.

vere good m:m, and he had (a) ij dosen of tkotch- § Aubrey supplies the last word 74).

OLD FAMILIES. 57

Bartholomew,* the fifth son of John Scott, is described as " a valiant, wise, and
religious gentleman." He was thrice married, first to " Marg. ye wido. of the Eight
Revered Prel. and Martyr Tho. Cranmer, Arch-Bish of Canterbarie ; f ye 2 was
<Dhrista, the widow of Laud, cit. of Londo.*: 'ye 3 and last was Marg. the widow of
William Gardiner, Esq., justice of peace in ye coun. of Sur." J

Bartholomew, notwithstanding his three marriages, died without issue, and was suc-
ceeded in his property by Peter Scott, his nephew, the son of Acton Scott, his brother,
"" whom he had carefully and lovingly fostered up from his youth, the heir of their
lands and the hope of their family."

Peter Scott was knighted at Whitehall, 2 April, 1621, and married Elizabeth,
•eldest daughter of Edward Kedarminster, Esq., " one of the 6 clarks of Chancery,
in 1599. He had one son and three daughters, and died on the 28th June, 1622.
The verses on the monument erected to his memory by his widow are exceedingly
-appropriate as a souvenir of departed worth : —

HERE MIGHT BE PRAISES, BUT HE NEEDS NOT THEM,
SUCH PUFFS THE VERTUOUS AND THE GOOD CONTEMN,
FOR SUCH ARE BETTER PLEASED GOOD TO BE
THAN TO BE CALLED SO ; AND SUCH WAS HE.
THIS THEN FOR OSTENTATION RAISE WE NOT,
NOR OUT OF FEAR HIS WORK SHOULD BE FORGOT,
BUT THAT THE READER AND THE PASSER BY,
REFLECTING ON HIS SHRINE OF DEATH AN EYE,
MAY MIND THEIR OWN ; SO NEITHER WILL THE COST
SEEM VAIN, OR THE BEHOLDER'S LABOUR LOST.

John Scott, Esq., son of Sir Peter, was a justice of the peace of the county of
iSurrey, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Cherry, Esq., of Camberwell.
He died in 1674, and was succeeded by his son Peter Scott, LL.D., Canon of Windsor,
in 1671. He was married— first, to Margaret,§ daughter of Sir Wm. Bowles, of Clerken-
well ; and second, to Margaret, daughter of Clement Spelman, Baron of the Exchequer.

He died in 1689, aged 49 years, and was buried " in linnen," for which privilege
•was paid " to ye poore the somme of fiftie shillings."

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1558. Aug. xv, bur., John Scott, gent.

1559. Feb. xiv, bur., Anna Scott.

1560. Aug. xviij, bap., Henry Scott.
1560. Dec. xviij, bur., Mr. Richard Scott.
1560. Dec. xviij, bur., John Scott, son of above.

1564. Jan. xxiv, mar., Maister Wm. Scott and Anne Croft.

* On six small shields in front of Bartholomew and by the spoyle of hys goodes after hys attainder,
^Scott's monument were the armorial bearings of he left hys wyfe and chyldren unprovided." She
Scott, viz. — Arg. on a fess Sable, three boars' heads, is by both represented as a Dutch woman, and re-
couped, Or ; and also those of Bekewell, Bretyng- lative of Osianders. As Bart. Scott's first wife is
hurst, Welbeck, Skynner, and Robins. The same elsewhere described as Margaret Whitechurch, she
bearings were marshalled on a single shield sur- must have had another husband before Scott,
mounting the entablature. perhaps " Maister Wychurch," who was buried at

t Strype, in his life of the Archbishop, states that Camberwell 1 Dec. 1561. Allport (in his Collec-

Cranmer's second wife (he had lost his first in tions) is of opinion that it was a gross blunder of

childbirth) was named Ann, "and living she was the writer of the Epitaph, and that the Margaret

toward the latter end of Archbishop Parker's time, mentioned was the daughter of the right reverend

-and for her subsistence enjoyed an abbey in Not- prelate, as Fox states that he left a married

tinghamshire, which King Henry, upon Dr. daughter.

Butt's motion, without the Archbishop's know- As Cranmer was 67 years old at the time of his

ledge, granted to him and his heirs." death, in 1556, his wife, supposing her to have been

Fox, the martyrologist, gives a different version. the same age as the prelate, was 75 years of age

By his 'account, Cranmer's last wife was left when Scott is stated to have married her in 1564 !
-altogether unprovided for, her husband having J Epitaph of Bart. Scott.

" sold hys plate, and payed all hys debtes, so that § By Margaret, daughter of John Donne, .D.,

no man could ask him a grote, although thereby, Dean of St. Paul's.

58 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1564. Nov. xxix, mar., Bartholomew Scott and Margaret Whitechurch.

1565. Maye vj, bap., Elizabeth, dan. of William Scott, gent.

1566. June xvij, bur., Mistress Ann, wyfe of Wm. Skott, gent.

1567. Jan. xxxj, bap., Robert, sonne of Mr. William Scott.

1572. Feb. xiv, bur., Mr. Edward Scott, Esquier.

1573. Julye xix, bap., Isabell, dau. of Mr. Acton Scott.
1578. Nov. xxx, bap., Peter Scott, sonne of Mr. Acton Scott.
1580. Mar. x, bap., Dudley, sonne of Mr. Acton Scott.

1580. Julye xvij, William, sonne of Mr. William Scott.

1581. Mar. v, bur., William, sonne of Mr. William Scott.

1581. Sep. xvij, bap., John, sonne of Mr. Acton Scott.

1582. Sep. xxvi, bur., Winnifred Scott, dau. of Mr. Acton Scott.

1583. Jan. xij, bap., Edgar, sonne of Maister Acton Scott.

1583. June xxx, bap., Agnes, dau. of Mr. William Scott.

1584. Maye xxviij, bur., Edgar, sonne of Mr. Acton Scott.

1587. Mar. xxxj, bur., Dudley, sonne of Mr. Acton Scott.

1588. Aug. viij, bur., Mr. William Scott, Esquier.

1592. Sep. iv, bur., Mris Anne, wife of Mr. Acton Scott.

1593. Maye xxx, bur., Mr. Robert Scott, sonne of Mris Scott, wydowe.

1593. June xxj, mar., Acton Scott, gent., and Elizabeth Norton, gentlewoman.

1593. Sept. vij, bur., Mr. Acton Scott.

1595. Sep. ix, mar., Margaret Scott and George Barrett.

1599. Ap. xvj, mar., Mr. Peter Scott and Mris Elizabeth P. Kedderminster.

1600. June v, bur., Maister Bartholomew Scott, Esquier.

1609. Jany. xviij, bap., Marmaduke Scott, sonne of John Scott, gent.

1610. July xxvj, bap., Letitia, dau. of Peter Scott, gent.
1616. Ap. xv, bur., a man child, sonne to Mr. Peter Scott.
1619. Sep. vij, bap., Ann, dau. of Peter Scott, Esquier.

1619. Oct. xxviij, bap., Thomas, sonne to Mr. John Scott, gent.

1629. Jan. xxxj, bur., Ladye Elizabeth Scott.

'1639. July xxiv, bur., Thomas, sonne of Mr. Marmaduke Scott.

1640. July xviij, bur., John, sonne of Mr. Marmaduke Scott.

1641. May xj, bur., John, sonne of Mr. John Scott.

1642. Sep. xxix, bap., Francis, sonne to John Scott, Esquier.

1643. Nov. i, bap., Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. John Scott.

1644. Feb. xj, bur., John, sonne of Mr. Marmaduke Scott.
1644. Nov. xij, bap., Robert, sonne to Mr. John Scott.
1644. Dec. xj, bap., John, sonne of Mr. Marmaduke Scott.
1646. Maye vij, bapt., Mary, dau. of John Scott, Esquier.
1649. Oct. xi, bur., Lancelot, sonne of Mr. Marmaduke Scott.

1649. Dec. iij, bur., Marmaduke Scott.

1650. Mar. vij, bap., John, sonne of John Scott, Esquier.

1651. Ap. ix, bap., Edmund, sonne of John Scott, Esquier.
1651. Maye ij, bur., Edward, sonne of John Scott, Esquier.
1651. June xxvij, bur., Anne, dau. of John Scott, Esquier.

1655. Dec. viij, bap., Edward, sonne of Mr. John Scott.

1656. Mar. xxv, bap., James, sonne of Mr. John Scott.

1657. Dec. xxj, bur., James, sonne to Mr. John Scott.

1660. Dec. xj, bur., Mr. Peter Scott.

1661. Sep. xij, bap., Sarah, dau. to John Scott, Esquier.
1664. Ap. xxvij, bap., Peter, sonne of Mr. Peter Scott.
1666. Mar. xx, bap., John, sonne to Mr. Peter Scott.

"SCOTT" MONUMENT IN OLD ST. GILES'S CHURCH.

( see page 57 )

COPIED BY PERMISSION FROM ALLPORT's COLLECTIONS, &C.

OLD FAMILIES. 59

1668. Aug. ix, bap., Elizabeth, dan. to Dr. Peter Scott.
1670. Mar. xx, bap., Bartholomew, sonne of Dr. Peter Scott.

1674. Sept. iv, bur., John Scott, Esquier.

1675. Jan. xj, bap., Acton, sonne of Dr. Peter Scott.

1679. Oct. xxviij, bap., Isabella, clau. of Dr. Peter Scott.

1680. Jan. xxj, bur., Mary, wife of Mr. Edward Scott.

1680. Oct. i, bur., Mr. A Scott.

1681. Sept. 7, bur. (affidavit), John, sonne of Dr. Peter Scott.

1682. Feb. vj, bur., Margaret, wife of Dr. Peter Scott.

1690. Jan. i, bur., Peter Scott, LL.D., buried in linnen, 50s. to ye poore.

1690. July xxvj, bur., Mr. Peter Scott.

1691. Dec. iij, bur., Henreta Maria Scott.

1693. Dec. ij, bap., Lucy, dau. of Francis Scott, Esquier.

1695. Mar. xxv, bur., ffrancis Scott, Esq.

1695. Ap. xiv, bap., sonne of ffrancis Scott, Esquier.

1705. Mar. 24, bur., Win. Scott, Esq.

1720. July 14, bur., Mrs. Anne Scott.

1723. Aug. 28, bur., Henry, son of Mr. Henry Scott.

THE SHARDS.

The Shards of Peckham were a family of considerable note in the latter part of
the eighteenth centuiy, and a large portion of Peckham once belonged to them.
The estate of Sir Thomas Bond, afterwards held by Lord Trevor, was bought by Mrs.
Hill, aunt of Isaac Pacatus Shard, Esq., who lived at the splendid mansion in Hill
Street, then known as Lord Lane.

William Shard, the son, afterwards succeeded to the estate, and he was succeeded
by his brother Charles.

The mansion was pulled down in 1797, and the fine estate was soon after sold and
became the property of several owners, amongst whom may be mentioned Daniel
Cronin, Esq., a wealthy freeholder of this parish. The Shard family have given
their name to several places in this parish, such as Shard's Square, Shard's Terrace, &c..

FKOM CHURCH EEGISTER.

1737. Nov. 14, bur., Dame Elizabeth Shard.

1739. Mar. 19, bur., , son of Isaac Packatus Shard and Elizabeth his

wife.

1740. Jan. 2, bur., Sir Isaac Shard, Knt.

1740. March 3, bur., Richard, son of Isaac Packatus Shard, Esq., and Elizabeth

his wife.

1740. Oct. 21, bur., Mrs. Mary Shard, wife of A. Shard, Esq.
1742. April 25, bur., Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Pacatus Shard, Esq., and Elizabeth

his wife.

1747. Jan. 6, bur., Richard, son of Isaac Pacatus Shard, Esq., and Elizabeth his wife.
1749. Sep. 13, bur., George, son of Isaac Pacatus Shard, Esq., and Elizabeth his

wife.
1749. Oct. 9, bur., Isaac Pacatus, son of Isaac Pacatus Shard, Esq., and Elizabeth

his wife.

1758. Jan. 26, bur., Jacob Shard.
1766. July 2, bur., Isaac Pacatus Shard, Esq.
1776. Oct. 10, bur., Mrs. Elizabeth Shard.

,60 ye PABISH OF CAMERWELL.

FAMILY OF SHELBURY.

According to Sir Edward Bysshe's Visitation of Surrey (1662), Richard Shelbury*
was at that time a Camberwell gentleman of some considerable standing. His name
.also occurs amongst the intended Knights of the Royal Oak in 1660 as "Alderman
Richard Shelbury,'' with an estate of £1,000 per annum. His name, however, does
not occur in the list of lord mayors or sheriffs.

ENTRIES IN CHURCH REGISTER.
1656. July 30, bur., Richard, son of Richard Shelbery.
1660. June 9, bap., Richard, son of Richard Shelbury.

1660. Sept. 21, bur., Richard Shelbury, son to Mr. Richard Shelbury.

1661. Sept. 9, bap., John, son of Richard Shelbery.

1664. Sept. — , mar., Joseph Harrey, Doctor of Law, and Abegail, dan. of Richard

Shelbery, Esquire, Alderman of the city of London.
1669. Aug. 30, bur., Mrs. Sarah Shelbery.

NICHOLAS SIMANS.

The willt of this gentleman, described as a " husbandman of the pishe of Camer-
•well," bears date 1544. In the subsidy granted in the 34 & 35 Henry VIII., Mr.
.Symons is assessed to the extent of 10s. " for his goods and cattail " at Camberwell.
The will is as follows : —

In the name of God, Amen. The yere of our lord god mVxliiij and the xxj*
daye of the monyth of Maye I Nicolas Simans husbanman of the pishe of camerwell
w'in the countie of Surr and Diocys of Wynchester being of a hole memore and
stedfast mynd make my testament and last wyll in thys maner and forme Mowing,
fyrst I bequethe my sowle unto god allmigtie to our blessyd lady saint Mari and to
all the glorius company of heauen and my body to be buryed w'in the chyrche yarde
of saint gyles Camrwell aforesaid. Item I bequethe to the hyghe alter of the foresaid
churche of Camburwell for tythes necligentli forgotton iiijd. Item I bequethe to my
.sune watr ij oxen and one aker of my best whet and one other of my best otes. Item I
bequethe to Ry chard my sune ij yunge steares and ij cowe bullockes. Item I bequethe
to Isabell my doughter a cowe. Item I bequethe to Sybbell my Dougter a cowe. Item I
bequethe to Steuen Sayll my sune in lawe all the goods being in a close called
Duntons herde. Item I bequethe to Cateryne Whyte my saruant a shepe. Item to
Maryane fraunces my seruand a shepe. Item to harri olyfe xijd. Item I bequeth to
kateryne olyfe xijd. Item I wyll that yf yt shall happen any of theys my sars
chylderne to dyssece before that they be mariable that then the other chylderne
surviuing theyme so dyscesd shall haue and enioye the parte or partes of them so
dyscesyd and so cache of them to be others eayrs which parte or partes. I wyll to be
delyuered by even porcyons equalle emonge theme The resydue of all my goods and
cattels being unbequethyd fyrst my detes paycl and legacys performyd and my funerall
costes dyschargyd I gyue and bequethe to Agnes my Wyfe whom I make my sole
xecutrice and 1 ordeyne and make Robert Olyfe superviser of thys my said testament
and last wyll, and I wyll that he shall haue for hys paynes iijs iiijd. Wytnes hereof
sr Thomas share pryste, Robert Ramsey, Steuen Sayll, John lewis, Wyth other moo.

'Arras: Gyronny of four Arg. and Gules. Crest: Gules. A mullet for difference.
A lion's head erased, Gyronny of four Arg. and t Add. MSS. (B.M.), No. 24, 925, p. 23,

OLD FAMILIES.

THE SKINNERS.

The Skinner family lived in Camberwell in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
and many monuments of them existed in the old church. One of these, which has
called forth much remark through an error in the inscription, was that commemorating
Richard Skinner and his wife Agnes. The inscription was as follows : —

H?tc facet Htc'us S&gnner ?t &gttes til' ei' (jut QuftTm 3£irus otujt iti° trie JanuarV
&° But' JH°mfbtj &gn*s bcro ofrijt, b trie Jftarct). &°Iitu' |H0rccclxiiiti. QUORUM
ANIMABUS PROPICIETUR DEUS. AMEN.

According to this tablet Richard Skinner died in 1407, and his wife in 1499. Sixty
years, however, after his reputed death, Richard Skinner was bound in a recognizance
of 100 pounds to his tailor,* and according to another authority^ he was livingin 1492,
when he made a will, wherein he mentions his wife Agnes. The probability is that
the inscription is misdated a century. " If there had been no error in the dates,"
observes Lysons, " it would appear that his sons William and Michael, who died in
1497 and 1498, survived their father, the one ninety and the other ninety-one years,.
and that John Scott, his son-in-law, who died in 1532, survived him one hundred and
twenty-five years."

The precatory expressions which formed the beginning and conclusion of almost
every epitaph before the Reformation were carefully obliterated in the inscriptions on
the monuments of the Skinners and others in the church. J

The ill-directed zeal of Elizabeth's reformers was checked by a proclamation wherein
the over-zealous were forbidden " to demolish or deface any monuments whether of
stone or metal, they being set up for memory and not for superstition."

The Skinners and Scotts were connected by marriage ties, as Elizabeth, daughter of
Richard and Agnes Skynner, became the wife of John Scott, one of the barons of the
Exchequer ; and one "Master Skynner, sqwyre, one of the vi clarkes of Chansere,"
probably a son of Richard and Agnes Skinner, was buried § in " Flett-street Nov. 26th?
1558." Machyn tells us there were " many morners and all they of the Chansere."

It appears from a " certificat of all yc hable horse and geldings now redie furnished
wth armor shot wthin the County of Surrey as anye pson w'in ye same ys bounde
to fynde by the Laws and Statues of the Realm," that John Skynner, Esq., of Cam-
berwell, in 1573, furnished " one case of pistolats, one coate of plate, one light stafte,
with other furniture to ye same meet for a light horseman."

John Skynner's contribution was according to valuacons appearing in the subsydie
books as for his wife's aparell.

THE SWINGFIELDS.

The Swingfields of Peckham at one time held considerable property in this
parish, and the names of various members of the family occur from time to time as
taking part in local affairs. In 1636 Thomas Swingfield served the office of church-
warden. The son of this Thomas Swingfield was present at the surrender of Wor-
cester, and was granted a pass to his home at Peckham by Sir Thomas Fairfax on
the 23rd July, 1646, and he was cast in a fine of .£300 for his loyalty to the king.

* Lysons. t Bray,

t In 1492 Richard Skinner gave 12 pence for a
light to burn before the image of the Virgin in the

south aisle, and the sum of ScZ. for a light to stand
before the image of St. Nicholas.
§ Machyn's Diary, p. 179.

C2 Y* PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

According to a statement made to the Commissioners, lie was " seised in fee to him
and his heirs in possession of two messuages and two small tenements with a barn
and other howsinge situate in Peckham."

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1591. Dec. xiv, mar., Thomas Swingefield & Bridget, dan. of Henry Pyke.

1593. Sep. i, bap., Stephen, sonne of Thomas Swingtiell.

1601. Maye iij, bap., Thomas, sonne of Mr. Thomas Swingfield.

1601. Maye iij, bap., Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Swinfield.

1602. Feb. vj, bur., Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Swingfield.

1603. Nov. iij, bur., Stephen, sonne to Thomas Swingfield.

1603. Nov. — ,bur., ffrancis Swingfield.

1604. Sept. ij, bap., Stephen, sonne to Thomas Swingfield.

1607. Jany. — , bap., John and Francess Swingfield, sonne and dau. of Thomas

Swingfield.
1609. Ap. xxv, bap., John, sonne to Thomas Swingfield.

1611. Oct. xj, bur., John, sonne to Thomas Swingfield.

1612. Jan. — , bap., Bridgett, dau. to Thomas Swingfield.
1614. Dec. x, bur., William, sonne of Thomas Swingfield.
1626. Oct. xviij, bur., Bridget Swingfield.

1628. Aug. xx, bap., Frances, dau. of Thomas Swingfield.
1631. Mar. xi, bur., Stephen, sonne of Thomas Swingfield.

1643. Jan. xxvj, bap., John, sonne to Thomas Swingfield, and bur. March xiij.

1644. Oct. xiij, bur., Thomas Swingfield ye elder.

1645. Mar. xxxj, bap., Thomas and Elizabeth, dau. & sonne to Mr. John Swing-

field.

1646. Ap. xvij, bur., Mr. John Swingfield.

1646. Maye xxv, bur., Thomas, sonne of Mr. John Swingfield.
1646. Aug. viij, bap., Joyce, dau. of Mr. John Swingfield.
1665. Feb. x, bur., Mr. Thomas Swingfield.

THE TREVORS.

Thomas, first Lord Trevor, was a resident of Peckham, where he had a splendid
mansion, formerly the residence of the Bonds. He was a liberal contributor to the
local charities, and was one of the early supporters of the Green Coat School. He
was appointed Solicitor-General in 1692 ; was knighted in 1695, and made Attorney-
General in the same year. On the accession of Queen Anne he was advanced to be
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1711 he was one of the twelve new peers
about whose creation so much stir was made at the time. Baron Trevor, of Bromham,
in the County of Bedford, died at the age of 72, and was buried at Bromham. His
daughter Letitia was married to Peter Cock, Esq., of Camberwell.

ENTRIES IN CHURCH REGISTER.

1693. July 19, bap., Joseph, son of Richard Trevor, Esq., and Mary his wife.

1695. Aug. 27, bap., John, son of Sir Thomas Trevor, Knt.

1697. July 21, bap., Letitia, dau. of Sir Thomas Trevor.

1702. May 29, bur., Dame Elizabeth, late wife of Sir Thomas Trevor, L. C. Justice

of ye Common Pleas.

1707. Oct. 3, bap., Richard, son of Sir Thomas Trevor.
1709. Oct. 3, bap., Richard, son of Sir Thomas Trevor.
1713. Aug. 28, bur., Edward, son of the Right Honourable TKbmas Lord Trevor.

OLD FAMILIES. 63

THE TURNERS.

Sir Jeremy Turner,* of Camberwell, Knt., who is styled Muster-master by
Alleyne in his disbursements at Dulwich College, was the son of Richard Turner,
of Westminster, by Elizabeth, daughter of — Duckett, of Leicester. His brother
was Cupbearer to Queen Elizabeth. Sir Jeremy was Captain of the Surrey
Militia, or trained bands, and was knighted by King James I. at Chatham Dock-
yard, July 4th, 1604. He was one of the original Governors of the Camberwell
Free Grammar School, nominated by the founder, Mr. Edward Wilson. He
jnarried Alice, daughter and heiress of John Underdown, of the Isle of Thanet.

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1584. June i, bur., John Turner.

1584. Aug. iij, bur., Dunstan Turner.

1585. Jany. xxx, mar., Roger Turner and Jefferey Joyce.
1600. Jan. xxv, bap., Barbara, dau. of Mr. Turner.

1600. Julye, ye xiij daye, bap., James Turner, sonne of Robert Turner.

1603. Dec. xxvi, bur., John, sonne of Jeremy Turner, gent.

1606. July xxx, bap., Katherin, dau. to Sir Jeremy Turner.

1610. Oct. ix, bur., Barbara, dau. to Jeremy Turner.

1613. Nov. xviij, bap., Francis, sonne to Sir Jeremy Turner.

1621. Ap. v, bur., Eliza, dau. to Sir Jeremy Turner.

1624. Mar. xxx, bur., Sir Jeremy Turner.

1632. Aug. viij, bur., Mr. Walter Turner.

1634. May xxiij, bap., Marey, dau. of Mr. Robert Turner.

1637. Oct. xiv, bur., Alice, dau. of Mr. Robert Turner.

1638. May ix, bur., Winnifred Turner, wife of Robert Turner, of the pi' she of

Lambeth.

1640. Oct. xxiv, bur., Robert Turner.
1644. July vii, bur., Thomas Turner.
1647. Mar. x, bur., Richard Turner.
1659. Dec. vi, mar., Mrs. Margaret Turner, wid., and Mr. Thomas Adey.

THE VERNONS.

In Sir Edward Bysshe's Visitation of 1662, Mr. Wm. Vernon is described as son
of Robert Vernon, of Whatcroft, Cheshire (son of Oliver, of the same place), by
Jane, daughter of John Vaudray, of Branch, Co. Cest. He is styled " of Camberwell,
.gent.," and by Mary, daughter of Sir Charles Howard, of Clun, Co. Salop, had
Howard Vernon, his son and heir. Lady Vernon, wife of Sir Robert Vernon, was
buried in Camberwell Church, 1627, and on the 21st December, 1613, Eliza, one of
the daughters of the Vernons, was baptized at Camberwell Church. f

* Arms: Sable, a chevron Erm. between three These arms are almost identical with those as-

lers-de-molme Or. Crest : A castle breached Argent. signed to " Vernon of London, the blind machant-

T uver it was a neat escutcheon with the arms stapler, who died Noveb'r. 1616 sine prole, a great

or Vernon : Or, on a fess Azure, 3 garbs of the first. benefactor to the Marchant Tailors' Company."

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

A memorial raised to this lady by Sir Robert Vernon is as follows :—
HERE LYETH INTERRED Ye BODY OF DAME ANN VERNON,
DIED THE FIRST OF MARCH, 1627.

WIFE SHE WAS OF SIR ROBERT VERNON, KT., AND CLERKE OF
THE GREENCLOTHE TO HIS MAIESTIE, AND MOTHER OF SEVEN
CHILDREN TO HER SAID HOWSBAND YETT LIUING. HER VER-
TUOUS LYFE AND GODLY END GOD GRANT THAT ALL MAY
IMITATE THAT AS SHE IS DEPARTED IN PEACE BY GOD'S MERCY
THRO' CHRIST HIS MERITS, THEY MAY ALL AT THE LAST DAY
MEET AGAIN IN IOYE.

THE WAITHS.

R. Waith, Esq., Paymaster of the Navy in Charles II.'s time, the friend of Pepys,
was a gentleman who took an active part in parochial matters in CamberwelL He
was bnried in Camberwell Church, as also were other members of his family, and
whose monument bore the following inscription : —

M.S.

HERE LYE THE BODYS OF ROBT. WAITH, GENT. PAYMASTER OF
Ye NAVY TO KING CHARLES Ye SECOND, WHO DIED ON THE 28TH
DAY OF OCT. 1685, AND OF ELIZABETH HIS WIFE WHO DYED ON
Ye 13 DAY OF APRILL, 1667, AND OF ROBERT WAITH, GENT. THEIR
ELDEST SON AND HEIR, WHO DIED Ye 16TH OF DECEMBER, 1686,
IN THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE, AND OF ROBERT WAITH, HIS
SON, WHO DIED ON THE FIFTH DAY OF OCT. 1686.

RESURGEMUS.

Robert Waith, the paymaster, served the offices of overseer (1674) and church-
warden of this parish.

The following letter,* written by the Paymaster on business matters, is not without
interest f : —
MR. HATTER,!

I sent yesterday to request you to mind Mr. Burrough and Mr. Poynter to
come down about the books according to the Princip11 Officer's appointm* and their
promise : but as yet I heare nothing fro them or of them.

If they be not come forth this morning (as I doubt they are not), I pray acquaint
Mr. Pepys with the contents hereof, and let him know y* Sir G. C.§ is so much
concerned, for to proceed without delay in makeing up his bookes, that he sent a
messenger this morning on purpose to know if they were here. I pray returne a lyne-
or two in answer. In hast, I rest

Yor friend & Ser',

Camerwell, R. WAITH.

Tuesday Morning 8 o'clock,
ffor Mr. Thomas Hayter,
at yc Navy Office,

Seething Lane.

* State Papers, D. 8., vol. cxcv., No. 112. D. S., vol. civ., No. 108.

t There is also in the Record Office a letter from In the Memoranda (from the Signet books) of

Sr John Hebden, of Peckham (1666), to the Ad- warrants passed during the month of Ap. 1667. is-

miralty, offering to purchase hemp or other naval a note that Sir John Hebden, Envoy to Russia,

stores in Russia, "whose Emperor, beinge his had £300 for his "equipage to Russia." D. S

Ma'ie8 most deare and loveinge brother, will, upon Green, 1667.

my certaine knowledge, give his majestic all { Clerk to Navy Commissioners,

assistance yl hee cann off y£ nature." State Papers, § Sir George Carteret.

OLD FAMILIES.

In a letter written to Mr. Sam. Pepys, Jan. 3, 1664, Mr. Waith writes that lie
has purchased 15 tons of tallow, at £44 per ton "ready money upon delivery at
Porter's wharf;" will be a loser unless .£46 be allowed on delivery thereof at
Deptford, but will take £45 rather than keep it.

There are numerous other letters of a business character, written by Mr. Waith to-
Mr. Secretary Pepys and others, in the Harl. Coll. MSS.

FROM CHURCH REGISTER.

1667. Ap. xv, bap., Timothy, son of Mr. Robert Waith.
1667. Ap. xv, bur., Mris- Elizabeth Waith.

1685. Oct. xxxi, bur., Robert Waith.

1686. Dec. xx, bur., Mr. Robert Waith, gent.

VOLUNTEERS— PAST AND PRESENT.

HE valiant men of Camberwell were not very numerous in the " ffirst
yere of the Reign of our Souvrain Lady Queen Elizabeth." According
to a return made to the " Right Noble Henry, Erie of Arundel, lord
leuten'nt to the Queeny's highnes wthin the said Countie of Surry,"
by Richard Scott and John Bovvyer, Esquyres, justices of the peace,
of all the " able men, harneys, weapons, munycons, wthin the hundred of Brixton,"
it apppears that Camberwell valour was represented as follows : * —

Richard De
Humfry Vincent
Willm. Netlyngham
John Cope
Gyles Becke

Wm. Seston
Nichas Cooke
George Arden
Willm. Henley
Thomas Crofte

Walter Symonds
Richard Wright

CAMERWELL.

Robert Austembe
S Gryffyn ap. Rice

^3 Henry Pyke

^ George Eton

John Bromley

PECKHAM.

Mack Dalton
Richard Hawkins

DULWYCHE.

John Hempsall
Richard Taylor

Billman.
Gonns.

I BiUmen.

In the second year of Elizabeth's reign, the " hable " men within the county of
Surrey were said to muster 2724, of whom 767 were pikemen, 768 archers, and 260
billmen.f

In the year 1573, Commissioners were appointed to take musters in Surrey as
well as in other counties, and from their reports it appears that within the county of
Surrey there were in the years 1574-75 as many as 6000 able men, 1800 armed
men, and 96 demi-lances.!

The great increase which took place in the number of armed men within the
county was attributable in a measure no doubt to the intrigues of the Papists against
the person and prerogative of the Sovereign.

The anathema which Pius V. fulminated against the Queen in 1570 aroused the
loyalty of the English Protestants, and an association was formed in Surrey for the
preservation of the Queen's life, which the members of the association declared " had
l)een most traitorouslie and develishlie sought, and the same foUowed most danger-
ouslie to the perill of her person, if Almighty God her perpetual defender had not
revealed and withstood the same." They therefore vowed, "in the presence of the
-eternal and everlasting God, to prosecute such person or persons to the death, with

* State Papers, Dom, vol. v. t State PaperSj D.S., voL xii<

J Peck's Desiderata Curiosa.

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their joint or particular forces, and to take the uttermost revenge of them by any
means they could devise for their overthrow or extirpation."

This declaration was signed by about 180 of the principal gentry and inhabitants of
the county.*

The following muster-roll f of the Camberwell military force, taken forty years
after the one given above, will give the reader an idea of the loyalty of our forefathers
of the Elizabethan era :—

CAMBERWELL.

Edwarde Scotte Esquiar
John Bowyer EsquP
Mathew Drap Esquier

pikemen of y(
best sort

}„

( Willm Wylde gent srvant to ye ) .
\ Busshop of Oanterburie } J

| ij pikemen of ye best sort.

Roger Roberts srvant to

Henrie Pike
f Wyllm Nettlinghm

pikemen Wyllm Edwards srvant to Edward Scot esqr
of ye
second
sort

billmen
of ye
second

sort

bowmen

t^chard Edwards srvant to Edward Scot Esquier
rchas fflecher
illm Batte
/c Hipsie

'John Mallet sr vaunt to John Bowyer Esquier
Nychas Angell
George Cornewey
WiUm Ward
Rychard Percyvall
Gryffyn a Pryse
Henrie Shexster
Willm Bryan
Steven Sayer
, John Peryer

{James Paching srvant to John Bowyer Esquier
Tho Whippe
Charles Mawnsell
Raffe Ward
Cristofer Synke

PECKEHAM.

pikemen ( ffraunees Muschamp gent
ofye ^ Willm Scotte gent
best sort ( Willm Morant srvant to ye 1 of Ammdell

pikemen fR7cliarcle Tawe
£f e I John Harryson

best sort 1 Willm Henlie

(John Wicksted srvant to Edward Scott Esquir

/Raffe Betts

Tho Monke

I George Hardyn

| Robert Allyn

Nychas Cocke

VW'illm Mekyns

'Rycharde Hopkyns

Reynold ap Rychard

Marks Dawten

John ffryer

John Netlinghm

Johe Heathe

James Teale

John Prentis

Robert Taylor

See Kempe's Loseley Manus., p. 224. f state Papers, D. S., vol. 1.

pikemen
of ye
second

F 2

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

"bowmen /Henrye Clif
of ye I John Hansfield
best
sort

pikemen
of ye
best
sort

pikemen
ofye

second
sort

billmen
ofye

second
sort

bowmen
ofyc
best
sort

] Rychard Nayler
(Hamlet Gossedge

(Wyllm Marger
Gyles Abecke
Xpofer Custon
John Shotte

iRychard Shotte

(Nycholas Inks
\ Rychard Tuckey
I Henrie Hustrofte

I'Wyllyam Dawton
Henrye Kingston
Willm Smythe
Henrye Mathew
Henrye Dove
George Hill
Phillip Davise
Robert Nelson
Robert Bager
Tho Dawton
John Mathew
John Dove
Willm Manynge
Rye Wrytte
Jasper Writte
Jolm Corbatte
Robert Broxbye
George fFynche
^Thomas Odde

DULLWYCHE.

The spontaneous rising of the Surrey men called forth a special word of commen-
dation from the Queen, who, in a letter addressed to the Sheriffs and Commissioners-
of Musters for the County of Surrey, dated from Greenwich, April 9th, 1585, made
known her pleasure that they should, at the next county meeting, return thanks to
the men of Surrey for the good disposition they had manifested, in their readiness to
exert themselves for the " preservacion of ther naturall Countrye." It would seem,,
indeed, that the exuberant loyalty of the people proved somewhat inconvenient ; and
new orders, addressed " To or very loving frends the Gentn and Capitans that have the
chardge of the leading and conducting the ffootemen that are sent out of the Countye
of Surrey," were issued "from the Court of S*. James," Aug. 8, 1588. These
orders were signed by Lord Burghley, Sir Francis Walsingham, and other members
of the Council, and were as follows : —

" Wheras you were directed to have the conduction of those companies wch are-
sent hither out of the countie of Surrey, forasmuch as the forces wch are to-
repaire hither out of divers other counties of the realme, to furnish those armies
wch her Matic hath p'pared as well as for the resisting and wthstandinge the
attempts of the enemie, as for the safe gard and defence of her Maties person,
doth grow to so great nombers as that speedy provision cannot be made for the
victelling of them here, and convenient lodginge as so great a nomber will require,
in so short a time as was first lymitted by or 1'res for their repaire hither, We have
thought good to lett you understand y* it is her Mat5es pleasure, and so by vertue
hereof doe require you uppon sight of theise our 1'res, to retourne againe unto the saide
countie, wth those forces you have brought from thence, and that nevertheless order

CAMBERWELL MILITARY ASSOCIATION.

AT a Time when these Kingdoms were involved in an arduous and extensive War, and the revolutionary Spirit, which gave
it Birth, had infused its baneful Influence into the Minds of many of our Countrymen, voluntary armed Associations were formed
throughout the Kingdom, in Defence of our Religion, Laws, anti Liberties.

The Inhabitants of the Village of CAMBBKWELL, evinced their Loyalty and Patriotism, at this important Crisis, by forming
themselves into a Military Corps, on the 5th MAY, 1793. It WPS supported by voluntary Subscription, and continued its Services
with unabated Zeal, until the Definitive Treaty of Peace with France, was signed at AMIENS. Ou that Event, EARL ONSLOW,
Lord-Lieutenant of this County, transmitted to the Commanding- Officer, the following Vote of Parliament, and Abstract of a Letter
from the Right Honourable LORD HOBART, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

" RESOLVXD, Nemine Contradicente, " Mtrth, 6»- Die Aprilis, 1802."

" XH AT the Thanks of this House be given to the Officers of the several Corps of Yeomanry, and Volunteer Cavalry and Infantry, and of
" the Sea Fencibles, which have been formed in Great Britain and Ireland, during the Course of the War, for the seasonable and eminent Services they
" have rendered to their King and Country."

" RESOLVED, Nemlne Contradicente,

" That this House doth highly approve of, and acknowledge, the Services of the non-commissioned Officers and Men of the several Corps of
" Yeomanry, and Volunteer Cavalry and Infantry, and of the Sea Fencibles, which have been formed in Great Britain and Ireland, during the Course
" of the War; and that the same be communicated to them by the Colonels and other Commanding Officers of the several Corps, who are desired to
" thank them for their meritorious Conduct."

" ORDERED,

" That Mr. SPEAKER do signify the said Resolutions, by Letter, to his Majesty's Lieutenant of each County, Riding, and Place, in Great
" Britain; and to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland."

" J. LEY, Cl. D. Dom. Com."

Abstract of * Letter from the Right Honourable LORD HOBART, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to the Right Honourable

EARL ONSLOW, Lord-Lieutenant of the County tf SURBY.
" MY LORD, " Damning-Street, April 19, 1802."

" IN Consequence of the Conclusion of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, I have received his Majesty's Commands to convey his warmest
" Acknowledgments to the several Corps of Yeomanry and Volunteer Cavalry, and Volunteer and Associated Infantry, and to express the Satisfaction
" with which he contemplates the steadfast Attachment to the established Constitution of the Country, and the unshaken Loyalty and Affection to his
" Person and Government, by which those Corps have been distinguished, and the just Recollection which he shall ever retain of their Services during
" a Period of unparalleled Difficulty and Danger."

" It ii hu Majesty'* Pleasure, that your Lordship should signify these his Sentiments to the Commanding Officers of every Establishment of
" Yeomanry and Volunteer Cavalry, and Volunteer and Associated Infantry within the County of SIHIEY, to be by them communicated to their
" respective Corps."

" In making this Communication to the Corps of Volunteer and Associated Infantry, your Lordship will particularly explain, that in declining
" the Offers of those which have proposed a Continuation of their Services, his Majesty has acted up^n a firm Persuasion, that should Circumstances at
" any future Time render it necessary for him to call for them, the same Principles and Sentiments which they have already evinced, will be
" manifested with equal Ardour and Alacrity in the Support of their Sovereign, and the Defence of their Country."

" I have the Honor to be, &c.

(Signed) " HOBART."

After receiving these honourable Testimonies of steadfast Attachment to the established Constifutioji of the Country, and their
unshaken Loyalty and Affection to his Majesty's Person and Government, the Assopiation was dissolved ; and the Colours; which had been

presented to the Corps by the Major Commandant's Lady, were deposited in the Parish Church, with due Solemnity:

RESPICIANT EXEMPLAR POSTERI.

List of the Namet of the Inhabitants of the Village of CAMBEBWELL, who enrolled themselves m the abtvr. Occtsitn:

CLAUDE CHAMPION CRESPIGNY, Esq. MAJOR COMMANDAKT.
FIRST COM PAN*. SBCOND COMPANY. THIRD COMPANY. STAFF.
Henry Smith, Captain. Thomas Jackson, (•cice G. Suart) Capt. W. Hammond, Captain The Rev. G. SanJby, M. A. Chaplain.
Henry Ward, First Lieutenant. Thomas Harding, First Lieutenant. W. Croughton, First Lieutenant. J. C. Lettsom, M. D. Physician.
Joshua Savage, Second Lieutenant. J. Mallough, Second Lieutenant. W. Woodbridge, Second Lieutenant.

%* The Figure preceding the Name denotes the Company to which the Member Mongs.

Clark Edward

Havill Thomas

1 Lightfoot Thomas-

Seller William

2 Aveline Charles

1 Clarke William

Havill James

1 Loscomb William

Quin Charles

] Strong Edward

Crowfoot William

Havill Thomas

1 Ball John
.Barlow Richard
2 Beachey Henry
2 Bean Fowler
Bold James
3 Buckwell Jos.
1 Buchanan James
Burgle Walter
3 Burls Edward
1 Blackwell Jos.
Brasier James
3 Brasier Samuel
Brown Timothy
1 Browne Tobias

Dahmer J. P.
1 Dance Francis
Day John
1 Day Daniel
2 Davey Thomas
Dibdm Jos.
3 Douce William H.
3 Doughty Henry
1 DolbeJohn
Donkin William
Dunkin , jun.
Drewry Samuel

Heaphy John
Hearsey William
Hooke John
2 Holyock William
3 Howard Barnard
I.
3 Isleton Charles
3 IvesJohn
J.
J ees Lewis
Johnston Robert
Jordan Jos.
Jowett Benjamin

1 May Jos.
May Joseph, jun.
2 Mallough J. jun.
1 Mercer John
MillJ.
Mills John
M'Michael James
1 Mould William
Munyard James
N.
1 Nash Thomas
3 Nash Thomas, jun.
3 Nucella Thomas
Nucella Tim. sen.

3 Rabaudy Peter
2 RaynerT.
2 Reade William, jun.
Reade William
2 Ric'hards'on Thomas
Ring Stephen, jun.
Robinson William »
Roffcy Richard
1 Roffey William
3 Ross Gilbert
S.
1 Sadler Jos.
Savage William

Tanner John
Taverner Charles
Tennant John
Tomkins Benjamin
2 Towell William
Thernell George
2 Tremain Christopher
Truemam Robert, juu
2 Tyler John
V.
3 Vincent William
W.
Wade James

Fassett K D.

Silverthorne William

1 Wade Samuel

S Campin John
2 Cannon Thomas

Fasson Thomas
3 Forbes William

3 Keen James
2 Kennedy James

Ody George

Suart George
Schreiber J. C.

2 Wanostrocht N.
3 Wanostrocht V.

Carter John
Carpenter Robert
Castleman Robert

3 Fynmore Thomas
G.
2 Goad Charles

Knight George
Knight Richard
L.

Paul Matthew
Palmer Jos.
Parker William

Sharp William
3 Sharp George
Skinner Ambrose

Wansey John
] Ward William
Weston Thomas

3 Cattlcv Thomas
! Cattley Stephen
Collins James
2 Collar William
1 Courtney Jainos
3 Costin James

Gowland J. jun.
2 Goring George
GutteridgeJos.
Green Thomas
2 Grinsteed John
H.

S Lambert Henry
?. Lambert N. jun.
Lambert Piercy
2 Lancefield George
2 Lane Benjamin
3 Lewis William

Perrin Thomas
2 Piercy John
Portal Edw. Yates
Portal William
Portal Charles S.
Power William

Skinner Thomas
Slater John
Smith John
2 Sinale James
Smith Richard
3 Smith William

Weston Samuel
1 Wilkinson Jos.
1 Woodbridge John
Wood William
Wheatley William
1 Whiffen William

Cox James

2 Haics Jos.

Latham ThomM

Phillips John

Smallbon William

Wright Thomas

3 Cnrtcis William, jun.

3 Hammond H.

Lees William

3 PlummerJohn

Smith John

Cut teis William"

1 Harford Benjamin

Lewis Gideon

Plummer Thomas

Speed Thomas

! Yeldham William

1 Cheatle George

Harris Nathaniel

Lickfold Charles

Prince Joseph

1 SpillerJohn

Young Thomas

'Gria as Photo-Iith

VOLUNTEERS— PAST AND PRESENT. 69

bee taken that they may bee in good readiness wth all their armor and weapon nppon
such direction as you shall receive from hence upon a new warninge to repaire
hither." Two months previously the clergy of Surrey were ordered to provide 100
men to be in readiness for her Majesty's service, within fourteen days after the receipt
of the mandate, issued by express order of the Queen, and communicated to Thomas
Cooper (Bishop of Winchester) through the Archbishop of Canterbury. The ladies
too contributed their quota towards the national defence, under an act passed in the
33rd year of Henry VIII., by which it was decreed that every temporal person whose
wife " shall were any goun or peticote of sylke," or " any Frenche hood or bonnett of
velvett," or " any chayne of gold about her nekk or in her partlett, or in any apparell
of her bodie," or wear any velvet in the lining or other part of her gown, " other
than in the cuffes or perfels," or " ells were any velvet in her kyrtell," should keep
and sustain " one such trotting horse for the saddill, able for the warres."

In 1798,* when military associations were springing up all over the country to
defend the rights and even, as some thought, the homes of old England, the parish
of Camberwell displayed a great amount of enthusiasm and loyalty, which bore
practical fruit in the formation of the " Camberwell Military Association " in May,
1798.

The interesting facsimile which is given (see Plate W) will furnish our readers
with all necessary information concerning this association. To the credit of
the local gentry be it said, this patriotic movement was liberally supported by
voluntary subscriptions, and it was enabled to continue its services under the most
favourable circumstances until the treaty of Amiens in 1802.

The names of the officers and men of this old military association will be read
with interest at the present time, especially by the lineal descendants of those who
exhibited such patriotism and devotion.

The major-commandant, Claude Champion de Crespigny, Esq., was exceedingly
popular with his men, and his lady on many occasions manifested the utmost interest
in the affairs of the regiment. The regimental colours, which were said to be the pride
of the men, and the envy of other military associations, were presented to the corps by
Mrs. De Crespigny. They were beautifully embroidered, and on one was the cypher
C. A. (Camberwell Association) ; the other bore the motto " Concordia victrix," to
which sentiment Mrs. De Crespigny made the following allusion on presenting the
colours : " The motto chosen for the colours I am now to have the honor of pre-
senting you will, I hope, meet your approbation. The justice of the sentiment it
conveys cannot, I think, be denied. It has been truly said that a kingdom divided
against itself cannot stand. It is, I believe, not less true that a people united together
in concord shall not fall, but will be triumphant over all enemies."

The dress of the corps was blue with scarlet facings ; a helmet-cap crested with a
black plume, pantaloons and gaiters. The physician was the well-known Dr. Lettsom,
and the chaplain the Rev. G. Sanby, M.A., vicar of the parish.

Captain Henry Smith, of the 1st company, a most efficient officer, was appointed
Colonel of the Volunteer Corps subsequently formed in the parish.

The local authorities were particularly active during these troublous times in
seeking out volunteers for_the army, navy, and local militia.

On March 31st, 1795, a vestry was specially called to take into consideration the
most speedy and effectual means of raising ten men for the service of the navy, in

* The Metropolis and its volunteers began again the City soldiery in the days of George I. ; it re-

to look like old London and its trained bands, and presents " St. George's yolunteers charging down

caricatures on the soldier-citizens soon became Bond Street, after clearing the ring in Hyde Park

numerous. One by Gilray, published about this and storming the dung-hill at Marybone."
tune, may be compared with the satires s.gainst

Yc PAKISH OF CAMEKWELL.

pursuance of an Act of Parliament for that purpose. A sum of twenty pounds was
voted to each of the men, whose wives also received the sum of four shillings per
week with an extra allowance of two shillings per week for every child under fourteen
Years' of a«e The men were enrolled within a fortnight of the passing of the above
resolution°and on the 30th April, 1795, another resolution was passed by the vestry,
agreeing to allow the churchwardens interest on the ^200 which they had advanced
for the above purpose.

It also appears from the vestry minutes (Dec. 8, 1795) that the churchwardens
were authorized to hire men for the militia, and to pay all expenses connected
therewith out of the poor-rate. Again, on the 5th Dec. 1796, the churchwardens
and overseers were empowered to raise fourteen men for the army, and to levy a rate
of 6d. in the pound upon the inhabitants, to meet such an additional charge upon
the parochial purse. A subscription was raised at the same time for the purpose of
providing substitutes for parishioners who might be drawn for the supplementary
militia, each journeyman, servant, or labourer subscribing five shillings, a tradesman
or mechanic ten shillings, and a person not carrying on business in the parish, but
residing as a gentleman, fifteen shillings. A non-subscriber being drawn was naturally
excluded from all benefit in the subscription, and in the event of the fund raised
proving insufficient, the churchwardens were empowered to make up the deficiency
from tne poor-rate.

In 1798 a subscription was opened at the Mansion House for national defence
purposes, and in less than one month, so hearty were the people of Caniberwell in
support of such a patriotic movement,* that the sum of ,£1035 was raised in the
parish.f As an evidence of the fear of invasion which seized men's minds at that
time, it may be mentioned that on the 19th June, 1798, conductors of waggons were
appointed by the vestry for commissariat purposes. There is also an entry in the
vestry minutes (14th July, 1803), authorizing the churchwardens to receive the
subscriptions of the inhabitants for the purpose of providing substitutes for such
of the subscribers as might be drawn to serve in the army of reserve, then in course
of formation. The terms of subscription were as follows :— For every servant or
journeyman, 7s. 6d.; for every tradesman or shopkeeper declaring himself not worth
.£500, fifteen shillings ; for every gentleman or person not carrying on any business
in the parish, two guineas.

A patriotic indignation was raised throughout the country in March, 1803, by the
publication of an official document, signed by the First Consul, in which he declared
that "England alone cannot now encounter France." A royal message was laid
before both Houses of Parliament, stating that the king had received positive informa-
tion that very considerable military preparations were being made in the ports of
France and Holland, and recommending that additional measures of precaution be
taken for the defence of the country. At the same time proclamations were issued
encouraging the enlisting of seamen and landsmen, calling up the militia and volun-
teers, and ordering the formation of encampments in the maritime counties. The

* Tho enthusiasm of the English nation was enemy. This is the only method left to bring them

rouaed to the utmost by the publication, in the to terms. When they are humbled, then we shall

English papers, of the following address of General dictate what terms we think proper, and they must

Hoche, tine commander of the French army of in- accept them. Behold what our brave army in

vasion, which had been circulated throughout Italy are doing— they are enriched with the plunder

France :— of that fine country, and they will be more so when

" Courage, citizens, England is the richest country Borne bestows what, if she does not, will be taken

in the world — and we will give it up to you to be by force. Your country, brave citizens, will not

plundered. You shall march to the capital of that demand a particle of the riches you shall bring

haughty nation. You shall plunder that national from Great Britain. Take what you please, it shall

bank of its immense heaps of gold. You shall seize be all your own. Arms and ammunition you shall

upon all public and private property— upon thei have, and vessels to carry you over. Once landed,

warehouses — their magazines — their stately man you will soon find your way to London."
sions — their gilded palaces : and you shall return" t The sum raised in the county amounted to

to your own country loaded with the spoils of the £14,274 9s. 4d.

VOLUNTEEES— PAST AND PRESENT.

volunteer associations, which had been formed two years before, in anticipation of
invasion, also began to reassemble.

On the 16th of August, 1804,* a resolution was passed by the vestry ordering that
bills should be "stuck up" throughout the parish, inviting men to serve in the
" Army of Defence." In the meantime, partly from enthusiasm and partly perhaps
through fear of being drawn to serve in the army or militia,f the volunteer force,
which had been raised in the parish, received a considerable accession of members.
Two companies were formed in Camberwell, one at Peckham, and one at Dulwich,
mustering about 360 strong, all told. The dress consisted of scarlet jacket with blue
facings, pantaloons of grey mixture, low shoes and gaiters.

Battalion drill was held in Grove Park, adjoining Colonel Smith's house ; com-
pany drill in various barns and outbuildings in the parish, every non-commissioned
officer and private receiving a shilling for each attendance at drill. Grand field-
days were occasionally held in Hyde Park, in several of which the Camberwell
volunteers took active part. On the 23rd of October, 1803, there was a grand muster
of metropolitan volunteers in Hyde Park, which was honoured by the presence of
the king.

It is stated that as many as 27,000 men took part in the day's proceedings. On
the 26th of May, 1804, another grand field-day was held in the same place, under
the auspices of H.R.H. the Commander-in-chief, attended by Lord Harrington and
other military officers, the Camberwell volunteers being under the immediate
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Gaitskill. In addition to these grand field-days,
which must have had a beneficial effect upon the respective corps, the enthusiasm of
the Camberwell corps was roused to the utmost extent by the following powerful
and soul-stirring address of Colonel Hardy, for some time inspecting field-officer for
the county of Surrey : —

"TO COLONEL SMITH,! AND THE CAMBERWELL CORPS UNDER HIS

COMMAND.

" FRIENDS AND FELLOW SOLDIERS,

" The situation of Europe is truly calamitous : — that of Britain peculiarly
awful. Your inveterate and most powerful Enemy, having extinguished the
liberties, and overthrown nearly the whole of the Sovereignties of the civilized
"World, finds in us the sole obstacle to his attainment of universal Dominion. We
are therefore, and he professes us to be, the Objects of his most rancorous and
implacable hatred. We alone have held his Menaces in contempt ; we have foiled
and dishonoured his Arms ; we have swept his Fleets from the Ocean ; we have
destroyed his COLONIES and COMMERCE. Be assured, that while his Power

* In July, 1804, the Paris papers— as quoted in friend the late Sir Bernard Turner, then Major,
our newspapers— said : ' ' The invasion has only been greatly contributed to improTe its management and
more terrible when the whole military discipline. Sir Bernard Turner, who died

deferred to render it more terrible when the
strength of the French Empire, destined to make
the attack, shall be collected. "

t An Act of Parliament was passed on the 6th July,
1303, entitled "An Act for enabling his Majesty
more effectually to raise an additional force for the
better defence and security of the United Kingdom,
and for the vigorous prosecution of the war," &c.
Under the Act each parish was required to furnish
a certain quota of men for the Army of Reserve,
whilst Volunteers were specially exempt from such
service.

{ The following obituary notice of Col. Smith ap-
peared in the Gentleman's Magazine, Nov. 1826 :—
" HENRY SMITH, ESQ.

"Oct. 3. Aged 85, Henry Smith, Esq., of Peckham
House, Surrey. He was formerly partner in the
house of Devisme and Smith in Turnwheel Lane.
In the year 1784 he was a very active member of
the Court of Assistants and a captain of the Hon.
Artillery Company, and in conjunction with his

in the same year, while serving the office of sheriff
with T. Skinner, Esq., was attended to the grave at
Thirfield by the whole corps, on which occasion
Mr. Smith was one of the pall-bearers, and was
afterwards unanimously elected by the court to
succeed him as Major. He resigned the majority in
1787. During the late war he was honoured with
a commission as Colonel of the Camberwell Volun-
teer Corps. His respectability as a merchant raised
him by election to the Court of Directors of the
Bank of England, from which he had retired not
many months previous to bis death. There are few
men in his station of life who have evinced more
active zeal in the fulfilment of all their relative or
general duties — few who have ever been dis-
tinguished by a greater urbanity of manners — by
a more agreeable amenity of tern per and dispbsition,
— or acquired to themselves a larger share of public
respect ;— if he was beloved in his domestic circle,
he was esteemed by all who knew him."

72 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

exists, it will be exerted for our destruction. This is the grand and ultimate scope
of his' Ambition. British Power, British Liberty, and British Happiness are Poison
in his Cup, and line his Crown with Thorns.

" Flatter not yourselves with hopes of Security from ought but your own Firm-
ness and Intrepidity ; look Danger boldly in the face ; above all despond not. Our
Resources are incalculable. Call to your Remembrance the Destruction of that
formidable ARMADA, which was to have overwhelmed your Country ; recollect
more recent and perhaps as signal Instances of the Blessings of Providence on our
gallant and patriotic Efforts ; the Discomfiture of the French power in EGYPT, in
SYRIA, and in ITALY ; in every Quarter where we were not overpowered by
Multitudes. Of this Advantage our insular Situation deprives our Enemy. Though
he may invade from many Points, he cannot command, not all his Power can insure
him, the assistance of regular Supplies of Men and other Resources. We can
ascertain his Force, and know what we have to contend with ; we can bear against it
from all Points, harass and destroy it, should his Fleets escape the vigilance of our
triumphant Navy.

"Arm yourselves with Fortitude and all will be safe. Above all deceive not
yourselves with the vain Expectation of Peace. Recollect the Peace, the Bondage
rather, which this Usurper threatens to impose upon us. He has dared to say, * he
will not make Peace with us until we shall restore our Conquests, and reduce our
Navy ;' in other Words, until we shall deliver ourselves bound Hand and Foot into
the Power of our insatiable Foe, and cease to be a Nation. Then indeed would we
be doomed to drink the Dregs of Misery : Our Country desolated, our Property
destroyed, our Females polluted by an insolent and lustful Soldiery. But I turn
from the horrid Prospect. Before that Day, may the waves of the Atlantic swallow
up these Islands, and cover us from Wretchedness and Shame !

" These Thoughts flow spontaneously from the Subject, but, in addressing them to
YOU, I feel they require an Apology. Can I doubt the Spirit, the Alacrity of the
Volunteers of Britain, whose Disposition has been so amply proved? It has not
abated, and must be invincible. Little more than three Years have elapsed since the
numerous and victorious Hosts of our Enemy, led by experienced Officers, and com-
manded by the ablest General this Age has produced, menaced our Shores. What
was the Result 1 In a few Weeks did we not raise such a Band of Patriotic Soldiers
as deterred this proud Conqueror, and astonished the World 1

11 Suffer not the hasty or misinterpreted Expressions of Individuals to damp your
Exertions, or lessen your military Confidence in one another ; your Country required
your Services ; for her you armed ; — she now again demands them ; again you will
prove that Englishmen are ever prompt to do their Duty. To those Volunteers who
during the Interval of comparative Repose did not relax, every Praise is due ; they
are, indeed, the Bulwark of their Country.

" Let all reflect upon the present Situation of France compared with what it was
in 1803, when this magnanimous Spirit so nobly burst forth. Shall we not find
that Spirit still more necessary now, should France succeed in her present attempt,
and render all the Continent of Europe subservient to her will ? She will then have
no other Power to contend with. I wish not to anticipate Evils, but prepare you for
the worst. Will not that Army encreased in numbers and experience, buoyed up
with almost universal Conquest and an enflamed mind, recoil against this Country ?
Can we, I repeat it, under such Circumstances, reasonably hope for Peace ; or would
it afford us one Month's Security, or lessen our Debt one Million ? Delude not
yourselves with the Expectation that France will change her system of warfare, or
abate in her hostility to us ; — she would appear to do so, only to deceive ; and that

Head Ouarttft, JJermcidiey, April 23rd, 1810.

R. O.

Notwithstanding the Honor the First Surrey Regiment oj

Volunteers did its*!i, by tho very targe Musters on the 7th, 8lh, 9th, 10th, and llth Instant,
when called upoa, by the Secretary of State, to suppress Riots and Tumults ; the Commnnaing
Officer, with pain, noticed the Absence of some of its Matters on those particular Days, and
was, therefore, compelled to institute Courts of Enquiry to investigate the Cause of such
Absence, which met at the 'irmoury on the 18th and 19th Instant, and reported as follows:—

" That Lieutenant Rose, of the 7th Company, was unworthy

of holding a Commission, in the First Surrey Volunteers, and that the Commanding Officer
should mark, in thestrongest Mann»r, his disapprobation of Lieutenant Rose's Conduct

That the following Members, "1z.—

Pri v* res— HOLME R, Light Company,

ALS1PT,)

BOOTH, $Rifle Company.

had acted in violation of Military Discipline, and of (he Engagements which, as Volunteers,
they had entered Into with their Country ; thtfc they were therefore descrying of the strongest
Censure, and should be expelled the Regiment.

" That

O-oi*l JEWSTER,
Pr MANDEVIL /

HnMPHKIES, /Gtenadrers.

HOOPER, I

JOHNSON,

JACKSON J

ROGERS, ^st Company.

C ATT A MORE,)
LANGTON, f 4th Company.
SPENCE, )

Corporal DAY, Light Company.
Private CAWTHORNE, Rifle Company.

not having accounted satisfactorily for their Absence, ought to be struck off the Roll of
the Regiment."

The Commanding Officer having approved of the ahove Report,

will take the necessary Steps for carrying the Recommendation of the Court irto Effect, and
has given Or«lers that the Decision be printed, and a Copy sent to each Member of the
Regiment: likewise that it be posted at the Armoury, Orderly Rooms, and Montpelier; and
that it be read at the Head of the Regiment at the next FieJd Day.

THOMAS GAITSKELL,

Lieut. Col. Com. Fint S. R. V. I.

J. K. Vwden, Borough.

VOLUNTEEKS— PAST AND PEESENT. 73

moment when she shall find you off your guard, she will pounce upon you with
accumulated Force. It is in vain to deny our Situation is critical ; if we despond we
fall for ever !

" Call therefore into action the Courage and Energy of a great and independent
Nation. Oppose the Enemy on our Shores ; suffer not a Frenchman that shall land
to exist, unless he yield to the irresistible Force of the British Bayonet ; emulate
MAIDA. Be unanimous and firm, and all shall be secure. In this struggle for our
very existence, every loyal and good Subject must, and no doubt will cheerfully
submit to many Sacrifices and great Privations ; I have already had a large Share, I
am willing to submit to more.

" Commanders, my former associates once more quit domestic ease ; every Man
who prefers Liberty to Slavery will train himself to Arms. Recruit your Ranks
from Men of Property (when your Country is in danger you can have Choice), inter-
fere not with such as may compose a part of our regular Establishment ; thereby
making both formidable ; and by your own Exertions invigorate their Minds. Your
civil Constitution, that beautiful Structure that gives freedom to all, the work,
if not of wiserr at least of more tranquil Ages, the Admiration and Envy of the
Universe, operates against large standing Armies ; furnish a Substitute ; convince
our Foe^that if we are more usefully employed in Peace, we have the more to defend
in War ; and what you are deficient in Experience, make up in Zeal.

'•' The succeeding Year will probably prove one of the most eventful periods of
English History ; commence it with vigour, and follow that up with Determination.

" I hope, though my Military Employment amongst you has ceased, that you will
still consider me an honorary Member of your Corps ; and be assured I will, when-
ever necessity requires, exert amongst you, that little Military Knowledge I have in
above thirty Years' Service acquired ; and shall most cheerfully contribute my best
aid towards disciplining and bringing to perfection, an Establishment to which this
country owes its SALVATION.

" In Days of Peace, I am your Brother Farmer ;

" In Times of Trouble, your FeUow Soldier,

"JOSEPH HARDY,
" Late Inspecting Field-Officer, SURRY and KENT.

"COBHAM LODGE,
" IST JANUARY, 1807."

A regimental order,* copied from the original in the orderly room of the 1st
Surrey, will show volunteers of the present day that absence from duty received its
due reward, " when George III. was king."

The volunteers, in 1804, when this force was exceedingly popular throughout the
country, numbered 410,000,f of which 70,000 were Irish.

In 1798, £500,000 was voted by Parliament for the volunteer corps of cavalry
and infantry, and in 1806 it was stated in the House of Commons that in three
years and a half the volunteer system had cost the Government five millions, and
that as much more had been subscribed by private individuals.

In 1814 it was resolved to disband the volunteer army, and on the 17th June in
that year, seventeen days after the treaty of peace was signed, Lord Sidmouth, in a
letter praising " this valuable defensive force," commanded the lord-lieutenants of
the several counties to notify that the corps of volunteers would, after the 24th of
June, be released from their military engagements.

* See facsimile X.

t The return for Surrey is as follows :— Cavalry, 944 ; Infantry, 7801.

74 Y- PAKISH OF CAftERWELL.

•

The rise and progress of the volunteer movement of recent days must still be
fresh in the recollection of our readers. For some time previous to 1859, when the
movement was taken up again in all parts of England, a valuable nucleus of a
volunteer regiment had already been formed in Peckham. In 1849 a society was
formed in that place for the encouragement of out-door exercises, such as archery,
bowls, quoits, curling, &c., and the members had a most commodious club-house and
grounds at Hanover Park. Mr. Boucher was the secretary of the society, and being
a military man, the idea occurred to him that the object of the society would be still
further promoted were the members instructed in drill and in the use of the rifle.
The proposition of Mr. Boucher, though a somewhat novel one at the time, met with
encouragement, and the Hanover Park Rifle Club was organized early in 1852, the
members meeting at Hanover Park for the purposes of drill and having the use of
the Government range at Plumstead.

The drill-ground was well adapted for the purpose, being at least five acres
in extent, and within easy access of town, and the writer well remembers the
curiosity excited amongst the ladies of Peckham and Camberwell by the early drill
of the Club. Indeed a Hanover Park drill was something to be remembered. The
patronage of the ladies was liberally bestowed, but it is much to be feared that
simple curiosity would account in a great measure for their presence, as well as a
desire perhaps to see how men qualified for admission to a lunatic asylum.

In spite, however, of the jeers which their praiseworthy endeavours at times
excited, the members of the Hanover Park Rifle Club held their own, and the
Peckham residents began to think that some good might perhaps be evolved after
all out of the marching and counter-marching which they had witnessed. But
recruits came slowly, and a valuable organization, which, with Government support,
would have established itself on a firm and popular basis, was allowed to dwindle
almost into a mere shooting-club. A mistake was no doubt made by the com-
mittee in fixing the cost of the uniform at .£14, and the fees and incidentals
were also high, so that very many eligible young men of the middle class
were debarred from joining. Another item of expense was the rifle, which might
very well have been supplied by Government, for though six guineas was not a
large sum to pay for a rifle in 1853, it was a heavy additional charge upon the
member's pocket. In the Club prospectus this rifle is described as "most
powerful, having a range of 1200 yards, of superior workmanship and pattern,
manufactured expressly for the Club by one of the longest-established and most
respectable firms in London, John Blanch & Son."

And so, what with rifle-shooting, manual and platoon exercise, varied now and
then with athletic sports in summer and balls in winter, the Hanover Park Rifle
Club went quietly on its way, and if not successful in educating the many in military
tactics, it succeeded most thoroughly in preparing the few. It made officers, men
who afterwards took an active part as officers in the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers, a.
corps of which we have all reason to be proud. And notably would we mention
the name of Mr. Rolla Rouse, a gentleman who shared the fortunes of the Club, and
who afterwards as Captain Rolla Rouse took a leading part in organizing the 1st
Surrey. The old club-house proved a capital rendezvous for the new regiment,
and having a nucleus round which to rally, the 1st Surrey literally sprang into
existence the moment Government authority was obtained for its formation. In
June, 1859, the services of the 1st Surrey were accepted by Her Majesty, and the
corps claim the honour of being the first metropolitan corps whose services were so
accepted. But the 1st Surrey was not allowed to remain long unmolested, for railway
companies are not respecters even of Volunteer head-quarters, and the regiment was.

VOLUNTEERS— PAST AND PRESENT. 75

soon compelled to find quarters elsewhere. On the 17th December the foundation-
stone of a new storehouse in Flodden Road, Camberwell New Road, was laid by
Colonel M'Murdo, Inspector-General of Volunteers, Ensign J. T. Lepard, a member
of the corps, being the architect of the new buildings. It was a subject of much
regret at the time, not only to Major Irvine but to the regiment generally, that incon-
sequence of severe indisposition their much-respected and gallant commander, Colonel
Macdonald, was unable to be present. The new buildings were opened by the lord-
lieutenant of the county, the Earl of Lovelace, on the 1st July, 1865, in the presence
of Sir George Pollock, G.C.B., the honorary Colonel, and a brilliant and distinguished
company, the 1st Surrey under Colonel Macdonald mustering in great force.

Since its formation the 1st Surrey has always been to the front in the Volunteer-
service, and has taken part in almost all the great gatherings in Hyde Park, at
Brussels, at the annual Easter Review, and at the National Rifle Association's meetings
at Wimbledon, where the " 1st Surrey Camp " is a local institution, familiar to all
visitors to Wimbledon as "household words."

Much of the success which has attended the regiment may no doubt be attributed to
the fact that it has always possessed hard-working and efficient officers, gentlemen of
education and ability, who have brought to the discharge of their duties a conscien-
tious desire faithfully to perform the same. In Captain Rolla Rouse and the late
beloved Colonel the corps possessed not only able officers, but downright thorough
men, who carry success with them in all they attempt. The same may also be said
of Major Irvine, whose energy, devotion, and ability can never be forgotten by the
members of the corps. The gallant Colonel who has recently accepted command
attended battalion drill for the first time on Wednesday, October 15th, 1873,
when a most enthusiastic reception was awarded him. Colonel Gardiner (3rd Buffs),,
as Major Irvine remarked in the course of a stirring address, is an officer " of high
military rank, whose long service in distinguished regiments entitles him to the
absolute confidence and support of all who may have the honour of serving under him
in the 1st Surrey."

The 1st Surrey (or South London) Rifles has an establishment of six companies,
each of which is connected with, and draws its recruits from, a certain district, as-
under : —

No. 1 Co Camberwell.

2 „ .... Kennington and Clapham.

3 „ .... Camberwell.

4 „ .... Peckham.

6 „ .... Brixton.

7 „ .... Newington.

No. 5, the Clapham company, has been absorbed in No. 2.

On the original establishment of the corps, there were two other companies, viz. : —

No. 8 New Cross.

9 Dulwich.

No. 8 is now amalgamated with No. 3, and No. 9 with No. 1.

Lieut.-Col. commanding :

Col. Thos. G. Gardiner, late Lieut.-Col. 3rd Foot.
Date of commission, 24th Sept. '73.

Major :

Alex. L. Irvine, late British Foreign Legion.
Date of commission, 23rd Dec. '62.

76 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Captains. Date of com.

*3 Travers B. Wire 17 May, '61.

2 Richard Plews 11 Dec. '65.

1 Jas. D. Doulton 7 Nov. '67.

6 Wm. Henry Thomas 9 June, '68.

7 Arthur Styan 9 Nov. '72.

(1 vacancy).
Lieutenants.

3 John C. Sidebotham 26 Dec. '63.

1 Albert S. Fletcher 20 Mch. '67.

7 Chas. H. Nevill 1 Oct. 70.

6 Douglas Fourdrinier 16 Oct. J72.

1 John C. Hardy 1 June, '73.

2 Jas. H. Pulman 1 June, '73.

7 Geo. Waterall 1 June, 73.

6 Jas. J. Anderson 1 June, '73.

3 Jas. Hepburn Hastie 1 June, '73.

2 Horace Geo. Bowen 1 June, '73.

(2 vacancies).
Adjutant : R. Maunsell,

late captain 7th Foot.

Paymaster : Lieut. Herbert Puckle.

Quartermaster : T. Woodbridge Carnell.

Surgeon : Eugene F. Cronin, M.D.
Hon. Chaplain : Rev. Jas. Fleming, B.A.

* The numbers prefixed to the officers' names are at present three vacancies for officers
-denote the Companies to which they belong. There No. 4 Co.

POPULATION.

HE rapid strides which this parish has made in population during-
the present century is one of the most interesting facts in connection
with the marvellous growth of this great metropolis. Although other
suburbs of London, in direct contravention of all law,* persisted in
growing apace during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this-

parish, which has always been law-abiding and constitutional, put off its latent

power until the dawning of the present century.

The Church Register supplies us with the following, showing the average number of

births and deaths in Camberwell, at stated intervals, from the sixteenth century to

the nineteenth : —

Years.

Average of Births.

Average of Deaths.

1580—1589

1680—1689

1780—1789

120

143

1790—1799

169

152

1800—1807

208

184

In the last period Dulwich is included : very little parochial duty was performed
there before the present century.

In the year 1787 the inhabitants of the parish were accurately numbered ; they
amounted then to 3762. In 1789 the number of houses was about 770, exclusive
of Dulwich College and the workhouse. Those in the Camberwell district were
then 344.

The increase in population from the commencement of the present century has.
been most extraordinary, as the following table will clearly demonstrate : —

Tear.

Population.

Increase.

Inc. per cent.

1801

7,059

1811

11,309

4,250

60-20

1821

17,876

6,567

58-06

1831

28,231

10,355

57-92

1841

39,868

11,637

41-22

1851

51,667

11,799

29-59

1861

71,488

19,821

38-36

1871

111,306

39,818

55-69

* By a proclamation of the 22nd Elizabeth,
•which appears to have been so little attended to, she
did " charge and straightly command all manner of
persons, of what quality soever they be, to desist
and forbear from any new buildings of any houses
and tenements within 3 miles of any of the gates
of the said City of London, to serve for habitation
or lodging for any person — where no former house
hath been known to have been in the memory of
such as are now living. "

And on the settlement of the Commonwealth,
building was carried on with such rapidity, that in
1656 an Act was passed by the Parliament for pre-
venting the erection of houses in the suburbs and
within a distance of 10 miles of the city. The pre-
amble sets forth how "the great and excessive
number of houses, edifices, and out-houses, and

cottages erected and newly built in and about
the suburbs of the City of London and the parts
thereunto adjoining1, is found to be very mis-
chievous and inconvenient, and a great annoyance
and nuisance to the Commonwealth ; " and, oil ac-
count of this " growing evil" having "so much
multiplied and increased," the Act proceeds to in-
flict upon the builders and occupiers of such
erections the penalty of paying to the use of the
Commonwealth one year's rack rent for every
house erected since Mar. 25th, 1620, and having four
acres of land attached to it ; and of paying for every
house erected since the passing of the Act a penalty
of £100, and £20 per month for the use of the
poor so long as it was upheld from the date of it».
erection.

78 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

POPULATION OF CAMBERWELL AND SURROUNDING PARISHES.

Parish.

Jjjj

1801.

1811.

1821.

1831.

1841.

1851.

1861.

1871.

ils

k%*

J-BS

* Camber well

4450

7,059

11,309

17,876

28,231

39,868

51,667

71,488

111,306

104,247

1476-79

Lambeth .

3941

27,985

41,644

57,638

87,856

115,888

139,325

162,044

208,342

180,357

644-47

Newington .

632

14,847

23,853

33,047

44,526

54,606

64,816

82,220

88,722

73,875

497-57

Bermondsey

626

17,169

19,530

25,235

29,741

34,947

48,128

58,355

80,429

63,260

368-45

St George's,
Southwark .

J284

22,293

27,967

36,368

39,769

46,644

51,824

55,510

56,077

33,784

151-54

NUMBER OF HOUSES (CAMBERWELL).f

Year.

Houses.

Increase.

Increase
per cent.

1801

1,224

1811

2,061

837

68-38

1821

(3,309

1,248

60-55

1831

5,753

2,444

73-85

1841

7,230

1,477

25-67

1851

10,572

3,342

46-22

1861

12,964

2,392

22-62

1871

19,066

6,102

47-06

HOUSES— HALF A CENTURY'S INCREASE OF CAMBERWELL
AND SURROUNDING PARISHES.

Parish.

Houses.

Increase.

Increase
per cent.

1821.

1871.

Caniberwell

3,309
9,919
6,384
4,691
5,543

20,066
31,137
13,268
10,629
7,347

16,757
21,218
6,884
5,938
1,804

506-40
213-91
107-83
126-58
32-54

Lambeth

Newington

Bermondsey

St. George's, Southwark .

The following table shows the growth, according to the number of assessments, of
the three districts of the parish for 100 years, from 1732 to 1832 : —

Year.

Camberwell.

Peckham.

Dulwich.

Total.

1732

117

163

330

1742

134

182

376

1752

149

214

424

1762

160

227

467

1772

205

249

104

558

1780

246

276

110

632

1792

432

339

129

900

1806

697

540

159

1,396

1832

3,066

1,605

309

4,980

* This return of areas is given in the Census re-
turns, 1871, on the authority of Major-General Sir
Henry James, R.E., Director of the Ordnance
Survey Department. Hitherto the area of this
parish has always been quoted in official returns at
4342 statute acres — a fact which, on the face of it,

speaks volumes for the zeal of our churchwardens
and overseers in perambulating the bounds of the
parish. It is not for us to inquire from which
parish the 108 additional acres have been taken.

t This return includes empty houses and houses
in course of erection.

POPULATION.

POPULATION OF DISTRICTS, 1861-71.

Houses.

Population.

1861.

1871.

Persons.

Males.

Females.

i*d

JS'C

*T*

-A

a *

fi.g

^ a°

1861.

1871.

1861.

1871.

1861.

1871.

•3

-52

•Q-

fl.3

S-i

CAMBERWELL.

1. DULWICH . .

f Camberwell, part of Parish— ]
1 Dulwich . . . -Hamlet j

1450

294

646

1723

4041

730

1566

993

2475

2. CAMBERWELL

Camberwell, part of Parish .

1378

3444

5000

477

21297

31254

9119

13677

12178

17577

3. PECKHAM . .

( Camberwell, part of Parish— )
t Peckham . . . Hamlet )

1175

4948

425

107

7031

896

215

28135

42160

12485

19523

15650

22037

4. ST. GEORGE .

f Camberwell, part of Parish— )
(. St. George. District Parish J

447

3412

146

5095

513

20333

33851

9301

16048

11032

17803

WARD POPULATION.

31.

"1.

Parishes and Wards.

Area
in
Statute
Acres.

Inha-
bited
Houses.

Popu-
lation.

Inha-
bited
Houses.

Popu-
lation.

Number
of Rated
House-
holders.

Rateable
Annual
Value of
Property.

1. St. George's West Ward .
2. St. George's East Ward .

207
229

1,769
1,643

10,368
9,965

3,128
1,967

20,913
12,938

3,202
2,060

£62,740

48,908

3. Camden Ward

272

2,276

14,321

2,804

17,804

2,989

61,791

4. North Peckham Ward

351

2,590

14,377

3,725

22,466

3,566

86,185

5. South Peckham Ward .

851

2,358

13,758

3,306

19,694

3,285

87,251

6. Camberwell and Dulwich Ward

2,540

1,462

8,699

2,842

17,491

2,826

147,697

Total . . .

4,450

12,098

71,488

17,772

111,306

17,928

494,572

INMATES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, APRIL, 1871.

Total
number in
Institution,
including
Officers, <bc.

Number of
Special In-
mates, such
as Paupers,
Patients,
Lunatics, &c.

Institution.

•

*c5

•3

S
~

Camberwell Workhouse

462

451

223

Camberwell House Lu- \
natic Asylum . . )

473

182

291

421

156

265

Peckham House Luna- t
tic Asylum . . . (

348

109

239

288

195

Bethel Asylum .
Aged Pilgrims' Asylum

12
43

12
41

Nazareth House Auxi-)
liary Workhouse . . j

111

107

108

106

St. Mary's College

Friendly Female Asylum

—

* The increase of population in the hamlet of
Dulwich is attributed to the extension of the edu-
cational advantages of Dulwich College since. 1859 ;

to building operations on the College property,
and to a great improvement in railway communica-
tion.

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The parish of Camberwell contains nearly a ninth part of the whole population of
Surrey, although it is only about 108th part of the county area. The average number
of inhabitants dwelling on a county acre in 1871 was 2 against 25 on an acre of
ground in Camberwell. From the following table it will be seen that the rateable
value of the county, according to the valuation lists, 1871, amounted to £5,358,465 ;
whilst that of Camberwell at the same time was .£494,572, so that this parish
furnished nearly one-tenth of its rateable value.

Area in Statute Acres.

Population, 1871.

Rateable Value.

County . . .
Camberwell .

483,178
4,450

1,091,635
111,306

5,358,465
494,572

At the beginning of the present century, St. George the Martyr, Southwark,
contained three times, and Newington twice, the population of Camberwell ;
whereas this parish now contains nearly one and a half the population of Newing-
ton, and nearly double that of St. George the Martyr ; Lambeth, which, in 1801r
was nearly four times as densely populated as Camberwell, now contains only about
twice the number of inhabitants ; whilst Bermondsey, which more than doubled
Camberwell in 1801, contains now only two-thirds the population of this parish.

Turning to electoral statistics, this parish with its 111,306 inhabitants has barely
a third share in returning two members ; whilst the following boroughs, with a less
aggregate population than Camberwell, return 16 members — viz., Banbury, An-
dover, Bewdley. Bodmin, Bridgenorth, Bridport, Buckingham, Calne, Chippenham>
Cockermouth, Devizes, Dorchester, Evesham, Eye, Guildford, and Midhurst.

TRAVELLING— PAST AND PEESENT.

T may seem an extraordinary statement, but it is one nevertheless which
can be thoroughly substantiated, that even at the latter end of the eighteenth
century there were parts of the parish of Camberwell farther removed from
the City than Dover is at the present day ; whilst some portion of the town
of Camberwell was as distant from the hamlet of Dulwich as the queen
of watering-places is now from the metropolis.

To the spoilt traveller of the present day, the difficulties and expense of locomotion
in the olden time reads like a chapter of romance.

In 1744 a coach was advertised* to leave the " Cross Keys and Spread Eagle,"
Grasschurch Street, "every day" to Peckham, but as no times of starting were
specified, we are unable to state whether the coach made one or more journeys daily.
That the number of journeys made every day must have been limited, is evident
from the fact that in 1796 the Camberwell coach was advertised to leave the " George
and Gate " during the summer only',t and that up to 1 P.M. only one journey had
been made.

The Camberwell West-End coach was advertised in the same year to leave the
"Anchor and Vine," Charing Cross, daily at 11.30 A.M. and 7.30 P.M., and another
left the " Kings and Keys," Fleet Street, daily at 12 noon and 3 and 8 P.M.

The Peckham coach started from the " George and Gate," Gracechurch Street, daily
at 11 A.M. and 1, 4, and 7 P.M. From the " Kings and Keys," Fleet Street, daily at
12 noon, and 1, 3, and 8 P.M., and the "Red Lion" Alehouse, Strand, daily at 11 A.M.
and 7 P.M., and the " Horseshoe and Magpie," Bridge Street, Westminster, daily at
11 A.M. and 7 P.M.

The Dulwich coach left the "Pewter Platter," Gracechurch Street, daily at 11 A.M.
and 6 P.M. in summer, and at 5 P.M. only during winter.

The length of time occupied by these coaches in their journeys to and fro was no
doubt attributable in the main to the wretched state of the roads, and to the fact
that, instead of proceeding direct on their journey, the coach was driven to the
houses of the fortunate passengers who had been successful in booking a place.

To the heavy state of the roads must also be attributed another cause of delay,
as it was almost a matter of necessity to bait the horses once or twice on the
journey.

The Peckham coach invariably made a halt at the "Red Cap," Camberwell Green,.
and to be detained for twenty minutes at that well-known hostelry was an everyday
occurrence.

Added to the inconvenience and annoyance of this mode of travelling was the
danger of being molested by highway robbers, who were bold enough to carry on
their depredations within even two or three miles of the metropolis.

* Osborn'a Complete- Guide, 1744. t Kent's London Directory, 179(5.

PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The principal coachmasters of the parish at the "beginning of the present century
were Messrs. Tanner,* Prince, Wilson, and Glover, of Peckham, and Messrs. Lancefield,
Banks, and Merry, of Camberwell. Merry, who was a hatter in the Walworth Road,
drove a white coach, which was a great favourite with the inhabitants. George
Banks, whose smart appea.rance is still fresh in the memory of many old residents,
was noted for his eccentricities. He appropriately named his coach " The Thorn,"
and such it proved to be to his competitors. It was his invariable habit to change
his clothes at least three times a day ; but to his credit, be it said, Banks not only
lavished much attention on his personal appearance, but bestowed an equal regard
to the condition of his team. Though eccentric, his cheerful and obliging disposition
made him exceedingly popular with the leading gentry, who were his principal
patrons.

Charles Dickens could hardly have seen Banks in the flesh, nor even read of him in
history, or he would never have written so slightingly of the Camberwell coachman.
The elder Weller is made to say that he " never knew any coachman do well as
wrote verses, except one as wrote an affectin' copy o' werses the night afore he was
hung for a highway robbery ; but that goes for nothing, as he was only a Camberwell
man."

An anecdote concerning Prince, one of the Peckham coachmasters, is well worth
recording : —

Tanner, whose family had held a monopoly of the road for many years, like many
other monopolists imagined himself secure from all opposition. On the return
journey from London, if only one passenger remained to be conveyed to Peckham
Rye or East Dulwich, he was informed on reaching Peckham that the coach would
proceed no farther. Mr. Bailey, of East Dulwich, who was a man of considerable
means and influence, was once treated in this way ; he refused, however, to submit
to what he considered was an unfair proceeding, and acting under Tanner's instruc-
tions, the coachman drove him to the stables, where, it is stated, he remained a
considerable time. This event put an end to the monopoly, and an active opposition
was immediately commenced by Mr. Bailey and his East Dulwich friends.

The expense of starting another coach was in a measure defrayed by a local sub-
scription, and the yellow coach of Mr. Prince became a formidable rival to the red
one of Mr. Tanner.

Yet another rival was destined soon to appear upon the scene. Owing doubtless
to the wants of an increasing neighbourhood, another coach was started in 1830 by
John Glover, who takes pride in mentioning the fact that, although the cost of his
first coach, "The Regulator," was mainly advanced by four gentlemen, he was
enabled within twelve months of the purchase to call it absolutely his own.

Glover's fares were Is. outside and Is. M. in, and 2s. 6d. was charged from the
Plough Inn, East Dulwich, to the City.

Within five years of the starting of Glover's coach, Prince, whose business had
somewhat declined through excessive competition, started an omnibus, "The Duke of
Richmond," from the " King's Arms," Peckham Rye, to the City at a shilling fare.
Omnibuses had been introduced into other parts of the metropolis six years pre-
viously. Mr. Shillibeer, in his evidence before the Board of Health, stated that on
July 4, 1829, he started the first omnibus in the metropolis from the Bank to the
"Yorkshire Stingo," in the New Road. Each of Shillibeer's vehicles carried
twenty-two passengers ; it was drawn by three horses abreast, and the, driver was
the only outside "passenger."

* There is a tradition in Peckham that Tanner's
announcement stated that his coach would leave

for London, and return the same day,
weather permitting. "

: wind and

TEA YELLING— PAST AND PRESENT. 83

The fare was Is. for the whole journey, and 6d. for half the distance, and for
?some time the passengers were provided with periodicals on the journey.

The introduction of omnibuses into Camberwell was not received with universal
favour, as, in consequence of the reduced fares, they were deemed to be somewhat
plebeian in character, and a considerable time elapsed before they were generally
adopted. The reduced fares, however, naturally drew a large amount of support,
and after a feeble resistance the coaches became a thing of the past.

Glover, Tanner, and other coachmasters then followed the example of Prince, and
started rival omnibuses. Glover's first omnibus, the " Little Wonder," was named
after a winner of the Derby, to which race Glover had driven a number of his
patrons.

Since this time the number of omnibuses has greatly increased, in accordance with
the requirements of the locality.

Lancefield, Sheppard, Drew, Pope, Bar wick, Doust and Ross, Goodwin, W. S. Jones,
Creed, Tilling, and others, are names familiar to us, as past and present omnibus
proprietors.

The reduction of fares from Is., charged by Prince in 1835, to the 4d. fare of
the present day, cannot be a matter of surprise when we consider the increase of
population and the great decrease in the duty upon horses and vehicles,* together
with the repeal of the mileage duty and the abolition of the toll-bars.

The establishment of Mr. Tilling f is now an institution in Camberwell, and from
a very small beginning he has raised himself to an unrivalled position in hig
particular trade. Some idea may be formed of his extensive business when it is
stated that his " stock " comprises nearly 700 horses. ,

Of railways within the parish, the South London Line has four stations, viz., Old
Kent Road, Queen's Road, Peckham Rye, and Denmark Hill, opened for passenger
traffic on the 13th August, 1866 ; length of line, 2m. 5 ch. The South London and
Sutton Line opened on the 1st Oct. 1868 ; length of line in Camberwell, 1 m. 67 ch.,
and two stations, Champion Hill and North Dulwich ; and the West End and Crystal
Palace Line opened 1st Dec. 1856 ; length of line in Camberwell, 22 ch.

The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway has stations at Camberwell New Road,
Denmark Hill, Peckham Rye, Nunhead, Honor Oak, Lordship Lane, Crystal Palace,
Dulwich, and Sydenham Hill. It enters the parish from Newington, and leaves it at
the Camberwell New Road ; re-enters the parish at the Camberwell New Road Station,
and leaves it in Myatt's Fields ; passes through a portion of Lambeth, and re-enters
Camberwell at Denmark Hill ; proceeds to Nunhead, where it passes through the
parish of Lewisham, and reaches Camberwell again, near Honor Oak; and after
passing through Sydenham touches Camberwell again at the Crystal Palace Station.
The length of the lines in Camberwell is as follows : —

From Newington to Camberwell New Road, 3 fur. 4 ch.
„ Camberwell New Road to Myatt's Fields, 2 fur. 7 ch.
„ Denmark Hill to Nunhead, 1 m. 7 fur. 3 ch.
„ Honor Oak to Sydenham, 1 m. 5 fur. 4 ch.
„ Sydenham to Crystal Palace Station, 3 fur. 7 ch.
„ Herne Hill to boundary near Duiwich Wood, 1 m. 7 fur. 6 ch.

The Main Line portion was opened July 1st, 1863 ; the portion to Camberwell New
Eoad, Oct. 6th, 1862 ; the Crystal Palace Line, August 1st, 1865.

* The duty on horses is now entirely removed. being the " Times," purchased of W. Stevens. At

t Mr. Tilling commenced business in Walworth the present time Mr. Tilling employs about L'GO
in 1845, with une horse, and when his stock men, and last year he supplied carriages for more
numbered five, they all died. In 1S50 he re- than 600 wedding parties,
moved his bu mess to Peckham, his first omnibus

G 2

84 Y° PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The tramway* lias recently been introduced into Camberwell. There are nearly
four miles of tram-line in this parish, and it is estimated that nearly 5,000 tickets are
issued daily to passengers riding in our local cars. The line from Camberwell Green
to Westminster was opened Sept. 25th, 1871 ; and from New Cross to Camberwell
Green, Jan. 28th, 1872. The Tramway Company keep in good repair the roads on
which their cars run, and it has been stated that as much as £2,000 a year is thereby
removed from our parochial burdens. The company also pay rates on a rateable
value of .£450 per mile.

* It is generally imagined that the tram-line is so word tramway was given to the road prepared to

called from the father of the late Sir James Outram, receive them. " And to go back farther still, Roger

the founder of the Butterley Ironworks. He was North, writing about 1680, mentions the " strange

said to be the first to lay down an iron way in con- histories" he heard at Newcastle about the coal-

nection with his works. Before Mr. Outram's works, and proceeds to describe the " laying of

time, however, Mr. Homfray obtained an Act of rails of timber from the colliery down to the river

Parliament (1794) for the construction of an "iron exactly straight and parallel, and bulky carts

dram-road, tram-road, or railway," between made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby

Cardiff and Merthyr Tydvil ; ' and in Buchanan's the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw

Technological Dictionary the word "tram" is thus de- down 4 or 5 chaldron of coals, an immense benefit

scribed: ''A local name given to coal- waggons in the to the coal merchant."
neighbourhood of Newcastle -upon-Tyne ; hence the

POLITICAL HISTOKY.

Y an Act of Parliament to amend the Eepresentation of the People of
England and Wales, passed the 7th June, 1832 (2 Will. IV. c. 45),
fifty-six boroughs therein enumerated were disfranchised, and in lieu
thereof forty-two new boroughs were created. The preamble of the
Act recites that it was expedient to take effectual measures for
correcting divers abuses that had long prevailed in the choice of members to serve in
the Commons " House of Parliament ; " to deprive many inconsiderable places of the
right of returning members ; to grant such privilege to large, populous, and wealthy
towns ; to increase the number of knights of the shire ; to extend the elective
franchise to many of his Majesty's subjects who had not hitherto enjoyed the same ;
and to diminish the expense of elections.

Under this Act certain boroughs which, previous to its passing, re turned two members,
were thereafter to return one only, and many large towns in the country, which had grown
into great importance from the amount of trade and number of their population, were
constituted boroughs. The large metropolitan population inhabiting the parishes named
in the schedule of the Act, including the Tower Hamlets, Finsbury, Maryleboiie, and
Lambeth (of which Camberwell was made a portion), were constituted boroughs, each
of which had the right of returning two members. In the same session of Parliament
another Act was passed to settle and determine the divisions of counties, by which
the hamlet of Dulwich is placed in the eastern division of the county of Surrey.

The following are the members who have from time to time been elected for both
borough and county since the passing of the Reform Act. The names of the unsuc-
cessful candidates are printed in italics : —

1832. Dec. Charles Tennyson (L.) 2,716

Benjamin Hawes (L.) 2,166

Daniel Wakefield (L.) 819

John Moore (L.) . . . . . . .155

1835. Jan. Benjamin Hawes (L.) 2,008

Right Hon. C. Tennyson (afterwards Tennyson

D'Eyncourt) (L.) ...... 1,995

C. Farebrother (C.) 931

1837. Aug. Benjamin Hawes (L.) 2,934

Right Hon. T. D'Eyncourt (L.) . . . .2,811
diaries Baldwin (C.) 1,624

1841. July. Benjamin Hawes (L.) 2,601

Right Hon. T. D'Eyncourt (L.) .... 2,558

Charles Baldwin (C.) 1,999

Thomas Cabbell (C.) . . 1,763

Charles Pearson (L.) 4,614

Right Hon. T. D'Eyncourt (L.) .... 3,708

Benjamin Hawes (L.) 3,344

On Mr. Pearson's acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds.

1847.

Aug.

Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1850. July.

1852. July.

1857. Mar.

1859. April.

1862. April.

1865. July.

William Williams (L ) 3,834

Sir Charles Napier (L.) 1,182

John Hinde Palmer (L.-C.) . . . . .585

W. Arthur Wilkinson (L.) . . •• . •. 4,732.

William Williams (L.) . . . .. . . 4,022

Right Hon. T. D'Eyncourt (L.) . . . '. 3,829

William Eonpell* (L.). . • • '-• '.' • 9>318

William Williams (L.) . . . . . ; . 7,648

W. Arthur Wilkinson (L.) . . . . . 3,234

William Boupell (L.) . . . . » ,

William Williams (L.)

On Mr. Roupell's acceptance of Chilteni Hundreds.

Frederick Doulton 5,124

W. Campbell Sleigh. . . .-..".. 754

W. Arthur Wilkinson 347

On the death of Mr. Williams, Mr. Alderman J. C.
Lawrence was returned unopposed.

Thomas Hughes (L.) 6,373

Frederick Doulton (L.) 6,280

J. C. Lawrence (L.) 4,743

James Haig 514

* The history of William Roupell is a remarkable
one His father, Richard Palmer Roupell, was a
lead smelter in Gravel Lane, and had a suburban
mansion called Aspen House, Brixton. He had a
family of five children, only one of whom, Richard,
was born subsequent to the marriage, which took
place at St. Giles's, Camberwell, September 6tb,
1838. John, the eldest son, went abroad, but the
next child, William, appears to have become more of
a favourite with his father, obtaining his confidence
in a great measure, and was trained up to the law.
When he arrived at man's estate he probably saw
the terrible position in society which his father's
late marriage placed him in, and that by the laws
of the land, should his father die without making
him a gift, he would never be able to touch an acre
of the large property which had been amassed.
Ambition, too, led him on until in 1857 he was
elected, at the top of the poll, M.P. for Lambeth,
unseating in the contest Mr. Wilkinson, of Short-
lands, near Beckenham, and formerly of Camber-
well. This gentleman was the son of Dr. Wil-
kinson, of Queen's Road, Peckham. Those who
recollect that election were reminded at the time
of the polling days of a bygone age. With such
an elevated position William Roupell required
ample means, and it does not appear that his
father had ever encouraged the rising man by
money allowance. The result was that an indi-
rect way of obtaining funds was resorted to
as early as the year 1853. He forged a deed by
which the Roupell Park estate, in the parishes
of Lambeth, Norwood, and Streatham, was given
to him by his father and mother. He mort-
gaged the property to the Guardian Assurance
Company for £100,000, but in order to fully carry
out his plans he told his father that the Unity
Assurance had appointed him their building
trustee, and that they desired to purchase his
estate. The old gentleman at last agreed to let it
to them at £2,750 a year rental, upon condition of
their expending £50,000 in buildings, and this.
rental William Roupell actually paid his father for
seven years. In 1855 William was much pressed
for money, and, consequently, he had to scheme
afresh. He advised his father to purchase an ad-
joining property to Roupell Park for £5,000, and
obtained his father's cheque for that amount in the
name of the seller, a Mr. Treadwell. He appro-
priated this cheque to his own use by forging this
gentleman's name. He next stated that the Unity

desired the property, and would rent it at £250'
a year. He obtained the original deeds of the
estate belonging to his father on pretence of taking
them to their lawyers for examination, but instead
of this he had copies made, forged them, and while
he retained the originals, gave the forged ones to
his father, who confidently replaced them, as he
thought, in his strong box. With these deeds Wil-
liam raised £7,000 upon the Norbiton Farm estate.
Kingston, and then he pocketed £2,000 and paid
Mr. Treadwell the £5, 000 for the Streatham property.
On September 12, 1856, his father died, and William
then found in the strong box his father's will, dated
1860, in which the Roupell Park and other estates
had been left in trust for the youngest and only
legitimate son. William knew his ruin was come if
he Jaced the three executors named, so he forged a
new will revoking the old one, and appointed him-
self and his mother executors, and to her the
ownership of the property. He then obtained his
mother's authority to sell the estates ; that was
more easy with her than it had been with the
father, for she too had faith in her son, and from
first to last, upon his own admission at the trial,
which took place in August, 1862, he raised about a
quarter of a million of money, of which £135,000
had been obtained on the Roupell Park estate.
And yet, with all this wealth, he had got further
into debt; he suddenly left England, and as
suddenly returned, when some one raised the
question that the Norbiton property was held under
a forged deed. He gave voluntary evidence at the
trial ; admitted the forgeries, startled the world at
large by the clear account of his terrible career, was
finally convicted at the Old Bailey on the 24th
September, 1862, and sentenced to transportation
for life at the early age of 31.

in value to £200,000. Amidst all the excitement of
those ten years, he had managed to make that pro-

?erty one of the most valuable in South London,
hat he committed a terrible crime everyone
admits; that he deserved punishment everyone-
is agreed upon ; but a doubt still lingers in the
public mind whether the law has not been
sufficiently satisfied, and whether criminals con-
victed of even graver crimes than Roupell have not
been less punished. [T, C. NOBLE.]

>-H

POLITICAL HISTORY. 87

1868. Nov. J. C. Lawrence (L.) 15,051

W. McArthur (L.) 14,553

Morgan Howard (C.) 7,043

1874. Sir J. C. Lawrence (L.) 12,175

W. McArthur (L.) 11,788

Morgan Howard* (C.) 11,201

. The number of plumpers received by Mr. Morgan Howard was 10,030 ; Mr.
McArthur, 400 ; and Sir James C. Lawrence, Bart., 285.

Lambeth is now one of the largest constituencies in the country, and the cost of
contesting it is necessarily very great. According to the advertised expenses of the
1874 election (the first under the Ballot Act), the total cost amounted to <£8,067 3s.,
divided amongst the candidates as follows : —

£ s. cl

Messrs. Lawrence and McArthur ..... 5,725 7 8
Morgan Howard, Esq. ....... 2,341 15 4

The advertised expenses of the election held in 1868 wer3 as under : —

£ s. d.

Sir J. C. Lawrence 3,352 10 10

Mr. McArthur 4,592 3 9

Mr. Morgan Howard 3,093 11 5

The number of votes polled at this election was unprecedentedly high, in conse-
quence, no doubt, of the Irish Church question, which was then under discussion ;
and both as regards the expense and the number of votes polled, was in striking
contrast to that which preceded it in 1865, when Mr. Thomas Hughes, author of
Tom Brown's School Days, was returned at the head of the poll with 6,373 votes.
The advertised expenses of this election were as follows : —

£ s. cl

Mr. T. Hughes . ' 1,108 0 3

Mr. F. Doulton 1,585 7 6

Mr. J. C. Lawrence 1,693 11 9

Mr. J. Haig 651 6 10

It will be seen from these figures that whatever advantages have been obtained by
the adoption of the ballot, a reduction of expense has not been one of them.

The election of 1857, of which we give an illustration, was one of the most memor-
able in the annals of local electioneering. Without in any way suggesting that the
Lambeth elector is an advocate for lavish expenditure at elections, we may go so far
as to say that the candidate who has no objection to spend money liberally ensures
consideration. Mr. Roupell started well in 1857, for in addition to his willingness
to take into his service an unlimited number of electors and non-electors, he had
much to recommend him — youth, dash, local connections, and a gentlemanly address.
Nine thousand three hundred and eighteen was a great number to poll in 1857, and
a Committee of the House of Commons was called upon to find out how it was done,
but Mr. Roupell came out of the ordeal with credit, and the petition was declared
" frivolous and vexatious/' and the large army of canvassers employed by Mr. Roupell
were not, in the opinion of the Committee, brought within the provisions of the 17 &
18 Viet. c. 102.

* Mr. Morgan Howard lias recently been raised abilities and commanding eloquence are acknow-
to the dignity of a Queen's Counsel, an honour ledged even by his political opponents,
which perhaps no one can begrudge him, as his great

88 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, who was defeated by Mr. Roupell, was returned at the head
of the poll in the previous election of 1852, his colleague on that occasion being Mr.
Williams, the great advocate of economy in the House of Commons. Mr. Wilkinson
was a resident °of Camberwell, and took part in local affairs.

Although it does not fall within our province to deal with the future, we may
perhaps be allowed to express an opinion that Camberwell, with its population of about
125 000 a rateable value of more than half a million, and an area of 4,342 statute
acres,* is fairly entitled to a larger share of political privileges ; and further, that the
time has arrived when it may fairly be allowed to stand alone, returning its own
member.

The following are the members which have been returned for the county since
1832 :—

1832. John J. Briscoe (L.) 1,643

A. W. Beauclerk (L.) 1,155

J. T. Allen (C.) ....... 835

John Lainson (L.) ....... 244

1835. Richard Alsager (C.) 1,578

A. W. Beauclerk (L.) 1,324

JoluiJ.BriscoeCL.} 1,200

1837. Richard Alsager (C.) 2,176

Henry Kemble (C.) 2,155

Hon. P. J. L. King (L.) 1,865

John Angerstein (L.) ...... 1,823

On decease of Mr. Alsager.

1841. Feb. E. Antrobus, jun. (C.) 2,635

Thomas Alcock (L.) 1,436

1841. July. Henry Kemble (C.)

E. Antrobus, jun. (C.)

1847. Hon. P. J. L. King (L.) . . .

Thomas Alcock (L.) . . . . . .

1 852. Thomas Alcock (L.) 2,508

Hon. P. J. L. King (L.) 2,500

E. Antrobus, jun. (C.) 2,064

Anthony Cleasby (C.) 1,928

1857. Thomas Alcock (L.)

Hon. P. J. L. King (L.)

1859. Thomas Alcock (L.) 2,953

Hon. P. J. L. King (L.) 2,926

Anthony Cleasby (C.) 2,050

1865. Hon. P. J. L. King (L.) 3,495

Charles Buxton (L.) 3,424

H. W. Peek (C.) f 3,333

Hon. W, Brodrick (C.) 3,226

16C8. Hon. P. J. L. King (L.) . . . ... 4,162

Charles Buxton (L.) 3,941

W. Hardman (C.) 3,557

J. Lord (C.) 3,549

* See note page 78. Surrey. Mr. Peek has since been created a

t Messrs. Peek and Brodrick were afterwards baronet,
returned for the new county division for Alid

POLITICAL HISTORY.

1873. James Watney (C.) .
Hon. Leveson-Goioer (L.)

1874. *J ames Watney (C.) .

W. Grantham (C.)
Hon. P. J. L. King (L.)
J. P. Gassiott, jun. (L.) .

3,912
2,749
5,673
5,579
4,292
4,115

• The advertised expenses of this election were
.tis follows : — Messrs. Watney and Grantham,
£9,006 17s. 10t<. ; Messrs. King and Gassiott,
£5,267 12s. 2c*.

In the 18t>8 election, Messrs. Hardman and
Lord's expenses were £5,064 17s. 9cZ., and Messrs.
Locke Kiug and Buxton, £4,653 3s. 7c(.

LOCAL NAMES AND PLACES.

N the Domesday Book this parish is called " CA'BREWELLE." Subse-
quently the B was dropped, and from the eleventh to the sixteenth century
the name of the parish is generally quoted in official documents as Camwell,.
Cammerwell, or Camerwell. In the seventeenth century the B found its
way "back again,* but it was not until the middle of the eighteenth century
that Camberwell as it is now written was officially and locally recognized.

It is generally supposed that this parish owes its name to a famous well ;t and
Dr. Lettsom, whose villa on Grove Hill is elsewhere noticed, laid claim to the
honour of possessing the identical well on his charming estate. Salmon, the Surrey
historian, says, " it seems to be named from some mineral water which was anciently
in it," and Bray adopts the same idea,

" It has been conjectured," says the writer of a " short historical and topographical
account of St. Giles's Church/' published in 1827, "that as the name of St. Giles,
conveys an idea of cripples, the well which gave part of the name to the village
might have been famous for some medicinal virtues, and might have occasioned the
dedication of the church to this patron saint of cripples and mendicants."

This interpretation is not by any means an improbable one, and it assists us some-
what in the solution of the hrst part of the name. Given the well, it does not call
for a violent exercise of our imaginative faculties to suppose it to be cambered over
for protection. Again, cam J is a very crooked word, and is applied to anything out
of square, or out of condition. Having regard, therefore, to the fact already noticed,
that the church is dedicated to the patron saint of cripples, we are certainly justified
in assuming the word " cam " to be in this instance descriptive of individual con-
dition ; and the well would then become the well of the " crooked " or crippled.
Numerous other wells might be mentioned which are found connected with some
religious* foundation, such as St. Clement's Well, Chadwett, Bridewell, and Holywell.
The name of ClerJcenwell carries us back to the ecclesiastical origin of the drama ;
and Skinner's Well, adjoining, was the scene of similar Scriptural representation*
performed by the Skinners of London.

Other solutions of the etymology of Camberwell have been advanced. Here is
one " and something more." « All honour," says a witty writer, " to St. Giles,
whose miraculous springs gave a name to the spot ; unless, indeed, our friends in the
parish will accept a theory of our own — that, as Camber was the name of a son of the

* In the Minutes of the Green Coat School,
Camberwell is first spelt with B on 2Sth May, 1712.

t There was formerly a fine brick well on the De
Creepigny estate, Denmark Hill. The wells of
Dulwich are fully described elsewhere.

J In Coriolanus, Act iii. , Scene 1, Sicinius Velutus
says, of the crooked reasoning of Menenius Agrippa,
" This is clean kam ; " to which Brutus replies,
"Merely awry." The root appears in the phrase,
nrms in kembo, or a-kimbo. To cam, in the
Manchester dialect, is to cross or contradict a

person, or to bend anything awry.

Tfte word cam, crooked, is found in the CAM in
Gloucester and Cambridgeshire, in the CAMIL in
Cornwall, the CAMLAD in Shropshire, the CAM-
BECK in Cumberland, the CAMLIN in Longford,
and the CAMON in Tyrone. Morecambe Bay is-
the crooked-sea-bay, and CAMDEN is the crooked
vale.

We have also the rivers KAMP and CHAMP iit
Germany, and the KAM in Switzerland. Taylor's-
Words and Places.

LOCAL NAMES AND PLACES. 91

Trojan Brute who is said to have conquered this tight little island about 4,000 years
ago, perhaps that prince discovered the wells as Prince Bladud did the waters, of
Bath, and so unwittingly handed his name down to posterity and the panels of
omnibuses." *

The writer is obliging enough to add that he " attaches no importance whatever"
to his theory ; but then he only stated half his case. It might have been finished
thus : — " Camber, the son of Brute, fixed upon a delightful spot south of the Thames,
which he made his wile, and from Camber-ville the name of the place became sub-
sequently corrupted into Camber-well." And our friend might have referred to
Prittlewell and Hawkswell, in Essex, and Singlewell, in Kent, and other places in
England, as probably containing at one time the suffix mile, likewise corrupted into
well. But in all seriousness one must come back to the popular interpretation as
the most feasible solution of an etymological difficulty.

Peckham is another etymological enigma, as it certainly is not that which its name
at first implies — the village on the hill. In the Domesday Book the place is called
" Pecheha," which in all probability was an incorrect description. One theory is>
that the village of Peckham took its name from its proximity to the hills now known
as Forest Hill and Oak of Honour Hill, for Peckham Rye is mentioned in docu-
ments as early as the fourteenth century, and the little Aaraf or village under the
shadow of the hills above mentioned was evidently a place of some little importance
at the time of William the Conqueror.

The word Eye, assuming the above theory to be correct, would then be traced to
the Welsh word rhyn, a projecting piece of land ; and Peckham would be the village
under the rhyn or Eye.

But in all probability the Rye took its name from a watercourse or river ; for
before the Roman invasion, and the embankment of the Thames, the country sur-
rounding the Rye was no doubt partly submerged, and streams more or less rapid
abounded. The root Rhe or Rhin is connected with the Gaelic rae, rapid ; with the
Welsh rhe, swift ; rhedu, to run; rhin, that which runs ; and the English words "run"
and " rain." J From this root, too, we have the R YE in Kildare, Yorkshire, and Ayr-
shire ; the REA in Salop, Warwick, Herts, and Worcestershire ; the REY in Wilts ;
and the RAY in Oxfordshire and Lancashire.

Holinshed derives the name of Reading in Berkshire from " rhe or ree," the
Saxon word for a watercourse or river, which, says he, " may be seen in Overee or
Suthree ; for over the rte, or south of the rhee, as to the skilful dothreadileeappeare."
The term rhe, he further affirms, " not only to the course of everie water itself ; but
also this overflowing was, in time past, called rhe by such Saxons as inhabited in
this island ; and even to this daie in Essex I have often observed that when the lower-
grounds by rage of water have been overflowen, the people beholding the same have-
said, ' all is on a rhe/ as if they should have said, ' all is now a river.' "

In the portion of the map of Camberwell by Roques, given elsewhere, Cold
Harbour Lane is there called Camberwell Lane ; the Queen's Road, Peckham Lane ;
Southampton Street, Rainbow Lane ; and Rye Lane is described as South Street.
Jenner's Brewery, at that time conducted by Mr. Silverthorne, appears in the main
road, near Southampton Street, as " The Brew House." Friern Manor Farm is in-

* London : How it Grew, p. 303. them. It was the supreme reverence for the

t Ham signifies an enclosure, a home, that which sanctities of domestic life which gave to the

hems in. It expresses the sanctity of the family Teutonic nations the power of breathing a new life

bond ; it is the home, the one secret and sacred into the dead bones of Koman civilization. Taylor's

place. This word, as well as the feeling of which Words and Places, p. 82.

it was the symbol, was brought across the ocean } "The Rain-deer is the running-deer." Seo-

by the Teutonic colonists, and it is the sign of the Taylor's Words and Places, p. 137.
most precious of the gifts for which we thank

Y* PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

correctly described as "Fryum Farm," and the Oak of Honour as the "Oakof Arnon."
St. Thomas a Watering, which is fully described elsewhere, is shown in what is now
known as the Old Kent Road, and which is borne out by old leases. Dog Kennel Lane
extended from Goose Green to what is now known as Church Street, Camberwell.

Of names and places now in existence, Champion Hill and De Crespigny Park re-
mind us of the fact that Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, of Champion Lodge,
was once a power in Camberwell. Wren Road is doubtless intended to keep up a tra-
dition that Sir Christopher Wren resided in Camberwell during the building of St.
Paul's. Bowyer Place, in the Camberwell Road, was once the property of the wealthy
family of that name, who were lords of the manor of Camberwell. Wyndham Road,
formerly Bowyer Lane, connects the families of Wyndham and Bowyer together,
whilst Mansion House Square is another souvenir of the Mansion House of the
Bowyers. Grove Lane, which in the last century bore the name of Dog Kennel
Lane, reminds us that it is a lane in close proximity to the Grove, and near College
Street in the Grove formerly stood the Camberwell Collegiate School.

Church Street, Camberwell, is within the shadow of St. Giles's Church ; Stirling
Terrace and the " Stirling Castle " were built by a person of the name of Stirling ; North
Terrace is a row of buildings on the north side of the Peckham Road ; Havil Street
was named after Havil House, which stood at the corner of Workhouse Lane, as it
was called before Mr. Havil's time. The freehold of Havil House was purchased by
the vestry of this parish a few years since for .£1,740, and the ground now forms the
site of the new vestry hall.

Diamond Row, Southampton Street, was built by a plumber, whose diamond
brought him the means of building it. Edmund Street recalls to mind the great
market gardener of New Cross, who purchased a large amount of property in this
parish from the Bowyers. Tilson Road (formerly Gatton Road) is no doubt intended
as a compliment to a late member of the London School Board, Sir Thomas Tilson ;
New Church Road will perhaps some day be known as Old Church Road, as the
new church (St. George's) after which it was called is no longer new. St. George's
Church has also given name to St. George's Road ; Wells Street * is named after
a builder and contractor of that name, who was a well-known resident there in
days gone by ; Dowlas Street recalls to mind the Dowlas Common of the eighteenth
century ; Thornhill Square was built by Mr. James Thornhill, well known as a
parish officer for many years. The Melon Ground (Peckham) takes us back many
years when this portion of Peckham produced melons fit for the king's table ; the
Orchard (Peckham) at one time was a delightful spot to ramble in when attached to
the great mansion close by ; and Bell's Gardens' Road also was perhaps a more
sequestered retreat when it formed a portion of Mr. Bell's gardens.

Queen's Road was formerly known as Deptford Lane, and was altered in honour
of her present Majesty, who has often passed through it on her way to the Naval
School at New Cross. And Albert Road (Queen's Road) is also, we presume, to be
traced to a desire to compliment royalty ; Cow Walk was its former not euphonious
appellation. Harder's Road (Queen's Road) was christened after Mr. Harder, a
gentleman who once held freehold property in the neighbourhood ; Athearn Road
is also a personal reminder ; and Heaton Road calls to mind Heaton's Folly and its
benevolent owner. Choumert Road (Rye Lane) was so called after Mr. George
Choumert ; and Hanover Street (Rye Lane) was intended as a compliment to the
House of Hanover, some members of which were great patrons of Dr. Collyer, whose
chapel was also known as Hanover Chapel. Basing Yard (in rear of Hanover Street)

Mr. James Wells settled in Camberwell in 1803, and died in the parish in 1853. In partnership
with Mr. Berriman, he built St. George's Church.}

LOCAL NAMES AND PLACES. 93

is a souvenir of the Basing Manor, a well-known residence in the time of the
1st and 2nd Charles ; Meeting House Lane* (Peckham) was formerly the rendez-
vous of the dissenters of this parish ; Shard Square carries us back to the middle of
the eighteenth century, when the Shards were installed in Hill Street, then known
as Lord Lane, Peckham, as large landed proprietors.

Peckham Park and Peckham Park Road remind us that within the present century
Peckham rejoiced in a park of considerable extent, extending at one time from High
Street, Peckham, to the Old Kent Road. The Asylum Road (Old Kent Road) is a
very proper reminder of the munificence of the licensed victuallers, who have erected
here a magnificent asylum for their decayed brethren. Neate Street was named
after an owner of property of that name, and St. Thomas's Street hard by keeps us
in mind of St. Thomas a Watering, where the pilgrims rested on their way to Canter-
bury ; Wilson Road (Camberwell) carries us back to the beginning of the seventeenth
century (1615), when Edward Wilson founded his Free Grammar School ; and Grace,
Dagmar, and Maud Roads are doubtless named after members of the late Mr. Purkis's
family.

Myatt's Fields (Camberwell New Road) remind us of the celebrated market
gardener whose strawberries were once so well known in the London market. The
late Mr. Cuthill, the florist of Denmark Hill, has given his name to a new road
— Cuthill Road — on the Denmark Hill Grammar School estate ; Goldsmith Road is
doubtless named from its proximity to Goldsmith House, where good-natured Oliver
Goldsmith acted as usher, and played the fool at one and the same time.

Mr. John Grummant, a large owner of property in this parish, has given his name
to Grummant Road (Peckham Road) ; and Chad wick Road (Lyndhurst Road) is also
named after another wealthy freeholder. Grove Vale and Wood Vale sufficiently
explain their particular nomenclature. Within a stone's throw of the Vestrv Hall a
legal quarter has sprung up in the roads dedicated to Lords Lyndhurst, Denman,
and Selborne, and to Mr. Justice Talfourd. One part of Peckham, the district
surrounding St. Mary's Church, was formerly known as the " duck's nest ; " and
Herne Hill, part of which is within our boundary, is generally supposed to have
derived its name from the herons which formerly found a resting-place there.
Ancient history gives us Cato Street, and a small cluster of cottages off Peckham
Rye actually bears the imposing title of Troy Town !

Cold Harbour is taken to have originally signified a place of entertainment for
travellers and drovers, who only required rest and fodder for their horses or cattle, as
distinguished from the warm lodging and provisions of an inn.f The ruins of
deserted Roman villas were no doubt often used by travellers who carried their own
bedding and provisions, as is done by the frequenters of Khans and Seraia in the
East. Such places seem commonly to have borne the name of Cold Harbour. In
the neighbourhood of ancient lines of road are to be found no less than seventy
places bearing this name, and about a dozen bearing the analogous names of Calde-
cot, or cold-cot. J

Amongst names abolished by the Metropolitan Board of Works may be mentioned
Fountain Terrace, Camberwell Grove — a spot associated with the story of George
Barnwell ; Grove Hill, which Dr. Lettsom made his own ; Burdett Place, Old Kent
Road, named after the famous baronet of that name ; St. Mary-le-Strand Place, so
called from the workhouse of the parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, a building since pur-
chased by Messrs. J. A. & W. Lyon for their bleaching works ; Church Terrace
(Church Street, Camberwell), where the Camden Schools formerly stood ; Windmill

* Now occupied by a Ladies' School, conducted f Archaeol., vol. xl. p. 437.

by Mr. Tattersall. J Taylor's Words and Places.

Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

Place (Camberwell Road), close to which the well-known mill stood, as a capital
l)ounclary-mark between Camberwell and Newington ; Union Row (Camberwell
Road), a place from which Thomas Hood sent forth some of his wittiest productions ;
Blenheim Place (High Street, Peckham), which took its name doubtless from the
associations suggested by Marlborough House ; Shard's Terrace (High Street,
Peckham), a remnant association of the Shard family ; and South Street, the
former designation of Rye Lane.

CAMBERWELL UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH.

URING the civil war, in tlie time of Charles I., the gentry of Cam-
berwell were found taking an active part both in the civil squabbles
and military movements of the day. On the 14th February, 1642-43,
an ordinance was passed by the House of Commons for raising 500
dragooners in the county of Surrey, under the command of Nicholas
Stoughton, for the defence of the county ; and in the following month Parliament
issued a An Ordinance sequestriiig the Estates of Delinquents, Papists, Spyes and
Intelligencers ; together with instructions for such persons as are employed in
sequestring such Delinquents' Estates." From the preamble to this ordinance it
appears that, under the designation of delinquents were comprehended the bishops,
deans, and other ecclesiastical dignitaries, " with all other person or persons, eccle-
siasticall or temporal, as have raised or shall raise arms against the Parliament ; — or
have voluntarily contributed, or shall voluntarily contribute (not being under the
power of any part of the King's army at the time of such contributing), any money,
horse, plate, arms, munition, or other ayd or assistance for or towards the main-
tenance of any Forces raised against the Parliament ; — and all such as have joyned or
.shall joyn in any oath or act of association against the Parliament ; or have imposed
or shall impose any tax or assessment upon his Majestie's subjects for or towards the
maintenance of any Forces against the Parliament." To this ordinance is appended
a list of commissioners or sequestrators for the execution of the decree in the various
counties, and the name of William Muschamp, of Peckham, is found amongst the
number appointed to act for the county of Surrey. It will readily be imagined from
the terms of the above decree that men of property were easily brought within one
or other of its provisions, and numerous were the " Delinquents " in Camberwell,
and many the petitioners to be allowed to compound for their sins against the
Parliament.

The petition of Isaac Moimtaigne and George Mountaigne, his " sonne and heire
apparent," must surely have received consideration, since Mr. Mountaigne, sen.,
wished it to be known that although he " sent an horse to supply the fforces raised
against the Parliamte in the beginninge of theis trouble," he had since lent £250 to
the Parliament. Isaac Mountaigne held estates " lyinge and beinge in ye towne and
pish of Camerwell " * and elsewhere, to the annual value of £263 3s. 8d. The petition
is endorsed as follows :— "Father's fine, £540 ; the sonne's fine, £250 ;" but the £250
previously lent to the Parliament was evidently allowed as a kind of set-off, for at a
later date it is stated that "Upon a reveu, the fine is for both £357 10s."

Another delinquent was Thomas Swingfield, of Peckham, who is described as
having left his "habitacon and went to Worcester and lived there whiles it was a
Garrison holden for the Kinge against the Parliamtc, and did assist those fforces raised
against the Parliamte, and was there at the tyme of the Surrender and to have the

* R. C. Papers, Second Series, vol. xvi. t R. C. Papers, Second Series, vol. xxxii.

96 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

"benefit of those Articles, as by Sr Thomas ffairfax Certificate of the 23rd July, 1646,.
tloth appeare. He hath taken the Naconall Covenant before Wm Barton, Minister of
John Zacharies, the second of October, 1646, and the Negative oath heere this 19th
day of January, 1646. He is seized in fee to him and his heires in possession of two
messuages and two small Ten'ts, with a Barn and other howsinge situate in Peckham
in the parish of Camerwell. He alledgeth that he owes ,£700 for the materialls that
built theis howses, out of which he craves to be allowed." Fine, £300. It is evident
that Mr. Thomas Swingfield did not lend .£250 to the Parliamtr. The certificate of
Sir Thomas Fairfax was as follows : —

Sir Thomas Fairfax, Knight Generall of the Forces raised by the Parliament.

Suffer the bearer hereof, Thomas Swingfield, Esqr., who was in the city and
garrison of Worcester, at the surrender thereof, and is to have the full benefit of the
articles agreed unto upon the same, quietly and without let or interruption, to passe
your Guards with his servants, three horses, Arms, Goods, and other Baggage on
Horse-back, and to repaire unto London or elsewhere upon his necessary occasions.
And in all places where hee shall reside, or where hee shall remove, to be protected
from any violence to his Person or goods, according to the said articles, and to have
full Liberty at any time within two months, to goe to any convenient Port and to Trans-
port himself, with his Servants and Necessaries, beyond the seas. And in all other
things to enjoy the benefit of the said Articles, hee havinge engaged himselfe not to
1 >eare Armes against the Parliament of England. Hereunto all due obedience is to be
given by all Persons whom it may concerne.

Given under my Hand and scale, the 23rd day of July, 1646.

FFAIRFAX.

To all Ofiicers and Souldiers under my command, and to
all others whom these may concerne.

The petition of Robt. Ballett, of Dulwich,* in yc County of Surrey, gentleman,
discloses the awful fact that the petitioner subscribed forty shillings towards the im-
poverished exchequer of the king, for which rash act " ye Lords and other ye Com-
missioners for compounding with Delinquents " did, on "ye 6th day of August, 1646,"
proceed to sequester the estate of the said Robert Ballett.

The petitioner made a most touching appeal to their Lordships, and duly set forth
the fact that he had " ever bin very moderate ; and further, that he had 8 children and
a wife to maintain." He threw himself upon the " accustomed clemency " of the
Commissioners, who had u hitherto accorded to others of his Condicon a favorable
Composicon."

He affirms that he was not a " Papist, nor Popishly affected, nor ever a member of
the honoblc house of Commons." The petition was referred to a sub-committee,
which perhaps may account for the fact that the decision was considerably delayed,
if indeed anything further was done in the matter. The sub-committee may have
thought that the extenuating plea mentioned in Mr. Ballett's petition — viz., his non-
connection with the House of Commons — a sufficient set-off to the crime of giving
forty shillings to the king.

The " accustomed clemency " referred to by Mr. Ballett was evidently something
more than an empty compliment, for petitions poured in upon the Commissioners, not
only from the gentry, whose estates had been sequestered, but also from others who,
not much involved, perhaps, in the troubles of the time, were anxious nevertheless,
by the payment of a small fine, to make their property secure, and Richard Crymesr
of Peckham, f may be taken as a fair representative case. In his petition Richard
Crymes states that he was never " sequestred, nor individually impeached for any

* R. C. Papers, vol. xxxii. t R, C. Papers, Second Series, vol. Ixii.

CAMBERWELL UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH. 97

Delinquency against the Parliament, nor was engaged in either warre, but doubtinge
hee may hereafter bee lyable to sequestracon. for something said or donne in relacon to
the first warre, doth in pursuance of the late vote of ye 21 of March, 1648, humbty
addresse himselfe to this honble Comittee, and humbly prayeth to bee admitted to
composicon according to the said votes, as being himself the first discouerer."

According to a well-known authority,* the famous Surrey petition in favour of
Episcopacy was presented to the House of Commons by Sir Edmond Bowyer,of Camber-
well, but the Journals of the House say (vol. v. p. 561) that it was delivered in by
Mr. Price, who with other freeholders had been admitted to bring it into the House of
Commons ; and Mr. Price is reported to have said " that he was commanded to
desire a speedy and satisfactory answer thereunto." The petition had scarcely been
read when the officer on guard, Lieut-Col. Cobbett, requested entrance, and informed
the House " that the Surrey petitioners enforced the Guard and knocked down some
of the soldiers, and gave out words 'that they would have a speedy and satisfactory
answer, or else they would have the blood of this House,' and are withdrawn into the
Fields." The petitioners afterwards published an account of the proceedings,
admitting that some of the royalists, who had joined them, had given provocation to
the soldiers, which brought about the tumult and the loss of life, but affirming at the
same time, with greater earnestness, the prayer of their petition, and declaring that
" neither King nor Parliament should oppress the people at their pleasure, either by
committees, taxes, or free-quarter."

Fighting of some kind appears to have taken place in the streets of the parish, as
there is an entry in the Church Register, dated Aug. 1, 1647, to the following
effect :—

" The same day was buryed a man that was killed upon the highway by the
souldyers."

* Mr. Bray.

PAEOCHIAL HISTOEY.

GENERAL REVIEW.

.HE earliest minute extant of the parochial doings of the parish is that of
June 2nd, 1674 (see Plate A g), and the committee which was then
appointed, and which was described as " a committee to be chosen
from the constant inhabitants, to meet monthly to consult with the
minister and officers about the affairs of the parish — for the preser-
vation of good order and such other matters as relate to the parish — and to com-
municate from time to time, as occasion may be, what they have inquired into, and
debated of, to a general meeting of the parishioners at the church," became a great
institution in the parish, and as a committee retained its vitality, with certain
modifications, until 1834.

The meetings of the parishioners in the seventeenth century were generally held but
once a year, 011 Easter Tuesday, and very little was discussed except the appointment
of churchwardens and overseers. The poor had not yet become an object of anxiety ;
and as to systems of drainage, the ethics of dust, and the mysteries of lighting and
watching, and other modern parochial inventions, they were not allowed to disturb
the harmony of the vestry proceedings.

The accounts of the churchwardens and overseers afforded an outlet for parochial
zeal, and many and fierce were the contests to be elected an auditor, the cause of
which zeal may perhaps be found in the fact that the auditing of accounts was a very
small affair ; whilst the real business of the day, by which it was succeeded, was
much more serious.* It is a matter of fact, however, that the auditors were selected
from the leading gentry of the neighbourhood, who invariably took an active part in
.all local questions. The vicar, Dr. Parr, kept the minutes of the vestry till his
death (1691), and took a very active part in parochial questions and served as auditor
•of the parish accounts, along with Sir Edmond Bowyer, John Scott, Esq., Anthony
Bowyer, Esq., and other leading residents.

The proceedings of the vestry held on the 14th day of April, 1696 (Plate A i) are
interesting from the fact that the pensioners of the parish are there requested to
report themselves to the churchwardens " after the sermon in ye afternoone," in
order that their cases might be inquired into. These pensioners wore badges,f were
few in number, and were tolerably well cared for.

In the facsimile (A c) the name of the parish is spelt with & ; and since the date
there given (1726) the parish has always been known as Camberwell. Until the
passing of the Local Management Act of 1855; the parish was managed by an open
Testry.

* Auditing the accounts of the present day each— about one halfpenny per hour !
-usually occupies about thirty evenings, and the au- t See Churchwardens' Accounts,

•ditora are handsomely rewarded with one guinea

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PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 99

Local self-government has made wonderful strides in Camberwell in the past
thirty years, and through its agency much practical good has been accomplished.
With the present generation has sprung up not only the true theory of local govern-
ment, but the capacity to understand it in all its details. Whereas, previously to
1844, the parochial mind was chiefly occupied with local duties thrust upon it by
imperial legislation, a new state of things is strongly apparent after that date. It may
perhaps best be described as an obtrusive and aggressive feeling, which gradually but
surely took possession of men's minds. Not satisfied with existing local duties,
there was a craving to go out into the highways and byways of public life in search
of a larger sphere of usefulness.

There were, of course, occasional excesses committed ; great disputes over little
subjects ; and religious animosity and party feeling too often marred the doings of
our active local reformers ; but in spite of all this, there was the unmistakable
evidence of .life, which with all its passions and follies is preferable to parochial
death, as represented by the stagnant pool of unanimity.

It was not, perhaps, generous to oppose the election of the organist of St. Giles's
Church every year ; to fight over the emoluments of the beadle ; to poll the parish as
to whether the church-rate should be one penny or three halfpence ; to fight over
the salary of the vestry clerk and the election of a churchwarden once a year ; but
men who did these things were capable of doing greater things, for the agitation
which was set on foot in Camberwell, and carried on so energetically against the
chaotic absurdity of local mal-administration, resulted in the passing of the Local
Management Act of 1855.

In ten years, from 1844 to 1854, our local reformers were ever active, holding
special vestry meetings, preparing elaborate reports, and petitioning both Houses of
Parliament in favour of a better system of local self-government. The greatest
grievance connected with the subject was the defective system of drainage under the
control of the Commissioners of Sewers. In 1844 the Highway Board, in their
report, directed the attention of the vestry " to an existing evil which has claimed
much of their serious and anxious attention, as well from their own observations as
from the continued applications for remedy in the matter of drainage in many
densely populated districts of this parish, the state of which your Board feel it a
disgrace to a civilized metropolitan parish, engendering filth and disease, and it is a
source of much regret that they are powerless in the matter."

In addition to the power exercised by the Commissioners of Sewers, the ratepayers
were governed by Lighting Trusts, the Highway Board, by guardians, overseers, and
other local powers.

The desirability, however, of having a more efficient control locally in the matter
of drainage was the principal inducement to continue the agitation for an improved
local government.

The cholera/ which raged in the metropolis in 1849, convinced the parishioners of
Camberwell of the necessity for reform.

On June 13th, 1850, a public vestry was called " to consider the present most in-
efficient and most injurious management of the public sewers of this parish," with a
view to petition Parliament for immediate redress on the subject. This requisition
was signed by about 250 of the most influential ratepayers. In the course of the dis-
cussion it was stated by the surveyor to the Highway Board that there were no less
than twelve miles of open sewers actually receiving house drainage in Camberwell,
and that the contributions of the parish to the Commissioners of Sewers had not been

* The number of deaths in London for the week of deaths from iVth June to 2nd October, in London,
ending Sept. 15th, 1849, was 3,183 ; and the number alone, 13,161.

H 2

100 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

less than ^6,000 a year for the three past years, whereas the amount spent by the
Commission for permanent improvements in Camberwell did not exceed ,£500 during

that time."

The resolutions which were passed at the meeting so clearly foreshadowed the
system of local government which was adopted five years later, that Camberwell may
claim to have exercised a great influence in the promotion of the Local Manage-
ment Act of 1855.

The resolutions were as follows :—

" That this vestry is satisfied that the necessary arrangements for cleansing this
vast district can only be effectually carried out by a division of labour, and that the
inhabitants can and ought constitutionally to require that the requisite fund should
be raised and applied under the management of local boards appointed by and ac-
cessible to the ratepayers having a certain amount of responsibility, and subject to a
modified control by a central court, such local board to consist of persons duly
qualified at least by local knowledge, business habits, and some scientific and
practical attainments as regards this subject, and by their ability and willingness to
devote the necessary time and attention to its details."

"That,* impressed with these views, this vestry considers an immediate application to
Parliament for some alteration in the existing laws, relating to this subject, is in-
dispensably necessary, and the parish officers are hereby requested, in conjunction
with a committee of ratepayers, to prepare a petition to both Houses of Parliament in
accordance with the foregoing resolutions."

Another vestry meeting was held on the 2nd January, 1851, at which a resolution
was carried

" For the entire removal of the present irresponsible, arbitrary, and most unconsti-
tutional system, and its replacement by another which shall be alike simple, respon-
sible, and constitutional."

The effect of all this agitation we now know. The Local Management Act of
1855, by giving more power to local bodies, has placed Camberwell in the van of
metropolitan parishes ; for the admirable system of drainage carried out under the
personal supervision of the surveyor, Mr. J . C. Reynolds, has completely revo-
lutionized the sanitary statistics of the locality.

As an evidence of what has been done since the passing of the above Act, it
appears from a report presented to the Metropolitan Board of Works in April, 1871,
that the extent of sewerage works, &c. , executed since 1st January, 1856,. exceeded
fifty miles, at a cost of ,£101,828. The report states that in 1856 the parish was
almost wholly undrained, except into offensive open sewers several miles in extent.
The quantity of paving, &c., executed since the same time, 460,582 feet ; cost of
same, .£15,352 ; while the amount expended in works of improvement amounted to
.£40,781 14s. 9d.

The mileage of streets under the control of the vestry in 1871 was forty-three miles.

The roads watered by the parish extended to thirty-nine miles ; the charge for
water by the water company is stated to be from £35 to .£50 per mile, according to
width of road, and whether on high or low levels. The cost of cartage, horse hire,
&c., for watering purposes, from 28s. to 34s. per mile per week. As regards
lighting, it is stated that the charge for supplying public lamps with gas varies
from £4 5s. to £4 12s. per year, and 724 additional lamps have been put up since
1856.

The following return made by the Vestry to the Metropolitan Board of Works

* This resolution was moved by Mr. John Andrew Lyon, who took a very active part in furthering
sanitary and other reforms.

PAEOCHIAL HISTORY. 101

(Dec. 1874), shows the extent and cost of works executed by the Vestry from
Jan. 1st, 1856, to 25th day of March, 1874 :—

Miles.

1. — Total length of new sewers constructed from 1st January,
1856, to 25th March, 1874

Total cost of the same

2. — Total cost of any other sanitary works executed by the

Vestry or District Board £2,000

Square Yds.

3.— Total superficial area of paving laid down from 1st January,
1856, to 25th March, 1874

Total cost of the same

4.— Total cost of any other street improvements executed by the
Vestry or District Board ......

5. — Number of additional street lamps put up from 1st January,

1856, to 25th March, 1874 No. 910

6. — Present mileage of the streets and roadways under the juris- Miles.

diction of the Vestry or District Board *. 52

(Signed) E. Dresser Rogers, Chairman of the General Purposes Committee.

Frederick Fermor, Chairman of the Sewers and Sanitary Committee.
J. C. Reynolds, Surveyor.
16th December, 1874.

The following is the total amount expended in sewerage, paving, lighting, and other
improvements, 1856 — 71 : —

£ s. cl

Sewerage 206,221 10 4

Paving and repairing, and other general im-
provements t 235,609 7 1

Lighting 92,578 17 1

.£'534,409 14 6

LIGHTING AND WATCHING.

Keeping watch by night and ward by day was a very serious, if not very successful,
undertaking in days gone by. The putting out of fire and candle at 8 o'clock by the
sound of bell remained in force only during the reigns of the Conqueror and William
Rufus. Henry I. restored the use of fire and lights, " and in consequence," says an
authority,^ " many men gave themselves to robbery and murders in the night."
Writing of 1175, Roger Hovedon recounts in quaint manner the excesses committed
by the fast well-to-do young men of that time, who made night hideous with their
drunken orgies. Amongst the young men concerned in one of the midnight robbery-
brawls, was one John Senex, who is described as a " citizen of great countenance,
credit, and wealth, who not being able to acquit himselfe by the Water-Doom (as
that law was then termed), offered the King 500 pounds of silver for his life. But
forasmuch as he was condemned by Judgment of the Water, the King would not

* The footpaths under the management of the and Taylor's Bridge, crossing the Grand Surrey
Vestry extend to 104 miles, It) miles of which have Canal ; widening Grove Lane, Wells Street, and
been [flag-paved at the public cost, 20 miles have Havil Street ; the purchase and laying out of Cam-
been flag-paved at the cost of owners, 45 miles berwell Green, the purchase of Peckham Rye, Goose
have been tar-paved, and 30 yet remain to be dealt Green, and Nunhead Green, as open public spaces,
with. and sixty new roads equal in length to 7| miles.

t Included in the above improvements are the J Seymour's Survey,
rebuilding of St. George's Bridge, Buck's Bridge,

102 Y" PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

take the offer, but commanded him to be hanged at the gallows, which was done, and
then the city became more quiet for a long time after." As a remedy for " enormities
of the night," Henry III. commanded night-watchers to be kept, " for the better
observance of peace and quietness " among his people.

In addition to the standing watches, "all in bright harness," there was a "marching
watch," which passed through the principal streets. This nocturnal march was
illuminated by 940 cressets, two men being appointed to each cresset, one to carry it,
and another to bear a bag with light, and to serve it, so that the men pertaining to
the cressets, taking wages, besides having a straw hat, with a badge painted, and a
breakfast in the morning, amounted in number to nearly 2,000. An early black-letter
poet notices these cressets borne in pageants : —

"Let nothing that's magnificent
Or that may tend to London's graceful slate
Be unperformed,— as shews and solemn feasts,
Watches in armour, triumphs, creaset-lights,
Bonfires, bells, and peals of ordnance
And pleasure."

The night marches were suppressed by Henry VIII. in 1539,* on account of the
great expense of maintaining them.

In Stow's day there was a regular watch kept, and the bellman, he tells us, " espe-
cially in the long nights, went through the streets and lanes ringing a bell, and
saluting his masters and mistresses with some rhymes suitable to the festival and
season of the year, at the same time bidding them look to their lights." But the
watchman was of a much earlier period. The chroniclers tell us that in 1416 the
mayor, Sir Henry Barton, ordered lanterns and lights to be hung out on winter
evenings betwixt Allhallows and Candlemas.

The watchman's cry was : —

" Lantern, and a whole candle light !
Hang out your lights ! Hear ! " t

In Stow's time all housekeepers were bound to keep watch in their own district
after nightfall, or provide a substitute for the purpose. " Then and there," says the
historian, " one went all night with a bell, and at each lane's end gave warning of fire
and candle, and to help the poor, and pray for the dead."

"Watching and warding " in Camberwell about this time was carried out much in
the same way as in the city of London. Householders were compelled to perform
the duties, or to provide a substitute. It will be seen from the following returns that
the leading residents in the reign of the first Charles were brought within the pro-
visions of the Act of Parliament, for not only is the vicar's name on the list, but we
find also that of Sir Edmond Bowyer and Mr. Dennis Fleming.

The retorne of the names of such Houskeapers by the Constables of Camrwell &
Peckham wch doe eithr watch them selves or appoint able sufficient men as there
servants or houskeapers, whose names are here sett downe according to the contents
of the warrant from the High Constable for the same service bearing date the first of
Aprill 1639, and also the names of the warders wch doe ward in the Day tyme for the
same service.

* They were again set on foot in 1548, during the flout by the Lord Mayor was taken in ill part, and

mayoralty of Sir Henry Amcoats, who succeeded Sir for the same offence Hobson was sent to the

John Gresham ; and in about twenty years after this Counter ; but being released the next night follow-

marching watch and its procession were entirely ing, thinking to amend his call, the bedell cried

remodelled, and a standing watch, much more out with a loud voice, 'Hang out your lant ernes

useful and less expensive, appointed in its stead. and candles ! ' Maister Hobson hereupon hung

t In the Pleasant Comments of Old Holson, the out a lanterne and candle imlighted, as the bedell

•merry Londoner, 1006, we read that when ' the again commanded ; whereupon he was sent again

order of hanging out lanterne and candle-light front to the Counter; but the next night the bedell,

of all was brought up, the bedell of the warde being the better advised, cried out, 'Hang out

where Maister Hobson dwelt, in a darke evening, your lanterne and candle-light," which Maister

crieing up and downe, ' Hang out your lanternes ! Hobson at last did, to his great commendation,

hang out your lanternes ! ' using no other wordes, which cry of ' lanterne and candle-light ' is in right

Maister Hobson tooke an emptie lanterne, and, manner used to this day. "
according to the bedell's call, hung it out. This

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 103

CanVwell Monday night the jth of Aprill.

Sir Edmond Bowyer, for him Roger Spavell his servant.

Dennis ffleming Esquire for him John Braston houskeaper.

Mr. Lawrence Brinley for him J ohn Sheappeaul houskeaper.

Mr. (blank) Blackwell for him John Cotterell his servant.
Peckham Monday night.

Markes ffeild houskeaper.

Thomas Smith houskeaper.

John Clayton houskeaper.
Camrwell Tuesday night the 2th of Aprill.

Mr. Peter Dawson vicar for him Thomas Selby his servant.

Mr. Thomas Large for him Thomas Lewis houskeaper.

Mr. Nicholas Hunt for him Raph Maken his servant.

Mr. (blank) Cade for him Georg Needham houskeaper.
Peckham Tuesday night 2th of Aprill.

Thomas Banckes houskeaper.

John Barton houskeaper.

James ffrime houskeaper.

Warders for the Day tyme George Needham & John ffloyd houskeapers.

past prudence Harmon, the 24th of January from Cam'well to Willton in Willshire
who had receaued corection according to law at Gillingham in kent.

Past Richard Williams from Camrwell to lewton in the Countie of Somrset who
had receaued correction according to law at Gillingham in kent.

past Elyzabeth bell and An Bell from Peckham to Douer in kent who receaued
Corection accordin to law.

(Endorsed)
rel
warding.*

James Drap ) , < , , -,

& John Stratffeild > Constables.

The retorne of the Constables of Cam'well and Peckham for watching and

Right Hoble.

According to yor Lops Comand for Watching, Warding, punishing and passing
away of Vagarants (in his Mats absence) wthin the Burroughe of Southwark & hundred
of Brixton in the County of Surrey wee humbly certifie yor Lops as followeth : —

In Cam'well pishe ) 8 Watchmen ) every
in like manner } 2 Warders } night & day.

punished & passed away in that pishe — 4 psons.

The SQUrall Stages & places of theire Watchings & wardings attended wth the
Constables wthin the pishes and Libties aforesaid may more plainely appeare unto yor
Lopps by theire Certificates hereunto annexed- ; And for the better execucon of this
service the seurall Highe Constables ryde up & downe every weeke to see the Petty
Constables perform theire duties.

Tho. Crymes.f

John Lenthall.

Abraha. Dawes.

Fra poulton.

Daniel Featley.
Southwark 3° Apr
1639.

* State Papers, D. S., vol. ccccxvii., No. 25, iii. f Sir Thomas Grymes, of Peckham.

104 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

To the right hoable Sr Francis Crauley K* one of ye Judges of his Matles hoal)le
Court of Comon Pleas and Sr Richard Weston K* one of the Barrens of his Maties
Exchequer his Maties Judges of Assize for the Countie of Surry.

Maie it please your Good Lopps

In most humble obedience unto his Mtics Royall Comauiid declared in the printed
booke of Orders Anno 1630. And accordinge to the Directions of the right hoable the
Lordes of his Maties most hoable privie Councell expressed in theire hoable Letters
formerlie directed unto us. And in Pursuance also of yor Lopps Directions : wee have wth
all delligence endevored his Maties Princely Comaundes and the Directions aforesaide
wthin or division of this Countie, weh is the Burrough of Southwark and ye Hundred
of Brixton, ffor accompt wherein, since July last, Wee humblie present unto yor
Lopps Theis perticulers followinge

That wee haue sente fourth our warrantes to the severall Constables of the saide
Burrough and Hundred for the due execucon of the saide printed booke of Orders,
and required theire severall Certificatts unto us under yeir handes touchinge the
premisses wch wee haue receaved from them Wherein wee finde

That theere watches and wardes are in most places reasonablie well kept & thereby
the nombers of Rogues and Vagrants are in some measure Lessoned Also by the
saide Certificatt it appeareth

That wthin the tyme aforesaide, there haue byn taken, Punished, and conveyed
awaye accordinge to the Lawe wthin the Division aforesaid 279 vagrants.

That within the tyme aforesaide, there haue byn placed and bound out Apprentizes
to severall Maisters and Dames 12 poore Children of the pishes aforesaide And

That within the Division aforesaide there are many poore Children wch are yet too
younge to be put fourth to service Besides a great nomber of are lame, and impotent
poore people : both wch sortes of poore, are kept and maynteyned by the Care and
Charge, of the Inhabitants of the severall parishes aforesaide.

Wee have also abated the nomber of Alehowses lycensed, and will contynewe yerely
so to doe, untill they be reduced to convenient nomber. And the unlicensed Alehowse
keepers wee haue punished accordinge to Lawe.

We haue likewise Levied of severall Alehowsekeepers and other persons wthin ye
division aforesaide to the use of the poore of the severall pishes ffor swearinge and
Drunckennes and sufferinge to tipple in Alehowses 6" 12s Also

Wee finde by the saide Certificates That in divers of the saide pishes, there are
divers persons, that Devide theire howses and receave in under sitters & Inmates a
greate meanes of increasinge the poore. Theis Delinquents wee haue also resolved to
proceed agaynst by Indictmte at the next Sessions.

All wch wee humblie Leaue to yor Lopps grave wisdoms* and humbly take our
Leaves. And rest

Att yor Lopps Comaundemte

Tho: Crymes.
1™ Marcij 1635. John Lenthall.

Edw: Bromfeilde.

Surr Hundred de Brixton

The certificatt of the names of all suche Rogues Vagabounds &c as were taken in the
watche and searche made wthin the Hundred and Ly mitts herafter ensuynge the xijth
of October 1571 acordinge unto Ires unto me and others directed from the Quenes

* State Papers, D. S., rol. cccxv., No. 15.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

105

Mats honorable prvie
pounyshed as followetli

Councill in that behalf the xxxth of July last and

Surr

Hundred de
Brixton et
Wallington

Hevve Crandatt
George Ogle
Elsabeth Kentt
Alse Stanlay
Symonde Istlipp
Willm Stewarde
John Whitt
Edwarde Johnes
Thomas Wilson
Alse Styuens
Willm Tofte
John Hawoode
Edwarde Attodam
John Garforde
Roger Weight — put to srvice
* by me Edward Scotte.

The certificate of all the names of all suche Rogues vagabounds as
were taken in the Watche made wthin the hundred & lymits herafter
ensuynge the xxth of Auguste 1571 accordinge unto Lres unto us
and others directed from the Quenes mats honorable prvie Councell
in that behalf the xxxth of July Last and punyshed as followetli

John Jenkens
Davie Jonnes
Phillipp Jonnes
Johon Bloiner
Margarett Leett
Hariy Peycok
Byran Brudlow
Edward Hastely
ffrauncs Clark

s Whipped

Roger Milles .... stocked

ffrauncs Pas
John Benne
Tegg Bryan

ffrauncs Paston "}

John Bennett > put to Srvice

t by me Edward Scotte.

Burglaries have been but too common in the past history of this parish. In the
early part of the last century, in consequence of numerous acts of violence and
robbery, which were during the winter months almost of daily occurrence, the
parishioners in vestry assembled determined by public subscription to do something
to assist the churchwardens in convicting the evil-doers (see facsimile A e). The
resolutions passed at a later period (Oct. 1789) are, to say the least of them, amusing,
and worthy of perusal. From a book kindly placed at our disposal, it appears that
these subscriptions were made annually until the year 1823, and the following items,
amongst others, occur in the statement of accounts : —

1797. Expenses on Acco. Titchener's robbery . ....

1814. Expenses on apprehending Admiral Knight's gardener for stealing

1816. Expenses attending attempt for discovering housebreakers

£ s. d.
0 15 0

5 12 0
490

* State Papers, D. S., vol. Ixxxi., No.

t State Papers, D. S., vol. Ixxx., No. 44.

106 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1817. A moiety of the expenses attending the prosecution and conviction £ s. d.

of Turner for a robbery at Mr. W. Reade's,* he having pre-
viously broken into an outhouse of Mr. Acland's, on which
account Mr. R. joined in the prosecution . .' : ..1884
Howard and others, reward in apprehending Turner . . 10 0 0

1818. Feb. 3. Expenses attending the prosecution of Dawkins, at the Old

Bailey, for privately stealing a shirt and three handkerchiefs
from Mr. Acland's laundry, for which he was sentenced to seven
years' transportation 198

„ Mar. 4. Mr. Ely, for expenses incurred by him in the prosecution

to conviction of J. Johnson for pot stealing, in May, 1817 . 2 18 0

„ Sept. 9. Reward for apprehending three men who robbed Mr.

"Wanostrocht's garden 500

1823. By Lewis, for convicting Barnes of robbing Mr. Wanostrocht's farm 1 14 0

FROM VESTRY MINUTES.
BURGLARIES, ETC., IN THE PARISH. OCT. 29ra, I789.f

" Several houses having lately been broke open in this parish, this vestry is held to
consider of proper measures to prevent the same for the future."

Adjourned to November 5th, and handbills of the following purport be printed
and delivered at the houses of the parishioners : —

" Whereas divers burglaries and robberies have been lately committed in the parish
of St. Giles, Camberwell, the same having been considered at a vestry held in and
for the said parish on the 29th of October, and having been proposed at the said
vestry to appropriate a sum out of the assessment called the poor-rate, as a reward
for apprehending and convicting offenders — Notice is hereby given that an adjourned
vestry will be held on the 5th of November next at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, in the
vestry room of the church, at which time the said proposal will be fully considered
and determined upon.

ADJOURNED VESTRY, Nov. 5TH, 1789.

The question being put — That it is the opinion of this vestry that rewards, in ad-
dition to the rewards given by Act of Parliament, should be paid by the church-
wardens of this parish for the apprehending and convicting of persons committing
felonies in the said parish, the same was carried in the affirmative, and it was
ordered —

That a reward of twenty pounds be paid by the churchwardens for the time being,
upon conviction of the person or persons who were lately concerned in sacrilegiously
breaking into and robbing the parish church, or upon conviction of any person or
persons who shall for the future break into and rob or intend to rob the same.

For every person convicted of burglariously (or by night) breaking into or out of
any dwelling-house, shop, warehouse, granary, barn, stable, coach-house, cow-house,
dairy, fowl-house, or outbuilding (appurtenant to the dwelling-house) within this
parish, or robbing, or intending to rob, the same, .£20.

For every person convicted of a highway or footpad robbery within this
parish, ^20.

For every person convicted of stealing in the daytime from or in any dwelling-

* This house in the Peckham Road, next Mr. "Wednesday night last Capt. Lambert was

K. A. Gray, J.I., is now occupied by Mr. G. R. stopped by three footpads, between Peckham and

Camberwell, and robbed of a sum of money and

t In Lloyd s Evening Pott, Jan. 16-19, 1701, is the his gold watch."
following entry : —

PAEOCHIAL HISTORY. 107

house, shop, warehouse, &c., within this parish, goods to the value of Jive shillings or
upwards, £20.

For every person convicted of stealing any horse, bullock, cow, or sheep from any
field or common of pasture within the parish, Ten pounds.

For every person convicted of wilfully and maliciously setting fire to any
dwelling-house, shop, warehouse, outhouse, or to any stacks or cocks of hay, straw,
corn, or wood, .£20.

Stealing corn, hay, straw, or wood in faggots from any field or homestall, £5.

Breaking into any garden, garden ground, orchard, or fishpond, and robbing the
same, or of breaking down, cutting or pulling up, or otherwise destroying any trees,
shrubs, fence, hedge, gate, stile, or barr, pails, rails, or post, or of stealing the same, or
any iron or lead belonging to the same, or affixed to any dwelling-house or outhouse,
&c., within this parish, £5.

For every person convicted of stealing any linen at the wash, bricks from the
grounds, or poultry or hogs depasturing and feeding within this parish, £5.

For every person, if inhabitants of this parish, convicted under the statute 5th
Queen Anne, of receiving goods knowing them to be stolen, or of harbouring or
abetting felons of the above description, .£10 ; and for other larcenies above specified,
£2 10s.

If any of the above offences are aggravated by the crime of murder, a further
reward of .£20 over and above all other rewards will be paid on conviction.

As a further encouragement for apprehending offenders, the charge of prosecuting
them to conviction shall be defrayed by the said churchwardens, provided such suit
is conducted by and under their direction."

In the year 1804 a man named George Heeles was tried at the Surrey Assizes
(March 24), and convicted of robbing the house of Mr. Epps, of Camberwell, of a tea-
pot, and was sentenced to be hanged. Eleven other persons were convicted at the
same time for petty robberies, and sentence of death was passed in each instance.

In 1807 a reward of forty guineas was offered by the vestry " for the conviction of
the person who committed a daring outrage upon a poor girl in the north fields."

On the 18th September, in consequence of the great increase in the number of
robberies of a grave kind, another special meeting of the vestry took place, when the
following resolutions were passed : —

ROBBERIES. SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1816.

" It is the opinion of this vestry that burglaries and robberies have of late in-
creased in this parish to an alarming extent, and that it is necessary some measure
should be adopted, more effectual than those which at present exist, to secure the
lives and properties of its inhabitants during the ensuing winter.

" It is the opinion of this vestry that endeavours should be made to procure this
parish to be included within the limits of the Bow Street patrol ; the efforts of which
have been found eminently successful within those districts to which it has been
extended in the prevention of criminal depredations.

" That a committee be formed to consider the best and most efficacious means of
establishing a system of police within this parish, and also to consider of a plan for
an association for giving rewards upon the discovery, apprehension, and conviction
of offenders.

" That the thanks of this vestry be given to the Rev. Edward Smyth and John
Bowles, Esq., the acting magistrates, for their prompt interference in establishing a
patrole of constables whereby many criminal persons have been in the course of a
few nights apprehended, and now stand committed for various burglaries and rob-
beries committed in the neighbourhood."

108

PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

We must not omit to mention that two Acts of Parliament had been obtained, one
in 1776 and the other in 1787, for " Lighting and Watching the villages of Camber well
and Peckham, and certain roads leading thereto ; and for establishing a Foot Patrole
between Peckham and Blackman Street in the Borough of South wark." The Cam-
berwell Trust met at the " Golden Lyon " in Canibervvell, and the Peckham Trust at
" The Red Ball," High Street, Peckham. The powers vested in the respective trusts
were rather extensive, for the collectors could apply for a warrant of distress against
the debtor, without first summoning him to appear to show cause of non-payment,
three days after the rate became due ! Houses under .£10 rent were exempt from
rates.

The following were the published rules to be observed by the watchmen of the
village of Peckham : —

1. All the watchmen are required to receive their coats and arms from the con-
stable every night at the watch-house, and to return them to the same place in the
morning ; and to be on duty during the hours specified in the table hereunto
annexed.

2. All the watchmen are directed to call the half-hours, and the road watch to
strike every hour on their bells.

3. All the watchmen are required attentively to watch in their respective districts
during their hours of duty, to take care that peace and order be everywhere kept,
and to take into custody and deliver over to the constable of the night all disorderly
persons.

4. All the watchmen are required particularly to obey the orders of the constable
on duty.

The patroles are to go and return every half-hour, from the "Bull " in Peckham
to the "Green Man " turnpike, in the Kent Road ; from the 1st to the 15th Sept.,
from eight to half-past nine ; from the loth of Sept. to the 1st of April, from six to
nine ; and from the 1st to the 15th of April, from eight to half-past nine o'clock ; and
they are to protect all passengers on the road ; also when they go off their duty, they
are to deposit their arms and coats with the constable at the watch-house.

HOURS OF THE WATCHMEN BEING ON DUTY.
From Sept. 30 to Nov. 4.

„ Nov. 4 to Feb. 19.

„ Feb. 19 to April 16.

„ April 16 to May 7.

„ May 7 to Aug. 6.

„ Aug. 6 to Aug. 27.

„ Aug. 27 to Sept. 30.

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PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 109

In the year 1816 the inhabitants of Camberwell, notwithstanding " Watching and
Lighting Trusts," " Watchmen/' " Patroles," and other means of defence, complained
loudly of the dangerous state of the roads after dark, and various suggestions were
made for improving the alarming state of affairs. It was suggested by some that the
watchmen should be deprived of their boxes, in order to compel them to " move on,"
against which it was urged that in wet weather the watchmen were too often not to
be found, their excuse being that Mr. So and So's servant had called them in for
shelter. Others again suggested that the high roads of the parish should be placed
under the surveillance of the Bow Street patrol, " the benefit of which," says a report
published about this time (1816), " in the prevention of highway and footpad robberies
has of late been found highly effectual in most parts of the neighbourhood of the
metropolis."

In 1828* the trustees of the Camberwell and Peckham New Lighting Trust
entered into arrangements with the Phoenix Gas Company to light their portion of
the parish with gas at £1 7s. per lamp per annum, subject to a deduction of 10s. 6d.
per lamp for every thirty private lights supplied by the company within the trust.
Five per cent, was also allowed for prompt payment. This contract lasted for seven
years, and then the Lighting Trust in their wisdom retrograded into " oil " and
" spirit of naphtha." The oil lamps not proving satisfactory, after the adoption of gas
for seven years, the Lighting Trust looked about for an inflammable compound which
would give as much light as gas and at the same time prove as cheap as oil. The oil
lamps were said to have had a very short nocturnal existence, and that extremely
sickly, and so a committee was appointed to meet at the " Crown and Sceptre," Green-
wich, to discuss the merits of a " new inflammable matter," patented by Messrs.
Enderby and Co., of Greenwich. The committee were perfectly charmed with the
newly-patented "indian rubber lights," inspected and reported accordingly to the
other members of the Lighting Trust, but strange to relate, when negotiations were
sought to be opened with the Messrs. Enderby, no notice was taken of the application.
Perhaps the " new indian rubber light patent " had burnt itself out ! Advertisements
were subsequently inserted (Aug. 1835) in the Morning Advertiser, Times, Morning
Chronicle, and Morning Herald, inviting tenders for lighting the Camberwell and
Peckham New Trust with " gas, oil, or other materials." Amongst other tenders
received were an " oil '"' tender at £2 10s. per lamp per annum, and a " spirit of
naphtha " tender at .£3 10s. per lamp per year, with an additional 5s. per lamp per
year for lamp repairs. The gas companies were sulky, and refused to tender, and in
the end the " spirit of naphtha " tender was accepted. Three specimen lights were
ordered to be exhibited " adjacent to the bridge, near St. George's Church."

The new lights proved a failure. They were, after seven years of gas, a great
mistake, and loud and long were the complaints of the ratepayers, and indignation
meetings on the subject were held in various parts of the parish, and ultimately gas
was again adopted as a lighting power.t At the present time there are 1,933 public

* Gas was first introduced into London (at And called for better light !
Golden Lane) 16 Aug. 1807; Pall Mall, 1809; When straight a cry was heard,
generally through London, 1814-20. Haydn, ' No Popery— no mass-
Dictionary of Dates. Our glorious constitution—

The horror of certain individuals against the No Gas — no gas.'"
introduction of gas is thus depicted (Poems : by

W. C. Bennett) :— t The clerk to the trust, in his record of the

proceedings, was most profuse with his ad-

" Only half a century since, jectives in describing the qualities of the chairman.

Fifty years or so, The chairman of a Lighting Trust was perhaps

Safely through our London streets more "enlightened" than the chairman of any

At night, you couldn't go ; other local organization, for no other chairman was

Oil lamps and Charlies so honoured. In the votes of thanks, with which

Strove with thieves and night ; the meetings concluded, the chairman is described

The public got the worst of it, as "obliging," " able," " very able," "attentive,"

HO Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

lamps within the parish, 1,728 of which are lighted by the South Metropolitan Gas
Company, 103 l>y the Crystal Palace Gas Company, and 102 by the Phoenix Gas

Company.

The South Metropolitan Gas Company charges £4 5s. per annum per lamp, less a
discount of 12£ per cent. ; the Phcenix Company, £± 10s. per lamp ; and the Crystal
Palace Company, £4 Us. per lamp.

The parish now contributes about ,£11,000 annually for police protection.*

THE CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS.

THE churchwarden is a kind of parochial peer, with one eye upon the church and
the other on the rates. His duties seem originally to have been limited to such
matters only as concern the church considered materially as an edifice, building, or
place of public worship, the duty of suppressing profaneness and immorality having
been entrusted to two persons, chosen by the parishioners as assistants to the church-
wardens, who, from their power of inquiring into offences detrimental to the interests
of religion, and of presenting the offenders to the next provincial council or episcopal
svnod, were called questmen or synod's-men, which last appellation has been con-
verted into the name of sidesmen.

In course of time, however, the duties of questman devolved upon the church-
warden, and it would seem, from the canons of 1603,f that at the date of those
canons the offices of churchwarden and questman were one and the same. Church-
wardens are also ex-ojficio overseers of the poor, and many additional temporal duties
have also from time to time been thrown upon the churchwardens by modern Acts of
Parliament.

A mere enumeration of the duties cast upon the churchwarden in days gone by is
positively appalling !

He was required to see that the church ways be well kept and repaired ; to levy
penalties on persons exercising their calling on the Lord's day ; to suffer no plays,
feasts, banquets, suppers, church ales, drinkings, temporal courts or leets, lay juries,
musters, or any profane usage to be kept in the church or churchyard ; to see that
parishioners resort to church and continue there orderly during divine service, and
present the defaulters ; to see that idle persons abide not in the churchyard or
church porch during the time of divine service or preaching, but to cause them to
come in or depart ; to levy the forfeiture of I2d. a Sunday on the goods of persons
not coming to church ; to levy the penalties for being present at unlawful con-
venticles ; to present at the Sessions, on pain of ,£20, all recusants who absent them-
selves from church, together with the names and ages of their children above nine
years old, and the names of their servants. And if the party presented shall be
indicted and convicted, the churchwarden received a reward of 40s. to be levied 011

" impartial," "very impartial," "courteous," "very by Mr. (afterwards Sir Robert) Peel, by lOGeo. IV.,
courteous," "kind and obliging," "able and at- 19 June, commenced duty 29th Sept. 1829; Lon-
tentive," "zealous and attentive," "able and im- don Police Improvement Acts passed 3 Viet. 1839,
partial ;" and then, having exhausted the stock and 4 Viet. 1840, which were amended by 19 & 20
rung the changes so often adjectively, we are treated Viet. c. 2. Haydn, Diet, of Dates,
for a few months to a run of substantives, and are f Canons 85, 89, 90 ; but however this may be,
told of the chairman's "politeness," "urbanity," there can be no doubt that originally these officers
"attention," " condescension," " ability," &c. were distinct. In Stutter v. Frcston, 1 Str. 52, the
* The jurisdiction of twenty-one magistrates, Court said: " Churchwardens were a corporation at
three to .preside in each of the seven divisional common law, and they are different from quest-
offices, commenced 1 Aug. 1792 ; the Thames Police men, who were the creatures of the Reformation,
was established 1798 ; the London Police, remodelled and came in by canon law. "

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. Ill

the recusant's goods ; to keep all excommunicated persons out of the church ; to see
that the church has a large bible, book of common prayer, book of homilies, a font
of stone, a decent communion table, with proper coverings, the ten commandments
set up at the east end, and other chosen sentences upon the walls, a reading-desk and
pulpit, and chest for alms ; to levy the penalty of £5 for an incumbent not reading
the common prayer once a month ; not to suffer strangers to preach, but such as shall
appear qualified on showing their license ; to apply to the magistrate for conviction
of offenders not burying in woollen ; to see that persons who murder themselves, or
who die excommunicated, are not buried without special license from the bishop ; to
levy penalties for eating flesh on fifth days ; to receive penalties for servants,
labourers, apprentices, or journeymen gaming in public-houses ; to receive the
penalties for tippling and drunkenness ; to levy penalties for selling corn in a wrong
measure ; to provide chests for locking up the arms, clothes, and accoutrements of
the militia, and to receive the penalties for servants carelessly firing houses.

With respect to the proceedings ordered to be taken against parties for not going to
church,* there is a return in the Record Officef of Camberwell residents so presented
in the year 1577. Amongst the offenders were Bartholomew Dancye, gentleman, and
his wife, who had evidently no great liking for the church service at Camberwell in
the reign of Elizabeth, as it is stated that they had often been presented, " and yet
will not be reformed." The report states that the offender " liveth at Cain' well upon
a farm of thirty poundes a yere, whereon he kepethe about sixtene beastes and hath
a reasonable stock of corn and landes in ye weste countrie worth twenty nobles."

Another offender was Andrew Silvertoppe, who, with his wife, was presented " for
not comyng to the Churche and not receiving the communion." Andrew Silvertoppe
was an incorrigible, for the report states that he had but recently been indicted, and
" suffered the penaltie of the lawe " before the Commissioners, for " massinge at West-
minster." He is described as " one of Mr. Cofferer's clerks," having no other living
than his office. Mr. Silvertoppe must have found the churchwardens of Camberwell
rather too zealous in the discharge of their duties, for he disappeared in 1577, or as
the return sets forth, " he is gone frome Camerwell, and there hath nether landes nor
goodes."

There are several entries in the churchwardens' accounts of money received for
"burying in linen." In 1679 Mr. Churchwarden Adcocke makes the following
entry : —

" Received for burying in linnen 03. 00. 00. ;" and in 1683 the vestry clerk of that
day paid £2 10s. for his child's burial in linen.

The fines so paid were levied under the 30 Car. II. c. 3, which repealed a former
Act (18 Car. II. c. 4), the preamble stating that the former Act " was intended for
lessening the importation of linnen beyond the seas and for the encouragement of the
woolen and paper manufactures of this kingdom, had the same been observed, but
an respect there was not sufficient remedy thereby given for the discovering and pro-
secution of offences against the said Act."

The more stringent Act directed " that no corpse should be buried in any other
material than a manufacture of sheep's wool, under penalty of five pounds, and
that affidavit should be made within 8 days after burial that the person so buried

* State Papers, D. S., Eliz., vol. cxvii., No. and evening services.

141-2. The 3 Jac. c. 4, enacts that " if any person

1 1E1. c. 2. "One justice, upon confession or oath willingly maintain, relieve, keep, or harbour in any

of witness, shall call the party before him ; and if house, any servant, sojourner, stranger, who shall

he can make no excuse, the justice shall give a forbear for a month together to hear divine service,

warrantto the churchwardens to levy 12d. for every not having a reasonable excuse, shall forfeit £10

default ; and if no distress, to commit till payment.'" for every month."
Repairing to church meant attending both morning

112 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

" was not put in, wrapped or wound up in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud made or
mingled with flax, hemp, silk, or other than what is made of sheep's wool only, nor
in any coffin lined or faced with any cloth, stuff, or any other thing whatsoever made or
mingled with flax, hemp, silk, or other material than what is made of sheep's wool only."

And in default of such affidavit being made, the good's and chattels of the deceased
or of the party neglecting to furnish the affidavit were subject to a penalty of five
pounds, leviable by distress. This Act was further amended by 32 Car. II. c. 1,
entitled "An additional Act for burying in Woolen." The law thus stood, and
these stringent provisions were in force, until 1814, when an Act was passed (54 Geo.
III. c. 108) repealing the above Acts and indemnifying parties against penalties for
offences committed thereunder.

The penalties levied for profane swearing were, under 21 Jac. c. 20, and 3 Car. c. 4,
which enacted " that every such offender shall, for every time so offending, forfeit and
pay to the use of the Poor of that Parish where the offence shall be committed the
sum of 12 pence." In default of payment and distress, the offender, if over twelve
years of age, was ordered to be put in the stocks for three hours ; if under twelve,
to be whipped.

FROM THE CHURCHWARDENS' BOOK OF ACCOUNTS, 1670 — 1720.
RECEIPTS.

£ s. d.

1671. Of John Peirson for burialls 04 00 00

1672. Of 2 men for tipling in servise time 00 02 00

„ Of Will"1 Terry, for disorders 00 10 00

„ Received out of Poore's box 01 00 00

„ Rec'd of Mr ffox his gift 00 10 00

„ Rec'd of John Wakeman, for Camerwell assessm1 towards re-
pairing of the pishe church . 08 00 00

„ Of John Barton, for Peckham libty 08 00 00

„ Rec'd for Dulwich Ass1 04 00 00

1673. Recd att ye Churchwardens Doore 00 08 04

1674. Rec'd at the Comunion table 00 02 00

„ more 00 00 10

„ more 00 01 10

1675. By the Church tax 20 10 02

1676. Received out of the poor's box 01 03 00

1678. Rec'd for widd. Loveday's buriall 00 01 00

„ Of the widd. Kil lick for her husband's burial . . .. 00 05 00

„ Received of Mr Worrall for ye poore's houses . . . . 05 06 00

1679. Rec'd of Mr ffox, Overseer for ye poore ami. 1678 . . .. 07 10 00

„ Rec'd for ye poore houses in Camerwell 08 00 00

„ Received for burying in Linnen 03 00 00

„ Rec'd out of the poore's box 00 18 00

„ Rec'd of the Church tax 16 00 00

„ Rec'd for rent for the poore houses 04 00 00

„ Rec'd for burialls in linnen 01 10 00

„ Out of the Poore's box 00 09 00

„ For the Church Tax 07 12 00

„ Rec'd for Buriall Moneys of Thos Lurman . . . . 00 00 06

„ Rec'd for buriall in ye Church 00 08 08

„ Rec'd for ye buryall of Sir Edmond Bowyer . . . . 00 02 00

„ Rec'd of Tho. Baker for his wife's buriall 00 01 00

PAEOCHIAL HISTORY.

113

1680.

1681.

k:
682.
681.

1681.

1682.
1683.
1689.
1690.
1691.
1691.
1691.
1693.
1695.*

1697.

1698.

1698.
1700.

L701.

L702.

.707.

Monies gathered at ye sacrament . . . . . ..

Sacrament moneys for ye use of ye poore .....

Sacrament moneys -7*.* ........

Keceived for breaking of ground for burial 1 in yc cliurchyard .
Eec'd of Wield. Allen due from her husband for a buriall in

linnen ...........

Keceived out of ye Poore's box for ye usc of the poore of ye

libberty ...........

Rec'd for Mr. Smith's buriall in linnen ......

Received of Wheeler of Peckham for disorders . . .
Received for cloth for ye poore's coates . .....

Rec'd of Mr Macthorne for Burialls for one year . . .
Rec'd att a sacram* ..........

Rec'd for Mr Smith's buriall in linen ......

Of Mr Lane for his child's buriall in linnen .....

Of John Macthorne for his child's buriall in linnen . . .
Of Dr Parr for Dr Scott's buriall in linnen .....

Of the Church Tax .........

Of several passengers travailing on Sundays .....

Rec'd att a sacram1 .........

Rec'd of Mr Bowyer towards ye session dinner . . ..

From men setting in ye Alle houses drinkeing in sarmon time .
Rec'd of Mr Hester for his setting in the Church . . . .

Received of Simon Redding by the hands of John Halford con-

stable, for swearing .........

Rec'd of Mr Booker for putting a rail over his child in the

churchyard ...........

Received of Mr Hester for his setting in the Church . . .
Rec'd of Mr John Hester, for the use of his pew in the Church

for one yeare ..........

Rec'd of Mr Gibbs, his gift for setting in the Church . . .
Rec'd of Mrs Gibbs, for her setting in the Church . . . .

Rec'd of Mr Hester, his gift for the use of his pew in the Church

for 1 yeare ..........

Received of Foxcraf for illorders .......

Of ye Wedd. child for illorders .......

Rec'd of the penny rate ........ . .

For use of pall ..........

For ye use of ye pall .........

Of Mr Hester for a yeare' s rent for his pew . . . .

Rec'd of Mr. Tipping towards persessioning .....

Of Mr Hester for his seat at the Church .....

For the pall 5 times at 7s. Qd. per time ......

Five times more at 5s. . . . . . . . .

Received of John Marshall for swaring .....

Rec'd for 16 oaths . . .......

Rec'd at publick houses for drawing drink in time of divine

service ............

Rec'd by a twopeny rate ........

£ s. d.

00 02 06

00 01 06

00 02 00

00 14 00

00 10 00

01 00 00
00 02 00
03 16 00

02 12 01
00 01 00

00 10 00
02 10 00
02 10 00

01 00 00
20 08 01
00 14 00
00 01 00
00 04 00
00 03 06
00 06 00

00 02 00'

00 02 00

00 06 00

00 15 Oft

— 10 —

— 5 —

— 15 —

— 5 —

— 5 —
2 — —

— 26

— 76

— 15 —

— 10 —

— 15 —
1 17 6
1 5 O1

— 5 —

— 15 11

00 09 06
22 12 3-

First mention of receipts for sittings.

114 Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

£ s. d.

1707. Rec'd of Mr Travers for a stranger dying at ye Eosemay Bush . 00 01 04

1707. Rec'd of defaulters from victuallers on ye searche, my share . 00 07 06
1707. Rec'd of Mr Rogers, the constable, for prophane cursing and

swearing '. .. 00 06 00

1707. Rec'd of Mr Shelvin nigh ye lock for half a yeare rent to ye

poore, £A 10s. Od, abated 12 pence as customary for drink . 04 09 00

1708. Church Tax, lid. in the £ :

Camberwell Liberty 118 14 3

Peckham Liberty . . 123 01 08

Dullwich Liberty 44 05 00

Duliwich Colledge 03 00 00

More Peckham Liberty 00 12 10

1709. By a man sent into the Queen's service 3 — —

„ Rec'd of Hatcham Liberty for gaols and hospital money . . — 16 —

1710. Of John Eccles for disorderly money — 5 —

1710. Rec'd for a man sent into ye service 300

1710. Money rec'd for Marg* Hamond's goods :

Pair of sheets 020

Trenchers 010

Gown & petticoat 050

Rug and blanket 010

Bed 036

Pewter 080

Black Hatt 010

1711. By a stranger for swearing . . ' — 6 —

„ By Mr Strong for being drunk — 5 —

„ By him for swearing 1 — —

„ By Hen. Hook for disorders on the Sabbath — 5 —

„ Mr. Herbert for an imprest man . . . . . .3 — —

1711. Swearing and disorderly money — 16 —

1713. By Madam Cock for disorderly money 1 11 —

„ Received of gunners for killing the Queen's game . . . . — 10 —

1716. Rec'd of Mr Bowyer toward defraying part of the charge of the

procession 400

1717. Cash collected by sub" 116 15 3

„ Part of a Church rate 070 18 0

1719. Rec'd from 3d Rate :

Camberwell 35 17 3

Peckham 37 12 3

Dulwich 12 10 6

86 0 0

DISBURSEMENTS.

1671. To a poore passenger 00 02 00 I

„ ffor 2 warrants for John Lewis 00 01 00 |

„ Mending yc churchyard stile . . . . . . .. 00 02 06 I

„ paid for makeing & tigering 3 assessments 00 18 00 j

1673. for ye comunion table cloth and cushion 06 19 06 I

„ ffor makeing up my accounts 00 03 06 ;

„ Spent for gooing 3 sev1 times to ye Court on ye Pishe business . 00 03 00 !
,, By money spent at Visitation Court fees & swearing in .00 04 08 i

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

115

1673.

1674.
1675.

1676.
1677.
1678.
1679.

1680.

1681.

1682.

By money for 2 prayer books for yc ffast 4 Feb . . . .

By money to Mr. Egerton for repaire of Church wall . . .
Money given to ould Goodman Pierson ......

Money given to Goody Weeks .......

Two wounded seamen .........

for a sun diall ..........

Work done to Church ........

Money paid for parchment, writing and signing y ; tax . .
Pierson looking to yc stocks .... . . .

Paid to several! people with certificates & passes . . .
Money spent going to Bedlam .......

Richard Allen boarding up Belfry windows . . . .

Tigering the poore book ........

Ringing 29th May .........

ffor 2 warrants and the monthly search .....

To a poore woman that was burnt out .....

Spent in contracting for a new clock ......

paid to yc plumer & bricklayer ......

ffor expenses going to perogative office to sign ye book . ..

Given to severall of Camerwell poore all ye money received for

burying in linnen out of ye poore's box .....

ffor going to Bedlam to take Goody Long's money . . .
pd to Kettlethorpe for the stocks (part) .....

„ „ „ .......

ffor making the Church tax & signing it .....

Disbursed at the Procession . . . . . . .

Att the Visitation in Southwark ......

Coach hier to Kingston ....... .

Paid for part of charges at Kingston for dinner & fees . .
same day for horse hier thither .......

pd for arrears for Eliz. Long at Beth! em .....

To a man that had his house burnt in Staffordshire . . .
To 7 persons shipwreckt on ye coast of Ireland . . . .

Expended at yc Sessions both days ......

To one that had his house burnt in Glamorganshire . . .
To 4 persons whose houses were carried away by a sea-breech att

St. James's Town, Lincolnshire ......

To 5 seamen shipwreckt neare Yarmouth .....

To two soldiers going to their company att Dover . . .
To 7 men from ye East Indies travailing into Yorkshire . .
To 9 seamen shipwreckt on the coast of Suffolk . . .

pd for cloth for makeing 5 coates ......

To Wedd. Allen for scooling ye children .....

pd for the King's declaracon .......

pd Mackthorne for a yeare's wages ......

pd towards yc common prayer booke, matting for yc comun.

table and lock for churchwardens pew .....

To two indigent officers ........

Expended at the procession .......

To a poore seaman .......

£ s. d.

00 02 00

00 08 00

00 02 06

00 05 00

00 02 00

00 03 OG

21 06 10

00 05 06

01 00 00
00 08 06
00 04 00
00 06 00
00 01 00
00 04 00
00 02 00-
00 00 06
00 01

05 11

00
00

00 01 06

03 18 00

00 02 00

06 00 00

03 00 00

00 12 08

00 07 06

00 04 00

00 02 06

00 10 08

00 01 02

01 13 00
00 02 00
00 01 06
03 07 00
00 00 06

00 01 06

00 01 00

03 16 00

00 02 08

00 01 00

00 16 00

00 08 00

00 03 00

01 02 00
00 00 04

i 2

116 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

£ s. d.

1884. Given to a sick man to avoyde further charge . . — — ft

„ Paid the expenses at makeing the Poore's book . . . . — 3 —

„ Given the ringers to drinke on the King's birthday . . . — 3 —

To 2 boyes with a pass, by Mr Bowyer's order, the Justis . . — 1 —

1687. Pd att the ffirst visitation . . . . . .. .. . . . 10 10 Oft.

„ ffor takeing an indictment att the Sessions 01 09 00.

„ Pd for ringing the 29th May, 14th Oct., and ye 5th NoV . . 00 08 00
„ Charges for carrying the Dutchesse twice to Southwarke, for an

order to pass her to Lambeth, and other charges . . . 00 10 00

„ Paid Henry Symonds, which he disbursed for the dutchesse . 00 02 06

„ Paid Macthorne on account of yc Dutchesse 00 02 OO

„ Paid for yc poore houses for chimny money . . . . 00 06 00

1688. Expended at several meetings about the Poore's Book . . . 00 06 00>
„ Pd for writeing the booke twice over and signing the same . 00 05 00

1689. To old Long for himself and his sonn 00 07 OO

„ To Widd. Grove, for the wench that dyed there . . . . 01 10 OO

„ Expended for the procession dinner and other charges . . 03 02 00

„ Pd for the clocke 01 04 00

„ P(1 Stephen Picton, as per his acquitt for worke att the Church 12 15 00

„ Pd Thos Bagford for worke 04 14 00

„ Pd more to Stephen Picton 00 11 00

„ Pd to the glazier 00 07 02

„ Expended upon the workmen who repaired the church . . 00 05 06

„ Expenses at severall times going to the Petty Sessions . .. 00 05 00
„ Expended at severall meetings to make the Church Tax and for

makeing the same 01 08 00

„ Pd for signing the Tax att Drs comons & other expenses . . 00 07 06;

1691. Pd for two dishes to collect money att ye Church . . .. 00 05 00
„ Disbursed goeing to Greenwich & London and on severall occa-
sions of meeting about Parrish business . . . .. 00 12 00

1692. To Henry Symons for a Sessions dinner 02 06 00

„ nor a hedghog 00 00 04

„ Lay'd out for Goody Long when she was in Bethlem and ex-
pended there att severall times 00 06 00

„ Expenses about a strange girl and having her before the Justices 00 01 00
„ ffor a warrant for the people att the 2 Brewers and going with

yc woman to yc Town hall 00 13 00

1693. Given by Mr. Tippin's desire by his man to a disabled officer

out of iflanders 00 01 00

„ Given to a poore soulger and his wife with the Lord Mayor's pass 00 00 06
„ Spent upon several of the inhabitants that assisted in goeing

about to the Alle houses on Sondays 00 02 00

„ Given old Long out of yc alle house mony 00 01 00

„ Pd for a pewter Basson for the funt & ingraving . . .00 04 06
„ Given to ye Ringers yc 30th Aprill being the Queen's birthday,

the day ye king came out of fiianders the thanksgiven day ye

4th & 5th of November & yc Crowneation day . . . . 00 12 00 i
„ Paid Mr Bensted, Baker, for a y care's bread given to ye Poore

on Sondays, being y«= gift of Sr Thos Hunt 2 12 00

10 )4. Gave Goodman Tnoniks for a hedgehogg 00 00 04J

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

117

1694. Gave to a decayed gentleman

„ Paid for nursing the child that was found under the haystack at

Wallworth Bridge, 2 weeks

„ Gave Goody Sides, towards the building of her house

1695. Mr Walker for makeing the Parish writings concerning the 5

acres of land in Peckham Liberty

„ Expences in goeing after Mr Walker to get the sd writings
mnished

1696. Gave Goodman Newman for keeping the boys quiet at Church
„ Gave to Mr Walker for bringing the deeds belonging to Peck-
ham land

1698. For 3 hedghoggs and 1 polecat

„ For ringing Gunpowder Treason .......

„ Pd Mr Gardner for his disburse to yc Coroner and burying the

man that hanged himself .

„ P'1 Mr Symons for drinck to Mr Alleyn at paying his rent. • .

„ Pd by Mr Gardner to the Coroner and other charges and burying
the childe that was found dead in a band box in Mr Baker's
field

5, Pd Edmond Barrett in consideration that he should not trouble
the parrish any more & gave his bond together with Thomas
Jones of Spittol fhelds Cutler to save yc parrish harmless

„ Mr Brown's drover for a badger

„ Pd John Grousthead for the stocks & whipping post .

„ Pd for a warrant against Joseph Page, liveing disorderly with
his neighbours

1699. Charges in procecuting Wm Bensted at the Quarter Sessions at

Kingston for makeing the Poor's bred to Light, for which he
was cast (by the Standard of the Lord Mayor of London) and
fined twenty shillings

„ Pd to Councel in the above case

„ Pd Newman for looking after the Boys in the Gallery

„ Pd Mr Alleyn for makeing ye three penny Rate . . . .

„ Pd expences at rating the roll

„ Pd at yc Sessions in Bindeing over and in expences with severall
jnhabitants of the parrish .......

„ Pd expences in 3 days at yc Sessions wh our Clarke at Croydon. .

„ Pd the Councel

3, Pd the Clarke of the Peace and Cryer

„ Pd coach hier to Croydon and Home againe ....

„ Pd Mr Nost for Councel to Mr Northy

„ Pd Mr Nost for coppies of the order of Court and for Councel .

„ Pd Mr Nost more towards carving on the sute ....

„ Pd for seven hedghoggs

1700. Expenses by a child that was found on Peckham Rye

„ Pd for 3 hedghoggs and 2 polecat .......

„ Pd at passing the old Churchwardens .....

„ Pd at chuseing the new churchwardens

„ Pd on searching the alehouses on ye Sabboth ....
J? Expenses in meeting about the clock

£
00

00
00

s. cL

01 00

05 00

06 0(5

001 00 00

03 00

02 00

05 00

12 4

— 6

2 10

— 6
0 0

7 6

10 —

5 —

10 —

3 6

10
10
06
06

4
10

1
2

0
5

118 Y< PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1700. Expenses another day about the same . ; . . . . —

, „ Towards mending the clock . . . - ..... 1 12 0

P'1 Mr Herbert for making the last Rate . . . . . — 2 —

Expenses in chusing the succeeding Churchwarden '. . . — 8.
Gave to Hugh Moulsey that was out of work and like to fall

into despaire .......... 36,

Pd the Coroner, Jury and witnesses about Henry Spicer ..'311 0

Charges at Sizes about the same ...... 2 14 1

Gave to a lame Soldier . . . . • • ... — — 2

Spent in tending ye Petty Sessions at Canierwell . . . 00 02 06.

Gave a poore decayed parson having a wife & small childe . 02 06

'[ Paid ye halfe part'of ye Bricklaier's bill ..... 02 06 06".

" Spent at yc election of ye new Churchwardens . . . . 00 01 08.

1701. Expended at a Persesionng ........ 03 05 00

„ For 23 hedghoggs ......... — 78

Expended in going the rounds of yc parish upon a search . . — 6 —
Pd for a bench warrant, for having severall inhabitants before

the bench .......... — 2 —

Expended at Receiving the rent of Capt. Platt . . . . — 1 6,

„ Expended in waiting on the bench ...... — 2

„ Expended in taxing Mr Nost's bill . ... . . . — 10 —

„ \ Expended at same time ........ — 7 6.

Paid one yeare's Gaol and Hospital money ..... 474

Paid the carpenter as appears by his bill ..... 7 11 0

Paid the bricklayer as appears by his bill ..... 1 14 2

,, Paid for 6 badgers ......... — 12

1703. Charges about ye man that hang'd himself for Coroner Jury and

coffin ....... ' . • . . 1 15 10.

„ Pd ye reckoning on ye day of auditing ..... — 156

„ Pd for 2,000 of plain tiles and 28 ridge tiles ..... 794

„ Pd Mr Picton for Tiling, painting and whitewashing the

Church .......... 15 — —

„ P(l Capt. Wise for paving yc Church alleys with stone . . . 21 5 0

„ Mr Davies for Carpenter's work ...... 650

„ Pd for Ironwork and painting ....... 15 6 6.

1705. Spent at going to Maidstone ....... 170-

„ Expenses in going to Lewsain and Greenwich . . . — 3 —
„ Pa Mr Stackey for a new sarsnet for the Pall, and new scoureing

ye old one ..........359'

„ Pd for a lock to the galley door and 20 keys to it . . . — 12 —

1706. Charges in repairing the stocks ...... 1 13 0

1707. Pd on ye search with ye constable and Headborough . . . 00 00 104.
„ Paid at a dinner of ye Vestry and officers about 30 in all . . 1 0 0
„ To my part of ye charges of a Vestry which agreed to a tax

for new pewing of ye church and raised 2d in the pound to

re-imburse ye arreares of 2 yearres church wardenship] . . 00 10 0(X

„ Pa Mr Barrard, Chirurgeon, for cureing Mis. Haulden of her

sprained and diseased back . . . . . . . 02 00 00>

„ Paid at a paris h dinner ....... — 10 —

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 119

1707. Paid at another dinner when ye 2d Rate was made . .

„ Charges at ye Comons in expences, paying Councel and fees . 2 — —
„ Pcl John Davis, Oversere of the Liberty of Dullwich of the two-

penny Rate ....... ... 8 2 3

1708. Pd Mrg Marshall out of her husband's money for swearing .100
„ Paid Allen for makeing several books of rates . . . . — 10 —
„ Pd at ye auditt for ye Dinner, by order of Vestry . . . 03 08 00
„ Paid for a coffin and shrowd for a woman drowned in North

Field ........... 00 07 06

„ For carriage and coach from Hen and Chickens to Churchyard
of a Sabbath day, where the Coroner came to sett on her for

Inquiry ........... 00 03 06

„ Pd for ye Grave digging ........ 00 01 00

„ Pd Mr Hollis, ye Constable bill of charges ..... 01 18 06

„ Came down a warrant from ye Lord Mayor and Alderman
Jeffereyes by an officer to require us to provide for Mary Bond
and her 2 children here, their legale settlement in Camer-

well prish .......... 00 02 06

„ Paid ye Constable & Overseer upon a Generall search for Listing

soldiers . . . . ...... 00 02 00

1709. Pd for a sarsnett for the Pall and setting it on . . . . 1 17 6

„ Expended in having the poor before the Bench . . . — 3 —

„ Pd Mr ffarar, for arrears for Vauxhall Bridge . . . . 3 2 10

„ Expenses at chusing of officers ....... — 6 —

„ Pd John Wilkins for a Vagabond ....... — 3 10

„ For carrying a Vagabond to Church ...... — 3 —

„ Pd for a coffin and shroud for him . . . . . . — 66

„ Expenses in going about the parrish to warn the poor out . . — 6 —
„ Mr Davis, Carpenter, for work done to Church . . ..381

„ Mr Picton, Bricklayer, for the same ...... 308

„ Pd the Sexton his yearly wages ....... 2 10 0

„ Ringing money the whole year ...... 200

„ Gave to Widd. Wiggans to buy her shifts ..... — 5 —

1711. Expended at a Prosessioning ....... 450

„ Pd for Wine and Biscakes when the Bishop preached . . . — 36

„ Paid for cleaning the clock ....... 150

„ Expended when the Arch Deacon came on Visitation . . . — 12 0

„ Spent when the Box was broken open and delivered up . . — 26
„ Pd for a book to enter strange Ministers' names who preach

here and for a table of degrees of marriage . . . . — 2 —

„ Paid toward the Vagrant money . . . . % ..366

„ To a woman that was lunatick ...... — 12 6

„ Expenses in going about ye Parish on Sabboth days . . . — 26

„ When the Arch Deacon was here ...... — 6 —

„ At a possessioning . . . . . . . ..100

„ At a Vestry .......... 26

1712. Pd for Wine & Biscakes for the Bishop . . . . . — 3 —

„ Paid for ringing, Ap. 23, May 29 ...... — 10 —

„ At taking of Dunkirk ......... — 5 —

„ March 8th, at news of the peace ...... — 10 —

120 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

£ s. d.

1712. At Nov. 5th, Dec. 25th, and Feb. 6 . . . . _ . . — 15 —
Paid for cleaning the Sconce, the Act against swairing and an

almanack .......... —

„ Paid at making the first book for the poor . • . . . . —

„ Paid at making 2 peny Rates —

Expenses in going about to warn people that were not

parishioners . . . . . . . • .. — 26

Expenses in going about the Parish on Sabboth days . . — 36

1713. Paid a- man that brought the chest out of the Vineyard, when

the Church was rob'd — 1 —

„ Paid for cutting down the woods in the churchyard . . . — 1 —

„ Expended at a Vestry . — 66

„ Paid disbanded soldiers by order of Vestry . . . 1 12 6

„ Paid the Clockmaker his year's sallery — 16 —

Expences in taking a woman supposed to have murdered her
bastard child, and filed to Newington (on the other side of the
water), and taking her and carrying her to St. Giles's, where

she said the child was. Warrants and constable's charges . — 36

„ Paid for a Vagrant warrant — 2 —

„ Paid for badges — 2 —

„ Paid my part towards the clarke's gown 126

1714. Paid at making the poor's Bate — 10

„ For passing of Tagrants . . . . . . . .215-5

„ Expences at a Vestry . . . . . . . . . — 4 • —

„ Paid for a Sarsnett for the Pall 1 19 2

" ,, Expended at a generall search — 86

„ Paid subsisting a lunatick man . . . . . . — 36

,, Cleaning the Church Plate & and 3 bottles of wine . . . — 59

„ Paid for the Royall Mourning 318,0

„ Paid the Clarke his Sallery, washing the Surplice, and cleaning

the Sconce 242

1715. Spent in going to gett subscriptions to yc Bells . . . . — 23
„ Paid for wine when the Bishop came to preach . ' . . . — 2 —

„ Wine and Biscakes for ditto — 211

„ Paid for printing bills to prevent ye increase of Inmates, tipling

on yc Sabboth — 6 —

„ To disperse those bills 2 6

„ Given my own servants when they looked on ye steeple and

judged it sound — 1 —

„ Spent at a Vestry.about ye Bells — 16

„ Spent according to custom when Mr Platt paid the .£5 . . — 26
„ Spent when we went to thank Mr Bowyer & Mr Carter for their

Benefactions to the Church — 2 8

„ Paid for a curtain to ye Churchwardens' pew — 76

„ Given the Clerk for going to weigh yc Comnn plate . . . — 26

„ Making a new surpliss 15 —

„ The Bricklayer's bill 5 15 —

„ Paid for making ye Benefaction Tables and Frames . . . 1 12 6
„ Paid for 12 yards of new holland for ye surpliss at 6s. Gd. pel-
yard ..... 3 18 0

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

121

1715.

1716.

1717.

By charges for carrying the children into Wales and their main-
tenance to Chester upon the road ......

By 2 men & 2 horses, the next day's journey beyond . . .

By charges for a horse for myself for the journey

By my expense . . .

By 5 Pole catts

By Mr Davis, ye Carpenter

By Mr Pickton, ye Bricklayer

By Mr Carter, mending the clock at church

By watching in the Church for severall weeks by night, by order
of Dr. Tipping, when the man sent a letter to the doctor that
the church was to be rob'd and going with Mr Acton to the
man in prison to know ye truth of it

By Bermondsey officers to go thro' the gardens . . . .

By expences at making the sixpenny rate .....

By Hill yc Tailor for badges for ye poor . . . .

By Md Cock's men when the new churchyard was stak'd out

By the Clerk for washing the Church linen, my part . . .

For attending the Sessions, a quart of sack and biscakes .

By the whole expence of the examination, commitment, and
prosecution at Ryegate Assizes of Joseph Weston who was
hang'd for Robing the Church

By ye Glazier . .

By Mr Davis, Carpenter

By Mr Davis Jr

By Mr Pickton, Bricklayer

By the plumer

By going a presesioning

By the expence at yc Visitation at Kingston

By the mony spent when the Duty was laid on yc stones in
ye churchyard

By treating yc Bishop's servants at Parfetts, my part . . .

By money pd at yc Comons for Consecrating ye new Church-
yard, my part . . . . . ' .

By signing the articles for the Bells

By weighing yc old Bells

By the Brickwall of ye new Churchyard

By a Vestry concerning ye Clock and Bells ....

By getting subscriptions for the Bells

By a Vestry to make a Church Rate

By ye Carpenter

By signing yc 2 Books at ye Comons

By the Pulpett Cushion

By Mr Phellps, ye Bellfounder

By Mr Bradley, Clockmaker

By the Clerk his salary

By an almanack for ye Vestry

By drawing a kavit in the Commons

By auditing yc accounts

By the Beadle of Sl Thomas's Hospital as usuall

25
10
5

16
5

14
15

9
3

0
4

12
13

•2

2
8
0
16
7
6

1 12

110 7
40 10

10
6
4
4
2
9
6

— 3 —

— 18 —

9 — —

122 Ye PARISH OF CASlERWELL.

£ s. d..

1718. By money pa for ye robery coinited in this County ... . . 2 — •

By Mr Bartlett, ye surgeion, for setting new Limbs . . .460'

By treating ye Bishop's servants at Parfetts, my part . . . — 16 —

By money pu ye Comons for ye concerating ye new Churchyard 9

By mony pd ye Bricklayer for Building ye Churchyard wall .10 2 —

By washing ye Church Linnin 12 —

By a Vestry concerning ye Clock and Bells . . . . — 8 —

By getting up subscription to the Bells — 10 —

By a Vestry making a Church Rate, the expences . . . — 16 —

By signing the Books at the Comons 6 —

By the Carpenter's & Glazer's bill . . , . . . 2 14 —

By a new pulpitt cushion, my part . . . . . 1 12

By Mr Phellps ye Bellfounder his bell 30 7 —

By Mr Bradley yc clockmaker 9 ]0 a

By yc Clerk his salary .... ... 2 8 0-

By expence at yc Commons, concecrating ye new Churchyard . 4 10 0'

„ By Building ye new Churchyard wall 5 01 O

„ By signing the articles for the Bells — 26

„ By a cushion for ye church — 16 —

„ By the Carpenter & Glazer 126

„ By a Vestry making a Church Rate — 5 —

„ By Mr Phelps, my part for yc Bells — 8 —

„ By cleaning yc Branch at Church . . . . . — 1 — •

„ By treating the Bishop's servants . . . . . - . — 8 — •

„ To money spent at a Vestry — 4 —

„ To money spent on the Commity at the Bull head . . . — 2 —

1718. Paid at the agreement for the frame on ye top of ye steeple . 6 —

„ By mending the Branch and making 3 Images to it . . . — 12 —

By making ye Church Rate 10 0

By the stone Cutter for Cuting ye stone to hang it in . . . — 2 6
By Longest yc Smith, for the weather cock . . . .140

By expence of weighing the Bells . . . . . . — 10 0

„ By carrying & fetching the Bells — 15 —

„ Bytheglazer 272.

„ By signing the two books at the Comons & expenses . . — 15 —

„ By M* Phelps, the Bell founder, as per bill 16 15 9-

„ By the Painter 520

„ By Mr Farrer 292.

„ By the Carpenter 15 — —

„ By a Coach to carry Lr Tipping to yc Lord Trevors to enquire

about ye child that was found — 26-

„ By expences on the Jury, Victuals and Drink, and the Coroner

and Mr Clay the Constable . . 1 15 9-

„ By charges for me & my horse 3 days at Gilford . . . — 15
„ By victualls & drink & Lodging for ye witness at Gilford ..33

„ By a Coach & 4 horses, 3 days at Gilford 33

„ By the agreement for ye frame an ye steeple — 6

„ By the Clerk, one year's salary, my part . ... 3 —

„ Expences at making ye Church Rate — 10

„ By yc Smith as appears by bill ... ... 5 2

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

123.

1718. By ye Plumer as per bill

„ By the Cushions & cloath

„ By signing yc Rate at ye Comons . . . . .

„ By the Bricklayer

„ By relieving a servant of Lord Tevor, as was formerly .

„ By keeping a poor woman and her daughter at ye White Lyan .

„ By burying a vagrant man ........

„ By bad money in the Rate . . . . . . .

„ By going Round the parish to warn out yc vagts . . . .

„ By going after a child left at S* Thos Waterin ....

„ Lost by bad money in the book .......

„ By Mr Phelps his bill

„ By Mr Pickton his bill

By Mr Davis

„ By Cheshire ye glazier his bill . . . . . . . .

„ By John Farrier's Charges in setling ye Certificate March 1717 .

„ By Mr Dyson for physick for the poor to Easter 1720 for

Camerwell

By Goody Dyer, looking after a mad woman under cure for hurt
done her by a cow .........

By going about the Parish to look after the inmate that had no
settlement ..........

By Dr Tipping for a new surplice

By mending the old one

By money spent Easter Tuesday chusing officers . . . .

By Johnson, a quaker won't pay ......

By bad money and overcharged .......

By a poor man to get him out of town .....

By a poor man to get him into Mr Page's barn . . . .

By watching with him, candles & beer

By expence at a meeting at Parfetts . . . . . .

Expences warning the people out of the Town ....

Disbursed for Bear & ale by order

1719.

1720.

£
20

0
11
5
16

- 13

— 2

1 13

3 10

4 10
3 15
3 5

1 7

— 15 —

18 •
550

10
1 10 0

— 23

9 .

VESTRY CLERKS.

The vestry clerks of this parish, have not always had such responsible duties to-
perform as the present representative of that office ; nor has the remuneration of past
clerks been quite up to the present standard. In the early part of the seventeenth
century there was very little work indeed for a paid clerk to do, as the churchwardens,
and overseers managed to get through all the parochial business very pleasantly ; and
the vicar kept the minutes of the vestry proceedings with great business tact and ability.
On the death of Dr. Parr, however, a new state of affairs was inaugurated, and in
1697 Mr. Mackthorn was appointed clerk, " dureing his good behaviour/' at a salary
of 30s. per annum ! It is satisfactory to be able to chronicle the fact that Mr.
Mackthorn's " good behaviour " remained intact as long as the most exacting parish
officer could desire — even unto his death in 1710. It would appear from the follow-
ing entry in the churchwardens' accounts that his salary was increased during
his tenure of office, although no resolution to that effect is to be found in the
vestry minutes : " May, 1699. Paid Macthorne, ye clarke, his yeare's salary, £& 10s.""

124 Yc PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

In 1710 Nicholas Alley n was appointed " clarke to tlie vestry," and no doubt in
•consequence of the great growth of the parish and consequent increase of work, Mr.
Alleyn's " sallery " was fixed at 50.9. per year,* payable quarterly. Mr. Alleyn held
•the post for six years, and was succeeded by Mr. Richard Hodson in 1716, at a salary
which must have surprised some of the " economical" ratepayers of that day. Mr.
Hodson's salary was fixed at £6 a year, and in 1721 it was actually increased to ,£10!
On the death of Mr. Hodson in 1739 his son was appointed to succeed him at the
-same salary, but as a workhouse had recently been " invented " in Camberwell, Mr.
Hodson received an additional £5 for acting as "clerk to the workhouse." Mr.
Hodson's official career continued till his death in 1763. He does not appear to
have saved much out of the proverbial " parochial pickings " during his long tenure
of office, as the vestry allowed Mrs. Hodson .£10 a year at her husband's death, in
•consideration of " her great age and destitute condition and the regard the parish
had to the memory of her husband."

Mr. Hodson's successor, Mr. Thomas Young, had a remarkably long official career
in Camberwell, if gravestones are to be relied upon. It is recorded on Mr. Young's
tomb that he was parish clerk for 50 years ; vestry clerk, 48 years ; sexton, 41 years!
It would almost appear that Mr. Young's official life extended to 139 years, but on a
more careful perusal of the epitaph it appears that he served the several offices at one
and the same time. His appointment of vestry clerk took place in 1763, and he held
the office till 1812, and he died in the following year at the age of 72. During
Mr. Young's official career the work of his office greatly increased, and his salary was
raised on more than one occasion.

There is an entry in the minutes at this time which goes to prove that the beadle
was a more important functionary than the vestry clerk, and no one can have any
•doubt that the beadle as he " lived and moved and had his being " in the eighteenth
•century was a very different character to the imitation beadle of modern days. The
vestry clerk merely represented an inferior office ; the beadle represented the entire
parish, and as .the "image of authority was feared, obeyed, respected." In 1813 the
vestry decided to appoint a solicitor to the office of vestry clerk, and the salary was
fixed at £60 per annum. Messrs. James Smale, Chas. Dodd, and Samuel Isaac Lilley
were duly nominated, and after a three days' poll, Mr. Lilley was declared duly
•elected, the numbers being —

Mr. Lilley 406

Mr. C. Dodd 328

Mr. Smale 72

Mr. Lilley resigned the office in 1816, and Messrs. G. Spence and John Allen were
jmt in nomination and another three days' ballot was ordered, but at the close of the
second day Mr. Allen, having only polled 63 votes to his opponent's 403, resigned,
and Mr. Spence was declared duly elected, and his salary fixed at £105 per annum.

In 1828 Mr. Spence, whose services were much appreciated by the parish, retired
from office, and Mr. Gilbert was elected after a poll, the numbers being —

Mr. Gilbert 762

Mr. Dashwood 347

Mr. Watson 68

Mr. Gilbert held the post for ten years, during which time his salary was increased
to 200 guineas, giving way in 1838 to Mr. Poole, who was unanimously elected to, the

* The following entry from the Churchwardens' " pa the Clark his sallery, washing the } £ s. d.

Accounts of this date (1714) gives a fair idea of the surplice, and cleaning the sconce. j -2 4 2 "

uigiuty of the Vestry Clerk's office :—

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 125

office with a salary of ,£150 a year. At the end of four months' tenure of office

Mr. Poole was compelled to retire, and Messrs. Alfred Cooper and Alfred Burrell

were put in nomination, when the former was elected "by a majority of 401, the

numbers being —

Mr. Cooper 917

Mr. Burrell 516

Mr. Cooper was not more successful than his predecessor, and his resignation

brought about another parochial excitement. The candidates who went to the poll

in 1842 were —

Mr. C. A. Dodd . . . who polled 794
Mr. Edwarde Browne Hook . „ 281

Mr. J. W. Prebble . 215

Another alteration took place in 1846, when Mr. Dodd resigned ; Mr. Hook, who

had previously been unsuccessful, was elected by a large majority over Mr. B. P.

Smith, the numbers being —

Mr. Hook 550

Mr. P. B. Smith 116

Mr. Hook was not allowed to remain in quiet possession of his office, and an annual
opposition became the rule rather than the exception. In 1851 a determined stand
was made against his election, but on that occasion his opponent, Mr. Andrews, was
defeated by a large majority. In the following year, however, a more formidable
competitor appeared in the person of our present highly respected vestry clerk, and
after an exciting contest of two days' polling Mr. Marsden was elected, 1,016 votes
having been recorded in his favour, against 432 for Mr. Hook. Mr. Hook died sud-
denly whilst these papers were passing through the press.

COLLECTORS.

The collector is a paid officer but recently called into existence to carry out work
which could not be performed by the unpaid official.

When overseers were appointed to levy rates and relieve the poor, the work was in
such a small compass that both duties could be performed satisfactorily without paid
labour, but as the population and pauperism increased the overseer was compelled to-
call in extraneous aid to help him collect the rates as well as relieve the poor. The
collector is a much maligned individual, for a mere mechanical carrying out of others*
instructions is too often and unjustly regarded as an initiatory and voluntary act on
his part. The collector is seen, whilst the powers that instruct him are unseen, and
therefore he is eagerly seized and turned into the parochial wilderness by the
" indignant ratepayer " as a scapegoat for others' sins.

Collectors even in the seventeenth century were occasionally employed. Thus, in
1689 John Macthorne was paid 5s. for collecting the church tax ; not a large amount,
it is true, but then John Macthorne was in the receipt of 30s. a year for acting as
vestry clerk !

In 1721 another vestry clerk (Mr. Hodson) received three guineas "on this extra-
ordinary occasion for collecting a deceased overseer's rates and paying the poor."
Numerous attempts were made at the close of the eighteenth century to appoint
permanent collectors, but without avail. On the 22nd June, 1813, an Act of Parliament

126 YePAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

. .*

was passed, authorizing the appointment of collectors, who were to be paid a sum not
exceeding 4fyL in the £ ; and on the 15th July, 1813, the vestry elected three gentle-
men to collect the rates of the parish. It is not a little singular that of the three
selected, viz., Messrs. Mercer, Costen, and Kemp, the two former had but recently
served the office of churchwarden, whilst the latter had acted as overseer. Mr.
Mercer, for some time previous to the election, was the selected chairman of the
vestry ! In 1819 Mr. Edward Strong was appointed collector in the place of Mr.
Costen.

On Easter Tuesday, 1820, the election of the collectors was suspended for a month,
and no doubt we should all survive the shock if their election were still in suspense !
It does not appear from the vestry minutes what cause actuated the vestry in
suspending the collection of the rates for a month, but it is stated that " the temporary
suspense of the collectors did not arise from any suspicion of the vestry as to their
conduct." Perhaps it was done to allow certain ratepayers to " clear out." In 1821
it was decided, " on account of the increased and increasing population of this parish,
and in consequence of the large arrears of the parochial rates remaining uncollected,
it is highly expedient that an additional collector be appointed for the district of
Camberwell," and Richard Widdrington, who was a beadle of the parish, and landlord
of the " Waterloo Arms," in Waterloo Street, was unanimously elected.

In 1826 Mr. Widdrington was appointed collector of the district of Camberwell in
place of Mr. Mercer, deceased ; and Mr. Sutton was elected collector of St. George's
district, which he resigned in 1831, when Mr. Prebble* was elected after a two days'
poll.

An attempt was made at the same vestry to appoint an arrear collector, but it was
not successful.

In 1832 Mr. Prebble was appointed collector of the Camberwell district in the
place of Mr. Widdrington, and Mr. Thomas Cooper was elected to fill the vacancy
in St. George's, which he held till May, 1845, when Mr. Alfred Cooper was
elected to succeed him.

In 1833 Mr. White was, on the nomination of Dr. Webster, elected Dulwich
collector in the place of Mr. Kemp.

Mr. Edward Strong, the Peckham collector, died in 1834, and his son, Mr. Oswald
Strong, was unanimously elected to succeed him on the 14th Feb. in the same year.

In November, 1845, Mr. Shaw was elected collector of the Dulwich district in place
of Mr. White, and so matters continued until October, 1858, when Messrs. Andrews
and Bickerton were appointed, and in April of the following year Mr. Thompson was
appointed, the number being thereby increased to six, Mr. Cooper having resigned.

In 1868 ttue number of collectors was increased to seven — viz., Messrs. Lyon,
Bradley, Thompson, White, Bickerton, Andrews, and Shaw. Messrs. Prebble and
Strong, who had proved valuable and faithful servants to the parish, received a
retiring pension. In 1873, on the resignation and superannuation of the Dulwich
collector, Mr. Shaw, an additional collector was appointed, and Messrs. Maltby and
Beaumont were elected.

In 1868 the poundage paid to the collectors was reduced by the vestry to 4cL
in the £.

* Messrs. Prebble and Strong had previously collected the Lighting and Highway rates.

Copy of Verses & Almaiiac for tjheYear 1840
PARISH OF ST. ° MLES

By JOHN HEATH, & GEOHGKi SBDGX.E3T, Beadles.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 127

•

BEADLES— ALE-CONNERS— HEADBOROUGHS— CONSTABLES-
COMMISSIONERS OF REQUESTS— SURVEYORS OF THE HIGHWAYS.

The beadle was formerly a great institution in the parish. He was " the outward
.and visible sign " of parochial authority ; more important than the churchwarden,
and more respected than the overseer. Churchwardens and overseers came and dis-
appeared, but he " went on for ever." He not only " had his eye " upon the poor, who
envied him, but also upon the " small boys " in church, who feared him. He was the
highest paid official in the place, and by far the most dignified and important. The
parish was not a parish without him — only an aggregate of individuals ! Whilst the
vestry clerk was, as his office implied, simply the clerk to the vestry, the beadle was

" The image of authority ; "

the representative, in his own person, of all the minor offices of the parish. He was
the Tycoon and the Mikado rolled into one ! He was as careful of the spiritual as
of the temporal affairs of the parish. And be it said to the credit of the Camberwell
beadles, no record is extant of any want of dignity or imperfection of duty on their
part. On the contrary, they appear, by general consent, to have carried off the palm
on the day of the year (at least from a beadle point of view) when these representa-
tives of authority in the various parishes inet together on Visitation-day.

The Camberwell beadles are described as putting all others into the shade ! They
measured more round the girth, wore more gold lace, assumed more importance,
-drank more beer, and created more terror amongst the small boys than the beadles of
other parishes.

Visitation-day, with the swearing in of the new churchwardens, and the taking in
of an unlimited quantity of " unsophisticated," has disappeared from the calendar.
A beadle who wrote " werses " has sung the praises of that glorious day in the
following lines : —

" But Visitation-day, 'tis thine
Best to deserve my passing line,
Great day ! the purest, brightest gem
That decks the fair year's diadem.
Grand day ! that sees one costless dine,
And costless quaff the rosy wine ;
Till seven Churchwardens doubled seem,
And doubled every taper's gleam,
And I triumphant over time,
And over tune and over rhyme
Call'd by the gay convivial throng
Lead in full glee, the choral song. "

The front position taken by the beadles of Camberwell on all public occasions was
not done without expense. Gold lace is very imposing, but rather expensive, and it
must be borne in mind that it took about twice the ordinary beadle's allowance to
cover the Camberwell representatives. So serious was the question considered by the
vestry in 1831, that it was made a leading question, and the parish officers were
enjoined to be more economical in the use of gold lace — that is, either to reduce
the size of the beadles or to be less prodigal of ornamentation when undue cor-
pulency required covering.

It was felt by the more conservative residents of that day that to stint the coat of
lace was worse than starving the beadle's stomach of food, and so a sort of arrangement
was made that things should go on as before, but that a more careful selection should
be made in future elections — in short, that priority of choice should be given to any
candidate who would promise, if symptoms of corpulency appeared, that he would
" do Banting."

It was a melancholy day for Camberwell when its beadles were " disestablished and

128 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

disendowed." We degenerated into a second-rate parisfi at once. We are perhaps
not worse than our neighbours at the present time, but we are not eminently superior
as before. As there is proverbial wisdom in a wig, so was there irresistible power and
authority in a full-dressed beadle. Black plush breeches, gold-banded and gold-
buttoned at the knees, a new red waistcoat with gold-worked buttons, and a cocked
hat edged with gold, were not meant to steal stealthily through the streets. They
were designed for effect ; they were unmistakable indications of authority ; and the
wearer was made mindful of the fact that he was a great public specimen of the
natural and artificial dignity of man.

It is true that accusations were sometimes made that an undue importance was
given to the office, and a proper sense of dignity was too often regarded by the
ignorant as an indication of pride. If the beadle looked " duberously " at the poor,
and reserved all his sympathy for householders with a vote — if he stood a few inches
taller in his shoes when doling out bread and distributing petticoats, he equalized
matters by the display of an extreme obsequiousness in the presence of the church-
wardens. In days gone by the beadle accompanied the parish officers in all their
peregrinations round the parish, and there are resolutions in the parish books which
show that even the surveyor was not considered competent to undertake any parish
business without he was accompanied by the man of authority. At one time, in
Camberwell, they acted not only as masters of the workhouse, but also as super-
numerary or assistant overseers. It was also customary for the beadles to make an
annual call at Christmas upon the more wealthy residents, and a very interesting fac-
simile of the " polite reminder " used on such occasions (see opposite page) will give
the reader an idea of the "good things" of which Camberwell beadles were capable.
The election of beadle was a great event in the parish, and a two days' poll was
usually held to decide between the respective merits of the applicants.

The ale-conners of Camberwell have given way to the new order of things, and not
before it was wanted. Originally important and responsible officers, the ale-connersr
before their disappearance, only served to bring authority into contempt. They were
nominated on Easter Tuesday, and appointed afterwards by the justices, and their
duties consisted in examining the weights and measures in use in the parish, in
seizing short weights and measures, and in bringing the offenders to justice !

Originally the ale-conner was a most important official, as the following extract
from the oath taken by parties serving the office in the reign of Henry V. (1417)
will show :—

" You shall swear that you shall know of no brewer or brewster, cook or pie-baker
in your ward who sells the gallon of best ale for more than one penny half-penny, or
the gallon of second for more than one penny, or otherwise than by measure sealed
and full of clear ale ; and that you, so soon as you shall be required to taste any ale
of a brewer or brewster, shall be ready to do the same ; and in case that it be less
good than it used to be before this cry, you shall set a reasonable price thereon,
according to your discretion ; and if anyone shall afterwards sell the same ale above
the said price, unto your said Alderman you shall certify the same. And that for
gift, promise, knowledge, bate, or other cause whatsoever no brewer, brewster,
huckster, cook, or pie-baker who acts against any one of the points aforesaid you
shall conceal, spare, or tortiously aggrieve ; nor when you are required to taste ale
shall absent yourself without reasonable cause and true ; but all things which unto
your office pertain to do, you shall well and lawfully do. So God you help, & the
Saints."

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 129

CONSTABLES AND HEADBOROUGHS.

These officers were usually nominated from amongso the inhabitant householders
on Easter Tuesday.

King Alfred instituted tithings, so called from the Saxons, because ten freeholders
and their families composed one. These were each responsible for the good conduct
of the others. One of the tithing was annually appointed to preside over the rest,
being called the tithing-man, or headborough.

This arrangement was intended for the prevention of rapine and disorders, which
formerly prevailed in the realm, and no man was suffered to abide in England above
forty days unless he was enrolled in some tithing or decennary. In more recent
times constables were associated with the headboroughs in preserving the public order.
Although the office has fallen into desuetude in Camberwell, headboroughs were
nominated by the vestry as recently as the present century.

It appears from the Statute of Winchester, that in the 13th Edward I. two
constables were chosen in every hundred " to make the view of armour, to present
defaults of armour, and of suits of towns, and of highways, and of such as lodge
strangers in uplandish towns, for whom they will not answer." The duties of con-
stables became in time very different to what they originally were, and on the forma-
tion of the Metropolitan Police Force the office was discontinued in Camberwell.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT OF REQUESTS.

Commissioners of the Court of Requests were first appointed in this parish in 1758,,
under the provisions of an Act passed 22 Geo. II. c. 47, for the more easy and
speedy recovery of small debts within the town and borough of Southward, and
several other surrounding parishes. Of the parishes brought within the provisions of
the above Acts, Camberwell elected 6 commissioners, Newington 12, Bermondsey 18,
and Lambeth 18.

The qualification for a commissioner was a <£40 rating to the poor, or a property
qualification of not less than ,£2,000. Although the Court of Requests was only
established in Camberwell in 1758, similar courts were instituted in the reign of
Henry VII., 1493, and remodelled by Henry VIII. in 1517. They were superseded
by the County Court Act, 9 & 10 Viet. c. 95, passed on 26th August, 1846.

SURVEYORS OF THE HIGHWAYS.

By 2 & 3 Phil. & Mary, c. 8, surveyors of the highways were directed to be
appointed by parishes, which were made responsible for the condition and repairs
of the roads. These surveyors were originally, according to the above statute,
to be appointed by the constables and churchwardens of the parish, but they were
subsequently appointed by warrant of justices from a list of substantial householders
returned annually by the vestry. The office was held for many years by members of
the Tagg and Tanner families. On the 1 3th February, 1781, Mr. Robert Tagg and Mr.
Abraham Tagg were respectively nominated to the office, and on a poll, Mr. R. Tagg
polled 81 votes and Mr. A. Tagg 42. Mr. Tagg held the office until 1796, when he
was succeeded by his son William, the salary at that time being £50 a year. The
office was subsequently held for many years by Mr. Thomas Tanner.

The surveyor was appointed annually, and his duties were to see that the roads
were kept in a proper state of repair, and that the labourers employed performed
their work in an efficient manner ; to seize and impound cattle straying on the roads,
and to summon before the magistrates persons driving trucks, carts, wheel-barrows, &c.,.

130 Ye PARISH OF CA&ERWELL.

-on the footpaths, or in any manner obstructing the footways. Under the High-
ways Act, 5 & 6 Will. IV. c. 50, petty sessions were held at certain periods during
the year at the Sessions House, Newington, for hearing and determining complaints
.relative to the highways, and for passing the surveyor's accounts. By the Local Act
-of 1833, to amend a previous Local Act, 53 Geo. III. (1813), the vestry were
empowered to appoint a surveyor of highways with a salary, and under the Metropolis
Local Management Act our present surveyor, Mr. J. C. Reynolds, was appointed by
the vestry. Under this Act also, Mr. H. Jarvis, of Trinity Square, Southwark, was
appointed district surveyor for this parish.

BURIAL BOARD.

On the 20th October, 1853, a vestry meeting was called for the purpose of
considering a letter from Viscount Palmerston, stating that it was his intention
to represent to her Majesty in Council that interments should no longer take place
in the churchyard and in the vaults under the parish church of St. Giles, Camberwell,
after the 1st May, 1854, and recommending the local authorities to adopt such measures
as the emergency required.

A committee of twelve was thereupon appointed to make inquiry on the subject
•and report thereon to a future vestry. Representations were at the same time made
to the Government for an extension of time, and on the 27th April, 1854, another
meeting of the vestry was held to take into consideration the desirability of adopting
in this parish 15 & 16 Viet. c. 85, being an Act to amend the laws relating to the
burial of the dead in the metropolis.

The requisition calling the meeting was signed by Mr. R. A. Gray, J. A. Lyon, and
other well-known residents, and the resolution which was moved by the former
.gentleman was thoroughly characteristic of him : —

" That in the opinion of this vestry it is the bounden duty of the living to make
provision for the interment of the dead ; that it has been found in parishes where
the churchyard has been closed and no burial-ground provided in lieu thereof, that
the middle, artizan, and poorer classes have experienced considerable difficulty in
burying their dead, the feelings of the poor disregarded, and the charges for inter-
ments beyond their limited means ; that it is desirable and more economical that
a parish so extensive and populous as Camberwell should have its own burial-
ground, and not be compelled to rely on cemetery companies.

" This vestry therefore resolves and hereby determines to adopt the provisions
contained in an Act of Parliament passed in the 15th and 16th years of her
Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 85, intituled 'An Act to Amend the Laws as concerning
the Dead in the Metropolis,' and that a burial-ground should be provided under the
said Act for this parish."

The proposition was carried by a majority of 14, the numbers being 56 and 42
respectively, whereupon a poll of the whole parish was demanded by the opponents
of Mr. Gray's resolution, which, however, was carried by a majority of 79, the
numbers being —

For Mr. Gray's motion 609

Against it 530

Another poll of the parish was taken on the respective merits of gentlemen
nominated to serve on the board, and the following were elected by a large
majority :—

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 131

Robert Alexander Gray.
Edward Edwards.
James Pew.
Wm. Hy. I'Anson.
John Andrew Lyon.
John Christian Wolf.
John Owen Hart.
Alban Fisher.
Thomas Ruston.

Of the above gentlemen, Messrs. Gray and Lyon are still members of the board.

Land was subsequently purchased at Forest Hill, and authority given to the
board to borrow the sum of ,£17,200 for the purpose of acquiring land and laying
out the ground.

The cemetery * has been considerably enlarged as occasion required, a considerable
extent of ground having been added so recently as the present year (1874) Since
the opening of the cemetery about 30,000 burials have taken place, the number last
year being 2,320. The general appearance of the cemetery, situated as it is on a
slope, is eminently picturesque. The entrance lodge is a neat structure, covered
with roses and twining plants, and the general appearance of the grounds clearly
shows the great taste and care bestowed upon them by Mr. Watts, the super-
intendent.

There are several interesting monuments in this cemetery, amongst which the
following may be mentioned : —

Mrs. Gray, the wife of R. A. Gray, Esq., J. P., and her only son, Mr. Robert
Alexander Gray, who died at the age of 49 years.

The monument itself deserves the attention of masons and statuaries as unique in
its beautiful simplicity. The pedestal is of polished marble, surrounded by a hand-
some figure of Hope, resting on an anchor.

The tomb of Mrs. Shields (the wife of Mr. Shields, of the Birkbeck Schools) and
her son Alfred James, the latter being cut clown at the early age of 13.

Another memorial records the death of Mrs. Deacon, the wife of Mr. John.
Deacon, who was for a long time chairman of the Camberwell Board of Guardians.

Mr. Richard Thomas, a resident of Sydenham Hill, who filled many parochial
offices in Camberwell.

Mr. Seale, formerly proprietor of the Sunday Times.

Mr. Richard Wallis, who for sixty-three years officiated as clerk to Camden Chapel,
Peckham.

Mr. Thomas Walton, of Albany House, Old Kent Road, a well-known school-
master of the parish.

Mr. Thomas Cook, late churchwarden of the parish, who filled several important
parochial offices.

The two buildings, the church and chapel, in which the solemn services are
conducted, are almost identical in construction, and were designed by Gilbert Scott,
the eminent architect.

The present chaplains are —

Church Chaplain, Rev. J. T. Willis.
Nonconformist Minister, Rev. Dr. Ray.

* Mr. Marsden was mainly instrumental in se- £300 an acre. The Burial Board has recently pur-
curing the site for the parish cemetery. Sixteen chased seven acres," at £750 an acre,
acres were purchased at £500 an acre, and six at

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132 Ye PAEISH OF CAMEKWELL.

PAKOCHIAL CHAKITIES.

From several entries in the vestry books in the last century, it appears that the
rents, dividends, and annual produce arising from the gifts and bequests of chari-
table individuals in favour of the poor of this parish had been carried to the credit
of, and consolidated with, the poor rate.

This obviously improper appropriation was in some measure altered in 1801, when
an order of vestry was made for distributing the rents, &c., amongst the persons
requiring relief in such portion as the vicar and parish officers should think
proper.

It was not until after the year 1812 that bequests were altogether distributed ac-
cording to the direction of the donors. In that year the attention of the Legislature
was forcibly called to the mal-appropriation of the various charitable donations in
England and Wales, and to the inattention of those who ought to have attended to
them ; and an Act was passed, intituled " An Act for the Kegistering and Securing
Charitable Donations," by which it was in substance enacted that deeds relating to
charitable donations should be registered in the office of the clerk of the peace within
ten calendar months, and a memorial or statement of the real and personal estate,
and of the gross annual income, investment, and the general and particular object of
all charitable donations, with the names of the founders and the trustees, registered
with the clerk of the peace, and a duplicate or copy thereof enrolled in Chancery.

Since then two other statutes were passed for a similar purpose (58 Geo. III.
c. 91, and 59 Geo. III. c. 81, both continued by 5th Geo. IV. c. 58), and com-
missioners were appointed by a Commission under the Great Seal, 5th August, 1820,
to inquire into the state of all the charities in England and Wales, with power to
require the personal attendance of the trustees and others interested therein ; and the
production of all deeds, papers, writings, instruments, parish books, or other docu-
ments in the parish chest, or in their custody or possession, relating to the estates or
funds in any way appropriated thereto, or relating to the produce of any such estate
or funds, or to the application, or non-application, or misapplication thereof.

By our second Local Act, passed on the 6th May, 1833, it was enacted " that it shall
and may be lawful for the inhabitants of the said parish in vestry assembled, or the
major part of them, and they are hereby authorized and required within the space of
three calendar months next after the passing of this Act, to elect and choose ten
persons, being inhabitants of the said parish, to be trustees of the estates belonging
to the poor of the said parish ; which persons to be so elected and chosen trustees as
aforesaid, and their successors to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned, shall be and
are hereby declared to be one body politic and corporate by the name and style of
' The trustees of the estates belonging to the poor of the parish of St. Giles, Camber-
well, in the county of Surrey,' and by that name shall have perpetual succession and
a common seal, and by that name shall and may sue and be sued, and shall and may
receive, possess, and retain the lands, tenements, and hereditaments hereinafter vested
in them for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, without incurring any of the penal-
ties or forfeitures of the Statute of Mortmain." By the 53rd section of the same
Act it was further enacted that " legal estates of premises left in trust for the parish
were to be vested in the trustees; power was given (sect. 54) to appoint fresh
trustees, and the appointment of additional trustees was rendered imperative (sect.
55) when the number became reduced below five ; and other power was granted to the
trustees, all of which will be found recorded in the above Act.

By the same Act, also, .power was given to the inhabitants in vestry assembled to
appoint fifteen persons, being inhabitants of the parish, to be a committee for dis-

PAKOCHIAL HISTORY. 133

tributing the rents of the charity estates ; and power was given to the said com-
mittee, or any five or more of them, in the manner most consistent with the trusts to
which the rents, profits, and dividends of the charity estates at law or in equity
were respectively liable, to direct and regulate the mode of distributing the rents and
profits of the said estates, and the dividends of the said moneys in the funds, and the
manner and time in and at which the same shall be paid, and the class of persons
amongst whom the same shall be distributed.

The following report of the Charity Estates Distribution Committee was made to
the vestry on the 23rd of June, 1869, and finally adopted. Slight modifications
have since been found necessary, as in accordance with recent legislation the school
fees of poor children are now paid by the guardians, and consequently there is a
larger amount divisible in other ways : —

CHARITY ESTATES DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE.

The Report of the Charity Estates Distribution Committee, appointed by resolution
of vestry of llth day of November, 1868.

Your committee beg to report as follows : —

" Your committee met on the 3rd day of December, 1868, and proceeded to take
into consideration the following resolutions and recommendations of the vestry as to
distributing sums of money, namely :

" That the present system of giving small sums of money to many applicants be
•discontinued.

" That the charity funds, as a general rule, be in future distributed in amounts
not exceeding 8s. per week ; the names, addresses, and occupations of the recipients to
be reported from time to time to the vestry ; a receipt in writing to be given by each
recipient.

" That the committee of distributors be selected in the following manner,
namely : Two members for each ward, and the churchwardens for the time being."

After due consideration, your committee resolved to divide the funds into three
classes, namely :

IST.— THE AGED PARISHIONER'S GRANT.

To old and decayed parishioners who are not less than sixty years of age (the
committee reserving discretionary power to dispense with such qualifications if they
see fit, and who have been householders and are resident in the parish at the time of
the application, and can satisfy the committee that they are in circumstances to
require aid, and whose character will justify the aid being given) a grant of money,
not exceeding 10s. per calendar month, to be made during such a period of time as
the committee shall think proper, having regard to the funds at their disposal and
the need of persons making application.

2ND. — THE SAMARITAN GIFT.

To parishioners in necessitous circumstances, not caused by their own misconduct,
such as severe bodily accident, long-continued illness, or heavy family visitation of
sickness, or any temporary and acute suffering, accidental in character, the committee
to grant a Samaritan Gift, in amount such as they, having regard to the funds in
hand and the special need of the case before them, shall see fit.

3BD. — CHILDREN'S SCHOOL GRANT.

For the purpose of placing at school the children of poor parishioners. With
regard to the special gifts, your committee find that they amoun to £60 15s. 8d., as
under, namely :

134

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Harriott Smith ...... « . 30 0

Susannah Jones . . . * . . 300
Joseph Allen . . . . , . 600

Michael Arnot
Edward Noyes
Thomas Hunt .
William Mathews
Mrs. Pinchback

1 10 0
900

2 13 4
5 12 4

300

£60 15 8
and should be distributed as follows, namely—

The gift of Harriott Smith, amounting to £30, be distributed to the old poor-
householders of Dulwich and Camberwell, as directed in the donor's will, in gifts of
£3 each.

The gift of Mrs. Susannah Jones, amounting to £3, be distributed by the com-
mittee in accordance with the donor's will, to six poor inhabitants of Peckham.

That Allen's Gift of .£6 for coals be placed in the hands of the committee repre-
senting No. 6 Ward, for distribution among poor inhabitants of Dulwich, according to
testator's will.

That Arnot's Gift of £3 be distributed, £1 10s. to the treasurer of the Green Coat
School (being a special donation bequeathed by the testator), and .£1 10s. retained for
distribution with the general fund.

That Noyes' Gift of £9 be given to the churchwardens for distribution in bread, as
directed by the donor's will.

That Hunt's Gift of £2 13s. 4d. be paid to the churchwardens for distribution ia
bread, as directed by the donor's will.

That Mathew's Gift of £b 12s. 4d. be given to the churchwardens for distribution,
in bread, as directed by the donor's will.

That Pinchback's Gift of £3 be given to the churchwardens for distribution in.
bread as directed by the donor's will.

Also that each distributor should receive the sum of £10 on account of the
Samaritan Gift to be distributed in sums not exceeding £3 in any case, and in.
accordance with the regulations determined upon in reference to that class.

That the trustees of the Charity Estates paid over to your £ s. d.

committee the sum of 600 0 0

Which, having been placed to the deposit account for a few

days, pending the necessary arrangements, produced^interest 144

Paid printing and other expenses 7 10 2

Leaving an available balance for distribution of . . . 593 14 2

The amount expended to the 31st May is as follows : —

The Samaritan Fund, fourteen distributors
at £10 each 140 0 0

The Aged Parishioner's Grant, fourteen dis-
tributors at £2 2s. per month each, for five
months

Special gifts as before enumerated .

147 0
60 15

Leaving a balance at the bankers on the 1st June of
To meet the monthly payment of the committee.

347 15 8.
£245 18 6,

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135.

In pursuance of the foregoing resolutions, your committee caused placards and
handbills to be circulated throughout the parish, inviting applications from properly
qualified persons for the gifts before mentioned, and on the 6th day of January last
they met and received 417 applications for the " Aged Parishioner's Gift," and 77
applications for " The Samaritan's Gift," which were divided among the distri-
butors in the several wards for investigation ; each case was carefully inquired into,
and the result having been placed before the committee, after due consideration
the following cases were placed on the before-mentioned classes, due regard being had
to the character and circumstances of each case (the distributors undertaking to visit
and pay the sum granted to each recipient personally), namely :

THE AGED PARISHIONER'S GRANT.

2 aged parishioners at 2s. per month

£ s. d.

4
34
14

7
21

97 recipients.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

4s.

4s. Qd.
5s.
6s.

7s.

8s.

9s.

10s.

040

1 16 0
0 18 0
8 10 0
440
290
880
090

2 10 0

SAMARITAN GIFT.

9 persons at 5s. each

do.

10s. „

do.

15s. „

do.

20s. .,

do.

25s. „

do.

30s. „

do.

40s. ,

do.

60s. „

176 recipients. .£140 0 0

CHILDREN'S SCHOOL GRANT.
The following children have been sent to school as under, viz. : —

Emmanuel Schools 6

Green Coat School 2

Waterloo Street School .... 2
Do. Infant School . . 2

12
All which your committee respectfully submit to the vestry.

G. L. TURNEY,

Chairman.
June 23rd, 1869.

136 Yc PARISH OF CAflERWELL.

PARTICULARS OF ESTATES AND BEQUESTS.

The following are the particulars of the estates and bequests vested in the trustees
of the charity estates of the parish under their control and management by Act of
Parliament, 3 Will. IV. c. 33, s. 52 :—

1.— LANDED ESTATES.
SIR EDMOND BOWYER'S CHARITY.

Sir Edmond Bowyer, by will dated llth of July, 1626 (and proved in the Prero-
gative Court of Canterbury on the 1st March, 1626-7, by Martin Clarke, one of the
executors), devised unto his nephew Francis Muschampe, Esq., and John Hendly,
gent., and to his two trusty servants Martin Clarke and James Draper and to their
heirs for ever, to the use of the poor of Camberwell, all those three tenements which
he had then newly built upon an old foundation in Camberwell, being in the several
tenures or occupations of John Stuckey, clerk of the parish, James Sharpe, and John
Lane (all of which he had already in his lifetime settled by deed, 9th and 10th October,
1675), and he declared his mind and will to be that the said Francis Muschampe,
John Hendly, Martin Clarke, and James Draper, with the overseers of the poor of
Camberwell for the time being, shall receive the rents and profits of the said houses
and distribute it weekly or otherwise, to relieve the poor of Camberwell as they
shall think fit. These houses thus devised now consist of and are let as follows : —

1. To Mr. Alfred Lancefield, for 61 years, from Michaelmas, 1809, at a rent of .£30
per annum, now held by Mr. Symes.

2. To Mr. T. E. Selk, for 21 years, from Michaelmas, 1853, at a rent of ,£44 per
annum.

3. To Mr. Stuckbery, for 21 years, from Michaelmas," 1853, at a rent of £36 per
annum, now held by Mr. Carrington.

4. To Mr. Tutin, consisting of two tenements, for 21 years, from Michaelmas, 1847,
at a rent of £40 per annum, and now let thus : 1st, a coffee-house, let to Miss E.
Brooke, at £40 per annum, and the other to Mr. Neville, at £35 per annum.

The rents of this property form part of the general fund handed over by the
tmstees to the distribution committee.

BOWLES' FIVE ACRES.

By indentures of lease and re-lease dated 15th and 16th February, 1676, Abigail
Bowles and others, in consideration of £200, conveyed to Sir Edmond Bowyer, Knt., and
others (the parties named in the indenture of the 10th October, 1675), their heirs and
assigns, all that enclosed piece of meadow commonly known by the name of Bowies'
Five Acres, containing by estimation five acres, abutting upon the highway leading
from Kent Street towards Deptford on the north, and on the east, west, and south on
the common field called North Field, all which premises were in the liberty of
Peckham, in the parish of Camberwell, to hold the same upon trust, to dispose of the
rents and profits to the poor of the said parish of Camberwell, in such manner as the
churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish, or the major part of them,
shall appoint.

A part of this land, containing about two acres, was in the year 1807 sold to the
Grand Surrey Canal Company, under the powers of the Act establishing that company,
for a sum of money, which, with a slight addition from the donation fund, purchased
£800 Three per Cent. Consols (see Funded Property). The rest of the land, consisting
of 2A. 3R. 14p., was demised by indenture dated 24th March, 1807, executed by the

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trustees and by the vicar and churchwardens, to William Lamb for 61 years, from
Lady Day then next, at the clear yearly rent of .£62, the lessee covenanting within
three years next ensuing to lay out the full sum of ,£500 at the least in building one
or more substantial brick messuages on the said land.

The lease expired on the 25th March, 1868, and the estate has been subsequently
laid out and let on building leases, from the designs of Mr. William Berriman, of
'Camberwell.

The rents form part of the general fund paid to the distribution committee.

SHOULDER OF MUTTON PIECE
•Consists of a piece of land lying in what were termed the North Fields or Common
Fields in Peckham, containing in the whole 2A. 2p. exclusive of the roads and foot-
paths, the exact dimensions and boundaries of which were set out by the commissioner
in his award under the Act of Parliament for enclosing the common fields of Peckham.

The mode in which this piece of land was originally acquired is not known with
certainty ; it is considered to have been appurtenant (as part of the common field lands)
to the land purchased from Sir Edmond Bowyer. It was held for a great number
•of years by the Emmetts, the well-known gardeners and cowkeepers of Peckham.

This piece of land and the remnant of Bowies' Five Acres were conveyed to new
trustees by a deed of 8th April, 1816, by the following description : "All that parcel
•of land lying on the south side of the high road leading from London to Deptford,
containing by estimation 2A. 3n. 14p., in the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, near to
•a place called Peckham Gap, formerly in the occupation of — Gammage, but then of
Edward Westbrook and others, being part of a certain field heretofore called Bowies'
Five Acres ; and also all that timber messuage or tenement thereon standing, with the
•outhouses thereto belonging, and which said appurtenances consist, among others, of
all that piece or parcel of land lying in the Common Fields of Peckham, and being
in and part and parcel of a certain piece of ground in the said Common Fields called
the Shoulder of Mutton Piece, and then in the occupation of Elizabeth Emmett,
widow." '

This land was leased, with the approval of the vestry, to Mr. Eobert Hay ward for
99 years, from Michaelmas, 1863, at a ground rent of ,£50 per annum, and upon
which has been erected the "Trafalgar" public-house and 22 houses and shops.
Mr. Hay ward has since assigned his interest in the leases to Messrs. Mann, Grossman,
.and Paulin, and Mr. John Butler.

The rents form part of the general fund paid to the committee.

CAGE, CAMBERWELL GREEN.

At a vestry on the 22nd June, 1809, the vicar and parish officers were requested to
#pply to Messrs. Edmonds and Cope for a piece of ground near the Green Coat
School, whereupon to erect an engine-house, and report was made on the 7th of
September in the same year that Mr. Edmonds had given the freehold and Mr. Cope
the lease of a piece of ground for the above purpose.

On this ground an engine-house was subsequently erected, with rooms for the
residence of the keeper ; and the same were, by indentures of lease and re-lease dated
the 27th and 28th November, 1816, conveyed by Robert Edmonds, Esq., and others, to
trustees to hold the same, their heirs and assigns, for the benefit of the inhabitants of
the said parish, as are set forth with respect to the ground on which the workhouse
stands.

By an order of vestry of the 22nd September, 1818, it was referred to the parish
officers and workhouse committee to erect cages for the districts of Camberwell and Peck-
ham within the two corner walls in front of the workhouse ; but at a subsequent vestry

138 Ye PAKISH OF CAMEEWELL.

specially called, part of the order, so far as related to the Peckham cage, was rescinded ;
and it was referred to the same committee to cause a cage and engine-house to be
erected at Peckham for that liberty. These orders were soon afterwards carried into
effect, and a cage and engine-house were built in front of the workhouse, and a cage
and engine-house * near the entrance to Hill Street, Peckham.

At a vestry held on the 22nd September, 1819, a piece of freehold ground belonging
to the parish of Camberwell, on the east side of the road leading from Camberwell Green
to Denmark Hill, on which an old watch-house and cage were then standing, was
ordered, on the application of the trustees for lighting and watching Camberwell, to-
be let to them from year to year, at the yearly rent of Is., for the purpose of erecting
thereon a watch-house for the use of that trust, it being conditioned that the parishi
officers were to have a key thereof for the use of the parish.

And at the same vestry it was ordered that a piece of ground, on the north side of the
main street of Peckham, on which the watch-house of Peckham formerly stood, given
to the parish of Camberwell by Peter Cock, Esq., formerly of Camberwell, should be
thrown open to the high road.

The ground on which the Camberwell watch-house and cage formerly stood is now
let on lease to Mr. James Smith for 60 years, from Michaelmas, 1862, at a rental of
£7 a year.

The engine-house on the Green was occupied by the family of the late engine-
house keeper, Thomas Lee, and that family continued to occupy the premises until
January, 1873. The vestry subsequently let the same on lease to Mr. George Priest
at .£8 a year.

This rent forms part of the general fund handed over to the distribution committee.

BURSTED'S LAND.

A parcel of land containing about two roods, situate near St. Mary's Church,
Peckham, formerly part of " Peckham Fields." This land is now let to Mr. Hargood
under resolution of the trustees, dated 7th November, 1867, as a yearly tenant, at ,£3
per annum.

The rent forms part of the general fund for distribution.

SIR THOMAS HUNT'S GIFT.

Sir Thomas Hunt, by his will dated 28th April, 1625, and proved in the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury, gave and directed as follows : —

" To the Vicar and Churchwardens of Hilderstone, where my house standeth, to the
poor there for ever, fifty-three shillings and four pence a year for six poor men and
women, by two pence a piece every Sabbath day in bread. To the sexton or clerk for
setting the bread on the table, the odd sixteen pence. To the Churchwardens to buy them
a pair of gloves, for distributing the same bread to the poor ; and these poor after service,
if they be well and have no convenient let, shall come every Sabbath day to the stone
where my father lieth, kneeling, shall say the Lord's Prayer, and pray to God for the
King and Queen then reigning over them, and for no other use. I would have the
people chosen by the Vicar and Churchwardens to be of honest and good conversation,
and so they shall enjoy it during their lives. My son and heir, and the heirs after him*
shall have the negative voice in the choice thereof, if he will. I give to the Parson
and Churchwardens of St. Dunstan's-in-the-East, London, to the use of the poor
fifty-three shillings and four pence a year for ever, so as they let my son renew my
lease I hold of the church, for money, as another will give or not to the seller. I

°m^ °?r^iChvthi,? ^il^S is erected> chased of the tote Mr. Charles Willson, and conveyed j
Blue Anchor Yard, Peckham, was pur- to the trustees by deed dated August 23, 1849

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 13£

give also to the Vicar and Churchwardens of Camberwell to the use of the poor, fifty-
three shillings and four pence a year for ever, and I will that these three legacies
given to these three parishes shall be taken out of all my land in Northumberland
Alley, except my wife's jointure, till such time Mrs. Sare do die, and Brown's lease
do end ; after that they shall discharge my lands in Northumberland Alley, and take
it for ever out of my lands in Kentish St. in the county of Surrey, which John Brown
holdeth by lease ; and by virtue of this my last will, I give them power to distrain
for these several portions in and upon all my lands in Northumberland Alley, except
my wife's jointure, till Brown's lease be ended, or Mrs. Sare dead, which cometh first,
and after that they shall have the like power to distrain on my lands in Kentish St.
aforesaid for their sums for ever."

It was customary for a long time to distribute the money every Sunday in the
church in six twopenny loaves to six poor persons then and there applying ; but this-
practice appears to have arisen from an erroneous application or extension of the
directions relative to the poor of Hilderston to the bequest in favour of this parish.

The proceeds of this gift forms one of the special gifts distributed by the church-
wardens in bread. (Vide Distribution Account.)

FUNDED ESTATES.

ALLEN'S GIFT.

Joseph Allen, M.D., formerly of Dulwich, by his will dated 12th November, 1793,
gave and bequeathed to the vicar and churchwardens of Camberwell the sum of .£200
Three per Cent. Consols, in trust for them and their successors, to pay the dividends
thereof to the churchwarden and overseer for the time being for the hamlet of Dulwich
every year, to be laid out in coals, and distributed amongst the poor housekeepers of
Dulwich for ever. The dividends, ,£6 per annum, form one of the special gifts, and
are at Christmas expended in the purchase of sacks and half-sacks of coals, and
distributed according to the will of the testator. ( Vide Distribution Account.)

BOWLES' FIVE ACRES.

The proceeds of the sale of a portion of this land (see Landed Estates) was in the year
1807 invested in the purchase of .£800 Three per Cent. Consols, producing .£24 per
annum.

The dividends are carried to the general fund paid to the distribution committee.

ARNOT'S CHARITY.

The following extract from the will of Mr. Michael Arnot, late of the parish of
Camberwell, wheelwright, deceased, dated April 20, 1823, will explain this charity : —

" And I give also unto the said Elizabeth Picton the interest of .£100 which I
have in Old Sea Annuities, during the term of her natural life, provided she continue
to live single ; but upon her marriage or demise, the said interest to be divided equally
that is to say, one half part to charity schools, the other half part to be given to three
poor persons of and belonging to the parish of Camberwell ; and I do hereby authorize
and empower the churchwardens and their successors for the time being of the parish
of Camberwell to receive and dispose of the above interest as above directed, so often
as it shall become due and payable."

One half of this dividend, £1 10s., is paid to the treasurer of the Camberwell
Green Coat School in aid of its funds (vide Distribution Account), and_the other half
carried to the general fund handed over to the distribution committee.

PINCHBACK'S GIFT.
Mrs. Pinchback bequeathed by will the sum of £100 to the vicar and church-

140 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

wardens of Camberwell, tlie interest of which she directed should be laid out in bread
and distributed to the poor at the parish church of St. Giles's, Camberwell, on the
second Sunday in each month. This sum was in 1844 invested in the purchase of
.£100 55. Old South Sea Annuities.

The dividends of this sum are appropriated according to the testator's will, as a
special gift. ( Vide Distribution Account. )

By resolution of the trustees, dated 20th May, 1853, this stock, together with
Arnot's gift before described, were converted into .£220 5s. 6d. New Two-and-a-Half
per Cent. Annuities.

NOYES' CHARITY.

Mr. Edward Noyes, Jun., of the Bank of England, by his will dated 31st March,
1800, gave and bequeathed .£300 New Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities to poor
persons of the parish of Camberwell, who shall neither be maintained nor relieved
thereby, to whom the same is to be distributed at the church door of the said parish
on Christmas Day and the 21st February in every year, in bread, which last-mentioned
•day was the birthday of his son.

The dividends, £9 per annum, belong to the special gifts, and are applied according
to the will of the testator.

MRS. HARRIOTT SMITH'S CHARITY.

Mrs. Harriott Smith, wife of Benjamin Smith, Red Lion Square, in the county of
Middlesex, gentleman, by her will dated 23rd September, 1808 (pursuant to a power made
on her marriage settlement), gave and bequeathed to the vicar, churchwardens, and
•overseers of the poor of the parish of St. Giles's, Camberwell, for the time being, the sum
of .£1,000 Three per Cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, to be held by them and their
•successors in trust, to pay and divide the interest and dividends thereof from time to
time, and amongst ten of the oldest poor housekeepers of the towns and villages of
Camberwell and Dulwich equally for ever, and thereof appointed Jesse Gregson, of
Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, her executor, by whom the will was proved, on
February 21st, 1815, in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In
April, 1820, the following queries on a case stated with respect to this legacy were
submitted to Mr. Sugdeii (now Lord St. Leonards), and his opinion obtained
thereon : —

1. Have the inhabitants of Peckham any interest in these dividends ?

2. Supposing the first query to be answered in the negative, are the inhabitants of
Dulwich entitled to an equal moiety on the distribution of the whole dividends, or
should they take, with reference to the size of the district and number of the in-
habitants as compared with Camberwell's ; in other words, does the term " equally,"
used by the testatrix, refer to the two districts or the poor housekeepers ?

Answer.

" In my opinion, the inhabitants of the district of Peckham have not any interest in
these dividends, and the inhabitants of Dulwich are not entitled to an equal moiety of
the dividends. The word « equally ,J I think, refers to the poor housekeepers, and not
to the two districts.

"EDWARD B. SUGDEN.

"Lincoln's Inn, April 12th, 1820."

The dividends arising from this gift, £30 per annum, form one of the special gifts,
And are distributed, according to the will, among ten poor housekeepers.

MRS. JONES' GIFT.
By will dated 21st March, 1842, Mrs. Susannah Jones gave and bequeathed to the

PAKOCHIAL HISTORY. 141

trustees of the charity estates the sum of .£100 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities,,
the interest to be paid annually at Christinas, equally to six poor persons residing in
the liberty of Peckham.

MATHEW'S GIFT.

Mr. Wm. Mathews, by his will dated the 30th October, 1750, gave the interest of
£150 to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor of the parish of
Camberwell, to be laid out in bread and distributed to poor communicants of the
Church of England on Sacrament Sundays. By a decree of the Court of Chancery
in a suit, Attorney-General v. Osmond, this sum was invested in the purchase of
.£187 5s. lid. Three per Cent. Consols, in the name of the Accountant-General of tha
Court of Chancery, and the dividends, £5 12s. 4d. per annum, belong to the " special
gifts," and are distributed according to the will. (Vide Distribution Account.)

HOWLETT'S ACRE.

Sir Edmond Bowyer, by his will dated llth July, 1626, gave "to the poor of
Camberwell .£10, to be distributed at my funeral, and also ,£10 to the poor, to be. paid
to the collector for the poor of Camberwell, in lieu of the fine and trees which I have
received, and rents out of Howlett's Acre, and the rents of the said Acre are to be
paid yearly by my heirs to the poor of Camberwell, upon Good Friday, as I have
given it during my life."

In the year 1858 this land, which is situate in Half Moon Lane, Dulwich,was sold
to Mr. George Keen, of Herne Hill, by the trustees, with the consent of the Charity
Commissioners, and the proceeds invested in the purchase of .£350 Three per Cent.
Consols.

The dividends of this sum form part of the general fund paid to the distribution
committee.

MRS. JANE WILLSON'S GIFT.

By will of Mrs. Jane Willson, widow, the interest of the sum of ,£100 was
directed to be expended in the purchase of twelve ready-made flannel petticoats,
to be given annually on the 25th December to twelve aged women having a legal
settlement in the hamlet of Peckham. By an order of Vice-Chancellor Bacon, dated
the 17th December, 1870, a portion of the corpus of this fund was sold to pay legacy
duty and costs of application to the Court of Chancery, and the balance, amounting
to £80 13s. Id., invested in the name of the official trustees of charitable funds, and
the dividend, £2 8s. 4cZ., received by the trustees of the charity estates, and paid over
annually to such one of the churchwardens for the time being of the said parish who
shall be churchwarden of the hamlet of Peckham ; or if there shall be no such
person, then to such one of the said churchwardens as shall be the best qualified by
his knowledge of the said hamlet and the poor thereof to select the fittest objects of
the bounty of the testatrix.

HENRY SMITH'S CHARITY.

In addition to the foregoing rents and bequests vested in the trustees under the
local Act of Parliament, a sum averaging £17 per annum is receivable by the church-
wardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Camberwell, under the will of
Henry Smith, formerly of Wandsworth, in the county of Surrey, by his will dated
24th day of April, 1627. The above sum, derived from rents of certain freehold
estates in the county of Kent, and vested in his Grace the Duke of Dorset and others,
is laid out every winter in the purchase of great coats for the poor inhabitants of the
parish of Camberwell. The great coats are distributed at Christmas every year.

142 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

The following general statement of receipts is taken from the last annual report
(1873) :—

Dec. 1872 to Dec. 1873. . . £ s. d. £ s. d.

To balance brought forward from last year's account . . 295 18 8

To cash from receiver, viz. : —

SIR EDMOND BOWYER'S CHARITY—
One year's rent to Michaelmas, 1873 : —

E. Symes 100 0 0

T. E. Silk 44 0 0

J. Rose and H. Carrington 36 0 0

H. Neville 35 0 0

J. Weeks 40 0 0

255 0 0

€AGE, CAMBERWELL GREEN—

One year's rent to Michaelmas, 1873, J. Smith . . 700

Engine-house, Camberwell Green, one quarter's rent to
Michaelmas, 1873, G. Priest 200

SHOULDER OF MUTTON ESTATE—

One year's rent to Michaelmas, 1873, Mann, Cross-
man, and Co. (less Property Tax) . . . . 19 14 2

Ditto, G. Culver (less tax) 29 11 3

Property Tax deductions, refunded by Inland Revenue

Commissioners 2142

51 19 7

SIR THOMAS HUNT'S GIFT—

One year's rent charge to Christmas, 1873, W. Briley 2 13 4

BURSTED'S LAND—

One year's rent to Michaelmas, 1873, E. Hargood . . 300

DIVIDENDS—

One year's dividends to July, 1873, on ^1,000 Consols 30 0 0
Ditto ditto on J220 5s. 6d. New 2£ per

Cent. Annuities 5 10 0

Ditto ditto on ,£350 Consols, per Charity

Commissioners. . . . . . . . 10 10 0

Ditto ditto on £187 5s. lid. Consols, per

Court of Chancery (less Property Tax) . . . 5 10 9
Ditto ditto to October, 1873, on £\ ,509 17s. 9d.

Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities . . . . 45 5 10
Dividends to July, 1873, on £80 13s. Id. Consols, per

Court of Chancery, Jane Willson's Bequest (less

Income Tax) 279

Property Tax deductions refunded . . . . 060

99 10 4

BOWLES' FIVE ACRES—

Rents from sundry tenants of shops and factories to

Michaelmas, 1873 201 5 10

Ground rents on property, Bowles Road, to Michael-
mas, 1873 64 10 0

E. D. Rogers' sale of materials of shops at auction, less
expenses 122 11 4

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 143

£ s. d. £ s. d.

W. Ross, old iron 7 17 6

Deposit on letting No. 14 Plot, Old Kent Road, to

A. Norman 500

Property Tax deductions refunded . . . . 15 2 8
Royal Insurance Company, for damage by fire at

No. 536, Old Kent Road 160 0 0

576 7 4

INTEREST—

Interest on cash placed at deposit account during the

year 21 10 1

^1,314 19 4

RATES AND TAXES.

The order of the great Roman Emperor, that all the world should be taxed,
if not carried out thoroughly in his day, has since been considerably improved
upon, for not only has everybody been taxed but everything likewise.

According to an eminent authority, we are told that when war was declared
.against Antony, the senators were taxed, not according to their property or by the
number of their windows, but at the rate of so much per tile on their houses.

Arbuthnot quotes Strabo to show " that Britain bore heavy taxes, especially the
customs on the importation of the Gallick trade ;" but customs do not seem to have
been much thought of as a source of revenue until they were introduced by Edward I.,
who had seen in the course of his expedition to Palestine how easily money could be
•extracted from the people by such means.

Amongst the curiosities of taxation may be mentioned an entry in the burghmote
books of the city of Canterbury in the time of Edward VI.

" The sheriff and another person pay their fines for wearing their beards — viz.
3s. 4d and Is. 8d.l" iThis tax must surely have been invented by the Colonel
Sibthorp of that day, and if in force now would realize a handsome amount.

The hearth tax of Charles II. (14 Car. II. c. 10) was another curiosity in its way,
.and "every house, chamber and lodging" was charged with two shillings yearly,
" to be paid at Lady- clay and Michaelmas for every fire-hearth and stove therein."

The constables were to collect the tax six days after " it had grown due and to
give acquittances, so that the party should not be troubled in the Exchequer, or
elsewhere." We hear a great deal in our day about the expense of making and
collecting rates and taxes, but the hearth tax of the reign of Charles II. affords a
specimen altogether unique of how a tax may become " small by degrees and beauti-
fully less" under official manipulation. When paying the tax to the high constable
-of the hundred, the constables were allowed to deduct 2d. in the £ for the trouble
of collecting the same ; the high constable within ten days paid it to the sheriff,
deducting Id. in the £ for his trouble ; within thirty days the sheriff was required
to pay the amount into the Exchequer, deducting 4d. in the £ for his share. No
evidence is before us of any further "nibbles," but no doubt the officials at the
Exchequer were handsomely paid for their work !

The following hearth-tax assessment on the parish of Camberwell is complete so
far as Camberwell and Dulwich are concerned ; the Peckham portion is partially
destroyed, and is therefore left out altogether :—

144

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

HEARTH TAX, 15 CAR. II., No. iff.

Surr. A true Duplicate of all & singuler the ffirehearths and Stoves and of the
names of the persons who have the same in possession as well chardgable
as not chardgable accordinge as the some haue beene deliuered to &
received by the respective Justices of the peace of the said County
within their seuerall Divisions and by them retorned to the Clercke of
the peace of the said Comiss and by him recorded amongst the Records of
the Sessions of the Peace of the said County by vertue of an Act of
Parliam* made in the xvth yeare of his now Matt5es Raigne intitled an
Additional Act for the better Orderinge and Collectinge the Revenue
ariseing out of hearth money and by us whose names are hereunto Sub-
scribed Justices of the peace of the said County retorned into his Maties
Court of Excheqf and is as ffolloweth : —
BRIXTON HUNDRED.
Cammerwell Libty — psons Chardgeable.

Sr. Edmond Bowyer, Knight
John Scott, Esqr
Sr. John Bowre
Mr. Delve
Doctor Parr
Mr Byne

. 20
. . 17
. 10
. . 17
. 10
. . 7

Geo. Gibbins .
Peter L
Tho. L.
Be
W. . .
W. . . .

Mr fifox ....

. 13

Widd.

Mr. Cooke
Mr. Curwin
Mr Meorfatt

. . 6
. 8

. . 8

Widd
Willm
Hen. Hughe ....

Mr. Danson
Mr.Hunt
Mr. Kempe
Mr ffoster

. .' 6
. 6
• . 3

Widd. Clarke
Rob. James
John Hall
Hath. Lettbitter ...

Arthur ffrench
John Ward

. 3
4

Tho. Leaueside
John Killett ....

Tho Phillips

John Parson Juni

Hen. Abbitt
Robt. Loneley
John Page
Mr. Castleman .
Mr. Walker
Mr. Harris
•Mr. Blackstone
Mr. Carter . . ...
Evan Tuder . .
John Egerton
Mrs.Batt
James Early
Nich. Hefford
Mrs. Pellham
John James
Geo Kinge ....

. . 4
. 4
. . 7
. 14
. . 12
. 4
. . 4
. 6
. . 2
. 1
. . 4
. 8
. . 1
. 4

Willm •
EMPTY HOWSES.

Mr. Rich Shelberry in 4 bowses .
Mr. Anthony Stanlock
Mr. Rob. Bowles ... .
Willm. Werrell

PSONS NOT CHARDGEABLE BY CERTIFICATE. *

Widd. Perce
Widd. ffloyd
Widd. ffawsett
Widd Glascock

IS
8

John Simons

. . 1

John Pallmer

Goodm. Swallow
Willm. Poole
Widd. Stretcher
John Colegate
Rob. Bale
John Seares
Mr. Ybelstone
Hen. Stockwell
John Pearson, Seni ....
ffran Hard

. . 3
. 1

. . 4

2
. 4
. . 1
. 4
. . 2
1

Widd. Page
Widd. Wiggin
Widd. Dandy
Widd. Bracey
Widd. Whidhop
Widd. Kinge
Widd. Player
Widd. Simonds
John Hallins

Robt. Audley
Widd. Waint
Mr Waythin

. . 1
. I

John Hale
John Hall
Nich Budd

Mr Scott for Plastow ....

Marke ffeild

Widd. Jackson
John Sears, Juni
Willm Ballard

. . 7
2
8

Hen. Harte
Rich. Jackson
Rob Lett

PSONS NOT CHARDG [EABLE],

Cammerwell — Peckham .
Nich. Allen

Rich. Lett
Willm. Crawley
John Bagford
Tho. Hurst
John Woods

* "If the Churchwardens and Overseers, with
the Minister, shall, under their hands, certifie a
house to be under twenty shillings per annum, nor
hath lands or goods to £10 value, upon such

certificate made to the two next Justices of the
Peace and allowed, the party shall be discharged."
14 Car. II. c. 10.

PAEOCHIAL HISTORY.

145

John Hichinton
Tho. Child
Tho. Barker
John Hassord
DULWICH.

PSONS CHARDGEABLfi.

God's Gift Colledge ....

. 33
9

John Oxley
Rob. Budder .
Margarett Essow
Damns . . . Stedn

1
1

ian 2

. 4

Tho Hamond .
Tho Windfeild

. 3

. 2

Bethiah Downer
Tho Collins .
Silvester Cutter
Nich Staples
Abijah Perry .
John Barrett
Mr. Rubin son .
Rob Gl ors.

Mr. Vai-man
Mr. Geo, Portman ....
MF. Charles Weathersby .
Mr Rob West

. 8
. . 10
. 2
. . 11

.'..'.'.. 1

Willm Ballet

. . 3

widd 1
2
1

158 e

Tho Butterfeild. Constable.
Tho Collins Headborough.

John Sterkey
Rich Wells 2 howses .
Tho Wrench
Daniell Scrivener
Tho Butterfeild ....

2
. '.12
. 6
. . 1
. 4

ffran. Payer ?.
Rich Wells tenem'
Nich Wicks .
John Hamond

Tho Oxley
Valentine Daniell ....

. . 5
. 3

and his tenante ....

2
.' 5

But if we want to arrive at the perfection of ingenuity in the mode of taxing the
people we must come down to the days when " George III. was King."

At that time, when taxes became so numerous that there was nothing further left
to tax, Sydney Smith thus graphically describes the state of affairs.

" We must pay taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth or covers the
back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see,
hear, feel, smell, and taste ; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion ; taxes upon
everything upon earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes
from abroad, or is grown at home ; taxes on raw material ; taxes on every value
that is added to it by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's
appetite, and the drug which restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates
the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the brass nails of the coffin,
and on the ribands of the bride ; at bed or at board, couchant or levant, we must
pay. The beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed
road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine which has paid 7 per cent,
into a spoon which has paid 30 per cent., throws himself back upon his chintz bed
which has paid 22 per cent., makes his will and expires in the arms of an apothecary
who has paid ,£100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property
is then taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded
for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed
marble, and he is then gathered to his fathers to be taxed no more."

The financial schemes of " Billy Pitt" were a fruitful source of satire, and the-
following lines, published in 1784, will be read with interest even in the present,
day:—

" Should foreigners, staring at English taxation,

Ask, why we still reckon ourselves a free nation,

We'll tell them, we pay for the light of the sun ;

For a horse with a saddle — to trot or to run ;

For writing our names ;— for the flash of a gun ;

For the flame of a candle to cheer the dark night ;

For the hole in the house if it let in the light ;

For births, weddings, and deaths ; for our selling
and buying ;

Though some think 'tis hard to pay 3d. for dying ;

And some poor folks cry out ' these are Pharaoh-
like tricks,

To take such unmerciful tale of our bricks. '
How great in financing our Statesmen have been,
From our ribbons, our shoes, and our hats may be

seen;

On this side and that, in the air, on the ground,
By act upon act now so firmly we're bound,
One would think there's not room one new impost

to put

From the crown of the head to the sole of the foot,.
Like Job, thus John Bull his condition deplores
Very patient, indeed, and all covered with sores."

In this year (1784) there is an account of new taxes in the "Annual Register,"
levied on the following : — Candles, bricks, pleasure horses, British linens and cottons,,
ribands, beer, sportsmen, paper, hackney coaches, silver plate, lead, &c. ; but the tax
which called forth the most ridicule was that levied on hats.

146 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Gilray, in a caricature, entitled " Le bonnet rouge, or John Bull Evading the hat
tax," intimated that such taxes might drive John Bull to adopt the Republican
costume of his neighbours. John chuckles in contemplation of the astonishment his
ruler must feel when he beholds the strange effect of his taxes. " Waunds ! when
Master Billy sees I in a red cap, how he will stare ! Egad, I think I shall cook'em
at last ! Well, if I could once get a cockade to my red cap and a bit of a gun — why
I should make a good stockey soldier !"

In 1797 a caricature was published, entitled "More visitors to John Bull ; or the
Assessed Taxes." It represented the unwelcome guests introducing themselves to
John Bull in a bodily form. John Bull asks, in surprise as well as alarm, " What
do you want, you little devils ? ain't I plagued with enough of you already ? More
pickpockets' work I suppose?'' The corps reply, in the most courteous manner,
" Please your honour, we're the Assessed Taxes ! "

In 1799 Gilray published a clever caricature on the Income Tax, entitled "John
Bull at his studies, attended by his guardian angel." John Bull is seen puzzling
himself over an immense mass of paper, ironically entitled " A plain, short, and
easy description of the different clauses in the Income Tax, so as to render it familiar
to the meanest capacity." He remarks very gravely, " I have read many crabbed
things in the course of my time ; but this, for an easy piece of business, is the
toughest to understand I ever met with."

Among the taxes announced in 1799 was one upon beer, which would have the
effect of raising the price of porter to fourpence per pot, and which would weigh
especially heavy upon the labouring classes. The satirists on the Tory side pretended
to sympathize most with the staunch old whig, Dr. Parr, who was a great porter
drinker and smoker, and no less an opponent of the government of William Pitt ; and
on the 29th November Gillray published a spirited sketch of the supposed " Effusions
of a pot of porter; or ministerial conjurations for supporting the war, as lately dis-
covered by Dr. P — r, in the froth and fumes of his favourite beverage." A pot of
fourpenny is placed on a stool, with the Doctor's pipe and tobacco beside it ; from the
froth of the porter arises Pitt, mounted on a white horse, brandishing a flaming
sword, and breathing forth war and destruction on everything around. The Doctor's
" reverie " is a satire on the innumerable mischiefs which popular clamour laid to
charge of the minister. " Fourpence a pot for porter ! Mercy on us ! Ah ! it's all owi:
to the war and the cursed ministry ! Have not they ruined the harvest ? Have th<
not blighted all the hops ! Have they not brought on the destructive rains, that
might be ruined in order to support the war ? and bribed the sun not to shine/that
they may plunder us in the dark ? "

Pitt's Budget of 1805 was not allowed to pass without severe remarks, and a heav:
increased duty on salt excited general dissatisfaction. People said that when
grand contriver of taxes had visited every corner of the house above stairs, he h
now descended into the kitchen ; and one of the caricatures published at this peril
represents the Premier alarming the poor cook by popping his head out of the salt
box, with the unexpected salutation : " How do you do, cook, eh ? " The person thus
apostrophized cries out in consternation : " Curse the fellow, how he has frightened
me ! I think in my heart he is getting in everywhere ! Who the deuce would have
thought of finding him in the salt-box 1 "

In 1806, during Fox's administration, was published "The 'Friend of the People,"
.and his Petty New Tax-gatherer paying John Bull a visit." Fox and Lord Henry
Petty with a terrible book of new taxes, make their call on John Bull, who has shut
up his shop (which is announced to let), and removed his family to the first floor,
from motives of economy. Lord Henry Petty knocks and raises the cry " Taxes !

^77^ 0r)

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PAROCHIAL HISTOEY. 147

taxes ! taxes ! " to which John Bull responds from the window above, " Taxes !
taxes ! taxes ! why how am I to get money to pay them all ? I shall very soon
have neither a house nor a hole to put my head in." The man of the people,
little touched by this appeal, shouts to him, " A house to put your head in ? why,
what the devil should you want with a house ? haven't you got a first floor room to
live in ? and if that is too dear, can't you move into the garret, or get into the cellar ?
Taxes must be had, Johnny ; come, down with your cash ! It's all for the good of
your dear country! "

An income-tax novelty of about this time (1810) has been courteously forwarded to
the writer by Mr. R. Strong, J.P., into whose possession it came on the purchase of
the Grammar School Estate. It is a demand for income-tax made upon Mr. Perkins,
for many years occupier of the fine old house recently known as the Denmark Hill
Grammar School. After enumerating various items of taxation, a deduction there^,
from is made for all children above two — or rather the deduction would have been
made if Mr. Perkins's children had exceeded that number ; but as the allowance was
not carried out, it is reasonable to suppose that Mr. Perkins was not entitled to it.
The trouble and inconvenience of obtaining this allowance as well to the party as to
the commissioners, eventually induced the authorities to repeal it.* The residents of
Camberwell, of course, bore their part in the above universal system of taxation.
Our province is with the local taxes which more immediately concern the parish, and
with one tax in particular, which has stuck to us " closer than a brother " for two
hundred and seventy-three years ; and, judging from its present vitality, has the prospect
of remaining true to us for another two hundred and seventy-three years at least !
We have had our rates for the churches, church ornaments and bells ; our improve-
ment rates ; our spasmodic and unsatisfactory sewers' rates ; our consolidated and
general rates ; our lighting and watching rates ; our composition for statute duty
and other rates, too numerous to mention, and certainly too numerous to discuss.

The poor rate is interesting from its great staying power — its historical associations,
its many- headed monstrosities, its misleading nomenclature, and its peremptory order
to be settled forthwith. The poor rate has the advantage over all other rates in
having a " guide, philosopher, and friend," in the shape of the overseer, who stands
by it faithfully in all its little vagaries. It knocks at our houses in the name of the
poor, and divides the spoil in the name of the many. It not only follows us whilst
living, but haunts us when dead. Whilst our bones are resting in their last long home,
they will contribute something towards the purchase of Australian meat for the
ungrateful pauper !

About the year 1682, complaint having been made to the Surrey Sessions (see
plate A f ) of the manner of making " The tax for the relief of the Parish of Gamer-
well," it was ordered at the general quarterly session of the Peace under the King's
Commission, held at Dorkeing in the same county, on Tuesday in the week after the
Epiphany of our Lord, the 17th day of January, in the 33rd year of the reign of our
King Charles the 2nd, " that the tax in future be equally and indifferently assessed on
all the inhabitants and others, and that the poor be relieved generally, according to
law, and not according to particular hamlets and villages as hath been lately used."

In connection with this branch of the subject, the following rate, which is the
earliest complete rate we have been able to trace, will no doubt be read with interest
by many readers, as it not only furnishes us with the names of Camberwell residents
in 1697, but gives us a fair idea of the relative social positions of the inhabitants of
the respective districts, and affords us also an amusing illustration of the manner in

* The items charged against Mr. Perkins were as carriages, £24 14». ; 4 horses, £20 Ss. ; 5 dogs
follows :— Windows, £51; house duty, £17; 6 £2 17s. 6d. ; armorial bearings, £2 8*-.; hair-
servants, £28 4s. ; 2 gardeners, 12s. ; 2 four wheel powder, £3 10s. 6d. ; in all, £150 14s.

L 2

148

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

which the rates not recovered were accounted for. The phrase, " not to "be gotten," which
appears against the names of Richard Vockins and John Marshall is most expressive,
the modern rendering of which " not to be had " is certainly weak in comparison.

POOR RATE, 1697.

An Assessment made the 10th Day of February 1697 by the churchwardens and
overseers of the poor, and other the inhabitants of the parrish of Camerwell for the
farther Relief of the poor and other necessarys and for Reinbursing the churchwardens
theire Extraordinary Charge for six months from Sl Michael-Masse 1697 to Lady Day
1698 after the Rate of Three pence in the pound.

Asst.

THE LIBERTY OF CAMERWELL.

Asst.

£.

136

Anthony Bowyer, Esq. .

Brought forward

100

Iccabod Tipping . . . .

Wm. Chandler ....

Nehemiah Lambert

Anthony Cock. .

Mr. De Worth ....

Widdow Ways ....

Jno. phillips ....

149

Jno. Bowden, Junr. .

•j

Thomas Brooke . . . .

Joseph Hill, Senr. .

Henry Stockwell

Joseph Hill, Junr. . . .

5
16

Wm. Rippley ....
Jeremiah Watling .

0
0

3
0

Simon Reding ....
Widow adams . ...

0
0

1
1

0
0

Francis page . . . . )

Jno. Hone ....

Robert Chappel . j
John Beech . . . . <

0
0

0
1

9
0

Out-)
lyers \

Tobias Lane • ....

Mr. Bateman )

121 j

Thomas Baggford . . .

Thomas Baker ....

Mary Jackson ....

Mr. Cripps

Mathew Shaw . . . .

Nathaniel Browne .

Walter Cock .

Mr. Miller

Wm. Mather ....

Richard Vokins

Edward Phillips

Jno. Allen

Wm. Scott

Jno. Lewes (poor) .

Wm. Hammon ....

Isaac Cannon . ...

Stephen pickton . . . .

Jno. Meed

5
9

George page ....
Henry Symons . . . .

0
0

3
3

11
35

Wm. page
James Keeley ....

0
0

2
8

Wm. Ryce ....

Jno. Marshall of Camerwell .

Thomas Watts . ...

Joseph Howard . ...

Stephen Warde . .

Mr. King .

Ad. Lambe

Jno. Foxcraft . . . .

Jno. Holford ....

Wm. Bensted ....

Henry Gardner . . . .
Wm. Starkey ....

0
0

6
9

2
15

Jno. Marshall of peckham Rye
Widdow Snapes ....

0
0

0
3

Christopher Hancock (poor) .
Simon Turfrey . . . .

0
0

0
3

0
6

Mr. Gatlin
£31 7«. 9d.

Robert Rodgers

Ralph Killick . .

THE LIBERTY OF PECKHAM.

Thomas Carpenter .

Nicholas Alleyn (poor) . .

Robert fford ....

Henry Davies ....

Robert Castel . ...

—

Edward Smith (poor] . . .

Daniel Simmons

Charles Duke ....

Walter Hombey ....

Thomas Hooke . . . .

William Smart ....

Richard Harvey

Widdow Sleys . .

Richard Toombs (poor) . .

Samuel plummer

Edward Woodward .

9 i

Joseph Selmes . . . .

Katherine Lysseman . . .

Jasper Rawlins

—

Joseph Atkins (poor)

Jno. Greathed . . . .

Jno. Over . . . .

Joshua Hutchinson .

Captn. Trayherne .

Richard Mills ....

Mr. Elis

151

Richard ffloyde

—

2 Emty Houses

Widdow Loyde ....

Wm. Osborne . . . .

William Coltman .

Stephen Edgerton .

Ashby. . •

Mary Smith

Oliver Cox ....

James Fox ....

Widdow Williams . . .

Michael Arnold ....

Wm. Bensted ....

Jno. Killick ....

Thomas Byford . . . .

Jno. Yates

Goody Barker ....

Ambros Hawkins .

Budgin . . . .

Jno. Buckland . . . .

6 1

Wm. Ransford ....

110

Thomas Allen ....

Thomas May . . . .

Wm. perkins .

Widdow Morgan

Edward Gates .

3 :

Mr. Winter

Jno. Hall . . . * . .

Jno. foxcraft ....

Thomas farlow ....

DeMouline. . . .

Wm. Rooke

Thomas Spicer ....

Elizabeth King

Thomas Hammond . . .

125

Jno. Jackson . . . .

Jno. Gregory ....

Carried forward . . .

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

149

Asst.

£.

Brought forward . . .

Brought forward ....

King

Thomas Crauwell . . .

Hazard ....

Robert Budder.

Tayler . .

Thomas Caine . . . .

Fitzheugh
Widdow Major ....
Gatton.

0
0
0

1
1

9
9

44
20
33

Richard perry ....
William page . . . .
Henry Thorpe ....

0
0

11
5

Tobias Lane

William Marlow ....

Thomas Slaughter .

Jno. Da,vis ....

James Bylow . . . .

Jno. Russel, Senr. . . .

Sr. Thomas Trevor .

Jno. Hammond

Mary Robinson . . . .

Jno. Scrivener . . . .

Adam Bodden ....

Thomas Frisby .

Thomas Turgis, Esq.

Favor Barrett . ...

Robinson . . .

Wm. Hicks ....

Phillip Price ....

Jno. Russel, Junr. . . .

Jno. Hall

Jno. Ottway ....

Henry Wheatley, Esq. .
Garrit

0
0

9
0

22
6

Richard Cooper . . . .
Widdow & Thomas Janes

5
1

Dionys Herbert

Jno. Burges

Lawrence Hart . ...

James Ireland ....

Robert Steers ....

Widdow Terry . ...

Nicholas Abbis . . . .

Wm. Jeeves ....

Thomas Stoakes

phillip Cane

Anthony Cock . ...

Moses Alleyn ....

Givet.

Thomas Green . . . .

Jno. pearce

Wm. Eades ....

Widdow adamson

Roger Hammond . . .

Mr. Strong

Widdow Watkins .

George Widgeon

Henry Warde . ...

Doctor Roberts ....

Jno. Humphreys

Daniel Allen ....

Thomas Chube ....

Wm. page

Jno. Lewis (poor) . . .

Widdow Stanton

Peter White ....

Daniel Randall ....

James Wood . . . .

Jno. Hickman ....

George Gibba ....

Nicholas Hodsel ....

Hall

Jno. Comfort (poor)

£11. 1*. Od.

Jno. Westoii . . . .

5,832

The total of the Role

Thomas Nott ....

amounts to .

Widdow Steer . • .

Mr. Aldersea ....

The totall of Cammerwell

Jno. Guest

Liberty amounts to . . .

Joan Bagford ....

The total of Peckham Liberty

Joseph Howard . . . .

amounts to .

Thomas Nash ....

The total of Dulwich Liberty

Elizabeth Childe . . . .

amounts to ....

Widdow Nash ....

Richard Alleyn ....

Total .

James Benn or Mr. King

Wm. Buckle

Received short

Thomas alleyn ....

in Camerwell

Thomas Faulkner . . .

Liberty of the

Edward Gates ....

Reasons

severall per-

Wm. Rooke

why not

sons under

Elizabeth King.

Received

mentioned

Jno. Eynstone . . . .

Constantino Barr

Runaway

Edward Wood-

Widdow Hall ....

ward

Simon Reding ....

poor

Mr. Ellis . .

Widdow Batt ....

Ded

Joseph Hill,

Richard Low & Tennant

Senr. .

George Buddel . . . .

Charged

Widdow Stapels

to mutch

Wm. perkins .

Jno. feild

not to be

Thomas Baker ....

gotten

Richard Vockins

James Abbis . , .

not to be

Thomas Edling.

gotten

Jno. Marshall

Wm. porter .

of Peckham

White ....

Ry.

Warman . . . .

3 &U

Widdow Waters

short of

Wm. page . .

Richard Alleyn . ...

Rest

Wm. Perkins ....

towards

£1 5g. 7d.

£30. 9s. 3d.

ye war-

rant.

IN PECKHAM

THE LIBERTY OF DULWICH.

LIBERTY.

The College ....

Richard ffloyde

Mr. Thompson and Hunter .

Mr. Ashby

Jno. Alleyn ....

GoodyWilliams

Jno. Cox

Goody Barker .

Grover ....

Thorn. Nash .

Jno. Bowden, Junr. . . .

Hen. Wheatley

Jno. Bowden, Senr. , & for Jno.

Lawrence Hart | 0

Starkey's Land .

Jno. Hickman 0

1 j 6

Carried forward . . . , 3 j 7 3

Carried forward: 2

1 0

0 )

150

Ye PARISH OF CAMEKWELL.

s. d.

d. &

Brght forward
Joseph Howard
Richard Low .

0
0

16
0
3

Brght forward
Burges
Chubbe

0
0
0

2
1

3
0
3

Geo. Buddell .

Green . •

James Abbis .

Warde

£3. Is. 9d.

Peter White .

5«. lid.

JN DlTLWICH

LIBERTY.

Receivd short

on ye 'Ad Rates

Cover

'- _L_

—

Jno. Hammond

TheTotallSum

James . .

0 | 9

Receivd on the

3d Rate . .

Carrd forward

3 !

With respect to poor rates made since the one given above, it was intended to
tabulate them for such as might feel an interest in the subject, but in consequence of
several missing rates, the table is kept back for a later edition, when it is hoped a
more complete record may be attempted.

In the mean time, the following particulars may not be without interest : —

The lowest poor rate made in Camberwell was that of the 10th July, 1694, when
a rate of three halfpence in the £ was made by the churchwardens and overseers, and
in December, 1739 another rate of two pence in the £ was declared.

In order that these small rates may not give the reader a wrong impression of the
" good old times " considered raterially, it may be stated on the other side that in
consequence of the defalcations of a collector of the inhabited house tax in 1791, a
rate of 12s. in the £ was levied upon the inhabitants of Camberwell !

The quarterly system of rate collection adopted in this parish since 1871, has been
found to work in every way satisfactory, for according to a report recently presented
to the vestry, it appears that the per centage of deficiencies — including empty houses,
excusals, allowance to owners for property under]compound, and rates otherwise irre-
coverable— is only 10 per cent, against 15 per cent, in 1870, so that should ratepayers
object to the quarterly call, as a too frequent reminder, they have the satisfaction of
knowing that prompt payment means reduced rates — for a saving of 5 per cent, is
equal to <£7,000 a year, or a rate of 3^c?. in the £.

And this quarterly collection of rates is not a new system in Camberwell, as will
appear from the following extract of the auditors' report in 1832 : —

" Your auditors feel it due to the parish officers to testify their full and decided
concurrence in the present system of quarterly rates, and a quarterly audit ; your
auditors feel satisfied that i£ the quarterly collection is persevered in, it will prove
beneficial to the parishioners ; they also approve the present plan of making out and
arranging the collectors receipts, which although attended with increased labour and
expense, is fully compensated for by the regular check thereby kept upon the
accounts, and the facility afforded for ascertaining whether any particular rate had or
had not been paid."

. The poor rates levied in this parish at the present time may be put down roughly
at £65,000 a year, and the following table, taken from a parliamentary return, will
show the amount levied in one year on this and neighbouring parishes 70 years ago.

Parish.

Houses.

Persons.

Poor Rate.

Camberwell . . .
Lambeth ....
Bermondsey . . .

1,162
5,019
3,131

7,059
27,985
17,169

3,890 4 0
10,436 1 0
6,139 18 0

Newington . . .

2,940

14,847

6,685 9 0

St. George . . .

3,964

22,293

6,025 2 0

PAKOCHIAL HISTORY. 151

The following entries concerning the making of rates are peculiar : —

£ s. d.
1671. Paid for makeing and figering 3 assessments 00 18 00

1688. Expended at several meetings about ye poore's book . . . 00 06 00

For writing ye book twice over and signing ye book . .. 00 05 00

1698. Paid Mackthorne for attending and makeing ye poore's book . 00 01 06

1699. Paid Mr Alleyn for makeing ye threepenny rate . . .. 00 10 00
1708. Paid Alleyn for makeing several bookes of rates . . . 00 10 00

Before concluding this chapter of local history, it may interest certain of our
readers, if we notice briefly the contents of the two following rate books, one on the
Liberty of Peckham, exactly a century old, and the other dating back fifty years and
embracing the entire parish.

The rate book of the Liberty of Peckham is simplicity itself : it contains but two
columns of figures, one giving the rateable value and the other the amount of
rate levied. There are no columns in which to enter the amount of rate received
from each individual ratepayer, and the payment is shown by a cross being placed
against the name. The system of rating too was evidently not complicated by any
abstruse calculation to determine the gross estimated rental and rateable value of any
given hereditament.

It may not accord with modern notions of rating, but nothing can be more majesti-
cally simple than to assess a house at so much per room, as there are numerous
instances in this rate of houses of ten rooms being assessed at ,£10.

The licensed victuallers were especially well treated, for the " Kentish Drovers,"
which in those days was a noted county house, was assessed at only .£16. Its
present rating is .£150. The "Red Cow" and "Red Bull," both of which are now
rated at .£100, were then rated at £16 and £18 respectively. "Marlborough House,"
a well-known Peckham mansion, was rated at £80. Tradition states that this house
was the residence of the Duke of Marlborough, which is more than doubtful, but that
it was occupied by some member of the Marlborough family may fairly be assumed.

At the beginning of the present century it became the " casual " workhouse of the
city of London, and the respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood were much
annoyed by having about 300 of the casuals turned loose upon them every morning.
The master of the workhouse received a given sum per head for " farming " his
disorderly crew. Another fact worth noting in these days of rapid building is the
circumstance that in the Camberwell portion of the Old Kent Road only four houses
were assessed for the relief of the poor.

The book contains only 243 assessments, of which 56 were for land, so that there
were only 187 rateable houses in the Liberty of Peckham a hundred years ago.
The rateable value was £4,986, and the amount of a shilling rate, £249 6s.
In the rate on the whole parish fifty years ago the rateable value had increased to
£90,000. The following among others were assessed :—

Assessment.

Admiral Sir John Knight £160

He resided in the house situated at the corner of what
is now known as Bushey Hill Road.

Mrs. Elizabeth Reade £130

The house is now occupied by R. A. Gray, Esq., J.P.

Mr. W. Reade £160

Son of the above, by whom this house was built, now
occupied by Mr. Peerless.

152 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Assessment.

Mr. Charles Baldwin, J.P £180

The house was formerly occupied by Dr. Lettsom.
Mr. Baldwin was proprietor of the Standard and
J.P. for the county.

Mr. John Pirie £68

This gentleman was Lord Mayor of London and re-
ceived the honour of knighthood.

Mr. Ernst £40

The female portion of the Ernst family who resided
in Grove Lane were very eccentric characters, and
one was known by the elegant sobriquet of " Mad
Moll."

Mr. Robert Puckle £136

A description of this house which stood on Camberwell
Green, is given elsewhere. Several members of this
family still occupy leading positions in the parish.

Mr. James Pew £32

Mr. Pew was churchwarden of the parish for 29 years.
A memoir is given in another chapter.

Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins £180

This lady was the widow of John Perkins, a friend of
Dr. Johnson, to whom several letters were written
by the learned lexicographer (vide Boswell's Life
of Johnson.) A granddaughter of this lady was
married to the son of Mr. Farmer Bailey, of East
Dulwich.

The house formerly occupied by the Perkins family
was subsequently known as the Denmark Hill
Grammar School, and the site is now known as the
Denmark Hill Estate, the property of Richard
Strong, Esq., J.P.

Sir William de Crespigny £160

Sir William succeeded his father, Sir Claude de Cres-
pigny who was created a baronet in 1805, a year after
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured
Champion Lodge with a visit. Champion Lodge
was pulled down in 1841.

Mr. Silverthorne .£28

The brewery for which Mr. Silverthorne was assessed
appears in the old map of the parish given in this
work. The brewery is still carried on by Mr.
Jenner.

Mr. R. A. Gray .£60

This house, situate on Peckham Rye, was the first
occupied by Mr. Gray in this parish.

The following table shows the increase in rateable value and number of assessments
from 1697 to present time : —

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

153

Date.

No. of
Assts.

Rateable

Value.

Increase.

Average Annual Increase.

No. Assts.

R. V.

No. Assts.

R. V.

1697

233

5,832

1732

330

7,581

1,749

2-77

49-97

1742

376

7,726

145

4-60

14-50

1752

424

7,813

4-80

8-70

1762

467

8,293

480

4-30

48-00

1772

558

13,373

5,080

910

508-00

1780

632

15,118

1,745

9'25

218-12

1792

900

22,609

268

7,491

22-33

624-25

1806

1,396

29,446

496

6,837

35-42

488-35

1827

3,732

99,009

2,336

69,563

111-23

3,312-52

1832

4,980

122,888

1,248

23,879

249-60

4,775-80

1871

19,762

494,572

14,782

371,684

379-02

9,530-35

1874

21,382

530,016

1,620

35,444

540-00

11,814-66

In 1697 a shilling rate in the £ realized .£291 12s., and in 1874, ,£26,500 16s.
In 1872 the number of assessments (20,518) was divided as follows : —

Houses under
.£20 R.V.

£
21 — 35

£
36 — 50

£
51 — 75

76 — 100

Over

-£100

13,447

4,613

1,277

492

275

414

THE WORKHOUSE.

On the 26th December, 1726, it was " unanimously agreed " by the vestry " that a
workhouse shall be built for Lodging and Imploying the poor in work," and on the
4th January, 1727, a committee, consisting of the vicar (Dr. Tipping), Mr. James
Alleyn, " Master of the Colledge," and fourteen others, were appointed members of a
committee to carry out the work, seven members to be a " Corrum." The com-
mittee was instructed " to inquire into the present state of the poor, how much the
parish allows towards the maintenance of each, and payment of their several rents, and
also to endeavour to find out a convenient place in the parish where the said work-
house may be built ; and to treat with workmen about it, and to receive their pro-
posalls in writting in order thereunto." Notwithstanding the appointment of the
committee, grave doubts were evidently entertained by many parishioners concerning
the radical change proposed.

To give a " local habitation "to the scattered forces of pauperism ; to encourage the
casual mendicant to qualify into the permanent pauper, and to form a centre of
attraction to the passing poor— the " casual" of modern days — all this was carefully
considered by the parishioner of 1726. And then it was very properly urged that a
paid official staff to take charge of the poor would be an inevitable charge upon the
rates if the proposed change were adopted. Numerous meetings were held on the
subject, and much attention was given to it by the leading gentry. At length at a
vestry held on the 1st of February, 1727, "the churchwardens with some other
parishioners, finding the number of their poor dayly increasing, consulted together
how they might not only lessen the parish charge in maintaining them, but also

154 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

promote their industry, and provide for them in a better manner than had been done
before ; and observing how successfully these proposales had been effected in other
parishes by erecting houses for the reception of ye poor, and setting them to work,
were willin0" to make use of ye same method. In order to which they gave publick
notice in the church that there would be a vestry on ye 26th day of December last
past to consider this matter. At which time, there being a great appearance of
inhabitants, the thing was proposed, and after some debate approv'd of as beneficial
both to the parish and poor ; " whereupon all those present unanimously agreed —

"That a house should be erected for lodging the poor and employing them in work,
for the better management of which affair, they did in another vestry, held the
fourth day of January next following, choose a certaine number of persons to take
care about building ye said intended workhouse ; but some of them not being present
at either vestry, desired that a committee might be appointed further to consider
whether such a workhouse would be for the bennefitt of ye parish,rwhich was agreed to
in a third vestry held the 18th day of ye same month, when a committee was ap-
pointed. The committee met on the 26th of January, and having inquirM into the
state and condition of the poor. They, after mature deliberation, were of opinion that
building such a workhouse would be for the benefit of the parish, and declared ye
same in writing under their hands, which being now read — Resolved — That this vestry
do confirm and adhere to the agreement in vestry on 26th day of December to erect
one, and that the said committee be desir'd to treat with some proper person to build
the same of such dimensions, and with such convenient rooms as they think sufficient
to contain ye poor who shall be received into it ; as also to report to the next vestry
in what manner and upon what terms ye person whom they treat with will under-
take to perform ye whole work, his proposal concerning which to be given in writing
under his own hand." And on the 7th March, 1727, it was " unanimously agreed
that Mr. William Norman shall build the workhouse according to his draught and
article given in, without the additional part, at the price of .£365 ; " and the church-
wardens and overseers were authorized to borrow the sum of ,£400 " to pay Mr.
Norman and other workmen." In the following year, before the " furnishing and
compleating" had been got through, the expenses had reached ,£500, and bonds to
that amount were duly signed. On the 31st June, 1731, William Row was ap-
pointed master of the new workhouse, at a salary of ,£10 a year ; but he was required
to " give his attendance as beadle of the parish," in consideration of which the vestry
agreed at a subsequent meeting to give the beadle the sum of £3 5s. per year to buy
him a " suit of cloathes." It is rather remarkable that no mention is made of the
workhouse site until December 1731, when it unanimously resolved "That ye large
Pew in the North Isle of ye Church where ye children of the Dancing school formerly
use to sett, be for the future appropriated to ye use of ye new house on the Green, the
property of Sir Wm Bowyer, Bart, in Consideration of his Benefaction to the
Parish in giveing a piece of ground whereon ye workhouse is now built ; and that
the Parish hereby acknowledge their obligation, and desire their thanks may be
returned for the same ;" and at a subsequent vestry, the sum of five guineas
ordered to be paid to Mr. William Hester for "drawing the leases in that
affaire."

The management of the workhouse was vested in a committee, elected annually,
and no change would appear to have taken place in the mode of management until
the year 1756,* when, after considerable discussion, Mr. Richard Aslee, of St.

* Ratepayers 120 years ago were as supine in local move that which causes complaint. The following

matters as the ratepayers of the present time. We resolution, passed at a Vestry held on the 2nd day

can all grumble at high rates, expensive manage- of January 1755, is a striking illustration of this :— j

ment, &c., but few there be who set about to re- "It was Proposed that the Cause of the Great

OLD WORKHOUSE.

OLD VESTRY HALL.

PAKOCHIAL HISTORY. 155

Dunstan's-in-the-West, was appointed master of the workhouse, and acccording to an
agreement drawn up the churchwardens and overseers agreed to pay Mr. Aslee the
sum of 3s. per head per week for all inmates of the house if the number exceeded
30, and 3s. 3d. per head if the number did -not amount to 30. In consideration of
receiving the above amount, the said Richard Aslee agreed to provide for the poor of
the parish " meet, drink, fireing, washing, physick, midwife, cloathing, beds, beding,
sheets, and allowances in as good, clean, and ample a manner in every respect as they
usually enjoyed ; and to give the poor their meals at proper times, and in decent
manner, and the said Richard Aslee engaged to employ an apothecary." It was
further agreed " that such poor as were capable of working should be employed in
winding of silk, knitting of purses, gloves, caps, cauls, and all manner of plain work,
and the profits to be derived from their labour were for the sole benefit of the said
Richard Aslee."

This method of providing for the poor has seldom proved satisfactory ; and in this
particular instance, for six months after his appointment, Mr. Aslee reported to the
Vestry that " in consequence of the dearness of provisions, &c. &c., he could not
maintaine the Poor of the workhouse upon the Terms agreed upon between him and
the Vestry ; " and the agreement was determined three weeks after his report, and Mr.
Gershon Osborn, the beadle, was allowed ten guineas a year " to visit the Poor in the
Workhouse every day, and the said Vestry to give him full power and authority to
act as master of the said workhouse, and that he take care to employ the poor in some
kind of manufacture." *

In 1771 the workhouse was reported to be too small for the increasing number of
paupers, and the Vestry accepted the plans of Mr. Purkis, for building an additional
wing and " an extraordinary poor rate of one shilling in the pound was levied upon
the inhabitants " in order, amongst other things, to pay off a debt of £1 00 incurred in
building the above wing.

In 1796 f the vestry decided, by resolution, that it was advisable to erect an additional
room over the dining-room of the workhouse, which resolution was passed in con-
sequence of the report of a committee appointed in the previous month to " examine
the state of the Parish Workhouse." Indeed, at the end of the last and beginning of
the present century, the Parish Church and Workhouse formed the staple articles of
parochial existence. A committee was always sitting either upon one or the other.
When the church had been " beautified " to the satisfaction of one committee, the
workhouse providentially called for the attention of another ; and it is not a little
curious to notice how gentlemen who had served upon a " Workhouse Enlargement
Committee " were usually selected as thejbest qualified to act upon the " Church Beau-
tifying Committee."

In 1797 a plan and estimate for the enlargement of the workhouse were submitted
to the Vestry by Mr. Titchener,^ who undertook to " compleat the same in a work-
manlike manner for the sum of .£149, which was approved of ; " but it would appear

expence of the Poor at the Workhouse should be 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in order to consider and

Considered at this Vestry, and a Method observed settle some affairs relating to the Poor's Rate, and

in order to Lessen the said Expence, by removing that the Officers of the Parish and as many other

the Cause or otherwise, as the Said Vestry should persons as can conveniently be desired to attend

think most fitt, for the Interest of the Parish ; but the same."

as the Officers and a Sufficient number of Pa- t Vestry minute, Nov. 21st.

rishioners did not attend upon such an Important j Mr. Titchener was a tradesman at Peckham,

affair, We think it Necessary to postpone it until and the selection of a local man to do the work was

another Opportunity." in accordance with a resolution passed by the

* The following resolution, which we extractfrpm Vestry about this time, that "All repairs, improve-

the Vestry minutes (1768), conveys the .impression ments, or alterations, necessary to be made to the

that legislating for the poor was not exclusively a Church or Workhouse or other building, be done by

dry matter of business :- contract, and that a preference be given in all

"Adjourned this vestry to Mr. Clark's at the business of this nature to tradesmen residing in the

' Artichoak.' and from thence on Friday next to Parish."
Mr. BoxaU's at the 'Greyhound,' Dulwich, by

156 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL,

that Mr. Titchener's plans, although approved of, were not carried out at the time, as
another resolution of the Vestry,* whilst confirming the previous report, orderedjtheir
execution to be " deferred for the present." It does not appear from the parochial
records whether Mr. Titchener's " improvements" were ultimately carried out ; but in
January, 1812,f a plan for an alteration in the workhouse was ordered to be left at the
workhouse for one month, for the inspection of the parishioners. This plan was
specially ordered to be prepared by the vestry, who refused to sanction the recom-
mendation of a committee for the erection of an entirely new building. J This plan
suffered the fate of the previous ones, and at last, so urgent had the matter become,
that in the year 1815, the Vestry, after reporting, referring back, rescinding, and
doing all that the most economical select vestrymen of our day could desire to post-
pone the inevitable outlay, consented to sanction the erection of a building, and the
churchwardens and overseers were empowered to raise " a sum of .£2,000 towards
defraying the expense of its erection." A fac-simile of the auctioneer's § catalogue for
the sale of the materials of the old building (see plate s), will no doubt be regarded as
an interesting parochial curiosity by many readers.

The low building adjoining the house was built expressly for the receptacle of the
" parish squirt," || as it was not inaptly termed, and in front of the principal gate
stood that instrument of torture known as " the stocks," and many old residents of the
parish well remember that remnant of the good old times.

To return to the new building. It soon became evident to the parishioners of 1815,
that in order to complete the new workhouse in a satisfactory manner, a much larger
outlay was rendered necessary than that at first contemplated, and an expense of at
least £6,000 was incurred before its completion.

Considerable additions have taken place since 1815, the principal enlargement being
carried out in 1849. Very extensive additions are contemplated at an early date.

The present Master and Matron (Mr. and Mrs. Smithers), were appointed August
1850, and it may be fairly stated, without exaggeration, that the arrangements at the
Havil Street Hotel, as it has been called, are carried out in a most satisfactory
manner, with a due regard to the comfort of the poor and the pockets of the
jatepayer.

PARISH BOUNDARIES.

The boundaries of the parish are, as a rule, perambulated once in three years by the
churchwardens and overseers and other officers of the parish. No authentic
record has been preserved of the precise origin of this custom, which appears to have been
derived from the French ; for we find Mamertus, the Bishop of Vienne, first ordered
it to be observed about the middle of the fifth century, upon the prospect of some
particular calamity that threatened his diocese. By an injunction of Queen Elizabeth
it was ordered " That the people shall once a year, at the time accustomed, with the
curate and substantial men of the parish, walk about the parishes as they were
accustomed, and at their return to church, make their common prayers, as hereto-
fore in the days of Rogation.1I The minister at certain convenient places shall
admonish the people to give God thanks in beholding of God's benefits for the

* Vestry minute, March 20th 1797. liament "

t Vestry minute, Aug. loth 1811. || A Vestry Hall was built on the site of the old

I Some idea of the increase of pauperism at this workhouse in 1625, and this in its turn has been

time may be gathered from the fact that in 1812 a very properly condemned as unsuitable for the

committee reported that the charge for relieving rapidly increasing wants of tbe parish

the poor was increasing at the rate of £500 per ^ " The service appointed was the 103 and 104

y*™- Psalms, with the Litany and the Homily of Thanks-

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increase and abundance of the fruits upon the face of the earth, at which time the said
minister shall inculcate this and suchlike sentences ' Cursed be he which translateth
the bounds and doles of his neighbour/ or such other order of prayer as shall be
hereafter appointed." *

" On Ascension Day," says Sir John Hawkins, " it is the custom of the inhabitants
of parishes, with their officers, to perambulate, in order to perpetuate the memories of
their boundaries, and to impress the remembrance thereof in the minds of young
persons, especially boys." f

There does not appear to be any law by which the observance of this custom can be
enforced ; nor can the ecclesiastical judges oblige the churchwardens to go their
bounds. The right to perambulate parochial boundaries, to enter parochial property
for that purpose, and to remove obstructions that might prevent this being done,
cannot be disputed. It prevails, as a notorious custom, in all parts of England— ia
recorded by all our text writers, and has been confirmed by high judicial sanction.
In consequence of the Popish abuses arising from feasting, processions, and supersti-
tion, during these boundary journeys, Queen Elizabeth forbade processions, but
retained the useful and innocent part of the perambulations.^

We have elsewhere alluded to the fact that it was owing to the zeal of one of our
parish officers that the Camberwell portion of the site of the Crystal Palace was made
good ; and though in more recent times the Ordnance Survey Department, and the
appointment of a local survey or, have rendered perambulations almost unnecessary, there
is much to be urged in favour of keeping up the custom of perambulating the bounds.

Honor Oak, which is one of the boundaries of the parish, has witnessed many
interesting gatherings, and there are residents now amongst us who think that
no perambulation of the parish boundaries would be complete without the singing of
the 104th Psalm, under the shadow of the Oak of Honor Hill.

This place once served as a beacon hill, and many residents of this parish remember
the semaphore signal post here fixed, and the anxiety with which it was watched
the last thing every night, to know if the dreaded landing of Bonaparte had taken
place.

At the extreme southern boundary of this parish, where four parishes meet,
Camberwell, Lambeth, Battersea, and Streatham, formerly stood a well-known
boundary point, known as the Vicar's Oak.

In the Magna Britannia is the following respecting this wonderful oak : —
" Here was a great wood, called Norwood, belonging to the Archbishop, wherein was
anciently a tree, called the Vicar's Oak, where four parishes meet as it were in one
point. It is said to have consisted wholly of oaks, and among them was one that
bore misletoe, which some were so hardy as to cut for the gain of selling it to the
apothecaries of London, leaving a branch to spout out. But they proved unfortunate
after it ; for one of them fell lame, and another lost an eye. At length, in the year
1678, a certain man, notwithstanding he was warned against it, on account of what
others had suffered, adventured to cut the tree down, and he soon after broke his leg."

In the Lambeth parish books are the following curious items : —

s. d.

1583. When we went our perambulation at Vicar's Oke in Rogation week 2 6

1704. Paid for lOOlb. of cheese, spent at Vicar's Oke . . . .80

The " Swan " Tavern, Sydenham, now stands on the spot where the Vicar's Oak
formerly grew.

* Gibson, Code of Ecclesiastical Law. t History of Music, vol. ii. p. 112.

I Prideaux, on Churchwardens, p. 253, et seq.

158 Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

EXTRACTS FROM CHURCHWARDENS' BOOK OF ACCOUNTS FROM 1671 TO 1720.

£ s. d.
1679. Disbursed at the procession 00 07 06

1682.

May 2. Expended att ye procession .. 01 02 00

1688. Expended for the procession dinner and other charges . . 03 02 00

1701. Expended at a persesioiiing 03 05 00

1702. Recd of Mr Tipping towards persessioning 00 10 00

1711. Expended at a prosessioning 450

1716. Recd of Mrs Bowyer toward defraying part of the charge of the

Procession . . 400

1716. By going a presesioning 186

1718. By disbursements at the Processioning :—

By cheese at Mr Cox's and at home . 1 01 0

„ Rowls 0 12 0

„ Bacon 0 10 3

„ Rods 036

„ Points 060

„ Mutton 040

„ one to carry the plank and rods . .026

„ Peter White 010

„ the Diner . . . . 3 0 11

POOR RELIEF.

From the sixteenth century to a very recent period the principal unit of local
government and taxation was the parish or township. The vestry was its parlia-
ment, and the overseers and churchwardens its temporal and ecclesiastical officers.*
The distressed poor were originally maintained by ecclesiastical revenues and by
voluntary contributions collected and administered by the church and by permission
to beg within their own parishes. After the suppression of the religious houses an
act was passed, in 1536, introducing a system of compulsory charity, to be collected
by the churchwardens. But as this proved inadequate to cope with the terrible evil
of mendicancy, the Poor Law Act of Elizabeth was passed in 1601/j* ordering rates to
be paid in every parish for the support of the poor. The relief was moderate in
amount, and in case of able bodied men was only granted in return for work, and not
as a supplement for wages. It was distributed by the overseers under the super-
intendence of the justice. The total amount was comparatively small, being
returned in 1700 at .£700,000, and in 1750 at a very similar figure.

In 1585 the county of Surrey appears to have been the special resort of idle and
dissolute persons, if we may judge from the following missive from the Queen in
Council, directed to the Lord Lieutenant of the county, dated September 8th, 1585 :—

" Understanding that in the County of Surrey, under your Lordship's Government,
there are great stoare of stout vagabonds and maysterless men, able inoughe for

* Baxter, Local Government and Taxation, p. 6. The clerk shall sing, the bells shall ring,

t Amongst the catches contained in Playford's And the old, the old wives wind us ;

Musical Companion, 1673, is one set for four voices Sir John shall lay our bones in clay,

to the following words : — Where nobody means to find us."

" A fig for care, why should we spare ? These words are generally supposed to be part of a

The Pai-ish is bound to find us ; ballad written as an attack upon the Poor Law of

And thou and I and all must die, Elizabeth of 1601.
And leave the world behind us :

ST GILES, CAMBBRWSLL. -i7j4

Uu^^^rtfl*^1^; '^ *«-'* •••«!-*.

Copied by permission from ii Map in the Guildhall Library.
Tlic Hamlet of Dulwich is incomplete.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 159

labour, which do great hurt in the County of Surrey by their idle and naughtie life ;
it is ordered to take up all the strongest and most able rogues, &c., to be sent to the
Port of London, whence they shall be transhipped into the Low Countries, where
they shall be well used and entertained."

The parish of Camberwell, from its proximity to the metropolis, no doubt had its
share of the " stout vagabonds ;" but it would appear from the parish books that, as a
parish, it was at that time comparatively free from "permanent paupers."

Some idea of the limited extent of the parochial exchequer for relief purposes may
be gathered from an interesting facsimile of the vestry minutes for the year 1675.
It appears that a poor woman was reported to the parishioners in vestry assembled
" to be lunatic and out of her witts for more than one yeare last past ;" and this
lunatic pauper being somewhat of a novelty in the year of our Lord 1675, the
"minister, churchwardens, and other the officers and parishioners" were sorely
puzzled to know what to do with her. It was ultimately resolved to send her to the
" Hospitall of Bethlem, commonly called Bedlam," and to pay the authorities of the
Hospital the sum of 5s. weekly for her support.

Having settled so much, the parochial authorities found themselves face to face
with a tremendous difficulty. The overseers, in making their estimate for the six
months' poor relief, had not foreseen the " extraordinary charge" which was destined
to be made upon them " by reason of this distempered woman ;" but the vestry
considerately helped the overseers over the difficulty by empowering them to levy
" an additional tax ! "

They were happy days, parochially and poor-raterially, when one pauper lunatic
could so sensibly affect the rates.

There is another singular entry in the vestry minutes (Ap. 14th, 1696), by which
it was ordered " that the churchwardens and overseers of the poor for the time being
doe meet every first Sunnday in ye month after the sermon in the afternoon, conforme
to an Act of Parliament of the 3rd and 4th year of king Wm- & Queen Mary,
entitled an Act for the better explanation and supplying the defects of the former
laws for settlement of the poor and call before them all the pensioners of the said
parish and examine their necessities conforme to ye directions of the said Act."

These pensioners, who, at that time, were of course few in number, were required
to wear a badge on one arm,* and numerous entries occur in the churchwardens'
accounts of sums spent in the purchase of badges for the use of the pensioners.

From this year (1696) to the opening of the workhouse in 1728, the poor who
received weekly relief were known as "pensioners;" and the following interesting
return will give the reader a good idea of the number of poor persons so pensioned
in each district of the parish. The sums of money voted for the payment of rent,
was almost wholly granted to widows in distressed circumstances.

* By the 5 & 6 Edward VI. c. 2, the poor were back of his outermost garment some notable badge
allowed to beg, and such as were licensed were to or token."
"weare openly upon him bothe on the breast and

160

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.
POOR BELIEF, 1696—1728.

District.

Years.

Number o
Pensioners

Amount granted.
Weekly.

Amount paid annually
in Rents.

£ 8. d.

£ s. d.

Camberwell

1696

1 12 6

600

1697

1 15 6

650

)9 *

y) • • *

1698*

1 18 0

10 15 0

1709

0 12 0

3 16 0

Peckham ....

))

173

14 0 0

Dulwicli . . . .

056

8 17 0

Camberwell

1711

148

11 10 6

Peckham . . . .

190

17 0 0

Dulwicli ....

0 10 0

600

Camberwell . . . .

1712

110

11 10 6

Peckham ....

136

11 10 0

Dulwich . . . .

0 12 6

8 17 0

Camberwell

1713

146

11 11 0

Peckham . . . .

136

11 5 0

Dulwich . . . .

0 15 6

720

Camberwell . . . .

1714

156

9 16 0

Peckham ....

160

13 12 0

Dulwich . . . .

0 11 0

4 10 0

Camberwell

1715

150

8 10 0

Peckham . ...

130

11 4 0

Dulwich ....

0 11 6

4 10 0

Camberwell . . . .

1716

140

not stated

Peckham ....

1 11 6

Dulwich . . . .

0 10 6

))

Camberwell

1717

0 14 0

9 17 0

Peckham . . . .

1 13 0

10 2 6

Dulwich ....

0 10 6

500

Camberwell . . . .

1718

0 12 6

9 17 0

Peckham ....

1 12 6

11 8 6

Dulwich . . . .

0 10 6

6 10 0

Camberwell

1719

0 14 6

9 17 0

Peckham . . . .

196

11 8 6

Dulwich ....

0 12 6

4 10 0

Camberwell . . . .

1720

186

11 1 0

Peckham ....

190

11 18 6

Dulwich . . . .

0 13 0

650

Camberwell

1721

1 11 6

17 6 0

Peckham . . . .

156

]0 14 6

Dulwich ....

096

350

Camberwell . . . .

1722

1 10 6

15 15 0

Peckham ....

110

7 14 6

Dulwich . . .

0 11 0

350

Camberwell

1723

1 10 0

15 15 0

Peckham . . . .

0 19 0

5 14 6

Dulwich ....

0 12 6

350

Camberwell. . . .

1724

not stated

21 12 6

Peckham ....

1 13 0

Dulwicli . . . .

350

Camberwell

1725

13 10 0

Peckham . . . .

))

200

Dulwich ....

•j

5 15 0

Camberwell . . . .

1726

))

15 8 0

Peckham ....

3 10 0

Dulwich . . . .

6 15 0

Camberwell

1727

))

11 7 6

Peckham . . . .

200

Dulwich ....

4 15 0

Camberwell . . . .

1728

10 17 6

Peckham ....

200

Dulwich . . . .

4 15 0

* In this year it was ordered that five poor per- weekly bred, each of them one penny loffe, and not
sons from Camberwell, five from Peckham, and to absent themselves without Lawfull Excuse on
two from Dulwich, "doe appear at church for the forfeiture of the bred at such time."

PAEOCHIAL HISTORY. 161

It would appear from the above return that the district of Dulwich, notwith-
standing the limited number of its inhabitants and their undoubted wealth, had a
large proportion of poor, compared with the other districts.

The board of guardians was established under the provisions of the Poor Law Act
on the 24th November, 1835, and the following particulars are taken from the first
annual report of the board (1836) : —

On the 31st December, 1835, the total number of indoor poor was 267, divided as
follows : men, 75 ; women, 126 ; children, 66. In the same year the recipients of
outdoor relief numbered 1,700— viz., 242 men, 538 women, and 920 children.
Within twelve months of the new act coming into operation, a marked change had
been brought about, as, on the 31st December, 1836, the number of outdoor poor
had been reduced from 1,700 to 605 ; whilst the total indoor poor had increased
from 267 to 271.

"It may be considered by many individuals," states the report, "that reduction
in the allowance to the poor cannot by possibility have bettered their condition, but
only have deprived them of a few comforts previously enjoyed, and that the loss is
far more deeply and severely felt by them than the proportionate saving is appre-
ciated by the ratepayer; but such, the board are convinced from experience, is not
the case. So far from the individuals whose relief has been discontinued being
sufferers by the change, the board have in their possession a list of no less than 207
persons, the greater portion of whom are still resident within the parish, the
numerical number of whose families amounts to 664, who under the old system were
regular in their attendance at the board for parochial relief, but are now maintaining
themselves and their families solely by their own industry and labour ; while the
difference between what they were and what they are, both as to morals and comfort*
is most remarkable.

" In the former case, while they leaned on parochial aid, most of them bore idle and
dissolute characters, their families were ragged and starved, and their hovels filthy
and wretched. In the latter case, now that they depend on their own energies, they
readily find employment — are reported industrious ; whilst their children are decently
clad and go to school, and their dwellings present the appearance which would be
desired in the cottage of an English labourer."

The reduction of expenditure effected by the introduction of the new system was
considerable.

In the year ending April, 1834, the sum expended in £ s. d.
relieving, maintaining, and providing for the poor

amounted to 15,759 6 2

The same in 1835 14.787 15 1

„ 1836 8,700 0 0

Thus showing a reduction of 411 per cent, between the expenditure of the year
ending April, 1835, and that ending December, 1836, and a reduction of 44| per
cent, upon the expenditure between the year ending April, 1834, and the year
ending December, 1836.

In these days, when a poor-rate of 2s. Qd. in the pound per annum is considered
excessive, it may be well to mention that in the year ending April, 1834, the poor-
rates amounted to 4s. in the pound.

The increased cost of the poor which subsequently took place is set forth in a
report of the board of guardians dated 1853, from which the following particulars
are extracted : —

162

Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Year ending Lady
Day.

Total Number.
Relieved.

Expenditure.*

£ s. d.

1846

1,429

7,980 4 5

1847

1,667

9,051 3 10

1848

2,832

12,459 5 3

1849

4,296

13,872 10 4

1850

4,584

13,073 16 8

1851

3,370

12,089 4 11

1852

3,107

10,476 12 9

So large was the increase in the number of chargeable poor between March, 1846,
and March, 1847, amounting to 45 per cent., that the increased cost of relief upon
that year alone was no less than .£1,290, being in fact more than the total increase
in the expenditure ; and the increase in the cost of relief in the following year
amounted to the still larger sum of ,£2,993 over and above the previous year.

Although this alarming increase in the pauperism of the parish was at the time
to be accounted for by a variety of circumstances, it happened that the workhouse
was neither adequate in extent nor fit in its arrangement as to classification and
facilities for efficient management to enable the guardians to use it as a check to the
rapidly increasing demands upon the parish funds. In 1847 it was found necessary
to farm out a considerable number of the aged poor, at an expense and under circum-
stances that could not consistently be continued ; but it was not until 1848 that any
steps were taken towards meeting the necessity of the parish in that respect, when a
classification of the inmates was carried out. By the time the increased workhouse
accommodation was ready, the number of inmates had (notwithstanding every effort
to diminish it) risen to within sixty of the total number provided for.

The tide of pauperism subsequently ebbed somewhat, and the reduction was
attributed at the time to the influence of improved classification and discipline in
the workhouse, admission orders having been offered to 2,680 persons during the
years 1851-52, a large portion of which were not accepted ; and on comparing
the total number of chargeable poor on the 1st January, 1853, with the number on
1st January, 1850, a decrease of no less than 42-67 per cent, was shown, whilst the
average decrease for the whole of England was only 14-16. Coming down to the
report of the guardians recently issued, we find that at Lady Day, 1874, the number
of poor chargeable to the parish was 3,848, divided as follows :— Camberwell work-
house, 422 ; the Infirmary, 107 ; Nazareth House, 96 ; Poplar Union House, 3 ;
receiving outdoor relief, 2,542 ; lunatics and imbeciles at asylums, 264 ; children at
the district schools and other establishments, 396 ; paupers at hospitals, &c., 18.

STATEMENT OF THE GROSS NUMBER, OF PAUPERS RELIEVED DURING THE
HALF-YEARS ENDED MICHAELMAS, 1873, AND LADY DAY, 1874.

Half-years ended.

INDOOR.

Vagrants relieved
in the Work-
house.

OUTDOOR.

Persons who re-
ceived Medical
Relief only, not
included in pre-
ceding columns.

Adults.

Children.

Total.

Adults.

Children.

Total.

1873.
Michaelmas .

1,150

712

1,862

6,050

2,605

2,397

5,002

745

Lady Day . .

1,186

557

1,743

5,795

2,769

2,319

5,088

750

* The above table includes emigration, vaccination, registration, and sanitary charges, but exclusive
of the county rate.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

163

The receipts of the guardians for the year amounted to ,£61,755 2s. Id., and the
expenditure £61,054 14s. 3d., leaving a balance of £700 7s. lOd.

The total amount of poor-rate received was £65,238 18s. 3d, of which £21,191 2s. 7t?.
was expended for purposes totally unconnected with the relief of the poor.

The following table will show the increase during the last half-century : —

Year.

Population.

Poor Rate.

Expended in
Poor Relief.

1821

17,876

—

7,952

1831

28,231

—

9,595

1841

39,868

11,468

6,918

1851

51,667

24,541

11,975

1861

71,488

25,851

14,282

1871

111,306

57,282

35,116

The clerks to the board of guardians have been as follows: —
Thomas Webb Gilbert, appointed 24th Nov. 1835, resigned 20th Dec. 1837.
William Greenaway Poole, appointed 17th Jan. 1838, resigned 13th Aug. 1838.
Thomas William Plum, appointed 31st Aug. 1838, resigned 10th Dec. 1856.
Alexander Lodwick Irvine, appointed 31st Dec. 1856, resigned 5th March, 1870.
Charles Samuel Stevens, appointed 16th March, 1870.

DUST AND BREEZE.

Dust has always been a vexed parochial problem. Formerly the dust of a
parish was eagerly bought up. The Camberwell brickmakers could no more do
without "breeze" and ashes than they could in old times without straw. But
this happy period, when dust was called "gold dust" from the much-desired and
valuable ingredients it contained, gradually passed away, and now, instead of con-
tractors paying handsome sums for the privilege of " dusting " a parish, the rate-
payers have to pay heavily for having it done, and to make an additional pecuniary
recognition of the dustman's obliging conduct. It may be that the dust of our day is
not exactly the dust of the past, and there is no doubt a greater cost in collecting and
a greater difficulty in disposing of it ; but nearly £1,500 or £1,600 per annum seems a
large sum to pay a man to take something which sooner or later he may convert
into money. Household refuse, such as cinders, dead kittens, old slippers, straw,
shavings, broken glass and earthenware, dilapidated chignons, Australian meat tins,
and all kinds of animal and vegetable odds and ends, may not be valuable to any
particular buyer, but passed through various and sundry avenues they will all
realize a value of some kind.

The dust contracts of this parish have been such as to defy the reasoning powers
of the most enlightened ratepayer. In 1870, Mr. Lipscombe's tender of £750 for
the removal of the dust of the parish was accepted, but in the following year it was
found impossible to get the work done for less than £1,872.

In 1872 the vestry undertook its own dusting, but in 1873 the tender of Mr.
Parsons was accepted for £1,400, and for the present year (1874) the amount has
reached £1,625. That these various amounts are regulated by some mysterious
cause not to be revealed to the profane, cannot for a moment be doubted ; but we
regret to state our utter inability to detect the reasons of the altered values :
perhaps, after all, the reasons, if found, would be like those described by Bassanio in
the " Merchant of Venice," — " like two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ;

M 2

164

Ye PAEISH OF CAfiERWELL.

you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and when you have found them they are
not worth the search."

It has been suggested that as manufacturers consume their own smoke, so house-
holders should consume their own dust. The landlord is to be compelled to construct
on the premises some kind of furnace, which should utterly change into innoxious
gases all household refuse by a process of cremation. Edinburgh has, in a certain
sense, solved the problem by having no dust-bins at all, and by each householder
bringing his previous day's dust in a movable receptacle to his door each morning for
the scavenger's cart to take away. In the meanwhile, and until the great dust
problem is solved, he would be a real benefactor to that portion of his race which
lives in large towns, who would discover some method for profitably utilizing dust.

The following table, kindly placed at our disposal by Mr. J. J. Gloss, gives the
amount realized for " dust and breeze " in this parish for nearly thirty years. These
annual sales were important events in the village of Camberwell, and were usually
attended by the churchwardens and overseers, the beadles and many of the principal
residents of the place. Mr. Gloss, who acted as auctioneer to the parish for nearly
forty years, is described as a man of wonderful tact and business ability; and it
was all required in his annual "interviews" with members of the brickmaking
fraternity.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SALES OF THE ASHES, DUST, BREEZE, ETC., BY ORDER OF
THE PARISH OFFICERS OF ST. GILES, CAMBERWELL, FROM THE YEARS 1815-45. —
By MR. GLOSS.

—

Years.

Camberwell.

Peckham.

Dulwich.

Total
Amount.

£ s.

1815

—

68 10

1816

48 0

16 0

3 3

67 3

1817

49 7

12 0

1 0

62 7

1818

87 3

35 0

3 3

125 6

1819

113 0

58 0

9 0

180 0

1820

201 0

64 0

15 0

280 0

1821

107 0

33 0

8 0

148 '0

1822

199 0

94 0

27 0

320 0

1823

335 0

155 0

30 0

520 0

1824

305 0

156 0

10 0

471 0

1825

285 0

125 0

27 0

437 0

1826

100 0

90 0

10 0

200 0

Mr. Cockerell

1827

109 0

120 0

16 0

245 0

1828

35 0

26 0

1 0

62 0

1829

41 0

38 0

4 0

83 0

1830

6 0

3 0

15 0

1831

12 0

2 0

1 0

15 0

1832

No bidders

1833

No sale

1834

32 0

37 0

1 0

70 0

1835

150 0

56 0

1 0

207 0

1836

62 0

25 0

3 0

90 0

1837

72 0

50 0

5 0

127 0

1838

41 0

37 0

1 0

79 0

1839

140 0

65 0

12 0

217 0

1840

300 0

200 0

16 0

516 0

1841

86 0

48 0

3 0

137 0

1842

130 0

80 0

5 0

215 0

1843

161 0

102 0

12 10

275 10

1844

180 0

195 0

3 15

378 15

1845

147 0

257 0

6 15

410 15

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 165

OLD AND NEW VESTRY HALLS.

Previous to 1827 the parochial business was carried on either at the workhouse or
the church vestry-room. In that year (May 3), however, a resolution was carried in
vestry declaring it to be " highly expedient forthwith to erect or provide a more
suitable place for the holding parish vestries and the transacting the business of the
parish ;" and a committee, consisting of the vicar, churchwardens, and twelve
inhabitants, was appointed " to consider and determine upon the best mode of
carrying the above-mentioned resolution into effect," and the committee was
empowered "to apply and appropriate such portion of the sum of £608 10s., lately
received as a drawback upon the materials used in the erection of St. George's
Church, as may be necessary for that purpose, not 'exceeding in the whole on any
account the sum of £500."

The new hall was first used for vestry purposes on the 1st November, 1827, and it
continued to be so used until the opening of the new hall in 1873. The old building
was very hot in summer and particularly draughty in winter. Externally an
abortion, it was internally an infliction to all concerned — members, ratepayers, and
the press. It is now used as a vaccination station, for which purpose it is no
doubt well adapted.

On August 8th, 1872, Mr. G. L. Turney laid the memorial-stone of the new
vestry hall, which on the 22nd day of October, 1873, was opened with some degree of
ceremony. The building was erected by Messrs. King and Son, from designs supplied
by Mr. Edward Power, who had gained the first premium of £50 for the best design,
the second premium of £25 being awarded to Mr. Win. Berriman.

Havil House, the freehold of which had been bought by the vestry a few years
since, was razed to the ground to make way for the new building, and the site is
unobj ectionable.

The cost of the building, including furniture, may be put down at £16,000,* an
amount which the report correctly stated " had been laid out judiciously and with a
due regard to economy, and will be found to compare favourably with the cost of
buildings erected for a similar purpose in other parts of the metropolis." That the
new hall was urgently required may be gathered from the following particulars : —

The growth of the parish in rateable value, from 1772 to 1873, has been prodigious.
In the former year it amounted to £13,233, and in the latter to £515,599 ; whilst the
number of assessments had also increased from 558 to 21,110 !

The increase which had taken place since the opening of the old vestry hall (1827)
was as follows : —

Rateable value, £416,590, and the number of assessments 17,378 ; the particular
figures of the two years being —

Rateable value 1827 99,009

„ „ 1873 515,599

Number of assessments . . . 1827 3,732

. . . 1873 21,110

So rapid is the growth of Camberwell, that even during the progress of the
building operations connected with the new hall the rateable value increased from
£494,573 to £515,599, being an increase of £21,027, or 4-25 per cent.

As regards population, the following interesting table shows clearly enough the
position which Camberwell' is taking amongst metropolitan parishes : —

* By the statement just published by the Vestry Hall Committee, the precise amount is stated to be
£15,711 6s. <5d.

166

Yc PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

Population.

Parish.

per cent.

1821.

1871.

Camberwell .

17,876

111,306

522-96

Lambeth . . . .

57,638

208,342

261-46

Newington

33,047

88,722

168-47

St. George the Martyr .

1 36,368

56,077

54-19

Bermondsey .

25,235

80,429

218-72

Camberwell contributed to the police, in 1844, the sum of .£3,831 19s. ; its con-
tribution for the same in 1873 amounted to .£14,009 Is. 5cl, being an increase of
265-67 per cent.

From 1856 to 1873 Camberwell has contributed ,£123,767 10s. 3d. to the Metropo-
litan Board of Works ; and its contributions to the London School Board have been

as follows : —

£ s. d.

1871 956 2 5

1872 1,827 10 10

1873 1,510 15 5

1874 3,655 10 3

It will be seen from these particulars that the rapid growth of the parish fully
justified the erection of more suitable parochial offices, and the noble building which
has been erected is a credit to all concerned — the vestry hall committee, the archi-
tect, and the builder.

The main front is constructed entirely of Bath stone ; the side front of white
Suffolk bricks, with cornices, strings, &c. The style of architecture adopted is that
known as Eenaissance. The principal front is divided into two stories, each division
being well marked by an order, with cornice, &c., complete. The ground storey has
considerable dignity given to it by reason of its being raised some 4 feet above the
street level. The general arrangement of the design is a centre with two wings. On
the ground storey the centre has rusticated piers with Doric granite columns and a
recessed portico, leading up to which is a flight of Portland stone steps, with orna-
mental cast-iron pillar lamps on each side. The upper storey consists of coupled
Ionic pilasters, with a central composition comprising a circular-headed window
flanked by two quasi-recessed openings and an elliptical projecting balcony ; the
whole surmounted by an attic having a pedimented clock storey, on either side of
which are Portland stone figures, representing "Law" and "Prudence," while a
figure of "Justice" crowns the summit of the pediment. On the pedestals of the
balustrades, over each group of coupled pilasters, are also emblematical figures
representing " Science" and " Industry." The clock is an illuminated one, supplied
by Mr. Dalgety, of Peckham.* The roof over this portion is of ornamental design
with a balustrade. Each of the wings of the main front are divided into three

* The turret clock, made by Mr. Dalgety, of
Peckham, is of novel construction, having an
apparatus attached which dispenses with the
usual necessary attendance for lighting and ex-
tinguishing the gas, as it performs this work every
night for itself. The movement has a double pin
escape wheel, and almost frictionless dead beat

escapement, the invention of the maker, a compen-
sation pendulum, hardened steel lantern pinions,
<fcc. , and is made entirely of highly finished gun
metal and steel, the whole being enclosed in a
mahogany and glass case, which protects it from
dust, and at the same time allows every part to
be easily seen.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 167

openings on each storey. The fore-court in front of the vestry hall is enclosed with
an ornamental cast-iron railing of appropriate design, with Portland stone moulded
plinth and Bath stone rusticated piers.

On either side of the vestibule of the main entrance are, situated on the left, the
surveyor's private office, and on the right the vestry clerk's private office, each about
14 ft. 9 in. by 24 ft. long, and 13 ft. high. Communicating with these, and also entering
from the corridor, are the surveyor's clerk's office, 16 ft. wide by 25 ft. 6 in. long, and
the vestry clerk's public office, 16ft. wide by 24 ft. 4 in. long. On the north side of
the entrance hall is placed the foundation memorial stone, and on the right is a mes-
senger's room* and the stairs to the _ two strong rooms which are placed on the
basement. On the left is the principal staircase, constructed of Portland stone steps,
and ha\7ing a highly ornamental cast-iron railing, under the first landing of which is
the Havil Street entrance ; the principal staircase and hall is 34ft. 6 in. long by 20 ft. 9 in.
wide, and 31 ft. high, and is lighted by an ornamental flat skylight, with a sunbumer.
From the principal staircase to the end of the building are the various officers'
rooms, with a central corridor. On the left are the accountant's office, the burial
board office, and the medical officer's office, each 23 ft. long by 16 ft. 10 in. wide,
lighted from Havil Street ; on the right the assistant overseer's office, 30 ft. 1 in.
long by 25 ft. 6 in. wide, well lighted by a skylight and two windows at the back,
the waiting-room, 18 ft. 10 in. long by 16 ft. 10 in. wide, the housekeeper's
staircase, leading to the housekeeper's rooms on the basement, the hat and
cloak room, 19 ft. 6 in. long by 9 ft. 6 in. wide, lavatory, urinals, &c. At the end
of the corridor is a glazed screen with swing doors, which leads to the yard and
pay office in the rear, with a gateway from Havil Street. Off the principal staircase
are the stairs leading to the public gallery over the vestry hall ; this gallery is
lighted by a skylight, and is capable of affording accommodation for at least
100 persons. Cfn the first floor are a hat and cloak room, and lavatory, &c., and
a committee room, 19 ft. 6 in. long by 16 ft. 10 in. wide, and in the rear of the
building is placed the vestry hall, a spacious room, affording ample accommodation
for 100 members ; it is 47 ft. long by 43 ft. wide, and is 24 ft. in height. The
room is amply lighted by windows on one side and a large horizontal ornamental
skylight. The ceiling and walls are decorated with great taste, the enrichments
being of carton-pierre ; a Keen's cement moulded dado runs round the room, and is
surmounted by a composite order with pilasters and enriched caps ; the ceiling is
composed of a handsome cove with enriched and moulded constructive beams. The
whole of the decorations have been executed by Mr. J. M. Boekbinder. The furni-
ture has been carefully executed by Messrs. Atkinson, of Westminster Bridge Road,
(whose name, at all times, is a guarantee of good workmanship,) from designs supplied
by the architect. On this floor are two large committee rooms, each 26 ft. wide by
31 ft. 10 in. long, and 14 ft. 9 in. high, and a spare room with balcony in front and ladder
to clock- room over ; together with a waiting-room 9ft. 10 in. wide by 20ft. 9 in. long.

On the basement are two strong rooms, with iron doors, &c., and three other
rooms for papers, &c. ; the housekeeper's rooms, laboratory, heating chamber, and
coal cellar. These last are entirely separated from the strong rooms, and approached
by separate staircases.

The whole of the building is warmed with hot water, the apparatus for which,
and also the sunburners, gas brackets, &c., and speaking tubes, have been supplied
by Messrs. Z. D. Berry and Sons.

* The vestry hall is in charge of the messenger, mittees, and much other responsible work. It

Mr. Edwards, who was formerly inspector of the would be difficult perhaps to find a worthy suc-

Camberwell and Peckharn New Lighting Trust. cessor to this old and faithful servant of the

On Mr. Edwards devolves the summoning of com- parish.

168 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL

INFIRMARY— NAZARETH HOUSE— CATERHAM ASYLUM.
THE INFIRMARY.

This splendid building lias recently been erected at a cost of nearly .£20,000. It is
situate in Havil Street, within a short distance of the new vestry hall, at the corner
of that street and Peckham Road. The internal arrangements of the building are
carried out upon the most ample scale, the large space within the interior ad-
mitting of this being effected. The basement contains the dispensary rooms,
and apartments, including the medical men's consulting-rooms, patients' waiting-
room, and drug-room in the front portion, which is divided from the rear of the
basement by a spacious corridor, 7 ft. in width. The basement rear beyond the
corridor contains the domestic offices, which consist of laundry, kitchens, beer and
wine cellars, wash-house, and engine-house and boiler. The structure itself forms a
large square block, covering an area of 1,900 square yards, and an area enclosed by
the main frontage and wings of the building give to it within, the character of a
quadrangle. The main frontage in Havil Street is 150 feet in length, consisting of a
prominent centre and two wings, the latter at the side elevations extending
backwards 110 feet. The central portion of the Havil Street elevation is 80 feet
high to the top of the cornice, the wings being 70 feet in height. In addition to the
basement and ground-floor, there are four lofty stories in the central elevation, and
three stories in the sides or wings. The elevation is comparatively plain. The pre-
vailing materials used are white bricks, with a free admixture of red brick, and stone
dressings. The windows have stone springers and keystones. Between the window-
heads and sills of each storey there are bands in red bricks, filled in with encaustic
tiles, carried across the entire elevation ; the cornice at the extreme height of the
elevation is of red brick. In the central portion of the elevation is a stone balcony,
projecting from the top of the first storey, above which a lofty window, in Bath stone,
with red brick arched headings, and stone springers and keystones, is carried up to the
top of the third storey. The windows in the upper part of the central elevation form
also a prominent feature. They are carried much higher than the two side portions
of the frontage, and contain nine clustered windows, the whole being surmounted by
a gable. The whole of the windows in the elevation, with the exception of those just
named, are in three bays. The principal entrance, which is immediately under the
large central window, has on each side carved stone piers, surmounted by a stone-
carved archway. The ground-floor of the central portion of the elevation contains
the house-surgeon's sitting-room, and also the matron's sitting-room, both in front of
the building, the one on the right and the other on the left of the principal entrance.
A wide corridor divides this portion of the ground-floor from the rear, and this
corridor leads to the house-surgeon's bedroom, lavatories, stores, and other offices. The
first floor contains the matron's bedroom, the nurses' day-room, nurses' kitchen, stores,
and nurses' dormitories. The second and third floors are reserved as special wards,
whilst the fourth storey in the centre of the building beneath the gable is exclusively set
apart as servants' dormitories. The whole of both wings, inclusive of both the ground-
floor, and first, second, and third stories, are being fitted up exclusively as patients'
wards, the female wards being in the south wing, whilst the male wards are in the north
wing ; these several wards having accommodation for 168 patients, and with the special
wards in the central portion of the building, there will be accommodation for 300
patients. The. arrangements for conveying patients to any part of the building are on a
scale of unusual completeness. In the corridor opposite the principal entrance there
are two lifts connected from the ground-floor with the top of the building, by one of

PAEOCHIAL HISTORY. 169

which patients can be conveyed to and from any of the wards in the several parts of
the building, and the other is a dinner-lift. In addition to the space occupied by the
building itself, there are extensive recreation grounds for the patients attached,
upwards of 1,000 square yards in extent, the entire area of the infirmary and grounds
being upwards of half an acre. Mr. W. S. Cross is the architect, and the contractor
Mr. Hart, of Southwark. Dr. Paterson is the resident medical officer (appointed in
1873), Miss Thompson, matron, and Mr. Bourne, steward.

NAZARETH HOUSE, PECKHAM.

Close to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, just beyond the Peckham Rye
Station, is a very substantial building known as Nazareth House.* It is situate in
the Gordon Road, Peckham. It was formerly a convent,f but when the railway
destroyed the privacy of the grounds it was no longer adapted for its original purposes,
and the nuns removed to a more suitable locality. Some half-a-dozen years ago it
fell into the hands of the Camber well guardians, and is now used by them as a
supplementary establishment. J There are now within its walls 110 aged and infirm
male paupers. The place is well adapted to the purpose, and the inmates, many of
whom have been tradesmen in the parish, are engaged, so far as their health permits,
in various industrial pursuits. The grounds are about four acres in extent, and are
kept in a high state of cultivation. The poor old men find work, involving no severe
physical toil, but profitable in its results. Pigs and poultry, potatoes, parsnips,
onions, carrots, rhubarb, lettuces, and other produce, make very respectable items in
the " farm and garden " account. This source of profit is steadily increasing. No
doubt the old men do the work, and make and mend, so as to reduce the expenditure
as far as possible ; still it is gratifying to find that, five years ago, the farm and garden
account showed a profit of .£101 ; the next year it was £116, then £130, then £153,
and last year— in spite of the loss of six tons of potatoes by disease, valued at £30 —
the profit was £188.

The painting and graining are done by the inmates. In fact, a very substantial
little pony-cart is amongst the more useful of their late productions. The Venetian
blinds produced by some of them were very creditable specimens of their skill, and
of course these and other articles produced effect a saving in the outlay which would
otherwise have been incurred.

Nazareth House is the very picture of cleanliness, from the top floor to the basement.
The common day room is light and warm, and in every respect comfortable. The
sleeping apartments are lofty and well ventilated ; and, in fact, everything appears to
have been done that could reasonably be expected to make this retreat for the declining
years of the aged and infirm poor as cheerful and as pleasant as it is possible for such a
place to be, compatible with a due regard to the pockets of the ratepayers. All
endeavour to make themselves useful : some act as blacksmiths, others do the
washing, some the gardening, some are good carpenters, and others feed the pigs.
In fact, pigs seem to be a leading feature. Over £80 worth of pork was produced last
year, of which one-half was consumed in Nazareth House, and the other half in
Camberwell Workhouse, and at the date of the last balance-sheet there was £80
worth of pigs in stock, and growing crops worth £60.

* The above is extracted from an able and in- t The sisters of the Christian retreat came to

teresting article on " Nazareth House," written by England in December, 1848, and after residing at

Mr. Sharman, of Harder's Road, Peckham, whose Peckham for about two years, removed to the

articles on Poor Law Institutions in the Metro- Manor House, Kennington. They returned to

pnlitan deservedly attracted attention. The Peckham in 1857, but were obliged to leave the

guardians are about making some radical altera- latter residence on account of the railway,

tions in the internal economy of the above estab- J February, 1873. Mr. Castloman, the master,

lishment, the bare mention of which has quite was appointed in 1867.
alarmed the neighbourhood.

170

Y« PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

CATERHAM ASYLUM.

We find from the last report of the board of guardians that there were 264
lunatics and imbeciles of this parish at asylums. In September, 1873, this parish
had 113 patients at Caterham ; in 1872, 114 ; and in 1871, 110.

The following tables are taken from the report for the year ending September,
1873 :—

TABLE I.— THE FORM OF MENTAL DISEASE IN THE PATIENTS ADMITTED FROM
IST OCTOBER, 1872, TO 30ra SEPTEMBER, 1873.

Form of Disease.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Mania ..........

„ Chronic

Melancholia .........

Dementia

„ Senile ........

„ and General Paresis

„ and Epilepsy . . .

Idiocy

Imbecility (including cases recorded as mental weakness)

„ and Chorea

Total number admitted ....

145

240

TABLE II. — SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, AND
DEATHS FROM IST OCTOBER, 1872, TO THE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1873.

In the asylum on the 1st October, 1872
Admitted from 1st October, 1872, to 30th September,
1873
He-admitted

Total under care

M. F. T.

Discharged— Not fit cases . . . 37 1 21 58
Died 113 1 74 187

Males.

Females.

Total.

726

139
6

940

1,666

232

871
150

1,035
95

1,906
245

Eemaining in asylum, 30th September, 1873
Average number resident

721

940

1,661

1,667

Dr. J. T. Griffith, Talfourd House, Peckham Eoad, is the representative of this
parish on the committee of management, of which body Dr. Cortis, of Kennington
Park Koad, is chairman.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 171

THE CHURCH REGISTER.

The Camberwell register* goes back as far as the year 1558. The following
history of it is written in a bold style 011 the title-page : —

"Cfjis Register Cfjurcfj laoofee of parcfjinent teas otgrossctr antr toritten out of tfivee
olfce Kegtster paper fcoofces, anti mafeett) menrgon, or of all margages, christenings,
antr iurgeals totttun tfje parrisfje of Camiertoell, in tfje Countge of J^urreg, from
ge grare of our lortr gotr 1558, untill tf)ts present gere of our lortJ gotr 1602 ; anft
in tf)£ fgbe antr fortitfj gere of ge raigne of or most gracious sboberaigne Oueene

The register appears to have been well kept. During the reign of the second
Charles the registrar would seem, in some mysterious way, to have caught the spirit
of the times, for he has introduced fancy sketches, certainly not suggestive of " graves
and worms and epitaphs." In the early part of the year 1603 the register is defective ;
from the month of August to the ensuing April there were 113 burials, which number,
compared with the average of that period, shows the plague to have been very fatal.
The plague was also prevalent in Camberwell in 1625 and 1665, more than 100
persons being carried oif by it in both those years.

In the year 1684 are recorded, says Lysons,f the names of such persons as were
touched for the king's evil. They occur promiscuously amongst the baptisms and
burials. It does not transpire where they were touched, but it is not improbable that
the ceremony took place at Sir Thomas Bond's residence at Peckham, as Charles II.
was traditionally a frequent visitor there.

The entries are as follows : —

NOVEMBER, 1684.

21. Ann, dau. of George King, touched, aged 18 years.

26. Barnabas Scudainore, touched, aged 9 years.

26. Joh. Davis, touched, aged 1 year.

After the Restoration great multitudes of people flocked to receive the benefits of
the royal touch, and restrictions had to be placed upon the number of patients and the
times of healing. Persons who applied for cure were required to bring a certificate
from the minister and churchwardens of their parish that they had never been
touched before. They had then to goto the king's cliirurgeon, whose business it was to
examine whether or no they were proper objects ; and if he founcHhem so, to give
them tickets.J

The earliest register concludes with the following memorandum, under date of
30 April, 1749':—

" Here ends this Register Book. — ROBERT AYLMER, Vic. of Camberwell."

* The origin of Parish registers is attributed to curius Politicus of June 21, 1600, that many came

Thomas Cromwell, Vice-regent to the king, who twice or thrice for the sake of the gold, Feb. 21st,

issued an injunction dated Sept. 8th, 1538,30th 16(51. "Saturday being appointed by his Majesty to

Henry VIII., commanding every minister to keep touch such as were troubled with the evil, a great

a register for every church, &c. Cromwell's in- company of poor afflicted creatures were gathered

junction was but partially complied witb, and in together, and being appointed by his Majesty to

1547, the first year of King Edward VI. , another repair to the banqueting house, his Majesty sat in

order was issued, which was almost a literal copy a chair of state, where he stroked all that were

of the previous one. Queen Elizabeth, in the first brought to him, and then put about each of their

year of her reign, issued an injunction to the samo necks a white ribon with an angel of gold in it. In

effect as that of Edward VI. An order was subse- this manner his Majesty stroked about six hundred;

quently made by Convocation of the Province of and such was his princely patience and tenderness

Canterbury on the 25th Oct. 1597, which directed to the poor afflicted creatures, that, though it took

that registers should be of parchment. up a very long time, his Majesty, who is never

812 registers commence in 1538 ; 1,822 from weary of well-doing, was pleased to make inquiry

1538 to 1558; 2,448 from 1558 to 1603; 969 from whether there were any more that had not yet

1603 to 1650; 2,757 from 1650 to 1700 ; 1,476 from been touched. After prayers were ended, the Duke

1700 to 1750, and 600 or 700 since that time.— See of Buckingham brought a towel, and the Earl of

Census Returns, 1831. Pembroke a bason and ewer, who, alter they had

t Ed. 1811, p. 61. made obeisance to his Majesty, kneeled down till

% It appears, from an advertisement in the Her- his Majesty had washed."

172 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

.EXTRACTS FROM REGISTER,
BAPTIZED.

1568-9. Feb. 20. Bartholomew Fromonds, son of John Fromon.
1583-4. Feb. 2. One Lord Barrin, whose mother was brought to bedd in the place.
The godfathers to the childe were John Bowyer, gent., and one
Mr. Marsh, seruant to Mr. Andrew Rogers, gent., and Mris
Elizabeth Rogers, godmother to the saide childe.
1586. June 12. Edward Beachum, sonne of Lord Edward Beachum.*
1599. Nov. 18. Susan, daughter of Gallard Cesar, t

1605. May 9. George Donne, son to

1607. Ap. 3. John Primero, a negro. Witnesses Sr Thomas Hunt, Mr. Cox, and

Mrs. Mary Grymes [1614-15, Feb. 13, "buryed Jhon Primero for

Sr Thomas Hunt."]

1610-11. Jan. 11. John, sonne of Srgeant Frend, Esq.
1621. Jan. 4. Eliza, daughter of John Bynde, Knight.t
1627. Jan. 18. Mrs. Letitia Cage, daughter of Sir Toby Cage, Knt.
1630. Sept. 6. George, the sonn of Mr. Thomas Daybridgcourt.
1637-8. March 22. Margaret, daughter of Mr. George Donne.

1653. Ap. 7. Susannah, daughter of Mr. Thomas Vincent.

1654. Feb. 22. Debora, daughter of the Right Worshipful Tho. Vincent, Esq.,

Alderman of London, was borne the 21st day of Feb. betwixt 11
and 12 at night, and bapt. the 22nd day of the same month.
„ March 22. Vincent Blanie, sonne to Rich. Blanie, Esq.,§ was borne the 17th
of March, about 1 of the clocke at night, and bapt. the 22nd day
of the same month ; buried 30th March, 1655.

1655. Jan. 9. Anna Maria, the daughter of Col. George Walters. She was borne

in Madrid, the Court of Spaine, the first of March, 1653-4 stilo
novo.

1656. June 15. Fleetwood, son of Coloiiell George Walters ; buried Sept. 7th, 1656.

1657. April 29. Penelope, daughter to Sir Jno. Scudamore. ||

1670. Dec. 19. Wm. Hildrop, aged 23 years, makeing his profession of repentance
and faith, and earnestly desireing baptism, which to that day
from his birth, had not been administered to him. There were
present 4 ministers in the parish church of Camerwell.

1686. Sept. 20. John, son of Sr Wm. CouM

1695. Oct. 25. Thomas, son of Ichabod Tipping, Vicar of Gamer well, born Oct. 8.

1697. July 21. Letitia, daughter of Sir Thomas Trevor.**

1711. Sep. 23. Mary, dau. of Richard Wesson.

„ Nov. 11. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Wesson.

1712. June 29. Ruth, dau. of James Griffith.

1713. Feb. 5. Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. Adam Langley, the master of ye Free Grammar

School.

* Supposed to be Edward Seymour, son of § Died the 29th of the same month. See the

Edward Lord Beauchamp, who was made a K. B. marriage of his father hereafter,

at the creation of Charles Prince of Wales in 1616. . || Sir John Scudamore, of Ballingham, Co.

He died in 1618, before his father and grandfather. Hereford, created a baronet July 23rd, 1646.

t Musician to Queen Elizabeth and James I. If Sir Wm. Dutton Colt, knijjhted November 26th,

Progresses, vol. iii. pp. 24, 25, 457, 465, and the 16S4. Died when envoy at Hanover, 1693.

Progresse of King James, vol. i. p. 598. * * Afterwards wife of Peter Cock, Esq. , of Camber-

J Sir John Byne, son of John Byne, Esq., and well. She died April 25, 1769, aged 71, and wa

Elizabeth Bowyer, was knighted at Whitehall, July buried in Camber well churchyard.
23rd, 1603.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 173

*1716. Oct. 2. Ann, dau. of John Tanner.

f!721. May 17. Jane, dan. of Henry Cornelisen, Esq.

1725. Nov. 22. Henry, son of Henry Cornelisen, Esq.

£1726. Nov. 13. Mary, dau. of George Constable, Esq. ; and buried May 24, 1727.
„ Aug. 4. Martha, dau. of Henry Cornelisen, Esq.

1732. Jan. 24. Henrietta Julianna Aylmer, dau. of the Rev. Mr. Robert Ay]mer and

Catherine his wife, born Jan. 14.

1733. Nov. 12. Robert, son of the Revd. Mr. Robert Aylmer and Catherine his

wife, bap. privately and received into ye church the 12th ; born
21 Feb.

1734. May 21. Sarah, dau. of ye Reverend Mr. Robert Alymer and Catherine his

wife ; bom Ap. 28.

1735. Dec. 29. Born ye 24th, Thomas, son of the Reverend Mr. Robert Aylmer and

Catherine his wife ; bap. privately and received into ye church
ye 29th Dec.

1736. June 6. and bur. June 9, Mary, dau. of John and Judith Vincent.
1739. Jan. 28. Mary, dau. of John and Sarah Coombs ; buried Ap. 2, 1740.
1749. Sep. 14. Peter, son of Robert and Elizabeth Tagg. §

1752. Jan. 20. Richard Cherry.

„ March 24. John, son of Sarah Ely, widow.
1762. Jan. 16. Thomas, son of Gabriel and Mary Deacon.

„ Feb. 11. James, son of James and Elizabeth Salmon.

1764. Jan. 2. Richard, son of Mr. Quarles Harris and Dorothea his wife, privately
baptized in yc city of York years agoe, and admitted into the church
by his parents' desire per me, R. Aylmer.

1767. Jan 22. Mary, dau. of Oswald || and Ann Strong.

„ May 8. Richard, son of Thomas and Catherine Flint.

1768. Jan. 31. Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John and Mary Spurling.
„ Feb. 16. James, son of Thomas and Rebecca Havil.lF

„ Aug. 14. Walter, son of Gabriel and Mary Deacon ; and bur. Sep. 9, 1768.

„ „ 17. Ann, daughter of Oswald and Ann Strong.

„ „ 21. Lucy Green, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Flint.

„ Oct. 31. Diana, dau. of Samuel and Martha Lilley ; bur. 23 Aug. 1769.

1769. Apl. 14. Alexander, son of Alexander and Ann Innis.
„ Nov. 5. John, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Stringer.

1770. Jan. 14. Diana, daughter of Samuel and Martha Lilley ; bur. 31 Jan. 1771.
„ Mar. 11. William, son of John and Mary Spurling.

„ June 13. John, son of William and Sarah Stringer.

1771. Jan. 1. Joseph Sallows, son of Joseph and Mary Ely.
„ „ 24. Edward, son of Oswald and Ann Strong.

1772. Aug. 30. Elizabeth, dau. of Gabriel and Mary Deacon.

1773. Mch. 2. Oswald and Elizabeth (twins), son and dau. of Oswald and Ann

Strong.

* This is the first entry of the Tanner family. remains in the occupation of the family.

The Tanners were at one time the principal job- § First mention of the Taggs in Church register,

masters of Camberwell, and one of the family was || First appearance of the Strongs of Peckham in

for many years surveyor of the highways. « " the Church register. This family has been iden-

t Henry Cornelisen built the Green Coat Schools tified with the parish as contractors or parish

in 1721, " to the glory of God and the honor of the officers for more than a century. A son of the

Church of England." above Mr. Oswald Strong, now living, was collector

t The Constables must have been living in the of rates in this parish for many years, and has now

district of Camberwell at this time, as several of retired on a well-earned pension,

the children attended the Green Coat School. ^[ It was after this family that Havil House and

They afterwards migrated to Dulwich, where they Havil Street were named. The new vestry hall

eventually occupied the Court Farm, which still now occupies the site of the old Havil House.

174 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1773. May 14. John, son of John and Mary Ely.

1775. Jan. 23. Thomas, son of Oswald and Ann Strong.

Ap. 9. Samuel Isaac, son of Samuel and Martha Lilley.

Sep. 4. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Silverthorne.

1776. Mar. 17. William, son of James and Mary Ray.
June 2. Stephen, son of James and Mary Stringer.
Aug. 8. Valentine, son of Oswald and Ann Strong.
Aug. 23. John, son of Jacob and Ann Emmett.

1777. May 11. Richard, son of William and Mary Roffey.

„ „ 14. William, son of Alexander and Phillis Ray.
„ June 4. William, son of William and Elizabeth Reade.

1778. Mch. 8. Richard, son of Richard and Mary Creed.

„ „ 9. Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hussey.

1779. Mch. 14. John, son of James and Mary Stringer.

1780. June 25. Richard, son of William and Mary Creed.

1781. June 24. Thomas, son of Thomas and Phillis Ray.

1782. Feb. 10. John Fisher, son of John and Ann Green.
„ Ap. 29. James, son of James and Mary Lines.

1784. Mar. 10. John Dudley, son of James and Mary Lines.
„ Ap. 11. Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Lydia Cocking.

„ Ap. 16. Thomas, son of Ono* and Sarah Titchener.

1785. Feb. 28. Catherine, dau. of Charles t Lewis and Ann Spitta.
3, June 19. Joseph, son of James and Mary Lines.

„ Nov. 30. Joseph, son of Wm. and Grace Shepherd.
„ Dec. 18. Samuel, son of Samuel and Lydia Cocking.

1786. Feb. 15. Thomas, son of Ono and Sarah Titchener.

1787. Ap. 15. John, son of Thomas and Ann Barton.

1788. Feb. 6. Wm. Nuller, son of Charles and Elizabeth Goad.

„ May 7. Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Jowett ; born 9 April.
,, Dec. 14. Benjamin, son of Richard and Mary Creed.

1789. — Henry, son of Samuel and Lydia Cocking.
„ Ap. 10. Thomas, son of Edward and Dinah Tanner.
„ Sep. 20. James, son of Edward and Ann Prince.

. 1790. Jan. 31. George, son of Richard and Elizabeth Drew.
„ July 25. Charles, son of Charles and Elizabeth Goad.

1791. May 16. Maria, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Jowett.
,, June 26. Joseph, son of Edward and Ann Prince.

„ Nov. 29. Thomas, son of James and Sarah Havil.

1792. Oct. 11. Josiah, son of Benjamin and Ann Jowett.

1793. March 10. Oswald, son of Edward and Penelope Strong. J
„ May 26. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Mary Murphy.

1794. June 22. Thomas, son of Charles and Elizabeth Goad.
„ Aug. 31. Edward, son of Richard and Elizabeth Early.

1795. March 9. Isabella, dau. of Stephen and Ann Isabella Cattley ; born 9 Feb.
„ March 29. Luke, son of Theophilus and Susannah Lightfoot.

„ „ „ Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. and Alice Cray.

* Mr. Ono Titchener came by his Christian name name of the Father," &c.

in rather a peculiar way. When taken to be f This family had a fine mansion in the Peckham

christened, the clergyman was about to make a mis- Road, since converted into Dr. Armstrong's

take in his name, and his sponsor s were proceed- Lunatic Asylum (now Dr. Stocker's).

ing to put the Rev. gentleman right, by remark- + Still living. He was for many years collector of

ing, leisurely, " Oh, no."—" Ono," remarked the rates of this parish,
too impetuous parson, "I baptize thee in the

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 175

1795. June 15. James Thomas, son of the Hon. Richard Molesworth and Catherine

his wife.

„ July 9. Henry, son of Benjamin and Ann Jowett.
„ „ 12. Edward, son of Edward and Penelope Strong.*

1796. Ap. 10. William, son of William and Isabella Law.

„ May 18. Maria, dau. of Stephen and Ann Isabella Cattley.

„ June 26. Thomas, son of John and Amy Boxall.

„ Dec. 14. John, son of Charles and Elizabeth Goad.

1797. Ap. 23. William, son of Theophilus and Susannah Lightfoot.

„ May 12. James Joseph, son of Thomas and Martha Charlotte Brett.
„ Oct. 18. Henry, son of Stephen and Ann Isabella Cattley.
„ Nov. 19. George,. son of Richard and Deborah Street.
„ „ 24. Harriett, dau. of Thomas and Peggy Lewin.

1798. Feb. 18. Ann, dau. of Edward and Penelope Strong.

„ Aug. 12. George Henry, son of George and Elizabeth Ody.

„ Nov. 25. Mary Ann, dau. of Daniel and Mary Tibbies.

„ Dec. 9. Mary Ann, dau. of George and Mary Athearn.

1799. Jan. 10. George Henry, son of the Reverend George Henry Storie and

Elizabeth Jekyll f his wife ; born Dec. 9.

„ June 19. Francis, son of Stephen and Ann Isabella Cattley ; born 20 May.
„ Dec. 11. Francis Acres, son of the Rev. George J Sandby, Vicar, and Maria

his wife.

1800. Feb. 12. John, son of John and Avis Wade.

„ „ 21. Carolina, dau. of Thomas and Peggy Lewin.

„ Sep. 22. John Newton, son of Benjamin and Sarah Nind.§

1801. Feb. 1. Thomas Henry, son of Edward and Penelope Strong.
„ April 13. Emma, dau. of Stephen and Isabella Cattley.

„ Nov. 11. John Samuel, son of Samuel and Catherine Glover.
„ Dec. 6. James, son of James and Louisa Ann Bartlett.

1802. March 13. Alfred, son of Stephen and Ann Cattley.

Ap. 22. Thomas Chalmers, son of the Revd. George Henry Storie and Elizabeth

Jekyll his wife.

„ „ 23. Irene, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Ann Jowitt.
„ „ 25. Louisa, dau. of Thomas and Peggy Lewin.

MARRIED.

1572. Sept. 9. Mris Elizabeth Bowyer and Mr. Wm. Foster.

1573. Maye 25. Mr. Edmond Bowyer and Misstress Katherine Bynd.
„ „ 25. Mr. John Bynd and Mris Elizabeth Bowier.

1589-90. Feb. 21. Mr. James Bynd and Sence fformons. ||

1592. May 8. Mr. Symon Pallmer and Mrs. Elizabeth Fromonds.lT

1619. Nov. 7. Sir Thomas Bond to Mris Frances Gardner.

* Buried at St. Ann's, Limehouse. Benjamin built a house in the Queen's Road

t This lady, who died 5th March, 1S25, and her Peckham, and died in 1867, aged 94.

father and mother, by a singular coincidence, were || Mr. James Byne was brother to John and

«ach buried on the several anniversaries of their Katherine (Lady Bowyer). His wife was one of

birth. the sisters and coheiress of John Fromond, Esq ,

t The Rev. George Sandby, A.M., was the son of of Carshalton. Their daughter Emma was baptized

Dr. Sandby, Chancellor of Norwich, who, at the at Camberwell 21st January, 1595. The rectory

advanced age of 99, preached in his son's pulpit and estate at Carshalton descended in the family

May, 1805. of Byne to Henry Byne, Esq., who was sheriff of

§ Benjamin Nind, grandfather of Charles Kind, Surrey in 1791, and his pedigree will be found in

a surgeon, now practising in the Queen's Road, Hist, of Surrey, ii. 513.

Peckham, settled in this parish in 1792, and re- ^] Sister to the lady in the preceding entry,

sided here for twenty-one years. His wife was a Catherine Palmer, her daughter, was married to

sister of the Rev. John Newton, of Olney, and Wm. Foster, Esq., of Stockwell.— Hist, of Surrey,

is buried in Camberwell church, and their son ii. 473.

176

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1621. Feb. 7. Peter Dawson,* clerk, to Mrs. Dorith Martin.

„ „ 19. Marmacluke Darrell,f Knight, to Mrs. Ann Clappham.

1622. May 24. Mr. James Bynde to Eliz. Temple, gentle woma.

1623. Dec. 3. Edward Allen, Esq., and Mrs Constance Donn.^
1627. March 27. John Donne § and Mary Staples.

1630. June 24. Samuel Harvey and Constance Allen.||

1653. Mar. 21. Be it remembered that Richard Blayny, Esq.,11 and Elizabeth
Vincent, daughter of Thomas Vincent, Alderman of ye Citty of
London, spinster, were on the one and twentieth day of March,
one thousand six hundred and fifty three, marride before me,
Samuell Moyer, in the public meeting place of ye pish of
Camberwell, in ye county of Surry, commonly called ye church
of ye said pish, according to ye forme of ye late act of pliam*.

And in ye psence of Thomas Andrewes, Alderman of ye Citty
of London, John Punching by Peter Smyth and Randall Moore,
Esquire, and others then witnesses of solemnizacon. of the said
marriage. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.
[Name erased.] **

1660. Dec. 26. Mr. John Bradford and Mrs. Jane Parr. ft

1662. Jan. 6. Roger Bysshe, Esq., and Mrs. Ellen Parr.ff

1669. Sept. 2. Jt Edward Deering, Esq., and the Lady Dorcas de Lavvne, widdow,

1673-4. Feb. 5. §§ Robert Parker, of Willingdon, in the county of Sussex, Esq. r
and Mrs. Sarah Chute, daughter to George Chute, of the county
of Surrey, Esq.|| H

1675. Jan. 13. Sr Ja. Russell, Knt, and Mrs. Penelope Tyrrell, daughter to Sr Tim.
Tyrrell.

1687. June 2. King and Queen of the Jepsies, Robt. Hern and Elizabeth Bozwell,
marid.iriT

* Instituted vicar 12th February, 1618 ; dis-
possessed August, 1643. He was also rector of
Carshalton.

t Sir Marmaduke Darell, of Buckinghamshire,
was knighted at Whitehall July 24, 1603. He was,
about 1617, Surveyor of Marine Victualls for the
King's Navy, jointly with Sir Thomas Bludder, at
the fee " for themselves £50 per annum, and for a
dark under them 8A per diem." Also, to Sr.
Marmaduke "Darell, for keeping Maison Dieu
place at Dover, 6d by the day.

J The founder of Dulwich College. Constance
Donne was a daughter of the celebrated dean of
St. Paul's. See Lyson's Environs, i. 89, and Gentle-
man's Magazine, N. S., vol. i. p. 512 ; vol. iii.
p. 610.

§ Eldest son of the dean of St. Paul's.

|| Constance Allen was the widow of Edward
Alleyn, founder of Dulwich College, and Samuel
Harvey, was of Aldborough Hatch, in Essex,
grandson of Alderman Sir James and nephew to
Alderman Sir Sebastian Harvey. Constance had
issue by this second marriage three sons — John,
Thomas, and James.

TJ Second son of Henry, Lord Blaney of Ireland.
He succeeded his brother in the title in 1869, and
died November 5th, 1670.

** There are thirteen other entries made in the
like form, of which nine are subscribed by Alder-
man Vincent.

tt Daughters of Richard Parr, D.D., vicar of
Camberwell.

Jt Second son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. He
was knighted at Whitehall 6th January, 1670-80.
The Lady Dorcas was the daughter of Sir Robert
Barkham, of Tottenham, Knt. , and widow of Sir
William de la Laune, Knight, of Sharsted, in Dod-

dington, Kent.— See Hasted, Hist, of Kent, vol. ii.
pp. 85, 693.

§§ Created a baronet in May following, being then
styled of Ratton, Sussex.

|| || George Chute, Esq. , of Brixton Causeway, in
the parish of Lambeth, was the son of Sir George
Chute, of Stockwell.

HH In the early part of the present century Henry
Boswell, well known as the "father and king of
the gipsies" in Lincolnshire, died in affluent
circumstances, and was buried at Wittering, in
that county. When this singular race first ap-
peared in Europe, they declared that they were
driven from Egypt by the Turks. In Munster's
Geography, lib. iii. c. 5, and Murray's Abridgment
of the History of France, they are said to have first
appeared in Germany about the year 1417, and to-
have been called Tartars and Zegins, living like a
race of vagabonds without laws and religion, their
faces darkened, speaking a gibberish of their own,
and practising theft and fortune-telling. Having-
gained many proselytes, and become troublesome
to most of the states of Europe, they were expelled
France in the year 1560, Spain in 1591, and
from England much earlier. By statute 1st and
2nd Philip and Mary, cap. 4, and 5th Elizabeth, cap.
20, whoever brought any Egyptians into the king-
dom was to forfeit £\ 00 ; and for the Egyptians
themselves, or any one being fourteen years old,
who was seen in their company, to remain one
month in the kingdom was made felony without
benefit of clergy ; and we are informed by Sir
Matthew Hale that at one of the Suffolk assizes, a
few years before the Restoration, no less than
thirteen gipsies were executed upon these
statutes.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

177

1732. Feb. 11. Martha Constable and John Bingley.

1749. Sep. 9. Edward Ernmett, of Barking, in Essex, and Mrs. Agnes Sarah

Benson, by licence.

1750. Oct. 31. William. Martin and Hester Bickerton.

BURIED.
1558. Dec. 15. Lord Robert Howman.

1570. Jan. — , Joane, the wyf of Randulph Beckett, minister, vie. of Cam, was buryed

the last daye.

1571. May 22. Randall Beckett.

1585. May 17. Mris Baker, wife of Mr. Richard Baker. *
1596. Jan. 4. Mr. Edward Byne.

1604. Nov. 13. Dame Hunt, wife to Sir Thomas Hunt.f

1605. May 7. Emma Calton, daughter to Sr Francis Calton.J

1610. March. The xiij was buried Henry Harden, sonne to Mr. Henry Harden, gent. ,
in the chancell, and geuen to the poore of the towne of Cam'well by
his grandmother Emme Bowyar, wife to John Bowyare, Esq., 20s.

1610. Oct. 17. Jane, from Mr. Alleyn's, at Dulwich.

1611. Nov. 4. Margaret, wife to Edward Wilson.

Feb. — , Thomas Reyment, from Mr. Collins, of Dulwich Court.
1614. March 18. Nicholas, sonne of Sir Thomas Hunt.

„ „ 31. Jhon Alleyn, from Mr. Edward Alleyn, his house at Dulw'ch.
1618. Dec. 3. Mr. Edw. Wilson, Clarck and Vicar of Cam'well.§
1620. Ap. 27. . . . , daughter to Sir Samuell Tweets.

„ June 5. Ye Lady Palmer.
1622. Maye 11. William Milberry.||

1626. Jan. 9. Mrs. Lewes Donn, the daughter of Doctor Donn.

1627. Feb. 24. Lady Anne Varnname, wife of Sir Robert Varnam [Vernon], Knyght.
1638. Feb. 24. Elizabeth, wife of Sr Robert Vernon.

„ July 7. Elizabeth, Lady Dalter.
1653. May 15. Sir Henry Manwaring.^f
„ Sept. 21. Hanna, wife of George Moore, Esq.**
„ Nov. 27. Mr. Jonathan Driden, Vicar of Cam.ff

•* Lord of the manor of Basing, in Peckham
{afterwards the property of Sir Thomas Gardyner,
Knt., who purchased it of Baker). Bray erroneously
supposed his sister married Sir Thomas.

t Jane, co-heiress and daughter of Thomas Mus-
champ, of Peckham, Esq., and widow of Thomas
Grymes. She was married, secondly, to Sir Thomas
Hunt, who was sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in
1610, and who died at Camberwell.

J The manor of Dulwich and the advowson of
the vicarage of Camberwell were granted to Thomas
and Margaret Calton llth October, 36 Hen. VIII.
1545. The former was sold to Alleyne the player
by Sir Francis Calton in 1606. Sir Francis was
knighted at Greenwich 9th April, 1605. Alleyne
also purchased four messuages of Thomas Calton,
gent., brother of Sir Francis Calton (Hist, of
Surrey, iii. 438). Anne, daughter of Mr. Thomas
Caltoif, was baptized at Camberwell 8th Sep-
tember ; buried 10th September, 1596. Nicholas,
his son, baptized 20th November, 1597.

§ Instituted 21st March, 1577-78 ; founder of the
Free Grammar School.

|| It was at the house of the widow of this Milberry
that the Jesuits found a hiding-place. They after-
wards removed to Clerkenwell, at which place they
were discovered and tried. (Cam. Soc. Pub.)

If Sir Henry Manwaring was knighted at Oking,
in Surrey, 20th March, 1617. He was some time
lieutenant of Dover Castle, and was captain of the
Prince Royal, the admiral's ship in the fleet sent

to bring Charles, Prince of Wales, back from Spain
in 1623, and vice-admiral under the Earl of
Northumberland in the expedition of 1640.

** George Moore, Esq. , of St. Olave's, Southwark,
was a justice of the peace for Surrey, and married
Hannah, daughter and co-heiress of John Wain-
wright, Esq. (Visitation, 1662). They had the
following children baptized at Camberwell:—
Charles, llth May, 1637 ; Susanna, 27th October
1638 ; Henrie, 24th October, 1639 ; Elizabeth, 15th
October, 1640 ; another Elizabeth, 9th November
1641; James, llth November, 1642; William,
16th August, 1647.

ft The son of the Rev. Jonathan Dryden, Fellow
of Trinity College, Cambridge ; was author of some
verses in the Cambridge Collections in 1661, on the
death of the Duke of Gloucester, and the marriage
of the Prince of Orange, and. in 1662 on the mar-
riage of Charles II. (See Sir Walter Scott's Life of
Dryden.) Mr. Dryden is not mentioned in Bray's
List of the Vicars of Camberwell. The Rev.
Jonathan Dryden was the eldest son of Nicholas
Dryden, of Morton Pinkeney, County Northamp-
ton (brother to Sir Erasmus Dryden, first baronet),
and second cousin to the poet. His sister Elizabeth
married the Rev. Thomas Swift, vicar of Good-
rich, County Hereford, and so became grand-
mother to the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of
St. Patrick's. On the 5th July, 1646, he was ap-
pointed to the vicarage of Goodrich, to hold th^
same until the Christmas following.

178

Y* PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

1654. Feb. 22. Joanna, wife of Tho. Vincent, Esq., Alderman of London.*
Mar. 30. Vincent Blanie, son to Richard Blanie, Esq.

1655. Jan. 9. Sr Robert Vernon.f

J1658. May 5. Rose, wife of Wm. Hathaway.
1659. May 27. Elinor, wife to Dr. Page.

1661. Oct. 3. Wm. Hathaway, buried. Another hand has added "Aged 103-5."

1662. Jan. 9. Mr. Jo. Treadcroft, S.T.B.
1666. Aug. 26. Colonell Thomas Lytcott.§

1666-67. Jan. 2. Nathaniel, son of Mr. Alderman Warner. ||

Feb. 20. Mary, wife of Francis Paire, murdered in her house near Dulwich,
as was supposed, by one Henry alias Hamshire, wch sayd Henry
was by the diligence of Jo. Scott of Camberwell, Esq., one of his
Maties Justices of the Peace, app'hended two years after the fact
done, and arraigned at Kingston and condemned and accordingly
was executed for that murder Martij 13, 1669.

1671 72. Feb. 28. Mrs. Ann Ingolsby, daughter of Francis Ingolsby,^ Esq. : Mary
his daughter 12 April, 1672 ; and Martha his dau. 23 April, 1672.

1673. Feb. 21. The Lady Hope Staplton.

„ Mar. 4. Henry, son of Mr. Sergeant Parker.**

1674. Nov. 14. The Lady Ayers.

„ Dec. 9. Elizabeth, dau. of Sr Christopher Ayers, Kl.
1676. Sept. 13. Sr Christopher Ayers, Kl.

1678. Aug. 2. Here commences the Act for burying in woolen. Affedavits received
according to the Act. ft

1681. Jan. 12. A poore man found dead in a barn on Peckham Rye, on whom ye

coroner sat.

1682. July 9. George Druce.

1685. June 8. Sir Thomas Bond, K*. and Papist.

„ „ His grandson Wm., son of Wm. Caig.£f

1688. Nov. 13. Mrs. Elizabeth Parr,§§ wife of Ri. Parr, D.D., pastor of Camberwell.
She lyes buryed in the vault under the tombe erected by Dr. Parr
on the south side of the church in the churchyard of Cam'well.

* One of the daughters of Tho. Burges, of Horley,
Surrey. " Her monument in Camberwell Church
w as erected by her most sorrowful husband,
Thomas Vincent, Esq., one of the justices of the
peace of this county, and Alderman of the Citie of
London, to whom she was wife twenty years, and
by whom she had yssue five sons and nine
daughters." Of these, three were baptized at
Camberwell— Judah, Susanna, and Deborah.

t Knighted March 30, 1615.1

j Between this and the following entry, a later
band has interlined this curious note : —

" Aged 103, who boare a sonn at the age of 63."
This circumstance has been commented upon as
"unprecedented since the patriarchal ages," but
Lysons gives some parallel instances.

§ Colonel Lytcott, of Dulwich, was the son and
heir of Sir John Lytcott, Gentleman of the Privy
Chamber to James I., by Mary, daughter of
Nicholas Overbury, Esq., and sister to the un-
fortunate Sir Thomas Overbury. Sir John was
imprisoned for questioning Weston, the poisoner
of Overbury, when at the gallows (see Nichol's
Progresses of James I., vol. iii. p. 106). Colonel
Lytcott commanded a regiment under General
Poyntz, in the engagement which took place
between that general and King Charles on the
march of the latter to the relief of Chester, 1645.
He died of the plague, as did these members of his
family and household— all hi the short space of
two months : -

BURIED.

1665. Sept. 11. Susanna, wife of Coll. Lydcott.

„ 12. Thomas, son of Coll. Lydcott.
Oct. 2. Benjamine Lydcott, son of Coll.

Lydcott.

„ 8. A servant of Coll. Lytcott.
„ 23. Leonard, a son of Collonel

Lytcott.

Nov. 2. Temple, son of Collonel Lytcott.
,, 9. A servant man of Col. Lytcott.
II Sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1659.
*[ This Francis Ingoldsby was cousin-german to
the Protector Oliver, being the eldest son of Sir
Kichard Ingoldsby, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Oliver Cromwell, K.B., and brother to the regicide
Colonel, afterwards Sir Richard, Ingoldsby, K.B.
He was M.P. for Buckingham throughout the
Protectorate ; but having, says Willis, " runout his
estate, retired to London about 1673, and was in
1679 admitted a pensioner of the Charter House,
where he died, Oct. 1, 1681." (See Willis, Bucking-
ham, p. 36. )

** Called to the coif 4th July, 1660.
tt See Church wardens' Accounts.
tt Mary Charlotte, only daughter of Sir Thomas
Bond, was married to Sir Wm. Gage, the second
baronet of Hengrave, Suffolk ; but the son Wm.
here mentioned has not hitherto appeared in the
pedigree of the family. (See Gage, Hist, of Hengrave. )
§§ Daughter of Sir Roger James, Knt., of Reygate,
by Margaret, daughter of Anthony Aucher, Esq.,

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 179

1689. Jan. 14. Thomas Swetman, killed by the fall of a chimney in the great

wind ye ij at night.
1691. Nov. 6. Ri. Parr, D.D. and Vicar of Camberwell, buried in his vault in yc

church-yard.

1699. Mar. 30. Mr. Nehemiah Lambert, Clerke Master of ye Free School of

Cam'well.

1700. June 5. Mrs Mary Tipping, wife of Dr. Ichabod Tipping, vicar 'of Gamer-

well, burryed in ye church yard opposite to ye middle chancell
great window.
„ June 5. Suzanna, daughter of Jo. Bartlett.*

1702. May 6. Petronella dementia, dau. of Dr. Bernard Mandavill.

1703. Dec. 10. Mrs. Elizabeth Tipping, late wife of Dr. William Tipping, deceased,

and mother of Dr. Ichabod Tipping, Vicar of Camberwell.

1704. Oct. 13. Mary, wife of John Coombs, found dead on Dulwich Common.

1709. May 27. Mrs. Ann Bisshe.

1710. Feb. 5. Mr. Michael Arnold.

„ March 8. Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold, carry'd away and buried.

„ ,;* 28. George, son of Ichabod Tipping, Vicar of Camberwell.

„ April 10. Mrs. Elizabeth Tipping, late wife of Dr. William Tipping, Vicar

of Camberwell.
1713. Oct. 10. Mrs. Mary Perkins.

1715. Oct. 15. Sarah, daughter of Mr. Adam Langley.

1716. April 20. Mary, daughter of John Perkins.

1717. June 5. Lady Catherine Arke.

1718. Mar. 13. Mr. John Lambert.

1719. Oct. 2. Wm., a foundling from Dowdall's Common.

1723. June 8. Marriott, son of Mr. John Whormby, of Lambeth. f

1727. Mar. 21. The Revd Dr. Tipping, vie. of Cambl.J

1728. June 7. Peter, son of Peter Spurling.
„ Nov. 10. George Constable.

1729. Jan. 27. Elizabeth Spurling.

1730. June 26. Mrs. Anna Maria Dodd.

1731. Sep. 28. Mrs. Anthony Aylmer.

1732. Oct. 29. John Bartlett, of Lambeth Parish.

1733. June 1. Elizabeth, dau. of George and Hester Kelham.

„ July 31. Kerrick, dau. of Mr. John and Susannah Warner.

1734. William, son of William and Rebecca Constable.
„ May 15. Thomas Lewin.

1736. May 31. Catherine, ye dau. of ye Reverend Mr. Robert Aylmer and Catherine-

his wife.

1737. July 15. John, son of Mr. John and Susannah Warner.

1739. Jan. 2. Sr Isaac Shard, Kt.§

„ May 9. Mr. Richard Hodson, Clerk of Camberwell Parish.

1740. Sept. 8. A child found dead in ye " Greyhound."

1741. March 2. Mrs. Elizabeth Heaton.

of Bishopsbourn, Kent, and widow of Henry Moyse, { Instituted 9th November, 1691.

of Banstead. Anthony Wood calls her " a widdow § This family inherited the manor of Peckhatn-

of plentiful fortune." from the Hills, of Denham, Bucks, to whom it was-

* The Bartlett family are still residents of the sold by the Trevorsin 1739 (Hist, of Surrey, vol. iii. )

hamlet of Dulwich. The present representative, Sir Isaac Shard was sheriff of Surrey in 1707,

Mr. Gregory Bartlett, has been overseer of the poor beinsr then styled "of Horsley Down," and was

for about ten years. knighted March 18th, 1707-8 ; he was sheriff of

t Mr. Whormby is noticed elsewhere as a member London and Middlesex 1730, and died at Ken-

of the " Camberwell Club." He was also a warm nington, 22nd December, 1739, set. 86.
supporter of the Green Coat Schools.

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180

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

1741. March 5. Mrs. Jane Tipping, relict of ye late Dr. Tipping.

1742. Jany. 17. John, son of John and Sarah Coombs.

„ May 21. A man unknown, found hanged in a meadow near ye " Rosemary

Branch," buried by order of yc coroner.
„ Nov. 28. Isaac Dodd.

1743. Nov. 24. Rebecca Dodd.

1744. Sept. 15. A child unknown, found dead near the " Artichoak," buried by

order of yc coroner.

1747. Ap. 27. A man unknown that died at Mr. Hill's, at the " Greyhound," at
Peckham.

1750. Ap. 8. Wm. Ricketts, who hanged himself, being disordered in his senses.
„ Sep. 7. Daniel, son of Mr. Daniel Drewitt.

1751. March 31. Christopher Mills, died 6 May, 1742, but kept so long unburied

by his own order.
„ July 1. Mr. Alderman Arnold.*

1754. Feb. 9. Wm. Hester, Esquire.
„ Feb. 1. Mr. John Purkis.

„ July 2. Wm. Cherry.

1755. Sept. 18. George Constable, Senr.

1756. Feb. 18. A vagrant man from ye workhouse, died at ye " Redcap."

1757. June 29. The Rev. John Milner,f D.D
„ July 26. Sarah Crowhurst.

„ Nov. 16. Mrs. Sarah Milner.

1758. Jan. 21. Mrs. Mary Milner.

1759. July 12. John Bellamy.

1763. May 2. Mrs. Catherine Aylmer, wife of the Rev. Wm. Robert Aylmer, Vicar
of this Parish, died Ap. 23, 1763 ; buried May 2 in a vault built in
ye church yard by Mr. Aylmer for a burial-place for his family. £
„ July 13. Mr. John Hodson, Clerk of this Parish and Master of the Charity
School.

* George Arnold, " Citizen and Haberdasher," a
merchant of London, was chosen a member of the
Common Council for the ward of Cheap in 1723,
and, upon the death of Sir Joseph Eyles, was
elected Alderman of the same ward February 19,
1740. He never reached the office of sheriff or lord
mayor, and died on 23rd June, 1751. His monu-
ment in Camberwell churchyard bore the follow-
ing inscription : —

"G. Arnold, Esq., Alderman of London, who
obtained an independent fortune with unsuspected
integrity, and enjoyed it with hospitality, bene-
ficence, modesty, and ease. Beside the solid
worthiness of his character, he had the happiness
to possess such a serene simplicitj* of manner as
would have made even a bad man agreeable. Party
itself, from his honest steadiness to his own, and
the native candour and moderation of his mind,
forbore its rancour with regard to him.

" After a long en j oyment of uninterrupted health,
cheerfulness, and tranquillity, in the midst of
business, he died as easily as he had lived, for almost
without any previous indisposition, on the 23rd June,
in the year 1751, the 60th year of his age, after
having, with his visual domestic ease, entertained
a society of his old friends, he retired familiarly
from the feast of life, and passed gently from this
world to a better.

" To his dear memory this tomb was erected by
his affectionate relation John Sargeant, as a small
testimony of the gratitude, esteem, and tenderness
with which he regards him."

t Principal of the school at which Oliver Gold-
.smith was usher.

t The f ollowing inscription is still legible on the
Aylmer vault : —

"Here lies the body of Mrs. Catherine Aylmer,
late wife of y« Rev. Robert Aylmer, A.M., vicar of
this parish. She lived in connubial felicity near
35 years, and died y<° 23 April, 1763. She left
behind her two daughters and one son. She was
daughter and co-heir of Thomas Ogle, Esq., of
Pinchbeck, in ye county of Lincoln, by y« Right
Hon. Lady Henrietta Bruce, the youngest daughter
of the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Aylesbury ;
but her amiable qualities and mental endowments
ennobled her much more than her extraction.
She was an affectionate wife and parent, a sincere
fi-iend, and a good Christian. She was cheerful
without levity, prudent without meanness, generous
without extravagance, and charitable without
vanity, which made her life ye delight and comfort
of her family ; her loss irreparable and ever to be
lamented but for the certain hope that she now
rests from her labours in peace and happiness.

' ' Also of Robert Aylmer, A. M. , who, having been
vicar of this parish, and lived above 41 years in
peace and harmony with |all his parishioners,
departed this life ye 14th day of August, 1769,
aged 69.

"Also the remains of Ann, second daughter of
Henry Brougham, Esq., of Brougham Hall, in
Westmoreland, and wife of Thomas Aylmer, Esq.,
who departed this life 22 Ap. 1797, aged 48.

" In this vault are also interred the remains of
Thomas Aylmer, Esq., only surviving sou of the
Rev. Robert Aylmer, and Catherine his wife."

PAKOCHIAL HISTORY. . 181

1763. Sep. 6. A man unknown, found dead on ye Oak of Honour Wood.
„ Nov. 15. Anna, dau. of Sir Richard Temple and his wife.

1764. June 21. Mr. Thomas Stevens.

1765. Ap. 6. Francess, dau. of the Revd Richard Dodd, and Adelgunda Margaretta

his wife.

„ July 22. Mary Bellamy.
„ Aug. 23. Catherine, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Tatlock.

1766. Nov. 7. Mrs. Ann Bainbridge, Mistress of ye Charity School.

1767. May 10. Elizabeth Cherry.
„ Sept. 18. Mary Cash.

1768. Feb. 21. A woman found drowned in a field belonging to Farmer

Bailey.*

„ Aug. 5. Thomas Browne, Esq.
„ Dec. 1. Mrs. A. M. Dodd, late wife of Rev. Rich. Dodd.

1769. Mar. 16. A man unknown, found drowned in Dowlas Common.

„ Aug. 23. Revd Eobt. Aylmer, M.A., Vicar of Camberwell, who died 14 Aug.
inst., buried in his vault in ye churchyd.

1771. Sep. 27. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Martha Lilley.
„ Oct. 7. Clark's daughter, of Peckham Rye.

1772. Jan. 11. William Hester, Esq.

„ Nov. 24. Samuel, son of Samuel and Martha Lilley.

1773. Feb. 27. Conyers, son of the Rev. Mr. Roger Bentley, Vicar of Camberwell,

and Ellen his wife, aged 7 years.
„ Aug. 21. Robert Roffey.
„ Dec. 17. Laurence Reade, Esq.

1774. Feb. 6. Rebecca Fletcher.

„ May 9. Mary, dau. of John and Mary Spurling.
„ May 28. Mark, son of Mark and Susannah Daws.
„ Nov. 5. George Constable.
„ Nov. 8 Isaac Purkiss.

1775. Nov. 22. Elizabeth Jones, aged 125.f

1776. Jan, 23. Harriett, dau. of Henry Voguel, Esq. £
„ Mar. 24. WiUiam Ray.

„ Dec. 19. John, son of John and Sarah Hooke.§

1777. Feb. 6. Ann Strong.||

„ „ Valentine Strong.

1778. May 28. Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Tatlock.

1779. June 5. George, son of George and Mary Puckle.

1780. Mar. 1. William Wells.

1781. Mar. 8. Martha Lilley.

* Fanner Bailey was a large freeholder at East in Camberwell Workhouse was 101 years of age.

Dulwich. He built the old Goose Green Chapel, J Treasurer of Green Coat School,

and it was mainly through his action in indicting § The Hookes have been connected with Camber-

the parish for the dangerous condition of Lordship well for a considerable time. One of the family,

Lane that that thoroughfare was ultimately Mr. E. B. Hooke, was vestry clerk. In the south

materially improved, which of course had the aisle of the old church was a memorial of this

effect of vastly improving his property in that family to the following effect : —

neighbourhood. One of his sons married the " Underneath the pews in this aisle are two

grand-daughter of Mr. Perkins, who resided at the burial-places of the family of Mr. Thomas Hooke,

mansion afterwards known as the Denmark Hill of this parish. He died Feb. 26, 1699. Also

Grammar School. For some account of Mr. Per- interred here his wife and two sons, Thomas and

kins, see Boswell's Life of Johnson. John, and their wives and several children, and

t A few months prior to her death an ac- great-grandchildren, one of which died March 15,

count of this woman appeared in the St. James's 1798, in the 25th year of his age."

Chronicle (May, 1775), in which it was said that she || Wife of Oswald Strong, and grandmother of

remembered being at service when King Charles II. Oswald Strong, for many years collector of rates of

was crowned, and that the nurse who attended her this parish.

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Yc PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

1781.
1783.
1784.
1786.

1787.

1789.
1790.

1791.
1792.
1793.

1794.
1795.

1796.

1798.
1799.

Oct. 13. Mary Wesley.*

July 8. Robert Roffey.

Dec. 16. Win., son of Robert and Margaret Browning.

Jan. 8. Sophia, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Chabot.

Feb. 24. John Gordon, Esq., in the church vault.

Ap. 19. John Joseph Jasper Pinta, many years a French teacher at Mr. Jephson's.

Jan. 21. Edward Fisher.

Ap. 22. Peter Edmonds.

Ap. 21. Margaret Browning.

July 23. Maria Rowley.

Nov. 2. Mary Ann, dau. of John and Eleanor Hyde.

Sep. 29. John Browning, Master of the Charity School 28 years.

July 1. Capt. John Smijth.

Feb. 22. John Nind.

Oct. 12. George Shattoch.

Ap. 17. Thomas Storie, Esq., in the church vault.

Feb. 2. Jane Cattley.

Aug. 6. John Margetson, Esq., in the church vault.

Sep. 20. John, son of John and Benjamin Murphy.

Nov. 3. fThe Reverend Roger Bentley, Vicar of this Parish 26 years, in a

new vault in the chancel.

Ap. 27. William, son of William and Mary Edmonds.
May 8. Thomas Strong.
July 18. Elizabeth Russell Mansell.
Ap. 28. Ono. Titchener.
July 3. Robert Lilley.

Aug. 19. Henry Voguell, Esq., in the family vault.
Sept. 4. Samuel Cocking.

* This was the wife of the celebrated John
Wesley, who alludes to his wife's death in his
journal under date October 12th, 1781: "I was
informed my wife died on Monday, Oct. 8th."

This marriage of Wesley's was a most un-
fortunate one, and dearly did be pay for his rash
act by thirty years of matrimonial misery. The
Gentleman's Magazine of 18th Feb. 1751 has the fol-
lowing in its list of marriages :— " Rev. Mr. John
Wesley, preacher, to a merchant's widow in
Threadneedle Street, with a jointure of £300 per
annum ; " and the entry in the London Magazine of
Feb. 19th, 1751, is as follows :— " The Rev.1 Mr. John
Wesley, to Mrs. Vazel (Vazeille), of Threadneedle
Street, a widow lady of large fortune." The large
fortune consisted of £10,000 invested in 3 per Cent.
Consols, and was wholly secured to herself and
four children. In his life of Wesley, Mr. Jackson
describes Mrs. Wesley as being neither in under-
standing nor education worthy of the eminent man
to whom she was united ; and from the letters of
Wesley himself, she appears to have been an ex-
tremely jealous and selfish woman, with an in-
tolerably bad temper. During the lifetime qf her
first husband she appears to have enjoyed every
indulgence, and, judging from the tenor of his
letters to her, he paid an entire deference to her
will. Her habits and ways were ill-adapted to
the privations and inconveniences which were
incident to the life of an itinerant preacher.
"There never was a more preposterous union,"
says Hampson, in his life of Wesley. " It is pretty
certain that no loves lighted their torches on this
occasion, and it is as much to be presumed that
neither did Plutus preside at the solemnity. Mrs.
Wesley's fortune was too inconsiderable to wan-ant
the supposition that it was a match of interest.
Besides, had she been ever so rich, it was nothing
to him, for every shilling of her fortune remained
at her own disposal, and neither the years nor the

temper of the parties could give any reason to
suppose them violently enamoured. That this
lady accepted his proposals seems much less
surprising than that he should have made them.
It is probable his situation at the head of a sect,
and the authority it conferred, was not without its
charm in the eyes of an ambitious female, but we
much wonder that Mr. Wesley should have ap-
peared so little acquainted with himself and
human nature. He certainly did not possess the
conjugal virtues ; he had no taste for the tranquillity
of domestic retirement, while his situation as an
itinerant left him little leisure for those attentions
which are absolutely necessary for the comfort of
married life." Dr. Whitehead, Southey, Moore, and
other biographers of Wesley, also refer to his un-
fortunate marriage. It appears that more than one
separation took place between Wesley and his wife.
On different occasions she laid violent hands on his
person and tore his hair. When in the north of
Ireland, a friend of Wesley's caught her in the act
of trailing him on the floor by the hair of his head,
and she herself was still holding in her hands vener-
able locks which she had pulled out by the roots.
" I felt," continues Hampson, in his account of the
incident, "that I could have knocked the very
soul out of her." Mary Wesley died on the 8th
October, 1781, aged 71, and was buried in the
chui-chyard of St. Giles's Church, Camberwell.
The epitaph on her tombstone described her as "a
woman of exemplary piety, a tender parent, and a
sincere friend," but is wisely silent concerning her
conduct as a wife.

t His epitaph gives him this character:— "He
preached Jesus Christ crucified; and by grace
derived from his Lord, exemplified the effects of his
doctrine by his uniform practice in all the relations
of life. He finished his honourable and useful
course with joy 27 Oct. 1795, aged 61 years."

PAKOCHIAL HISTOKY. 183

OUR LOCAL PARLIAMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICERS, 1874-75.

CHURCHWARDENS.

Edward Pinder, Esq., Wilby Lodge, Grove Lane.
Frederick Fermor, Esq., 255, Southampton Street.
Robert Arthur Puckle, Esq., 37, De Crespigny Park, Camberwell.

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.

Mr. Walter Charles Mulley, 38, Grove Lane.
Mr. David Colegrave, 54, Peckham Grove.
Mr. John Cox, 74, Trafalgar Road.
Mr. Gregory Bartlett, Dulwich.

ASSISTANT OVERSEER. — William Harnett Blanch, 11, Denman Road, Camberwell.
VESTRYMEN.— WARD No. 1.

Best, George, 47, Albany Road. Hayward, Arthur Thomas, 39, Peckham

Colegrave, David, 54, Peckham Grove. Grove.

Fermor, Frederick, 255, Southampton Honywill, Albert, 14, Hill Street, Peck-
Street, ham.

Grummant, John, 1, Lawn Houses, Peck- Sears, James, 26, Addington Square,

ham Road. Sugden, John, 27, Peckham Grove.

Hague, Samuel, 65, Peckham Grove. Thornhill, James Alfred, Bushey Hill

Harding, George, 151, Commercial Road. Road, Peckham Road.

Whitby, Edwin, 3, Grove Place, Southampton Street.

WARD No. 2.

Coley, William, 3, Glengall Road, Old Machin, Thomas, 370, Old Kent Road.

Kent Road. Norman, Alfred, 551, Old Kent Road.

Cook, Charles, 1, Hill Street, Peckham. Peters, William, 120, Trafalgar Road,
Cox, John, 74, Trafalgar Road. Old Kent Road.

Garnar, Martin, 18, Glengall Grove, Old Scipio, John Francis, 595, Old Kent

Kent Road. Road.

Goddard, Thomas, 384, Old Kent Road. Sims, Henry Charles, 9, Trafalgar Road,
Hyde, George, 342, Old Kent Road. Old Kent Road.

Walden, Charles, 61, Trafalgar Road, Old Kent Road.

WARD No. 3.

Gloss, John James, 41, Camberwell Megson, Christopher, 178, Camberwell
Green. Road.

Goad, Charles, 241, Camberwell Road. Mott, Charles, 279, Camberwell New

Green, John William, 219, Camberwell Road.

Road. Murphy, William Adams, 47, Church

Hill, Thomas, 148, Southampton Street, Street, Camberwell.

Camberwell. Norris, James, 229, Camberwell Road.

Innes, John, Denmark Street, Camber- Thornhill, James, Camden House, Tal-
well. fourd Road.

Linnell, Henry, 258, Camberwell Wesson, Joseph Nicholas, 212, Camber-
Road, well Road.

184

Ye PARISH OF CAftlERWELL.

WARD No. 4.

Barsdorf, George, 34, Maismore Square. Lyon, Washington, 85, Asylum Road,
Bates, John James, 83, Asylum Road, Old Kent Road.

Old Kent Road. Ring, James Charles, 89, High Street,

Carter, Robert William, Park House, Peckham.

Peckham Park.

Chittick, Samuel, 751, Old Kent Road.
Dawnay, Archibald D., 78, Peckham

Park Road.

Day, Thomas, 593, Old Kent Road.
Herring, Francis, 537, Old Kent Road.

Smith, James John, 726, Old Kent Road-
Stark, William, 121, Queen's Road,

Peckham.

Stedman, Alfred, Hatcham Road.
Stevens, Charles William, Goldsmith

House, Old Park Road, Peckham.
Lyon, John Andrew, St. Mary-le-Strand Wilson, John Osborn, 141, Queen's

House, Old Kent Road.

Road, Peckham.
WARD No. 5.

Borland, John, 184, High Street, Peck- Kemp, William Robert, 225, Southamp-

ham. ton Street.

Denny, Frederick William, 3, Hanover Lewin, Frederick George, 4, Lombardian

Park, Rye Lane. Villas, St. Mary's Road, Peckham.

Drake, Thomas, Park Lodge, Peckham Robinson, Henry George, 18, St. Mary's

Rye. Road, Peckham.

Gill, George Henry, 26, St. Mary's Road, Rogers, Edward Dresser, 1, Hanover

Peckham.

Park, Rye Lane.

Gudgeon, Edward Barnaby, 96, Queen's Savage, Alfred, Blenheim Villa, Blen-

Road, Peckham. heim Grove, Peckham.

Harding, Thomas, 23, High Street, Sharman, Henry Risborough, Laurel

Peckham.

Cottage, Harder's Road.

Howard, Charles, Prospect Villa, Chad- Shields, William Andrew, 44, Hill Street,
wick Road, Peckham. Peckham.

Stevens, Alfred, Homestall Farm, Peckham Rye.

WARD No. 6.

Bartlett, Gregory, Dulwich. Middlemass, Andrew, 40, Wilson Road.

Constable, William, Crystal Palace Road, Mulley, Walter Charles, 38, Grove Lane-
East Dulwich. Puckle, Robert Arthur, 37, De Cres-

Coombs, William, 50, Lyndhurst Road. pigny Park.

Dawson, Edward Ebenezer, Lordship Roberts, William, 104, Grove Lane.

Lane, Dulwich. Strong, Richard, J. P., 163, Camberwell

Drayner, Bayley Edward, 89, Camber- Grove.

well Grove.

Turney, George Leonard, 198, Camber-

Emberson, Thomas, 16, Lyndhurst Road. well Grove.

Gull, Joseph Winney, Clevedon Villa, Weller, John, Crystal Palace Road, East

Peckham Rye. Dulwich.

Hendriks, Philip Edward, 63, Camber- Webster, George, M.D., J.P., Dulwich.

well Grove.

Laidler, John, 43, Wilson Road, Camber-
well.

Williams, George Thomas, 109, Cam-
berwell Grove.

TREASURER.
London Joint Stock Bank, Borough.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY. 185

VESTRY CLERK.
George William Marsden, 113, Camberwell Grove.

SURVEYOR.
J. C. Reynolds, 43, Vicarage Road.

MEDICAL OFFICER.
Dr. Bristowe, 11, Old Burlington Street, W.

SURVEYOR OF TAXES.
George Fawcett, Camberwell Green.

ACCOUNTANT.
William H. Berry, 117, Commercial Road.

COLLECTORS OF RATES.

No. 1 Ward— John B. Maltby, 9, Camden Grove North.
No. 2 Ward— J. C. Bradley, 66, Trafalgar Road, Old Kent Road.
No. 3 Ward — James P. White, 7, Champion Terrace, Brunswick Square, Camberwell.
No. 4 Ward — Bainbridge Lyon, Grove Park, Camberwell.
No. 5 Ward— R. H. Thompson, 14, Hanover Park, Rye Lane.
No. 6. Ward— George Thomas Bickerton, 547, Old Kent Road.
Dulwich District — William Andrews, 31, Camberwell Green.

4A and SA Collecting District — Frederick Beaumont, 20, Palmerston Terrace, Lord-
ship Lane.

INSPECTORS OF NUISANCES.

Donald Fraser, Lenny Villa, Blenheim Grove.
Donald Mackay, 8, Blenheim Grove.
Samuel Powell Fisher, 115, Rye Lane.
James Comfort, 31, East Surrey Grove.

AUDITORS.

George Thomas Clarke, 14, St. George's Harry Stubbings, 22, Queen's Road,

Road. Peckham.

Robert Vincent, 239, Camberwell Road. Charles James Sadler, 41, Wilson Road,
Jacob Gregory, 116, Asylum Road, Camberwell.

Peckham.

GUARDIANS OF THE POOR.

George Webster, M.D., J.P., Dulwich. Richard Strong, J.P., Deputy Chairman,

Frederick William Denny, Hanover 163, Camberwell Grove.

Park, Rye Lane. Edward Dresser Rogers, Hanover Park,

John Thomas Griffith, M.D., Peckham Rye Lane.

Road. James Thornhill, Camden House, Tal-

William Dicker, 97, Camberwell Grove. fourd Road.

Thomas Drake, Park Lodge, Peckham Thomas Cash, Lordship Lane, East

Rye. Dulwich.

Francis Herring, Chairman, 537, Old Edward Barnaby Gudgeon, 96, Queen's

Kent Road. Road, Peckham.

Benjamin Colls, 246, Camberwell Road. Charles Burls, Red House, Peckham Rye.

James Southern, Sydenham Rise, Forest George Leonard Turney, 198, Camber-
Hill, well Grove.

John Andrew Lyon, St. Mary-le-Strand Albert John Crocker, Court Lane

House, Old Kent Road. Dulwich.

186 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

CLERK TO THE BOARD OP GUARDIANS. — Charles S. Stevens, Talfourd Road.
MASTER AND MATRON OF WORKHOUSE. — Mr. and Mrs. Smithers.

RELIEVING OFFICERS.

Charles John Nicolles, 1, Camden Grove, Peckham.
James Sedgley, Claude Villa, Bushey Hill.
Joseph Samuel Sweet, 54, Commercial Road, S.E.
Caleb Titcombe, King's Road, Peckham.
Edward Nicholas Rolfe (Assistant Relieving Officer), Havil Street.

BURIAL BOARD.

Robert Alexander Gray, J.P. (Chairman). William Andrew Shields, 44, Hill Street,

Thomas Drake, Park Lodge, Peckham Peckham.

Rye. Richard Strong, J.P., 163, Camberwell

John Grummant, 1, Lawn Houses, Peck- Grove.

ham Road. Joseph Nicholas Wesson, 212, Camber-
Edward Barnaby Gudgeon, 96, Queen's well Road.

Road, Peckham. George Leonard Turney, 198, Camber-
John Andrew Lyon, St. Mary-le-Strand well Grove.

House, Old Kent Road.

REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

CamberwelL— C. W. Gregory, 100, Cam- Dulwich.— C. Tijou.

berwell Grove. St. George.— W. J. Macartney, 27, Com-
Peckham. — C. J. Nicolles, 1, Camden mercial Road, Peckham.

Grove.

JAMES PEW.

James Pew, who for nearly half a century was intimately connected with Camber-
well, was born at Leith, N.B., in 1793, and at the age of 14 he appears to have
been seized with a complaint common to his countrymen, called the " south fever,"
for he not only came south, but " South of London." His grandfather, Mr. Lees,
had long been resident at Camberwell, and as the youth, when 14 years of age,
received an appointment as clerk in the Stores Department of the Tower, nothing
was more natural than that he should take up his residence with his grandfather at
Camberwell — a place in which he was, before long, destined to become a ruling
power.

When Mr. Pew's connection with Camberwell first commenced, the place was a
little village — as far removed from the City, as regards time, as the Brighton of our
own day. The parish had but one church, and no vestry hall; but it had two
beadles, over whose election furious fights, of two days' duration, had been fought.
The stocks were an institution. " Cages" for the "entertainment" of either man or
beast abounded throughout the parish ; and the fire brigade was represented by three
small " parish squirts " and about twelve buckets !

Patrols crossed from Peckham to the Old Kent Road, and from the " Fox-under-
the-Hill" to Dulwich, for the protection of pedestrians. Omnibuses had not yet been
" invented ;" gas had not even commenced to twinkle ; roads were narrow and ruts
deep and lasting; open sewers abounded, and our local powers quarrelled, and
did their business in the body of the church, and sometimes in a public-house. Mr.

PAKOCHIAL HISTORY. 187

Sandby was vicar ; Joseph Irons was about to preach in Camden, and Dr. Collyer at
Hanover Chapel, at which place a royal duke was shortly to tell him that he
" preached a very fine sermon, but gave d bad music with it."

Such was Camberwell in 1807, and it reads like a romance when we recall how
great have been the changes within the brief space of one life.

Bearing in mind that the vestrymen have lately been forming themselves into a
new vestry hall committee, it is rather an interesting fact to note that the first com-
mittee on which Mr. Pew was appointed was a new vestry hall committee ! And a
new vestry hall — a sort of cross between a toll-gate keeper's hut and a police-station —
was built, which said magnificent hall has since been converted into a vaccination
station !

In 1827 Mr. Pew was appointed auditor, a position then of small labour, it is
true, but one of considerable parochial importance. In 1829 he was promoted to be
overseer of the poor, and from the warm vote of thanks, it is natural to suppose
that he acquitted himself in an exceptionally able manner. In 1830 he became a
fixture on what was called the workhouse committee— an 'organization which had
existed in the parish for about 200 years, in which was vested great parochial
responsibility.

About this time Mr. Pew took a leading part in procuring the Camberwell Local
Act, which received the royal sanction in 1833 ; and in 1839 lie was appointed, by the
Rev. J. G. Storie, vicar's warden, a position which he held for about thirty years.

At the visitation of cholera in 1832, Mr. Pew was appointed hon. sec. of the local
committee formed " to use every exertion both to check the spread of the disease and
to mitigate the sufferings of the afflicted."

On this committee with Mr. Pew were many " good men and true," now no more —
Henry Melville, Joseph Irons, Thomas Dale, Dr. Collyer, John Burnett, John Vane,
Robert Puckle, Dr. Arnauld, and others ; whilst there are still amongst us Robert
Alexander Gray, Dr. Webster, Rev. H. W. C. Hyde, and Dr. Steane.

Mr. Pew's activity, zeal, and devotion at this terrible time were beyond all praise ;
and it has been our privilege to listen to incidents of enduring and loving devotion,
and a sacrifice of self, sufficient to start half a dozen modern philanthropists in
business. For his services on this occasion Mr. Pew was presented with a silver
salver, bearing the following inscription : —

"Presented to James Pew, Esq., by the subscribers of the Cholera Fund, raised by the parish of St.
Giles, Camberwell, and its neighbourhood, in testimony of their gratitude and respect for his efficient,
gratuitous, and most laborious services as one of the joint secretaries of the Cholera Committee and Board
of Health, November, 1833."

Mr. Pew was one of the first guardians of the poor elected under the Poor Law
Amendment Act, in addition to which he took an active part in promoting and
sustaining a society for the relief of the deserving poor. He was for many years
treasurer of the Camberwell Green Coat School, one of the early promoters of the
Camberwell Savings' Bank, member of the Burial Board, governor of Dulwich
College, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and chairman of the Camber-
well Vestry. In April, 1860, a portrait of Mr. Pew was placed in the Camberwell
Vestry Hall, with the following inscription : —

"This portrait of James Pew, Esq., for many years senior churchwarden, is presented by members of
the vestry and other inhabitants of the parish, as a sincere mark of their esteem."

Three years later Mr. Pew resigned all official duties, and retired into private
life at the age of 75, with his physical powers somewhat impaired,^ but with an
intellect as clear and vigorous as ever. As evincing both his natural and never-
ceasing industry, as well as his intellectual power, it may be mentioned that whilst

188 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

spending the last few winters in Italy, he studied and mastered the German and
Italian languages.

The following extract from his diary, written in the Coliseum at Rome, in May
last, speaks so eloquently of the faith that was in him, that we make no apology for
placing it before our readers : — " As the time draws nigh for leaving Rome, my
spirits fall and I sink below zero. I sometimes think I enjoy life too much, and my
thoughts are too much of this earth ; and yet I only indulge in the affection and
feeling implanted in my heart by a good and benevolent Creator. The delights I
enjoy are not those of passion, but of the soul, which elevate in their character, and
form, in my humble judgment, the longing after immortality for the full fruition of
those feelings."

Four months after penning these lines James Pew died at Asiago, in the Italian
Tyrol, and was buried at Padua, at the age of 81 ; and the memory of his name
was committed to those who knew him best, and therefore loved him most.

He will, perhaps, best be remembered as a public man in connection with the
chairmanship of the Camberwell vestry. His word was always iaw, and his ruling
never questioned. He quieted turbulent gatherings by a look or a wave of the
hand. As he advanced in years, it is stated that he renounced argument and despised
logic. Over and over again did he annihilate doughty antagonists by his inimitable
" Pooh, pooh, pooh ! " Behind those three words was utter discomfiture for his
opponent — a treasure-house of knowledge, a keen logician's knife, a torrent of warm
and telling speech, considerable tact — in short, an armoury so ready to the speaker's
hand, or rather lips, that it was universally recognized and respected, but seldom
used.

Now that the busy and eventful career of James Pew has run its course, all who
knew him must be ready to acknowledge that he was a man of high character and
commanding ability, and a devoted slave in any cause which had for its object the
happiness and welfare of even the meanest resident of his adopted parish.

MR. GEORGE LEONARD TURNEY.

Mr. G. L. Turney, who, in the absence of the vicar, has acted as chairman of the
vestry for several years past, was born in London in 1815. He resided for fifteen
years in the neighbouring parish of Newington, and in 1858 removed to Camberwell,
where he has since been closely identified with our local institutions. He was first
elected a member of the vestry in 1862, overseer of the poor in 1866, which office he
filled for two years, being then elected churchwarden of St. Giles's Church in 1868.
On his retirement from the churchwardenship a handsome testimonial on vellum
was presented to him by the members of the vestry, and in the same year he was
elected guardian. In 1871 he was chosen a governor of Dulwich College, and a
member of the burial board in 1874. He is a liberal supporter of all local charities,
and takes an active part in the management of the Charity Organization Society.
Throughout his whole public career, Mr. Turney has been known to take a fair and
impartial view of all public questions ; and though a man of strong opinions himself,
he has never allowed his private feelings to influence him in the administration of
public affairs. He is entirely a self-made man, and his extensive works in Tooley
Street are results of energy and perseverance of which any man may be proud.
The establishment is unique of its kind, being the only pin and needle factory in

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London. At first sight it appears remarkable that a private individual can compete
successfully with the immense wealth and organization of Birmingham and Sheffield,
but a visit to the factory will at once remove all feelings of surprise.

Mr. Turney has evidently made his mark by an appreciation of detail, and his
practical and mechanical knowledge has been devoted not only to the general
scope of his business, but the minutest details have received his closest study and
attention.

Mr. Turney's portrait is taken from a photograph by Mr. Alfred Harman, of High
Street, Peckham.

MR. EDWARD DRESSER ROGERS.

Mr. Dresser Rogers has been connected with the parochial affairs of this parish for
many years, and at the present time is the representative of Camberwell at the
Metropolitan Board of Works. He is also chairman of the General Purposes
Committee, a guardian, and until very recently was captain in the 1st Surrey Rifle
Volunteers. He was for two years chairman of the Finance Committee of the Metro-
politan Board of Works (1872-73), and whilst in that capacity his talent and ability
as a financier obtained for him universal approval. About two years since, a sub-
stantial testimonial was presented to him by many of the leading residents in
Camberwell, in recognition of his services in connection with the gas question. Mr.
Dresser Rogers has always taken a prominent and active part in all questions affecting
local self-government, and in order more effectually to carry out his strong opinions on
this subject, he undertook the management of the Metropolitan newspaper, which is
now recognized as an authority on all parochial questions. To instance his inde-
fatigable industry and versatile talents, an amusing sketch was published in the South
London Courier (June, 1869), from which we extract the following : —

" Mr. Dresser Rogers is a very extraordinary fellow ; no one can dispute that fact.
He is not only hie et ubigue, but he is everywhere at once ; has a finger in every-
thing, and if he doesn't know everybody, he 'can safely assert that everybody knows
him. No one will ever persuade us that Nature did not make a mistake when he
was produced. He was intended for twins, but somehow or other Nature was caught
napping, and so he got rolled into one. The work he gets through is prodigious ; a
mere enumeration of the offices he holds is a sufficient proof. He is an active member
of the Court of Common Council ; a member of the Camberwell Vestry, which he
represents at the Metropolitan Board of Works ; chairman of the General Purposes
Committee at Camberwell ; captain of the 1st Surrey Rifles ; is connected with several
literary institutions and building societies ; a member of the Executive Committee
and Social Science Association ; a member of the St. Saviour's Board of Works and
Vestry ; member of the National Finance Reform Union ; and other less important
societies too numerous to mention."

MR. GEORGE WILLIAM MARSDEN.

Mr. G. W. Marsden, who was elected vestry clerk of Camberwell in 1852, was
born on 1st Ocftober, 1812, at Kennington, Surrey. He was articled to Messrs.
Russell and Son, of Southwark, the senior partner of which firm was vestry clerk of

190 Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

St. George the Martyr. On the death of Mr. Kussell he served the remainder of his
time with Mr. Pearson, of the Temple. Mr. Marsden was admitted solicitor in 1835,
and in 1837 he received the appointment of ward clerk from the Aldermen and
Common Councilmen of the ward of Vintry. In 1851 he was solicited to allow
himself to be put in nomination for the vestry clerkship of Camberwell, at that
time the highest official appointment in the gift of the parishioners. The contest was
conducted on quite a political basis ; committees were formed and the candidates
were invited to give their sentiments on parochial matters. Mr. Marsden was
ultimately successful by a large majority. On the passing of the Local Management
Act in 1855, he, in common with all other officers connected with vestries in the
Metropolis, had the option of retiring on a pension, or seeking re-appointment under
the Act. It is, perhaps, needless to add that he chose the latter alternative, and was
re-elected, his opponent only obtaining one vote. It will not be necessary in these
pages to enumerate the public services of Mr. Marsden during an official career of
twenty- three years, but we should be doing him an injustice were we not to record
the services rendered by him to this parish in connection with Dulwich College.
During the inquiry by the Charity Commissioners, which preceded the passing of the
Dulwich College Act in 1857, Mr. Marsden took a very active part before the
Commission in protecting the interests of Camberwell. The other parishes interested
in Dulwich College were represented on the Board by their churchwardens ; but
Camberwell had no representative whatever, and through great exertions Mr.
Marsden succeeded in getting a clause inserted in the Act, giving Camberwell two
representatives at the Board of Governors, and his services on this occasion were
recognized by the vestry in a handsome and gratifying manner. Mr. Marsden's name
is also identified with the parochial cemetery at Forest Hill. It was mainly, if not
solely, through his efforts that such an eligible site was secured.

A late chairman of Quarter Sessions once expressed his opinion that Mr. Marsden
was one of the best parochial lawyers in the Metropolis ; and it will be acknowledged
by all, that he has saved this parish a large sum of money by his eminently safe and
sound legal advice, whilst the respect with which he is regarded is a fitting and
deserved tribute to his many genial qualities.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES.

The following Justices of the Peace for the County of Surrey are what may be
termed " local magistrates," as they sit at the petty sessions of this parish, and attend
more particularly to duties relating to Camberwell.

NAMES.

Robert Alexander Gray, Esq., Deputy Lieutenant of the
County, Camberwell Terrace, S.E. .....

William Henry Stone, Esq., Dulwich Hill . . . .

John Knowles, Esq., Herne Hill, S.E

Charles William Cookworthy Hutton, Esq., Belair, Dulwich

George Webster, Esq., M.D., Dulwich

Richard Strong, Esq., 163, The Grove, Camberwell .

WHEN APPOINTED.

Feb., 1850.

January, 1861.

March, 1868.

January, 1872.

April, 1872.

May, 1872.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.

ST. GILES'S CHURCH.
THE ADVOWSON.

the year 1154 this benefice was given by William de Mellent, Earl of
Gloucester, "to God and the Monks of St. Saviour, Bermondseye/' and
the grant was confirmed by Henry II. in 1159. According to a state-
„ ment by a well-known writer on the subject,* the advowson was ori-
ginally held by Norman in the time of Edward the Confessor, and subse-
quently by Haimo the sheriff. That there was a church at Calbrewell at the
time of William the Conqueror is settled from the fact that it is mentioned
in the Domesday Book ; and mention is there made also of sixty-three acres of
meadow land attached to the church. Notwithstanding the grant of the advow-
son, and its confirmation by Henry II., the descendants of the earl contested the
patronage until the 32nd Henry III., when Richard de Clare, great-grandson of the
above William de Mellent, levied a fine and released all further claim to Ymberton,
the then prior, and the convent of Bermondsey. The patronage continued in the
priors and abbots of Bermondsey, with the exception of two presentations, until the
dissolution of the abbey. In 1346, as appears from the register of Bishop Edindon,
a commission was issued for reconciling the church of Camberwell, the same having
" been polluted by bloodshed ; " but in what manner is not statecl.t After the dis-
solution of the monastery, the advowson was granted by the Crown, in Oct. 1545, to
Thomas and Margaret Calton ; but they do not seem to have availed themselves of
the right. In order possibly to evade its surrender, the prior and convent had granted
it to Richard Parsey, whose right appears to have been recognized J under the Popish
rule of Mary, for he nominated in 1556, and in 1577 Queen Elizabeth presented the
Rev. Edward Wilson, founder of the Free Grammar School at Camberwell. The
advowson afterwards belonged to Sir Edmond Bowyer, who, in 1618, pursuant to a
deed of covenant entered into between Sir Edmond and the Rev. Edward Wilson, pre-

* Hist, and Top. of St. Giles's Church, p. 3. somewhat different from consecration, which was

t When a church had been polluted by any termed reconciliation,

accident of this nature, it was formerly held J Allport, Collections,
necessary that it should undergo a ceremony

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sented Peter Dawson, a nephew of the latter, and the vicar of Carshalton. It passed
from the Bowyer family to the Rev. John George Storie. The present patron is the
Rev. F. Kelly.

VICARS.

1290. GEOFFREY DE WYTEBYRI.
1301. ROGER DE HERTFORD, OR HARFIELD.
1318. JOHN DE BOTELESFORD.
1322. PHILIP DE LONGLEIGH.
1338. RALPH NORTHERN, DE BRADFORD.
1342. RICHARD ATTE MERSH.
1344. WALTER DE IRTON.

EDMUND DE BARNABY. JOHN FAULCONER, Chaplain.
„ RICHARD HOARE.
1393. THOMAS BODENEY.
1398. JOHN SANDWICH.
„ THOMAS OWGAM.
1483. WALTER WYLLIS.
1505. THOMAS STACY.
„ WILLIAM BENSON, SIR MATTHEW THOMPSON, Chaplains.

1526. JOHN FAYRWALL.

.
1556. RICHARD GILE.

„ RAND. BECKETT.

1577. EDWARD WILSON, founder of the Free Grammar School.

1618. PETER DAWSON.

1643. ALEXANDER GREGORY.

1646. JOHN MAYWARD.

1650. JONATHAN DRYDEN.

1653. RICHARD PARR.

1691. ICHABOD TIPPING.

1727. ROBERT AYLMER.

1769. ROGER BEXTLEY.

1795. GEORGE SANDBY.

1811. SIR ED. BOWYER SMIJTH.

1823. JOHN GEORGE STORIE.*

1846. JAMES WILLIAMS.

The advowson was submitted to public auction on the 21st day of October, 1857,
at Garraway's, by Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye, and the gross income of the

* There is a capital portrait of Mr. Storie to be well. It was formerly in the Board room of the
seen at Mr. Cole's, 53, Church Street, Camber- Collegiate School, Camberwell Grove.

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vicarage was, according to an auctioneer's estimate, put down at ,£2,337 Os. 8d., as
under :— £ s. d.

Vicarage liouse and premises, garden, &c., of the annual value of . 150 0 0
*R,ent-charge in lieu of tithes, liable to vary with the average price of
corn and with the quantity of market-garden ground in the parish,
per annum ............ 1,100 0 0

Ground-rent arising from glebe land, upon which are capital
residences, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 to 14 inclusive, North Terrace,

leased at per annum 210 0 0

Ground-rent, No. 5, North Terrace, leased at per annum . . . 1226

Ground-rent, No. 6, North Terrace 22 10 0

Ground-rent issuing out of six capital houses in front of the road,

called Stirling Place 120 0 0

Ground-rent for land at the back of North Terrace, and forming part of

Brunswick Square 117 0 0

Annual payment by Surrey Canal Company 20 0 0

Estimated annual amount of surplice fees, including interment fees

from the Camberwell Burial Board 400 0 0

Interest on stock standing in the name of the Accountant-General of

the Court of Chancery 482

Easter offerings, estimated at per annum ' . 100 0 0

A ,£900 Exchequer bill (and also ,£126 Os. Id. cash) standing to the
credit of the purchaser or purchasers of the glebe land, in the hands
of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, for the purpose
of purchasing freehold land and hereditaments in the parish of
Camberwell, producing the annual income of about . . . . 3100
The Nunhead Cemetery pays to the Vicar Is. 6d. per head for common
interments and 5s. for family vaults, and the Norwood Cemetery
pays 12s. for family vaults and 5s. per head for common interments,
which average annually about 50 0 0

.£2,337 0 8

THE CHUECH.

The church of St. Giles, Camberwell, is one of the few of which we have early
authentic mention in Domesday Book ; and it is very probable that, shortly after the
advent of St. Augustine in 597, during the reigns of Ethelbert, king of Kent, and
his nephew Sebert, king of the East Saxons, the first structure was completed.

Ethelbert built St. Paul's Cathedral in 604, and Sebert founded Westminster Abbey
in 611. At this period the district subject to the authority of a bishop was called
his parish, and contained but one church, " and from thence," says Dr. Lingard, " he
despatched itinerant preachers into the surrounding country." About fifty years
later, during the primacy of Archbishop Theodore, the great bishoprics were divided
into several dioceses, and the dioceses subdivided into parishes. The date usually
assigned to this important event in our Church history is about 664, and as the seat
of the archbishop himself was in the neighbouring kingdom of Kent, which had,
first of all the Anglo-Saxon nations, conformed to the Christian faith, we may pro-

* Under the Tithe Commutation Act the annual meadows, 2,199. 0. 28 ; woodland, 198. 1. 26; corn-
rent-charge for the rectorial tithes was fixed at inons, 55 ; market gardens, 420. 0. 36 ; gardens,
£83, and that for the vicarial tithes at £1,100. 887. 0. 30 ; roads, 159. 0. 20 ; glebe, 20. 3. 20— the
The number of titheable acres within the parish whole amounting to 4,342 acres and 39 poles,
was thus estimated :— Arable land, 402. 0. 39;

194 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

bably place the erection of the first church at Camberwell within sixty years of the
first landing of St. Augustine.

In the reign of King Stephen, A.D. 1152, the original structure was either greatly
altered or entirely rebuilt, and became subject to the abbey of St. Saviour, Ber-
mondsey, two years afterwards, by gift of William de Mellent.

It has been conjectured by an eminent authority* that a portion of this building
existed till the destruction of the church by fire in 1841 ; and another local antiquary
has not hesitated to consider the walls of that structure as having stood for nearly
seven centuries. With more truth, probably, the date of the old building is placed by
Mr. Lysons towards the beginning of the reign of Henry VIII., at which period the
entire edifice was either so completely altered as to lose its original character, or
rebuilt on the site of the former church, which had been granted to the monks of
Bermondsey in 1154 ; and in confirmation of this we may state that, in preparing
the foundation of the new church, the foundations of two former structures were
distinctly visible.

In the valor of 20th Edward I., the vicarage appears rated at 10 marks, and the
rectory at 24 marks. The former in the king's books is valued at £20 per annum,
paying 2s. Id. for synodals.

The following is a return [of the church goods in Camberwell in the reign of
Edward VI. :—

(Miscellaneous Book, No. 512, page 16).

Camrwell.

John Monk *\ Delyuered to the churchwardens there the xix day of May Anno

Thorns Udall > R. Edwardi vj Septimo by Sir Tho'ms Cawarden Sir Tho'ms

Henry Hunt J Saunder Knights & John Scott Nichas legh & Willm Saunder

Comissionrs of or soueraigne Lorde the King among others for the

sales of church goodds wlin the Countie of Surr these pcells of

church goodds hereafter ensuyng.

In primis a challyce of syluer p oz xvij oz d

It. a herce cloth & a cannapy cloth for the comunyon table

Also Rem'in there charge to the Kings use thre grete bells & a saunce bell

John monck.
Eecepts

R a crosse of sylur & gilt p oz — lij oz
It. a challyce w*out a cour p oz — xij oz iij qr.
Sales

iiij Vestments & a cope sold for — xlij8 iiijd

ij copes & ij Decons & all the rest of thornaments ) u ... ..j.d

there solde for J J J

Lattinf and brasse p'oz cviijlb — xviij8

Sm of the sales — viij" xiijs viijd

CHURCH GOODS, TEMP. 6 EDW. V!TH.

No. §.

Hund de Brixton in com Surr.
Hemb. Cambwell.

12. This inventori taken by the said iuri the xiijth of Decemb in the year aboue
written of all and eury suche goods as . . . th oron . . . . t ta

the said pishe in t war ....

us herafter a

* Allport. t A kind of metal.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 195

In primis iij chalices of silur.

Itm iij copes.

Itm iiij vestments.

Itm ij tunakles ij aulter cloth a canapie.

Itm a herst cloth of black veluet.

Itm a crosse of siluer & gilt.

Itm a strem or ij clothes of old silk.

Itm a veluet coote for or ladye.

Itm ix boules & one for the paxall.

Itm ij lutten candlesticks & a holywater stok.

Itm ij braunches & a pair of censers.

Itm a crismatori of pewter.

Itm iij bells in the Steple.

Md thes war churchwdens in the first year of the Kings ) ?^T

Ma-reignethatnowis f ™

> Thorn edall.

Md ther was stolen out of the said church a cope of baudk

vestments ij aulter clothes ij auilter clothes of bridg & sattin ij other
aulter clothes of the same vj aulter clothes of lynnen vj surpleses all the
pipis of ij pair of organs and a pewter disshe.
Robt olyuer .
Willm Godard
John monk . \

Henri Hunt . > Wadens charged wl the goods.
. Thomas Edoll . )

Md ther is dew unto the said wnlens by the said churche } ~.u
for monei by them laid out . . . . . . C

The first entry in the vestry minutes concerning St. Giles's Church occurs on the
14th day of September, 1675,* when at a " meeting in vestry of the minister, church-
wardens, and overseers of the poor, with other the inhabitants of the parish of
Camerwell, it was ordered : — Upon examination of the charges for the repaireing
Ihe parish church, it was consented to and ordered, that the sum of Fifty pounds be
jcaysed forthwith by way of tax for that purpose, and the payment of some arreares
•due for former reparations which was allowed, and to be included in this tax of
.£50, and to be paid accordingly, and to be brought on account in the church-
wardens' accounts, as also that the present churchwardens shall give an account how
Jfche sum of £50 hath been expended."

Although this is the first entry which we have been able to trace concerning the
repairs done to the church, it is needless perhaps to note that from this time to the
jear 1841, when it was destroyed by fire, the state of the church was the principal
iheme discussed by the parishioners in vestry assembled.

It would be difficult to estimate the amount spent in altering, enlarging, beautifying,
and repairing St. Giles's Church from 1675 to 1841, but it may safely be stated that the
jamount so spent during these 165 years would have been sufficient to build at least half-
a-dozen substantial churches in various parts of the parish. It appears from the vestry
minutes that the £50 authorized to be raised in 1675 was found insufficient to complete

* There is mention also in 1675 of an agree- "goeing and in good order" for the sum of

dent entered into between Ant. Bowyer, Esq., twenty shillings yearly ; but Richard Kettletherpe

.and Richard Kettlethorpe, whereby the latter found it a more difficult undertaking than he had

undertook (bold man) to keep St. Giles's clock imagined, and a new clock was ordered in 167J).

o 2

196 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

the repairs, and so in 1679 an order was made for an additional ,£40 for mending the
seats, bells, and windows, and for buying prayer-books and a surplice, and soon after
another sum of .£40 was voted for a new church clock and other expenses.

In 1691 Mr. John Byne presented " two large silver flaggons for the communion
table," and it was ordered by the vestry " that Mr. Ichabod Tipping, the vicar,
together with the churchwardens, are desired to return the thanks of the inhabitants-
of this p'ish for the same. "

The earliest recorded alteration in the church is to be found in the minute-book
of the governors of the Free Grammar School, as follows : —

" Memorandum, 1688.

"The north gallery in the church, where the scholeboys now sit, was built by
Mr, Walker, tenant to the schole, on purpose for the use of the schole (as his widdow
testifieth), yet the boys kept their sitting about the communion table many years,
which not being so convenient, this year, by consent of the parish, I took possession^
of the gallery, and at my own charge fitted it up as it now is, leaving the back seats'
for strangers, while the scholeboys are not so numerous as to want them.

" NEHEMIAH LAMBERT."

In September, 1675, £50 was ordered to be raised " by way of tax," for repairing
the church, and in February, 1703, a rate of Id. in the £ was levied upon the
inhabitants for the purpose of " beautifying " the church ; indeed the sums of money
which were from time to time expended upon beautifying the church could hardly
have had the effect contemplated, or old St. Giles' Church must have been beautified
altogether out of existence. In 1708 the church was new pewed, paved, and glazed,
three new galleries were erected, and a vault was sunk at the expense of the parish.
The following is a statement of the expenses as entered in the churchwardens' book of
accounts : —

" By disbursements for new pewing, new paveing, sinking a vault, and several
other things done, as by several bills of particulars done unto ye church by John?
Hester, Robert Fford, and John Bowden, churchwardens, for the year 1708 : —

£ s. d,

Paid Wm. Abbott, joyner 329 00 0

Stephen Picton, bricklayer 53 00 0'

Henry Turner, painter 20 00 0

Thomas Green, carver 37 10 0

Benjamin Turton, for locks, keys, and hinges 14 00 0-

George Bunker Smith, for 4 iron pillars 11 09 ft

Henry King, ye smith 02 07 0

Thomas Lansdown, for hoods for ye doctor and Mr. Gibson . .. . 04 10 0

George Strahan, for a bible and common prayer book . . . . 06 00 0

Thomas Rouse, proctor 07 05 0-

485 01 0-
Paid at Picktons, a dinner for ye committee 3 02 1 1

488 03 11

in
upon the inhabitants, and partly by public subscription, as under : —

The expenses of this alteration were met partly by a rate of lid. in the £, levied

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 197

£ s. d.

Received by severall subscriptions . . . «,,-,/ V ;' . . 198 19 0

Received for elevenpenny rate * — Camber well liberty . , ,, -... . . 118 14 3

Eecd for Peckham liberty . . . ' . . " . . . . 123 14 6

Recd for Dullwich liberty . . 44 05 0

Recd from Dullwich College 03 00 0

Recd for keys 04 15 0

493 07 09

In the year following the alteration, a committee was formed consisting of six
parishioners of the " Liberty of Camerwell," six from the " Liberty of Peckham,"
and three from the "Liberty of Dulwich," for the purpose of seating the inhabitants
.of the parish, and accommodation was provided for about 350 inhabitants as follows,
viz. : 50 in the galleries and 300 in the body of the church.

Amongst the pews set apart was one called " the colledge pew," for the use of the
master of Dulwich College ; another for " Mr. Alexander Jephson's scholars ; "
whilst three pews were put down as " claimed by Anthony Bowyer, Esq.," and one
was claimed by Mr. Walter Cock " by a faculty." A pew in the south gallery was
.set apart for the use of " Mr. Charles Cox, his family and his assigns, during the
^present lease of his house, which determines about 60 yeares hence, or during his con-
tinuance or any of his family in the parish, which shall longest happen," for which
privilege Mr. Cox paid the churchwardens the sum of £15 Is. ; and at a meeting of
the churchwardens and church committee, held on the 3rd of June, 1708, " to dispose
of and place the inhabitants of the parish in the pews in the galleries of the parish
church of Camerwell lately erected," it was ordered that, in consideration of a
specified sum of money, ranging from £5 to .£20 in amount, certain pews should be
jset apart, for the term of 21 years, for the respective donors, " for themselves, their
families, and their assigns, and after the expiration of the aforesaid terme of years,
-during the time they or any of their families shall respectively live in the said parish."

At a vestry meeting held on the 14th September, 1710, the churchwardens agreed
to let Walter Cock, Esq. " a piece of ground on the south side of the churchyard for
himself and his posterity," in consideration of the sum of £12 18.9., and an advance of
10s. on the former rate was ordered to be made on such of the inhabitants as wished
" to bury their deceased in the vault f of the said church, for making good the brick
.and other work, which was found necessary to be made at the entrance of the said
vault, to prevent the ill scent which proceeded from the same, to the great nuisance
of the congregation." At this meeting it was also agreed " that the churchwardens
do take down the porch entrance of the churchyard and to sett up in lieu thereof two
swing gates."

In the churchwardens' accounts of this time there are some curious* entries. In
1809 Mr. Churchwarden Baker paid "John Wilkins, for a vagabond, 3/10 ;" "for
carrying a vagabond to church, 3/j" "paid for a coffin and shroud for him, 6/6."
The Dulwich churchwarden for this year, Mr. Davis, appears to have entertained the
Lord Bishop with wonderful profusion. The Bishop was usually regaled with
" biscuits and wine " when he came to preach at Camberwell, but in 1809 Mr.
Churchwarden Davis makes the following entry : " Paid for meat and drink for the
bishop, 2s. Qd"

* According to this statement Id. in the £ of the parish church were fixed as follows :— For

produced £20 ; it now realizes £2,000. inhabitants, £1 5s. ; non-residents, £2 10«., m ad-

t At a subsequent vestry, held on the 28th day dition to the 10s. for repairing brickwork,
-of August, 1711, the fees for burying in the vault

198 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

On the 3rd of May, 1711, it was "unanimously agreed upon that the church-
wardens then in being should build a new gallery against the belfry of the said
church, for the only use of the charity school, the whole charge thereof to be defrayed
by the said churchwardens out of such money as shall come into their hands upon the
parish account not exceeding ,£8 ;" and in the churchwardens' accounts for that year
is this entry : " Paid the bricklayer's bill, .£5 14s. 6d"

In 1714 it was resolved to erect a new altar-piece, and the churchwardens were
empowered " to raise a sum not exceeding .£20, by a pound rate, for compleating the
sd work in case the money to be raised by subscription shall not be sufficient."

In 1715 a new altar-piece was presented to the church by Mrs. "Katherin" Bowyer,
which was ordered to be " set up in her own chancel," and the thanks of the vestry
• were unanimously accorded to her for her gift ; and in the same year the churchwardens-
were empowered to levy the sum of ,£70 upon the inhabitants, " towards fixing six
new bells in the steeple, provided the said churchwardens do by subscription raise
money sufficient to defray the rest of the charge ;" and therejis also an entry on the
same day of the presentation of a " decent communion table" by Mr. Gabriel Carter.*
The six bells appear to have been put up in 1717, and " Mr. Phelps, ye bellfounder,
by his bill," received £155 17s. 6d., and Mr. Bradley, the clockmaker, for a new
clock, .£50. There is also a charge of £1 10s. for " getting up subscriptions for ye
bells," and a suspicious item of 8s. " spent at ye vestry concerning ye clock and
bells."

In 1724 there is a record of the fact that the " charity children being increas'd, the
galery wherein they shou'd sitt is not large enuff to hold them — 'tis ordered that an
addition be made to the north end of the said gallery, the charge not exceeding four
pounds ten shillings ;" and at a subsequent vestry it was agreed that " two galleries be
made at each end of the children's gallery, and that a return be made at each end of
the gallery from the wall thirteen feet in length and three feet and a half wide, and
that the frunt be made and beautified like the galerys under it," and Mr. W. Norman
was employed to carry out the same at a cost of £48.

In 1731 mention is made of Mr. Halford's election to the lectureship of Camber-
well, when " notice being given and published whether there are any persons that
have not given their voat, and none appearing on that occation, the vestry broak up."
In 1735 the vestry was again called upon to revise the burial fees, and in addition
to the dues of the parish and minister, there were also dues to be paid to the sexton
and clerk. In the clerk's dues is this item : " For every pound of candles used at
a funeral, one shilling," from which we infer that it was not an unusual thing for
burials to take place after dark ; indeed there is mention of " extraordinary dues,"
amounting to Is. 10d., to be paid for all burials after eight o'clock at night. " For every
passing-bell, one shilling," reminds us that, even in the middle of the eighteenth
century, a practice originally derived from Catholic campanology still lingered
amongst those worshipping at Camberwell. While the sick person lay in extremis —
sometimes in his hearing and to his great perturbation — the passing-bell was tolled
from the moment his attendants pronounced him to be sinking, until he had actually
yielded up his last breath. Pennant, in his History of "Whiteford and Holywellr
says, with respect to the practice of ringing the four bells f : —

"That excellent memento to the living, the passing-bell, is punctually sounded. I mention this,
because idle niceties have, in great towns, often caused the disuse. It originated before the Reformation,

* These gifts were duly " consecrated " by the t 1, the passing-bell ; 2, the second or soul bell ;

churchwardens hi their own fashion, as the follow- 3, the burial-bell, to summon mourners to the

ng item appearstfn then- accounts :— interment ; 4, the quick (or joy) peal after inter-

" Spent when we went to thank Madame ) ment.

Bowyer & Mr. Carter for their Benefac-
tion to ye Church

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to give notice to the priest to do the last duty of extreme unction to the departing person in case he had no
other admonition. The canon (67) allows one short peal after death, one other before the funeral, and
one after the funeral. The second is still in use, and is a single bell solemnly tolled. The third is a
merry peal, rung at the request of the relations, as if, Scythian like, they rejoiced at the escape of the
departed out of this troublesome world."

That the passing-bell was rung at the date mentioned in the Table of Dues is con-
firmed by Nelson, in his Fasts and Festivals, of the Church (1732) : "If his senses
hold out so long, he can hear even his passing-bell ivithout disturbance."

In the year 1738 further repairs were done to the church — this time to the roof;
and as the committee appointed to see the repairs carried out were ordered to proceed
with expedition, it is reasonable to presume that they were urgently required.

The galleries of the old church appear to have been a perpetual source of discussion
and expense; but in 1761, it is recorded in the vestry minutes "that Mr. John
Simpson have Leave to enlarge the Gallary between the Charity Children and the
Place where Mr. Bainbridge's scoller's sit, at his oun expence, for the use of his
schollars."

In 1773, during the ministry of the Kev. Koger Bentley, who was presented to the
living by the philanthropic John Thornton, of Clapham, the demand for increased
church accommodation was exceedingly great, and a special vestry was called together
on the 23rd December in that year to devise some means for meeting the great demand
for seats ; and the decision arrived at was, to say the least of it, rather peculiar. We
extract the following from the vestry minutes : —

" Whereas many of the inhabitants of this Parish have long complained that they
cannot attend upon Divine Service in this church for want of seats in the same ; and
it not being in the power of the Minister and Churchwardens to accommodate them
(all the Pews being already occupied), they have called this Vestry to lay the matter
before the Parishioners and take their judgments upon it, that they may resolve upon
such measures as shall seem most effectual to remove this grievance."

The decision arrived at by the vestry to redress the above grievance is certainly a
curiosity in its way : —

" It was unanimously agreed that new Locks be put upon all the Pews ; that the
parishioners be first seated by the Churchwardens for the time being, and that notice
be given in the Church concerning the same."

Now, considering that the complaint of deficient accommodation proceeded from
the inhabitants of the parish, it is not clear how putting new locks upon the pews of
such inhabitants who had been fortunate enough to obtain seats could remedy the
grievance, unless, indeed, the seatholders were not in the habit of using their sittings,
which is nokasserted. It does appear from the minutes that the remedy proposed was
rather costly in practice, for at a subsequent vestry the sum of £5 per year was voted
to Mr. Thomas Young, sexton and pew opener, for " his very extraordinary trouble in
opening the pew doors since the new locks have been put on."

The only enlargement to the church during Mr. Bentley's vicarage took place in
1786, when the south wall was taken down and a "new south He, about 15 feet wide,
extending from the chancell to the west end of the Tower, with gallerys to be erected
over the same, computed to accommodate upwards of 200 people, and estimated at
£750, and not to exceed .£800 ; " * and an additional church-rate of Is. in the £
was levied upon the inhabitants towards defraying the expense, part of which
was raised by public subscription. The alteration was designed to prevent " the
rising generation from assembling with Dissenting congregations ; " but it was not
carried out without litigation, for a sum of £35 was subsequently voted to Mr. Serrell

* Vestry minutes.

200 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

"towards reimbursing him his expenses incurred in a law suit concerning the
additional building to the church."

A further attempt to enlarge the church was made in 1792, but the inhabitants in
vestry assembled decided, on the 26th July in that year, that "it is not advisable
to enlarge the church, as such enlargement would cause a very considerable expense,
and would not answer the purpose of affording sufficient accommodation to the
parishioners."

In 1797 a special committee reported " that the steeple was in a dangerous state, and
that other parts of the church were in want of reparation ; but Mr. Strong being asked
his opinion, stated that the steeple might stand in its present condition for several
years ;" whereupon it was resolved to defer any alteration ; but, as a precautionary
measure, it was ordered that " on account of the dangerous state of the steeple, the
bells be not rung." At a subsequent vestry, however, it was thought advisable to do
something to the steeple, and Mr. Lambert's estimate to do the work for £195 12s.
was accepted.

In 1798 the parishioners in vestry assembled were much concerned about the
expediency of erecting an organ in the church, and a large majority of those present
being in favour of such a proposition, it was carried in the affirmative ; but a larger
proposition, to put the church into proper repair, was negatived ; but in the following
year a considerable amount of money was spent in an endeavour to beautify the old
building. The upper part of the tower was pulled down and rebuilt with brick, and
the windows were ordered to be " new done ; " and Mr. Oswald Strong's tender " to
do the plasterer's work for £94" was accepted. In the same year the thanks
of the vestry were voted to Dr. Lettsom " for the offer of that part of the chancel
belonging to him, which that vestry accepts." In all respects, therefore, the last year
of the last century was signalized by great activity in church affairs ; but it is to be
feared that the fine old church, after having been sentenced to be made " beautiful
for ever," still carried upon its front a terrible mixture of old age and modern
nostrums.

In 1804 Mr. Churchwarden Monk, without the authority of the vestry, erected an
awning or porch from the north door of the church, which is shown in our illustra-
tion, which proceeding on the part of Mr. Monk was declared to be " ill-advised and
irregular ; " but in consideration of Mr. Monk's five years' career as churchwarden and
his " diligent conduct, &c.," the vestry undertook to pay expenses of erecting the porch,
which formed a portion of the church for about thirty years, when it was removed. In

1806 a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Shaw for his " obliging offer to permit the
parish to erect a gallery over the north aisle ; " and the north gallery was accordingly
removed to the south side of the church and a new one erected in its place ; and in

1807 permission was given to Miles Stringer, Esq., to erect an " iron skeleton staircase
on the outside of the south wall of the church."

In the same year a new system of seating the parishioners was adopted. It was
decided that " all parties be seated according to their assessment " — a novel principle,
to be sure, and one that would not be found to work very well in these days.*

In 1814 a committee of parishioners was appointed to act with the churchwardens
" to take immediate measures for warming the church ;" and in 1816 a new portico
was built over the western entrance. In the same year, the church having been robbed,
a committee was formed to ascertain the things stolen and the cost of replacing them,

* Special jurors are now selected by the over- and in one metropolitan parish the whole of the
seers on this "principle of assessment," a rating special jurors returned by the parish officers are
of £84 to the poor-rate being the qualification ; licensed victuallers !

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and a reward of ,£20 was offered for the apprehension of the robbers, who were
supposed to have secreted themselves in the church during the performance of a
funeral, and to have made their escape at one of the windows, having first wrenched
off the iron bars guarding the same. On the llth September, 1816, the "Church
Robbery Committee " gave in their report, recommending " that a stone frame with
an iron door and good strong lock be put up in the robing-room, as a secure place of
deposit for the different articles of value," and iron bars were ordered to be affixed " to
the lowest and most unprotected of the windows." In 1816 a new portico was built
over the western entrance, from the plans of Messrs. Garland and Field wick, and the
beadles were ordered to inform the stonemasons of the parish that the plans might
be seen at the workhouse. In 1818 a committee was formed to consider what im-
provements could be made in the "machine" for warming the church ; and in 1819
the ever-recurring question of enlarging the church was referred.to a committee of twenty-
one — ten being selected from Camberwell, seven from Peckham, and four from Dulwich.
Amongst the parishioners nominated were the following : — Dr. Glennie and the master
of the College (Dulwich), and Mr.R. Puckle (Camberwell). This committee prepared a
most elaborate report, but nothing appears to have been done until 1820, when a
resolution was carried in the vestry that a church to hold 2,000 persons should be
built within the district of Camberwell.* It appears from a statement presented to
the vestry, that in the year 1820 there were 1,394 rated inhabited houses in Camberwell,
1,020 in Peckham, and 296 in Dulwich, making a total of 2,710 ; and, reckoning five to
each family, it was calculated that there were 13,550 persons within the parish of
Camberwell for whom it was desirable to offer the means of attending Divine service
according to the principles of the Church of England. It was calculated that out of a
population of 6,970 within the district of Camberwell, 2,000 were Dissenters ; so that,
assuming the parish church to be capable of accommodating 1,300 persons, there
remained up wards of 3,600 persons to be provided for. In Peckham it was calculated that
there were 1,020 families, which, on theaverage above quoted, gave( 5, 100 persons. Of this
number it was assumed that there were 2,000 Dissenters, leaving 3,100 to be accommo-
dated. Of these it was reckoned, that the Proprietary Church in Hill Street was
capable of seating about 700 persons, leaving 2,400 unprovided with church accom-
modation. In Dulwich it was stated that there were 296 families, which, on the
average already quoted, made a total of 1,480 persons, and the only church accommo-
dation was that provided by the chapel connected with the College, which was stated
to be capable of seating 550 persons.

The committee which prepared this report recommended the building of three new
churches within the parish at an outlay of .£30,600 ; but beyond the erection of one
church in St. George's district, the recommendations were not carried out.

In 1825 a considerable enlargement was made to the old church by extending
the east end of the south wing in such a manner as to afford accommodation for
about 150 persons, the expense being defrayed by voluntary contributions and
the pews appropriated by lot among the subscribers. Notwithstanding these
various repairs, this interesting old church retained much of its antiquarian cha-
racter to the last.f The massive clustered columns and pointed arches separating
the nave from the side aisles, the venerable " sedilia" in the south wall of the
chancel, and the fragments of ancient stained glass in its north aisle, were all redolent
of the olden time. The " sedilia " here mentioned was for many years concealed
behind the wainscot put up in 1715 by the Bowyers.

On the night of Sunday, the 7th of February, 1841, the church was destroyed by

* See Account of St. George's Church. t Allport, Collections.

202 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

fire, and the annexed plate (E) will convey a correct idea of the appearance of the
church after the fire.*

So promptly were arrangements made for carrying on the duties connected with
the church, that on the Monday morning, whilst the fire was still smouldering, two-
weddings were celebrated in the robing-room, which remained untouched ; and
notices were soon after posted throughout the parish stating that baptisms, marriages,
and churchings would be performed as usual ; and for a time service was conducted
in the morning at the Collegiate, and in the afternoon at the Green-Coat School.

The parishioners bestirred themselves with commendable alacrity to build a new
church, and at a meeting held on the 19th February a committee was appointed to
make arrangements for building a new edifice. The result of the labours was re-
ported to the parishioners on the 26th March, when a resolution was moved by
Henry Kemble, Esq., M.P., setting aside all that had been done, thanking the com-
mittee for the trouble they had taken, but intimating that the reference of the former
vestry did not embrace the whole object contemplated. To this an amendment was
moved, the main object of which was to place the new church upon the same footing
as Dissenting places of worship, thus ceding the question of a rate, and bringing it at
once under the voluntary system, f A poll of the parish was demanded, which
resulted in a large majority for Mr. Kemble's motion.

The first stone of the new church was laid on the 23rd September, 1842, and on
the 21st day of November, 1844, the new building was consecrated by the Bishop of
Winchester. It was erected from designs supplied by Messrs. George Gilbert Scott
and W. B. Moffatt at an expense, including furniture, &c., of about .£24,000,^ the
builders being Messrs. R. and G. Webb.

The style of architecture is the " transition " between the " Early English " and the
" Decorated," which prevailed about 1270. This style differs from the perfect "Early
English" in having mullions and tracery to the windows, whilst it retains the
peculiar boldness of its details and the general character of its ornamental features.
The tracery differs from that of the " Decorated " style in the severe simplicity of its
lines and its freedom from minute detail. Of large buildings in this style may be
enumerated the abbey church of Tintern, and parts of that at Netley, amongst the
simpler examples ; and the eastern portion of Lincoln Cathedral and the chapter-
houses of Salisbury and York amongst the more magnificent specimens.

The church is of a cruciform plan, with a central tower and spire, and consists of a
nave and five bays, with aisles in the whole about 77 feet by 58 feet internally ; a
chancel about 42 feet by 23 feet ; transept about 82 feet long by 23 feet wide, with
north and south porches, and a vestry on the south side of the chancel. The tower
stands on massive piers of stone ; it is 30 feet square at the intersection, and with its-
spire rises to the height of about 210 feet. The nave is about 62 feet high to the

* For a detailed account of the very interesting 1848, will show how the above amount was

interior, the reader is referred to Mr. Allport's raised :—

Collections, where the subject is treated most DR „ CR

ably and minutely. To amount of loans from ' ) . *fc & s.' d.

t Allport, Collections. Public WorksCommi ssioners j 10'000

t The following items of expense are extracted By Preliminary expenses 2 127 17 2

from the committee's report :- Expenses in pre- Amount received from rates £4,000

paring site for new church, £250 ; erection of Cost of structure 18 5°0 13 1

temporary chapel, £37 14«. 4d. ; Messrs. Webb, Insurance money,

£16,89 1 7*. 9d. for church, and £1,393 6». Id. for Amount received from

enclosing churchyard ; Scott & Moffatt, architects, S. E. B. Smyth,

charges £755; Ward & Nixon, for ornamental Interest on Exchequer bills

painting and glazing, £92 8*. ; J. C. Bishop, for Drawback on Materials, £6,260 4 10

organ, £857 13*. ; E. J. Dent, for clock, £247 10*. ; Cost of furniture including

J. Cox, for font, &c., £82; C. & E. Mears, for organ, bells, clock, &c. . 3,210 9 1

bells, £660 16*. 3d. ; clerk of the works' salary, Amt. of subs. £3,239 19 6

£4260*.6rf. Balance paid to Churchwarden 41 5 0

The following abstract of the receipts and

payments, presented to the vestry March 1, 23,900 4 4 23,900 4 4

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 203

ridge of the roof, and the chancel and transept about 44 feet high. The nave is
supported by stone pillars, which are alternately octagonal and circular, and carry a
clerestory of moderate elevation. The east window of the chancel is of five lights,
and the north and south windows of the transept of four, and the west window of
the nave of three lights, each of bold proportions and with simple geometrical
tracery ; most of the other windows are of two lights each. The principal orna-
mental feature in the interior is the carved foliage in the capitals of the pillars, and
other parts, which are admirably executed. In other respects the interior trusts
chiefly for effect to the proportion and distribution of its parts, resembling in this the
ancient churches in the same style of architecture.

The roofs are open throughout, and here again the massive construction does more
for their appearance than any ornamental character in their design. The walls of
the church, which are of considerable thickness, are constructed internally of rubble-
work' of Kentish rag laid in strong concrete, the dressings being of Caen stone and
the plain surfaces of a rougher description of stone, which produces an agreeable
relief. The roof is covered with large slabs of slate. The exterior of the nave and
transepts is fitted with open seats. The galleries in the side aisles of the former are
so arranged as not to intersect the massive pillars which support the roof. The
chancel has stalls on each side, with seats and desks for the choristers in front.

The pavement of the chancel is of encaustic tiles, which were manufactured and
presented to the church by Thomas Garrett, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn Fields, and Herne
Hill, Camberwell. The west window is fitted with very fine diapered glass, the
greater part of which is from an ancient church in Germany. The entire window
was the gift of the late vicar, the Rev. J. G. Storie, to whose taste, discrimination,
and untiring zeal the parish of Camberwell is indebted for one of the noblest edifices
erected to the glory of God in the nineteenth century.

Messrs. Nixon and Ward were employed by the ladies of the parish, who most
laudably raised funds amongst themselves to furnish the window of the south
transept at their expense. The font is placed in the centre passage, a little below
its intersection with the cross passage between the porches. It is rather richly
carved in a superior kind of stone, and is protected by a handsome brass railing.
The organ, by Bishop, which is placed in the north transept, is one of the finest
instruments in England.*

In 1863 the church was warmed at an expense of about .£300, Mr. R. A. Gray
acting as treasurer to the fund, and contributing .£50 towards the expenses.

The stained glass windows in the church are worthy of the edifice, and a memorial
tablet states that those in the north and south sides of the chancel were dedicated
to the glory of God in the years 1859-60. The following windows are worthy of
mention : —

On the south side of the chancel is one commemorative of Emma Puckle, who died
on New Year's Day, 1860 ; next to which is one to the memory of William Barraud,
who died October 1st, 1850, aged 40 years ; and another on the south side to Janet
Lofty, who died 13th December, 1859.

A beautiful window has been erected to the memory of Matthew Robinson, Esq.r
of Dulwich, whose family are buried in the vault beneath ; and a few attached friends
of Stephen Spurling, who died December 20th, 1864, have erected a loving and
appropriate tribute to his worth.

* The present organist, Mr. James Smith, was received the appointment. He is totally blind,

appointed in January, 1833. His immediate pre- and has been so for more than ten years. When

decessor was Mr., now Dr. Sebastian Samuel appointed organist, he was regarded as blind, being

Wesley, organist of Gloucester Cathedral. Mr. unable then to read music.
Smith was only sixteen years of age when he

204 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Near the west door is a monument of white marble to Captain A. Nairne, of the
Hon. E. I. C. Service, and Director of the P. and 0. Steam Navigation Company,
who died the 24th October, 1866. He was a midshipman on board the Polyphemus,
and fought under Nelson at Copenhagen in 1801. The monument was erected by his
colleagues in the above services, and also by his numerous friends.

Another monument by the west entrance of the church is erected to James Pattle,
who died 4th September, 1845, and whose body was brought to be buried by the
side of his mother in Camberwell Church by his particular desire. In the north
aisle is a memorial tablet to the memories of the Trueman family.

The opening sermon was preached in the new church by the vicar, the Rev. J. G.
Storie, in November, 1844, from the text Jeremiah xxxi. 4. The curates appointed
by the late Bishop Wilberforce are the Rev. Francis Buttanshaw, M.A., appointed in
April, 1872, and the Rev. R. S. McDowall, appointed Sept., 1872.

THE CHURCHYARD.

By indenture of the 4th May, 1717, made between Johanna Cock, therein described,
of the one part, and Ichabod Tipping, clerk, vicar of the parish of Camberwell, Edmond
Bowyer and others, parishioners of the said parish, on the other part ; reciting that
in consideration of the great affection of the said Johanna Cock to the parishioners
of the said parish and for her love of the church, that for and towards the enlarging
the churchyard of the said parish, and in consideration of 5s. to the said Johanna
Cock, the said Johanna Cock did grant, release, and confirm unto the parishioners
above named all that piece or parcel of ground called the Vineyard, and next
adjoining to the said churchyard, and containing in length from north to south on
the west side thereof 222 feet and 7 inches of assize, little more or less, and
from north to .south on the east side thereof 205 feet of assize, little more or less, and
in breadth from east to west on the south side thereof 111 feet of assize, little more or
less, and on the north side thereof 84 feet and 8 inches of assize, little more or less
(except a small piece or parcel of ground, part of the heretobefore abstracted piece or
parcel of land, containing 3 yards and a half square measure, which said Johanna
Cock had conveyed to the said Ichabod Tipping for a burial vault). To have and to
hold the said premises (except as hereinbefore exceptecl) unto the parishioners first
hereinbefore mentioned, their heirs and assigns. To the only use and behoof of them,
the said parishioners, their heirs and assigns for ever, in trust to be laid to, and
made part of the said churchyard, and therewith used as and for a burying-place for
the parishioners of the said parish of Camberwell and their posterity for ever.
Provided that when the number of the said trustees shall be reduced to two, the
vestry of the parish may, upon the request of the vicar and churchwardens, add ten
more thereto. Proviso, that the above abstracted indenture shall be read in open
vestry annually on choosing churchwardens for the purposes therein mentioned.

In 1731, so rapidly was the burial-ground at Camberwell becoming occupied, that
a special meeting of the inhabitants in vestry assembled was called to consider the
subject, when it was resolved " that no more ground be sold to strangers for making
either a vault or brick grave," and the price per foot of ground to parishioners was
fixed at 4s. 6d., to be divided equally between the vicar and the parishioners.

In the year 1793 several vestry meetings were held and much discussion had
with respect to a wall on the west side of and adjoining the parish churchyard, which
terminated in an agreement on the part of the parish to rebuild and for ever there-

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after to maintain such wall ; and on the part of Mr. John Halliday and Mr. Simon
Wellman Halliday, the owners of the soil whereon the wall stood, to convey the
same to the parish ; and accordingly the slip of ground with the wall standing
thereon, containing in length, from north to south, 340 feet, or thereabouts, and in
breadth, from east to west, 19 inches, with the ground whereon the same stood, was
by indenture of lease and release, dated 14th and 15th October, 1793, conveyed by
the said Messrs. Halliday to trustees for the parish.*

In the same year (1793) a similar inquiry was entered into with respect to the
appropriation of that part of the churchyard which had been given and conveyed to
the parish by Mrs. Johanna Cock in 1717 ; and it appeared by the report of a com-
mittee that it had been sometimes used for the burial of non-parishioners, contrary
to the stipulation of the giver, and that a prohibition had been obtained from the
Spiritual Court in the year 1735. The vestry thereupon determined that no such
improper interments should in future be allowed, but resolved not to disturb the
families of those who had purchased vaults therein.f

By indenture of lease and release of 9th and 10th June, 1799, the last-mentioned
piece of ground, described as part of the close, then called the vineyard, and laid
into and used as part of the churchyard, was conveyed to new trustees.

In 1802 the churchyard was enlarged by an order of vestry by the purchase of a
piece of ground, southward of the former burying-ground, from Mr. Rickwood, and
the sum of ,£1,000 was then ordered to be raised by way of annuity for the purpose
of defraying the cost of the ground and incidental expenses.

Amongst the trustees appointed by the vestry for this additional piece of ground
were Claude Champion Crespigny, Esq., William Shard, Esq., the Earl of Effingham,
Mr. Thomas Harder, and Mr. Oswald Strong.

A stone placed in the wall bore the following inscription : —

This ground was purchased, inclosed, and consecrated at the expense of the parish.

Anno 1803.

Rev. George Sandby, Vicar.
Josh. Monk . . . . }
Robert Curtis . . . > Churchwardens.
Thomas Turk . . )

In the Local Act obtained in 1813, sundry provisions were introduced, enabling
the vicar, churchwardens, and overseers, with the consent of the vestry, to purchase
ground for the purpose of a cemetery, and to raise a sum not exceeding ,£2,000 for
the purpose upon bond or by way of annuity. •

On the 4th March, 1824, the vestry agreed to purchase a piece "of ground to the
east of the then burying-ground, theretofore part of the land belonging to the
governors of the Free Grammar School, containing about an acre and a quarter.

The purchase was subsequently effected through the intervention of Her Majesty's
Commissioners for the affairs of Churches, to whom the ground was conveyed under the
powers and provisions of the New Church Acts : and it was referred to a committee
to borrow the necessary sum for payment of the purchase-money, the inclosure, and
consecration thereof, and other incidental expenses. The committee borrowed the
sum of ,£1,750 at interest, on very advantageous terms, the greater part being under
4 per cent. The piece of ground so purchased has been inclosed and separated
from the grounds belonging to the Free Grammar School by a high and substantial
wall.

* Minutes of Vestry, 17th June, 20th June, t Vestry minutes, August 28th, September 10th

4th July, and 19th July, 1793. and 24th, October 1st and 2nd, 1794.

206 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The stone bears the following inscription :—

This ground was purchased, inclosed, and consecrated at the expense of the parish.

A.D. 1825.
Rev. J. G. Storie, Vicar.

William Law . . • • )

Richard Billiter . . . > Churchwardens.

George Guyatt . . . )

It would appear from the following advertisement* that even at the commencement
of the present century the churchyard was a source of trouble to the churchwardens : —
" The Parish of Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, Sept. 30,1809.— Whereas there
are in this churchyard several tombs and head and foot stones to a great number of
graves which are in a very ruinous and decayed condition, and the officers of this
Parish being unacquainted with the respective families to which a number of these
tombs and head and foot stones belong, are desirous that such respective families
will come forward and repair the same, otherwise such tombs and head and foot
stones must necessarily be removed, of which all persons concerned are desired to
take notice. — W. Law, D. Newman, W. Jenkins, Churchwardens."

A tour of inspection, in an old churchyard like that of St. Giles' Church, is a
perpetual reminder that the record of virtues however exalted, engraved on stone
however hard, lasts but for a day ! When a thousand years are but as yesterday,
what must be said of 120 years, which is about the average life of a grave-stone ?

There are few memorials, therefore, of any interest at the present time, and we are
indebted to previous writers for many of the following.

Near the foundation of the tower of the old church, without any memorial to point
out the spot, are interred the remains of Miss Lucy Wanmer, better known as the
" Little woman of Peckham." She was born about the middle of the last century, in
the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells, where her early days were spent. Her
height was exactly 32 inches ! her growth having been stinted at the early age of
three years. During her residence at Peckham she opened a school, which was well
patronized, and proved herself an able disciplinarian, and her general appearance and
deportment were hit off with the graphic power which seems natural to children by
one of her young pupils — " when she walks she kneels." For some years she was a
constant attendant at Grove Chapel, and after her death at an advanced age, on the
3rd July, 1821, was honoured with a funeral sermon by the minister of that place.

Three of the former vicars of Camberwell had memorials in the churchyard— the
Revs. Richard Parr, D.D., Ichabod Tipping, D.D., and Robert Aylmer, M.A. ; the
substance of their epitaphs is elsewhere given. There are several handsome
sarcophagi belonging to opulent and influential families in the neighbourhood. The
handsome tomb of Samuel Brown Tufnel, of Norwood Green, Middlesex, Esquire,
one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county, forms a conspicuous object
in the older part of the churchyard. The family of Tufnel is of considerable note
and antiquity, Richard Tufnel, of Monken Hadley, Middlesex, having been M.P. for
Southwark in 1640.

In the newer part of the churchyard a handsome tomb covers the remains of the
notorious democrat, well known as " Equality Brown," of Peckham : —

IN MEMORY OF TIMOTHY BROWN, ESQ., WHO DIED ON THE 4TH SEPTEMBER,

1820, AGED SEVENTY-SIX.

The following epitaph commemorates " JAMES BLAKE," who sailed round the
world with Captain Cook : —

* Gentleman'* Magazine, February, 1809.

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"The boisterous main I've traversed o'er,

New seas and lands explored,
But now at last am anchored fast

In peace and silence moored ;
In hopes t' explore the realms of bliss,

Unknown to mortals here ;
And haven in a heavenly port

Great God ! to praise and fear."

JOHN GOODALL'S epitaph is a quaint one. He departed this life June 22, 1815,
75 years : —

" He was — but words are wanting to say what ;
Think of an honest man — and he was that ! "

The following occurs on an elaborate stone tomb, surrounded by iron railings with
a coat of arms, about the centre of the churchyard : —

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF BETTY BEZERRA, VISCOUNTESS DE TAGOUHY,
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH SlLL, OF KlNGSTON-UPON-HuLL, MERCHANT, AND
BETTY HIS WIFE, AND WIDOW OF HIS EXCELLENCE JOHN PAUL BEZERRA, OF LISBON,
PRIME MINISTER OF HIS FAITHFUL MAJESTY, JOHN VI., KING OF PORTUGAL. SHE
DIED MAY 6, 1835, AGED 82, AND HER REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THIS VAULT.

IN THIS VAULT IS ALSO INTERR'D THE BODY OF THE ABOVE-NAMED JOSEPH SILL,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 8TH DAY OF OCT. 1779, AGED 60; ALSO BETTY
HIS WIFE, DIED DEC. 8, 1771, AGED 54. LIKEWISE THEIR GRAND-DAUGHTER,

ZENORIA, CHILD OF MAJOR SILL, WHO FELL IN THE AMERICAN WAR.

On a large elaborate vault of stone, and railed round, at the extreme south end of
the churchyard : —

TO THE MEMORY OF SUSANNAH, WIFE OP SAMUEL LAW, DIED FEB. 6, 1849,
AGED 44.

" Why is the chariot so long in coming ?

Haste thy chariot wheels, 0 Lord ! "

Hallelujah.

SAMUEL LAW, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THE HOPE OF A BLESSED IMMOR-
TALITY, MARCH 8, 1855, AGED 49.

On a brick vault, with stone top, adjoining the vault belonging to the Hardy s
of Peckham Road, about the centre of the east side of the churchyard : —

To THE MEMORY OF MARGARET PENWARNE, DAUGHTER OF JAMES RICHARD
AND MARGARET HARDY, WIFE OF THE REV. JOSEPH SUMNERS BROCKHURST, M.A.,
MASTER OF THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, DIED SEP. 8, 1839.

There is a brick vault with stone top recording the death of the Right Hon. Sir
Alexander Thompson, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Privy Coun-
cillor. He died at Bath, April 15, 1817, aged 72. On the sides : —

DAVID THOMPSON, M.D., LATE OF HANOVER, PARISH OF HANOVER, IN ISLAND
OF JAMAICA, DIED 29TH AUGUST, 1785, AGED 44.

MISS MARY THOMPSON, NATIVE OF THIS PLACE, BUT MANY YEARS RESIDENT
AT PRESTON, LANCASHIRE, SISTER OF BARON AND DR. THOMPSON, DIED 31 ST JAN.
1816, AGED 77.

The inscription on MARY PELOW, who died 12th July, 1763, aged 10 years, is
AS follows : —

" Come, silly mortal, take your stand, Remember tho' my work is done
Here view the world unknown ; That yours is yet to do.

Nor would you wish me in your hand Then dry your tears, your duty know,
Or in my God's alone : Rejoice that this is true—

My innocence to rest is gone, To her you certainly may go
In preference to you ; Who cannot come to you."

208 Yc PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

Another vault of interest is that of the De Crespignys : —

IN MEMORY OP CLAUDE CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, BART., WHO DIED
JAN. 26TH, 1818, AGED 84.

IN MEMORY OF DAME MARY CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, WIFE OF SIB
CLAUDE CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, DIED 20TH JULY, 1812, AGED 63.

Another is to the memory of the Cattley family, formerly residents of this parish : —

SUSAN TOWNSEND CATTLEY, BELOVED WIFE OF HENRY CATTLEY, ESQ.,
DIED APRIL 14TH, 1839.

ISABELLA, DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN CATTLEY AND WIFE OF THE REV. EDWARD
CRAIG, DIED 21ST FEB. 1836.

ALFRED CATTLEY, AGED 12.

JAMES REED CATTLEY, AGED 12.

ELIZABETH CATTLEY, AGED 17.

STEPHEN CATTLEY, AGED 70.

AND ISABELLA CATTLEY, WIDOW OF STEPHEN CATTLEY, AGED 73.

The Puckles have a family vault in the churchyard, which bears the following
inscription : —

IN THIS VAULT ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF ISABELLA MARIA, WIFE OF

ROBERT PUCKLE, ESQRE., OF THIS PARISH, OBIIT lOrn MARCH, 1825, ^TAT 61.

ALSO ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE ROBERT PUCKLE, ESQRE.,

OBIIT ICTH DECEMBER, 1832, AGED 74.

On the north side of the vault is inscribed the following :—

IN MEMORY OF CHARLES, SON OF ROBERT AND ISABELLA MARIA PUCKLE, OBIIT
IOTH SEPT. 1826, AGED 22 YEARS.

ALSO IN MEMORY OF ROBERT PUCKLE, ESQ., ELDEST SON OF ROBERT AND
ISABELLA MARIA PUCKLE, OBIIT IST SEPT. 1847, AGED 55.

CHARLES, OBIIT 7TH JULY, 1830, AGED 2 YEARS.

ELLEN MARY ANN, OBIIT 6TH APRIL, 1852, AGED 31.

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.

This church has been called into existence by the great and ever-increasing wants
of the district in which it is placed, and the funds to erect it have been raised
by the Rev. T. J. Gaster, whose energy and zeal have received their just reward.
About eight years ago (July, 1866) the members of the little church met at a private
house in the Choumert Road (No. 6, now No. 66), and the first service was attended
by five adults and twelve children. In 1866 (Dec. 4th) the foundation of the school-
church was laid, and the first portion of it opened for public worship in the fol-
lowing May. In 1870 the foundation-stone of the present church was laid by the
late Bishop Wilberforce, and the consecration by the same bishop took place on the
24th July, 1872. The architect was Mr. Coe, and the builders Messrs. Nixon, of
Lambeth, and the cost of the church and schools reached the large sum of .£6,480, in
addition to which an endowment and repair fund of .£1,150 was raised. Besides the
Sunday schools, there is a mission-room in Victoria Place in connection with the
church. The church is capable of seating 960 persons.

F.Bedford -Arch

si GEORGE . CAMBERWELL .

Ju> ta Litii,

CAMDEN CHURCH,

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CAMDEN CHURCH.

Camden Chapel, on the northern side of Peckham Road, was built in 1797, a short
time after the decease of the Rev. Roger Bentley, vicar of Camberwell, which took place
in October, 1795. It appears that the doctrines of Mr. Bentley's successor were not
altogether palatable to a portion of the congregation worshipping at St. Giles's Church,
and Camden was intended by the seceders as a branch church, or chapel of ease.
Through influence, however, at head-quarters, the original design was not carried into
effect, and the building was ultimately opened as a place of public worship in the
Countess of Huntingdon's connexion. Afterwards, as Lysons* states, " it was kept
open as a free conventicle, at which Dissenting ministers of all persuasions occasionally
officiated."

The pulpit was subsequently occupied for a short time by the Rev. Henry
Draper, B.D., but in 1829 the place was duly licensed as an episcopal chapel, and
un§er the ministry of the Rev. Henry Melvill, B.D., " Camden " became a " house-
hold word" in the Metropolis for pulpit oratory of a high order. So great was
Mr. MelvilTs popularity, that very soon after his appointment it was found necessary
to make a considerable enlargement, and transepts were made at the north end,
thus giving the building the form of the letter T«

A writer, t in a critique on Camden and its pastor in 1839, writes as follows : —
" The Rev. Henry Melvill, J of Camden Chapel, is the most popular preacher in
London. I am doing no injustice to other ministers, whether in the church or out of
it, in saying this. The fact is not only susceptible of proof, but is often proved in a
manner which all must admit to be conclusive. When a sermon is advertised to be
preached by Mr. Melvill, the number of strangers attracted to the particular place is-
invariably greater than is ever drawn together in the same church or chapel when
any of the other popular ministers in London are appointed to preach on a precisely
similar occasion. He displays as much solicitude about the composition of each suc-
cessive sermon as if that sermon, instead of being heard by only 2,500,§ were to be
preached to the entire population of the kingdom."

Mr. MelvilFs first sermon at Camden was preached on the evening of Easter Day,.
1829. His text on that occasion was Psalm Ixxi., 16th verse : " I will go in the
strength of the Lord God : I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of Thine
only." Mr. Melvill died in February, 1871, and the funeral took place at St. Paul's.
Cathedral on February 15, 1871.

The Rev. James Fleming preached an eloquent and touching sermon on the
occasion in Camden Church — and a more affecting scene than that witnessed at
the time within the walls of Camden cannot be imagined, when pastor and people
alike sympathized in a common loss. " It is our sad privilege — yours and mine —
to-day," said Mr. Fleming, " to mourn the departure of the first— the former — the
beloved pastor of this church. Nor ours only. His death is widely and deeply
lamented by the church at large, as well as by his own immediate family and by his
many friends. Unite then with me, a younger pastor following him at infinite
listance— as the son would the father— while out of a full heart I attempt to pay a
*eble tribute to departed worth.

* Lyson, Supplementary vol. p. 14. -whence he proceeded as a Grecian to St. John's,

t The Metropolitan Pulpit, 1839. College, Cambridge; graduated B.A. in 1821, and

t Mr. Melvill was younger son of Philip Melvill, became a Fellow and Tutor of St. Peter's College.
)sq., Governor of Pendennis Castle, and brother § This number is evidently an error— l,50a

of Sir Peter Melvill, K.C.B., and Sir J. C. Melvill, would be nearer the mark.

"r.C.B. He was educated at Christ's Hospital,

210 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

" I have said the first pastor of this church, for I need but to remind you that
forty-one years ago he undertook the first settled Church of England ministry at
' Camden.' Other men have gone to churches already formed and established, but he
had to form and establish one here. Some plant, others water— but he both planted
and watered, while none was more ready to own that it was God who gave the
increase. Some lay the foundation, and others rear the building, but he both laid the
foundation and added the * lively stones' that grew here into a holy temple of
the Lord. Of him it could not be said, ' Other men laboured, and ye have entered
into their labours.' He did not move ( in another man's line, made ready to the
hand.' His life, as you all know, brethren, was devoted to a holy, learned, laborious
calling ; and after having achieved the highest honours of his university, he brought
to it all the qualities that make a great preacher. Never was a mind trained under
more severe discipline. Laborious industry was one of his most striking character-
istics, but it was the industry of a mind conscious of its own powers and delighting
in their exercise. Powerful as a reasoner — pathetic as a pleader — persuasive as an
orator — faithful as a preacher — profound as a theologian — you well know how^as
with magic spell, entranced congregations hung upon his lips in this time-honoured
sanctuary."

Mr. Melvill's successful ministry at Camden was brought to a close in 1844, when
the Rev. Daniel Moore, M. A., became incumbent, and Camden was regularly con-
stituted into a district church — the chapel being duly consecrated on the 22nd
November in that year by the Bishop of Winchester. The patronage is vested in
trustees. In 1866 Mr. Moore resigned the incumbency on his appointment to the
vicarage of Holy Trinity, Paddington, having been appointed some time previously
to the " Golden Lectureship " at St. Margaret's, Lothbury. During Mr. Moore's stay
at Camden the schools in Sumner Road were erected (1845) at an expense of nearly
.£5,000, and, mainly through Mr. Moore's energetic advocacy, St. Andrew's Church,
Hill Street, was erected.

In 1854 a bold experiment was tried, and Camden was not only altered and
enlarged, but also beautified. To add a Byzantine chancel to such a nondescript
building was indeed a bold venture, but now that it is done, it does not appear so
cutre in effect as many had imagined. By raising the flat roof of the old part and
carrying a waggon-head the whole length of the building, coincident with the chancel
arch, offending incongruity has been avoided. It was well known at the time that
Mr. Ruskin, who then lived on Denmark Hill, took great interest in the new chancel,
and many suggestions of his were carried out during the progress of the work.
Sir Gilbert Scott was the architect, and the cost of the alteration amounted to about
.£4,000. There are several handsome stained-glass windows in the chancel, two of
which the congregation have erected to the memory of the late Canon Melvill, with
the following inscription : — "In affectionate memory of the Rev. Henry Melvill, B.D.,
late Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, and for fifteen years the faithful minister of this
church, 1871." Of the remaining windows, one was uthe gift of the ladies of the
congregation ; another was presented by Mrs. Kenible, as a memorial to the original
trustees and founders of the church, and the remaining four were the gift of the late
Mr. Earl. We must not omit to mention that, after leaving Camden, Mr. Moore was
appointed chaplain in ordinary to the Queen, and that his Camden friends presented
him on leaving with a substantial recognition of his successful labours amongst
them.

In 1866 the Rev. James Fleming came to Camden from Bath, where he h
already established a high reputation, not only as a pulpit orator but as a public
reader. Indeed, Mr. Fleming's readings at Bath were so successful in every respect

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that other places soon followed the Bath example, and Mr. Fleming is generally
regarded as the father of the " Penny-reading movement."

Mr. Fleming was born in Ireland, July 26th, 1830, was educated at Shrewsbury
.School, under Dr. Kennedy, and proceeded to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where
he obtained an open classical exhibition. He graduated in 1852, and was nominated
.to the much-coveted office of travelling bachelor to the University. This distinction,
however, he held only for a year ; and in 1853 he was ordained by the Bishop of
Norwich, and became a hard-working curate at Ipswich.

In 1855 he removed to Bath as minister of St. Stephen's Church, and soon became
incumbent of All Saints', where he remained until, in 1866, hu was invited by the
itrustees to succeed the Rev. D. Moore, — the Rev. John Richardson, the present
.incumbent, who was then offered the pulpit, not being willing to accept the charge.
In 1874 Mr. Fleming was appointed vicar of St. Michael's, Chester Square, and his
•Camberwell friends presented him with a handsome piece of plate and a purse of
,£500. It will be many years before the clear ring of Mr. Fleming's musical voice
-will have died away in Camberwell, and his good works amongst the poor, as well as
his kindly bearing to all who approached him, will not easily be forgotten.

During his seven years' stay at Camden, Mr. Fleming took an active part in all
.charities connected with Camden Church, on whose behalf he was mainly instrumental
in collecting no less a sum than £15,400.

The Rev. John Richardson, the present incumbent, who was appointed by the
trustees early in 1874, was born in Appleby, Westmoreland, and was educated in the
Appleby Grammar School. About the year 1838 he went to Trinity College,
Dublin, where, after four years' study, he took his B.A. and afterwards his M. A.
.degrees. He was ordained in 1842, and appointed to the curacy of Haslingden, in
Lancashire, where he remained two years. He then became incumbent of the new
parish of Musbury, near Bury, Lancashire, but only remained there for seven months,
in consequence of being appointed to the incumbency of Milns Bridge, near Hudders-
field, which he held for two years. From Milns Bridge he went to Manchester, where
he became vicar of St. Barnabas, continuing his ministrations for five years, and suc-
•ceeded to the rectorship of St. Ann's, Manchester, where he passed another five
years. At the end of that time he went to Bury St. Edmunds, and became vicar of
St. Mary's, remaining there for the long period of sixteen years. During this time Mr.
Richardson took a most active part in everything that tended to elevate and improve
his flock ; and his name is associated with many good works and charitable deeds.

The rev. gentleman is the author of several books, including a volume called
•" Gospel Unities ; " also a volume of sermons under the title of " Preachings of the
€ross."

Mr. Richardson is a very able preacher, and his sermons bear the impress of great
care and research. He is already exceedingly popular, and fully maintains the high
position of Camden in the Metropolitan pulpit.

The curates attached to Camden are the Rev. H. Poole, M.A., and the Rev.
€laud Brown, B.A.

CHRIST CHURCH, OLD KENT ROAD.

This church was consecrated on the 1st of July, 1868, by Bishop Ryan, formerly of
Mauritius, on behalf of the Bishop of Winchester, who was suffering from ill-health
at the time. The church was built to replace the previous church of the district

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212 Y« PARISH OF CA&ERWELL.

which had only been erected in 1838. So rapid, however, had been the growth of
the South Metropolitan Gas Works, that a removal from the north to the south side-
of the Old Kent Road became absolutely necessary, and hence the erection of the
present commodious church in 1868.

The first incumbent of the old church was the Rev. Robert Clarke Burton, M. A. ,
who was succeeded by the Rev. R. P. Hutchison, M.A., in December, 1850.

During Mr. Burton's incumbency, the National and Infant schools were erected,
the site being given by Sir Edward Bowyer Smijth, Bart., whose armorial bearings-
are sculptured over the entrance. These schools, which occupy a neat building in
the Tudor style, were chiefly erected by subscription and the proceeds of a fancy
fair, held at the Grove House by the ladies of Camberwell about the year 1840.-
During the incumbency of the Rev. R. P. Hutchison, the National schools were
enlarged ; Ragged, Day, Night, and Sunday schools were established in the Lower Park
Road, as also a Night and Sunday school in Manor Street. This last, from the decay
of the building and its transference to the Wesleyans after its restoration, had to be
given up, at least for a time. The remainder are in excellent working order, even
the Ragged school having been placed under Government inspection by the present
incumbent. On August 31, 1874, a school building capable of accommodating 950
scholars was opened in the district by the London School Board.

In 1869 Mr. Hutchison resigned the incumbency for the living of St. Thomas,-
Winchester, and was succeeded by the Rev. R. O. T. Thorpe, M.A., formerly a Fellow
of Christ's College, Cambridge. The architect of the present church was Mr. Keeling,
and Messrs. Dove the builders, and the style of architecture Gothic. The church is
capable of seating 1,260 persons, and there are 442 free seats.* There is an electric
organ by Bryceson in use in this church.

EMMANUEL CHURCH.

This church was erected at a cost of about .£5,000, which was defrayed by the
Commissioners for building new Churches and Chapels ; and the Metropolitan Churches
Fund, aided by a munificent gift of ,£1,900 from Sir Edward Bowyer Smijth, Bart.,,
who also gave the land on which the church is built, and a house and garden adjoin-
ing, for the minister. Sir Edward, who laid the first stone on the 29th June, 1840,,
subsequently gave the organ, by Robson, which was rebuilt in 1861 by Lewis.
There are galleries on three sides of the church, supported by cast-iron columns. The
altar at the east end is in a recess under a semicircular arch, beneath which is a row
of smaller arches supported by slender columns, containing the Lord's Prayer, Com-
mandments, and Creed. Within a semicircular projection at this end is a small
rdbing-room. The pulpit is square, and rests on a circular pillar. The font is a
circular basin of neat design, corresponding with other decorations of the church.
There are sittings for upwards of 1,000 persons, 511 of which are free and unappro-
priated. Mr. Thomas Bellamy was the architect, and the Rev. W. Harker is the
patron. The first minister was the Rev. Robert Fayrer, instituted in 1842, who-
was succeeded by the Rev. W. Harker, and subsequently (1869) by the Rev. W
English.

* Its whole endowment consists of the interest of now being made to raise this permanently to £200-
£1,062 8s. 4ti. Three per Cent. Consols. An effort is a year.

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213

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' CHAPEL.

In 1850 the board of management of tlie Licensed Victuallers' Asylum erected a
/chapel in connection with their charity, and the Rev. W. G. Martin, M.A.,was
.appointed chaplain. For the convenience of the aged inmates, the site selected for
the chapel was as central as possible, and accommodation provided for about 400
persons. The outside public are admitted to the services, which are bright, and
though eminently congregational are partly choral. The excellence of the congrega-
tional singing is mainly due to the establishment, some years since, of the Licensed
Victuallers' Choral Association, composed chiefly of the younger members of the
yarious families who attend the Asylum chapel. The founder of this society, the
Rev. W. G. Martin, is a most accomplished musician, and on the occasion of the
marriage of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, he had the
Jionour of receiving an invitation to assist in the choral services.

On the walls of the chapel are several costly tablets to the memory of benefactors,
the most conspicuous being those to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex and H.R.H. the
Prince Consort.

In the gallery over the western door is an organ of considerable power, by Messrs.
Bevington and Sons, erected by voluntary contributions.

The whole of the side windows, twelve in number, are "memorial windows,"
representing, with one exception, some of the most interesting events in the life of
Christ, such as the Sermon on the Mount, the Entry into Jerusalem, the Women
.at the Empty Sepulchre, &c. ; and (with the exception alluded to), they are all from
the studio of Messrs. Lavers, Barraud, and Westlake. As works of art, the}r are well
-deserving of inspection.

A magnificent altar-window, by Gibbs, the gift of the chairman and board of
management for the year 1874 (the subject being the Descent from the Cross),
.completes the series, which may be regarded as the largest and finest specimens of
stained glass in the parish of Camberwell.

In 1853 the congregation, as a mark of their affectionate regard, presented the
Rev. Mr. Martin with a purse of gold ; and on the completion of twenty-one years'
^ministry, the board of management and the subscribers at large presented to the
reverend gentleman an exceedingly handsome testimonial, consisting of a purse of one
.thousand guineas and a beautifully emblazoned address on vellum, the presentation
being made at a banquet which was held in the large saloon of the Crystal Palace
on the 21st November, 1871, and the following address : —

" The ministry of the Rev. W. G. Martin, M. A., Chaplain to the Licensed Victuallers'
Asylum, having been so truly valuable, not only to the inmates of the Institution
fout to a large number of the inhabitants of the surrounding neighbourhood, the
members of the congregation have resolved to present him with a testimonial of
•their high esteem, as an acknowledgment of the great earnestness, ability, and truth-
fulness with which he has discharged the duties of his sacred office. "

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, PECKHAM.

This church was consecrated by the Bishop of Winchester on the 23rd October,
1865. It was erected mainly through the efforts of the then incumbent of Camden
Church, the Rev. Daniel Moore, M.A., supported by R. A. Gray, Esq., J.P., F. C.
Hills, Esq., Mrs. Kemble, and other well-known and influential local residents. The
-cost of the building was about £6,000, exclusive of the organ and other appointments

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—Messrs. Dove Brothers being the builders and Mr. E. B. Keeling the architect,
and the 'style of the building is described as " Early French Gothic." The church
is capable of seating 870 people, half of the seats being free.

The total internal length of the church is 128 feet. The nave is 90 feet long by
35 feet wide, and the north aisle is 40 feet long by 15 feet wide, terminating at the
east end in a transept 27 feet in width by 21 feet 6 inches long. The tower and spire,,
140 feet high, are at the north-west angle of the church. The church is constructed
externally of four distinct varieties of stone, which have a very pleasing effect.

The Rev. J. H. Hazell, M.A.,is the incumbent. Attached to the church is a substantial
and well-built parsonage house, towards the erection of which the late Bishop Sumner
gave the munificent donation of £500. The school buildings belonging to this district
are situated in the Goldsmith Road, and at the present time there are about 20CV
children on the books.

ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, HONOR OAK.

The foundation-stone of this church was laid in October, 1872, by J. G. Talbot, Esq.y
M.P., and was opened for public worship on the 4th June, 1873.

The site on which the church is built was given by Mr. Edwin Clarke, who owns-
considerable property in the neighbourhood ; and, in addition to the site, Mr. Clarke
gave £750 towards the erection of the building.

The church is on the slope of one of the most commanding hills near London — ^so-
commanding, that it was formerly the semaphore station by which the arrival of
ships was communicated to the Admiralty.

With regard to the architecture of the church, the Gothic style was selected, as-
being in harmony with the surrounding residences. Mr. Oakley was the architect ;
and the cost of the building was about £4,000, the builders being Messrs. Roberts,
The incumbent is the Rev. J. H. Morgan, LL.D., Ph.D., of Stone House, Forest
Hill, who contributed £500 towards the erection of the church, which has since had
a district assigned to it, out of the parishes of St. Mary, Peckham, and Christ Church,
Forest Hill. Dr. Morgan is not only the vicar but the patron of the living.

ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S CHURCH, HILL STREET.

This church was built in 1813-14, and was originally a proprietary, the shaies-
being fixed at £100, and the number of proprietors limited to 41. It was opened for
Divine service by the bishop's licence in March, 1814. The Rev. Robert Bree, for-
merly curate of St. Giles's Church, being first minister, the churchwardens being,
Mr. William Peacock and Mr. Robert Curtis. On the resignation of the Rev. Robert
Bree, in 1819, he was succeeded by the Rev. Henry Springett, M.A., of St. Magdalen
College, Cambridge, who continued minister until December, 1833, when he was-
succeeded by the Rev. Edmund Lilley, B.D., during whose incumbency considerable
improvements were made. The present turret was erected, and advantage was taken
of the alteration to add a clock, with other improvements. Stained glass was inserted
in the east window, and a piece of land, ten feet wide, running the whole length of
the church premises on the north side, was enclosed with iron railings. During Mr.
Lilley 's ministry the proprietary shares were narrowed into the possession of one or
two individuals, thus paving the way for the formation of St. Chrysostom into a
district church. A fund is now in course of collection, of which Mr. R. A. Gray is-

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treasurer, effectually to carry out the above purpose. In 1859 the Rev. E. Lilley was
succeeded by the Rev. Edward Marshall, curate of St. Matthew's, Denmark Hill.
Mr. Lilley then became minister for the second time, and was succeeded, in 1865, by
the Rev. J. Allen. The present minister, the Rev. Isaac Haycroft, of King's College,
and formerly curate of Barnet, and domestic chaplain to Lord Strafford, was appointed
in 1867. The churchwardens are Messrs. Sidney Willes and Frederick George Lewin,
the former of whom has been churchwarden since 1850, with the exception of three
years. A portion of the communion plate was presented by the late Mr. Philip
Hammersley Leathes, " in fulfilment," the inscription states, " of the intentions of
his late wife, Mary Ann Leathes, deceased." Mr. Leathes has also left the sum of
£Wl 3s. 8d. Three per Cent. Consols, of which the interest, £3 Is. 8d.t is devoted
annually to the purchase of flannel for poor afflicted persons. Mr. Willes and the
Rev. E. Lilley are the only surviving trustees, the others, Messrs. I'Anson and Barrett,
being dead. In connexion with this church must be mentioned the Channel me-
morial fund, raised in 1856, to commemorate the active Christian usefulness of the late
Miss Ann Channel. The amount over and above the cost of the memorial tablet in
the church, .£200, is invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, and the interest divided
for clothing amongst the girls attending the national school and the poor of the
district. The local trustees of this charity are the Rev. Isaac Haycroft and the Rev.
J. Hazell, M.A. A district, comprising about 8,000 souls, will be assigned to St.
Chrysostom's, when it is made into a district church.

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.

There are few churches in or near London which have witnessed more extraordinary
changes in their surroundings than that of St. George's, Camberwell. Originally
built among green fields, with a windmill, the very sign of country life, close to its
graveyard, it now stands among houses packed in those close rows which almost seem
to keep out the free air of heaven from their inhabitants ; while the population, which
then numbered some 8,000 or 9,000, has now risen to upwards of 34,000.

In July, 1820,* it was stated in vestry that there were 1,394 inhabited houses in

* The progress made by the Church of England,
not only in this parish, but throughout the country,
since this date, has been most marked, as will ba
seen from the following history of Church progress,
taken from an article in a recent number of the
Quarterly Review : —

1. First, as regards church building:— Up to
1872 the total number of churches built in the
century was 3,204 ; of churches entirely rebuilt,
925 ; making 4,129 in all. Restorations and en-
largements were still more numerous, so that over
9,000 churches have been built, rebuilt, or restored
during the century. These have cost at least
£18,000,000. All this was accomplished by voluntary
contributions, with the single exception of the
parliamentary grant of one million in the outset.

2. Next, as to subdivision of parishes :— In 1831
the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission returned
the number of benefices at 10,000. Now there are
as nearly as possible 13,200. And be it remem-
bered that every additional parish involved a large
voluntary outlay for church, schools, and parson-
age, and other numberless details of parochial ex-
penditure. But all these new parishes had to be
endowed, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
acknowledge the receipt of no less than £1,653,446
from private benefactions for endowment up to
October 31, 1873, and it is a remarkable fact that
in this one form alone Churchmen have thus given
for endowment at the rate of £120,000 a year f or
the last three years.

3. Parsonage houses : — Forty years ago these
numbered 5,900, now they are over 11,000, so that,
saying nothing of rebuilt parsonages, we have a
clear gain of 5,100 resident clergy.

4. Clergy:—

In 1801 the number given is .
In 1841 there were .

10,307
14,613
In 1871 there were 20,694

An increase of over 6,000 in thirty years. Of these,
19,043 are engaged in parochial work ; in round
numbers, 13,000 are incumbents and 6,000 curates,
and 1,650 are clergy employed in school and collego
work. In 1841 the number of incumbents was
5,776,in 1871 no less than 13,043.

5. Education : — The following figures are taken
from the Privy Council Educational Report for
1873, and will about show to whom the country is
indebted for the means of elementary education
during the last thirty years : —

FROM 1839 TO DECEMBER 31, 1872.

England and Wales. Subscribed.
For building Church

schools . . . £3,585,164
For British andForeign

schools

For Wesleyan schools
For Roman Catholic

schools

220,033
151,942

99,650

Par. Grant-
£1,356,487

106,120
81,317

42,167

Here we have three and a half millions of voluntary

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the district of Camberwell, which, on an average of five to each house, would give 6,970
residents in that section of the parish. For only 1,300 of these was accommodation pro-
vided in the parish church ; so that, allowing 2,000 out of the remainder to be Dis-
senters, upwards of 3,600 individuals were unable to procure seats in a place of
worship in communion with the Established Church. It was therefore resolved, at a
vestry on the 17th August following, that a church to hold 2,000 persons, one-third
to be free sittings, should be built in the district, and the first stone of the building,
which, like others designed by Mr. Bedford in South London, is in the Grecian style,
was laid on the festival of St. George, the patron saint of England, April 23rd, 1822.
The following curious document will give our readers an idea of the eclat which
attended the proceedings on the occasion : —

NEW CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE, CAMBERWELL.

Order of Procession

To be observed on the Occasion of the laying the First Stone of this Church by
the Lord Bishop of Winchester, on Tuesday, the 23rd Day of April, 1822, being

St. George's Day.

Two Men bearing Flags.

Four Constables.

Boys of the Dulwich Schools, four abreast.

Boys of the Peckham Schools, four abreast.

Boys of the Camberwell Green Coat and National

Schools, four abreast.
Girls of the Dulwich Schools, four abreast.

Girls of the Peckham Schools, four abreast.
Girls of the Camberwell Green Coat and National

Schools, four abreast.
Parish Clerks and Organist.

Two Men bearing Flags.
A Full Band in Regimentals.
The Collectors of the Church Rates.
Messrs. Sharpe and Day, Contractors for the Mason's
Work, bearing the Silver Trowel upon a Velvet
Cushion ; Messrs. Wells and Berryman,
the Bricklayers ; Mr. May hew, the
Carpenter ; Mr. Howard, the
Plumber and Painter ; and
Mr. Cheshire, the
Glazier and Copper-
smith.
Francis Bedford, Esq., the Architect, with Plans of

the Church.
Messrs. Whiffen and Mason, Overseers of the Poor.

subscriptions sunk in school building alone ; whilst is over 5,800. £ s. d

from the same report we learn that the annual Average stipend of a curate in 1843 was 82 2 10

subscriptions of Churchmen reach the amount of ,, ,, }> 1353 ,, 79 0 0

£389,769 against £84,771 subscribed by Dissenters. ,, 1863 97 10 0

Add to this that during the last sixty years the ,, „ „ 1373 „ 129 5 8

National Society alone has dispensed £1,000,000 for Taking £125 for the average income at present, this

educational purposes, involving at least an outlay gives £725,000 on the gross curate income. Of this,

of £12,000,000 in actual capital from other sources, about £400,000 is paid by Incumbents, and the

and we have some idea what the Church has been rest, £325, 000, comes from lay sources. So that thus

doing during the century for the religious educi- we have a genuine supplementary endowment

tion of the people of England. resulting from the restoration of the parochial

6. Curates :— The number of curates at present system by abolishing pluralities.

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Mr. Spence, Solicitor and Vestry Clerk,
and Secretary to the New Church Committee.
The New Church Committee with White Wands
three abreast ; the three last of whom bear
the Vase, Coins, and Inscription-
Plate, upon Crimson Velvet

Cushions.

Robert Small, Esq., and Joseph Fidler, Esq.,

Treasurers of the Church and Parish Funds.

John Allen, Esq., Jefferys Thomas Allen, Esq., the

Rev. J. Smith, the Rev. John Lindsay, the Rev.

John Vane, and the Rev. John Lindiey, the

Master, Warden, and the Fellows of God's

Gift College, Dulwich (the Clergy

in their Robes).

Thomas Lett, Esq., D. King, Esq., Robert Hedger,

Esq., Florence Young Esq., Thomas Starling

Benson, Esq., and William Holmer, Esq.,

Magistrates of the East Hundred

of Brixton.
George Holme Sumner and J. W. Dennison, Esqs.,

Members of the County.

Beadles of the Parish, with Staves.

Messrs. Henry Gooch, Richard Billiter, and Thomas

Turk, the Churchwardens, with their

Wands of Office.

CLERGY IN THEIR ROBES.

The Rev. H. W. C. Hyde, Curate.

The Rev. W. Lambert, Afternoon Lecturer.

The Rev. Richard Newton Adams, Alternate Morning

Preacher.
The Rev. Edward Smedley, Minister of the Third

or Evening Service.

The Rev. W. H. Springett, Minister of Peckham
Chapel.

The Rev. William Jephson, the Master of the Free Grammar School ; the Rev. Dr.
D'Oyley, Rector of Lambeth ; the Rev. A. C. Onslow, Rector of Newington ;
the Rev. William Rose, Vicar of Carshalton ; and the Rev. Dr. Kenny, Rector of
St. Olave's, Southwark ; the Clerical Governors of the Free Grammar School at
Camberwell, in their Robes.

The Right Rev. Father in God
GEORGE TOMLINE, D.D., LORD BISHOP OF

WINCHESTER.

The Parish Committee, three and three.

Two Men with Flags.

Four Peace Officers.

Two years later the churcli was consecrated by the same prelate, and on the follow-
ing Sunday the incumbent, the Rev. J. Vane, Fellow of Dulwich College, preached

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his first sermon in the sacred building on 2 Chron. vi. 18-20. Mr. Vane remained
in charge for eight years, and was succeeded in 1832 by the Rev. Samuel Smith, M.A.,
the present incumbent.

The expense of the building, including the architect's and clerk of the works' com-
mission, was ,£13,365 4s. 8d. ; inclosing and making the churchyard, ,£3,117 3s. 6d. ;
organ, bells, clock, chandelier, and other furniture, £2,261 3s. 4d. ; and the secre-
tary, solicitor, and proctor's charges, laying first stone and consecration, and other
incidental payments, £1,933 9s. 4d.

The total cost of this edifice was somewhat more than £20,600, of which £5,000
was contributed by the Commissioners for building Churches and Chapels, under the
Act of the 58th Geo. III. cap. 45, and the remainder by a rate and voluntary
contributions.

The ground on which the church stands was given by John Rolls, Esq., and is-
enclosed on three sides by a substantial wall, and towards the west with ornamental
cast-iron railings, gates, stone piers, &c.

The edifice is 85 feet in length, or, with the children's galleries, which extend behind
the organ at the west end, 99 feet ; its width is 60 feet, and the height nearly 34 feet
from the floor to the ceiling. The walls are decorated with pilasters of the Ionic
order, having rich capitals and entablature, whereon rest the beams that support the
ceiling, which is flat, and panelled into twelve large square compartments, each orna-
mented with a central flower. There are capacious galleries on each side, as well as-
at the west end, supported by fluted Doric columns.

The organ is a powerful and finely-toned instrument by Lincoln, and its case is
highly enriched.

Some of the monumental tablets are worthy of especial notice, particularly that of
Alfred Tebbitt, on the east wall over the south gallery, which represents a female
figure beneath a willow bending over an urn, in pure white marble. Another,
remarkable for taste and delicacy of execution, commemorates Mary, wife of William
Rolls, Esq., who died in 1840, in the sixty-sixth year of her age and the "jubilee of
her union."

The respected vicar, who is now in his seventy-first year, is universally beloved,
and his connection with the parish of Camberwell has been fruitful in good works,
and he is still ever foremost in everything that concerns the welfare of his flock. Mr.
Smith took his B.A. degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1827, in which year he
was ordained deacon by the Bishop of London, receiving priest's orders from the
same prelate in the year following. In 1830 he graduated as M.A., and in 1832 he
entered upon his duties at St. George's, Camberwell. During five years he was-
chaplain to the Lord Mayor, an office to which very few, if any, clergymen have
been so frequently appointed. Eighteen sermons preached by Mr. Smith during
his chaplaincy have been published. The curates are the Rev. R. J. Waters, 35,
Peckham Grove, and the Rev. T. H. L. Leary, D.C.L., 19, Peckham Grove.

Owing to the great increase in the houses and population in this district, its extreme
portions have within the last few years been formed into two separate convention*
districts, viz., St. Philip's for the Old Kent Road portion, and St. Luke's for
Commercial and St. George's Roads, &c. [See St. Philip's and St. Luke's churches

This church is one of the few erected under the Act of Parliament, 59 Geo. III.
cap. 154, which vested the management in a select vestry, and constituted the distric
a separate or " district parish " for ecclesiastical purposes. Very soon after the
building of the church, the select vestry, by their own authority, made a rate for its,
maintenance, which was resisted, and on technical grounds declared illegal. A second
rate experienced a like fate on similar grounds. A third rate was then made by the

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select vestry, which was again resisted, and raised the important question, — " Whether
or not the select vestries attached to churches erected under the above-mentioned
Acts had the power to make rates without the concurrence of the inhabitants ?" The
case was solemnly argued in the Court of Queen's Bench ; and on the 21st of
November, 1831, its judgment was pronounced by Lord Tenterden, and decided that
the Acts in question gave no such power. This decision settled the law upon the
subject for the entire kingdom.

A meeting of the inhabitants in vestry was afterwards called to make a rate of 2cL
in the pound for the repair and maintenance of the church, which, after a poll of the
district parish, was acceeded to and declared legal. The right to make a church rate
having been thus established, the inhabitants were called together from time to time
in open vestry for this purpose, and although the proposition for a rate was generally
opposed at the meeting, upon the result of the poll which followed a majority decided
in favour of a rate. In the year 1846 the rate thus carried amounted to 4cZ. in the
pound. At a poll on April 14, 1860, however, the inhabitants decided by a majority
of 177 against a rate, and from that time to the year 1874, the authorities assessed a
Voluntary CJmrch Rate, but the amount raised by this means becoming less every
year it has since been abolished.

The abolition of select vestries gave the inhabitants of this district parish the right
to hold a vestry meeting on Easter Tuesday, to elect churchwardens and other officers-
of the church, and the records show several sharply-contested elections for church-
wardens, organist, and others. In the year 1859 Mr. C. S. Stevens, the present clerk
to the guardians of Camberwell, was appointed vestry clerk, and at Easter, 1861, the
office of churchwarden appears to have been warmly contested — Mr. Sugden being
returned after a poll by a majority of 309 votes against Mr. Thornhill.

The opportunity afforded the inhabitants of meeting in public vestry has from
time to time induced discussion upon matters ex£ra-ecclesiastical. Notably may be
mentioned the "necessity for a new bridge over the canal" by St. George's Church,
which, during the wardenship of Mr. Sugden, was frequently under discussion, and
memorials agreed to, and deputations formed, for moving the authorities of the upper
district, which agitation ultimated in the construction of the new bridge in 1862.

Mr. Sugden, after having served aa churchwarden at St. George's, occupied a
similar position in the Mother Church, and his attachment to the Church of England
is well known. He has always taken great interest in church extension in St. George's,
and has had the gratification to see much progress in that direction within this densely
populated and under-churched district.

ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, CAMBERWELL.

This handsome church is situate on the estate commonly known as "Hyatt's
Fields," and within a short distance of Camberwell New Road Railway Station. Very
recently the site formed a portion of large nursery grounds occupied by Mr. Myatt,
whose far-famed strawberries were once highly appreciated in the London market.
Although the church, when it was built, may be said to have anticipated the neigh-
bourhood, the latter is fast making headway, and handsome villas are rising up
around it as if by magic, and within a very short time the whole estate will no
doubt be covered with houses.

The site on which the church was built ^(as well as the cost of its erection) was
given by the landowner, Mr. James L. Minet, and the cost of the same is said to
have exceeded £8,000. The architect of the building was Mr. G. Lowe, of Basing-

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hall Street, and Messrs. Dove Brothers, of Islington, the builders. The style' of
architecture is that known as the " Early Decorated," with an apsidal chancel, and a
tower and spire 135 feet high. The rag and Bath stones of which the church is
constructed give it a neat and finished appearance. There are seats for 800, 160 of
which are free. The church was consecrated on the 27th June, 1870, by the late
Bishop Wilberforce. The first and present vicar is the Rev. J. D. Dyke, M.A.,
formerly of Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street.

The church contains some handsome stained-glass windows. Those in the apse,
five in number, representing scenes from Our Lord's Passion, are by Messrs. Clayton
and Bell ; those on the west end are by Messrs. Ward and Hughes, and represent the
Adoration of the magi at the end of the south-west aisle, and Christ Blessing Little
Children at the end of the north-west aisle ; while two smaller lights, at the side of the
west door, represent Christ as the Good Shepherd, and Christ as the Light of the
World.

The pulpit (of stone) has some exquisitely-carved figures of the Saviour and the
Evangelists.

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, EAST DULWICH.

The present elegant little church on Goose Green was erected in 1865, in place oi
the small building known as the East Dulwich Chapel, built at the expense of Mr.
Bailey, a large landowner in East Dulwich. The new church was consecrated on
the 16th May, 1865, and the cost of its construction, about .£8,000, was principally
raised by subscriptions amongst the gentry of the neighbourhood. The new building
was constructed to hold about 900 people ; that is, 600 seats for letting and 300
free seats. The architect was Mr. C. Bailey, and he has certainly succeeded in
designing a building at once attractive and convenient. The church reminds us, in
its style, of some of those antique village churches of which, in these days of rapid
railway travelling, we catch a brief glimpse on many a picturesque spot in Surrey,
Sussex, or Kent. Like them, the spire is of pantile, while the whole body, tower, and
chancel of the church are built with granite, which creates a peculiarity in appear-
ance rather pleasing, and relieves it from the sameness of the light-coloured stone.
In the interior the effect is very striking. In the chancel are six stained windows,
representing St. John in the Wilderness, the saint to whom the church is dedicated,
and various scenes in which our Saviour took a part during his ministration upon
«arth. Immediately facing the windows in the chancel, at the west end, are three
memorial windows, each containing three groups. The centre one was erected by
Thomas Farmer Bailey, Esq., in memory of his grandfather. It represents St. John
the Evangelist leaning on our Lord's breast at Supper, and the Revelation to St.
John in Patmos. Immediately below the window is a monumental brass, narrating
the good work performed in building East Dulwich Chapel by Mr. Bailey.

The window on the north side is in memory of Robert Hichens, Esq., of East
Dulwich, who took a most active part in the " Building Committee " of the new
church. It was erected by the other members of the committee as a mark of their
esteem and regard for one who had been a most active and zealous participator in a
work which he was not permitted to see carried out. Another window in this
portion of the church was erected by Mrs. Scott, the wife of the treasurer of the
*l Building Committee," in memory of a daughter.

Mr. John Scott, formerly of Norland House, East Dulwich, who took a most
active part in the " Building Committee," has since left the neighbourhood ; and his

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friends and neighbours presented him on leaving with a most flattering testimonial of
their high appreciation of his character. Mr. Scott, during his residence in East
Dulwich, was a munificent patron of all charitable associations, and in all that he
did was a striking exemplification of the Christian gentleman.

Although not consecrated till May, 1865, the church was opened by license on the
18th September, 1864.

The organ is by Holditch. The Rev. W. Foster Elliott, M.A., was the first incum-
bent, and during his incumbency funds were raised for the purpose of erecting new
schools, which are admirably adapted for the purpose for which they were designed.

The present incumbent, the Rev. T. D. C. Morse, was appointed in 1872, on the
resignation of the Rev. W. Foster Elliott, M.A.

ST. JUDE'S CHURCH, PECKHAM.

The temporary church of St. Jude's, Asylum Road, Peckham, was opened for
service in March, 1865, the Venerable the Archdeacon of Surrey officiating on the
occasion. The cost of the church was about £700, and contains sitting accommoda-
tion for 650 people. There are about 250 free seats. The Rev. Pitt Cobbett was
the first minister, and in 1872 he was succeeded by the Rev. C. J. Meade, M.A.

A site for a permanent church has been secured at a cost of £1,000, and efforts
are being made to obtain the funds necessary for the new building.

ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, COMMERCIAL ROAD.

A temporary brick church, built on the Rosemary Branch Estate, to be used as a
school when the permanent church is erected. It is capable of seating 250 persons,
and all the seats are " free and open." The Rev. J. C. Lintott, formerly curate at
St. George's Church, is the incumbent elect, and considering the denseness of the
population in the immediate vicinity of the church, and the great need there is for
such a building, the necessary funds for the permanent church will no doubt be
freely subscribed.

ST. MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH.

The district connected with this edifice forms a large portion of the eastern half of
this parish, and was formerly an almost uninterrupted succession of market gardens.
Extensive building operations have been recently carried on since the opening of the
Queen's Road and Nunhead Railway Stations, so that the district now is an exceed-
ingly populous one. The church, which is a substantial building of brick, with
stone dressings, stands upon a plot of ground long known as the " Duck's Nest,"
liberally given for the purpose by William Edmonds, Esq., of New Cross. The
design is a composition from the Norman and early Pointed styles, and consists of a
nave and aisles, a chancel, and a western tower, forming a general entrance, sur-
mounted by a spire. The interior is remarkably neat ; there are deep galleries,
supported by cast-iron columns on each side, and also at the west end, which is-

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partitioned off by a range of three pointed arches. In the centre recess is a small
organ ; all the windows are of the lancet form ; beneath the church is a spacious
crypt, used as a schoolroom. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Win-
chester on the 7th May, 1841. The first minister was the Rev. John Sidney
Darvell, who was succeeded by the Rev. J. G. Storie, who presented himself to the
living by virtue of being the patron of the mother church. He was succeeded by the
Rev. Michael Biggs, M.A., the present minister, in May, 1850. There is a National
school in the Albert Road in connection with this church, with accommodation for
130 boys, 120 girls, and 150 infants.

ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH,* DENMARK HILL.

The present building was erected in 1848, from the designs of A. D. Gough, Esq. ,
architect, of Lancaster Place. The tower and spire have since been completed, and a
further enlargement effected by the addition of transepts to the original arrange-
ment of nave and side aisles. The site was given by the ground landlord, Sir Claude
de Crespigny, and an old chapel was pulled down to make way for the present
handsome edifice. The Rev. Thomas Dalef was for fourteen years incumbent of
St. Matthew's, and on his removal to St. Pancras, in 1844, the Rev. Stephen Bridge
was appointed. The present incumbent, the Rev. G. K. Flindt, M.A., commenced
his ministry in 1868.

The schools in the Camberwell New Road, consisting of infant and girls' schools,
teachers' residences, &c., are built with red brick and Bath stone dressings, from
Mr. Gough's design. They were commenced in 1849, and finished in the following
year.

A boys' school has also recently been erected in Denmark Road, Camberwell.

ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, NUNHEAD.

There is a temporary iron church at Nunhead, dedicated to St. Michael, of which
the Rev. A. A. W. Drew, M.A., is incumbent, and which is capable of accommodating
about 500 persons. The temporary building is shortly to be replaced by a church1
dedicated to St. Antholin, to be erected from the proceeds of the sale of the site of
St. Antholin's, Watling Street.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, HERNE HILL.

The church of St. Paul's, Herne Hill, was erected by subscription on a piece of
land held on lease from Dulwich College by the late Mrs. Simpson, the freehold of
which was given by the college. The architect was Mr. Alexander. It cost ,£7,500,
and was consecrated by the Bishop of Winchester on the 21st December, 1844. The
first incumbent was the Rev. Matthew Anderson, M.A., of St. John's College,
Cambridge, who had been for eighteen years previously minister of the chapel of
ease, East Dulwich, now St. John's Church. As the district assigned was what is
termed a consolidated chapelry district, taken out of that portion of the parish of

* This church is in the parish of Lambeth, but pages,

the congregation being mostly residents of this t The Rev. Thomas Dale, of St. Matthew's, and

parish, whilst the schools attached to the church the Eev. Henry Melvill, of Camdeu, were both

are actually situate in Camberwell, it has been educated in Christ's Hospital,
thought deairable to include the above in these

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Lambetli belonging to St. Matthew's, Brixton, patron the Archbishop of Canterbury,
and out of the Dulwich property in the parish of Camberwell, patron the Rev. J. G.
Storie, vicar, the right of presentation belonged to these jointly or alternatively.
By private agreement, however, it was vested in the latter, who afterwards disposed
of it to the late William Stone, Esq., of Casino, Herne Hill, whose son, W. H. Stone,
Esq., is the present patron. This church was destroyed by fire on the 28th Feb-
ruary, 1858.

It had fortunately been insured at the expense of the incumbent for ,£3,500 in the
Church of England Fire Insurance Office, the whole of which sum was immediately
paid. The church was rebuilt by Messrs. Holland and Hannen, under the direction
&nd from the designs of E. G. Street, Esq., architect, at a cost of .£5,200, not
including the windows, all of which were presented.

It was re-opened on the 21st October in the same year, the sermon being preached
by the late Rev. Henry Melvill, canon of St. Paul's.

The church was endowed, by the late J. G. Storie, with the vicarial tithes of that
portion of the district taken out of the parish of Camberwell.

The subjects on the clerestory windows are the patriarchs and prophets. Those
in the eleven side windows are taken from the lives of the apostles.

The east window consists of five compartments ; the centre contains the Cruci-
fixion, the other four the Agony in the Garden, the Bearing of the Cross, the Descent
from the Cross, and the Resurrection.

The two side windows in the chancel are from the history of St. Paul, and that in
the organ chamber Miriam and David, and the window in the tower the Birth of
Christ. The font and pulpit are of Mansfield stone and marble. The vicarage
house was built by the Rev. M. Anderson, Mr. Drew, of the Adelphi, being the
architect, and Mr. Buck, Norwood, builder; cost, about .£2,300, £1,000 of whicli was
borrowed from Queen Anne's Bounty Fund. The church is capable of seating 700
persons. The present vicar is the Rev. W. Powell, who was appointed in 1869.

ST. PETER'S CHURCH, DULWICH.

This church is in character essentially Gothic, although several deviations have
been made from what is termed Gothic in the strictest sense. Owing to the condition
to be fulfilled — namely, that the chancel should be towards the east, the church
forms a somewhat acute angle with the road, and the chancel abuts upon it. This
situation, which, under ordinary circumstances, would be rather disadvantageous, has
with great ingenuity been turned to good account by Mr. Barry, the architect. The
circular form of the chancel, the conical roof, detached somewhat from the nave, the
slight projection of the east window, resting as it does upon a segment of an arch, the
carved heads on each side of the springing, and the figures of the three apostles,
.St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. John, surmounting the pediment, have a rich and original
effect, and approaching the edifice in either direction a picturesque view is obtained.
The tower now stops short at about the height of the nave ; it is intended, however,
to carry it up to the height of 200 feet, including handsome spire. The main entrance
to the church is through the tower. It consists of a Gothic arch with pediment
above, and having a carved stone figure of an angel on each side, and has a temporary
wooden roof. The exterior of the church is of Kentish rag, and the colour forms an
•excellent contrast with the red brick houses adjacent.

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conclusion, but it is contemplated at some future time to extend the church about
30 feet. The columns will then be increased to six, and a special use will be made
of this number, as there is to be a medallion of one of the twelve apostles in each of
the spandrels. The arches which these columns support are composed of two layers of
red and black brick, with a Bath stone moulding, and the effect is extremely rich.
The walls of the nave, supported by these pillars, and below the clerestory, are of
diaper brick — that is, brick with a surface pattern upon it. The object is to produce-
richness and variety, and for this purpose these bricks are extremely valuable ; they
have been manufactured by Messrs. Pether, of Lambeth. In the clerestory are eight
arched windows on each side, supported by marble pillars, with handsomely-carved
capitals, and a carved moulding runs round just below the windows. The aisles
have three-light windows on each side, the arches being of black and red brick alter-
nately. The walls are of yellow stock brick, with bands of red. The roof is a very
handsome one, and, without sacrificing strength, has an air of elegance. It is entirely
composed of pitch pine, and the shape is what is termed " hammer-beamed" — that
is, the principal timbers form a broad centre arch, springing from a curve on each
side, and are somewhat in the shape of a trefoil. There are three of these principals,
and between them are the intermediate principals, simply an arch without the
curves at the sides. Their ornamentation is coloured in red, white, brown, and
gold, and that of the intermediate beams blue and white. The roof consists of
two thicknesses of boards and three inches of " pugging," formed of lime and hair,,
between the boarding. Over the boarding is a covering of felt, the object of this
being to deaden the sound of rain and to equalize the temperature in summer and
winter.

The chancel is highly decorated, and is very effective in regard to colour. It is of
considerable size, being 24 feet wide and 38 feet deep, measuring from the steps to the
reredos. The chancel arch springs from two slender marble columns, the figure of
an angel being on each side. On the right of the chancel is the organ chamber, and
on the left the vestry, each approached from the chancel through a Gothic arch. The
organ chamber is separated from the aisle by a carved screen. The portion of the
roof immediately over the altar is coloured a blue ground, with gold stars, and the
rest is highly decorated with colour and gilding. The upper part of the chancel
walls is composed of the diaper brick previously mentioned, and the lower part of
diaper tiles, parts of which are to be picked out and coloured. There are five
windows in the chancel, the centre one being of considerable size, and having three
lights, with rich tracery in the arch, and filled with stained glass. The effect of the
various masses of colour in the chancel is extremely fine, and will certainly be a
marked feature in the new church. The pulpit is of Caen stone. It is of a quiet,
chaste design, and is perhaps, with the exception of the font, the only piece of pure
white in the building. The whole of the passage ways, it should be mentioned, are
paved with Maw's tiles, the seats being open benches of pitch pine. The builders ol
the church are Messrs. W. Downs & Co., of Union Street, Southwark, and they
have carried out the work to the entire satisfaction of the architect.

Among the special objects of interest in the interior may be mentioned the stained-
glass window in the chancel. It is a beautiful specimen of artistic glass painting,
and is a memorial erected by Mrs. General Hughes to the memory of her late
husband, a distinguished Indian general. The stone-carved pulpit, by Messrs.
Brindley & Co., 6, Westminster Road, is the joint gift oi Mr. A. Croker, of
Dulwich, and of Mr. Barry, the architect.

The cost of the building of the present portion of the edifice amounts to ,£8,889.

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The foundation-stone of this church was laid on the 1st of May, 1873, by Mr.
Richard Thornton, of the "Hoo," Sydenham Hill. The site was given by the
governors of Dulwich College.

Before the present church was built, the congregation made use of an iron church,
which has been described as " overpoweringly hot in summer, piercingly cold in
winter, and deafening in windy weather." The present incumbent is the Rev.
Wm. Calvert.

THE CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE EVANGELIST, OLD KENT ROAD.

On Friday, October 5th, 1866, the temporary iron church was opened for public
service. The members of this church first opened a mission-room at 581, Old Kent
Road, and soon afterwards secured for £500 the present iron building, and removed
it to its present site, at a further cost of £170. It will seat about 530, the space in
the aisles being partially utilized by means of a falling flap-seat at the end of each
fixed sitting.

The ^ first stone of the permanent church was laid by the Bishop of Winchester on
Tuesday, 28th July last, when Mr. Bassett received the warm congratulations of his
friends at the success which had so far rewarded his great zeal and undying patience.
It was remarked by the Bishop, when laying the first stone, that three bishops
(Simmer, Wilberforce, and himself) and three presbyters (Mason, Wilmot, and
Bassett) had been intimately concerned with the history of the little church.

Mr. Coe is the architect, and the style adopted is that of the " Early English
Decorated." Messrs. Nixon and Son, Lambeth, are the builders.

ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, DULWICH.

This church was consecrated in November 28th, 1868, by the Bishop of Mauritius,
in the unavoidable absence, through illness, of the Bishop of Winchester. It was
built by Messrs. Perry and Co., of Stratford, Essex, from designs supplied by Messrs.
Banks and Barry, and the style of architecture adopted was that of the thirteenth
century Gothic style. The site of the church and parsonage-house was given by the
governors of Dulwich College, who also subscribed £1,500 towards the endowment
fund. Among the other subscribers were the late Sir Wm. Tite (£1,000), the
incumbent (Rev. J. Meek Clark, M.A., rural dean of Camberwell), and Mr. B.
Standring, who, in addition to a handsome money gift, presented a stained-glass
window, communion plate, and other accompaniments. In the church are also two
frescoes of subjects in the life of St. Stephen, by E. J. Poynter, A.R.A., six stained
windows by Hardman and one by Powell. The governors of Dulwich College are the
patrons. From the rapid increase of building in the district, which was legally
assigned to St. Stephen's, it was resolved, at meetings of parishioners held in the
spring of the current year, to proceed with the contemplated extension according to
Mr. Barry's plan ; and a considerable portion of the sum requisite for this purpose
having been subscribed by the inhabitants and others, the works were commenced in
the summer by Messrs. Perry and Co., the contractors ; and so skilfully have they
been managed, under the direction of the architect, that it was not found necessary to
discontinue the services and close the church for more than a single Sunday ; and
with much exertion they were sufficiently advanced to allow of the re-opening on
'Advent Sunday, although many details still remain to be completed.

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ALBANY CHAPEL.

This chapel was originally built by the followers of William Huntington, the
coal-heaver, but it was afterwards purchased by a few friends of the Rev. George
Rogers, who commenced his ministry here in August, 1829. A church was formed
in June 1835, and here Mr. Rogers continued to labour until 1864, when he resigned
his charge and was succeeded by the Rev. J. De Kewer Williams. The chapel was
enlarged and greatly improved soon after it was purchased, and a school-house was
added, the cost&of the alteration being about £500, raised by voluntary contributions.
The name of "Albany Chapel " was then given to the building.

It was subsequently further improved in 1840. It is now capable of accommo-
dating about 500 people.

The Rev. J. Bruce succeeded Mr. Williams, and was minister there about three

years.

The Rev. R. Wearmouth succeeded Mr. Bruce in February, 1874. The chapel
is well attended, and everything in connection with it gives signs of progress.

There is a good Sunday school in connection with the church, which has also been
very much improved during the last few months.

ASYLUM ROAD CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL.

This building was erected about twelve years ago, at a cost of £2,500. It is capable
of seating 550 people. In connection with this chapel are several societies for the
relief of the sick poor, ragged schools, and auxiliary societies for Home and Foreign
Missions and Bible and Tract Societies. The Sunday schools have about 300
scholars.

The Rev. Aaron Buzacott, B. A., author of " Mission Life in the Islands of the
Pacific," has been pastor for more than six years.

BAPTIST CHAPEL, RYE LANE.

About the year 1817 Mr. Spencer, an active and wealthy deacon of the late Mr,
Upton's chapel, of Church Street, Blackfriars, took up his residence for the benefit of
his health in the quiet little village of Peckham. There being at that time no
building specially set apart for those of his way of thinking, Mr. Spencer placed hi&
own house at the disposal of his fellow religionists. Shortly after a barn was fitted
up for the use of the brethren, and it is worthy of note that this barn stood upon the
site where Hill Street church now stands. The late Mr. Upton, Mr. Chinn, of
Walworth, and Mr. Thomas Powell, sen., of Mitchell Street, St. Luke's (predecessor
of the late John Andrew Jones, and father of Mr. Powell, the first pastor of the
Baptist church in Peckham), were among the most acceptable supplies. On the 15th
December, 1818, a church of seven persons was formed, and on the 27th of the
following month six other persons were baptized and added to their number. It
was about this time that Mr. Thomas Powell, jun., was invited to the pastorate.

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His ordination service was held at Hanover Chapel, May 3rd, 1819, and a chapel for
the use of the members was shortly after erected at a cost of about £1,400. On
September 1st, 1819, the chapel was publicly opened, Dr. Collyer preaching in the
morning, Mr. Powell, sen., in the afternoon, and Mr. Chinn in the evening. The
collections of the day amounted to £68.

A pleasing incident may be mentioned here. A letter was sent from the church
to Dr. Collyer, explaining the failure of all efforts to secure a piece of ground until
the site in Rye Lane was offered ; assuring him that fixing on so near a locality was
not a matter of choice, and was influenced by no spirit of opposition, and further, that
they desired to co-operate with him in any work of the Lord, except where views of
divine truth caused them to differ. A reply from the Doctor appears on the church
minutes as follows : — " Dr. Collyer presents his affectionate regards to the church of
Christ at Rye Lane. He is deeply sensible of the delicate mark of respect. He
considers it another proof of the spirit of love and affection he has uniformly
experienced from his Baptist brethren, and wishes them great success and prosperity
in the name of the Lord."

In January, 1846, the church lost the services of its pastor, after having " faithfully
fulfilled the pastoral office with varied success, without wavering in word, or doctrine,
or practice, for a period of nearly twenty-seven years.*

Mr. George Moyle, the present respected pastor, who had previously laboured for
sixteen years in Audley Street, London, was then invited to the vacant pulpit, and
his inauguration service took place on the 9th of May, 1848.

During his ministry a new chapel has been erected, the removal from the old
spot being caused by all-powerful railway companies. The present site was then
determined upon, and a noble building worthy of the church was soon erected.
Mr. Bland was the architect, and Mr. Thompson, of Camberwell, the builder. It
was opened November 18th, 1863. Adjoining the chapel is a well-fitted school-
room, which has lately been enlarged, and through the liberality of the congregation
the debt of the chapel has been entirely cleared off. A jubilee service was held in
the new chapel on the llth August, 1869, at which a most interesting resume of the
fifty years' work was read, by Mr. G. T. Congreve, one of the deacons. The other
deacons are Messrs. Jackman and Hawkins, who were elected in 1843 in conjunction
with Mr. Henry Congreve, father of Mr. G. T. Congreve, the present deacon.

BARRY ROAD WESLEYAN CHAPEL.

The Wesleyan chapel, Barry Road, near Peckham Rye, was opened for divine
worship on Tuesday, March 3rd, 1874.

The chapel stands on freehold ground, and occupies a commanding position at the
corner of two roads.

The style of the building is u Early French Gothic." The internal dimensions are
76 feet long, 48 feet wide, 46 feet to the ceiling of centre roof ; this is exclusive of the
chancel, which is 18 feet wide and 20 feet deep. The chancel has been elaborately
decorated. The walls are of a soft salmon colour, with red enrichments ; between
the windows are tablets bearing the commandments, Lord's prayer, and suitable
texts. A richly-designed encaustic tile reredos has been placed under the chancel
windows. To the left of the chancel is the organ chamber, in which a fine organ has
been erected by Messrs. Bevington, of Soho.

* The Earthen Vessel, September, 1869.

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An elegant tower and spire and galleries are embodied in the architect's design,
and will be added at some future time. There is ground in the rear of the chapel
for the erection of school premises.

The chapel at present seats 650 persons, but when complete will accommodate
1,000. The cost has been about £5,500. The whole scheme, when completed, will

cost £8,000.

The architect is Mr. Charles Bell, the builder Mr. Nutt. The memorial-stones
were laid by Mr. Horace Marshall, Mr. J. F. Bennett, Alderman McArthur, M.P.,
and H. Swaffield, Esq. Resident minister, the Rev. Tom Henry Ingram.

This chapel supersedes the small building in Lordship Lane, which was built about
twenty years ago by the liberality of Thomas Gurney, Esq., of Brixton Hill. A
neat tablet to Mr. Gurney's memory has been placed in the Lordship Lane Chapel. _

The books for pulpit and reading desk were the gift of the late Mrs. Straker, an
old resident on the Rye.

A costly communion service was presented by Mr. and Mrs. Poole, of Blackwater
Cottage, Dulwich.

The chancel has been furnished, and a beautiful cushion worked, by Mrs. Horace
Marshall, of Brixton.

CAMBERWELL GREEN CHAPEL.

We have given the early history of this chapel elsewhere.* It only remains,
therefore, for us to state the present building was built on the site of the old
Mansion, formerly occupied by the Puckle family, and so well known to the gene-
ration now passing away. The first stone of the chapel was laid on the 10th
December, 1852. Messrs. Wilson and Fuller were the architects, and Mr. John
Glen, of Islington, the builder. The length inside is 82 feet 6 inches ; the width
50 feet ; the height to ridge of roof, 50 feet. The height of the turrets to top of the
pinnacles is 90 feet. It contains on the ground-floor and galleries 950 sittings, in
addition to the space reserved for Sunday schools. It is built with Kentish rag
stone, with Bath stone dressings.

CAMBERWELL GROVE CHAPEL.

The chapel in the Grove, Camberwell, has had a somewhat remarkable history.
Its first minister was the Rev. Joseph Irons, who visited what is now Camden
Church, in 1818, but which at that time was a Dissenting place of worship, and made
such an impression upon the worshippers there that they were most anxious that he
should come and be their minister. There was, however, considerable opposition
on the part of some of the trustees, and the negotiations fell through. The people
generally, however, liked his ministry so much that they were determined if
possible to have him in London, even if they had to provide a place for him in

* See Mansion House Chapel.

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which to preach. As a chapel could not be at once provided, a little room, known
as the Carpenter's Shop, at Verandah Place, Church Street, Camberwell, was
secured, and in that place was established the church now worshipping in Camber-
well Grove Chapel. The popularity of Mr. Irons increased rapidly, and by dint of
great zeal and energy on the part of his congregation and friends, means were found
to secure the site of the Camberwell Grove Chapel. The negotiations respecting
the securing of this place, however, were beset with the greatest opposition, if not
with almost positive persecution, and the lord of the manor was induced to put a
barrier across the grove with a view to stopping the builders' carts from bringing the
materials to the site, and there was a threat that if they did persist, an action for
trespass would be brought against them. However, in the face of all these difficulties
the chapel was built, and built, too, in the short space of five months. As a striking
contrast to the reception afforded the present minister, it may be mentioned that
when the foundation-stone was laid, Mr. Irons was left unsupported by the presence
of other Dissenting ministers, with the exception, we are told, of one brother. The
chapel was opened with 100 members, and so rapidly did the congregation increase,
that it was found necessary to enlarge it in 1839 by the addition of two wings.
For more than thirty years Mr. Irons continued to labour in connection with
this chapel, and at the same time he conducted lectures, &c., at Jewin Crescent,
Aldersgate Street. It is said that the " Home Mission " first originated in connec-
tion with Camberwell Grove Chapel. During Mr. Irons' ministry, the chapel was
attended by some 300 to 400 members, and the congregation was so large that there
was not accommodation for all who wished to hear him. Mr. Irons, who died in
1852, was succeeded by the Rev. James Jay, although there was a short interregnum,
during which another minister was, to a certain extent, on his trial. Mr. Jay came
from Hackney, and is a staunch exponent of the particular theological views for
which Mr. Irons was known. Mr. Jay has been the respected pastor ever since, or,
in other words, for a period of twenty years or so. Recently, however, his advancing
infirmities made his friends and himself anxious that some one should be found to
take his place as the pastor of Camberwell Grove Chapel. At the age of 74 it
may readily be conceived that Mr. Jay is entitled to rest from his ministerial cares
and responsibilities ; and by his own request, as also that of his friends, an invitation
was sent to the Rev. Thomas Bradbury (of Barrow Hill, Chesterfield) to become the
pastor, and that gentleman, after repeated solicitations from many of his ministerial
brethren, besides the church, signified his acceptance of the " call." To the credit of
those connected with Camberwell Grove Chapel, although Mr. Jay ceases to be its
pastor, he will receive the sum of £150 per annum for the remainder of his life,
which, considering their obligations to their new minister, and other expenses, speaks
well for the practical Christianity of the members of this chapel.

The recognition services to inaugurate the entry into the pastoral office of the
Rev. Thomas Bradbury took place at the chapel 011 Thursday, September 10th, 1874,
and the proceedings were of a most enthusiastic character.

CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD CHAPEL.

The church assembling here was formed September 1st, 1853, and was established
by certain members of Grove Chapel, shortly after the death of the Rev. Joseph
Irons. A school-room in Waterloo Street was the first place of meeting ; and in
April, 1854, Mr.^Tiddy commenced his regular ministry. Mr. Tiddy resided in

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Belgium as the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society from 1835 to 1854.
The* memorial stone of this chapel was laid by Sir John Key, Bart., Chamberlain of
the City of London, March 29th, 1856.

COTTAGE GREEN CHAPEL.

Cottage Green Chapel, Southampton Street, Camberwell, was opened in 1844, as a
preaching station, under the auspices of the Rev. John Burnet and the Rev. Edward
Steane, D.D., and after several unsuccessful attempts to gather a permanent congre-
gation, the building was purchased by the Rev. Benjamin Lewis (for many years
pastor of Trinity Street Chapel, Borough) and his friends, and reopened as a Baptist
chapel (open communion) on Wednesday, April 5th, 1854, the Revs. Dr. Steane and
Katterns being preachers on the occasion. The ministry of the Rev. B. Lewis, which
extended through a period of nearly five years, was closed by his lamented death on
December 31st, 1858. The present pastor,] the Rev. James Sears, commenced his
stated labours on Lord's Day, April 17th, 1859, and during his ministry the church
and congregation have largely increased. The chapel has been considerably enlarged
and improved, and school-rooms erected at a cost of above £1,700; a Sunday
school of about 500 scholars is successfully conducted by thirty voluntary teachers.
Dorcas, Help in Trouble, and other societies are in active operation ; two native
preachers in India are maintained principally by the contributions of Sunday
scholars, and a large and interesting Band of Hope meets weekly in the school-room.
The combined influences of these and other agencies are rendering the church and
congregation at Cottage Green a power for great good in the neighbourhood.

D'EYNSFORD ROAD CHAPEL.

This chapel was built as a Sabbath school in 1856, and altered and opened for
public worship in 1863, as a Nonconformist chapel, under the pastorate care of the
Rev. Mr. George Gosling. It is capable of seating about 150 persons. At present
there is no regular minister, the pulpit being furnished " with supplies."

HANOVER CHAPEL.

Mr. Marshall, in his interesting Memorials, tells us that the founder of this
church was the Rev. John Maynard, for some years the vicar of Camberwell. Mr.
Marshall says " he came to reside at Peckham, in the lane leading to the Old Kent
Street Road, which was immediately afterwards and is still called Meeting House Lane.
There is no doubt that he first preached in his own house ; and afterwards, in the
year 1657, the old meeting-house was built, in which the congregation worshipped
till their removal to Rye Lane." It certainly appears doubtful, on the face of it, that
amidst all the persecutions which followed the restoration of Charles II. a meeting-
house should have been built and regularly used at Peckham, and the more so since
no trace of a "conventicle" at Peckham is to be found in the returns made to
Sheldon, and no trace of it is to be found in the licences of 1672. That ejected

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ministers did occasionally preach atPeckham is beyond doubt,* but only as opportunity
offered, and not as regularly appointed ministers of a church.

For instance, it appears that the Rev. Bartholomew Ashwood, who was ejected
from the vicarage of Axminster, came to Peckham in 1664. Joseph Osborn, vicar of
Benenden, another ejected minister, found shelter at Peckham in 1681, and remained
in Camberwell eight years. John Beaumont was then chosen pastor, and he was
succeeded by John Ashwood, son of the ejected minister, who continued at Peckham
till his death in 1706.

For ten years after the death of Mr. Ashwood a blank occurs in the history of the
church.

In 1716 Samuel Chandler was chosen pastor, f and on his removal to the Old
Jewry, the pulpit was occupied, in 1726, by Thomas Hadfield, M.D.,J who officiated
as pastor till his death in 1741, when

John Milner, D.D., was called to the pastoral office. Dr. Milner, we gather, was
" a solid " but not attractive preacher. Dr. Milner remained for sixteen years, and
died June, 1757. During his pastorate the meeting-house was enlarged. Chief
Justice Copelarid, who was an active member of the church, was a contributor to
the building fund. Dr. Milner, when forgotten as a preacher, will be remembered
as a schoolmaster, as it was at his establishment that Oliver Goldsmith experienced
the misery of being an usher.

The Rev. Samuel Billingsley, of Bradford, Wilts, then held charge for about
twelve years, and was succeeded by

Rev. Richard Jones, the immediate predecessor of Dr. Collyer. Mr. Jones entered
upon his ministry in February, 1770, and continued pastor thirty years. During
the pastorate of Mr. Jones the freehold of the chapel was purchased by the con-
tributions of the congregation, and put into trust for their use. But Mr. Jones was
not by any means successful as a preacher. His doctrine was not considered sound,
and the congregation is said to have dwindled down to one old woman in the gallery
and to thirty or forty people downstairs, whilst the building was in a most dila-
pidated condition, some of the gallery windows being broken and an old shutter put
up to keep out the wind.§

Under these depressing circumstances, William Bengo Collyer, a youth of eighteen,
then a student at the Old College, Homerton, was invited to preach, and on the 1st
December, 1801, he accepted the pastorate. The congregation rapidly increased, and
in October, 1808, the ineeting-house was closed for repairs and enlargement. Two
side galleries were made and a piece of ground purchased for future extension on the
north side, and subsequently it was found necessary to rebuild the chapel entirely,
which was done in 1816, at a cost of about £3,600, and on the 17th June, 1817, it
was opened for divine service, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and

were seuerall substantiall Citizens (the whole
Kennel were so) to Whom a Knave of Oxford (for
Cambridge breeds noe such Rogues) called D' Wil-
kinson (made a Master of a Colledge) held forth, and
does hee not deserue, not only his former pardon,
but p'sent p'ferment but to leaue these to the
gallows (wheire I most heartily wish them)."

t See chapter on Local Worthies.

J In the charge given to Dr. Hadfield, he is ad-
dressed in these words,— " Though by your learn-
ing and diligence you have attained to a capacity
of pursuing greater advantages another way, and
by which several, once designed for the ministry,
have very much advanced themselves ; yet not-
withstanding this, and in such a day as this, when
the ministry is rendered and become contemptible
in the eyes of almost all sorts of people, you have
offered yourself to the service of God's house."

§ Allport, Collections.

* The following is extracted from the State
Papers, Domestic Series, Car. II. vol. 131, No. 52 :—

T. Rosse, in a letter dated from Salisbury, Aug.
29th, 16(55, to his " very deare ffreind " Joseph
Williamson, Esq., writes as follows :—

" The Fanatiques are very buisy and I am as-
sured from a little Agent that they haue their
hopes, as high as ever wee had Ours wn wee were
Rebells to the State, as they now to the King 8*
Wm Armorer last weeke luckily surprized a Wagon
wth about 20 barrells of powder goeing through
Redding to Malmsbury and hath imprison'd the
Carrier, who says hee tooke them up at Maidenhead
but Sr Wm being a good old Bloodhound fellow's
the sent both wayes and its believ'd will un heard
some Rogues in both places and discover some
Armes gone to Malmesbury in Hogsheads the
weeke before. At Camberwell neare Lambeth
(last week) was a Conventicle broken up, where

232 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Sussex* attending the opening. Dr. Collyer's successful career and justly popular
pastorate is noticed elsewhere. It only remains for us to state here that on the 9th
January, 1854, he ended an honourable and useful career, and in commemoration of
his name and work the Collyer Memorial Schools, in the High Street, Peckham, have
since been built. In order to assist Dr. Collyer in the pastorate, the Rev. H. J.
Gamble was chosen co-pastor in November, 1846, and the chapel was then further
enlarged. In October, 1852, Mr. Gamble removed from Peckham, and was followed
by the Rev. Robert Wye Betts, of New College, London, who was chosen
assistant minister, and entered upon his duties May 1st, 1853.

Mr. Betts, who during his ministry was afflicted with severe and continuous ill-
health, held charge until December, 1868, on the 1st of which month he entered
into rest, much beloved by his sorrowing flock. After an interregnum of nearly
two years, the Rev. G. B. Ryley was appointed in November, 1870, and under
his able and faithful teaching Hanover Chapel is again happily taking its place
in the front rank of Nonconformist churches.

HEATON ROAD CHAPEL.

This chapel, known as Zion Chapel, belongs to the Independents. The
members originally met for worship in the Mission House on Peckham Rye.
This place becoming too small, a fund was raised and the present chapel built to
seat 300, at a cost of £1,300. The memorial-stone was kid by Mr. E. Vinall,
minister of Regent Street Chapel, City Road, May 5th, 1873 ; the stone was
given by D. C. Preston, of Nunhead. The chapel was opened for worship Sep-
tember 21st, 1873.

HILL STREET CHAPEL.

The Free Methodists have erected a substantial building in Hill Street, Peck-
ham. The Rev. J. Coman is the present minister.

JAMES'S GROVE BAPTIST CHAPEL.

Commenced in a small room in South Street ; it was then removed to the Rose-
mary Branch in 1869 ; the memorial-stone of the present building was laid by the
Eev. C. H. Spurgeon, on July 19, 1870. The first and present minister is the Rev.
J. B. Field. It is capable of seating 335 persons, and cost .£1860.

CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL, LINDEN GROVE, PECKHAM RYE.

This chapel owes its erection to the efforts of friends living on the Rye and at

Nunhead, who felt the need of a convenient place of worship. There was a small

building erected on private ground at Nun Green, where some few worshipped,

Mr. Austin, a schoolmaster at Nunhead, acting as minister for some time. On his

removal to Canada, Mr. J. Reid, one of the secretaries of the London Missionary

lety, w!tl Mr. Grow and others, officiated, and the congregation feeling the need

* For a farther account of Dr. Collyer, see chapter on Local Worthies.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 233

of a larger place of worship, collected money for the purpose of enlarging the
building there. At this time, Mr. Gamble leaving Hanover Chapel, several of the
worshippers there left too, and uniting with the friends at Nun Green, they exerted
themselves and conjointly raised the present handsome and suitable building in
Linden Grove, then called Cemetery Road.

The new structure was opened in May, 1857, the Rev. J. Sherman, Henry Gamble,
Newman Hall, and R. W. Betts taking part in the services.

The first pastor was the Rev. J. Hiles Kitchens, F.L.S. He was afterwards
.succeeded by the Rev. L. Herschell, and subsequently by the present pastor, the Rev.
J. Chetwode Postans.

LORDSHIP LANE BAPTIST CHAPEL.

The memorial-stone of this chapel was laid by Dr. Steane, late of Denmark Place,
Camberwell, on the 5th August, 1872 ; and on the 1st January, 1873, it was opened
for public worship. The cost of the land and building together was about .£2,400.

The original iron chapel on the same site was erected in 1869.

Mr. H. J. Tresidder is the present (and first) pastor.

Mr. R. G. Battley, a member of the church, supplied the designs for the new
building.

LOWER PARK ROAD CHAPEL.

The members of this chapel first met for worship in a room, No. 15, Hill Street,
Peckham, in the year 1853, but had no regular minister until June, 1856, when a
place (since used as a pianoforte manufactory) was fitted up to hold eighty persons.
The Rev. Thomas J. Cole was appointed pastor, and for twelve years continued his
ministry there . Mr. Cole was subsequently appointed chaplain at Nunhead, which
position he still holds. The meeting-place in Hill Street soon became too small, and
in the following year a chapel was built seating about 250 people. In 1859 the land
for the present chapel was taken, the foundation-stone being laid in July, 1861, by
Sir Morton Peto, Bart. It is capable of holding about 900 people, and was opened
for worship in July, 1862. The building is 55 feet long and 75 feet wide, of the
Grecian order of architecture. The stones forming the basement were originally a
part of old Westminster Bridge. The present minister is the Rev. T. Tarn, under
whose ministry the congregation has greatly increased in number, so that a gallery
was built to meet the increased demand for seats. In connection with the chapel
are schools attended by more than 1,000 children, and two mission stations, one of
which, though occupied still by the Sunday school of Park Road Chapel, was leased
to the Rev. James Fleming, and is still used for the services of the Camden Church
Mission, being, so far as we know, the only place where Church and Dissent work
harmoniously under one roof. The place has since become one of the Board schools.
This Mission Hall was commenced in a tin-worker's shed capable of holding forty
people ; the present buildings on the same spot have been so enlarged as to accom-
modate about 450, which number have often been present at Mr. Fleming's readings.
The bricks which formed the first Mission Hall came from the levelling of the
tombs in Spitalfields churchyard. The scholar whose name was first on the register
when the school commenced seventeen years ago is now the superintendent.

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MANSION HOUSE CHAPEL.

The Mansion House Chapel was built in 1797 by the Rev. William Smith, M.A.,
who then conducted a respectable academy in Bowyer House. He preached here for
some time, but no church was formed until his removal in 1799.

The Rev. William Berry, classical tutor at Hoxton Academy, became pastor of the
first church, and on his resignation from ill-health in the year 1812, the Rev. John
B. Innes, of Trowbridge, was chosen minister. He removed to Weymouth in
March, 1824. On the 7th of October following the Rev. William Orme became
pastor, and during his ministry the church acquired a position of marked distinction
and usefulness. Mr. Orme was born at Falkirk, February 3rd, 1787. In 1800 he
was bound apprentice to a trade in which he felt no interest, and which in 1805 he
abandoned for the ministry.

In his preparatory studies he is said to have made such an impression that he was
generally called upon to preach three times a day. As secretary of the London
Missionary Society he displayed great ability. His writings were also appreciated
at the time, and the following, amongst others, are from his pen : — Life of John
Owen, D.D. : Life and Times of Richard Baxter ; Bibliotheca Biblica, a small volume
on the Lord's Supper. He died on the 8th of May, 1830, and was buried in Bunhill
Fields.

The Rev. John Burnet succeeded Mr. Orme, entering upon his duties on the 12th
September, 1830. In early life Mr. Burnet had been a hearer of Mr. Orme when
minister at Perth, and his judicious training was never forgotten. "In person,"*
Mr. Burnet is described as a " man of vigorous proportions, firm, massive, yet full of
vitality; and so radiant in countenance, that his presence seemed to cheer the
assembly whilst adding to its conscious strength. His eloquence was, like himself,
fresh, manly, and thoroughly effective."

In 1852 it was resolved to build a new place of worship on a freehold site at
Camberwell Green, and the sum of £8,000 was soon raised for the purpose.

In 1855 his congregation, in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
pastorate, presented Mr. Burnet with a purse of £500. -

Mr. Burnet died in his 74th year, on the 10th of June, 1862, and was succeeded by
the Rev. John Pillans, who for some time previously had acted as co-pastor.

The old Mansion House Chapel is now used by the Baptists, and the Rev. W. K.
Rowe is the minister.

MARLBOROUGH CHAPEL.

This Congregational chapel dates its origin about 1825. At that time a few of the
residents made an attempt to meet what they felt to be the religious needs of the
neighbourhood. They opened a Sunday school in the Old Kent Road, holding it in
the cooperage of a Mr. Weemys, where also they conducted a preaching service in
the afternoon. Having obtained on lease a plot of land in Marlborough Place, they
proceeded to the erection of the present chapel. Thomas Wilson, Esq., laid the
foundation-stone November 14, 1826, and the building was opened for divine
worship in August of the following year. Under the presidency of the Rev. Dr.
Bennett a church was organized on September 12, 1833. The first pastor was the
Rev. Thomas Hughes, who died after a brief service of ten months. The Rev.

* Dr. Waddington's Surrey Congregational History.

MARLBOROUGH CHAPEL, OLD KENT ROAD.

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[enry Richard was ordained pastor November 11, 1835. By his energy this chapel
ras emancipated from its heavy debt ; and the flourishing British Schools, Oakley
'lace, Old Kent Road, owe their existence to his resolute adhesion to the voluntary
mnciple in education. Mr. Richard resigned his charge May 24, 1850, to devote his
ill time and abilities to the work before him as secretary of the Peace Society, in
fhich capacity his name has become universally known through Europe and the
Inited States. He was elected M.P. for Merthyr, in Wales, at the last general election,
id ranks as one of the foremost Nonconformists in the House of Commons. His
successor at Marlborough Chapel was the Rev. T. G. Pigg, B.A., a minister of most
estimable character, who, after a pastorate of over ten years, died December 6, 1860.
The Rev. W. A. Essery, of Cheshunt College, the present energetic and successful
pastor of the church, was ordained May 14, 1861. The interior of the chapel since
then has been entirely reconstructed, commodious school and class rooms and
vestries have been built at a cost of nearly £4,000, and a powerful impulse has been
given to every branch of Christian and philanthropic work.

From the last Year Book, published in 1873, the following facts are gathered : —
There are four Sunday schools in operation, in as many different localities of the
neighbourhood, containing upwards of 1,300 scholars. Thirty-two districts are
visited by visitors who have 721 families under their care. A City Missionary
labours, under the direction of the church, in a district bounded by Rolls Road,
Cobourg Road, and Surrey Canal ; his visits are about 5,000 in the year. Three
Mothers' Societies are worked, by the ladies of the congregation — one held at the
chapel, another at Ann Street, and a third at Ledbury Street Mission. These
societies have upwards of 150 members, and the money used in their working is
just £120. There is also an Infants' Friend and Dorcas Society for assisting
poor lying-in women with the loan of bags of linen and gifts of groceries and
money. Over thirty cases are recorded for the year. In addition is a Sick
Relief Fund, distributing nearly £25 amongst seventy poor families, and occa-
sioning 240 visits to them. Beside these institutions, there are a most flourishing
Young Men's Association, Young Men's Bible Class, Young Ladies' Improvement
Association, and a Band of Hope. Whilst labouring thus for the good of those
immediately around the chapel, the sum of over £130 was raised in the year for
missions to the heathen and Jews. It will thus be seen that Marlborough.
Chapel within a"! few years has arisen to be one of the strongest centres of
benevolent and Christian influence in the parish.

NEATE STREET CHAPEL.

This chapel was opened in November, 1855, by certain members of the
Methodist ' New Connexion, at a cost of about £800, including the building of
the schools. The little chapel is capable of accommodating about 150 persons,
and the school-room 100. The members first met in a room in the New Church
Road, Camberwell, and subsequently in a school-room in the Albany Road.

ST. GEORGE'S CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL.

In the St. George's Road, Camberwell, is an iron building, opened as a Congrega-

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tional chapel in October, 1871. It is capable of seating about 500 persons. Mr.
Harris, the present minister, was appointed in February, 1872. About 2CO children
attend the Sunday school, which meets in the chapel.

SUMNER ROAD CHAPEL.

The Primitive Methodists are erecting a chapel in the Sumner Road, Peckham,
the foundation-stone of which was laid by Horace Marshall, Esq., of Brixton. The
memorial-stone was laid by John Olney, Esq., of Lewisham.

UNITARIAN CHAPEL, ALDER STREET.

This small chapel was opened on Easter Sunday, 1872. It seats about sixty persons,
and has a Sunday school, attended by about forty scholars. The present minister
is Mr. G. Carter. A plot of ground has been purchased in the Annendale Road,
where it is intended to erect an iron chapel to seat 200 persons, in lieu of the
present building in Alder Street.

WESLEYAN CHAPEL, OAKLEY PLACE.

The members of this congregation first met in a temporary iron structure in the
Albany Road. The foundation-stone of the present building was laid by E. Light-
foot, Esq., of Accrington, Lancashire. Memorial-stones were subsequently laid by
Messrs. Tustin, Stephens, May, and Chubb. This chapel is capable of accom-
modating 1,000 persons, and is 90 feet in length by 45 feet in width. The first
minister appointed was the Rev. James Branson, who was succeeded by the Rev.
Josiah Evans. The school, lecture, and class rooms are under the chapel, and are
well attended.

WESLEYAN CHAPEL, QUEEN'S ROAD.

Of the early history of Methodism in Peckham but little is known. Probably it is
of comparatively modern date. The first public building occupied by the Methodists
was that in Harder's Road, called Providence Hall, now divided into cottages, and
immediately adjoining Queen's Road Chapel. This was superseded in 1834 by the
small but substantial chapel in Stafford Street. This chapel owed its erection chiefly
to the energy of the Rev. J. P. Haswell, at that time superintendent of the Southwark
circuit. When Stafford Street Chapel was built it was situated in the midst of fields
and gardens. It was erected without a gallery, but the congregation increased, and
rendered necessary the erection of one. At length, in 1862, the want of a larger
Methodist Chapel to meet the demands of the growing population of Peckham, which
now numbered over 30,000, was so strongly felt, that a site was secured in Queen's
Road, at a cost of £1,600, and, mainly through the exertions of the Rev. J. S.
Workman, the present Queen's Road Chapel was built. The foundation-stone was

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laid on May 5, 1864, by the late Mr. Walter Powell. Upwards of ,£1,200 was placed
upon the stone. The chapel was opened by the late Rev. L. Thornton, M.A., in 1865,
the last public official act of this distinguished and deeply-lamented minister. After
the opening of the new chapel the building in Stafford Street was used as a day
school. The congregation and society grew rapidly at Queen's Road, and soon felt
the need of increased class-room accommodation, and on the 23rd of October, 1874,
the foundation-stones of additional class-rooms and lecture hall were laid, the cost of
of which is estimated to be .£1,300. These rooms were publicly opened on the 21st
January, 1875.

The chapel is in the Early Decorated Gothic style, and is a parallelogram in shape,
with a tower and spire, 120 feet in height, at the north-western angle. The materials
used are Kentish rag with Bath stone dressings. The ^ main front of the chapel
contains a large five-light traceried window, and the elevation is flanked by a turret
54 feet high in the south-western angle. The roofs of the chapel and turret are slated,
in both cases rows of blue and red slates being alternated. The internal dimensions
are 81 feet in length by 43 feet 8 inches in breadth. An apse at the back of the
chapel, while adding to the apparent length of the building, provides a space for an
organ and for the accommodation of the choir. There are galleries both at the sides
and end of the chapel, and by the side of the apse is a vestry 10 feet by 14 feet
6 inches. The ceiling is of a slightly arched form, the height in the centre being
37 feet, and at the sides 24 feet, and is throughout divided into panels by wooden
ribs. The pulpit is of elegant design, executed in deal, stained slightly and varnished,
and the pews and all visible woodwork are stained a light colour and varnished. The
idows are of rolled cathedral glass with narrow borders of light amber colour.
There is ample provision for ventilation, and the heating is effected by means of
Haden's patent warm-air apparatus, and the lighting by brass gaseliers suspended
the ceiling, so as thoroughly to diffuse the light. The general effect of the
ior conveys an impression of warmth and comfort, and its acoustic properties are
The total accommodation is for 1,000 persons.

Mr. R. H. Thompson acted as secretary to the building committee.

The present minister is the Rev. W. Gibson, B.A.

WYNDHAM ROAD CHAPEL.

The Baptists have utilized two railway arches under the London, Chatham, and
)over Railway in the Wyndham Road as a place of worship, and notwithstanding
the limited accommodation afforded, the arrangements are most excellent. The arch
which is used as a chapel is capable of seating about 200 persons ; the other arch is
used as a school-room. This mission is an offshoot of Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle
the pulpit having been " supplied " from his college. Messrs. Babington, Almy, and
Jabez J. Harman have successively occupied the pulpit.

CAMBERWELL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The foundation-stone of this church was laid on the 7th of May, 1868, by Earl
Dalhousie. The building, which is situate a short distance from the Camberwell

238 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Road, was erected from the designs of Mr. John Sivock, Mr. Wells being the
builder. Attached to the church is a spacious lecture hall.

The first minister was the Rev. Robert Taylor, of the Greyfriars Church, Edin-
burgh, who has recently been appointed to another church.

CAMBERWELL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS.

The original members of this church, then consisting of ten persons, first met for
worship i^ a small room on Denmark Hill, whence they moved to Chepstow Cottage,
and some stables in the Wyndham Road were subsequently taken and fitted up for
worship. The present church was soon after commenced. The Prince Imperial had
consented to lay the foundation-stone, but, through unavoidable circumstances, was
prevented from attending. The church was erected from designs supplied by Mr. C.
A. Buckler, architect, and is in the Early English style (twelfth century). It is 104
feet long and 45 feet wide, and is capable of holding about 600 people ; the altar,
tesselated pavement of the sanctuary, also the pulpit and side altars of Our Lady
and St. Joseph, are of Caen stone, with marble and alabaster decorations. The
church was opened for worship by Archbishop Manning. The cost, with organ and
church furniture, is estimated at .£3,000.

There are two priests attached to the mission— the senior priest, the Rev. J.
M'Grath ; the junior, the Rev. H. Yandoorne.

There are flourishing schools for boys, girls, and infants, attended by about 300
children ; the girls are taught by certified sisters of the Order of Notre Dame. The
new girls' school is a pretty Gothic building in Pitman Street, consisting of two rooms
60 feet by 20 feet. There is also a middle-class school for girls, attended by about
sixty children, under the superintendence of sisters of the Order of Notre Dame.

GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH, WINDSOR ROAD,

DENMARK HILL.

This community first met for worship in Camberwell in Dr. Crofts' school in
January, 1854, and Mr. Meyer was engaged as pastor. There being no German
church in Camberwell, the members resolved to build one, and the money was raised
by private subscription for the present building in the Windsor Road, which was
first opened December 16th, 1855. It is capable of seating about 300 persons, and is
supported by voluntary contributions — the sittings being all free. Service is only
held on Sunday morning, and is conducted entirely in German. The clergyman
must be ordained by the German Protestant Church, and is elected by the community
for life, every member who has subscribed for one year having a vote. The affairs
of the church are managed by five elders, who are elected for three years at annual
meetings of the congregation. The church is specially independent of any kind of
outside supervision. Mr. Meyer died in June, 1871, and Mr. Kohlreuter was elected
in January, 1872. There are about eighty families belonging to the community, who
are principally persons of substantial means.

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HOME MISSION, LEIPSIC EOAD.

In the Leipsic Road is a quiet little centre of usefulness known as the Home
Mission, a branch of the London City Mission. The principal room in the building
seats about 300 ; and in addition to the Sunday and week-day services there are
other organizations connected with it — Bible class, district visiting, Good Templars'
lodge, &c.

The place was formerly used in conjunction with a British school. Mr. Norton
Smith, of Cold Harbour Lane, who has been a generous supporter of the home,
bought up the lease of the building in 1873, since which time the Home Mission
alone has been carried on. The present minister, Mr. Harris, has been connected
with it for fifteen years.

NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, FLODDEN ROAD, CAMBERWELL.

This place of worship belongs to the religious denomination called the New
Jerusalem Church, but more frequently styled Swedenborgians.

In 1864 a small society was formed in South London, which met for worship under
the ministry of Mr. E. Austin at Dunn's Literary Institute, Newington Causeway,
A building fund was at once commenced, and so well was it supported, that the
foundation-stone of the present edifice was laid on May 15th, 1868, the church being
opened on October 31st following.

Outside is a board announcing that the structure is " dedicated to the worship of
the Lord Jesus Christ — the only true God."

The church is of a rectangular plan, 57 feet long and 34 feet wide internally, and
will accommodate about 250 persons. In the rear is a small lecture-room, together
with vestry, &c. A tower of about 80 feet high gives considerable effect to the
building.

The total cost of the structure, including organ, was nearly .£3,000, and only a
small portion of this sum now remains unpaid. Mr. Austin still officiates as minister,
and various meetings are held during the week for elucidation of the doctrines and
also for social intercourse. A Sunday school, mainly consisting of members' children,
assembles every Sunday afternoon, and a small publication called the Camberwell New
Church Chronicle specifies from time to time the operations of the various organizations
connected with the society.

PECKHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

It was not until the year 1855 that the Roman Catholics of Peckham were enabled
to erect for themselves a place of worship. The mission had been entrusted by the
Right Reverend Dr. Grant, the then Catholic Bishop of Southwark, to the Capuchin
Fathers, one of the branches of the Franciscan Order. The congregation consisting
principally of poor and struggling people, great exertions were required to collect the
means necessary to carry out the undertaking. One of the earliest contributors to the
work was the late King of Naples, and the first of the congregation to offer help was
an Irish woman, who, as soon as she heard of the arrival of the Fathers, brought a
donation of £5 and a liberal supply of household necessaries ; and this zeal and
fervour being shared by others of the flock, all difficulties were at length overcome,
and a small and poor but decent chapel and school were erected in the Park Road,

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Peckham. In this simple building several distinguished prelates of the Order, and
preachers famed for their eloquence (amongst them His Eminence the late Cardinal
Wiseman), have pleaded the cause of the poor Catholics of Peckham. And such
success crowned the unwearied exertions of the priests of the mission, that, after the
lapse of a few years, the original chapel proved too small for the greatly increased
congregation, and it became an imperative necessity to erect a much larger building.
The3 first stone of the present beautiful church was laid by the Right Reverend Dr.
Grant on the 7th of July, 1859, and it was opened by the same prelate on the 4th of
October, 1866, with all the magnificent ceremonies allowed by the Roman Catholic
Chur ch, there being present the Superiors of the Religious Orders in England and
Ireland and most of the Catholic clergy of London. At these opening services His
Grace the Archbishop of Westminster preached in the morning, and the Right
Reverend Dr. Amherst, Bishop of Northampton, in the evening. The church is
124 feet in length by 70 feet in breadth, and maybe considered as one of Mr. Pugin's
best efforts. It is simple, elegant, and substantial ; its walls have frequently echoed
to the eloquent words of Archbishop Manning, Monseigneur Capel, and many other
popular and distinguished preachers. There are two schools— one for girls, and the
other for boys, both under Government inspection. There are about 150 attendants
in the former and 130 in the latter ; both schools have obtained excellent reports
from the Government inspectors. The Roman Catholic district of Peckham contains
about 3,000 Catholics. Since the formation of this mission, great educational and
social progress has been made in the neighbourhood, very much having been done to
improve the moral and physical condition of the poor. The Franciscan Order is one
of the most remarkable and numerous in the Church of Rome. Before the French
revolution of 1793 it contained between 40,000 and 50,000 members ; and although
civil and religious revolutions have, in many countries, caused its suppression, it still
numbers upwards of 12,000. It has established missions in India, the two Americas,
and in most European countries. The Capuchins have received many marks of
distinction from different Roman pontiffs, and, according to a decree of Bene-
dict XIV., the preacher to the Papal Court is always a Capuchin.

The Rev. Father Emidius, Superior of the Capuchin Community of Our Lady of
Dolors, has been connected with the church since its establishment in Peckham. He
is Italian by birth, and not long since became a naturalized British subject. He is
much beloved not only by members of his own flock, but by Protestants of every
denomination.

THE FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE.

The Friends first met in a carpenter's workshop in Harder's Road about fifty-five
years ago, and in 1835 the present Meeting House in Hanover Street was built The
Friends were formerly a numerous body, and have always been noted for' their
liberality and support of local charities, more particularly of course in the sup-
port of those connected with their own immediate circle. One of the principal
members, Mr. Thomas Cash, at present a guardian of this parish, belongs to a family
which has long been intimately connected with the cause. The site on which the
Meeting House now stands was formerly a pond, much prized by the boys of the last
generation as a skating-ground.

SCHOOLS.

THE SCHOOL BOARD AND EDUCATION IN CAMBERWELL.

jHE passing of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, gave Camberwell
(as a portion of the Division of Lambeth) a new class of representatives
— i.e., members of the School Board for London. The extensive field
for usefulness in developing the education of children, thenceforth
to be practised on a very large scale, in order that the country might
keep pace with Continental nations who had made very rapid strides of late
years, naturally attracted a large number of candidates for the honours offered
through this medium. The first election was fixed for the return of five members
for this division, to be held on the 29th of November, 1870. As this was the first
trial, and consequently an experiment, of the system of cumulative voting, as well a s
the first effort to conduct voting by ballot on a large scale, the election provoked an
extraordinary amount of interest. The Ballot Act, in respect of voting for Members
of Parliament as well as for School Boards, is bound up with Camberwell, for it was
here that the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, then Vice-President of the Committee of
the Privy Council on Education, when preparing his Education Act, stationed himself
at one or more of the polling-places in order to witness the effect in voting for the
election of vestrymen, as adopted in Camberwell — a practice reported to that minister,
much to his surprise, by Mr. Middlemass, when attending with a deputation to wait
upon Mr. Forster.

At the end of three years, the term for which the first members were elected, a
second election was held on the 27th November, 1873. The Church party had been
in a minority on the first occasion ; and, fearing that the tendency of the new system
of education would be to weaken the denominational schools, a strong and united effort
was made by the friends of National schools to influence the elections all over the
Metropolis in favour of their own representatives, the object being to secure sufficient
care for their own denominational interests. In this effort the Church party was
successful, inasmuch as they contrived to return 28 of the forty-nine represen-
tatives, whereas at the first election they were only 21 strong. Nowhere did the
feeling run higher, nor were the meetings conducted more vigorously, than in Cam-
berwell. The Bishop of Winchester (Dr. Harold Browne) was brought on to the
scene to lend the weight of his name and position, and to plead in his earnest but
temperate style for the return of the Church candidates. The result was in a
majority (three) of the members returned being of the Church section, and a minority
(two) of Dissenters. The state of the poll was as follows : —

Candidates.

Votes.

Candidates.

Votes.

Rev. Evan Daniel, M.A. .
Mr. W. F. Morgan . .
Mr. T. E. Heller .
Rev. G. M. Murphy . .

17,022
16,672
14,690
12,669

Mr. J. Stiff .
Mr. H.Wallace . . .
Rev. F. Tugwell

11,998
10,764
4,901

The first five were declared to be elected, Mr. Morgan being the one residing in,
and consequently immediately representing this parish ; and he has proved himself
a most assiduous and painstaking member.

242

Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The state of the poll at the previous election was as follows : —

Candidates.

Votes.

Candidates.

Votes.

Mr. Stiff ....

22,078

Mr. Applegarth

7,682

Mr. Tressider . . .

16,656

Mr. Kavanagh

4,724

Sir Thomas Tilson .

14,574

Mr. C. White . . s',976

Hon. A. McArthur . .

11,963

Mr. W. R. Selway . .

3,419

Mr. Charles Few

10,508

Mr. Mottershead

3,063

Mr. John Gibbons . .

1,473

Rev. G. M. Murphy . .

8,402

Mr. Shaen

918

Rev. F. Tugwell

7,828

The total number attending Public Elementary schools in Camberwell parish —
i.e., schools at which elementary education is the principal part of the instruction
given, and at which the fees do not exceed 9d. a week — at the time the census was
taken by the School Board, in compliance with a request from the Education Depart-
ment at Whitehall, which census was completed and a return made in April, 1871,
was nearly 7,000.

The annexed table is a complete list of all the elementary schools in the parish, as
taken in the School Board census in the first four months of the Board's existence,
by officers specially employed for the purpose, supplemented by replies in detail from
the managers, teachers, or proprietors, in answer to a circular sent out by the
Board :—

School.

3
£

Private.

Adventui-e.

Projected.

Contemplated En-
largement.

Accommodation at
8 sq. ft. per child.

K
§

St. Matthew's (Girls and Infants), National, Camberwell
New Road
Emmanuel, National, Camberwell Road

1
l

330

017 r

405

315

Camberwell, Wyndham Road, Roman Catholic

Nelson Street, Ragged, Wyndham Road
Wyndham Road (Infants), Wyndham Road

i'
i

284
300
154

J67
233

132
162

Brown, Mrs., 9, Clarendon Street, Camberwell New

Payne, Miss, 29, Albany Road
Gibson, Mrs., 30, St. George's Street

••

1
1

6
42

Lmfoot, Mrs., 139, Cobourg Road, Old Kent Road

* *

Lewis, Mrs., 33, Smyrk's Road, Old Kent Road
British, Oakley Road, Old Kent Road

45
15

Allen, Mrs., 60, Neate Street .

459

376

St. George's National, New Church Road

Camberwell, Green Coat and National, Camberwell
Green

350

St. Giles's (Infants and Girls), Waterloo Street

932

546

408

Camberwell (Free), Waterloo Street .

175

Voluntary, Waterloo Street
Norgrove, Mrs., 5, Southampton Street '.
\Vyatt, Mrs. and Miss, 18, Southampton Street
Hope, Mr., 41, George Street

1
1

131
26
39

143

127
17
26

122
112
17
26

Fleming, Miss, 55, East Surrey Grove

Tiffin, Mrs., 190, Cator Street

Coman, Miss, 135, Cator Street, Commercial Road '
Camden Chapel, Mission Hall, Melon Ground

18
20

15
35

14
30

Fealy, Mrs., 15, Pelham Street, Kempton Road
Camden Chapel, National, Sumner Road

281
25

Middle Class (Boys), 27, Camden Grove .
RraldMr' and MrS>> 2A' Branch Buildin£S, Commercial

554
67

Christchurch (Infants), National, Arthur Street Old
Kent Road . . .

' i

200

139

111

SCHOOLS.

243

School.

Adventure.

Projected.

Contemplated En- 1
largement.

Accommodation at
8sq. feet per child.

«3

St. Francis, Roman Catholic, Lower Park Road . .
Lower Park Road, Ragged, Old Kent Road .

•-

••

125
100
114

170
154

165
116

Ansell, Miss, 8, Cornwall Road
Cove, Miss, 6, Sidmouth Terrace, Commercial Road
Ruston, Mr., 26, Arthur Street

1
1
1

••

•

20
12
49

10
12
20

10
6
20

Ward, Mrs., 57, Arthur Street, Old Kent Road
Peckham (Girls), British, Hill Street

••

•

24
110

8
121

8
101

Peckham, Wesleyan, Day, Stafford Street High Street

308

250

230

St. Andrew's District Orchard Hill Street

128

106

Church (Infants), 25, Clarkson Place Carlton Grove

Hargrave, Mrs., 4, Shard's Road, Carlton Road
New Hatcham, Ragged, Manor Street, Old Kent Road .
Chandler, Miss, 27, Mawbey Road

• •

•

17
130
35

33
25

27
2*1

Lee, Miss, 6, Earl Street, Albany Road

Antrobus, Mr., 4, Milstead Terrace, Church Street . .
Lurmiss, Mr., 13, Church Street, Old Kent Road .
Swain, Mrs. , 4, Manor Street Old Kent Road

• •

••

i
i

22
39
13

12
41
32

11
41
17

Young, Miss, 879, Old Kent Road ...

Christ Church, National, Asylum Road

365

316

239

Perkins, Mr. and Miss 13 York Grove

Vitty, Mrs., Eland's Avenue, Clifton Road .

Fry, Miss, 90, Lothian Road, Camberwell New Road .
Peckham (Girls), Ragged, Victoria Place

• •

••

49
67

49
146

46
116

Peckham (Boys), British High Street

•,

221

273

197

Peckham (National), 136, High Street .

237

Gardiner, Miss, 8, Victoria Road

St. Mary Magdalen's, Albert Road

383

421

364

Cox, Miss, 20, Sturdy Road
St. John's, East Dulwich, National, Peckham Rye . .

St. John's, East Dulwich, Lordship Lane ....
The "James Allen" (Girls), Dulwich .

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i

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31
161

458
58
136

26
182
458
85
50

26
158

73
37

The National, Dulwich

271

159

114

St. Peter's, National, East Dulwich

In giving the history of the School Board connection with Camberwell, it will
perhaps be interesting to the readers of this work to know the modus operandi
adopted by the Lambeth members on the commencement of operations in the Borough
of Lambeth, with respect to the Education Act, 1870. Certain persons were ap-
pointed, called visitors, with a superintendent to arrange and supervise their work.
It was the duty of these visitors to call at every house, to schedule the names of
all children between the ages of 3 and 13, and the school at which they were
attending. In the cases of children between 5 and 13 years of age, who were
not attending any school, or were not being educated at home, and no reasonable
cause was shown for such apparent neglect, after various cautions and visits, notices
were served upon the parents (called Notice A) to send such children to school
within a given period specified on the notice. If this failed to have the desired
effect, then a notice, B, was served upon the parents, summoning them to appear
before the committee to show cause why they should not be taken before a magistrate
and fined. In Lambeth, every lenity has been shown by the committee in all cases
brought under their notice, and in order to give the parents no opportunity of making
excuses, these meetings have always been held in the evening, and near the residence
of the parents. Four, five, and sometimes six of these meetings have been held
weekly, and although it has pressed heavily upon the committee and the superinten-
dent, it is a rule that has always been adopted in Lambeth, and has worked with
great success. It was not till the visitors had been at work for six months, or more,

* Since closed.

Since enlarged.

244

Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

that compulsory powers in any case were enforced. The work of scheduling was
commenced in April, 1872, with a staff of eight visitors, Mr. James H. Vockins, of
Camberwell Vestry, being appointed superintendent ; two of the aforesaid, viz.,
Mr. John B. Brasted and Mr. C. S. Heesom, being appointed specially for
the districts lying between Southampton Street and Peckham and Camberwell
Road, and the neighbourhood of Wyndham Road and its environs. The effect of
their work soon told upon the various schools, such as the Green Coat, Emmanuel, &c.,
and the returns showed a gradual but steady increase in the average attendance.
In October, 1873, after the work had been reorganized, eight additional visitors were
appointed, and compulsory measures were then immediately put in operation. All
the cheap schools in Camberwell rapidly filled, and ultimately every other, until
at last there was no further school accommodation. Temporary premises were then
hired ; for instance, James Grove school-room, Hill Street Chapel, and the Mission
Hall, Sunnier Road, formerly under the management of the Rev. J. Fleming, B.D.,
were placed under the control of the Board. The operations of the visitors, whose
number had been largely increased, soon, however, filled these places, and spurred
the School Management Committee on to greater exertions, in order to open the new
buildings then in hand as soon as possible. In August, 1874, the first new block of
schools was opened in Camberwell, at the borders of Camberwell and Deptford, to
relieve the wants of the poorer classes lying north of the Old Kent Road. These
schools, accommodating 959 children, very soon filled. In October following,
another block of schools lying between the Camberwell Infirmary and Southampton
Street was opened ; these schools accommodated 590 children, and in less than one
month all the rooms were full. There are two large groups of schools very nearly
completed, which will be in occupation by the time this work is published, one
situated in Albany Row, and the other near the Rosemary Branch, capable of holding
1,798 children, and there is another block of schools in rapid progress in Sumner
Road for the accommodation of 913, and several other sites are scheduled. Camberwell
will in the end thus receive her full share of attention and support. The number of
visitors employed in the Lambeth Division is now thirty-four, of which eight are
specially set apart for Camberwell. Nearly every house in Camberwell has been
scheduled, and the visitors give the following details : —

Number of Houses.

Number of Families.

Total number of Children.

Between 3 and 13 Years.

Requiring Elementary Education.

21,386

20,451

27,789

23,445

During the two years the visitors have been at work, they have served in Cam-
berwell 5,400 A and 3,927 B notices.

The beneficial result of serving the above notices was such, that it was found
necessary in the cases of 127 children only to have recourse to the power of the police
magistrate. Out of that number seventeen children have been removed from the care
of their parents and sent to Industrial schools, the magistrates being of opinion that
the parents had lost all control over them, and that it was desirable to place such
children under a course of more rigorous discipline. Although all the children have
not been sent to efficient schools, through the great want of accommodation, still they
have been sent to schools of some class or other, as it was deemed desirable for them

SCHOOLS.

245

to be removed from the streets ; but as each new school is opened, the effect of the
notices is quickly perceived.

In 1871, when the first returns were collected, it was shown that between 6,000
and 7,000 children were in attendance at schools, while at the present time there are
over 10,000 children in actual attendance at Public Elementary schools. In October,
1874, the staff was largely increased by the addition of fourteen other visitors, making
in all thirty-four.

The following is the list of members, staff, &c., in connection with the whole of
Lambeth : —

MEMBERS.

Reverend Evan Daniel, M.A., Training College, Battersea.

W. F. Morgan, Esq., East Dulwich House, East Dulwich.

T. E. Heller, Esq., 2, Cedars Terrace, Queen's Road, Wandsworth Road.

Reverend G. M. Murphy, 8, Finchley Road, Walworth.

James Stiff, Esq., High Street, Lambeth.

VISITORS.

Mr. T. B. Raven.

Mr. J. B. Brasted.

Mr. J. Shaw (Camberwell).

Mr. E. Heesom.

Mr. C. S. Heesom.

Mr. G. Prichard.

Miss Wyatt.

Mr. G. Gare (Camberwell).

Mr. R. D. Walker.

Miss Sydney.

Mrs. Haynes.

Mr. Channings.

Mr. Erwood.

Mr. Moore.

Mr. Simmonds.

Mrs. Martin.

Mr. Davis.

Mrs. Iselton (Camberwell).

Mrs. Winter.

Miss Bloomfield.

Miss I. C. Stephens.

Mr. W. I. Love.

Mr. Perry (Camberwell).

Mrs. Nuth (Camberwell).

Mr. D. Blunden (Camberwell).

Mrs. Toshach (CamberweU).

Mr. Fisher.

Mr. Morse.

Mr. Oliver.

Mr. Wint.

Mr. PoweU (CamberweU).

Mr. Langridge.

Mr. Charles Myland.

Mr. Fane.

OFFICE CLERK.
Mr. A. B. Head.

SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr. James H. Vockins.

The following table gives a complete list of the new buildings either actually
erected, in process of erection, or contemplated to be built by the School Board at
the present time (January, 1875), with all the particulars as far as are known :—

246

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

SITES.

No. of children
proposed to be
built for.

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2
"3

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JS S i £8

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3 S

Name.

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1
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111

£ s. d.

Albany Row,
Camberwell.

248

255

282

785

15,125

825 23 2 6

Bd.
Archi-
tect.

G.
Stephen-
son.

6,436 10 6

School
nearly
finished.

Gloucester Road,
Camberwell.

324

365

1013

32,775

2,575

4614 0

Do.

Hill,-
Higgs,

10,268 70

School
to be com-
pleted

March,

1875.

James Street,
Southampton Street,

214

161

215

590

11,326

l,97o 1941210

Do.

Stephen-

5,027 12 6

Sep. 10,

1S74.

531

393

Bo;

Camberwell.

4S'fi

son.

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InJ ,

i ^

Id.,

7,904

Canterbury Road,
Camberwell.

283

289

387

959

14,946

1,300

146 3 7

Do.

J.Kirk.

7,706 10 6

Aug. 31,
1674.

678

543

Bo;

" Gil

2d. &,

Infa i.

Surnner Road,
Peckham.

276

361

913

18.900

1,000

1818 0

Do.

W. Brass

8,097 OC

School to
be com-

pleted

June,

1875.

Lower Park Road,
Peckham.

50C

25,053

••

Not com-
menced.

Leipsic Road,
Camberwell.

••

72C

23,338

••

Not com-
menced.

••

100(

22,OOC

••

Not com-
menced.

••

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Camberwell.

Choumcrt Road.

72(

17.53C

Not com-

Peckham.

menced.

SCHOOLS.

247

MANAGERS, ETC.

.«d

Teachers.

•

Managers.

§5

Male.

Female.

The following representatives of the Division at the School

Board are ex-officio managers, in the case of each School
mentioned in all the following tables : —

Rev. Evan Daniel, Training College, Battersea, S.W.

Mr. William F. Morgan, East Dulwich House, East Dul-

wich, S.E.

Mr. Thomas E. Heller, 2, Cedars Terrace, Queen's Road,

Wandsworth Road, S.W.

Rev. G. M. Murphy, 8, Finchley Road, Walworth, S.E.
Mr. James Stiff, High Street, Lambeth, S.E.

Rev. R. Wearmouth, 3, Glengall Terrace, Old Kent Road,
S.E.

Mrs. Wearmouth, ditto.

Rev. J. Evans, Pepler Road, Old Kent Road, S.E.
Mr. H. Hicks, 177, Albany Road, Camberwell, S.E.
Mr. Moody, 100, Mann Street, Walworth, S.E.

Mr. George Best, 47, Albany Road, Camberwell.
Rev. Dr. Leary, 19, Peckham Grove, Camberwell.

Rev. Samuel Smith, 113, Wells Street, Camberwell.

Mr. J. P. Barrett, 34, Radnor Street, Camberwell.
Mrs. Mills, 491, Old Kent Road.

Rev. J. H. Hazel, St. Andrew's, Peckham.

Mr. J. C. Reynolds, Glebe House, Vicarage Road.
Mr. J. Sugden, 27, Peckham Grove.

Rev. J. C. Lintott, Peckham Grove.

••

Mrs. Elizabeth Bubb, 58, Camberwell Road.
Rev. F. Buttanshaw, 2, Brunswick Square, Camberwell.
Mr. F. Fermor, 255, Southampton Street, Camberwell.

V. T. Murche'.
C. W. Hillyear.
J. O. Boyes.

P. E. Weight.

Rev. W. Harris, 11, Brunswick Road, Camberwell.

M. A. Gare.

Miss S. McDowell, Grove Park, Camberwell Grove.

A. Quinney.

Mr. P. A. Nairne, Grove Hill, Camberwell.

A. Swarbreck.

Mr. R. W. Reid, 2, Maude Road, Camberwell.

Rev. J. Sears, 26, Addington Square, Camberwell.

Rev. O. Thorpe, 36, Queen's Road, Peckham.
Mr. J. Webb, 27, Peckham Park Road, Peckham.

Charles J. Crossley.
John James.

Mrs. E. Wilson, 46, Trafalgar Road, Peckham.
Mr. G. M. Gross, Culm ore Road, Peckham.
Mrs. Jones, 5, Philbrick Terrace, Nunhead Road, Peckham

E. Pownall.

J. M. Wissenden.
Millicent Finnis.
Charlotte Bull.

Rye.
Rev. G. Buchanan Ryley, 9, St. Mary's Road, Peckham.
Mr. Stubbins, 22, Queen's Road, Peckham.

Emily Jane Bryant.

Rev. T. Tarn, 12, Wellington Villas, Montpelier Road,

Peckham.

•'

••

[Not appointed].

••

[Not appointed].

•

[Not appointed].

'•

[Not appointed].

248

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v. W. English, Emmanuel Vicarage, Camberwel
. T. W. Hall, 34, Leipsic Road, Camberwell.
. T. Haynes, 13, George Street, Camberwell Roa
. J. B. Pittman, 122, Camberwell Road.
. D. H. Allport, Cold Harbour Lane, Camberwel
. S. Thompson, 212, Camberwell New Road.
. J. E. Tresidder, 6, Paragon, New Kent Road.
. H. G. Heald, Eastlake Road, Cold Harbou
Camberwell.
. J. Collins, 14, Grosvenor Street, Camberwell.
. C. Wade, 16, Grosvenor Street, Camberwell.
s. Allport, Cold Harbour Lane, Camberwell.
s. Smith, 9, Maude Road, Camberwell.

. T. Galabin, 143, Camberwell Grove.
. W. Bois, 22, Lyndhurst Road, Peckham.
. J. E. Tresidder, 6, Paragon, New Kent Road, S
ss E. D. Wolton, Woodlands, Feckham Rye, S.E
. J. W. Edmonds, 218, Southampton Street, Cam
S.E.

. G. T. Congreve, Combe Lodge, Rye Lane, Peckl
. A. H. Bheppard, 85, Azenby Square, Lyndhurs
Peckham, S.E.

. W. Lovell, 5, Richmond Terrace, Holland Road,
. J. E. Parrott, Camberwell Road.
. G. W. Wilkinson, 50, Gresham Park, Brixton.
v. W. P. Tiddy, The Parsonage, Congregationa
Camberwell New Road.
. Travers Buxton, Champion HilL
s. Buxton, Champion Hill.
. E. R. Crampton, 45, Sutherland Square.
. T. Galabin, 143, Camberwell Grove.

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In all the above-named schools the expenditure must be understood as being the
entire cost for all purposes. The receipts for the school consist of weekly fees from
the children, of annual grants made by Government for the proportion of attendance
of children, and for the success of the scholars in passing the examinations of Her
Majesty's Inspectors, and of the rates levied on the inhabitants. The amount
received as fees, and that obtained from Government, are given in separate columns ;
by adding these two items together, in the case of any or all of the schools, and
deducting the sum from the gross expenditure given above, the remainder will
represent the actual amount charged upon the rates.

CAMBERWELL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

The story of the Camberwell Free Grammar School is not uninteresting, although
it will not furnish us with the brightest page of local history. The founder, Edward
Wilson, Clerk, Vicar of CamberweU, did a little for posterity, but quite as much for
himself and his belongings ; and if mismanagement has done something, the absurd
rules and regulations of the founder have done more to bring about the scholastic
abortion of to-day. " The master to be chosen out of my own kindred before any
others " has ruined other well-intentioned schemes ; and Camberwell can unfor-
tunately point to another school whose usefulness has been impaired through the
same mischievous, but perhaps pardonable, mistake.

Little is known of Edward Wilson, except that he was vicar of Camberwell in
1577, a position then, as now, of some considerable importance. It is generally
supposed that he was the first appointed master of his own school, but this is more
than doubtful, and as he was particularly attached to those of his own kith and kin,
it is not improbable that the first master, Edward Wilson, M.A., was a relative, more
or less near, of the founder's.

In the choice of master, the founder expressly ordered that the party selected " shall
not have any benefice, with cure, office, or service, whereby to hinder the school,"
which goes far to confirm our impression that the founder himself was not the master ;
although it is, of course, possible that, in order to give the youth of Camberwell the
benefit of his learning, an exception might have been made in favour of himself.

The charity was founded in the thirteenth year of the reign of King James I.,
under letters patent granted by the king on the 29th of September, 1615. By the
Foundation Deed, the following persons and their successors in their offices were
appointed governors of the school, viz., the vicar, the churchwardens, the patron of
the vicarage, and the master of the Grammar School of Camberwell, the rectors of
St. Olave's, Southwark, Lambeth, and Newington, and the vicar of Carshalton.

In addition to these official governors, eight others were named in the letters
patent to act with them, upon whose deaths it was ordained that their respective
heirs should be from time to time appointed to succeed them in the governorship,
and the body of governors so constituted was declared to be a corporation.

The provision for the continuance of the governing body is somewhat singular, and
the difficulty afterwards experienced in carrying out the founder's wishes in this
respect deprived the school of that healthy and invigorating lay element it so much
needed.

It was ordered by the founder that the governors before named, with the exception
of the patron of Camberwell, the rector of St. Olave's, and the master of the school,

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should on the death of any one or more of them, " have authority and power for
naming and choosing their several heirs, to be successors in his or their places and
turns, and being of the age of twenty and one years." There is a note in " The Kules
and Regulations of the Free Grammar School," published by order of the governors
in 1824, to the effect that these lay governors are lost to the charity, from the diffi-
culty, if not impossibility, of finding out their "heirs." The last lay governor
appears to have been appointed in 1733.*

The original governors were Edmund Bowyer, Knt., John Bowyer, Esq., and
Benjamin Bowyer, Esq., all of Camberwell.

Thomas Grimes, of Camberwell, Knt. His successors were Thomas Crymes, George
Crymes, and Thomas Grymes, but the name becomes extinct about sixty years after
the foundation.

Thomas Hunt, of Lambeth, Knt. His only heir seems to have been Richard Hunt,
who signed the minutes in 1661.

Peter Scott, of Camberwell, Esquire, and John Scott, of Camberwell, gent.

The last representatives of this family were Edward Scott, cousin and heir of Peter,
and Francis Scott, heir of John Scott, elected governors on the 15th April, 1714.

Thomas Wilson. Esq., no doubt a relative of the founder's, of whose heirs nothing
is known.

Jeremiah Turner, Knight.

His name is omitted in the original appointment, but occurs in the recapitulation
among the " aforesaids."

The rules and regulations drawn up by the founder are quaint and peculiar in
many particulars. There was evidently a vein of sly humour in the vicar of Cam-
berwell, for after enumerating the qualifications to be exacted of the master— that he
was to be " sound in religion, body, and mind ; gentle, sober, honest, virtuous,
discreet, and approved for a good facility in teaching," the good man adds parenthe-
tically ("if such a one may be gotten ! ") Only fancy " a Master of Arts sound in
jion, mind, and body ! " But all the master's qualifications are not yet enume-
" He shall be a man of wise, sociable, and loving disposition ; not hasty and
>us, nor of evil example ; such a one as can discern the nature and disposition of
ivery child (if such a one may be gotten)." After such a standard of excellence as
this, it is not a matter of surprise that this " concentrated essence of scholastic virtues"
is to receive " for his stipend ten pounds yearly during my natural life," and that the
best scholar is to welcome him with a Latin oration ; but what does surprise us is the
edict that the master "shall not keep any house of victualling, gaming, &c., nor
frequent ill-houses, nor practice physic without the consent of the governors." " The
Master of Arts, sound in religion, body, and mind," asking the governors of the
school to allow him to open a gaming-house is indeed a rich morsel !

The number of the scholars is not limited, but they are to be " of the children and
youth of the parish of Camberwell, there born or dwelling, whereof twelve shall be
freely taught, and shall be the children of such of the inhabitants of the said parish
as shall be poor ;" and gratuitous instruction is also to be given " for one year n to
the son of the senior churchwarden ! The scholars to be provided with a " little
bible, psakn book, paper, pens, ink, satchell, candles in winter, wholesome apparel,
and to bring five shillings and three pence a quarter for rods and brooms ; " from
which we infer either that "rods and brooms" were at a tremendous premium in
1615, or that an unlimited number were used on the Camberwell youths of that day.

* Much, of the information here given concerning an esteemed local resident, who has devoted con-
the Free Grammar School is obtained from a siderable time and research to the subject.
pamphlet published by Mr. Charles Mott, solicitor,

252 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The boys were not allowed to take money to school, "lest they be tempted to any
bad exercise or others be tempted to defraud them of it ;" but two exceptions were
allowed to this rule—" the schoolmaster's duties," which were to be paid on entrance,
find the " birch and broom " money ! And in addition, " a pound of good candles at
Michaelmas " was to be delivered to the master. The next paragraph after the
brooms and rods and best candles and schoolmaster's money runs as follows :— " If
you refuse these orders, or if your child grow stubborn, unruly, a picker, stealer, or
usual swearer, or use thieving, you shall," &c. The moral attached to paying the
" rod and broom " money is transparent enough, and throws light on a subsequent
instruction to the master that he is " wisely to mix severity and lenity ; using means
to cheer up the scholars "—i.e., on Sunday, " my dear children ;" on Monday, " over
the form ! "

The master was also enjoined " to be careful of the behaviour of the scholars in
coming in, going out, and sitting ; and especially in repetition for good grace, counte-
nance, pronunciation, and carriage, &c. ; reverence abroad of scholars to their betters,
elders, &c. ; behaviour, courteous speech, and fair condition required ; and reforma-
tion of such as do amiss."

Wednesday and Saturday were dies non, at least from a holiday point of view. The
only holiday known to young Camberwell of 1620 was held on Thursday, at one
o'clock, and as a great treat the boys were required on half-holidays to learn Calvin's
Catechism, and on no account were they to be allowed to play two days together,
and the games allowed were " wrestling, leaping, running, chess, and shooting with
long bows, and all money players or betters to be punished or expulsed."

Every scholar was required to write once a week the following sentence in
one, two, or more hands : " This is life eternal ; that they know thee, and whom
thou has sent, Jesus Christ." "And if any one neglect, or not profit in fair
writing after three admonitions, he shall be dismissed the school ;" but prizes
varying from two pence to two shillings were ordered to be given to the most
meritorious scholars.

About 1816 the instruction of the free scholars in Latin and Greek, which had
been discontinued, was resumed ; and in 1821 the governors reduced the period of
study to five hours a day (from ten in summer and eight in winter), and agreed that
the scholars should be taught English, reading, and arithmetic, as well as the learned
languages.

Sir James Tyrrel, who was partly educated there, was the eldest son of Sir Timothy
Tyrrell, Knt., and Elizabeth his wife, the only daughter of Archbishop Usher, and
was born in London in 1642, and created Master of Arts in 1663. He was after-
wards one of the deputy lieutenants and justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire,
in which office he continued till James II. " turned him and the rest out of commis-
sion." He wrote and published several works on the history, laws, politics, and
constitution of England. His death occurred in 1718, when in the seventy-sixth year
of his age.

MASTERS.

1615. Edward Wilson.
„ Richard Godfrey.
1645. Samuel Everard.

1650. James Coleby.

1651. William Newman.
1661. John Bradford.

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1675. Daniel Ballow, senior.
1687. Mithwell Johnson.

„ Nehemiali Lambert.
1700. Alexander Jephson.
1709. Adam Langley, senior.
1731. Adam Langley, junior.
1733. William Jephson.
1761. Thomas Jephson.
1803. William Jephson (son of Thomas Jephson).

In the year 1824 the governors sold and conveyed to the Charity Commissioners
a portion of the charity land as an addition to the churchyard of the parish, the
purchase-money for which (£842 10s.) was paid into the Court of Chancery, and
invested in .£917 Os. Id. Consols, the dividends upon which were from time to time
paid to the then vicar of Camberwell in trust for the charity.

In 1842 an information* was filed against the governors and the then master of the
school, with reference to the past and future management thereof and of the property
belonging thereto. Many of the statements contained in this information were
proved to be incorrect, but the Master in Chancery was ordered to make inquiry and
report ; and the scheme of the Master, dated February 1st, 1845, for the future
management of the charity, was as follows : —

" FIRST. — To pull down all the houses and buildings then standing on the charity
land, except the enclosure walls, and fences on the east, west, and south sides thereof,
and to sell and remove certain trees standing thereon, and the materials of such
houses and buildings.

" SECONDLY. — To make a road through the middle of the charity land from the
high road on the north side to the boundary fence on the south side.

"THIRDLY. — To sell certain strips of ground, part of such land, to the parishf for a
long term of years, for the sum of £105, and to reserve one acre of the land next the
high road for the purpose of building a new school-house and schoolmaster's residence,
and for a playground for the scholars, and a garden for the master, and to let^the
remainder upon building leases for terms not exceeding ninety-nine years, at yearly
rents, after the first two years, amounting in the whole to not less than £250 per
annum.

" FOURTHLY. — To invest and accumulate the proceeds of the sales and the rents
until the whole of the five acres should have been let on building leases, and the
accumulations of the rents, together with any other money of the charity available
for building a new school-house and schoolmaster's residence, should amount
to £1,500.

"FIFTHLY. — When the fund should amount to £1,500, to build a new school-house
for at least forty boys, and a residence for the master and a teacher and eight boarders,
with the necessary outbuildings upon part of the acre of land to be reserved for that
purpose, according to the plans and specifications prepared by the then surveyor to
the governors, and to provide all proper fixtures and fittings for the school-house, and
to borrow on mortgage of the ground-rents any sum which might be necessary for
these purposes, not exceeding £1,000.

" SIXTHLY. — To provide for the repayment (in one sum, or by instalments of £200,
as might be agreed upon with the mortgagee) of the money to be raised on mortgage,

* The costs on this occasion were taxed at the t This land now forms part of the churchyard,

sum of £900 11s. 9cZ., and were ordered to be paid and was let to the parish for a term of 1.000 years,
out of the funds of the charity !

254 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

a sinking fund of £25 per annum during the life of the late schoolmaster, and .£60
per annum after his death, out of the ground-rents.

" SEVENTHLY. When such new school-house and schoolmaster's residence should

have been built, a yearly sum of £20 should be retained by the governors out of the
^round-rents, to be applied by them from time to time in repairing the school-house
and schoolmaster's residence, outbuildings, and fences, and insuring them against
damage by fire.

" EIGHTHLY. — That the balance of the ground-rents, after the deductions for sinking
fund, repairs, and insurance, and paying interest on the mortgage, should be con-
sidered as available for the general purposes of the charity, and in particular for the
payment of the schoolmaster.

" LASTLY.— That the enclosure walls and fences on the east, west, and south sides
of the land should be repaired, and all the other buildings then standing thereon
forthwith pulled down and none of them rebuilt."

Upon this report, an order dated the 19th of March, 1845, was made, as follows :—

" That the said charity property might in future be managed according to the
scheme approved of by the said master, and it is ordered that the defendants the
governors shall cause the houses and buildings on the charity land, except the
inclosure walls and fences on the east, west, and south sides thereof, to be forthwith
pulled down. And that they should cause the trees on the said land and the materials
of the said houses and buildings, except as aforesaid, to be forthwith sold and
removed from off the said land ; and that they do cause the road in the scheme
mentioned to be properly made, according to the plans mentioned in the said scheme
as soon as conveniently may be. And that they be at liberty to sell the strips of
ground containing together 21 perches or thereabouts, to or in trust for the said
parish of Camberwell for the term of 1,000 years, for the sum of £105. And that
they do, with the approbation of the said master, cause the acre of the said land by
the said scheme proposed, to be reserved for the purpose of building a new school-
house and master's residence, and for a playground for the scholars and a garden for
the master, to be properly fenced off from the rest of the said land. And that they
be at liberty, with the approbation of the said master, to grant such building leases
as in the said scheme mentioned of the remaining five acres or thereabouts of the
said land."

In 1845 the school buildings * were razed to the ground, and for nearly eighteen
years the land on which they stood was let out for grazing purposes at a nominal
rent. In December, 1863, an offer was made by the late Mr. Purkis to take the
whole of the land on lease for ninety-nine years, the first year to be a peppercorn
rent, the second year at £120, and the remainder of the term at £220 per annum,
Mr. Purkis agreeing to erect seventy houses within five years, of the value of not less
than £500.

In the month of March, 1864, application was made to the Charity Commissioners
under the Charitable Trusts Acts, on behalf of certain parishioners of Camberwell,
with reference to the past and future management of the charity, which resulted in
the whole funds of the charity being paid over to the official trustees of Charitable
Funds.

This sketch would be incomplete were we to omit mention of the late Mr. Edward
Lines, of Camberwell Grove, who devoted many years ^of patient toil towards
promoting the welfare of this institution.

+1 * TSt buij^K ™ate.rials were sold by auction on of various kinds sold amounted to 245, and realiaed
the 16th and 17th April, 1845, by Messrs. Close and £73 3g 6d
Bon, and realized £742 13«. The number of trees

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GREEN COAT SCHOOL.

According to an inscription on the front of the school buildings recently pulled
down, the Green Coat School of Camberwell was erected " To the glory of God, and
the honour of the Church of England, by Henry Cornelisen, Esq., in 1721," and it
was designed " for the Christian instruction of poor children."

No deeds have been discovered connected with the foundation ; and in consequence
it was with some difficulty that the committee succeeded recently in procuring a title
as a Church of England School from the Charity Commissioners. A new scheme was,
however, obtained from the Commissioners in October, 1872, and a building grant of
£1, 129 obtained, so that the cost of rebuilding has been entirely covered.

The charity appears from the minute-books* to be older than the date given above,
as the first minute recorded is that of the 3rd July, 1709, respecting a " meeting of
the subscribers to the charity school in Camberwell." At this first meeting there
were present the vicar (Dr. Tipping), Mr. Hester, Mr. Grub,f Mr. Kesterman, sen.,
Mr. Higgs, Mr. Green, Mr. Kesterman, jun., and it was agreed, inter alia, that " the
number of children to be taught be thirty,^ to consist of both boys and girles ; that
the schoolmistress have .£24 per ann., out of which she is to pay house-rent and
firing ; that all the children be cloathed ; that a treasurer be chosen every year the
Munday after Mic'as Day, and also dine together ; that a sermon be preacht the first
Sunday after the children are cloathed to induce a contribution, and that Dr. Tipping
preach the sermon."

The most important item noted on this 3rd day of July, 1709, is the date fixing
the establishment of the charity, for a vote of thanks is there recorded " to the gen-
tlemen who have maintained this school till Mic'as last, which appears to have been
about two years and a halfe, and that they be acquainted that it is hoped it may now
be maintained by the subscribers," thus fixing the establishment of the school early
in 1706. It appears that the gentlemen who carried on the school till Michaelmas,
1708, were desirous of having their names concealed. They are described as "gentle-
men of London," and no doubt residents also of this parish, although this is mere
surmise. Amongst the local gentry who took a warm interest in the school was
Lord Chief Justice Trevor ; and though unable to attend diligently to his duties as
a director, his agent, who was authorized to vote on all occasions on his lordship's
behalf, was a very regular attendant. Mr. Cock was another of the influential
local residents who took an active part in the management of the school, and the
name of Mr. Bartlett occurs as attending the meeting held on the 17th July, 1709.
" Trustees " are also there mentioned for the first time, seven of whom were appointed
to act as a committee, " to provide cloaths for the children, and to promote the
subscriptions." Of the trustees then appointed, one is described as having " removed
from ye towne," that is, the " towne of Camerwell." The meetings of the trustees
were usually held on Sunday afternoons, except on special occasions. The annual
meeting for auditing the treasurer's accounts and electing his successor was one of
these special occasions, and the " Golden Lyon " was usually selected as the most
suitable rendezvous, and it is almost needless to add that mine host of the " Lyon "
provided a good dinner to order. On one occasion (1713) " the Reverend Mr. Adam

* Courteously placed at our disposal by the hon. 1724, boys' school increased from twenty-five to

secretary, Mr. Nairne.' thirty; and in January, 1725, to thirty-five; and

t Agent to Lord Chief Justice Trevor. the number was gradually increased until it reached

J Increased to forty in 1712 ; to fifty in 1716. In four hundred in 1870.

256 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Langley and what other directors will » made an appointment at the " Butchers*
Arms " " to adjust the treasurer's accounts."

The following are the names of the thirty scholars elected on the 17th June, 1711,
to be new clothed and admitted to receive the charity :— John Batts, George Hall,
Thomas Dyer, William Constable, John Nixon, William Bond, Thomas Carpenter,
William Chappell, John Bakewell, Hugh Bakewell, Abel Daniel, John Charles,
Michael Thorpe, Edward Shuter, Sarah Constable, Susannah Chandler, Katherine
Saunders, Eliza Nixon, Dorothy Taylor, Ann Page, Mary Carpenter, Jane Best,
Francess Nixon, Eleanor Dyer, Eliza Floyd, Margaret Lewis, Sarah Fox, Ann Allen,
Mary Turvaine.*

Bye-laws for the management of the charity were made on the 28th May, 1712,
from which we extract the following : —

1. Every subscriber to be a governor of the school during the maintenance of his

subscription.

2. Governors to meet at the vestry of the church on the second Sunday in the

month, to elect directors and examine the accounts and inspect the state of
the schools.

3. Ten directors t to be elected by the governors annually, the minister and lecturer

for the time being to be standing directors.

4. Treasurer and collectors to be appointed at the monthly meeting in June.

5. Fixes monthly meeting as in Bye-law 2.

6. Three to be formed into a " cloaths " committee, and two into a " school inspec-

tion" committee.

7. Children eligible to be seven years of age and under twelve.

8. Four probationers to be appointed.

9. Sponsors to be provided by children for admission, to answer for clothes,,

books, &c.

10. Children to be educated according to the Church of England, and not to be

taught to sing any anthem or any such like singing, excepting the psalms
commonly sung in churches.^

11. The directors to discourse of no other business but what relates to the said

" charity schoole."

12. Applications to be made a month before admission, and applicants to be recom-

mended by a subscriber.

13. No law made, suspended, or altered in any future court to be in force until

confirmed at the next monthly meeting.

The directors were not, it would seem, so punctual in their attendance as might
have been expected, and so in June, 1712, it was decided that " such of the directors
as are not present att the monthly meetings in ye vestry by five o'clock, shall forfitt
and pay one shilling, unless such a reason be given as shall be satisfactory to the
directors then present." And the penalty was duly enforced at the next meeting
against Doctor Tipping, Squire Cock, and Mr. John Cock ; and at a subsequent
meeting, seven out of the ten directors paid " forfeits."

The " charity sermon " appears to have been a considerable source of revenue to

* It would appear from the minutes that one of J " Mr. Hodson, the clerk," "was allowed three

the above, Master Hugh Bakewell, was not a pounds per annum for teaching the children " to

particularly good selection, for a few days after his singpsalmes twice a week ; " and subsequently ten

admission he "committed a grievous offence pounds a year was voted to him when " arithmetic

against the school mistress, in throwing his book and writing " were added : and Roger Hudson,

at her head and spitting in her face." Master clerk, had ten pounds a year "to teach such of

3akewell was ordered to have correction by "whyp- the children as shall bee directed by ye managers

Pfcjg-" to wright and cast accompts."

f Increased to fourteen on the 14th March, 1713.

GREEN-COAT SCHOOL 180O-

GREEN-COAT SCHOOL,, 1874.

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the charity in its early days, and numerous entries occur of directors calling upon
the bishop and other noted divines, " to begg a sermon." Bishops appear to have
been in request for the purpose, for on the 14th August, 1715, a committee was
formed " to endeavour to procure a bishop to preach ye next charity sermon."

On the occasion of the king's entry into London in 1714, " stands and refreshments "
were ordered to be provided for the children "in the streets of London."

On the 10th March, 1717, Mr. Henry Corneliseii first appears upon the books as a
•director, and after his election, his interest in the school, judged by his attendance,
was small indeed.

On the 20th December, 1720, a committee was desired " to take the opinion of
counsel as to the conveyance of the ground upon which the charity school is proposed
to be built, and at the meeting immediately preceding, Mr. Cornelisen appears
on the minutes as Henry Cornelisen, Esq., so that it is pretty evident that he
had done something to obtain his promotion. In April, 1721, Mr. Cornelisen was
requested by his brother directors "to provide preachers," a duty which on all
previous occasions required a committee of at least three directors to perform.
That the schools were rebuilt in 1721, either wholly or partly at Mr. Cornelisen's
expense, is, we think, placed beyond doubt by the inscription in front of the late school
building ; but it is, to say the least, an extraordinary circumstance that the
minutes, which were kept with great care and precision, should contain no mention of
that gentleman's gift. On the 1st June, 1721, it is ordered " that the marble and
inscription at the charity school be paid by the treasurer ;" and on the llth March,
1722, the bills of Mr. Henry Davis for .£16 11s., and Mr. Wm. Backsdale, "the
plumer," of £4 7s., were ordered to be paid. The minutes convey the impression
that some one had paid the cost of rebuilding, for notwithstanding the necessary
•outlay, the treasurer had a balance in hand, in March, 1722, of £328 4s. 7d., against
£322 16s. 6cl in March, 1721.

During the latter year the bye-laws were revised, and " orders " for the children
and charges for the master and mistress were drawn up at considerable length. The
following, amongst other orders, were to be observed by the scholars : —

"To devote their thoughts to God as soon as they awake in the morning ; to take
care to get up betimes ; to say their prayers, morning, noon, and night, reverently
upon their knees ; to be careful to implore the blessing of God upon their meat and
drink when they are about to receive them, and to give God thanks after they have
been refreshed by them ; to be at school in due time morning and evening, and never
frame any excuse to be absent from thence ; to pay their respects on entering the
school first to the master or mistress and afterwards to their school fellows ; to be
orderly in church and school, where nothing ought to be said or done but what
properly belongs to God and good education ; to rise up in their places when any
body enters the school, and to make a bow or curtesie ; to be mindful of their bap-
tismal vow, with a continual regard to all God's laws, and never come into the
company of such as are addicted to swearing, lying, and stealing, or any other scan-
dalous or vicious practice, and to shun all such as they would the plague ; to take
particular care not to join with, or be concerned in any mobs in a tumultuous manner
upon any occasion whatsoever ; to avoid going about begging money for bonfires ;
the use of badges or marks of party distinction on dayes of publick rejoicings or
thanksgivings, nor on any other dayes to give opprobrious or ill language to any
person whomsoever ; to show all the civility they can whensoever they come into the
presence of their superiors, such as their parents, master, minister, officer of the
parish, benefactor, person of quality, aged man or woman, and not to cover their
head before them, nor go away. from them without a reverent bow ; to love all

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schoolfellows (the girls are not particularly mentioned) with a brotherly and hearty
affection, and wherever they meet them, or any other of their acquaintance, to pull
off their caps, bowing, and showing them all the civility they can ; to behave them-
selves with so much modesty and discretion that they may be ornaments of the
school, as well as comforts to their master and friends ; to consider on their way to
church that they are going to holy ground, the place where God is more immediately
present ; to observe the rubrick, and not to read the sentences of Holy Writ with
which the divine service begins, nor the exhortation, absolution lessons, collects,
commandments, &c., with the minister, but where they are required to joyn or
response, to do it so as not to give offence by being louder than the con-
gregation."

There are numerous entries in the minute-books concerning presents to well-
behaved children on leaving the school ; and such children were not only presented
with a Bible, but had their green clothes dyed black by order of the directors.

In addition to the liberal subscriptions of the local gentry, the charity appears to
have derived a considerable income from sermons preached on its behalf at the-
parish church, Camden Chapel, Dulwich College Chapel, and St. Matthew's, Denmark
Hill.

The following list of collections will show not only that eminent preachers pleaded
the cause of the school, but also that the collections in many instances were par-
ticularly good : —

Date.

Church.

Preacher.

Amount
collected.

£ s. d.

1736. May 9 .

St. Giles

Bishop of Chester

17 3 7

1746. May

?? ' •

Bishop of St. David's . .

23 19 7

1742. May

» • •

Rev. Mr. Dubourdien

24 4 8

1743. Sept

Dulwich Col. . .

Rev. Mr. Aylmer . .

10 14 4

1744. May

St. Giles

Rev. Dr. Arrowsmith

22 1 10*

1744. Aug. 12 .

Dulwich Col. . .

Rev. Mr. King . . .

10 15 3j

1748. May 22 .

St. Giles

Rev. Dr. Bancroft .

21 3 11

1749. May 21 .

?) • • *

Rev. Dr. Kemp . . .

17 4 2

1752. June
1760. Oct.

Dulwich Col.' .

Archbishop of Canterbury
Rev. Mr. Aylmer

35 14 11
15 10 0

1785. May 8 .

St. Giles

Bishop of Gloucester . .

25 7 6

1787. March 25

?? . . •

Rev. O. Maine .

46 15 2

1788. Sept. 28 .

Rev. Mr. Cecil . . .

26 9 6£

1794. „ .
1795. „ .

AttheNewChapei

Rev. Mr. Venn, of Clapham

34 17 6

on Denmark Hill .

Rev. Mr. Wood

28 5 2

1798. July

Camden Chapel .

Rev. Dr. Hawes . . .

38 0 0

1799. Nov. 10 .

St. Giles .

Rev. Mr. Good

40 0 3

1801

Camden .

Rev. Mr. Cooke . . .

33 0 0

1805. Nov. 18 .

St. Giles .

Rev. J. Jackman, Chaplain

in Ordinary to H.R.H.

the Prince of Wales

27 17 6

1809
1811. Aug.

Camden . . .
?> • •

Dr. Collyer . . .
Rev. Mr. Draper

49 19 6J
46 18 11

It would occupy too much space to enumerate the whole of those gentlemen who-
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occur in the minutes as prominent supporters of the charity during the last century.
The date given marks their first appearance as directors : —

Sir Thomas Trevor ; Mr. Walter Cock (1709) ; Mr. Langley ; Mr. John Cock ;
Captain Amery ; Mr. Whormby (1712) ; Mr. Emmett (1714) ; Mr. Cornelisen ;
Edmund Bowyer, Esq. ; Colonel Thomas Butler (1717) ; Peter Cock, Esq. (1723) ;
John Hooke (1726) ; Captain Hodges (1728) ; Mr. Voguell (1735) ; Mr. Jephson
(1740) ; Mr. Theodore Cock (1741) ; Mr. Crespigny (1743) ; Mr. Alderman Arnold.
(1749) ; Captain Devon (1752) ; John Torriano, Esq. ; Mr. Woodbridge (1753) ; Mr.
Shard (1762) ; Claude Crespigny, Esq. ; Brass Crosby, Esq. ; Mr. Treslove ; Mr.
Koffey, of Peckham (1767) ; Mr. Thomas Harder (1782) ; Henry Jowett (1785) ; Mr.
Titchener, of Peckham (1791) ; Nicholas Wanostrocht (1792) ; Benjamin Jowett
(1793) ; Thomas Jephson (1798) ; Mr. Cattley; and Alderman Knight (1799).

There is an entry in the minute-book, under date June 27, 1788, that the sum of
two guineas was paid to the treasurer by the Kev. Mr. Bentley, vicar, being part of
five guineas given by the Freemasons for the use of the church.

The funds of the charity were augmented from time to time by numerous and
liberal bequests.

That the children were well cared for is evident enough from the proceedings of
the directors. Amongst other indulgences granted to the scholars was a monthly
dinner, usually given on the second of every month, the cost of which is recorded
with some minuteness. The following is selected from many similar entries : —

May 4, 1786. Expenses attending children dining at school, 2nd Sunday in every
month, for 8 months from July, 1785, to February, 1786, inclusive, viz. : —

Butcher £3 12 0|

Baker 1 17 2|

Brewer 0 14 0

Eggs, milk, &c 0 12 5

Master's allowance 100

Mistress „ 100

Considerable addition appears to have been made to the school buildings in 1813,
at a cost of about ,£500 ; and on the 30th June, 1871, the foundation-stone of the
present building was laid by the late Bishop Wilberforce. The occasion was made
more than usually interesting by the presence of numerous members of the Masonic
brotherhood, the architect, Mr. Edward Clark, being at that time Worshipful Master
of the Caniberwell Lodge known as the " Sphinx." The stone bore the following
inscription : —

" To the Glory of God and the Honour of the Church of England.

" The Camberwell Green Coat and National Schools were erected on this site A.D.
1721, by Henry Cornelisen, Esq., the Rev. Ichabod Tipping, vicar. This foundation-
stone of the New School Building was laid by the Right Rev. Samuel Wilber-
force, D.D., Lord Bishop of Winchester, on the 30th June, 1871, the Rev. J. Williams,
Vicar."

The Bishop was presented on the occasion with a silver trowel by the brethren
of the Sphinx Lodge.

The new buildings, which were erected at a cost of nearly .£6,000, are intended to
accommodate 325 boys, 225 girls, and 250 infants, making a total of 800, and were
formally opened on Thursday, 14th November, 1872.

Mr. Perceval A. Nairne, the present hon. sec., was appointed on the 8th June, 1869,
on the occasion of the resignation of Mr. R. A. Puckle, at present churchwarden of the

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parish, who had held the post for nine years, and to whom was accorded a cordial vote of
thanks in recognition of his high character and extreme courtesy in conducting the

business of the charity.*

CAMDEN SCHOOLS were commenced in 1800 as a Sunday school only, and it will
be seen from the following quaint record in the school register that the early days of
the Camden Schools were somewhat different from the present nourishing institution

in Sumner Road : —

" Camberwell Sunday school,
Instituted in the year 1800,
When 30 scholars were admitted,
Viz., 15 boys and 15 girls.

Which in the course of one year were reduced to the number of 7 children only.
The appearance seemed so discouraging that it was designed to give up the school,
till some active friends belonging to Camden Chapel zealously engaged in the work
with the master. It has ever since flourished. The number in general now is to the
amount of 150 children, boys and girls, and much good has been done to the morals
of many of the children by rescuing them from idleness and vice ; and by means of
this school many boys and girls have been recommended to decent families, and
become good servants and apprentices, which, if neglected, might no doubt have become
pests to society.

" And, in particular, many of the children's parents are much reformed by becoming
industrious, sober, and honest, and attend places of public worship."

In 1813 the week-day schools were established, when 30 boys and 30 girls were
substantially clothed.

The clothing has only recently been discontinued, as under the New Educational
Code no grant is allowed for such a purpose.

The original school buildings, which had from time to time been much improved
by voluntary aid, were situated near the parish church, where Church Terrace now
stands, until Christmas, 1847, when the schools were removed to their present site,
Sumner Road, Peckham. The " Camden District Schools " were built under the
auspices of the late Henry Kemble, Esq., M.P., who laid the foundation-stone on

* The following is taken from a report just issued the board's calculations,

by the committee of the school : — " The committee consider that the schools have

" The school buildings are erected by the School been erected at a very moderate cost. The total

Board for London as providing accommodation for expenditure on building and furnishing (including

937 children. They have been built at a cost far architect's commission, salaries of clerk of works

below those of the board, and are believed to be in no and watchman, district surveyor's fees, printing,

degree inferior. They have been reported by Her legal expenses, &c.) has been £5,676 Is. ; which,

Majesty's Inspector as being ' among the best in calculating the buildings to provide accommodation

South London.' They are also conducted on a more for 937 children, is at the rate of something less

economical scale than those of the London School than £6 Is. Id. per head. The average cost of the

Board, and it is believed with quite as much schools built by the School Board for London has

efficiency. The cost of rebuilding has been entirely been considerably above this. Their school in the

paid, and the accounts closed. immediate neighbourhood (James Street Board

"The directors now appeal earnestly to the School) cost for building £8 10s. per head ; and the
parishioners to assist them in carrying on this last school opened by the board (Great College
time-honoured institution, which has been in active Street, Camden Town, Board School) cost for build-
existence for 165 years, so that its usefulness may ing £7 11s. 4d. per head. It must be remembered,
not be impaired by parsimony. too, that in these board schools no residences for

' The average attendance in the several depart- teachers are provided, whilst the cost of the Green

ments of the schools during the quarter ended at Coat Schools, as above mentioned, includes separate

•Christmas, 1874, has been :— residences for the three principal teachers. It also

Boys, 318 ; Girls, 199 ; Infants, 194 : total, 711. includes many items (such as architect's com-

The capacity of the old schools was about 400. mission, clerk of works' salary, printing, &c.),

The new schools were designed to accommodate 800, which are believed not to be included in the board's

and by some alterations in the plans the accommo- estimate." If a proper allowance be made for the

dation was increased. The School Board for London residences and the board room, the actual cost of

have, however, estimated them as providing ac- the schools would of course be considerably

•commodation for 937, and they are so treated in reduced.

CAMDEN SCHOOLS.

BASING MANOR HOUSE,
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June 25th, 1846 ; and of the Rev. D. Moore and others, at an original cost of ,£3,500.
Two class-rooms have since been added at a cost of .£500, and a third one is in
contemplation.

There are at present about 1,000 children in attendance — namely, 750 in the week-
day schools, and the remainder Sunday scholars.

The scholars have gradually increased in number and efficiency under the nursing
care of the late Rev. Canon Melvill, the Rev. D. Moore, the Rev. J. Fleming (who has
recently -been succeeded by the Rev. J. Richardson), and an active school committee.
The present master and mistress, Mr. H. Kemp and Mrs. V. Butterfield, were engaged
at Christmas, 1847, to open and conduct the new schools, and still (1875) hold office.
3,650 children have passed through the boys' school alone since 1847. Present total
annual expenditure, about £1,200.

In March, 1874, a handsome testimonial was presented to the present master, Mr.
Kemp, at a meeting held in Camberwell Hall, over which the Rev. James
Fleming, B.D., presided. Besides a beautifully-executed record of Mr. Kemp's many
good qualities "as a teacher and a friend/' a purse of £312 was presented to him,
mainly given by old scholars of Camden Schools. Shortly after receiving the above,
an anonymous donor sent a Bank of England note for £300 to Mrs. Kemp.

ST. GEORGE'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS were established in 1824, for the instruction of
250 children of both sexes. The unfitness of the building for the increasing work of
the school was at once apparent to the present vicar on taking charge of the district,
and soon after his appointment circumstances favoured the minister's more enlarged
and liberal views. In 1835 the late Mr. Joseph Ward left a legacy of £500 towards
increased school accommodation ; and it is worthy of note that one of the chief
sources of income to the schools at this period was a performance of sacred music in
St. George's Church, superintended by Mr. Adams, who presided at the organ. No
less than £199 19s. 6d. was realized by this means in 1839. So well was the project
of building the new schools received, that on the 28th October, 1839, the first stone
was laid by Henry Kemble, Esq., M.P. for East Surrey, and on the 2nd July, 1840,
the buildings were formally opened. The designs were supplied by Mr. "W". G.
Colman, and the cost, which was mainly defrayed by voluntary contributions,
exceeded £3,000. Not only is the new school admirably adapted for educational
purposes, but it also serves as a lecture hall, accommodating upwards of 700 people.
On a site adjoining, a very good infant school has been lately erected, entirely at
the cost of one family, as a filial tribute to the memory of John Syer Bristowe, Esq.,
an old and highly respected inhabitant of the parish, and an attached member of
St. George's Church.

PECKHAM NATIONAL SCHOOLS were originally established in Victoria Place, on
a piece of ground given by Augustus Hughes, Esq., of Peckham, for the term of 500
fears, at the annual rent of a fat capon on the 4th September. The schools were
subsequently removed to their present site, and the land in Victoria Place let on a
ground-rent of £6 10s. per annum. The present site is freehold, and was pur-
chased from Sir Edward Sniijthe.

The schools, "which have been mainly supported by the members of St. Chry-
sostom's Church, Hill Street, were closed for about ten years (1860-70). They were
reopened on January 30th, 1871, free of debt, and are now in a highly satisfactory
position. At the present time 304 children are on the books— viz., 175 boys and 129

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girls. The master and mistress (Mr. Pitt and Miss Gregory) were appointed by the
committee at the reopening, January, 1871.
F. G. Lewin, Esq., is the treasurer of the schools.

BRITISH SCHOOLS, HIGH STREET, PECKHAM, were originally founded in 1812 by
Harrv Newman, Esq., and other members of the Society of Friends, in a building
the site of which is now occupied by the Hill Street Brewery. In 1822 the school
was removed to the present building, and was conducted on the Lancasterian prin-
ciple, the master being the late Mr. Thomas "Weston, who resigned his duties in
1859, after forty-seven years' labour. The school, which was closed for a short
time after Mr. Weston' s retirement, was reopened in 1860, on the British and Foreign
Society's system, the present master, Mr. Balchin, commencing his duties on April
30th, 1860. Mr. Ballantine has since been appointed assistant-master. The average
attendance is 180. The Peckham Theatre formerly occupied the site of this school,
and was open nightly during part of the year, under the management of the cele-
brated Penley family.

KENT ROAD BRITISH SCHOOLS, OAKLEY PLACE, were established in 1845, mainly
by the exertions of Henry Richard, Esq., the present Member for Merthyr Tydvil.
The portion occupied by the boys consists of one large room, 51 ft. by 31^ ft., and
three smaller class-rooms, added in Midsummer last.

The girls' rooms consist of one room, 36 ft. by 30 ft, one class-room, 20ft. by 15 ft.,
and smaller class-rooms, also added at Midsummer last. The average attendance of
boys in 1873 was 170, and of girls 176. There is a large playground in the rear of
the school buildings.

The members of the committee are nearly all connected with the Marlborough
Chapel, Old Kent Road.

Mr. W. Eckensall is the master and Mrs. A. E. Parish the mistress of the
school.

VOLUNTARY SCHOOL, WATERLOO STREET, was established in. 1850. It is con-
ducted on the mixed principle, and is managed by a committee. By voluntary is
meant a school which does not receive Government aid, its support being derived
from the children's pence and from subscriptions. The infants pay M, per week ;
1st division, 3d; 2nd division, Qd. per week ; and the advanced class (which includes
mensuration, geometry, mechanics, algebra, industrial and commercial geography,
Latin and French), Is. per week. At the present time there are 120 boys and 69
girls on the books. The school is conducted by Mr. James Eaton and Miss
Baker.

THE ST. GILES'S GIRLS' AND INFANTS' SCHOOLS, situate in Waterloo Street, were
established in April, 1864, although the girls' school has only been attached to the
infants' school about four years. On the same premises is a free school for the
poorest class of children, originally established in a small room in Church Street in
1863.

New school buildings are about to be erected, capable of accommodating about 600
children. In Grove Lane there is also the St. Giles's Middle-Class School for Girls,
under Government and diocesan inspection.

There are at present about 40 girls in the school.

SCHOOLS.

ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, HANOVER PARK, PECKHAM, is a self-supporting semi-public
school. It was established in 1868 at the sole cost of the present principal, Mr.
J. G. Thompson, M. A., to provide at a moderate charge a . superior commercial and
classical education on Church of England principles. The Bishop of Winchester
acts as visitor. The religious education is under the control of the wardens, who at
present are the Rev. R. Gregory, M.A., Canon of St. Paul's, appointed by the
National Society Middle-Class School Committee, with which the school is in
union ; the Rev. M. Briggs, M.A., of St. Mary Magdalene, Peckham ; the Rev. J.
Fleming, B.D., of St. Michael's, Chester Square; the Rev. G. K. Flindt, M.A., of
St. Matthew's, Denmark Hill ; the Rev. J. H. HazeU, M.A., of St. Andrew's,
Peckham ; and the Rev. J. Richardson, M.A., of Camden, Peckham. The principal
is entirely responsible for the secular instruction.

There are twelve scholarships in the gift of the wardens, entitling the holders to
three years' gratuitous education in the school. The numbers are now 260, and every
year seems to bring an increased number of young collegians to Peckham.

The school-buildings stand in about three acres of ground, and are particularly
spacious and well ventilated, the large lecture-room being about 80 feet long by 35
feet wide, and at each end are large and well-arranged class-rooms.

In the examination of the various schools in union with the National Society
Middle-Class School Committee, this institution has stood first for five successive
years. From the published returns of this year we find that at the last examination
of the first eight boys, five were from this school. It appears also to have taken the
first place in religious knowledge, mathematics, and book-keeping. For the last three
or four years and this year it has carried off the honours in French, model drawing,
and linear perspective.

SUGDEN HOUSE SCHOOL, now conducted by the Rev. Thomas Harper, has long
been connected with the parish of Camberwell. It was conducted for thirty-three
years by the late Mr. Sugden. In 1861, when Mr. Harper assumed control, the
number of scholars was exceedingly limited, only about thirteen boys being then on
the books. There are at present more than 100, a fact which speaks volumes for
Mr. Harper's success as a teacher. A preparatory school for little boys is also
conducted in the same building by Miss Harper.

PECKHAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. — In the Queen's Road, at the corner of the Bur-
chell Road, is the Peckham Collegiate School, conducted by the Rev. Thomas
Ray, LL.D. The school was originally founded by the Rev. Martin Ready (about
1770) ; and adjoining his house Mr. Ready built a chapel, which he used on week
days as a school-room. The late Baron Channell * (brother of Mrs. S. H. Law), of
De Crespigny Park, and Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, were educated at Mr. Ready's
school. About 1804 Mr. Raffles took an interesting leave of his tutor and school-
fellows previous to his going to Homerton College. At Mr. Ready's death the school

* Channell, Sir William Fry, son of the late Pike
Chanuell, Esq., of Peckham, was born in 1804, and
called to the bar in 1827, and became a Serjeant in
1840. He was a member of the Home circuit, of
which, after the retirement of Sir F. Thesiger (Lord
Chelmsford) from circuit practice, and the elevation
to the bench of Baron Platt, he was long the titular
leader. As a junior counsel his practice was very
considerable, and, for some years after his pro-
motion to the coif, he divided with the late Mr.
Justice Talfourd the leading business of the Com-
mon Pleas. At Nixi Prius, however, and on circuit,
he was distanced by men who, though his inferiors

in legal erudition, possessed more of those peculiar
powers of the advocate which tell with a jury.

When the Common Pleas was thrown open to the
profession at large, his practice again experienced
a sensible decline. The respect entertained for his
high personal character and his professional attain-
ments was shown by his being frequently selected
to act as a substitute for the judges when they
could not attend to their circuit duties. In this
capacity he is understood to have given very
general satisfaction ; and he succeeded Baron
Alderson, in 1857, as one of the Barons of the Ex-
chequer, and was knighted.— Men of the Time.

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was continued by Dr. Paul, and afterwards by Mr. Kirby and the Rev. F. A.
Willis, D.C.L. (now of Hastings). Mr. Ray succeeded Mr. Willis in 1855, and when
the house and grounds were sold, the school was removed to Queen's Road, where it
is now carried on.

THE BIRKBECK SCHOOLS were built by Mr. Ellis on freehold land purchased by
him in the year 1852. Mr. W. A. Shields, who deservedly occupies a high position
in the educational world, has been head master since their establishment. The
schools are described as being unsectarian, or, as Mr. Shields puts it, his teaching
would be extra-theological, not anti-theological. The Lancaster, or monitorial,
system is largely used, by which the children are employed to teach each other.
The average attendance of the schools have been about 600. There are three
departments— the infants', junior, and upper schools, with proportionate fees. The
fee was originally sixpence a week, but has since been raised for the elder children
to a shilling a week. From the minutes of evidence given by Mr. Shields before
a committee of the School Board for London, in March, 1871, that gentleman stated
that his " infants' school-room was about 30 feet square, that it was well attended,
the average age of the children being about 4 years, and that he never knowingly
permitted any child's exercise to last over half an hour. The age of admission to
the junior school was 7 years. In this school the sexes were separated, and he
had always striven to carry out Mr. Elli.s's design for improving character as well
as imparting knowledge. In the upper school boys were accepted as soon after 7
years of age as their parents wished. It was a question of means on the part of the
parents whether the children were placed in the upper or lower school. The elements
of morality were given, but no theological instruction whatever. The Bible was not
read in school, as he could not teach from that book without imparting his own
knowledge and belief. He had the children of Roman Catholics, Dissenters, and
Jews, all taught on the same floor. Most of the children went to Sunday school, and
some of the elder ones were teachers. The children were instructed in physical
science, physiology, and chemistry of an elementary nature. He also taught drawing,
singing, and drill. Corporal punishment was unknown in the school." The buildings
have been enlarged from time to time to meet the growing requirements of the
neighbourhood.

WESTWOOD PARK HOUSE SCHOOL is conducted by the Rev. H. J. Chancellor.
The course of instruction includes the subjects required for the Oxford and Cam-
bridge local examinations.

STONE HOUSE, FOREST HILL, is under the charge of the Rev. Dr. Morgan, vicar
of St. Augustine's, Honor Oak.

MANILLA COLLEGE, PECKHAM RYE.— The principal of this establishment, Mr.
John Douglas, states in his prospectus that " the sons of gentlemen are liberally
boarded and carefully instructed in the subjects necessary to prepare them for the
various public schools, the Civil Service, legal, medical, and middle-class exami-
nations, as well as for professional or commercial pursuits."

The school was established in 1854, and its proximity to the great cricket-ground
of this parish is no doubt considered to be an advantage by many parents.

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UPPER SCHOOL, PECKHAM, founded by Dr. Yeats, has for twenty-one years
enjoyed a high reputation for training boys for commercial life. More than 2,000
souths have been educated at this establishment. The school is now conducted by
[r. Lydgate, late of Guildford, who has added a collegiate course to the former
curriculum.

KUTLAND HOUSE SCHOOL has been established in Peckham more than half a
itury. It was formerly under the management of Mr. Cargill, who was succeeded
yy Mr. Stevens. Mr. Harper, the present proprietor, has met with well-deserved
3, for through his energy and ability the school has been raised to a very high
indard. There are at present seventy boys on the roll, whilst the girls' school,
nder the management of Mrs. Harper, numbers more than twenty. Mr. Harper
for many years held the appointment of master of St. Andrew's Middle- Class School,
Wells Street, Marylebone, and has also had considerable experience in Continental
^ademies. The organist of Dulwich College gives instructions on the pianoforte,
id the curriculum of the school is at once liberal and comprehensive.

STAFFORD STREET SCHOOLS. — The school buildings in Stafford Street were for-
lerly occupied as a chapel by the Wesley ans, who now worship in the Queen's
>ad. Head-master, Mr. Faulkener.

LADIES' SCHOOLS.

Peckham and Camberwell have always been noted for establishments for the
lucation of young ladies. These places of instruction are variously named, but
whether called " seminaries," " colleges," " establishments," or " schools," the
bject sought to be obtained is of course common to all of them. Amongst the more
iportant of these schools may be mentioned that conducted by the Misses
[cDowall, of Grove Park. The young ladies attending this school are principally
iwn from the upper middle-class. The religious instruction given is in accordance
rith the principles of the Church of England. The school is interesting to residents
of Camberwell from the fact that the house was once the residence of the famous Dr.
Lettsom, whose charming mansion and grounds are elsewhere described. Amongst
other schools in the neighbourhood of Grove Park, may be mentioned " Surbiton
House," Grove Hill, conducted by Mrs. Dransfield, " Palatine College," Camberwell
Grove (Miss Cusworth), and Miss Bishop's establishment, Camberwell Grove.

THE MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL has been conducted by Mrs. Tattersall in the old
Basing Manor House for twenty-one years. The quaint old manor-house was no
doubt part of the original manorial mansion of the Gardiners of Peckham, at one
time lords of Basing manor. During the reigns of the first and second Charles the
Manor House is often alluded to, and in the history of the house of Gardiner will be
found many curious and interesting letters written from " Basings " in Peckham.
It is perhaps only fair to assume that the present building forms but a small portion
of the original mansion, whilst the immense estates surrounding the manor-house
have since been sacrificed to the progress of modern times. There is a tradition
that John Wesley preached within the walls of this interesting edifice. We are
indebted to the courtesy of the present occupier for an inspection of the truly
beautiful specimens of oak 'panelling and antique carving,. At the present time

266 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

there is attached to the school about two acres and a half of land, now used as
recreation-ground, &c., for the pupils. A portion of the adjoining house, occupied by
Mr. James Chubb, draper, was no doubt a part of the old mansion of the Gardiners.

PELICAN HOUSE SCHOOL, in the Peckham Road, has been built at least 200 years,
and the pelicans, from which it derives its name, originally stood on brick pilasters
at the entrance gates. The house is now occupied by a school, which was established
about fifty years ago, under the superintendence of Mrs. and the Misses Fletcher.
For the last three years it has been conducted by Miss Dixie, niece of the Misses
Fletcher, and the number of pupils has greatly increased, being now about seventy-
five. The house was formerly occupied by Miles Stringer, Esq., a gentleman who
took an active part in all local affairs. The Fletchers of Pelican House were related
to Mr. Fletcher, formerly of the Denmark Hill Grammar School.

MYRTLE HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD, PECKHAM, is interesting from the fact that it
was once the residence of Mr. (afterwards Sir Benjamin) Broclie. The Misses Clifton
now conduct the school, which has been established more than twenty years. The
school buildings are at least 250 years old, and the oak carving and panelling
throughout the house are curious and interesting in the extreme.

On Peckham Rye Mrs. Henry Collett has established a college for young ladies in
the house formerly occupied by R. A. Gray, Esq., J.P. ; and the Misses Grove,
formerly of Chepstow House, Peckham Road, have recently migrated to "The
Poplars/' Peckham Rye.

In Southampton Street is a scholastic establishment, conducted by Miss Jay,
known as " Somerset College," and attended by more than 100 children.

SUTTON SCHOOLS.

Not the least interesting institution connected with Camberwell is the extensive
parochial school at Sutton. Originally established in 1849, it has grown with the
altered circumstances surrounding infantile poverty, until it is now a large colony
and a great power for good in the metropolis. It is fed with the pauper children of
seventeen parishes, situated in the eastern and south-eastern portions of the Metropolis.
In common with other school districts, it was constituted under the provisions of
the 7 & 8 Viet. c. 101, and was designed to effect an entire separation of the children
from adult paupers, to train them in various departments of industry, and to fit
them for domestic service and apprenticeship. The ground and buildings have
cost about £90,000, and the average number of children maintained in the school is
1,550, the cost of the maintenance and clothing per head per week being 4s.

The first admission of children took place in 1855, since which time 13,903 have
been received into the school. Many children have been admitted in consequence of
the temporary distress or affliction of their parents, and were removed on the dawning
of better times.

As many as 1,182 have left for domestic service, 1,323 have been apprenticed
to various trades, 180 have entered military bands, and 36 have become school-
masters and mistresses. The following statistics, showing the number of children
employed in the workshop, and the number of new garments made by the children
during the past two years, will prove that their industrial training is not lost sight
of :— Shirts, 3,760 ; boys' collars, 5,627 ; frocks, 2,253 ; flannel petticoats,[2,749 ; upper

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petticoats, 1,428 ; chemises, 2,797 ; aprons, 574 ; pinafores, 5,510 ; bedgowns, 338 ;
besides a large quantity of sheets, pillow-cases, towels, tea-cloths, &c. ; coats and
jackets, 1,548 ; waistcoats, 1,438 ; trowsers, 1,626 ; caps, 2,186; band suits, 48. The
following statistics show the number of girls and boys employed in industrial work.
These are divided into two sections, and attend school and work on the half-time
system : — Girls, as laundresses, 57 ; boys, as tailors, 56 ; shoemakers, 40 ; carpenters,
4 ; painters, 4 ; bricklayers, 4 ; engineers, 8 ; bakers, 8 ; farm and garden, including
pig and cowboys, 120 ; storekeeper's boys, 2 ; superintendent's office, 2 ; scrubbers,
knife-cleaners, fibre-picking for beds, &c., 120 ; lodge, 6 ; band, 60. All the girls
over 7 years of age are at needlework.

"We extract the following from the very interesting report of the managers just
issued : —

" The idea of establishing a building for the exclusive habitation of children of the
fluctuating class originated with the Local Government Board, during the presidency
of the Right Hon. J. G. Goschen, and was advocated by Dr. Markham and Mr.
Corbett, poor law inspectors. Dr. Markham was of opinion that benefits of a moral
and sanitary kind would result from such a classification, and Mr. Corbett's argu-
ments in its favour were based upon the assumption, that the whole tone of district
schools may be and is often corrupted by the importation into them from time to
time of children of a certain age, whose parents are the fluctuating denizens of the
workhouse, and who from their earliest years have been ignorant of almost all but
vice, their stay in the school not being long enough to be conducive of profit to them-
selves, but long enough to sow the seed of enduring mischief. The managers from
the first were averse to the adoption of the system for the separation of the children
of the class referred to from the other inmates of the school, and they viewed with
much regret the prospect of its introduction ; their views were strengthened by the
statements of the head officers, that no injurious effects upon the conduct of the per-
manent inmates by the intermixture of the fluctuating portion of the children had
come under their notice ; the superintendent being unable to call to mind any
instance where the influence of the fluctuating children had proved injurious to the
other children, but that on the contrary, boys and girls who had entered the school
bearing the character of incorrigible, had been known to become tractable, seldom or
ever giving any trouble to the masters or others placed over them. Moreover, it
appeared to the managers that to isolate and congregate together children whose
early associations rendered them * ignorant of almost all but vice,' would deprive
them of the advantages resulting from the good example and conduct of the well-
disposed children, render their teaching and training devoid of any imitable or stimu-
lating element, and perpetuate and increase the obstacles in the way of their moral
improvement ; and in deference to the views of the managers, the Local Government
Board assented to the occupation of the new buildings by the junior children.

" For many years past the managers have felt the propriety of having a building
other than the dining-hall, for the celebration of the worship of God by the officers
and the children. On the 7th January, 1873, the managers passed the following
resolution : — ' That it is desirable for the proper and decent worship of Almighty
God, and for impressing upon the minds of the children a due [sense of the import-
ance of such worship, that a separate building be erected. That the Local Govern-
ment Board be asked to give their consent to such erections, and to issue the neces-
sary orders to raise the money for the same.' " And the chapel was opened for public
worship on the 28th of July, 1874.

Dr. Webster's name has been identified with the institution as one of the board of
management for nine years, and no face is so welcome to the little ones at Sutton as

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that of the cheery doctor, through whose energy and devotion so much practical good
has resulted.

STATISTICS OF CHILDREN WHOSE EDUCATION WAS PROVIDED FOR BY THE
GUARDIANS DURING THE YEAR ENDING LADY DAY, 1874 :—

Number of

such Children

School, &c.

Children at
the School

Cost per week for each Child.

discharged
during the

chargeable to

year, for Ser-

this Parish.

vice or Ap-

prenticeship.

Maintenance ) q/iijT)

& clothing p/11^

South Metropolitan District
School (Sutton)

l 371

Establishmt. ( .,,, 1 Total
charges J ^/D f 7/ll|
Loans ) ,,-j

repayment j ' 8 J

Roman Catholic Orphanage,
North Hyde .

| 7

3/8 and 4/0

—

Ditto, Norwood .

3/8, 4/0, and 6/0

—

Ditto, Leyton . . . .

3/8

—

" Goliath " Training Ship .

15So

7/6
The charge is limited by

Children of out-door poor,
at the various schools in
the parish . . . .

1 610* •>

statute to 2ftZ. per head for
each attendance at school.
The total school fees paid
during the year amounted to
£221 7s. 8d.

—

In addition to Dr. Webster, the other Camberwell members of the board are
R. Strong, Esq., J.P., Mr. Colls, and Mr. Herring.

* By the Elementary Education Amendment Act
of last session it is made a condition for the con-
tinuance of an allowance of out-relief to a pauper,
that the children, if any, shall be regular in their
attendance at school. The guardians, in carrying
out this provision, have adopted a system whereby

the parent is furnished with a card, for each child,
on which the school authority is required to record
weekly the attendance of every such child at school,
and this is produced to the relieving officer on tha
parent's application for the relief allowance.

CHAEITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.

|HE Licensed Victuallers' Asylum is a monument of which any body of
men may be proud. Set on foot only in 1826, a plot of freehold
land (5 A. 3n. 28p.) was purchased in 1827, and on the 29th May, 1828,
the first stone of the Asylum was laid by His Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex with full Masonic honours.
The building contract was for forty-three houses ; but in 1831, so numerous were
the applicants for admission, that a new (or south) wing was commenced, to consist of
twenty-nine more dwellings ; and in 1833 the north wing was commenced likewise,
to consist of twenty-nine houses ; and on the 15th December, 1842, the Society
became incorporated by royal charter.

In 1843 His Royal Highness Prince Albert did the Society the honour of becoming
the patron of the institution, on the decease of His Royal Highness the Duke of

A new wing, called " The Ladies' Wing," consisting of sixteen houses, was added in
1849, the first stone being laid by His Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and in the
following year seven more habitations were added to it. In the same year the board
were enabled to build a chapel, a board -room, and a spacious court-room. In 1858
fifteen additional houses were erected, His Royal Highness Prince Albert again
officiating, and these later erections were designated the " Albert " "Wing ; in the fol-
lowing year six additional houses were added ; and in 1862 thirteen more were built.

In 1864 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who had succeeded " Albert the
Good " as patron, unveiled a statue erected by voluntary contributions to the memory
of the Society's late illustrious patron.

In 1866 His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh laid the foundation-stone of
the " Smalley " Wing, in the presence of the lord mayor and sheriffs, this being the
fifth occasion on which royalty had honoured the institution with its presence. This
wing was named the " Smalley " Wing out of compliment to its founder, William
Smalley, Esq., the secretary to the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, who
contributed 1,000 guineas towards its erection.

The flag-staff was the gift of Mr. Thomas Wright, of Church Street, Camberwell.

The Asylum now consists of 170 separate and distinct habitations, and 205 inmates
are provided with shelter, pecuniary assistance (single inmates, 9s., and married
couples, 13s. weekly), coals, medicine, and medical advice.

From 1826 to 1872 the sum of £179,864 16s. 9d. was contributed by the trade and
their friends to this very deserving because well-managed charity ; and a very laudable
effort is now being made to provide an endowment fund, which, when accomplished,

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will surely place this Asylum in a position altogether unequalled amongst Trade
Societies. Mr. Alfred L. Annett is secretary of the Asylum, whose business offices
are at 67, Fleet Street.

THE PECKHAM PENSION SOCIETY

Was established in the year 1834, by a few members of the congregation of Hill
Street Chapel, to afford permanent relief, without distinction of religion, sect, or
country, to decayed housekeepers or their widows, of good character, residing
within the liberty of Peckham, by allowing monthly payments— to the males,
26s., and to the females, 21 s. 8d. The candidates must have completed their
sixtieth year, and have contributed by direct taxation in the said liberty of
Peckham for at least seven years to the parish rates, and not have received parochial
relief for four years preceding their recommendation. Each person subscribing
seven shillings annually is entitled to one vote at each election, and in proportion
for every seven shillings ; and each person subscribing five guineas is a life
governor, with two votes, and another vote for every two and a half guineas. The
Society is under the management of a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary,
and twelve directors, chosen annually by the subscribers at the general meeting in the
month of December. During the past forty-five years this Society has contributed
^£5,451 towards the support of sixty-four pensioners, many having been recipients of its
bounty for upwards of fourteeen years ; and it may reasonably be supposed that many
aged and infirm but respectable inhabitants would have ended their days in the
workhouse but for the assistance rendered by this valuable institution. Among the
various classes of persons who stand in need of Christian benevolence, there are
few whose claims are greater than those who, in the dealings of an inscrutable
Providence, and perhaps through no fault of their own, are reduced from com-
parative affluence to the wretchedness of penury, and it is this class that the society
seeks to assist.

The present officers ure :

Rev. M. Biggs, M.A., President.

Mr. C. Harris, Vice-President.

Mr. V. H. Colven, Treasurer.

TRUSTEES.

Rev. E. Lilley, B.D. Mr. A. H. Colven.
Mr. C. Harris. „ J. 0. Wilson.

DIRECTORS :— Mr. W. Berridge, Mr. Borland, Mr. Burgan, Mr. F. W. Fry, Mr.
E. B. Gudgeon, Mr. F. Hart, Mr. F. G. Lewin, Mr. Robinson, Mr. O. Strong, Mr.
J. G. Thompson, Mr. S. Willes, Mr. J. 0. Wilson. AUDITORS :— Mr. J. Byrne, Mr.
H. Mills. SECRETARY :— Mr. J. Walker. COLLECTOR :— Mr. W. H. Hill. *

MR. CRONIN'S FREE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES.

There are perhaps few names in this great metropolis so thoroughly associated
with true philanthropy as that of Mr. Daniel Cronin. Although it does not fall
within the scope of this work to enumerate the various London charities with
which his name is associated, we may perhaps be permitted to record the fact

DANIEL CRONIN'S FREE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES. PECKHAM.

CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 271

that lie has long been intimately connected as governor with the Foundling
Hospital, and as an almoner with St. Bartholomew's. It was whilst acting as an
almoner of the latter charity that Mr. Cronin was called upon, through the lamented
illness of Mr. Foster White, to act as chairman of the Board, and the appreciation of
his services is thus recorded in a resolution passed at a meeting of the almoners : —

"ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.

" At a meeting of the Almoners, holden Thursday, 24th July, 1873,
" Resolved unanimously, — That the warmest thanks of this Committee are
eminently due to Daniel Cronin, Esq., for the unremitting attention which he has
given to all the duties which have devolved upon him as an almoner during the
past four years, and especially for the good judgment and kindliness of manner with
which he has presided over the deliberations of his colleagues during the past twelve
months. And the Committee beg further to express their obligation to Mr. Cronin
for his considerate and courteous bearing towards his colleagues, who have the
greatest pleasure in assuring him of their high estimation of his character, and their
great value of his friendship, which they trust they will ever be privileged to
retain.

"W. H. CROSS, Clerk."

To residents of Camberwell Mr. Cronin is best known as one of the largest
freeholders of the parish. It speaks volumes for his character as a landlord, that
at the present time, when building operations are being carried on so extensively,
there is not an empty house on his estate. Indeed it was not long since that one
of his tenants complained in our hearing that his house was too well looked after,
and when the painter made his appearance to add a coat or two of paint, he was
ely told by the tenant that he would not be allowed to proceed with his work,
'he man, however, returned with this message, that if the tenant didn't know how to
keep the property in good repair the landlord did.

Another illustration of the fact that property in Mr. Cronin's eyes has its duties
as well as its rights may be furnished by the fact that he has built on his estate a
substantial block of buildings, which he modestly calls " Camden Houses," for the
reception of twelve aged persons who, through misfortune, have fallen into reduced
circumstances. Our illustration affords a fair idea of this snug retreat, which is in
reality one of the most charming little spots to be found in the parish of Camberwell ;
and both the houses and their floral surroundings afford ample evidence of the fact
that the original expense of building is not the only one in connection with this
excellent institution. Applicants for admission must be 60 years of age, and
possess an income of not less than £25 nor more than £40. Of the twelve inmates,
six must be residents of Camberwell, and six at least must be members of the Church
of England. No inmate is to receive parish relief, and unmarried men are not eligible
for admission. When a person is nominated, two sureties (householders) are required
to give an undertaking in writing that they will see to the decent burial of such
inmate. The houses were opened in 1866.

Mr. Cronin is also known as an author, having published a most delightful volume
of poems, as well as several works on character, all of which bear the impress of an
educated and refined mind, and teem with illustrations of the author's hearty
sympathy with all that is noble in human character, as well as a horror of all that is
little and mean, pharisaical and sly. An open look, an open hand, an open heart,
and an open Bible— such are the " articles of faith " that Mr. Cronin has ever

272 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

believed in, and which he wishes others also to adopt who aim at success in life.
Every word that he has written is manly and healthy, and young men of our day —
and young women too — should read Mr. Cronin's "Matter of Manner," with its
scathing denunciation of unreality and make-believe, and its hearty appreciation of
all that is outspoken and straightforward, and they would rise from its perusal better
men and better women.

Just one extract. In tracking the cause of prevarication through the world,
Mr. Cronin does not leave us in doubt as to the remedy to be applied to overcome
the insidious sin of equivocation. He says : —

" The remedy is to be obtained by constant watchfulness, by general rectitude of
principle, by singleness of purpose, by valour for the truth, and by a right com-
munion with right spirits. The end and reward are — face to face, heart to heart
no veil, no cloud, no suspicion, no doubt. But soul-lit eyes, open hearts, purity of
spirit, frankness, friendship, eternal trust, eternal love ! "

And how many of us can realise the following truthful lines, entitled

A REMONSTRANCE.

The greatest sorrows that my soul assail

Acquire their force through my untrusting fears ;
Man born to trouble — trouble must prevail,

But love and hope will dry the bitterest tears.

And what are all our sad anticipations ?

And why our melancholy tearful eyes ?
Are not the most mysterious visitations

Blessings in truth— though blessings in disguise ?

Unconscious infant sighs, like matin bells,

May seem to predicate some joys to come ;
But age so grave, a different story tells,

In sighs that seem to toll us to our home.

As childhood breathes the sparkling radiant tear,

As music beams through every infant's breath,
So gilds the sun the lifeless leaf and sere,

And glads the path of loneliness and death.

Though all is trouble, yet the chastened heart

May still in faith be practising for heaven ;
And this believe,— if we fulfil our part,

To us shall grace, and light, and peace be given.

How often smiles will hide the inmost sadness,

Often do clouds guard from the burning glare ;
And tears sometimes betoken joy and gladness

As hollow laughing indicates despair.

Now all the gifts we have are merely lent,

Lent to be used in trust for all the world ;
Living by faith we live in bright content

Though all we have were to destruction hurled.

Let us in faith each joy, each sorrow greet,

All things work good for every faithful soul,
The humblest herbage trod beneath our feet,

Contributes to the welfare of the whole.

Whatever joys or sorrows may betide,
^ In every trying test believe in this ;
Submission, trust, and suffering sanctified
Are portals leading to eternal bliss.

THE GIRDLERS' ALMSHOUSES.

The Girdlers' Company have almshouses in the Albert Road, Nunhead, and
Choumert Road, Peckham. Those in the Albert Road were erected to commemorate
the good deeds of one Cuthbert Beeston, citizen and girdler. This worthy, by will

CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 273

dated July 5th, 1582, gave to the Girdlers' Company certain premises in the parish
of St. Olave, Southwark, upon condition that they made certain annual payments
out of the rents ; and he directed that the residue of the rents should be applied
to the granting of loans for one year to the poorest members of the Company.
The property gradually increased in value, and being required by the Corporation
of London for making approaches to the new London Bridge, was sold for that
purpose. The loan system having practically failed, the sale of the premises
afforded a favourable opportunity for varying and extending the benevolent intentions
of the testator, and the Girdlers' Company applied for and obtained the sanction
of the Court of Chancery to apply the purchase-money in the erection and
endowment of almshouses for the benefit of poor members of the Company. A plot
of ground in what is now Albert Road was purchased, and seven houses erected
thereon. The inmates are freemen of the Company, or wives of freemen, each
receiving a pension in addition to the use of the house. The houses belonging to
the Company in the Choumert Road were erected in the year 1851 in commemoration
of another worthy benefactor of the Girdlers — George Palyn. This worthy man, by
will dated 4th March, 1609, bequeathed to the Girdlers' Company the sum of £900,
and directed that within two years after his death the Company should with £260 of
the said £900 obtain permission from the king, under the Great Seal of England ?
luthorizing the Company to erect an almshouse or hospital in or near the city of

mdon for the perpetual relief and sustentation of six poor men ; and to endow it
dth lands and hereditaments. "Within three years of his death the Company were

quired to purchase in their corporate capacity " lands, tenements, and hereditaments
in fee simple, of the clear annual value of £40 at least, towards the maintenance of
said six men being of honest repute and freemen of London, that is to say, to

sh of them £6 13s. 4d. by quarterly payments."

The original almshouses stood in Bath Street, City Road, but in consequence of

sir extreme dilapidation, and the present, by the late Thomas Watkins, Esq., of
lye Lane, of the freehold land in Choumert Road, they were not rebuilt in Bath
Street ; the site being let for building purposes, and the ground-rent added to the
endowment fund.

The six pensioners receive considerably more than the sum originally named by
the donor, George Palyn.

AGED PILGRIMS' SOCIETY.

This society, instituted in 1807 for the purpose of giving life-pensions of ten
guineas, seven guineas, and five guineas per annum to poor, aged, and infirm Pro-
testant Christians of both sexes and of every denomination, has some neat almshouses
in Westmoreland Place, Southampton Street.

The edifice is of brick, with stucco mouldings and ornaments, having an embattled
centre, flanked by two towers. A low pointed gateway leads through this part of
the structure to a quadrangle with a lawn in the centre, and surrounded by buildings
in the same style. It bears this inscription on the front : —

AGED PILGRIMS ASYLUM.
COMPLETED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS

A.D. 1837,

FOR 42 AGED PILGRIMS.

THE FREEHOLD GIVEN BY

WILLIAM PEACOCK, ESQ.

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Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

In addition to the inmates, there are several out-pensioners.

The objects of the Society's bounty are persons who give Scriptural testimony that
they are of the household of faith, not under threescore years of age, and duly
recommended by a subscriber. Their income from every source must not exceed
seven shillings per week, if a single person, or ten shillings, if man and wife, and no
person is considered eligible who has £20 at his or her own disposal, although
unable to work or having no income, or £10 and an income of three shillings per
week.

Twenty-five of the old pensioners were entertained by John Gadsby, Esq., at
Cowley Hall, near Uxbridge, 25th June, 1863. The youngest present were aged 62
and 68, twenty-one ranged from 69 to 80, one 81, and one 82. A poor woman in
Cowley village, aged 95, was invited. The total of the twenty-six represented 1,940
years.*

FRIENDLY FEMALE ASYLUM.

In Gloucester Place, leading from the Albany Road to Neate Street, stands the
Friendly Female Asylum. This charity was established in 1802 for the relief of
poor, infirm, aged, widowed, and single women, who have known better days. The
asylum at Camber well was erected in 1821, as set forth on the tablet in front of the
building : —

THE FRIENDLY FEMALE ASYLUM

FOR AGED PERSONS
WHO HAVE SEEN BETTER DAYS,

ERECTED AND SUPPORTED

BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS,

1821.

In the Camberwell and Brixton Asylums it is stated that comfortable house-room
and a yearly allowance of eight guineas each are provided for sixty-eight poor women,
the majority of whom are above 70.

Her Most Gracious Majesty is the patron of the Society.

BETHEL ASYLUM.

In Havil Street is a plain building with this inscription in front, which sufficiently
explains its object : —

BETHEL ASYLUM

FOR

TWELVE AGED

WOMEN,
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1838

WILLIAM PEACOCK,
ESQ.

CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 275

SURREY ASSOCIATION FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE

BLIND.

This Society was established in 1850 for the purpose of teaching the blind to read
at their own homes, and for supplying books, &c., free of cost. It has since then
somewhat extended its sphere of operations, and in 1860 premises were taken in
High Street, Peckham, for the sale of goods ; and remunerative employment was found
for the poor blind of the locality, and various trades taught them free of cost. The
Society has now eight blind men in constant employment who received last year (1873)
£170 5s. lie?, for wages. The subscriptions for the same year amounted only to
£135 15s. 8d. The Society is managed by a committee, of which E. A. Gray, Esq., J.P.,
is the president.

The treasurer and honorary superintendent, Mr. W. R. Kemp, has been connected
with it from the commencement, and it is mainly, if not solely, through his deter-
mined energy and gratuitous assistance that it has been, so far, successfully
established.

METROPOLITAN BEER AND WINE TRADE SOCIETY'S ASYLUM,
NUNHEAD GREEN.

The Metropolitan Beer and Wine Trade Society, which was established in 1834,
following the example of the Licensed Victuallers, have established in this parish an
asylum for the less fortunate members of their trade. In 1851 the committee, having
sufficient funds in hand, proposed to erect the almshouses, and the freehold ground
at Nunhead (rather less than an acre) was purchased for ,£578. The building, including
fittings, cost £2,400. The first stone was laid by Lord Monteagle on the 9th of
June, 1852, and the first election of inmates took place on the 14th September,
1853.

The building comprises seven houses — six of four rooms each, the centre house
containing three rooms for the use of the warden, and in addition a large com-
mittee and waiting-rooms. A piece of garden-ground in the rear is attached to each
holding. The asylum accommodates thirteen inmates. Candidates, to be eligible,
must have subscribed to the Society fifteen consecutive years, and be 60 years of age.
A weekly allowance of 6s. is made to the single inmates and 9s. to the married, also
coals and medical attendance. In 1872 a new wing, " Albion Terrace," was added,
fronting Gordon Road, consisting of eight substantially-built houses. They are at
present let for the purpose of increasing the income of the Society, the ultimate
Object being to open them for the admission of sixteen more inmates.

MISS RYE'S EMIGRATION HOME FOR DESTITUTE GIRLS.

Miss Rye has recently established an Emigration Home for destitute little girls in
High Street, Peckham.

The age of the children taken varies from 8 to 13, both inclusive, and they
have been rescued from the lowest depths of poverty and vice, and enabled to
become respectable members of society. On their arrival in Canada, the little
emigrants have comfortable quarters found them at Miss Rye's Home in Niagara, a
pleasant and healthy village in West Canada, about ten miles from the Falls.

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276 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Since December, 1869, when Miss Rye's Canadian Home was established, 600
children, 98 per cent, of whom were girls, have taken up their abode there for a time,
and have been passed on to their permanent situations or adopted homes. The elder
children are bound out to service till 18 years old on the following terms : — Up to 15
years of age they are fed, clothed, taught, and sent to a place of worship and Sunday
school (if possible) ; from 15 to 17, instead of being clothed, they are paid 12s. a
month wages, and from 17 to 18 (the last year of their apprenticeship) they receive
14s. a month wages. These benefits are secured to them by legal indentures, binding
the master to treat the child properly, and are entered into by him with Miss Rye
and two justices of the peace for Canada. At the end of the apprenticeship the
young women are free to make their own terms and choose their own employers.

The following is a synopsis of persons who have had children from Miss Rye's
"Western Home, Niagara, Canada, from December, 1869, to December, 1871 :—
Farmers, 207 ; merchants and tradesmen, 109 ; clergymen, 29 ; millowners and
manufacturers, 32 ; medical men, 19 ; mechanics, 17 ; owners of private property^
13 ; widows and maiden ladies, 16 ; railway officials, 9 ; lawyers and barristers, 11 ;
clerks, 8 ; hotelkeepers, 6 ; masters of schools, 7 ; bankers, 4 ; mayors of towns, 4 ;
postmasters, 4 ; editors of newspapers, 2 ; military men, 2 ; registrar for county, 1 ;
auditor for Great Western Railway, 1 ; treasurer of insurance company, 1 ; com-
mission agent, 1 ; chief superintendent of school for New Brunswick, 1 ; proprietor of
Clifton waterworks, 3 ; engineers, 3 ; co-assignee, 1 ; co-treasurer, 1 ; lighthouse-
keeper, 1.

The Home is managed by a committee, of which the Earl of Shaftesbury is the
chairman, and a very forcible appeal for help has recently been made to the public
by the noble earl through the columns of the Times.

Miss Lizzie Still, secretary to Miss Rye, will furnish residents with every informa-
tion on application to Avenue House, High Street, Peckham.

BOYS' HOME.

The Boys' Home in Meeting House Lane was established in May, 1872, by Mr.
J. H. Stiles, who was formerly a ragged-school boy. The object of this home is to
provide shelter, clothing, employment, and a simple education for destitute boys.
The second annual meeting, held on Wednesday, 25th March, 1874, was presided over
by the Earl of Shaftesbury. There are at present fourteen boys in the place. Fred.
W. Foster, Esq., 149, Camberwell Grove, is honorary secretary, and John Taylor,
Esq., Sunbury, Peckham Rye, is the treasurer.

THE CAMBERWELL MENDICITY SOCIETY.

Camberwell of course possesses a branch of that valuable organization, "The
Society for organizing Charitable Relief and repressing Mendicity." It was originally
started as an independent society, the first meeting being held at the house of
F. C. Hill, Esq., Denmark Hill, on the 28th December, 1869. In April, 1871, the
organizing secretary pressed on the committee the desirability of amalgamating with
the society in Buckingham Street, Strand, which was finally agreed upon in December,
1871. A second office was then opened in Peckham.

CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 277

Since commencing its useful career the Society has received much support, pecu-
niary and moral, from residents of every creed, and during the first year of its
operations the magistrates presiding at the Lambeth Police Court contributed
£60 towards the necessarily heavy expenses of organizing and establishing such a
society. It appears from the first annual report, published in 1871, that the Society
received 4,923 applications for relief, of which 4,149 were relieved.

The following are the names of the officers : —

CHAIRMAN.
R. A. Gray, Esq., J.P.

TREASURER.
R. Strong, Esq., J.P.

HONORARY SECRETARIES.

T. Galabin, Esq.

Rev. T. D. C. Morse.
F. W. Fry, Esq., )
Rev. C. J. Meade, f Peckham branch.

The following only are paid agents : —

Mr. J. S. Hickling, Camberwell.
Mr. "W. Stevens, Peckham branch.

COLLECTOR.
Mr. Thos. Staddon, 81, Flaxman Road, Camberwell.

THE CAMBERWELL PROVIDENT DISPENSARY.

The Camberwell Provident Dispensary, of which R. A. Gray, Esq., J.P., is presi-
dent, was established in 1862 for the purpose of assisting the poor within a radius of
1 J mile of St. Giles's Church, and at the same time encouraging habits of forethought
and independence. The members, whose earnings must not exceed 30 shillings per
week, pay small sums, from 2d. to 8d., monthly, and receive during illness medical
attendance and medicine. There are more than 6,000 members, and as much as
£600 in monthly pence was received by the dispensary during 1873, whilst about
7,000 visits are annually made to the poor at their own homes, and about 14,000
consultations are held annually at the dispensary.

During 1873, 156 married women were attended in their confinement, and about
320 operations performed by the dentist, Mr. Thomson, of Denmark Hill. The
following are the medical officers attached to the dispensary : —

H. C. Brenchley, Esq., Denmark Hill.
Norman B. Elliott, Esq., Denmark Hill.
W. B. Taylor, Esq., Camberwell Grove.
Dr. King, Camberwell Road.
J. S. Shillingford, Esq., Peckham.
W. J. Stothard, Esq., Denmark Hill.

A. Lafone, Esq., member of the London School Board, is the treasurer, and Mr. J.
Wyeth secretary.

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The experience of Sir C. Trevelyan on provident dispensaries is so much to the
purpose that we cannot refrain from quoting it here : " The patients who pay a
small sum for attendance at provident dispensaries are more considerate and grateful
than the frequenters of free medical charities, whose prevailing feeling is that they
are only claiming a right. This accords with general experience ; what is earned and
paid for is always more highly valued than what is received as a free gift."

An institution somewhat similar to the above was founded in Camberwell in 1803, of
which the well-known Dr. Lettsom was a warm supporter. It was designated a " So-
ciety for encouraging and aiding the industrious sick and aged poor of the village of '
Camberwell." The first annual report states that fifty-six women and children were
supplied during the year with worsted for knitting stockings, &c. ; that 443 Ibs. of
flax were spun into thread, part of which was woven into 285 yards of huckaback
and coarse sheeting; that twenty-two lying-in women were accommodated with
boxes of linen which are reported to have been returned in good time and in good
order ; that 825 quarts of broth, sago, caudle, and other nutritious things were made
for the relief of the sick and the comfort of poor women during their confinement ;
and no less than 300 persons in poverty and distress received such assistance as
appeared best adapted to their several cases and circumstances.

The balance-sheet shows that the sum of ,£249 Is. 5d. was received during the
year from subscriptions, donations, and articles sold. Amongst the subscribers were
Mr. Crespigny, Mr. Flint, Mrs. Galabin, Mr. Jephson, Rev. Wm. Jephson, Mr.
Kemble, Mrs. Puckle, Dr. Lettsom, Dr. Wanostrocht, and others.

LOCAL WORTHIES, PAST AND PRESENT.

^N addition to the celebrated men referred to in the previous chapters con-
nected with Camberwell there remain several yet to be mentioned. And
foremost among these must be placed " that good man Dr. Parr, of Gamer-
well," as Evelyn styles the Camberwell vicar of his day, who " was no ordinary
man." He was the son of the Kev. Eichard Parr, a Devonian (the same it
has been supposed died Bishop of Man in 1643), was born at Fermoy, Co. Cork, in
1617. Entered at Exeter College, Oxford,* 1635, he became subsequently chaplain
to Archbishop Usher, whose life he wrote and published in 1666. He was vicar of
Eeigate in 1644, t by the patronage of his brother-in-law, Roger James, Esq., and
held that living some years after. His presentation to Camberwell is thus men-
tioned by himself in the register : " 1653, December 18, Dr. Richard Parr about
this time became member of Canierwell by the present patron, Sir Edmond Bowyer,
knight." He retained the living for thirty-eight years, during which time, says
Anthony Wood, " he broke up two conventicles in his neighbourhood by his out-
vying the Presbetereans and Independants in his extemporanean preaching." The
doctor's preaching was highly Calvinistic, and strangers were attracted from all parts
to listen to his stirring appeal. Mr. Evelyn records the fact,^ that ll Dr. Parr of
Camerwell preach'd a most pathetic funebral and panegyric at the interment of our
late pastor Dr. Breton, on ' Happy is the servant whom when his Lord cometh/ &c.
This good man among other expressions profess'd that he had never been so touch'd
and concern'd that at any losse as at this unlesse at that of K. Charles our martyr
and Archbishop Usher whose Chaplaine he had been." His biographer § writes of
him that " he was esteemed a person of great piety and of so regular and unblemished
a character that even the nonconformist party could not pick up anything against
him on any account." He was also rector of Berrnondsey in 1654 and subsequent
years. In 1688 Dr. Parr lost the companionship of a devoted wife, the daughter of
Sir Roger James, knt. The parish register contains the following entry : —

Nov : 1688.
Was buried that worthy Gentell woman Mrs. Elizh : Parr, the belloved wyffe of

* The following is extracted from the State to his Majesty of Blessed memory in the Isle of

Papers, being a statement in favour of Dr. Parr Weight. Being the first man that discovered to

for a letter for his doctor's degree:— That he was his majesty himself e in private ; that horrid and

master of Arts and fellow of P^xeter Colledg in execrable plott and design e of takeing away his life,

Oxford, 1642. That he was chaplaine to the most and Begged him accordigly to prevent if possible.

Rd. James Usher, late Archbpp. of Armagh and * * That He had time to proceed Dr. of

primate of all Ireland, for 17 years. That he never Divinity 7 yeares since and might if he would have

tooke in all these corrupt times either covenant, taken his degree in those times. That I affirme all

engagement nor any other oath, or acknowledg any this: of Ri : Parr: master of arts and som time

usurp' d powers, in this Land. That he hath bin fellow of Exeter Colledg in Oxon (July 1660).—

deprived of an estate, wit a Prebend and Rectory (W. F. NOBLE).

to the value of £400 p annu these 1(5 yeares, and as t History of Surrey, vol. i., p. 214.

yet not regained. That he hath ever bin Loyall to t Diary, February, 1672.

his sacred majesty, and hath hazarded his Liberty § Wood,
and life, in the faithful discharge of his duty,

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Richard Parr, D.D., and vicar of Camerwell, whos name doeth merit everlasting
Remembrance in This Parish.

The good doctor appears to have thought his creed scandalized by the mention of
anything " worthy/' or savouring of " merit," for he has erased the whole memo-
randum, subjoining in his own hand this unvarnished record of the fact comme-
morated :

1688.

Nov. 13, Mrs. Elizabeth Parr, wife of Ri : Parr, D.D., pastor of Camerwell, Buried.
She lys buried in the vault under the tombe erected by Dr. Parr, on the south
side of the Church, in the Churchyard of Camerwell.

Dr. Parr died in 1691, and is styled on his monument in the churchyard, " a man,
in preaching constant, in life exemplary, in piety and charity most eminent, a lover
of peace and hospitality, and, in fine, a true disciple of Jesus Christ."

Dr. Chandler, a shining light amongst Nonconformists in the early part of the
eighteenth century, was for many years connected with Hanover Chapel, Peckham,
by which church he was chosen as minister in 1716, when a new chapel was erected
for him on the site of the present building. He was born at Hungerford, in Berk-
shire, in 1693, and when very young evinced a studious turn, which was encouraged
and carefully cultivated, until he became celebrated for classical learning, and espe-
cially in the Greek tongue.

Whilst at Peckham he married a lady of property, but unfortunately, the property
which his wife had brought him was wholly swept away by the fatal South-Sea
Bubble of 1720. His circumstances being thereby embarrassed, and his income as a
minister being inadequate to his expenses, he engaged in the trade of a bookseller,
and kept a shop in the Poultry, London, for about two or three years, still con-
tinuing to discharge the duties of the pastoral office.

Whilst officiating at Peckham the Old Jewry Lectureship was instituted, and
Mr. Chandler in conjunction with Mr., afterwards Dr. Lardner, was selected as
lecturer. The discourses of Mr. Chandler whilst holding the appointment created a
great impression at the time, and were subsequently published in 1725, and entitled
"A Vindication of the Christian Religion." A second edition was published in
1728, and the author having presented a copy to Archbishop Wake, received in
return a most nattering letter of thanks, in which his grace expresses his surprise
" to see so much good learning and just reasoning " in the person of a bookseller, and
the author is exhorted to spend his time " in writing, rather than selling books."
Besides gaining the archbishop's approbation, Mr. Chandler's performance con-
siderably advanced his reputation in general, and contributed to his receiving an
invitation about 1726 to settle as a minister with the congregation in the Old Jewry.
Here he continued first as assistant and afterwards as pastor for the space of forty
years, and discharged the duties of his office, we are told, " with great assiduity and
ability, being much esteemed and regarded by his own congregation, and acquiring a
distinguished reputation both as a preacher and a writer." *

Dr. Chandler died on May 8th, 1766, leaving behind him a formidable array of
works on almost every branch of theological controversy, many of which were distin-
guished by considerable learning and research.

At the beginning of the present century there lived at Grove Hill, Camberwell,
one of the most extraordinary men of his day, Dr. John Coakley Lettsom, whose

* Life of Dr. Chandler, by C. Atmore, 1813.

SAMUE1L

fum*htdt>y John G-agf

W Griggs, J>koto-LUh.

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excellent taste, ample means, and unwearied industry had converted Grove Hill
into one of the most charming spots within the county of Surrey. A writer* in
describing the parish in the year 1819, makes no mention of anybody or anything in
Camberwell further than this, that it contained the residence of the " late famous
Dr. Lettsom."

That the worthy doctor had for many years before his death occupied a large
share of public attention cannot be disputed, and Grove Hill, Camberwell, was well
known to artists and literary men of every degree, as well as to a portion of the
aristocratic world. John Coakley Lettsom was the son of a West-Indian planter,
and was born on one of his father's islands, Van Dyke, near Tortola, in the year
1744. At six years of agef he was sent to England for education, and Mr. Fothergill
of Warrington, a Quaker minister, was selected as his tutor. He was subsequently
apprenticed to a Yorkshire apothecary, named Sutcliffe, who had raised himself
from the position of weaver to that of the first medical practitioner in Settle. An
amusing anecdote is told of Lettsom's introduction to his new master. Mr. Sutcliffe
it appears had an apprentice, whose close application to his professional duties was
only equalled in after years by the world-renowned Mr. Robert Sawyer. The
inhabitants of Settle had been prepared to hail the arrival of the young West-
Indian as a local sensation of no ordinary character. They were told that the new
pupil was coming from a country where the inhabitants were placed in an exactly
opposite direction, and the rustics were prepared to see the youngster standing on his
head, and performing other wonderful feats. The young student served his five
years, and old Mr. Sutcliffe then assured the young man that he might make a
physician, "but I think not a good apothecary," a prediction which time amply
verified. Lettsom then returned to the West Indies, and settled as a medical prac-
titioner in Tortola. He practised there only five months, earning in that time the
astonishing sum of .£2,000. Mr. Lettsom then returned to Europe, visited the
medical schools of Paris and Edinburgh, took his degree of M.D. at Leyden on the
20th June, 1769, was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of
London in the same year, and in 1770 was elected a fellow of the Society of Anti-
quaries. Dr. Lettsom's rise in his profession though rapid was secure, and in 1783
the doctor is said to have earned £3,600 ; 1784, £3,900 ; 1785, £4,015 ; 1786,
£4,500, and in some years his income reached £12,000. But whilst realizing
such a large sum, Dr. Lettsom was giving away hundreds, perhaps thousands of
pounds, in gratuitous advice; and the poorer order of clergy, and struggling literary
men received not only gratuitous advice but substantial aid ; whilst his contribu-
tions to all the charitable institutions of the day placed him in the front rank of
earnest and practical philanthropists.

The General Dispensary, the Finsbury Dispensary, the Surrey Dispensary, and
the Margate Sea Bathing Infirmary originated in his exertions ; and he was one of
the first projectors of the Philanthropic Society for the Prevention of Crimes ; the
Society for the Discharge and Relief of Poor Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts ;
the Asylum for the Indigent Deaf and Dumb ; the Institution for the Relief and
Employment of the Indigent Blind, and the Royal Humane Society.

In 1779 Dr. Lettsom purchased some land (about 2| acres) on the east side of
Grove Hill, on a building lease for ninety-nine years ; and here, shortly after, was
erected the charming villa which was henceforth to be associated with one of the
most benevolent physicians of that or any other time. Whilst at Grove Hill Dr.
Lettsom entertained some of the most eminent litterati of his time, and Maurice,

* The British Traveller. t A Book about Doctors.

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historian and poet, returned the doctor's generosity by his " Grove Hill, a descrip-
tive poem." The house is described by an eminent authority* as " standing on a
considerable eminence, rising gradually for about three quarters of a mile from the
village of Camberwell, and passing through an avenue of elms retaining the name of
Camberwell Grove, part of the plantations which belonged to the house that was Sir
Thomas Bond's and afterwards Lord Trevor's." f

The garden, the library, and the landscape are all enthusiastically noticed, after
which Mr. Maurice concludes with the following lines : —

" Such are the soft enchanting scenes displayed
In all the blended charms of light and shade,
At Camber-well's fair grove and verdant brow,
The loveliest, Surrey's lofty hills can show,
And long may he whose bold, excursive mind
This sweet terrestrial paradise designed ;
Long may he view the favourite bower he planned,

In towering foliage, o'er his race expand ;
Behold them flourish in its graceful shade
And in their father's steps delight to tread ;
Then full of years and crowned with well earned

fame,
Retire in peace, his bright reward to claim. "

Scott, also, the bard of Am well, inscribed a lesser poem to his hospitable friend : —

" Where Grove Hill shows thy villa fair,
But late my Lettsom, there with thee
'Twas mine the tranquil hour to share,
The social hour of converse free ;
To mark th' arrangement of thy ground,
Where, while we gazed, new beauties still we
found.

There as th' impending cloud of smoke

Fled various from the varying gale,

Full on the view fresh objects broke,

Along, the extensive peopled vale,

Beside the Thames' bending stream

From antient Lambeth's west extreme

To Limehouse, glittering in the evening beam.

And now and then the glancing eye
Caught glimpse of spots remoter still,
Ou Hampstead's street-clad slope so high,

Or Harrow's far conspicuous hill ;

Or Eastward, wandered to explore

All Peckham's pleasant level o'er,

To busy Deptford's vessel-crowded shore.

Or sought the southern landscape's bound,
Those swelling mounts, — one smooth and green,
And one with oaken coverts crowned, §
And one where scattering trees are seen. ||
'Twas there with summer's radiance bright
That gave my earliest youth delight. H

That business with fatiguing care

For this delightful seat of thine,

Such scanty store of moments spares,

Say, friend, shall I for thee repine ?

Were it the commerce of the main

Or culture of the teeming plain,

From blame or pity 1 should scarce refrain."

Boswell was also a frequent visitor at Grove Hill, and in an ode to Charles Dilly,
celebrated the beauties of the physician's seat and his humane disposition : —

1 My cordial friend, still prompt to lend

Your cash when I have need on't ;
We both must bear our load of care —
At least we talk and read on't —

Yet are we gay in every way,
Kot minding where the joke lie ;

On Saturday at bowls we play
At Camberwell with Coakley.

Nethinks you laugh to hear but half

The name of Dr. Lettsom ;
From him of good — talk, liquors, food,

His guests will always get some.

And guests has he, in every degree

Of decent estimation,
His liberal mind, holds all mankind

As an exalted nation.

O'er Lettsom's cheer, we've met a peer —
A peer, no less than Lansdowne !

Of whom each dull and envious skull
Absurdly cries— the man's down !

Lettsom we view a Quaker true,

'Tis clear he's so in one sense.
His spirit strong and ever young

Refutes pest Priestley's nonsense.

In fossils he is deep we see,

Nor knows Beasts, Fishes, Birds ill !
With plants not few, some from Pelew,.

And wondrous Mangel Wurzel !

West Indian bred, warm heart, cold head,

The City's first Physician ;
By schemes humane, want, sickness, pain,

To aid is his ambition.

From terrace high, he feasts his eye,
When practice grants a furlough,

And while it roves o'er Dulwich groves,
Looks down— even upon Thurlow."

Numerous anecdotes have been published about the celebrated physician, but the
following will sufficiently illustrate his proverbial generosity. As he was travelling
on one occasion in the neighbourhood of London a highwayman stopped his carriage,

* Manning and Bray.

t This is more than doubtful, as Sir Thomas
Bond's house was situated in Peckham at least one
mile distant.

Nunhead.
Honor Oak.
Forest Hill.
Mr. Scott was born in the south of London.

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it from the awkward and constrained manner of the intruder, the doctor correctly
led the young man was somewhat of a novice in his new vocation, and that he
an outlaw more from necessity than choice — and so it turned out. The doctor
iterested himself in his behalf and eventually obtained him a commission in the
ly. On one of his benevolent excursions the doctor found his way into the
[ualid garret of a poor woman who had seen better days. With the language and
jportment of a lady she begged the physician to give her a prescription. After
enquiring carefully into her case, he wrote on a slip of paper to the overseers of the
parish, " A shilling per diem for Mrs. Moreton. Money, not physic, will cure her."
Dr. Lettsom was not free from eccentricities, and the following characteristic
doggerel will be remembered when his more conventional prescriptions will be
forgotten : —

" When patients comes to I,
I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em.
Then — if they choose to die,
What's that to I— I lets 'em."

(I. Lettsom.)

Successful as Dr. Lettsom had been in his profession, his declining years were
darkened with adversity, and his beloved Grove Hill, on which he had spent a
fortune, knew another lord, but not before he had built up an imperishable monu-
ment which will remain when the last brick of Grove Hill is razed to the ground.

Grove Park is associated with the Chadwicks, most of the land in Grove Park
(formerly Dr. Lettsom's) and the vicinity having been purchased by the late Mr.
William Chadwick, the eminent railway engineer, who also resided on the estate
in the house adjoining Dr. Lettsom's villa.

Mr. Chadwick, who was a self-marie man, commenced business in Southwark, and
his first public undertaking was the rebuilding of the pinnacles of St. Saviour's
Church, and he was afterwards engaged with Mr. Gwilt to construct the spire of Bow
Church, Cheapside. Mr. Chadwick's next public work was the building of St. Peter's
Church, Newington, under the direction of Sir John Soane. He was afterwards
engaged to execute the masonry of many public buildings, such as the office of the
Board of Trade, the Council Office, St. Katherine's Hospital, &c. Mr. Chadwick
also built on his own account the houses now forming the approach to London
Bridge.

After completing these buildings, Mr. Chadwick's attention was directed to
railway works, and from the circumstance of his being called in professionally to
advise in reference to some difficult points on one of our most important lines of
railway. From that time he was induced to direct his attention to railway
engineering, and numerous works were executed by him, and great railway
projects set 011 foot, and his whole existence was henceforth bound up with
railway enterprise. When the crisis came, William Chadwick suffered with
others, but he nobly weathered the storm. "From his business habits," says a
writer of that time, " suavity of manner, great intelligence, and sound judgment, Mr.
Chadwick is held in the highest estimation, and his opinions are looked up to with
the greatest deference." Mr. Chadwick died suddenly at Grove Park on the 8th of
December, 1852. The property is now managed by Mr. Alfred Chadwick, second
son.

There were few men better known or more respected in the village of Peckham at
the commencement of the present century than the Rev. William Bengo Collyer, and

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the annals of the metropolitan pulpit furnish few such instances of success, suddenly
gained and successfully held, as that exemplified in the case of the reverend gentleman
above mentioned. Mr. Collyer was called upon to assume the position of pastor of
the Peckham Congregationalists at a very early age, and at a time when the cause
was at its lowest ebb of popularity in the district. Referring to the occasion fifty
years afterwards, he once remarked :—" Called to the pulpit here, on a sudden
emergency, all applications to other quarters having failed, a lad scarcely passed my
eighteenth year, and academical studies yet before me, I little imagined that my
service would extend beyond the Sabbath day ; and well knowing the kind of doctrine
which had obtained during thirty years, I resolved to avail myself of the only
opportunity that might be afforded me to assert the divinity of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, from the testimony of the Psalmist to the majesty of Jehovah. ' Of old
hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy
hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure ; yea, all of them shall wax old
like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed ;
but Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end ; ' and the application of
these words to the Messiah in the Epistle to the Hebrews.

"But when, contrary to my expectation, the continuance of these services was
solicited, and an unanimous invitation to the pastorate speedily followed, I felt it my
duty most explicitly to repeat my unalterable adherence to the principles I had already
avowed, from the text, ' I determined not to know anything among you, but Jesus
Christ, and him crucified.' " On the 17th December, 1801, Mr. Collyer was ordained.
On the first Sunday of the following month he administered the ordinance of the
Lord's Supper for the first time ; the number of church members was ten, and five
were added to the church on that occasion.*

In the year 1808, Mr. Collyer received the diploma of Doctor of Divinity from the
University of Edinburgh, and his eloquent preaching attracted at this time the notice
of the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, who ultimately became warm friends of the
rising divine ; and the organ now in use at Hanover was presented to him by the
Duke of Kent.

Dr. Collyer was in great request when at the height of his popularity, and he is
said by a well-known writer f to have preached a greater number of sermons in his
time than any other minister, no matter of what denomination.

He was the friend of all in distress, notably so, of his poor ministerial brethren,
when they needed to be sheltered from injustice, succoured in weakness, and comforted
in sorrow. He well said, " The proud, imperious spirit cannot confer a benefit. Its
very bounty inflicts an injury, and its roughness tears open a wound which it lacks
the skill to heal. Misery is insulted rather than alleviated, and the reed bruised by
adversity is broken by unkindness." Though Dr. Collyer was ranked amongst the
Independents, and was identified all his life with that body, he styled himself an
" English Presbyterian," and on all important occasions he appended these words
to his name. In all matters of church discipline, he appears to have reigned
supreme. "Dr. Collyer's members," says the writer already quoted, "have no
control, as members have wherever Congregational principles are recognised, in
matters connected with the church or congregation. Everything is decided by
himself. His supremacy is entire and undisputed. Members are admitted without
even the deacons being consulted, except where the reverend gentleman may have
doubts as to the moral character of the parties, and may therefore deem it necessary
to institute inquiries. When additions are made to the church, Dr. Collyer intimates

Surrey Congregational History, p. 267.

t The Metropolitan Pulpit, 1839.

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the fact to the members on the first Sabbath afterwards on which they sit down' to
the Lord's Supper, by remarking that two, three, or four new members sit down with
them for the first time. He does not even mention the names of the parties who have
joined the church."

That the course pursued by Dr. Collyer was calculated to cause order and good
government cannot be questioned, and much strife and contention might be avoided
amongst congregations which we might mention, if Dr. Collyer's principles of church
government were more followed in the present day.

In the zenith of his popularity, Dr. Collyer published a series of sermons, com-
prising several volumes, on Scripture facts, duties, and doctrines, which excited
universal admiration"* and no little jealousy at the time. He also published in a
small octavo volume the services of the Established Church in a form suitable for
use among Dissenters.

In the pulpit and in society, on the platform and in the sick room, Dr. Collyer
was always the same — a true type of the Christian gentleman.

On the 3rd January, 1841, Dr. Collyer thus recorded his experience of his forty
years' pastorate : —

THE PASTOR'S RETROSPECT. 'Tis not for us to know ;

But if in them confiding,

Yes, — forty years of union His power shall still defend

In peace, have passed away ; Our feeble footsteps, guiding

And pleasant our communion In safety to the end.
Continues to this day ;

The way that God hath led us Then Lord, accept our praises

We now would call to mind, For all thy mercies past,

His bounteous hand hath fed us, And safely through life's mazes .

His love, our lot assigned. Conduct us home at last !

Time will our union sever,

What changes have gone o'er us, Death, our communion break ;

What scenes of joy and woe ! But Thou hast said, " I never,

And what may be before us No, never, will forsake."

On the 23rd of September, 1849, Dr. Collyer entered upon the fiftieth year of his
ministry, and on the occasion he preached a sermon from Acts xxvi. 22, 23. After
reviewing the course he had pursued, he closed in these impressive words :—

" I now solemnly appeal to those, if any, who were present at my ordination, to
all who have at any time attended my ministry, and to the existing congregation, at
a moment so full of awful interest to me as the present, when so much of my
work has been accomplished, and so little can remain,— whether in one single
instance, all the years we have worked together, I have swerved from the doctrines
then laid down, and the profession then made. On entering the fiftieth year of our
connection, I call upon you to compare the entire course of my ministry with the
pledge of its commencement, and with the preaching of the Apostle.

" And how could I do otherwise than adhere to this pledge ? I have learned no
other way of salvation, I know of none other name among men whereby we must be
saved ; but I am persuaded that the Saviour is all-sufficient, that this hope will not
make us ashamed, that this foundation can never fail."

We must not omit to mention that, with the consent of his congregation at
Peckham, Dr. Collyer accepted an invitation from the church at Salters' Hall,
Cannon Street, to become their pastor ; he engaging to preach at Salters' Hall on
Sunday afternoons, and at Peckham morning and evening, which appointment he
held for nearly twelve years, resigning his charge on the 19th of June, 1825. On
taking leave of his city friends, he gave a most powerful and affecting address from
the words of the Apostle, 2 Cor. xiii. 11 : " Finally, brethren, farewell."

* Allport's Collections.

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Robert Alexander Gray, " the father of Camberwell," was born at Greenbank,
Cornwall, on the 18th September, 1788 ; his mother, Mary Tucker, being the
daughter of Colonel Tucker, of Norfolk, Virginia ; and his father a native of Peter-
head, Aberdeen. His mother died on the 14th May, 1806, in the 58th year of her
age, and on the monument erected to her memory, she is described as having been
in every respect a pious and exemplary woman, " and as daughter, wife, mother,
friend, she stood, if not unequalled, certainly unexcelled."

In 1807, the subject of our sketch visited his mother's relations in Norfolk,
Virginia, and the incidents of the boisterous and perilous voyage which he expe-
rienced are still fresh in Mr. Gray's recollection. On the 21st May, 1814, Mr. Gray
was married to Mary Blackwell Stansfield, daughter of Timothy Stansfield, Esq.,
New Cross Kent, and shortly after took up his residence in this parish, in a house
now occupied by Mrs. Collett as a ladies' school.

Mr. Gray was as a young man always active and energetic, and ever desirous to
assist those amongst whom his lot had been cast. He took an active part in local
affairs, and from the energy and ability he displayed at the vestry meetings, was
soon selected to serve on the various local committees.

An amusing story is told by a gentleman still living of Mr. Gray's election as a
member of the Lighting Trust, which then held its meeting at the " Red Bull,"
Peckham, when through an excess of liberality on the part of the newly-elected
member, the old watchmen, if not rendered incapable, were, for " this night only,"
anything but shining lights of the Trust they represented.

Mr. Gray's name is honourably identified with repeated efforts to obtain for this
parish that which it had long wanted — a decent burial-ground for the parishioners of
CamberweU ; and after many years of never-ceasing efforts, he had the pleasure of
seeing his laudable views on this subject carried into effect, and since the establish-
ment of the Burial Board Mr. Gray has rendered long and faithful service as its
chairman.

As the promoter of every movement for the moral, social, and religious welfare of
the inhabitants of Camberwell the name of Robert Alexander Gray will ever hold a
proud and prominent position.

Attached to the principles of the Established Church, he has nevertheless helped
in no ungrudging manner every sect and section which has Christianity as a common
basis. His purse has ever been open at the call of the Congregational Bazaar, the
New Wesleyan Chapel, the Baptist Schools, the Church Enlargement, and other
religious objects ; whilst charities, local and general, had no more regular and hearty
supporter than Robert Alexander Gray. He was one of the original promoters of
the Seamen's Hospital, for which the " Grampus " and " Dreadnought " were
ultimately granted by Government. He was appointed Justice of the Peace for the
county of Surrey in 1850. As chairman of the petty sessions, his decisions have
always commanded respect, and if at any time the law has been strained to meet any
particular case, it has always been to protect and defend the poor. As the law
stands at present, charities are liable to be rated, but Mr. Gray has invariably
expressed a strong opinion in favour of excusing all local charities, and it was with
difficulty that he could be induced to sign warrants against the inmates of the
Licensed Victuallers' Asylum in Peckham.

Mr. Gray has been chairman of the Eagle Insurance Company for two years and
chairman of the City of London Gas Company, and he is, we believe, with one
exception, the oldest member of Lloyd's.

In 1863, Mr. Gray lost his wife, who was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, and
the following inscription is recorded on her tomb : —

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SACRED

To THE MEMORY OP

MARY BLACKWELL,

THE LAST SURVIVING DAUGHTER

TIMOTHY STANSFIELD, ESQ.,
OP NEW CROSS, KENT,

AND THE

BELOVED WIFE OP
ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY,

OF THIS PARISH,

WHO AFTER MANY MONTHS OF

ACUTE SUFFERING, BORNE WITH

PATIENCE AND EXEMPLARY

RESIGNATION,
DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE

12th OCTOBER, 1863,
IN THE SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR

OF HER AGE,

TO THE INEXPRESSIBLE GRIEF OF

HER BEREAVED HUSBAND

AND FAMILY.

"Now. no chastening for the present seemeth to bo joyous but grievous; nevertheless afterward it
yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."

Hebrews, 12th chapter and llth verse.

Mr. Gray is a Governor of St. Thomas and Bartholomew Hospitals, and a member
of the committee of the Bath Charity, established for the education of the daughters of
military men. Mr. Gray's correspondence with the leading men of the day has been
very considerable. He was on terms of the utmost cordiality with the late Bishop
Wilberforce, and the following letters written by that much-lamented prelate to our
great local philanthropist are selected from a number placed at our disposal by Mr.
Gray:—

Sept. 29th, 1871.
MY DEAR MR. GRAY,

I WANT at once to introduce to you the Rev. S. K. Stothert, who comes to me
(known of old by me) with the highest commendation from the Bishop of Gibraltar,
and who is content to work with us at Camberwell, where he will, I trust, have
your support.

I am ever most sincerely yours,

WINTON.
II.

WINCHESTER HOUSE, ST. JAMES' SQUARE, S.W., May *7th, 1872.

MY DEAR MR. GRAY,

I AM very much obliged for your ever recurring kindness. But I am pledged
to dine in London on Friday, or I should most gladly have dined with you. Will
you let me put a counter proposition.

I. May I and my son come to you at as near 2 P.M. as I can, and have a basin of
. soup with you 1

II. May I come with my son to your house after the service and write letters till
the evening meeting ?

288 Y< PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

III. Will you take the chair at the meeting ? This is what will best please every-
body in Camberwell.

Then, after you have opened the meeting, let me say my say and escape.

I am ever yours most sincerely,

WINTON.
III.

WINCHESTER HOUSE, July 3rd, 1873.
MY DEAR MR. GRAY,

WILL you let me try this last attempt for our friend the Rev. Mr. McColl and
the poor people committed to^him under your notice. I know your unusual liberality,
and so I say not a word more. I trust that this mild weather suits you.
I remain, with very sincere regard,

Most sincerely yours,

WINTON.
IV.

LAVINGTON HOUSE, PETWORTH, April 19th.
MY DEAR MR. GRAY,

You are very kind, and I am much obliged to you. I, and I hope my
chaplain, shall hope to be with you on Tuesday, May 27th, at £ before 2 before
the Camden confirmation. We may perhaps put up our horse in your stable.

I am very much obliged for the 40 for Nunhead Church. I remember well the
stimulus which the promise of your gift gave at the time.

I am very truly yours,

WINTON.
V.

The following correspondence respecting the necessity of supporting our local
schools will be read with interest at the present time : —

CAMBERWELL TERRACE, 2Mh Nov., 1871.
MY DEAR LORD BISHOP WINCHESTER,

I HAD the pleasure of writing to your Lordship yesterday, since which I have
had the gratification of reading the admirable address of the Bishop of London to his
clergy, and no part of it has given me more gratification than that part of it which
recommends our keeping up our local schools. I do not know your Lordship's views'
on this subject.

Believe me yours sincerely,

RBT. A. GRAY.
VI.

Nov. 24th, 1871.
MY DEAR GRAY,

I THANK you cordially for your two letters, as I always rejoice to know your
mind ; I beg leave to enclose to you the post-office order for the book for which I am
your debtor. Will you at my request say for me a kind word to the author. All
poetry, wholesome in its character, is a gift to humanity. I entirely agree with
what the Bishop of London says and you endorse, touching the maintenance of our
own schools. I am engaged to preach at Herne Hill the beginning of February.

Yours faithfully,
, WINTON.

In 1868 the ladies of Camberwell and other well-wishers presented a marble bust
to Mr. Gray, accompanied by the following letter written by Mrs. Marsden on the
part of the subscribers : —

LOCAL WORTHIES, PAST AND PRESENT.

VII.

289

No. Ill, THE GROVE, CAMBERWELL, May 4th, 1868.
DEAR MR. GRAY,

SOME of your many Friends in the Neighbourhood of Camber well desire to
express their high appreciation of the ability, energy, and disinterested devotedness
with which you have laboured for the best interests of this Parish : and the high
gentlemanly feeling and true Christian kindness, with which you have so long and so
cheerfully sacrificed your talents, time and wealth in " doing good."

As, then, a simple — but from the happy memories it may awaken, they fain hops
— an effective Testimonial of their Esteem and Respect, they beg your acceptance,
dear Sir, of the accompanying Bust, that, in the retrospect of a well-spent Life, you
may be able to say, with the aged Paul, " I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of
righteousness :" and that at its close, you may pass from your Citizenship below — so
faithfully performed — to be a Citizen of the Holy City above, where partings and
separations are unknown, is the fervent Prayer of

All your Faithful Friends,

FRANCES ANNE MARSDEN.

In behalf of Mrs. Kemble, Mrs. Hills, Mrs. Fleming, Miss Edwards, Mrs. Law,
Mrs. Chester, and Myself, the Committee formed in 1867 to carry out the
presentation.

The following reply was made to the Subscribers' presentation : —

VIII.

CAMBERWELL TERRACE, 6th May, 1868.
MY DEAR FRIENDS,

I HAVE much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of your letter which puts
me in possession of the Names of the Contributors to the Bust, which I must con-
sider to be now in my possession.* When Mrs. Marsden informed me of her
intention I tried to dissuade her from it ; I am thankful she took her own course : —
had it been otherwise, I should have never known the kind feeling of my friends and
neighbours towards me . I feel that no language of mine can adequately express to
you how deeply I appreciate the compliment that has been paid to me in the Pre-
sentation of the Bust, its value enhanced by your warm wishes of friendship for me.
I have been a resident in this Parish for many years, but I have some doubt whether
I am deserving of all the commendation you have bestowed upon me ; I feel an
inward consciousness, however, that I have taken an active part in promoting all
useful Institutions since I have been here, and shall continue to do so. I cannot in
the course of nature expect to be much longer in connection with you, but I trust
when I have finished my course on earth I shall be re-united to those who have gone
before me, to that abode where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are
at rest. May God in His mercy vouchsafe His blessing upon yourselves and fanrilie?,
and with these wishes

Believe me to subscribe myself with great regards,

Yours very Sincerely,
To Mrs. Marsden and the Contributors. ROBERT A. GRAY.

* The bust was then at the Royal Academy.

990 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELU

We must not omit to mention that on the opening of the New Vestry Hall a
portrait of this genial and thorough specimen of " an old English gentleman " was
presented to the Vestry of the parish by his neighbours and friends. The following
inscription was placed beneath the portrait :—

" This portrait of Robert Alexander Gray, Esq., J. P., was subscribed for by many
parishioners and friends, and presented to the Vestry of Camberwell in recognition of
his valued services in promoting the interest and welfare of the parish during a
period of sixty years, and as a token of their esteem and regard."

Mr. Gray has recently been appointed a deputy lieutenant for the county of
Surrey ; on which occasion a congratulatory address was presented to him by the
Vestry of this parish.

Dr. CHARLES WESLEY, the eminent organist of Gloucester Cathedral, is connected
with Camberwell, having been elected organist of St. Giles's Church in January,
1829. Mr. Wesley was selected from twelve candidates, and though but a very
young man at that time, his qualifications were described as being " decidedly superior
to all the others." *

Mr. Wesley was at the same time organist at Hampstead Road Chapel, which was
his first appointment after leaving the Chapel Royal Choir. This double appoint-
ment, as might have been expected, did not work very satisfactorily ; and so,
in November, 1832, Mr. Wesley resigned his Camberwell post, and the present
organist, Mr. James Smith, was elected in his place ; but not without taking a poll
of the rate-payers. Mr. Smith on that occasion polled 641 against 117 recorded for
his "opponent Mr. Thomas Jolley.

After leaving Camberwell Mr. Wesley made great progress in his profession, and
has been organist in turns of the cathedrals of Exeter, Hereford, Winchester, and
Gloucester.

Amidst the success which had attended Dr. Wesley, throughout a busy and
eventful life, he looks back upon his humble position in Camberwell Church with
feelings of satisfaction and pride. He was on very friendly terms with the vicar, the
Rev. J. G. Stone, who was one of the first to recognize the abilities of the rising
musician.

Amongst those who have recently left us, whose life was spent in administering
to the good of others, must be mentioned Dr. Nichol, who took an active part in
connection with the Camberwell Provident Dispensary and local charities of every
description. Of Camberwell he used to say that he "first learned to toddle in
petticoats up the Grove," when as an orphan child he lived beneath the fostering
roof of Sir John and Lady Pirie on Champion Hill. He studied medicine under
the experienced guidance of one who was to have been his partner in after years,
and in 1846 he was elected M.R.C.S. and a licentiate of the College of Apothecaries.
In 1853 he took his M.D. at King's College, Aberdeen. Eminently skilful in his
profession, gentle as a child, gifted with great vivacity of spirits, and of considerable
conversational powers, it is needless to add that he was a general favourite amongst
all classes. By sheer hard work and the wear and tear of an extensive practice, his
physical powers, which had been somewhat impaired by a residence in India, gave
way, and in December, 1873, before reaching old age, Dr. Nichol was withdrawn
from the scene of his labours, and the poor of Camberwell lost a firm and faithful
friend and the local charities a warm supporter.

* Vestry minutes, 12th January, 1829.

LOCAL ' WORTHIES, PAST AND PRESENT. 291

Cambenvell, with its pleasant villas and stately mansions, lias long been a
favourite locality with our great city merchants and civic celebrities. On Champion
Hill, for many years, lived Sir Joseph Causton, one of the most enterprising business
men of the present century. Sir Charles Crossley for many years resided at North
Terrace, Cainberwell Road, and an amusing anecdote connected with this gentle-
man's increase of dignity is still current in Cambenvell. On receiving the honour
of knighthood, and informing his servants of the same, and telling them that in
future they would have to address their mistress as "my Lady," they made the
very natural rejoinder, "Very good, my Lord." The present lord mayor, Mr.
Alderman Stone, was for many years a resident of Dulwich, where also, in the
past century, lived the celebrated lord mayor Brass Crosby, who was imprisoned
during his mayoralty for his bold defence of the liberties of the press.

Mr. Alderman Arnold, who was buried in St. Giles's churchyard, was a noted
resident of his day and generation, and the epitaph on his tomb, which is elsewhere
recorded,* bears testimony to his high character and useful life.

Sir John Pirie, who was lord mayor in 1842, took a very active part in all local
affairs in Camberwell. At his inauguration dinner in the Guildhall, Sir John said,
" I little thought forty years ago, when I came to the city of London, a poor lad
from the banks of the Tweed, that I should ever arrive at so great a distinction."
In his mayoralty show, Sir John Pirie, being a shipowner, added to the procession
the model of a large East Indiaman, fully rigged and manned, and drawn in a van
by six horses. Sir John received his baronetcy on the occasion of the christening of
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

* Vide page 180.

LOCAL SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.

JTERARY INSTITUTIONS have not been particularly successful in
Cambervvell. A determined effort was made about thirty years since
to establish one at the old Mansion House in the Camberwell Road,
and though no better local habitation could have been selected, and its
promoters were both numerous and wealthy, the society dwindled into
insignificance, and ultimately became a memory of the past.

It is not, to say the least of it, a pleasant reflection that Camberwell, with its
many literary surroundings, its wealthy residents, and its large constituency of
young men, is unable to establish a literary association similar to that to be found in
the neighbouring parish of Newington. The most serious and successful attempt
yet made to found an institution for the mutual improvement of young men, is that
known as the Peckham Mutual Society, originated upon a thoroughly unsectarian
basis, in the autumn of 1866, by Mr. Stanley Coster, its principal members then
belonging chiefly to the congregation assembling at Hanover Chapel, Peckham.

Mr. Robert Alexander Gray, J.P., readily allowed his name to be associated with
the society as its president, at once placing the new association on a firm footing ;
whilst his cheering presence at its public meetings, and the substantial aid he
afforded in other ways, were ample evidence of his kindly interest in its welfare.
Under such auspices rapid progress was made. Musical and elocutionary entertain-
ments were held, with the view of bringing the society into public notice, the
proceeds being devoted to charitable purposes. Lectures 011 scientific and other
subjects were given, and the more private meetings of the members were well
attended.

The business engagements of the vice-president, Mr. Philip Ovenden, necessitating
his frequent absence, and Mr. Coster, having given up the position of honorary
secretary (which office he held for a period of four years) was appointed a second
vice-president by the unanimous vote of the members, who testified their previous
obligations to him by presenting him with a suitable testimonial.

The strength of the society was soon afterwards materially augmented by the amal-
gamation with it of the Peckham Debating Society— a sort of literary club which
had existed for some time previously, doing good work in a quiet and unobtrusive
manner. The numerical increase, however, was of less importance than the intel-
lectual gain, the new members enrolled comprising many who were well known
as men of mature thought and experience, and not a few clever and brilliant
speakers.

At the same time the aims of the society became more general, the range of
subjects brought under discussion, including political, social, and, within certain

LOCAL SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS. 293

limits, religious questions, in tlie treatment of which the advantage arising from
the friendly interchange of widely differing opinions has been markedly per-
ceptible.

On the retirement of Mr. Ovenden from the office of vice-president, the members
chose Mr. 0. H. Colveii to act in conjunction with Mr. Coster, in which position
they have faithfully served the society up to the present time, gaining the confidence
and respect of all, and the personal esteem and regard of many of those who bow to
their official nod.

It became increasingly evident, however, that the original title started with — The
Peckham Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, had a certain dash of incon-
gruity about it, having due regard to the grave, middle-aged men and gray-headed
veterans, who took an active part in its work ; therefore, a proposal by one of the
members to amend the society's name met with but little objection, and the
Peckham Mutual Improvement Society commenced its fifteenth session. A still
further alteration was made at the annual meeting in October, 1874, when the
omission of the word " Improvement " was strongly urged ; and after a sharp
discussion, carried by a majority, the Peckham Mutual Society, grown into
mature age, and divested of its title to "improvement," seems still likely to
hold its own against any similar institution in the neighbourhood. It has in the
course of its eight years' existence, by the sums raised at public entertainments,
rendered assistance to the sufferers by the cotton famine in Lancashire, the Barnsley
Colliery Fund, the " Captain " Fund, and in aid of the sick and wounded in the
Franco-German War ; as well as nearer home to the Peckham Pension Society,
Peckham Girls' Ragged Schools, and other local objects.

The society now numbers about ninety members, and its weekly meetings are
still held at the Collyer Memorial Schools. It possesses a library of its own, besides
subscribing to Mudie's for monthly supply of books.

THE PECKHAM MUTUAL SOCIETY.
SEVENTEENTH SESSION.

PRESIDENT :
ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., J.P.

VICE-PRESIDENTS :
Mr. STANLEY COSTER. Mr. 0. H. COLVEN.

TREASURER :
Mr. THOMAS K. GRIFFIN.

LIBRARIAN :
Mr. ERNEST HARPER.

COMMITTEE :

Mr. WILLIAM BERRIDGE. Mr. WILLIAM F. KNIGHT.
Mr. OSWALD C. FLEET. Mr. ALFRED C. WOODWARD.
Mr. E. B. GUDGEON.

SECRETARY :
Mr. J. C. TESSIER, 83, COMMERCIAL ROAD, PECKHAM.

The meetings are held every Friday evening, at eight o'clock precisely, in the
Collyer Memorial Schools, High Street.

294 ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Another society which calls for a word of commendation is the Church of England
Young Men's Society, which has its head-quarters in the Peckham Road. W. H.
Stone,** Esq., of Dulwich Hill, is the president of this society; and amongst the
supporters are to he found the local clergy and the leading gentry of the neighbour-
hood. Its winter course of lectures is always well arranged and numerously attended.
Indeed lectures have become quite an institution in Camberwell of late ; and amongst
the more notable caterers of this source of profit and amusement may be mentioned
Mr. William Lovell, of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, of Grummant Road, who
evidently possesses considerable tact in securing the co-operation of popular men
both as lecturers and chairmen. His lectures in connection with the Shipwrecked
Mariners' Society are particularly well attended.

It is needless to add that musical societies abound, many of which have been
established a considerable time. Amongst these may be mentioned the South
London Harmonic Society (C. R. Mason, 25, Grummant Road, hon. sec.), which
holds its meetings in the Grummant Road every Thursday for the practice of
sacred and secular music ; the Camberwell Amateur Musical Society, of which
Mr. R. H. Millard is the honorary secretary ; the Peckham Amateur Orchestral
Society (honorary secretary, Mr. Edward Saxton, 15, Manvefs Terrace, Brayard's
Road).

THE SURREY FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY was originally an offshoot of a society
which held its exhibitions in the Surrey Zoological Gardens, and was under the
patronage of our present most gracious sovereign. A misunderstanding having arisen
through an alleged attempt to carry off a prize for tulips by some one unconnected
with the society, and his subsequent disqualification by the committee, discord and
disunion were engendered, and the members divided themselves into various
sections. One portion, under the presidency of Dr. Bushell, for many years held
their meetings at the Horns Tavern, Kennington; but this branch society was
not endowed with a prolonged existence ; another section established itself under
the fostering care of Mr. Champion, of Walworth, well known as an ardent
amateur floriculturist ; and this society held its meetings at " The George Canning,"
Grove Lane, Camberwell, under the designation of the Surrey Amateur Dahlia
Society, in 1845. The society gradually extended its operations, and in 1854
changed its name to the Surrey Floricultural Society. Its exhibitions were held
at " The George Canning," « Camberwell Hall," and " The Rosemary Branch," until
it was found necessary to hold open-air exhibitions. Mr. Lloyd, of Champion
Hill, gave the use of a large field for that purpose. Of recent years, however, by the
kindness and consideration of W. H. Stone, Esq., exhibitions have been held at that
gentleman's charming and spacious grounds at Herne Hill. The society from 1859
to 1868 was in a feeble state, but on the appointment of Mr. George Thompson, of
Brunswick Crescent, Cold Harbour Lane, a gentleman well known as an enthusiastic
amateur floriculturist, the society was gradually steered into smooth water, and
its exhibitions became an institution in South London. It is supported by about
100 members and 150 honorary members, and many of the leading gentry, amongst
whom may be mentioned W. H. Stone, Esq., Alderman McArthur, M.P., Sir
James Clarke Lawrence, M.P., H. Bessemer, Esq., H. W. Sezelche, Esq. The
president for many years was the Rev. Stephen Bridge, M.A., of St. Matthew's,
Denmark Hill, and his successor, the Rev. G. K. Flindt.

LOCAL SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS. 295

The more robust youth have a capital field for the exercise of out-door sports on
the fine open space of Peckham Rye, and therefore cricket-clubs and athletic societies
nourish amongst us. To enumerate the various societies which make Peckham Eye
their rendezvous would be beyond the scope of this work. That such societies do
exist, and that the parochial authorities make every effort to promote their comfort
«ind prosperity, and that good behaviour is the rule and not the exception amongst
the multitudes that flock for recreation to this fine open space, are facts both encou-
raging and significant.

Amongst the athletic societies may be mentioned the South London Harriers, a
well-known local club, formed for the purpose of providing its members Avith
healthy physical exercise, and it might very properly have for its motto " mens sana
in corpore sano."

There are few residents who have not witnessed with admiration the doings of the
41 Harriers," and from the openly expressed opinion of the maids of Camberwell,
there can be no doubt whatever that to be an " amateur athletic," or South London
Harrier, is to be " well-placed " for the victory of love and the happiness of life.

The South London Harriers first formed themselves into a society in December,
1871, and at the present time they number about seventy members ; .Richard
Thornton, Esq., of the " Hoo," Sydenham, being president, and Mr. H. F. Bates,
3, St. John's Terrace, Crystal Palace Road, honorary secretary. The object of the
society, as set forth in the prospectus, is " to enable athletes by means of cross-country
runs to continue in training during the winter months : the admission to the club
being reserved exclusively to gentlemen amateurs."

THE PECKHAM AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB has objects similar to the above.
There are about forty members connected with it, and it takes rank as the oldest
established club of the kind in this parish, having been founded in 1867. Captain
Bevington is the president, and Mr. F. H. Reed, 110, Grange Road, honorary
secretary.

The Freemasons of Camberwell have numerous centres round which to cluster,
and the building of a hall to be specially devoted to their awful and mysterious
rites and ceremonies is an encouraging fact in the history of Freemasonry. If the
beautiful ritual of the craft and its mysterious and sacred vows only effect half the
good which is claimed for it, in making bad men good, and good men better, its
recent progress in Camberwell must be subject for congratulation. The principal
lodge within the parish is perhaps that known as the "Macdonald," after the late
much-beloved Colonel Macdonald, which meets at the head-quarters of the 1st
Surrey Rifle Volunteers, and is mainly recruited from members of that corps.
Another lodge of more recent establishment is known as the " Sphinx," of which
Brother J. H. Vockins is the present Worshipful Master, and whose meetings are
now held at the Bridge House Hotel, pending the completion of the new Masonic
Hall.

This building, which is in course of erection, is situate in the Camberwell New
Road, between the District Post Office and the Lambeth County Court.* The

* We are indebted to Brother James Steven?, of the Great City Lodge, for much of the above
formation.

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memorial-stone was laid by Colonel Francis Burdett, Provincial Grand Master of
Middlesex, on the 29tli May, 1874. The Masonic brotherhood mustered in great force
on the occasion, and a dispensation having been specially granted, the brethren appeared
in Masonic clothing. The building" is being erected by Mr. John Oliver, of Denmark
Hill under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Clark, of the firm of Payne and
Clark, Buckingham Street, Strand. The interior is being specially adapted to meet
the varied requirements of Masons, with lodge, chapter-rooms, banqueting-hall,
library, &c. ; and it may fairly be assumed that " refreshment after labour," with its
special requirements, will not be overlooked. The cost of the Hall is estimated to
be about .£6,000, to be subscribed for in shares of £5 each. As such a central
meeting-hall is greatly needed in Camberwell, and the shares, which are exceedingly
small in amount, are not limited to members of the fraternity, it is to be hoped that
many of our local residents will identify themselves with an enterprise which has
every attribute of success. The building has a frontage of about 70 feet and the
depth of about 150 feet, and has been secured for a term of ninety-nine years at a
very low ground-rent. The secretary is Mr. Edwin Sillifant, of Upper Tulse Hill,
and Mr. Perceval Nairne is the solicitor to the company.

The Provident Institution, a bank for savings,* is a flourishing local institution.
It was originally held at the Green Coat Schools, and was one of the first — if not the
first — established in this country. Although the local gentry deserve every credit for
their countenance and support, it must in justice be recorded that it was mainly
through the untiring zeal of the Jephson family that this excellent institution was
initiated and established.

Some time after its formation it was removed to Church Street, to the house of its.
present secretary, Mr. William Searle, and subsequently the handsome building in
the Peckham Road was erected. There is perhaps no institution in the parish which
is worked so pleasantly and economically as the Camberwell Savings Bank, and the
names of the honorary managers, amongst which are to be found many of the leading
residents, are a sufficient guarantee of its faithful and efiicient management. It
appears that for the year ending November, 1873, .£8,868 13s. Id. was received, and

* The first of these was instituted at Berne, in
Switzerland, in 1787, by the name of caisse de
domestiques, being intended for servants only ;
another was set up in Basel, in 1792, open to all
depositors. The Rev. Joseph Smith, of Wendover,
began a Benevolent Institution in 1799 ; and in
1803-4, a "charitable bank" was instituted at
Tottenham by Miss Priscilla Wakefield. Henry
Dundas established a parish bank at Ruthwell in
1810. One was opened in Edinburgh in 1814. The
benefit clubs, among artisans, having accumulated
stocks of money for their progressive purposes, a
plan was adopted to identify these funds with the
public debt of the country, and an extra rate of
interest was held out as an inducement; hence
were formed savings banks to receive small sums,
returnable with interest on demand.
The Rt Hon. Geo. Rose developed the system,
and brought it under parliamentary control in
1816.
In 1840 there were 550 banks ; 766,354 depositors ;

amount, £22,060,904.

Acts to consolidate and amend previous laws re-
lating to savings banks were passed in 1828 and
1847 ; extended to Scotland in 1833 ; again

consolidated and amended in 1863.

On 20th November, 1851, the number of savings
banks in Great Britain and Ireland was 574,
besides above 20,000 friendly societies and
charitable institutions. The depositors (in the
banks) were 1,092,581, while the societies em-
braced a vast but unknown number of persons ;
the amount of deposits was £32,893,511.

Amount of computed capital of savings banks
in the United Kingdom :— 1853, £33,362,2(50;
1860, £41,258,368; 1870, £37,958,549. — 1871,
England, £31,496,088 ; "Wales, £1,065,914 ; Scot-
land, £4,119,319; Ireland, £2,224,425; total,
£38,905,746.

1871. Received ly Trustees. Paid.

England . . £5,804,984 . . . £6,204,795

Wales . . . 178,303 . . . 170,889

Scotland . . 1,487,970 . . . 1,309,144

Ireland . . . 566,765 . . . 465,085

8,038,022 8,150,513

Savings Banks Investment Acts, passed March,.
1866, and August, 1S69.— DICT. DATES.

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the following statement will show the total number of depositors, and the extent of
the several accounts : —

No. of depositors. £ s. d. £ s. d.

Balance due on 20th November, 1873,

brought forward . . . 48,816 9 7

1,161 Depositors whose respective balances on the 20th
November, 1873, including interest, did not ex-
ceed

349 Ditto we

215

137

146

112

2 Penny Banks 12 5 9

9 Charitable Societies 266 8 6

13 Friendly Societies 2,188 5 1

£l

each 196 12 11

>ove £l and did not exceed

„ 870 1 2

5 „

„ 1,508 6 5

„ 1,644 19 10

15 „

„ 1,253 18 11

„ 3,552 4 3

„ 3,185 15 6

40 „

„ 2,927 5 1

50 „

„ 6,732 3 4

100

„ 4,835 12 1

100

125

„ 5,726 12 6

125 „

150

„ 3,378 13 11

150 „

200

„ 10,253 8 2

r of depositors

, 46,065 14 1

2,565 Total number of accounts. Total balances . 48,532 13 5

Surplus 283 16 2

From which deduct the portion thereof reserved to meet current

expenses 283 16, 2

There is a branch institution held at the National Schools, High Street, Peckham,
and formerly there was another at Dulwich.

Camberwell has its " Benefit Society," established for the provident working men
under 45 years of age, who are resident within two miles of the Green Coat Schools,
where its meetings are held on the fourth Monday in each month at 8 P.M. This
society has been established nearly thirty years, and therefore it is fair to assume that
it is well conducted and extensively supported. Mr. J. Norris, 229, Camberwell Road,
is secretary.

The residents of Camberwell are so well served by her Majesty's Postmaster-
General, that it hardly occurs to them to consider the postal inconveniences of the
past generation. And yet thirty-four years only have elapsed since Mr. Rowland
Hill's penny postage scheme came into operation, and the uniform rate of a penny
per letter of half an ounce was adopted. Before the introduction of the penny
postage letters for Camberwell, Peckham, and Dulwich, were few and far between,
and so of course were the deliveries. At. the end of the last century the Camberwell

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letters were brought by the Dover night-mail,* and dropped en route at « The Five
Bells," New Cross, from which place they were fetched by the local letter

carrier.

In a book published by the Company of Parish Clerks, in I732,f an account is
given of a " Penny Post,":}: established within ten miles of the Metropolis in 1709,
from which it appears that it was " the custom to receive one penny upon delivery
of every letter over and above the penny paid at the time of putting in the
letter."

There were two deliveries daily of this so-called " penny post" in Camberwell,
one in Dulwich and Dulwich Common, and two in Peckham Town and Rye. Letters
and parcels were ordered to be put in at the receiving-houses before six o'clock over
night ; "otherwise divers of the country messengers going on their walks by 6 of the
clock next morning, they may lose a day's time in delivery."

In 1792, George Hurst § was appointed letter-man for the Peckham district, and
continued to act in that capacity until about 1842, and when he died in 1852 he was
in his 95th year.

We are indebted to the courtesy of the Secretary of the Post Office for the following
official returns, which have been prepared specially for this work :—

LETTERS, TELEGRAMS, ETC.
A RETURN SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH BUSINESS

PERFORMED IN THE SUB-DlSTRICTS, CAMBERWELL, PECKHAM, AND DULWICH,
DURING THE YEAR 1873.

No. of Letters, &c., Delivered. ||

No. of Telegrams.

District.

No. of
Money
Orders

No. of
Postmen
em-

Persons
employed in
Postal

! ts£

Business.

Camberwell

1,839,814

383,477

182,166

112,630

14,353

20,844

Peckham .

2,078,528

298,915

190,878

6,050

11,474

19,107

Dulwich

434,965

111,167

27,074

2,103

4,771

4,303

Total . .

4,353,307

793,559

400,118

1110,783

30,598

44,254

* A writer (1803) in noticing the introduction of
mail coaches in 1784, which travelled at the rate of
•eight miles an hour, including- stoppage, remarks,
" The rapidity of this new mode of conveyance is
unequalled in any country."

t " New Remarks of London."

J A " penny post " was first set up in London and
its suburbs by a Mr. Robert Murray, upholsterer,
in 1(581 ; was adjudged by trial at the King's Bench
bar to belong to the Duke of York as a branch of
the general post in 1(390; was considerably improved
and made a two -penny post, 1794 ; mails first con-
veyed by coaches, August, 1784 ; mails first con-

veyed by rail, 1830.

§ His son, George Hurst, who is now in his 85th
year, is still living. He was for many years coach-
man to Dr. Collyer, and at his death entered the
service of Mr. Green, Surgeon, of Peckham. Con-
sidering his age, his faculties are wonderfully
bright, and his repertoire of anecdotes of old Peck-
ham most extensive.

|| There are six deliveries daily in Camberwell
and Peckham, and four in Dulwich.

II This number does not include the number of
forwarded messages sent from the Camberwell
Branch Office.

LOCAL SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
MONEY ORDERS.

299

STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBERS OF MONEY ORDERS ISSUED AND PAID, WITH
THEIR RESPECTIVE AGGREGATE AMOUNTS, IN THE DISTRICTS OP CAMBERWELL,
DULWICH, AND PECKHAM, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1873.

Name of Office.

No. of
Orders
Issued.

Aggregate Amount.

No. of
Orders
Paid.

Aggregate Amount.

£ s. cl

£ s. d.

Camberwell Green . .

6,286

9,549 19 5

9,936

16,266 16 1

Camberwell New Road.

2,481

3,569 3 2

4,640

6,653 1 10

Camber well Road . .

3,122

4,249 3 7

4,636

6,500 15 11

Cold Harbour Lane . .

2,448

3,047 17 9

1,649

2,633 9 6

Southampton Street

1,446

1,992 7 6

1,613

2,096 11 5

Dulwich . . . .

1,623

1,841 11 4

1,767

2,766 6 3

EastDulwich

901

1,158 18 8

1,016

1,267 17 5

West Dulwich . . .

1,432

1,717 15 2

584

944 9 11

HerneHill .

1,784

2,272 1 6

1,273

2,062 14 0

Peckham (High Street)
Commercial Road . .

6,480
1,219

9,635 8 1
1,490 12 0

17,175

1,896

22,582 19 11
2,061 2 10

Nunhead Grove .

1,087

1,499 18 1

783

1,115 11 6

Peckham Park Road )
(Opened Aug. 1, 1873) ]

563

890 13 3

555

634 14 11

Queen's Road . . .

2,092

2,540 19 2

1,595

2,615 17 10

St. George's Road

1,270

1,197 14 7

1,513

1,895 17 8

Peckham Rye . . .

3,389

4,452 18 2

5,913

8,151 12 10

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

A RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS AND BALANCES ON THE 31ST
DECEMBER, 1873, AND THE NUMBER AND AMOUNTS OF DEPOSITS DURING THE
YEAR, 1873, AT POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS IN THE DISTRICTS OF PECKHAM,
CAMBERWELL, AND DULWICH.

-r>. . . . Number of Accounts and Balances,
District. 31st December, 1873.

Number and Amount of Deposits
during the year 1873.

Peckham . .
Camberwell
Dulwich . .

Total

4,029 ;
5,547
534

£ s. d.
35,069 9 6
56,730 1 11
6,268 18 7

9,733
11,665
1,259

£ s. cl
•18,778 12 1
24,878 11 2
2,860 7 1

10,110

98,068 10 0

22,657

46,517 10 4

LAMBETH COUNTY COURT.

This building, which is situate in the Camberwell New Road, was erected in 1854
l>y Messrs. Nixon & Son, builders, Lambeth.

The registrar's office is open for general purposes daily from 10 till 4 ; Saturdays,
10 till 1.

The Court generally sits every Tuesday and Thursday.

300 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

DISTRICT.— "The Superintendent Registrar's district of Camberwell, and so much
of the Superintendent Registrar's districts of Lambeth and Newington as is not in the
district of the Southwark County Court, and so much of the Superintendent Regis-
trar's district of Greenwich as lies west of the Croydon railway." (Order in Council,
9th March, 1847.)

The district comprises the whole of the parish of Camberwell ; about half of the-
parish of Newington ; about three-quarters of the parish of Lambeth, and a small
portion of the parish of St. Paul's, Deptford.

JUDGE. — John Pitt Taylor, Esq., 58, Eccleston Square, Pimlico, S. W., appointed
1852.

REGISTRAR. —Charles Twamley, Esq., 11, Regent's Park Road, N.W.

CLERKS. — Mr. George James Andrews ; Mr. Thomas Doe ; Mr. Horace Roche ;:
Mr. Edward William Devereux ; Mr. John Hunt ; Mr. David Denney.

HIGH BAILIFF.— Henry Devereux Pritchard, Esq., Painter's Hall, E.G.

HIGH BAILIFF'S CLERK. — Mr. Thomas Renard.

BAILIFFS.— John Sharland ; Walter Reeve Smith; Thomas Reuben Rayment ;,
Alfred Chapman ; John Mason.

COURT-KEEPER.— Mr. George J. Clark, Courthouse, Camberwell New Road, S.E.

TREASURER. — William Tollemache, Esq., Crosby House, Bishopsgate, E.G.

BUILDINGS OF THE PAST.

,N the early part of the seventeenth century, so says tradition, there occurred
in Camberwell one of the most remarkable incidents on record. The house
in which it is said to have taken place was the fine old mansion which, until
about twenty years since, occupied a prominent position on the south side
of Camberwell Green, and known for many years as the OLD HOUSE ON
THE GREEN. Our illustration, which is certainly of a most weird character, should
already have prepared the reader for the following narrative, for it must candidly be
confessed that if the appearance of the house as it originally stood did not suggest the
fitory, the story that is now current would certainly have inspired an artist to picture
such a house.

In the foreground is a mysterious pond over which the trees seem to mourn and
moan in a manner which would delight the heart of Miss Braddon. The house
itself was a fine specimen of a country mansion, and stood alone in its grandeur, as
though it had found its way to Camberwell by mistake, so different was it to the
surrounding buildings. Its magnificent hall was adorned with frescoes on walls and
ceiling by the famous artist Sir James Thornhill, and the noble oak staircase was of
.great width, and beautifully carved. The dining and drawing-rooms were of unusual
proportions, and elaborately worked medallions and other decorations were profusely
arrayed. Tradition fixes this spot as the residence of Sir Christopher Wren, appa-
rently without any authority, although local nomenclature has come to the rescue of
tradition by naming the road which now occupies the site of this ancient structure as
Wren Eoad.

About the year 1600, this residence was occupied by a wealthy merchant and his
lady, whose matrimonial life was rendered miserable by the fierce jealousy of the
husband. The lady who was the subject of so much jealousy is described as a
person of wonderful charms and spotless innocence, which, however, were no protec-
tion against the baseless accusations of an infuriated husband.

" She had jewels and rings,
And a thousand smart things ;
Was lovely and young
With a rather sharp tongue."

and therefore bickerings and quarrellings were of daily occurrence. On one winter's
evening a coach was seen to draw up in the forecourt of this fine old mansion, into
which a lady entered, and instructions were given to the driver to hurry with all
expedition to one of the river ferries, where he was paid and discharged. The
occupant of the coach was understood to be the lady of the house, who was never
heard of afterwards.

The inconsolable husband made every effort to discover the fate of his wife, and

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for a season the Old House on the Green was filled with grief uncontrollable and
unavailing sighs. Its noble rooms were deserted, and their wealthy owner betook
himself to other scenes, where he hoped to forget his sad and unaccountable loss.
Years of travel worked wonders, and once again did the occupant of the old mansion
revisit the scene of bygone days, not this time as a man overwhelmed with grief,
but as a lover bent on new conquests. During his travels he became enamoured of a
wealthy and beautiful heiress, who was to bring back to his noble rooms the happy
scenes of his early married life. All went merry as a marriage bell. His friends
clustered round him with warm congratulations on his return and his coming good
fortune. A banquet of more than ordinary magnificence was prepared, and never
within the walls of this stately mansion were preparations made on so large a scale
as on that which was to celebrate the return of the former disconsolate husband.
The guests were assembled, and laughter rang throughout the ancient halls, but
sadness, unaccountable to the guests, was depicted on the countenance of the host, who
was noticed to give incoherent orders to his servants. Just as the dinner was about
to be served, the master of the house was seen to disappear, and many were the
conjectures at his prolonged absence. At length a pistol-shot affrighted the assembled
guests with its sharp ring, and all rushed to discover its terrible import. In the
bed-room was seen the frightful and mutilated body of the host lifeless on the floor.
The speechless horror of the guests, who had deserted a well-ordered dinner-table,
and the rushing to and fro, and the attendant bewilderment and consternation, may
be filled in by the reader. On the table was found a written confession of the fact
that the departure of his wife — the murder and final disposal of the unhappy
victim — were his own acts, and that the " lady" who was supposed to have left the
house of her own accord never to return was his own butler, dressed in female attire,
according to a preconceived plan between the butler and himself, while in fact he had
murdered his own wife, and buried her in the basement of the house. This portion
of the kitchen he blocked up with a brick wall in order ,to escape detection. An
addendum was made to this confession, to the effect that on entering his bed-room
after leaving the dinner-table he saw the ghost of his late wife, which filled him
with horror, and prompted him to commit suicide. The statement of course is only
traditional, but so strongly was it impressed upon the minds of a family of the
name of "Westmoreland subsequently residing in the house, that one of the sons
induced his father to allow the brick partition in the basement to be broken through
with a view to elucidate the mystery. Although no corpse was found there, a
narrow strip of room was discovered with a floor similar to that of the kitchen, from
which the entrance was effected, leading reasonably to the inference that the kitchen
was at one time larger, and that a walled partition had been erected for some
unknown purpose.*

Previous to Mr. Westmoreland's possession of the house, it was in the occupation
of the Puckle family, who were ignorant of the occurrence above related.

BOWYER HOUSE, in the Camberwell Road, which was razed to the ground in
1861, on its purchase by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, to make way for
their Metropolitan Extension Line, was formerly the residence of the Bowyers, lords
of the manor, who also, in the sixteenth century, had a mansion on Camberwell Green
on the site now occupied by the Green Coat Schools.

John Evelyn, under date September 1st, 1657, records a visit to "Sir Edmund
Bowyer, at his melancholic seat at Camervvell. He has," says the author of Sylva,

* This information respecting the breaking open the daughter of Mr Lawrence who was engaged
of the partition was communicated to the writer by by Mr. Westmoreland to effect the Entrance

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with, a keen eye to dendrology, " a very pretty grove of oaks, and hedges of yew
in his garden, and a handsome row of tall elms before his court."

No vestige of the elms or oaks have been seen by the " oldest inhabitant," but a
ring of yew-trees stood round the front lawn very recently. It will be noticed
that Evelyn says nothing of the fine cedar which at the beginning of the present
century formed a conspicuous feature to the left of the grand entrance.

This tree was traditionally styled Queen Elizabeth's Tree, but as no mention is
made of it by Evelyn, the probabilities are that it was not then in existence.
Common report, indeed, ascribes to Evelyn himself the introduction of this tree
into England.

There is also a tradition that Sir Christopher Wren resided here during the
building of St. Paul's, and that some of the frescoes were painted by Sir James

BOWYEK HOUSE.

Thornhill, and that James II. was concealed here for some time previous to his
escape.

Early in the present century much of the beauty of the interior was destroyed —
the owner removing several choice carvings and ornaments. A substantial wall
and iron railings were erected about the same time, and subsequently the mansion,
was occupied by the Camberwell Literary and Scientific Institution, the first lecture
in connection with which was delivered on March 21st, 1846, by Charles Semple,
Esq. It was afterwards occupied as a school by the Misses Johnston, who retained
possession until 1861, when it was pulled down.

Associated with Fountain Cottage, Camberwell Grove, is the touching and romantic
story of George Barnwell. In Mr. Lillo's well-known tragedy, The London Merchant :
or the History of George Barnwell, the scene of the tragedy is laid " in an adjacent
village near London," and tradition has fixed upon Camberwell Grove as the scene
of the murder. Indeed Fountain Cottage until its demolition was always shown to
credulous strangers as the residence of the murdered uncle. A writer at the com-
mencement of the present century informs his readers in the most unblushing manner,
that " in the Grove (at Camberwell) was committed that tragic act recorded by Lillo7

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in the drama of George Barnwell." And again * " at the fatal spot where this murder
was committed rises a stream of limpid water, which falls into the canal (at Fountain
Cottage) through a vase on which a Naiad, in ornamental stone, reclines. It is this
spring which gives the name of Camberwell to the village so called." A few years
later,t another writer, in purporting to give " a full, true, and particular" account of
the whole affair, fixes upon Camberwell Grove as the residence of the uncle and the
scene of the murder ; and Maurice, the historian of Hindostan, also stamps the
tradition with his authority in the following apostrophe J :—

"Ye towering elms, on whose majestic brows Than those which Friendship's ardent warmth
A hundred rolling years have shed their snows, inspires ;

Admit me to your dark sequester'd reign, No savage murderer with a gleaming blade-

To roam with contemplation's studious train ! No BarnweU to pollute your sacred shade !
Your haunts I seek, nor glow with other fires

The prologue to Lillo's tragedy, " as acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, by
his Majesty's servants, in 1731," was " spoke by Mr. Gibber, junior," and it is there
openly stated that the tragedy is based upon the original ballad of George
Barn well. §

" Forgive us, then, if we attempt to show
In artless strains, a tale of private woe.
A London 'Prentice ruin'd is my theme,
Drawn from the fam'd old song that bears his name. "

According to Bishop Percy the original ballad was printed at least as early as the
seventeenth century. In that production BarnwelTs uncle is described as a
wealthy grazier, dwelling in Ludlow,|| in a wood near which place the ballad also
describes the murder to have been committed. "This tragical narrative," says
Bishop Percy, "seems to relate to a real fact; but when it happened I have not
been able to discover." The Ludlow Guide-Book notices the circumstance as
traditional there, and the very barn and homestead, a short distance on the left
before entering Ludlow from the Hereford Road, are still pointed out as having been
the residence of the victim.

The old ballad lays the scene of Barnwell's dissipation in the Metropolis. In
Shoreditcli lived Mrs. Millwood, who led him astray : —

"George Barnwell, then, quoth she,
Do thou to Shoreditch come,
And ask for Mrs. Millwood's house,
Next door unto the Gun."

and when, instigated by the artifices of his paramour to rob and murder his uncle,

" To Ludlow straight,

He did provide to go."

Lillo's drama shows us the culprit, in companionship with his heartless seducer,
led from a London prison to the scaffold ; and Dr. Rimbault, writing in 1858, tells
us that some few years since an old parochial document was said to have come to light,

* Europ. Mag., June, 1803. ployer. Mr. Ross says:— "Though I never knew

t Memoirs of George Barnwell, by a descendant of his name, or saw him to my knowledge, I had, for

the family, 1810. nine or ten years, at my benefit, a note sealed up

J Grove Hill : a Poem. with ten guineas, and these words :— ' A tribute of

§ When Mr. Ross performed the character of gratitude from one who was highly obliged and

George Enrnwell in 1752, the son of an eminent saved from ruin, by witnessing Mr. Ross's per-

merchant was so struck with certain resemblances to formance of George Barnwdl.' " — Hone's Every-Day

his own perilous position (arising from the arts of Book.
a real Millwood), that his agitation brought on a || " I an uncle have,

dangerous illness, in the course of which he con- Who doth at Ludlow dwell,

fessed his error, was forgiven by his father, and He is a grazier, which in wealth

was furnished with the means of repairing the Doth all the rest excel."

pecuniary wrongs he had privately done his em- OLD Sosa.

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showing that George Barmvell had been the last criminal hanged at St. Martin' s-iu-
the-Fields, before the Middlesex executions were, more generally than, before, ordered
at Tyburn ; yet the ballad, of much older date than the play, says that Barn well was
not gibbeted there, but sent " beyond seas," where he subsequently suffered capital
punishment for some fresh crime. In any case, we must disclaim, on behalf of
Camberwell, the honour of the Barnwzll connection. If such a person ever did
commit such a crime as that stated, no reliable evidence whatever has been produced
to connect Camberwell with it. We have purposely avoided giving an outline of the
"horrible tale," preferring much to place before our readers the following racy
burlesque, by James Smith : * —

"GEORGE BARNWELL, TRAVESTIE."

George Barn well stood at the shop-door,

A customer hoping to find, sir;
His apron was hanging before,

But the tail of his coat was behind, sir.
A lady so painted and smart,

Cried, "Sir, I've exhausted my stock o' late ;
I've nothing left but a groat —

Could you give me four penn'orth of chocolate? '
Bum ti, <fec.

Her face was rouged up to the eyes,

Which made her look prouder and prouder ;
His hair stood on end with surprise,

And her's with pomatum and powder.
The business was soon understood ;

The lady, who wished to be more rich.
Cried, " Sweet sir, my name is Millwood,

And I lodge at the Gunner's in Shoreditch."
Bum ti, &c.

Now, nightly he stole out, — good lack !

And into her lodging would pop, sir ;
And often forget to come back,

Leaving master to shut up the shop, sir.
Her beauty his wits did bereave —

Determined to be quite the crack, O,
He lounged at the Adam and Eve,

And call'd for his gin and tobacco.
Bum ti, <fec.

And now, for the truth must be told,

Though none of a prentice should speak ill-
He stole from the till all the gold,

And ate the lump sugar and treacle.
In vain did his master exclaim,

"Dear George ! don't engage with that dragon,
She'll lead you to sorrow and shame,

And leave you the devil a rag on."
Bum ti, &c.

George is kicked out of doors, soon spends his last guinea, when Millwood gets
angry and remonstrates : —

" If you mean to come here any more,
Pray, come with more cash in your pocket."

She then suggests making " Nunky surrender his dibs," and Barnwell is soon
after equipped for the crime : —

A pistol he got from his love —

'Twas loaded with powder and bullet ;
He trudged off to Camberwell Grove,
But wanted the courage to pull it.
' There's Nunky as fat as a hog,
While I am as lean as a lizard ;

e's at you. you stingy old dog ! " —
And he whips a long knife in his gizzard.
Bum ti, &c.

All you who attend to my song,

A terrible end of the farce shall see,
If you join the inquisitive throng

That followed poor George to the Marshalsea.
" If Millwood were here, dash my wigs,"

Quoth he, " I would pummel and lam her well;
Had I stuck to my prunes and my figs,

I ne'er had stuck Nunky at Camberwell."
Bum ti, &c.

CAMBERWELL HALL is known to this generation as a meeting-place for reli-
ious, social, political, and parochial purposes. In the time of our grandfathers.,
it formed part of a public place of entertainment, known as the Grove House, a
famous country tavern, which was much patronised by the lads and lasses of London
town. The gardens surrounding the house were most extensive. The Camberwell
Tea-gardens, attached to the Grove House, were in high repute ; and the assembly
room which is now known as Camberwell Hall has been the scene of many fashionable
local balls.

Fetes of all kinds were held within the spacious grounds of Grove House, and the

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illustration representing the march of Mr. Tierney's supporters to its hospitable roof
will give the reader an idea of the scenes sometimes enacted there.*

In 1861 C. Steinitz became lessee of Camberwell Hall, and in addition to devoting
the hall and minor rooms to public meetings as heretofore, he contrived to set a
portion of the building apart for his business — the manufacture of parquetry.t

With the Grove House Tavern is associated the history of the Camberwe]! Club,
which, like all similar associations of the past century, was exclusively social. Its
meetings were held at this famous house of entertainment ; and snug dinners, stray
balls, and quarterly feasts were the principal duties the members were called upon to
perform ; and right well did they acquit themselves, if report be true. It was rather
an exclusive club ; and amongst its members were Dr. Ducarel, who was at that time
(1750) a resident of Camberwell (he afterwards removed to Lambeth) ; Philip
Crespigny, Esq.,J a proctor in the Court of Admiralty ; the Rev. Mr. Halford,
afterwards minister of St. Thomas's, Southwark ; Mr. Jephson, Mr. Bowyer, &c.
Indeed the club consisted of men of some mark — clergymen, lawyers, and merchants ;
such gentlemen, in fact, who might be expected to reside in a suburban village in the
middle of the last century. The bets made were upon every subject — literary,
historical, political, domestic,— and were always in wine, which was drunk at the
quarterly dinners.

"We make the following extracts from the club's proceedings : —

" 1750. Ap. 31st. Mr. Allix lays a bottle of wine with Dr. Ducarel that the
Jesuit's account of the longitude is in the Daily Advertiser. Dr. Ducarel lays it is in.
the General Advertiser, and not in the Daily. Allix lost."

" Mr. Whormby lays a bottle with Dr. Ducarel that Greenwich Hospital Chapel ;
was not consecrated the llth June, 1750. The Doctor lays it was. Dr. Ducarel :
lost."

" June 20. Dr. Ducarel lays 2 bottles to one with Mr. Allen that he was right in
his wager with Mr. Whormby of the llth June. Dr. Ducarel lost."

"Sept. 22nd, 1750. Dr. Ducarel lays a bottle with Mr. Crespigny about the usual
custom of determining the year for which a lord mayor of London has served.
Acknowledged by Dr. Ducarel to be lost."

" 25th May, 1750. Mr. Whormby lays a bottle of wine that the pamphlet or
epistle to the admirers of the Bishop of London's Letter, by a Little Philosopher,
this day advertised in the Gazetteer, is an Irony. Mr. Halford lays the contrary.
Whormby lost."

Mr. Halford § mentioned here was at the time lecturer of Camberwell. The
Bishop of London was Dr. Sherlock. His letter was "A Pastoral Letter to the
Clergy and Inhabitants of London and Westminster, on occasion of the late Earth-
quake," great consternation having been produced by two severe shocks felt in
London on February 3rd, and March 8th, 1749-50. The admirers of this letter were
so numerous, that it is computed upwards of 100,000 copies were sold within one
month.

" 26 July, 1750. Mr. Crespigny lays a bottle that two new Bishops will not be
made before Dr. Lynch is made a bishop. Mr. Best lays the contrary."

* Mr. Tierney, who was the great friend of Charles Dickens. In Sketches by Boz, Dickens
Charles James tox, was elected M.P. for South- gives an amusing account of a ball held at Cam-
wark in 1802, and sat for that place in two or three berwell Hall by certain " aspiring " local residents,
parliaments. He was also Colonel of the Royal South- J Mr. Philip Crespigny's name first appears upon
wark Volunteers. In a broadsheet, published by the Vestry minutes in April, 1743.
Gilray in 1 79 < , rierney is represented as the ' • Friend § Mr. Halford was appointed Lecturer of Camber-
Humanity, satirised by Canning a short time well, and mention is made in the Vestry minutes
previously in the "Anti- Jacobin." (15th June, 1763), of the election of "the Rev.
t Some of the parquetry, manufactured here, may Mr. Richard Dodd in place of Rev. Mr. Halford,
be seen at Gad's Hill, the residence of the late deceased "

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It is noted afterwards, April 15, 1772, that Mr. Crespigny lost this wager.

The subject of it was Dr. John Lynch, Dean of Canterbury, and son-in-law of
Archbishop Wake.

"June 10th, 1751. Mr. Jephson lays a bottle with Mr. Sanderson that Michael-
mas Term was formerly shortened on account of the harvest. Mr. Sanderson the
-contrary. Lost by Mr. Sanderson.

"June 25th, 1751. Mr. Woodbridge lays a bottle that a prince will be born.
Mr. C. Crespigny lays a princess. Lost by Mr. Woodbridge.

"A wager was laid on the 14th inst. (October, 1751) of a bottle of wine by Mr.
Banbury that a chariot then passing by was Mr. Bowyer's. Capt. Clarke laid that
it was Dr. Newington's. Lost by Mr. Banbury."

Mr. Bowyer was no doubt John Windham Bowyer, Esq., of Waghen, Yorkshire,
•and of Camberwell, whose only daughter and heiress married Sir William Smijth,
Bart.j of Hill Hall, Essex. A son of this marriage, who afterwards succeeded to the
baronetcy, as Sir Edward Bowyer Smijth, was sometime vicar of Camberwell.

No records of the club have been found beyond the close of 1752. Whether it was
at that time dissolved, or whether the records are lost, has not transpired. In 1770
the " Tiger Club " was formed, so named from the place of meeting, the " Tiger " Inn,
which as a public-house still exists, near Camberwell Green.

The members belonging to the " Quarterly Society " were honorary members, and
many fresh names were added. A large number of bets laid by the members of
the " Tiger Club " were on the subject of the American War of Independence, on
Alderman Wilkes, and other points of domestic politics.

On the lower Spring-field, on the west side of the Grove, formerly stood the
Camberwell Collegiate School, an establishment founded on the principles of King's
College, under the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The building was erected
in 1834 from the designs of Henry Roberts, Esq., the architect of Fishmongers' HalL
The architecture of the building was strictly collegiate, and somewhat in the Tudor
style, the principal feature being the fine cloister which faced the entrance. The
school was opened on the 26th of January, 1835, as a proprietary establishment, and
for some time was moderately successful ; but the proximity of Dulwich College and
other educational establishments seriously hindered the progress of the college, and
in 1867 it was closed, and the land sold for building purposes.*

DENMARK HILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

At the foot of Denmark Hill, or, rather at the fork made by the junction of that
road with Coldharbour Lane, a handsome and imposing structure, with its extensive
grounds skirted the parish boundary, and was reckoned among the maisons grandes
of Camerwell. Tradition linked the building with Prince George of Denmark, for
whom the mansion was supposed to have been built on his arrival in this country.
From this supposed fact it is said that Denmark Hill derived its name. Whether in
consequence of the common acceptance of the royal origin of the house, or for the
. reason that the Danish royal family are more pertinently informed on the subject, it

* It was offered for sale by auction at the Mart, drive, and double folding gates. The whole com-
25th July, 1867. It comprised the freehold of " the prising nearly two acres." The principal school-
beautiful Gothic structure erected at considerable room measured 67 by 33 feet. The " Conditions of
cost, constructed of white brick with stone dress- Sale " mentioned the title as commencing in 1S07,
ings, having a frontage of 291 feet ; a depth of 239 and a lease and release dated 1835, being a con-
feet on the north side, and 232 feet 011 the south veyance by the trustees of a "Power of Sale" in a
side. It is enclosed from the road by a dwarf wall private Act of Parliament. The property was sold,
and iron railings, and is approached by a carriage subject to 80 perpetual rent charges of £2 each.

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is noteworthy that in the year 1870, when the members of the reigning family of
Denmark were on a visit ' to one of their number — the Princess Alexandra, wife of
Albert Edward Prince of Wales — the whole cavalcade stopped at the front of the
house, and remained there for some time while the different features of the building
were dilated upon to the Princess. The appearance of the structure, viewed from
Denmark Hill, was somewhat imposing ; and although it ^bore evidences of having
been enlarged since its original construction, the primal portion was sufficiently
colossal to have served as an abode for a wealthy and distinguished personage in the-
days when Prince George lived. It is nevertheless to be regretted that no deeds are
in the possession of the owner showing the exact date of the erection, the earliest
documents existing dating back only as far as 1656.

Mr. Mason, the last resident of the house, states that he has searched the Britisl
Museum and other sources of information, but has found nothing to support
tradition respecting Prince George's connection with the house. The grounds were
enclosed by a high brick wall. The house itself faced Denmark Hill, and stood only
a few yards from the road, the front and the back almost resembling each other, the
chief, and almost the only, difference being in the porches, those on one side having
pillars of the Ionic order of architecture, and on the other the Corinthian. The
material was of red and white bricks, panelled and picked out with Portland stone.

During the last thirty-five years the building has been used as an educational
establishment — twelve years under Mr. Fletcher, and the last twenty-three under
Mr. Mason. An extra wing was attached for school and class-rooms, the pupils
numbering over one hundred.

On entering the house at the front, the spectator was struck with the beauty and
size of the entrance-hall, which measured in the extreme directions 14 by 28 feet.
Immediately facing the massive doors was a quaint-looking, but handsomely-carved,
staircase, with two flights of broad oaken steps leading to the landing of the first
floor. On the walls, on either side of the staircase, some beautifully-executed
frescoes greeted the vision, among which were two large and striking classic
pictures— one, on the left, representing the Rape of the Sabines ; the other, on the
right, the Judgment of Paris. The last-named fresco, just before the demolition of
the house, showed signs of having been tampered with since its original production.
On inquiry, it transpired that a lady who formerly resided in the house had strong
scruples respecting the moral tendency of classic art.

The sequel was the addition of Raphaelic drapery to the fair forms of the com-
petitors for the golden apple ; and thus Venus, Juno, and Minerva, who had
been portrayed "not without art, but yet to nature true," were carefully clothed
in petticoats to make them properly presentible to the society of the nine-
teenth century ; despite which change the charms of Venus still appear to have
reigned supreme, judging from the fact that the attitude and countenance of Paris
remained unaltered, nor has his stern decree been changed in the books of classic!
story. And yet, strange to relate, on the ceiling there still remained undisturbed
the original picture representing Mars and Venus being caught in the net placed
around their bed by Vulcan, the husband of Venus, the celestial gods laughing immo-
derately at the fix in which the unfortunate couple are placed.

Striking out to the right of the entrance-hall, we entered two lofty rooms, with
handsome folding doors beautifully carved. The Roman cornice-work, the large,
white marble fire-places, fluted with carved columns mounted by Cupid with a bird,
a heron, and swan, &c., showed an innovation of modern luxury upon the former
provisions visible in other parts of the house. On the same floor, to the left of the
Jiall, were several small rooms, one having a recess as though it were adapted for the

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of a small stage. The carving, the cornice-work, and the fire-places appeared
dn to those just referred to. To describe the rooms separately would not be merely
lious, but next to impracticable ; nor was it a trifling task even to count them, since
icre appeared to have been no regular plan of construction. The staircases being
rery short indicated that the storeys in different parts of the house were not on the
me plane ; a flight of stairs from one room might lead you upstairs or downstairs,
to my lady's chamber, or to the cellar beneath, making orderly search by a stranger
lost futile.

The top floor was almost as great a mystery as were those beneath, the rooms
iing suggestive of chaos. One long room appeared to have been somewhat recently
livided by partitions into small bed-rooms. The old materials were brought under
le hammer of Messrs. Charles Stuart Barker, & Son, auctioneers, Walworth Road,
id realized (not including the lead) .£400. The lead taken from the roof of the
?iginal structure weighed over twenty tons, and was sold at £20 10s. per ton. The
iwn, which was decorated by several fine old elms, some handsome cedar-trees (one
)f huge dimensions), laurels, hawthorns, a few large vases, &c., measured seven
-and a half acres, stretched to Grove Lane in the rear, and to Love Lane (including
the portion used by Mr. Cuthill, nurseryman), on the south-west. At a not
remote period the adjoining grounds were devoted to the work of market-
dening.

The earliest deeds in the possession of the latest purchaser of the estate date back
.to the 1st April, 1656, showing the then owner to have been Nicholas Deloes, citizen
and Merchant Taylor, who let the house and three acres of meadow and pasture land
to one William Mollett, the existing tenant and occupier being John Novell. The next
stage of importance is shown in an agreement to let the house and grounds, as well as
.the smaller house alluded to above, as having been near the spot since occupied by the
gymnasium, which would be nearly opposite the present house of Dr. Puckle, at a rent
of £100 a year for the whole — £20 for the smaller and £SQ for the larger interest.
The owner at this period is stated to have been Mary Sharp (afterwards married to
Rev. Osmond Beauvoir, D.D.), of Stanhope Street, St. George's, Hanover Square,
who let the estate to James Mills, the deed of agreement reciting that the preceding
it of the larger house was Sir Piercy Brett, the smaller house having been
manted for eight years by Mrs. Carpenter. The agreement was for twenty-one years,
from Michaelmas Day, 1784, on a repairing-lease, as the following ample provision
will show : The lessee to put in new windows, doors, fire-places, &c., to pay no rent
for three years (therefore the present windows, &c., are not those originally placed
there) ; to enlarge the kitchen, repair and put new lead in the gutters ; to put up
two marble chimney-pieces ; to take out two sashes on the staircase ; to repair the
steps ; to carry a particular chimney up to the height of the other chimneys ; to
prevent smoke in the kitchen ; to take down the front wall on Denmark Hill, and
put up gates ; to repair the fence next the grounds of Mr. Crespigny ; to take
down the old barn at the bottom of the field ; and, within fifteen months, to cause
the said alterations and repairs to be done to the satisfaction of John Goram, builder,
of the King's Road, the power to fell trees being reserved. "When this lease had run
fourteen years, the property was sold to Mr. Douglas, who arranged for possession
also ; and on the 10th December, 1800, after a possession during two years, Douglas
sold the freehold and possession to John Perkins * for £2,700.

* There are several letters from Dr. Johnson to one portion of the grounds was known as " John-
Mr. Perkins in Boswell's Live of Johnson. There son's Walk." Mr. Perkins was originally managing
is a tradition that Dr. Johnson was a frequent clerk at Mr. Thrale's Brewery, at a salary of £500
visitor at Mr. Perkins's house at Camberwell, and a year, at whose death Mr. Perkins bought the

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By will dated 7th May, 1812, Mr.. John Perkins bequeathed the property to his-
wife to he hers during" her lifetime, and afterwards jointly to his sons Alfred and
Charle^ At the death of the mother, Alfred and Charles sold out, without posses-
sion to two other sons— Henry and Frederick, for £7,000— dated March, 1821. The
present title to the estate begins here, a sixty-years' title being sufficient in law.'
Henry Perkins, at death, left a will, the personalty of which was sworn under
.£180,000. On the 25th December, 1837, the house was let by Henry and Frederick
Perkins to David Fletcher for 21 years, at a rent of £210, from which time it became-
a school, and on the 4th October, 1858, it was let by Frederick Perkins and Osmond
de Beauvoir Priaul to C. P. Mason for £400 per annum. The purchaser of the
house and grounds was Mr. Churchwarden Strong, J. P., who at once demolished the
building and entrusted Mr. "W. Adams Murphy, Architect and Surveyor, of Churcl
Street, Camberwell, to lay out and let the site for building purposes. At the time
Mr. Strong's purchase of the estate its value, as determined by the price given for it
in open competition was £11,000. At the present time every plot is let for buildin
purposes, and before these pages are in the hands of the reader, 198 houses \\ "
have been erected ; and the value of the land and buildings will then have be
increased in the short space of two years, from £11,000 to £100,000, a wonderful
increase in value in so short a time !

Within the grounds now occupied by St. Mary's College stood a building of soim
note in the early part of the present century, and known as " Beaton's Folly." * This
building was capped with a tower, giving it the appearance of a religious edific
Mr. Heaton, who caused it to be erected, was a very peculiar but well meaning max
He employed a number of frozen out men during a very severe winter in making ai
immense mound. Timothy Brown, the well known local democrat, lived in the
house attached to the estate which was subsequently occupied by Mr. Heaton.

The house has recently been purchased by Mr. Nunn, and great alterations arc
beinp: carried out.

FRIERN MANOR FARM.

Friern Manor Farm House and all its sheds and out-buildings were sold in about
200 lots, 011 the 30th and 31st December, 1873. The house, which was not the origin;
manor-house, was built by Lord St. John in 1725, and there is a tradition that Alex-
ander Pope resided there for a season, writing a part, if not the whole, 'of the Essaj
on Man beneath its roof. There can be very little doubt that Lordship Lane tool
its name from the Lordship of Friern Manor.

business, and subsequently took Mr. Barclay into
partnership. Mr. Perkins was a great favourite of
Dr. Johnson's, and when, out of respect to his
friend, Mr. Perkins hung up in his counting-house
a fine proof of the admirable mezzotinto of the
doctor, Mrs. Thrale asked him somewhat flippantly,
" Why do you put him up in the counting-house ? "
Mr. Perkins replied,— " Because, Madam, I wish to
have one wise man there."

* Lyson gives the following account :-" On the
right side of the path, leading from Peckham to
Nunhead, appears this building, environed with
wood. It has a singular appearance, and certainly
the effect of a whim. Various tales are related of
its founder, but the most feasible appears his
desire of giving employment to a number of
artificers during a severe dearth. It is related he
employed five hundred persons in this biiilding
und adding to the grounds; which is by 110 means
improbable, as, on entering the premises, a very

extensive piece of water appears, embanked by th
properties taken from its bosom. In the centre of
it is an island, well cultivated; indeed, the whole
ground is now so luxuriantly spread, that I much
doubt if such another spot, within a considerable
distance from the metropolis, can boast such
variety and significance. The whole is within
fence, and time having assisted the maturity of tl
coppice, you ai-e, to appearance, enjoying the effec
of a small lake in the centre of a wood. Motive
the most laudable, as before observed, induced the
founder of this sequestered spot to give bread
many half-starved and wretched families ; and,
use the phrase of our immortal Shakspeare, ' It
like the dew from heaven, and doubly blesses.' It
from appearance we are to judge of the phrase, :
thrives indeed, and what was simply meant t
assistance to a neighbouring poor, and stragglers,
wretched and forlorn, is now, with all propriety,
the Paradise of Peckham."

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Friern Manor Farm is known to us in recent times as a dairy-farm on a large
scale. When Mr. Wright held it in 1853, it was an extensive and profitable under-
taking, there being then no less than 186 cows 011 the farm, which gave on an
average 10 quarts of milk a day all the year round. One of the Friern cows gave as
much as 28 quarts of milk a day for five months. The following is one week's
return in quarts :— Monday, 1,247 ; Tuesday, 1,763 ; Wednesday, 1,827 ; Thursday,
1,793 ; Friday, 1,802 ; Saturday, 1,815.

Near the High Street, where Marlborough Koad now stands, stood Marlborough
House, a fine old mansion, supposed at one time to have been the residence of some
portions of the Marlborough family. It has not been pulled down many years, and
before its demolition it was used as a workhouse where the city paupers were farmed.
The building contained a noble entrance-hall and a fine oak staircase, and frescoes
adorned the walls and ceilings. Blenheim House, in the High Street, now occupied
by Mr. Balls, is thought to have been a minor building attached to the mansion.

In the High Street, Peckham, at the corner of the Clayton Eoad, there formerly
stood a very quaint old house with thatched roof. It was 110 doubt formerly part of
an extensive farm house, to which a shop frontage had been added, giving the
building a peculiar and nondescript sort of character. One of the shops was for a
long time occupied by Mr. Davis ; and Mr. Moss, undertaker, carried on business
here for a considerable time. It was pulled down in 1850, to make way for the
building now occupied by Messrs. Settle, Brothers, drapers.

SPECIAL AND GENEKAL INCIDENTS.

lAMBERWELL and Peckham Pairs are fortunately tilings of the past.
How they became established, and at what time, are points not yet satis-
factorily settled. There is a tradition that King John, hunting at
Peckham, killed a stag, and was so pleased with the sport, that he
granted an annual fair of three weeks continuance, but no charter has
been found. Another account says it was granted at the instance of Nell Gwynne,
by our merry monarch, on his return from a day's sport in the neighbourhood to the
residence of Sir Thomas Bond, a well-known favorite of his. An old chronicler*
says that Camberwell Fair was appointed to be held on the 9th of August, and to
terminate on September 1st, making twenty-three days' Fair, ending on the feast of
St. Giles, the patron saint (Sept. 1st). The Fair of Camberwell was, however, in
recent times, held on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of August, on or near the open waste
or green, and for these three days the residents of Camberwell were compelled to
witness disgusting and demoralising scenes which they were powerless to prevent.

Fairs are generally supposed to have been occasioned by the resort of people to the
Feast of the Dedication, and therefore were usually held on the festival day of that
saint to whom the church was dedicated. For this reason it is probable that church-
yards were originally chosen as proper places for holding them, till, by the statute of
Winchester, passed in 13 Ed. I. it was enacted " que feire, ne marche desormes ne
soient tenuz en cimet pur honur de Sainte Eglise"

In feudal England, besides being temples for divine worship, and schools of
religious instruction, our churches were used for purposes of an altogether secular
nature. They were halls for social intercourse, receptacles for articles of merchan-
dize, storehouses for worldly treasure, buildings in which courts of justice were held,
and places for periodic markets and fairs.

In London and in the minor cities in rural towns, and even in parishes which
comprised no town, the ordinary Englishman of the Plantagenet period sauntered
daily to church, to pray for a few minutes and amuse himself for a fuU hour.f Goods
and merchandize of every description were deposited for safe keeping within the
parish church, as the thief who stole aught of the goods thus committed to the
priesthood was guilty of sacrilege— a crime to which medieval society attached such
infamy and terrible consequences that it was seldom perpetrated, even by men
inured to sin.

Whilst the priesthood were not averse to making the church a means of profit, it

cannot be matter of surprise that the churchyard should also be converted to some

worldly purpose ; and as the dedication feast or wake savoured somewhat of a

religious purpose, the churchyard was readily given up to the .crowds of villagers and

* Bray, Vol. iii, 400. t Jeafferson's book about the Clergy.

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their friends attracted to the dedication orgies. Booths were erected in the church-
yard, and whilst gaily-attired throngs passed up and down the avenues betwixt cthe
line of stalls, chaffering with dealers and jesting with one another, the music of the
fife and bagpipe would be audible in the drinking booths, where stout yeomen
congregated to drink malt liquor and haggle over samples of corn. In the middle of
the fifteenth century there was an attempt on the part of the ecclesiastical authorities
to check that excess of worldly jollification which the Wycliffian reformers had
denounced in the previous century ; and in furtherance of this endeavour, Arch-
bishop Stafford, in 1444, decreed throughout his province that " fairs and markets
should no more be kept in churches and churchyards on the Lord's days and other
holy days, except in time of harvest."

Although we have no positive evidence on the point, there can be very little
doubt that in Camberwell as elsewhere the annual wake or fair was held within
" God's acre." It appears subsequently to have been held in the High Street,
" opposite 'the Cock' public house," and afterwards on the Green.

In the evidence adduced before a petty sessions at Union Hall, South wark, in 1823,
on the subject of putting down the fair, it was stated that the "Domesday Book"
made mention of holding the fair ; but this statement, if made, cannot be supported.

In the year 1279, however, it appears that Gilbert de Clare was summoned before
John of Ryegate and his fellow justices at Guildford, to show by what right he
claimed the privilege of holding the assize of ale and bread in "his vill of
Cam' well. "*

Although the complaints of the inhabitants against the continuance of the fair
were both loud and numerous, it was not until the commencement of the present
centuryf that any determined efforts were made to put an end to it. On the 8th
of May, 1823, a vestry of the parish was called for the purpose of enquiring whether
the fairs of Camberwell and Peckham were authorised by any grant, charter, pre-
scription, or other lawful and sufficient authority, in order, if practicable, to suppress
them. A petty sessions took place two months afterwards at Union Hall, when
evidence was produced in support of the fairs ; the principal witness examined being
Mr. Richard Rickwood, for some time parish clerk, who remembered the fair since
1763, but no settlement of the question appears to have been effected. On the 1st of
August, 1827, a meeting of the local magistrates took place at the committee-room,
Camberwell workhouse, with regard to Peckham Fair, at which summonses were
issued to the representatives of Sir Thomas Smyth, Bart., to Simon Wellmaii

- Placitu de Quo Warranto, 7 Ed. I. Abuses
of the laws regulating those assizes were in no
respect uncommon. Few were " anie what looked
unto but ech one suffered to sell and set up what
and how himself listeth." And such " headie ale
and beer" were vended that the people stood
peculiarly open to imposition. "They willdrinke,"
says Holinshcd (i. 202) "till they be red as cocks,
and little wiser than their combs."

t The following account of Camberwell fair is
taken from the Annual Register, 1807 : — " The sports
of Camberwell fair began, and were continued till
Thursday the 20th, with more animation than usual.
An unlucky accident happened on Wednesday to a
black magician, who professed to be acquainted
with the secrets of nature, to be descended from
the magi of Persia, and to profess the highest
veneration for the Greubes, or worshippers of fire.
In addition to his legerdemain, he exhibited a
puppet show, in the last scene of which a battle
was introduced between Lucifer and Buonaparte.
As the infernal king was conveying the effigy of the
Corsican to the region of fire, an unlucky boy blew
up a sausage-pan in the rear of the magician's
booth, and Buonaparte's catastrophe was attended
by real fire ; for the flames, in consequence of the

explosion, caught the hangings of the booth, and
the disciple of Zoroaster found himself inclosed by
the element he so much admired. In vain he sum
rnoned water to his aid, none could be obtained,
and he was compelled to bury the Devil, &c., in
ruins. Fortunately the names did not com-
municate to the adjoiniug shows ; but the magician
•was necessitated to begin his incantations de
nova."

The Observer of August 19th, 1832, thus describes
the fair :—" Camberwell Fair.— The revels of this
fair commenced yesterday with much spirit, not-
withstanding the weather was so unfavourable.
Richardson's theatre occupies a large space of
ground in the centre of the Green, and is fitted up
with a degree of splendour we could not have
anticipated. Alger's Crown and Anchor tavern, as
usual, eclipses ail others of its contemporaries ; it
ranges from one end of the Green to the other, and
its interior is ornamented with chandeliers,
variegated lamps, flags, banners, &c., which
presents a very splendid effect. There are numerous
other sources of amusement to satiate the appetites
of the public, and the bonifaces anticipate a
plentiful harvest should the weather but prove
congenial."

314 Yc PAEISH OF CAMEKWELL.

Halliday and William Wliitton, Esqs., lords of the manor, directing them to appear
at the same place on the llth, which they did by their attorney, Charles Dodd, Esq.,
who admitted that he could not show cause for the continuance of the fair ; and it
was accordingly declared unlawful.*

Camberwell Fair survived the decision and was allowed to bring annual annoyance
•to the district till August, 1855, in which month the "green " was encumbered for
the last time with its horde of nomadic thieves ; its coarse men and lewd women ;
and this concentrated essence of vice, folly, and buffoonery was no longer allowed
to contaminate the youth of the district and annoy the more staid and respectable

residents.

This desirable consummation was brought about by a few energetic individuals,
who raised a subscription amongst the local gentry for the purpose of purchasing the
rights of the lord of the manor. The "green" was then handed over to the parish,
who undertook to keep the ground in decent order ; and nobly have the authorities
performed their part of the contract. The commemoration stone was laid by James-
Pew, Esq., on the I7tli June, 1858, and the "park" was opened to the public in
April, 1859. The total cost amounted to about ,£3,000, inclusive of about Jl,100
for 'purchasing the manorial' rights. The beautiful drinking fountain at the south
end is the gift of Mrs. Puckle (nee Edwards), wife of Dr. Puckle, and was erected
in 1864. "The superintendent, Mr. Tarrant, deserves the highest praise for the
beautiful condition of the " park" in all seasons of the year.

On the corner stones at the principal or north entrance to Camberwell Park is the
following inscription : —

This stone was laid by James Pew, Esq., June 7th, 1858.
James Pew V ( Thomas Potts )

William Howard > Churchwardens. < Thomas Cook > Overseers.
James Peachey ) ( William Coombes J

Mr. Win. Berriman, architect.

The land forming Camberwell Park was purchased by a fund raised by donations
from the inhabitants and owners of property in this parish, and voluntarily given to-
the incorporated Vestry of this parish by whom it was enclosed, A.D. 1858.

G. W. MARSDEX, Vestry Clerk.

With respect to Peckham Fair, already alluded to, we may remark that the cant
phrase, " All holiday at Peckham," would seem to indicate that the Peckhamites
gave themselves up to their annual games and amusements with much abandon.
Poor Oliver Goldsmith, much to his horror, was often reminded by his boon com-
panions that it was " all holiday at Peckham." And not only at fair time but on
many other occasions has it been " all holiday at Peckham." It was always a grand
day when a deer was killed at Peckham Park.

The spot on which the fair was once held is now the basin of the Surrey canal.
It was anciently the site of a noble mansion, and the grounds in connexion with it
were vast in extent. The house was once the home of Sir Thomas Bond, the favourite
of Charles II., and here the king is said to have stopped during his sojourn in
Peckham. The old Peckham Fair was last held in the High Street, in the year 1826,
and extended from Peckham House to Meeting House Lane. It was held on the
22nd August and two following days. In order to keep the peace at the fairs, appli-
cation used to be made to the magistrate at Bow Street, in the early part of the
present century, for " twelve officers to keep the peace in the fairs of Camberwell and
Peckham, at 5s. per day."

* Allport's Collections, p. 89.

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315

THE JESUITS' COLLEGE IN CAMBERWELL.

In the interesting account of the seizure of the Jesuits' papers, and of Sir John
Coke's narrative, given by Mr. Nichols in the " Camden Miscellany,"* there is ample
proof that the Jesuits had a lt local habitation" within this parish in the year 1625.
In 1624 they were found at Edmonton, and there remained until December. " After
December, 1624, according to their accompt, which begineth the yeare in lanuarie,
they left that howse at Edmonton, and setled not againe til May following, when
they had taken a new howse of onef Mrs. Milberie at Cammerwell, where they continued
twentie moneths, as by the sayd bookes of their monthly accompts is manifest."

This Mrs. Milberrie was a lady of considerable position in the village of Camber-
well ; for in a subsidy granted to James I., in 1624, she was assessed at a higher
amount than all the other residents of the place with three exceptions, the same
relative position occupied by her husband in assessments made during his life time.
Although the authorities kept a close watch over the proceedings of Mrs. Milberrie, J
she managed to keep clear of the law until her death, which took place in 1626.

After Mrs. Milberrie's death the Jesuits left Camberwell for Clerkenwell, where
they were discovered and dispersed. If the Jesuits fared ill during the reign of the
first James, they were treated with even more harshness during the reign of
Elizabeth. In 1591 it was proclaimed " that none shall harbour any man what-
soever but upon inquiry first made who he was, whether he came to prayers in the
church, upon what means he lived, where he dwelt the year before, and other like
circumstances."

The seminary priests against whom the proclamation was particularly aimed were
therefore exposed to great hardships, the nature of which may be gathered from the
following confession of James Yong, a priest, who was harboured in Clerkenwell.
The confession is preserved among the Burghley Papers in the British Museum, and
is dated Aug. 27th, 1592 :—

" I arrived here in terns, and being sett on land lay abroade under an hedg all yt
night, and ye next day cam to London, in my Spanish attyre, wch presently I
changed, and went from place to place to get vittaills nott knowing any one in
London for yt my purpose was nott to land here, yett remembering a token wch I
hard tf. Parsons speak of to one of them who came like galli slaues, I enquired for
one Tho. Wyseman about ye ynne of court, with whom att last I mett, and he got
me acquainted with my Lady Throgmorton, with whom I remayned a moneth, she
being not willing to keepe me any longer, because of speech which was bruted of a
proclamation and continual serch wch should be for to fynd out such as of late cam

* Vol. ii. (1853), and vol. iv. (1858).

t The following entry occurs in the Church
Register, 1(522:— "May 11, Will. Milberry was
buryed."

J The following correspondence is extracted from
the State Papers, (D. S., vol. Ix.) :—

Gent. I pray y" certifye me in writeinge whether
Joane Milbury of Camberwell, in the count 3^ of
Surrey wid be a recusant convict or noe. Soe I
rest Dated this 9th of October, 1026,

Yor loveinge Ireind,

Ro. Heath.

To my Loveing freinds the clerke of the estreats
of the Exchequer, the clerke of the Assize, and
clerke of the peace for the county of Surrey.

xvijmo Qctobris,

162(5.

May Itt please you I have made searche in the
Rolles of the forfeitures of Recusants for the twoe

last yeares, certified into the Court of Exchequier
and rernayninge in my office, And doe not finde
anye estreate agaynst thubouesaid Joane Milburie
for Recusancie.

p. ffrancisci ffuller,

clicmextr. fortSelj.

Dated I have Likewise searcht ana doe

this 17° allsoe ffincl that ye aforesayd Joaue

Octob 1(5-2(5. Milbury is nott at all convicted for

Recusa'ncy by any record reinayning

in my custody.

p me Johem Eldred
clic. Asses. Com. Surr.

17° Octo I do not finde that ye aboue named
1625. Johan Milbury is a convict- Recusant
uppon record rernayninge wth me.

Jo. Champion, clic. pae. Surr.
(Endorsed)
Mrs. Milburne, 1G26.

316 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

from Spayne : then she gave me 20 mark, with other linnen, and obteyened yt I
should table in Clarkenwell att one Momperso'n's, where I lay as one that made suyte
to a young gentlewoman who then was at table there.

" It happened about Xpmas last yt ye officers cam sodenly to serch ye howse
from whence I escaped by a back doore, an other priest who was then in ye howse
being taken and shortly after executed."

The proceedings against "recusants" was carried on with vigour during the early
part of the reign of Charles I., and an amusing account of the examination of
one Wilfryd Brande of Camerwell is preserved in the State Papers (Dom. Ser. vol.
37), and is as follows : —

The examination of Wilfryd Brande of Camerwell in the Countie of Surrey
gent taken before me Willm Man one of his Mats Justices of Peace within
the Cittie and Libties of Westmr the nynthe Day of October 1626

This Eanant beinge asked when, and what day, he was last at the Churche at Divyne
service allowed and used in the Churche of England, sayeth he knoweth not what
day or when, Beinge further demanded, What yeare he was, or hadd beene, at the
Churche, sayeth likewyse he knoweth not, beinge demanded further if he weare a
Recusant or not, sayeth he is not bounde to accuse himself, but willeth that any
man may accuse him and then he will answer ibr him selfe, beinge answered that if
he could not- make it knowen when he was at the Churche, he could not but be a
Recusant, to wch he answered as aforesaid he was not bonde to accuse him selfe, but
sayde that I might conclude him to be one, if I pleased.

Beinge further demanded what Lodgers he hathe in his Howse, sayeth that he hath
not any but Martyn James Esquier sonne to Sr Henry James late of Smarden of the
Countie of Kent Knight deceased whose estate he this Eexaminate manegeth for him
as a frend. j .Beinge further demanded what moneis he hadd in his howse at the
tyme that Mr John Griffyn and Mr Thomas Southwell, (by warrant from the Lords
of his Ma11*" most honorable privie cousell) entred his howse, sayeth that he knoweth
not, but sayeth that morninge when he went from Home he left wth his wife lyinge
uppon a table the some of nyne pounds, and thirtie pounds more he left in his
troncke in his Studdy, but what the said Mr Griffyn and Mr So wth well founde there
and tooke wth them awaye he knoweth not for that he was not there when they
entred his howse, and for the rest of the money wch they likewyse tooke awaye wth
them he knoweth not howe muche it was, for that it was the said Mr James his
money and was taken out of his Chamber in his Cabynett as he is informed, and for
any trouncks or Chests that were taken thence, he knoweth not of any, save onely that
he hath hearde they tooke away two trouncks wch were the Lady Ropers wyfe of Sr
Willm Roper of Eltame in the Countie of Kent knight beinge in her lodging j .beinge
further demanded yf he would take the Oatlie of Alegiance, sayeth that if it be
tendred unto him he will take it very willingly. |
Willm Man WYLFRID BRAND.

The goods and chattels of Mr. Wylfrid Brand were taken to the house of Sir
Thomas Grymes, Justice of the Peace for the County, who made return that he
found " nn old hatt, carpeting, and such like," in the same, « but no papers and
letters whereof their Lordshipps required certifficate ; :' and so the trunks were
subsequently returned to Mr. Brand, who took the oath of allegiance.

In the year 1840 there lived at Normandy House, Camberwell Green, an indivi-

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dual styling himself " Charles Louis, Duke of Normandy." He was one of many
" claimants," called into existence by the peculiar circumstances which surrounded
the last moments of the unfortunate Charles Louis, Dauphin of France, son of
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette. The Camberwell claimant had a respectable
following amongst the French nobility, who recognized in him the voice and features-
of the unfortunate monarch, and a facsimile of his writing was published to show
how in many particulars it resembled that of Marie Antoinette.

During his residence at Camberwell, "the Duke" held mimic court, and was
regarded by his immediate surrounding as Louis XVII., King of France, and his
children were addressed as princes and princesses, and treated accordingly. Although
the outward forms of royalty were kept up with great outward show, the royal cup-
board was at times exceedingly bare, the subscriptions from his believers in France
being not only spasmodic but limited. The tradesmen of the locality, however,
were somewhat confiding ; and an amusing illustration of this has been furnished to
the writer by a tradesman who suffered somewhat seriously for his misplaced confi-
dence. This gentleman had carried out certain alterations and additions to
Normandy House, and though his " little bill " had oft been rendered, the prospect of
a settlement seemed as remote as ever. At length, meeting " the Duke " on one
occasion, he took occasion to refer to business matters, when the " royal " debtor
after expressing surprise at the importunity of the tradesman, offered to lodge a
valuable gold watch and diamond pin in the hands of his creditor as security for the
debt. This magnanimous offer, which was regarded by the tradesman as satis-
factory, was however most respectfully declined ; and soon after " his Grace " left
Camberwell for other " fields and pastures new," leaving not only this particular
debt, but many others, wholly unsatisfied.

During his stay in Camberwell " the Duke of Normandy " published a farrago of
nonsense entitled An " Introduction to the Heavenly Doctrine of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, being an abridged narrative of some extraordinary and miraculous incidents
which preceded and led to the New Eevelation of the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, literally translated from the original French, made known by Charles Louis
Duke of Normandy, son of Louis XVI., King of France."

This wonderful narrative is made up of personal adventures, interviews with
angels, romantic dreams, and a long roll of individual calamities and personal
wrongs, and if any written evidence were wanted of the utter urifitness of " the
Duke " for the position to which he aspired, it could not have been more conclu-
sively shown than in the pages of this extraordinary narrative.

A more complete statement of the claimant's case was published by him in 1836, in
a pretentious book.*

After leaving Camberwell, "the Duke " removed to Chelsea, and subsequently retired
to Delft in Holland, where he died in very humble circumstances on the 10th of
August, 1844. The story of his life is not without interest. We first hear of him,
turning up in the market-place of Brandenburg in Prussia, a tramp without papers,
and an entire stranger to any one in the place. He gave the name of Naiindorff, and
his sole wordly possession was a seal, which he said had belonged to Louis XVI. of
France. The police kept the seal, and allowed the wayfarer to go unmolested ; and
an old soldier and his sister took compassion on the stranger, and offered him shelter

* Abrege de L'Histoire des infortunes du Dauphin. incidens qui ont si peniblement traverse sa vie ;

Depuis i'Spoque ou il a etc enleve" de la Tour du avec son portrait : et les fac-simile de son

Temple, jusq'au moment de son arrestaiion par le ecriture, de celle de la reine et de la signature de

gouvernementdeLonis Philippe, etde son expulsion Louis XVI. Nov. 1836.— A Londres : chez C. Ar-

«n Angleterre suivi de quelques documens a mand, Imprimeur, Rathbone Place, Oxford St.
1'appui des faits racontes par le prince ; et des

318

Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

for a while. To them he first declared himself to be Louis XVII., and narrated the
manner of his escape from the Temple and his removal to Germany, where he was
placed under the care of a lady whose name and address he had forgotten.

From her custody he was transferred to that of two gentlemen who carried him
across the sea, but whether they took him to Italy or America he could not tell.
One of these gentlemen taught him watchmaking, a craft which he afterwards used
to very good purpose. He had a distinct recollection of an attempt which was made
to poison him, but the draught was taken by some one else who died from the effects of
the dose. In 1804, while in the neighbourhood of the French frontier, near Strasburg,
he was arrested and cast into prison, where he remained under the strictest guard,
and in the greatest misery, till the spring of 1809, when he was liberated by a friend
named Montmorin through the aid of the Empress Josephine.

In 1810 "Charles Louis" removed to Berlin, and soon after fixed his residence at
Sandau, or rather his residence was fixed for him by M. Lecoq, President of Police.
He had not been long resident in Prussia before the Prussian police made his
acquaintance, and the ill-fated exile was accused of circulating false Prussian ecus.
The judge before whom the case was heard joined the conspiracy against the "unfor-
tunate Charles Louis," and twelve months' solitary confinement was the verdict
upon the accused.

Soon after this period, Naiindorff contemplated marriage with a young girl aged
15, the daughter of a Prussian corporal, and application for assistance was made to
Louis XVIII., the writer promising that the world should never hear more of the
son of Louis XVI. and his projected mesalliance if the government would only give
him the wherewithal to live in comfort and obscurity. No notice was taken of this
modest request, and letters couched in somewhat similar terms to the Duchess of
Angouleme and others remained unanswered ; and Naiindorff was compelled to fall
back upon his trade, and for a time supported his wife and rapidly-increasing family
Tjy cleaning the clocks and watches of the Brandenburghers.

But the police gave him no peace, and he was again put upon his trial, this time
as an incendiary, charged with setting fire to the house of a neighbour. He is next
heard of at Crossen, where his tale found many believers, amongst whom were the
syndic of the town, one of the preachers, a magistrate, and a teacher of languages.
The syndic took up the case of the "unfortunate prince " with great warmth, and
made a journey to Berlin to claim from the authorities the seal which Naiindorff
said had been taken from him by the Prussian police — the same seal which
Louis XVI., as he was passing to execution, had handed to Clery with his dying
injunction to deliver it to his son. The government very sharply ordered the
•subordinate back to his post, telling him that they knew nothing of Naiindorff, but
that they were well aware that Clery had handed the jewel which he mentioned
to Louis XVIII., who had rewarded him with the riband of St. Louis. The
discomfited impostor, finding that he was unable to move the world from his retired
haunt at Crossen, repaired to Paris, and his advent had been foretold by one Martin
of Gallaudon, who, being a sort of clairvoyant, pretended that in a vision it had been
revealed to him that the son of Louis XVI. was still alive. He said that in the year
1818, while he was at mass in the village church at Gallardon, an angel interrupted
his devotions by whispering in his ear that the Dauphin of the Temple was alive,
and that he (Martin) was celestially appointed on a mission to Louis XVIII. to
inform him of the fact, and to announce to him that if he ever dared to be formally
crowned the roof of the cathedral would fall in and make a very speedy ending of him
and his court. The king was prevailed upon to grant an interview to this impostor.
Therefore, when year after year passed without a formal coronation, the superstitious

SPECIAL AND GENERAL INCIDENTS. 319

whispered that Louis knew Letter than tempt the divine vengeance, and although he
sat upon the throne, was well aware that he had stolen another man's birthright,
and that the Dauphin of the Temple was still alive.
Naiindorff's position at this time has been thus described by himself : —
" In 1832, there did not remain to me a corner of earth where I might rest my
head. The Bourbons, although exiled as the}" are by a faction which has destroyed
their power, were nevertheless living in a state of ostentatious opulence, and spending
with the pomp of their past grandeur the revenues of my own inheritance. Yet
my children and I and their virtuous .mother — the family of the despoiled orphan —
went in want of bread to sustain their weary existence ; and I, in consequence of the
persecution of the enemies of my country, to avoid a last imprisonment had been
obliged to quit my domestic roof, and was wandering at hazard, somewhat like
a vagabond, no longer knowing whither to direct rny steps. It was owing to this
reason that in 1833 I resided in France, not having a half-penny in my pocket, nor a
soul with whom to speak, nor a barn to shelter me during the night. Driven from an
hotel where I had asked temporary asylum, in the month of June, of the same year,
I found myself reduced to pass three nights in the open air, the last of which was
within the precincts of Pere-la-Chaise. How did I appease the torments of hunger
during these poignant trials'? The whole world would not believe me were I to
relate that some sour fruit was the food of the son of Louis XVI."

But fortune now began to smile upon "the Duke," and his prospects rapidly
improved. He was taken to Martin, who was then living at St. Arnauld, near
Daurdin.

That fanatic no sooner beheld the stranger than he hailed him as king, and
told his delighted auditory that he was the exact counterpart of the lost prince,
who had been revealed to him in a vision.

The question of identity was considered solved ; the whole party proceeded to the
church to return thanks for the revelation which had been made, and the village
bells were rung to celebrate the auspicious event. The noble ladies who were
attached to the pretender influenced the priests, the priest influenced the peasantry,
and Martin, the clairvoyant and quack, exerted a powerful influence over all. Money
was wanted, and contributions flowed in freely, until the so-called Duke of Normandv
found his coffers filling at the rate of ,£50,000 a year. In fact " the Duke " succeeded
too well, and so thought the government of Louis Philippe, and one day in 1838,
three seats were hired in the Calais diligence, two of which were occupied by police
agents and the third by " the Duke " whose new friends paid him every attention, saw
Mm safely on his way to England, wishing him Ion voyage.

" The Duke " then took up his residence at Camberwell Green, and during his
stay here his time was principally occupied in the manufacture of fireworks and
explosive shells ; and while he obtained the commendation of the authorities at
Woolwich, he aroused the ire of the inhabitants of Camberwell, who could not
sleep because of the continuous explosion of shells on his premises. On one
occasion, when a report of more than usual magnitude startled the neighbourhood,
an ingenious story was circulated that the claimant to the French throne had been
fired at by agents in the pay of the government of Louis Philippe.

"The Duke" left Camberwell in 1842, and to the day of his death he was
regarded by the sister of Charles Louis (the Duchess of Angouleme) as an impostor.

320

Y". PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO CHAMPION LODGE, 1804.

One of the most interesting events which has taken place in Camberwell during
the present century was the Fete Champetre given by Mr. and Mrs. De Crespigny,* of
Champion Lodge,t on the 23rd June, 1804. '•' There were present on that occasion,"

* In the account of the De Crespigny family,
p. 39, the date of 1829 quoted in the line following
Lady De Crespigny's verses should be 1839.

t The De Crespigny family purchased Champion
Lodge of Henry Cornelisen, Esq., founder of the
Green Coat School, as will be seen by the following

INDENTURE INROLLED IN CHANCERY AMONG THE
CLOSE ROLLS No. 5,956 MEM. 9. IN THE PUBLIC
RECORD OFFICE, LONDON.

Cornelisen") THIS INDENTURE made the third day
& V of May in the Twenty-eighth year of
Crespigny I the reign of our Sovereign Lord George
the Second by the Grace of God of
Great Brittain ff ranee and Ireland King Defender of
the Faith and so forth and in the year of Our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and fifty-five Between
Henry Cornelisen of Barkham near Ockingham in
the Country of Berks Esq. eldest son and heir-at-
law of Henry Cornelisen late of Braxted Lodge in
the County of Essex and formerly of Camberwell
in the County of Surry Esqr. deced (who was the
nephew and devisee named in the last will' and
testam1 of Elizabeth Cornelisen deced the widow of
William Henry Cornelisen Esqr. also deced) and
Jane the wife of the said Henry Cornelisen party
hereto of the one part and Philip Champion Cres-
pigny of Doctors' Commons London Esqr. and
Claude Crespigny of the South Sea House London
Esq. of the other part Witnesseth that for and in
consideration of the sum of Two thousand and
seventy-five pounds of lawfull money of Great
Brittain to the said Henry Cornelisen party hereto
in hand paid by the said Philip Champion Cres-
pigny at and before the ensealing and delivery of
these presents being tho same sum of Two thousand
and seventy-five pounds mentioned to be the con-
sideracon of an indre of release bearing even date
herewith and made or mentioned to be made
between the said Henry Cornelisen party hereto
and Jane his wife of the one part and the said
Philip Champion Crespigny and Claude Crespigny
of the other part And also in consideration of the
sum of five shillings of like lawfull money to him
the said Henry Cornelisen party hereto in hand
likewise paid by the said Claude Crespigny the
receipt of which said several sums of Two thousand
and seventy-five pounds and five shillings he the
said Henry Cornelisen party hereto doth hereby
acknowledge and thereof and therefrom and of and
from every part and parcel thereof doth acquit
release and for ever discharge the said Philip
Champion Crespigny and Claude Crespigny re-
spectively and their respective heirs exors admors
and assigns and every of them by these presents
he the said Henry Cornelisen party hereto Hath
granted bargained sold directed limitted and ap-
pointed and by these presents doth grant bargain
sell and direct limitt and appoint unto the said
Philip Champion Crespigny and Claude Crespigny
and to their heirs All that capital messe or mansion
house with the appurts scituate standing and being
in Camberwell in the County of Surry and all those
five closes peices or parcells of land or pasture
ground lying near the said capital meese or
mansion house in Camberwell aforesaid containing
together by estimacon sixteen acres be the same
more or less all which premes are now in the
tenure or occupacon of the said Philip Champion
Crespigny his undertents or assigns by and under a
lease thereof granted to the said Philip Champion
Crespigny by the said Henry Cornelisen the father
of the said Henry Cornelisen party hereto bearing
date the twenty-seventh day of January in the
year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
forty-one for the term of twenty-one years de-
terminabk in the manner therein mentioned

together with all houses outhouses edifices build-
ings barns stables coach-houses yards gardens-
orchards ways paths passages lights easements
waters watercourses proffits comodities emolumts
hereditam" and appurtenances whatsoever to the
said capital messe or mansion house closes or
parcels of land or pasture ground and premes or
any of them or any part thereof belonging or in
anywise appertaining or therewith or with any of
them or any part thereof now or at any time hereto-
fore demised held used occupied or enjoyed or
accepted reputed deemed and taken as part parcel
or member thereof or of any part thereof and the
reversion and reversions remainder and remainders
rents issues and proffits of all and singular the
said premes and all the estate right title interest us&
trust profit property possion claim and demand
whatsoever both at law and in equity of him the
said Henry Cornelisen party hereto of in to or out
of the same premes and ^very or any part or parcel
thereof together with all deeds writings and
evidences in the custody or power of the said
Henry Cornelisen party hereto in anywise relating
to the title of the same premes To have and to
hold the said capital messe or mansion house closes
or parcels of land or pasture ground and all and
singular other the premes hereby granted bargained
sold directed limitted and appointed or menconed
or intended so to be with their and every of the
appurts unto the said Philip Champion Crespigny
and Claude Crespigny their heirs and assigns to
the only proper use and behoofe of the said Philip
Champion Crespigny and Claude Crespigny and
the heirs and assigns of the said Philip Champion
Crespigny for ever in trust nevertheless as to the
estate and interest of the said Claude Crespigny for
him the said Philip Champion Crespigny his heirs
and assigns for ever and to and for no other use
intent or purpose whatsoever and the said Henry
Cornelisen party herto for himself and for the said
Jane his wife his heirs exors and admors and for
every of them doth covenant promise grant and
agree to and with the said Philip Champion Cres-
pigny his heirs exors admors and assigns and every
of them by these presents in manner and form
following (that is to say) that for the further and
better granting and conveying all and singular the
said premes hereinbefore menconed and intended
to be hereby conveyed unto and to the use of the
said Philip Champion Crespigny and Claude Cres-
pigny and the heirs and assigns of the said Philip
Champion Crespigny and for barring and extinguish-
ing all dower and right and title of dower of the
said Jane Cornelisen in and to the same he the said
Henry Cornelisen party hereto and Jane his wife
shall and will at the proper costs and charges of the
said Henry Cornelisen party hereto before the end
of this present Easter term or as soon as con-
veniently may be acknowledged and levy in due
form of law before his Matyes Justices of the Court
of Comon Pleas at Westmr unto the said Philip
Champion Crespigny and Claude Crespigny and the
heirs of the said Philip Champion Crespigny one or
more ffine or ffines Sur conizance de droit come
ceo <fec with proclamations thereupon to be had and
made according to the fform of the statute in that
case made and provided and the usual course of
ffines for assurance of lands in such cases used and
accustomed of all and singular the said capital
messe or mansion house closes or parcells of land,
or pasture ground hereditm" and premes herein-
before mentioned and intended to be hereby
granted bargained sold and conveyed by such
names quantitys qualitys number of acres and
other descriptions as shall be thought apt and
proper to comprehend and ascertain the same And
it is hereby declared and agreed by and between

SPECIAL AND GENERAL INCIDENTS. 321

so says an amusing chronicler,* "five hundred noble and distinguished persons,
including His Koyal Highness the Prince of Wales, whose condescension and polite-
ness added dignity to rank and affection to royalty. The company began to assemble
about one o'clock, and at three the Prince and his suite entered the apartments. He
was escorted by the Camber well Volunteers, and as he entered the park the following,
extremely well set by Dr. Busby, was given in grand style : — •

" Welcome ! welcome ! echo catch the grateful " Prophetic doth the Muse in rapture sing,

sound ; That with thy fame shall future ages ring ;

Welcome to this festive ground. Thy Country's welfare shall be all thy care ;

Here amid this sportive scene That grateful Country shall thy worth revere.

Sylphs and Fairies pass unseen ; Its glory, honour, love for thee, shall weave

And they, with more than mortal powers impart More than a mortal crown — a never fading wreath."
Tidings most grateful to each Briton's heart."

" A beautiful fairy-like lady at the same time presented the Prince with a bouquet
containing the white and red roses united.

" Mrs. Crespigny then led her royal guest through a winding, shaded walk on the
right side of the park, and which at length opened to view a group of Gypsies, some
of whom, from the grace of their manners, the company seemed desirous of contem-
plating without their masks. In prosecuting the meandering walks, the Prince and
company were led to a complete fair, kept in several booths, erected for the purpose of
exhibiting various articles for sale ; and few of the company could resist the tempta-
tion of purchasing some of those pretty articles from the hands of the beautiful
young ladies who kept the booths, and whose cheerfulness inspired greater pleasure,
under the benevolent consideration that the product of the sale was destined to
purposes of charity; for the character of Mrs. Crespigny is uniformly to render
pleasure rational by making it subservient to virtuous sentiment, agreeably to the
expression of Fenelon, " La vertu en reglant les passions n'eteint point le sentiment.'*
In the vicinity of this virtuous traffick, so happily calculated to combine the feelings
of humanity with the exercise of active beneficence, groups of ladies, with rakes and
light implements of rural employment, danced round a garland of rich festoons of
foliage and flowers, whilst musick of different kinds in tune reverberated upon the
ear, or in soft melody died upon the delighted senses, and afforded gratifications
equally cheerful and intellectual. Looking from hence through the foliage of the

all the said partys to these presents and the said purpose whatsoever In Witness whereof the said
Henry Cornelisen party hereto doth hereby declare partys to these presents have hereunto set their
agree dh-ect and appoint that as well the said ffine hands and scales the day and year first above
so covenanted to be levyed and acknowledged as written Henry Cornelisen, Jane Cornelisen, P,
aforesaid as also a comon recovery heretofore Champion Crespigny, Claude Crespigny Reced
suffered by the said Henry Cornelisen of the same the day and year first within written of and from
premes as of Trinity term in the twenty-sixth and the within named Philip Champion Crespigny the
twenty-seventh yeare of the reign of his present full sum of Two thousand and seventy-five pounds
Matye and all and every other ffines recoverys being the full consideration money within men-
conveyances and assurances in the law whatsoever tioned and for which I have signed another receipt
at any time heretofore had made levyed suffered upon the back of an indre of release bearing even
or executed or hereafter to be had made levyed date herewith Witness my hand H. Cornelisen
suffered or executed of and concerning the said Witness Jno. Swale, Tubal Lewis, Anthy. Deveyor
premes hereinbefore mentioned and hereby in- clerk to Mr. Crespigny Sealed and delivered by
tended to be granted bargained sold and conveyed all the partys within named (being first duly
or any of them or any part thereof by or between stampt) in the presence of us Jno. Swale of Hatton
the said partys to these presents or whereunto they Garden, Tubel Lewis his clerk, Anthy. Deveyor
or any of them were or was or are or is or shall be

partys or a party or in anywise privy shall be and Harris And be it remembered that the fifth day
enure and shall be adjudged construed deemed and of May in the year above written the afore-
taken to be and enure and so was and were meant said Henry Cornelisen Esqr. came before our said
and intended and is and are hereby declared and Lord the King in his Chancery and acknowledged
agreed to be and enure to the only proper use and the indre aforesaid and all and every thing therein
behoofe of the said Philip Champion Crespigny and contained and specifyed in form above written and
Claude Crespigny and the heirs and assigns of the also the indre aforesaid was stampt according to the
said Philip Champion Crespigny for ever in trust tenor of the statute made in the sixth year of the
nevertheless as to the estate and interest of the reign of the late King and Queen William and
said Claude Crespigny for the use and benefit of the Mary of England and so forth inrolled the ninth,
said Philip Champion Crespigny his heirs and day of May in the year above written
assigns and to and for no other use intent or * Gentleman's Magazine, vol. lxxiv.,part 2, p. 621.

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spreading trees, haymakers neatly dressed were seen in the park, busily employed in
turning, loading, and conveying home the heavy growth of the meadows. Whilst
the umbrageous0 trees shaded the walks, the company was supplied with ices, orgeats,
lemonades, and various refreshments, till they arrived at the Alcove and Hermitage,
where additional refreshments were presented, and seats and chairs were placed under
the shade of the trees, whose branches seemed everywhere to convey musick from the
numerous instruments which echoed through the groves. Sometimes the harmony
appeared to issue from the Hermitage ; but in passing through its various rooms, the
sound still seemed distant, and vibrated among the ambient foliage, or pierced the
transparent paintings of the Hermitage.

" After leaving this enchanting scenery, by pursuing the walk to the other side of
the park, the company passed by the Aviary, near which is an urn, and on the base
that supports it is inscribed —

IN REMEMBRANCE

OF THE

RIGHT HON. AUGUSTUS LORD VISCOUNT KEPPEL,

WHOM I HAD THE HAPPINESS AND HONOUR TO CALL
MY FRIEND.

This is a small testimony of my respect to him who united the consideration

of private friendship with that of public virtue.

Champion Lodge, May, 1789. M. C. C.

" From hence to the Lodge, or family residence, is shaded by lofty cedars of Libanus,
acacias, and chesnuts. Under their shade the company had collected together soon
after four o'clock, when glees were repeated, and followed by musick of serpino horns
and Savoyards ; after which the company were invited to refreshments in the Lodge.
All the rooms on the ground-floor were soon filled, as well as the suite of seven
rooms over them. The tables in every apartment were loaded with the richest and
most plenteous refreshments of ices, fruits, cakes, wines, as well as of the more
substantial viands.

" The Prince and his suite then withdrew, and the rest of the company returned to
the lawn, when the sportive dance commenced with appropriate musick, and con-
tinued till past seven ; and at 8 o'clock cold meats, coffee, tea, lemonade, and wines,
were presented to the guests, who departed with the close of the evening, delighted
with every department of the entertainment, and in the highest degree with the
affability and attentions of the distinguished persons whose taste and liberality
• diffused so much rational enjoyment and mental gratification.

" The whole of the day was brilliant, and was succeeded by a clear full moon,
which greatly contributed to the pleasurable enjoyment of the occasion. These
were infinitely heightened by the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince, which
; afforded a gratification nowhere else to be found in the world ; of a personage, born
to fill the greatest and most enviable throne upon it, descending to mingle in equal
society and intercourse with those whom by birthright he was destined to govern.
This amiable condescension in the Prince, this manly frankness to a people generous
by freedom, and loyal from affection, presages the happiness of a great Nation, should
heaven grant him, in the course of Nature, to succeed the august Sire who has long
been the guardian and friend of millions of grateful subjects."

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THE PECKHAM GARDENER : OR CAMBERWELL IN AN UPROAR,

Towards the end of the last century a most successful hoax was practised upon the
residents of Camberwell by a man named Sandelands, a working gardener, of
Peckham. Sandelands was a native of Scotland, and, with the shrewdness of his
countrymen, contrived to circulate a report that he was heir to considerable funded
property, as well as extensive and lucrative estates in the West Indies. So well did
Sandelands act his part, that the report so cleverly circulated was generally believed,
and the fortunate man was run after by all parties. He took a large house opposite
the " Golden Lion," at Camberwell, and his patronage was much sought after by the
local tradesmen. For a time all went well ; money was easily procured, and builders
and contractors vied with each other for the honour of altering, extending, and
beautifying his new mansion. At length the day of reckoning came, and all the
creditors were generously invited to meet " my lord " at a coffee-house in the city,
and to bring prepared receipts. Sandelands, it is said, ordered ample refreshments,
and asking to be excused for a few minutes, departed in peace, and left his dupes to
enjoy themselves at their own expense.

The story of John Sandelands was so amusingly given by a local wit* at the time,
that we cannot do better than place it before our readers in extenso.

" Now it came to pass in those days, there was a certain man in the land who
worked upon the highways, and they called him John Sandelands, even as he is
called unto this present day : and on a certain clay while John was at his work, the
devil stood before John and tempted him, and suggested unto him a great abundance
of lies.

" And John went home in the middle of the day, and he called the neighbours
together, and cried aloud with a voice of astonishment, ' Hear, 0 my masters, hear.
As I was this day employed upon the roads, there came a certain man called Sir
Gilbert Elliott, and he told me great news. For behold he said unto me, " John,
thou art rich, thou hast much wealth, thou hast back dividends in the Bank,
and plenty of Blacks in the West Indies." ' And the neighbours marvelled at
John's report, and they reasoned amongst themselves, and said, ' It is certainly
true, for what can John get by lying 1 ' So they all with one accord offered their
services to John, and they pressed him vehemently to borrow their money, for they
said within themselves, ' He is stricken in years, he has no child, and peradventure
good may come of it,' So the mercer trusted him with silks, the draper trusted
him with linen, and a good sort of old gentlewoman trusted him with a lease of her
house, while the coachmaker prepared his carriage. And it came to pass, after certain
days, that John called the workmen together, and said unto them, * Hearken unto
the orders of thy master, for behold, I will pull down, I will repair, I will alter ; I
will build a vestibule and reform the offices, and let the buildings be completed in
style.'

" So the bricklayers and carpenters took possession of the house, and they demolished
with a great speed, for they said, ' The more we pull down, the more we shall
have to build up ; ' and they made surprising desolation in a few days. The wall
and the wainscot, and the staircases and the floor, and the ceiling and the chimney-
pieces went to pot ; yea verily the roof was stripped of its tiles, and the door and
the door-posts trembled. And moreover John said, 'Cut me down certain trees,

* The original document was kindly placed at our service by Mr. Burls, North Terrace.

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and the timber was levelled in a twinkling, and the fences were brought down even
unto the ground, for they worked as if the devil was in them.

" Now it came to pass wl^en they asked John for money, behold he said, « Not
yet ; ' and when they asked a second time, John said, ' Wait a little ; ' and when
they pressed him a third time, John was in no hurry to pay. But John said,
f Come unto me, 0 ye wooden-headed blockheads, on the fifth of this month, even
the month of April, and meet me at a coffee-house, and bring with you your receipts,
for Sir Gilbert and I shall settle matters with the Bank, and cash will abound on
that day.' So the bells of Camberwell rang merrily on the 5th, for the ringers said,
' John comes into his fortune this day, and John will pay us handsomely at night,
and make our hearts glad with beer.'

" And they were all punctual to time, every man prepared with his receipts, and
they waited six hours for John, but it did not suit John to be there.

" So they all lifted up their voices together and spake despitefully of John, and
many cursed John for an old scoundrel, and many bitter words escaped from their
lips when they found that they were taken in ; and behold when the tribe of the-
wooden heads had communed together, they murmured exceedingly and cried with
one voice, ( 0, Lord, how we are bit ! ' and they said, ' Let us adjourn from the
great city unto the land of Camber well, lest we be laughed to scorn.' But one of
them said, ' We are of the tribe of wooden-heads, and it mattereth not unto what
land we return ; for the nations around will laugh us to scorn, and we shall be
reviled by our wives and by our daughters, and generations to come will clap their
hands together, and cry, " 0, ye tribe of wooden-heads ; " ' and when they heard these
words they hung down their heads and wept bitterly, and in their wrath cursed John.

" Then many from amongst them whose business it was to build up mansions for
the godly and the ungodly rebuked them, and said, * 0, ye foolish men, in the bitter-
ness of your wrath, curse not John ; behold, I say unto you, a curse upon our
credulity, and many curses upon our avarice ; for the folly of our credulity hath
punished our damnable sin of avarice. I say again unto ye, let us retire unto the
land of Camberwell, for the wise men came from the east, but the foolish men
remain in the south.' "

Sandelands, after the meeting of his creditors in the city, possibly wended his
way northwards ; and his wife, who always bore the character of being a decent
and industrious woman, caused the following advertisement to be issued : —

" Whereas my husband, John Sandelands, late of Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, gardener, under pretence of having taken possession of a large fortune, has
defrauded several persons at Peckliam and Camberwell of considerable sums of
money, at the instigation, it is supposed, of some designing person ; and in conse-
quence of a discovery of this iniquitous transaction being likely to take place, has
absconded : This is therefore to inform my said husband that on his return to me at
Camberwell, where I now am, and on his making a full discovery of his accomplices,
every indulgence will be shown him by the parties for the part he has taken in this
business, and his return will give the most heartfelt satisfaction to
" His affectionate and sorrowful wife,

" Melior Sandelands.
" Witness to signing

hereof,

" Wm. Footner.
" Ed. black.

"Ap. 7th, 1786."

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325

The excitement caused by this hoax was not confined to Cainberwell, but was
much discussed throughout the metropolis. The papers of the day were full of it,
and a farce was got up and performed several times with great success at the
" Circus," called " The Peckham Gardener, or Camberwell in an Uproar."

QUEEN CAROLINE AND THE CAMBERWELL DEPUTATION.

In 1820 the parish of Camberwell was full of excitement concerning Caroline
Amelia Elizabeth, " the unhappy Queen of England " as she is described on her
tomb-stone.

The Queen found many warm supporters in Camberwell, and notably one
extremely enthusiastic advocate, Mr. Timothy Brown, who resided at Peckham
Lodge, Rye Lane. This gentleman, who was known as " Equality Brown," on
account of his well known democratic views, insisted upon having a meeting of the
parishioners in the church, to express sympathy with Queen Caroline in her troubles ;
but the churchwardens of that day, Messrs. Henry Gooch, Richard Billiter, and
William Tristram, would not allow the use of the church for the purpose, and the
following jcu d' esprit was written to support the churchwardens, and to cast ridicule
upon the supporters of the Queen. It is a curious circumstance that Mr. Brown,
who organised the address party from Camberwell, died on the very day that the
address was presented : —

THE CAMBERWELL ADDRESS.— A POEM.
DEDICATED TO THE CHURCHWARDENS OF CAMBERWELL.

' When half the town was almost mad.
Whether a Queen was good or bad,
Addresses go from various places,
Making out wond'rous shocking cases ;
And condolence and gratulation
Are sent by many of the nation ;
But what is still more strange to tell,
The mania reach'd e'en Camberwell.
A council's held, with short debate
Resolve t' abuse the king and state :
' Some clever man shall draw th' address,
We'll all go up, we can't do less ;
Copies shall lie, where easy found,
At Camb'well Lion, Dulwich Hound ;
To Vogel's shop in George's Row,
And Peckham Thompson's let it go.'

The copies soon are blazoned forth
From east to west, from south to north ;
And scores of paupers anxious press,
To add their names to the address ;
While others go from door to door,
To add a few more to the score ;
T' increase the number of the fools
Who lend themselves to faction's tools.
We'll now presume the whole complete —
A precious bundle of deceit ;
A copy made in good law hand,
Which vulgar folk don't understand;
A sub-committee is appointed,
To wait upon the unanointed,
To know what time great folks require,
To make an answer full of fire.
' Saint Monday next no doubt will do
For Mary bone as well as you.'

Suppose we Sunday morning come
Among the party, what a hum ;
What busy note of preparation
By this important deputation ;
One Cobbler gets his hands parboil'd,
To melt the wax with which they are soil'd ;
Two Tin-men with their money club,
To buy a spacious washing-tub,
Where they may lay themselves in soak,

And come out clean like other folk ;
The Painter, he begina to think
How he can best remove the stink
Oft caused by oil and turpentine,
And l»"ush himself up wondrous fine ;
The Victualler, now so fond of talk,
Almost forgets to bite his chalk ;
The Tailor's cabbage, turn'd to cash,
Enables him to cut a dash,
On Sunday too, neglects the meeting,
To be prepared for gracious greeting ;
The Bakers send the pudding back,
Without, as usual, going snack ;
To learn to bow, and hands to kiss,
They think would not be much amiss.
At night, e'en sleep deserts the bed,
The grand address so fills each head.

At length the expected day arrives,
The most important of their lives ;
In best attire they're dizened out,
Then anxious sic or walk about ;
The children, or perhaps mamma,
At window plac'd to view from far,
And give due notice of th' approach,
Of taxed cart, or chance a coach,
To carry father and some other,
In this good cause a loving brother :
To make the curious set complete,
They pop the doctor in a seat.
When in the carriage first they're seated,
With grins and half-check'd laughs are greeted ;
But when they reach St. Giles's Fields,
With fifty rabble at their heels,
They fancy then 'tis wondrous clever,
And join the cry of ' Queen for ever.'
But soon these self-important elves
Forget all others but themselves.

At length they reach the mansion gate,
When all alight with wondrous state ;
Then bustle onward one and all,
And take their station in the hall;
Announce the name of deputation,
Look great as any in the nation.

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The door is opened, on they press,
Kegardless of each other's dress.
One treads the other down at heel.
Who quick exclaims, ' I sure can feel .'
And stooping down to put it right,
A friend falls over in a fright.
Another loudly bellows out,
'Why, don't you know I've got the gout !
At length they enter, wildly stare,
Having no chance to get a chair ;
Each lifts his foot and bobs his head,
Then hear th' address distinctly read ;
Receive an answer, cut and dried,
The hand's held out with proper pride ;
Each kiss and kiss and wags his jabber,
Cov'ring the Koyal hand with slabber,
The colour starting in their faces ;
With strains and grunts resume their places.
The object of their great devotion
Stepp'd forward with majestic motion,
Shook from her hand with coming grace,
O'er kerchief white, or various face,
The filth they could not well decline :
Thus dubb'd them knights of Caroline.

Then Mother Wood, without delay,
Told them to take themselves away.
As slow they move, she spoke again,
To clear away for gentlemen.
In dudgeon high, each takes his seat,
Angry at everything they meet ;
At dinner, grumble much, no doubt,

While others fret at g'oing without.

Some six, who cause unhappy lives,

In spleen went home and beat their wives

The dinner party's spirits flag,

Yet very much inclined to brag

Of all the wondrous things they'd seen,

Of Lady Ann and of the Queen.

The Farmer said, ' her hand was cold,

But 'tis the case when folks get old.'

The stationer begs leave to inform

He 'found her hand was very warm.'

You kissed it after, I suppose,

The Blacksmith burnt it with his nose.

The Barber adds with mighty glee,

' I know you kissed it after me.'

No other thing can pleasure give,

No doubt 't will last them while they live..

At morn the cobbler left his shoes,
Popp'd to the Bull to see the news,
Hunted it o'er, perused it well,
To find the name of Camberwell.
At length, and to his great surprise,
Distrusting yet his wondrous eyes,
Vexed to his heart, at finding out
No name of all this rabble rout,
Exclaimed, ' The world is full of crimes,
Oh, what a wicked Lying Times.
No parson in canonic robes
Read our grand umfatic trobes,
Henceforth I'll mind my proper labours,
And not be laughed at by my neighbours.'

THE PALATINES.

The inhabitants of Camberwell took an active part in supporting the refugees-
from the Palatinate of the Rhine, who were driven from their homes in 1708 for
having embraced the principles of Luther and the Reformation. As many as 7,000
were brought to England, of whom 3,000 were sent to America, and the majority of
the remainder removed to Ireland. They settled principally on the estate of Lord
Southwell, in the neighbourhood of Ballingran, where each man was supplied with a
musket called a " Queen Anne," to protect himself and family ; while for every man,
woman, and child, eight acres of ground were leased, at the annual rental of 5s. per
acre, which the government, wishing to encourage the Protestant interest, engaged to
pay for the first twenty years. From numerous entries in the churchwardens"
accounts, and other sources of information, we find that considerable sums were
expended by the churchwardens of Camberwell in assisting these persecuted.
Christians. Barns were hired in various parts of Peckham and Camberwell, and,
temporary buildings erected to afford accommodation to the numerous families.

MANOEIAL HISTOEY.

T different periods subsequent to the Domesday Survey, the following
manors or reputed manors have existed in the parish : —

1. Camberwell Buckingham.

2. Cambervvell or Peckham.

3. Camberwell Fryern.

4. Doudale's Manor.

5. Bretinghurst.

6. Basing.

7. Cold Abbey.

8. Milkwell.

9. Dulwich.

CAMBERWELL BUCKINGHAM.

Hainio, an immediate tenant of the crown, at the time of the Domesday survey, is
stated to have held the manor of Camberwell. There was no doubt land in Cam-
berwell not within his jurisdiction ; as it appears from the Testa de Nevill that in
the reign of Henry III. or Edward I. Martin de Cammerwell held one knight's fee
here of the king, in capite, of the Honour of Gloucester, from the Conquest.*

The manor held by Haimo descended to the Clares, Earls of Gloucester, and their
representatives. Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hereford, who was killed
at the battle of Bannockburn, in the reign of Edward II., left no issue, and his
estates were divided between his three sisters, Camberwell falling to the portion of
Margaret, one of the co-heiresses, whose second husband, Hugh de Audley, in 1338,
obtained the title of Earl of Gloucester. Margaret, the daughter and sole heiress of
Hugh de Audley, married Ealph Earl of Stafford, whose descendant, Edward
Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, held the manor of Camberwell in the reign of
Henry VIII. ; and from this nobleman or his immediate successors it received the
designation of Camberwell Buckingham.

This estate was rented by J ohn Scot at £1 a year, as appears by an account of all
the bailiffs of the castles, &c., of this duke, rendered to his auditors from Michaelmas,
anno 3, to Michaelmas, anno 4, Henry Ylll.f On the attainder of the duke in 13
Henry VIII., 1522, the estate here was granted to this John Scot.

John Scott was a baron of the Exchequer in 1529, and died seised of this manor
in 1553. Kichard Scott, his grandson, devised it by will to his five sons, Edward,
William, Bartholomew, Edgar, and Acton, equally between them. In 1583 Edgar
sold his share to Edmund Bowyer, Esq., from whom it descended with Camberwell

* Testa de Nemll, 1802, F. p. 226. t From a Long Roll, in the British Museum.

328 Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

Fryern to the Smythe family, other portions of the'manor came into possession of the
Cock family, and eventually became the property of the Bowyers. The Chad wicks
now hold that portion of this manor formerly purchased by Dr. Lettsoni.

CAMBERWELL, SOMETIMES CALLED THE MANOR OF PECKHAM.

There was a manor called Camerwell besides that of Caniberwell Buckingham,
which was probably granted to Etaly, Tichesey, and Prechesland.

In the 35th Edw. I. (22 May, 1307) an inquisition was taken at Camerwell on the
death of Robert de Bekewell, who died seised of the Manor of Camerwell, which he
held of the heir of the Earl of Gloucester, then a minor, by the service of half a
knight's fee. It consisted of a capital messuage, valued at 6s. 8d. per annum ; a
windmill at 10s. ; a wood at 6s. 8d. ; 221 acres of arable land at 6d. ; 26 acres of
meadow at 2s. ; 26 acres of pasture at 3d. ; rents of assize, £9 11s. 3d. • customary
works, 20s. ; perquisites of courts, 6df. ; amounting in all to ,£20 4s. Id. Stephen de
Bekewell, his son and heir, aged 30,* inherited it and remained owner in 8
Edward II., 1315.t Henry de Bekewell was owner in the 43 Edward III.

In the 5th Henry V. 1418, Isabella, wife of William Scot (who probably was a
coheiress of Bekewell) died seised of a moiety of the site of the Manor of Camerwell,
and of houses, gardens, &c., 91 acres of arable land, 20 acres of meadow at 3s. an
acre, 31 acres of pasture, 24 acres of underwood wasted for a year, in all 2s. ; 26s. 8d.
rent of assize and farm at will ; Ann Countess of Stafford holding the Manor, as of
her dower, it being the estate of the Earl of Stafford, by payment of a pair of
gilt spurs, or 6d. (and a part of Bretinghurst). William was her son and heir
aged 7. £

John Scot (son and heir of John Scott) on the 15 August, 1558, died seised of
" a Moiety of the Manor of Camerwell, held of the other Manor of Camerwell late
the Duke of Buckingham's." This estate was not mentioned in his will, and as
nothing was given to Richard, his eldest son, aged 32, it probably might have been
settled on him previously. §

Richard, who died in December 16, 1560, left Thomas his son and heir an infant,
who also died on the 19th January following. An Inquisition was taken on both
their deaths May the 22d, and it was found that Edward Scot, brother of Richard,
was heir to this estate. This Edward conveyed the moiety, on the 6 December
6 Elizabeth, 1564, to Thomas Muschamp and Katherine his wife and Matthew
Muschamp, and the heirs of Matthew. || Matthew was knighted, and died in 21
Elizabeth, 1579, without issue, leaving Jane and Susan, his two sisters, his co-
heirs. IF

Jane married, 1st Sir Thomas Grymes, and had issue one son Thomas, and 2nd, Sir
Thomas Hunt.

Susan married Henry Topfield, Gent. ; and they conveyed their share of the
moiety (that is, one fourth) on 1 April 34 Elizabeth, 1592, to Thomas Grymes.**

OF THE OTHER MOIETY.

Katharine Dorset, widow, late wife of William Dorset, daughter and heir of Henry
Beswell, son and heir of Henry de Beswell Knt. [Bekwell], granted in 31 Henry VI.
all the lands and tenements which she had in right of the said Henry her father in

Gilbert« Eari

T^flo P\ T-r*vr» V *^ rtt: " -c'ftl" «* lidlZauCtil.

JSSC. 5 Hen. V., n. 26. ** Donation Ms ^^

MANORIAL HISTORY. 329

the Vills of Camerwell and Pekham, in. the Parish of Camerwell, to William
Apulton his son and Agatha his wife, and others, and the heirs of the bodies of
William and Agatha.*

By an Inquisition on the death of John Scot in 1558, we find Ralph Muschamp
possessed of a Moiety of the Manor of Camerwell ; at whose death it came to Francis his
son who died August 20 1612 and was succeeded by his son and heir also named
Francis, who died 25 July 1632 seised of this Moiety held of Scott and Bowyer as of
the Manor of Camberwell and Peckham. He left a son and heir named Edward,f
and two daughters; one of whom, Elizabeth, married John Pearse, and the other,
named Mary, married Edward Eversfield. Edmund died without issue for we find
Eversfield and his wife selling it to Sir Thomas Bond, Bart., who marrying a sister of
Sir Thomas Grimes became possessed, either by the marriage or purchase of the
other Moiety.

At this time it consisted of a mansion house with some lands lying about it, but
nothing more is known of it as a Manor.

Sir Thomas Trevor, chief justice of the Common Pleas, created Lord Trevor by
Queen Anne in 171 1, and one of the twelve individuals who were made peers at
once, during the struggle for power,! purchased the Peckham estate of Sir Henry
Bond. The judge resided here occasionally ; and after his decease, in 1731, the
estate was purchased by Mrs. Hill ; from whom it descended to her nephew, Isaac
Pacatus Shard, Esq. ; and in 1812 it belonged to his second son, Charles Shard, Esq.,
of Level's Hill, near Windsor, who succeeded his elder brother. In 1797 this ancient
mansion was levelled to the ground, for the then commencing great metropolitan
improvements, and the present Hill Street forms the site of the once magnificent and
stately mansion. A part of this Manor is now held by Daniel Cronin, Esq.

THE MANOR OF CAMBERWELL FREREX, OR FRYERN.

This Manor appears to have been formed out of lands granted to Rothomago and
Reginald Poyntz by William Earl of Gloucester, grandson of King Henry the First,
the former of whom gave the whole, and Pointz part, of what they so derived from
the Earl to the Priory of Haliwell in Middlesex. After the suppression of that
convent it was granted, 21 July, 36 Henry VIII., to Robert Draper, page of the
Jewel Office to that King, who also owned a messuage called Green Place in Cam-
berwell, having then lately purchased the same of Sir Henry Wyatt and others
under the title of "The Manor of Camerwell, of Camerwell alias Frern," and a
tenement called Freren also formerly belonging to the same priory, which, with
lands called Cornbury in Peckham were held of the King by a rent of 16s. 4d§
Robert Draper settled this on his wife Elizabeth for life, remainder to his son
Henry. Henry dying in 1557, devised it to his brother Matthie, who in 1 Elizabeth,
1559, suffered a Recovery, by the description of the Manor of Camberwell, alias
Freren, 4 messuages, 56 acres of land, 24 of meadow, and 1 1 of wood, in Camber-
well and Dulwich ; and on his marriage with Sence daughter of William Blackwell
made a Settlement.

His monument informs us that he had no issue ; and in his life he conveyed this
estate to Edmund Bowyer,|| whose mother Elizabeth was his youngest sister. She
died in 1605. A Court Baron for this Manor was held, in 8 James I. 1611, in the

* Clause 31 Hen. VI., n. 32. istry a majority in the House of Peers.— Brayley.

t Cole's Esc. III. 15« Brit. Mus. § Pat. 36 Hen. VIII.

{ This was done in order to secure for the min- II From Mr. Windham's Deeds.

330

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

name of Edmund Bowyer, then a Knight.* It passed from him to Anthony Bowyer,
and by him given to his wife, and again passed to the Windhams and from thence to
the Lady of Sir William Smythe.

MANOR OF DOWDALE'S, OR UVEDALE'S.

The name of this Manor was corrupted into Dowlass. In the 25 Edward I. 1297,
Thomas Tychesey died, seised of the Manor of Camerwell, 161 acres of arable land,
8 of meadow, and 15 of wood, rents of assize £Q 19s. 8|cZ. pleas and perquisites of
courts 12d. held of Joan Countess of Gloucester ; and a messuage and 30 acres of
arable land in Camerwell, held of Robert de Bekewell by service of 11s. 8d. ;
leaving Margaret wife of John de Malevyle, aged 30, Alice wife of Gilbert Etton,
aged 40, and Elizabeth wife of Roger de Home, his sisters and heirs. f

Roger de Home had issue John his son and heir ; and Gilbert Etton an only
child Isabel, who married John de Ovedale (or Uvedale). The issue of Malevyle
failing ; John de Ovedale and John de Home were found to hold this estate in the

P5 *

8 Edward II. 1315, as also they did that of Pitsey.J Seemingly the issue of Home
failed, as we find Ovedale got the whole of Camerwell as well as Pitsey, for he made
a feoffment of his estate in Camerwell and Peckham. Peter his son, aged 26, and
heir, succeeded to the property at his death, 15 Edward II., 1322 ;§ but Isabel his
wife survived him, and in 7 Edward III., 1334, paid 75s. for a Relief for her father
and mother, Gilbert de Etton and Alice his wife, sister and one of the heirs of
Thomas Tychesey, for the third part of the Manor of Tychesey, and for 90 acres of
arable land, 13 of meadow and 10 of pasture, in Camerwell, held of the King by the
service of one fourth of a knight's fee ; and she was at the same time charged for her
own Relief. 1 1

John succeeded his brother Peter, who by the name of John, son of John de
Ovedale, Knt., granted to Isabel his father's widow all his father's right in the
lands which she held for life in Tychesey, Camerwell, Peckham, and Dylewishe
(Dulwich).*ir Thomas succeeded his brother Peter, and in 21 Edward III., 1348, it
was found that he, with Andrew Peverell, Stephen Malevyle, and Roger de
Stannyngden, held two knight's fees in Tychesey and Camerwell of Hugh de
Audele, Earl of Gloucester, and his wife Margaret.**

Tradition says that one or more of the children of Henry VIII. were nursed here.

THE MANOR OF BRETINGHURST, OR BREDINGHURST, AT PECKHAM RYE.

This Manor adjoined to a Wood grubbed up in the middle of the last century.
In an ancient Roll of the Barony of Maminot it is mentioned as lying in Kent,
and Philpot says that this, (as well as Hatcham,) was formerly in Kent, and that
there was a small bridge near which was a way leading to Bradinghurst, and
this is confirmed by an Inquisition taken in the reign of Richard II. ft

Geffrey de Bretinghurst in the reign of Edward the First acknowledged that he held
of Thomas de Tichesey 40 acres of land in Camerwell by the service of 2s. 8d. per
annum and suit to his Court at Camerwell from three weeks to three weeks ; and
undertakes in future to do that service for the said lands ; but because he had not

* Court Roll at Mr. Windham's.

+ Esc 25 Edw T n '-11

I ptc 8 Fdw '

8 Esc' 15 Edw II n 26

} HariMS .t- "oAot6: Commun. Rembr. Ex.

«r niam i-mvi™ TTT „ i
" ^laus- i4 *S«W. ill., p. 1.

Esa 21 Edw- HI., n .59.
tf PhilPot> Vill. Cantian, p. 127, quoted by Dr,

MANORIAL HISTORY. 331

done the service, lie is in mercy.* Robert his son and heir died seised, in 9
Edward III. 1336, of 120 acres of land at 4d. an acre, 24 of meadow at 18d. and 6
marcs rent, in Camerwell and Peckham, by the service of paying 10s. every 32 weeks
to the Ward of Dover Castle, pleas and perquisites of courts 2s. ; total £7 18s.
Also of 21 acres of land held in demesne as of fee of Isabel de Douedale [Uvedale]
and John de Malynes, by the service of 5s. and suit to the Court of Hugh de Audele
at Camerwell [i.e. Camberwell Buckingham] ; and by Joan his wife he left Stephen
his son and heir aged 30. f

Thomas son and heir of Henry Dolsely Citizen of London, granted in 27
Edward III. 1354 to Edmund de Barneby, Vicar of Camerwell, and John Fauconer
Chaplain, and their heirs, his Manor of Pekham, and all the lands and tenements in
Camerwell, Pekham and Dylewysshe, which he had of the Grant of Sir John
Stonore Knt. the elder.J This Thomas Dolesley (alias Doleshill) 011 1 August 43
Edward III. 1370. died seised of the Manor of Bretynghurst held of the King in
capite by knight's service, viz., to the Ward of Dover Castle 10s. every 32 weeks,
and to the Lord Say 12d. per annum at his Manor of West Grenwych ; also to
Robert Lyttel at his Manor of Dowedale 2s. 8^d. The capital messuage was of no
value beyond reprises ; a garden, 3s. 4d. ; 40 acres of land value 20s. ; 100 of
pasture 16s. 8d. ; 36 of meadow ,£3 12s. ; rents of assize 40s. ; 8 hens IGd. ; 5 eggs a
halfpenny ; leaving Edward aged 3 his son and heir, who also died seised of the
Manors of Peckham and Basings ; the latter held of Henry de Bekewell,as of his
Manor of Camerwell. §

By Letters Patent anno 47, n. 12, the King demised Bretynghurst to John
Thorp (the same being in his hands by reason of the minority of Edward Dolshill).
It was found by an Inquisition taken on Saturday before St. Luke (18 September)
6 Richard II. 1383 Edward son and heir of Thomas Dolsill died 7 September last,
and that Agnes wife of John del Pantrye, the daughter of Joan, the sister of Thomas,
the father of Edward, and Simon (so called here) Worsted, son of Isabella the other
sister of Thomas, were coheirs of Edward. || In the 9 Richard II. 13S6 this Simon
Worsted, John att Pantrey and Agnes his wife, she being the other coheir of the
said Edward, gave to the King 100s. for their Relief for Brodinglmrst.il" Agnes died
in 19 Richard II. 1396, leaving Margaret her daughter and heir,** who became
entitled to one moiety of Bretinghurst, subject to the dower of Joan the widow of
Thomas Dolshill who died two years after, viz. 21 Richard II. when it was found
that the reversion belonged to John Worsted and this Margaret as the coheirs of
Thomas Dolshill, John being then of the age of 20, Margaret IS.ff Margaret married
Robert Bernard who died on Saturday before the feast of St. Luke 1408 without
issue, John Worsted, son of John, being her cousin and heir, aged 21.ff Here the
family of Worsted seem to stop, as no account has been found of John Worsted's
death or any further mention of the family. It is presumed he left two daughters,
his coheirs, one marrying William Scot; for, on an Inquisition taken 16 October
5 Henry V. 1418, on the death of Isabella wife of William Scot of London,!! clearly
shows that she died 18 September in that year seised of part of a tenement in
Peckham called Bretynghurst, 20 acres of arable land, 60 of pasture, inclosed with

* Rot. 3. It may fairly be conjectured that t'ais of the estate, it was subsequently known by the

transaction occurred before the 18th of Edward I., name of his family. — Brayley.
when the Statute was made, intituled (from the t Esc. 9 Edw. III., n. 3.

words which it commences), " Quia Emptores Terra- J Claus. 27 Edw. III., n. 22, 25, 26, 27.

rum," by which it was enacted that when lands § Esc. 43 Edw. III., p. 1. n. 28.

were alienated by a mesne tenant the services due || Esc. 6 Rich. II., n. 30.

from that tenant should revert to the superior lord ; •[[ Com. Rot.

Bretinghurst may have afterwards become the ** Esc. 3 Hen. IV., n. 8 and 13.

immediate tenant in fee, not of Techesey, but of ft Esc. 9 Hen. IV., n. 30.

the Earl of Gloucester, or rather of the crown ; and }J John and Nicholas Bekewell were on the

thus, having obtained the substantial possession jury.

4332 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

hedgerows, 24 of meadow, 20s. rent of assize and farm at will, held of the King in
mpite of the Castle of Dover, by -ward every 32 weeks (and of a moiety of the Manor
of Camberwell as before stated) ; and that William Scot was her son and heir aged 7.
That this Isabella was a daughter of Worsted is further to be conjectured from
Vincent's " Surrey Pedigrees" in the Herald's College, where it is stated that William

Scot married Margaret daughter and coheiress of Bredinghurst,*

.substituting the name of the estate for that of the owner, and mistaking the Christian
name, calling her Margaret instead of Isabella.

Probably the other coheir married into the Muschamp family, as William
Muschamp was possessed of the other moiety of the Manor of Bredinghurst in 28
Henry VIII. He married the daughter of William Scot, but had no issue ; by his
second wife Elizabeth he had Thomas, who had issue Matthew and two daughters ;
by Elizabeth his third wife he had issue Kalph Muschamp, living in 33 Henry VIII.,
who inherited the moiety of this Manor, and left issue Francis, who died 20 August,
1612, and was succeeded by his son Francis, who died 25 July, 1632, leaving
Edmund his son and heir, aged 11, and two daughters, Elizabeth, who married John
Pearse, and Mary, who married Edward Eversfield ; they sold the Manor to Sir
Thomas Bond in 1672, whose son, Sir Henry, alienated it to Sir Thomas Trevor,
•afterwards Lord Chief Justice, and created a Peer. After his death it was sold to
Mr. Hill, a merchant, from whom it descended to William Shard, Esq.

On an Inquisition taken, May 3, 1 Eliz., on the death of John Scot, son and heir
of John Scot, Baron of the Exchequer, it was found that he died seised of a moiety
•of Redinghurst [Bredinghurst], and that Richard Scot was his son and heir aged 32. f
He made a Will, and devised estates to his younger sons ; but this is not mentioned,
-and appears to have descended to his eldest son Richard, who died 16 December,
1560, as stated in an Inquisition taken 22 May following on the death of Thomas
Scot his son and heir, who died soon after him, viz. 19 January preceding the
Inquisition, aged 7 ; whereupon his uncle Edward Scot became his heir. $

MANOR OF BASING.

This Manor gave name to a family of some note. We find in the Reign of King
John, Robert Basing making over to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem % the
manor of Hawley, near Sutton at Hone in Kent. William Basing, Dean of St. Paul's,
about the year 1212, founded the nunnery called St. Helen, Bishopsgate, and another
William Basing augmented the endowment. He was Sheriff of London in 1309 and
of Kent in 1314. And we also find Solomon de Basing and Hugh de Basing sheriffs
of London in 1215. This Solomon gave to the nuns of Halliwell land called New-
lersfield and 10 other acres. §

Thomas Dolshill appears to have died seised of the Manor in 43 Edward III.
1370,|| leaving Edward, an infant aged 3, his son and heir ; but Joan the widow of
Thomas was seised of this estate jointly with Thomas, remainder to his heirs. Joan
married Robert Lyttel, and continued to hold it.U In the 6 Richard II. 1383,
Edward Dolshill died leaving Agnes the wife of John del Pantrye and Simon
Worsted his coheirs.**

* In the church of Woodmanstcrne arc the arms. f Ex 1 Eliz

of Scot quartering Bretinghurst, viz. : 1 and 4 Arg. + Hasted's Kent

onafess Sa. 3 boar's head's couped Or, for Scot; § Monast Argl I 532

2 and 3 Az. on a few » dancetto Arg. 3 martlets Gu. || Esc. 48 Edw. III., p.' 1. n. 28, and 8 Hen. IV.,

for Bretinghurst.— Manning and Bray, vul. ii. p. n. 8 and 13, and 9 Hen IV n 34

464 ; which arms are on the brass for John Scott ^ See Esc 6 Rich II n 80

in this church. ** Idem

MANORIAL HISTORY. 333

Henry Baker, on 24 October, 1557, died seised of the Manor of Basings, in
Peckham, in the Parish of Camberwell, held of Ralph Muschamp as of his Manor of
Camberwell, a messuage and land called Browns, and messuage and land in Sop-
Lane, leaving Richard his son and heir. It seems to have been entered very pre-
cisely as to Richard's age in 15 Elizabeth, as 20 years 11 months and 14 days,* and
seemingly he died without issue, being succeeded by Frances his sister. Frances,,
wife of Sir Thomas Gardener, died 10 August, 1631, seised of this manor and of a
messuage and lands in Camberwell, and of 3 roods in the street called Greene Hun-
dred in Camberwell ; and that his son William died before him, leaving a son George,
who became heir to his grandfather, another son named Thomas, and a daughter
named Ann.f

In 1812 Sir William East, of Hall Place, Berks., Bart., was owner, and it has since
passed into several hands.

THE MANOR OF COLDHERBERGH, OR COLD ABBEY.

In 36 Edward III. 1363, Sir Thomas Vaghan, Knt., died seised of a Manor called
Coldherbergh in Hachesham ; part of which, a messuage value 2s. per annum, and 9
acres of land value 4s. 6c?., being held of the King as of his Manor of Hacheshamr
and which was granted to the King by Roger Bavent, by service of I4d.t paid at the
said Manor; the other, certain tenements in Camerwell belonging to the said
Manor of Coldherbergh, was held of the Earl of Stafford by knight's service and suit
of Court of Camerwell, leaving Hamo Vaghan his son and heir, aged one year. J By
the minority of the heir two third parts of the first mentioned premises were seised
into the King's hands, and the other third part being assigned to Alice, widow of Sir
Thomas, for her dower. §

By the Will of Richard Skynner, of Peckham in the County of Surrey, made and
written by the hand of John Skynner his brother, ult. December 8 Henry VII.
[1492] Agnes his wife shall have all his lands and tenements, rents and services in
Peckham and Camberwell for her life, paying 5 marcs yearly during the life of
Isabel Bradbrygg widow to William his son and the heirs of William. After the
decease of Agnes, the lands to remain to his son Michael, his heirs and assigns,
paying the 5 marcs. He gave to his son Michael all his interest in the Manor and
Land called Cold Abbey in Pekham, Camberwell, and Deptford, or in the Purparty
of Christopher Middleton therein.

THE MANOR OF MILKWELL.

This Manor, which extends into the parish of Lambeth, and was once held
of the king in capite, belonged to the Hospital of St. Thomas, Southwark ;
and it was granted by the fraternity of that house, in 1305, to the monastery
of St. Mary Overie, consideration of a rent-charge of ten shillings a year. The
prior and convent of St. Mary's, in 1538, the 29th of Henry VIII. executed a
lease of the manor for a term of 40 years ; subject to which the king, in 1541,
granted it to Sir Thomas Wyatt ; and he having been executed and attainted of
treason in the reign of Queen Mary, it again reverted to the Crown. Richard Duke,
Esq., clerk of the Court of Augmentation, having procured a grant of the freehold

* Esc. 26 May 4 and 5 Phil, and Mary; and J Esc. 36 Edw. III., p. 2, n. 64.

further 19 October, 15 Eliz.— Cole's Ex. ii. 141. § Esc. 40 Edw. III., n. 40.

t Esc. 9 Cha. I., Cole's Ex. ii. 329.

334 Ye PAEISH OF CA&ERWELL.

from Queen Elizabeth, endeavoured, but without success, to set aside the lease. In
1609 the estate belonged to Sir Edward Duke, Knt. ; and it then contained about
400 acres of land.

In 1616, Sir Edward obtained a licence to alienate to Robert Cambell and his
heirs, and a conveyance was executed accordingly Dec. 1st in the same year.
Mr. Cambell, who was an alderman of London, died in 1639 ; and the estate was
afterwards held under his will by .his family ; from whom it was transferred by sale
to the Bowyers, and is descended through the Wyndhams to Lady Smythe.

The Manor of Dulwich is elsewhere described.

SUBSIDIES.

E Subsidy Kolls now deposited in the Public Record Office afford
valuable information concerning the past history of this parish, as
they furnish us not only with the names of the principal f gentry for
many centuries past, but give also their relative social position.

It was originally contemplated to introduce into these pages the
whole of the assessments in the possession of the writer, commencing in the reign
of Edward III. and ending in that of Charles II. inclusive ; but owing to the great
space which they would occupy, upwards of fifty pages, it has been deemed advisable
to give the following extracts, as a specimen of the whole, and to reserve the bulk
for publication at some future day : —

Lay Sub. Co. Surrey* No ^ 6th Edw. III.

Surr.

Taxatio xvmc dno Kegi a Laicis concesse in com Surr anno r. r. E. t'cij a conquestu
sexto p. Johem Dabnoun & Willm de Westone taxatores & coll in eodem com p

commission dni Regis.

HUNDR DE BRIXISTONE.

VlLLATA DE PECH5I & CAJIWELLE.

D Johe Lambyn
D Thorn de betayne
D Rob Richard .
D Job. Gonuild
DRobleHelte .
D Ad de Melherst .
D Joh Cutiler .
D Joh Alfred .
D Ric Wyting1 .
D Simoe Baudri .
DJohMarchal .
D Nic le ffrensh .
D Joh le Baker .
D Will Ode .
D Joh Wyting .
D Matild ate brigge
D Joh Estmer .
D Joh Malyns
D Joh le Webbe .
D Joh Richer
D Rog Domyng .
D Ad de Miiimes .
D Rad Michel .
D Thorn de Dumlye
D Steph Ode
D Joh ate forde
D Rog ate Styghele .
D Will Colyn

iij-

viijd

D Thom fabr

viiid

xvjd
xxd

D Rob Michel .'....
D Joh Meleward .

xvjd
xiid

xxd

D Will Marchal

VIs

viijd

D Joh ate Welle ....

xiid

xxd

D Joh Ouerstret

xijd

ixd

viijd

D Henr le Coupe

ixd

D Sampson le Coupe
D Joh de bonis ....

ixd

XV jd

DWillOliuer ......

11 s

• -j

D Alano Colle

ixd

T d

D Ric Leche

ixd

D Thom Try0"

xiid

xvjd

D Ric Tod

I) Will Wodeser

D Thom Stamer ....

• j

viijd

I) Thom Arnold .

•d

viijd

I) Joh Gonuild
I) Alic Ermsnor ....

ixd

iiiid

D Gerkyn Gerard

ixd

xijd

D Thom Rutor
D Steph de Bekewell.

iir iiijd

xijd

D Joh ft'elip

viijd

xxd

D Rob de Bretynghurst . ...
Sm iiij1' xvijs vijd pb.

iij8 iiijd

Lay Subsidies — Surrey No i|J.

34 & 35 Hen VIII.
Hundred of Brixton.
Surr— The Extracte Indentyd of and for the Secound payment of the kyngs Subsedye,

336

Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

granted to liis Maiestye by his Lay Subiects in his plyament holden at Westm in
the xxxiiijth yere of liis most gcyous Regn Taxed Rated and Cessid wth in the
hundreds of Bryxton & "Wallyngton in the Countye of Surr byfore Robt Curson John
Scott and Nichus legh esquiers Comyssions for the same appoynted & assigned by
the kyngs Lres patentes Thou pte of whiche extract ys delyued the Day of the Date
herof to (blank) Muschamp gent high Collecto appoynted by the same Comyssions
to levye gather & Receyve the same Secoitnd payment And the same to pay to the
kyngs use in his Excheako at Westm byfore the (blank) Day of (blank) next
coniyng after the Date herof In Wytnes Wherof as well the said Comyssions as the
said high Collecto to theys psents Indentyd have put theyr Sealls gouen the xxviijli
Day of October in the xxxvjli yere of the Reign of or soueign Lord henry the viijth by
the gee of god kyng of England ffrance and Irelande Defendo of the fayth and in
earth of the Churche of England & Ireland Supme heade. | .

CAMERWELL PEKHAM DOLWYCHE &
HECHAM.

Geffrey Brokesby in
goods xxmrks
Wyllm Steuenson in

iiij» vjd

John Skott Esquier in

goods . . . xl»

13' d

Lands . . . lxxxn

iiij15

Elyzabeth Ploke in

Rauff Muschamp in

goods . . . . v1'

Lands . . . . xx1'

XXs

Robt Wylson in goods liij' iiijd

Robt Draper in goods lxxx';

liijs iiijd

Kateryn Bracy in

Rychard Hyll in londs xl m>rks
Henry Baker in lands xxij1'

xxvjs viijd
xxij'

goods . . . iiij'«
Stevyn Sare in goods xx»

Henry Ode in goods XH

iijs iii3d

Rauff Ode in goods xl»

ijd

Henry henley in goods xx1'

xiij5 iiijd

Roger Hamond in

Henry Hunt in goods xxxn

XXs

goods .... xxx«

iid

Robt Sharporow in

John Bracye in goods xx'

lands . . . xl!

vis viii^

Richard Harryson in

John Webster in goods xx11

xiijs iiijd

goods . . . xl;

iij' iiij"1

Thomas Edall in goods xxx';
John Monck in goods xxu

XXs

xiij*iiijd

John Spenser in goods xls
John Alyne in goods xls

Water Dove in goods xviij1'
Roger Hobson in goods xvu

Nichus Malyn in goods xls
Thorns Babbys in goods v mrks

i?d.d

Robt Olyn in goods xx mrks
Leonard Wylson in
goods . . . x"
Rychard Tewson in

iiij'vj"

Thomas Wette in goods xls
Henry Walker in goods xxs
John Serman in goods xx1
Robt ffryer in goods xxs

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ill5 iiii^

Robt Edwards. . . xx*

Wyllm Smyth in goods vii-j '<
Water Howse in goods iiij'11 vjs viijd

XVJd
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goods . . . xxs

Thorns ffryer in goods x11
Thorns Draper in goods viij1'

xvjd

Vulnans Widowe in
goods . . . . vmrks

John Ailmaii in goods v1'

Xpofer Batman in

Rychard Bracy in

goods . . . xl8

iid

goods . . . vmrks
RichardBakeringoods vij1'

Siijd

John Harryson in
goods . - . . vij1'

xiii'd

Basseden Wydowe in
goods . . xx1'

Michell Casynghall in

Symonds wydow in

Xirp llljd

goods ... xls
Nichus Bone in goods xls

i3d

goods . . . xxm'ks
Kateryn Sharpowe in
goods .... xm'ks
Water Symon in goods xls

iiij' vjd

John Olyur in goods v1'
John Cooke in goods xxvj* viijd
Thorns Bowman in
goods . . . . xxxs

-d

Richard Cooke in

Robt Wytherton in

goods . . . xl5
Robt Ramsey in goods xls
Nichus Toddyngton in

gOOdS . . . . XXs

John Cunyngborough
in goods . . . Xl»
George Eton in goods xls

goods . . .xx»
John Hewys in goods xls
Wyllm Smyth ye yongr
in goods . . . xx5
Kateryn Smyth in
goods . . .xx«
Sma . . . xiij" xvij' ixd

3d
xvHiiijs vd

PECKAM.

Lay Sub. Co Surrey No |§|.
2 & 3 Edw VI.

Rafe muschampe xx''

Henry Baker .... ' xx11

Nycholas Baker x11

John Monke xii'>

Wyllvam Henlye .

X1'

XXs

Rycharde Tuson
John ffulf an .

xv»

xx»

Willm Goderde .

X1'

EdmondeHill

xij'

Sm . . .

VJK vijs

SUBSIDIES.

337

DULWYCHE.

HenryeHunt xxy"

John Webster xv"

Walter Dove xiiij"

Kateryn Sharpearrowe . . . x"

Nycholas Boone . . . . x1'

Walter Symon xu

Gyles Robarte straunger . . . xx8
Sm . . . iiij1'1 v8

CAMMERWELL.
John Scot . . .

XXVs
XV8

xiiij*

Mystres Drap ....
Henry Ode
John Batts .

xl"
xx"

Robert Olyver

Thomas Edall ....
George Crokes ....
Jeffrey Broxbye .
John Conyborousrhe .
Sm . . . x« Xs

x"
x"

Xl8

xl8

XX*

xiiij8
xvj8

X*
X*

Lay Subsidies Co of Surrey.

THE HUNDRED OF BRIXTON.
CAMEBWEIL.

Willm Fitzwillms Esquier videlt

in fees . . . . xxv" iij" ix8 iiijd
Mathew Draper Esquier in

PECKHAM.

ffrancis Mustchamp Esquire

in. lands .... xx1' Iiij8iiijd
Willm Scotte Esquire in

lands x" xxvj8 viij d

lands . .
Dorathie Scott gent in lands
Edmond Bowyer gent in
lands . ...

xxv1'
x"

iijli vj8 viijd
xxvj8 viijd

Actton Scotte gent in lands .
Edgar Scotte gent in lands
Willm Meadlye gent in goods
Awdrye Hordeii gentilwoma
in goods
Richard Gyffe in goods
Barthilmew Daunce gent in
goods

iiij"
iij"
vj"

vij"
viij1

vi"

xMdijd1
viij8

xj*viijd

Andrewe Sylvertoppe in
goods
Thomas Lewes in goods
Henry Webster in goods . .
Raffe Ode in goods
Thomas Ode in goods . . .
Henry Pycke in goods .
John Garrett in goods . .
Suma . . *,fxv'

v J

v"
v"
iiij"
iiij"
iiij11
xiij"
iii"

viij8 iiijd
viij* iiijd
3* viijd
s viijd
B viijd
xxj* viijd

Thomas Mustchamp gent

in lands ....
Richard Backer gent in

lands

Edwarde ffowle gent in

goods .
Anthonye Looe gent in

goods ....
Henry Olyve in goods
Robt Allen in goods
Raffe Betts in goods .
John Ramsey in goods .
Robt Crispe in goods .
Henry Carell in goods .
Willm Plogg in lands .
John Henlye in lands
Willm Morrant in goods
Roger Savage in goods .
Henry Briggs in goods
Nicholas Cocke in goods
Suma .

. xiij"

xxxiiij8 viijd

. xiij"

xxxiij8 viijd

. vij"

xj* viijd

iij"

viij* iiijd

iiij"

vj* viijd

viij* iiijd

iij"

XXs

ij8 vijd

iij"

viij*

vjii

V1'

viij5 iiijd

viij8 iiijd

iii"

v«

dj" xiij8

iiijd

DULWYCHE.

Johane Calton widowe in lands
Barthilmew newce gent in goods
John Mathew in goods . . .
Willm Willkins in goods .
Roger Hamon in goods . . .
Xpofer Cusson in goods
ffranncs Wilkinson in goods
Dunstone Turnor in goods . .
Clement newce in lands
Thomas Longe in lands

xij"
iiij1;

vij"

iij"
iiij"
xl8
Suma . . . v" xiiij* viijd

xxxij*
vj8 viijd

XX*

xjs viijd
xj* viijd
vj* viijd
v*

Lay Subsidies, Co Surrey.
No |ff 21. Jac I.

&/AJHJOUUI *! .UJ-JJLJ.

Sir Edmund Bowyer Kt in

land xx1'1

• * • iiij^ • • •

Dame Elizabeth Scott in goods viij1'

xxj8 . . .

Dennys fflemynge esqr in

goods x1'1

xxvj8 . . .

Jone Bowyer widow in goods iij1'
Jone Milbury widowe in goods viij "
John Scott gent in goods . iiij"
William Dennys gent in goods iij "
Willm Kinge gent in goods . iij1'
Willm Strathy gent in goods iij"
Bigliff Carelton gent in goods vj"
Peter Hassard in goods. . iij"
Henry Budder senr in lands . iiij"

viij*

XXJ8 . . .d

x* viij8
viij8

VIIJ8

viij*
xvj8
viij*
xiij8

Anthony Smith . . . in goods iij"

viij8

PECKHAM.

Sr Thomas Gardin' Kt in land .

xx1' iiij"

Sr Thomas Grymes Kt in land

xx" iiij"

ffrancis Muschamp gent in land
Caesar Gallierdelo in goods
Willm Glascock.gent in goods

vj" xxiiij8
vj" xvj8
iiij"

(blank) Collins widow in goods .
Roger Baldwyn in goods .
Robert Wardner in goods .

iij11 viij8
iij" viij8
iij" viij*

Richard ffawcitt in goods
John Gennynges in goods
Thomas Noble in goods .
Thomas Watson in goods
Thomas Morley in goodes

HATCHAM.
, 11 Owen in goods .
DULWCH.

Edward Allyn esq in lands .
.... Collins widow in goods
Thomas Downer in goods
Samuel Bridges in goods
John Leyton in goods

Hadlie in goods

D . . . in goods

SESSORS.

Thomas Swingefeild gent in land
Stephn Maynef ord in land .
William Poole in goods .
Thomas Large in land r
Henry Budder in goods

iiij11
iij';
iij"

viij8

viij*
viij*
viir
xvj*

xxvjs

viij*
viij*

Suma

iij

viij'
xvj'

xxxvij

j" xviij* viijd

338 Yc PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Lay Subsidies (Hearth Tax) Co Surrey
25 & 26 Car II.

Surr An 'Account & returne of all and singular the Chargable fire hearths and
stoves in the said County and Borrough of Southwark in the County aforesd for one
yeare ending on Lady Day One thousand six hundred Seaventy and ffoure as the
same were delivered in by ifrancis Weaver Gent Receiver of the said Duty and
approved att the generall quarters Sessions of the peace holden for the said County
att South warke aforesaid (by Adjournement on friday 23rd day of Aprill in the
xxvijth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the Grace
of God of England Scotland ifrance & Ireland King Defender of the ffaith before
Thomas Lee James Reading John Dauling Richard How and Peter Rich Escf
Justices of our said Lord the King.

CAMBERWELL.
Sr. John Bowyer ...... 20

Mr. Barber

. . 2

Willi. Calpenter
DULWICH.

Mr. Allen for the College" .
Jo Starkey, sen.

. 2,

. 33
2

. Rufford . .... 2
Will Hi s . 2

Jo. James 4
Jo. Person ....... 2
Eras. Inder 2
WU1. May ....... 2
Thos. Newman 3
Jo. Bagford 4
Jo. Egerton 6
Mrs. Sandham 7
Mr. Allington ....... 6
Tho. Newman ...'.. 2
Doct. Parr 10

Jo. Hamond
James Ireland
Mr. Hassnot . . . .
Tho. Whithand. . .
Tho. Butterfeild ,
Tho. Hill ....

. 2
. . 2
. 4
. . 2
. 5

Mich. Hamond
John Starkey, jun. . .
Mr. West 2 howses - . .
Tho. Rench . . • .

. 1

. . 8
. 12

Jo. Boulton .

. 4
. . 11
. 2
1'

Doct. Bradford 10
Geo. Carwine 4
Mrs. Walker 10

Mr. White .......
Jo. Scriuener .....
Dan. Scriuener

Jo. Scott, Esq. . 17

Willi. Budgen ....
Willi. Terrey .
Mr Wells

. 3
. . 8
. 6
1

Mr. Hen. Stockwell .... 4
Mrs. Cooke .... 7

Mr. Waite 13

Symon Hewett

Mr. Matox . 11
Mrs. ffoxe 7
Mr. Bines 7
Mrs. Hunt 3

Nichs. Badger
Phillip Cane . . .
Antony Bennett .

. 2

. . 2
m

Jo Archer.

Mr. Simonds 4
Robert Adcocke .... 3
Mich. Gilbert 6
Rich. Simonds . 2

Rich. Perrey .

John Daince ....

Capt. Cartright
Gylds Plumer
Edw. Bennet
Willi. Hicks
Dan. Payne
ffraii. Barrett ...

. 5

. . 4
. 2
. . 5
. 1
. . 1
. 1
. . 4
. 10
. . 3
*>

Harb. Jenckes 8
Tho. Howe 3
Tho. Dendy . 3

Will. Horton . ' 3
ffranc. Heard 1
Sam. Bird 2
Peter Uayler .
(blank) Pickten
Rich. Allen 3

Tho. Cranwell
Widd. Percy
Mr. Tompson
Tho. Browne
Robt Budder

Nichs. Delues, Esq. . 17

Widd. Delues
Jo. Barrett .
Tho. Hill .
Mrs. Lee

PECKHAM IN CAMBERWELL.

Widd. Parker . . .
Jo. Bagford, sen. . .
Dan. Gestone
Widd. Rogers & her ten. . .
Mr. Willcocke
Mr. Godfrey
Mr. Budinge .

. . 1
. 2
. . 5
. 2

» ' '• ''$
. . 2

-• ' •'• «
. . 2
. 6

. . r

Mr. ffox 9

Tho. Parrett .
Mr. ffox .... " I

Ben. James 2

Mr. Geo. Andrews . . 6

Mr. Jno. Poole 0
PECKHAM i» RYE, CAMBERWELL.
Capt. Tucker ... 5

Tho. Badly . . 3
Jo. Sears .... 4
Geo. Kinge ' . ! <5

Mr. Willi. Pellham ... 5
Jo. Walckeman ... 2

Mr. Hillton .'
Geo. Sparkes
Mr Ben Godfry

. . 3
. &

ffranc Walker

Willi. Walker . 2
And. Siluersidcs . . i

Jo. Oxedy
Rich. Bird .'....
Mr. Sandurn .

. S
. . 3
. 4
. . 4

Willi. Percy . ' . " -j
Joseph Hill . . . . . . . . l

Mr. Powell.

SUBSIDIES.

339

Jo. Dorrell, <fec
Jo Hunt

. 4
. . 4
. 6
. . 1

. 7
3

Jo. Bagford
Jo Tucktell

a
.' 3

Jo. Edgerton
Jo. Banister ......
Jo. Bond, Esq

Mr. West

. 11
. . 3

Tho. Johnson
Willi. Riply
Willi. Euans
Willi. Nash
Willi. Morgine .
Willi. Hamond

. 4
. . 3
. 2
. . 3
4
. . 5
. 13

Steuen Loyd
Tho. Sturgis, Esqr
Rich Loyd ....

. 3

. . 8
. 1

Mr. Jno. Edes
Phillip Batcheler
Wid Cranley

. . 12
. 1
2

Mr. Parham
Will. Buckett
Olliuer H. Loyd
Mrs. Sarney
Robt. Rogers
Rich. Jackson
Ja. Stanny
Phillip Bucknell

. 3

. . 1
. 4
. . 8
. 4

. ' '. 1
3

Willi. Runfeild
Tho Siluerside

. 1
. . 1

Ralph Waye
Jo. Asburne
Rich. Hall
Jo Hall

. 2
. . 3

. 2
. 2

Willi. East

. 4

. . 2

. 1

Widd. James & Jo. feild . .
Marke feild
Sary Moore
Jo. feild
Willi Jeffs

. 3
. . 1
. 3
. . 2

. 4

Edw Allen

Mr Dutchfeild

. $

Mr. Morgine ....
Robt. Lett

. . 6
. 2

Willi Darles . ...

Mr. Selbee
Mr. Louell
Rich Heathway

. 6
. . 9
. 2

Olliuer Bowles, Esq
Geo. Horsted
Mr. Sharpe
Robt. Browne
fran. Page

. 8

. . 4
. 4
. . 2
. 2
1

Jo. Brewer

Willi Wiggen

. . 1
2

. . 2

. 2

• , 6
. 5

, 7

Robt. Milton

Sam. Smith . ...
Sr. Tho. Bond . . .

Allexander Wollford

Hen. Barlow
Willi. Bush

2
. * ! 2

. . 2

Thos. Pond
Widd Brewer

. 2
. . 1

Mr. James Abbis
Edw. Newman
Clement Ware
Widd. Staples
Will. Bird

. 4
. . 1
. 1

. . 2

Willi. Kinge
Nath. East
Jo. Cranwell
Joseph Howard .
Rich. Lett
Larr Tickett

. 2
. . 5
. 1
. . 3
. 2
. . 1
. 2
. . 3

Co. Sun

xxiiij1
xxxij'
xxj« iiijd
x» viij"1
xvj'

XV]'

xvj'

iiip

xxiiij'j
xvi»

Jo. Allowayes
Capt Jo. Messinger ....

. . 2
. 4

Will. Porter
Willi. WorreU

Lay Subsidies

CAMERWELL.
Sr Edward Bellingham Kt in

. 1

ey 3. Car I. No. ^|.

M» Fran Muschamp widow a
Recusant in goods . . . iiju
John Draper gent in goods . iiij11

xvj'
x» viij*

xvj'
xvj'

m-»-

xxxij'

XX'

xvj'
x' viii*

Dame Elizabeth Scott wid hi

Robert Warner in goods . . iiju
Thomas Swingfeild Juno' in
Lands JH
John Osborne of Dowdalls
farme gen in goods . . viij1'

DULWICH.

Thomas Alline gen in goods . . vju
Mathyas Alline gen in goods . vju
Lawrence Brinley gen in goods . vju
Thomas Downer in Lands . . ju

SESSORS.

Thomas Swingfeild Senior gen
in Lands . viiju
Steephen Maynford gen in
Lands iiiii
Thomas Large gen in Lands . vfi
Henry Budder in Lands . . iiiju
William Poole in sroods . iiiiu

Sr Toby Cage Kt in Lands . . viij15
Dennis ffleminge Esqr in goods viiju
George Baker gen in goods . iiiju
M' (blank) Wallis in goods . . vj»
Roger Kilvert gen in goods . vjK
Martine Clarke gen in goods . iiijK
Thomas Woodgate gen in goods vju
William ff earnes gen in goods . v"
William Strachier gen in goods iiju
Gosby in Lands . jn

PECKHAM.
Sir Thomas Gardyner Kt in

Sir Thomas Crymes Kt in Lands xxu
ffrancies Muschamp esquire in
Lands vjB
Thomas Dabridgcourt Gent in
Goods . viK

z 2

LOCAL PLACES AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS.

ANY interesting associations connected with Camberwell Grove have
been noticed in previous chapters. A word still remains, however,
to be written about the trees of the Grove, which ornamented its
graceful slope before the invasion of bricks and mortar, and which
still remain as striking ornaments of the locality. Our illustration
of the Grove, published more than a century since, represents the place when the
Grove House tavern was the principal building there. The beautiful trees are dis-
appearing one by one, thanks to gas and water, pipes and other emblems of modern
civilization ; and in an unpretending little volume, entitled Bible Lyrics and other
Poems, the writer thus laments over the Last of the Leafless : —

' Last of the leafless ! withered tree !

Thou shalt not fall unsung,
Though hushed is now the minstrelsy

That once around thee rung.
The storm no more thy scourge shall be,

The winds of heav'n thy tongue,
Yet hast thou still a lively part,
Within one wayward rhymester's heart.

Preserved whilst thousands fall away,
The sun-beam shall not smite

That homeless sojourner by day,
Or baleful moon by night ;

So whilst those hosts that round thee lay
Attest the spoiler's might,

Like him whose ' record is on high,'

To thee no deadly hurt comes nigh ! "

Associated with Camberwell Grove, at least in the mind of the writer, is M The
Camberwell Beauty."

During the progress of these pages through the press, the writer was incessantly
untreated by Camberwell beauties of every kind and degree, to reveal the name of
the beauty who was destined to appear in his book. It did not occur to the young
ladies in question that any beauty other than " the female form divine " could
possibly find a place in the writer's thoughts and projects. Kefusing to respond to
the pressing queries of his fair friends as to the name of the young lady, the writer
-was then invited to reveal the locality from which the selection had been made.
At last, by a sort of common consent, two young ladies of somewhat different types
•of -beauty were left alone in the field — a tall blonde of Camberwell Grove and a
dark belle from Dulwich.

Which of these young ladies was ultimately selected by the writer is now no
longer a secret, and it must be confessed by the discriminating belles of Camberwell
that the choice has been prudent and proper. In the desperate task assigned him by
the beauties of Camberwell, the writer was credited with boldness which he never
possessed, and with taste but little in common with the extreme modesty of his
character. To court the favour of one and the enmity of 999 is a task from which
«even the boldest must shrink ; but to select for his pages a charming entomological

CAMBERWELL BEAUTY.

LOCAL PLACES AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS. 341

representative of all the charming belles of the district, who one and all, without a
single exception, are

" As beautiful as a butterfly,"

is a pleasure which the most timid and retiring may revel in !

" The wide uncertainty," says Mr. Morris, in his History of British Butterflies,
" of the periodical appearance of this very fine butterfly is very remarkable, and
' whither away ?' between the dates of its visits is a question we cannot answer."

It appeared in immense numbers about ninety years ago, and in 1819 it was
observed very frequently in all parts of the kingdom ; but since that time very few
have been seen.

The butterfly appears in the beginning of August, and like others of its class
occasionally survives during the winter, and re-appears after its long sleep, with the
advance of the new year. The caterpillar feeds on the willow and birch, and is
said to be found on the topmost branches.

The butterfly varies in the expanse of its wings from a little under 3 inches
to 3 inches and a half. The fore wings are of a "fine dark rich claret colour,*
margined with dull white or yellowish." Inside the margin is a row of blue spots
on a velvet black ground. The hind wings are of the same dark claret ground
colour.

Underneath, the wings are ash brown, with a great many slender transverse black
lines ; the white margin and spots show through as do the bar and blue spots, but
only faintly.

The caterpillar is gregarious, black in colour, with spots on the back, and some
of the legs of a red colour.

The chrysalis is dull black, with fulvous spots and dentated in appearance.

The illustration of Cambervvell Mill will bring back the time to many of our
readers when Freeman's Mill was a conspicuous parochial boundary point, being the
first in this parish on the western side of Camberwell Road adjoining Newington.

In the vicinity of the mill was a well known locality known as Bowyer Lane, now
Wyndham Road.

In the early part of the present century this place was the abode of questionable
characters of all sorts. Greenacre lived here in 1836, the year of the murder now
associated with his name ; and it is stated on reliable authority that the body of a
man who was executed for horse stealing was exhibited by the family living in
Bowyer Lane, at one shilling a head, until Mr. Hyde, then curate at St. Giles'
church, put a stop to it. At one time Bowyer Lane was the abode of hawkers,
costermongers, and chimney sweepers, and donkeys abounded in the neighbourhood.
In the Camberwell Road lived a farmer, who was a firm believer in the transmigra-
tion of souls ; and, donkey that he must then have been, he was possessed with the
idea that even after his present tenement was given up, the next earthly tabernacle
that his spirit would fly to, would be that of a donkey ; and, therefore, he was kind
to donkeys then existing. The denizens of Bowyer Lane finding out this article of
the farmer's belief, were in the habit of giving their ass an extra knock whenever
they passed the farm ; whereupon the donkey-thcat-was-to-be would rush out, and
not only expostulate with the man but feed his animal. It is needless to add that
the old man found many customers.

* Morris, British Butterflies.

342 Ye PARISH. OF CAMERWELL.

The Flora Gardens, Bowyer Lane, were at one time one of the features of the
neighbourhood.

One of the most frightful murders of the present century was that committed by
Greenacre within this parish. This man was by trade a cabinet-maker, and had
engaged to marry his victim, Mrs. Brown, a widow and laundress, on Christmas Day,
1836. In order to make arrangements for the events of the morrow, Mrs. Brown
removed to Camberwell on Christmas Eve. Four days after, the trunk and arms of a
female (which from some peculiarity in the sexual conformation, were subsequently
proved to be parts of the murdered woman) were found inclosed in a sack near the
Pine-apple Gate in the Edgeware Road ; on the 6th of January following, a human
head, which impeded the closing of the gates at the Ben Johnson's lock, near
Stepney, was drawn up by the lock-keeper with a hitcher; and, on the 2nd of
February, the legs and thighs of a human being were discovered in an ozier-bed in
Cold-harbour Lane, between Camberwell and Brixton. Greenacre was apprehended
on the 24th of March, in St. Alban's Place, Lambeth, together with Sarah Gale, a
woman with whom he had long cohabited. They were tried and condemned ; and
Greenacre was executed at the Old Bailey, on the 2nd of May following the murder ;
and Sarah Gale, in whose possession was found some of the murdered woman's
property, was transported for life. From a report of the trial it appears, that the
murdered woman was first stunned ; and, whilst in that condition, her head was cut
from her body with a common table knife;* after which other parts of her body
were dismembered. On the night of his apprehension, Greenacre was confined in a
cell at the Paddington station-house, where he attempted to commit suicide by
strangulation with his pocket handkerchief, but was prevented by an officer who
heard his groans. Greenacre's first wife is buried in St. Giles's churchyard, close to
the south entrance of the church.

Another murder which created much sensation at the time was that committed by
a Frenchman, Horceau, in February, 1846. The man, who was a professor of
languages, lived at the time in Wellington Place, Southampton Street ; and according
to the verdict, " while in a state of temporary insanity, produced by extreme priva-
tion and want," murdered two of his children and then cut his own throat.

Within a stones throw of this locality are the Addington Square Baths, built by
Mr. John Day in 1825. The swimming bath is 70 feet by 50 feet. There is a
swimming club called the Cygnus Club held here, under the patronage of R. A.
Gray, Esq., J.P. Mr. J. Sparrow is the present proprietor.

In the Albany Road (Earl Street) is the well known firm of bookbinders, whose
factory is generally known as Watkins' Bible Factory. Messrs. Watkins removed to
Camberwell in 1862. They have contracted for the binding of the British and
Foreign Bible Society for more than fifty years, and their establishment comprises
nearly 400 hands, and as many as one million copies of the Scriptures are bound by
them annually.

The following large firms amongst others have factories in the parish : f — Messrs.
Chubb and Son ; Wilcox and Gibbs ; Ellington and Ridley ; Sowerby and Co. ;
Peter Brown and Co. ; whilst there are several extensive oil-cloth factories, the
principal of which are those belonging to Mr. Wells, Avenue Road, and Enoch

* This knife was discovered some years after be mentioned the Chemical Colour Works of Mr.

when the premises, in which the murder was com- Horace Corey ; the Parafin Candle Works of Mr.

mitted, were pulled down by the London, Chatham Windhurst ; the Talbot Engine Works of Messrs,

and Dover Railway Company. It is now in Madame Russell and Co. ; the Soap Factory of Messrs.

Tussaud's Museum. Herbert and Horton ; the Taper-Collar Factory

t There are numerous and extensive factories at of Mr. Denne ; and the Leather Factories of Messrs.

Hatcham, within this parish, amongst which may Hught and Langford.

CAMBERWELL MILL

(ADJOINING NEWINGTONJ

1825.

\7iew

CAMBERWE

1750.

Gro

e .

LOCAL PLACES AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS. 343

Clarke and Co., Neate Street. Mr. Clarke's factory was built about 1850, and is
constructed entirely of timber, and there are nearly 150 men and boys employed.
There are numerous establishments in Camber well employing in the aggregate
several hundred young women; — the largest of which are the establishments
belonging to Mr. Stevens, St. James's Road, and Mr. Cooper, Coburg Road, shirt and
collar manufacturers. In the New Church Road, near Addington Square, are the
well known Mineral Water Works of Mr. J. A. Taylor.

In a letter from Venice to Mr. Murray, in 1817, Byron begs him to send out
"some soda powders, but no poetry;" and it is to be feared that in these enlightened
days a very general preference is still given to soda-water !

Mr. Taylor has been known to send out as many as 30,000 bottles of soda-water in
one day. Books don't "go off" in the Row at this rate.

Mr. Taylor's premises appear to be well planned and suitable in every way for
his particular business. The present buildings were commenced in 1868, and com-
pleted in March in the following year. The contractor was Mr. R. N. Foster, and
the architect, Mr. Joseph S. Moye, of 48, Hertford Street, Mayfair. The business
was commenced in the early part of the present century by Mr. J. M. Taylor,
chemist, of East Street, Wai worth. The present proprietor, Mr. T. A. Taylor, is a
liberal supporter of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum in this parish.

There are also mineral water factories belonging to Messrs. White and Co., in the
Windham Road, and Mr. Barrett, in Grove Lane.

Property in this neighbourhood has recently changed hands to a considerable
extent, many leases on the Edmond Estate, in George Street, Waterloo Street, &c.,
having recently fallen in. The property was purchased by the late Mr. Edmonds, of
the Bowyer family. Another property, known as " The D'Eynsford Estate," was sold
by auction at Garraway's, November, 1861, by Messrs. Lumley, and comprised
ground rents of ,£410 per annum, secured on 142 houses in D'Eynsford Road,
Brooke's Terrace, Harvey Road, and Kimpton Road, including Ezra Chapel ; also
twenty-nine freehold houses and vacant land ; the whole representing property pro-
ducing £2,000 per annum, and an estimated rack-rental on the falling in of the
leases of £20,000.

" The Brunswick Square Estate " was also sold at the auction mart in August,
1863, by order of the Court of Chancery in the cause of Hudson v. Hudson. It
comprised the enclosure, shrubbery, land, and sixteen residences, the leasehold portion
having been derived from the vicar of Camberwell in 1847, and the freehold in 1842
and 1851. The General Investment Company purchased the estate, and it was
subsequently resold by them in portions.

The Old Kent Road, known as Kent Street Road until the end of the last
century, was a continuation of Kent Street, in the Borough, and was the highway
from Kent to the Metropolis.* There were but few houses in the Kent Road a
century since, there being less than a dozen persons then rated to the poor in that
district. Rocque s Map of 1750 shows the Kent Road lined with hedge-rows. At
the east end of Kent Street in 1847 was unearthed a pointed arched bridge of the
fifteenth century, probably erected by the monks of Bermondsey Abbey, lords of
the manor. In Rocque's Map, this arch, called Lock's Bridge from being near the

* Smollett, in his Travels, 1766, describes "the magnificence of London and Westminster are after-
avenue to London, by way of Kent Street, which wards unable to destroy. A friend of mine, who
is a most disgraceful entrance to such an opulent brought a Parisian from Dover in his own post-
city. A foreigner, in passing through this chaise, contrived to enter South wark after it
beggarly and ruinous suburb, conceives such an was dark, that his friend might not perceive the
idea of misery and meanness, as all the wealth and nakedness of this quarter."

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Lock Hospital, carries the road over a stream, which runs from Newington Fields *
to Bennondsey !

Kent Street and Kent Street Eoad have witnessed many grand and glorious
events. Scenes of conquest and devotion ; the pageantry of peace, as well as the
horrors of riot and rebellion and the miseries of war ; are called up at the mention
of their names. The Eoman invader came along the rich marshy ground supporting
Kent Street ; f thousands of weary and devoted pilgrims have passed along this dreary
way ; the Black Prince and his veteran army, flushed with victory, entered London
by this south walk ; Cade, with 20,000 insurgents, came from Blackheath into
Southwark by this route ; and the ill-fated Wyatt rushed along its narrow course
to discomibrture and death. The citizens in great state crossed the river once a
year in the olden time to open Southwark fair and to inspect the city boundaries.
The fair, which was held on September 7th, 8th, and 9th, was opened by the lord
mayor and sheriffs " riding to St. Magnus' Church, after dinner, at two in the afternoon ;
the former vested with his collar of SS., without his hood ; and all dressed in their
scarlet gowns, lined, without their cloaks. They were attended by the sword-bearer,
wearing his embroidered cap, and carrying ' the pearl sword ; ' and at the church
were met by the aldermen, all of whom, after evening prayer, rode over the bridge in
procession, passed through the Fair, and continued either to St. George's Church,
Newington Bridge, or to the stones pointing out the City liberties at St. Thomas a

Watering, "t

This place was the first halting-place out o£ London on the road to Kent, and it
was so called from its being the place where the pilgrims going to Canterbury
usually halted by the way. Chaucer, in his prologue to the Canterbury Tales, thus
speaks of this place : —

" And forth we riden a little more than pas
Unto the Watering of St. Thomas—
And there our hoste began hia hors' arrest."

Its precise situation was as near as possible that part of the Old Kent Road which
is intersected by the Albany Road, and the memory of the place is still kept alive by
St. Thomas's Road, close by, and by tavern-signs in the neighbourhood.

At the commencement of the present century there was a stream here which
served as a common sewer, across which a bridge was built ; and in going from
Camberwell into Newington or Southwark, it was not unusual for people to say they
were going over the water. The current from the Peckham Hill was at times so
strong as to overflow at least two acres of ground. §

When old London Bridge afforded the only passage over the Thames, the Kent
Road, then known as Kinge's Street, probably from the fact that royal processions
often passed along its course, was a thoroughfare of great importance. Mention is
made in the city records of numerous deputations of citizens to St. Thomas a,
Watering to meet returning warriors, as well as to pay homage to royalty. When
the victors at Agincourt returned to England, they were met here with much
ceremony on the 23rd November, 1415. "The Maior of London," says Holinshed,
"and the aldermen, apparelled in orient grained scarlet; and four hundred com-

* Maitland (page 8) states that west of the Fish-
monger's Almshouses "is a moorish ground, with
a small watercourse denominated the liver Tygris,
which is part of Cnut's trench ; the outflux of which
is on the east side of Rotherhithe parish, where the
great wet dock is situate." In 1823, when the road
between the almshouses and Newington Church
was dug up for a new sewer, some piles and posts
were discovered, with rings for mooring barges ;

also a pot of coins of Charles II. and William III.
A parishioner, named Forns, who died, aged 109
years, early in the present century, remembered
when boats came up this "river" as far as the
church at Newington. (Brayley's Surrey, vol. iii.,
p. 405).

t Bagford.

t Timb's Curiosities of London, p. 743.

§ M. & B., vol. iii., p. 402.

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moners, clad in beautiful meurtie, well mounted and trimlie horssed, with rich
collars and great chains, met the king at Blackheath, rejoicing at his return ; and
the clergy of London, with rich crosses, sumptuous copes, and massiv censers,
received him at St. Thomas a Watering with solemn procession."

The spot was set apart soon after this as a place of execution, and so continued
until about the middle of the eighteenth century.

On Shrove Tuesday, 1498 (14 Hen. VII.), Ralph Wilford, a cordwainer's son, was
hanged here for falsely assuming the title of " Earl of Warwick." On the 8th July,
1539, Griffith Cleark, vicar of Wandsworth, his chaplain, servant, and a friar named
Waire, were all four hanged and quartered here, probably for denying the king's
supremacy.

In 1553 (January 3rd) "was cared from the Marshalleshe unto Saynt Thomas of
Wateryng, a talman, and whent thedur with the rope a-bowt ys neke, and so he
hanggd a whylle, and the rope burst, and a whylle after and then they went for
a-nodur rope, and so lyke-wyss he burst yt and fell to the grond, and so he skapyd
with ys lyffe."

On the 25th of April following " vj fey Ions wher hanggd at Saynt Thomas of
Watering ; iiij were hanggd with ij altars a-pese, and the ij wher pore with
one." *

On the 3rd of October, 1559, a "nuw payre of galows was sett up at Sant
Thomas of Watering ;." and on the 12th of February, 1650-1, " was reynyd f in
Westmynster Hall v men, iij was for burglare, and ij were cutpurses, and cast to be
hanged at Sant Thomas of Watery ing : on was a gentyllman."

One of the quarters of Sir Thomas Wyatt, beheaded for rebellion on the llth
April, 1553, was exposed at this place ; J and on the 18th June, 1556, a younger son
of Lord Sands was hanged here for robbing a cart, coming from a fair, at Beverley ; §
the booty was estimated at four thousand pounds. In 1559 five men were executed.
Machyn, in his Diary, thus records the event : —

'* The ix day of Feybruary at after-none a-bowtt iij of the cloke, wher v men wher
hangyd at Sant Thomas of watherynges ; one was captyn Jeukes, and (blank)
Warde and (blank) Walles, and (blank) Beymont, and a-nodur man, and they were
browth || up in ware IT all their lyffes, — for a grett robere done."

In May, 1593, John Penry, arraigned at the King's Bench for seditious words, on
the stat. 23 Eliz. c. 2, was executed hastily, being brought in, in the afternoon, from
the King's Bench prison, Southwark.**

Another memorable execution which took place here was that of Franklin, in
1615, for being concerned in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury. A graphic
account of this extraordinary execution will be found in the EgertSn Papers
(Camden Soc. Pub). Franklin, it appears, played pranks with the executioner,
chaffed the chaplain, good-humouredly harangued the crowd, and distributed money
among the small boys ; " so that," we are told, " all men thought hime either madd
or druneke.'J Before he died he " ded geve the hangman a bockes of the eare."

The last persons executed at St. Thomas a Watering were a father and son for
murder, about 1740.

One of the sights of the Old Kent Road at the beginning of the eighteenth
century was the cavalcade of Mrs. Mapp, the celebrated bone-setter, on her way to
the city. On one occasion, we are told,tt that as the lady was proceeding along the

* Machyn's Diary. § Strype's Ecc. Mem., 301.

t Arraigned. || Brought. H War.

J Strype's Ecc. Mem., 3-120. See also Machyn's ** Life of Archbishop Whitgift.

Diary, p. CO. it Jeaffreson'd " Buok about Doctors.'

346 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Old Kent Road to the Borough in her carriage-and-four, dressed in a loosely-fitting
robe-de-chambre, and manifesting by her manner that she had partaken too freely of
Geneva water, she found herself in a very trying position. Her fat frame, inde-
corous dress, and dazzling equipage, were in the eyes of the mob sure signs of
royalty, that she was immediately taken for a court lady of German origin, and
unpopular repute, whose word was omnipotent at St. James's. Soon a crowd
gathered round the carriage, and with the proper amount of yelling and hooting,
were about to break the windows with stones, when, acting very much as Nell
Gwynne did on a similar occasion, she exclaimed in a manner more emphatic than

polite, " D it, don't you know me ? I'm Mrs. Mapp, the bone-setter ! "

St. Mary-le-Strand House, on the south side of the Old Kent Road, was built in
1811 by the parochial authorities of St. Mary-le-Strand, for a workhouse, and was so
continued until 1836, when it was let to Messrs. J. A. and W. Lyon, bleachers, on
lease. The land on which the house is built forms a portion of seven acres of land
granted by Alice Loveday in 1667 to the above parish, and out of the rents and
profits of the said land the authorities were directed to distribute ,£5 amongst twenty
poor widows on the 6th of September in each year ; on which occasion a sermon is
preached by the minister, who receives the sum of twenty shillings for his trouble,
and ten shillings are divided amongst the reader, clerk, and sexton.

The property has a frontage of about 789 feet, and is covered by about thirty
houses, now known as St. Mary-le-Strand Place, and vested in the Trustees of the
Charity Estates. The workhouse was erected under an Act of Parliament, in
which was inserted a clause that no occupier of the workhouse should become
chargeable to the parish of Camberwell by virtue of residence within the said building ;
but now that it has ceased to be used as a workhouse it is to be feared that the
worthy occupier, Mr. J. A. Lyon, who is himself a poor-law guardian, could
readily prove a settlement, but it would be rather difficult to find a more comfortable
" settlement " than St. Mary-le-Strand workhouse as at present conducted. Camber-
well is a model workhouse, but St. Mary of the Old Kent Road is a delightful
retreat.

The South Metropolitan Gas Company (Old Kent Road), whose successful opera-
tions in Camberwell are well known, is deserving of something more than a passing
notice. Year by year it has grown gradually but surely, and in stretching out its
arms, as it were, from the Old Kent Road towards Bermondsey and Rotlierhithe, it
has removed even a church (Christ Church) from its foundation. The Society's
estate consists now of 36 acres, 16 of which are leasehold and the remainder freehold,
and its operations extend over 13 square miles, from the New Kent Road southwards
as far as Croydon parish, taking in considerable portions of Newington, St. George
the Martyr, a small part of Bermondsey, nearly all Camberwell, a large slice of
Lambeth, and all Streatham. The number of men employed in the winter is about
500, and the number of customers on the books may be estimated at 15,000. The
Company has altogether about 170 miles of main-pipes, and uses annually about
84,000 tons of coals, and supplies about 800,000,000 feet of gas in the course of a
year, of an illuminating power never less than sixteen candles, although the parlia-
mentary standard is fourteen candles.

The number of retorts is about 500, and the seven gas-holders are capable of
storing nearly 4,000,000 feet of gas ; while the greatest quantity made in a day
somewhat exceeds that amount.

This parish is mainly supplied by the South Metropolitan Company, and as many
as 1,736 public lamps are lighted by it, at a cost of about ,£6,500.

This very successful Company was founded in 1833 as a cannel gas company. It

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was incorporated in 1842, with an authorised capital of ,£200,000, and with power
to increase to £250,000. In 1853 the south side of the Thames was divided into
districts, which arrangements were sanctioned by Parliament in the Metropolis Gas
Act, 1860. In 1869 the South Metropolitan Company obtained a fresh Act, which
gave them power to raise a further capital of £250,000 with a maximum dividend of
10 per cent. The Company first supplied gas in 1834 : and after four years' trial it
was convincingly proved that to supply cannel gas at the price of gas made from the
common coal was a financial mistake, and therefore cannel gas was abandoned in
1838.

The Company paid its first dividend of 1J per cent, for the year 1836, 2 4 in 1837,
and 4 per cent, in 1839, creeping on to 6 per cent, in 1843 ; and this rate, with an
occasional bonus, was continued for about ten years, when the competition of the Surrey
Consumers' Company in 1852, 1853, and 1854 brought the dividends in those years
down to 5 per cent. From 1854 to 1860, 6 per cent, was paid (with sundry bonuses),
and from 1860 to the present time a dividend of 10 per cent, has been paid.

The price of gas was at first lls. per 1,000 ; it dropped from 9s. in 1840 to 6s. in
1848, then, through the introduction of the Surrey Company, to 4s. in 1850. After
the south side of the Thames had been mapped out into districts, the price wras raised
to 4s. 6d.j and remained at that price until 1860, when it was reduced to 4s. 2d!., and
then to 4s., 3s. 8d., 3s. 4d., 3s. 2d. • and from January, 1872, 3s., without meter rents,
which were given up about twenty years ago.

This Company was enabled by frugal management to reduce the price even 2d. per
1,000 after coal had risen 2s. 6d. per ton at the pit's mouth, and owing to a good
reserve the Company has not yet had occasion to raise the price. In 1872 the great
agitation amongst the gas-stokers took place, but the South Metropolitan escaped a
strike.

In October, 1836, a great explosion, felt all over London, took place at the works,
but no lives were lost on the occasion.

Much of the Company's success must in fairness be attributed to the late Mr.
Thomas Livesey, who ably fulfilled the duties first as manager (1839), and afterwards
as secretary (1842). He died in harness on the 10th October, 1871, after thirty
years' devoted labour, just before the gloom that has since enveloped gas under-
takings became visible. Mr. Livesey was not only a very able manager and secretary,
but a large-hearted man, and our local charities always found in him a warm friend
and liberal patron. In his son, Mr. George Livesey, the present secretary and
engineer, the Company has found a worthy successor to his father — greater praise no
man can desire.

In Meeting House Lane, not far from the Peckham Road, is an institution which
deserves to be more generally appreciated. It is known as the Working Men's Club,
and has been established for about twelve years, mainly through the exertions of Messrs.
T. Cash, P. Spurling, and G. Livesey. It is managed by a committee of working
men, and is supported by the subscriptions of members, and by the donations of
honorary members. There are about 300 names now on the books. The social
intercourse afforded to working men through its agency has been productive of good
feeling and good results, and it would be well if other parts of the parish were to
follow the example of the working men of Peckham.!

In Meeting House Lane also are the Metropolitan and Suburban Steam Bleaching
Works, which have been established about eight years. There are about 80 hands
employed (or shall we say 160 ?), and the proprietor, Mr. Yanhee, draws his custom
principally from clubs and other large concerns.

Dr. Wilkinson, of Queen's Road, Peckham, was a noted man in his day. He was

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the father of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, for some time Member of Parliament for the
Borough of Lambeth. Thfc doctor had in his possession the skull of Oliver Crom-
well,* which he was in the habit of showing to his numerous patients. Mr. Oliver
John Williams, writing to the Times, January 2nd, 1875, states, about forty years
ago he was taken by his father to Dr. Wilkinson for advice, and that after examining
the youth's head, the Doctor remarked its close resemblance to the skull of Oliver
Cromwell, which he had up-stairs. The skull is now, we believe, in the possession
of Mr. Horace Wilkinson, of Sevenoaks, Kent.

There are two asylums licensed for the reception of lunatics in Camber well — Cam-
berwell House and Peckham House — which contain in the aggregate 800 patients,
The asylum known as Camberwell House, in the Peckham Eoad, with its sur-
rounding pleasure and garden grounds, occupies a space of some 20 acres, part of
which is laid out in a park-like manner, the remainder being kept for the use of the
patients who take an interest in garden pursuits. The principal building on the
north side of Peckham Road was built by Mr. Wanostrocht t for a school which he

them, and they subsequently sold it to him. For
the next fifteen or twenty years Mr. Wilkinson was-
in the habit or-showing it to all the distinguished
men of that day.

" The circumstantial evidence is very curious. It-
is the only head in history which is known to have
been embalmed and afterwards beheaded. On the
back of the neck, above the vertebrae, is the mark
of the cut of an axe where the executioner, having,
perhaps, no proper block, had struck too high, and,
laying the head in its soft, embalmed state on the
block, flattened the nose on one side, making ifc
adhere to the face. The hair grows promiscuously
about the face, and the beard, stained to exactly
the same colour by the embalming liquor, is tucked
up under the chin, with the oaken staff of the
spear with which the head was stuck up on West-
minster Hall, which staff is perforated by a worn*
that never attacks oak until it has been for many-
years exposed to the weather.

' ' The iron spearhead, where it protrudes above the
skull, is rusted away by the action of the atmos-
phere. The jagged way in which the top of the
skull is removed throws us back to a time when
surgery was in its infancy ; while the embalming is
so beau tifnlly done that the cellular process of the
gums and the membrane of the tongue are still to
be seen. Several teetli are still in the mouth ; the
membrane of the eyelid remains, the pia-mater and
the dura-mater, thin membranes, which I believe
lie over the brain, may be seen clinging to the
inner and upper part of the skull. The brain was,
of course, removed, but the compartments are very
distinct. When the great sculptor, Flaxman, went
to see it, he said at once, ' You will not mind my

* The following details concerning Cromwell's
skull are derived from a reliable source :—

"Oliver Cromwell died at Whitehall Palace on
the 3rd of September, 1658, after a protracted ill-
ness. He had been long suffering from ague, and
his case is cited in medical books as one of a man
who died of ague while our warehouses were
groaning with Peruvian bark, which we did not
know how to use. During this illness he became
so depressed and debilitated that he would allow
no barber to come near him ; and his beard, instead
of being cut in a certain fashion, grew all over his
face. After bis death the body lay in State at
Somerset-house, having been carefully embalmed,
and was afterwards buried with more than regal
honours in Henry VII. "s Chapel in Westminster
Abbey, where it lay until, after the Restoration, it
was taken out of his grave, as were also the bodies
of Jreton (Cromwell's son-in-law) and Bradshaw ;
the latter, as President of the High Court of Justice,
having pronounced sentence of death on Charles I.
The three bodies were taken in carts to the Red
Lion, in Holborn, and on the 30th of January, the
anniversary of King Charles's death, they were
removed on sledges to Tyburn, where they were
hanged until sunset, and then taken down and .
beheaded, their bodies buried in a deep pit under
the gallows, and their heads stuck upon the top of
Westminster hall, where at that time sentinels
walked.

" Ireton's head was in the middle, and Cromwell's
and Bradshaw's on either side. Cromwell's head,
being embalmed, remained exposed to the atmos-
phere for twenty-five years, and then one stormy
night it was blown down, and picked up by the
sentry, who, hiding it under his cloak, took it home
and secreted it in the chimney corner; and, as
inquiries were constantly being made about it by
the Government, it was only on his death-bed that
he revealed where he had hidden it. His family
sold the head to one of the Cambridgeshire Russells ;
and, in the same box in which it still is, it descended
to a certain Samuel Russell, who being a needy and
careless man, exhibited it in a place near Clare
market. There it was seen by James Cox, who
then owned a famous museum. He tried in vain
to buy the head from Russell ; for, poor as he was,
nothing would at first tempt him to part with the
relic, but after a time Cox assisted him with money,
and eventually, to clear himself from debt, he
made the head over to Cox. When Cox at last
parted with his museum he sold the head of Crom-
well for £230 to three men, who bought it about
the time of the French Revolution to exhibit in
Mead-court, Bond Street, at half-a-crown ahead.
Curiously enough, it happened that each of these
three gentlemen died a sudden death, and the
head came into the possession of the three nieces
of the last man who died. These young ladies
nervous at keeping it in the house, asked Mr. Wil-
kinson, their medical man, to take care of it for

expressing any disappointment I may feel on see-
ing the head ? ' ' Oh, no ! ' said Mr. Wilkinson,
' but will you tell me what are the characteristics
by which the head might be recognised? ' ' Well,'
replied Flaxman, ' I know a great deal about the
configuration of the head of Oliver Cromwell. He
had a low, broad forehead, large orbits to the eyes,
a high septum to the nose, and high cheek-bones ;
but there is one feature which will be with me a
crucial test, and that is, that, instead of having the
lower jaw-bone somewhat curved, it was particularly
short and straight, but set out at an angle, which
gave him a jowlish appearance.' The head exactly
answered to the description, and Flaxman went
away expressing himself as convinced and de-
lighted, i '

" There is a small hole where the wart was on his
forehead, and the eyebrows met in the middle.
The head has the appearance of hard, dry leather."

t Mr. Wanostrocht died in 1812, and was suc-
ceeded by Vincent Wanostrocht, LL. D. , his nephew,
who, dying in 1824, the charge devolved upon his
son, Nicholas Wanostrocht, by whom it was leased,
in 1832, to the Royal Naval School. This Wano-
strocht became a famous cricketer, and was known
as "Mr. Felix."

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conducted for many years with eminent success ; and the school treatises published
by Mr. Wanostrocht while at Camberwell are still held in high estimation. The
building was afterwards used by the Royal Naval School, which was subsequently
removed to New Cross ; and in 1846 the late Mr. Aubin, with Dr. Paul and Mr.
Richards, opened it as an asylum for the insane, and the two latter gentlemen have
made such additions and improvements as to render Camberwell House Asylum the
largest of its kind in the metropolis — a proof of the constant and gradual increase
which has taken place in the numbers of the insane of late years.* The several
mansions, buildings, and cottages are all detached, thus rendering it an easy matter
for the medical staff to classify the inmates, and to give to each patient such further
classification as their mental state or social position may require. In consequence
of this diversified arrangement, the institution is able to receive and accommodate
patients of the upper, middle, and lower classes ; and apparently all classes and
conditions seem well cared for and considered.

The establishment is licensed for the reception of 483 inmates, and for their care
and management there are upwards of 80 officers and servants.

Trades of various kinds are carried on within Camberwell House, shops specially
constructed and arranged for the purpose having been built. Regularly qualified
artisans are employed to instruct, assist, and superintend the patients in their various
trades and occupations.

Divine service is held within the institution regularly every Sunday, the chaplain
being the Rev. J. C. Wetherall, M.A.

There are a resident physician and surgeon. Dr. Schofield is the medical super-
intendent, whilst Dr. Paul acts as visiting physician.

Peckham House is also an asylum for the mentally afflicted, and as such is known
far and wide. The fine old mansion and surrounding acres have not always been con-
nected with the sad side of humanity, for prior to 1826 the noble building resounded
with the merry laughter of freedom. The wealthy family of Spitta lived here in
great style, giving fetes, or what would now be termed garden-parties, to their
neighbours, and dispensing charity with no niggard hand amongst the poor of the
locality. In 1826 the building was opened as a private lunatic asylum, by the father
of Dr. Armstrong, and it was so conducted until February, 1872, when Dr. Arm-
strong was succeeded by Dr. Stocker.

Great alterations have necessarily been made in the place from time to time, to
meet the great demand upon the resources of the establishment, and with the excep-
tion of the principal building, this vast asylum has been constructed since the year
1826. And even the house itself has of late undergone many material alterations, as
;a great portion of it was very recently destroyed by fire, and Dr. Stocker seized the
opportunity to carry out many improvements and additions, not the least important
of which is the neat and substantial building adjoining the entrance gates, now used
as a lodge. The asylum is licensed for 375 inmates, and at the present time there
.-are about 350 within its walls, representing every phase of the " mystery of mania,"
drawn from all classes of society — from the pauper inmate to the titled dame — whilst
all ages are found amongst the inmates, from tottering infancy to tottering age. It is

* The number of registered lunatics, idiots, and of the population. This again displays a steady
persons of unsound mind in England and Wales, on increase since 1859. In that year the ratio was
January 1st, 1874, was 62,027, an increase of 1,731 1'86. Ten years later it was 2'43, and now it is
as compared with January 1st, 1873. The average 2 '62. The commissioners point out that these
annual increase for the last ten years has been statistics have reference only to those lunatics who
1,723. Out of the total for the present year 7,292 are registered, and accounted for as such in the
.are private patients, and the remaining 54,735 returns made to the commissioners. The returns
paupers. The figures of the present report show of the last census show that on April 3rd, 1871, there
the increase of the year to have been 269 of the were in England and Wales 69,019 " lunatics, idiots,
former, and 1,462 of the latter class. In 1S59 the and imbeciles," whereas the returns made to the
total number was 36,762, and each succeeding year commissioners for January 1st, 1871, only showed
-exhibits an increase. A table of peculiar interest 58,060, leaving 10,000 unreported to the corn-
is that which shows the ratio of lunatics per 1,000 missioners. See Report, 1874.

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needless to add that all that can be done for this mass of suffering humanity is done
by Dr. Stocker and his assistants, Mr. Brown the medical superintendent, and Dr.
Barringer the medical officer. Service is held every Sunday afternoon, the chaplain
being the Rev. J. H. Hazell, M.A., of St. Andrew's, Peckham. Dr. Stocker haa
recently purchased a large mansion and estate at Bognor, which he intends using as
a sea-side convalescent branch.

In the Peckham Road, adjoining Dr. Paul's, is the well-known brewery, now con-
ducted by Mr. Jenner. In the oldest map extant of Camberwell, published about
1740, this brewery is there described as " The Brew House," and the present building
is more than 100 years old. Mr. Jenner, whose family have long been identified
with Camberwell, resides in Grove Lane ; and a part of his house is set apart as a
museum, which is exceedingly well stocked with valuable curiosities, gathered from
every clime, and embracing almost every field of study and research.

High Street, Peckham, still boasts of many quaint old houses, some of which can
date back more than two centuries. One of the most interesting of which is that
conducted by the Misses Clifton, is elsewhere noticed. The police station forms part
of what was once a fine Peckham mansion, formerly occupied by a wealthy family of
the name of Dalton, and subsequently used as a nunnery. The police station occupies
the site of one of its outbuildings. The house now occupied by Messrs. Tobitt as a
drapers, was once the head-quarters of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society, which
was founded in 1702 ; whilst Avenue House, now the central establishment of Miss
Rye, was once a family mansion of some note.

The Peckham Theatre was at one time an institution in the village ; for the spirited
proprietor, Mr. Penley, of Drury Lane notoriety, generally presented an attractive
bill of fare, and residents of to-day speak in terms of high praise of the performers.
The British School in the High Street now occupies the site of the building.

South Grove, Rye Lane, formerly known as George Street, is a private road, and
the residents of the Grove contribute a sum not exceeding thirty shillings a year to
keep the road, footpath, and shrubbery in repair. Trustees are chosen by the tenants
annually, under a deed of Mr. George Choumert, dated 1831, to manage the property,
and to inspect the treasurer's accounts, which are rendered yearly ; and a notice of
this audit is posted on the shrubbery for two hours at least each day for fourteen
consecutive days. The parish lights the road.

Adjoining the Peckham Rye Railway Station is the Museum of Fire Arms, built
by Mr. G. G. Bussey in 1867, for a Permanent Exhibition of everything connected
with Gunnery. Revolvers, rifles, guns, explosive compounds, projectiles, cartridges,
«Scc., are always on view, and a rifle range is also connected with the establishment.
Registers of shootings to let, dogs, &c., for sale, gamekeepers wanting situations, are
kept at the museum for the convenience of sportsmen.

Nunhead is rapidly becoming a place of importance with a large population, and
the head-quarters of various centres of industry, very different from the time when vil-
lage lads and lasses were wont to dance and romp on Nun Green, and when the ancient
Nun's Head, which has been an institution in the locality for more than 200 years,
was an object of attraction, through its famous tea-gardens, to the worn-out citizen.

The Cemetery was the first undertaking of any note to disturb the tranquility of
this snug retreat. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Winchester in 1840, and at
present covers an area of nearly 50 acres. The Rev. J. B. Marriott is the present
chaplain.

In Nunhead Lane for many years lived a man known far and wide throughout the
parish as " Mutton Davis." Common report says that he was so named in conse-
quence of his inordinate liking for mutton, but we forbear to mention the quantity
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first place, and secondly, because we have no desire to give further currency to an
idle tale. Davis, it appears, was a tailor, and in connexion with his trade was a
benefit club, of which Davis was a leading spirit. It is stated that when appealed to
by the other members to name the dishes for the annual dinner, Davis invariably
selected mutton — hence the sobriquet. He appears from the statements of his con-
temporaries to have been a most extraordinary fellow, and though a man of a large
well-covered frame, was an extraordinary juniper and wrestler, whilst his reputation
either with or without the gloves, was an acknowledged fact throughout the village
of Peckham. He was particularly supple of limb, and whilst sitting on his tailor's
board, he would often astonish his visitors by the novel feat of making his feet meet
at the back of his neck ? He would also place a glass of ale on the ball of his foot
and then raise the glass to his mouth without spilling any of the contents !

Although " Mutton Davis " was a man of extraordinary strength, and somewhat
rough exterior, he is described by those who knew him best as being tender-hearted
and simple as a child. He died September, 1867, aged 72 years, and was buried at
Nunhead.

The firework factory of Mr. Brock has introduced a still further disturbing element
to the tranquillity of the place ; and Nunhead has become, in spite of itself, the head-
quarters of pyrotechny.

The grand firework displays at the Crystal Palace, for which Mr. Brock is sole
pyrotechnist, as he is also to the Sultan of Turkey, were commenced with the great
firework competition in 1865. The judges were Colonel Boxer, late of Woolwich
Arsenal, inventor of the Boxer cartridge, Dr. D. S. Price, Mr. E. Chadwick, C. B.,
and Mr, Edwin Clark, C.E. The exhibition originated with Mr. Brock, and the
arrangements and details were mainly conducted by that gentleman, who was not
himself a competitor, but rendered so much valuable service to the directors on the
occasions, as to be appointed in the following year, 1866, sole pyrotechnist to the
company — an appointment he has since filled with great credit to himself, and in
which he has given much delight to many hundreds of thousands of visitors. The
most extensive display made as yet was on the occasion of the visit of M. de Lesseps,
of Suez Canal celebrity. A result of the Sultan's visit, and of his delight, was the
special appointment of Mr. Brock as his pyrotechnist. Mr. Brock has visited Con-
stantinople to arrange and superintend, under an Imperial commission, a grand
display of fireworks on the Bosphorus ; it cost 'about £1,000, and was of the most
imposing character, and in every respect a complete success. Mr. Brock has also
established for the Sultan a firework factory at Constantinople.

In all instances of visits of imperial, royal, or august personages to London, and to
the Crystal Palace, a grand display of fireworks is invariably commanded. Including
displays at these visits of illustrious personages, there are about eighteen grand
displays of fireworks at the Crystal Palace in the course of the year, or in the season
of six months. Many of our readers are aware of the vast improvements that have
been made since 1866 in the quality and effectiveness of Mr. Brock's displays, of the
marvellous delicacy, variety, and brilliancy of his coloured lights, the heights to which
they are propelled, and the great distances they are made to float in the upper air ; —

" And fiery darts at intervals

Flew up all sparkling from the main,
As if each star that nightly falls,

Were shooting back to heaven again."

As regards the comparative magnitude of the grand displays now made at the
Crystal Palace, it is within the truth to say that they are now four times larger than
the most ambitious attempt of 1866, nearly two tons of combustible matter being
fired on every occasion of a grand display.

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The largest erections connected with Mr. Brock's factory are the three most recently
put up, which stand nearest to the public road. Their origin is a little curious.
At the time of the Franco-Prussian war, when manufacturing operations of all kinds,
including even the production of war stores, were paralysed in France, Mr. Brock
was asked to undertake the manufacture for the French War Department of two
millions of paper cartridge tubes. Some of the French officials had doubtless been at
Nunhead before then, and had taken the impression from what they saw of Mr.
Brock's energy, fertility of resource, and the skill and celerity with which his
employes executed tube-work of paper, that he was the man of all others most likely
to supply their need quickly and well. Their confidence was not misplaced. The
large sheds were erected in a few days, as many hands as could be accommodated in
them were put to work, and the order executed in an incredibly short space of time.

In the season Mr. Brock uses a large workshop in the Crystal Palace grounds.
About seventy persons are employed in preparing the fireworks for a grand display,
and sometimes as many as 200 for firing, when coloured lights as a salute are included.
On a grand night there are as many as 3,000 discharges and lights — 2,000 rockets,
flight of 100 shells, 600 Roman candles, and 400 coloured lights. Some of the
devices are in area 330 feet by 80 feet. Nearly seventy people are employed by Mr.
Brock all the year round.

The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company are now erecting immense reser-
voirs at Nunhead. The company would seem to have long contemplated a settlement
at Nunhead, since more than twenty-five years they purchased about 14 acres of
freehold land there. The works include four reservoirs — two high level and two low
level — the former having a holding capacity of six million gallons, and the latter
twelve millions. The water will be pumped up at the company's intake six miles
above Teddington Lock. The engine at Hampton Court having pumped the water
from the river, will force it on to Battersea. Here powerful engines will send it on
to Nunhead, where it will flow into the low-level reservoir, and from thence be
pumped into the upper series. For this purpose, and for distribution, engines on the
newest principle and embracing every modern improvement will be erected.

Each reservoir is entirely covered, in accordance with the provisions of the Metro-
polis Water Works' Act, 1852. This Act was passed to protect the water from the
impurities of the London atmosphere, as well as to prevent the development of
animal germs, by rays of light.

It is estimated that the mains in connexion with the distribution will on the
aggregate be over 700 miles in length, and weigh upwards of 250,000 tons.

The interior of the reservoirs is built up in " bays," with brick arches springing
from piers that are equi-distant from each other. The depth of water in each reser-
voir, when full, will be 20 feet. Provision has been made, in the event of necessity
arising, to drain this immense quantity of water off in an incredibly short space of
time, by means of an elaborate series of valves. The embankments are of extra-
ordinary strength ; they are built in terraces, each terrace being 16 feet wide. The
engine house, which stands between the upper and lower reservoirs, is a handsome
structure, with a square tower 70 feet in height, and built in the Venetian style of
architecture. The material employed here is white brick with red dressings.

In carrying out these extensive works great difficulties have been experienced,
owing partly to the natural configuration of the ground, and to its geological formation.
Delays innumerable have occurred, and at one time the work was suspended for four
months ; but all difficulties are now happily surmounted, and this great engineering
work will long remain a monument of enterprise and skill. The designers and
executors were Messrs. Quick and Son, of Westminster, and Mr. Just, C.E., who

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ently carried out the great waterworks at Odessa ; whilst Messrs. Aird and Son?
of Lambeth, are the contractors for laying the mains and erecting the boilers, &c.
The total cost will be about £250,000.

In 1868 the manorial rights of Peckham Rye were purchased by the vestry of
this parish. The common, which is said to be about 55 acres in extent, formed
part of two manors, known as Camberwell Buckingham and Camberwell Friern.
Previous to the acquisition of the manorial rights by the parish, the lord of the
manor, Sir William Bowyer Smyth, had granted leases to a few of the inhabitants of
the Rye for twenty-one years, all of which expired in December, 1866. The lessees
usually expended about £100 per annum (partly contributed by the inhabitants
of the neighbourhood) in keeping the common in good condition.

Great difficulty was experienced before 1869 in keeping order on the Rye, and in
preventing its becoming the site of a huge fair. In 1864 thirty-two vans of
" Womb well's wild beasts " held possession for a time, and other invasions more or
less objectionable were made from time to time.

The lord of the manor formerly held considerable property in the vicinity of the
Rye ; indeed at one time the Bowyer family were the principal landowners in this
parish. In his evidence before a committee of the House of Commons in 1865, the
deputy steward of the lord of the manor, Mr. Charles Graham, claimed for Sir
William Bowyer Smyth the absolute ownership of the Rye, and asserted that he
was entitled to the full building value of the land, there being at that time, according
to Mr. Graham, no copyholder having rights over it. Mr. T. Drake, however, whose
energy and devotion in bringing about the [purchase of Peckham Rye for the free
use of the people cannot be too highly applauded, maintained, in his evidence before
the House of Commons committee, that there were commoners having rights, and he
mentioned instances where "the right of common and turbary" had been conveyed
from vendors to purchasers.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the principal inhabitants was held on
Wednesday, June 7th, 1865, to consider the best means to be adopted to prevent the
erection of buildings on Peckham Rye ; and the vestry minutes of 3rd May, 1766,
and April 14th, 1789, record similar protests of the parishioners against encroach-
ments on Peckham Rye.

But the vestry is now master of the situation, and Peckham Rye affords healthy
recreation to thousands upon thousands whose life is principally spent amidst City
smoke or overbuilt suburbs.

The people's claims to the commons were stoutly defended in times past, even to
the sacrifice of life — not so much for the right of recreation as the right of grazing
and of gathering fuel. An old ditty, embodying the feeling of the people, runs thus : —

" 'Tis very bad in man or woman
To steal a goose from off the common.
But who shall plead that man's excuse
Who steals the common from the goose?"

In addition to Peckham Rye there are the following open spaces : —

Goose Green, comprising about five acres of land, intersected by the parish road.
It was part of the manor of Camberwell Friern.

Nunhead Green, about one acre ; and

Camberwell Green, containing rather more than an acre, and leased to the parish
for 2,000 years.

On Peckham Rye is an old farm house, known as Homestead Farm, belonging
to Mr. Stevens, which takes us back to the time when such holdings abounded
throughout the parish. The quaint old house now standing is well worth a visit,
.for its situation and surroundings are delightful.

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Among the many Landmarks rapidly disappearing, the Rectory Nursery, Crystal
Palace Road, East Dulwich, is now to be numbered — at least, in its present mag-
nitude.

Mr. Weller purchased the freehold of the nursery about eight years ago. On
taking possession of the ground, he proceeded to take up the stumps of some lime-
trees at one corner of the land, in doing which he unearthed a large stone, the
top of which had been broken off, but the remainder being in a good state of
preservation. An inscription on this stone, clearly and deeply carved, showed that
it had been placed there in the year 1616, to indicate that the spot was the boundary
of the land. The common-land, known as Peckham Rye Commom, including
Goose Green as a part of the common, clearly reached as far as the Rectory Farm, or
Nursery, and spread on the opposite side of the Green to the place where the church
now stands. The site now occupied by the house of the Rev. T. D. C. Morse,
St. John's, was that of the old farmhouse ; and that of Springfield Lodge, built upon
forty-one years ago by Mr. Jones, solicitor, was the site of the old barn and cottages
belonging to the Rectory Farm. The thoroughfare now known as the Crystal
Palace Road was only a footpath formerly ; the road was thrown open as a public
one in 1833, it being one of the covenants of the lease that a right of road be acknow-
ledged from Goose Green, at the one end, to Lordship Lane, near the Plough Inn, at
the other.

A portion of the land — that whicli fronts and flanks the rectory house, and a long
strip 150 feet wide in the rear, at the back of Mr. Mountain's house, as far as the
north corner of Lordship Lane, abutting on Goose Green, opposite to Dog-Kennel
Lane, in the contemplated alterations, will be retained as a garden in connection with
the house ; and alongside it, on the south, will be a handsome road, having buildings
on the opposite side, the sides of the road to be skirted with trees. This road is
to be named "Gulistan Grove/' and is to be maintained as a grove literally,
stretching from Lordship Lane to Crystal Palace Road. Transversely to this grove,
and parallel with the Palace Road, will be " Rectory Road," the row of villas along
which will have their back gardens adjoining those of the houses already existing
on the estate, stretching to the avenue formerly known as " North Cross Road," and
now bearing the nomenclature of " Upland Road." The new roads are now being
commenced.

At the present time there are several large blocks of carcases in Lordship Lane
which look like prospective prisons, and have been in that condition for years, having
neither windows, doors, nor floors— a questionable monument to the speculative builder
and an eyesore to the locality. But, amidst all this irregularity, there are many
of the buildings which are praiseworthy, the chief misfortune being that they have
to mingle with others of unworthy pretensions. Among the redeeming class are the
houses of Mr. E. J. Bailey (of the Lord Palmerston Inn), on the western side of the
road. Nor is this class of semi-detached villas confined to Lordship Lane proper,
Mr. Bailey having started a gigantic scheme which promises to connect with his
name and the place of his nativity the greater part of a large township covering
about seventy acres, part of which land formerly constituted the estate of Mr. Thomas
Farmer Bailey (not related to the present owner), and the remainder a portion of the
estate of the trustees of the late Sir J. C. Selwyn. The estate includes a large
tract of agricultural ground, fronting Lordship Lane and extending backwards, and
again northwards to Dulwich Grove; and another portion is that standing east-
ward of Champion Hill railway station, and fronting Dog-Kennel Lane. About
140 villas have already been erected, and, fortunately for the owner, they were all
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to their neat and attractive appearance, all the houses being built to one elevation
and one plan.

Being a Derbyshire man, Mr. Bailey has associated his native county with his
metropolitan success by naming all the villas after towns, villages, and hamlets
of the romantic midland county — including those popular and attractive places
known to health and pleasure-seekers : Dovedale, Chatsworth, Hadden, Buxton,
Bakewell, Edenson, Ashbourne, &c., &c. And it is intended to adorn the roads
with lines of trees, the new streets, &c., to be uniform in idea with the foregoing
plan, and to be termed Ashbourne Grove, Derwent Grove, Melbourne Grove, Derby
Grove, Matlock Grove, &c. How far he will be able to carry out his idea with
respect to the villas is a problem which none but an experienced Derbyshire man
will be able to solve, as some 700 or 800 more are to be erected — sufficient, it would
seem, to exhaust the directory of his native county. It is from this happy idea that
the district built upon by Mr. Bailey is now becoming popukrly known as " THE
DERBYSHIRE COLONY."

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LITEEAEY ASSOCIATIONS.

)AMBERWELL has many literary and artistic associations. To note a
few only. Eliza Cook for many years resided at No. 32, Lyndhurs
Road, Peckham, where many of her Lest poems were penned ; and in
Lyndhurst Square lived Blanchard Jerrold, the eldest son of Douglas
the genial wit. Nearly opposite the house inhabited by Eliza Cook
now lives Mr. Harrison Weir, the artist, the friend of the feathered and every othe
tribe ; and in Hanover Street (No. 5) for nearly half a century lived in seclusion
Mary Ann Kelty,* known to the past generation as a novelist and author of consider
able ability. In South Grove, Eye Lane, Mr. C. Gibbon, author of Robin Gray, For
Lack of Gold, In Honour Bound, and other well-known works, toiled peacefully anc
pleasantly for many years ; and not far off resided Mr. J. Crawford Wilson, author o
Lost and Found and other poems. At Hopewood Villa, Choumert Road, live
Mr. W. B. Rands, author of The Lilliput Levee and many charming works, publishe(
under the name of Henry Holbeach.

On Peckham Rye, overlooking the " Rye Lake," lived Tom Hood, best known to
the world as the editor of Fun, and whose lamented decease at the age of 40 took
place in November last. Colonel Richards, author of Cromwell, and at presen
editor of the Morning Advertiser, resided for many years in Brunswick Terrace. Mr
William Black,f author of The Princess of Thule, has recently purchased Airlie
House, in Camberwell Grove, with the intention of residing there. Mr. William
Sawyer, F.S.A., author of the Legend of Phyllis and Ten Miles from Town, until
very recently had a snug little " box " in the Roslyn Avenue, on the boundary of
the two parishes, in order, we presume, to look after his Lambeth and Camberwell
constituents J at one and the same time. Not far from the "Roslyn Box" lived
John Proctor, the eminent cartoonist ; Mr. J. G. Watts, a charming lyrist and
author of several works for children, lives in Brunswick Square. Mr. Edward Clarke,
barrister, and author of a learned work on Extradition, has long been a resident of
this parish.

In Montpelier Road, Queen's Road, at the present time resides Mark Antony
Lower, the eminent antiquary, whose works— Curiosities of Heraldry ; English Sur-
names : an Essay on Family Nomenclature ; and The Chronicles of Battel Abbey —
are well known.

* Miss Kelty died in 1873, aged 83 years. also been connected with journalism for the last

t Black, William, novelist and journalist, born at eight or ten years, and was at one time editor of the

Glasgow in 1841, received his education in various London Review, and subsequently of the Examiner.

private schools. He has published two or three The names of his other novels are, Love or

novels, the chief of which are In Silk Attire Marriage, Kilmeny, and The Monarch of Mincing

(1868) and A Daughter of Heth (1871), the latter Lane. —Men of the Time.

being at this moment in its eighth edition. He has } Mr. Sawyer is editor of the South London Press.

LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS.

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Professor Jowett was born at Camberwell in 1817, as were John Oxenford (1812),
the well-known dramatic author and critic ; Robert Browning,* the poet (1812); Sir
Joseph Arnould (1815), the barrister, author, and judge ; and Sydney Dobell,f whose
writings under the nom de plume of " Sydney Yendys " are well known, was born in
1824 on Peckham Rye.

The eminent ornithologist, Christopher Webb Smith, is also connected with Cam-
ber well, being son of Mr. Henry Smith, whose family were old residents here. Dr.
Raffles and Baron Channell were educated at Mr. Ready's collegiate school at
Peckham.

Another well-known literary name, that of Mr. G. Steinman Steinman, the author
of the History of Croydon, is associated with Camberwell. He lived for many years
in Priory Lodge. Mr. Stienman contributed to the Coll. Top. et Genealog. two
very interesting papers on Camberwell antiquities, and he is also author of The Club
Identified, Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, &c. Mrs. Steinman is also
well known from her delightful novel, The Old House at Aiding.

Associated with Camberwell, too, is the author of King Pippin, Tim Pippin,
Giant Land, and other numerous stories, the delight of youngsters and the amuse-
ment of graver folk. Mr. R. Quittenton, the author, who writes under the nom de
plume of " Roland Quiz," is a resident in Peckham Grove, and from Camberwell he
has penned those wonderful stories of giants and fairies, which have made his name
a household word in thousands of English homes. Mr. Quittenton is a capital — we
had almost said an unequalled — writer of boys' tales ; and if " boys will be boys,"
they cannot have more stirring and thrilling adventures than those related by
" Roland Quiz."

Dr. Charles Rogers, a learned and prolific writer of works principally bearing on
Scottish history and character, resides at Grampian Lodge, Forest Hill, within this
parish. He was born at the Manse of Dunino, Fifeshire.J His early education was
received at the parish school, and his first acquaintance with the classics derived from

* Browning, Robert, born at Camberwell in 1812,
was educated at the London University. His first
acknowledged work, Paracelsus, was published
in 1836, and found some eulogists, if but few
readers. His Pippa Passes, a fantastic but
graceful dramatic poem, obtained more favour with
the public. In 1837 Mr. Browning produced his
tragedy of Strafford. and everything that the
genius of Macready could achieve to render it
popular was done.by his con amort, personification
of the hero. It was nevertheless a failure. Sor-
dello was not more successful. The Blot in the
Scutcheon was brought out in 1843 at Drury Lane
Theatre, but with no greater success than Straf-
f'ord. In 1850 appeared his Men and Women. In
addition to the above works, Mr. Browning
has published King Victor and King Charles,
Dramatic Lyrics, Return of the Druses, Co-
lombe's Birthday, Dramatic Romances, The
Soul's Errand, a new volume of Poems (1864);
The Ring and the Book, 4 vpls. ; Balaustion's
Adventure, including a Transcription from Euri-
pides, 1871 ; and Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau,
Saviour of Society, 1871. His tragedies and
dramatic lyrics are included in the collection of his
works entitled Bells and Pomegranates. Mr.
Browning has specially cultivated the arts of music
and painting, with the history of both of which he
is minutely and widely acquainted. He married
Miss Elizabeth Barrett, a lady well known as a
poetess, who died in 1861.— Men of the Time.

t Dobell, Sydney, known by the nom de plume
of " Sydney Yendys," of an old Susses family, was
born in 1824, at Peckham Rye, and is the eldest son
of John Dobell (author of Man Unfit to Govern
Man) and of Julietta, daughter of Samuel Thomp-
son, a leader of political reform, and the founder of
a denomination of "Free-thinking Christians."

Having been educated at home, at 12 years of
age he became a clerk to his father, a wine mer-
chant, who had removed in 1835 from London to
Cheltenham. While engaged in this somewhat un-
congenial employment, which he followed for
fifteen years, he wrote a poem entitled The Roman,
and on its appearance in 1850 its author was
generally hailed as a new poet by the Athenceum,
<fcc. In 1854 he published the first part of Balder,
which was severely attacked. It is a representative,
and not an autobiographical, poem, as some critics
have assumed. Mr. Dobell, in 1855, appeared in
print in companionship with the late Mr. Alexander
Smith. The fact that both were residing in Edin-
burgh seems to have brought them together, and
led to their poetic partnership in Sonnets of the
War. Mr. Dobell is the author of England in
Time of War. His poems, including his lyrics.
Sonnets on the War, and dramatic poems, were
reprinted at Boston, United States, in 1861. Mr.
Dobell, who has travelled in most parts of Europe,
resides on the Cotswold Hills, within a few miles of
Gloucester. In 1865 he published a pamphlet on
Parliamentary Reform, in which he advocated a
graduated suffrage and plurality of votes. Although
a severe accident among the ruins of Pozzuoli and
the subsequent fall of a horse upon him in 1869
have temporarily invalided Mr. Dobell, his defiance
to Bismarck, Grant, and Gortschakoff, published
in 1871 under the title of England's Day, is con-
sidered to be among the best of his lyrics. He
married, in 1S44, Emily, daughter of George Ford-
ham, Esq., of Odsey House, Cambridgeshire.— Men
of the Time.

J A very interesting account of the ancient
family of Roger will be found in the history of the
Roger family published by Dr. Rogers in 1872.

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the private tuition of liis father. In his 14th year he became a student in the
University of St. Andrews, where during a curriculum of seven years he had the
advantage of enjoying the prelections of such men as Professor Thomas Gillespie, Dr.
George Cook, Principal Haldane, and Dr. William Tennant. In his 17th year Mr.
Rogers aspired to the honours of authorship,* through having incidentally acquired
at a sale a MS. volume of poems, by Sir Robert Aytoun, secretary to the queens of
James VI. and Charles I., and with whose history, as a native of his own district of
Fife, he had already become familiar.

In June, 1846, Dr. Rogers obtained from the Presbytery of St. Andrews license as
a probationer of the Established Church. In the first edition of his " Week at
Bridge of Allan," 1852, he strongly advocated the propriety of erecting a monu-
ment to Sir William Wallace on the Abbey Craig, near Stirling, overlooking the
scene of the greatest victory of this hero. After several years of persevering labour
and a large correspondence with Scotsmen all over the world, he was enabled
to secure upwards of .£7,000 for the object he had at heart. The foundation-stone
of the monument f was laid by the Duke of Athole on the 24th of June, 1861,
before an assembly of 80,000 people. In 1858 Dr. Rogers .projected a monument to
the Ettrick Shepherd in Ettrick Forest, and in the course of twelve months he
raised upwards of £400, and, securing the services of Mr. Currie, the ingenious
sculptor, succeeded in rearing a colossal statue of the poet near the banks of St.
Mary's Loch. The monument was inaugurated in the summer of 1860.

Previous to moving to London, Dr. Rogers filled several offices in connection with
the Scottish Church, and he has always taken an active part in every movement having
for its object the promotion of the social, moral, and religious condition of his
countrymen. He established the " Grampian Club," a literary society of Scotsmen?
having on its muster-roll as many as forty peers, and 507 members. He is honorary
secretary and historiographer of the Royal Historical Society.

Dr. Rogers has received several substantial recognitions of his services and literary
contributions. Only last year the people of Stirling presented him with a painting
of the district of the Abbey Craig and the Wallace monument ; and from an
inscription on his present residence J we learn that it was a presentation.

Mr. J. S. Noldwritt, residing al 352, Albany Road, stands prominently in
connection with the modern movement so closely allied with Mechanics' Institutes.
The lecture-hall in Carter Street, Walworth, and the library and reading-room
(with about 400 members and a collection of 5,000 volumes, are at 302, Walworth
Road) in conjunction with the hall, form the only literary and scientific institution
on a large scale south of the Thames, and the maintenance and management are
largely dependent upon the energy and deep interest exhibited by Mr. Noldwritt,
who has acted as honorary secretary from the foundation of the institution, on the
31st March, 1845. The scheme was adopted at a meeting held in St. Peter's school-

* The following works are from Dr. Rogers' Boswelliana, the common placebook of James

pen : Lyra Britannica, a collection of British Boswell ; Scotland, Social and Domestic • Christian

hymns ; Monuments and Monumental Inscrip- Heroes of the Army and Navy ; Estimate of the

RUKSJn* kcotland; Memoir and Poems of Sir Scottish Nobility during the Minority of James

Robert Aytoun ; Life and Songs of the Baroness VI. ; The Poetical Remains of William Glen : The

Jsairne, with a memoir and poems of Caroline Scottish Minstrel, songs of Scotland subsequent to

Ohphant the younger ; History of the Scottish Burns, with memoirs of the poets ; Rental Book of

^T^Vni%e^anf S6 Ftfmi^ of ,Pla7fair; Ge- the Diocese of Glasgow (150D-70), of which he is

nealugical Chart of the Family of Bain; The joint editor; History of St. Andrews; A Week

Staggering State of Scottish Statesmen (1550- at the Bridge of Allan; The Beauties of Upper

1650) ; A Century of Scottish Life ; Traits and Strathearn. Dr. Rogers edited " The Best of Every-

Stories of the Scottish People ; Our Eternal thing," which has had a wonderful circulation, and

™±«y™HfCahe? A Hf-U-; The .P°lden« Sheaf' sti11 cdits tne Proceedings of the Royal Historical

poems contributed by living authors; Poetical Society

Remains of King James VI of Scotland ; Three t The cost of the Wallace monument was £14,000.

Scottish L Reformers: .Memorials and Recollections * The foundation-stone was laid by George

of the Very Rev. Edward Baunerman Ramsay, Cruikshank

LL.D., F.R.S., &c. ; Memorials of the Strachans;

LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS. 359

room, Walworth, under the presidency of Sir B. Hawes, a few members being
enrolled, and the society established in a small house — 2, Manor Place. The present
lecture-hall was erected in 1862, and is well attended throughout the winter season,
especially when the honorary secretary delivers his pithy and erudite discourses on
astronomy (illustrated by the use of the orrery, diagrams, &c.), natural philosophy,
history, ethnology (illustrated by living specimens — men coloured, attired, and trained
to imitate the antics and peculiarities of savage tribes, &c). Mr. Noldwritt has
defrayed all the expenses of machinery, &c., connected with his lectures, and con-
tributed handsomely in other ways towards the maintenance of the institute.

Mr. Chippendale, of the Haymarket, the youngest " old boy " in Camberwell,
lives in Brunswick Square ; and Mr. H. Widdecombe, the popular comedian, ended
his days in this parish. The house now occupied by Dr. Griffith at the corner of
the Talfourd Road was built for Mr. J. B. Buckstone. Miss Rose Hersee belongs to
Camberwell, *J;he Hersees having been connected with this parish for some considerable
time.

Associated with Camberwell during the last few years of his life was poor Angus
Bethune Reach, the friend and companion in arms and letters of Albert Smith,
Douglas Jerrold, Shirley Brooks, and others. Reach was clever, witty, and improvi-
dent, and died in humble lodgings at a barber's in High Street, Camberwell, near the
" Golden Lyon."*

At the commencement of the present century, at Grove Hill, lived Mr. Charles
Baldwin, justice of the peace for the county. He was proprietor of the St. James's
Chronicle and the Evening Standard. The latter paper was edited by Dr. Giffard, and
Mr. Alaric Watts, the poet, was succeeded as sub-editor of the Standard by the
celebrated Dr. Maginn. The Standard and Morning Herald were subsequently
bought by Mr. James Johnston, who reduced the Standard from fourpence to twopence,
and made it a morning as well as an evening paper. In 1858 the Standard was
reduced to one penny, and since then its career has been one of unchecked
prosperity.

There is a tradition that Dr. Johnson was a frequent visitor to the house after-
wards known as the Denmark Hill Grammar School, and " Dr. Johnson's Walk "
became a sacred spot within its grounds.

The Rev. Thomas Binney, the large-hearted and noble-minded Dissenting minister,
lived for some time in Addington Square and Hanover Park, Peckham. The Rev.
William Josiah Irons, D.D., Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street, and
member of the London School Board, is son of the Rev. Joseph Irons, the eminent
Dissenting minister of Camberwell, and was born in 1812. He has taken an active
part in polemical discussions, and was selected to write one of the answers to Essays
and Reviews. In 1860 Dr. Irons was made prebendary of St. Paul's.

THOMAS HOOD.

In the admirable memorials of Thomas Hood — the poet who " sang the Song of
the Shirt " — his children record the circumstances under which he came for a time to
reside in Camberwell. It is pretty well known that Thomas Hood sacrificed his life
in attempting a task similar to that which bowed down the grey head of Sir Walter

* On one occasion Reach dined in company with courage to state that his name was not Reetch, but

Thackeray, and, greatly to the annoyance of the Re-ack, whereupon Thackeray, holding up a peach

former, Thackeray pronounced his name Reetch in his hand, and looking towards the proud owner

in one syllable instead of Re-ack, as he was wont of the Scotch name, said, "Mr. Re-ack, may I offer

to be called. At length poor Reach summoned up you a pe-ack ? "

360 Yc PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

Scott. At the end of 1834 the failure of a firm involved him in heavy losses, and
severe pecuniary difficulties resulted. He might legitimately have availed himself of
the legal machinery " in such cases made and provided," but he resolved to satisfy
his creditors and recover a portion for himself entirely by his own pen. To
accomplish this the more readily, he determined to live on the Continent, and so ,
took up his residence at Coblentz, and subsequently removed to Ostend ; but ill-health
compelled his return to England towards the end of 1840, and on doing so, he settled
in Camberwell, chiefly, it would appear, to be near Dr. Elliott, brother of a friend,
and described in one of Mrs. Hood's letters as " a medical man clever in his profes-
sion, and a nice, friendly, sensible man."

The house to which Thomas Hood first brought his family was 8, South Place,
now 181, Camberwell New Eoad. His son was able to identify it as being opposite
No. 156, a toy shop, where he, then a mere child, had presented to him his first
horse — one spotted with blue wafers. It was in the immediate neighbourhood of two
other shops still remaining : one, that of Mr. J. W. Coles, chemist, and the other,
that of Mr. Wood, grocer, No. 175, to which Tom Hood was sent by a facetious
domestic for a quarter of a pound of gunpowder tea, to blow up the copper-flue
with!

In October or November in the same year, Hood took up his residence at 2, Union
Row, High Street, Camberwell, where he occupied the drawing-room floor. The
house now forms one of a row of shops on the left-hand side of the High Street going
towards London, the shops having been brought out over what were the gardens in
front of the houses. The house is now occupied by Mr. Thorogood, draper, and is
known as 266, High Street, Camberwell.

It was when residing in Camberwell that Hood Avrote Miss Kilmansegg and her
Golden Leg, and whilst the great humorist was cheering other homes with healthy
laughter, his own fireside somewhat resembled an undertaker's business in a chronic
state of bankruptcy. The survivors of the little family were too young to have any
vivid recollections of the time. Their strongest memory is that of their father
writing, writing, always writing, and suffering greatly the while, and of their being
hushed in a far corner of the room, and playing there together in silence, and at the
best exchanging only smiles and signs. A sad, weary time it was for the little ones,
and never were the works of a humorist produced under more depressing circum-
stances. His own family never enjoyed his quaint and humorous fancies, for they
were all associated with memories of illness and anxiety.

During the first year of Hood's residence in Camberwell, he was much amused at
witnessing " all the fun of the fair," which then annually ran riot at the latter end of
August. The sight presented greatly amused him, as well as his children, Tom and
Fanny, and there are sketches of character extant, drawn by his facile pen, which
afford a lively idea of the class of people frequenting the fair, the costume in vogue
at the time, and so forth. This fair time was among the bright days of poor Hood's
rapidly-closing life. Among other incidents which amused the poor invalid from his
window, was that of a poor man stealing a frying-pan and converting it into ready
money, in order that he might regale himself on immoderate quantities of fried fish.

In a letter written from 2, Union Row, High Street, Camberwell, at this time, Hood
says, " We have much more comfortable lodgings, and the 'busses pass the door constantly,
being in the high road 50 or 100 yards townwards of the Red Cap, at the Green. I have
a room to myself, which will be worth £2,0 a year to me— for a little disconcerts my
nerves."

In a letter from Camberwell, dated April 13th, 1841, Hood says, « Camberwell is
the best air I could have."

LITEKAKY ASSOCIATIONS. 361

Thomas Hood seems to have been fortunate, not only with his Camberwell doctor,
but also with his local lawyer, for the children state that " they are glad to record thus
publicly the gratitude we have inherited from our father to Mr. Hook, his professional
adviser, who conducted the case with sldll and energy, and who firmly and consistently
declined all remuneration for labours severe enough and time and study enough to ensure
success in a difficult suit" *

At the end of 1841 Hood removed to St. John's Wood.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

" The little village of Peckham" is intimately connected with the fortunes of "poor
old Goldy "—the strolling player, the apothecary's drudge, the brilliant author, the
good-natured fool — whose awkward gait and extreme sensibility too often caused him
to be a butt for ridicule and a theme for jest. To preside over pot-hooks at Peckham
was not by any means congenial to Oliver Goldsmith, who took every possible means
to conceal his Peckham experience from his literary friends. He could talk in after
years of his beggary, but not of his slavery, without shame.f

" Oh, that is all holiday at Peckham," said an old friend to him one day, innocently
enough ; but Goldsmith reddened, and asked if he wanted to affront him. When two
years later he tried to persuade people that a schoolmaster was of more importance to
the state than to be neglected and left to starve, he described what he had known
but too well. " The usher," he wrote in the sixth number of the Bee, "is generally
the laughing-stock of the school. Every trick is played upon him ; the oddity of his
manners, his dress or his language, is a fund of eternal ridicule ; the master himself
now and then cannot avoid joining in the laugh ; and the poor wretch, resenting this
ill-usage, lives in a state of war with all the family. This is a very proper person, is
it not, to give children a taste for learning I They must esteem learning very much
when they see its professors used with such ceremony." And so, too, he wras under-
stood to refer to his Peckham discomforts, when he wrote of the poor usher obliged
to sleep in the same bed with the French teacher, " who disturbs him for an hour
every night in papering and filleting his hair ; and stinks worse than a carrion with
his rancid pomatum when he lays his head beside him on the bolster."

The date of Goldsmith's sojourn at Peckham has not been accurately and absolutely
determined. Prior fixes the date towards the end of 1756 or the beginning of 1757,
but as Dr. Milner, the head master, J died in June, 1757, it is somewhat difficult to
reconcile the discrepancy in the dates given. Mr. Forster states that "Goldsmith was
installed at Peckham at about the beginning of 1757," which is evidently an error.
"An attempt has been made," continues Forster, " to show that it was an earlier year,
but on grounds too unsafe to oppose the well-known dates of his life. The good
people of Peckham have also cherished traditions of Goldsmith House, as what was
once the school is now fondly designated. Broken windows have been religiously
kept for the supposed treasure of his handwriting, and old gentlemen, once Dr.
Milner's scholars, have claimed, against every reasonable evidence, the honour of
having been whipped by the author of the ' Vicar of Wakefield.' But nothing is with
certainty known, beyond what a daughter of the schoolmaster has related." The

* Memorials of Thomas Hood, by his children J The following entry occurs in the Church

(Tom Hood, editor of fun, and Mrs. Frances Free- register, 1757 : June '29, bur., the Rev. John Milner,

ling Broderip), vol. ii. p. 83. D. D.

t Forster's Life of Goldsmith.

362 Yc PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

lady here alluded to, Miss Hester Millner,* the youngest of Dr. Milner's ten daughters,
in a statement published by Prior, gives three years as the length of Goldsmith's
Peckham life ; and as Mr. George Milner, the successor of his father in the school, had
removed with his family to Poole before the 1st of May, 1759, there would appear
to be evidence for placing Goldsmith's stay at Peckham, presuming it to have been
three years, somewhat earlier than the date given either by Prior or Forster. And
further evidence in favour of the earlier date may be found in the fact that in relating
his own adventures in the Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith places his attempt to
procure an usher's situation prior to his vagabond life on the Continent. It is further
stated by Forster that, in 1757, Goldsmith was engaged by Griffiths, the conductor
of the Monthly Magazine, as a literary slave on the staff of that periodical, " with
board and lodging, and a small salary," which would give Goldsmith a very short stay
indeed at Dr. Milner's establishment, taking the reported date of Goldsmith's advent
to Peckham as correct. Mr. Douglas Allport fixes Goldsmith's life at Peckham some
six years earlier than previous authorities, and evidence has been furnished by appa-
rently reliable authority in confirmation of the statement.

Miss Hester Milner, in her anecdotes of the usher, describes him as " very good-
natured ; he played all kinds of tricks on the servants and the boys,f of which he
had no lack in return ; told interesting stories ; was remarkably cheerful, both in the
family and with the young gentlemen of the school, and amused everybody with his
flute." An answer which the poor usher gave on one occasion to his fair questioner
made a lasting impression on Miss Milner's mind. Dr. Milner was a Presbyterian
minister, and many theological questions were no doubt discussed between the
minister and his usher. On one occasion Miss Milner asked Goldsmith what par-
ticular commentator on the Scriptures he would recommend ; when, after a pause, the
usher replied, with much earnestness, that in his belief common-sense was the best
interpreter of the sacred writings. According to the same authority, poor Goldsmith,
during his stay at Peckham, was engaged, like Bob Cratchit, in an endeavour to over-
take 9 o'clock. He was positively great in drawing against his salary, and what
little he did receive was spent in sweetmeats for the younger class.

The house at Peckham is in the possession of the Stevens family, who are large
landowners in this parish.

LOCAL JOURNALISM. — A local newspaper is now a necessity to the suburban
resident. Our metropolitan daily newspapers have such an immense constituency to
look after, that very small indeed is the space which can be spared for purely
metropolitan news.

Camberwell is perhaps more ably and fully represented in the local press than any
other district in the Metropolis, and the mere mention of the local newspapers circu-
lating amongst us will afford evidence that we are pretty well looked after— news-
paperially : — The South London Journal, South London Press, South London Chronicle,
TJie South London Observer and Camberwell and Peckham Times, and Metropolitan.

The South London Journal is the oldest of our local papers, having been established
nearly twenty years, and is the property of Mr. Baxter, whose large army of local
newspapers established in several counties has rendered his name a household word
in local journalism. The South London Chronicle was established in 1859, and the
South London Press in 1865.

The name of the proprietor of the South London Press is intimately associated with
the modern achievements of journalism. In his own person Mr. James Henderson is

* Miss Milner died at Islington at an advanced t See European Magazine, vol. liii., for a number

age in January, 1817, and left very considerable of amusing stories concerning Goldsmith,
property.— See Gentleman,'* Magazine, Vol. 87.

LITERABY ASSOCIATIONS. 363

the representative of recent progress, and his history furnishes an interesting page of
happily a defunct system under which journalism had to struggle against — ignorance,
prejudice, and monopoly. Whilst rejoicing in the cheap press of to-day, with its
countless blessings, it is well to remember those who, at the risk of personal liberty
and pecuniary advantage, fought the hard fight for an unfettered press. And it
was no mean fight upon which to enter ; for before the cheap press could be made
profitable and permanent, a trinity of opposing forces had, at least, to be encountered.
The advertisement, the stamp, and the paper duties stood boldly and defiantly in the
way as a check upon the ardour of the most zealous reformer ; but James Henderson,
with a prescience not uncommon to those born north of the Tweed, toiled diligently
and waited patiently, and the end came even sooner than the enthusiastic young Scotch-
man could have anticipated, and the accomplishment of his purpose has placed him
in the van of modern literary enterprise.

From a speech giving the story of his life delivered some years ago to his employes
we remember the following particulars : Mr. James Henderson was born in the year
1825, at Laurencekirk, near Montrose, Kincardineshire. When a boy, he evinced an
irresistible predilection for scribbling, and was appointed a local correspondent of the
Montrose Standard ; and not only furnished paragraphs of news, but aspired to a place
in the " Poets' Corner." His start from home was to reside with his uncle, Professor
Masson, at Belfast, formerly attorney-general at Greece, and judge of the Areopagus,
but at that time Professor of Biblical Literature in the Presbyterian College, Belfast.
After that he came to Glasgow with the idea of seeking a permanent engagement in
a newspaper office ; but the Glasgow newspaper proprietors of thirty years ago failed
to recognize the latent energy and intelligent perseverance of the youthful applicant,
and, in despair, application was made to a large ironfounder who belonged to Montrose
for employment as a clerk. After presenting his credentials, which no doubt spoke
of his literary ability, this matter-of-fact Scotchman inquired whether he was the
contributor of certain poetical productions which had appeared in the Montrose
Standard — to which the young author, with a conscious pride that his ability had
been recognized, replied in the affirmative. " Then," said the man of iron, " you'll
no do for me." This rebuff cured him of the poetry distemper, but made him more
determined to get connected with a newspaper ; and the starting of a new daily paper
in Glasgow afforded him just the opportunity he had long been seeking. The editor
of this paper had been connected with the Montrose Review, and knowing something
of the applicant, eagerly accepted his services. " You are just the man we want,"
said he ; and so at last the future newspaper proprietor gained the first step of the
ladder. The duties assigned to him were not light, for it was the first daily paper
in Scotland ; and Mr. Henderson, then only a very young man, had to
janize the whole system of circulation. The Scottish people were not then educated
to reading a newspaper daily. To be troubled with the doings and sayings of other

jople all over the world once a week had been sufficient for their fathers, and should
for them. But the breaking out of the French Revolution, in 1848, afforded so

mch exciting news that many were glad to avail themselves of the daily sheet ; and
appetite, once created, was with difficulty appeased, owing to the limited appli-
ances then at command, and the scarcity of newsagents to circulate the papers when
printed, most of the copies being either sold over the counter at the office, or sent by
to the various subscribers. An amusing story was told by Mr. Henderson of a

lan who used to sell the newspaper in Kilinarnock. Like many of his betters, he
but a limited acquaintance with the dictionary. On one occasion, the demand

)r papers exceeding the supply, and rumours of a French insurrection reaching the

)wn, he wrote in haste to the office— "Another resurrection, and no papers. Change

364 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

the date, and send this day's paper for to-morrow's ; " but this was what the publisher
had been compelled to do for some days, for from the numerous editions during the
day, the paper at night was quite a different one from that issued in the morning
so about 10 o'clock at night the next day's date was inserted, and then commenced
the printing of " to-morrow's " paper.

In those days the stamp duty was a terrible trouble to newspaper managers ; but
when this and other difficulties had been overcome, it was often discovered at the last
moment that the procrastinating editor had not written the leader, and a journey had
to be made to his house, some miles distant. The editor of the paper was also editor
and proprietor of Tail's Edinburgh Magazine; and being engaged also in other literary
undertakings, he was often found thoroughly exhausted and fast asleep in his arm-
chair. A rub of the eyes, a few pinches of snuff, then a general shaking together of
his faculties, and the editor was himself again, and the leader was but the work of a
few minutes. Such were a few of the difficulties which beset newspaper managers
thirty years ago ; but these were not all. There was the tax on advertisements ; and
this was carried out so strictly that even a casual announcement in the form of a
paragraph was not allowed to appear without forming an intimate acquaintance with
the obnoxious impost. These various duties became at length such a burden, that a
Society for the Repeal of Taxation on Knowledge was started by Mr. Milner Gibson
and others ; and one of its most energetic members from the first was Mr. James
Henderson. After the advertisement duty was abolished, the stamp duty was
attacked, it being arranged that a certain number of unstamped newspapers should
be started ; and Mr. Henderson immediately set one up in Glasgow, called the
Glasgow Daily News. (The first daily penny paper in the United Kingdom). The
paper had from the first an enormous sale. A writ of Exchequer and a summons
to appear before the House of Commons followed, as a matter of course ; and the
consternation amongst the timid spirits connected with the undertaking may well
be imagined, and language more forcible than polite was used towards the prin-
cipal in the affair. The printers became frightened ; and being unable to find
a man in Glasgow willing to machine the paper, Mr. Henderson had recourse to
a Paisley printer, who had the pluck, but hardly the appliances, to execute the work.
Thither the formes were taken to be worked ; and by a cumbrous machine, in
those days called a printing-machine, the paper was got out in time, to the delight
of the proprietor and the astonishment of the public, who thought that the Daily
News had received its quietus. In the meantime legal proceedings were hanging
over the head of the audacious journalist, when on repairing in the morning to the
Glasgow Exchange Rooms to read the London papers, he saw an announcement in
the Parliamentary intelligence of the Globe, that Mr. Gladstone had stated, in reply
to a question put by Mr. Dunlop, M.P. for Greenock, that it was not the intention of
the Government further to prosecute the case as against Mr. Henderson. This news
completely changed the aspect of affairs ; and those who had left Mr. Henderson to
fight the battle alone now rallied round him, and were as profuse in their praise as
they had been before in their disparagement. After this Mr, Henderson continued
in Glasgow for some years; but, being ambitious to have a larger field for his
energies, determined upon trying his fortunes in England, and was appointed manager
of the Leeds Express— a paper at that time in somewhat difficult circumstances. The
Leeds Express was a high-priced newspaper, and the first change was effected by Mr.
Henderson reducing it from threepence to one penny ; and before he left, the circula-
tion had been raised from 300 to 15,000 per week, and is now an influential and a
flourishing daily paper. His success at Leeds formed a fitting introduction to the pro-
prietors of the Manchester Guardian, with which paper he was connected till he com-

SOUTH LONDON PRESS.

A FAMILY LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND LITEBAEY MA&AZINE,

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1866.

[Price Twopence.

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and Dover Cbmpanya. nnd.rtak.n, and n

magnitude and importance

^ss-

, commercial, or international

, ".joying th. hwlth
residence. Th. lin.
'

whKh i* being rapidly pushed on 'toward, th.
Crystal Palace, with a station cloae to the high
to th. Cfraad T
'

stepibwh*c'he?eadIfron, the pre»*ut .tation"
garden front of the tran*ept.

Before closing this notice of tbe works

London, Chatham, and Dover, in connectio

the Blackfriars vi*dnct, it may not be out o

to refer bri.fiy to Old Elackfriar. Bridge, wl

in the engraving, undergoing th- proeeai

.Won. fh. picture .uggMts th. idea

i and old age very vividly; y.t only.

given up to
Co. All the

-urn Old
p to the

age rery vividly; yet only. its

EUctf rlara Bridge wu rloaed and

Meem. Thora and

and In two yean from'tlmt Hate' .gain the public

SHilr^HSS:

wVrthy'ofno^Sa^ith "^

^:- iwttproieicer.t. In Uridgo-stree;.. imtu. - ! ^ithin the last SO years, and no lesa than
I:* a-ofif RadJey's Hotel, a >arge acd comtno.- I .even, ipcluding rail^iiy bridjes, within the lut

iaiU^^errai^amniwTt^thaw^n g^^-Jj^JJ* th-^ -^ ^ °P«°A?8.o(

of about 150 feat :n width.

public toll ire., witlgiv.
every point, whether by "road o

required a good deal' of pnllmg do™ alter1
*°"' "

SOTTIH LONDON BUILDINOS,

Amongst the i

on the- south sid

prinoaly munificence of our .

with river ballaeV to ^o.ige fromr<thV<qaaotity of
bones and old-iuhloded. tobacco-p!pee .fonnd.u
it The work, Vow.v.r,..p^eai*,t3-h»vo 'been
everywhere well performed, thongV the Tnaaonry
o! the arches is tii.iner than one wonld suppou
from on external -inspection o! .the «tonework.
An engraving ia extant wnich'Tepresenta, with
wondenful power, the process, of building thl*

%&£*£ "£3SIJS£^*Z

appearance at thi. 'da
oc edh'>'

ring-might pass easily for a picture
printworks. .Th.-pnMao.rfth.
however, make, an important and a<

, last foundation*, and lesa
atitnte in its place another donbl.
end beauty. In some oasea, whei
occ ipies th. *ite or part .of-the *ife of the

thaVtw'o to^a"

n wthe W

ovea'm^chTthT mui 'andhS b>lre°the gravel
many part, on the Sorrey aide.
Lower down tbe river, about midway between
London and Southwark Bridge^ another railway

TT*n.".Sn' .nd "h'oS? to 'S buU.^

about 75 feet, leairnt*B -arnpl*. tpaoe, aj> ID the
station at Caariog-cron, forthe accommodatten of

"»e?raU- bridge commnnic^n,

°r«I hStiug*l°k. Sam™Slic!rwi(h
by the end "

'°*T'|°* °

Sag'e^ho^h'.nSly* e^^afl. ±»Je?,'
strong! and, lik. all well-kept structure* of that

At all event*, the six months' trial which the City
will have, will give their engineer, ample opportuni-
ty of seeing that all is perfect before th. bargain
is concluded. In the intoreet. of th. public, we
certain] y hope 'that the committee will give the
bridge a trial, and that tin bridge itaelf may

el MM -

^e^inj.Sfr™!''^^.^

'Laden, and stocks. In .!»%. oo
another inquiry being made, l!i" hospital1 was-stated

the sharp'whotalLe toucb.es'o'f the^ifeTbu't the£
malady i. on. which, though it cut. them off from

L'ppy o™bviod°d the dead^is with them, indeed^

On th»v proondi, therotorts, wa h»Te wl
Bethl.h«m to bo the aubjcat of the present sk
in preference to thn mtu? splendid in*titu
which lie be

ih..eB.thln.mi. rimply tcli.
In 124S, on. Simon Fit^Mary, a benevolent citizen,
who held the office of sheriff of London, gave all

Sm^f >r»?rvBoT1fano^fw1*^r,St<!'.n1

-.Ltari'." Theae-'worthifti-woro tha order of Betblcm,

BUtArtaia tha Eiwhop of Be&leaem whenever be
cam» t-vLondon. Th«r* WM originall; fouded at
.' the birthplace of our Saviour, a

hoerarandinhe*ae year eceiv.dtho.pital
as a gift from Henry YTfl, not, however, until that .
voluptuous monarch had vainly endeavoured to

waU and gate*. In the vestibule of thU new hos-
P"*.'"' ff**t*" *"SP^al^iji?^l

ud .V. .till pnMTTed in the.ntraac. hallo! the pr^
ae'nt hoepitei where they are acreened from the eye.

o, ^ttsKsgfySGSSS
tvttf^gtSSSSZ

ed a «rm« w«r«,

tb« reo rds of

p.!.«il< were chained by one arm or leg to the.
•a,,, -were oorered by a Uanket-g..wn only, they
were compelled to lay upon-.rraw with r Jied fert,
and the most disjru,tini; »ni. revolting acts o(

dj'ot'rho H*"*" '•»'* "he"^!^

maktog"Bethlem one of 'the*aighU*-f°LoSi
occaJioned a great deal of mischief, and t
officer, of the aaylum

These diigricelul practices, coupled with on.
partioularly-diabohcol instance of cruelty toward*

by a •tro'ng iron ring, so that*-, could only advance-
twelve inches, which wo* the length of his chain.
In thi. horrible poslri-.n he remained "encaged

which time he conversed raticnaUy, read several

™U»To^M°™d'<>irom. tat' date a gradual
change has been introdnted, which has, by little

-jwlUmtr—

'Thongh

deed, some wi ^''^..^

or^wn.".ld"imp?riJ dig^i__, . , ..._

a disembodied spirit, confined amongst madmen a*
an.xpiation of hie ains committed in the flesh.
It w» a long time, before thi. ghoslly pM-sonaje,
could be induc-ed to eat, tat at length h. -a

indulged in hi* regular meals. Two guuueinen
believe theuiaelvea to be the *ons oi God and rival
claimant, to divinity. Tliejcn*cque»ee^i^th.t

thTho^itarcan' be seen in the garden, -on"." poor

pUc^'» others ."tTo^re riSou^ butgVnerSly
they cling to the feeble mind of the patient with

* ""'oh other. °Ths°n^ost afflicted

o,^ SZS&S5- ZS££SL~

mind upon Bom. occupation tow^-nl. which they
aeem to have an inclination. Accordingly, th.
patients are employed in knitting and tailoring,
in laundry work, a* millin*ra,'drcJ«iiakers, and in
embroidery work. The wmoen are allowed to

11 around, make ns

th» win. who call forth more paiisful refection.;

SKKSSiSsK&ssrss

LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS. 365

menced the Weekly Budget. It appeared to Mr. Henderson that the paper duty was
doomed ; and in anticipation of that event, he started the Weekly Budget in Man-
chester, as a newspaper combining stories with the news of the day. This novelty
in journalism was a success from its first issue in January, 1861, its circulation the
first week reaching 22,000. So rapid did it increase in popular favour, that Mr.
Henderson decided to remove his printing establishment to London, since which time
the circulation of the Budget has increased to over 300,000 weekly. Other literary
ventures followed, including Our Young Folks' Budget, The Story Paper, and a new
comic paper styled Funny Folks, which contains a weekly illustration by Mr. John
Proctor, the eminent cartoonist, 011 the leading events of the day.

The South London Press, which was started by Mr. Henderson in 1865, is now
recognized as the leading organ of opinion in the districts through which it circulates.
Its reports have always been ample, accurate, and impartial, whilst much of the
success of the paper must be attributed to the wise selection of its editors, who have
invariably been able and accomplished men. The first editor was Mr. Charles
Gibbon, now generally known to fame as the author of Robin Gray, In Honour
Bound, For Lack of Gold, &c., which have had the good fortune to receive recognition
at the hands of royalty. Mr. Gibbon was succeeded in the editorial chair, by Mr.
James Sutherland, who is now editor of the Madras Times. Its present editor, Mr.
William Sawyer,* F.S.A., has achieved a high reputation both as a poet and as an
author — in the realms of prose more especially — in our periodical literature.

Mr. Henderson is a local resident, and when he purchased the site now known as
Aclon Mount, Dulwich, and built his residence there, there were few other houses in
the locality. Many a struggling literary man has had reason to thank James Hen-
derson for seasonable and ungrudging aid.

The next paper on our list is a newspaper more specially local than any yet
noticed. The South London Observer and Camberwell and Peckham Times was first
issued in 1868 by Messrs. Mansell, Bros., and the firm hold which it has taken upon
the district within which it circulates is ample evidence that newspapers devoting
themselves exclusively to the comparatively small area may be rendered financially
successful. The father of the present proprietors, Mr. George Mansell, published in
1847 the first local paper ever issued in South London, under the title of the South
London News.

The Metropolitan made its appearance in 1872, and the ability with which it has
been conducted has caused it to be regarded as a high authority on subjects which it
has made its own — gas, water, public health, insurance, sanitary reform, local govern-
ment, &c.

The South London Courier was established and edited by Mr. W. H. Blanch in
1869, in the Conservative interest, and remained under his management till his
election as assistant overseer of this parish in November, 1870.

* Mr. Sawyer was born at Brighton on the 26th the Ten Miles from Town (1867) and the Legend
July, 1828, and very early devoted himself to litera- of Phyllis (1872), he has contributed to periodicals
ture, publishing his first book when only seventeen. a number of works of fiction—some five-and-twenty
Quite as a lad he took an active part in connection novels and romances in all — and enormous masses
with the newspapers of his native town, and so of articles, criticisms, short tales, &c. Mr. Sawyer
acquired an experience in journalism, which was has also written for the stage. A drama, founded
matured when, while yet a young man, he became on a romance of his, "Jessie Ash ton," was brought
editor of the Oxford University Herald, and thence out at the Surrey Theatre as the Easter novelty in
came to London, where he has since resided. 1863. He is a fellow of the Society of Anti-
While his works, by which he is chiefly known, are quaries.

HOSTELEIES PAST AND PKESENT.

T the present time there are, for about 130,000 residents of Camber well,
134 public-houses and 172 beer-houses.* One hundred years ago, when
the population was about 4,000,f the number of public-houses was
thirty-three, so that the ratio of increase of public-houses in that time
has been 839-39 per cent, against an increase of 3150 per cent, in the
population. In addition to the public-houses there are two licensed wine-houses,
and seventy-four persons (grocers and Italian warehousemen) licensed for the sale of
various intoxicating liquors not to be consumed upon the premises. The houses now-
licensed by the magistrates are more in the character of gin-palaces—houses where
the passing traveller may refresh himself whilst he stands. He is not expected to
stay long ; neither is he permitted to sit down, for by so doing he would be taking
•up the room of another waiting, it may be, to take his place. In some modern
houses, with a vast amount of bar ornamentation and outside decoration, there is
not so much as an empty barrel against which the weary traveller may lean. This,
of course, is only a modern innovation, so far as Camberwell is concerned. The
village of Camberwell is now merged in the great metropolis itself, and village inns
and hostelries are become almost entirely a thing of the past.

It might perhaps be thought extraordinary were our justices of the peace to hob-
nob nowadays with the chairman of the vestry at a public-house, but such a thing
has taken place in this parish. And numerous entries occur, too, on the vestry
minutes, of meetings at taverns for the purpose of transacting public business.

* The following certificate as to the number of To the right hoble the Lords of his Ma" most

taverns and alehouses within the county of Surrey hoble privie Councels.

in the time of Elizabeth (State Papers, Dom. Ser. Our Duties most humbly remembred unto yor

vol. 117) may not be without interest : — good LOPP*

Surr. The Certyficat of the nombre of all ye In obedience to yo' honors direccons and Ires

alehowses, Innes, and Taverns wthin the Countye unto us and others dated the 16th of March last past,

of Surrey, saving of the Burroughe of South work wee have divrse times mett and consulted togeather,

and other places thereunto adjoyninge in the for the better executing of yor LOPP» comands

Jurisdiction of the Lorde May of London made the therein, and have punished the not licensed Ale-

(blank) of Oct 1577, to the right honorable the lord howse keep" to the number of seaven scores at the

of the Queen's Ma' moste honorable privie Councell. least, having had speciall care of the habitaeons of the

By us whose names are subscribed hereunto. now allowed, resolving hereafter as the rest dye or

Alehowses, ccclxix. remove out of the sevrall pishes and libertyes

Innes, Ixxvij. wthin the said Hundred to reduce them to a fewer

Taverns, vii. number, and wee intend at the next quarter

The number of alehouse keepers, licensed and un- Sessions of the peace to indict such Brewers as

licensed, appears to have increased within the have served Beere to the unlicensed alehowse keeps,

hundred of Brixton to an alarming extent during All wch wee leave to yor LOPP§ grave consideracon.

the reign of the first Charles, and active measures 10 May, 1634. Thos Crymes <fe others.

were taken by the local justices to suppress a con- f In a return made to the Bishop of Winchester

siderable number of them, as the following report in 1787, the population is stated to be 3,762.
will show :—

THE PLOUGH INN, LORDSHIP LANE.

THE GREYHOUND, DULWICH

HOSTELEIES PAST AND PRESENT. 367

On January 1st, 1707, the churchwardens adjourned to "The Golden Lyon ;" on
May 19th, 1752, it was resolved " that this vestry be adjourned to Mr. Cox's, at ' The
Green Man/ at Dulwich, in order to make out the rate books ; on May 24th, 1768, an
adjournment took place to 'The Artichoak,' and afterwards to Mr. Boxall's, at 'The
Greyhound,' at Dulwich, to settle some affairs respecting the poor's rates ;" in July,
1769, a meeting was held at "Mr. Peakes, of ' The Father Red Cap,' " and in the
same year " The Kentish Drovers," of Peckham, was patronized.

In 1754 mention is made of "The Angle" at Camberwell, and during the greater
part of the eighteenth century the subscribers of the Green Coat School transacted
their monthly business in the vestry-room of the church on Sunday afternoon, and
held their annual audit at " The Butchers' Arms."

On the 14th February, 1833, the vestry met at "The Grove House Tavern,"
Camberwell Grove, " to consider and determine upon the propriety of petitioning
Parliament for the repeal of the house and window tax."

There are numerous entries of a similar description, but the above will be sufficient
to show how parochial business was formerly conducted. It would perhaps be
unkind to say that the proceedings on such occasions ended in smoke, but it may
nevertheless be stated that no record appears to have been made of the business then
transacted.

Exceptions, however, may be mentioned. In the Act passed in the 27th year of
George III., it was enacted, by clause 3, that the trustees appointed under that Act
passed " for the better lighting of the village of Camberwell do meet at ' The Golden
Lion/ in Camberwell ;" whilst the Peckham trust transacted their business at " The
Red Bull," in Peckham, and minutes were of course taken of their proceedings.

Although the mode of conducting both parochial and public-house business has
undergone great alteration of late years, the houses before mentioned are still open
for the benefit of a thirsty public. " The Green Man/' it is true, is no more, but on
its site now stands " The Grove Tavern," * situate in Lordship Lane. In the reign of
George II. " The Green Man" was a noted house of entertainment, for in a ballad f
of that time it is thus alluded to : —

" That Vauxhall and Ruckhalt, and Ranelagh too,
And Hoxton and Sadlers, both old and new,
My Lord Cobham's Head and the Dulwich Green Man
May make as much pleasure as ever they can."
Deny Down, <fcc.

There is an amusing story told in the Percy Anecdotes of a well-known literary man
who received an invitation from a friend to dine with him on the following Sunday,
and the house was described as being opposite " The Green Man " at Dulwich. The
literary man, full of other ideas, forgot to make a note of the address, and when
Sunday came he was sorely bothered to remember where his dinner was to be found
that day. At last a gleam of sunshine appears. " I have it !" he exclaimed excitedly,
" it's opposite the Dull-man at Greenwich ;" and accordingly to Greenwich he posted
forthwith. All inquiry, however, proved fruitless, and after much persistent search,
he was asked if he didn't mean " The Green Man at Dulwich" instead, when the
truth thrust itself upon his mind that he had lost his way, lost his temper, and lost
his dinner, and proved himself the real Dull-man at Greenwich.

" The Green Man " was a very popular sign for a public-house in the eighteenth
century, and it was generally intended to represent a forester, notably Robin Hood
himself. The ballads always described Robin and his merry men as dressed in

* See page 387. t Musick in Good Time : a new Ballad. 1745.

368 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

green, "Lincoln green." When Robin meets the page who brings him presents
from Queen Katherine —

" Robin took his mantle from his backe,
It was of the Lincoln greene,
And sent that by his lovely page
For a present unto the queene."*

" The Artichoak," as it is always spelt in the vestry minutes, was also a noted
house of entertainment. As a sign it was very popular, and was used not only by
publicans but by seedsmen and milliners.

" Susannah Fordham, att the Hartichoake, in ye Royal Exchange," in the reign
of Queen Anne, sold " all sorts of fine poynts, laces, and linnens, and all sorts of
gloves and ribons, and all other sorts of millenary wares." f

The novelty of the plant may have had something to do with its selection, for
though it was introduced into this country in the reign of Henry VIIL, yet Evelyn
observes : —

" 'Tis not very long since this noble thistle came first into Italy, improved to this
magnitude by culture, and so rare in England that they were commonly sold for a
crown a piece." £

" The Fox under the Hill " is a well-known Camberwell sign, for though " the
Fox" has been partnered with "the Hounds," "the Grapes," "the Lamb," "the
Owl," " the Goose," and " the Duck," we know of no other metropolitan house which
has for a sign " The Fox under the Hill."

Under a hill it certainly is, and no doubt at one time " the Fox" was found there
too. Strong confirmation of this supposition is furnished by the fact that " Dog-
Kennel Lane " is almost within a stone's throw of the house. It was formerly
known as Little Denmark Hall, there being at that time another house of enter-
tainment known as Great Denmark Hall, which was subsequently converted into
one or more private houses. " The Fox under the Hill" was formerly the starting-
point of the Dulwich patrol, and many thrilling adventures were no doubt recited
under its hospitable roof.

Reynard has recently doffed a new coat, for the old building was last year pulled
down to make way for one more in accord with modern ideas.

" The Rosemary Branch," § Peckham, although possessing but a local reputation
at the present time, was a well-known metropolitan hostelrie half a century ago-
Our illustration will convey some idea of the old house and its rustic surroundings.
Tradition has it, that whenever the landlord of the old house tapped a barrel of
the inhabitants for some distance round were apprised of the fact by bell and m
clamation ! When the new house was erected it was described in a print of
time || as an " establishment which had no suburban rival." The grounds surrounc
ing it were most extensive, and horse-racing, cricketing, pigeon-shooting, and
kinds of outdoor sports and pastimes were carried on.

The grounds have now been almost entirely covered with houses, only one
field remaining, and that is being laid out for building operations.^"

" The Rosemary Branch " is not by any means a common sign for a public- hoi
The Camberwell house is perhaps the best known in the Metropolis. Rosemary w*
formerly an emblem of remembrance, in the same way as forget-me-not is

+ S?XRU!1 e^-!f ' • l' foL 375> the original sign of " The Rosemary Branch."
t The Bagford Bills. „ Th| Sportfng Magazine.

I £1£? s Miscellaneous Writings, p. 735. t This estate has been purchased by R. Stronf

§ In the Churchwardens Accounts, 1707, is the Esq., J.P., as also was the Denmark Hill Estate.

following entry :— is eight acres in extent aild is being iaid out

Received of Mr • Travers for a stranger dying at Mr. William Adams Murphy for the erection

ye Rosemary Bush 00. 00. 04," which may have been 209 houses

THE OLD CROWN INN.DULWICH.

••••, •*• ,. -MA^ife^*^,

BEW'S CORNER, LORD SKIP LANE.

HOSTELRIES PAST AND PRESENT. 369

" There's rosemary, that's for remembrance," says Ophelia (Hamlet, Act iv., Scene 5) ;
and in The Winter's Tale, Perdita says : —

" For you, there's Rosemary and Rue ; these keep
Seeming and savour all the winter long,
Grace and remembrance be to you both."

(Winter's Tale, Act iv., Scene 4.)

" Rosemarie is for remembrance
Between us day and night ;
Wishing that I may alwaies have
You present in my sight."

(Rolinson's Handful of Pleasant Deities.)

" It was an old country custom to deck the bridal bed with sprigs of rosemary." BRAND.

" The French Horn," " The Greyhound," " The Crown," " The Half Moon," *
"The Bell/' and "The White Hart," have all flourished within the hamlet of
Dulwich.

In the garden of " The Half Moon " for many years was to be seen the tomb-
stone of Edward Alleyn, the founder of Dulwich College. " The Half Moon " has
long been used as a public-house sign. One of the learned questions propounded
by Hudibras to that cunning man, Sidrophel, was : —

" Tell me, but what's the natural cause
Why on a sign no painter draws
The full moon ever, but the half? "

And Ben Jonson, once desiring a glass of sack, went to "The Half Moon" in'
Aldersgate Street, but found it closed; he adjourned thereupon to "The Sun" in
Long Lane, and wrote this epigram : —

" Since the Half Moon is so unkind,
To make me go about,
The Sun my money now shall have,
And the Moon shall go without."

"The Crown " has probably been an institution in Dulwich for at least 150 years.
It has been in the family of the present proprietor, Mr. Thomas Goodman, since
1791, when Francis Goodman, the grandfather, rented it at ^16 a year.

The greater part of the present house was rebuilt in 1833, and it was still further
modernized in 1853.

Like " The Greyhound" and " The Half Moon," " The Crown " is much patronized
by parochial boards and workmen's annual gatherings. " The Greyhound " f is
a well-known hostelrie at least 150 years old. It has been in possession of the
Middlecotts for more than a century. The Dulwich Club have held their meetings;
at this house for more than a century ; and Dickens, Thackeray, Mark Lemon, and
other literary celebrities were oft-recurring visitors to it.

During the building of the Crystal Palace, Sir Joseph Paxton was also a frequent
visitor ; and as for " annual dinners," it would occupy too much space to chronicle
the many firms of eminence who have made " The Greyhound " the alpha and omega

* "Half Moon," Dulwich, offered for sale by way's, 27th May, 1872. Described as having been
Belton, at Guildhall Tavern, 16th April, 1868. in the family of the vendor for the last century,
Described as having been in the hands of the family and contains eight rooms on top floor ; large as-
of Webb for the best part of a century. Contains sembly room and six other rooms ;on first floor ;
four rooms on top floor ; assembly room and six bar and five rooms on ground floor ; four rooms and
other rooms on first floor; having bar and six cellarage in basement. Stabling for twenty-six
rooms on ground floor ; large tea garden, &c. A horses, gardens and two cricket-fields— in all eleven
range of stabling underlet at £32 per annum. acres. Held from Dulwich College for term ex-
Held from Dulwich College for twenty-eight years, piring 1893, by lease dated 1st September, 1854.
anexpired at £95 per annum and £1 in lieu of Under-lease to be granted for residue of term less-
land tax. seven days, at £250 per annum. [The property was.

t "Greyhound," Dulwich, offered for sale by not sold at this auction.]
Messrs. Warlters, Lovejoy, and Miles, at Garra-

B B

370 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

of their day's 'enjoyment. The present proprietor has in his possession a curious
document, from which it appears that " on Monday, 26th September, 1768, Acis and
Galatea would be performed, to conclude with a ball ; tickets 5s. each ; " but the
object for which the performance was to be given does not appear, though it was no
doubt of a charitable nature.

" The Greyhound " is noted for parochial gatherings all over the Metropolis, and
without it is one of the best conducted houses in the county.

" The Baker and Basket " is the sign of a house in St. James's Street, Hatcham.
The basket is of course empty, and the baker therefore may be allowed to stop and
refresh himself.

The following amusing contention as to the claims of beer and bread is given on a
sign-board of a house bearing this title : —

" The Baker says, ' I've the staff of life,
And you're a silly elf ; '
The Brewer replied, with artful pride,
« Why, this is life itself.' "

"Britannia" (High Street, Peckham) is another favourite sign. Hone, in his
Every-Day Book, mentions a public-house in the country where London porter was
sold, and the figure of Britannia was represented in a languishing, reclining posture,
with the motto

"Pray sup-porter."

" The Adam and Eve " (High Street, Peckham) is a not uncommon sign for a
tavern, but perhaps "The Deluge" is even more appropriate. Not far off (Hill
Street) stands " The Globe " itself, a truly cosmopolitan sign.

"The Plough" (Lordship Lane), as our illustration shows, was once an old-
fashioned wood structure — a noted place of resort for the lads and lasses of the great
city. It was leased for sixty-one years in 1805 to Mrs. Ann Eeynolds by Joseph
Windham, Esq., at an annual rent of .£12. It was afterwards carried on by Mr. W.
Coombs, by whom the new " Plough" was erected.

On a window of the old building was the following inscription : —

" March, 1810. Thomas Mount Jones dined here ; eat six pounds of bacon, drank
nineteen pots of beer."

"The Turk's Head" (Old Kent Road) wafe once a very favourite sign. Dr.
Johnson used to sup at another " Turk's Head," " because," said he, " the mistress of
it is a civil, good woman, and has not much business."* The customers of "mine
Jiost " of the Old Kent Road are certainly not attracted hither by the last of the
Doctor's reasons.

" Father Redcap " f (Camberwell Road) is no doubt a near relation of "Mother
Redcap," so often met with.

Indeed " Mother Redcaps " everywhere abound, but Camberwell may lay claim to
rthe only " Father Redcap," who doubtless is the " father of them all" The old lady
is reported to have thrived well on ale : —

" Old Mother Redcap, according to her tale,
Lived twenty and a hundred years by drinking the good ale ;
It was her meat, it was her drink, and medicine besides,
And if she still had drank this ale, she never would have died."

* Boswell's Johnson, vol. i. p. 304. floors ; bar and five rooms on ground floor. Stable,

t " The Red Cap," Camberwell Green, offered for &c. Held with two adjoining slips of ground for

;sale at Garraway's by Mr. Orgill, 18th January, nineteen years unexpired, at £106 per annum.

1864, by order of Mr. Kitching. Described as having Coach-house and stable underlet at £14.

large assembly and five other rooms on upper

HOSTELRIES PAST AND PRESENT.

" The Stirling Castle " (Church Street, Camberwell) is not named after any fine
baronial castle in Scotland, as many suppose, but after Mr. Stirling, the builder of it.
Mr. Thomas Wright, who holds the house under Messrs. Watney, is a liberal contri-
butor to the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, of which institution he was not long since
chairman; and during his year of office an exceptionally large amount was contributed
to the funds of the charity. •

" The Red Bull " (High Street, Peckham) is an ancient public-house sign. Alleyn,
founder of Dulwich College, says in a memorandum, October 3, 1617 : —

" Went to « The Red Bull,' and received for the Younger Brother (a play) but
J3 6s. 4d."

The Peckham "Red Bull" was the meeting-place of the Peckham Lighting
Trust.

Strange, or perhaps natural enough, the next house in|the High Street to " The
Red Bull " is " The Red Cow," and for 150 years at least both have lived in the
same street upon the best of terms : —

" The Red Cow

Gives good milk now."

of " The Red Bull " it was said,

" If you want a good pull,
Just step in at the Bull."

" The Flying Dutchman " is stated to have been situate in Cottage Green, Cam-
ell, and to have gloried in a sign painted by Herring.*

The fact that Camberwell stands between the county of Kent and the great Metro-

ilis is apparent from the fact that " The Kentish Drovers " as a sign has existed both
in the Old Kent Road and the Peckham Road for more than 200 years ; and when
Peckham was a village, surrounded by green fields, "The Kentish Drovers " was a
well-known halting-place on the road to Kent.

"The Thomas a Becket," at the corner of the Albany Road, Old Kent Road,
memorates the spot where the pilgrims first halted on their way from London to
terbury ; " The Shard Arms " (Old Kent Road), of the once powerful and
thy Shard family, who were large landowners in this parish ; " The Asylum
Tavern," of the magnificent charity erected in Peckham by the Licensed Victuallers
of London. Law is represented by "Lord Lyndhurst" (Lyiidhurst Road) and
" The Denman Arms " (Denman Road) ; national glory by " The Lord Nelson " (Old
Kent Road) ; " The.Victory " (Trafalgar Road) ; "The Trafalgar" (Simmer Road) ;
"The General Havelock" (Parkstone Road); "Lord Clyde" (Avenue Road);
and "The Duke of Wellington" (Old Kent Road). Statesmanship is worthily
represented by "The George Canning" (Grove Lane) ; "The Lord Palmerston "
(Lordship Lane) ; and " The Clarendon " (Camberwell New Road).

John Barleycorn is proverbially loyal, and therefore " The Crown " (High Street,
Peckham) is a favourite sign. Then we have " The King's Arms " (Peckham Rye) ;
"The Prince Albert" (East Surrey Gro.ve) ; "The Queen" (Commercial Road);
" The Hanover Arms" (Rye Lane) ; and " William the Fourth " (Camberwell New
Boad).

Homage is of course paid to foreign potentates, and though the Shah is
doubtless destined at no distant day to preside over the fortunes of beer, he

* History of Sign Boards, p. 40.

B B 2

372

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

has not yet become stationary in Camberwell ; but " The Prince of Prussia "
(Brunswick Square) has been amongst us for a considerable time.

" The George and Dragon " (St. George's Road) suggests the idea that, as the church
close by is dedicated to St. George, the landlord of this house was anxious to
champion the cause of the fabulous monster, which is, moreover, said to produce
a noble balm," but not until it has swallowed its own tail.

LOCAL LONGEVITY.

Date.

Name.

Age.

Kemarks.

1658

Kose Hathaway

103

Surrey Longevity Ad. MS.

No. 11572.

1661

William Hathaway

105

') 5* ))

1702

Mary Dickenson ....

jj jj JJ

1710

Elizabeth Arnut

,, ,, ,

1763

Chapman ....

103

?J J? ?

1764

Mrs. Stevenson

100

)) jj j

1767

Mrs. Toite

102

1775

Eliza Jones

125

jj n j
jj jj j

1775

„ „ (her nurse)

101

« » jj

Ann Franks . . . . . .

100

1782

Leonard Nelson

103

jj jj })
jj jj jj

1788

John Henniker

101

jj jj ,5

1789

Mrs.Weldyn

106

Jj jj j,

1821

Elizabeth Horsier

105

Inmate of Workhouse 56

years.

Mrs. Campion

105

Mother of the gardener to

Miles Stringer, Esq.

1822

Elizabeth Claxton

103

Bore a daughter at the age

of 60.

1837

Sarah, widow of Mr. Latham Buckwood

105

1838

Thomas Baily

Died at East Dulwich.

1852
1866

George Hurst
Dorcas Rogers, 89, Albany Road . .

94
90

Peckham Postman 5 1) years.
Widow of Isaac Rogers, a

Farmer.

1867

Benjamin Nind, Queen's Road

1867

Mary Gatonby, 34, Durham Terrace,

Camden Grove North . ...

Widow of Wm. Gatonby,

a Whitesmith.

1867

Rebecca Fox, 288, Albany Road .

Widow of John Fox, Tea-

dealer.

1867

Catherine Judd, 1, Glengall Grove . .

Widow of Thomas Judd,

Constable, East India

Docks.

1867

Ann Barnett, 48, Peckham Grove

Widow of Charles Barnett,

an Officer in H. M.

Customs.

1868

Susannah Still, 25, East Surrey Grove .

Widow of William Still, a

Lighterman.

1868

WHL Carter, 5, Daniel Street, Crab

Tree Shot Road ....

Licensed Victualler.

1869

Ann Phillips, 21, Addington Square .

Widow of Peter Phillips,

Tailor.

1869

Caroline Ollard, 9, Harvey's Cottages,
Cooper's Road

Widow of John Ollard,

Merchants' Clerk.

1870

Colyear Macintosh, 105, Denmark Road

374

Ye PARISH OF CA&ERWELL.

Date.

Name.

Age.

Eemarka.

1870

Win. Thornhill

Formerly a Cutler.

1870

Sarah Matthews

1870

Ann Phillips, 9, Church Street, Old

Kent Road ... .

1870

Sarah Flaxman, 3, Grove Terrace

1870

Ann Wivell, 4, Edmund Street . .

Widow of a Carman.

1870

William Jones, 363, Albany Koad

Retired Board of Guardians
Clerk.

1871

James Farnfield

Out-door Chelsea Pen-

sioner.

1871

Elizabeth Craven, 7, Fenham Road .

1871

Elizabeth Mason, 134, High Street,

Peckham . . . . . .

1871

Elizabeth Gibson, 11, Edith Road

1871

Sophia Nicholls, Licensed Victuallers'

Asylum ......

1871

Ann Buckingham, The Cedars, East

Dulwich

Widow of a Publican.

1871

Win. Foster, Nazareth House . . .

Formerly a Greengrocer.

1871
1871

Hannah Sharpe, 4, Great Orchard Row
Sarah Hobbs,4, Hobbs Terrace, Orchard

Formerly domestic Servant.
Wife of Geo. Hobbs, a

Chemist.

1871

Martha Elizabeth Gould, 287, Albany

Road

Annuitant.

1871

Thos. Scarborough, 468, Old Kent Road

Retired Grocer.

1872

Mary Merritt, 12, Branch Buildings,

Commercial Road . . . .

Widow of — Meritt, a

Gardener.

1872

Henry Mace, 8, North Street, Corn-

105

Farmer.

1872

John Sard, 226, Camberwell New Road

Retired Woollen Draper.

1872

Thomas Casey

Gardener, died in Camber-

well Workhouse.

1872

Mary Ripley

Died in Camberwell Work-

house.

1872

Harriet Camroux, 144, Commercial Rd.

1872

Wm. Ingle Woodman, 11, Clifton Road

Retired Commander, R.N.

1872

John Clark, 6, The Orchard . . .

103

1872

Mary Plunkett .....

1873

William Merrington, 2, The Terrace,

Gordon Road

1873

James Branston, 1, Bell Gardens Road

Baker.

1873

Catherine Bickenden, 2, Elizabeth

Place, Melon Ground

Widow of a Fishmonger.

1873

Fanny Morris . . ......

Died in Workhouse.

1873

Honora McCarty

Died in Peckham House

Lunatic Asylum.

1873

John Soutter, 246, St. George's Road .

Currier.

1873

Elizabeth Newton, The Friendly Fe-

male Asylum

Formerly a Lady's-maid.

1873

Hannah Whittemore ....

Widow of a Publican.

1874

Harriet Peck, 8, St. Thomas's Terrace,

New Hatcham

Widow of a Dyer.

1874

Elizabeth Good, Parliament House,

Peckham Road ....

Widow of a Builder.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH.

»HE hamlet of Dulwich is situate in the eastern division of the county
of Surrey, in the east hundred of Brixton, diocese of Winchester,
archdeaconry of Surrey, rural deanery of Southwark, and within the
jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court and Metropolitan Police, and
in the South Eastern Metropolitan Postal District.

It is a most delightful hamlet, and notwithstanding the active building operations
' recent years, large tracts of meadow land are yet to be found within its borders,
is perhaps the only metropolitan suburb which has succeeded in keeping out of its

that lete noir of modern progress — the speculative builder.

The village of Dulwich still presents a rural aspect, and many of its tradesmen
ren now refuse to acknowledge the potency of plate glass. From Champion Hill,
Denmark Hill, and Herne Hill, through the whole length of the intervening valley,
and up the opposite slopes to the summit of Sydenham and Forest Hills, may still be
heard the song of birds ; and lovers may yet roam through the groves and fields of
the hamlet, " picking up scents and flowers."

The beauties of the place are appreciated by the pent-up citizens, who annually pay
ig homage to its charms, for it is the nearest spot to the busy hive of industry
vhere the eye can behold the rich carpet of nature, and seek relief in grove and
pleasure ground, and hill and dale, and wood. The gardens and forecourts of mansion
and villa vie with each other in richness and beauty, whilst green lanes with all their
natural charms have attractions beyond description for the weary and worn.

" Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds
Exhilarate the spirit and restore
The tone of languid nature."

The southern portion of the hamlet was formerly an immense wood, inter-
sected with devious paths covered with never-ending leaves. It was the home of
gipsies and the rendezvous of summer parties. At the beginning of the present
century, before what may be termed modern Dulwich was called into existence,
Byron, then a schoolboy at Dulwich, roamed away the happy hours of boyhood in
Dulwich Wood, holding daily converse with motley groups of the vagabond class.
But little is left of the woods but a memory, which local nomenclature has done
something to preserve, in Dulwich Wood Park, Kingswood Eoad, and Crescent Wood
Eoad. In the days of the first Charles the Court paid frequent visits to Dulwich
and its woods for the purpose of sport, and authority was given by warrant to one
Anthony Holland, one of the yeomen huntsmen in ordinary to His Majesty, to make
known His Majesty's commands to the inhabitants of Dulwich" that they forbeare to
hunt, chace, molest, or hurt the king's stagges with greyhounds, hounds, gunnes, or
any other means whatsoever ; " and authority was given to the said Anthony Holland

376

PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

" to take from any person or persons offending therein their dogges, hounds, gunnes,
crossbowes, or other engynes."

Dulwich Wood has been the scene of several terrible outrages, notably those which
occurred in 1738, when a man named Samuel Bentyman was murdered, and in 1803,
when Samuel Matthews, known as the Dulwich hermit, met with a similar fate.*

Dulwich Wood has been gradually disappearing from the time when Edward
Alleyn issued his statutes and ordinances, for by the 106th Item of the same it is
ordered " that twentye acres of wood be felled and sold yearly, such wood falls to be
made at seasonable times and in accordance with the laws and statutes of England,
for the preservation of timber trees, such trees to be of the growth of ten yeares."
And in the 108th Item provision is made for the Master of the College " to have
yearley for his owne use in his chamber two hundred faggots ; the warden shall have
yearley two hundred faggots for his owne spending ; the fower senior fellowes shall
have yearley one hundred and fifty faggots a piece for their owne spending ; the six
chanters or junior fellowes one hundred faggots a piece for their owne spending ; all
the said faggots to be brought home to the said College at the charge of the said
College between the 1st September and the 1st of All Saints yearley, to be kept in a
stack and delivered by the bailie to the master, warden, and fellowes by half hundreds
or quarterns as they shall desire, and no timber trees (Item 110) shall be sold to any
pson or psons whatsvr but to the tenants of the lands belonging to the said College in
Dulwich for the building or repayring of their tenements."

Although the views obtained from many of the heights of Dulwich are extremely
charming, there is perhaps no spot where the grand panorama of nature is seen to such
advantage as from the northern part of the hamlet at Champion Hill, which was
described with great prescience by an observant resident in 1796 : —

; Love ye the scenes of rural life —

The lawn, the grove, the busy mill,
Free from the noise of care and strife ? —
Then turn your eye to Champion Hill.

Thrice happy — thrice enchanting spot ;

What transports thro' the bosom thrill,
What joy to find some humble cot,

And view the charms of Champion Hill.

The verdant vale that slopes below,
The woods where bleak winds whisper shrill,

The breaks that distant landscape show,
Delight the mind on Champion Hill.

Of Hampstead now we sing no more :

A better taste directs our will,
On every rural grace to pore,

That strikes the eye on Champion HilL

There lordly mansions soon shall rise,
Adorn'd with true Palladian skill;

And tasteful villas strike the eyes,
Scattered o'er beauteous Champion Hill.

Oh, Norwood ! how I love to trace,
At sober eve, when all is still,

The rustic, the poetic grace,
Thy prospect gives to Champion Hill.

Here, poet, come ! thou man of rhyme,

With rapture here thy bosom fill-
Hark how the distant sheep-bells chime,
To lull thine eye on Champion HilL

The blackbird pours his mellow note,
The song-thrush warbles near the rill,

The skylark strains his swelling throat,
The turtle coos on Champion Hill.

And there the shepherd tends his flock,
And there the swains the uplands till ;

Rous'd by the crowing of the cock,
I brush the dews o'er Champion Hill.

And pity you, who time consume,
In scenes of riot and quadrille,

While meditation finds such room
For solid bliss on Champion Hill."

Dulwich has been traced by previous writers to Delawyk, who held two knights7
fees in Camwell, " and the transition from Delawyk to Dulwich," says a highly
respected authority,f " appears to be so easy and natural as at once to settle this
etymology." The principal difficulty in determining its etymological derivation is

* The following resolutions appear upon the
Vestry minutes : —

1738, Ap. 4th.— Ordered, that the expenses which
have attended the discovery of the murderer of
Samuel Bentyman this year, in Dulwich Wood, be
considered by the committee of the Workhouse for
the time being, and report made, with their opinion,

to the vestry.

Jan. 10th, 1803.— Resolved that the sum of £25
be paid by the parish officers towards the ap-
prehending the person or persons guilty of the
murder of the late Samuel Matthews.

t Allport.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 377

found in the first syllable, Dul, for ivicli or wick, the last part, is more easily accounted
for. The way out of the difficulty, and a most reasonable one too, is to suppose
that Dul was the name of a river, and that the ivick was the station or village situate
on its banks. Wicks abound in all parts of England, and the Essex coast is lined
with names ending in wick.

Wick is found in both Anglo-Saxon and Norse names. With the Anglo-Saxons it
was a station or abode on land — hence a house or a village ; with the Northmen it
was a station for ships — hence a small creek or bay.*

It is not by any means improbable that Dulwich was a Danish station during some
of the many visits paid us by the Danes. With the hope of capturing the much-
coveted prize, their fleets hung about the Thames, we are told, for many months
together,! and their stations were at Deptford, the " deep fiord," at Greenwich, the
" green reach," and at Woolwich, the " hill reach."

The place is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was evidently at that time
an insignificant village, and even during the time of the second Charles the number
of persons assessed to the hearth-tax was under forty.

Dulwich College has naturally had a great deal to do with the nomenclature of the
hamlet, and College Gardens, Alleyn Park, Alleyii Park Road, serve to remind us of
Edward Alleyn's generous gift. The Crystal Palace is responsible for Palace Road ;
whilst Dulwich Wood Road, Crescent Wood Road, and Kingswood Road tell us
something of the hamlet when dense woods abounded within it. Boxall Row takes
us back to the time when Mr. Boxall was proprietor of " The Greyhound."

The Dulwich College Building Act of 1808, the Metropolis Local Management
Act of 1855, the Charity Commissioners' scheme of 1857, the formation of the iron
roads, and the craving of merchants for suburban residences, have done much to
alter the aspect of the place ; but, compared with neighbouring suburbs, it has died
hard, and not until Cowper's "opulent, enlarged, and still-increasing London,"
by sheer force of circumstance, has laid its hands upon it will Dulwich surrender
its individuality.

DULWICH, FORMERLY CALLED DYLWAYS, DlLWISSHE, DlLEWISTRE, DULLAG,

was given to the monks of Bermondsey by King Henry I. in the year 1127,
and they continued to possess it until the suppression of the house in 1537-38. In
the forty-fifth year of Henry III., A.D. 1261, a question arose as to whether this
manor and Leigham in Streatham were liable to tillage ; but on the examination of
records it was found to have been previously decided, after an inquiry before Hugh
Bigod, the king's justiciary, that these manors having been ancient demesne of the
crown, were liable to taxation "when the king caused his demesnes through England
to be tallied ;" and a writ was therefore issued commanding the sheriff of Surrey to
levy a reasonable tax on the same.£

In the reign of Henry III. it appears that Henry de la IVyk, called also Henry de
Dilewisse, and his partners held two knights' fees in Camerwell, of the Honour of

* " The sea-rovers derived their name of vikings, names denoting Norse colonization. The names of

or creekers, from the wick* or creeks in which they Northwich, Middlewich, Nantwich, Droitwich,

anchored. The inland wicks, therefore, are mostly Netherwich, Shirleywich, Wickham, and perhaps

Saxon, while the Xorse vsicki fringe our coasts and Warwick, although inland places, are denved m-

nsually indicate the stations of pirates rather than directly from the Norse Wic, a bay, and not from

those of colonists. Thus we have Wicks and Sand- the Anglo-Saxon wic, a village. —Taylor, Words

wick- in Kent ; Wyke, near Portland ; Berwick in and Places, p. 107.

Northumberland; and Wicklow in Ireland; all of t Saxon Chronicle, A.D. 1013, 1014, 1016.

which occur in places where there are no inland J Brayley, vol. iii. p. 216.

378

Y' PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Gloucester. In the fourth Edward L, 1276, Henry de la Wys, possibly the same
person or his son, was outlawed for felony, and he then held one messuage, 80 acres
of land, and seven shillings rent, in Dylways, of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester,
and 8 acres of the prioress of HaliwelL*

In the year 1545 " the manor of Dulwich in Cumerwell, and a messuage called
The Hall Place, formerly belonging to the Prior of Bermondsey," were granted by
Henry VIII. (under letters patent) to Thomas Calton, to be held in capite at the
annual rent of 33s. 9d.} together with the advowson of the vicarage of Camberwell,
which the convent of Bermondsey had held from the gift of Robert, Earl of
Gloucester, natural son of Henry I. The grandson, Sir Francis Calton, in 1806,
sold the lordship and its appurtenances to Mr. Edward Alleyn,t founder of Dulwich
College, for the sum of J5,000, independently of 800 marks (,£533 6s. 8d.) for the
patronage.

According to Alleyn's account of the transaction,^ he paid for the manor " one
thousand pounds more than any other man would have given for it."

Amongst the particulars for grants now in the Public Record Office are documents
respecting the manor of Dulwich, formerly a portion of the possessions of the
monastery of Bermondsey, from which it appears that the manor, or perhaps a
portion of it, with the mansions, edifices, &c., thereto belonging, were at one time
held on lease from the monastery by John Scott, Esq., of Camberwell, for fifty years,
at the annual rent of J14.

The property is described as consisting of a tenement called The Hall Place, with
all lands, meadows, and pastures to the same belonging, in Dulwich aforesaid ; except
the wood and underwood in the tenure of Thomas Henley, demised to him by inden-
ture under the convent seal of the aforesaid monastery, and dated 22nd March, 23rd
Henry VIII. : to have and to hold the same to the aforesaid Thomas Henley § and
his assigns from the fast of St. Michael Archangel for the term of 40 years, rendering
per annum liijs iiijd, payable in equal portions at the feasts of the Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael Archangel.

The account is audited by William Cavendysh, and underwritten is the following
memorandum : —

Md that the Kynges matie hathe no other lande lyinge wthin the Manor of

* See Testa de Nevill, p. 220 ; Escheats 4 Ed. I.,
n. 64.

t The following details of the property of Edward
Alleyn, in Dulwich, and elsewhere, is extracted
from Manning and Bray's History of Surrey :—

The Manor-house, or capital messuage called
Hall Place alias Knowles, no quantity of land
specified. Lands called Dycottes alias Kygates,
and all other manors, <fec., in Dulwich, which
Alleyn late purchased of Sir Francis Calton, Knt.,
no quantity of land specified. Eight messuages
and land called Howletts Bycotts alias Kygates ;
Nappes and Stonee Nappes, late purchased of Sir
Edmund Bowyer, Knt., 45 acres. Messuage and
land, late copyhold of said manor, purchased of
John Bowyer, Esq., 14 acres. Four messuages and
land called Great Bornes, North Crofts, Carter's
Hall, Addington Mead, Great and Little Brownings,
and Carter's Garden, purchased of Thomas Calton,
Gent., brother of Sir Francis Calton, and Annie,
wife of Thomas, and of Henry Farr, Gent., and
Prudence his wife, 76 acres. Messuage and land,
called Perryefield, 13 acres ; three messuages and
land, 24 acres ; messuage and land, late copyhold
of said manor, 13 acres; messuage and 7 acres,
called Rennalls; messuage and land, 9 acres;
messuage and land, late copyhold of said manor, 45
acres ; all in Dulwich. Pasture in Lambeth, pur-
chased of Sir Edward Duke, Knt., 18 acres; mes-
suages in St. Botulph's, which descended to
Alleyn from his father, Edward Alleyn ; messuages,

lands, gardens, &c., called The Fortune, in White-
cross Street, and Gouldings Lane, in St. Giles
Without, Cripplegate.

24th April, 1621. By indenture inrolled in
Chancery, Mr. Alleyn, after reciting the letters
patent and the deed of foundation, conveyed his
estates to William Alleyn, of Dulwich, and
William Austin, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, Esqra.,
to the use of this College.

t Collier's Memoirs of Edward Alleyn.

§ There is also another similar document in the
Public Record Office, which describes Sir Humfrey
Browne as holding a parcel of Dulwich Common
Wood, called Rygats Grene, belonging to the same
manor, abutting on certain woods of George Duke,
Gent., called "peres Grove, in the pish of Camer-
well, in the saide Countie of Surreye on the Este.
pte. And uppon the demeanes of the saide Manor
of Dulwiche & c'teyn Lands pteynynge to Thomas
Hendeley yeoman, and Raff leghe Esquire, on the
norte pte. And uppon pte of the foresaide Comen
Wood, called Dulwiche Grene, by the claye pitts,
there extendynge directly to awaye called the
Newe Pke Waye. on the west pte. And uppon
certyne coppies of woods late felled and inclosed by
the saide Thorns Hendleye, John Lynge, and
Willm, gardner on the Southepte. Devyded by mets
& bounds conteynyng by estymacion Ix acres,
whereof is waste xxx acres. And thyrtie Acres
resydewe beyng no tymbr but ffyerewodde at xx»
le acree. xxx1'.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 379

Dulwyche in the Ryght of the late Monastery of Bermondsey then those aboue
specyfied as by the records thereof more playnly apperyth.

Thys manor & pcells Wythe theire appurtennces above Remembred ar from the
Kings maiesties Manor of Grenewyche foure miles and ffrom his gracs fforests pks
and Chases foure myles They ar no pcell of eny other Manor ne do not excede the
Clere yerly valewe above specifyed What ifyne or Income wilbe gevyn for the same
I knowe not And what patronags Advousions or other spualt pmocyon do thereunto
belonge emongiste the Records of the tenthys do appere I have not made owte eny
pticlr of the prmissys to no other pson but onely to the bringar herof, ne I do not
knowe that enyother man is desirous to bye the p'missis p bos supindend.

Vth Die Septembr Anno xxxvjh p Thoma Calto.

The yerelye Valowe of the prmiss pcell of the late monastic of Bermondesey ys
xvj11 xvij8 iiijd Inde p xma xxxiijs ixd Et Rend Clare xvn iij* vijd Which After the Rate
of xxte yeres prchase Dothe Amounte to the Some of ccciij11 xj8 viijd Adde therto for
the woods cxxix11 xiiij8 vjd And for thadnousen of the Vicarege of Camrwell xx1*
And so the hole Some for the p'chace of All the p'miss ys cccc liij" vjs ijd Wherof in
hand ccc11 At thannc of our Ladye c11 And at Midsom* next liij11 vjs ijd.

Memord the Kyngs to Discharg the prmiss of All incombruncs excepte Leases
And the tenth before resrued And except suche Chargs As the ifermors Ar bounde
to Discharg by force of there Indentures.

John Baker,

Dulwych comen* conteyneth ccclx acres Wherof ys waste and woodland dystroyed
cxxxte acr Ix acres sold to Sr Thomas Pope Knyght and his heyres for euer xij acres
sold this yere by comyssyon and now in falling xvj acres of xxx & xl yeres grow1
growinge by pcells Reseruyd to John Scott Esquyer fermor there for xxte lodes of
woode wch he hath yerely in the same commen by Covennte of his Indentor x vs acres
of one yeres grow1 xij xijs acres of ij yeres grow1 xxviij lvjs acres of vij yeres grow4
xj xlixs vjd acres of ix yeres grow1 xij lx" acres of x yeres grow1 xij Ixxij8 acres of xij
yeres grow1 And xvij xvij acres resydue of xl yeres grow1 growing by pcells in the
same the wood of euery acre aforeseyd Valuid as appereth wch is in the holle— xxxvj11
iiij8 vjd.

Com Surr.

The Manor of Dulwyche w* the fferme called Halle place in the seyd countye
pcell of the possessyons of the late monasterye of Barmondsey in the same
countye.

Twoo hedgerows in great feld conteyneth one acre & a half.

Three hedgerowes in Annes feld conteyneth ij acres & iij roodes.

Three Hedgerowes in howlatts feld cont twoo acres.

Ffoure hedgerowes in gylcote lands conteyneth one acre and iij roodes.

One hedgerowe in Netherfeld cont iij roodes.

Two hedgerows in upper feld conteyneth ij acres & one roode.

Woodfarrs groue w* twoo hedgerowes in Woodfarr feld cont viij acres.

Blanchedowne groue w* foure hedgerows nighe adioyning to the same cont
xj acres.

* The Vestry minutes of December 27th, 1804, tion, that it has been private property more than

contain the following entry :— 300 years, and therefore the committee are of

"The committee reported that they had made opinion that the parish have no uight whatever to

diligent search and inquiry , and from good informa- Dulwich Common. "

380 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Hall place groue wl three hedgerowes there conteyneth iiij acres.
Sum of acres xxxiiij Wherof

x acres of iiij yeres growth ptly dystroyed not valuyd "but Reseruyd to repayr and
meynteyne the seid hedgs and fencs iiij xs acres of v yeres grow1 and xx iiij11 acres
resydue of viij yeres growth. The wood of euery acre aforseyd valuid as appereth
whch is in the holle— iiij11 x8.

And the spryngs of the wood or grounde of Ix acres aforeseyd not valuid because
it ys sold to the seyd Sir Thomas pope and his heyres as ys aforeseyd of xxvj acres
not valuid bycause they be Reseruid And of cxxx acres not valuid by cause it ys
wast and the soyle therof comen And of clxxviij acres resydue rated yerlye at vjd the
acre bycause pte therof ys comen after the wood be of vij yeres grow1 and the resydue
ys for the moste pte in hedgerowes wch is yerly in the holle iiij11 ix8, And Amounteth
after xx yeres purchase to— Ixxxix".

Sum total of the premysses cxxix11 xiiij8 vjd.

Exr p me Daniel Clayton.

It cannot be ascertained at what time Edward Alleyn began to acquire property
in Dulwich. It appears, however, by a bond given jointly by himself and Henslowe,
dated as early as the 18th October, 1606, that he was then styled " Lord of the
Manor of Dulwich," as he is therein so designated. An unexecuted deed of sale
of the said manor from Sir Francis Calton to Alleyn is preserved in the College,
bearing date the 2nd of June, 1606, and doubtless the purchase was completed by
Alleyn in the autumn of that year. On the 4th of August, 1607, we find him
adding to his property there by buying for .£410 10s. three tenements and twenty-
two acres of land, copyhold of the Manor of Dulwich, from Ellis Parry, " citizen and
weaver." Parry had become possessed of them by purchase from Sir Francis
Calton, who was also lord of the manor of Lewisham, which Alleyn subsequently
acquired.

The following memoranda, given in Collier's Memoirs of Edward Alleyn, and
stated to be in the handwriting of the founder, record the final settlement of the
purchase of the manor : —

"Md. that this 9th of november, 1614, all reckinings, debts and demaundes what-
soever, from the begining of the world to this present daye, due unto me, Thomas
Calton, from Edw. Alleyn, is in all threeskore powndes, wheroff receved this 9th
afore sayd xxx11 rest due to me more in all 30H.

" By me, Tho. Calton."

" Receved more this 18th of november, 1614, the sum of twentye powndes. I say R.
xx11.

" By me, Tho. Calton."

" Receved this 26th of november, 1614, in full payment and satisfaction, the sum
of tenn powndes of lawfull money off England. I say R. xn.

" By me, Thomas Calton."

Since Alleyn' s death the College authorities have acquired other land in the
neighbourhood, the most important purchase being that of the Knight's Hill
Estate.

The growth of Dulwich for 200 years after the establishment of the College was
barely preceptible from year to year.

A reference to the poor-rate books illustrates this fact in a very striking manner.

It appears from a rate made on the inhabitants on the 10th of February, 1697, that

. the number of assessments was forty-two, and the rateable value .£884. In the

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH.

381

rate made in 1874 the number of assessments was 780, and the rateable value
.£66,696, being an increase in the number of assessments of 1757*14 per cent.,
and in the rateable value of 7444'79 per cent.

The following table will show the increase of Dulwich from 1697 to the present
time : —

Year,

No. of Assessments.

Rateable Value.

1697

884

1731

1,028

1732

1,071

1733

1,031

1734

1,020

1735

1,044

1736

1,058

1737

1,059

1738

1,058

1739

1,023

1740

1,073

1741

1,111

1742

1,088

1743

1,087

1744

1,160

1745

1,101

1746

1,031

1747

1,070

1748

1,070

1749

1,068

1750

1,067

1751

1,094

1752

1,106

1753

1,065

1754

1,109

1755

1,118

1756

1,125

1757

1,111

1758

1,100

1759

1,186

1760

1,304

1761

1,321

1762

1,357

1763

1,329

1764

1,378

1765

1,447

1766

1,491

1767

1,541

1768

1,773

1769

1,853

1770

2,782

1771

103

2,910

1772

107

3,075

1773

102

2,950

1774

106

3,066

1775

105

2,984

1776

108

3,144

1777

112

3,165

1778

111

3,140

1779

112

3,165

1780

114

3,172

382

Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

Year.

No. of Assessments.

Rateable Value.

1781

113

3,169

1782

116

3,185

1783

112

3,176

1784

118

3,194

1785

121

3,208

1786

125

3,218

1787

125

3,233

1788

120

3,394

1789

123

3,488

1790

126

3,521

1791

' 130

3,644

1792

131

3,789

1793

134

3,811

1794

136

4,039

1795

139

4,127

1796

141

4,136

1797

138

4,119

1798

139

4,130

1799

141

4,156

1800

143

4,179

1801

145

4,201

1802

147

4,234

1803

151

4,269

1804

149

4,287

1805

154

4,302

1806

159

4,350

1807

168

4,779 ' »

1808

177

4,877

1832

309

10,563

1874

780

66,696

DULWICH.
TABLE SHOWING THE INCREASE OF THE HAMLET FROM 1697 TO 1874.

Year.

No. of Assts.

Rateable Value.

Increase.

Assts.

R. V.

1697

884

1732

1,071

187

1742

1,094

1752

1,125

1762

1,289

164

1772

1780

104
110

2,961
3,116

24
6

1,672
155

1792

129

3,825

709

1806
1832
1874

159
309

780

4,350
10,563
66,696

30
150
471

525
6,213
56,133

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH.

383

TABLE SHOWING THE ASSESSMENT OP HOUSE PROPERTY IN 1872.
737 ASSESSMENTS.

Houses

under

Houses between

Houses
over

£20 R. V.

21-35

36-50

51-75

76-100

^194

154

109

106

100

CENSUS TABLE.

Year.

Population.

Increase.

Decrease.

Increase
per cent.

Decrease
per cent.

1841

1,904

—

1851

1,632

—

272

—

14-28*

1861

1,723

—

5-57

1871

4,041

2,318

134-53

—

With respect to the local management of the hamlet, some account of an association
formed within the hamlet for the purpose of superintending the lighting, watching,
and watering of Dulwich may not be uninteresting to us in the present day of
vestries and metropolitan boards. Sudden fear would appear to have seized the local
residents in January, 1812, and a meeting of the subscribers to the " Dulwich Patrol
and Engine" was held on the 4th of that month, " to take additional measures during
the winter months for the security of the road between Camberwell and Dulwich,"
when the following resolution was passed : —

"That on account of the extraordinary dangers to which the public are now
exposed, an additional horse-patrol be provided for the security of the road between
Camberwell and Dulwich during the present winter months, and that such additional
patrol be continued until the next Spring Assizes be over."

The additional patrol appointed on this occasion, Mr. Thomas Redman, was
ordered to be provided with " a great coat, hat, cutlass, and a pair of pistols ;" and
Mr. John Medlicott was requested to undertake the inspection of the arms of the
patrols.

It was also reported to the meeting that the old engine-house had fallen down,
thereby involving the association in " heavy and extraordinary" expenses. Sub-
scriptions were entered into to meet this sudden call upon the funds, most of the
members present subscribing one guinea, whilst the master of the college subscribed
his five guineas. At a subsequent meeting it was resolved —

" 1. That in consequence of the recent establishment of watchmen and lamps on
the highway, from Richard Shaw, Esquire,t to ' The Fox under the Hill/ that part of
the highway is sufficiently protected without the horse-patrol.

" 2. That it appears necessary to protect, in a more effectual manner, the road from
Richard Shaw, Esq., to the hamlet of Dulwich.

" 3. That for the purpose above-mentioned, two watchmen be stationed in this latter
road, in such positions as may be fixed upon by a committee, in lieu of the present
horse-patrol.

" 4. That the present horse-patrol do cease the first week in November next, at

* This decrease is accounted for by the fact that
the previous census included 188 haymakers non-

residents of the district,
t " Casino," nowthe residence of W. H. Stone, Esq.

384 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

which time the treasurer be desired to pay Thomas Wood a gratuity of £5 5s. in
addition to his regular allowance for his diligent services in the discharge of his duty
above-mentioned during the last fifteen years."

Thomas Wood was subsequently appointed watchman (in conjunction with Ben-
jamin Hayter) at a salary of 15s. a week, " including candles."

It does not transpire from the minutes on what principle the association proceeded
in ordering the construction and placing of watchboxes ; but there is a memorandum
of an order given to Mr. Thomas Shaw to construct two watchboxes at an estimated
cost of .£6 5s. each.

Amongst other items of expense incurred by the association is one item which
appeared with wonderful regularity in the month of September in each year. It
mattered not how to what extent the roads were troubled with footpads and midnight
marauders, the horse patrols always managed to expend their one pound of powder,—
neither more nor less !

Another item of expense occurs about once every quarter, when the little fire-
engine was " trotted out," and its powers tested by the " board." On such occasions
£1 Is. was usually allowed the men for their exertions " for playing the engine."

That robberies and outrages were matters of almost every-day occurrence in the
suburbs of London, when dim lights and bad roads reigned supreme, cannot be
doubted ; but we shall only have occasion to refer to one or two cases more or less-
notorious. In the Guildhall Library is a quaint volume containing an account of an
outrage committed at Dulledg Wells.* The title-page runs as follows :—

STRANGE AND LAMENTABLE NEWS FROM DULLEDG WELLS ;

OR,
THE CRUEL AND BARBAROUS FATHER. A TRUE RELATION.

How a person which used to cry Dullidg water about the streets of London, killed
his own son on Tuesday, the second of this instant July, in a most inhumane manner,
for which he was the next day committed and now remains a prisoner, in order to
a Tryal.

London : Printed for D. M., 1678.

* " Certainly the degenerate nature of ID an, when time to go drink it upon the place, about two of
it abandons the conduct of reason, and is destitute the clock in the morning called up his son, a lad of
of grace, is more savage and bruitish than the about twelve years of age, and sent him forth to
wildest beasts that houl in the wilderness of AsricL: fetch home his horse, which he kept for the purpose.
Lyons and bears, wolves and tygers, are civil com- The boy stayed somewhat longer than ordinary,
panions to him ; they seldome exercise their for, being wak'd so early, 'tis probable he might
ravenous cruelty, unless it be either to satisfie their fall asleep in the fields ; whereupon his father, who
hunger, or where they meet with opposition ; and was naturally of a cruel dogged temper, and always-
then too, their wars are not like our uncivil civil immoderately severe to his child, got up in a rage
ones, amongst themselves, but against some other to look after him, and was seen walking furiously
species, for seldome, if ever, do they prey upon that way with a huge cudgel in his hand, with
those of their own kind ; but this fierce untamable which, 'tis judged by the sequel, he performed the
animal, that pretends to reason, not content with inhumane act, beating the child so cruelly and ex-
an absolute tyranny over his fellow creatures of a cessively that within an hour or two after it dyed,
lower condition, butchering them for his gluttony, Nor was he, as 'tis believed, content to give hint
and baiting them for his vanity, &c., dose likewise unreasonable blows with the stick, but also-
extend his cruelty to those of his own rank, and stamp'd upon him with his feet, as by several
one man in his rage and passion, becomes the marks that afterwards appear'd on the dead body,
murtherer and destroyer of another. But that it was reasonable to conclude,
which is still more strange is, that a parent can be "However, after all this execution, 'tis thought
so harde-hearted to his own child, that they from he set him up on the horses back to ride home, whilst
whom we received our life, should be the pro- himself went home another way on foot ; for the
moters of our death ; this certainly is the highest lad was met by a neighbour, to whom with a weak
violation of the law of nature, and yet even of this voice he said, — ' For God's sake take me off the horser
there want not too frequent examples, and one we else I shall fall down. The man did set him down
have just now. before us, very near this famous on the ground, and went home with the horse, to
city, which happend as follows :— tell them there of the boy's condition. Whereupon

"On Tuesday, the second of this instant July, a the mother cried out to her husband, — ' What have

person that made it his business to carry Dulledg- you done, have you kitted my childe ? ' To which h&

water to London, and there crying it about the onely answered, in a sullen manner,— 'I have given

streets, for their convenieucy, that cannot spare him sleep enough,' or to that effect ; and so taking

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 385

Another outrage of more recent date is that which occurred in Dulwich Wood on
the 28th December, 1802, when poor old Matthews, known as the Dulwich hermit,
was foully murdered. This unfortunate man, who, notwithstanding a few eccen-
tricities, which were usually ascribed to mental derangement, bore the character of a
quiet, inoffensive, and strictly honest man, was a kind of jobbing gardener. Through
the loss of his wife, of whom it is said he was extremely fond, his mind was greatly
affected, and he formed the desperate resolution of quitting, as much as a working
man could do, the social converse of the world. For that purpose he obtained
permission from the master and warden of Dulwich College to dig a cave and erect
over it a hut on that part of the manor abutting in the rear on the College Wood,
and in front, on Sydenham Common. He made to it mud walls, and covered it
with fern, furze, and brakes, such as the common afforded. Here, about 1798, he
was assailed by a gang of gipsies, by whom he was robbed and cruelly beaten, and left,
with a broken arm, apparently lifeless. Pending his cure, and indeed for a short
time afterwards, he occupied lodgings at Dulwich ; but growing weary of social
intercourse he returned to his cave, and there he remained till the day of his death,
except when following his avocation, or in fetching food from adjacent villages. In
summer time and in fine weather numerous persons from town used to make parties
to see the " Wild Man of the Wood," as he was called, and visitors were always
surprised to find the "wild man" mild, gentle, and unassuming. The old man
invariably offered his visitors a taste of his table beer, observing, as he did so, that
they must be dry coming so far to see the old man. At the time of his death the
hermit was nearly 70 years of age, and an inquest was held on his body at " The
French Horn," Dulwich, when a verdict of " Wilful murder by some person or
persons unknown" was returned. A reward of £25 was on the 10th January, 1803,
offered by the Camberwell authorities for the apprehension of the party or parties
guilty of the murder ; and although several parties were tried on suspicion, the
murderer was never convicted.*

The Camberwell authorities were, however, more successful in bringing to justice
the murderer of Samuel Bentyman, which also took place in Dulwich Wood in 1738,
a full account of which appeared in the chronicles of that day.

In connection with this branch of the subject, it may be mentioned that a public
meeting was held at Dulwich College in February, 1868, over which the Master
of the College, Dr. Carver, presided, to call attention to the want of more police
supervision for Dulwich, and in consequence of. such representations, a police station
was subsequently built by the authorities within the hamlet.

The village " stocks " and " cage," with the motto " It is a sport for a fool to do
mischief — thine own wickedness shall correct thee," formerly stood at the corner of the
pathway across the fields leading to Camberwell, opposite the burial-ground ; and the
College " pound," which formerly stood near the toll-gate in the Penge Road, was in
1862 ordered to be erected at the end of Croxted Lane. The College burial-ground is

his horse and water according to his custom, came " There were none present that could testify all

to London, not returning till the afternoon. circumstances, yet there were very violent pre-

" In the mean time the boy was found dead, and sumptions, that it was the too excessive correction

the father being questioned for it at his return, of his father that brought him to his end, who

pretended that the horse kicked him, and that it being before of ill fame, and as 'tis said, formerly

must be by that blow that he came by his end, burnt in the hand, was thereupon committed to

stoutly denying that he had beat him at all, and prison, where he now remains. 'Tis said, besides

affirming that he had not been out of doors all that these blows, there were furrows in the child s hips,

morning; but the contrary being proved, he at occasion'd by the former immoderate whippings so

last did confess he struck him two or three small deep, that peasecods (to use the words of some that

blows, but that it was only with the bridle. How- viewed it) might have been laid in them.'

ever, upon searching and view of the body, it was * A man of the name of Isaac Evans, well known

found lamentably bruised and battered ; the prints about Sydenham and its neighbourhood by the

and marks of the blows being visible from the name of Wry-necked Isaac, who died in Lewisham

shoulders down to the hips, and all his back thereby Workhouse in February, 1 809, acknowledged him-

black and blue, besides several contusions on the self to have been one of those who murdered

breast. Matthews.

C C

386

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

not now used, except by special permission. Although it has been twice enlarged, the
enclosure is still limited and wholly unsuited to the Dulwich of this day, however
well adapted it might have been in 1616, when it was consecrated. In 1868 the
Secretary of State permitted an exception to be made to the order for closing this
place in the case of Mrs. Schroeder, whose family had been buried there. An interest-
ing account of the consecration of the cemetery will be found in the Appendix. The
following amongst other persons have been buried here : — John Eggleton, "a player,"
February 19th, 1727, whose wife was the original Lucy in the Beggar's Opera, and so
represented in Hogarth's scene from that play ; Anthony Boheme, called in the
register " the famous tragedian," who died in January, 1731 ; " Old Bridgett, the
Queen of the Gypsies," buried August 6th, 1768 ; Samuel Matthews, called the
" Dulwich Hermit," who was murdered in his cave, adjoining Sydenham Common,
on December 28th, 1803 ; Thomas Jones, Clerk, aged fifty, Fellow and Tutor
Trinity College, Cambridge, an eminent mathematician, buried July 26th, 1807 ;
R. Shaw, Esq., of Casino,* Herne HiU ; and Kitty Palmer :—

" But ' Kitty Palmer '—not a word There's nothing there her age to say ;'

Beyond, — the mossy head-stone showing ; Young ? old ? all's hid by time's thick curtain.

Not even a date ; it seems absurd, Was she a babe, scarce born a day?

To care for one, one can't be knowing; A girl ? a woman? all's uncertain ;

Yet I can't help it ; she lies nigh Was she maid, wife, or widow? Well,

The quiet road I travel often, That knowledge we must do without it ;

And always when I pass her by, We know there's nothing here to tell,

T' wards Kitty there, my heart will soften. And that's aU we can know about it."t

One of the most interesting spots within the hamlet is that formerly known
Bew's Corner, Lordship Lane. " The Green Man," a tavern of some note in
middle of the eighteenth century, formerly occupied the site, after which time Dr.
Glennie's school was built, and that in its turn disappeared, and old Bew, a
employed at the College, opened a beer-house there, making use of some of th(
outbuildings of the once famous school, and the grounds as a tea-garden.

The famous " Dulwich Wells," as will be seen by reference to the map of the
parish, were in close proximity to " The Green Man," and the Dulwich waters
cried about the streets of London as far back as 1678,J and for many years, througl
the high repute of the waters, much custom was attracted to the adjoining hostel,
which in 1748 was described as a " noted house of good entertainment." The pro.
prietor flourished so well that a publication of the time tells us, " He has lately built
a handsome room on one end of his bowling-green for breakfasts, dancing, anc
entertainment ; a part of the fashionable luxury of the present age, which eve
village for ten miles round London has something of."

During the years 1782-83-84 "The Green Man" property became the subject
one of the most remarkable disputes ever brought into a court of law. The rej
of the case occupies several large skins of parchment, and the counsel on each sidt
were men of eminence at the bar, and the Lord Chancellor none other than Loi
Thurlow, who is stated to have resided either at this house or in proximity to il
whilst his mansion at Knight's Hill was being built. It appears that the Colle£
authorities had about fifty years previously let to Francis Cox the house, with barns
stables, coach-houses, together with the privilege of cutting a footway or walk througl
the woods opposite his house, and known as " The Fifty Acres," reserving for shade
on each side half a rood of wood, unfelled. After his death Ms son William Cox sol
his interest to one James Rowles, a wine merchant in Westminster, which was con-
firmed by a lease from the College for twenty- one years from Michaelmas, 1759, at ai
annual rent of £14, with the proviso as to « Cox's Walk." In 1774 Rowles sold his

* The Casino and its grounds cost £40,000, re- f Poems, by W. C Bennett

ceivod by Mr. Shaw, as solicitor to Warren Hastings J See page 384

in his celebrated trial.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 387

interest in " The Green Man " to Charles Maxwell, who paid a large premium for the
remainder of the term, and in due course application was made to the College for a
renewal of the lease. The master, for reasons which do not transpire, stood alone in
his refusal to grant a satisfactory lease, and when the other members of the corpora-
tion remonstrated with him, he is described as " running out of his parlour precipi-
tately, refusing to attend," and the other members protested against the master's
arbitrary proceeding, as " tending to the detriment of the College, in creating dis-
content, sowing discord, and disseminating jealousies in the breasts of our tenants.''
Legal proceedings followed, and the College funds suffered severely.*

A full account of the Dulwich waters was communicated to the public through
the Philosophical Transactions^ by Professor John Martyn, F.R.S., and is to this
effect :—

" The purging springs, which have been esteemed for about a hundred years, and
are commonly known by the name of Dulwich waters, have been improperly so-
called; those springs arising in a valley on the south side of those hills, in the
middle of a large common belonging to the parish of Lewisham, in Kent ; whereas
Dulwich is on the north side of the hills, in the parish of Camberwell, in Surrey.

"In the autumn of 1739, Mr. Cox, the master of a well-known house of good
entertainment, called ' The Green Man,' at Dulwich, lying about a mile beyond the
village, was desirous to dig a well for the service of his house, there being no spring
of good water near it. As it was probable that he would be obliged to dig very deep,
I was willing to observe what strata of earth he dug through. The first 20 feet in
depth seemed to be only the clay, which in the long tract of time had been washed
off from the steep hill at the foot of which his house is situated. It was intermixed
with pieces of roots and leaves, and with other fragments of vegetable substances.
In digging 40 feet deeper the clay was found of various colours — brown, blueish, and
black — intermixed with a considerable number of pyritse or copperas stones, and some
large masses of the waxen-vein, or Indus helmontii, which is also found in great
plenty on the sea-shore near the Spaw at Scarborough.

" The well being digged to the depth of 60 feet and no water appearing, Mr. Cox
caused it to be covered up, and gave himself no further trouble about it that winter.
The following spring, on my coming down, it was opened. I found 25 feet of water
of a sulphureous smell and taste, which went off after the well had been opened
some days." The properties of this water, which was a brisk purgative and diuretic,
are detailed at some length in Mr. Martyn's paper. It was of much the same
character as that of the Sydenham wells. " I do not find any material difference,"
says the account, " between the old and new waters, except in the convenience of
drinking them. The old wells are at a distance from any house, except some few
huts, exposed to the rain and land floods, by which they are often injured ; the new
well is a mile or two nearer to London, well secured from any injuries of the
weather." &

The following communication having reference to the waters mentioned above is
from the pen of Dr. Webster, as high an authority on the subject as can be found at
the present day. His description of the waters differs somewhat from that of Pro-
fessor Martyn : —

" The saline spring was, and is, situated on Sydenham Common, in Wells Lane, on
the slope of the hill between Dulwich and Sydenham. The little old cottage and
garden where the ' Sydenham wells ' are, belong to two elderly women of the name
of Evans, and on my expressing surprise that they had not been ' bought out ' for

* T- C .Noble. t Phil. Trans., vol. 1., part 2, p. 835.

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building, as the spot is surrounded by modern mansions and good houses, they replied
they kept possession, as the little property would be beneficial to their deceased
brother's children. It is not at all resorted to now for medicinal purposes, but the
water is strongly saline, similar to that at the quondam ' Beulah Spa/ Streatham
Common, and Epsom. It is in Lewisham parish, Kent. The Dulwich Spa was
a chalybeate spring, situated about a mile S.E. of Dulwich College, close to,
or rather, I believe, in the premises of * The Green Man,' then a place of
resort on the verge of Dulwich Common. This was as far back as the seventeenth
century ; but this house of entertainment was, when I first knew it (1815),
house of instruction, as Dr. Glennie's well-known academy, at which Lord Byron
was a pupil for two years. The old house was taken down about ten years after,
when Dr. Glennie had left, but I remember then seeing a well within the premises,
which had been long shut up or disused, and I tasted the water, which was decidedly
chalybeate. On the site of the old ' Green Man ' now stands ' The Grove Tavern/ of
no celebrity in any way unless from the circumstances now stated, and which very
few know besides myself. I knew the supposed localities of both these places many
years ago, but it is only recently that Evelyn's Diary fell in my way, and it is
remarkable that he incidentally mentions them so as to identify the two springs.
Under date September 2nd, 1675, he notes, ' I went to see Dulwich Colledge, being the
pious foundation of one " Allen," a famous comedian in King James's time. The
Chappell is pretty, the rest of the Hospital very ill contrived ; it yet maintains divers
poor of both sexes. 'Tis in a melancholy part of Camerwell parish. I came back by
certaine medicinal spa waters at a place called Sydnam Wells, in Lewisham parish,
much frequented in summer.' And further on : ' 1677, 5th August, I went to visit
my Lord Brounker, now taking the waters at Dulwich.' So you see there were two
distinct spas within a mile, but in different parishes and counties, as Dulwich is in
Surrey.

" A more sprightly observer than Evelyn (Walpole) visited Dulwich on June 8th,
1791, and writes : —

"This morning I went with Lysons the Reverend to see Dulwich College, founded
in 1619 by Alleyn, a player, which I had never seen in my many days. We were
received by a smart divine (tres bien poudre), and with black satin breeches, but they
were giving new wings and new satin breeches to the good old hostel, too,
destroying a gallery with a very rich ceiling, and nothing will remain of ancient
but the front and an hundred mouldy portraits among apostles, sybils, and kings of
England."

In 1843 the Prince Consort visited Dulwich, accompanied by Sir E. Bowater, botl
dressed as private gentlemen, in happy ignorance of a bye-law then in force for th(
preservation of the College lawn from intrusive feet. The foundation boys formed
sort of local constabulary, detected His Royal Highness walking across the close-cut
lawn, and one of their number, Hartley* by name, demanded the usual fine of 6c
from each of the intruders. His Royal Highness inquired of the youth what became
of the fines thus levied, and when told that they were divided amongst the boys, paic
his 6d. very cheerfully.

A few words about Dr. Glennie's school in Dulwich Grove, to which allusion
been already made, may not be out of place. Amongst its pupils were many wh(
in after years rose to fame and fortune — Byron, General Le Marchant, Sir Donalc
McLeod,f Colonel Sacville, Captain Barclay, the celebrated pedestrian, and others.

* Mr. Hartley, who now keeps the Fancy Bazaar
in Church Street, Camberwell, is the " bold youth"
who on this occasion made H.R.H. part with her

Majesty's portrait in silver I

t Sir Donald McLeod : A Record of Forty-two
Years' Service in India. By Major-General Lake.

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Dr. Glennie appears to have been much beloved by his pupils, and his Christian
cheerfulness, high character, and daily example had an influence for good upon
most of his boys.

Once a week did the little party meet together in the spacious entrance hall for a
little rational amusement, and the Saturday evening concerts at Dulwich attracted
visitors from outside the family circle. Campbell, the poet, Howard and Wilkie,
artists and academicians, and Barker,* the well-known painter of panoramas, and
many others often found themselves at Dulwich. Campbell had not far to come, for
he resided at Sydenham for seventeen years before that retired little village became
"an endless pile of brick." Here the happiest of the poet's days were spent, in
genial and congenial society, and much concerning " evenings " there may be found
in the memoirs of Moore, Hook, Hunt, the Brothers Smith, and others.

" The narrow lane, lined with hedgerows, and passing through a little dell watered
by a rivulet— the extensive prospect of undulating hills, park-like enclosures — the
shady walks" — where the poet was " safe from all intrusion but that of the muses,"
as he himself describes them : —

" Spring green lanes,

With all the dazzling field-flowers in their prime,
And gardens haunted by the nightingale's
Long trills and gushing ecstasies of song."

All these are gone. The house still stands, and may be seen on the London and
Croydon line, just after passing the Sydenham station— a red brick house, partly
covered with ivy.

Campbell, when writing Gertrude of Wyoming, was a frequent visitor at Dr.
Glennie's, and having a high opinion of the Doctor's cultured taste, would repeat the
stanzas to him as the work progressed, and invite his friendly criticism. On one
occasion the poet was so pleased with one of the children, Alfred Glennie, who had
a beautiful voice and correct ear, that he wrote a song for him, beginning—

" Upon the plains of Flanders,
Our fathers long ago
They fought like Alexanders,
Beneath old Marl borough."

And Campbell was so pleased with the manner in which the child sang the song, that
he remarked to the Doctor, " You ought to have called that boy after me."

With respect to young Byron's school days at Dulwich, there is nothing
remarkable to record. In a letter to Tom Moore, Dr. Glennie speaks of Byron's
ambition to excel in all athletic exercises, notwithstanding his lameness ; " an ambi-
tion," says Dr. Glennie, ''which I have found to prevail in general in young
persons labouring under similar defects of nature." f

It is said that Byron and his schoolfellows kept up a mimicry of brigandage, and
that the stern demand to " Stand and deliver " was often made, to the amusement of
the boys and the fright of the passing stranger. It must not be imagined that
brigandage in Dulwich was all play, for at the commencement of the present century
Sydenham Hill had then a reputation somewhat akin to Hounslow Heath. Dulwich
Wood was the halting-place for gipsies, and highwaymen and footpads abounded in
the locality. During Byron's stay at Dr. Glennie's, old Matthews, the Dulwich
hermit, was killed in Dulwich Wood,! and the mysterious murder of the poor old

* An anecdote of Campbell and Barker is worth t " Quoique," says Alfieri, speaking of his school

recording. They were walking one forenoon on days, " je fusse le plus petit de tous les grands qm

County Terrace, which divided Surrey from Kent, se trouvaient au second appartement, ou ] etais

when Barker, looking towards Peak Hill, ex- descendu, c'e"tait pr<Scisement mon inferiority de

claimed, " Is that your house, Torn, with the pan- taille, d'age, et de force qui me donnait plus de

tiles? " "Apollo tiles ! if you please, sir," replied courage et m'engageait & me distinguer.

the poet. t See page 385.

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man, who for thirty years had lived in his secluded cave, and who was doubtless one
of the subjects, if not one of the heroes, of the boys' imagination, must have had an
intense interest for the romantic young Byron. One of the residents of the village, who
for some considerable time has filled the office of overseer of the hamlet (Mr. Gregory
Bartlett), relates the hair-breadth escape of his father's apprentice from the excessive
zeal of the youngsters to " put down " highwaymen and footpads within the hamlet.
Eumours of an impending attack either upon the school, or certain individuals con-
nected with it, had been freely circulated within Dr. Glennie's establishment, and
Byron and his friends were on the qui vive for whatever phantom of the night might
put in an appearance. Dulwich lanes, in the year 1800, were not brilliantly illuminated,
and therefore it was not easy to tell friend from foe. Whilst waiting anxiously for a
victim, and imploring fate to send a " pad " or "midnight robber" down that way,
Bartlett's apprentice, whose business brought him frequently to the school, appeared
upon the scene, and the order was given to prepare for action. The youth wai
about to receive a volley when Byron, who was in command of the party, came
suddenly upon the "enemy," and an order was forthwith given by the general :
" Don't fire, boys ; it's only a fellow from Bartlett's."

Having been instructed in the elements of Latin grammar according to the mode
of teaching adopted in Aberdeen, the young student had unluckily to retrace his
steps, and was, as is too often the case, retarded in his studies, and perplexed in his
recollections, by the necessity of toiling through the rudiments again in one of the
forms prescribed by the English schools.* " I found him enter upon his tasks," says
Dr. Glennie, "with alacrity and success. He was playful, good-humoured, and
beloved by his companions. His reading in history and poetry was far beyond the
usual standard of his age, and in my study he found many books open to him, both
to please his taste and to gratify his curiosity ; among others, a set of our poets, from
Chaucer to Churchill, which I am almost tempted to say he had more than once
perused from beginning to end. He showed at this age an intimate acquaintance
with the historical parts of the Holy Scriptures, upon which he seemed delighted to
converse with me, especially after our religious exercises of a Sunday evening, when
he would reason upon the facts contained in the Sacred Volume, with every
appearance of belief in the divine truth which they unfold. That the impressions
thus imbibed in his boyhood had, notwithstanding the irregularities of his after life,
sunk deep into his mind, will appear, I think, to every impartial reader "of his works
in general ; and I never have been able to divest myself of the persuasion that in the
strange aberrations which so unfortunately marked his subsequent career, he must
have found it difficult to violate the better principles early instilled into him."

Byron's two years at Dulwich were not turned to the best account, for his mother,
who appears to have been an affectionate, wrong-headed, self-willed woman, inter-
fered considerably with the boy's education. Notwithstanding the remonstrance,
again and again repeated, against young Byron's frequent absence from school, the
fond but fooling mother would keep her son at home amongst society, which, however
agreeable to the youth, was not calculated to improve the scholar. When remon-
strated with for her mistaken ideas of kindness, Lady Byron, whose paroxysms of
passion were not like those of her son, " silent rages," would on all these occasions
break out into such audible fits of temper, that they reached the ears of the scholars,
and Dr. Glennie had one day the pain of overhearing a school-fellow of his noble
pupil say to him, "Byron, your mother is a fool ;" to which the boy made answer
characteristically, " I know it, but you shan't say so."

* Seo Moore's Life oT Byron.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 391

Byron had two years' tuition under Dr. Glennie, when Lady Byron, who had "been
the principal cause of the want of application engendered in her boy, became dis-
satisfied with his progress, and he was sent to Harrow " as little prepared," says
Dr. Glennie, " as is natural to suppose from two years of elementary instruction,
thwarted by every act that could estrange the mind of youth from preception, from
school, and from all serious study."

One incident connected with Byron's reading at Dulwich must not be omitted.
An intimate friend of the master's had presented him with a pamphlet entitled,
Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Juno on the coast of Arracan in the year 1795,
and the stirring adventures of the shipwrecked crew were the subject of much
admiration amongst the students of Dulwich Grove, and one affecting incident
mentioned by the author of the pamphlet was reproduced in Don Juan
(Canto II.) in almost the same language. It may perhaps interest the reader to
compare the following extract from the pamphlet with Byron's account of it in after
years : —

" Of those who were not immediately near me, I knew little, unless by their cries.
Some struggled hard, and died in great agony ; but it was not always those, Whose
strength was most impaired, that died the easiest, though in some cases it might have
been so. I particularly remember the following instances : — Mr. Wade's servant, a
stout and healthy boy, died early, and almost without a groan ; while another of the
same age, but of a less promising appearance, held out much longer. The fate of
these unfortunate boys differed also in another respect highly deserving of notice.
Their fathers were both in the fore-top when the lads were taken ill. The father of
Mr. Wade's boy, hearing of his son's illness, answered with indifference, l that he
could do nothing for him,' and left him to his fate. The other, when the accounts
reached him, hurried down, and, watching for a favourable moment, crawled on all
fours along the weather-gunwale to his son, who was in the mizzen rigging. By that
time only three or four planks of the quarter-deck remained, just over the weather-
quarter gallery ; and to this spot the unhappy man led his son, making him fast to
the sail to prevent his being washed away. Whenever the boy was seized with a fit
of retching, the father lifted him up and wiped the foam from his lips ; and if a
shower came, he made him open his mouth to receive the drops, or gently squeezed
them into it from a rag. In this affecting situation both remained four or five days,
till the boy expired. The unfortunate parent, as if unwilling to believe the fact,
then raised the body, gazed wistfully at it, and when he could no longer entertain
any doubt, watched it in silence till it was carried off by the sea ; then, wrapping
himself in a piece of canvas, sunk down and rose no more ; though he must have
lived two days longer, as we judged from the quivering of his limbs, when a wave
broke over him."
The following is Lord Byron's version of this touching narrative : —

" There were two fathers in this ghastly crew,
And. with them their two sons, of whom the one
Was more robust and hardy to the view ;
But he died early; and when he was gone,
His nearest messmate told his sire, who threw
One glance on him, and said, ' Heaven's will be done ;
I can do nothing,' and he saw him thrown
Into the deep, without a tear or groan.

The other father had a weaker child,

Of a soft cheek, and aspect delicate ;

But the boy bore up long, and with a mild

And patient spirit held aloof his fate ; .

Little he said, and now and then he smiled,

As if to win a part from off the weight

He saw increasing on his father's heart,

With the deep, deadly thought, that they must part.

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And o'er him bent his sire, and never raised •;'

His eyes from off his face, but wiped the foam

From his pale lips, and ever on him gazed.

And when the wished-for shower at length was come,

And the boy's eyes, which the dull film half glazed

Brightened, and for a moment seemed to roam.

He squeezed from out a rag some drops of rain

Into his dying child's mouth— but in vain.

• The boy expired— the father held the clay,
And look'd upon it long, and when at last,
Death left no doubt, and the dead burthen lay
Stiff on his heart, and pulse and hope were past,
He watched it wistfully, until away
'Twas borne by the rude wave wherein 'twas cast ;
Then he himself sunk down all dumb and shivering,
And gave no sign of life, save his limbs quivering. "

It does not appear that Byron and his tutor were ever thrown together after the
former left Dulwich, but from the manner in which Dr. Glennie always spoke of his
distinguished pupil, it is evident enough that he watched the career of the wayward
poet with feelings of peculiar interest, and the worthy Doctor was often made
the subject of pleasant banter, when in society, for not making a "better man of
him."

Mr. Brass Crosby, one of the ablest and most independent chief magistrates that
ever graced the civic chair, was a resident of Dulwich.* He was elected lord mayor
in September, 1770, and when returning thanks for his election, he assured his con-
stituents " that, at the risk of his life, he would protect them in their just rights and
privileges." That this profession was not a mere empty boast was evinced by his
conduct in March, 1771, in the case of the proclamation against Wheble and the other
printers, whereby he vindicated the free publication of Parliamentary debates.
Mr. Alderman Oliver was committed to the Tower, and Mr. Crosby (then lord
mayor) was ordered into the custody of the serjeant-at-arms ; but on his spiritedly
observing " that if any offence had been committed he was the greatest offender, and
that he longed to join his brother in office, an order was signed for his commitment
to the Tower. He received the thanks of the corporation and a cup value ,£100,
" for having supported the liberties of the corporation, and for having defended the
constitution." In 1760 Mr. Crosby bought, for J3,600, the office of City Remem-
brancer, which he was subsequently allowed to sell again ! f During his mayoralty
dinner, a number of young fellows, being heated with liquor, smashed hundreds of
bottles of wine, arid a large number of glasses !

The public, in appreciation of the services rendered by Mr. Brass Crosby during
his mayoralty, erected an obelisk in 1771 in Southwark. It has been described as a
" plain but neat structure,"! and remains to this day an interesting reminder of Mr.
Crosby's love of liberty. He served as surveyor of the highways in Camberwell
in 1766.

On entering the village from Red Post Hill, and adjoining the North Dulwich
railway station, is a semi-detached house, formerly the residence of the Hannens.
In this house the present judge of the Divorce Court, Sir James Hannen, was born.
Mr. Hannen, sen., subsequently removed to Kingswood, at present the residence of
Mr. Tapling. He was known in the City as an active reformer of civic abuses, and
as a man of great energy of character.

At the top of Red Post Hill is a house which has been in the occupation of the
Attwoods for nearly twenty-five years. The first of the family to take up his
residence there was Mr. Matthias Attwood, the head of the firm of bankers who

* In the Dulwich Rate, 1770, the Right Hon.
Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of London, is assessed at
£45 for his house, which had only two acres of land
attached to it. Subsequently to this, Mr. Crosby

"married" a great deal of money, and removed
from Dulwich.

t See Annual Register, 1793, p. 11.

t Hughson's London, vol. iv., p. 504.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 393

tied on business in Gracechurcli Street as Spooner, Attwood, and Co. He died
le year after he came to reside at Dulwich Hill (1851), and was succeeded by his
m Matthias, also a partner in the London bank, and for some time member for
rreenwich. At his death, in 1865, he left the bulk of his property to his uncle, Mr.
ijamin Attwood, recently deceased, whose anonymous donations to charities have
dnce his death formed the subject of much remark in the public press. Mr.
ittwood resided but little at Dulwich, preferring his other residence at Cheshunt,
rhere he was living when the Dulwich property was bequeathed to him by his
lephew, Mr. Matthias Attwood.

At that time Mr. Attwood was a widower and childless ; so having just provided
)r his less rich kinsfolk — as Mr. Peabody also did — he began to use his money by
; doing good by stealth," in secretly making gifts of Xl,000to all manner of charities,
'he London hospitals, dispensaries, and infirmaries, the asylums for every class of
licted persons, the insane, the imbecile, the blind, the destf and dumb, the crippled,
consumptive, the schools for orphan childhood, the shelter for destitute old age,
[uently received his anonymous bounty. This went on for many years, until it is
ited that as much as ,£375,000 was thus given away. For the sake of the many
)ble charities which he so materially helped, it is most devoutly to be wished that
the peculiar position which Benjamin Attwood occupied in society will not remain
>ng vacant.

Ivy Cottage, Dulwich, is associated with the name of the late Mr. Howard Staunton,
riio resided there whilst engaged in his Shakesperian researches at the College, and
rhose sudden death in June last was so deeply lamented.

His age was about 64 at the time of his death. He was educated at Oxford, but
lever practised any other profession than that of writing, and devoted his chief
idy to the English dramatists of the Elizabethan age. With Shakespeare, Ben
Tonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher he was most intimately acquainted, and with
the antiquarian lore of their time. His sagacity in conjectural emendations of a
nrupted text was generally admitted. Between 1857 and 1860 he was employed on
le edition of Shakespeare published by Messrs. Routledge, which is, next to " The
ibridge Shakespeare" of Messrs. Macmillan, still the best we have. In 1864 Mr.
Staunton brought out his facsimile of the folio of 1623. His Memorials of Shake-
>eare, and a series of articles, during the last two years, in the Athenceum, have kept
ip his authority in this branch of English scholarship. He was an honorary member
the Shakespeare Society in Germany. Mr. Staunton was the author, too, of an
listorical and descriptive account of The Great Schools of England, the second
Lition of which appeared in 1869. His fame as a chessplayer and scientific con-
)isseur of that game was still more widely known. In 1843 he accepted the
lallenge to play at Paris against M. de St. Amant, the champion of Europe, whom
[r. Staunton defeated. Many renowTned victories at the chess-table increased his
^putation during the next seven years. His books upon this subject are The Chess-
lyers' Handbook, 1847 ; and Chess Praxis, which formed part of Bohn's Scientific
ibrary ; with The Chess Tournament, a collection of notable games ; The Chess-
ayers' Chronicle, commenced in 1841 ; and a controversial pamphlet of 1852, in
defence of the London Chess Club. His report of the London Chess Tournament of
1851 was translated into German.

Conspicuous amongst the residents of the hamlet now living may be mentioned
Dr, Webster, and so long and intimately has he been connected with Dulwich that
he has been regarded for some time as " the father of the manor."

The doctor's tall figure is known to almost every resident of the hamlet, if not in
times of health, certainly in seasons of sickness and distress. Dr. Webster, when in

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full practice, was the most popular man in the pretty little village of Dulwich. As
it was once said that Camberwell consisted only of Dr. Lettsom, so twenty-five- years
ago it might have been said with equal truth that the hamlet of Dulwich consisted
of Dr. Webster. A Scotchman, and therefore a Liberal in politics, he has yet been
most Conservative when fighting for " the rights and privileges " of Dulwich. The
poor have always found in him a warm friend, and though Dulwich has ever been
first in his affections, he has found time, during a long professional career, to minister
to the comfort of the poor and afflicted far removed from the hamlet. We have else-
where noticed the zeal and devotion displayed by Dr. Webster at the Sutton Schools,
and it is no secret that for many years it has been his habit to visit weekly the aged
poor within the walls of the parish poor-house at Camberwell.

George Webster was bom in 1797, at Brechin,* Forfarshire, where his father occu-
pied a leading position as a merchant, and later in life an agriculturist, at Auchrennie,
in the same county. At 12 years of age he was apprenticed to a celebrated physician
and surgeon, Dr. Wm. Arrott, of Arbroath, for whom he ever retained a grateful
affection. Professor Sharpey, of University College, and late secretary to the Royal
Society, was a step son of Dr. Arrott, and the two youths became firm and fast
friends for life. At 15 years of age he was sent to the University of Edinburgh,
where he soon distinguished himself, and the day after he was 18 he received his
diploma as M.R.C.S. of Edinburgh. At this early age he received an appointment on
the medical staff of the army in Belgium, and when on his way to join the army
at Brussels he received the news of Napoleon's complete and final overthrow at
Waterloo. Through the influence of another Scotchman, Joseph_Hume, he was then
offered an appointment in India, which he refused, and an opening occurring at
Dulwich the young surgeon repaired thither in 1815, where he became first assistant,
and afterwards partner, with Mr. Hall, an established practitioner.

In addition to his professional duties, Dr. Webster devoted himself, when once
permanently located at Dulwich, to public affairs. On the passing of the Poor Law
Amendment Act, Dr. Webster received an appointment from the Camberwell guar-
dians, but in consequence of an indignity cast upon the profession by the Poor Law
Board, the whole medical staff of Camberwell, acting on the advice of Dr. Webster,
resigned their appointments. In recommending his professional brethren to sacrifice
themselves on the altar of their profession, the doctor was ably supported by Dr.
Arnould, of Peckham, and the whole parochial staff.

It was no doubt through the insult offered to the medical profession by the Poor
Law Board of that day (1836) that Dr. Webster took active steps to found the
British Medical Association, an organization which has rendered good service to the
profession. Although to Dr. Webster is due the credit of initiating such a valuable
society, he was most ably and heartily supported by most of the leading medical men
of the day in London, and through its branches in the country, as well as in Scotland
and Ireland, for amongst its members were to be found such men as Dr. Marshall
Hall, F.R.S., Mr. Grainger, F.R.S., Mr. Pilcher, Mr. Listen, F.R.S., Dr. Granville,
F.R.S., Dr. Brady, M.P., Mr. Wakley, M.P., Dr. W. Farr, F.R.S., and others.

Dr. Webster was president of the association for fourteen years, and during that
time much valuable work was carried on through its agency, and many important
alterations in the law relating to medical practice carried out.

One of its most distinguished members, Dr. Granville, in his Autobiography,
recently published,! thus speaks of the society and its hard- working president : —

* The Websters of Brechin can be traced as far £66 13*. 4d for the use of the poor,
back as 1458, for in the local records, "James t Autobiography of A. B. Granville, M.D.,F.R.S.,

Webster, Maltman," is mentioned as the donor of vol. ii., p. 274.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 395

Another very important society, the British Medical Association, of which I was
e vice-president, was making strenuous efforts to improve the medical status in
England. Its president had insisted on considering me his right-hand man in this
question. I accepted the task, though it involved me in more work than I had time
for, but I had not the courage to refuse work to a man who was so indefatigable
himself in the same undertaking.
" Here is a specimen : —

" ' Dulwich, 28th May, 1838.
"'My DEAR SIR,

Lord John Eussell has appointed Saturday to receive the deputation of the
council of our association, of which you were named a member, and I sincerely hope
you will be able to accompany us to Whitehall. Doctors Grant, Farr, Marshall Hall,
Davidson, and some others, compose the deputation. I send you a copy of my letter
to Lord John, that you may be acquainted with our intention, and consider what
further information we may be able to extract from his lordship.

"' Believe me, &c.,

"<G. WEBSTER, Pres.3"

Dr. Granville considers that great practical good was accomplished through the
agency of the British Medical Association and its hard-working and energetic presi-
dent, and his interesting Autobiography will supply our readers with a full account of
the great reforms effected through their persistent and energetic advocacy.

In addition to the above duties, Dr. Webster has been chairman of the Sutton
Schools for seven or eight years, guardian of the poor, vestryman since 1855, and
whilst acting in the latter capacity he has devoted himself principally to questions
affecting Dulwich, Dulwich College, and Dulwich charities.

The following notice is taken from the Medical Directory, 1874 :—

"Webster, George, Dulwich, S.E. (retired) M.D. Aberdeen 1829 ; L.R.C.S. Edin.
1815 ; L.M. Edin. ; F.R.G.S. ; J.P. for Surrey ; Fell. Med. Soc. Lond. ; Corr. Mem.
Med. Soc. Malta ; late Pres. Lond. Med. Regist. Assoc. ; Founder and President 1st
British Medical Assoc. Author, On Medical Reform, Reports on Medical Relief,
Proposals to treat Harmless Pauper Lunatics in Union and Parish Workhouses,
instead of placing them in large County Asylums, On the External Use of Nitrate of
Silver, Contrib. Cases in General Practice, Inst. Journal, 1850-51, Letters on Medical
Reform, and on the Pharmacy Bill, Lancet and Prov. Med. Journal, Biographical
Sketches of Dr. Marshall Hall, Lancet, 185(); also numerous contributions to journals,
medical and literary."

THE DULWICH CLUB. — This interesting local association celebrated its centenary
in January, 1872. Dulwich roads in the eighteenth century were not the most
perfect specimens of road making to be found in the Metropolis, and the lighting
and watching of the hamlet not being quite so well looked after as at the present
day, it was natural enough that the gentlemen of the hamlet should seek some
outlet in Dulwich itself for friendly converse and social cheer. And what better
hostelry for their meetings could be found than the far-famed "Greyhound,"
with its "hunting pudding," "mins pys," and "turtle suipe?" Indeed it may
perhaps be remarked, without offence to the gentlemen of the Dulwich Club,
that without " The Greyhound " it is just possible that the club would not have
struggled into being ; as without its fostering care it is not improbable that by
this time the Dulwich Club would be known to us only as a memory. ^ So far as

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we have been able to ascertain, the club, which was founded on good feeling, has
since been sustained and supported by good fellowship. Its code of rules has under-
gone very little alteration during the 100 years of its existence, and how such a very
conservative body has escaped " disestablishment " and " disendowment " must for
ever remain a mystery to all outside the charmed circle. From the minute-books of
the club's proceedings, obligingly placed in our hands by Dr. Webster, it appeal
that " The Dulwich Quarterly Meeting " was reorganized in 1791 * from a
an association previously formed in Dulwich. Amongst the rules and regulatioi
decided upon at this meeting were the following, viz. :—

" That the number of members be limited to 24 ; that all members of the previoi
Quarterly Meeting be admitted without ballot ; that all other candidates for admit
sion be balloted for ; and that two black balls be considered sufficient to exclude
admission; that membership should be restricted to inhabitants of the hamlet
that at the first meeting in every year, each member deposit one guinea and a half
the hands of the treasurer for the expenses of the year ; that at each meeting the
treasurer pay for every member 7s. 6d. to the stewards, who are to provide a dinner
and pay all the expenses of the day, but which dinner shall consist only of one
course with a remove at top and bottom, and the dinner to be on table at half-past
3 o'clock ; that when any member has given notice to withdraw from the society,
the treasurer do return him 7s. 6d. for every succeeding meeting in that year, and
that when a new member is elected he do likewise pay for every succeeding meeting
7s. 6d. to the treasurer ; that every member be allowed the privilege of introducii
visitors upon paying for every visitor 7s. 6d. to the treasurer ; and that the fii
meeting of the new society be on Saturday, 26th day of March, 1791."

The members of the new club at the first meeting after the reconstruction we
evidently anxious to show the fairer portion of Dulwich residents that the club
been reconstructed on a large and liberal basis, and that a due regard to woman's
rights would for ever be entertained by the club, as the following resolution
made and declared to be carried unanimously : —

" That the members of the Quarterly Meeting entertain the ladies of the hamlel
of Dulwich to a ball and supper."

A subscription, we are told, was then entered into for the purpose of entertaining
the ladies, when all the gentlemen present, with one exception, deposited a guine
into the hands of the treasurer, who was likewise desired to wait upon absent
members for the favour of their subscriptions. The ungallant objector above-men-
tioned, Mr. William Syms, had no doubt weighty reasons for his conduct on the
occasion ; and we must do him the justice to say that the introduction of the " Ladie
of the hamlet " question was not productive of unanimity amongst the members
subsequent occasions. In 1792 Mr. Syms resigned, and another attempt was made
to organize a ball and supper, but it fell through, as five members could not be founc
to act as stewards on the occasion.

It appears that many of the poorer residents of the hamlet regarded the establish-
ment of the club as a kind of local board of guardians ; and an .application foi
relief was made by one Richard Moore at the second meeting of the society. Richard
Moore is described as a " servant of the College," and he had been put to considerable
expense in prosecuting certain offenders for stealing his poultry ; and he made appli-
cation for " relief, by way of indemnification ; " but the worthy members refus
most decidedly to take charge of the poultry of the entire hamlet, and the following
indignant and decisive resolution was passed unanimously : —

* The silence hammer of the club bears date 1772.

.Photo-felt

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" That no application for relief on account of any losses or otherwise be addressed
this society for the future."
That the members were determined to " put down" begging in its incipient stages
mst be evident from the wording of this resolution, for they were not content to
refuse ear to all applications for relief, but decided by resolution that application
should not even be addressed to the society !

That the members of the club during the anxious times of the French Revolution
were loyal to the king and constitution was of course to be expected ; and occasions
arose which called for something more than a mere individual expression of loyalty
and attachment. Such an occasion occurred at the end of the year 1792, and at the
meeting of the club held on the 15th December in that year, the members present
passed a resolution " recommending the inhabitants of Dulwich to form themselves
into an association upon the plan of those that were daily forming in the Metropolis
and its environs for the purpose of testifying their loyal attachment to the king and
constitution."

This proposition, we are informed, was brought forward by the senior steward,
" at the requisition of several gentlemen of respectability in the village ; " and the
dor steward is reported to have made a " very eloquent and pertinent speech,"
>ngly pointing out the propriety of establishing such a loyal association. A
leral meeting of the inhabitants of the hamlet was arranged to carry out the
)ve-mentioned object, and notice of the meeting was ordered to be " publicly given
the College chapel on Sunday." The minutes do not bear record of the number
)f Frenchmen slaughtered on the occasion, but Dulwich loyalty was no doubt well
^presented by a large army of " dead men," in confirmation whereof we quote the
allowing extract from the minutes of the day's proceedings : —

Several loyal and constitutional toasts were drunk, and the day concluded with
greatest festivity ! "

Another occasion on which the club may be said to have taken a public position
Burred in the first year of the present century, when, at the dinner held on the 6th
December in that year, resolutions were passed — " 1st. Pledging the members to
observe strictly in their families the injunctions in His Majesty's proclamation of the
instant, recommending the greatest economy and frugality in the consumption of
>read and every species of grain. 2nd. To enforce as much as possible the
observance of the existing law to prevent the consumption of new bread. 3rd. That
above resolutions be entered on the minutes of the society, and printed in the
form of a posting-bill, and exhibited in the most conspicuous parts of the hamlet."
With respect to the members it was proposed, at the reorganization in 1791, that
number of members be limited to twenty-four. In 1801, however, owing to the
lemand for admission, twenty-eight was fixed as the limit ; and in 1811 the number
fas increased to thirty, and in 1832 the rule limiting the number was rescinded
Itogether ; but it is believed the number has not at any time exceeded forty. The
ibscription has also undergone various alterations. In 1791 it was £1 11s. Qd. ; in
1795, £2 2s. ; 1812, £'3 3s. ; 1827, £4 4s. ; 1828, £3 3s.

The club has entertained at its table during its career many distinguished men,
such as John Allen, Dr. Glennie, Thomas Campbell, Dr. Babington, and others,
le present master of the College, Dr. Carver, was chairman of the club last year.
On the seventieth anniversary of the club (March 19th, 1842) Mr. Hudson, the
author of " The Cork Leg," was one of the invited guests, and he amused the company
dth a song written specially for the occasion, which was afterwards published and
ledicated to Dr. Webster, the chairman of the meeting. The following extracts are
made therefrom : —

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•• I am called for a song— I with pleasure comply,
There's no one more ready or willing than I ;
But what is my theme ? Why, my subject is gay,
A song on your Club, and your meeting this day.
You assemble together as neighbours, as friends,
The wine and the wit with good fellowship blends,
Making together a mixture most rare,
And tending to drive away sorrow and care ;
So I fill up my glass with wine bright and rare,
May the Dulwich Club never know sorrow or care 1

The doctor his patients neglects for this day,
Lucky for them, perhaps, that he stays away ;
He tells them all spirits and wine to eschew,
But the doctor takes wine !— see the bottle in view ;
We have one consolation— if tempted by wine
We should bound far over Dame Prudence's line ;
The doctor's example 's before us— all fair,
Of course he will physic our sorrow and care ;
So I fill up my glass with wine bright and rare,
May the Dulwich Club never know sorrow or care.

The husband may join in your meetings with pride,
Tho' here, he forgets not his wife — his fireside,
His children, like tendrils that cling round the vine,
He gives to their welfare one full glass of wine.
The lover, his mistress !— his hope and his heaven !
He takes off his bumper when one toast is given ;
' The Ladies of Dulwich ! '—they all give their share
To aid you to drive away sorrow and care ;
So I fill up my glass with wine bright and rare,
May the Dulwich Club never know sorrow or care !

Your Club was first founded in friendship and bliss,

For seventy years you've had greetings like this ;

May each added meeting find friendship in store,

And the Club live in unity seventy more.

Your parting to-night — may it be without pain,

And may you find pleasure in meeting again.

Of blessings of Providence each have a share

From your hearts and your homes keeping sorrow and care ;

So I fill up my glass with wine bright and rare,

May the Dulwich Club never know sorrow or care ! "

Dr. Webster was proposed a member on the 28th September, 1822, and the worthy
doctor was present at the jubilee, as well as the centenary of the club ; and therefor
it is perhaps needless to add that he is the oldest member of the club.

The minutes of the club's proceedings are made up principally of the resignations
of old members and the balloting for new ones, and though during the 102 years of
its existence the phlebotomizing process has told at times upon its constitution, it has
ever been invigorated by the infusion of " new blood," and when another 98 years
are added to the club's existence, we trust it may be found still recruiting its forces
from the pleasant hamlet, and, as a club, fully realizing the lines of Tennyson—

" For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever."

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, who until recently were enrolled amongst Dulwich resi-
dents, are so well known to fame that it will not be necessary to recapitulate here, il
indeed space permitted, all their achievements in literature and art. Between thei
they have edited about 150 works; but perhaps Mrs. Hall will best be remembe]
by her Irish Sketches, and Mr. S. C. Hall by his connection with the Art Joui
which he established in 1839. Mr. Hall has assisted in founding some excellent
charities in London, amongst which may be mentioned the Hospital for Consumption,
the Governesses Institution, and he acted as one of the honorary secretaries of the
Nightingale Fund. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall have recently celebrated their goldei
wedding, an event of more than usual interest to a couple united so closely, not onl^
by marriage ties, but by half a century of honest, earnest, united work. All tin
literary work of this united, happy, and industrious couple is known to the world
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with honest mental toil. One in everything— such has ever been their motto. The
following graceful tribute of affection from the husband to the wife, in the shape of a
copy of beautiful and touching verses (privately printed), was penned by Mr. S. C.
Hall on his fortieth wedding-day :—

" Yes ! forty years of troubles, — come and gone, —
I count since first I gave thee hand and heart !
But none have come from thee, dear wife— not one !
In griefs that sadden'd me thou hadst no part,
Save when, accepting more than woman's share
Of pain and toil, despondency and care ;
My comforter thou wert, my hope, my trust :
Ever suggesting holy thoughts and deeds ;
Guiding my steps on earth through blinding dust,
Into the Heaven-lit path that Heavenward leads.

So has it been from manhood unto age,

In every shifting scene of life's sad stage,

Since — forty years ago, — a humble name

I gave to thee, which thou hast given to fame ;

Rejoicing in the wife and friend, to find

The woman's lesser duties — all — combined

With holiest efforts of creative mind.

And if the world has found some good in me,

The prompting and the teaching came from thee !

God so guide'both, that so it ever be !

So may the full fount of affection flow ;
Each loving each as— forty years ago !

We are going down the rugged hill of life,

Into the tranquil valley at its base ;

But hand in hand, and heart in heart, dear wife ;

With less of outer care and inner strife,

I look into thy mind and in thy face,

And only see the Angel coming nearer,

To make thee still more beautiful and dearer,

When from the thrall and soil of earth made free,

Thy prayer is heard for me, and mine for thee."

Captain Bedford Pirn, K.N., M.P., author of The Gate of the Pacific and other
works, is a resident of Dulwich, where he has built a fine mansion, the grounds
attached to which are laid out with great taste, and in a manner altogether unique.
In 1845-51 Captain Bedford Pirn made a voyage round the world in Her Majesty's
ship Herald, and was engaged from first to last in the search for Sir John Franklin,
both through Behring's Straits and Baffin's Bay. He was the officer who reached the
Investigator and saved the crew of that ship, besides being the first man who made
his way from a ship on the eastern to a ship on the western side of the North-west
Passage. He saw active service in command during the Eussian war, for which he has
a medal, and in China, where he was desperately wounded in no less than six places.

Another noted name in connection with Dulwich is that of Henry Bessemer, who
was born in the hamlet of Charlton, Herts, on the 19th January, 1813. His father,
Antony Bessemer, was born in Old Broad Street, London, and at the age of 11
removed with his parents to Holland, where nine years later he erected the first steam-
engine in that country for the purpose of draining the soil. The following year he
settled in Paris, and having made great improvements in the microscope, was made a
member of the Academy of Sciences, at the early age of 25. He remained in Paris
until the Kevolution, in which he lost his entire fortune, and eventually escaped to
London, where by his great talents and untiring industry he rapidly recovered his
position, and in the course of five or six years obtained sufficient to purchase a house
and about 100 acres of freehold land in Charlton, Herts, where his son Henry was
born. Among other arts to which Antony Bessemer devoted his attention was type-
founding, and " he it was who cast the type used in printing the oldest existing news-
paper in the county of Hertfordshire."* Henry Bessemer, the distinguished son of

* Cuban's History of Hertfordshire.

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Antony Bessemer, is known to fame more particularly as the inventor of a 'ne
process in the manufacture of steel, and as the designer of the new motionless sal
steamer, although his numerous patents connected with improvements in machin
would have been sufficient in themselves to have established his reputation as
scientific and practical engineer of the highest order.

At a very early age he showed great aptitude for drawing and modelling in cla;
These employments his quiet village life enabled him to practise undisturbed. It
not a little remarkable that this love and pursuit of the fine arts went on hand-
hand with his devotion to mechanical invention. His father gave full leave to
inclinations in this respect, and he divided his time pretty evenly between fine-
study and engineering. At the age of eighteen he came to reside in London with
parents. Within two years of that period young Bessemer had the honour of bein
an exhibitor at the Royal Academy, then held at Somerset House. Up to this time
he had never learned to copy a drawing ; any attempts he made to do so were com-
plete failures. He nevertheless possessed a most facile power of design, and produced
with rapidity and ease the most elaborate patterns of a purely ideal and imaginative
character. This was a power which he turned to considerable pecuniary advantage.

About the same time his attention was accidentally directed to the extremely high
price of an article known as bronze powder. He had purchased a small packet of it,
to ornament an album, at the price of no less than 105 shillings a pound. As the
raw material of this expensive article is only worth eleven pence per pound, it at
once struck him that the material offered a fine field for the application of machinery.
The subject was, however, surrounded by difficulties, all former attempts to supersede
hand-labour having failed. Mr. Bessemer notwithstanding took up the subject
warmly, and by means of patient investigation and much labour succeeded in about
two years in bringing his machine-process to perfection. He was enabled to produce
a very high-class material at a cost of less than six shillings per pound. He had thus
far kept the whole process a profound secret. There are no less than five distinctly
different kinds of machines required in this manufacture, and he had succeeded in
making each of them perfectly self-acting, so as entirely to dispense with manual
labour. Mr. Bessemer then proposed to two of his young friends, in whom he had
the most entire confidence, that they should superintend the working of these
machines for him. Satisfactory arrangements were at once entered into with them.
It is no small compliment to their discretion and fidelity that this secret process has I
now been successfully carried on during a period of nearly forty years, and is still in |
quiet operation in the City of London.

The profits of this successful enterprise have enabled Mr. Bessemer to pursue j
uninterruptedly that career of invention for which he is distinguished.

Some idea can be formed of Mr. Bessemer's extensive operations from the fact j
that he has taken out more than one hundred patents, and has paid the Crown as !
much as £10,000 for stamps. His name deserves honourable mention in connection i
.with the history of stamps. At a time when frauds were of daily occurrence, and
stamps were transferred from old documents to new ones, and no one could devise an
effectual check to the robbery which was going on, young Bessemer, then only 20 years
of age, was applied to by Lord Althorp to give the subject his attention. After
numerous experiments, Mr. Bessemer at length succeeded in inventing what in his
eyes, and in the estimation of all who saw it, was a most ingenious contrivance for
effecting the object in view. The only fault to be found with the invention was its
extreme cleverness, and it was remarked at the time that ingenuity had exhausted
itself in Mr. Bessemer's elaborate contrivance. The authorities at the Stamp Office
were perfectly charmed with it, and orders were forthwith given to introduce the

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new check, when the inventor, delighted with his successful labours, and flushed
with the praise and congratulations of men high in authority, hastened to commu-
nicate the glad tidings to his intended wife.

His scheme was explained in all its details, but to the surprise of the inventor, and
mortification of the lover, the young lady laughed the inventor out of court, and
annihilated his magnificent and wonderful contrivance in a sentence, " Why don't you
put a date to the stamps ? that would be far simpler," and so it proved, and not only
simpler, but more effectual ; and when the latest edition of the grand scheme was
explained to the authorities, they were fain to confess that ingenuity had been beaten
by simplicity, and the date was henceforth affixed to all stamps, and the loss to the
revenue, which had been estimated at nearly .£400,000 a year, was considerably
diminished, if not effectually stopped. Notwithstanding this enormous service to the
State, Mr. Bessemer never received the slightest remuneration — a fact which, to say
the least of it, is by no means creditable to the powers that then were. It was unfor-
tunate for young Bessemer that Lord Althorp vacated office before anything could be
done for him ; and yet, on the other hand, looking at Mr. Bessemer's subsequent
undertakings, it was perhaps after all the most fortunate circumstance that could
have befallen him, for though the Government might have secured the services of an
able and painstaking official in the Stamp department, the country would have lost
one of the most talented inventors of this or any other age.

Mr, Bessemer's paper on his new process of manufacturing malleable iron and steel
was read before the British Association at Cheltenham in 1856, and his name has
since remained a household word among us. In this paper Mr. Bessemer states, that
for the last two years his attention had been almost exclusively directed to the manu-
facture of malleable iron and steel, in which, however, he made but little progress
until within the previous eight or nine months. The constant pulling down and
rebuilding of furnaces, and the toil of daily experiments, with large charges of iron
had begun to exhaust his patience, but the numerous observations he had made
during this very unpromising period all tended to confirm an entirely new view of
the subject, which at that time forced itself upon his attention, viz., that he could
produce much more intense heat without any furnace or fuel than could be obtained
by either of the modifications he had used, and consequently that he should not
I suffer from the injurious action of mineral fuel on the iron under operation, but
that he would at the same time avoid also the expense of the fuel. Some preliminary
trials were made on from ten to twenty pounds of iron, and although the process was
fraught with considerable difficulty, it exhibited such unmistakable signs of success
as to induce him at once to put up an apparatus capable of converting about 7 cwt. of
crude pig iron into malleable iron in thirty minutes. With such masses of metal to
operate upon, the difficulties which beset the small laboratory experiments of ten
pounds entirely disappeared.

It does not fall within the scope of this work to trace the progress and ultimate
success of Mr. Bessemer's experiments, and the reader desirous of pursuing this very
interesting subject is referred to an exhaustive book on the subject issued by Messrs.
Adam and Charles Black in 1865.*

Mr. Bessemer's great inventions have been recognised and appreciated by foreign
courts, and the Emperor of Austria conferred upon the distinguished Englishman
the rank of " Knight Commander of the order of St. Francis Joseph." Mr. Bessemer
was also presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales with the Albert Gold Medal, one

* Iron,— its History, Properties, and processes of Manufacture: by William Fairbairn, C.E., L.L.D.,
&c., &c.

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of which is granted annually to any person of any country, for anything of an
exceptionally meritorious character. But, perhaps, the highest honour has yet to be

mentioned.

The great American nation, ready at all times to recognise distinguished genius,
have actually named a town after the English inventor ; and the rising town oJ
" Bessemer," 011 the Cincinnati and Terre Haute Railway, is at once a peaceful and
lasting memorial of Mr. Bessemer' s inventions.

At the Universal Exhibition of Paris, in 1867, Mr. Bessemer was not himself an
exhibitor, but his new system was ably represented by numerous exhibitors, and the
following " Proposal for a Grand Prize," issued by the Jury, is so eminently charac-
teristic and at the same time furnishes such a succinct account of Mr. Bessemer'
inventions, that no apology will be made for its insertion in these pages.

(Translated from the French.)
CLASS 40.

Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1867.

Imperial Commission.
Operations of the Class Juries.

PROPOSAL FOR A "GRAND PRIX."
HENRY BESSEMER.*

The most remarkable victory which metallurgy has gained within the last tei
years is due to the persevering efforts, to the intelligent and indomitable activity o
an English engineer who has enriched the industrial world with a special meta
which comes near to the best cast steel : science has applied to it a name which wil
be ratified by history, the name of its inventor ; it is called " Bessemer Metal," o
" Steel."

An indefatigable worker, Mr. Bessemer, commenced, in 1855, his practical studie
concerning the manufacture of cast steel ; for two years and a half he fought on fo
the success of his idea with a perseverance which must have been lent him by th
most energetic conviction.

The inventor's first patent (10th July, 1855) was still devoted to the improvemen
of the former processes of manufacture, and on the 5th January, 1858, he obtaine<
the most brilliant success at the Swedish works of Eclsken. Seventeen distinc
patents taken out successively by Mr. Bessemer during this interval, and1 five other
which he subsequently added either on account of the various forms in which h
clothed his idea, or with a view to perfect the implements intended to carry it ou1
bear testimony at once to his perseverance, and to the enormous sacrifices which h
did not hesitate to incur, in order to insure the triumph of the new system.

The first experiments made upon a large scale in England were not happy ; for th
new process which substituted for the labour of puddling in reverbatory furnace
the simple passage of a current of air at high pressure through a bath of cast iroi
filling an enormous retort, produced in truth the dispersal in an almost complet
manner of the silicium, and that of the carbon in a measure which the operatioi
could regulate up to a certain point ; but it in no way cleansed the metal from th
most dangerous impurities, namely, sulphur and phosphorus. These bodies, in fad
in account of their great affinity to iron, resist the oxydising influence of the win
and concentrate themselves indefinitely in the metallic bath.

* 4, Queen Street Place, New Cannon Street, London.

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In consequence, the experiments made with the common cast-iron of England
yielded a metal at once brittle, and short, and determined the inventor to try the pure
cast-iron of Sweden. The enlightened and generous intervention of Jem Kontoret*
allowed him to make a double series of experiments which, on the 8th January,
1858, were crowned, as we have already stated, with brilliant success at the Edsken
Works, near Fahlum.

This success, on the one hand, and the checks met with in England on the other,
stamped in a decisive manner the high value of the new process, whilst it assigned it
certain limits. In fact, it produces with pure castings, upon economical conditions
till then unknown, a metal possessing the greater part of the properties of steel cast
in crucibles after previous cementation ; but it is not applicable to castings of an
aluminous, sulphurous, and phosphorous character, which puddling and refining can
alone purge of their impurities.

From that time the road was opened : Sweden first, then England, France, and
Germany strode resolutely along it ; and in spite of the difficulties of execution of
every kind, in spite of some temporary failures, the production of Bessemer steel has
constantly progressed since that day, without its being even possible as yet to foresee
the limits of its development.

As proprietor of experimental works at Sheffield, the inventor continued without
flagging, after as before his success, those researches which allowed him to improve
or develop his method ; and it is to his initiative above all that we should attribute
the numerous improvements it has received and continues to receive, day after day.

Already at this day a great part of the pure castings produced by European
metallurgy are saved from the slow and costly manufacture of puddled steels, of
cemented or cast steels, to be transformed directly, economically, and rapidly into
Bessemer Steel.

A few hours suffice for the manufacture, or at least for rough castings of pieces, the
fashioning of which, once upon a time, required entire weeks ; and the casting
. drawn from the blast furnace in the morning, can, before evening, be transformed
into a tire, a shaft, a rail, or a plate.

In like manner, whilst before 1855 the weekly production of steel in England did

not reach 1,000 tons, that of the Bessemer steel alone now exceeds 3,000 f tons, without

prejudice to the manufacture of steels of superior quality. The means of production

have increased at the same time as they have become more economical. Immense

1 retorts, capable of containing as many as twelve tons and a half of melted metal replace

1 the ancient small fixed furnaces, wherein the manufacturer ventured to deal with at

! the most from 6 to 700 kilogrammes at a time. A new set of implements has been

' created, and powerful machines for transforming the raw bar into wrought metal fit

, for the trade have issued, and are daily issuing from the vast workshops of Crewe,

belonging to the North Western Company.

Does this imply that the problem is completely solved, and that nothing more is
to be found along this road, so short yet already so rich in discoveries of every kind ?
: By no means : important steps have yet to be gained : we still require — only to speak
i! of the principal ones — to render ourselves more completely masters of the operation
: and of the product which is its object ; we still require to remove from the domain
)',. 3f experiment on a small scale to that of a vaster field of industry the direct rolling
it of the metal in its molten state, a process which will allow us tp obtain plates of
i ?teel the dimensions of which will be theoretically unlimited.

he future will solve these problems ; we do not require other guarantees for it

Syndicate of the Swedish Iron Masters. t It has since risen to 10,000 tons weekly.

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than the number and importance of the establishments which devote their energies at
the present date to the manufacture of Bessemer steel. In fact, we find, by only
naming the most considerable :

In England, John Brown Cammell & Co., of Sheffield ; the Barrow Company at
Uiverston ; the North Western Company at Crewe, and some others of minor
importance, possessing altogether about forty converters :

In Sweden, the Fagersta Works and those of Siljansfors, Carls-dal, and
Longstryttan :

In Germany, the Hoerde and Bochum Works of Westphalia ; those of Koenig-
shutte, in Silesia ; of Neuberg, in Styria ; of Wilkowicz, in Bohemia ; and of
Reschitza, in the Banat :

In France, Messrs. Petin Gaudet & Co., at Assailly ; Messrs. Jackson, at Imphy
St. Seurin ; Messrs, de Dietrich, at Niederbronn ; the Chatillon, Commentry
Company, at St. Jacques ; and, finally, the Terra Noire Works, to which we may
no doubt shortly add those of Creusos, which are only waiting, before being added to
the list, the definitive success of the numerous investigations they have undertaken
since the appearance of the new process.

But already we observe the Neuberg Works in Styria, and those of Fagersta, in
Sweden, exhibiting hand implements, cutting instruments, such as cutlasses, knives,
razors of beautiful appearance, and obtained direct from thence. These establish-
ments likewise exhibit steel plates of very good quality.

The Bessemer Metal obtained from pure castings only differs from cemented and
melted steel in the possession of a little silicium and a rather larger proportion of
manganese ; it is perfectly adapted for welding and hardening, and one may (at least
in the manner in which the process is executed in Sweden) give it at will the degree
of " decurburation," and consequently of hardness required. One may thus manufac-
ture at will, by the simple difference of a few minutes in the time of the operation,
either steel of great hardness, still bordering on cast-iron (fine metal), or soft iron of
perfect purity. Its resistance to traction, after the labour of the hammer or the
hydraulic press, reaches— in taking the average of numerous experiments principally
made at Woolwich —

For Bessemer iron, 72-50 1. per square inch English, or 79'90k° per

square millimetre.
For plates, 68-30t. per square inch English, or 75'00 k° per square

millimetre.
For Bessemer Steel, 150-OOt. per square inch English, or 170-00 k°

per square millimetre.

These are the highest points of resistance that have ever been obtainable with iron •
and its derivatives.

The uses of Bessemer Steel offer naturally a variety proportioned to the qualities ofc
the metal ; we will only mention the chief among them ; which are the main pieces
of machinery, plates, cannon and their bullets, gun-barrels, shafts, tires without
welds, springs, implements, and, finally, and above all, rails.

The importance of this last manufacture is every day on the increase.* The North'
Western Company being desirous to make comparative experiments upon the
resistance of rails of good English iron and rails of Bessemer metal, laid down the
former upon one of the two lines, and the latter upon the second, and this they did
at two of their stations where the traffic was most considerable, viz., at Crewe and
Camden Town. At the close of two years and a half, which is equivalent to a traffic

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of more than seven millions of waggons, the iron rails had been renewed twelve
times ;* whilst the rails of Bessemer steel, which on account of their shape, could not
be turned, retained their upper faces in perfect working condition. Now when good
iron rails cost from 165 to 180 francs per ton, those of Bessemer can at the same
time be had for 350 francs per ton, and even 330 francs and lower ; so that one may
obtain, by merely double the outlay, a metal, the service of which is twelve times
more considerable than that of iron. The North Western Company have therefore,
without further delay, ordered the complete remounting of their lines with Bessemer
rails ; the Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Company have contracted for 20,000
tons of rails at the rate of 315 francs, and these examples will shortly be followed, we
are convinced, by all the companies in Europe.

In presence of all these facts, which have produced in the iron and steel trade, a
transformation of which the Universal Exhibition of 1867 is the highest and most
striking expression, Class 40 believes itself to be the interpreter of the sentiments of
all the representatives of metallurgy in proposing for the assent of the Jury, and the
approbation of the Superior Council an exceptional recompense on behalf of Mr.
Henry Bessemer, the promoter of this fecund and pacific revolution.

The Inspector General of Mines, Member of the Jury of Class 40, charged
with the report in the sitting of Group V., May, 1867.

On this report being laid before his late Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of the
French, he graciously proposed at once to confer on Mr. Bessemer the Grand Cross
of the Legion of Honour, in recognition of the great value to France of his invention ;
and it is not a little mortifying to know that on application being made to the
English Minister in Paris to permit this mark of distinction to be conferred on an
English subject, the necessary permission was refused on behalf of her Majesty the
Queen. The Emperor, however, presented in person to Mr. Bessemer one of the
most magnificent gold medals ever struck, and weighing no less than twelve ounces.

Mr. Bessemer's name has recently been brought prominently before the public
through his latest achievement, " the Bessemer Saloon Steamship," designed to give
steadiness to the Saloon or any other part of the ship by the application of hydraulic
power, and the experiment is being watched by thousands, whose only objection to
continental travel is the " terrible half hour " dividing England from the Continent.

JOHN RUSKIN was for many years connected with Dulwich. He was born in
London, in February, 1819, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He gained
the Newdigate prize for poetry in 1839, and devoted himself to the cultivation of
the pictorial art, which he practised with success under Copley, Fielding, and
J. D. Harding. A pamphlet in defence of Turner and the modern English school
of landscape painting was his first effort in the cause of modern art, and it was
enlarged into a standard work, entitled Modern Painters, the first volume of which
appeared in 1843.

The author's success as a writer on art was decided by the warm reception accorded
to this volume, of which several editions have since been published.

Mr. Buskin's views, however, were combated with bitter asperity by some of the
art critics of the day, who resented with an affectation of contempt his free expres-
sion of dissent from the trammels of their school.

* The iron-rails had all been turned before being twenty-four times before the Bessemer metal was
replaced, so that the surfaces of the iron were used even affected.

406 YL' PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

In his second volume of Modern Painters, written after a residence in Italy, and
published in 1846, he took a much wider survey of the subject originally entered
upon, including the works of the great Italian painters, and discussed at length the
merits of their respective schools. This, his chief work, has been completed by the
publication of three additional volumes, the last of which, published in 1860, contains
illustrations by himself.

Mr. Ruskin temporarily diverted his attention from the study of painting to that
of architecture, and wrote the Seven Lamps of Architecture, published in 1849, as a
first result, followed by the first volume of The Stones of Venice, in 1851 ; the
second and third volumes of which appeared in 1853. The illustrations in the last-
named productions, which excited some of the same professional hostility that his first
publication evoked, displayed to much advantage his artistic powers. Mr. Ruskin
has expounded his views both in lectures and in newspapers and reviews, having, as
early as 1847, contributed articles to the Quarterly on Lord Lindsay's Christian Art.

In 1851 he advocated Pre-Raphaelism in letters to the Times, and in 1853 he lectured
in Edinburgh on Gothic Architecture.

In addition to the above-mentioned works, Mr. Ruskin has written Notes on the
Construction of Sheepfolds, and King of the Golden River, illustrated by Doyle, in
1851 ; Two Paths, and Lectures on Architecture and Painting, in 1854 ; Notes to
Pictures in the Royal Academy, Nos. 1 to 5, in 1854-9 ; Giotto and his Works in
Padua, written for the Arundel Society, of which he is a member, in 1855 ; Notes
on the Turner Collection, in 1857 ; Cambridge School of Art, Lectures on Art, and
Political Economy of Art, in 1858 ; Elements of Perspective, Lectures on Art, and
Decoration and Manufacture, in 1859 ; Unto this Last : Four Essays, republished
from the Cornhill Magazine, in 1862 ; Ethics of the Dust : Ten Lectures ; Sesame
and Lilies : Two Lectures ; and Study of Architecture in our Schools, in 1865 ;
Crown of Wild Olive : Three Lectures, in 1866 ; and The Queen of the Air : being
a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm.*

Mr. Ruskin was appointed Rede Lecturer at Cambridge in April, 1867 ; and the
Senate conferred the degree of LL.D. upon him, May 15.

In 1871 he proposed to devote ,£5,000 for the purpose of an endowment to pay a
master of drawing in the Taylor Galleries, Oxford ; and this handsome offer was,
with some modifications, accepted by the University in January, 1872.

Another name connected with Dulwich history is that of Mr. John Goodall, of
Rydall Cottage, whose able articles in Macmillan and other magazines concerning
Dulwich and Dulwich College deservedly attracted attention at the time. He also
contributed to the recently -published edition of the Enc. Brit, an article on Edward
Alleyn, a subject to which he has devoted considerable attention; and has lately been
engaged, in conjunction with Dr. Russell (Times correspondent), in the compilation
of a work entitled, National History of England, Civil, Military, and Domestic ; to say
nothing of innumerable articles and literary efforts of a lighter kind. Mr. Goodall is
an easy and graceful writer. His son, Mr. T. F. Goodall, who was educated at
Dulwich College, has recently produced, in connexion with Mr. Walter Severn, a very
beautiful book on The Order for Morning and Evening Prayer, Litany, and Occasional
Prayers, Illustrated with Floral and' other Ornamental Borders in Coloured Outline
(Longmans).

This work was received with great favour by the whole metropolitan press, as
indeed it deserved, for the artistic skill of its embellishment, as well as for the novel

\Men of the Time.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 407

design of the work. The novel idea of leaving the illustrations in outline has been
adopted so that the amateur illuminator can have all the pleasure of laying on the
gold and colour without any of the trouble of conceiving and executing the design.
All the plants and flowers are delicately and beautifully drawn and artistically dis-
posed, and even if no further colour be added, the illustrations will adorn the text
and delight the eye.

In connexion with art may be mentioned the fact that the celebrated artist, David
Cox, lived at one time on Dulwich Common, picking up a precarious livelihood as a
teacher of drawing in suburban boarding schools ! Many of his rough drawings,
hastily hit off for the guidance of his Dulwich pupils, have lately fetched more golden
coin than it would take to cover their superficial dimensions.

At Fairwood, Sydenham Hill, for many years lived Mr. Alderman Stone, at present
Lord Mayor, and J.P. for the County of Surrey.

He was educated at St. Olave's Grammar School, in Southwark, under the eminent
scholar, Dr. Lempriere. At the usual age, being destined to the profession of the law,
he was articled to Mr. Devey, of Ely Place, and after passing the usual examination,
was admitted a solicitor and attorney in 1839. He continued in active practice until
1864, when, finding himself in the possession of an ample fortune, and with a dis-
position to enter upon the duties of public life, which his tastes and abilities well
qualified him to undertake, he retired from the profession.

In that year he was elected, on the retirement of Mr. Alderman Conder, Alderman
for the Ward of Bassishaw; in 1867 he served the office of Sheriff of London in conjunc-
tion with Mr. Alderman M'Arthur, M.P., a year memorable for the Fenian outbreak.

Mr. Stone, when he entered the Court of Aldermen, had already acquired large
experience of public life. In 1840 and 1841 he was Under-Sheriff to Mr. Alderman
Farncombe. In 1850 he acted as honorary private secretary to the same gentleman
when he was Lord Mayor, and in that capacity arranged the banquet given at the
Mansion House to the mayors of the United Kingdom, at which the late Prince
Consort was a guest. In 1855 he was again Under-Sheriff — this time to Mr. Alder-
man Kennedy. In addition to these services, the Lord Mayor has discharged im-
portant municipal functions. For ten years he has been chairman of the Police
Committee, and for several years has been one of the representatives of the Cor-
poration at the Metropolitan Board of Works.

In Court Lane is the charming residence of Albert Crocker, Esq., one of the
guardians of the poor of this parish. The house was formerly occupied by a school,
conducted by the Rev. Philip John. Butt, and was taken afterwards by the Turkish
Ambassador as a summer residence. Mr. Butt's school was much patronised by the
nobility, and the following, amongst others, were placed under his charge : — The late
Earl of Athole, Viscount Cranly, the present Earl of Lonsdale and his two brothers,
the Marquis of Normanby, &c. &c.

The "Court Farm," now carried on by Mr. Wm. Constable, has long been
associated with Dulwich ; for Colonel Constable, the father of the present occupier,
and the previous tenant, is more than 90 years of age, nearly the whole of which time
has been spent within the hamlet. He is at present one of the out-pensioners of
Dulwich College.

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The grand old elm, in Half-Moon Lane, is a sight ever to be remembered— a feast

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which can never satiate. As the observer admires the wild grotesqueness of its
natural beauty, he is overwhelmed with awe. At every angle of observation fresh
forms and grotesque profiles frown upon him, shooting forth contempt and commis-
seration for the " little lives of men." The grand old tree, —

" The nodding horror of whose shady brows
Threats the forlorn and wandering traveller,"

must be several hundred years old, whilst its girth is not less than 36 feet. It is
perfectly hollow, and as many as a dozen persons can find sitting room within its
trunk. What changes have taken place in its own immediate surrounding since first

ELM IN MB. FLEMING'S GROUNDS, HALF-MOON LANE.

it raised its head amongst its fellows ! Queen Elizabeth, tradition says, took shelter
beneath its noble boughs, whilst Edward Alleyn was, no doubt, an admirer of its
majesty in his evening rambles through the woods, where now —

" Palaces and fanes and villas rise,
And gardens smile and cultured fields."

Its ridged and furrowed surface and mottled bark have stood the brunt of many;
storms, and its whole appearance is in strong contrast with the surrounding green-
sward, with its parti-coloured carpets and inlays, reminding one of Chaucer's picture
of a garden, —

" Well ywrought with turfes newe,
Freshly turved, whereof the grene gras
So small, so thicke, so shorte, so fresh of hewe,
That most-like unto grene wool, wot I, it was."

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Changes, fur too rapid for many of us, are coming over various parts of the hamlet,
d before long the quaint old houses, which now remind us of days gone by, will no
doubt make way for more pretentious villas of modern style ; but the old tree must
remain, for such hold has it, not only upon the affection of all who have made its
acquaintance, but also upon the ground which it can surely claim by prescriptive
right, that the edicts of governors, and the powers of an Act of Parliament ought not
to be allowed to prevail against it. Long may it flourish !

One of the noted maisons grandes of Dulwich is Belair, with its delightful expanse
of meadow, adorned here and there with grand old forest trees, to remind us of the
time when they knew not Belair, but formed part of—

" A noble horde,
A brotherhood of venerable trees."

The grounds contain some very curious specimens of the pollard oak, and tradition
says that these trees were so cut by Cromwell's infuriated soldiery. Much additional
charm is given to the grounds by the silver streak of water which intersects them —
said to be one of the arms of the river Effra, up which Queen Elizabeth made a
royal progress ! That the Queen did make this royal progress, is a local belief which
it would perhaps be unadvisable to doubt ; but this much may be said, that Her
Majesty could not have selected a more charming neighbourhood to feast her royal
eyes withal.

Belair has been much altered, enlarged, and improved, since Mr. ex-Sheriff Hutton
took possession ; extensive green-houses and conservatories have been added, and
Belair has grown, in other respects, into a fine family mansion.

The house was built in 1780 by Mr. Adams, the celebrated architect and surveyor,
after whom Adam Street, Adelphi, has been named. In 1820, an assignment of the
lease took place from John Welles and others to George Swan, of Fore Street, Cripple-
gate. In 1822 Mr. Kougemont purchased the lease, which was afterwards, in 1826,
assigned to Mr. Henry Seymour Montagu. By deed, bearing date 31st December
1829, the property was assigned to Mr. Charles Eanken, solicitor of Gray's Inn, and
the present lessee, C. W. C. Hutton, Esq., took the remainder of the lease from the
sisters of Mr. Ranken. Another lease has since been obtained from the College.

The London, Chatham, and Dover Kailway Company took about 10 acres of
ground when making their line of railway, leaving about 40 acres.

Mr. Hutton is the eldest son of the late Thomas Hutton, Esq., merchant of London.
He was educated at the City of London School, and for many years has occupied
a prominent public position. He is a justice of the peace for this parish, and usually
sits on the Bench at the Petty Sessions held at the Vestry Hall, Camberwell. He
was Sheriff of London and Middlesex 1868-9. He is also a Deputy- Lieutenant for
London.

THE MANOR HOUSE, at present the residence of Mr. Westwood, is a building of
more than ordinary interest, as having been the residence of Edward Alleyn, Lord of
the Manor, and perhaps, at an earlier period, the summer retreat of the Abbots of
Bermondsey. It was formerly called " Hall Court," and was re-christened by Mr.
Frederick Doulton, M.P.,, who for sometime resided there. Other recent occupants
have been Mr. Temple, Q.C. ; and Mr. Samuel Smith, the well-known gun-maker of
Princes Street : Mr. Westwood, the present occupier, has a long lease, and about 28
acres of land, part of which he holds for building purposes. The house, since Alleyn's
time, has undergone sundry additions and alterations, and at the present time is in a
marvellous condition for so old a building — a fact which seems to confirm the belief

410 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

that it was built before Alleyn's time, as the erection of the old college, which was
closely watched by the founder, began to tumble to pieces soon after his death. The
Manor House had been designed and built in a very different style.

The magnificent oak stair-case, and spacious entrance hall, and lofty rooms, are
worthy of the majestic actor ; and, as one looks around, the form of its dignified
host is conjured up, now receiving the poor brethren and sisters, holding consulta-
tions with the master, warden, and fellows, and anon holding converse and corre-
spondence with the great men of the land. Alleyn's life at Dulwich must have been
delightful. Possessing ample means — much given to home comforts and duties, to
which he was so attached that within three months of losing " his good sweete harte
and loving mouse," he took unto himself another partner — regarded by his neighbours
as a man of considerable substance, and treated in a manner befitting the squire of
the place — having great worldly knowledge, serene temper, and considerable tact, —
he made many friends and few enemies ; and, as his journal teems with payments for
sundry bottles of wine when he went to London to see his friends, it is fair to assume
that his cellar at the Manor House was well filled and at the service of his visitors.

And what more delightful walks could any mortal have had than those surrounding
the fine old mansion in Alleyn's time ; — when the meadows were yellow with the crow-
foot, flushed with the sorrel, or purple with clover ; the thornbushes, white or pink
with their blossoms ; the commons, golden with mellowing fern or glowing with
purple heather ; and deciduous trees contributing their varied tints to the scene — all
this was then a reality ! — would that it were so now, and to the same extent !— and
the shade of wood and grove, — and the ramble

"O'er many a heath, through many a woodland dun,
Through buried paths, where sleepy twilight dreams
The summer time away ; "

and the feast of satisfaction as the founder viewed the progress of his college, at the
end of a summer's stroll : — all this must have made life more than endurable at the
Manor House.

That Alleyn received at his board many distinguished men of his day, is beyond
doubt ; but, strange to relate, no scrap of evidence has yet been produced in support of
the supposition that Shakspeare ever made pilgrimage to Dulwich. It is, to say the
least of it, an extraordinary circumstance, that two such prominent characters in the
same profession should not have been brought together — or rather, that no evidence
should be forthcoming in support of such a natural supposition. Garrick, Malone?
Collier, Ingleby, Staunton, and other able and industrious workers, have toiled
diligently, and hoped unfalteringly, but without success. And yet Ben Jonson and
Michael Drayton were intimate associates both of Shakspeare and Alleyn ! They
were not divided by disparity of age, for Alleyn was Shakspeare' s junior by only
two years four months and a week, and both relinquished the stage, and invested
their earnings in houses and lands at about the same time.

CASINO, Dulwich Hill, one of the most charming spots within the parish, is the
residence of W. H. Stone, Esq., formerly M.P. for Portsmouth, and a Justice of the
Peace for Surrey and Hants. He is the eldest son of the late W. Stone, Esq., by
Mary, daughter of T. Platt, Esq., and was born in 1834, and in 1864 married
Milicent, second daughter of the late Sir Arthur Helps, Clerk of the Council. He was
educated at Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1857, M.A. 1860). The
spacious grounds adjoining the house are well known to South London residents,
as Mr. Stone has kindly allowed the Surrey Floricultural Society to hold its annual
flower-show there for several years past.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 411

Casino was erected by Mr. Shaw,* of Dulwich, from designs supplied by Mr.

spton.f Mr. Hammersley succeeded Mr. Shaw in occupation, and then for a time
Joseph Buonaparte, uncle of the late Emperor Napoleon, found a quiet resting place
beneath its roof. Mr. Spring Kice, afterwards Lord Monteagle, then made it his
residence. To him succeeded Mr. Rawson, and the present occupier, Mr. W. H.
Stone.

KINGSWOOD has recently been considerably improved, and Thomas Tapling, Esq.,
the present owner, has done all that great taste and ample means can do to make it
worthy of the position which it has always held in the hamlet. Kings wood is
indeed a noble mansion, and the broad acres attached to it serve to keep it secluded
and select.

MR. BESSEMER'S GROUNDS. — But the most charming spot within the hamlet has
yet to be described — a spot which to most residents is a terra-incognita, for without
special attention were called to its many attractions, the casual pedestrian and even
residents of long standing, could have no possible conception of the beauties to be
found in the grounds of Mr. Bessemer at Denmark Hill.

Mr. Bessemer took possession of the estate in the year 1863, at which time the house
was less pretentious and imposing in size and ornamentation than it is at present. The
pedestrian peregrinating along Denmark Hill is struck by a sight of the towering
conservatory, free from the stereotyped style of construction and design, rearing its
handsome head over and behind the house of Mr. Bessemer at a short distance from
the main road. Entering by the gateway, and passing the head gardener's lodge, the
visitor enjoys a transformation scene — he is at once transported from the "King's
highway," with its subtowny associations, to a charming lawn, which does duty as a
small park, being graced with deer. Apart from this feature there is but little to
attract notice, other than is common to suburban establishments of the better class,
until the garden and grounds are reached, by rounding the coach-house and various
outhouses, in connection with which there is a most useful arrangement, — the pave-
ment is of perforated bricks, affording means of watering the roots spreading
underneath from the various fruit-trees which stretch their wealthy arms along the
walls of the outbuildings.

We are at once in a glass colony, — a small village of hot-houses, forcing pits, and
cold frames, rich in floricultural luxury, all of which have been placed there since the
present proprietor came into possession of the grounds. Two lean-to vineries
(50 ft. in length), one peach-house, a span cucumber-house (24ft.), a span stove-house
(42 by 15 ft.) for choice foreign plants of unsurpassable and rare foliage, for ferns and
fine palms, and botanical beauties of all countries and degrees of colour and culture,
stand at the head of the kitchen-garden. In the stove-house an enthusiastic florist
would linger for hours, gazing without fatigue on such rarities as Adiantum Farleyense,
of which gems there are two very fine specimens ; the palm, Livistonia, an exceedingly
valuable plant ; the Maranta Veitchii, one of the best-grown productions of its kind
in the country ; the Geonoma Seemannii, valued at fifty guineas, there being but two
or three of the kind in England ; a collection of orchids which can scarcely be sur-
passed, if equalled, in a house of the same dimensions ; a variety of Pitcher -plants,
each having pendant vessels of natural growth, filled with water, which nature has
enabled them to absorb from the moist atmosphere, and to store in their recesses for

* Mr. Shaw is buried in the Dulwich burial- t For a detailed description of the building and

ground, where a handsome family vault is erected grounds, see Lyson's Environs,
to his memory.

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the supply of the stems and roots ; rich specimens of Alocasia metallica, the metallic
appearance of which almost denies their botanical character ; a curious bird-nest fern,
seeming to invite the belief that the warblers of the fields had selected this building
as a snug retreat in which to bill and coo and mate and rear their broods ; Lyco
podia ; choice Croton Wisemannii ; Pandanus Veitchii ; handsome and choice pines
and a glittering host of Nature's glories, exhibiting as many colours as the rainbow
A stone, forming part of the structure, shows the date of erection, bearing the follow
ing inscription : —

"H BESSEMER, 1865."

Another span-house (36 by 20 ft.) contains an unusual collection of heaths anc
Holland plants, and at one end has a portion utilized for the growth of oranges
camellias, &c. Adjoining this building is a forcing pit 90 ft. long and 9 ft. wide
furnished with hot-water apparatus. With such choice fruit-trees as are culti
vated in these grounds, it would be " Love's labour lost " to be minus a store
house in which to preserve the gems produced at so much expense, and with such
watchful care ; and perfection in this respect has been reached. A dry building at
the eastern gable of the house is fitted up with racks, the floor of each being barred
not solid, and each bar being rounded on the upper side, so that there are no
angularities to cut or bruise the fruit which may be placed upon them ; the opening
between the bars facilitate the passage of air for the cooling and better preservation o
the fruit, and each set of bars is the floor to a drawer, enabling any section to be
drawn out without disturbing the remainder. There are one hundred trays capable
in all of holding ten thousand apples or pears each three inches apart.

At the same gable of the house as the last-named building, but immediately fronting
the first lawn, and several miles of picturesque scenery, stands a lean-to vinery 40 fee
long and of ornamental design of no common order. It has twelve handsome win
dows of plate and figured glass, each being divided from the other by spiral columns
The parapet is surmounted with a blaze of geraniums during the summer season
The interior contains exuberant vines, along the glass ceiling, and is of course variec
in its collection of flowers, according to the taste of the proprietor at differen
seasons. At the front of this structure, a view, perhaps unsurpassed around th
metropolis, presents itself. The grounds constituting the estate measure forty acres
and beyond these the long and lofty ridge capped by handsome villas, far in th
distance, known as Sydenham Hill, the broad rising ground to the left yclept Fores
Hill, the well-set and substantial residence of Mr. James Henderson, on Adon Mount,
the most prominent feature in Dulwich from this standpoint, the glittering towers
and scintillating roof, and vitreous walls of the Crystal Palace, the woody and ver-
dure-clad hills and dales of Norwood and the district of Tulse Hill, with the inter-
vening space, constitute a picturesque scene which can have but few rivals ; and the
foreground to this magnificent panorama is a vast field of wealthy culture.

THE CONSERVATORY.— The original plan of this iron' structure, we understand,
was made by Mr. Bessemer, and the details worked out under the able superintendence
of Messrs. Banks and Barry. Many of the perforated castings employed in this
structure are of extreme delicacy and beauty of finish. Among the heaviest are
several from three to four tons in weight each, while there are thousands of others
not exceeding four to eight ounces.

The conservatory has two floors or crypts, extending entirely beneath it. Massive
brick piers pass through the floors, and support the sixteen columns on which the
upper part of the structure rests.

The conservatory is formed with a large square central area surmounted by a dome.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 413

On each side of the square there are bays or transepts, the entrance to which is
beneath three arches, rising to a height of 14 feet, and resting on columns, of which
there are sixteen. The dome is formed of 40 rolled iron ribs, separated by a frame-
work which is glazed with stained glass, encircling the dome in three distinct bands,
giving to the whole a most beautiful effect. The dome, which is 40 feet in height,
rests on a series of bold trusses, springing from the sills of the upper windows, and
forming a division between them. The ceiling of the central part surrounding the
dome is formed into deep soffits, each filled with elaborately designed perforated gilt
panels, with an azure background formed by the flat iron roof above them. In the
upper part of the central space there are six windows on each side, each one composed
of a single sheet of ground plate glass, engraved and painted in pale tints. These
windows all open by an ingenious contrivance worked by an attendant from the cold-
air chamber below, which is sufficiently lofty to admit of ready access.

The iron columns have a spiral groove running around them, which small spheres
are all gilt, and give to the fresh grey tint of the columns a great relief ; the capitals
are all built up with separate acanthus leaves of very light and elegant form, and are
also gilt ; and through the arches the light falls in ever-varying clusters of rays as
one walks about the conservatory. There are thousands of rosettes on these per-
forated screens, all cast separately.

The external walls are pierced with large circular-headed windows, glazed with a
single sheet of plate glass, with a small Greek border etched round the edge, and
narrow margins of coloured ground glass of a soft grey tint etched in patterns. The
walls are entirely encased with polished marble, in pieces so large as to show no joints.
A richly-moulded architrave of red Devonshire marble surrounds each window and
door, and relieves by its warm colour the spaces between the windows, which are of
dark Bardillo marble, against which are placed three-quarter columns of white veined
Sicilian marble. The shafts of all twenty -four columns and the angle pilasters are
10 feet in length, each in a single piece, and surmounted by capitals carved in white
Carrara marble. Above these is a rich entablature of veined Sicilian marble running
over the Bardillo, which is ornamented over each window and door, with a rich
incised pattern of Arabesque scroll work gilt in all the sunk parts. One bay or tran-
sept forms the end of the adjoining drawing-room. The right-hand bay abuts on a
billiard-room, and a door between two windows leads on to a raised terrace, 90 feet
in length, paved with squares of black and white marble, and extending all along the
garden front of the house. The fourth bay is also divided by three equal arches, in
each of which there are mirrors of 14 feet high by 7 feet wide, silvered by a deposit
of pure silver ; and they, at all times, reflect clearly the whole interior of the building
giving it apparently double its real size. Around the sides of the building are raised
spaces for the flowers, having a sort of dwarf screen of polished dove-coloured
marble, in which are numerous gilt brass panels for the supply of warm air from the
chamber below. In the central space beneath the dome is a large basin, richly moulded
in beautiful veined Bardillo marble, with four pedestals of the same material at the
angles, which serve to support vases of white marble, containing some beautiful
specimen plants. The basin is filled with rare exotic ferns, and has a fan palm in the
centre. Eight similar marble pedestals are also formed in the dove marble screen
before named, on which are some choice specimens of Majolica vases by Minton, and
two from Sevres, and containing rare plants. Pendant from the ceiling are six
Majolica flower baskets containing choice ferns and other drooping foliage. There
are also eight suspended Eoman lamps in bronze, with lotus leaves forming clusters of
flowers in gas jets, and also four other suspended Roman lamps of classical design,
giving in all eighty gas burners, by means of which the whole building may be at

414 Y* PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

night brilliantly illuminated ; there are also near the drawing-room door a pair oi
exquisitely chased bronzed candelabra, which on ordinary occasions give sufficient
light for walking in the evening. The floor is composed of encaustic tiles and tessera
tastefully arranged in panels of quiet colours (so as not to interfere with the brilliant
colours of the flowers). In this design are embodied mosaics representing spring,
autumn, summer, and winter ; and a fifth near the entrance represents Old Time with
the date of the erection of the building on a tablet beneath him : at each of the four
angles of the central part are life-size figures of boys executed in biscuit china at
Sevres— they represent Love, Pleasure, Folly, and Repose ; they are exquisitely
modelled, and of a pure white, standing against the rich crimson background of the
niche, and supported by pedestals of Devonshire marble.

At six different parts there are semicular spaces left above the doors or windows, and
these are filled by spirited groups of chubby children in alto relievo, modelled by Wynn.
THE GROUNDS are divided into six sections, the first being a lawn paddock stretch-
ing from the main road of Denmark Hill to the house ; the second is devoted to the
forcing and green-houses, &c., and the kitchen garden, extending a great length from
the hill alongside the Green Lane to Dulwich.

The third portion (immediately in front of the house and including the site on
which the house and conservatory are erected) is a handsome carpet lawn, upwards of
one acre in area, and bounded on either side by a full and well arranged shrubbery ;
the fourth is a paddock or meadow of six acres, on which a small stock of pure
Alderneys are grazed ; the fifth is the most attractive, by its romantic and artfully
contrived scenery of crags and pools, its profuse vegetation, cultivated with studied

effect to represent Nature in one of her most unfettered moods indeed the art

consists in the means of hiding the fact that Art has anything to do with the effect.
Beyond this section is that known as the Model Farm, but whether it has ever been
conducted as an experimental one to test any particular system of agriculture is
doubtful : there are two cottages erected on the land, which are occupied by under-
gardeners. This last division is interesting for an important fact that seems both
incongruous with, and incognate to, land of any particular culture. At the north
end of the Model Farm, the raging main has been subdued, the salt ocean has been
ploughed, and the necessity for doctors and stewards and stewardesses on board ship
reduced, sea-sickness having been brought to a minimum.

The model of the " Bessemer Ship " was erected here, and put through its trial
movements in the presence of a large and fashionable gathering of witnesses, and
remains here still.

The farm terminates at the London and Brighton Railway, for the construction of
which a slice was taken off the estate as it originally stood.

The various sections at the front of the house, viewed as a whole, constitute a
beautiful park, well wooded and cultivated ; taken individually, each one merits
much detailed attention, and gives no encouragement to cursory inspection. The
attractions are closely packed, each provoking admiration on the part of the spectator.

The Pavilion is a handsome structure, erected for a palatial summer house, com-
manding a rare view, and measuring about thirty feet in length and ten in breadth.
As an ornamental building it is unique : as a saloon in which to lounge on a summer's
day, it is inviting enough for a fastidious eastern potentate. The first wall is at once
light and substantial, being artistically carved, and relieved of solidity by its tracings
being fret-sawn, the reliefs being cut through (not merely sunk in), the material
being of rich mahogany. To prevent the inroads of a searching wind through these
apertures, and at the same time to ensure a rich and cheerful light, the work is
backed by beautifully illumined glass of splendid design and harmonious colours-

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The frontage is divided into various sections, each separated from the other by an
ornamental twisted pillar. The interior is as novel as the exterior, having a vase
suspended from a pale green dome, with a sun-centre, ornamented with branches in
full blossom. Around the base, extending upwards from the floor about two feet,
is a wall of beautiful Majolica 'tiles, and the panels above are relieved by artistic
designs of flowers and branches in rich profusion. The decoration is of the style
common to the middle ages. The joiners' work alone represents ten thousand hours
of workmanship, and the whole of the sawing and carving was done on the spot, under
the care of Mr. Bessemer's own clerk of works. The design is by Mr. Barry, the
eminent architect.

Whether viewed from Denmark Hill on the north, from Dulwich on the south, or
Peckham on the east, there is a distinctive character about the place, which is a sure
title-page to a whole volume of grandeur. The glittering dome of the conservatory,
when the orb of day dawns on the handsome building, suggests ideas of eastern
romance. The spectator standing at the front of the house, with his face towards
Dulwich, views a gorgeous panorama of rich colouring, a kaleidoscope exhibiting
nature in her most attractive garb. Taking his stand on the marble terrace, at the
front of the conservatory, he views at his feet a handsome, oblong, cleanly-rolled
carpet lawn, measuring an acre, having on either side a stately patriarchal cedar-tree,
which flourished there before the union of Great Britain and Ireland, and whose
existence formed an item in the history of the country before the battle of the Nile
contributed to the fame of Nelson. The lawn is bounded on the north by the
attractive mansion (fronted by a floral blaze of rhododendrons in the spring), on the
right (west) by a small grove of medlar trees, araucaria imbricata, firs, double scarlet
thorn, and kindred companions of various degrees and nationalities ; on the left by
fine large laurustinse, picea pinsapo, laburnums, and a woody host of compeers,
dividing the lawn from the kitchen-garden, which last-named measures about an
acre and a half ; on the south by a handsome balustraded wall, at the front of which
latter is a series of variegated beds artfully contrived, and the whole is girdled by a
broad gravelled path. Further southward is a second lawn, spreading wider as the
view extends, termed the front meadow, measuring six acres in area, graced and
grazed by a few choice heifers, &c. On the left of this lawn meadow is an ornate
path measuring ten feet in width and 330 feet in length, and sloping down to a rich
valley of charms, terminating at a picturesque lake of an acre and a half, which placid
pool lies embosomed among trees and rocks, beautified by hanging clusters of ferns,
and a rich variety of rare plants and shrubs. The path alluded to runs in three
different heights, the descent from the higher to the lower, and again to the lowest,
being effected by steps. It is bordered on either side by Eansome's artificial stone,
the elevation being backed by lobelia edging and a parallel band of green herbage
measuring fifteen feet in width. The grassy monotony is relieved by artistic beds,
the mere names of the plants in which would constitute a gigantic catalogue for a
florist. Each bed has a " mate " on the opposite side of tlie path, and these uniform
pairs are devoted respectively to the growth of plants and shrubs of a particular
country— Italian, American, English, &c.

On the second slope or terrace, there are chains of flower-beds, including roses,
rhododendrons, and of evergreens, including hollies and Iaurustina3. These, like the
beds on the first terrace, are placed uniformly in pairs. The third terrace is devoted
to beds of heath, hollies, myrtles, &c., some of which beds are centred with rhodo-
dendrons. Thus, each slope is of a distinct character, and each has a special interest.
To examine the plants individually on this terrace would be the work of several
days, so varied are they and so numerous. The termination of each terrace is marked

416 Ye PARISH OF CA&ERWELL.

by two handsome vases (one on each side) of white marble, specially designed by
Mr. Bessemer for the purpose. The terrace is bordered with a full and bushy yew
fence, four feet high and two feet in width, the top being cut level, as though it had
been planed to represent a bronzed wall. Alongside this forty-feet terrace runs an
orchard, measuring one acre, which is studded with very choice plum, pear, apple,
and filbert trees. At the termination of the path, we walk over a bridge of artificial
limestone, and crossing an arm of the many-pooled lake, with its manifold crags,
standing in studied wildness and romantic disorder, over the tops of which are wind-
ing paths, leading to a variety of surprise-scenes, at different angles, studded about
which are clusters of bright pampas grass, exhibiting their silvery sheen in the
glittering sunlight. The different heights of jutting crag are backed by a lofty, rocky
mound eight feet above the others, over which is made to flow a stream, appropri-
ately termed " Niagara " (which is ingeniously contrived to work by the aid of a
hidden steam engine, and a row of water pipes and a ten inch main), splashing among
the rocks, throwing off vagrant spray, and streaming into the aqueous bed beneath.
The water is driven back again by the pumps below into the reservoir, and then flows
so long as engine power is maintained. The arched rocks invite the visitor to roam
through the caverns, which are reached by serpentine paths and rising grounds, to
represent a naturally undulating country in wild irregularity and rugged beauty,
adorned by weeping willows, nestling islands, and forming a wilderness of studied
grandeur, suggestive of some of the charming scenes in the Isle of Wight. Having
wandered up the miniature crags and down the dales, a door is opened in the rock —
open sesame — and we step from rocky rudeness into an artistic and delightful little
palace, with walls of green and gold Majolica, half way up, the higher portion being
of ornate golden fretwork of gorgeous design ; a mosaic floor with handsome marble
pillars dividing the arches, which are filled in with plain plate glass, and in some
cases mirrors reflecting the opposite sides, suggesting the idea of a room in a Moorish
palace. Open 'sesame again, and we pass through another doorway into a large
craggy room representing a natural cavern, in which exotic ferns of great size and
beauty hang from rugged pillars, or peer from sly niches. The warm atmosphere
reminds us of the fact that an artificial heat is kept up, after the manner of a conser-
vatory. The cave is covered in with a span skylight, and the large arches between
the rocky pillars are blocked with mirrors, multiplying the whole scene in appearance.
We steal out of the cavern, and find ourselves on the borders of the lake, are con-
fronted by a boat and romantic boathousc. and drink in the cool breezes of the open
air, our heads being overhung with crags, covered with verdure. The bottom of the'
lake being cemented all over, the water is clear and glassy, and from this low region
we gaze up the long stretching hill, over the meadow and lawn, on the mansion,
conservatory, and glittering greenhouses, and the Elizabethan residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Wright (the latter Mr. Bessemer's daughter).

The whole of this rockwork is artificial, and the sandstone of which the crags are
moulded was all brought from a distance and shaped to represent natural rock. The
whole of the grounds have been laid out, and the gardening operations worked under
the superintendence of Mr. John Harrow, the head gardener, the plans and designs
and instructions being given by Mr. Bessemer himself. Good taste and unsurpassable
order, as well as neat and rich design and ingenuity, are visible everywhere, exhibit-
ing the conceptive power of the proprietor in the manifold arrangements, and the
executive ability of his manager.

" Woodhall," the residence of George Campbell, Esq., is one of the stately
family mansions for which the hamlet of Dulwich is famous. It was built by

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 417

K. P. Harding, Esq., and took the place of a house of less pretensions, known as
« Wood-house ; " and though it owes much of its attractions to its elevated position
and wild, woody surroundings, it owes perhaps still more to the taste displayed in
laying out its charming grounds. Standing in but 24 acres of land, yet surrounded by
graceful slopes, leafy woodlands, and the ample verdure of spreading trees, " Wood-
hall" is of the place and not of it, secluded and yet elevated, occupying one of the
majestic slopes of the southern portion of the hamlet, and yet protected from
intrusion, and guarded against the rough blasts of winter. Within its grounds are
to be found grand specimens of our ever-green grandiflora, and deciduous trees,
with their ever-varying foliage ; conservatories with their exotic charms, and well
stocked vineries ; whilst, even in this lofty position, may be seen a rosary, so
artificially protected, that thousands upon thousands of buds blossom into form
and beauty, regardless of the wind. But perhaps the magnificent display of rhodo-
dendrons is the principal attraction of the grounds, as indeed they are of the hamlet,
and many are the pilgrimages of residents and non-residents to " Woodhall " in
the charming month of June, when their many and manifold beauties are fully
developed.

And the prospect from the heights of " Woodhall," how delightful ! Passing over
a greensward of dells, and mounds, and banks, and knolls— a beautifully undulated
landscape — the eye rests upon the magnificent pile of buildings raised to commemo-
rate the generous gift of the retired actor ; then over park and lawn, and stately
mansion, passing " sleepy hollow," is a vista of which the northern heights of London
stand foremost in the long perspective. To the north-east is Forest Hill, with its
well defined parochial landmark, One-tree Hill ; to the west, Norwood, with its
peopled heights ; to the south stands Sydenham's famous palace — forming altogether
a coup d'ceil perfectly unique. Mr. George Grote resided at Wood-house from 1832—6.

" THE Hoo," on Sydenham Hill, the residence of Richard Thornton, Esq., is one of
the most imposing of the family mansions to be found within the hamlet. It was
built about ten years ago, by Mr. Dawson, and, strange to relate, remained empty for
about two years. It was then occupied by a German family, and was known as " The
Mansion," and subsequently by Mr. Howard, formerly M.P. for Bedford, who re-
christened it " The Hoo." Mr. Thornton took up his residence here in 1871.

Our illustrations convey a very fair idea of " The Hoo " and its many beauties, for
it is not only substantially built but elegantly designed, and for compactness, con-
venience, and comfort, can hardly be excelled. Standing on the apex almost of
Sydenham Hill, its elegant turret is a recognised boundary mark far and wide, whilst
on all sides are invitingly open some of the prettiest pages of Nature's gorgeous
tome, a rich and varied panorama of woods, leafy lanes, cozy villas, park-girt mansions,
and a richness and affluence of foliage but seldom met with.

On a fine day not only are the spires of city churches and the bolder contours of
St. Paul's and Westminster distinctly visible, but Harrow, Staines, and Windsor,
fringe the landscape with their charms.

To the south-east is the " Garden of England," with " Knockholt Beeches," that
interesting little family of trees, dwelling apart on the grassy Kentish uplands.

The grounds surrounding the house are laid out with great taste. A well kept
lawn, neat beds, and paths of primness first attract the eye, but a rapid descent sud-
denly transports the visitor into a wild and woody scene, and an almost endless
succession of surprises.

This woody adjunct— a portion of the once famous Dulwich Wood— renders the
grounds of " The Hoo " altogether unique, for nowhere else within the hamlet is to

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418 Y« PARISH OF CAStERWELL.

be seen in such close juxtaposition, the landscape garden and a mazy labyrinth of
trees.

In the upper terraces is a good array of hot-houses — conspicuous amongst which
are the following : — the melon, the pelargonium, and the azalea houses ; though it is
evident that special attention is given at " The Hoo " to azaleas — for which the place
has now a kind of specialite : indeed, in this respect it stands unrivalled, in Dulwich
at any rate. Mr. Thornton has considerably improved " The Hoo " since taking up
his residence at Sydenham Hill ; and it was perhaps mainly through his efforts and
liberal aid that the handsome church of St. Peter's has been built.

At Dulwich Common, the energetic knight, Sir John Bennett, has a " snug box,"
his more imposing residence being in Sussex, where the Bennetts have long held
property. Sir John has always shown great public spirit as well as business activity,
and his name has often been associated with laudable educational efforts. He was
sheriff for London and Middlesex in 1871-2, and was knighted in commemoration of
Her Majesty's thanksgiving visit to St. Paul's Cathedral, Feb. 27, 1872.

The CRYSTAL PALACE which forms so conspicuous an object on the hill skirting
the southern portion of the hamlet, was formed by royal charters dated 28th January,
1853, and 22nd December, 1855, respectively. A small portion of the building is
within the parish of Camberwell, and tradition has it that it was through the
vigilance of a Camberwell overseer of forty years ago, that a neighbouring parish
was prevented from taking away from Camberwell that which now forms part of
the hamlet of Dulwich. The summit of the hill on which the palace stands is stated
to have such an elevation that the floor of the building is on a level with the cross
on the top of St. Paul's Cathedral.

The palace, park, gardens, and fountains were designed and carried out by the late
Sir Joseph Paxton, and Her Majesty opened the building in person on the 10th of
June, 1854.

From the 12th June, 1854, to October 31st, 1873, the astounding number of
34,187,269 persons visited the palace, the annual average attendance during twelve
years being 1,929,577.

Amongst the local associations associated with the district may be mentioned The
Dulwich Amicable Friendly Society, which wras established in 1717 at " The Grey-
hound," Mr. Middlecott, grandfather of the present landlord, being appointed
treasurer, which post was subsequently held by his son, and now by his grandson.
Mr. Gregory Bartlett has been honorary secretary for twelve years ; the trustees
being Mr. James East, and Mr. Francis Robinson, the latter of whom has held the.
position for more than half a century.

There are about eighty-four members, and although the allowances to sick and
invalided members is arranged on a liberal scale, the society has ,£1000 invested
capital, a fact highly creditable to the management.

There is also a Working Men's Institute in the village, which holds its meetings at
the Dulwich Schools. The members have a library of about 800 books, and in
winter entertainments and concerts are organised by the committee. The local
gentry support the institution as it deserves, and the names of gentlemen of position
in the hamlet, such as Dr. Carver, Dr. Webster, Rev. S. Cheetham, Mr. Hutton, and
others give it the countenance of their support.

THE HAMLET OF DULWICH. 419

The tradesmen of the hamlet have established an annual dinner, and the oldest
abitant knows not tl^e precise date or origin of the institution.
These annual meetings are generally well attended, and for one night only, at any
,te, business rivalry is buried, and loyalty and festivity and good fellowship abound.
For many years past a representative of the Bartlett family has presided at the
board, but the present representative, Mr. Gregory Bartlett, has other and more
direct and substantial claims to the position, as he has ever proved himself a diligent
public servant, ready at all times and at great inconvenience to watch over and
protect the interests of the hamlet of Dulwicli.

A cottagers' flower-show was formerly held at Dulwich, at the Working Men's
Institute, but through ambitious management and a too extended basis of operation,
the show came to grief. The last exhibition took place at Woodhall. It is much to
e regretted that such an interesting annual should be lost to the villagers, and we
confident that, if an effort were made to resuscitate the cottagers' flower-show on
original basis, it would meet with proper encouragement and support from the
ntry of the neighbourhood. At any rate it is worth an effort.
Dulwich is quoted in official documents as containing 1450 statute acres, but the
dlege estate is about 1500 with the recently acquired property of Knight's Hill,
tatistically it is one of the healthiest suburbs of the metropolis, as it is certainly

of the most rural, quaint, conservative within the metropolitan area.*
Mr. Pickwick in ' his old age found a quiet haven at Dulwich, where he had " a
e garden situated in one of the most pleasant spots near London." He is described
"visiting frequently the Dulwich picture gallery and enjoying walks about the
pleasant neighbourhood." And representatives of the Pickwickian type of character,
well-to-do, comfortable, and benevolent-looking old gentlemen can now be daily met
with strolling leisurely along its rural lanes and rustic corners, taking little heed of
the worry and work of those engaged close by, trying to pick up gold and silver on
Tom Tiddler's ground.

The village milestonef in front of the old College gates assures the passer-by that
it is five miles from the Standard at Cornhill, but the stone, like Pope's " Bully,"
would seem to " lift its head and lie " so far is the great city now from the thoughts
and affections of many of the residents.

" But if the biisy town •
Attract thee still to toil for power of gold,
Sweetly thou mayst the vacant hours possess
In Hampstead, courted by the western wind,
Or Greenwich waving o'er the winding flood,
Or lose the world amid the sylvan wilds
Of Dulwieh, yet by barb.u-ous hands unspoiled."

* The following are a few recent cases of longevity wich Wood, 93; 9th January, 1871, Thos. Wootton,

brought under the writer's notice:— Dulwich College, 90; 18th January, 1871, Kichd.

18th June, 1840, Sarah Kirkham, Court Lane, Goody, 4, Lloyd's Yard, Dulwich, 96; 25th April,

Dulwich, 93 ; 6th January, 1849, Robt. Woodzell, 1872, Amelia Reeve, Dulwich College, 94.

Boxall Row, Dulwich, 90 ; 28th October, 1849; t The words Siste viator, with initials T. T., and

Elizabeth Pearcy, Dulwich, 92 ; 30th April, 1856, date 1772, are still legible on this stone. The

Tho. Newman, Dulwich College, 93 ; 8th January, initials are those of Thomas Treslove, a magistrate

1864, Louisa Ann Bartlett, Dulwich, 92 ; 26th July, of the county, who resided at Dulwich, and was

18fi6, Esther Nicholls, 7, Garden Row, Dulwich, 90 ; instrumental in laying out and repairing the

2nd October, 1866, John Ludlow, Dulwich, 96 ; adjacent ruads.
19th June, 1868, Saml. Briggs, Southwood, Dul-

E F. 2

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN.

DWAED ALLEYN, in his time, played many parts — the skilful actor
the successful manager — the country squire — the faithful husband — the
firm friend — the generous alms-giver, and the founder of a College.

It is as founder of the College of God's Gift at Dulwich that his name
becomes a memory to the inhabitants of Camberwell, but some account
of the manner of his acting in other characters can hardly be out of place in a record
of this description.

Born in 1566 (September 1st), in the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate,* Edward
Alleyn was the grandson of Thomas Alleyn, of Willen, in Buckinghamshire, and of
Mesham, in Bedfordshire.f Edward Alleyn, the second son of this Thomas Alleyn,
and the father of the founder of Dulwich College, was an " innholder," and kept the
"Pye" in Bishopsgate. He had two other sons, John and William. Their mother
was Margaret, daughter of John Townley, Esq., of Towneley, in Lancashire. Docu-
ments of Dulwich College would seem to establish that Mrs. Alleyn was married
a second time to a person of the name of Brown, an actor, and it was owing to this
circumstance, doubtless, that young Alleyn was " bred a stage-player." J That he
attained extraordinary celebrity as an actor in an age prolific beyond all others
in dramatic talent, cannot be disputed, as Fuller, in his Worthies, describes him as
" the Koscius of our age, so acting to the life, that he makes any part (especially a
majestick one) to become him." § Still more emphatic is the testimony given to
Alleyn's merits by one of the most eminent of his many distinguished contemn
poraries and associates, Ben Jonson : —

If Rome so great and in her wisest age,
Fear'd not to boast the glories of her stage,
As skilfull Roscius and grave Jisope, men
Yet crown'd with honours as with riches then,
Who had no lesse a trumpet of their name
Than Cicero, whose every breath was fame ;
How can so great example dye in mee,

Who both their graces in thyself hast more
Outstript, then they did all that went before ;
And present worth in all dost so contract,
As others speake but onely thou dost act.
Weare this renowne, 'tis just, that who did give
So many Poets life, by one should live." ||

The earliest record we have of Alleyn's connection with the stage is that of January
3rd, 1588-9, when he bought for ,£37 10s. the share of " playing-apparels, play-books,
instruments, and other commodities." In 1592, Alleyn appears to have taken front
rank in his profession, as in a piece which came out in that year he is twice men-
tioned as a performer of deserved distinction.

* It is stated in the biography of Alleyn, in the
Genl. Biog. Diet , that in a memorandum of his
own -writing, Alleyn records the fact of his birth
in the parish above stated, but no such record has
been found ; the parish register, however, has the
following entry :—" 1566, Sept. 2nd, baptized
Edward Alleyn, Henry Wood, and Olive Clerk."

t Alleyn entered his pedigree at the Visitation of
the County of Surrey two years before his death.

J Fuller, Worthies, ii., 84.

§ Baker also, speaking of Alleyn and Burbage,
says,— " They were two such actors as no age must
ever look to see the like."

|| Ben Jonson's " Epigram," published in 1616.

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MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 421

Nash says, in Pierce Pennyless, his Supplication to the Devil :—

<> Not Roscius nor ^Esope, those tragedians admyred before Christ was borne, could
ever performe more in action than famous Ned Allen."

Evidence of Alleyn's high character as an actor is furnished by documents still
preserved at Dulwich College, and one of them (quoted by Malone) relates to a wager
which had been laid by a friend of Alleyn's, that in the performance of a particular
part he would excel Peele, a famous actor of that time.

On the 1st September, 1592, Alleyn completed his 26th year, and on the 22nd of
October following he was married to Joan Woodward, the daughter of the wife of
Philip Henslowe, who had married Agnes Woodward, a widow. The entry of the
marriage of Edward Alleyn with Joan Woodward stands thus in a Diary, or Account-
Book, kept by Henslowe : —

" Edward Alen wasse maryed unto Jone Woodward the 22 day of Octobr, 1592, in
the iiij and thirtie yeare of the Queenes Matie Rayne, elizabeth by the grace of God of
Ingland, france, and laiiand, defender of the fayth."

It is not improbable that Alleyn's wife possessed property in her own right, as
four years after his marriage he entered into an agreement whereby he was to receive
" iij thowssen powndes of lafful mony of England" for the lease of the parsonage of
Firle, in Sussex, a county with which his wife's father had been connected. Imme-
diately after his marriage he* appears to have taken up his residence on Bankside, in
the liberty of the Clink, in St. Saviour's parish, near to the Hope, Globe, and Rose
Theatres. Henslowe had become connected with the Bankside Theatres shortly
before Alleyn's marriage ; and about the time this took place a partnership in
theatrical concerns was concluded between Henslowe and Alleyn, and they after-
wards became jointly interested in the theatres of the Rose on Bankside and the
Fortune in Cripplegate.*

Alleyn's theatrical career received a sudden check— at least in the Metropolis — in
1593. In that year the plague broke out in London, and Alleyn and his company
started on a strolling trip through the country.

The wife remained with her mother and sister at the Bankside, and the following
letters (preserved at Dulwich College) were written by the strolling player and
absent husband during his travels abroad : —

" To E. Alline, on the bankside.f

" My good sweete harte and loving mouse, I send the a thousand comendations,
wishing thee as well as well may be, and hoping thou art in good helth, with my
father, mother, and sister. I have no newes to send thee, but I thank God we ar
all well, and in helth, which I pray God to continew with us in the contry, and with
you in London.

" But, mouse, I littell thought to hear that which I now hear by you, for it is well
knowne, they say, that you wear by my lorde maiors officer mad to rid in a cart, you
and all your felowes, which I ame sorry to hear ; but you may thank your ij suporters,
your stronge leges I mene, that would nott cary you away, but lett you fall into the

* There exists, in Alleyn's own hand-writing, at dramatists.

Dulwich College, an inventory of his theatrical f Lysons imagines this letter (p. 88) to have been

apparel, from which it appears that Alleyn took written to Alleyn's wife's sister, Elizabeth ; but it

part in "Leir," "Romeo," "Henry VIII.," "Moore was evidently written to his own " loving mouse.

inVenis,"and "Pericles." It is not improbable Two "loving" mice could hardly have existed at

that these plays may have been the " Lear," one and the same time-even on the Bankside.

"Romeo," "Henry VIII.," "Othello," and Lysons also states that when this letter was written

" Pericles " of Shakespeare. Oldys, in his account Alleyn had been married " about a year ; whereas

of Alleyn, in the Biographia Britannica, writes he had only been married six months and a few

with confidence on the point ; but Collier imagines days,
them to be versions of the original by other

422 Y" PAKISH OF CAMEBWELL.

hands of such Tarmagants. But, mouse, when I com horn, II be revenged on em :
tell when, mouse, I "bid thee fayerwell. I prethee send me word how thou doste,
and do my harty comendations to my father, mother, and sister, and to thy own self,
and so swett harte, the lord bless thee. From Chellmsford the 2 of Maye, 1593.
" thyn ever, and nobodies els, by god of heaven

"Edward Alleyn.
" Farewell mecho inousin, and mouse,

and farewell bess dodipoll." *

Alleyn's next letter to his wife was written from Bristol, 1st August, 1593, an
contains much practical common sense, as well as a high moral tone : —

" This be delyvered to mr hinslo, on of the gromes of her maist. chamber, dwelling
on the bank sid, right over against the clink.

"My good sweete mouse, I comend me hartely to you and to my father, my
mother, and my sister bess, hopinge in God, though the sicknes be round about you,
yett by his mercy itt may escape your house, which by the grace of god it shall,
therefor use this corse ; — keepe your house fayr and clean, which I knowe you will,
and every evening throwe water before your dore, and in your bake sid, and have in
your windowes good store of reue and herbe of grace, and with all the grace of god,
which must be obtayn'd by prayers ; and so doinge, no doubt but the Lord will
mercyfully defend you. now, good mouse, I have no newse to send you but this,
thatt we have all our helth, for which the Lord be praysed. I reseved your Letter at
Bristo by richard couley, for the wich I thank you. I have sent you by this berer,
Thomas popes kinsman, my whit wascote, because it is a trobell to me to cary it.
reseave it with this letter, And lay it up for me till I com. if you send any mor
Letters, send to me by the cariers of Shrewsbury, or to Winchester or to York, to
be kept till my Lord Strange' s players com. and thus swett hart, with my harty
comende, to all our Irends, I sett from Bristo this "Wensday after Saint James his
day, having redy the playe of hary of Cornwall : mouse, do my harty comend to ml
grigs, his wife, and all his houshold, and to my sister phillyps.

" Your Loving husband,

« E. Alleyne."

" Mouse, you sent me no newes of anything : you should send of your domestycall

matters, such things as happens att home And, Jug, I pray you,

lett my orayng tawny stockins of wolen be dyed a very good blak against I com
home, to wear in the winter, you sente me nott word of my garden, but next tym
you will ; but remember this in any case, that all that bed which was parslay in the
month of September you sowe it with spinage, for then is the tym. I woulde do it
myselfe, but we shall nott com horn till allholland tyd. and so, swett mouse, farewell
and broke our long jorney with patienc."

It will be seen from these two letters that Alleyn took great interest in
domestic affairs of his household, and the letters written on behalf of his wife (wl
was unable to write) are full of allusions to home affairs. In one of these " Mouse "
sends her " comendations from her harte and from her sowle, prainge to god, day
and nyght," for her husband's health, " which trewley, to be playne, we doe saie all,
hoopinge in the lorde Jtsus that we shall have agayne a mery meting." . The garden

* Dr. Dodipcll was character in a play of the time, and hence, perhaps, the nickname.

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 423

is described as "weall and the spenege bead not forgoten." In another letter
addressed " For my weallbeloved husbande, Mr. Edwarde AUen, on of my lorde
Strange's players, this be delyvered with speade." Alleyn's wife alludes to her
husband's reported illness, " which was no lytell greafe unto us heare, but thanckes
be to god for amendmente, for we feared yt much, because we had no leatter from
you when the other wifes had leatters sente ; which made your mouse not to
weape a lytell, but tooke yt very Greavesley, thinckinge that you had conseved
some unkindnes of her, because you weare ever wont to write with the firste : and
I praye ye do so stylle, for we wold all be sorey but to heare as often from you
as others do from their frendes." The garden is next mentioned, and " thanckes be
to god, for your beanes are growen to a hey headge and well coded, and all other
thinges doth very weU : "—except the tenants— for it was of course a hard 'time
for owners of house property, and Alleyn's tenants were no better off during the
plague than their neighbours, but " weaxed very power," and were unable to pay
any rent—" while mychellmas, and then we shall have y* yf we cane geat yt."
As regards the sanitary measures recommended by Alleyn, the wife, after thank-
ing him for his "good cownsell," remarks that not only are his instructions
obeyed, but more also, "for we strowe y» (the house) with hastie prayers unto
the lorde, which unto us is more avaylable than all thinges eallse in the world."

In 1599 Alleyn's name comes before us (in documents now at Dulwich) in
connection with the Fortune Theatre in Cripplegate, the establishment of which
seems to have proved a substantial source of profit to its proprietor.

The " dangerous decay e " of his Bankside Theatre, the Rose, is alleged as the
reason of the application to the magistrates for the new house, and great support in
his new venture was derived by Alleyn from the parochial powers of that time,
whose support was obtained on three grounds : —

" First, because the place appoynted oute for that purpose standeth very toller-
able, neere unto the Feildes, and soe farr distant and remote frome any person or
place of accompt, as that none can be annoyed thearbie.

" Secondlie, because the erectours of the saied house are contented to give a very
liberall portion of money weeklie toward the relief of our poore, the nomber and
necessity whereof is soe greate, that the same will redounde to the contynuall
comfort of the said poore.

" Thirdlie and lastlie, wee are the rather contented to accept this meanes of relief
of our poore, because our Paurishe is not able to releave them."

In addition to the theatres, Alleyn was proprietor also of a bear-garden on the
Bankside ; and in Stowe's Chronicle (March, 1603-4,) mention is made of an exhi-
bition before King James in the Tower, when Alleyn was sent for to bring his
dogs from the bear-garden to bait a lion in his den ; and at a city pageant on the
15th March, 1603, in honour of King James's visit, Alleyn, attired as Genius,
delivered a congratulatory address to his majesty. Dekker reports (1604) that his
speech was delivered with " excellent action and a well timde audible voice."

Bear-baiting,* on the whole, appears to have been a- profitable business with
Edward Alleyn, though in a petition to King James, subsequent to his appoint-
ment; as "chief master, ruler, and Overseer of all and singular his majestie's
games, of bears, and bulls, and mastive dogs, and mastive bitches," he makes an
application for increased salary on the ground that " free liberty to bait bears on

* The following advertisement of Alleyn's Bear- challenged all comers whatsoever, to place dogges

garden is preserved at the College :— at the single beare, for 5 pounds ; and also

" To-morrow, being Thursdaie, shal be seen, at wearie a bull dead at the stake ; and for your be

the bear-gardin on the Bank-side, a greato match content, shall have pleasant sport witt^tbo hoise

plaid by the Gamesters of Essex, who hath and ape, and whipping of the blind bear.

424

Y- PARISH OF CAMEEWELL.

the Sunday afternoon, which was the chiefest means and benefit to the place"
had been withdrawn by the king.

Among Alleyn's papers is an engagement, signed by certain persons in Manchester,
wherein they promise to send up yearly " a masty dogge or bytche to the bear-
garden, between mydsomer and michaelmasse." Other places also entered into a
composition with the Master of the Games to send up a certain number of
mastiff dogs yearly, upon condition that the commission should never come into
their neighbourhood, as the master's powers of "appropriation" were rather
extensive. He wras authorised to "take up" any bears, bulls, or dogs in any
part of the kingdom for the service of his majesty, on payment of what might
be considered a fair price ; and this privilege was no doubt greatly abused at
times.*

No one has been able to fix with any exactness the date of Alleyn's first
purchase of land at Dulwich, but in a bond given jointly by himself and
Henslowe in October, 1606, Alleyn is styled " Lord of the Manor of Dulwich."
An unexecuted deed of sale of the manor from Sir Francis Calton to Alleyn, is
preserved in the College, bearing date 2nd June, 1606.f On the 4th August, 1607,
we find him adding to his property at Dulwich by buying for ,£410 10s. three tene-
ments and twenty-two acres of land, copyhold of the Manor of Dulwich, and four
acres and one rood of freehold ground, from Ellis Parry, " citizen and weaver," and
subsequent additions,! made in the course of the next five years, increased his
landed property to about 1300 acres. In 1610, Alleyn was appointed church-
warden of the liberty of the Clink. He was assisted in his parochial duties by a
most active and vigilant sidesman, or synodsman, John Lee, whose " presentments "
concerning the wickedness of the locality are to be found amongst Alleyn's papers.

* The following references to the Patent Rolls
will show to what a serious- extent these legalized
appropriations were carried : —

" A commission to take up well singing children
for furnishing the Queen's chapel," Pat. 4 Eliz.,
pt. 6, Jan. 10. Commission to George Buck to take
up as many paynters, embroiderers, taylors, &c. ,
as he shall thinke necessary for the office of the
revels, Pat. 1 Jac., pt. 24, June 23. Commission to
Andrew Pitcairn to take up hawks for his Majesty's
recreation, and pigeons and hens for the keeping of
them, Pat. 5 Car. I., pt. 1, Oct. 30.

t The oldest document in Dulwich College re-
specting the purchase of the manor by Alleyn is
dated 3rd October, 1605. It is indorsed " Sir Fran.
Calton's livery. The extent and value of the land,"
and runs as follows : —

"Md it is agreed betweene Sr Francis Calton,
Knight, and Edward Alleyn, gent., this third daie
of October, 1605, That the said Sr Frauncis Calton
shall bargaine, sell, and assure to the said Edward
Alleyn and his heires the Manor of Dulwich, in the
Countie of Surrey, with all the Koialties and ap-
purtenances thereof, all his landes in the parishe
of Camberwell, except onelie the Advowson of the
Vicaridge of Camberwell, and shall passe the same
as the learned Councell of the said Edward Alleyn
shall reasonablie devise, with warrantie against the
said Sir Frauncis and his heirs, and all that shall
clayme by, frome, or under his father or his grand-
father, and with warrantie that the said Manor
with the appurtenances is worth, as it is nowe
letten, the cleare yearlie value of Cvu at the least,
besides all chardges and reprises, and besides the
woodes and woodlandes, which are noe parcell of
the demeanes. And that the said Sr Frauncis shall
procure the Ladie Dorothie, his wife, to joyne with
him in a fine, for the better conveyance of the said
estate. All which assurances are to be doen and
perfected before thend of the next tearme with a
statute of viij M1' frome Sir Frauncis for performance
of the bargaine. In consideration of which bargaine

and conveyance the said Edward Alleyn ys to paie
to the said Sr Frauncis Calton the some of Fower
thowsand and nyne hundred poundes in this manner,
viz., uppon thensealinge of the Indenture of
bargaine and sale, one thowsand and eight hundred
poundes, and uppon the acknowledginge of the fine
one hundred poundes, and uppon thensealinge of
the said indenture of bargaine and sale the said
Edward Alleyn shall enter into statute to the said
Sr Frauncis in the some of 5 M1' that either he shall
paie to Sr Frauncis twoe thowsand poundes att thend
of vj monethes next after the date of the said
indenture, or ells paie the said Sr Francis vij C1' att
thend of the same sixe monethes, and C xx11 by
yeare for forbearance of the xiij C1' for 3 yeares then
following ; and then att thend of the same 3 yeares
to paie tbe said Sr Frauncis the said xiij C11 in money,
or ells in satisfaction thereof to assure to Sr Frauncis
Calton the lease of the Parsonadge of Firles in tbe
Countie of Sussex, with such landes theare which
the said Edward Allen latelie purchased att the
choice and election of the said Sr Frauncis. Soe as
sixe monethes before thend of the said three yeares
tbe said Sr Frauncis Caltoii geve to the said Edward
Alleyn direct notice which he will accept. And
alsoe the said Edward Alleyn by the said statute
shall stande bound for paiement of the other
thowsand poundes residue of the purchase, att
thend of one yeare and a halfe next after the date
of the>aid indenture. Of which some of iiij M ix C11
the said Edward Alleyn hath paid to the said Sr
Frauncis in earnest of the bargaine the some of v1'
which is to be accepted as in parte of the first pay-
ment. In witness whereof the said parties have
hereunto sett their handes.

" FRAN: CALTON.

"Ec: ALLEYN."

J Between 1606 and 1611, Alleyn bought numerous
adjacent estates, most of them copyholds of the
Manor of Dulwich, from Thomas Calton, Sir Ed.
Bowyer, John Bowyer, Ellis Parry, T. Turner,
J. Bury, T. Emerson, J. Ewen, and Sir E. Duke.

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 425

From this time we liear less of the man of business and more of the country
squire. The actor's personations at the Banksicle give way to the more magnifi-
cent acting at Dulwich. Alleyn had reached his 47th year, and not having fany
children to succeed to his property, it was but natural that he should look about for
some means of perpetuating his name. The story told by Aubrey of the actor being
frightened into a benefactor through seeing the apparition of the devil, when acting
that character himself, is barely probable, seeing that Alleyn had discontinued
acting some time before we hear of his great charitable scheme. It has been thought
by some that Sutton's Hospital (the Charterhouse) suggested to Alleyn the idea of'
founding a hospital for the infirm and a school for the young. The following note
from his Diary would seem at any rate to indicate that he was anxious to acquaint
himself with the arrangements then in progress for giving effect to Sutton's muni-
ficent bequest.*

"1617. Sept. 29th. My wife, Mr. Austin, Mr. Young, and myself went

to see Sutton Hospital — water 01 0."

We know from other sources that Alleyn took great pains in framing his statutes

obtain the very best advice and assistance. There is preserved at the College an

teresting document containing sundry hints by the Warden of Winchester College,
r. Love, who had evidently been applied to by Alleyn for information. It would
most appear from this document that at one time Alleyn contemplated the appoint-
t of twelve governors, as the Warden of Winchester remarks that if " Ye 12

vernors or ye maior pte of them shall have coerceive power to reforme in case ye
Mr and Burser p'foarme not their offices, the Bishop will spare^ to use ye power he
hath to visite, wch he will otherwaise often practise."

The election by lot ordered by Alleyn in his statutes, to be observed in filling up
all vacancies, seems to have been an idea of his own — at any rate, the Winchester
divine was rather shocked at the proposed lottery, " for though it might doe mutch
in respect of avoyding p'tiality and corruption, yl in divinitie " he deems it better to
implore " ye immediate assistance of God, and to refer it to election as is usual in all
foundacions, both in the Universities and other schooles and Colledges abroad."

But the Founder of Dulwich College took his own course, and the name given by
him to his foundation shows how thoroughly the worthy man realised the finger of
Providence in all his affairs. As the Wardenf and Fellows and poor brethren and
sisters and the twelve scholars were ultimately selected by lot, and therefore by a
power not his own, he piously regarded the selection as God's Gift, and his College
was therefore very properly named God's Gift College.

And yet there was a deal of wordly wisdom in the proceeding. Alleyn took great
trouble to prevent Providence going wrong, as the final selection only was decided
by lot. It would surely have been more reasonable and logical to leave the whole of
the candidates to take their chance by lot, for if Providence was inevitably bound to
select the best out of two, the same power would have selected the best out of ten
thousand!

The mode of proceeding laid down in the 12th item of the statutes and ordinances,
is as follows : —

" That the manner of drawing the said lots shall be thus,— that is to say, twoe
equal small rowleses of paper to be indifferently made and rolled up, in one of which
rolls the wordes GOD'S GIFT are to be written, and the other rowle is to be left

* Sutton had obtained letters patent for founding t The master was an exception, as, on the xnaster-

his "Hospital and Free School at Charter-house " ship becoming vacant, the warden was directed to

only so recently as June 22nd, 1611, and died in take the office upon himself within twenty-lour

December of the same year. hours after the death of the master.

426 Y" PARISH OF CA&ERWELL.

blank, and so put into a boxe, well boxe shall he thrice shaken tip and downe, and the
elder of those two that are selected, to draw the first lot and the younger person the
second, and which of them draweth the lot wherein the wordes GOD'S GIFT are
written shall be forthwith admitted into the void place or office of the said
college." *

In 1613, according to the original indenture f for the brickwork between Alleyn
and John Benson, a bricklayer of Westminster, the foundation of Dulwich College
was commenced. Benson was found in materials and scaffolding, and for every rod
of brickwork he received forty shillings ; and the following memoranda in Alleyn's
handwriting show the progress made from 19th June, 1613, to 22nd April, 1614 : —

Received this 19th of June, 1613, of Ed. Alleyn in part of payment . £20

John Benson.
Receved more this 14 of August, 1613 . . . . . .10

John Benson.
Receved more this 28th Aug. 1613 . . . . . . . . 10

John Benson.
Receaved more this 11 of September, 1613. . . . . . 10

John Benson.
Receaved more this 18 of September, 1613 . . . . . . 10

John Benson.
Receaved more this 9th of October, 1613, the sum of . . . .20

John Benson.
Receaved more this 30th of November, 1613, the sum of ... 20

John Benson.
Receaved more this 15th of December, 1613, the sum of . . 05

John Benson.
Receaved more this 24 of December, 1613, the sum of . - . . 05

John Benson.
Receaved more this 10th day of January, 1614, the sum off . .10

John Benson.
Receaved more this 22 of Aprill, 1614, the some of .... 7

The whole sum here accounted for amounts to £127, paid for workmanship alone,
and though it has been conjectured that the building was erected under the direction
of Inigo Jones, the " plott " of the building, according to the contract, had been
"made and drawn" by Benson, the bricklayer.

That Dulwich College, or the College of God's Gift, must have been ready, or
nearly so, for the reception of inmates, in September, 1616,$ is shown by the fol-
lowing letter from the Earl of Arundel to Alleyn : —

" To my loving frend, Mr. Allayne, Esquire, these.

" Mr. Allayne : whereas I am given to understand that you are in hand with an
hospitall for the succouring of poore old people, and the mainteynance and education
of yong, and have now almost perfected your charitable worke : I am, at the instant
request of this bearer, to desire you to accept of a poore fatherless boy to be one of
your number, of whose case and iiecessitie this said bearer will better informe you,

* See appendix, p. xiv. christenings, burialls, or manages, which hath bene

t See appendix. since the chappie of the said colledge was con-

j The chapel was consecrated on September 1st, secrated, and dedicated to the honor off Christ, by

1016, and Alleyn himself commenced the Register of the most reverent father in god George Abbot,

the College in the following terms: — "A register Archbishop of Canterbury his grace, on Sundayo

book for this colledge of God's guift in Dullwich, in the first of September, and in the yeare off our

the Countie of Surrey, wherein is contayned first Lord 1616."
of all the names of the Collodgiantes. Then all

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 427

which if yow shall doe at my request, I shall take it kindely at your hands, and uppon
occasion requite it, and rest

" Your loving frend,

" T. Arundell.
" Arundell House, the xvijth of

" September, 1616."

Candidates for the almshouses were also forthcoming in the year 1616, and on the
2nd October in that year the rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, recommended three
old people to the consideration of the " worshipfull Edward Allen Esquire, at his
howse at Dulwich."

" Salutem in Christo.

"Sir, I have now sente you a personall view of those three poore persons whose
names were presented unto yow from the Churche uppon Sunday laste. Mawde Lee,
a very poore widow and a pensior of our Parish, aged threescore yeares, and upward :
Henrie Phillippes, an alines man also of owers, uppon the point of three score yeares :
and John Muggleton of the lyke age, trusting that uppon this enterview yow will
give them their direction when they shall be admitted unto your hospitall of poore
folkes, which are the pledges Christ hath lefte with yow in his absence whoe hath
told us longe agoe that the poore you shall alwayes have amonge yow corporally
present, untill he come agayne in body to judge the world and give recompence to
those that have for his sake shewed any mercy heere to his images; and needy
lembers heere, Thus recommendinge to the grace of ower good god, I rest
" Your verie lovinge and ancient freend

"Steph: GossonRect.
" At my howse in S*

" Botolphes withowte
" Bishopsgate, 2 Octh.
" 1616,"

Alleyn did not begin well with the recipients of his bounty, as one of the three
recommended by the Rector was not long after expelled, and mention is also made
of one "Boane," who was on two occasions fined for being "drounk."*

A successor to the man expelled (Muggleton) was recommended by the Rector of
St. Botolph in the person of Edward Cullen, " a single man who hath longe bin one
of our pentioners ; and for hee is aged and therfore past his labour, and withall
knoune to us to bee of good Conversation, we are the more Imbouldened to Commend
him to yow."

It appears that the rector had previously recommended one John Woodhouse, but
Alleyn objected to him " for that hee hath a wife," and therefore it was evident that
at this time (1617) Alleyn had determined that no poor person encumbered with a
wife should be admitted to the College.

* It would appear from the following, taken from time be set in the stocks in the place aforesaid, for

Alleyn's" Statutes and Ordinances," that he allowed the space of two houres, and loose one week's

the old people many opportunities for repentance :— pension ; for the sixte, be set in the stocks in the

"That the poore brethren and sisters shall not place aforesaid for the space of three houres, and

frequente any tavernes or ale houses, and if any of loose two weekes pension ; and for the seventh

them be drunk and convicted thereof by the master, offence, be expelled from the College forthwith,

warden, senior and junior fellowes, or most part of and made uncapable of any benefitt, or place in, or

them, whereof the master or warden to be one, from, the College."" . „ ,

that then he or she so offending shall forfeyt for It appears, from the "Private Sittings Book ot

the first, second, and third offence, three daies the College, that the authorities very kindly ordered

pension for each of those times ; for the fourth that a pair of stocks should be made for the use ot

offence shall be set in the stocks, in the outer the poor brethren and sisters, and that m May,

court of the said College, by the space of one hour, 1760 Dorothy Miller "makes use " of the stocks for

also loose three daies pension ; and for the fift boiug drunk.

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The troubles of the " worshipfull Edward Alleyn, Esquire " with his poor brethren
were as nothing compared to the tribulation of the spirit yet in store for one who,
full of goodness to all around him, only sought a channel- for his bounty. Alleyn
had actually progressed so far without any very extended knowledge of law. Like
most of the country gentlemen of his day, he appears to have possessed a knowledge
of law terms. He had bought and sold land, and had therefore learnt something
about " executors, administrators, and assigns ; " but he had yet to feel the full force
and majesty of law, and to know more of its beneficent character. The poor brethren
had been admitted into the College in 1616, but it was not till September 13th, 1619,
that the College was formally opened ;* so that for nearly three years poor Alleyn
was, at his own expense, permitted to study law and to know something of the law's
representatives from Lord Chancellor Bacon downwards. Hamlet says, " This fellow
might be in his times a great buyer of land with his statutes," which was true enough
of Alleyn, but the purchaser of land had yet to become a great buyer of law as well.
The Lord Chancellor (Bacon) threw impediment after impediment in Alleyn's way,
and in a letter to the Marquis of Buckingham, explaining why he had " stayed the
Patent at the Great Seal," states, " I now write to give the King an account of a
Patent I have stayed at the seal : it is of license to give in mortmain .£800 land,
though it be of tenure in chief, to Alleyn that was a Player, for an hospital. I like
well that Alleyn playeth the last act of his life so well ; but if his Majesty give way
thus to amortize his tenures, the Court of Wards will decay, which I had well hoped
should improve. But that which moved me chiefly is, that his Majesty now lately
did absolutely deny Sir Henry Saville for £200 and Sir Edward Sandys for £100 to
the perpetuating of two lectures, the one in Oxford, the other in Cambridge, founda-
tions of singular honour to his Majesty, and of which there is great want ; whereas
Hospitals abound and beggars abound never a whit less. If his Majesty do like to
pass the book at all, yet if he would be pleased to abridge the .£800 to £500, and
then give way to the other two books for the universities, it were a princely work,
and I would make an humble suit to the King and desire your Lordship to join in it
that it might be so."

In spite, however, of many difficulties, Alleyn at length accomplished his much-
prized purpose, and on the 21st of June, 1619, the Great Seal of England f was affixed
to Letters Patent from King James I., giving licence to Edward Alleyn to found
and establish a College in Dulwich, to " endure and remain for ever," and to be called
" The College of God's Gift in Dulwich, in the County of Surrey." On September
13th, 1619, the College was formally opened with great ceremony, and Alleyn had the
satisfaction of recording his diary, September 13, 1619 : — " This day was ye foundacon
of ye Colledge finisht," and so in the words of old Fuller, " He who out-acted others in

* Amongst other items of expenditure enumerated
by Alleyn in his diary, is one for " lawe," which the
poor fellow truly says is "worst of all." The
following entry also speaks volumes of Alleyn's
desire to avoid legal quarrels :— September 22nd,
1619, " I went to town to meet with Jacob. I
dined with Jacob, Mr. Adys, and Mr. Foster, and
wee concluded our matters, both with him and
Tho. Angell ; blessed be the God of peac. "

t The following entries occur in Alleyn's diary :—
1619, July 16. Mathias fetcht the Great Sealle.
For yesterday and this day's water . 0 Os. 6d.
The charge for the Great Scale.

The Sealo

The Dockett and rec.
The inrowlment
The divident
The officers fee

For drawing, ingrossing and

entering the dockett ..034 >-18u 16s 10d
Vellome and Strings . . 0 17 0
The clarck 100

2 0
0 4

17 10
For vellome and ingrossing of

the 1" patent . . .16
1620. May 15. Pd for inrowlling y<= College

deeds in the Chauncerie . . .2
Water to Westminster to acknowledge

in the Comon Pleas . . . . 0
23. Pd my fiyne being rated, all the
landes att 65Ti, ye Howses within
Bushopsgate at 20U, ye Fortune att
20U. I pd ye xth peny which came to 10 10 0
26. My wife and I acknowledge y« fyne att ye
Comon Pleas barre, of all my landes to ye
Colledge. Blessed be God yt hath lent us
lyf e to doe itt.

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN.

429

his life, out-did himself before his death." Among the distinguished guests on this
occasion, of whom Alleyn gives a list, " ther wear present, ye Lord Chancellore, ye
lo. of Arondell ; Lo. Coronell Ciecell ; Sr Jo. Rowland, Highe Shrieve ; Sr Ed.
Bowyare;* Sr Tho. Grymes, Sr Jo Bodley ; Sr Jo. Tunstall ; Inigo Jones, ye Ks.
Surveyer ; Jo. Finch, Councillor, Ric. Tayleboyer ; Ric Jons ; Jo Antony. They
first herd a Sermond, and after the instrument of Creacion wase by me read, and after
an Anthem, they went to dinner wch was as followyth : —

Two Messe of Meat. So ye other messe.

Capons in whight broth.

Boyld pigions. 2 Course.

Boyl venson. Jellies.

Forc'd boy Id meat. Host godwits.

Artychok pie.

Could rost.

Gran salade.

A chin of beef, rost.

Shoulder of mutton, with oysters.

Bak't vensone.

Rost neates tongues.

A florintyne.

Rost capons.

Rost ducks.

Rost Eeeles.

Westfalya bacon.

Custards.

Rost partridges
Wett leche.
Rost quayles.
Codlyng tart.
House pigions.
Amber lecher.
Rost rabbit.
Dry neates tongs.
Pickle oysters.
Anchovies.

So ye other messe.

" The charg of ye Diner " is then given, amounting altogether to ,£20 9s. 2c?., and
the various items are here transcribed, as they not only serve as evidence of the
painstaking and business-like character of the host, but illustrate in a complete
manner the cost of articles of food 250 years ago.

The CHARG of the DINER.

Saltyer's Bill

Ye Sucker's Bill,

A chine of beefe, 12 stone

A qter & a flank, 20 stone 7lb

161bofsuett ....

13 mary boanes .

12 neats toungs .

A leg of mutton .

3 pr. of cauves feet

Pd a porter

0 18 0

1 12 9
0 05 4
0 04 4
0 12 0
0 01 10
0 00 10
0 01 4

3 10 5

Olyves 1 q« .
Capers 5 a Ib.
t 5 alb.

Anchovies, 3 qrs of a Ib.
H. a bushel of salt

Ecclcs, to sowse and root

Sweet water.

4 pipkins for the cooke .

0 01
0 00
0 00
0 01
0 00

Te Powlter's Bill.

0 04 6

0 03 0
0 00 8
0 01 0

0 04 10

. 1

o->

~ , . . %, _...

Lonjectionaii s Hill.

6 howse pigions
18 felde pigions
6 rabitts

0
0
0
0

04
04
04
02

4
(5
2
0

Pine aple seed, 4 07.
Oringaes, 2 Ib.
Whight biskett, \ of a Ib. ...
Colored biskett •! q of a Ib

0
. 0

1 •

00
03

9
4

or,

Wett suckett, H. a Ib
Musko dyamonds .....

1 ,i

!}•>

Ill)

Cook's Bill.

Wafers, £ a Ib.

. 0

01
09

2 dry neats toungcs ....
3i" of lard
A pottle of great oysters .

. 0
. 0

0.",

6
0

Isingglass & turmsolc ....

. 0
0

01'
01

6
6

Barberyes & grapes

. 0
0

01
00

6
8

Grocer's Bill.

Gardyner's Bill.

0
. 0

0']

A sugar loaf wth 1. cla.
Case pepp, 1 Ib
Nutt meggcs, 7 oz
Ginger, 5 055
Synamon, 1 oz

0
0

1,
02

01
00
00
01

b
4
9
3
4
i)

16 artiohocks at 30d the dosen
30 Lettis ....

. 0
. 0

4
4

Long mace, 2 oz. ....
Jordayn allmonds 8 oz.

0
0

Purslaine & beet roots ....
Caretts, turnips, rosemary, and bays

. o

. 0

00
00
01

8
4
2

Figgs, 4 oz.
Reason solis, 2 Ib
Prunes piked 2 Ib

0
0

00
00
00

H
4

Rice 1 Ib

Dates. 4 oz. .

• >

* Collier makes the person present to be Sir Edward Bowyer, but this is clearly
EJmond Bowyer was present on the occasion. t Illegible.

a mistake. Sir

430

Saffornes, i an oz.
Beaten sinamon & ginger
Capp pap, 1 quier
Packthred

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

0 00 4

0 00 1

0 00 3

0 00 4

1 10 0

Of my oicne.

Vintener's Bill.

2 rundletts of clarett, contayning 8 gall
A bottel of canory, 9 pints .

3 qts of sherry . . . . .
3 q18 of whight wine . . . »' *
1 q' of wine vinegar ....

0 16
0 02
0 02
0 03
0 00

1 02 6

A mutton

Wheat for meal & flo

30 Ib. of butter .

Chare coal and wood

2 lioggsheads of bere .

Use for a garnish of verte

Carrowas, llb

Given them yl wayted

Some of theys is.
The Coke's labour

rer, 8 bush11"

erte
L

2 00 0
0 15 0
0 10 0
1 04 0
0 01 6
0 00 6
0 05 0

5 06 0

Ye buck, wh warrant & feching 02 00 0

Alleyn was twice married, first on 22nd October, 1592, and secondly on the 3rd
December, 1623. His first wife died on the 28th June, 1623, and on the 3rd of
December in that year he married his second wife Constance,* a daughter of the
celebrated Dr. Donne,f Dean of St. Paul's. Sir Thomas Grymes,$ of Camberwell,
acted the part of mutual friend in bringing about the second marriage, and the
negotiations savour very much of pounds, shillings, and pence. Dr. Donne was not
liberally inclined to his daughter after her marriage, and Alleyn's remonstrance
could hardly have been relished by his reverend father-in-law. The son-in-law acted
well his part, as indeed he acted every part in life, and in his will (made November
13th, 1626) not only bequeathed to his wife all that he had undertaken to do, but
more also. Alleyn's second marriage is thus recorded in the register of Camberwell
Old Church :—

" Married, Dec. 3rd, 1623, Edward Alleyn, Esq., to Mrs. Constance Donn."
Dr. Donne was a" frequent visitor at Dulwich during Alleyn's first marriage, and
on the 23rd May, 1620, the doctor preached a't Dulwich College, as on that day
Alleyn makes the following entry, " Mr. Donne preached here." On the 20th
of July following this entry occurs:— "I herd Mr. Donne at Camb. (erwell)
and after dined with Sir Thomas Grymes. They and Mr. Angell came to Dull, in
the afternoone." It would appear from these entries that Alleyn was on terms of
close intimacy with Sir Thomas Grymes (who arranged his second marriage) and his
future father-in-law at least three years and a half before his marriage to Constance
Donne ; and this circumstance may in a measure account for the short space of time
(five months) which elapsed between the death of his first wife and his second
marriage. He had evidently had many opportunities of meeting Constance Donne
under her father's roof, as well as at Peckham, § Camberwell, Lambeth, and there
can be little doubt at Dulwich also, so that when he lost his "good sweetharte and

* On the death of Alleyn, in November, 1626, his
wife remained his widow three years and a-half,
and then became the wife of Mr. Harvey, nephew
of Sir Sebastian Harvey, Alderman of London, and
grandson, of Sir James Harvey, a distinguished
member of the Ironmongers' Company. In his
will, Dr. Donne left her the furniture of two
parlours in his deanery; and setting forth that
" Constance Harveye received from him at her firste
marriage, but five hundred pounds," he equalized
her share with those of the other children, and
gave directions respecting the conveyance of " a
farme, called the Farm House," which he held as
security for the repayment of two hundred and
fifty pounds advanced by him for the use of her
husband, Mr. Harvey. She was married to Mr.
Harvey at Camberwell, June 24th, 1630, and had
by him three sons, John, Thomas, and James.

t In perusing "honest Izaak's" admirable Life
of Donne, the celebrated dean of St. Paul's, the
genealogist will remark the singular omission of
all mention of the doctor's children, whose names
even are not chronicled. We are merely informed

that he was the father of twelve children, of whom
six died in vitapatris. Of the latter, Lettice, was
buried at the church of St. Giles, Camberwell, on
January 29th, 1626.

George Donne, second son of the Dean, was
baptized May 9th, 1605, at Camberwell, and is
described in his father's funeral certificate as Capt.
and Segt. Major of all the forces in the Isle of St. x
Christopher. He. married, and had a daughter,
Margaret, baptized at Camberwell, March 22nd.
1637-8.

Bridget married Thomas Gardener, Esq., of Peck-
ham, son of Sir Thomas Gardener. Margaret, the
third daughter, married Sir Wm. Bowles, and was
mother of Margaret, the wife of Peter Scott, of
Camberwell, LL.D., Canon of Windsor.

J Sir Thomas Grymes had married a sister of
Mrs. Donne, daughter of Sir George More, of
Loseley.

§ In one of his letters to Sir H. Goodyere, Dr.
Donne writes of this place as "my familiar
Peckham. "

MEMOIR OP EDWARD ALLEYN. 431

loving mouse," with whom he had lived on terms of the greatest happiness, he had
evidently made up his mind as to the future partner of his home. Alleyn was a
shrewd, common-sense man, a keen observer, and a determined and energetic advo-
cate, and having once made choice could not be diverted from his purpose. And his
choice appears to have been unexceptionable, for Constance was not only well edu-
cated, but domestically useful. " My daughter Constance," says the doctor in one of
his letters, " is at this time with me, for emptinesse of the towne hath made me, who
otherwise live upon the alms of others, a housekeeper for a moneth ; and so she is my
servant below stairs, and my companion above." And in a letter dated October 4th,
1622, stated to have been written to Sir Henry Wotton, Dr. Donne adds :— " I am a
father as well as you, and of children (I humbly thank God) of as good disposition ;
and in saying so, I make account that I have taken my comparison as high as I
could goe ; for, in good faith, I beleeve yours to be so ; but as those my daughters
(who are capable of such considerations) cannot but see my desire to accommodate
them in this world, so I think they will not murmur if heaven must be their nun-
nery and they assoicated to the blessed virgins there. I know they would be content
to pass their lives in a prison, rather than I should macerate myself for them, much
more to suffer the mediocrity of my house, and my means, though that cannot
preferre them."

It would seem, therefore, that the daughters were a great comfort to the father,
and the eldest (Constance) is often alluded to in terms of great affection. The tone
of the doctor's letters is not satisfactory, and his allusion to the " nunnery in
heaven " and the imaginary enrolment of his daughters as inmates with the " blessed
virgins there " is not perhaps in the best taste, especially when it is clearly hinted
that he would prefer such an eventuality rather than " suffer the mediocrity of his
house."

It may be that in giving his daughter to a retired play-actor, he considered that
his " house had suffered mediocrity," for it is evident enough that though he was on
good terms with Edward Alleyn before the latter's second marriage, he was on very
bad terms with him after that event. Dr. Donne thus writes to his friend, Mrs.
Cokain a short time after the marriage. " We do but borrow children of God to
lend them to the world. And when I lend the world a daughter in marriage, or
lend the world a son in a profession, the world does not alwaies pay me well again ;
my hopes are not alwaies answered in that daughter or that son."*

Another cause of dissatisfaction arose from the fact that the worldly dean had
suffered disappointment. He had made other arrangements for his daughter — but
the story cannot be told better than in the dean's own words given in a letter dated
October 18th, 1622, "to the hon. knight, Sir G. P. :"-

" Telle both your daughters a peece of a story of my Con. which may accustome
them to endure disappointments in this world : an honourable person (whose name
1 give you in a schedule to burn, lest this letter should be mislaid) had an intention to
give her one of his sons, and had told it to me, and would have been content to accept
what I, by my friends, could have begged for her ; but he intended that son to my
profession, and had provided him already ,£300 a year of his own gift, in church
livings, and hath estated £300 more of inheritance for their children ; and now the
youth (who yet knows nothing of his father's intention nor mine) flies from his
resolutions for that calling, and importunes his father to let him travel. The girle
knows not her losse, for I never told her of it ; but truly it is a great disappointment
to me."

And if the loss of this very nice young man, with a comfortable income, who was

* Sir Tobic Matthew's Coll., p. 346.

432 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

o be "given " to Constance so unceremoniously by his father, was a great disappoint-
ment to Dr. Donne, the marriage of his daughter in her twentieth year to a retired
actor in his fifty-eighth, was perhaps a still greater disappointment.

And yet it was not such a bad match after all. Alleyn was not a rich man at the
time, it is true, for the bulk of his property had been allocated to his " poor brethren
and sisters," but he had still ample means and an assured position. He was lord of
the manor of Dulwich, founder of a large charitable institution ; had proved himself
a loving and affectionate husband — had no " incumbrance," was of a dignified, or
rather "majestic " bearing — was a good tempered and kindly gentleman, and withal
a plain, honest, God-fearing man ;— but not a man after the Dean of St. Paul's
heart.

Curiously enough the history of this courtship and matrimony is found committed
to paper by the bridegroom himself " about three quarters after the marriag."

On the back of an old letter received by him, found at Dulwich College, was dis-
covered the draft of another, written by Alleyn to some unnamed father-in-law, who
had " unkindly, unexpectedly, and undeservedly denied the common courtesy of a
loane of some unusefull money," after promise made and a voluntary offer of .£500
more than was entreated, and Alleyn expresses wonder at " what so strangely "
brought about the change of affairs and proceeds, " And trewly, sir, I can nott dwell
in quiett till I bee in som sort resolved herein, and to that end I have examined my
selfe, in all my proceedings towching you and yours, to see if I could find any such
cawse of offenc in me to move you to this bad dealing ; and surly I can find none,
yet it seems you conceive it to be wholly in me, but I hope I shall alwayes be able
before God and the world well and trewly to cleer myselfe off the least breach of any
jott of that promise I first made, and for your better remembrance, I pray you, look
backe and revert to the whole process off the business which as farre as I can
remember will here trewly sett downe.

" Then thus : after motion made by Sir Thomas Grymes on both sides, I was envited
to your house the 21st of October, 1623, when after dinner in your parlor you
declared your intention to bestow with your daughter Con. all the benefitt of your '
pryme sect which, as you said, you knew would shortly be received, and that you
were assured iff I stayd till michaellmass next to bee worth 500U att the least, and
when so ever it showld rise to more it showld wholy be hirs. My offer was to doe as
much for her as your selfe, and add to that at my death 500H more, and so her estat
should be a 1000H. This gave you content ; and Sir Tho. perswaded me to doe some
what more, which I did, and promis'd to leave her at my death 2000 markes. This
was accepted and security demanded. I then towld you all my landes were stated on
the Coll. 3 leases I had, one of them was given to the Coll., the other 2 being the
manor and recktory of Lewsham, worth 12011 a year, and divers tenementes in the
Black-friars, as the plaie howse theare worth 12011 the year, booth which cost me
25001' : iff nowe my statute or recognisance would serve, those 2 leases should be
past over to some persone in trust that after my death shee surviving, should be leaft
2000 markes. This was accepted on all sides, and your selfe being calld away by the
coming of some Ladyes you tooke your leave of Sir Tho. and referd the accomplish-
ing of these businesses to his direction.

" I presently returned to Peckham, and coming then to Con. towld her what had
past ; and more, to show my love to her off my owne voluntary, I towld her before
Sir Tho. I would make it upp 150011 which was then by your selfe, and Sir Tho.
extraordinary contented with.

" All this while there was no 20011 a yeere spoken off nor any other joynter, but so
muche monyat my death ; tis trew itt wase thought more convenient for her to have

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 433

200H a yeere then 1500U in money, and as I sayd divers tymes iff god enabled me I
shalbe more willing to doe itt, and soe it was a desire rather then a promise.*

" Thus past itt till the beginning of your sicknesse, and then you desire our maryag
should be performd with as much speed as might bee ; for as you sayd the world
tooke surer knowledge of itt, and for what wase promisd on your part, iff god lent
you lyfe should be really performd. f I directly went on, urging you to nothing, but
rested wholy on your bare word (which I then thowght 10 tymes the valew could
not make you breake). Itt is now allmoste 3 quarters sine our maryag ; I have all
this tyme loved her, kept her and maynteyned her, and never thought to have so
great a cause off discontent as your selfe now gave.

" Thus I may safly take god and the world to witness I have with trew love and
affection performd all that ought to be don on my part to you and yours. My con-
science knowing made me angred att your soudeyn deniall of that which before you
had granted, and delever those passionat wordes you tooke so hanously, seeing thereby
I must be branded either for a foole or a knave in the business I had undergone ;
but itt seems itt wase your desire to drive me into that defenc els you would never
continew me in hope till very late, and then forste me uppon all termes ; but the
Lord judge this caus beet ween you and me and so the Lord deale with me, either in
mercie or judgment, as I had a trew intention to doe good to those pore men, and no
wrong to you nor yours. My language you tooke so harsh was this— that I now
perceived you esteemd 500U befor my honesty, yea my reputation or your daughters
good. You presently being enflamd sayd that it was false, and a lye, wordes in my
mynd fitting you 30 years ago, when you might be questioned for them, then now
under so reverent a calling as you are. But as fals as you suppos them, I wish they
prove not all trew, for some off them I am to well assurd off before this violenc
brake forth.

" You calld me a playn man : I desire alwayes so to be for I thank god I never
could deceive in my lyfe, and I am to owld now to turne (and) wear it off, the
cursedst felow in Christendom. My hart and tong must goe to gather, and allthough
this be thought great folly in the world, yett I hope (it) will easely forgive the fault,
iff it be one. Therefore sine I am willing to be so as your knowledg long held of
me, I pray you pardon such faultes as my heart in its playness committes.

" And now in playn e termes give me leave to enquire what faultes of myne hath
caused so manie unkind passages in you ? as first after our mariage before Sir Tho.
Grymes upon your recovery, the people all giving joy, you then promised to send
my wyfe her mothers embroiderd lynnen for new years guift. After that my wyfe
had a great desire to a little nag off yours, for her owne selfe to use, for her health to
take the ayre, and hearing you many tymes saye it did you no servis, caused her
brother George to move you for itt on her be half, which she making no doubt of was
very much hurt in, but to prevent her of the comfort, the nagg was suddeynly sent
away to Oxenford.

"Again, she having but 2 dyamond ringes you wisht me to tell her you were
importund for your owne, and if she would send you itt you would return her the
ring with the stone you received in lew thereof.

" I brought you your owne, but the other you have still. Again ; one tyme you
towld me in the great chamber you had 9*11 for the Leet, but Con. should have but

* In his will, Alleyn left his wife £1500, secured Beddington, and Sir Thomas Grymes of Peckham,

upon his property in South wark, consisting of the were trustees for Mrs. Alleyn under tJie win.
"capital messuage and inn" called the Unicorn, t It is known that Dr. Donne had so severe a

and three other houses, with the signs of the Barge, illness about this period, that his life was co

the Bell, and the Cock. He also gave her £100 in sidered in danger,
money for " present use." Sir Nicholas Carcw, of

434 ¥«•' PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

500", when as you allways promised the uttermost valew. Agayn you were very
fond to wish me to (be) as bowld in your house as in my owne, and to take a lodging
at any tyrne when I pleasd ; but when I towld you this term my occasion would
have me in town, and that I was willing to accept your former loving offer, you
answered noe with favour, and so I took itt. Many tyme have I moved you for
matters of indifference belonging to your place, but they were eather put by to cir-
cumstance or flattly denyed.

" All these backward favors, was it for some fault in me or your judgement ? but
you can not find itt unless it be to much commodyty to trust wordes in sted off
deedes. For my wyfe's mony I should receave you may conceave I desire itt owt of
covetousness ; itt is coveting that to make itt better for her, and iff you can imploy
itt more for her good then I intend of your own discretion : for the enlarging of my
own estate I never desired itt, for I thank my good god I have enough for my selfe
and others, but my care in this was onely for her, which I thank you, you now took
from me.

" In this little tyme of our so nere aquaintanc iff ever you had found me as a man
altogether unfitt to receave any frendly curtesie off your handes, for I here you
jprofess it largly to severall persons, then for a conclusion lett me entreat you as I
find you no waye willing to my furtheranc so be not any ways a meane of my
hindranc ; and as your daughter Luce is good companie for my wife, so your ability
is better able to bear her charge then myn. And thus, beeing a playn man, I hope
you will pardon me in delivering my mind in playn terms, yet ever ready with my

best love to your daughter, and my best servis to you, I &c."

About this time Alleyn appears to have entertained the idea that his social position
might be still further improved, for in a letter (dated 23rd July, 1624), from his
" loveinge freind " Henry Gibb, who appears to have had influence at Court, it is
stated that Alleyn had expressed a wish to have " some further dignitie conferd " upon
him, and his friend recommends him to " defer a litell.5' The wish here shadowed
forth was somewhat foreign to Alleyn's plain unostentatious mode of life, but then it
must not be forgotten that he had taken unto himself another wife, who simply knew
him as the country gentleman, lord of the manors of Dulwich and Lewisham, and as
owner of considerable property in Blackfriars, Cripplegate, Yorkshire, Bishopsgate,
and Lambeth ; and it is not at all improbable that his wife's relations were anxious
on her account that application should be made for this "further dignitie." Alleyn's
life at this time was most agreeable, full of dignity and content. He took delight in
both the young and all about him, whilst his fondness for his old professional work '
is indicated by the fact that he engaged the boys in occasional theatrical perform-
ances. At a festive gathering on the 6th of January, 1622, " the boys played a
playe," and numerous entries testify to the attention bestowed upon the old people.
Mention has already been made of the founder's diary, and the following additional
extracts will conclude our notice of Edward Alleyn. The diary commences in Sep-
tember, 1617.

.
Oct. 1. I came to London in the coach and went to the Red Bull . 002

6 Oct. Pd for a bottle of wine • . . Oil

22 „ Pd Kenge's rent for Bank* . . 13 17 5

19 „ t Our wedding daye, ther dind wl us Doc. Watt, owld Best
and his wife, Canterburie and his wiffe, Jo. Boane, Mr.
Harris, and his frend Ro Joace.

* The Bear-garden at the Bankside. Perhaps it was kept on this occasion, on the 19th

t Alleyn's wedding-day was the 22nd October. October.

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 435

22 Oct. Pd Mr. Travise rent for ye Black Fryars .... 40 0 0

31 „ I went to London to ye Lo. Tresurers 2 10 0

Supp att Young's ordinarie wh ye Starr Chamber men . . 060

Dec. 23. A ream of fine paper ........ 024

Jan. 1, 1618. Newe year's day wl giftes,

Given my lady Clarck a pr of silk socks . . . . 1 10 0

Given Mr Austen a pr of silk stockins 1 10 0

Given Mrs Austen a pr of gloves 1 10 0

Goody Mason, a great cake . 000

Ye Porter, a turkey 000

Person, a sugar loaf .... ... 000

Davis, a collar of brawn 000

Ro. Bayer, a capon . 006

Francis, a pullett 000

Jo. Boane, a capon and a hen 006

Stoughton, 2 pullets 010

IHamon, one pllett 006

Jo. Lewis, a capon and a pullett . . . . . . 006

Mrs Coopr, sent 9 cakes 003

Jo. Staple, a capon and a hen . 006

Hether had a henn 006

Math. Withers, a loyne of pork 006

Ar. Kingsland, a hen 006

Mr Widgington, a sugar loaf . 000

Goody Jones, eggs and apples 004

Same, apples .......... 003

Doc. Nott, 2 cocks* 006

064
Moneys I gave to my la. Clarck's servants, '

R. Green 026

Stokes 026

Argent 026

Thomas 026

Coachman 026

Ursula 026

3 maydes more 030

0 18 0

The attorneys fee on the 2 bill 034

New drawing my bill 050

For ingrossing thereof 030

A copie of W. H. second peticion 050

Drawing a breefe for Sr Ra. Crew 026

Wrighting 2 fayer copies of itt 020

Entering a copie of the order 0116

A second copie made on the first Hering 034

An affidavit of Jo. H. death 024

The copie of the bill 0 11 0

Drawing and ingrossing an answer to itt . . . . 0 12 0

* It appears from the diary that Alleyn invited all the almspeople to dine with hi.n on the 4th
January.

436 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

A breef for Mr Geratt's motion , . 006

For an attachment for W. H 0 2 10

Affidavit yl W. H. was served w1 pe 024

For entering and drawing the last order . . . . 0116

Tuchborne's fee this Terme . . . . . . . 0 20 0

Wine with Tuchborne . •• . . "• '• 010

1618. Jan. 4. This daye we took the comunion at cambwell, and

Sir Ed Bowyer dinde all our pore peopl.

„ 16. A pr of wight under stocking . • . . >k . , 0 1 10

Mar. 2. I din'd at the vestry and gave a seminarie preest . . 010

Mar. 7. Given Mr Gerratt a fee for coming to ye bear-garden

this day 120

Mar. 9. Wine with Tuchborne . .-...'.,.. 004

Mar. 24. Pd Mr Younge, my chapline and schoolm1, for his

q'ters wages 500

Pd Mr Harrisone, my chapline and usher, for his q'ters

wages 368

March 14. Given towards repairing Cammerwell church . 100

A pint of muskadell .' 006

. „ 17th. I was att Arundell Howse, wher my Lord. showed me
all his statutes and Picktures that came from Italy.

Given his man ' 020

March 27. Bought a pair of orgaines for ye Chapell off Mr

Gibbs of Powles 820

May 17. Pd for ye bookes of examinacions in the Star-chamber

being 94 sheets at 12d the sheet . . . . 4 14 0

Given Mr Gressame ye wrighter of them . . . . 020

July llth. I receved my Pattent from Mr Attorney, and he

woud have nothing, but Mr Beal had for it . . . 5 10 0

His 2 men 1 02 0

The Chamb. Keep1 1 gave ...... 0 05 6

Aug. 16. Paid Mr Attorney in my patent passing the signet

and privy seal ........ 800

1 Sept. This day the pore people dined and suppt wl us, it
being my birth daye & 52 years owld, blessed be ye
Lord God. ye giver off Lyft'e. Amen.

Nov. 15. Pd ye poores pencions s 880

Nov. 24. Water to ye Temple to meet &r Edmond Bo wyer . 004

Nov. 29 Two grammars for ye children 0 1 10

„ 13. I invited to dinner Sr Ed. Bowyar, La. Brice, Mrl
Bowyer, Mr Dennis, Mrs Jane and a young gentle-
wooman ; and wh theys came 5 men ; then cam un-
lookt for Tho. Allen & his sone, Mr Edmunds & Mr
Juby & his wife, Mr Kipitt & his wife & a gent. wl
hym, & 3 psones from ye Bank Sid.
„ 18. Dinner at ye Marmayd in Bred Streat wtMrEdmonds,Mr

Bromfield, Tho. Allen, & 5 of the Fortune company . 050

Dec. 29. My wife and I din'd with ye Bishop of Winchester . 030

More disbursed for ye building in ye Black Fryars for

this yeare & in an0 161 7 when it first beganne w*

ye 2001 first disbursed by my father's buying in off

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 437

Leases, Chargis in La we, and ye building itt self,
wf making meanes to kepe them from being paid

dowu is 1,105 00 02

Blessed be ye Lorde Gode euer Lasting ye only giver
and preseruer of all. Amen.

29th Sept. 1618. Here ends ye years account beginning at Michell-
mass 1617, and ending this Michellmass 1618, in
which hath bene disbursed, in generall wth the charge
off ye Black Fryars Buildings . . . ^ . 2093 12 03
Whereoff in pticulars as followeth :

In Howshould Charge 137 14 03

For ye Colledge . . 184 09 06

For Rente 258 02 07

For debts, building or repairing ... . 1254 13 06

For Aparell 010 13 06

For Lawe, ye worst of awe ..... 067 05 06

The some of their ptis 1912 19 03

Other expences in this book 190 13 5

Blessed be ye Lord God euer Lasting the only giver
and preserver of all. Amen.

Jan. 22, 1618-9. Bought between me and Jo. Harrison, my chapline,
Mr Minshawe's Dictionarie, being ij languages, the
price was 22s whereof I gave 0110

Feb. 15. Paid for four hundred and fifty damask of roses, at

seven pence the hundred ...... 027

Ap. 27. Paid Sr Jeremy Turner, muster-master, for two years

mustering for my lighte horse 020

A musket I/- and corslet -/8 018

July 30. Paid for powder to make a sweet bag .... 017

Sept. 1. This daye is my birth-day and I am nowe full fifty
three years old, blessed be the Lord God, the giver
of life. Amen.

Mar. 24, 1620. I rode to see the tylting, pd for a standing. . . 010

May 9. Bought 2 books Googe Husbandry, & a copie book, &

Rules off Lyfe ' 050

„ 26. My wyfe and I acknowledg the fine att the Common
Please Court of all my lands to the Colledge, blessed
be God ye hath lent us lyffe to doe itt.

July 21, 1620. This day I layde the fust brick of the fowndacion of

the alms-houses in Finsburie.

Paid for my tawny sattin doublett .... 129

My wight taffeta doublett 0 13 4

Nov. 3. I changed my twelve owld sybles for neu, and gave four

shillings a piece to boot to Mr Gibkin for them.

Nov. 11. Bought of Mr Gibkin fourteen heads of Christ our

Saviour, and the twelve Apostles, at a noble a-piece 4 10 4

Dec. 15th. This day I paid for the manor and parsonage of Lewis-
ham 1000 0 0

Dec. 29. This day the French Ambassador, the duke of Loraine,
with three hundred and seventy-three persons, came
to Somerset-place.

438 Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

Jan. 17th 1621. I this day toke a poor fatherless child.

Mar. 20. I bought a white horse of Sir Edward Fowler . 480

May 22, 1621. I bayted before the King at Greenwich.

Dec. 9. This night at twelve o'clock the Fortune was burnt.

In the ensuing year, are frequent entries of money given

to the workmen, rebuilding the Fortune theatre.
Feb. 1622. Paid the ten members at Finsbury their quarterage.
Ap. 26, 1622. I din'd with the Spanish ambassador, Gundomar.
June 12. I went to my lord of Arundells', and showed the For-
tune plot.

June 10, 1622. Baighted before the King.

Sept. 1, 1622.* Wee took the communion, feasted the pore, and gave
the 12 ther newe gownes ; and this being my birth-
day, I am full 56 years owld : blessed be the Lord
God, the giver of lyffe. Amen.

The diary ends at Michaelmas, 1622, in the following manner : —
" This Booke contaynes the account of 5 years, viz. from Michellmass 1617 to
Michelmass 1622.

The generall disbursed for theys years is ... 8504 04 8j
Whereof in particuler as followeth : —

Howshowld charge 0917 11 2

The Colledge 1315 04 2

Rentes 1547 19 2

Debtes, building and repairing 3373 17 7

Lawe 0207 8 l£

Aparell . 0078 18 8£

Some of theys particulers 7440 19 0

Other expenses 1063 5 8J

In theys 5 years hath bene disbursed about building or

repairing the Colledg 0802 7 9

Praysed be the name off our good God, both now and ever,
through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

Alleyn survived the opening of his College seven years, but there is some difficulty
in determining the exact date of his death. Aubrey, writing at the commencement
of the last century, gives the following copy of the inscription then to be found on
the stone over Alleyn's grave : —

tlje fioirie of <£trfoatlr &Ilegtt, <£s<&., tfte fotmtrer of tf)t0 Cfwtr!) antr
College, tol)o trtetr tlje ttoentg-first trag of ^ofaentlier, 1626."

The inscription given by Lysons at the end of the last century differs somewhat
from this, inasmuch as the worthy founder is there stated to have died on the 26th of
November. It nms thus :

SACRED

To THE MEMORY OF
EDWARD ALLEYN, ESQ.,

THE WORTHY FOUNDER OF THIS COLLEGE,

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV. 26th,

A.D. 1626. ^TAT 63.

* In 1021, Alleyn "kept" his birthday on September 2nd.

MEMOIR OF EDWARD ALLEYN. 439

AS LIKEWISE OF

JOAN,

HIS DEAR AND BELOVED WIFE,
WHO FINISHED HER MORTAL RACE,

JUNE 28th, 1623.

The present inscription is as follows : —

t$e Botrte of etrhmrtr ailegn, <£g(*,, &$e tfomtw of tyi
antr College, tofjo fciefc tt)e 21st irag of fiob., a.29., 1626. &etat 61."

There is little doubt that both the one and the other of these conflicting testimonies
is incorrect.

In the short sketch of the History of the College, issued at the laying of the
foundation stone of the New Buildings, and signed A. J. C., it is stated that docu-
mentary evidence points to the 25th of November as the correct date. The evidence
referred to is no doubt the following statement of account of Matthias Alleyn, the
first Warden : —

" The accompt of Mr. Mathias Alleyn, Warden of the College of God's Guift in
Dulwich, in the Countie of Surrey, from the death of the Founder of the said
College, viz., the xxvth of November, 1626, being Satterday, to Satterday, the third of
November, 1627."

We find the same date assigned for his death in the Latin inscription over the
entrance porch of the Old Buildings — originally affixed there in 1710 * : —

Regnante Jacobo
Primo totius Britannia monarcha ;

Edwardus Alleyn, armiger,
Theromachise Regise preefectus,
Theatri Fortunse dicti choragus

jEvique sui Roscius,

Hoc Collegium instituit ;

Atque ad Duodecim Senes egenos,

Sex scilicet Viros et totidem Fseminas

Commode sustentandos

Paremque Puerorum numerum alendum,

Et in Christi Disciplina et bonis moribus Erudiendum

Re satis ampla instruxit.

Porro,
Ne quod Deo dicaverat postmodum frustra fieret,

Sedulo cavit.

Diplomate namque Regis munitus, jussit

Ut a Magistro, Custode, et Quatuor Sociis,

Qui et Conscientise Vinculis astricti,

Et sua ipsorum Utilitate admoniti

Rem bene Administrarent,

In perpetuum regeretur.

* Mr. Collier, in reference to Aubrey's date (the first " for " twenty-fift," as it was then commonly
21st) suggests that the writer misread "twenty- written.

440 Ye PARISH OF CAMEKWELL.

Postquam annos bene multos Collegio suo prsefuisset
Dierum tandem et bonorum operum Satur

Fato concessit

VII0 Cal. Decbris, A.D. MDCXXVI *

" Beatus ille qui misertus est pauperuni "

" Abi tu, et fac similiter."

Alleyn was buried in the Chapel of his College on November 27th, 1626.

Alleyn' s life was, after all, but an ordinary one. It may be fitly compared to the
seasons — as it contained spring, with its tender leaves of hope, summer with its ful
weight of work ; autumn, with its honours and successes ; and the winter — wel
Edward Alleyn had but little winter, for he was cut off at the age of 61. Take hii
all in all he was a fine character.

We cannot indeed deny that to modern ears it may sound strange that the religic
and kind-hearted Alleyn petitioned the Court to allow him to bait bears on Sum
afternoons, but it was not a very outrageous proposition in the days of the Sti
It is not always an easy thing, in estimating the character of the worthies of fon
times, to make proper allowance for the force of educational associations and natk
prejudice. Not so many years have passed since even in England the duel was h(
to be not only consistent with the character of " a Christian and a gentleman," bi
under certain circumstances, a duty which no man of honour could decline : and
time perhaps may come when a higher refinement or a more tender conscience
that of the 19th century will be shocked to read that ladies of rank and fashion
gave their presence and applause to the cruel slaughters of the battue and the pigeon-
match. And now that we are in the humour of fault-finding, we may add that
Alleyn was in the habit of writing long letters when the serenity of his mind was
disturbed ; and this was a great mistake ; and with all his shrewd common sense he
was utterly unable to keep clear of law, which was a greater mistake still ; f but
then it must be remembered to his credit that he was a strictly honourable man, a
good husband, a sincere sympathiser with the poor, a liberal promoter of education,
and— above all — the Founder of Dulwich College.

* 7. «., November 25th, 1626.

t His diary is full of entries concerning law

charges, and at one time he had at least three
suits on hand.

DULWICH COLLEGE.

Y letters patent,* dated 21st June, 1619, licence was granted to Edward
Alleyn, to found a College in Dulwich, to endure for ever, and to
consist of one master, one warden, four fellows, six poor "brethren,
six poor sisters, and twelve poor scholars, to he maintained, educated,
and governed according to such ordinances and statutes as he should
make in his life-time, or as the persons nominated hy him should make after his
death. The College was to be called the College of God's Gift, and the master,
warden, fellows, poor brethren, sisters, and scholars were to be a body corporate, and
to have power to take to them and their successors the lands therein mentioned, and
the Archbishop was to be for ever visitor of the College and to have power over the
same and the persons therein ; to visit, order, and punish according to the eccle-
siastical law of England, or such constitutions and ordinances as Alleyn should
make.

In pursuance of this licence, the College was formally opened on the 13th of
September, 1619, and the various members, as above described, were legally installed
in their several places.

This 13th of September, 1619, has accordingly been regarded ever since as the date
of the foundation of the College. But with that strong faith and resolute purpose
which marked his whole life, Alleyn had for some years previously been carrying
his great design gradually into effect, undeterred by the difficulties which beset the
grant of his letters patent and which at one time seemed almost insuperable.

Early in 1613 he had settled the plan of his College buildings, and concluded the
contract for their erection. Three years later the buildings were apparently com-
plete, and on the 1st of September, 1616, the Chapel of the College was consecrated
by the Archbishop of Canterbury, f The proceedings on this occasion were evidently
regarded with great interest far beyond the secluded valley of Dulwich. They were

* See appendix, p. I. try him for this "irregularity." His deprivation,
t Archbishop Abbot, who performed the service however, was not effected. The Archbishop ob-
on this occasion, had the misfortune to kill an tained the king's pardon, and by his charities and
assistant-keeper of Lord Zouch's, with a cross-bow devotion during the remainder of his life, en-
bolt, when hunting in that nobleman's park in deavoured to expiate his fault.
Leicestershire, and a commission was appointed to

442 Y- PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

attended, we are told, by a " great multitude of people," amongst whom are named
Alleyn's friends, Sir Edmond Bowyer, of Camberwell, and Sir Thomas Grymes.

By a deed dated 24th April, 1620, Alleyn conveyed the lands mentioned in the
letters patent to the sole and only use of the body corporate of his College and their
successors for ever.

On the 29th September, 1626, being seven years after the opening of the College,
the founder at last settled the statutes and ordinances for the maintenance, education,
and government of the College ; and therein stated the qualifications and duties
of the several members of the corporation, and gave specific instructions concerning
the revenue and its distribution. In framing these statutes he seems to have con-
sidered that in some respects he was at liberty to vary the constitution and objects of
the foundation which he had established.

The most important and significant of the alterations thus introduced into Alleyn's i
original scheme were the following :— He appointed that there should be six
chaunters, for music and singing in the chapel, who should be called and esteemed
junior fellows, " every one of them to have his voice as the four senior fellows had."
He provided for the establishment within his College at Dulwich of a school of eighty
boys, in which number were to be included his twelve poor scholars and the " men-
children " of the inhabitants of Dulwich, the Dulwich boys being educated " freely,"
while " ibrreyners' children other than of Dulwich " were to pay such allowance as
the master and warden should appoint. He enacted that the poor brethren and
sisters should be chosen out of the parishes of Camberwell, St. Botolph Without,
Bishopsgate, St. Saviours, in Southwark, and the parish now called St. Luke's, in
equal proportions from each parish.* He directed that two churchwardens of each :
of the three last-named parishes should for ever be assistants to the master, warden,
and fellows, for the government of the College ; and further that the churchwardens
and vestry of each of these parishes should make choice severally of ten poor persons
— that is, five poor men and five poor women — to be admitted by them into the
almshouses in London ; and from thence to be admitted into the College, as brethren
or sisters, as places should fall void. He directed the mode of choosing the poor ,
brethren and sisters, and the poor scholars.! Lastly, he ordered] to be paid to each of
the chaunters a certain annual sum, and a share of the surplus annual revenues,
and to each of the thirty non-resident almspeople a weekly sum of sixpence, a gown
once in two years, and a proportion of the surplus annual revenue.

This attempt to alter the constitution of the College, as defined by the letters
patent, even though in several respects the changes were for the better, was unques-
tionably a mistake on Alleyn's part, and, as it proved, a disastrous one. Alleyn had
unfortunately no such powers as he imagined.

It will probably interest our readers if we add in this place a summary of some
of the more quaint and curious provisions contained in the Founder's statutes.!

* Alleyn was connected -with St. Botolph by out of that part of the pish of Saint Giles without

birth, and with St. Saviour's and St. Luke's by Cripplegate, which is in the countie of Middlesex ;

business, and with Camberwell, the fourth one other of the poore brethren, two of the poore

interested parish, by his settlement at Dulwich. sisters, and three of the poore schollers, out of the

t By the 9th item of the Statutes and Ordinances, parish of Camerwell, in the County of Smrey."

Alleyn decreed as follows :— " That the sixe poore And by the 24th item of the same, it was ordered

brethren and sixe poore sisters, and twelve poore ' ' that the master, warden, and fellowes shall for

schollers, shall be for ever chosen of the parishes ever have the sole denomination and election of the

herein specified, in manner and form following, poore brethren, poore sisters, and poore schollers,

that is to say, two of the poore brethren, one of the that are to be elected out of the parish of Camer-

poore sisters, and three of the poore schollers, out well, to elect whom they shall thinck fitt, wyout

of the parish of Saint Buttolphes, whout, Bishops- limitation of age, provided always the persons

gate, London ; two other of the poore brethren, and elective (men and women) be single and needy, and

one of the poore sisters, and three of the poore . especially if they inhabit in the lordship of Dul-

schollers, out of the parish of Saint Saviour, in wich."

Southwark ; one other of the poore brethren and two J The statutes are given in extenso in the Ap-

of the poore sisters, and three of the poore schollers, pendix.

DULWICH COLLEGE. 443

The master and warden were always to be of the founder's blood and name, and
for want of such, of his surname only and unmarried. The master to be the chiefest
person in the College, and to be observed with reverence by all the rest of the persons
of the said College ; and to govern all the said persons thereof, and admonish, cor-
rect, and punish them according to the statutes. The two first senior fellows to have
the degree of Master of Arts of either of the universities of Oxford or Cambridge,
preachers. The service to be read and sung in the chapel of the College daily, in
such manner and form as near as may be as is usually observed in the King's Chapel,
or in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, at Westminster ; and the master, warden,
fellows, and scholars to sing their parts daily in the quire of the chapel, on Sundays,
holidays, and eves, in their surplices, and on other working days in their gowns.
Of the four fellows, the two first were to perform all ministerial offices in the chapel,
and to " wed, bury, christen, and visit the sick within the College ; " the third fellow
was to be master of the school, and the fourth usher. The two first of the six
chaunters or junior fellows were to be " musicians of sufficient skill in the art of
nmsique " to be organists of the College, and to teach the " poore schollers to sing,
pricke * song, and to play upon the violl, virginalls, organs, and other instruments." t
The other four chaunters were to be men of handicraft trades, viz., " teiylors,
glovers, imbroderers, shoemakers, or such like, and for avoyding of idlenesse, to be
imployed in their trades for the generall good of the College, and to instruct in their
severall manufactures such of the poor schollers, as should be unfit for the univer-
setie." The master and usher, and the two first junior fellows, were also " every of
them" to teach the twelve poor scholars, and such other scholars as should be
admitted with the consent of the master or warden, in "good sound learning,
wryting, reading, grammar, musique, and good manners." They were, without
recompense or reward, to teach and instruct the children of the inhabitants within
Dulwich, and provide at their own charge for the poor scholars " sufficient pennes,
inck, and paper, both for wryting and ciphering books, and for the grammarians to
make their Lattins in." The Dulwich boys were, however, to pay sixpence a quarter
towards " broomes and rodds," and a pound of good candles at Michaelmas for the
use of the school. The hours of attendance were to be from 6 to 9.30 A.M. and from
1 to 4 P.M., with slight modification during the winter months.

The books used in the school were to be such as were commanded by public
authority, or were usually taught in the free grammar schools of Westminster and
St. Paul's.

The master or usher was required to take the boys to hear the orations and exer-
cises " used and uttered " by the scholars of Westminster or Merchant Taylors' on
election days ; and at the age of eighteen the boys were to be sent to the university
or put out to trades, according to their capacity. Four might be at the university
together at the expense of the College ; " good and sweet trades " were to be selected
for the others. In the dietary for the boys is included " a cup of beere at breakfast
and beere without stint at dinner, with such increase of diett in Lent and gawdy
days, as the Surveyor of diett may think fitt." The beef and mutton for the boys
were to be sweet and good, their beer well brewed, and their bread well baked, and
made of clean and sweet wheaten meal. Their coats were to be of good cloth, " of
sad cullor, the boddys lined with canvass."

The poor brethren and sisters were to be single and unmarried persons of 60 years

* Trick song, written descant, which was termed of the singer.— -Sir John Hawkins' Hist, of Mutic.

prick song, in regard that the harmony was written t At the time of his death Alleyn left the fol-

or pricked down ; whereas in the other, which ob- lowing instruments in the College: — "a lute, a

tauiod the name of plain song, it rested in the will pandora, a cythera, and six vyols."

444 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

of age at the least, and "not infected with any noisome disease, nor decrepit in their
limbs ; " and to be of religious and sober lives and conversation, and if after their
admission, they marry, commit adultery or fornication, he or she so doing to be
expelled. The six poor brethren were required by turns weekly to sweep and keep
clean the inner and outer courts and cloisters of the College ; and if any through
infirmity should be unable to perform the same, then he to give allowance, at the
discretion of the master or warden, to any of the other poor brethren that shall do
it for him. The master was also required to make choice of one of the ablest and
healthiest of the poor sisters to be matron of the 12 poor scholars, to make their
beds, sweep their chamber, mend their clothes, and " entend them and noe other
person whatsoever," and in respect of which service the other five poore sisters were
ordered to pay her sixpence apiece quarterly. The other five poor sisters were also
directed " to weede and keep cleane " the gardens in the forecourt of the College.
The porter was required to keep the keys in the daytime of all the outward gates, to
open them in summer at five in the morning, and lock them at ten at night ; and in
the winter at six in the morning and nine at night. The poor brethren or sisters
were strictly forbidden to frequent any " tavernes or ale howses," and if any of them
were convicted of being " drunck," punishments more or less severe were ordered to
be inflicted, amongst others to be " sett in the stocks," and for the seventh offence to
be expelled, and under no circumstances were the fellows, poor brethren, or sisters
to keep any " doggs, poultry, or any other noisome cattell within the College, besides
a catt."

Scarcely were the new collegiates settled in the possession of what their founder
had so liberally bestowed upon them than their tranquillity was disturbed by the
intrusion of regal power. In the year 1643 an order came from King Charles I.
commanding them to elect John Alleyn master, by which the rights of the College
were not only invaded as to the election of their own members, but the founder's
intention expressly counteracted, as by the statutes and ordinances it was ordered
that the warden should succeed to the place of master whenever a vacancy occurred.
During the civil war the same dispensing power was exerted by the House of
Commons, who appointed two persons to fill up the four fellowships which happened
at that time to be vacant.*

In 1647, Fairfax's army being then at Putney and Fulham, a company of soldiers,
under the command of Capt. Atkinson, was quartered in the College, for which the
sum of 19s. 8d. was paid, a poor recompense for the outrages which they are alleged
to have committed.

In 1655 the College presented a petition setting forth their grievances and praying
that the privilege of electing their own fellows might be restored. Cromwell, by
letters patent dated February 11, 1656, appointed Nathaniel Fiennes, one of the
Commissioners of the Great Seal, Sir Bulstrode Whitelock, Chief Justice St. John,
General Lambert and others commissioners, with full powers to visit and settle
the affairs of the College. This visitation took place March 19th, 1658, but
the commission appointed a new preacher and schoolmaster themselves, instead of
restoring the privilege of election to the College. The next year Elias Alleyn
presented a petition to Richard Cromwell, then Protector, in which he complained
that, notwithstanding the visitation of the commissioners in the preceding year, the

* There is an entry of this appointment in the that they might have a double allowance for diet,

College Register, from which it appears that the as they stood in the place of four fellows ; their

nomination was made " by virtue of an order from petition was rejected at first, but was afterwards

ye committee." The parties appointed, Stephen granted, as being consonant with the will of the

Street and Edmund Colby, presented a petition in founder.
3646 to the committee for plundered ministers,

DULWICH COLLEGE. 445

abuses of the College were not reformed. In consequence of this petition certain
persons were appointed to inquire into the matter, and it came to a hearing at
Whitehall, when it was alleged that the master and warden had alienated lands
belonging to the College, and had to the amount of .£200 a year applied the money
to their own use ; that they had sold divers valuable goods belonging to the College,
and had aided and abetted the late king by conniving at the fellows being in arms
against the Parliament. A report was subsequently drawn up, but nothing further
was done.

As far as the College was concerned, the restoration of monarchy three years later
led only to further arbitrary interference. A vacancy occurring in 1669, King
Charles II. sent a mandamus for the appointment of a particular candidate as warden.
The collegiates and assistants, willing to cover their own obsequiousness under the
appearance of respect for the law of the land, came to the following resolution : —

" That the founder was not empowered to make any statutes repugnant to the
prerogative royal."

They therefore elected John Alleyn, the Court candidate ; but shortly after
another letter was received from the Court, informing the authorities that his
Majesty had been imposed upon, the candidate he had wished then to appoint
having concealed the fact that he was a married man. But unfortunately he had
already been appointed, and therefore it may readily be imagined that consternation
and alarm reigned supreme at the College, for by obeying the behests of royalty,
and neglecting the orders and statutes of the founder, the little corporation at
Dulwich had brought themselves into a great difficulty. Many and long were the
deliberations, angry and deep were the mutual reproaches. They had foolishly made a
precedent for royal interference, and they were deeply committed to its use. Unless
a stand were made, the College appointments would in future be issued from White-
hall ; and so the little band plucked up courage to check the royal interference.
But what was to be done with John Alleyn, who had been elected warden in spite of
the fact that he was a married man ?

With this great difficulty on the one side and a second royal candidate on the
other, waiting to be installed, it will easily be seen that " the powers that be " were
on the horns of a very considerable dilemma. During the progress of the delibera-
tions, the wife of the warden just elected, evidently appreciating the difficulty as
keenly as any one, seems to have made up her mind to solve the difficulty, and
restore to her husband the qualification he had forfeited on their marriage, for she
suddenly departed this life, to the grief no doubt of her husband, but to the intense
satisfaction of the fellows and assistants of the College, who forthwith proceeded to
re-appoint John Alleyn, the first royal candidate, to the position of warden, and the
College Register makes the following mention of this extraordinary circumstance : —
" 1669. March 4. The above said elecon of John Alleyn was made voyd by His
Majesty's Letter under his privy signet, and upon Munday fortnight following,
being ye 21st ye same month, at a general elecon by ye master, ffellowes, and
assistants, ye said Mr. John Alleyn was elected warden again, he being then a
single person according to ye statutes by the death of his wife, and being next of
to ye Founder, of his blood and surname."

A tradition prevails at Dulwich that the soldiers of the Parliamentary army
were suffered by their officers to disturb the remains of those that were buried
there for the purpose of converting the leaden coffins into bullets. From this it
may be inferred that the College of God's Gift underwent a similar fate with that
of Sir Thomas Gresham, at the time when the chair of the astronomical professor
was filled by Sir Christopher Wren. When one of his friends attempted to enter

446 Y« PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

in order to hear the lecture he was met at the gate by a man with a gun on his
shoulder, who told him that he might spare himself the trouble of entering, for
the College was reformed into a garrison.

THE OLD COLLEGE BUILDINGS. — The original buildings have almost entirely dis-
appeared. "Within a dozen years of the founder's death (6th of July, 1638,) the
tower displayed a sudden objection to its elevated position, and Archbishop Laud,
acting in accordance with the 119th statute, directed the stoppage of the higher
officials' salaries for six months in order to make the necessary repairs. The alms-
people and the scholars, however, were allowed 2s. per week.

According to certain injunctions issued by Archbishop Sheldon in 1664, it appears
that one whole wing and a portion of another had fallen to the ground.

The register of Dulwich chapel under date February 28th, 1703, has the following
entry : —

"The College porch with ye Treasury Chamber, &c, tumbled to the ground."

In 1740 the east wing was rebuilt at an expense of £3,600.

Since the College obtained the private Act in 1808, the west wing has been partially
rebuilt, and extensive repairs have been made throughout the whole buildings, at an
expense, in 1817, of £4,602 ; in 1821, of £3,823 ; 1831, of £6,865 ; and the altera-
tions and repairs since carried out have been proportionately heavy. The alterations
of 1831 comprised a new wing, which was designed by the late Sir Charles Barry,
who had been appointed to the surveyorship of Dulwich on the 27th March in the
previous year. The wing then erected has been altered and enlarged, from a design
by Charles Barry, Esq., son of Sir Charles, who was elected to the office previously
held by his father, by the new board of governors in 1858.

TBE CHAPEL. — Like other portions of the College buildings, the chapel has under-
gone alterations, additions, and repairs. In the early part of 1823 it was greatly
enlarged, and a gallery erected along the south side, " with a view to the accom-
modation of such inhabitants as should be -willing to contribute towards the expense
of such improvements."

The altar-piece, which was a copy of Raphael's celebrated picture of the " Trans-
figuration," was purchased at Christie's Auction Rooms for the sum of £60, and
presented to the College by the purchaser, Thomas Mills, Esq., of Great Saxham
Hall, in Suffolk.

The organ was built by Messrs. England & Whyatt, and put up by them in August,
1760. They received for it the sum of £260, together with the old organ.

The font is of variegated marble, of an oval form, ornamented with fluting, and
supported by a baluster column. It was presented in 1729 by the Rev. James
Hume, a second fellow of the College, and bears the following inscription : —

VOTIVUM HOC paTTTurrripiov DEO OPT. MAX. HUMILLIME
D.D.Q. JAC. HUME. A.M. SCOTO. BRIT. HVIUS COLL. SOC. A.D.

MDCCXXIX.

On the edge of the lid is the subjoined Greek anagram, so constructed as to form
the same sentence, whether read forwards or backwards : —

NI¥ON ANOMHMA MH MONAN
* "Wash (or cleanse) away Sin, not the visage only.

DULWICH COLLEGE.

1750.

DULWICH COLLEGE.

183G.

DULWICH COLLEGE. 447

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. — It was a most unfortunate circumstance for the College as
has been already remarked, that in framing his statutes Alleyn attempted to extend
the benefits of his Foundation to recipients other than those named in the letters
patent. Having once allocated his estate for the benefit of certain specified individuals
and their successors, it was hardly to be expected that these would quietly submit to
the introduction of outsiders. And so it was that, after endless litigation, the charity,
with a few somewhat arbitrary exceptions, was constructed as Alleyn originally
intended, and not as afterwards, with more mature judgment, he had desired. It
would indeed be a curious return, if all the sums of money spent by the authorities
in law proceedings could be furnished ; and if the whole of it were now replaced in
the massive old treasury chest at the College, each of the parishes claiming interest in
the Foundation might have a splendid building forthwith erected in their midst ; but,
perhaps, after all, the last state of the College would be worse than the first, for before
any division could be made, the " interested " parties would inevitably go to law if
only for the pleasure of depriving the other " interested " parties of their fair share !

In the 250 years of its chequered career numerous Archbishops have tried their
" 'prentice hands " at legislating for its welfare ; the courts have sat upon it so often
and so heavily that its vital spark has almost been quenched ; Lord Chancellors have
delivered solemn and weighty decisions over it ; royalty has even treated it as another
Naboth's vineyard ; and the " Protector " protected it in his own rough, original
manner. Its members have quarrelled amongst themselves, and the "interested"
parishes have perhaps naturally pushed their " interest " to the very utmost.

Alleyn's body was scarcely cold before legal proceedings were commenced. It
appears that by the founder's will his executors were directed, within two years of his
death, to build ten almshouses in the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, and like-
wise ten other houses in the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark, and his executors
failing to carry out his wishes in this respect, the churchwardens of St. Botolph
filed a bill against the College against the surviving executor, praying for discovery
and relief. In their answer to this bill, the corporation alleged that the lands amor-
tized to the corporation were not sufficient to bear the charge of the first foundation,
and the charges incident thereto, which the founder had omitted to provide for, so
that the addition of the six chaunters and thirty almspeople of the three several
parishes could not be maintained by the revenue, for which cause, and also that the
new addition was not warranted by law, they urged that they were not bound by
kw or equity to part with any portion of the College revenues for the maintenance
of six minor fellows or of the thirty almspeople ; and the surviving executor stated
the assets he had received and the payments he had made, and that he was con-
tent to charge himself with a moiety of the assets then in hand, £120, towards
building the almshouses for the parish of St. Botolph. He thought the same suffi-
cient, and had offered therewith to build the almshouses if the parish would provide
the land ; but the parish rather desired to have the money for the benefit of the poor
in some other charitable employment than to have the almshouses built, unless the
allowance for the maintenance of the poor according to the ordinances could be had,
and that could not be for the reasons aforesaid ; and he stated himself to be ready
to prove ,£120 was the utmost the personal estate would produce.

In this suit it was ordered, by consent, that the defendant, the executor, should
pay to the plaintiffs the sum of £1 20, on security to be given by the parish that the
same should be duly employed, and it was further ordered that if any new addition
to the estate should come to the College, or there should be an overplus thereafter of
value in the College revenues, that then the defendant should be liable to apply such
increase to the additional charity of the founder, as the court should think fit to

448

Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

direct ; and on payment of £120 to the parish the executor was discharged of the
"bequest.*

With respect to the pensions assigned to the thirty members, it appears that
they were paid for a few years immediately following the founder's death. They
were then discontinued until Archbishop Sheldon, in 1667, made the following,
amongst other orders, for the regulation of the College : —

" We do therefore appoint that between Michaelmas and Christmas next ensuing
the said poor shall each of them have a gown, -and that from and after our Lady-
day, which shall be in the year of our Lord 1669, they shall each of them weekly
have their allowance in money of 6 pence per week, to be paid them as the statutes
do direct, and so from year to year ever after to continue." f

This allowance in clothing and money was continued to 1723-24, with one inter-
ruption, which took place in 1676. The College then refused to make the usual
payments to the thirty out-members. Archbishop Sancroft, then visitor, directed
an inquiry, and thereafter ordered the warden of the College to pay two years'

* The St. Luke's almshouses had been built in
Alleyn's lite-time, as he laid the first brick in 1620,
and in the following year placed three men and
seven women therein. The houses were rebuilt in
1707, and again in 1874 ; and on the latter occasion
they were enlarged to accommodate twenty-two
persons, or twelve additional to the original founda-
tion. Mr. J. T. Halls is the architect of the modern
building.

t The injunction of Archbishop Sheldon did
likewise " direct and appoint that the ill-members
of the College should consist of one master, one
warden, four fellowes, six poor brethren, six poor
sisters, twelve poor scholars ; and the out-members
of six assistants, and also thirty poor pensioners,
namely, ten from each of the three parishes from
whence the assistants are chosen ; that in all votes for
letting or selling of the College lands, or in any busi-
ness concerning the governing and ordering of any
persons or affairs of the College ; that as the statutes
do give the master and warden superiority of place,
and to the master a casting vote when the votes are
equal, so when the votes are not equal, that no vote of
any maj or part shall be accounted good or valid unless
the master or warden, or at least one of them, be of
that side which hath the major part of votes; and that
all business or matters, which do or may concern the
said College, be proposed by the master, or, in "his
absence, i>y the warden, or else no vote to pass ;
for otherwise the master and warden, by a com-
bination of the fellows and others, may be made as
cyphers, who by the statutes are intended and
made to be the chief and superiors." The master
and usher are at the same time admonished to be
more careful in their duty of instructing the
scholars, " aS well foreigners as the twelve poor
boys of the College, and to give no correction to
any but with the rod or ferall, and the same with
mildness and moderation."

The injunction also contained the following, con-
cerning the disposing of the College revenues, and
the particular allowances out of the same : —

" Whereas we find divers imperfections in the
way by the statutes set for the disposing of the
College revenue.and in and concerning the allowance
out of the same, particularly the allowances for diet
to the master, warden, and fellows, poor scholars,
and servants, being set down too scanty, short, and
disagreeing in one place with another, many ex-
penses being omitted which are necessary, and
some appointed which never were in practice ; We
do therefore hereby declare, direct, and appoint that,
for the time to come, till a better settlement can be
established, the College revenues and profits, and
the allowances out of the same, shall be disposed
of and allowed after the proportions following ; that
is to say : —

1. Imprimis, the master, warden, and £ s. d.

fellows' diet to be increased from £10

apiece to £15 apiece, in all yearly 90 0 0

2. Item, the poor scholars' and eight

servants' allowance, which is about
3%d. a piece a day, to be made to
Qd. a day a piece, in all . . . 182 0

3. Item, the poor brethren and sisters'

bread and beer, to each 2d. a. day,

in all yearly 36 10

4. The master's pension, yearly . 40 0

5. The warden's pension, yearly . . 30 0
(!. The two first fellows' pension, yearly 24 0

7. The two second fellows' pension,

yearly 20 0 O'f

8. The twelve poor brethren and sisters'

allowance in money, at 4d. apiece

per day, per annum . . . . 73 0 0

9. The twelve gowns once in two years,

at 20s. a gown, per annum . . 600

10. The twelve poor scholars' apparel,

yearly 30 0 <fl

11. The six assistants' horse-hire, yearly 300

12. The thirty out-members at 6d per

week apiece, yearly . . . 39 0 0

13. Their gowns, at 20s. a piece once in

two years, is yearly . . . . 15 0 (W

14. The eight servants within the said

College, together with the Bailiff
of the woods and the clerk of the
accounts, being servants out of
the College, their wages altogether
shall not exceed the sum of £56
yearly, and shall be appointed and
paid to them severally, according
as the master and warden shall be
able to make the best and cheapest
agreement with them ; and if any
overplus of the said £56 shall be
and remain yearly, it shall be put
to the common stock and dividend 56 0 0

15. Augmentation of diet upon feasting

days 10 0 Or-

16. Four feasting days to the poor

brethren and sisters . . ..600

Sum total, yearly £660 10 0

" So then the rents and yearly profits coming
into the said College, being as we are well satisfied,
one year with another, e\ght hundred pounds a
year at this present, and there being at this time
full one hundred pounds in stock in the College
chest, as the statutes require, there will remain
after all these allowances defrayed, over and above
the said £660 10s., the sum £139 10s., which we do
direct to be disposed as follows : —

1. For placing out boys to the university £ *. d.

and to be apprentices, yearly . . 40 0 • 0

2. For the reparation of Camberwell high-

ways, according to the statute of

the College, yearly . . . . 10 0 0

3. For reparations and all other incidental

charges, yearly . . . . 89 10 0

DULWICH COLLEGE. 449

arrears, amounting to £88. To this order all the members of the College submitted,
except the third fellow, who refused to sign the accounts, and was expelled the
College by the visitor. The last payment made to the thirty members was in
March, 1725-26, when they received ,£19 10s. in respect of the thirty-nine parts out
of 600 given them by the statutes. They did not, in fact, receive the gowns in
1725-26, for though the gowns were then ordered, they were not at that time
actually bestowed, and the sum allowed for them in the audit-books appears from
the College accounts to have been brought back into stock in 1730.*

In the year 1736 a suit was instituted in respect of the thirty members, as well
as of the assistants ; and Lord Chancellor King, in 1738, decreed that it was not
competent for the founder to make the provision for the thirty members, on the
ground of it not having been contemplated by the letters patent, but judgment
was at the same time given in favour of the rights of the assistants. His lordship
decreed " that the said Edward Alleyn, the founder of the said college, could not
by his said ordinances and statutes of the 29th September, 1626, add any persons
to the corporation, or make any new person a member of the said body corporate,
but that he could appoint assistants to the said corporation ; and doth therefore
order and decree that the relators and their successors be admitted to be assistants
to the corporation, according to the said ordinances and statutes, and are to be
quieted in the possession thereof ; but this is to be without prejudice to the
defendant, the Archbishop of Canterbury, his right of visitation, or of any applica-
tion to be made to him to alter, correct, or amend any of the said ordinances, or
to any correction, alteration, or amendment that the said Archbishop or his suc-
cessors shall or may lawfully make or ordain ; and the costs of all the parties in
this suit are to be paid out of the estate of the said college."

In the year 1841 an information was filed by the Attorney-General in the Court of
Chancery at the instance of the commissioners for inquiring into charities, who had
reported, as the result of their investigation of this charity, " that in consequence of
the increase of the revenues of the College, the then payments to the poor brethren
and sisters so far exceeded what could be required by them, or could have been
intended by the founder, that it seemed proper to submit to the consideration of
her Majesty's Attorney-General whether the opinion of a court of equity should
not be taken on the propriety of extending the charity to such a degree and in such a
manner as might be deemed most expedient."

The case f was heard by Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, who decided that the
Court of Chancery could not interfere for the purpose of extending the charity
to any other objects than the members of the corporation, and dismissed the infor-
mation.

In consequence, however, of a suggestion thrown out by Lord Langdale, subse-
quently to his decision dismissing the information, a Grammar school was established
by the College in or about the year 1841 for the benefit of the inhabitants of Cam-
berwell, at an estimated outlay of £1000.

The vexed question of the rights of the assistants cropped up again in 1851. The
assistants, upon the vacancy of the office of warden about that time, proposed to-
the master and fellows that the right of nominating candidates should be impartially
shared, and that the master and fellows should nominate one and the assistants another.
This offer was refused, and the six assistants, acting in concert, succeeded in
returning against the College both candidates, one of whom of course was elected.
The College then refused to swear in the successful candidate, and he thereupon

* Charity Commissioners' Report, 1834.

t Attorney-General v. Dulwich College, 4 Beavan's Reports, p. 255.

G G

450

Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandamus to compel his being sworn in.
To thisthe College made a return, raising the point as to the votes of the assistants ;
and the whole question was brought fully before the court, and argued at great
length, and the unanimous judgment of the court was pronounced in favour of th?
assistants.*

STATE OP EDUCATION UNDER OLD CORPORATION.— Dulwich College, as an edu-
cational establishment under the old corporation, was not a success, and its failure
in this respect is not perhaps an extraordinary circumstance, when we consider how
slight was the supervision and control over the school shadowed forth by the founder
in his statutes and ordinances.

The visitor f is directed to appoint some learned and sufficient person to examine
the children once a year, " on Monday in Whitsunweeke," and after the labours of
the day he is to have a " dynner for himself and man ; " so that if matters we
not " made comfortable all round," it was not the fault of the well-meaning
founder.

From a document found at Dulwich College, and now noticed for the first time, j
it would appeal' that Alleyn contemplated the appointment of a sort of board of!
governors, who were to possess full executive power in the management of the College

* COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER,
November, 19th, 1815.

Sittings in Banco.
Lord Campbell and Justices Pattison and Coleridge.

Lord Campbell said, "that the question arose
upon the construction of the statutes, by which
the founder declared there should be six assistants
touching the ordering of the said College, and the
rents and revenues thereof, which assistants were
to be the churchwardens for the time being of
three parishes mentioned in the statutes. Then,
there being these six assistants, the Court were to
see what provision was made for the election of
warden. That was provided for by the 15th statute,
whereby the founder declared that, on the day of
the election of warden, the master, fellows, and
assistants (classing the assistants with the fellows)
were to meet, and, alter going to the chapel, were
to proceed to the election of a new warden. Who
were to elect? Why, the master, fellows, and
assistants. There were no electors pointed out,
except those referred to in the 15th and 20th
statutes. Upon the construction of that statute,
therefore (the 15th), he had no doubt that the as-
sistants had a voice in the election of the warden.
The 20th statute provided for the case where the
office of master and warden might be vacant at the
same time. In that case the senior fellow was,
within twenty-four hours, to give notice thereof to
the assistants, to make speedy repair to the College
within three days, to join with the fellows in the
election. Then it was said the other statutes ought
to be looked at, and it was argued that it was
improbable that the founder would call on the
•churchwardens of the three parishes to exercise
this power of election. But he (Lord Campbell)
did not see the force of the objection, especially
when it was recollected that th.e founder was born
in one of the parishes, and had property in the
•other two, and that at that time of day men of the
greatest note in the parish were appointed to the
office of churchwarden. The Court were then re-
ferred to the 41st statute, which provided that the
assistants should twice in the year proceed to the
College to look through the accounts of the warden,
and be present at the College when the master and
warden should be elected. That statute confirmed
the interpretation which he (Lord Campbell) had
put on the 15th and 20th statutes. They were to
be present at the election. But what were they to
-do ? No duty was assigned to them, such as that of

holding the box for receiving the lots ; in fact, the?
had nothing to do but to join in the election, a
provided by the 15th section. If there were (
doubt on the subject, which he (Lord Campbell
did not see, the usage which had prevailed ough
to be regarded. That usage was set out in th<
writ, and not traversed by the return, that the as
sistants always, from the time of the foundation
had been accustomed to join in the election of th<
warden on the occasion of a vacancy. When usacc
was found to be contrary to the express words of f
charter or by-laws it went for nothing ; but if i
could be supported by the charter or by-laws, i
ought to be supported. Here the assistants har
enjoyed their power contemporaneously with th<
charter down to the present time, and, in such j
case, usage was properly allowed to give an in
terpretation to the words of the statutes. A dis
tinction must be drawn between the assistants am
the chanters appointed by the second statute
They (the chanters) were put on the footing o
fellows, and were made members of the corpora
tion. But the founder had no power to add mem
bers to the corporation, for the other members hac
acquired a vested right in the funds. Lord Kinj
had therefore held that the chanters were improperly
appointed^ but he also held that, though th<
founder could not add to the members of the cor
poration, he could appoint assistants. This was
solemn adjudication that assistance were wel
created."

A peremptory mandatmis was thereupon awarded
t Item 83, St. and Ord.— "I ordaine that tb(
visitor of the said College for the time being shal
appoint, at his discretion, some learned and
sufficient person that is a divine, to repair to the
said College yearly, on the Monday in Witsunweek,
to appose, visit, and examine the poore schollars in
their learning, and how they do profitt therein, as
also how they are instructed in matters of religion,
and of the worship and service of Allmightie God,
the said person, so appointed by the visitor, to have
att every such his repaire to the said College, his
dynner for himself and his men, to be found at the
charge of the said College, together with meat for
their horses ; and the said person so appointed is
to acquaint the visitor with his proceeding at
every such time, and what he thinketh fitt to be
amended, touching the education of the said
schollers, to the end the visitor may admonish the
master, warden, senior and junior fellowes of the
said College thereof, and require them to be more
careful therein, for the time to come."

DULWICH COLLEGE. 451

estates, an appointment which, if made, would no doubt have proved a healthy check
over the members of this close corporation. The danger to which a body of this
kind is inevitably exposed, was well stated by Mr. Rolt, in his indictment against the
corporation before the Archbishop of Canterbury in April, 1850. "The gentlemen
of the College are subject," said the learned gentleman, "to the infirmities of human
nature, and unless these infirmities are controlled by powers given for the purpose,
the natural tendency of the parties would be to benefit themselves rather than the
other members of the College." This was plain speaking, amounting to a truism, but
it was peculiarly appropriate nevertheless.

And in apportioning the blame, we feel that a large share must even be laid at the
door of the generous and well-meaning, but not far-seeing founder.

" The master and warden shall be of my blood and sirname " * will account for
much of the failure brought upon the institution, for with one solitary exception,f
the masters appointed, owing to the naturally limited field of selection, were men of
mediocre attainments, and whose chief ambition, when once installed in office, con-
sisted in making themselves and everybody about them as comfortably ignorant or
as ignorantly comfortable as they could ; and it is, to say the least of it, amusing to
read the very hard things that have been written concerning individuals who not
unnaturally refused to aid their own disestablishment and disendowment.

A perusal of the statutes will at least convince the reader that Alley n attached
more importance to the educational department than the strictly eleemosynary part
of his College. Whilst providing only for " six poore brethren and six poore sisters,"
he had regard to the fact that the educational benefits could not be limited to the
"twelve poore scholars," and, therefore, by the 69th item of his statutes, it was
ordered that the inhabitants of Dulwich should have their men-children freely taught
in his College. But one of the great features of Alleyn's matured scheme was the
admission of boys to his school without restriction as to the place of their birth or
residence. There are numerous allusions to these " foreigners " in the founder's
statutes. Provision is also madej in the event of "infectious or contagious sickness
in Dulwich, to omitt the publique teaching of the saide schole of the inhabitants
children of Dulwich, and such other foreign schollers § as doe not lodge within the
said college ;" and the number of the whole school is "especially ordained not to
exceed fower score at any one time." Now a school of eighty, in the year 1626,
when the statutes were signed, was regarded as a large one ; and Alleyn provided
it, as we have seen, with a staff of masters which even at the present day would be
thought liberal, namely, four — two senior and two junior fellows — to teach good and
sound learning and good manners, to say nothing of the other four chaunters or
junior fellows, who, amongst other duties, were to teach in handicraft such of the
poor scholars as should be found unfit for the university. That Alleyn contemplated
a large influx of foreigners into his school is evident enough from the fact that at
the opening of the College there could not have been more than twenty-five
houses in Dulwich, so that even supposing all the families of the hamlet availed
themselves of the educational advantages offered, the great bulk of the scholars must
inevitably have been foreigners.

* Item 3, St. & Ord. 1620 :— " Mem.— That Mr. Rogers sent this daye his

t See account of John Allen. three sones att board and schooling for £12 per

t Item 68, St. & Ord. annum a peace," and again under date September

§ These foreign scholars were " to paie the school- 12th, 1620, "This day Mr. Woodward's sone came

master and usher such allowance as the master and to sojorne and be taught here at £'20 per ann. ; "

warden shall appoint," which was to be divided and reference was also made by Archbishop Sheldon

into three parts, "whereof the schoolmaster shall in his injunction dated October, 1667; but prac-

have two parts, and the usher one part. " tically the " foreign " element disappeared from

A reference to this " foreign " element was made the College after the founder's death until the

by the founder in his diary under date June 15th, establishment of the Grammar School in 1842.

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452 Yc PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

While we are upon this subject, it may be well to correct a very prevalent error,
It seems not to be generally known that the much talked-of privileges of the bene-
ficiary parishes have in fact no place in the letters patent. The limitation to the
four parishes in the appointment of the poor scholars and almspeople is first men-
tioned in Alleyn's Deed of Foundation, that is, in September, 1619, but we hear nothing
whatever of the " assistants " from the three outlying parishes till seven years later.

Indeed, with respect to both these privileges, or restrictions, the real " intention "
of the founder is for the first time clearly defined in the statute of 1626. They both
rest on exactly the same authority (so far as the founder is concerned) with the
establishment of the school for eighty boys in Dulwich, and with that they must
stand or fall.

And if the views of the founder were somewhat ambitious as regards the number
of scholars, they were equally so as to the curriculum. " Good and sound learning,
wryting, reading, grammar, musique, and good manners " * is not by any means an
unattractive bill of fare ; but all is not told yet, for although the number of founda-
tion boys was limited to twelve, it was ordained by Alleyn that " the schollers, fitt
and capable for the universitie," f should at the age of eighteen be sent thither,!
even to the extent of four at one time ; and during their eight years' residence at the
university the " fower poore schollers " were to be paid " so much yearly a piece," as-
shall be thought sufficient § for their maintenance ; and Alleyn's wishes as to the
character of the education he was anxious should be given is clearly laid down in
the 77th item of his statutes : — " I ordaine that the master and usher of the said
school, shall teach and instruct the schollers thereof according to the rule and precepts-
of the grammar allowed in England, and to teach and instruct in such other books
as are commended by publique auchoritye, and are usually taught in the free grammar
scholes of Westminster and Paules."||

And as an encouragement to the scholars at the university, Alleyn ordered that
" such poore schollers as proceed to be Bachelor or Master of Arte shall receive five-
pounds at the several times of taking either of the said degrees ; and I ordain and
establish that if any of the said twelve schollers which shall be sent or put to the-
university as aforesaid, shall be afterwards capable to have a fellowship in the said
College, that then whensoever any fellowshippe in the said College is void, iff any one
yt hath beene any of the said poore schollers, will stand for the said fellowship, and
desire that, he shall forthwith be admitted thereunto, without any lots or further
election to be made of him, he taking the oath before subscribed, and observing the
lawes T of the said college."

L'homme propose mais Dieu dispose. Alleyn's grammar school was a grand and
noble scheme, but its realisation was a miserable and lamentable failure. " Foreigners jr
were but partially admitted to its cloisters, the "men-children of the inhabitants-
of Dulwich " were not " freely taught " as ordered ; boys were not sent to the univer- I
sity as Alleyn had ordained, for in 250 years only eighteen had been so treated ; and
if any additional fact were wanted to complete the lamentable failure of a noble scheme,
it is this, that during 250 years three " poore schollers " only could be found to claim
a fellowship in the College, by virtue of having proceeded to the degree of B.A,
or M.A., and the school was dwarfed into a miserably small class, miserably taught,

* Item 65, St. & Ord. || Item 82, St. & Ord.

t Item 80, St. & Ord. "[[Three "poore schollars " have claimed the

J Item 81, St. & Ord. privilege here provided, viz., Roger Bailey (St.

§ From 1619 to 1650 none were sent to the uni- Botolph's) in 1666, third fellow ; Benjamin Bynes

versity ; from 1650 to 1690, 12 ; from 1619 to 1714, (St. Saviour's) in 1689, first fellow ; and William

none ; from 1714 to 1770, 6 ; since 1770 to 1857, Swan (St. Luke's) in 1752, second, and afterward*

none. The last boy sent to the university had £25 first fellow.
a year for eight years.

DULWICH COLLEGE. 453

Poor Alleyn !— it is well that he did not live to see his " poore brethren and sisters "
wax fat and his grand school grow lean, and the representatives of his power nodding
over their books !

And if the higher education was a failure, so also, though not perhaps to the same
extent, was that given to the less forward boys destined for mercantile pursuits,* and
the agitation which preceded the dissolution of the old corporation initiated and
mainly conducted by the boys who had— or, shall we say— had not received their
education at God's Gift College.

In 1841, the " old boys " enrolled themselves into a society, called the " Dulwich
College School Association,"f for mutual assistance and co-operation, and as evidence
that at that time the members had no hostile intention, it may be mentioned that the
master of the College consented to act as patron, whilst the offices of treasurer, presi-
dent, and vice-president were respectively held by fellows of the College. No sooner
was the society formed than facts of the most startling character concerning " old
boys "—their education and present condition— were gathered together. The following
extract from the report of a committee (Feb., 1844), appointed by the association to
investigate the state of affairs, throws considerable light upon this painful subject : —

"Your committee * * * * are sure that any respectful application to the
College would meet with attention, as they cannot conceive it possible the gentlemen
•of the College are fully aware of the general state of ignorance of the boys at leaving
the school.

" They are distressed to observe the description of trades selected by the College,
which are, with few exceptions, as is the education at present given, and as little cal-
culated to advance the boys in after life. They cannot withhold their apprehension
for the stability of the association, if the five last youths who have fulfilled their inden-
tures are to be taken as specimens of what the society is hereafter to be composed, for
they can scarcely earn their daily bread.

" They are sure the founder never contemplated, when he so amply provided for
the education of the boys (viz., that of fitting them for the university, and hence
qualifying them to become fellows of God's Gift College), that after the lapse of two
hundred years, three successive boys should be, one a tailor, one a shoemaker, and the
other a tinker ! — trades requiring no education, and therefore judiciously selected by
the College.

" Yet such is the lamentable case of those who have last come amongst us. No
less painful is it to them on reviewing the list of fifty- one of those who have left the
College within the last thirty years, to observe how few there are who have made any
advancement in life, contrasted with those who are otherwise placed. It is this dis-
tressing picture that your committee are desirous you should be rightly informed of,
and they feel persuaded you will adopt the measure they suggest, viz., memorialize
the College.

" Your committee think the College must have overlooked the anxiety of the founder,
when they provided for the education of the village children and ' foreigners ' by
erecting the ' Grammar School of God's Gift ' and appointing a master capable of
carrying out the education stated in the prospectus of the grammar school,J whilst

* The number of boys apprenticed down to the t Mr. James Phillips, of Plumber Street, City

year 1833 was as follows : — From 161 9 to 1636, none; Road, was unanimously appointed Honorary

1637 to 1700, 52 ; 1701 to 1799, 124 ; 1800 to 1833, 52. Secretary of the Society, which he had been mainhr

The sum of £155 was usually laid out on each boy in instrumental in organising, and the thousand-and-

the following manner: — £30 to the master at one acts of kindness done in stealth to the poor and

binding ; an outfit of £20 to the boy in money and suffering, who could claim connection with Dul-

clothes ; £10 a year during his apprenticeship for wich, have rendered his name a pleasant memory

clothing and washing*; and at the end of the ap- to all old Dulwich boys.

prenticeship, if a certificate of good conduct was t The College Grammar School, here alluded to,

obtained, a further sum of £35. was erected in 1842. It was situate a short dis-

454 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

that of the boys of the College is limited to the first class of the prospectus which
admits the scholar at two pence per week."

The case, as presented by this report, is lamentable enough, and we fear but too
true ; indeed, the evidence furnished to the writer from many sources all tend to
confirm the picture sketched above, and though the staff existing in 1844 could hardly
be held responsible for the accumulated sins of many years, they were sadly at fault
nevertheless. No corporation ever invoked destruction so surely as did that of " God's
Gift College " at Dulwich.

Slight concessions, indeed, were made — the grammar school above mentioned was
one of them, — but no improvement took place within the walls of the establishment.
Lax discipline, absent masters,* careless boys, and an utter contempt for outside
opinion — all tended to hasten on the inevitable crisis. The memorial presented by
the old boys was regarded by the authorities as a piece of unwarrantable impertinence,
as will be seen by the following reply transmitted to the memorialists : —

" To the Members of the Dulwich College School Association.

"GENTLEMEN,

" WE have received your memorial and reports, and regret that they contain many
statements and expressions which are neither warranted in fact nor ought to have
been made by the parties from whom the memorial and reports have originated, and
which, we are sorry to say, preclude our entering into any discussion of various par-
ticulars therein contained. As to the education of our boys, the members of the
College have endeavoured to do their duty to the fullest extent. They believe they
have done so, and have acted according to the true spirit of the statutes, especially
as explained by the injunctions of their Visitors.

"We, therefore, cannot admit of any interference, direct or indirect, by those
gentlemen who have received their education at the College, either as to the time or
manner of placing out the scholars. Notwithstanding, we assure them, that whatever
our opinion may be with regard to many parts of the memorial and reports, the
College will never lose sight of any suggestion nor observation, from whatever quarter
it may come, which can in any way tend to benefit the scholars committed to our
charge.

" We remain, gentlemen, your obedient servants.

" George John Allen.

"J. G. N.AUeyne.

" C. Howes.

"J. Yane.

" W. L. Chaffy.

" E. A. Giraud."

Further agitation followed, and memorials and deputations were made to the Col-
lege authorities, but without effect ; and in 1846, so wide had the breach become
between the School Association and the College, that the master, warden and fellows
withdrew from their connection with such reforming zealots, and open war — war to
the knife— was declared ; -whereas timely concession would certainly for a time have
averted those radical changes which afterwards overtook the College.

tance from the old College, to the north-west, and * A story is told of a boy called upon to receive

over the entrance was the inscription « The Gram- punishment for not touching his cap on meeting

mar School of Gods Gift College, Dulwich," sur- the master in the village. "'If you please sir"

mounted by the Alleyn arms. remarked the boy, « I didn't know you, indeed I

The building was afterwards used for the didn't ;" and no wonder, for his master had been

scholars the lower school. away for three months !

DULWICH COLLEGE.

455

In May, 1848, a memorial setting fortli the case against the College was presented
to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the substance of which was as
Allows : —

" That owing to the deficient education received the boys were only apprenticed to
very inferior trades ; * that since 1770 no boy had been sent to the University ; that
the statute f requiring a < school form and order of prayer to be said and observed
every morning in the said school by the scholars thereof, kneeling on their knees, the
master and usher of the said school, or one of them, to be continually thereat,' had
been wholly disregarded for at least twenty-five years to the knowledge of the me-
morialists ; and that as the form of prayer was evidently intended to be observed at
the commencement of the school hours, the memorialists drew attention to the fact
that though the school was opened shortly after six o'clock, they never saw either
master or usher in the school before nine ; and further, that if the boys were required
to say any lesson at all as the result of their three hours' study, it was generally to
the schoolmaster or usher while in bed, and that both schoolmaster and usher had
been absent together from the school for weeks together, notwithstanding the express
prohibition of such an occurrence by the founder ; J that the boys are not kept in the
school till the age of 18 as required § before putting them to ' good andsweete trades,'
but are sent away at the age of 14, and put to inferior trades."

The Archbishop took time to consider the points raised by the association, but
before an answer had been received, the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark, took the
matter up, and presented for his Grace's consideration a carefully prepared case ;
whereupon the College was required to make a statement, and the whole facts were
ably and thoroughly argued by eminent counsel before his Grace the Archbishop and
Dr. Dodson, his assessor, on the 12th and 13th April, 1850 ; when his Grace, after
great consideration, pronounced judgment, or rather issued his injunction, securing
to the boys an improved education, and providing for one or more of them being sent
to the Universities, as follows : — •

" John Bird, by Divine Providence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all
England, and Metropolitan Visitor of the College of God's Gift, in Dulwich, in the
County of Surrey,

* It was stated by Mr. Holt, Q.C., in arguing the
case of the Churchwardens of St. Saviour v.
Dulwich College, in the Arches Court, April, 1850,
that the majority of the boys became tailors, shoe-
makers, or tinmen.

t Item 75, St. & Ord.

J Item. 7(5, St. & Ord.

§ Item. 82, St. & Ord.

Archbishop Wake, by his "orders, rules, and in-
junctions," bearing date December 19th, 1724, made
important alterations in the course of instruction,
time of leaving, &c. We extract the following : —
" That the school, not having answered the intention
of the founder, the churchwardens of the parish, from
whence the election of poore scholars is to be made,
shall send to the College a list of three or four boys as
near as may be equally indigent, who, over and above
the qualihcatious mentioned by the founder, shall
appear to have been instructed in the Church
Catechism, as well as able to read in the New
Testament, out of whom the master and warden
shall choose two. That considering how f e w hours
schooling are required by the statute, the master, or
usher in his absence, be very cautious in granting
leave for play on any other than church and state
holidays. That neither the school-master or u»her
be absent above one day in the week without leave
from the master, warden, and major part of the
fellows, under their hands in writing, under pain
of the forfeitures prescribed by the 44th statute.

That the school-master, every week before Whitsun-
tide, do attend the visitor with a list of the twelve
boys, their respective ages, standing, and degree of
learning ; that some learned divine may be sent to
appose, visit, and examine the poor scholars on
their learning, and how they profit therein, as also
how they are instructed in matters of religion, and
of the service and worship of Almighty God. That
if at the age of 14 a boy be judged incapable of
being qualified for the university, to be taught the
vulgar arithmetic and to write a good hand, and at
a competent age be put out to some trade of the
better sort agreeabfe to such an education ; and
that the warden be in a more particular manner
churged with the care of providing such a master
as may be approved of by the society, one of an
unblemished character, strictly sober and virtuous,
and a constant frequenter of the Established
Church, it being of the last importance and that upon
which their future well-being does in so great a
measure depend ; and that an entry be made in a
register to be kept for that purpose, of the master's
name, trade, and place of habitation, and the sum
of money given with each boy, that the same may
appear whenever called for ; and every boy, who
shall hereafter serve the whole time of his ap-
prenticeship with diligence and honesty, shall, at
the expiration thereof, upon a proper certificate
from his master, be entitled to the sum of £o from
the said College."

456

Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

" To the Master, Warden, Fellows, and Assistants of the said College, Greeting.
" Whereas, complaint having been made to us by petition from the two senior
Wardens of the Parish Church of Saint Saviour, Southwark, in the said County
of Surrey, being two of the Assistants of the said College of Dulwich, that in
the management of the school of Dulwich College aforesaid, the intention of the
Founder was not fully carried out, inasmuch as the twelve poor scholars do not
receive such instruction as would fit them, according to their capacities, either
to be placed out as apprentices, or to be sent to the Universities for the com-
pletion of a learned education, which intention ought to be carried into effect as
nearly as the altered circumstances of the times permit : Now we, having taken the
matter of the said petition into our consideration, do hereby decree and direct, that
the following changes shall be made in respect to the education of the poor
scholars : —

" First. That further accommodation shall be provided for the scholars by applying
for that purpose such part of the standing balance as was carried over at the last
audit in respect of the lapsed shares of surplus revenue, or as much of the same as
shall be required.

" That, in all future distributions of the surplus revenue, a due proportion be
reserved for the benefit of the poor scholars.

" That, in regard to their education and preferment, all the boys shall receive
instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and the Latin grammar as heretofore,
indiscriminately until they attain the age of 14 years ; and that such of the boys as
shall not be kept in College under the regulation next mentioned, shall be put out as
apprentices at that age.

" That a portion of the boys to be selected by the master, warden, and fellows on
account of their talent or application, and not exceeding at any one time four in
number, shall be allowed to remain in the College until the age of 15 or 16 years, and,
during such extended period of their residence, in the College, shall receive, in addition
to the education in the College school, such instruction as shall be considered most
beneficial, with a view to their being placed in higher positions of society (that is to
say), instruction in surveying, chemistry, civil engineering, or any of the applied
sciences, according to the respective capacities, and that they be put out accordingly
as soon as opportunity shall offer, not later than the age of 16 years, except in any
particular case where superior talent and other circumstances may appear to render it
probable that the interest of the individual would be better consulted by a classical
education, until the age of 18 years, and by his being then sent to the University.

" That such extended instruction be afforded at the expense of the College, either
by the attendance of professors or other extra teachers at the College, or by arrange-
ments for the attendance of the boys, while resident in the College, at some practical
educational establishment, such as King's College or the London University, and that
all expenses attendant thereon be considered as expenditure on account of the poor
scholars.

" That suitable allowances (either annually or in gross) be made to the boys by
way of preferment at their departure from the College, as well those put out appren-
tice as those otherwise put forth or sent to the University, regard being had to the
nature of the respective occupations and positions, and to the extent of benefit to
which the poor scholars, as members of the corporation, are entitled out of the surplus
revenue.

" And we do direct, that the scale of such allowances be submitted to us as visitor
aforesaid, as soon as the working of this scheme shall enable you the said master,
warden, and fellows so to do.

DULWICH COLLEGE. 457

" And we do hereby further decree and direct, that the costs and expenses on both
sides, attending this matter, be paid out of the funds of the said College.

" And we do likewise hereby direct you, and every of you, to register or cause to
be registered this our decree in the book wherein the acts of your said College are
registered ; and that you carefully place this, our original decree, among the archives
of said College."

But this concession was not sufficient to satisfy the feeling which had been aroused,
and in July, 1854, Mr. Hare visited the College as inspector under the Charity Com-
missioners, to institute further inquiry ; and the commissioners in February, 1856y
issued their scheme, which involved a complete reconstruction of the foundation ;
and an Act of Parliament was passed in 1857, embracing many of the points shadowed
forth in the previous scheme.

INCOME OF THE COLLEGE. — The annual income of the College was estimated by
the founder^at .£800,* but at different times subsequent to his decease it fell much
below that amount.

In the latter part of the seventeenth century, however, a gradual increase set in,
and this progressively continued until 1728, when it had risen to .£1368 18s. 3cL, the
expenses amounting to £985 16s. Sd. But the most rapid augmentation has taken
place since 1808, when an Act of Parliament f (48 Geo. III. cap. 116) was passed,
enabling the master, warden, fellows, &c., in their corporate capacity, to grant
building leases of their estates for eighty-four years. The Act also empowered the
authorities to extend the term of certain leases, which had been granted for sixty-
three years, by twenty-one years, the possessors of such leases trusting to the
" honour and good faith of the College not to take any undue advantage," the College
by the original foundation not being authorised to grant any lease for a longer term
than twenty-one years. The fines or premiums under this Act were to be applied (in
aid of a fund of £5600 in the Three per Cents, already accumulated) in repairing
the said College, or in rebuilding the same either on the present site, or on such other
part of the estates belonging to the College, as the visitor thereof for the time being
might approve.

In 1833 the annual income amounted to £7881 10s. 7d, and the dividend on each
share in respect of the surplus fund had risen to £14 15s., and out of it each of the
twelve poor brethren and sisters, besides clothing, excellent lodging and maintenance
in and from the College, received £134 11s. 10|el per annum.}:

It appears from the report of the commissioners that the fines received under the
first schedule of the Act were partly expended in redeeming the land-tax — the Cam-
berwell part of Dulwich absorbing in the redemption £1294 17s. 9d.} and the
Lambeth part £526 12s.

According to the original statutes, .the revenue of the College, then " amounting to
£800 or thereabouts," was directed by the founder to be separated into two portions ; of
which £600 was to be appropriated in discharge of the pensions to members, diet, &c.;

* The real estate embraced the manor and nearly £1177 10s. The second schedule refers to the manor
the whole of the harnk-t of Uulwich, comprising of JUulwich, the parishes of Camberweil and Lam-
about 1300 acres of land there, and house property beth imermixed, and the parish ot St. I^UKB,
in the parishes of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, and Middh-sex. In the manor of Uulwich, the lands,
St. Luke, Old Street. Sixty- one acres at Knight's houses, gardens, <tec., which were then occupied,
Hill wer« purchased by the Governors in 1858. For produced an annual rental of £-'428 10*. ', tnoa
detailed account of the property originally be- Camberweil and Lambeth intermixed i-7 per an-
queathed to the College, see appendix. nuin ; aud the messuages (on ^e Slte of the

t The first schedule in the Act refers to lands and Fortune Theatre) in the parish of St. Luke (oil

houses in the parishes of St. Giles', Camberweil, leased to one person) £200 per annum,

and St. Mary, Lambeth, whereiu leases had been J Further report of tho Commissioners, 1W4.
granted, iho rental of which amounted to

458 Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

and £200 for repairs, lawsuits, preferment of scholars, &c.; after which, should any
part of the latter sura above £15 remain (beyond £100 to be kept in the treasury-
chest against emergencies), the same was to be divided into 600 parts, and at every
yearly audit, on the 4th March, to be distributed to the members of the College in
certain specified proportions. In all these arrangements the founder made provision
as well for the statutory members of the College as for the chanters, or junior fellows
(who were never appointed), and the thirty out-pensioners, who were not recognised
after 1726. The intended allowances to these parties were in consequence thrown
back annually into the surplus fund arising from the unexpended part of the £200.
From the schedule of the receipts and payments of the College in 1832, reported by
the commissioners,* the surplus fund was then divided as follows : —

Surplus Fund. Parts. £ s. d.

To the master 40 . . . 590 0 0

„ warden 30 .. . 442 10 0

„ 1st fellow, preacher 12 . . 177 0 0

„ 2nd „ schoolmaster . . . . 12 . . 177 0 0

„ 3rd „ usher ..... 10 ... 147 10 0

„ 4th „ organist 10 . . . 147 10 0

Twelve brethren and sisters, 1-1 2th, being

£134 lls. 10J 109^ . . . 1615 2 6

The churchwardens, assistants . . . . 3 . ':. 44 5 0

The above sums were paid to the respective parties in addition to their ordinary
salaries and allowances.

LIST OF MASTERS AND WARDENS. — The following lists contain the names of
the masters and wardens of the College from its foundation to the dissolution of the
late corporation : —

MASTERS.

A.D.

Thomas Alleyn 1619

Matthias Alleyn 1631

Thomas Alleyn 1642

Ralph Alleyn 1668

John Alleyn 1678

Richard Alleyn 1686

John Alleyn 1690

Thomas Alleyn 1712

James Alleyn f . . ' . . . . 1721

Joseph Allen J 1746

Thomas Allen 1775

William Allen 1805

Lancelot Baugh Allen 1811

John Allen . . . ... . . 1820

George John Allen ...... 1843

* 29th, a Further Report, p. 919. J It was objected against Anthony Allen, a

t There is a portrait in the College of Mr. James candidate for the office of warden in 1670, that his

Alleyn, who was warden in 1712, andj master in name was spelt differently from that of the founder,

1720, and the inscription beneath his portrait and he was, therefore, held to be disqualified ; but

states that he '• Was six feet high," — that objection was afterwards overruled.

Skilful as a Skaiter, a Jumper, ATHLETIC, and

Humane."

DULWICH COLLEGE. 459

WARDENS.

Matthias Alley n 1619

Thomas Alley n ..... 1631

Ralph Alleyn ..... 1642

JohnAlleyn 1669

Elias Alleyn Igyg

Richard Alleyn 1680

JohnAlleyn 1686

Thomas Alleyn 1690

James Alleyn 1712

John Alleyn 1721

William Allen . 1731

Thomas Allen 1735

Henry Allen 1740

Joseph Allen 1745

James Allen 1746

Thomas Allen 1752

William Allen 1775

Lancelot Baugh Allen 1805

John Allen • 1811

Jeffry Thomas Allen 1820

George John Allen 1842

John Gay Newton Alleyne .... 1843

Richard William Allen 1851

PENSIONERS UNDER ACT OP 1857.

G. J. Allen, Esq., late master of the College.
R. W. Allen, Esq., late warden of the College.
Rev. C. Howes, late first fellow.
Rev. W. Fell owes, late second fellow.
Rev. W. L. Chaffy, late third fellow.
Rev. E. A. Giraud, late fourth fellow.

In addition to the above, the Six Poor Brothers and Six Poor Sisters received
pensions of .£150 a year, and smaller pensions and allowances were given to several
servants of the old corporation.

The total amount paid in such pensions since 1857 has been as follows : —

1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869

Carried over . . 57,924 4 9

£
6,280
. . . . 5,682
5,272
5,003

s.
14
10
11
19

6
2
3
0

4,742
4,143

15
0

G
2

5,314
4,376

10
19

7
5

4,312

Ifi

4,280

4,248
4,264

19
15

460

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Brought forward . . . 57,924 4 9

1870 4,110 16 4

1871 .. - ' i . . . . 4,042 9 10

1872 . ., •'•..'"> .... 3,964 19 5

1873 .. .- , , ...•„' .. . . 3,512 8 1

1874 ...... , . . 3,467 5 1

Total 77,022 3 6

The last surviving of the Poor Brothers and Sisters of the late corporation was

Mrs. Reeves, who died on the 25th of April, 1872.

Only one of the holders of the larger pensions has deceased, namely,

The Rev. E. A. Giraud, who died February 16th, 1873.

JOHN ALLEN. — Our history of Dulwich under the old regime would be incom-
plete without some notice of its most celebrated master,* John Allen. He was
born at Redfoord, near Edinburgh, on the 3rd Feb., 1771.f His father, James Allen,
was a writer in Edinburgh, and his mother, Beatrix Wight, was the daughter of a re-
spectable farmer. Allen's father died in bankrupt circumstances when he was young,
but the son was enabled to complete his education by the kindness of his mother's
family, and of Mr. Robert Cleghorn, a well-to-do farmer, whom she took for her
second husband. Mr. Allen was apprenticed to Mr. Arnot, a surgeon in Edinburgh,
with whom John (afterwards Professor) Thomson was also an apprentice. John
Allen graduated at the University of Edinburgh, as M.D., in 1791 ; was elected
warden of Dulwich College in 1811 ; succeeded to the mastership in 1820, and died
on the 10th£ of April, 1843, aged 73. Dr. Allen was the author of An Inquiry into
the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England ; An Inquiry into the Life
and Character of King Eadwig ; two notices of Dr. Lingard's History of England,
printed in the Edinburgh Review ; a Reply to Dr. Lingard's Vindication, in a short
letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq. (1827) ; A short History of the House of Commons,
with reference to Reform (1831) ; Inquiry into the Tripartite Division of Titles in
England, by a Layman (1833) ; On Church Property (1834) ; Vindication of the
Ancient Independence of Scotland (1833) ; together with many articles, chiefly on
historical subjects, in the Edinburgh Review and Annual Register.

Mr. Allen was associated with Jeffrey, Brougham, Sydney Smith, and others in
the early days of the Edinburgh Review, and Lord Brougham, in after years, thus
wrote of his old colleague,§ " If it be asked what was the peculiar merit the
characteristic excellence of Mr. Allen's understanding, the answer is not difficult to
make. It was the rare faculty of combining general views with details of facts, and
thus at once availing himself of all that theory or speculation presents for our guide,
with all that practical experience affords to correct those results of general reasoning.
This great excellence was displayed by him in everything to which he directed his

* The following, concerning one of the masters, ap-
peared inthe Gentleman's Magazine, 10th Jan., 1796,
vol. Ixvi., p. 85 : — "After a few days illness, in his
83rd year, Joseph Allen, D.D., upwards of thirty
years master of Dulwich College, Surrey. This
advantageous and honourable office he resigned to
his worthy successor, the present master, upwards
of twenty-five years ago, on his marriage ; which
holy state was deemed by the Founder incompatible
with the duty of this magisterial chair. Dr. Allen
was supposed to be the last survivor of those who
went round the world with Lord Auson. His con-
duct in public and private life was most exemplary ;
he was charitable, just, and liberal, full of informa-
tion, friendship, and benevolence ; and by his will

has bequeathed £500 to the Asylum, and £500 to
the Lying in-Hospital. The rest of his ample
fortune, except a few friendly and family legacies,
he has left to his nephew, Mr. Richard Allen, a
surgeon of great respectability in the borough of
Southwark."

t Brayley gives January, 1770, as the date of his
birth, but this is evidently an error.

t The date given by Brayley, the 3rd, is evidently
an error, since the 10th is given by Sir Stephen
Hammick, who attended Dr. Allen in his last
illness

§ See Historical Sketches of Statesmen in the
time of George III.

DULWICH COLLEGE. 461

mind, whether it were the political questions of the day, which, he treated as prac-
tically as the veriest drudge in any of the public offices, and yet with all the
enlargement of view which marked the statesman and the philosopher. He for
whom no theory was too abstract, no speculation too general, could so far stoop to
the details of practical statesmanship, as to give a friend, proceeding for the first
time on a delicate and important mission, this sound advice :— ' Don't ever appear
anxious about any point, either in arguing with those you are treating with, or in
trying to obtain a concession from them. It often may happen that your indifference
will gain a much readier access to their minds. Earnestness and anxiety are
necessary for one addressing a public assembly— not so for a negotiator.' The
character of Mr. Allen was of the highest order. His integrity was sterling, his
honour pure and untarnished. No one had a more lofty disdain of those mean tricks
to which, whether on trifles or matters of importance, worldly men have too
frequent recourse. Without the shadow of fanaticism in any of its forms, he was in
all essential particulars a person of the purest morals ; and his indignation was never
more easily roused than by the aspect of daring profligacy or grovelling baseness.
No man was a more steady or sincere friend ; and his enmity, though fierce, was
placable." Lord Byron, in one of his letters, has the following :—" Allen (Lord
Holland's Allen — the best informed and one of the ablest men I know— a perfect
Magliabecchi — a devourer, a helluo of books, and an observer of men) has lent me a
quantity of Burns's unpublished, and never-to-be-published letters ;" and a year
before his friend's death Sydney Smith thus wrote to Lady Holland,* " I am sorry
to hear Allen is not well, but the reduction of his legs is a pure and unmixed good :
they are enormous ; they are clerical ! He has the head of a philosopher and the
]egs of a clergyman. I never saw such legs — at least belonging to a layman."

Another friendf thus writes of him. " I first remember and shall never forget John
Allen when he came to Holland House in 1802, recommended to my father| by the
late Lord Lauderdale, as a medical friend and companion for the Continental tour
which we then made during three years in France and Spain. He was a strong,
stout man, with a large head, broad face, enormous round silver spectacles before a
pair of peculiarly bright and intelligent eyes, and with the thickest lip I ever
remember. His accent Scotch ; his manner eager but extremely good natured."
Such was John Allen, as he appeared to those best able to understand and appreciate
him. Imbued in early life with strong revolutionary ideas, he was an indiscriminate
admirer of the French Kevolution, whom even the excesses of 1793 and 1794 did not
appal. His minute study of the ancient history of our own constitution, how-
ever, greatly modified his youthful predilections, if, indeed, it did not completely
emancipate him from early prejudices. Mr. Allen never held any political office
except that of secretary for a few months to the commissioners for treating with
America in 1806. During the later years of his life Mr. Allen wrote little, dividing
his time betwen Dulwich and Kensington ; and whether as master of the College
or confidential friend of Lady Holland, his sound practical advice was much courted
and admired.

ADDITIONS TO THE COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS.— The College has received the fol-
lowing additional gifts at various times since its foundation : —

DULWICH GIRLS' SCHOOL. §— By indenture, dated 31st August, 1741, James Allen,
Esq., conveyed to the master, warden, fellows, poor brethren and sisters, and poor
scholars, of God's Gift in Dulwich, and the successors, certain pieces of land in the

* See Holland House, vol. i. t The late Lord Holland.

t Major-General Fox. § ^c>w a trust of Chairman, Master, and Chaplain.

462 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

parish of Kensington, to the intent that they and their successors should for ever
apply the rents (except £5 to the master for his own use, as a compensation for his
trouble, and £l 6s. for a treat to the tenants on paying their rent) towards finding
and providing a schoolmistress or mistresses to be resident in Dulwich, for the
instructing as many poor boys to read and as many poor girls to read and sew, as to
4he master should seem meet, such boys and girls to be children of poor people
" resiants and commorants " in Dulwich or within one mile thereof. This endow-
ment (about £200 a-year) was restricted to girls by the Act of 1857. New school
buildings, with a house for the mistress, were erected in 1866, at a cost of .£2,000.

SARAH, VISCOUNTESS FALKLAND'S GIFT.* — Sarah, Viscountess Falkland, by her
will, dated 25th May, 1776, and proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, on
the 22nd of June, in the same year, gave £300 to the master and warden in trust
that they should invest the same and pay the interest thereof to the six old men
and six old women pensioners of the College part and share alike, on every Christ-
mas Day.

WHITFIELD'S GIFT.— John Whitfield, Esq., by his will, dated the 24th April, 1826,
bequeathed unto the master and warden for the time being, the sum of £665 13s. 4d.
upon trust to lay out the interest thereof annually in bread and potatoes, or other
necessaries for the benefit of twenty poor widows of the hamlet of Dulwich.

RECENT HISTORY.

In 1857 the Act of Parliament under which the College is now governed was passed
into law. The Act was founded upon a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, and
was passed after careful and minute discussion in committee of the Commissioners'
proposals. By section 1, the old corporation was declared dissolved, and a new
governing body, consisting of nineteen governors, was appointed. Of these nineteen
governors, eleven are appointed by the Court of Chancery and two by each of four
interested parishes. By this Act the restriction of the eleemosynary benefits of the
foundation to the four parishes is retained, in accordance with the founder's statute,
and a further preference not contemplated by Alleyn is given to the parishes f in the
admission of boys to the Upper and Lower Schools at Dulwich.

Three-fourths of the net income are appropriated to the educational and one-fourth
to the eleemosynary branch of the charity. Section 2 continues the Archbishop as
visitor; section 11 orders the following amounts to be paid annually to the retiring
master, warden, and fellows, and to the poor brethren and sisters elected under the
old corporation, in full satisfaction of all present and future allowances, rights, and
emoluments, viz. : —

The master £1,015

The warden 855

First and second fellows (each) 500

Third and fourth fellows (each) 466

To each of the poor brethren and sisters . . . 150
Section 23 provides for the appointment of a permament chairman. Sections 34

* Now merged in the general fund. St. Botolph . . . 12,499

t The commissioners in their scheme call atten- St. Luke 54,055

tion to the enormous population of these parishes, Camberwell 54*667

and quote the census of 18ol, which gives the fol-

lowing figures :— 156,953

Pop. According to the census of 1871, Camberwell

St. Saviour's . . . 35,731 alone contained a population of 111,306 !

DULWICH COLLEGE. 463

I and 35 relate to the appointment of a chaplain, who is to perform divine service in
the College chapel upon Sundays, and on such other days and at such time as the
governors or the master with their sanction shall direct, and also such spiritual duties
for the hamlet of Dulwich as were performed by the late fellows. Section 37 gives
authority to the chaplain to become incumbent of any ecclesiastical district which
may be formed in Dulwich ; section 40 gives power to build a chapel, with the
approbation of the visitor, with accommodation for masters and boys of botli schools,
and the almspeople and servants of the College ; and also with accommodation for
the inhabitants of the hamlet of Dulwich at least equal in extent to what they have
heretofore enjoyed, having regard to the probable increase of population, with power
to receive reasonable pew rents ; sections 45 to 99 deal with the constitution of the
educational branch of the College, which is to consist of an Upper and Lower School.
The master of the College is to be also head master of the Upper School, and, subject
to the superior authority of the governors, is to have general control of the edu-
cational branch. The emoluments to be a fixed salary of .£400 a year, with a pay-
ment of £3 per annum for every boy above the number of fifty, and a moiety of the
capitation fees. The boys of the Upper School to be admitted between the ages of
eight and fifteen, preference to be given to children of inhabitants of any of the four
parishes, but subject to such preference boys to be admitted as clay scholars or
boarders from other places to the extent of the accommodation afforded by the school,
but no boy to remain after the age of eighteen ; applications for admission to the
Upper School to be made to the master of the College in writing, and a register of all
applications to be kept ; day boys may be partially boarded ; foundation scholars
not exceeding twenty-four in number may be elected and maintained at the expense *
of the College. The master of the College and the under master of the Upper School
are not permitted to take boarders or private pupils ; the capitation fees to be £6
under fourteen years of age, and £8 above fourteen, with £2 extra for boys not
belonging to the favoured parishes, but the governors have power to alter this scale
from time to time.f The range of instruction embraces divinity, the usual English
subjects, Latin, Greek, modern languages, mathematics, drawing, physics, mechanics,
chemistry, and natural sciences ; the governors may establish eight exhibitions of
£100 each,! tenable for five years when the funds admit.

The Lower School is to be carried on at Dulwich for foundation scholars and day
boys, the salary of the master to be £200 and £2 a year for any boy over fifty, and
a moiety of the capitation fees ; the foundation scholars § in the Lower School to be
between the ages of eight and twelve, orphans, having lost one or both parents, or in
default of such then the children of poor deserving parents resident in one of the
privileged parishes, an equal number being taken from each ; they are to be lodged
clothed, boarded, and educated at the expense of the College ; children of the indus-
trial or poorer classes of any of the four parishes to be admitted as day boys to the
Lower School if over eight, and no boy to remain over sixteen ; the day boys to pay
capitation fees not exceeding 5s. a quarter for boys under fourteen, and 10s. a quarter
over that age ; when the funds admit, twelve scholarships of £40 a year each for
four years may be awarded, also gratuities not exceeding six in number, or £40 in
value ; the instruction in the Lower School to comprise the reading and study of the

* No foundations have yet been elected to the { Two of £50 each, and tenable for four years,

Upper School have been awarded annu xlly since 1865.
t The fees are now as follows :— § There are now seven foundation scholars 11

For sous of residents in the privileged districts. lower school. The vacancies occurring during tne

Under 13 years of age, £12 a year. last two years have not been filled up by tl

Above 13 £15 , governors, pending the possible pissing of a new

For all others Scheme. This parish should have three foundation

Under 13 years of age, £15 a year. scholars at Dulwich, but at present has only one.
Above 13 £18 ,

464 Ye PAEISH OF CAMERWELL.

Holy Scriptures, reading, writing, English grammar and composition, Latin and
modern languages, arithmetic, mathematics, and the elements of practical geometry
and of mensuration, natural science, and drawing, the instruction in these subjects to
bear especially on their application to the industrial arts.

In the admission of boys to either school, children of residents in Dulwich are to
have preference, cceteris paribus, over those from other parts of Camberwell.

With respect to the eleemosynary branch of the charity, dealt with in sections
100—110, it is ordered that the number of almspeople be 24, with power to the
governors to increase the number, both men and women to be selected, as far as
practicable, from among respectable persons, either married or single, who shall have
fallen from better circumstances into indigence, and who shall be of the age of 60 and
upwards and residents of one of the four parishes ; * the governors to select one out
of three poor persons duly qualified, to be presented to them by the vestry of the
parish entitled to the turn, and in the case of Camberwell, preference is to be given
to a Dulwich resident ; the almspeople to receive a weekly allowance not exceeding
20s. ; the governors may appoint out-pensioners with stipends not exceeding 10s. a
week.

As to the pictures, the governors, with the sanction of the members of the Royal
Academy, to provide for the preservation and custody of the collection of pictures *
and other works of art, either in the present gallery or in some other suitable repo-
sitory to be erected or provided for the purpose, at the College at Dulwich.

THE NEW BUILDINGS. — On the 26th June, 1866, the first stone of the new College
buildings was laid. Mr. Gladstone, at that time Chancellor of the Exchequer, had
promised to take the principal part in- the proceedings of the day, and a large and
distinguished company was assembled to witness the ceremony. But at the last
moment, when all were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the great orator and state-
man, an ominous whisper began to spread through the company. Presently the
formal announcement was made that Mr. Gladstone was prevented from performing
his part, having received the royal command to present himself at Windsor to yield
up the seals of office, upon the resignation of Lord Palmerston's Government. The
first stone was accordingly laid by the chairman of the board of governors, the Rev.
W. Rogers, and a large party of the more distinguished visitors were subsequently
entertained in the picture gallery.

The new buildings were formally opened by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, accom-
panied by H.R.H. the Princess, on June 21st, 1870.

The precincts of the College include an area of about 45 acres, of which nearly
twenty are devoted to cricket fields and playgrounds.

The style of architecture adopted by Mr. Charles Barry, the architect, is that
known as Northern Italian of the thirteenth century, of which beautiful examples
are seen at Milan, Verona, Parma, Pavia, &c. The materials used are almost exclu-
sively brick and terra-cotta of various colours. The roofs are covered with Taylor's
patent dull red tiles, glass tiles being of course inserted where light is required.

The great hall forms the principal feature in this magnificent pile of buildings —
the schoolrooms, residences of the master of the College and the under master of the
Upper School, &c., being ranged in wings forming detached blocks, but connected
with the main building on either side by means of cloisters.

The hall is on the principal floor of the building, and is approached on each side
from the ground floor by spacious staircases communicating with the entrance hall
and with the cloisters which connect the north and south wings of the building with

* There are at present 24 almspeople, and 16 out-door pensioners.

DULWICH COLLEGE. 465

the central block. Its length is 92 feet, its width 43 feet, and its height above 50 feet.
There is a raised dais at the eastern end, available for speeches and dramatic recita-
tions. The great ribs of the roof are supported on piUars of red Devonshire marble,
highly polished, with richly-carved stone capitals, and standing on pedestals of terra-
cotta work in cream colour and light green ware of very finished and beautiful
manufacture, from the works of Mr. Blashfield, of Stamford. A panelled oak dado
runs all round the hall between these pedestals, while the panels between the pillars
are to be gradually filled with the recorded names of scholars of Alleyn's College who
shall have attained distinction in their after-studies and their future lives. The great
doors on each side of the hall leading to the staircase, of carved oak, are worthy of
observation. The hall (as seen in our illustration) is lighted at each end by a large
mullioned window, which is filled with glass, relieved by a stained glass bordering ;
while the tracery contains the armorial bearings of the College. These windows were
executed by Mr. Moore, of the Eckford Glass Works, Clerkenwell, and the border
and other coloured parts are formed from Stamford coloured glass. The window
jambs, mullions, and tracery are all of terra-cotta, enriched with modelled carving.
The roof of the hall is entirely in deal. Its design is similar in style to the roofs of
some of the great churches and basilicas of North Italy— that is, a waggon form ;
sometimes found with a single curvature from wall to wall, and sometimes, as at the
great church of St. Fermo, at Verona, of several stages of curvature, — an idea which
has been carried out at Dulwich. These roofs in Italy, however, are never divided
into bays, as at Dulwich, and the result is a heaviness of effect which is here relieved
by the circular principals springing from hammer beams supported on the marble
pillars before referred to. The spandrels of the springers under the hammer-beams
are filled with the armorial bearings of the College, duly emblazoned in colour, and
the effect of the whole is enhanced by the simple expedient of staining its principal
lines of mouldings, but leaving the natural colour of the deal in the carved or enriched
features ; the whole then being varnished. From the centre of the roof rises a
louvre, for about 30 feet above the ridge of the roof, intended for ventilation, which,
being treated externally in several stages, and terminating with a crocketed spire,
forms an important and graceful feature of the exterior.

This splendid hall serves as a place of muster for the whole school every morning,
and there prayers are read before the boys proceed to their several class-rooms. It
is also used as a dining-hall for those of the masters and boys who desire to avail
themselves of the arrangements made for this purpose, and for the great public
gatherings at the annual speeches, distribution of prizes, and concerts. From 700 to-
800 visitors can be readily accommodated on these occasions.

On the first floor of the central block is also the College library, to which has been
transferred the curious chimney-piece originally erected in the old library, and con-
structed from a portion of Queen Elizabeth's state barge, which Alleyn purchased
when the barge was broken up in the reign of her successor.

On the ground floor are the lecture theatre, the laboratories, and class-rooms for
instruction in science. The lecture theatre, which is used for class instruction in
chemistry and physics, and also for evening lectures on scientific and other subjects,
will hold from 250 to 280 persons. Two well-fitted chemical laboratories give
accommodation for thirty students ; and there are class-rooms for instruction in
physics and anatomy, and provided with the necessary apparatus and appliances.*

The contract for the new buildings (exclusive of furnishing, fittings, &c.) was taken
by Mr. Downs, of Southwark, at £62,600, whilst the terra-cotta work was executed
by Mr. J. M. Blashfield, of Stamford.

* There is also in the south wing a class-room for instruction in geology and physical geography.

H H

466 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

The cost of the buildings exceeded the amount originally intended to be expended
upon them, the sum from first to last amounting to about .£100,000 ; but for this the
governors have a suite of buildings which they can regard with pride — a structure
at once substantial, commodious, and convenient, worthy of the prominent position
which Dulwich is now rapidly taking up as one of the great public schools of
England.

But it was not in the nature of things that Dulwich College should rest in peace,
still less that it should be allowed to pursue the course of active beneficence on
which it had newly entered without challenge and obstruction from the interested,
the jealous, or the wrong-headed.

In an evil hour for themselves, as well as for Dulwich College, the Endowed
School Commissioners cast covetous eyes upon the great endowment of Edward
Alleyn. Availing themselves of the dissatisfaction which an increase made by the
governors in the College fees had inevitably occasioned, and greatly over estimating
its strength and importance, they claimed public approval for a scheme which, how-
ever lavish in promises to others, meant for Dulwich College nothing less than the
destruction of its great and successful school, and the diversion of its revenues to
other and untried projects. We do not intend here to enter into any discussion of a
question which (we presume) is still sub judice. It must suffice here to say that,
after several " tentative schemes " thrown out on their behalf by an " assistant com-
missioner " like feathers, to see which way the wind was blowing, and as completely
cast adrift soon after, the Commissioners issued their First Scheme.

This scheme was received with general disapprobation, and after a period of public
meetings, and memorials, and interviews, was followed by the Second Scheme " as
revised after publication," and this again, after a similar process of agitation, by the
Third Scheme, " as submitted to the Committee of Council on Education."

In the hands of the Committee of Council —though the Government has changed
meanwhile and the Commissioners have been cashiered — it now remains.

We will only add our hope that, whatever may become of lavish promises and
wild experiments, no sanction will be given by the Government to any proposals
which would tend in the slightest degree to check the acknowledged success of the
College, or to lower it from that high position which it has won in the face of so
many difficulties amongst the great schools of the land.

Since its new birth, Dulwich College has started on an era of educational advance-
ment, and the extraordinary increase in the number * of boys at the Upper School,
and the .numerous honours obtained by theni in almost every competition open to
•our public schools, f speak eloquently, not only of the appreciation of the school
throughout the districts south of the Thames, but of the great need which formerly
•existed there of increased educational facilities.

The increase in the Lower School has been only less remarkable because the
limited extent of the accommodation in the old buildings where it is located still
imposes a restriction upon its development. J

THE MASTER OF DULWICH COLLEGE.

Any history of Dulwich College, or indeed of the Parish of Camberwell, would
imperfect and unsatisfactory, if it failed to include some account of the life and life's

* From 130 at Midsummer, 18C9, when one wing t See List of Honours in the Appendix.

• of the new buildings was first brought into use, to j See Tables of the number of boys in both

550 at the present time. schools in the Appendix.

DULWICH COLLEGE. 467

work of the distinguished man who, since the re-organization of the College in 1858,
has held the office of Master.

Under any circumstances, the holder of that important office, especially as being at
the same time Head Master of such a school as the Upper School has now become,
would attract to himself a great deal of public interest ; but in Dr. Carver's case the
public recognize not merely the dignified Head of the College, and the able Head Master
of a nourishing and successful school, but the man who has done more than any other
to further higher education in South London ; and they feel that it is to his high
character, great talents, and indomitable energy, that they are indebted for all that
is useful and valuable in Dulwich College, for the success of the school as a place of
education, for the public school spirit and high moral tone of the boys, and the
excellent discipline, the effects of which are observable in the conduct of the boys,
as well outside as inside the school ; in short, for the position morally, socially, and
intellectually, which Dulwich College has in such a short time reached among the
great public schools of England. A brief sketch will be sufficient. What the school
is tells best what Dr. Carver is, and what he has done.

The Kev. Alfred James Carver, D.D., Master of Dulwich College, is the only son
of the Kev. James Carver, M.A., and was born at King's Lynn, Norfolk, March 22nd,
1826. Dr. Carver was educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
As an undergraduate he gained a Foundation Scholarship at Trinity College, the
Bell University Scholarship, and many College prizes for English and Latin compo-
sition and declamations and other subjects. In 1849 he obtained a high place in the
First Class in Classics and Second Class Honours in Mathematics. He subsequently
obtained the prize for an English Essay, open to Bachelors of Arts, and the Burney
Theological Prize of one hundred guineas.

Shortly after taking his degree he accepted a Fellowship and Classical Lectureship
at Queen's College, Cambridge, and held this office till his marriage, in 1853, to
Eliza, youngest daughter of the late William Peek, Esq., of Balham Hill, Surrey.
In the same year he was chosen Sur, or Second Master, of his old school, St.
Paul's, and remained in that post till his election, in 1858, to the Mastership
of Dulwich College. As Sur-Master of St. Paul's, Dr. (then the Rev. Mr.) Carver
stained the high reputation which he had won at the University, and many old
Paulines bear hearty testimony to the esteem and affection with which he was
led not merely by his colleagues and pupils, but by all who knew him. He
was no less successful in the discharge of the duties of another office which he held
during part of his Sur-Mastership — that of the curacy, with practically sole charge,
of the Parish of St. Olave's, Old Jewry. In the years 1857 and 1858 he held the
important post of Examiner for Honours in the Classical Tripos at Cambridge.

In 1858, on the re-organization of Alleyn's College of God's Gift at Dulwich,
Dr. Carver was elected Master of the College and Head Master of the Upper
School in the same, being the first Master of the College who did not bear the
name of Alleyn, or Allen, and the first Master who was allowed to marry.

At the time of Dr. Carver's appointment the schools over which he was to preside
had not yet been called into existence, and it would not have been an easy task to
predict what the future of those schools would be. The history of the past showed
that, in spite of all Edward Alleyn's precautions, the great school which he wished to
found soon became a wretched failure, and, notwithstanding the interference of suc-
cessive Archbishops of Canterbury, it had proved impossible to make Dulwich a place
of higher, or even of moderate education. The state of affairs in 1858, however, gave a
somewhat more hopeful prospect. The Act of Parliament distinctly made the School

the most important feature of the foundation, and the wealth of the endowment gave

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reason to believe that the new schools, if well organized and well managed, would
prove a success ; but what the exact status of those schools would be — whether the
Upper School was to be made what is now known as a school of the first grade, and
to take its place among the schools after which Alleyn modelled it, Winchester, St.
Paul's, "Westminster, and Merchant Taylors', or to become the middle-class grammar
school, something a little better or a little worse than the Classical and Commercial
Academy — was a question which the future alone could decide, and which most of all
depended on the new Master of the College.

In the hands of a less able or less energetic man than Dr. Carver it seems most
likely that, in spite of its rich endowment, Dulwich College as a school would never
have risen above mediocrity. To insure success there were needed not only a
thorough understanding and correct appreciation of the educational requirements of
the time and the neighbourhood, but the utmost promptitude and resolution in
seizing the opportunity for action. .

A new era in education was just then commencing. Some of the most valuable
and important posts under Government had lately been thrown open to public com-
petition, and there was no question that this movement must extend further. The
subjects of examination for these competitions embraced many branches hitherto
little attended to in the great schools, and even in the Universities increasing im-
portance was given to what are called modern subjects ; and to attain success in any
path of life, a liberal education was becoming more and more an indispensable
condition, and no school could hope for success unless it conformed to the demands
of the age.

In the neighbourhood of Dulwich, and within easy distance of the College, were to
be found, more perhaps than in any suburb of London, a very large number of pro-
fessional men and others of moderate incomes, to whom it was all important that
their sons should receive a thoroughly good education, and who at the same time
would have found it impossible to send their sons to the more expensive schools,
even if in those schools they could have found the sort of education they wanted.
Dr. Carver saw that what was needed at Dulwich was a school of the highest type,
and yet a school of a very diiferent character from the old classical schools.

Though a distinguished classical scholar himself, he had, as has been mentioned,
taken honours in mathematics, and had from his boyhood been devoted to the study
of Physical Science. He was no doctrinaire to insist on one particular course of study
being forced on all boys, whatever might be their capacity or destination in life, and
he aimed at establishing a school in which boys should be thoroughly prepared, as
i'ar as that can be done at school, for any future which the circumstances made
suitable or necessary for them. This desire to establish the course of study at
Dulwich on a broad and liberal basis did not, however, blind him to the true
function of a school, nor lead him to think of making Dulwich College a place of
technical education for those who left it without the intention of pursuing their
studies further elsewhere. He knew that the true function of the schoolmaster is not
so much to teach as to educate, to draw out, and develop all that is best in a boy, to
train him to think for himself, and to make his mind adaptable and receptive, quick
to understand and take in and make use of the instruction, technical or otherwise,
given to him after leaving school, and to profit by experience on his way through
life. With these sound and broad views as to the plan of the future schools, Dr.
Carver, without hesitation, undertook the onerous task of carrying out his plans.
The difficulties which almost unceasingly since 1858 have arisen to interfere with the
development of the College seemed neither probable nor even possible then, or Dr.
Carver, with all his energy and determination, might well have shrunk from his

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task. And though it was evident that all that Dr. Carver aimed at could not be
effected without earnest and exhausting work, and a severe and long continued
struggle, there was reason to hope that the work and the struggle would not be in
vain, but be well repaid by the satisfaction of giving to South London what had so
long been a want, a thoroughly good school. To encourage him in his undertaking
Dr. Carver had on his side youth and an unusual amount of health and strength!
He was not wholly dependent on the emoluments of his office, and felt that°he
could, if necessary, use his private means to further the interests of the College.*
He looked upon the carrying out of Edward Alleyn's wishes for the establishment
of a great school for South London as a noble and sacred work well worth the
devotion of his whole life, and chose it for his life's work. It was to him a labour
of love, upon which he entered with a full sense of its difficulty and responsibility,
but confident of himself and of his ability to overcome all obstacles and to command
success, if success could be gained by the entire devotion of his time, and thoughts,
and powers, to this one great work. Since 1858 Dr. Carver's life has been so bound
up and interwoven with the recent history of the College, which is given elsewhere,
that it is needless to do more here than to summarize briefly what the results of his
seventeen years' labours at Dulwich have been.

Dr. Carver, on his appointment as Master of Dulwich College, found, as the
sole nucleus, if nucleus it can be called, of the future schools, the twelve poor
scholars, who were receiving a most meagre and unsatisfactory education under the
old corporation. He is now at the head of two schools numbering between them
over seven hundred boys, and each in its own way eminently useful and successful,
whether tested by the increase in numbers and the demand for admission, or by the
successes gained by Dulwich boys at the Universities, Civil Service, Woolwich, and
other public competitions. The success of these schools not only proves his powers
and ability as a Head Master, but in a special sense redounds to his credit, because
it must in a great degree be assigned to the admirable system on which they have
been organized.

The Act of Parliament 1857-8 prescribed the subjects of instruction for each
school, and gave unusual prominence to what are called modern subjects, but to
carry out this Act fully it was necessary to find some way of solving what must be
regarded as one' of the great educational difficulties of the present day, that is, to
secure a proper amount of attention for the modern studies, without to some extent
neglecting the older and standard subjects of school teaching, Latin, Greek, and
classical composition. One way of meeting this difficulty is the division of a school
into classical and modern sides, but this entails many disadvantages, and tends
•especially to weaken the esprit de corps and public school spirit which is by no
means the least important part of public school education.

By the system established by Dr. Carver in the Upper School at Dulwich, the
rival claims of classics versus modern subjects are reconciled, and due prominence
is given to each. After leaving the junior school, a boy makes his choice between
Greek on the one hand, and German and modern subjects on the other, all boys
having to study English, Latin, French, and mathematics. In addition to this, by
means of special classes, all boys have the opportunity of pursuing those studies in
which they have made least progress, or those for which they have special aptitude,
and on entering the Sixth Form, a boy wishing to devote himself to one special

* It appears, from a memorial addressed by the liberality of Dr. Carver, in providing exhibitions

residents of Dulwich to the Charity Commissioners out of his own pocket, and many similar instances

in 1863, that the first Dulwich boys who went on his part of assistance to boys of limited means

to the Universities were enabled to do so by the are well known.

470 Ye PAKISH OF CAMERWELL.

subject, is excused from other studies. Thus every boy can pursue exactly those
studies which his special tastes or his destination in life render suitable for himr
as freely at Dulwich as in any school devoted to one special object, while at the same
time all the evils of two sides, which practically mean two distinct schools, are
avoided.

But much as the success of this school is to be attributed to its admirable
organization, that alone would not have brought it to its present high position.

To create, as it were, a school, and bring it through many difficulties and much
opposition to a foremost place among the schools of England, requires no ordinary
qualities on the part of the Head Master, and nothing but the most unwearied
energy and self devotion to his great work — the utmost firmness on the one hand,
joined to the most tender sympathy and patience on the other, thefortiter in re and
the suaviter in modo, and, above all, a strong faith in himself and in the future of the-
school, and a hopefulness that would not be overcome — has enabled Dr. Carver to
effect what he has done. He possesses in a very great degree one of the most
valuable qualities of a Head Master, the power of attracting to himself the affection
of those about him, and of inspiring boys with the combination of love and awe,
which renders a word from him more effective in deterring from wrong or en-
couraging to right than any system of rewards and punishments. As to his relations
with his colleagues on the staff, it is only necessary to quote the recently expressed
views of many of those who know him and the school best. " No Head Master
in England more entirely carries with him not only the thorough confidence but the
strong personal affection of his staff."* Under a Master with such a just appre-
ciation of what was needed at Dulwich, and possessed of the qualifications necessary
for carrying out his views, it is not strange that Dulwich College has been a success.
Few schools have made such progress in so short a time, and at the same time, it
must be remembered, few schools had so little to help them and so much to fight
against. There was no prestige nor any traditions of former distinguished scholars to
excite to emulation ; for many years the school was housed in dingy and unsuitable
buildings ; the neighbourhood, as a rule, wedded to the lazy luxury of the old
regime, took little interest in the rising school, or if they did, it was only to
deplore the influx of young life which threatened to disturb the traditional repose
of Dulwich.

When, in 1870, the new buildings were opened, and the school was at last suitably
housed, and its prospects seemed bright, the raising of the fees t produced a new
storm, followed soon after by the disturbing action of the Endowed Schools Commis-
sioners ; and the uncertainty as to what the future character of the school might be
in some degree hindered its development : but in spite of all these difficulties and

* Letter from the Educational Staff to the Master Fixed salary £400

of Dulwich College, November, 1874. 500 boys, at £3 each . ... 1,500

t While mentioning the raising of the fees, it 550 boys, at £4 each .... 2,200

may be well to correct a possible misapprehension £± -IQQ

with regard to Dr. Carver's salary. So far from while the actual amount received by him has

?oaJn1Df " a gai?T / change he has, since never reached £2,500, and for many years was less

1869, been in receipt of a much smaller proportion tban £1 1()0

of the capitation fees than when they stood at the If the'calculation were at the present fees of £12,

£^ofbS!%i^ Sivf-*18' taking *• average at £15> he woul*

voted to the payment of Assistant Masters, and to ' AS fixed salarv £400

supply exhibitions. coo hnv<* at «ft PI^TI ' ' i^nn

By the Act of Parliament Dr Carver is entitled H°alf fe^s of 5fo, at £7 iW each ' .' 4J25

to receive £400 fixed stipend, £3 for every boy over — -

the number of 50, and one-half of the fees paid by £6,025

the boys And that he could legally claim. this is undoubted,

At the old fees of £6, £8, and £10, taking the for the Act of Parliament expressly left the

average fee at £8, Dr. Carver would have on the arrangement of the scale of fees to the discretion

present number of boys 550 •— of tbe governors, but gave them no power what-
ever to alter the salary of the Master.

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troubles, the school has continued to increase in numbers, and to advance in public
estimation, and has every ground for looking forward to a great, useful, and glorious
future. Whatever that future may be, looking at the past alone, South London owes
a deep debt of gratitude to the man who in spite of many and unusual difficulties
has done so much ; and all interested in education may well join in the earnest
wish that Dr. Carver may be long spared to fill the post which for seventeen years he
has held with so much honour to himself, and with such incalculable advantages to
South London.

THE SCHOOLS OF DULWICH COLLEGE.

Some further particulars of the present organization, subjects of instruction, and
disciplinary regulations of the two Schools included in the College Foundation are
here added. ^

THE UPPER SCHOOL.

The Upper School was originally located in the west wing of the old College
buildings. It was strictly limited by the extent of the accommodation thus pro-
vided to 130 boys. It was not till midsummer, 1869, that the completion of the
north wing of the new buildings allowed of the transfer of the School to its present
domicile, and permitted at the same time a partial increase in its numbers. In 1870
(as we have related) the whole range of buildings was formally opened, and oppor-
tunity was given for the first time of carrying out the comprehensive scheme of
education contemplated by the Act of Parliament.

The following particulars are derived from the printed papers issued at the College
for the information of the public.

SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION.

THE SUBJECTS in which instruction is given are as follows : —

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE : — " The Principles of the Christian Religion, and

the Reading and Study of the Holy Scriptures."
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION.
HISTORY : — Ancient and Modern.
PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY.
ARITHMETIC AND MATHEMATICS.

CLASSICS :— The Greek and Latin Languages with Composition, in prepara-
tion for the Universities.
MODERN LANGUAGES :— French and German.
SCIENCE :— Chemistry, Physics, Geology, and Physiology.
DRAWING.
SINGING.

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL.

The system of organization is that of a single School, with provision for instruction
in special subjects by means of additional classes open to all Boys above a certain
standing, but the disintegration of the School by division into independent "sides"

is carefully avoided.

Under this system all Boys alike (irrespectively of the particular pursuit or
profession for- which they may be intended) receive instruction in those subjects
which are regarded as essential to a liberal education. These subjects are the several
"English" subjects, Latin and French, Arithmetic and Elementary Mathematics.

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With a view, however, to adapt the methods of instruction to the requirements of
Boys of different ages, the School is divided into three Sections, the Junior Section,
the Senior Section, and the Sixth Eorm, within each of which an independent
classification is made for each several subject or group of subjects, viz. : Form Work
(including English, Latin, and French), Mathematics, Greek, German, Science, and
Drawing.

I.— THE JUNIOR SECTION.

In this Section Boys are admissible at the age of eight years, and a Boy of average
ability and industry should be able to leave it before the completion of his thirteenth
year. The course of instruction is such as to give a sound elementary knowledge of
English, Latin, French and Arithmetic.

SPECIAL CLASSES IN THE JUNIOR SECTION (with independent classification) are
held as follows :—

1. The Drawing Class, to which all Boys above the standing of the Upper First
are admissible.

2. A Greek Class, open to Boys of the Upper and Lower Third Forms.

3. Classes for additional instruction in Latin, French and Arithmetic, for such
Boys as fall below the attainment of their class in either of these subjects.

Instruction in Vocal Music is given to all Boys in this Section who desire it.

II.— THE SENIOR SECTION.

In this Section uniform instruction is given to all Boys in English (with Divinity),
Latin, French, Arithmetic, and Elementary Mathematics. A free option is offered
between Greek and the Higher Classics on the one hand, and German and Physical
Science on the other. At the same time, the system of instruction is rendered more
comprehensive and flexible by means of a large number of Special Classes as described
below.

SPECIAL CLASSES IN THE SENIOR SECTION.

By means of these Classes the opportunity is given to all Boys of pursuing those
special or additional subjects which may be requisite with a view to their intended
pursuit or profession, or to any of the Public Competitive Examinations. Instruc-
tion is given in these subjects at such times as not to interfere with the general
course of study. Boys may elect to join one or more of these classes as they may
desire, subject, however, to the discretion of the Master of the College as to the
number of different subjects to be taken up by any one Boy. The Classes are as
follows : —

1. SCIENCE.— Large and well- fitted Laboratories and scientific apparatus of the
best description have been provided for the use of this Department.

(a.) Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical. — A continuous course of instruction is
given in these subjects.

(b.) Instruction is also given (at a distinct time from that assigned to the
Chemistry classes), in one subject at least from each of the following groups.

(1) Heat, Light, Electricity, and Acoustics.

(2) Geology, Paleontology, Botany.

(c.) Physiology. Boys in the two highest Forms (the Sixth Form, and the Re-
move), have the opportunity also of joining a class for instruction in Physiology, and
Comparative Anatomy.

All Boys not studying Greek and the Higher Classics are required to join one or
other of the Science Classes.

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2. PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY.

3. DRAWING.— Instruction is given in Freehand, Model, Mechanical and Ana-
tomical Drawing, Practical Geometry, Perspective, Imitative Colouring and Design.

wo lessons of an hour each are given weekly to all students in this Department ;
»ut additional instruction is provided for all Boys who are studying Drawing with a
lew to its direct application to any professional pursuit.

4. Instruction preparatory for the Indian Civil Service and Indian Civil Engineer-
ig Examinations, and for the Woolwich Examination.

5. Additional instruction for such Boys as may require it in Mathematics, Greek,
.ch, and German.

III.— THE SIXTH FORM.

The General arrangements are similar to those of the Senior Section.

In this Form, the choice of Special subjects of study is less restricted than in the

ywer Forms, while the opportunity is given to all Boys (according to their several
or intended pursuits) of devoting a larger proportion of their time either to
Classical studies on the one hand, or to Mathematics and Science on the other.

German may also be learnt without abandoning the study of Greek.

Boys who declare their intention of studying Art or Science with a view to
professional pursuits may obtain exemption, according to circumstances, from
other subjects of study, except the Form Work and the obligatory portion of the
Mathematics.

ADDITIONAL LESSONS AFTER ORDINARY SCHOOL HOURS.

(1.) Analytical Chemistry and Laboratory Work. From one to two hours every
Wednesday afternoon.

(2.) Mechanical and Engineering Drawing. One-and-a-half hours on Wednesday
afternoon.

(3.) Vocal Music. Three-quarters of an hour twice a week; and, in addition,
Boys belonging to the Choir of the College Chapel practise Church Music on Saturday
evenings under the direction of the Organist.

Instruction in Drilling and Fencing, at a nominal charge, is given to all Boys who
desire it.

THE LECTURE THEATRE. — A course of Evening Lectures is delivered (one Lecture
in the week), during each term, on some branch of Natural Science, on Fine Art, or
on some other subject bearing upon the work of the School. Attendance at these
Lectures is voluntary, but it is thought desirable that, as far as possible, the Boys in
the Senior Section should attend them ; and opportunity and encouragement are
given them to do so.

THE ELEMENTARY GRAMMARS in use in the School are : —

English, Mason; Latin, Public School Primer; Greek, Jacob; French,
Darque ; German, Rugby School German Accidence.

ADMISSION OP BOYS. — Applications for the admission of any Boy to the Upper
School must be made to the Master of the College by the Parent or next friend on a
form provided for that purpose.

Candidates must be between the ages of 8 and 15 years, and are required to pass
an examination, graduated according to age.

WITHDRAWAL OF BOYS.— One Term's notice of the intended withdrawal of a Boy
must be given to the Master of the College.

THE COLLEGE FEES include all charges whatever for instruction in the several
departments. They are payable at the College (in advance) in the proportion of

474 Ye PARISH OF CAMERWELL.

one-third of the annual Fee at the commencement of each of the three School
Terms : —

For sons of residents in the privileged districts (namely, the Parishes of St.
Giles, Camberwell ; St. Botolph, Bishopsgate ; St. Luke, Finsbury ; and
St. Saviour, Southwark) —

Under 13 years of age . . . . .£12 a year.
Above 13 „ „ .-. . 15 „

For all others —

Under 13 years of age . * . . . ,£15 a year.
Above 13 „ „ . ,.,. v . 18 „

Boys supply, at their own cost, all Books and Stationery, and such Materials as are
required in the Chemical and Drawing Departments.

THE BOARDING HOUSES. — Boys attending the College otherwise than as Day-boy&
from their own homes are allowed to board only in one or other of the authorized
Boarding Houses.

The authorized Boarding Houses are those of —

Rev. G. Voigt, M.A., Sydenham Villa, Dulwich.

J. B. Parish, Esq., M.A., The Blew House, Dulwich Common.

Mrs. Dryland, Elm Lawn, Dulwich Common.

Mrs. Field, Plasgwyn, Dulwich.

All Boarding Houses are under the supervision and control of the Master of the
College.

The charges for boarding (covering all expenses, exclusively of the College fees
stated above) vary from 42 to 55 guineas a-year.

EXHIBITIONS. — Eight Exhibitions, of the value of not more than ,£100 a-year each,
are open without restriction to the competition of all Boys who have been not less
than two years in the College. They are tenable for four years, provided that the
holder be resident at one of the English Universities, or be a " student of some
learned or scientific profession, or of the Fine Arts." These Exhibitions are at present
limited in value to £50 a-year each.

SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS. — Eight of £20 a-year each have been awarded by com-
petitive examination in each of the last five years to Boys between twelve and
fourteen years of age. Of these Scholarships, 24 are tenable during the continuance
of the holder at the School, and the remainder for three years. It is expected that a
like number will hereafter be offered for competition annually.

HOURS OF ATTENDANCE.— Morning, 9 to 12.30 ; Afternoon, 2 to 4.30 in summer,
2 to 4 in winter. Half-holidays on Wednesday and Saturday ; but on those days
morning attendance is extended to 1 p.m.

ATTENDANCE.— Every Boy must be in attendance on all school-days, unless he be
prevented by ill-health or other unavoidable hindrance, or have previously obtained
special leave of absence from the Master of the College, for some sufficient reason to
be stated in writing by the Parent of the Boy.

VACATIONS.— 6£ weeks in summer (including the month of August), 4| weeks at
Christmas, 12 days in the month of April.

THE COLLEGE CHAPEL.— Day-boys living within a convenient distance, as well as
the Boarders at the several houses, attend the Chapel on Sundays, and at such other
times as may be directed by the Master of the College, unless exempted upon
written request made by the parent or next friend.

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DINNER IN HALL.— A dinner is provided daily in the Great Hall for all Boys
attending the School, whether Day-boys or boarders. Dinner tickets (either single
or for the whole term) may be obtained at the Clerk's Office at the following
charges : —

Terminal Tickets : £ s. d.

1st or 2nd Term— 4 days in the week ... 240

Ditto Extra for Wednesdays or Saturdays . 0110

3rd Term— 4 days in the week 2 15 0

Ditto Extra for Wednesdays or Saturdays . . 0 14 6

Single Ticket - 010

The Master of the College may be seen on School business on Tuesday mornings
between nine and ten, or on Friday afternoons between two and three o'clock, during
the School Terms. Dulwich College, March, 1875.

SCHOOL SOCIETIES, LIBRARY, &c.— It will scarcely be doubted that, next to actual
successes in the great intellectual competitions in the world without, the best
evidence of vigorous life in a school is to be found in the internal organizations
maintained by the boys themselves for mental and physical improvement. Dulwich,
young as it still is as a public school, can already boast of possessing in full operation
all those institutions to which so much of the strong esprit de corps and healthy tone
of mind and body which mark our older schools is unquestionably due. The
principal of these are —

A School Library, consisting already of more than 1,000 volumes of general
literature, history, science, and standard works of fiction.

A Natural History Society.

A Debating Society.

A School Magazine, named in honour of the founder " The Alleynian," published
at least twice in every term, and containing a complete record of all matters of school
interest, with a few literary contributions in prose and verse from boys in the school.

Clubs for the organization of the various field sports, Cricket, Football, and
Athletics. The annual gathering for the athletic sports, held at the beginning of
May, is an occasion of great interest to many besides the boys and their friends, and
generally attracts several thousand visitors to the spacious and picturesque play-fields
of the College.

THE LOWER SCHOOL.

The Lower School at its first opening under the scheme of the Act of Parliament
occupied the large school-room, which had been erected in 1842 for the (so-called)
" Grammar School of God's Gift College." The accommodation thus supplied was
very inadequate, but it was all that was available until new buildings could be
erected. In 1869, when the Upper School was removed from the Old College
Buildings, the Lower School took possession of the rooms thus vacated, together with
the addition of the Grammar School Room and the Old College Library. The
number of boys, which was limited to 90 until 1869, is now 160.

The following statement includes the most important particulars respecting the
instruction and discipline of the School.

The subjects in which instruction is given at the Lower School are :—

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE— " The Principles of the Christian Religion, and the
reading and study of the Holy Scriptures."

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READING AND WRITING.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION.

HISTORY.

THE LATIN AND THE FRENCH LANGUAGES.

GEOGRAPHY (Physical and Political).

ARITHMETIC : — ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY (Theoretical and Practical).

MENSURATION : — Mechanics.

BOOK-KEEPING.

FREEHAND, MODEL AND MECHANICAL DRAWING.

VOCAL Music.

The Religious Instruction is in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of
England ; but instruction in the distinctive doctrines of the Church of England is
not given to boys whose parents object to such instruction upon conscientious grounds.

All applications for the admission of boys to the Lower School must be made to
the master of the Lower School, on a form provided for that purpose.

Candidates for admission must be between the ages of 8 and 12 years ; and must be
sons of residents in one or other of the parishes of St. Giles (Camberwell), St. Botolph
(Bishopsgate). St. Luke (Middlesex), or St. Saviour (Southwaik).

Every candidate will be required to pass an examination, according to his age.

The examination will be held at the College ; and sufficient notice of the day
hour will be sent to the parent or " next friend " of the candidates.

In granting admission to boys from the parish of Camberwell, a preference is gri
(cceteris paribus) to the sons of residents in Dulwich.

Boys admitted to the Lower School, who do not live with their parents or " next
friends," are required to reside in houses which are under the superintendence of the
master of the College.

Eyery boy must be in attendance on all school-days, unless he be prevented by
ill-health or other unavoidable hindrance (in which case a note, stating cause of
absence, is required), or have previously obtained special leave of absence from the
master of the School.

No boy is allowed to remain in the School after he has attained the age of 16 years.

COLLEGE FEES. — (Payable quarterly, in advance.) For boys under 14 years of
age, £1 per annum ; for boys over 14 years of age, £2 per annum.

HOURS OF ATTENDANCE. — Morning, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ; afternoon, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

There is no afternoon attendance on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

VACATIONS. — At Easter, 12 days ; in the Summer, 6£ weeks ; at Christmas,
A\ weeks.

The master of the Lower School may be seen on School business on the mornings
of Tuesday and Friday, between the hours of 11.30 and 1, during the School terms.

THE COLLEGE REVENUE. — A table showing the gross annual income of the trust
for the years 1858 to 1873 inclusive, and the amounts transferred from General
Revenue to the Educational and Eleemosynary Departments respectively is given in
the Appendix.

THE GOVERNORS OF THE COLLEGE.

The constitution of the Board of Governors of the College has already been
described in the Summary of the Act of Parliament of 1857. We now give on the
opposite page a list of the names of all the gentlemen who have occupied seats at the
Board since the reconstitution of the College, adding in the case of the " Elective
Governors " the parishes which they severally represented.

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THE PERMANENT CHAIRMAN. — The office of " Permanent Chairman " of the
Board of Governors has been held in succession by: —

LORD STANLEY (the present Earl of Derby),

during the year 1858 ;

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,

from January, 1859, till January, 1862 ;

and by the present Chairman, —

THE REV. WILLIAM ROGERS, M.A.,
Rector of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate.

The following is a list of the staff of Masters and Officers in the College at the
present time, May, 1875 : —

MASTER OF THE COLLEGE AND HEAD MASTER OF THE UPPER SCHOOL :

REV. A. J. CARVER, D.D.,

Formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Bell University Scholar, and Fellow and
Classical Lecturer of Queen's College, Cambridge.

CHAPLAIN OF THE COLLEGE :
REV. S. CHEETHAM, M.A.,

Late Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

UPPER SCHOOL.

UNDER MASTER :

REV. J. M. MARSHALL, M.A.,

Late Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.

MATHEMATICAL MASTER :

J. B. PARISH, M.A.,
Late Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge.

ASSISTANT MASTERS :

Rev. G. VOIGT, M.A., late Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge.
Rev. R. B. GARDINER, M.A., late Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford.
A. W. SOUTH, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge.
A. W. HUME, M.A., late Exhibitioner of Trinity College, Dublin.
G. S. MESSITER, M.A., late Scholar of Cains College, Cambridge.
R. R. D. ADAMS, M.A., late Scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

E. M. EVERETT, M.A., late Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge.
A. H. HARDY, M.A., Worcester College, Oxford.

J. T. HUTCHINSON, B.A., Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge.

F. Wf HAWES, B.A., late Exhibitioner, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.
A. GRAY, B.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Rev. E. GEDGE, B.A., late Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge.

G. B. DOUGHTY.

MASTERS IN MODERN LANGUAGES :
F. T. LAWRENCE. B. M. SIEGRIS.
F. E. DARQUE. R. SCHENCK.

And nine of the Form Masters.

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SCIENCE MASTERS :

CHEMISTRY ... . . ALFRED TRIBE.
PHYSICS . . . . W. B. KEMSHEAD, PH.D.

GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY . HARRY G. SEELEY.

DRAWING MASTERS.
PRINCIPAL MASTER : J. C. L. SPARKES.

ASSISTANT DRAWING MASTERS :
H. J. DENNIS. F. W. MELLOR.
W. McLEISH.
ORGANIST OF THE COLLEGE AND SINGING MASTER :

J. BRABHAM.

DRILL MASTER : H. MUNDAY.
SCHOOL SECRETARY : REV. R. B. GARDINER, M.A.

LOWER SCHOOL.
MASTER OF THE LOWER SCHOOL :
REV. J. H. SMITH.

ASSISTANT MASTERS :
B. G. JENKINS, A. T. ROPER, J. J. KINSEY.

OFFICERS CONNECTED WITH THE ESTATE AND REVENUE :
SOLICITOR AND RECEIVER . . . . A. D. DRUCE.

CLERK J. W. MOLLETT.

SURVEYOR AND ARCHITECT . CHARLES BARRY.

THE CHAPLAIN OF THE COLLEGE. — The first occupant of the office of Chaplain in
the reconstituted College, was

The REV. J. R. OLDHAM, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, formerly Incumbent of
East Dulwich Chapel.* Mr. Oldham resigned the Chaplaincy on his preferment to
the Vicarage of Ottershaw, Surrey.

The REV. S. CHEETHAM, M.A.,the second and present Chaplain, was elected to that
office in 1866. He was formerly Fellow of Christ College, Cambridge. Previously
to his appointment to Dulwich he had held the offices of Vice-principal of the Colle-
giate Institution, Liverpool, and Vice-principal of the Theological College, Chichester.
He has contributed many valuable articles, especially on Ecclesiastical History and
Antiquities, to some of the leading periodicals and reviews. He holds, besides his
^Chaplaincy at Dulwich, the office of Professor of Pastoral Theology in King's College,
London.

THE MASTER OF THE LOWER SCHOOL. The first master of the Lower School under
the Act of 1857 was

The REV. W. F. GREENFIELD, M.A., formerly Scholar of Pembroke College, Cam-
bridge. Mr. Greenfield took first-class honours in mathematics, and third-class
honours in classics, at the university. Upon him, in conjunction with the Master of
the College, devolved the labour and responsibility of the first organization of the
school. In 1870, after twelve years of laborious work, he retired in consequence of
failing health, and was succeeded in the charge of the school by —

* This chapel has now given place to the church of St. John, East Dulwich, to which an Ecclesiastical
District has been legally assigned.

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The REV. B. C. HUNTLY, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who, like his
predecessor, was a "wrangler" in the mathematical honour list at Cambridge. Mr.
Huntly resigned his mastership in February of the present year (1875), having
accepted a missionary chaplaincy in Buenos Ayres.

The REV. J. H. SMITH, the present Master of the Lower School, was elected by the
governors to that office in February, 1875.

THE SOLICITOR AND RECEIVER. —The office of legal adviser to the College has been
held for almost a century by members of one family. Mr. Charles Druce, the grand-
father of the present solicitor, held this honourable and lucrative position for no less-
than sixty years. He was succeeded on his death, in 1845, by his eldest son of the
same name, and the head of the well-known firm of solicitors in Billiter Square.
Upon the voidance of his office by the Act- of 1857 Mr. Charles Druce was
reappointed by the new governors to the office of Solicitor together with that of
Receiver to the College, and held the combined offices till 1869, when he retired and
was succeeded by his son Mr. Alexander D. Druce, the present solicitor.

THE SURVEYOR AND ARCHITECT. — Mr. Charles Barry, the Surveyor to the
Governors and the Architect of the New College Buildings, is the eldest son of the
late eminent architect Sir Charles Barry. He succeeded his father in the office of
Surveyor at the time of the reconstitution of the College in 1858 ; and, either from
his designs or under his supervision, have been erected those numerous mansions and
villas which (much to the advantage of the College revenue) have in a few ye
converted the quiet woodlands of Dulwich into a busy, though still pretty and
rural, suburb of the great metropolis.

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The Picture Gallery of the College claims something more than a passing notice.
Until a few years ago, when old Alleyn's College, after two centuries of ignoble
torpor, was somewhat rudely startled into life, the quiet hamlet of Dulwich was
known to the outside world, not so much by its rural beauty and its great foundation,
as by the almost accidental windfall of a few score of pictures collected by a foreign
picture dealer for the most unfortunate sovereign of modern times.

It seems almost incredible to us now, that in the early part of the present century
the wealthiest capital in Europe was without even such a collection of paintings as
may be found in the musee of almost every Continental town. We had then no
National Gallery. Those glorious works of art which adorn the mansions of the
noble and wealthy were secluded from the public gaze with a jealousy strangely in
contrast with the generous pleasure which their owners now find in displaying them.
It was reserved for Dulwich to set the example of a liberality which has now become
all but universal.

The history of the collection is, in many ways, a remarkable one.

It owes its foundation to a noble trio of benefactors, of each of whom we purpose
to give a short account.

During the last quarter of the eighteenth century there was living in London, and
plying there an active trade in pictures of the highest class, a certain Noel Joseph
Desenfans, a keen critic of art and a no less shrewd judge of a bargain.

Desenfans was a native of Douai, in France. According to a tradition (which is,
however, of very doubtful authenticity) he derived his name from the fact of his
having been a foundling, brought up at the " Hospice des enfans trouves," at Paris.

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However that may have been, he received a good education at the University of
Paris, and came afterwards to London to maintain himself as a teacher of languages.
But his taste for art and the advantageous sale of "a Claude" in his possession** to
George III. for 1,000 guineas, induced him to devote himself entirely to the more
lucrative employment of a picture dealer.

Troublous times, the overthrow of kingdoms, and the ruin of noble families, threw
many a precious masterpiece into the market, and Desenfans secured some treasures
of pictorial art at prices which, in the present day, would little more than pay for
their frames.

As is often the case, the great misfortune of his life was due to the event which
seemed to promise him the most brilliant success.

The unhappy Stanislaus, almost in the dying throes of the fated kingdom of
Poland, commissioned Desenfans to purchase pictures to form a National Gallery for
Poland. In an appeal which he afterwards made to the Czar Paul I. of Russia (of
which a copy is preserved at the College), Desenfans relates some curious circum-
stances of his life. It appears that his business of picture dealer was bringing him
in £2,000 or £3,000 a year, when he was induced by the brother and prime minister
of the King of Poland to give up his business and devote himself to the collection of
pictures for the king. In consideration of his services, he received the rank of
colonel in the Polish army, and the appointment of consul general for Great Britain.

In 1793 he received a further compliment from the Polish court, in the form of a
request that he would advance to Chevalier Buckaty, the Polish minister in England
£1,800 to defray his personal expenses, the Polish exchequer being then quite
exhausted. His office of consul, too, involved heavy outlay in relieving the neces-
sities of the crowds of Polish refugees who fled to England after the final catastrophe
in 1795.

Stanislaus had honourably acknowledged his debt to Desenfans, and before his
final overthrow had actually repaid him £1,300, but Desenfans' claim, as he shows in
his petition to Paul, now amounted to £4,000, including interest for dormant capital,
remuneration for labour and the balance of his advance to the Polish minister. He
appealed to Lord Grenville, the foreign secretary, and to Lord Whitworth, the late
minister of England at St. Petersburg, to advocate his cause, and finally to His
Imperial Majesty, Paul I., Emperor of all the Russias.

To the Czar he even offered his collection of pictures at cost price, 12,000 guineas,
reminding him with admirable naivete, that he was now the sovereign of a great
part of the kingdom on behalf of which the original liability was incurred. Lord
Whitworth's letter, in reply to Desenfans' application for the return of his papers, is
not without interest.

" Lord Whitworth presents his compliments to Mr. Desenfans, and in answer to
his letter has the honour to acquaint him, that the papers relating to his claim, which
he received in St. Petersburg from the office, were left there with the rest of the
archives on his quitting that place, he has reason to believe that some time after his
departure, it had been found expedient to destroy the archives, in order to prevent
its falling into the power of the Russian government, at that time inimical. It is
possible that Mr. Desenfans' papers may have shared the fate of the other part of the
correspondence ; he will, however, endeavour to ascertain this fact by desiring his
quondam private secretary, the Rev. Mr. Pitt, who is about to return to this country
to search for them, and let him know the result of his inquiries."

" Knowles, Sunday, June 14th, 1801."

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It was under these circumstances, winch we have detailed at some length on
account of their historical interest, that the Dulwich collection was originally formed.
No doubt Desenfans subsequently sold some of the pictures which he purchased for
Stanislaus, and added many new ones to his stock. But the Polish collection was the
nucleus of the Dulwich Gallery.

The remainder of the story is soon told. In his purchase of pictures, and in his
Polish negotiations, Desenfans had been constantly aided by his friend Sir Peter
Francis Bourgeois, R.A. With him he spent the last years of his life, at No. 38,
Charlotte Street, Portland Place, and at his death, in 1807, bequeathed to him hia
large and valuable collection of pictures.

Sir Francis Bourgeois (for so he seems to have been ordinarily styled) was of
Swiss extraction, but born in London in 1 756. His early destination was the army, and
with him, as with Desenfans, art was a second thought. When twenty years of age
he travelled in France, Holland, and Italy, visiting the galleries and studying with a
view to his intended profession. In 1791 he was appointed painter to the king of
Poland through the influence of the Prince Primate and brother of Stanislaus, to
whom Desenfans also had been indebted for his fruitless preferment. Bourgeois
received from Stanislaus the knighthood of the Order of Merit, and afterwards
obtained leave from George III. to assume the title and wear the insignia of his
Polish rank in England. In 1792 he was elected a member of the Koyal Academy,
and in 1794 was appointed landscape painter to the king.

Once more an owner seemed likely to be wanting for all this wealth of art, and
genius ; for Bourgeois, like Desenfans, had no children to claim inheritance in it.
Bourgeois resolved to carry out what appears to have been the desire also of his
friend, and to place their joint collection of pictures in the custody of some public
body for the encouragement of the study of fine arts. An accidental acquaintance
with one of the fellows of the foundation directed his attention to Dulwich College.
His will bears date December 20th, 1810, and he died in the following January,
leaving a life interest in half his property to the wife of his friend Desenfans, and
the reversion of the whole, under trust, to the master, warden, and fellows of Dul-
wich College.

Margaret Desenfans, the widow of Noel, completes the trio of benefactors to the
College. With rare munificence, she proceeded at once to carry out the intentions at
once of her husband and of her friend by the erection of a suitable gallery for the
reception of the pictures, renouncing her life interest in the property bequeathed by
them. She died in 1813, just before the completion of the gallery, which was erected
at the College from the designs of Sir John Soane.

The gallery is situated at the south-west corner of the old buildings of the College.
It is about 144 feet in length, 20 in breadth, and 20 in height, and is separated by
arches into five compartments, the central and extreme rooms being each 21 feet, and
the intermediate rooms 40 feet in length. The interior is wholly lighted from
above. On the west side are folding doors opening to the mausoleum, which is of a
circular form (about 14 feet in diameter), with rectangular recesses for sarcophagi ;
it is surrounded by a peristyle of eight columns of the Doric order, supporting a
corresponding dome, and ornamented with stained glass. In the recess facing the
entrance are placed stone coffins containing the remains of Mrs. Desenfans and Sir
Francis Bourgeois, and upon the coffins stand their busts ; in the recess on the left is
the sarcophagus of Mrs. Desenfans.

The gallery was first opened to the public in 1817.

This privilege, rare and highly prized at that time, was at first considerably

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restricted. Margaret Desenfans in her will had requested that admission should
be granted to the public on Tuesdays, and Tuesdays only.

This limitation, however, to a single day in the week was not long retained by the
late corporation. On the other hand, a difficulty was thrown in the way of free
access to the collection, which appears both unnecessary and vexatious. All intending
visitors were obliged to obtain tickets previously from one or other of the great
London print-sellers, who were authorised to supply them gratis, and. notice was given
both at the gallery and in the catalogue that " without a ticket no person can be
admitted and no tickets are given in Dulwich."

Since 1858 visitors have been admitted without ticket or introduction on the sole
condition of entering the names in the visitors' book. The gallery is open daily
from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. in the winter months— namely, from November 1st to March
31st ; and from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. during the remainder of the year.

It seems desirable, however, that the practice should be revived of reserving one or
two days in each week for students, and making on those days some small charge for
admission to all others, so as to ensure greater privacy for study.

The income of the gallery endowment amounts to about .£520 a year.

It is provided by the Act of Parliament of 1857 that the annual surplus income (if
any) arising from this endowment shall be applied in providing instruction in
drawing or designing for the boys at the two schools of the College. The sum so
applied towards the expense of the art schools has been for some years £100.

The first keeper or (as Madame Desenfans calls him) Custodio of the gallery was
Mr. Ralph Cockburn, who had charge of the pictures from 1816 till his death in
1820. He was succeeded by Mr. Stephen Pointz Denning, who died in June, 1864.
Since that date no fresh appointment has been made to the office. There are, how-
ever, two' gallery attendants, one of whom lives in the house adjoining the gallery,
but he is no longer dressed, as Madame Desenfans requested, " in the livery of her
late husband." But "old times are changed, old manners gone," and even the
annual visit of inspection of the Royal Academy and the accompanying entertain-
ment, are now things of the past.

THE PICTUKES. The collection (including four or five pictures which have been
presented subsequently by other donors, and a few unfinished sketches) consists of
378 pictures. It is particularly rich in works of the Dutch and Flemish schools,
and contains examples of the Spanish schools which are not surpassed by any in this
country.

The following pictures are those which are generally regarded as the most valuable
and interesting : —

No. Description in Catalogue. Painter.

1. Portrait of Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Tickle . Gainsborough.

85. Old Woman eating Porridge . . . Gerard Dow.

169. Landscape — Cattle and Figures . . . A. Cuyp.

179. Jacob's Dream Rembrandt.

163. Landscape— Cattle and Figures . . . A. Cuyp.

190. Boors' Merry-making A. Ostade.

228. Landscape— Cattle and Figures . . . T. Wouvermans.

309. Portrait of Philip IV. of Spain . . . Velasquez.

286. Two Spanish Peasant Boys . . . . B. E. Murillo.

355. The Mother of Reubens . . . . P. P. Reubens.

353. Portrait of an Old Man Hans Holbein.

347. Madonna del Rosario . . . . B. E. MuriUo.

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No. Description in Catalogue.

283. Three Spanish Peasant Boys . ...
269. Destruction of Niobe and her Children .
278. Landscape and Figures ....

248. Flower Girl .

206. Rembrandt's Serving Maid ....
215. Cascatella and the Villa of Maecenas . . .
197. Fete Champetre

209. Landscape — Cattle and Figures at a Fountain

210. Le Bal Champetre . . . . - -4 . .
139. Landscape and Figures * .

135. Madonna and Infant Saviour . ...
131. Landscape and Water Mills . . ;..;*. »;..*.

116. Winter Scene

36. Landscape — Cattle and Figures . » , »
366. Mrs. Moody and her Children . . . .
160. Brisk Gale in the Texel

Painter.

B. E. Murillo.

G. Poussin.

Wynants and A. Van der Velde,

B. E. Murillo.

Rembrandt.

R. Wilson.

Watteau.

N. Berchem.

Watteau.

D. Teniers.

A. Van Dyck.

Hobbima.

D Teniers.

J. and A. Both.

Gainsborough.

W. Van der Velde.

The following also deserve the attention of visitors to the gallery : —

106. A Lady playing a Musical Instrument . . Gerard Dow.

154. A Waterfall Ruysdael.

351. Venus and Cupid P. P. Reubens.

333. Cardinal blessing a Donor .... Paul Veronese.

214. Earl of Pembroke . . . . . . A. Van Dyck.

194. Prince of Asturias ...... Valasquez.

100. Brick-Making ....... David Teniers.

107. Interior of a Cottage, with Figures

140. Flowers

305. Triumph of David ....

349. Adoration of the Shepherds

340. Mrs. Siddons as The Tragic Muse .

399. St. Sebastian

327. Holy Family . . .

244. Landscape, with Jacob and Laban . .

241. Landscape and a Mill ....

54. Interior of an Ale House A. Brower.

132. Farrier Shoeing an Ass N. Berchem.

130. Landscape — Sportsman and Game . . . Pynacker.

62. Landscape— Cattle and Figures . . . K. du Jardin.
205. Landscape J and A. Both.

99. Joseph , Tiepolo.

A. Ostade.

Van Huysum.

N. Poussin.

Domenichino.

Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Guido Reni.

Andrea del Sarto.

Claude Lorraine.

Ruysdael.

There can be no doubt that the art schools of the College owe much of their
remarkable success to their association with this splendid collection of works of the-
highest art. It is at least certain that the study of art has been carried much further
and to higher perfection at Dulwich than at any other public school in the kingdom. At
the present time no less than four boys who have received their education at Dulwich
are holding free studentships at the Royal Academy.

A good Catalogue is still greatly needed ; the old one is meagre in the extreme,
and not unfrequently inaccurate. This defect, however, is in process of removal : a
very full and careful Catalogue is now being prepared by Mr. J. L. S. Sparkes, the

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able Art Master in the College, and the head of the Government Schools of Art at
Lambeth.

DULWICH COLLEGE has become a great school of the first grade, and the rapid increase
in the number of its scholars affords ample evidence that such a school was much-
needed in the great and growing district of South London, whilst the list of honours
gained at the University by those educated within its walls is gratifying evidence of
the ability and efficiency of its staff of masters, and especially of*the excellent
organization and control of the first and present Master of the College, Dr. Carver,
to whom was entrusted the very difficult task of carrying out the Act of 1857, with
its new and complicated and guarded provisions. Under the old corporation, the
College, through a series of untoward circumstances and legal impediments, had
become a mere aggregation of sinecurists, whose easy and dignified repose was but
very slightly interrupted by the duties involved in the charge of twelve aged alms-
people, and the feeding and clothing, we can scarcely say the education, of the same
number of " poor scholars."

The Act of 1857 has brought about a state of things more in accord with the
founder's real and matured intentions and the far-seeing wishes of my Lord Chan-
cellor Bacon, who was anxious that Alleyn should devote more of his ample means to
educational than to eleemosynary objects. There was, he said, great want of lec-
tureships in Oxford and Cambridge, "foundations of singular honour and useful-
ness, whereas hospitals abound, and beggars abound never a whit less."

Though the reform was wholesale, decisive, and revolutionary, recent events have
proved that it was, after all, beneficent and beneficial.

In entering upon its new career, Dulwich has had the advantage of not being
trammelled with the traditions which rendered the grafting of the studies demanded
by modern progress so difficult a problem at the old purely classical schools. In
such schools, when the pressure for modern culture was too strong to be resisted, a
compromise was effected, and a modern school established side by side with the old
classical forms, to interfere with which would a few years ago have been little less
than sacrilege. There was no such difficulty at Dulwich. Accordingly, by the
course of instruction adopted there, the varied claims of modern education were
met and satisfied without sacrificing the unity of the school. That neither the
classical nor the modern students have suffered by this arrangement is shown by
the list of honours already referred to ; and Dulwich may fairly claim to have
solved one of the most difficult problems of the day — that is, how to do justice
to all branches of a liberal education without the invidious and expensive dis-
tinction of classical and modern sides. The day for purely classical schools has
gone by. At the Universities, and still more at all Government and other public
competitive examinations, there is an ever-increasing tendency to give weight to
modern languages, English literature, and science ; in short, to just such a course
of instruction as is now given at Dulwich; and we believe that before many
years are passed most of the great schools in England will adopt the Dulwich
system.

In any case, the College of God's Gift at Dulwich has a glorious future before it,
and although changes in the organization and distribution of its ever-increasing estate
may from time to time be proposed and beneficially carried out, all attempts to dwarf
its usefulness and impair its efficiency should be resolutely and determinedly
opposed. It may be a good thing for a school to have two or more head masters, or
none at all ; it may be wise to dismember a noble foundation by depriving it of its
traditional adjuncts ; it may be right and fair to limit by a hard and fast line its

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educational endowment, in the face, too, of a rapidly increasing revenue ; — all this
may be advisable elsewhere and under other circumstances, but of this we are confi-
dent, Dulwich is not the place on which to try the experiment.

" Dulwich College," says a well-known writer, in a recently published article in
the Encyclopaedia Britannica, " has entered on a prosperous career which already
links its name with the front rank of institutions doing good service in the educational
work of the day." Long may it nourish !

APPENDIX.

THE LETTERS PATENT FROM JAMES THE FIRST
TO EDWARD ALLEYN, ESQ.,

DATED 21sx JUNE, 17ra JAMES IST, 1619.
Tertia pars Patende anno R. R.'s Jacoli decimo septimo.

JAMES, by the Grace of God, &c., TO ALL TO WHOME, &c., greeting. Knowe yee That Wee
out of the Spiall Grace and favour, Wee beare to our trusty and wel-
D. Con sibi et beloved Servanute EDWARD ALLETNE, of Dulwich, in our County of Surrey,
C^rteu^n EsWer, Chief Maister Ruler and Overseer of all and singular our game
Colleg de Gods of Beares, Bulls, Mastive Dogs and Mastive Bitches, and of our certeyne
wiehteinn Com knowledge and meere mocon HAVE granted and given licence, and by
Surr- theise Prsents for us our Heires and Successors, DOE grante and give licence

to the said EDWARD ALLEYN, that hee or after his deceasse, his Heirs, Exe-
cutors, or Assigns, or every or any of them, for and toward the relief, sustenance, and
maynteynance of Poore Men, Women and Children, and the Educacon and Instruccon of
the said poore Children may be enhabled and have full power and liberty at his and their
will and pleasure to make, found, erecte, create and establishe one Colledg in Dulwich
aforesaid, in our said County of Surrey, which shall endure and remaine for ever, and
shall consist of one Maister, one Warden, four Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe
poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers, to be mayntained, susteyned, educated, guided,
governed and ruled according to such Ordinance, Statutes and Foundacon as shal bee
made, sett downe, established and ordayned by the said EDWA.RD ALLEYN hymselfe
in his lyfe time, or any other pson or psons after his death, such as shal be specially
nomynated, deputed, and appointed thereunto by hym the said EDWARD ALLEYN
in his life tyme, under his hand and seale in writing, for the mainteynance, sustenance,
educacou, instruccon, guyding, government and rule of the said Maister, Warden, fower
Fellowes, sixe poore Brothers, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers, and that the
said EDWARD ALLEYNE during his life and the said other pson and psons soe to benomyuated,
deputed, and appointed by hym in his life tyme under his hand and seale in writing as
aforesaid, shall have full power and ample authority to ordeyne, make, create, establish and
found Ordinances, Rules, Constitucons and Statutes, for the more better and orderly mayn-
taynance, susteynance, educacon, instruccon, guiding, government, and rule of the said
Maister, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore
Schollers of the said Colledg when and as often as need shall require. And wee doe of our
further grace and meere mocon will, ordeine, nomynate, and appointe that the said Colledg
soe as aforesaid to be erected, founded, created and established by the said EDWARD ALLEYN,
his Heirs, Executors, or Assigns in Dulwich aforesaid, shalbe called and named The Colledg
of God's Guift in Dulwich, in the County of Surr. And that the said Maister, Warden,
fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, six poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers and their

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Successors when the same Colledg shalbe soe created, founded, erected, and established as
aforesaid, shall be in deed and name one Body Corporate and Politiq and one ppetuall
Coyminallty and shall have ppetuall succession for ever to endure, And that the said
Maister Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore
Schollers may sue and be sued, plead and be ympleaded by and under the name of the
Maister Warden and fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore
Schollers of the Colledg of God Guyfte in Dulwich, in the County of Surrey, in, for, and
concerning all and all manner of accons, suits, plainte, debte, demand and causes whatsoever,
as well reall or psonall and myxte of whatsoever nature, kind, or quality they or any of them
be or may be, before any Judges spirituall or temporall, and other secular Justices and psons
whatsoever ; and that the said Maister, Warden, fower f ellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe
poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers, and every of them shall and may, by virtue of these
Psents, have a Comon Seale for the sealing, doeing and pformyng of all Deede, Writinge,
Matter and Thinge touching the said Colledg, which said Seale they shall and may lawfully
break, alter, change and newe make as they shall thinke meete from tyme to tyme.

And further, Wee of our like spiall grace certeine knowledge meere mocon and at the
humble request and peticon of the said EDWAKD ALLEYN Have given and granted, and by
these presente for us our Heires and Successors, Doe give and grant to the sayd Maister,
Warden, fower Fellowes, six poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers of
the said Colledg of God Guifte in Dulwich, in the said County of Surr, espiall licence and
free and lawfull liberty, power and authority to gett, purchase, receive and take to them and
their successors for ever, for the maintainance, sustentacon and relief of the said Maister,
Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers,
and theire successors of and from the said EDWARD ALLEYN, his Heires and Assignees, A II
that the Mannor or Lordshipp of Dulwich, with all the righte members Royalties and appur-
tenance thereunto belonging or in anywise appteyning scituate and being in the pish of
Camberwell in our Countyes of Surrey and Rente, or in either of them. And all that the
Mannor House or Capital Messuage with the Land and appurtenance thereunto belonging in
Dulwich aforesaid called Hall Place, als Knowlis, And all those Land, Wood and Wast
Ground with the appurtenance called Ricotes als Rigates in Dulwich aforesaid. And alsoe
All other the Manners, Messuage, Land, Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever which the
said Edward A lleyn lately purchased of Sir Frannce Calton, Knighte, in Dulwich aforesaid.
And also, all those eight messuages, tenements and hereditaments, with the appurtenances
and forty five acres of Land, be it more or lease, to the said messuages or tenements,
belonging or apptainyng sometyme parcell of the freehould and copyhould lands of the said
Mannor of Dulwich, situate, lying and being in severall places in Dulwich aforesaid, and
called by the severall names of Howlette, Ricotes als Rigates, Nappes and Stony Nappes,
lately bought and purchased by the"said EDWARD ALLEYNE, of Sir EDMOND BOWYER, Knight.
And alsoe that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances and fourteene acres of land, be
yt more or lesse, thereunto belonging, sometymes parcell of the copyhould lande of the said
Manor of Dulwich, lately bought and purchased by the said EDWARD ALLEYN, of JOHN
BOWYER, Esquyer. And also, all those fower messuages or tenement and hereditamente with
their and every of their appurtenance in Dulwich aforesaid, and three score and sixteene
acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, the which said fower messuages or
tenements and land are called by the names of Great Bornes, North Crofte, Carter's Hall,
Addington Mead, Great and Little Browninge, and Carter's Garden, or by what other names
soever they are called or knowne, lately purchased by the said EDWARD ALLEYNE, of THOMAS
CALTON, Gentleman, brother of the said Sir FRANNCE CALTON, and ANNE his Wife, and of
HENRY FARR, in the County of Essex, Gentleman, and PRUDENCE his Wife, being sometyme
parcell of the copihould land of the said Mannor of Dulwich. And also, all that messuage or
tenemente with the appurtenances and thirteen acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto
belonging, called Perriefield in Dulwich aforesaid, being parte of the freehould landes of the
said Mannor of Dulwich which the saide EDWARD ALLEYNE lately bought and purchased of
one THOMAS TURNER, of London, Gentleman. And also, all those three messuages or tene-
ments with the appurtenances and twenty fower acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto
belonging in Dulwich aforesaid, being sometyme parte of the freehold and copihould land of
the said Mannor of Dulwicii which the said EDWARD ALLEYN lately bought and purchased of

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ELLYS PARRY, of London, silkweaver. And also, all that messuage or tenement with the
appurtenances andthirteene acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging in Dulwich
aforesaid, sometymes parcell of the copyhould lande belonging to the said Mannor of
Dulwich, and which the said EDWARD ALLEYN lately bought and purchased of JOHN BURY,
of Dulwich aforesaid, yeoman. And also, all that messuage or tenement with the appurte-
nances in Dulwich aforesaid, and seaven acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto be-
longing, called Kenall, being sometyme parte of the free and coppihold land of the said
Mannor of Dulwich aforesaid, which the said EDWARD ALLEYN lately bought and purchased
of THOMAS EMERSON, Esquyer. And alsoe, all those messuages or tenement with the appur-
tenance in Dulwich aforesaid, and nyne acres of land, be it more or less, thereunto belonging,
being sometyme parcell of the coppyhould lan.d of the said Mannor of Dulwich, which the
said EDWARD ALLEYNE lately bought and purchased of JOHN EWEN, of Dulwich aforesaid,
yeoman. And alsoe, all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenance and forty five
acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging in Dulwich aforesaid, being sometymes
parcell of the copyhouldjand belonging to the said Mannor of Dulwich, and of late in the
tenure or occupacon of JOHN TOWNELY, Esquyer/ deceassed. And alsoe, all those eighteene
acres of pasture ground, or thereabout, in the parishe of Lambeth, in our said County of
Surrey, and which the said EDWARD ALLEYNE lately bought and purchased of Sir EDWARD
DUKE, Knight. And also, all those messuages, landes, tenemente and hereditamente with
the appurtenance in the parishe of Saincte Butolphes without, Bishopsgate, London, which
descended and came to the said EDWARD ALLEYNE by and from his father EDWARD ALLEYNE,
Gentleman, deceassed, late servante to our late deare Sister QCTEENE ELIZABETH, of famous
memory, deceassed. And alsoe, all those messuages, lande, tenemente, gardens, heredita-
mente and buildinge of our said servannte EDWARD ALLEYNE, called or known by the name
of the Fortune, situate and being in Whitecrosse Streete, Golding Lane, in that part of the
parishe of Sainte Gyles without, Crepplegate, London, which is within the County of Midd,
which the said EDWARD ALLEYNE lately boughte and purchased of DANYELL GILL, of the
Isle of Man, and others. And alsoe, all and singular the Manners, messuages, lande, tene-
mente and hereditamente with the appurtenance of our said servannte Edward Alleyne in
Dulwich, Camerwell and Lambeth, in our Countyes of Surrey and Rente, or either of them,
and in the parishe of Saincte Butolphes without, Bishopsgate, London, and in Whitecrosse
Sireete and Goldin>j Lane, in the parte of the parishe of Saincte Giles without, Creplegate,
London, which is in our said County of Midd, and elsewhere soever, within the Realme of
England, with all and singular their rights, members and appurtenance whatsoever, or any
such and soe many and such parte. of the said Manners, messuages, lands, tenements, and
hereditaments, as the said Edward Alleyn shall thinke meete. And alsoe, all the Lres Pateute,
Indentures, Deed, Evidences, Bonds and Writinge concerning the premises or any of them,
which shall be soe given and granted by the said EDWARD ALLEYNE to the sayd Maister,
Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers
of the said Colledg and Hospitall of God Guyfte in Dulwich in the County of Surrey, soe to
be created, founded, erected and established as aforesaid, and their successors and all such
condicons, warrante, vouchers, accons, surtes, entries, benefitte and demande as shall or may
be had by any pson or psons upon or by reason of them or any of them, although the pre-
misses or any of them be holden of us ymediately in Cheife or by Knighte Service or
otherwise howsoever, and without any licence or pardon of or for alienacon of them or any
of them. The Statute of Mortmaine or any other Acts, Statute, Ordynance or Pvision to the
contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. And alsoe, Wee doe of our further grace and
favour and of our meere mocon and certeyne knowledge for us, our Heires and Successors,
give and graunt by these presents like license, power and authority to the said EDWARD
ALLEYNE his Heires and Assignes, to give, grante and assure unto the said Maister, Wardens,
fowre Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers of the said
Colledg of God's Guyfte in Dulwich, in the County aforesaid, soe to be created, founded,
erected and stablished as aforesaid, and theire successors., for the uses, intente and purposes
aforesaid, all that the said Mannor or Lordshipp of Duhvich, with all the righte members,
Royaltyes and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertayning, scituate and
being in the parishe of Camerwell in our Countyes of Surrey and Rente or in either of them ;
and all that the said Mannor House or cappittall messuage, with all the lande and appurte-

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nance thereunto belonging in Dulwich aforesaid, called Hall Place, als Knowlis, and all those
lands, woods, and wast grounds, with the appurtenance called Ricott, also Rigates, in Dulwich
aforesaid. And alsoe, all other the said Manners, messuages, landes, tenemente, and here-
ditamente whatsoever, which the said EDWARD ALLEYNB lately purchased of Sir FRANCTS
GALTON, Knight, in Dulwich aforesaid. And alsoe, all those eighte messuages or tenemente
and hereditamente with the appurtenances, and forty five acres of lande, be it more or lesse,
to the said messuages or tenemente belonging or apptayning, situate, lying and being in
severall places in Dulwich aforesaid, and called by the severall names of Howlette, Rycotte,
also Rygates, Nappes and Stony Nappes, and lately bought and purchased by the said
EDWARD ALLEYN of Sir EDMOND BOWYER, Knight. And alsoe, all that said messuage or
tenement with the appurtenances and fourteene acres of land, be it more or less, thereunto
belonging, sometyme parcell of the copyhould land of the said Mannor of Dulwich, lately
bought and purchased by the said EDWARD ALLEYNE of JOHN BOWYER, Esquyer. And alsoe,
all those said f ower messuages or tenemente and hereditamente, with their and every of theii
appurtenance in Dulwich aforesaid, and threescore and sixteene acres of land, be it more or
lesse, thereunto belonging, the which said fower messuages or tenemente and land or called
Great Bornes, North Croft, Carter's Hall, Addington's Meade, Great and Little Browninge
and Carter's Garden, or by what other names soever, lately purchased by the said Edward
Alleyne of Thomas Calton, Gentleman, brother of the said Sir Francys Calton and Anne his
Wife, and of Henry Farre, in the County of Essex, Qentleman, and Prudence his Wife. And
alsoe, all that said messuage or tenement with the appurtenance, and thirteene acres of land,
be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, called Perriefield in Dulwich aforesaid, which the
said Edward Alleyne lately boughte and purchased of one Thorns Tumour, of London,
Gentleman. And also, all those said three messuages or tenemente and hereditamente with the
appurtenance, with twenty and fower acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging
in Dulwich aforesaid, which the said Edward Alleyne lately bought and purchased of Ellis
Parrie, of London, silkweaver. And also, all that the said messuage or tenement with the
appurtenance, and thirteene acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging in Dulwich
aforesaid, sometyme parcell of the copihould lande belonging to the said Mannor of Dulwich
aforesaid, and which the said Edward Alleyne lately bought and purchased of John Berry, of
Dulwich aforesaid, yeoman. And alsoe, all that the said messuage or tenement with the
appurtenance in Dulwich aforesaid, and five acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto
belonging, called Kenall, which the said Edward Alleyn bought and purchased of Thomas
Emerson, Esquyer. And alsoe, all those said messuage or tenemente in Dulwich aforesaid,
and nyne acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, which the said Edward
Alleyne lately bought and purchased of John Ewen, of Dulwich aforesaid, yeoman. And
alsoe, all that the said messuage or tenement with the appurtenance, and forty fyve acres of
land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, in Dulwich aforesaid, being sometyme parcell
of the copyhould land belonging to the said Mannor of Dulwich, of late in the tenure or
occupacon of John Townley, Esquyer, deceased. And alsoe, all those said eighteene acres of
pasture ground, or thereabout, in the parish of Lambeth, in our said County of Surrey, and
which the said Edward Alleyne lately bought and purchased of Sir Edward Duke, Knight.
And alsoe, all those said mesuages, lands, tenement and hereditament with the appurtenances,
in the parishe of Sainte Butolphes without, Bishopsgate, which discended and came to the
said Edward Alleyne by and from his said father, Edward Alleyne, Gentleman, deceassed.
And alsoe, all those said messuages, lands, tenement, gardens, hereditament and buildings of
the said Edward Alleyne, called or knowne by the name of The Fortune, situate and being in
Whitecrosse Streete, and Golding Lane, in that parte of the parish of Sainte Gyles without,
Creplegate, London, which is in our said County of Midd, whiche the said Edward Alleyue
lately boughte and purchased of Daniell Gyll, of the Isle of Man and others. And alsoe, all
and singular the Mannors, mesuage, land, tenement and hereditament with the appurte-
nance, of the said Edward Alleyne, in Dulwich, Camerwell and Lambeth, in our Countyes of
Surrey and Kente, or in either of them, and in the parishe of Sainte Butolphes without,
Bishopsgate, London, and in Whitecrosse Streete and Golding Lane, in that parte of the
parishe of Sainte Gyles without, Creplegate, London, which is in our said County of Midd
and elsewhere, within the Realme of England, with all and singuler theire righte members and
appurtenance whatsoever, or any such and soe many, and such parte of the said Manner*,

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mesuage lande tenemente and hereditament^ or of any parte thereof, as the said Edward
Alleyne shall thinke meete. And alsoe, all Letters Patente, Indentures, Deedes, Evydence,
Bondes and Writinges, concerning the premisses or any of them which shall be soe given and
granted by the said Edward Alleyne to the said Maister, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore
Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers of the saide Colledg of God Guyfte in
Dulwich in the said County of Surrey soe to be created, founded, erected and established as
aforesaid, and theire successors and all such condicons, warrant, vouchers, accons, suite,
entries, benefitte and demande as shall be or may be had by any pson or psons, uppon or by
reason of them or any of them, although the premises or any of them be houlden of us
ymmediately in Cheif or by Knighte service or otherwise howsoever, and without any licence
or pardon for alienacon of them or any of them, the Statute of Mortmaine or any other Acte,
Statute, Ordinance, or Pvision to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding, and of our
more ample and abundant grace certaine knowledge and meere mocon Wee have granted and
given licence, and by these presente for us our heires and successors doe grante and give
licence and authority to the said Edward Alleyne as long as he shall live, and after his death
to such pson or psons as hee shall in his lyfe tyme nominate, depute and appointe under his
hand and Seale in writing, and to every or any of them from tyme to tyme and as often as
need shall require, to make, ordeyne, constitute and establish Statutes, Ordinances, Consti-
tucons and Eules for the good and better maynteynance, susteynance, releife, educacon,
government and ordering as well of the said Colledg soe to be created, erected, founded and
established as aforesaid as of the said Maister, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren,
sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers and their successors for ever. And alsoe, of
all and every the said Mannors, messuages, lande, tenementes and hereditamente herein
formerly menconed, and the rents, yssues, revenues and pfitts of the same, and that the said
Statutes, Ordynances, Constitucons and liules, soe by hym, them, or any of them, to be
made, ordeyned or constituted, shall, for ever, and in all succeeding tymes, stand, be and
remayne inviolable and in full force and strength in lawe to all construccons, intente and
purposes, the same being not repugnant to our Prerogative Eoyall, nor contrary to the Lawes
and Statutes of this our Eealme of England, nor any the Ecclesiastical Lawes, Cannons or
Constitucons of the Church of England which then shall be in force. And lastly — Wee, of
our further grace and favour, and of our meere mocon and certaine knowledge, and at the
humble peticon and request of the said Edward Alleyne, create, nominate, ordeyne and
appointe our right, trusty and welbeloved councillor George, nowe Archbisshopp of Canter-
bury, for and during his life, and after his death the Archbisshopp of Canterbury for the
tyme being in all succeeding tymes to come for ever to be the visitor of the said Colledge and
to have full power and lawfull authority, the same Colledge and the psons therein being to
visit, order and punish according to the Ecclesiasticall Lawes and Constituccons of this our
Realme of England, and according to such Lawes, Constitucons and Ordinances as shall be
made, ordeined and constituted by the said Edward Alleyne in his life tyme, or after his
death by any other pson or psons to be nomynated, deputed or appointed thereunto by him
in his life time, under his hand and Seale in writing as aforesaid. Although expresse
mencon, &c. , of the true yearly value or certainty of the premes or any of them, or of any
other Gift or Grant by us or by any projennitors or predecessors to the said E. Alleyne before
this time made in these present is not made, or any Act, Stat, Ordinance, Provision, Procla-
mation or restraint heretofore had, made, ordained or provided, or any other mre cause or
thing whatsor to the contrary thof in anywise notwithstanding. In witness whereof We
have caused these our Letters to be made Patent.

Witnes Ourselfe at Westm, the one and twentieth day of June, in the 17th year of our
reign of England, France and Ireland, and of Scotland the two and fiftieth.

P. Bre de Private Sigillo, &c.

YONG ET PYE.

This is a true copy from the original Kecord remaining
in the Public Record Office, having been examined.

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THE DEED OF FOUNDATION OF THE COLLEGE.

DATED 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1619.

Ell tf)£ $ttmt at (Kfltt, &m*n— To ALL TRUE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whome this present
wryting quadrupertite shall come; I, EDWARD ALLEYN, of Dulwich, in the Countie of
Surrey, Esquire, send greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Whereas our Soveraigne LORD
JAMES, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, Frannce, and Ireland, Defender of
the Faith, &c. by his HIGHNES Lres Patentes, under his great Scale of England, bearing date
at Westminster, the one and twentieth day of June, in the yeares of his Raigne of Englande,
Frannce, and Ireland ye seaventeenth ; and of Scotland the two and fifteth; did, of his
especial grace, certain knowledge and meere mocon, for him, his Heires and Successors
amongst other things, graunt and give licence to me, the said EDWARD ALLEYN, that, I, or
after my decease, my Heires, Executors or Assignes, or every or any of them, for, and
towardes the relief, sustenance, and maintenance of poore Men, Women, and Children ; and
for the instruction of the said poore Children, to be enabled and to have full power
and liberty, at myne and myne Heires, Executors, and Assignes will and pleasure, to make,
found, erect, create and stablish one Colledge in Dulwich, aforesaid, in the said County of
Surrey, which shall endure and remayne for ever ; and shall consist of one Maister, one
Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers,
to be mainteyned, susteyned, educated, guided, governed and ruled according to such ordi-
nances, statutes and foundacon, as shal be made, set downe, established, and ordeyned by
me, the said EDWARD ALLEYN, in my lief time or by any other pson or psons after my
decease ; such as shall be specially noiated, deputed and appointed, thereunto by me the
said EDWARD ALLEYN, in my lief tyme, undr my hand and scale in wryting, for the mainte-
nance, sustenance, educon, instrucion, guiding, government, and rule of the said Maister,
Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore brothers, sixe poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers.
And our said Soveraigne, Lord KING JAMES, by the said Lres Patents, of his further grace,
and meere mocon, did, will, ordayne, noiate and appoint, that the said Colledge, so as
aforesaid to be erected, founded, created, and established by me, the said EDWARD ALLEYN, my
Heires, Executors or Assigns, in Dulwich, aforesaid, shal be called and named THE COLLEDGE
OP GODS GUIFT, in Dulwich, in the Countie of Surrey ; and that the said Maister, Warden,
fower Fellowes, sixe poore. Brethren, six poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers and their
Successors, when the same Colledge shal be so created, founded, erected and established, as
aforesaid, shal be in deed and name one body corporate and politique, and one ppetuall
Cominalty, and shall have ppetuall succession for ever to endure ; and that the said
Mr, WARDEN, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren? six poore Sisters,' and twelve poore
Schollers, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, by and under the name of the
Maister, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters, and twelve poore
Schollers, of the Colledge of Gods Guift, in Dulwich, in the Countie of Surrey, in for and
concerning all and all manner of actons, suits, plaints, debts, demand and causes whatsoever,
as well reall as psonall, and mixt of whatsoever nature, kind or qualitie, they or any of them
may be before any Judges, spiritual or temporall, and other seculer Justices, and psons what-
soever ; and that the said Master, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore
Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers, of the said Colledge, and every of them, shall and may
have a comon Scale, for the sealing, doing, and pforming of all Deedes, Writings, Matters,
and Thinges towching the said Colledge, which said Scale they shall and may lawfully breake,
alter, chaunge, and new make, as they shall think meete from time to time. AND WHEREAS,
our said Soveraigne Lord KING JAMES, by his said Lres Patents, did, further of his like
speciall grace, certain knowledge, and meere mocon, and at the humble peticon of me the
said EDWARD ALLEYN, give and graunt for him, his Heires and Successors especiall licence,
and free and lawfull libertie, power, and authority to the said Mr. WARDEN, fower Fellowes,
sixe poore Brethren, six poore Sisters, and twelve poor Schollers of the said Colledge, to get,
purchase, take and receave, to them and their Successors for ever, for the maintenannce,
sustenacon, and relief, of the said Mr, WARDEN, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe
poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers, and their Successors, of and from me the said

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EDWARD ALLEYN, my Heires and Assignes, all and singular the Manners, messuages, lands,
tents and hereditaments, with the apptenances, as are at lardge specified, menconed, recited,
and conteyned in the said Lres Patents, or any such and so many and such part of the said
Manners, messuages, landes, tents and hereditaments, as I, the said EDWARD ALLEYN, shall
think meete. AND WHEREAS our said Soveraigue Lord KING JAMES, by the said Lres
Patente of his more ample and aboundant grace, certaine knowledge, and meere mocon, did
graunt and give licence, for him, his Heires and Successors, to me the said EDWARD ALLEYN,
as long as I shall live, and, after my death, to such pson or psous as I, the said EDWARD
ALLEYN, shall in my lief time noiate, depute and appoint, under my hand and Scale in

Tryting; and to every or any of them from time to tyme, and as often as need shall
require, to make, ordayne, constitute and establish, statutes or ordinance, constitucons and

rules, for the good and better maintenance, sustenance and relief, educacon, government and
ordering as well of the said Colledge, so to be created, erected, founded and established, as
aforesaid as of the said Master, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore
srs, and twelve poore Schollers, and their Successors for ever ; and also of all and every
the said Manners, messuages, landes, tent and hereditament in the said Lres Patente formerly
menconed, and the rents, issues, revenues and profitts of the same ; and that the said
itutes, ordinance, constitucons and rules, so by me the said EDWARD ALLEYN, in my lief
tyme, or by the said other psons or any of them after my decease, to be made, ordeyned, or
stituted, shall for ever, and at all succeeding times, stand, be and remayne inviolable, and
full force and strength in Law, to all construccons, intents and purposes ; the same being

lot repugnant to the prerogative roiall of our said Soveraigne Lord the Kinges Matie, nor

>ntrare to the Lawes and Statutes of this his highnes Realme of England, nor any the Eccle-
bical Lawes, cannons, or constitucons of the Church of England which then shal be in

)rce, as by the said Lres Patente, whereunto reference being had amongst other things more
at large yt doth and may appear. 'Now KNOW YE that to the honor and glorie of Almightie
God, and in a thankf ull remembrannce of his Guift and blessing bestowed upon me the said
EDWARD ALLEYN, and for the better maintenannce, education, relief, and sustenance of poore
and needy people, Men, Women, and Children, of the severall Parishes of St. Buttolphes,
without £ishoppesgate, London, of St. Saviour's in Southward, of that pte of the Pish of
St. Giles without Creplegate, London, which is in the Countie of Midd, and of the Pish of
Camerwell, in the said County of Surrey, and I the said EDWARD ALLEYN, by vertue and
force of the said Lres Patent, and by the power and authority thereby to me graunted and
given by or said Soveraigne Lord KING JAMES, doe by this my present wryting quadruptite,
bearing date the thirteenth of September, in this present seaventeenth yeare of the raigne of
or said Soveraigne Lord KING JAMES, make, found, erect, create and establish one Colledge in
Dulwich, aforesaid, in the said Countie of Surrey, which shall endure and remayne for ever
and shall consist of one Master, one Warden, fower Fellowes, six poore Brethren, six poore
Sisters and twelve poor Schollers. AND ALSO, I the said EDWARD ALLEYN, according to the
libertie and power given me by the said Lres Patent, do by this present wryting quadruple,
make, found, erect and establish THOMAS ALLEYN, Cittizen and Barber Surgeon of London,
to be the first Maister of the said Colledge ; MATHIAS ALLEYN, of Dulwich, aforesaid, Gent,
to be the first Warden of the said Colledge; SAMUELL WILSON, Mr of Artes; JOHN HAR-
nisoN, Mr of Artes ; MARTIN LYMONS, Clarke ; THOMAS HOPKINS, Organist, to be the first
fower Fellowes of the said Colledge ; JAMES SAUNDERS, JOHN JONES, HENRY PHILLIPPS, JOHN
COLEBRANE, WALTER BOANE, NICHOLAS KENDALL, to be the first sixe'poore Brethren of the
said Colledge, Margarett Chapman, Magdalen Lee, Alice Man, Anne Kirton, Thomasin
Stanley, Margart Barrett, to be the first sixe poore Sisters of the said Colledge ; and Richard
Meridale, Thomas Shippey, ymon Waddopp, Christopher Jackey, Thomas Keyes, Henry
Leyton, John Copland, Richard Chalf ont, Richard Pettifer, Robert Man, Edward Brasier, and
Kdward Collins, to be the first twelve poore Schollers of the said Colledge. And I give and
graunt to the said Thomas Alleyn, the Maister, Mathias Alleyn, the Warden, Samuell
Wilson, John Harrison, Martin Lymons, Thomas Hopkins, the fower Fellowes, James
Saunder, John Jones, Henry Phillipps, John Colebrane, Walter Boane, Nicholas Kendall,
the sixe poore Brethren, Margaret Chapman, Magdalen Lee, Alice Manne, Anne Kirton,
Thomasin Stanley, Margaret Barrett, the sixe poore Sisters, and the said Richard Meridale,
Thomas Sheppey, Symon Waddop, Christopher Jackey, Tomas Keyes, Henry Leyton, John

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Copland, Richard Chalfont, Richard Pettifer, Robert Man, Edward Braiser, and Edward
Collins, the twelve poore Schollers of the said Colledge ye offices and places aforesaid. To
HAVE AND TO HOLD the offices and places aforesaid in the said Colledge, to them the said
Thomas Alleyn, Mathias Alleyn, Samuel Wilson, John Harrison, Martin Lymons, Thomas
Hopkins, James Saunder, John Jones, Henry Phillips, John Colebrane, Walter Eoane,
Nicholas Kendall, Margaret Chapman, Magdalen Lee, Alice Manne, Anne Kirton, Thomasin
Stanley, Magarett Barrett, Richard Meridale, Thomas Shippey, Symon Waddoppe, Chris-
topher Jackey, Thomas Keyes, Henry Leyton, John Copland, Richard Chalfont, Richard
Pettifer, Robert Man, Edwarde Brasier, and Edward Collins, and their Successors, in the
same offices and places in ppetuall succession for ever, according to such statutes or ordi-
nance, constitucons and rules, as shall hereafter be made, ordeyned, constituted and established
by me the said EDWARD ALLEYN, in my lief time, or by any other pson or psons after my
death, such as I shall noiate, depute, or appoint hereunto, under my hand and Scale in
"VVrytng in my lief time. AND FURTHER, I the said EDWARD ALLEYN, by vertue and force
of the said Lres Patente, and of the power and authority thereby to me given, doe, make,
found, create, erect and establish, as followeth, that is to say, that the said Colledge shall for
ever be called and named the " Colledge of God's Guift," in Dulwich, in the County of
Surrey ; and that the said Mr, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore
Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers of the said Colledge and their Successors, shal be in deed
and name, one body Corporate and Politique, and one ppetuall cominalty, and shall have
ppetuall succession for to ever endure. And that the said Master, Warden, fower Fellowes,
sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers of the said Colledge, and
their Successors, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, by and under the name of
the Maister, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poor Brethren, sixe poore Sisters, and twelve poore
Schollers of the Colledge of Gods Guift, in Dulwich, in the Countie of Surrey, in for and
concerning all and all manner, accons, suits, plaints, debts, demaundes and causes whatsoev,
as well reall as psonall, and mixt of whatsoev nature, kinde, or quality they or any of them
may be, before any Judges spirituall or temporall, or other secular Justices and psons
whatsoev; and that the said Master, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore
Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers of the said Colledge and their Successors, and every of
them, shall have a comon Scale for the sealing, doing, and pforming of all Deedes, Wrytings,
Matters, and thing touching the said Colledge, which said Seale they shall and may lawfully
breake, alter, chaunge, and new make as they shall think meete from time to time ; and that
the said Maister, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters, and twelve
poore Schollers of the said Colledge, and their Successors, shal be psons enabled and capable
in Lawe, in right and name of the said Colledge, and for the maintenance, sustentacon and
relief of them the said Master, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, sixe poore Sisters,
and twelve poore Schollers of the said Colledge, and of their Successors, to gett, purchase,
receave and take to them and their Successors for ever, of and from me the said EDWARD
ALLEYN, my Heirs and Assigns, all and singular the Manners, messuage lands, tente and
hereditament, with the apptenances as are at lardge spied, menconed, recited and conteyned
in the said Lres Patent, or any such and so many, and such part of the said Manners,
messuages, lands, tent and hereditament, as I the said EDWARD ALLEYN shall think meete.
IN WITNESS whereof, and that this my making, foundacon, erection, creation and stablishing
of the said Colledge, may the better and more safely be kept contynued and had in ppetuall
remembrance for all tymes to come, I the said Edward Alleyn, have caused this Wryting
quadruptite, to be made and wrytten, and have subscribed my name and set my Seale to
every pte thereof, the said thirteenth day of September, in the yeares of the raigne of or said
Souraigne Lord KING JAMES, of England, Frannce and Ireland, the seaventeenth, and of
Scotland, the three and fiftieth ; and one originall of this said quadruptite Deede, I will and
doe assigne by these presents, to remayne, and be kept contynually in the comon chest of the
said Colledge, where the other evidences of the said Colledge are to be and remayn. The
second pte thereof, to remaine and be contynually kept in the Vestrie of ye Pish Church of
St. Buttolphes without Bishoppsgate, London, in such chest or other convenient place
wherein the evidences belonging to the said Church do remaine. The third parte thereof, to
remaine and contynually be kept in the Vestrie of the said Pish Church of St. Saviours in
Southwark, in the said County of Surrey, in the chest, or such other place there, wherein ye

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evidence belonging to the said Church and Pish do remaine and are kept; and the fourth
part thereof, to reinaync and contynually be kept in the Vestry of the Parish Church of
St. Giles without Criple Gate, London, in such chest or other place, as is there used for the
safe keeping of the evidence and Wrytings of the said Church and Pish.

Read, published, sealed and subscribed by the said
EDWARD ALLEYNE, the day and yeare above written.

THE DEED OF GKANT OF LANDS TO DULWIGH

COLLEGE.

DATED 2ira APRIL, 1STH JAMES IST, 1620.
Viccsima tertiapars Claus de anno R. R. JacoU decimo octavo.

ALLEYNE r (£{){£ Jnteutttrc made the foure and twentieth day of Aprill, in the

-j yeere of the raigne of our Sovaine Lord James, by the Grace of God, of
ALLEYNE et al I England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
that is to say, of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the three and
fiftieth. Betweene Edward Alleyne of Dullwich, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, of the
one party, and William Alleyne of London, Esquire, and William Austen of the Parish of
St. Saviors, in Southworke, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, of the other party. Wit-
nesseth that Whereas our said Sovaigne Lord King James, by his Highnes Letters Patent,
under his greate Scale of England, bearing date at Westm, the one and twentieth day of
June, in the seventeenth yere of his raigne, of England, France and Ireland, and of Scotland,
the twoe and fiftieth, was most graciously pleased to graunt and give license to the said
Edward Alleyne, to make, founde, erect, create and stablish One Colledge in Dullwich
aforesaid, to endure and remayne forever, and to consist of one Master, one Warden, foure
Fellowes, sixe poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers there to be maynteyned, susteyned,
educated, guided, governed and ruled, and that the same Colledge should for ever be called
and named The Colledge of Gods Guift in Dullwich, in the County of Surrey. And Whereas
our said Sovaigne Lord King James, Did, by the same Lres Pattent, give and grant Licence,
power and authority to the said Edward Alleyne, his Heires and Assignes, to geve, grant
and assure unto the said Master, Warden, fower Fellowes, sixe poore Brothers, sixe poore
Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers, of the said Colledge of God Guifte, in Dullwich, in the
County of Surrey, soe to be created, founded, erected and stablished as aforesaid, and their
Successors for their mayntennce, sustentacon and reliefe forever. All that the Manner, or
Lordshipp of Dullwich, with all the rights, members, Royalties and appurtenne thereunto
belonging, or in anywise appteyning, situat, lying and being in the Parish of Camerwell, in
the Counties of Surrey and Kent, or in either of them; and all that the Mannor House, or
Capitall, messuage, with all the lands and appurts thereunto belonging in Dullwich aforesaid,
called Hall place als Knowles. And all those lande, woode and waste grouude, with the
appurte called Rycotte als Rygates in Dullwich aforesaid ; and also All other the Manners,
messuage, land and hereditamts whatsoever, the said Edward Alleyne lately purchased of Sir
Francis Calton, Knight, in Dullwich aforesaid ; and also A 11 those eight messuage or tente and
hereditamte, with the apptennce, and forty -five acres of land, be it more or lesse, to the said
messuage or tente, belonging or appteyning, sometyme pcell of the freehold and coppiehold
lande of the said. Mannor of Dullwich, situat, lying and being in severall places in Dullwich
aforesaid, and called by the severall names of Howlette, Ricotes als Rygates, Nappes and
Stoney Nappes, lately bought and purchased by the said Edward Alleyne, of Sir Edmond
Bowyer, Knight ; and also All that messuage or tenemente with the appurtennce and four-
teene acres, be it more or less thereunto belonging, sometymes pcell of the coppiehold land
of the said Mannor of Dullwich, lately bought and purchased by the said Edward Alleyne, of
John Bowyer, Esquire; and also all those foure messuage or tente and hereditamente with
their and every of their apptennce in Dullwich aforesaid, and threescore and sixteene acres
of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging ; the which said foure messuage or tente
and land are called by the names of Great Barnes, North Crofte, Carter's Hall, Addington's

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Meade, Create and Little Brownings, and Carter's Gardine, or by what other name soev11 they
are called or knowne, lately purchased by the said Edward Alleyne, of Thomas Calton,
Gentleman, Brother of the said Sir Francis Calton, and Anne his Wife, and of Henry Farr of
in the County of Essex, Gent, and Prudence his Wife, being sometymes
pcell of the copiehold land of the said Manner of Dullwich ; and also All that messuage or
tente with the apptennce, and thirteene acres of land, be it more or less, thereunto belonging,
called Perry field, in Dullwich aforesaid, being part of the freehold land of the said Manner of
Dullwich, which the said Edward Alleyne lately bought and purchased of one Thomas
Turner of London, Gent ; and Also all those three messuage or tente, with the apptennce
and twenty-four acres of land be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging to Dullwich
aforesaid, being sometyme part of the freehould and coppiehold land of the said Manor of
Dullwich, which the said Edward Alleyne, lately bought and purchased of Ellis Parry of
London, Silkeweaver, and also All that messuage or tente with the apptennce and thirteen
acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging in Dullwich aforesaid, sometymes
pcell of the coppihold land belonging to the said Mannor of Dullwich, and which the said
Edward Alleyne lately bought and purchased of John Burie of Dullwich aforesaid, Yeoman ;
and also All that messuage or tente with thapptennce in Dullwich aforesaid, and seven acres
of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, called Kennell's, being sometyme part of the
free and coppiehold land of the said Mannor of Dulwich,;which the said Edward Alleyne, lately
bought and purchased of Thomas Emenson, Esquire ; and also all those messuags or tents with
th apptenncs in Dullwich aforesaid and nyne acres of land be it more or lesse thereunto be-
longing, being sometyme pcell of the coppiehold land of the said Mannor of Dullwich which
the said Edward Alleyn lately bought andpchased of John Ewen of Dullwich aforesaid yeo-
man, and also that messuage or tenant, with the appurtenncs, and forty-five acres of land, be it
more or lesse, thereunto belonging in Dullwich aforesaid, being sometyme pcell of the coppiehold
land belonging to the said Mannor of Dulwich, and of late in the tenure or occupation of John
Townley, Esquire, deceased ; and also All those eighteene acres of pasture ground or there-
abouts, in the Parish of Lambeth, in the said County of Surrey, and which the said Edward
Alleyne lately bought and purchased of Sir Edward Duke, Knight ; and All those messuages,
lande, tente and hereditamente, with thapptennce in the Parish of St. Botulphes without
Bishopsgate, London, which descended and came to the said Edward Alleyne, by and from
his Father, Edward Alleyne, Gent, deceased, late Servaunte to Queene Elizabeth of famous
memory, deceased ; and also All those messuage, lande, tente, gardens, hereditamente and
buildinge of the said Edward Alleyne, party to theis psente called or knowne by the name
of the Fortune, situate and being in Whitecrosse Streete and Golding Lane, in that part of
the Parish of St. Giles without, Cripplegate, London, which is within the County of Middx,
which the said Edward Alleyn, party to theis psente, lately bought and p chased of Daniell Gill,
of the Isle of Manne, and others ; although the premisses, or any of them, be houlden of our
Souvaigne Lord the Kinge Majestic, that now is ymediately in Cheife, or by Knighte Svice
or otherwise, howsoever and without any licence or pdon for alienation of them or any of
them, the statute of Mortmaine, or any other act, statute, ordinance, or pvision to the
contrary thereof, in anywise, notwithstanding, as in and by the said Lres Patente, amongst
other things more at large it doth and may apeere. AND WHEREAS the said Edward Alleyne
party to theis psents, according to the power and libtie given him by the said Lres Patente
by his writing quadruptite, under his hand and Seale, bearing date the thirteenth day of
September, in the yeres of the raigne of our said Sovaigne Lord King James of England,
Frannce and Ireland, the seventeenth, and of Scotland the three and fiftieth, did, to the
Honor and Glory of Almighty God, and in a thankful remembrance of his guiftes bestowed
upon him, did make, found, erect, create and establish one Colledge, in Dullwich aforesaid,
in the said County of Surrey, which should endure and remayne forever, and should consist
of one Master, one Warden, fowre Fellow es, six poore Brothers, sixe poore Sisters, and
twelve poore Schollers, and that the said Colledge should forever then after be named the
Colledge of God Guifte, in Dullwich, in the County e of Surrey ; and that the said Warden,
foure Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, six poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers of the said
Colledge, and their Successors, should be psons enabled and capable in Law, in right and
name of the said Colledge, and for their rnayntennce, sustentacon andreleife, to gett, pchase,
receive and take to them and their Successors forever, of and from the said Edward Alleyne,

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party to theis presente, all and singular the Manners, mesuage, lande, tente and hereditamts
with their appurtnce, as are at large specified, recited, mencoed and conteyned in the said
Lres Patente, or any such and soe many and such part of the said Mannors, messuages,
lands, tents and hereditamts, as the said Edward Alleyne, party to theis psents should thinck
meete as in and by the said writing quadruptite, amongst other things more at large it doth
and may appere. THIS INDENTURE THEREFORE FURTHER WITNESSETH that the said Edward
Alleyne, party to theis psente for and in accomplishment and pformance of the power, liberty
and authority given him by the said Lres Patente, and for and in consideracon of ppetuall
mayntennce, reliefe and sustentacon forever to be and remayne to the Master, Warden, foure
Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, six poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers of the said
Colledge, called the Colledge of God Guifte, in Dullwich, in the County of Surrey, founded,
created, erected and established by the said Edward Alleyne, party to theis psents as afore-
said, and for dvrse other causes and consideracons, him the said Edward Alleyne, party to
theis psents hereunto especially moving. He, the said Edward Alleyne, party to theis
psents, is contented and pleased to graunt, covnnt, condiscind, conclude and agree to and
with the said William Allen, and William Austen, in manner and forme following, that is to
say : — the said Edward Alleyne ptye to theis psents, Doth covennt and graunt for him, and
his Heires, to and with the said William Allen, and William Austen, and either of them, and
their Heires by theis psents, that he the said Edward Aleine party to theis psents, before the
feast day of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next ensuing, the day of the date hereof,
shall knowledge and levy, or cause to be knowledged and levied a Fyne'or Fynes unto the said
William Allen and William Austen, Sur Conuzance du droit, as those which the said William
Alleine and William Austen shall have of the Guifte of the said Edward Alleine, party to
theis psents, before the Kings Majesties justice of the Comon Bench, of all that his the said
Edward Alleyne, party to theis psente, said Mannor or Lordshipp Dullwich, with all the
rights, members and apptennces thereunto belonging, or in any wise appteyning, situate and
being in the Parish of Camervvells als Camberwell, in the said Counties of Surrey and Kent,
or in either of them. And of all that the said Mannor, or capitall messuage, with all the
lands and apptennces thereunto belonging in Dullwich aforesaid, called Hall Place, als
Knolles. And all those lands, woods and waste ground called Eycotte als Rygates, in Dule-
wich aforesaid. And also of all other the said Mannors, messuages, lande, tente and here-
ditamte whatsoever, which the said; Edward Alleine party to theis pesente lately pchased
of Sir Francis Calton, Knight, in Dulwich aforesaid ; and also, of all those eight messuage or
tente and hereditamte with their apptance and fortie five acres of land, be it more or lesse to
the said messuage or tente, belonging or apptayning situat lying and being in severall places
in Dulwich aforesaid and called by the severall names of Howlette, Rycbttes als Rygates,
Nappes and Stony Nappes, and lately bought and pchased by the said Edward Alleine party
to theis psents of Sir Edmond Bowyer, Knight ; and also of that said mesuage or tente with
th'apptences and fourteene acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, sometymes
pcell of the coppiehold lands of the said Mannor of Dulwich, lately bought and pchased by
the said Edward Alleyne party to theis pesente of John Bowyer, Esquire ; and also of all
those said foure messuage or tente and hereditamte with their and every of their appetnnce
in Dulwich aforesaid, and three score and sixteene acres of lande, be it more or lesse, there-
unto belonging, the which said foure messuage or tente and lande are called Great Bornes,
Northe Crofte, Carter's Hall, Addington's Meade, Greate and Litle Browninge and Carter's
Gardeine, or by what other names soev, lately bought and pchased by the said Edward
Alleyne party to theis psents of Thomas Calton, gent, brother of the said Sir Francis Calton
and Anne, wife of the said Thomas Calton and of Henry Farr in the County of Essex, gent,
and Prudence his wife ; and also of all that said mesuage or tente with the apptennce and
thirteene acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging called Perry Field in Dull-
wich aforesaid, which said Edward Alieyne party to theis pesente, lately bought and pchased
of the said Thomas Turnor, of London, gent ; and also of all those said three messuage or
tente and hereditamte with thapptennce with twenty and foure acres of land, be it more or
lesse, thereunto belonging in Dullwich aforesaid, which the said Edward Alleyne party to
theis psente lately bought and pchased of the said Ellis Parry, of London, silkweever; and
also of all that the said mesuage or tenemte with the apptennce and thirteene acres of land
be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging in Dullwich aforesaid, sometymes pcell of the

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coppiehold land belonging to the said Manner of Dullwich, and which the said Edward
Alleyne party to theis pesente lately bought and pchased of the said John Bury, of Dullwich
aforesaid, yeoman ; and also of all that mesuage or tente with th'apptence in Dullwich afore-
said and seaven acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging called Kennalls, which
the said Edward Alleyne party to theis pesente bought and pchased of the said Thomas
Emerson, Esquire ; and also of all those said mesuages or tente and nyne acres of land in
Dullwich aforesaid, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, which the said Edward Alleyne
party to theis pesents late bought and pchased of the said John Ewin, of Dullwich aforesaid,
yeoman ; and also of all that the said messuage or tente with the apptenences and forty five
acres of land, be it more or lesse, thereunto belonging, in Dullwich aforesaid, being some-
tymes pcell of the copyhold lands belonging to the said Mannor of Dullwich and of late in
the tenure or occupacon of the said John Townley, Esquire, deceased ; and also of all those
said eighteene acres of pasture ground, or thereabouts in the said pish of Lambeth in the
said County of Surrey, and which the said Edward Alleyne pty to theis prsents lately bought
and pchased of the said Sir Edward Duke, Knight ; and also of all those said messugs, lands,
tenements and heredits with the apptences in the parish of St. Botulphes without, Bishoppes
gate, London, which descended and came to the said Edward Alleyne party to theis prsents
by and from his said father Edward Alleyne, gent, deceased ; and also of all those said
messages, lands, tents, gardens, heredits and buildings of the said Edward Alleyne pty to
theis prsents called or knowne by the name of The Fortune, scituat and being in Whitecross
Street and Guilding Lane in that part of the parish of St. Giles without, Cripplegate, London,
which is in the said County of Midd, and which the said Edward Alleyne party to theis
presents, lately bought and purchased of the said Daniell Gill, of the Isle of Man and others,
by what name or names whatsoev the premisses or any part or pcell thereof they be called or
known by, or by what nomber of acres, or of what kinde they or either of them be called or
knowe, in and by which said fyne or fynes the said Edward Alleyne pty to theis prsents
shall knowledge all and singular the Manners, messuags, lands, tents, buildings and heredits
aforesaid with their and every of their apptenns to be the right of the said William Alleine
and William Austen as those which the said William Alleine and William Austen have of the
guifte of the said Edward Alleyne party to theis prsents and the same the said Edward
Alleyne party to theis prsents shall remise and quite clayme from him the said Edward
Alleyne party to theis prsents and his heires to the said William Alleyn and William Austen
and their heires or to the heires of one of them forev ; and further the said Edward Alleyn
by the same fyne or fynes shall grant for him and his heires to warrant all and singular the
said Manners, messuags, lands, tents, buildings and heredits with their and every of their
apptennces to the said William Alleyn and William Austen and to the heires of one of them,
against the said Edward Alleyn ptie to theis psents and his heires forev. And it is further
concluded, condiscended and agreed by and betweene the pties to theis prsents that the said
fyne or fynes soe to be levied as is aforesaid, of all and singular the premises or of any part
thereof, and of all other conveyances of the premisses or any part thereof to be made to the
said William Alleyne and William Austen shall remayne and be, and the said William Allen
and William Austen and either of them and their heires and the heires of the survivor .of
them after the said fyne or fynes levied in forme aforesaid shall stand and be seized to the
sole and only uses and behoofs hereafter menconed, and under such condicons, proveses,
declaracons and lymitacons, and in such manner and forme as hereafter in theis prsents is
expressed and declared, and not otherwise nor in any other manner nor to any other use,
behoofe, uses, devises, intents or purposes whatsr, that is to say, of all and singular the sd
manners, messuags, lands, tenements, buildings and heredits with all and every the premisses
with their and every of their appurts to the use of the said Edward Alleyne pty to theis
prsents for terme of his natural life without impeachment of any manner of wast, and yme-
diately from and after the decease of the said Edward Alleyne, ptie to theis prsents the said
William Alleyn and William Austen and the survivor of them and their heires and the heires
of the survivor of them shall stand and be seized of all singular the said manners, messuags,
lands, tenemts, buildings and heredits and of all other the premisses with all and every their
apptennces to the sole and only use of the then Master, Warden, four Fellowes, six poore
Brethren, six poore Sisters and twelve poore Schollers of the said Colledge called the Colledge
of God Guifte, in Dullwich, in the County of Surry, and of their successors for ev, and to

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noe other intent, use or ppose whatsoev. PROVIDED ALWAIES and it is further covennted,
condiscinded, concluded and agreed by and betweene the pties to theis prsents, that notwith-
standing any use or uses, estate, or estates before in theis prsents expressed, lymitted,
appointed or declared, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Edward Alleyne party
to theis prsents at all tymes and from tyme to tyme during his life to make or graunt any
lease or leases by writing indented or otherwise of all and singular the said manners,
messuags, lands, tents, buildings and heredits, and other the premisses conteyned, specified
or comprised in theis presents or of any part or pcell thereof for such nomber of yeres or
lives as the said Edward Alleyn party to theis presents shall think fit and to make, grant, by
coppy of Court Roll of any of the said copyhold tents of the premisses in Dullwich aforesaid
any prson or psons according to the custome of the said mannor of Dullwich, reserving the

3customed rents thereof or more, the same rents to be due and payable during the con-
tinuance of the same lease or leases, grant or grants, interest or interests. IN WITNESS
thereof the parties abovesaid to tbeis psent Indentures intchangeably have setts their several

inds and seales the day and yere first above written.

ET MEMORAND qd decimo die Maij ann supscr prefat Edwardus Alleyn Ar venit coram
dco Dno Rege in Cane sua et recognovit. Inden pred ac oia et singula in eadem content et
spificat in forma supdca. Irr decimo die Maij aim pr'dict.

This is a true copy from the original Record remaining
in the Public Record Office, having been examined.

THE STATUTES AND ORDINANCES MADE BY
EDWARD ALLEYN,

IN PURSUANCE OF THE LETTERS PATENT, BY DEED BEARING DATE THE 29TH DAY OF

SEPTEMBER, 1626.

1. IMPRIMIS. I ORDAINE and establish for ever, that there shall be a Master, a Warden,
four Fellowes, sixe poore Brethren, six poore Sisters, and twelve poore Scholars, in and
belonging to the College.

2. ITEM. For the better furtherance of the honor and service of ALMIGHTY GOD, and for
the goode and welfare of the said College, I ordaine and for ever establish, for all succeeding
times to come, that there shall be continually six Chanters for Musique and Singing in the
Chappel of the said College, and shall be called and esteemed as junior fellowes, every one of
them to have his voice according to the statutes, as the fower senior Fellowes have six
assistants, touching the ordering of the said College, and the Rent Revenues and Profits
thereof, and thirtye Members ; the said Chanters, Assistants, and Members, to be employed
and taken to such uses, intents and purposes, as hereafter in these my Orders and Statutes
I shall further direct and appoint.

3. ITEM. That the Master and Warden, shall be both single persons and unmarried, of my
blood and sirname, and for want of such of my sirname onlie, and for want of such of my
blood, or name, and if they shall happen to marry after their admission, or either of them,
then he so doing to be removed from the College (ipso facto), and made for ever uncapable
of any place or office therein, or to receive or have any benefit or profitt from thence.

4. ITEM. That the Master and Warden, and either of them, at the time of their admission,
shall be of the full age of one and twentie years at the least, and shall be reputed to be Men
of honest lives and conversations, of learning, judgment and understanding, sufficient to
discharge their places in the College, and such as shall be esteemed and thought to bee per-
sons provident and careful of the good of the College.

6. ITEM. That the two first senior Fellowes bee in degrees, at the least Masters of Arts, of
either of the Universities, Oxford or Cambridge, Preachers ; the two second senior Fellowes,
Graduats and Divines, the first of them to be an approved Schoolmaster, and the second to
be a sufficient scholar to be Usher of the School ; the two first of the six Chaunters to be
Musicians of sufficient skill in the art of musique to be Organists of the College, and to teach

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the poore Scholars rausique and to sing, and the other fower Chaunters to be singing men
of the Chappel, all of them single and unmarried persons, and if any of them shall marry
after their admission, then he or they so doinge to be removed from the College (ipso facto),
and for ever made incapable of any place or preferment therein.

6. ITEM. I Ordayne that every one of the sixe poore Brethren and sixe poore Sisters, at the
time of their admission, to be single and unmarried persons, and every one of them be of the
age of three score yeares at the least, not infected with any noisome disease, not decripit in
their limbs and members, of religious and sober lives and conversation ; and if, after their
admission, they shall marry, comit adultery or fornication, then he or shee so doinge to be
expelled the said College, and made for ever incapable of any place or relief in or from the
said College.

7. ITEM. That every one of the poore Scholars shal be, at the time of their several election
and admission, between the age of six or eight years or thereabouts, and to remaine as
Schollers in the said College noe longer, but untill they be eighteen years of age at the
most, and then, at the charge of the College, to be put forth either for Scholars or Trades as
their capacity will fitt, all of them at the time of their said admission, to be orphants, with-
out Father and Mother, or at least such as their Parents receive the weeklye Almes of the
Parish where they live, and for want of such, any other poore children of the said Parishes,
such as the Assistantes of the said Parish shall think in most need.

8. ITEM. That two Churchwardens of the Parish of Saint Buttolphes whout, Bishopsgate,
London; and two Churchwardens of Saint Saviour's, in South wark, in the Countie of Surrey ;
and two Churchwardens of that part of the Parish of Saint Giles without, Cripplegate, Lon-
don, wch is in the Countie of Middlesex, for the time being for ever, shall be Assistants to
the Master, Warden, and Fellowes of the said College, in the governing thereof.

9. ITEM. That the sixe poore Brethren, and sixe poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers,
shall be for ever chosen of the Parishes herein specified, in manner and form following, that
is to say, two of the poore Brethren, one of the poore Sisters, and three of the poore Schol-
lers, out of the Parish of Saint Buttolphes whout, Bishopsgate, London ; two other of the
poor Brethren, and one of the poore Sisters, and three of the poore Scholars, out of the
Parish of Saint Saviour in South wark ; one other of the poore Brethren, and two of the
poore Sisters, and three of the poore Schollers, out of that part of the Pish of Saint Giles
without, Cripplegate, which is in the Countye of Middlesex ; one other of the poor Brethren,
two of the poore Sisters, and three of the poor Schollers, out of the Parish of Camerwell, in
the County of Surrey.

10. ITEM. That the Churchwardens and Vestrie of the Parishes of St. Buttolphes without,
Bishopsgate, London; of Saint Saviour's, Southwarke, and of that parte of the Parish of
Saint Giles without, Cripplegate, which is in the Countie of Middlesex, shall severally, in
their Parishes, make choice of ten poore persons, that is to saie, five poore Men and five
poore women in each of their Parishes, to be members of the said College, to be admitted by
them into my Almshouses at London, that from thence they may be admitted into the
College as places shall fall void ; provided that such as they admit and choose be as neere as
may be single persons above the age of fifty e, and such as have longest receaved the Alms of
those Parishes, & if any of them, after their admittance, marry or become single and marry
againe, that then every of the said Members so doing shall, by the Assistants of that Parishe
where the same shall happen, be thence expelled, and a new member chosen in his or her
place that is expelled.

11. ITEM. That nine of the poore Brethren and Sisters shall be elected out of those thirtye
Members, as places shall bee void, that is, those that are to be elected out of St. Buttolphes,
Saint Saviours, and Saint Giles, in manner following, that is, the Assistants of that Parishe,
or of that part of the Parish from whence the partie deceased or departed had been taken
before, shall, upon notice given them by the Master or Warden of the said College of the
place then void, send such two of those Members as the Master or Warden shall noiate, wch
two persons shall draw Lots for the place, ever receaving a Man in a Man's place, and a
Woman in a Woman's place.

12. ITEM. That the manner of drawinge of the said Lots shall be thus, that is to say,twoe
equal small rowleses of paper to be indifferently made and rolled up, in one of which rolls
the wordes, GOD'S GIFT, are to be written, and the other rowle is to be left blank, and so

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put into a boxe, well boxe shall be thrice shaken up and downe, and the elder person of thes«
two that are elected to drawe the first Lot, and the younger person the second ; and which
of them draweth the Lot wherein the wordes GOD'S GIFT are written, shall be forthwith
admitted into the void place or office of the said College, as the case shall require, and the
other person, either Man or Woman, wch shall drawe the blanck lott, shall receive from the
Master or Warden of the said College so much of the pencon as would then have been due
to the ptie deceased, departed, or expelled out of the said College, the same to be accounted
and satisfied from the time of the said death, departure or expulsion.

13. ITEM. That when the place of the Mr shall be void, then the Warden shall take upon
him to be Mr without delay, wchin the space of fower and twentye hours after the place be
void, and shall be admitted thereunto by the Fellowes, or the most part of them, then
recidinge in the College, and shall take the oath hereafter expressed, to be ministered unto
him by the senior Fellow then present, in the Chappel of the said College, in the presence

the Corporation then present, after morning or evening praier, as occasion shall require.

14. ITEM. That the Master, the rext daye after his admission, shall, in the Chappell, after
lorning praier, there appoint the Monday fortnight following, for the election of the War-
den, and shall also send three several notes to all the Assistants, for to give notice thereof
in their several Parish Churches the next Saboth-day, expressing the qualitye and condicon
of the person elective.

15. ITEM. That upon the daye of the election of the Warden, the Master, the Assistants
and Fellowes, after all, or the most parte of them be assembled, shall decently and orderly
goe into the Chappell, and there, after Service and Sermon, made by one of the Fellowes,
proceed to the Election of a new Warden ; after that the Senior Fellow then present shall
publickly and audibly read such and so many of the before recited Ordinances, as do express
of what condition and qualitye the person elected ought to be ; and, after that, the electors
shall make the said election, indifferently, without partiality, favour, or respect of persons.

16. ITEM. That if above number of two shall stand to be elected Warden, equal in blood
and condicon, that then they shall passe by voices of the electors then present, and that
they two that shall have most voices to draw Lotts for the place, in such manner and forme
as is formerly expressed.

17. ITEM. That the Warden shall, presently after his election, and before his admission,
become bound in a statute of one thousand pounds, to one or two persons nominated by
most part of the electors then present, the defeazance whereof shall be that, at all reasonable
time or times then after, he yield and make a perfect accompte of such monies, yssues, rents
and proffitts, which he shall then, after his being Warden, receaive and take from and out of
the Lands, Goods, Chattels or Proffitts belonging to the College, or which in any wise shall
concern the same.

18. ITEM. That the Warden, after his admission, shall take the oath hereafter prescribed,
which shall be administered unto him by one of the senior Fellowes then present, in the
body of the Chappell, and afterwards, he, the Master, and some of the Fellowes, shall receave
the Holie Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, to expresse the mutual love and concord which is
between them, and shall be conducted to his seate in the Chappell, and his lodgings in the
College, by the Master and the Fellowes of the College then present.

19. ITEM. That the Warden, at every such election, shall provide a dynner for the whole
College, at his own chardge.

20. ITEM. That if both the places of Master and Warden shall happen to be void at one
time (which GOD forbid), that 'then the senior Fellow then present shall, within fower and
twentie hours, give notice thereof to the Assistants, to make speedy repaire to the College ;
within three days after to joyne with the Fellowes in the election of a new Master, which
shall be, in all points, as is formerly described in the eleccon of a Warden; the Master being
admitted, then presently, the next daie, to appoint a time for the eleccon of a Warden, as is
above specified, and at every such electcon the dynner for the whole College shall

said Master and Warden's equal charge.

21. ITEM. That when any of the Fellowes or Chaunters places shall be voic
otherwise, then the Mr, Warden, and the rest of the surviving Fellowes, shall, wyhm si
weeks next after, provide two able and sufficient persons, according to the statutes, to drawe
the aforesaid Lots for the place, and he that drawest the right Lot, to be presently admitfc

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and the other to receave so nmch of the pension, as proportionally should have accrued to
the person departed, as aforesaid.

22. ITEM. That every person so approved and allowed, shall the next Sonday after receaive
the Holie Communion of the Lord's Supper in the Chappell, and shall take the oath hereafter
described, ministered to him by the Warden, and then shall, by the Master and Warden, be
admitted Fellow or Chaunter, and by them be then conducted to his seate in the Chappel,
and likewise after evening prayer, that day before supper-time, to his chambre, and invested
by them into the possession thereof.

23. ITEM. That when any of the poore Scholars places, that is to saye, any of the nyne
that are to be chosen out of the Parish of Saint Buttolphes without, Bishopsgate, London ;
St. Saviours, in Southwark ; and that parte of the Parish of Saint Giles whout, Cripplegate,
London ; which is in the Countye of Mddx, shall happen to be void, then the Master and
Warden shall give notice thereof to the twoe Churchwardens, the Assistants of that Parish,
or of that part of the Parish from whence the poore Scholler, departed or deceased, was first
receaved into the College, and they to cause three or fower of the poor Children of their
Parish to be sent to the College the Sunday sennight next following, by nyne of the clock
in the forenoon, that the Master or Warden of the said College may choose two to draw the
said Lots for the vacant place, and he that draweth the Lott wherein the words GOD'S GUTFT
are written, shall presently be admitted a poore Scholler of the said College, and that poore
Childe that draweth the blanck Lott to have iiijd pence a day paid unto him for every daye
after the death or depture of yt poore Scholler for whose place the Lotts were drawn, to the
tyme of the drawing thereof.

24. ITEM. That the Master, Warden, and Fellowes shall for ever have the sole denomina-
tion and election of the poore Brethren, poore Sisters, and poore Schollers, that are to be
elected out of the Parish of Camerwell, to elect whom they shall thinck fitt, wyout limitation
of age, provided always, the persons elective (Men and Women), be single and needy, and
especially if they inhabit in the Lordship of Dulwich, where the College standeth, if yt
may be.

TJie Master and Warden's Oath.

25. I, A. B., admitted to the office of Master or Warden of the College of GOD'S GUIFT,
in the County of Surrey, am a single man and unmarried, uncontracted, and so long, as
shall execute the said office, will by God's assistance so continue ; I shall never fraudulently,
maliciously, or willingley, for my part, go about to alter or change the foundation of the
College, or any part thereof, or any ordinance or statute, ordayned or made for the govern-
ment thereof ; but to the best and uttermost of my power, shall faithfully keep and observe
the same, nor shall doe any art or arts, thing or things, to the derrogation, disturbance,
hindrance, or damage of the said College, but shall defend and keepe all the rights, privileges,
and prerogatives thereof, together with the Goodes and Lands thereunto belonging, and
diligently prosecute, maintain and defend all suits and pleadings, which shall in any
concern the said College, or the defence of the Landes and Goodes, or the rights or privileg
thereunto belonging, and whatsoever Goodes or Cattels of or belonging to the said Coll
shall come to my hands; I shall truly and carefully restore, and cause to be restored, without
any contradiccon, and I doe lastly sweare that I will truly perform all and every part of i
Oath, without any equivocation, mental reservation, or procuring any dispensation or at
lution from the same, and not to accept of any such dispensacon or absolucon yf yt shall
procured— So help me God and the holie contents of this Book.

The Warden to take the same Oath at his admittance. Mutatis Mutandis.

The Oath of all the Fellows.

26. I, A. B., admitted to be one of the Fellows of this College of GOD'S GUIFT, in Dul-
wich, in the Countye of Surrie, ame a single person and unmarried, and, so long as I hold
and have the said office or place, shall contynue a single life, during which time I will n<
accept of or take any other service, yearly wages, or stipend of any other person or
whatsoever, which may in any sort be preiudiciall or hurtfull to this place, and I will, to mj
uttermost and best endeavours, execute the said office, and will, according to the statutes and
ordinances of the said College, be obedient to the Master and Warden thereof, in all things
lawful, but especially in matters concerning the good and welfare of the said College, and I

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rill faithfully execute and doe to my best endeavours all matters wherein I shall be imployed
- the same and the welfare thereof; and if yt happen I shall be herehence preferred or
moved, I shall at all times, as occasion is offered, doe my best endeavour to further and
Ivance the good and welfare of this College, the status of this said College, according to
is plaine and grammatical sence thereof; I shall trulie and faithfully keep to the best and
uttermost of my skill and power, and I shall never consent, agree, or give way to any aliena-
'ion, sale, disposition, or putting away any of the Lands, Tents, Rents, Goods, Profitts, or
y other thing whatsoever, that doth belong or appertaine to the said College, nor challenge
• claim any propperty therein, or in any part thereof, directly or indirectly, to my own use,
)r by any ways or means whatsoever practise or goe about to alter or change the foundacon
the said College, nor any part thereof, or any ordinance or statute ordayned or made for the
)vernment thereof; or doe any act or actes, thing or thinges, to the derrogation, disturbance,
or hindrance of the said College, but shall defend and keep to the uttermost of my power,
all the rights, privileges, and prerogatives thereof, together with the Goodes and Lands
thereto belonging, and whatsoever Goods or Cattels, of or belonging to the said College, shall
come to my hands, I shall truly and carefully restore and deliver or cause to be restored or
delivered to the Master or Warden of the said College, without any contradicon; all which I
doe swear faithfully and trulye to observe and perform without any equivocation, mentall
reservation or procuring any dispensacon or absolution from the same, or accepting any such,
if yt shall be procured. So helpe me God, and the holie contents of this Book.

The Oath of the Sixe Poore Brethren and Sisters.

27. You, A. B., unto whome GOD, out of his goodness and mercy, has bestowed this GUIFT,
to be one of the poore Brethren or Sisters of this College of GOD'S GIFT, in Dulwich, in the
Countie of Surrey, shall here profess that you are a single person and unmarried, and shall
so continue all the time that you abide in this College ; you shall not deceiptfully, malitiously,
or wittinglie for your part break any of the ordinances or status of this College, but trulie
observe, kepe, and performe the same ; and you shall never consent, graunt, or agree to any
alienacon, sale or putting away of the Lands, Tents, Rents, Goods, or Profitts, or other things
that doe or hereafter shall belong or appertayne to the said College ; nor by any manner of
waies or means, practise or goe about to alter or chaunge the foundacon of this College, or
any statute or ordinance made for the welfare and government thereof ; nor do or commit
any acte or actes, thing or things, to the derrogacion, disturbance, losse or damage of the said
College. So helpe me GOD, and the holie contents of this Book.

The Oath of the Assistants.

28. You, A. B., Churchwardens of the Parishe, &c., who are now admitted to be one of
the Assistants of this College of GOD'S GIFT, in Dulwich, in the Countie of Surrey, doe
sweare that you for your parte shall not willingly or wittingly give consent at any time here-
after to the breaking or altercon of the Foundacon of this College, or of any ordinance or
statute made concerning the same or the government thereof, but so well as you may see
them trulie kept and performed ; and that you shall not consent, graunt, or agree to the
alienatcon, sale or putting awaie any of the Lands, Tenements, Rents, Proffitts, Goods, or
other things that do belong or appertayne, or shall hereafter belong or appertayne to the said
College, nor take of the said profits thereof, then what by the Founder of this College has
given or allowed to you ; and that you shall not doe or consent to the doinge of any act or
acts, thing or things, to your knowledge, which shall or may in any sorte disturb, hinder,
prejudice, or damage the College ; all which you shaU swear, trulie to perform and keepe. So
help you God and the holie contents of this Book.

29. ITEM. That whensoever and as often as any Master, Warden, Fellowe, poor Brother, or
poore Sister, shall be admitted to be of the said College and have taken his, her, or their
Oath accordingly, then the senior Fellowe then present in the said College, shall forthwith
say as foiloweth :— " Now in the name of God, and of the whole corporation of this College,
and the Assistants, and Members thereof; I doe pronounce you to be Master, Warden,

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Fellow, poore Brother, or poore Sister of this College of GOD'S GUIFT, in Duhvich, in the
Countie of Surry, according to the lawes, statutes, and ordinances thereof."

The Master's Office.

30. ITEM. That the Master shall be the chiefest person in the said College, and shall be
observed with reverence, by all the rest of the persons of the said College; he shall
governe all the persons thereof, and admonish, correct, and punish them according to the
statutes, and if greater occasions and businesses draw him not away, he shall be present at
the quarterly, monthly, and weekly accompts of the Warden ; he shall prosecute and defend
all suits, that in any sorte shall concerne the College, or the rights, liberties, and the advance-
ment thereof, at the charge of the College ; he shall not in any sort compromyt or end any
suit, but by a judicial and legal tryal, sentence, or judgment ; he shall have a double or
casting vote in all matters of difference, concerning the College, and the government thereof,
and that only when the voices are equal ; he shall take especial care, that the poore Brethren
and Sisters be not wronged by any of the college, and that the poore Schollers be not
abused, he shall go weekly to view their chambers, and to see that they be kept cleane by
the Matron appointed for that purpose ; and lastly, he shall take care that the status of the
College be duly observed and kept in all points.

The Warden's Office.

31. ITEM. The Warden shall receave and take the Rents, Yssues, and Proffitts belonging to
the said College, and pay, disburse, and defray, all the Rents, Pencons, and all other Payme
which are to be made by the said Colledge, for the use and maintenance thereof, to
persons in any sort thereto belonging.

32. ITEM. He shall, so often as the Master is absent from the College, or sick, or infii
do, execute, and performe all things and actes that the Master is bound to doe by his pi
and the Master shaldo the like for the Warden, when he shall be absent, sick, or infirme,
that he cannot execute his place.

The Office of the Fellows.

33. ITEM. The two senior fellows shall prech two sermons every Sunday, one in the fo
noone and the other in the afternoone, and one sermon on the first of September, another on
the Nativity of our LORD GOD ; and on the several daies sett downe, they shall also daily,
(as likewise all the Fellowes) attend (but on Sondayes and holydays, Satordaies in the after-
noone, and all holydaye eves, in their Surplices) the Master and Warden to the Chappell, and
there continieu during the whole service time, and they shall sing their parts in the quire ;
and if the thirde and fourth Fellowes be absent both together, then they shall performe all
Ministeriall dutyes in the Chappell ; the senior of them two shall keep the regester booke
for Christenings, Weddings, and Burials, and both of them shall doe all Offices belonging to
their Ministry, as celebrating the Sacraments ; Wedd, Bury, Christen and visitt the Sick
within the said College ; and if they be absent, then the third and fourth Fellowes shall
performe the same.

34. ITEM. The third Fellow shall be Master of the School, and the fourth shall be Usher
(who shall be obedient to the Master;) both of them shall sing their parts in the quire,
and shall have a special care for the good and vertuous instruction and education of the
Scholers committed to their charge ; and they shall, A Items Vitibus, reade prayers weekley
in the Chapel.

35. ITEM. That the two first of the sixe Chaunters, alias junior Fellowes, be men of
approved skill in Musique, to sound the Organs in the Chapell, and sing their parts in the
quire, and shall prick all such services and anthems as the Master shall command, for the
use of the Chappell, into faire Books, and also all other songs and Musiques for the private
or public use of the College, both for Viols and Voices, and those they shall keepe faire, and
at their departure leave them to the College ; and they shall teach the poore Schollers to
sing prick song, and to play u oon the Viols, Virginals, Organs, and other instruments, as

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they shall be found capable, and to teach and direct any other person or persons of the
College that are to singe their parte in the Chappell, or any whom the Mr, Warden, and two
senior Fellowes shall think fit, and the other fower of the said Chaunters, als junior Fellowes
to be singers in the Chappell, and persons well skilled and exercised in prick song and to be
men of handicraft trades, viz., Taylors, Glovers, Embroiderers, Shoemakers, or such like; and
these fower Chanters, als junior Fellowes, for avoyding idlenesse, shall be employed in their
Trades, by the appointment of the Master, Warden, and fower senior Fellowes, or the most
part of them, for the general good of the College, both in making the poore Schollars Apparel
and Shoes, and other wise as they shall direct, provided all stuff shall be found them at the
College charge; they shall also every day in the afternoone, teach and instruct, in their several
manufactures, such and so many of the poore Schollers, as shall be found unfit for the Uni-
versitye, and that they may not loose their Musique, half the number shall be taught the
trades one afternoone, and the other of them the other afternoon.

The Office of the poore Brethren and Sisters.— 36 ITEM.

That the sixe poore Brethren shall, by turnes, weekely, sweepe and keepe cleane the inner
and outward courts and cloysters of the College ; and if any, through infirmity, shall be unable
to performe the same, then he to give allowance, at the discretion of the Master or Warden,
to any of the other poore Brethren that shall doe yt for him.

37. ITEM. That the Master shall make choice of one of the ablest and healthiest of the
poore Sisters, to be Matron of the twelve poore Schollers, to make their beds, sweepe their
Chambers, mend their Clothes, and intend, and no other person whatsoever ; in respect of
which service of hers, the other five poore Sisters shall give her sixpence a piece, quarterly
to be deducted out of their pension, and paid her by the Warden ; and if any of the poor
Brethren or Sisters die, during her time of being Matron, then shee to have two parts of
their goods, that are deceased, being divided into twelve parts, and if she shall happen to be
sick, then the ablest of the other five shall intend the poor Scholars during her sickness,
and for that time have her allowance.

38. ITEM. I ordayne that the Master and Warden shall appoint one other of the oldest
and ablest of the poore Sisters, to make bedds and sweepe the chambers of any of the
Fellows or Chaunters, if they shall require such attendance ; and in case that if none of the
poore Sisters shall be able and fitt to performe yt, there may bee admitted any poore Women
in the Towne for that office, with the consent of the Master or Warden, under their hands
and not otherwise.

39. ITEM. The other five poore Sisters shall weede and keepe cleane the gardens in the
Forecourt of the College, and all the poore Brethren and Sisters shall alwaies be ready and
willing, to the best of their abilities, by the Master's or Warden's appointment, to helpe and
comfort, as well the one as the other, as also the poore Schollers, as well in sickness as in
health.

Tlie Office of the Porter.— 40 ITEM.

I ordaine that the Porter of the College shall continually be present in the said College,
and for the most part, in the Lodge or the Fore-court Yard ; he shall keepe the keys in the
daytime, of all the outward gates, and shall open them in summer at five in the morninge,
and lock them at ten at night ; and in the winter at sixe in the morninge, and at nine at
night ; and every day, a quarter of an hour after the bell hath called to dynner and supper,
shall lock up the said gates and come into the hall, to wayte upon the Master or Warden at
their table, and after dynner and supper, shall open the said gates againe ; he -shall also keepe
the keys of the Chappell, and every morning, after he hath opened the gates, shall sweepe
and keepe cleane the said Chappell, as heretofore yt hath been accustomed, and shall keepe
the clock, toll the bell or bells for service, and every night after the gates are shutt and lockt,
shall bring all the keys to the Warden.

The Office of the Assistants.

41. ITEM. That the Assistants shall, twice every yeare, repaire to the College, to heare
and see the auditt and view the accompts of the Warden and others ; that is, on the fourth

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day of March, and the fourth day of September ; but if any of those dayes be Sunday, then
the next day after ; and also be present at the College when the Mr and Warden shall be
elected and sworne.

The Office of the Thirty Members.

42. ITEM. That the thirtye Members shall repaire to the College fower times in every
yeare, if sickness and infirmitie hinder not them ; that is, on the fourth of September, on
the fourth of March, on Midsummer day, and on the feast of Saint Thomas; yt if any of
those days happen on a Sunday, then on the next day following, at wch time they are to
receive their quarterly pensions, and other monies allowed them from the College.

Residence.— 43 ITEM.

That the Master, Warden, and two senior Fellowes, shall be continually resident in the
College ; the Master shall not be absent from the same, whout the consent of the Warden,
the senior or junior Fellowes, or the most part of them, under their hands in writing, above
three dayes in any one weeke, upon paine of forfeiture ; for the first offence, five marks ; for
the second, twenty nobles ; for the third, ten pounds. The Warden and the two senior
Fellowes shall not be absent from the said College, unless yt be with the consent of the
Master, and the rest of the senior and junior Fellowes, or the most part of them, under their
handes in wryting, above two daies in the weeke, upon paine of forfeyting, by the said
Warden, for the first offence, twenty shillings ; for the second, f ourty shillings ; and for the
third, fower pounds ; and upon paine of forfeyting by the said two senior Fellowes every one
for his first offence, ten shillings ; for the second, twentie shillings ; and for the third, fourtie
shillings ; and if the Master or any two of the senior Fellowes shall offend in the offence of
non-residence the fourth time, that then he or they so offending shall be expelled the said
College, and made for ever incapable of any place or pfitt, in or from the same.

44. ITEM. That if any of the rest of the senior or junior Fellowes be absent above one daie
in a week, whout leave from the Master, Warden, and most parte of the senior or junior
Fellowes, under their handes in writing, upon payn of forfeyting, he or they so offendinge,
for the first offence, five shillings ; for the second, ten shillings ; for the third, twenty
shillings ; and for the fourth offence therein, expulsion from the College, and for ever made
uncapable of any place or benefit in or from the College, provided that there be not leave
graunted to any person above fourtie days within one year, at the most, one time with
another.

Provided, also, that there be not above two of the senior or junior Fellowes absent at any
one tyme from the said College, but in case of urgent necessitye.

45. ITEM. That if any of the senior or junior Fellowes shall happen to be troubled with any
noisome sickness, such as the judgment of the Mr, Warden, and moste parte of the rest of
the senior and junior Fellowes is infectious, and would prove dangerous and prejudicial to
the rest of the Members of the College, then the said Fellow to procure a sufficient Man to
discharge his place, at his own chardge, and himself to be removed for the tyme.

46. ITEM. That if the Warden shall, withe lawful consent, as afsd, be absent above the
time before specified, it shall be lawful for the Master to appointe one of the senior Fellowea
to supply the place of the Warden under the name of sub- Warden, only to look to the
provision and defray the disbursements of the College until the return of the Warden, and
the Master shall deliver competent money for that purpose unto the said Fellowe, who during
the time shall be resident in the College, in such authority and sorte as the Warden ought to
bee when he is present.

47. ITEM. That the Master and Warden shall not be absent both from the College at one
time, but in case of inevitable necessity, and then for so short a tyme as may be.

48. ITEM. That none of the poore Brethren or Sisters, or of the poore Scholars, shall be
absent from the College any day or time, without leave of the Master or Warden ; and if any
of the poore Brethren or Sisters shall offend herein, then he or she so offending shall, for the
first offence, forfeit five shillings, for the second, ten shillings, for the third, one monthes
pension, for the fourth, expulsion from the College, and for ever be made incapable of any
place or benefit in or from the said College.

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Orders for the Poore and their Goods.

49. ITEM. That none of the thirty poore Members, that have notice given them for their
election to be of the College, shall give, sell, or alien any of their Goods or Chattels, whereof
hee or shee were then possessed, but they shall bring the same with them into the College,
for their own use, during their natural lives, and at their death shall leave the same to be
disposed of in manner and forme following. The Warden or his Deputy shall take an
Inventory of the Goodes of the sick pson, in the time of his or her sickness, or (if that cannot
be done) within one day of his or her death, if infeccon deny not, and shall cause the said
Goods and Chattels to be sold, and the price thereof, or the Goods themselves, to be divided
into twelve parts, whereof the Matron of the Schollers shall have a double share, and the
other ten, single shares a piece ; and this order to be observed, touching the Goods of any
poore Brother or Sister of the said College that shall die.

50. ITEM. That the poore Brethren and Sisters shall, once a month, or as often as the
Master, Warden, and four senior Fellowes shall think fitt, give accompt how they doe bestowe
and spend their monthly pensions, and if any shall be found to wast his or her pension, so as
they shall want necessarie Apparel and Furniture, for his or her chamber, that then it shall
be lawful for the Master to receave the pension of the delinquent, pportioning them a
competent diet, wch being disbursed, the surplusage shall be employed to provide for the
said poore Brother or Sister such Apparel and household Stuff as he shall think fitt, especially
necessary Apparel, and Bed Clothes, both Linnen and Woolen.

51. ITEM. I ordaine that none of the poore Brethren shall come into any of the poore Sisters'
houses, nor any of the poore Sisters shall come into the poore Brethren's howses, without
the appointment of the Master or Warden, and that in time of sickness, when helpe and comfort
is requisite.

52. ITEM. That none of the Fellowes, poore Brethren or Sisters, shall keepe any Doggs,
Poultry, or any other noisome Cattel, within the said College, besides a Cat.

53. ITEM. That none of the poore Brethren or Sisters shall wash any of his, hers or their
Lynnen, or any other Clothes, in any of their lodgings, and they nor any body els, hang or
spread any Clothes to be ayred or dryed in the inner or outward courts of the College, nor
cast into any of the courts either dust, water, or any other filthes, and if any of the said
poore Brethren or Sisters shall be found at any time walking or going out of the chambers
whout their Gownes, hee or shee shall forfeit for every time found so doinge six pence.

54. ITEM. That the poore Brethren and Sisters shall not frequente any Tavernes or Ale
houses, and if any of them be drunk and convicted thereof by the Master, Warden, senior
and junior Fellowes, or most part of them, whereof the Master or Warden to be one, that then
he or she so offending shall forfeyt for the first, second, and third offence, three daies
pension for each of those times, for the fourth offence, shall be set in the stocks, in the outer
court of the said College, by the space of one houre and also loose three daies pension ; and
for the fift time, be set in the stocks in the place aforesaid, for the space of two houres, and
loose one weeks pension ; for the sixte, be set in the stocks in the place aforesaid, for the
space of three houres, and loose two weekes pension ; and for the seventh offence, be expelled
from the College forthwith, and made uncapable of any benefitt or place in or from the
College.

Obedience.— 55 ITEM.

I. ordain, and for ever establish, for all succeeding times to come, that if any of the
Fellowes, poore Brethren or Sisters, or Servants of the said College, shall disobey or withstand
the Master, or, in his absence, ye Warden or Sub- Warden of the said College, for the time
being, in anye lawful or fitt matter or thing commanded or enjoyned, him, her, or them to be
done in their several places, by the Master, Warden, or Sub-Warden of the said College, for
the said College, or the well and orderly government thereof, that then and in every such
case, the partie so offending, and found to be guilty, either by evidence of the fact, or proof of
two witnesses, or his or her own confession ; he or she shall, for the first offence, forfeit sixe
shillings, eight -pence, and if he or shee shall continue afterwards three days obstinate, and
not performe the same injunction or command, being a second time required, then he or

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shee so offending, shall be expelled the said College for ever, and be made uncapable to have
or enjoy any place or office there, or receave any benefitt or profit from thence.

56. ITEM. That the Master and Warden of the said College for the time being, or either of
them, shall at all convenient time or times, enter or come into any of the chambers of the
Fellowes, Brethren, Sisters, Schollers, or Servants of the said College, to see the order and
decency thereof, and yf they or any of them shall refuse to permitt or suffer the Master or
Warden so to doe, then hee, shee, or they so offending, shall forthwith be expelled the said
College, unless the cause of such his, her, or their refusal by the Master, Warden, Fellowes,
or the moste pte of them, shall be taken to be sufficient.

57. ITEM. That the Master, Warden, and Fellowes of the said College, or the most parte of
them, shall command and inhibit any person residing in the said College, from resorting to
the house of any ptcular man or woman in Dulwich, or within a mile of the same.

58. ITEM. That none of the Fellowes, poore Brethren, Sisters, or Scholars of the said
College, other than the Surveyor of the diett for the time being, shall goe into the Kitchen,
Larder, Butterye, Pantry, or other offices of the said College, but with the consent and leave
of the Master or Warden of the said College, or one of them.

Orders for the Chapel and the Celebrating of Divine Service.

59. ITEM. I ordain and for ever establish, that, in all succeeding times to come, the
service which shall be read and sunge in the said Chappell shall be daily read and sunge in such
manner and forme, as neere as may be, as is usually obseryed in the King's Chappell, or in the
Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, at Westminster, and that the Master, Warden, senior and
junior Fellowes, and poore Schollers of the said College, on Sondaies, Holydaies and Eves,
in their Surplices, and other working dayes in their Gowns, and shall daily singe their parts
in the quire of the said Chappell ; and if the Master, Warden, or any of the senior Fellows
be not present in their singing, or cannot sing their partes in the quire, that then he or they
that shall be defective therein, shall find every of them, at his and their own chardge, a
several pson that can sing his part in the quire, to supply his or their place that is defective,
until he or they shall be able to performe the same.

And I further ordaine, that, if yt may be, all the other Servants or Officers of the said
College to have knowledge in prick Songe, or to learn the same after their coming to the said
College, and to singe his or their parte in the quire, also at times convenient.

60. ITEM. That, on every Saboth and festivall daye, the service shall begin at nyue
of the clock in the forenoon, and at two of the clock in the afternoon, and on the week days, '
the morning service to begin at half an hour past ten of the clock, and the evening service
to begin at five of the clock from our Lady-day in Lent, to Michaelmas, and from Michae8 to
our Ladyedaie in Lent, at half an hower past fower, except festivall Eves, and holydaies Eves,
and Satordayes, which shall be observed as on holydayes, the warning for all the services
shall be with three times tolling the bell or bells.

61. ITEM. That, at the end of the second tolling of the bell or bells to morning and evening
praier every daie, the Warden, junior and senior Fellowes, and twelve poore Schollers of the
said College, shall be ready and attend in the Hall of the said College, at the coming of ye
Master, and goe before hym into the Chappel, and the poore Brethren and Sisters to be ready
and attend in the Poarch before the said Hall and Chappell, and then the poore Brothers and
Sisters shall first goe into the said Chappell, and then the poore Schollers, two and two, and
then the junior and senior Fellowes, two and two, and then the Warden alone, and then the
Master alone, and, after him, the Servants and Officers of the house of the said College in their
liveries, and there to staie and remain, and not to depart out of the said Chappell, during
the whole time of divine service, except suddin sickness or other extraordinary occasions
require it ; and after service ended, they are to come out of the said Chappell, in like order as
they went in ; and the poore Brethren and Sisters to staie in the Porch until the Master and
Warden be come into the Hall of the said College, and the Warden, senior and junior Fellowes,
poor Brethren and Sisters, to be at those times in their gowns, and the poor Schollers in their
Coats and Capps, and if the Warden shall faile to be in his gown, to forfeit four pence, and if
any of the senior or junior Fellows shall faile to be in his or their gown, to forfeit two pence
a piece, for every time he or they so doth ; and if any of the said poore Brethren and Sisters

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shall fail to be in their Gownes, to forfeit one penny a piece, these forfeitures to be increased,
at the discretion of the Master of the said College, for the time being.

62. ITEM. That the Master, Warden, senior and junior Fellowes, poore Brethren and Sisters
of the said College for the time being, and all other persona belonging to the said College of
age and discretion, shall receave the Holie Communion, if conveniently they may, in the
Chappell of the said College, fower times in the year, for ever, that is to say, on Easter-day,
Wit-Sonday, the first Sunday in September, and on the feast of the Nativity of our LORD
GOD ; and on those daies the College shall feast the twelve poore Brethren and Sisters of the
saide College, at dinner and supper, at the charge of the College.

63. ITEM. That the Fower senior Fellowes shall, from time to time, as often as there shall
be occasion, visit and comfort, the best they maie, all suchpsons of the said College as shall be
' "i extremitie of sickness, or any other adversitie.

64. ITEM. I Ordain, that as often as the Master, Warden, or any of the senior or junior
fellows of the said College shall die, that he or they so dying, shall be buryed in the vaults

for that purpose, in the upper end of the quire of the Chappell of the said College, and that
other person or persons, besides the said Master, Warden or Fellowes, after my decease,
1 be buried in the said Chappel or Vaults, or either of them, the middle Vault for the
and Warden, and the other two Vaults for the senior or junior Fellows.

Orders for the School and Scholars.

65. ITEM. I Ordayne and for ever establish, for all succeeding times to come, that the
Master and Usher of the said School, and the two Masters of Musique of the said College,
shall every of them teach the said twelve poore Schollers of the said Schoole, in good and
sound learning, wryting, reading, grammar, musique and good manners, and shall admit no
Scholler into the said School, nor put any out, but with the consent and approbation of the
Master or Warden of the said College, for the time being, under their, or one of their hande-

?riting, shall not, in regard of other Schollers being to be taught in the said School, neglect the
said twelve poore Schollers ; but it shall be their principal and especial care, to teach and instruct
them with all care and dilligence ; they shall freely, whout recompence or reward, teach and
instruct the children of the inhabitants within Dulwich, aforesaid, in writing and grammar ;
and I do ordain that the said Master or Usher of the Schole, be such as be able to teach the
poore Schollers to write a faire hand, and shall provide and find, at their own chardge,
sufficient pennes, ink, and paper, for all the twelve said poore Schollers, both for writing and
ciphering books, and for the grammarians to make their lattines in.

66. ITEM. That the Usher of the said School, for the time being, in absence of the
Scholemaster, shall teach, governe and instruct the Schollers of the said Scholemaster's
formes, in such manner and order in all things, as the said Scholemaster shall direct and
appoint.

67. ITEM. That the Schoolmaster and Usher of the said School, so shall divide the formes,
charge, and teaching the Schollers between them, so that neither of them be over charged or
pressed with a multitude of Schollers, nor the Schollers of the said School neglected thereby
and left untaught ; and the Usher of the saide Schoole, in his manner and forme of teaching,
to be always directed by the Schoolmaster, and to yield an account of the saide Schoolmaster,
of the Schollers under his charge, how they doe profitt in learning, and how apt and capable
they and every of them are for learning, and they both, and the Musique Master, to yield an
account to the Master and Warden, and the most parte of the other senior and junior Fellowes
of the said College, for those that are committed to their charge to be instructed, and if the
Master or Usher of the said School shall at any time be sick, then, during that time, the one
shall supply the other's place, for so long time as the Master of the said College shall think
lib ; and if the Master or Usher of the said School shall happen to die, or be expelled the
said College, then he that survivth or remayneth, to supply both places in the said School,
until a new Master or Usher be chosen or admitted.

68. ITEM. That if there shall be any contagious or infectious sickness in Dulwich, yt shall
be lawful for the Scholemaster and Usher of the said College at the tyme appointed by ye
Master or Warden thereof, to omitt the publique teaching of the said Schole of the Inhabi-
tants Children of Dulwich aforesaid, and such other Forreiyn Schollers as doe not lodge

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vvthin the said College, and if the said contagion or infection shall, at any time, happen to be
within the said College (wch God forbid), then, and in every such case, it shall be lawful for
any person abiding in the said College with the consent of the Master, Warden, senior and
junior Fellows, or the most part of them, to depart or remove from the said College, for the
time only as the said contagion doth endure ; provided alwaies, that two of the senior
Fellows of the said College be continually at the said College, to comfort and cherish, with
their best advice, the poore and sick people of the said College, at ye discretion of the said
Master and Warden of the said College ; and if any poore Brother or Sister shall die of the
plague, the house of the said poore Brother or Sister shall be shut up six weekes, and after
such time the door shall be opened, and their goodes sould to some person not being of the
College, and a fortnight after that the said person's place may be supplied again.

69. ITEM. I ordaine, that the Inhabitants of Dulwich aforesaid, shall have their men-
children freely taught in the Schole of the said College, only giving two shillings for every
child's admittance, and six-pence a quarter to the Schoolmaster, towards brooms and
roddes, and every year, at Michaelmas, a pound of good candles, for the use of the School ;
for such Forreyner's children (other than Dulwich aforesaid) which shall be Schollers in the
said Schole, their friends shall paie the Schoolmaster and Usher of the said Schole such
allowance as the Master and Warden shall appointe. And I especially ordaine that, together
with the twelve poore Schollers of the College, the number shall not exceed fower score at
any one time.

70. ITEM. I ordaine, that all benefits, accruing to the Schole, by any reason of any Towne
or Forreign Schollers, shall be continually divided into three parts, whereof the Master of the
Schole shall have two parts, and the Usher one parte, the charge of pennes, ink and paper for
the poore Schollers, as aforesaid, first deducted.

71. ITEM. That the Musique Masters of the said College shall, for the time being, teach
and instruct Song and Musique, freely, all persons wch are in the said College, at the Master
and Warden's appointment, and for any other Schollers, which desire to learne their Song or
Musique; they shall receave such rewarde as the Master or Warden, for the time being, shall
appoint, the benefit of which, or any otherwise accruing to the said two Musique Masters,
shall equally be divided between them, ye charge of stringes, pennes, inck and paper
deducted.

Hours of Scholinye. — 72 ITEM.

That from the firste of Marche, yearley, until the first of September following, every
Scholler shall come in the grammar Schole at six o'clock in the inorninge, and there to
contynue until half an hower past nyne of the clock ; and to come and be againe in the
Schole at one of the clock in the afternoone, and there remain until fower of the clock ; and
from the first of September, yearly, to the first of March then following, shall come at geaven
in the morninge, and stai till half an hower past nyne, and to come again at one in the after-
noon, and there to stay till half an hour past three, and the Usher of the said Schole, within
a quarter of an hour after the Schollers, and the Master of the said Scbole to come and bee
in the said Schole within half an hower after the Scholars' time of coming into the said
Schoole ; and the Usher shall, at his coming into the said Schole, cause a roll of the said
Schollers to be called, and to take a note of those wch are absent, of the Master's formes, and
present them to the Master, at his coming into the said Schole ; and the said Master and
Usher, in the several places, shall admonish and correct those wch were absent, or did
come too late, as the case shall require ; and the Master and Usher, or one of them, to abyde
or remain in the said Schole, during the tyme that the Schollers of the said Schole are to
remayne and abide therein.

73. ITEM. That such Scholars as learn Musique in the said College, shall come into the
Musique Schole or Roome, every forenoon, at half an hower past nyne of the clock, and
every afternoon, at half an hower after three, and plaie days, at one of the clock in the
afternoone, and there continue in learning their Song and Musique.

74. ITEM. That the Scholemaster of ye said College, shall appoiute a shorte form and order
of prayer, to be said and observed evy morning in the said Schole, by the Schollers thereof,
kneeling on their knees, the Master and Usher of the said Schole, or one of them, to be
continually thereat.

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75. ITEM. I ordaine, that the Master and Usher of the grammar Schole, and also the two
Tasters and Teachers of Musique, during the howers and times assigned for teaching the
dd Schollers, shall not both be absent out of the said Schole at one time, unless yt be

during such time as they, or either of them, shall have leave in wry ting, under the hand of
the Master, or, in his absence, the Warden of the said College, for the time being.

76. ITEM. I ordain, that the Schollers of the said Schole, shall be divided and placed into
several formes, according to their capacities, and as they shall proceed in learninge, without
any ptiality or affection to be shewed or used by the Schoolmaster or Usher of the said
Schole, therein.

77. ITEM. I ordaine, that the Master and Usher of the said School, shall teach and instruct
the Schollers thereof, according to the rules and precepts of the grammar allowed in England,
and to teach and instruct in such other books as are commanded by publique auchoritye, and
are usually taught in the free grammar Scholes of Westminster and Paules.

78. ITEM. I ordain, that if any of the Children of the Inhabitants of Dulwich, wch shall
be Schollers in the said Schole, shall be absent from the said Schole, above the space of one
and twentie days, unless yt be by reason or occasion of sickness, and his parents or friends
will have him to be or contynue a Scholar there, they shall be at the chardge to paie for his
new admittance.

79. ITEM. I ordaine, that at such times as the election dayes shal be, yearly for the free
Schole of Westminster, or the Merchant Taylors' Schole in London, the Master or Usher of
the said Schole, of the said College for the time being, shall yearly goe to either of the said
Schools, at those times, and take with him or them, the Schollers of the highest forme, in
the Schoole of the said College, to see and hear the orations and exercises used and uttered
by the Schollers of those Scholes, on those daies, to the end they may observe and marke
the manner and forme thereof.

80. ITEM. I ordaine that the said twelve poore Schollers, and every of them for the time
being, as he shall attain the age of eighteen years, shall then be sent out of the said College, and
preferred to the Universitie, or some trade or manual occupation, as his capacity shall be fitt,
at the charge of the College, wherein I would have the Master, Warden, and senior and
junior Fellows of the said College, for the time being, or the most part of them, shall for
ever dilligently and carefully observe which of the poore Schollers for the time being, will be
fitt and capable for the Universitye, and which are to be sent and put to trades or occupa-
tions, and the said Schollers to be disposed of accordingly, as they shall severally attaine to
the age of eighteen years; provided, there bee not above nor under the number of fower of
the said poore Schollers, at one time, maintained in the Universitie.

81. ITEM. I Ordaine and allow, that the said College shall allow and satisfye to every such
of the said fower poore Schollers, as shal be sent to the Universitye, so much yearly a piece,
as shall, by the Master, Warden, and Fellows, and Assistants, or the most part of them, be
thought sufficient for their maintenance, to be paid to or for them quarterly, for the space of
eight yeares then next ensuing ; if, in the mean season, any of them shall have no other
preferment, and if any of them shall have preferment within that time, then his pension shall
forthwith determine and cease, as also at the expiration of the said eighte years, wch shall
first happen, and then the College shall send one other poore Scholler to the University to
bee maintaned in his place, and that the Master, Warden, Assistants, senior and junior
Fellows of the said College, for the tyme being, shall, by all the beste wayes and meanes
they can, from time to time, as occasion requireth, place and set forth such of the poore
Scholars as shall be sett and putt to good and sweete trades and occupations, as neere as may
be, and to persons of good credit and sufficiency, and to give such stock or money to every
one of them therein, as the Master, Warden, Assistants, senior and junior Fellowes, or most
parte of them, think fit.

82. ITEM. I ordaine, that if, within the said eight years, any such poore Schollers as shal
be sent to the University, shall proceed to be Bachelor or Master of Arte, that then the
College shall allowe to every of them that shall so proceed, five pounds at the several times,
of taking either of the said degrees ; provided, and I ordain and establish, that if any of the
said twelve poore Schollers, wch shall be sent or put to the University as aforesaid, shal be
afterwards capable to have a Fellowship in the said College, that then, whensoever any
Fellowshippe in the said College is void, iff any one yt hath beene any of the said poore

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Schollers, will stand for the said Fellowship, and desire that he shall forthwith be admitted
thereunto, without any Lots or further election to be made of him, he taking the oathe
before subscribed, and observing the lawes of the said College : and if any of the said poore
Schollers that are put to trades and occupations, shall desire afterwards, or stand to be
admitted to be one of the Servaunts or Officers of the said College, at such time as a
Servaunt's or Officer's place is void, that then he shal be admitted and accepted into the said
office or place before any other.

83. ITEM. I ordaine that the Visitor of the said College for the time being shall appointe,
at his discression, some learned and sufficient person that is a divine, to repair to the said
College yearly, on the Monday in Whitsunweeke, to appose, visit and examine the poore
Schollers in their learning, and how they do profitt therein, as also how they are instructed
in matters of religion, and of the service and worship of ALMIGHTIB GOD, the said person so
appointed by the visitor, to have att every such, his repaire to the said College, his dynner
for himself and his man, to be found at the charge of the said College, together with meat
for their horses, and the said person so appointed, is to acquaint the visitor with his
proceeding, at every such time, and what he thiuketh fitt to be amended, touching the
education of the said Schollers, to the end the visitor may admonish the Master, Warden,
senior and junior Fellowes of the said College thereof, and require them to be more careful
therein, for the time to come.

Order of Diett.—Sl. ITEM.

I ordaine and for ever establish, for all succeeding times to come, from and after my
decease, that the diett of the said College shall be kepte ordinarily, for the Master, Warden,
senior and junior Fellows, and for the poore Schollers of the said College, at two tables, in
the Hall of said College; at the one whereof the Master and Warden, senior and junior
Fellows shall sitt together at the upper end of the said Hall, and the twelve poore Schollers
shall sitt at the side table, in the said Hall ; but in cold weather, and in time of sickness of
the Master or Warden, the Master may, if he will, have his diett for himself, the Warden,
and so many of the senior Fellows as he shall think fit to be in the parlour adjoining to the
said Hall, and wither Mr. Warden, or any of the senior or junior Fellows, shall absent himself
from the said dyett, being resident, without giving warning to the Butler, before the bell
ringing or not, resient the night before his departure, on paine to forfeit, for every meales
meate, twelve pence.

85. ITEM. That from the Feast of All St§, until the next day after the Purification of our
Lady, there shall be a fire in the Parlour and in the publique Hall of the said College, and in
the Servaunts' Hall there at dinner and supper times, and other times, at the discretion of
Master and Warden of the said College for the time being, or either of them.

86. ITEM. That one of the Chaunters, alias junior Fellowes of the said College, shall
weekely, by turns, be Steward of the diett and provision of the said College to see the same
be sweete and wholesome, and daily to survey yt and deliver yt out of the wett Larder to
the Cooke, and being drest, shall see yt be delivered into the Master's, Warden, Fellowes and
poore Scholars' tables, and see that the poore Schollers be not defrauded of the proporcon of
their diett, as well of bread and beere as other victuals, that hath been spent in the said
College during that week ; and shall take upon him this office every Friday night, and be
present at the weekely accompts'of the Warden of the said College, upon paine to forfeytt
six shillings and eight pence, for every time wherein he shall be Steward or Surveyor, and
not be present at the said accompts, to examine and certifye the same, or correct yt, or shew
the defect thereof if there be cause.

87. ITEM. That after grace is said at the Master's table, both for dynner and supper, one
of the poor Schollers, by turns, shall reade a chapter in the Bible, in the Hall, and all the
rest of the poore Schollers give eare thereunto, except those three of them, who by turns are
to fetch in the diet.

88. ITEM. That noe one particular person shall have any particular allowance of diett for
himself, and that there shall be no divident or dividing of diett into shares or proportions,
at the Master's table, and that none of the said College shall assigne over his said diett to any
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poor Schollers, shall take their diett in noe other place, then in the place aforesaid but if any
contagion or infectious sickness happen to be, at any time, in the said College (which God
forbid) that then, and in every such case, the Master, Warden, senior and junior Fellows of
the said College, or most part of them, may consent and direct that the said diett, during
the tyme of contagion or infection only and no longer, may be divided and sent into several
places qf the said College, to such persons who ought to have it ; and if the Master, Warden,
or any of the senior or junior Fellowes of the said College, shall at any time be sick or ill at
ase, that he cannot sitt at the ordinare table, and take his or their diett there, that then
also, by the consent of the Master, Warden, senior and junior Fellows, or the most part of
them, he may have diett proportionable, in his Chamber, and that to continue noe longer
than during the time of his sickness only, and whilst he shall continue and reside in the said
College.

89. ITEM. That the said twelve poore Schollers shall have their diett proportioned and
ordered for them, in manner following : that is to say, every morning in the weeke, about
eight of the clock, except Sundaies and holydaies, to have a loafe of bread, weighing twelve
ounces, troy weight, to be divided amongst fower of them, and each of them a cup of beere,
and on Mondaies, Tuesdaies, and Thursdaies, at dynner and supper, each of they to have a
good messe of pottage, and at each time two poundes of good beef e, boyled, and two of the said
loaves between fower of them, and beere without stint; and on Wednesdaies, Fridaies, and
Satterdaies, to have the said proportion of bread and beere as in other daies, and at dynner
to have milke and other pottage, befitting the season, and;amongst them all twelve, to have
half a pound of butter, and two pounds of cheese, and insteed of either butter or cheese, to
have a proportion of fish, pare, or apple pyes, according to the seasons are, and the like at
supper, except Fridaies and Fasting days, and then every of them to have the same pro-
portcon of bread and beere at night, as they have allowed them for their dynners at noones ;
and on Sundayes and holydayes, in open times, they shall have two poundes of roasted
beefe between every fower of them, with the like proportcon of bread and beere, as on other
dayes for their dinner ; and at supper a competent allowance of roasted mutton between
every fower of them, as near as may be, according to the proporcon of beefe allowed them at
dynner, wth such increase of diett in Lent and on gawdy daies, as the discretion of the
surveyor of the diett for the time being, shall thinck fitt.

90. ITEM. I doe ordain, and especially charge and require the Master and Warden of the
said College, for the time being, to.have a special regard that the beefe and mutton assigned
for the poore Schollers, be sweete and good, their beer well brewed, and their bread well
baked and made of cleane and sweet wheatten meale, the bran taken out, and every loafe,
after it is baked, to weigh twelve ounces of troy weight ; and when any augmentation of diett
shall be made in the said College, either by divident or otherwise, that then the diett of the
twelve poore Schollers to be augmented also, according to the rate and proporcon of increase
of the other diett in the said College.

91. ITEM. That the Warden of the said College, for the time being, shall, every year,
against Easter, and oftener if need shall require, provide, at the charge of the College, for
every of the twelve poore Schollers of the said College, one surplice of white calico, one
upper coat of good cloth of sad color, the bodys lined with canvas, and the skirts with white
cotton, and one pair of drawers of white cotton, two canvas shirts with bockram bands to
them, two pair knitt stockings, shoes as often as need shall require, two rownd bands, a
girdle, and a black cappe, all to be repayred every yeare, at the charge of the said College,
who are also, at their charge, to find and allow them readeinge books, for their learninge in
the Schole, and their lynnen clothes to be weekly washed and dried, at the charge of the said
College for ever.

92. ITEM. I ordaine, and for ever establish, for all succeeding times to come, yl every
Friday, after eveninge praier is ended, the Master, Warden, and so many of the senior and
junior Fellows of the said College, as shall then be there, shall meete in the parlor of the
said College, and take view of the expenses of the said College, for diett or any other occasion,
for the week past, and give order for the diett or other provision, and also for other business
of the said College, for the weeke following, and to heare and determine, if they can, all other
business, wch concerne the said College, or any of the persons therein, and they shall also,
once every moneth, upon the Sattorday, in the afternoone, after evening praier, hear and take

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the accompts and receipts, and disbursements made by the Warden, or any other inferior
officers of the said College ; and whosoever shall willingly defraud the said College, in or by
his accompts, and yt shall be so adjudged by the most part of those who are present, to heare
and take the said accompts ; he shall, for the first offence therein, satisfie double damage, the
second time, treble damage, the thirde time, fower times the value thereof, and if he shall
offend therein the fourth time, then he shall forthwith be expelled out of the said College,
and be thereby made uncapable to have and enjoy any office there, or receive or have any
benefit and profitt from thence, for ever after ; and these weekely, monthly, and quarterly
meetings, of the Mr, Warden and Fellows of the said College, I ordain shall be called private
sittings.

Publicque Audit and Private Sitting Dayes.

93 . ITEM. I ordaiue, and for ever establish, there shall be two general audit dayes, and
public meetings, kept and observed in the said College ; that is to say, on the fourth daie of
March and the fourth day of September, yearely, and if either of them fall on a Sunday, then
the next daie following, and shall be kept in the audit chamber of the said College, whereat
shall be present, the Master, Warden, Assistants, senior and junior Fellows, of the said
College, or the most parte of them, at wch time one of the senior Fellowes shall first reade so
many of the status of the said College, as shall concerne the business then to be handled, and
shall, to the uttermost of their power, take diligent care that the said status be truly observed
and kepte, and the Warden of the said College shall, at those tymes, make his general
accompte of all receipts and disbursements belonging to the College, by him had or made for
the half year then last paste, being prepared and surveyed before by the Master, senior and
junior Fellows, at their private sitting, which accompts shall then be publicly read, and the
Master, Assistants, senior and junior Fellowes, then present, shall heare and examine, as well
the same, as also the accounts of other inferior officers of the said College, and at that audit
day, on or about the fourth of March, for ever, the Warden of the said College shall cleere
his accomptes for the year past, and what of the revenue or other profitt of the said College
shall then remain in his hands unexpended, he shall bring in at the said audit, and the
Warden shall, at that auditt, make known and declare, what occasion there will be for the
use of money the year then next following, whereupon the Master, Warden, Assistants, senior
and junior Fellows there present, or the most part of them, shall take order what money shall
be imployed on those occasions, and howe and in what manner it shall be imployed, and the
same shall presently be delivered to the Warden for that purpose, and the money remaining
shall be put into the common treasury of the said College, and the order so made shall be
entered into the booke of orders of the said College, by the Warden or his Clarke ; and the
said Master, Warden, Assistants, senior and junior Fellowes of the said College, or some parte
of them, shall yearly, on or about the fourth of March, view all the Buildings of the College
and what decay and defect they find in any of them, to give order for the repayre and amend-
ment thereof to be done, at the charge of the said College, before the fourth of September
next following, if conveniently yt may be, and on the said fourth day of September next
following, to see and take view if the same be performed and repayred accordingly, and if the
said repacons shall require a longer time for the doing thereof, then to appoint it accordingly ;
and they shall, at either of the said audit days, lett and grant leases of the Landes and Tene-
ments, belonging to the said College, in such manner, and according to such power as is
limited and given them by the status and ordinances of the College, and not otherwise ; and
they shall take special care, and regard the pencons and porcons payable to the Fellowes, the
poore Brothers, Sisters and Members of the said College, be daily and orderly paid, with their
true and right divident, if there bee any ; and that the poore Brothers, Sisters and Members
of the said College, have their gownes given and delivered to them, at the tymes appointed
by the said statutes and ordinances ; and they shall heare and determine all matters of
complaint or controversy brought unto them, touching any persons then resciding in the said
College, and they, or the most pte of them, to punish and censure the same, if the cause
require, according to the status and ordinances of the said College, and generally to hear,
treat of and determine, if they or the most parte of them can, all other matters and things
wch doe or may in any sort touch or concerne the said College, or the good and orderly
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continually two faire liegier books, in the one thereof shall be entered all the acts, orders and
proceedings made at every of the said publique auditts, and in the other all the acts orders
and proceedings made at every of the said private weekly, monthly and quarterly sittings, in
which books for the publique audit, in a separate place by ytself, shal be entered, the names
of the Master, Warden, Assistants, senior and junior Fellowes, poore Brothers, poore Sisters
and poore Schollers of the said College, and of and at the time of their several entrances into
the said College, and of their deaths and departures from thence, and this to be ppetually
observed, as often as occasion requireth.

94. ITEM. I ordain that at all and every of the said private sittings, the said Master, Warden
senior and junior Fellows then present, or the most part of them, shall heare and determine
all misdemeanors, breaches and contempts, done or committed by any person in the said
College, against the statuts and ordinances thereof, and they shall hear, end and determine all
controversyes which are brought before them, which are raised or stirred up by any psons
resciding in the said College, and if yt shall happen at any time of those private sittings that
any person of the said College shall be expelled from thence for any offence, and that such
person shall think him or herself wronged thereby, that then everie such person may appeale
to the Master, Warden, Assistants, senior and junior FeUows, at their next public meeting,
when the cause of his, her, or their expulsion, shall be at large debated by the Master,
Warden, Fellows and Assistants of the said College, the party appellant first submitting him
or herself to their order and censure therein, who shall have power to order, censure and
determine the same ; and if, upon the hearing and debating thereof, they or most parte of
them shall pronounce and give theire voice, that the partie appellant have justly deserved
the said punishment, then he or shee that made the said appeale, is forthwith (ipso facto) to
be expelled out of the said College for ever, and thereby made uncapable, for ever after, to
have and enjoy any place or roome in the said College, to receive or ave any benefit or profitt
from thence.

95. ITEM. I ordaine, that at every audit on the fourth daie of September, the Master,
Warden, Assistants, senior and junior Fellowes of the said College, or the most parte of them,
shall survey the evidences, plate, and money remayning in the said treasury, and all other
goods of the said College, inventoried or otherwise, and after the same so done, to put the
evidences, plate and money into the said treasury appointed for that purpose againe, and
locke it fast.

Auditt and Treasure Chamber.

96. ITEM. That the auditt shall be kept in the great Chamber, over the Hail, being part of
the Master's Lodging ; the treasure Chamber, over the great porch, the outer door whereof
shall have three lockes and keys, to be kept, and the two senior Fellowes and Warden of the
said College, to keep the keyes thereof, in which treasury Chamber there shall alwaies remaine
and stand a common chest with three locks and keys thereunto, to be kept by the Mr; one
of the Assistants of Saint Botolph without, Bishopsgate, and one of the Assistants of Saint
Saviour, in South warke, every one of them to have a key, in which chest shall be kept all the
special evidences of the said College, together with such plate not dailye used, and ready
money, with all other things of special value, which do belong to the said College ; and a
book of the status and ordinances of the said College, fairely written in vellom, and upon the
shelves of the said treasury Chamber, and in the desks and presses thereof, shall be laid and
kept all other wryting and evidences of lesser value, wch doe concerne the said College, viz.
counterparts of leases, bookes of accompts and reckonings copies, and books of lawe-suits,
pleadings, acquittances, and discharges, for the receipt of money, and such like, together with
one booke of the statuts and ordy nances of the said College.

Lodgings in the College.

97. ITEM. I ordaine, and for ever establish, that for all succeeding times to come, from and
after my decease, that the Master of the said College for ever, for the time being, shall enjoy
and keepe to his owne use, for his lodgings, the great Chamber over the Hall, which shall also
serve for the auditt Chamber, the Chamber over the Parlor, the Lobby Chamber, and the
Lobby ; the Warden for ever, for the time being, shall enjoy and keep to his own use, for his
lodgings, the Chambers over the Servant's Hall, with presses in the same, and the new

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Chamber, wth the Chamber over that for his man ; the first senior Fellow, the Chamber next
adjoining to the Chappel, wth the study ; the second senior Fellow, the Chamber over that
wth the study ; the fourth senior Fellow or Usher, to have the Chamber over that ; one of
the Musique Masters, to lodge in the Music School, the other in the Chamber, at the north
end thereof; the other fower junior Fellowes or Chanters of the said College, to have their
lodgings appointed them in the said College, by the Master and Warden of the said College,
for the time being; the twelve poor Schollers, for the time being for ever, to have the long
Chamber over the two Organists Chambers ; the sixe poore Brethren, to have the six ground
Chambers on the east side of the inner Court ; and the sixe poore Sisters, to have their
lodgings in the sixe grownd Chambers, on the west side of the inner Court ; and^the Servaunts
of the said College, to be lodged in the said College, from time to time, at the discretion of
the Master and Warden of the said College, for the time being.

98. ITEM. That all pentioners and commoners in the said College, shall be lodged at the
discretion and appointment of the Master or Warden of the said College.

99. ITEM. That it shall not be lawful for any person to lodge any person, whatsoever, in
the said College, without the consent or leave of the Master, for the time being.

100. ITEM. I ordaine that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons of the said
College, to keepe or use any weapons in the said College, without the consent of the Master,
for the time being, or to play at any game of cards, or dice, or any other unlawful games in

their Chambers in the said College, or suffer or permit any other so to do.

Orders for the Lands and the Revenues thereof, and how it shall be disposed.

101. ITEM. I ordaine, and for ever establish, for all succeeding times to come, that noe
lease or demise shal be made or lett to any pson or psons, of any of the Lands given by me
to the said College, but at one of the publique audit daies aforesaid, by the consent and
approbacon of the Master, Warden, Assistants, senior and junior Fellowes of the said College,
or the most part of them there present, under their handes and comon scale of the said
College, and the same lease or leases to be graunted for noe longer terme than one and
twentie yeares, with a valuable rent reserved thereupon, without any fine to be taken for the
same.

102. ITEM. There shall noe demise, graunt, or lease, be made or graunted of any parte of
the Landes belonging to the said Colledge, to the Master, Warden, and senior or junior Fel-
lowes of the said College, or any of them, or to any other persons directly or indirectly, to
their or any of their use or uses, and if any such lease shall happen to be made or graunted
to any person or persons resciding in the said College, or to any other person or persons
residing in the said College, or to any other persons, except those daies before appointed,
then every such lease or leases to be void, and of none effect, to all intents and purposes
whatsoever.

103. ITEM. That in Easter weeke, yearely, the Mr or Warden, and two of the Fellowes of
the said College at the least, shall survey all the Landes and Tenements belonging to the said
Colledge, and where they shall finde any want of reparation, then they to take notice thereoff
in writing, and leave them with the several Tenants, or at their dwelling howses ; that the
said defects and wants are to be mended, at the tymes lymited by the several leases ; and the
said Warden and Fellowes shall repaire againe to the said leased Landes and Tenements, in
the month of October then following, to survey, or see if the said reparacons, wants, or
defects, be repayred or mended accordingly ; also, they shall view the thirtye Members'
dwellings, with all such Lands, Howses, and Tenemts as are not in lease ; and taking notice
of the wants thereof, as aforesaid, shall present the same at the next publique sitting, that
order may be given for the repayring thereof.

104. ITEM. That the garden and orcharde, together with the three home fields called the
Howlets, adjoining to the College, shall not be demised to any persons, but the same shall
continually remaine in the use of the College, for places of recreation of those of the College
to walke in or use any commendable exercise therein, all the fruit growing there or else-
where, to be alwaies gathered, and employed, for the general use and procon of the said
College.

105. ITEM. I ordaine that noe part of two hundred acres of Copices or Wood Lands, nor

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so much of the Arable and Pasture Lands, belonging to the said College, which shal be used
as a demesen for provision thereunto, and shall not, at any time, after my decease, be demised
in lease, to any psons whatsoever, but that the same shall remayne in the occupacons of the
College, and be husbanded by the Master and Warden, with the consent of the most part of
the senior and junior Fellowes thereof, to the best benefit and advantage of the College, and
for the better and more easie provision of breade, and beere and other victuals, and also for
the fewel of the said College.

106. ITEM. That out of the said copice of two hundred acres, there shall yearely, twentye
acres thereof be sold or felled, of the growth of ten yeares, and not under, the said woodfalls
to be made at seasonable times, wherein the lawes and statuts of this realme of England, for
the preservation of timber trees, are to be duly observed.

107. ITEM. That the College, out of the Coppice Woods, Pollards, and hedgerows, yearly
felled upon the Landes thereunto belonging, shall be yearly provided of sufficient fuell for
the said College, to be spent in the Hall, Parlour, Servants' Hall, Kitchen, Bakehouse, and
Brewhouse, at such proporcon and allowance, as the Master, Warden, and Fellows of the said
College, or the most part of them, shall appoint.

108. ITEM. That out of the said woodfalls, the Master of the said College, for the time
being, shall yearly have, for his owne fuell, in his Chamber, two hundred faggots ; the
Warden shall yearley have two hundred faggots, for his own spending ; the fower senior
Fellowes of the said College, shall yearly have for their own spending, one hundred and fifty
faggots apiece ; the six Chanters or junior Fellowes, shall yearly have one hundred faggots a
piece, for their own spending ; all the said faggots to be brought home to the said College
at the charge of the said College, between the first of September, and the first of All Saints,
yearly, to be kept in the yarde in a stack, and delivered by the Bailie to the Master, Warden,
and Fellowes by halfe hundreds or quarterns, as they shall desire.

109. ITEM. I especially prohibitt and forbid, for all succeeding times to come, that any
timber trees fit for shadow or shelter, be not cutt and felled in any of the grounds adjoining,
or lying neere to the west-south and south-west ptes of the said College.

110. ITEM. That noe timber trees shall be felled upon any of the Landes belonging to the
said College, but only such as are of necessitie to be imployed for the building or repayring
of the said College, and that noe timber be sold to any pson or psons whatsvr, but to the
Tenants of the Landes belonging to the said College, in Dulwich, aforesaid, for the building
or repayring of their Tenements their, and not to be otherwise bestowed or imployed to any
or use.

111. ITEM. I Ordain, that the Master and Warden of the said College, for the time being,
shall keepe and maintaine Husbandry upon the Lands belonging to the said College, so much
as shall necessarily serve for the necessarie provision of the said College.

112. ITEM. That the Master of the said College for ever for the time being, shall be
allowed diett for one man, and the Warden for one other man ; both at the chardge of the
said Colled ge ; to waight and attend upon them, and that for the service of the said College,
and also the servants hereafter following, shall be hired and kept in the College, at the
chardge of the said College, that is to saie, a Porter, a Cooke, a Maltster, and Brewer, a
Butler, a Bay ley, to looke to the Woodes, Cattel and Husbandry, one Ploughman, being
eight in number, at the rate of three powndes yearely wages a piece, one Kitchen boy, one
Plough boy, at twoe powndes yearly wages a piece, and all of them to be single persons for
ever for the time being, and to receave, besides their yearly wages, these Liveries at the
chardge of the College, that is to say, at Easter a coat of the same cloth, whereof the poore
Schollers coats are made of, and against the first of September, yearly, one black frize coat.

113. ITEM. I ordaine, and for ever establish, for all succeeding times to come, that the
revenue of the Landes, which I have given to the said College, amounting to eight hundred
pounds per annum, or thereabouts, shall be yearly disposed and divided in such manner and
sort, as hereafter ensueth, that is to say,

For the diett for the Master, Warden, and ten senior and junior

Fellowes, after the rate of ten pounds per annum a piece . .120
For the diett of the twelve poore Schollers, and ten Servantes . . 110
For bread and beere for the twelve poore Brothers and Sisters, two
pence a die a peece for all, fourteen shillings a month, p annum. 3b

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£ 8. d.

For the Master's pencon, to be payd quarterly, p ann . . .4100

For the Warden's pencon, to be payd quarterly, p ann . . . 30 0 0

The two first senior Fellowes' pencon, to be twelve pounds a year

a pieece, quarterly, pr ann 24 0 0

The two second senior Fellowes' pencon, to be ten pounds a yeare

a piece, to be paid quarterly, p ann 20 0 0

The two first Chaunters or junior Fellowes', (vizt.) Organists, to be

six powndes to each of them, paid quarterly, p ann . . . 1200

To the said two first Chaunters or junior Fellowes, to finde stringes
for their instrumentes, pap, pennes and ink, for the twelve poore
Schollers, eleaven shillings and eight pence a peece, p ann . . 134

The other fower Chaunters or junior Fellowes pencon, to be five

pounds a year a peece, paid quarterly, p ann . . . 20 0 0

The twelve poore Brothers and Sisters' pencon, in money, four
pence p diem, to be paid monethlye, and every day a wheaten
loaf, waying twelve ounces troy weight, and a full quart of eight
shillings beer to each of them, the money pencon, p ann, is six
pounds, one shilling eight pence, besides bread and beere, which
in the total p ann is seventy and three powndes . . . . 73 0 0

For their twelve gownes, to be delivered them on the first of Sep-
tember, once in two years, for ever, after the rate of twenty
shillings a peece, p ann 600

For the twelve poore Schollers apparell p ann 20 0 0

For the sixe Assistants, their horse-hire, ten shillings a peece p ann 300

For the thirtye members, six pence a week, a pece, p ann . 39 0 0

Thirtye gownes for them once in two yeares, at twenty shillings

price, a peece, p ann 15 0 0

Eight Servants or Officers of the College for their wages in total,
pann 22 0 0

Liveries for those Servauntes, at twelve shillings and sixepence a
peece, p ann 500

In augmentation of diett for the Assistants' dynners and the fower

feastinge dayes, for the twelve poore Brothers and Sisters, p ann 368

The sum of these is, p ann . . £600 0 0

114. ITEM. I ordaine, and for ever establish, that the remainder of the revenue, being two
hdred powndes p ann, as aforesaid, of the said Landes belonging to the said College, -vvh all
other advancements, profitts, and commodity es, which shall arise and accrewe to the said
College, if there shal be any, shal be kept by the Warden, until the auditt which shal be
yearely holden, on or about the fourth day of March, and then and there, by the Warden of
the said College for the tyme being, brought into the Mr, Assistants, senior and junior
Fellowes, or the most parte of them, to be disposed of in this manner and forme following,
and noe otherwise.

115. ITEM. That out of the remainder, there shal be first put into the treasury chest one
hundred poundes, if yt shall amount to so much, which shall always be ready for any sudden
cause of ymployment, and if case shall require at any time to breake the said sum of one
hundred pounds, or any pte thereof, that then, at the next auditt day, at or about the fourth
daie of March, the said sum of one hundred powndes shall be supplyed and renewed againe,
so that alwaies, from time to time, at the next auditt in March, one sum of one hundred
powndes shall remaine in the treasury, and noe more.

116. ITEM. That next out of the aforesaid remainder, shall be satisfied and paid all bills of
reparacons and lawesuits, if there be any, disbursed by the Warden, also for preferment of
the poore Schollers, at their departure from the College, and tenn powndes annually to be
disbursed, for the reparcon of the highways, vizt., the horseway and footway betweene
Camerwell Town and the College.

117. ITEM. That after these disbursements, or so many of them, as shall yearly fall out,
if there shall remaine the sum of fifteene powndes or upwards, in stock, over and above the
hundred powndes in the treasure chest, then the said fifteen pounds, or any other greater
sume which shall remaine, shall, at that auditt, be divided into six hundred equall parts or
dividends, and bee disposed of and distributed in manner following, that is to say,

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For the Mr for the time being - ; .

To the Warden for the time being

To the first senior Fellow for the time being . ] 2

To the second senior Fellow for the time being

To the third senior Fellow for ye time being . 10

To the fourth senior Fellow for the time being .'.'.' 10

To the first Chaunter or junior Fellow for the time being * 06

To the second Chaunter or junior Fellow for the time being * 06

Towards stringes, pap, pennes and inck ..... ji

To the third Chaunter or junior Fellow for the time being . 05°

To the fourth Chaunter or junior Fellow for the time being . 05

To the fift Chaunter or junior Fellow for the time being . . 05

To the sixt Chaunter or junior Fellow for the time being 05

To the xii. poore Brethren and Sisters for the time being . ', 109J-

For the bettering of the xii. gownes .... 06

For the bettering the xii. poore Schollers' apparell . . . . ] 20

For addicon of the Assistants hors hire ...... 03

To the thirty Members, amongst them all ..... 39

For the bettering of their gownes ....... 15

To the increase of x. Servants' wages ..... 22

For the bettering of their liveres ........ 05

For increase of diett for the Master, Warden, and Fellowes . 121

Also for the xii. Schollers and ten Servants increase of diett . . .110

Increase of diett for the Assistants dynner, and far the fower daies of

feasting the twelve poore Brothers and Sisters ...... 03^

118. ITEM. The remainder of the six hundred parts, shall be delivered to the Warden of
the said College, as the first receipt of the monies, to be by him disbursed, for the benefitt
and good of the said College.

119. ITEM. I ordaine, and for ever establish, that if at any time or times hereafter, by any
waie or means whatsoever, this revenewe of eight hundred povvndes p ann, wch I have given
to the said College, should sink or decrease under the yearely value of sixe hundred powndes
(which God, of his goodness, forbid), that then, and in such case, there shal be, by the
consent of the Visitor, a general defalcacon out of all the pencons, porcons, and allowances
aforesaid, proportionably, and the said abatement to contynue till such time the said revenue
shall amount to the annual value of vi. hundred pounds p ann againe, and noe longer.

120. ITEM. I ordaine, and for ever establish, for all succeeding times to come, that the
Churchwardens of the psh of St Biddulphes whout, Bishoppsgate, London, and their suc-
cessors for ever, to whome I have given a Tente in Dulwich, called the Blew House, shall
annually and for ever dispose of the revenue thereof, in manner and forme following, and not
otherwise ; that is to say, every year, yearely, on the first Sunday of September, being my
birthday, they shall, in the Parish Church of their said Pshe, in the forenoon, after divine-
service, give unto those ten poore people of their Parish, which are called Members of God's
Gift College, aforesaid, and theire successors, twelve pence a peece for ever, and all the full
residue of the said yearely rent, they shall give unto such and so many other poore of their
said Pish, as they shall think are in moste neede thereof, sixe pence a peece for ever.

121. ITEM. Provided alwaies, that albeit, I have in these former status, lymited the sixe
poore Brothers, and six poore Sisters, and twelve poore Schollers, to be of the said fower
Pshes aforesaid ; yet notwithstanding if yt shall so happen, that at such tyme or tymes, when
a poore Brother, Sister, or poore Scholler's place shall be void in the said College, and not
any in the aforesaid fower Pshes can be found capable thereof, that then, and in such case it
shall be lawful for the Mr, Warden, senior and junior Fellowes, or the moste part of them, to
make choice of a fitt person in any other Countie, Psh, or Place whatsoever.

122. ITEM. I ordaine that all the penalties and forfeytures of money, which shal be had or
made, by the Mr, Fellowes, poore Brethren and Sisters of the said College, or any of them,
shall be deducted out of their severall stipends and pencons, as they grow due, and the
Warden of the College, for the tyme being, shall for ever, as occasion requireth, employ,
convert, and bestowe the same towards the detriment and reparacons of the household stuff
of the said Colledge, and at every auditt shall give accompt thereof accordingly.

123. ITEM. I ordaine that all these aforesaid statuts, lawes, and ordynances, for the

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ordering and well governing of the said College, with the Lands thereunto belonging, and
every member thereof, may be the more better observed and kept, for all the succeeding
times to come, that the whole bodie of the statute of the said College, by the Warden or one
of the senior Fellowes, in the presence and hearing of every person or persons, in any wise
belonging or apperteyning to the said College, be read at fowr sevll times or daies in the
yeare, the first day of September, the first day of December, the first day of Mch, and the
first day of June, and when any of those fower daies fall on a Sunday, then they shall be
read the next day following.

WILL OF EDWAKD ALLEYN.

Etl tl)t fJamt Of (Kotf, ^Intnt. — The thirteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord 1626, and in the second year of the reign of our Sovereign, Lord King Charles, &c., I,
Edward Alleyn, of Dulwich, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, being sick in body, but of
perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my
present Testament, declaring herein my last Will, in manner and form following : That is to
say, first and principally, I commend, my soul to Almighty God, my merciful Creator, and to
Jesus Christ, my most loving Saviour and Redeemer, in whom, and by whose merits, I only
trust to be saved, and made partaker of everlasting life : and my body I will to the earth,
from whence it came, without any vain funeral pomp or show, to be interred in the quire of
that chapel, which God of his goodness hath caused me to erect, and dedicate to the honor
of my Saviour, by the name of Christ's Chapel, in God's Gift College, heretofore by me
founded in Dulwich aforesaid.

ITEM. My mind and will is, that all such debts and duties, which of right or in conscience
I do owe and stand truly indebted in unto any person or persons whatsoever, shall be truly
^paid and satisfied after my decease, so shortly and conveniently as may be.

And whereas, I, the said Edward Alleyn, and one Matthias Allen, he being a person by me
put in trust for and in performance and assurance of one thousand and five hundred pounds,
"to and for my loving wife, Constance Alleyn, after my decease, have by two several deeds
of demise, grant and assignment, bearing date the nine and twentieth day of June, last past,
before the date of these presents, granted, assigned, and set over, unto Sir Nicholas Carew, of
Beddington, and Sir Thomas Crymes, of Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Knights, their
•executors and assigns, one capital messuage and tenement, or Inn, called the Unicorn, in
Saint Saviour's parish, in the Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, and all other
messuages and tenements there, &c.

And also, I, the said Edward Alleyne, and Matthias Allen, by the other of the said deeds,
have likewise granted, assigned, and set over, unto the said Sir Nicholas Carew and Sir
Thomas Crymes their executors and assigns, certain capital messuages and tenements, called
the Barge, the Bell, and the Cock, situate and lying on the Bank side, in the parish of Saint
Saviour's aforesaid. And whereas likewise, for further assurance of the said one thousand
five hundred pounds, for my said wife as aforesaid, I, the said Edward Alleyn, have acknow-
ledged a statute of two thousand pounds, bearing the said date of the nine and twentieth day
•of June last, unto the said Sir Nicholas Carew, and Sir Thomas Crimes.

And whereas, by a pair of Indentures of defeazance, dated the said nine and twentieth day
•of June last, between me, the said Edward Alleyn, and the said Sir Nicholas Carew, and Sir
Thomas Crimes, Knights, wherein the said two knights have covenanted, that, if my said
wife (in case she survive me) shall by me, and out of my estate, be left the said sum of one
thousand five hundred pounds in ready money, and that my executor or executors shall,
within three months after my decease, pay to her, the said Constance, the said sum of one
thousand five hundred pounds, that then, and not otherwise, the said statute of two
thousand pounds to be void and of none effect together with the two deeds of assignment
or to reassign them to such person or persons as I, the said Edward, shall nominate and
appoint.

Now in full performance of the aforesaid assurance, and to shew my full desire to have it
really accomplished, I will and require my executors hereunder named, that, first and
^principally my loving wife Constance (in case she survive me) be, according to my agreement,

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fully satisfied in the best manner that may be, and then I desire the said two Knights to
reassign and set over the said two Knights' leases unto my executors.

ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife, Constance Alleyne, in testimony of
my further love unto her, and for her present use and benefit, one hundred pounds more, of
lawful money of England, which I have already, vidt., on the six and twentieth day
of September last, in the presence of Matthew Sweeteser, Edward Alleyne, John Sandford,
and John Casinghurst, delivered, to and for her use, unto the hands and custody of the said
Sir Thomas Crimes ; and moreover, I give unto my said wife all her Jewells and other
ornaments, which she is now possessed withall.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to the Corporation of God's Gift College aforesaid, these goods
and implements following, that is to say, first, my seal ring with my arms, to be worn by the
Master and his successors. Next, I appoint that a Common seal shall be made for the said
College, at the charge of my executors, which said two seals shall be repaired by the College,
as often as need shall require.

Also all the wainscots, hangings, pictures, carpets, presses, tables, chairs, forms, and stools,
in the said College, with all shelves, desks, and seats, also my books and instruments ; and
likewise all the furniture in the twelve poor scholars' chambers ; that is to say, six bed-
steads, six matts, six mattresses, six feather beds, sixe feather bolsters, twelve pair of sheets,
twelve blankets, six rugs, three dozen of bed staves, and six pewter chamber-pots ; also I
give unto the said College, of my linen, twelve table cloaths, six dozen of napkins, and six
towels, whereof one sort or suit shall be of damask, and other of diaper, likewise two dozen
of pewter vessells, with all other brass and iron vessells of furniture which shall be in use of
the said College, at the hour of my death, in any room of the said College whatsoever ; also
all implements and tools of husbandry, together with two furnished teams, the one with five
horses, and the other with six oxen ; and my mind is, that all these goods, by me thus given
to the said College, shall be by my executors presently by inventory delivered unto them, to
be continually by the said College kept in good repair.

Also, I will and require my executors, hereafter named, within two years after my decease,
to build ten almshouses, in the parish of Saint Buttolphe without, Bishopsgate, London, for
ten poor people of that parish, to be members of the aforesaid College ; and likewise ten
other houses in Saint Saviour's parish aforesaid, for other ten poor people of the said parish,
to be likewise members of the said College ; which said twenty poor people, being placed in
their several houses, shall have such relief and maintenance as in the statutes of the aforesaid
College is set down .

ITEM. I give to Thomas Alleyn, the son of John Alleyn, late of Willen, in the County of
Bucks, being my cousin and next heir at the common law, the sum of fifty pounds.

ITEM. I give to Edward Alleyn, junior, of Newport, the sum of twenty pounds ; and to
his two sisters, Elizabeth Newman and Anne Ashpoole, twenty pounds a piece ; and I give
unto my aunt, Jane Waldock, of Water Laton, the sum of ten pounds.

ITEM. I give to Anne Alleyn, the now wife of John Harrison, clerk, the sum of twenty
pounds.

ITEM. I will my copyhold lands in Lambeth Marshes to Edward Alleyn, my godson, and
his heirs male (which I hope the custom there will allow) ; and, for want of such issue, to
John Alleyn, the son of Mathias Alleyn, and his heirs for ever.

ITEM. I give to Sir Francis Calton, Knight, the sum of one hundred pounds, and hereby
forgive him twenty pounds he owes me on his Ire due long since.

ITEM. I give to Elizabeth Cutler, my late wife's god-daughter, the sum of ten pounds.

ITEM. I give to Hannah Pickerley the sum of ten pounds.

ITEM. I give to Elizabeth Russell, a young girl that is now in my house, ten pounds.

ITEM. I give to all the rest of my household servants that are in my service at the time of
my death, so many pounds a-piece as they severally have been and continued years in my
service, besides their wages then due.

ITEM. I will and bequeath to the Churchwardens of Saint Buttolphes without, Bishops-
gate, London, and their successors, for ever, a tenement in Dulwich, with the appurtenances,
called the Blew House, now in the tenure of Edward Kipping, to and for the only use of the
poor of their said parish, to be by them employed and disposed of in such manner and form
as in the statute of God's Gift College aforesaid is set down, and not otherwise.

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And rny will is, and I do hereby declare that, after the said fifteen hundred pounds, and all
and every the legacies herein above bequeathed shall be respectively paid, that the said two
leases so assigned as aforesaid to the said Sir Nicholas Carew and Sir Thomas Crimes, shall
be and remain to the said Corporation of God's Gift College as an augmentation unto them,
during the terms thereof, over and above what I have already assigned and assured unto-
them, to be employed current according to the intent of the statutes of the said College.

And I give and bequeath (after my legacies paid) to my two executors herein to be named,
all my lands in Yorkshire, by what name or names or title soever called or known, which I
lately purchased of George Cole, Esquire, in their two names, to hold to them and their two-
heirs and assigns jointly for ever.

And I do by these presents give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my goods,
chattels, cattle, and ready money whatsoever, after my funerals are discharged and my debts-
paid, with all the legacies of this my will performed, unto Thomas Alleyn and Matthias
Alleyn, my kinsmen, whom of this my last will and testament I make my sole executors,
charging them, as they will answer it before the face of Almighty God, at the dreadful day
of judgment, that they truly and punctually in every particular (so far fourth as they possibly
can) perform this my last will and testament.

And I do hereby revoke all former will and wills by me at any time heretofore made ; and
in witness of this my last will, containing two sheets of paper, I have to the bottom of each
sheet subscribed my name, and being both sheets joined together, at the foot thereof set to
my seal, the day and year first above written.

E. ALLEYN.

Sealed, delivered and published as his last will and testament in the presence of us, Joseph
Reading — Matthew Sweeteser — Henry Dell — John Casinghurst — Geo. Brome.

This will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the 13th December, 162ft
by Thomas Alleyn and Matthias Alleyn.

THE BUILDING OF DULWICH COLLEGE.

THIS Indenture, made the seaventeenth day of May, 1613, and in the yeres of the raigne of
soveraigne Lorde James, by the grace of God Kinge of England, Fraunce and Ireland,
defender of the faethe, &c. the eleaventh, and of Scotland the sixe and forteth. Bet we
Edward Alleyn of Dulwich in the parishe of Camerwell in the County of Surrey, Esquier on
th' one partye, and John Benson of Westminster m the County of Midd. bricklayer on th'
other party. Witnessethe, that it is covenanted, graunted, concluded, condescended and
agreed by and betwene the saide partees to theese presentes, and the said John Benson for
him selfe covenanteth and graunteth to and with the saide Edward Alleyn his executors and
assignes by thees presentes in manner and forme as hereunder from article to article is
expressed, that is to say ; That the saide John Benson or his assignes shall and will (for the
consideration hereunder written and specified) builde erect and sebt up, upon a certen parcell
of ground appoynted and layde out for that purpose upon Dulwich Greene in the parishe of
Camerwell aforesaide, the trench for the foundation to be digged and made fitt by the saide
Edward Alleyn, his executors or assignes, a certaine buildinge of brick, of and with such
brickes, lyme, sand, or other stuff belonginge to brickeworke, as shalbe provided and delivered
to him att the place aforesaide by the saide Edward Alleyn his executors or assignes which
buildinge shalbe for a Chappell, a Schoole howse, and twelve Almshowses. Proportionably
accordinge to a plott thereof made and orawen by the saide John Benson and subscribed by
the saide parties ; the saide Chappell and Schoolehowse to be in lengthe from east to west
fower-skore and fyfteene foote of assize and in bred the from out side to out side twenty and
nyne foote of assize, and in height from the upper parte of the foundation even from the
grounde to the raysinge peece thertye foote of assize, and upon the head or topp of the same
height sixe foote of assize of finishinge worke. And in the middle of the forefront of the
said chappell shall erect and build one faire porche, to conteyne in length eighteene foot of
assize and in bredthe from the other buildinge forward nyne foote of assize, the same porche
to be bewtifyed and fynished as hereunder is mentioned. And behinde on the backe parte
of the saide buildinge directly against the saide porche, shall erect and sett upp one Tower of

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ibricke to be eighteene foote of assize square from out to outside and in height to be three-
.6kore foote of assize with decent and comely fyneshinge, and at each corner of the same
Tower one pynacle of brick : and in the midest of the same Chappell and Scholehowse for a
partition betweene them, shall make one partition wall to be in thecknes one brick and a
halfe. To sett out the rome appoynted for the parlor of the saide Schole-howse backward by
way of inlargement ten foote of assize, and under the same parlor and rome before the same
appoynted for an entree and staire case shall make one cellar of brick to be in bredthe
thirteene foote of assize and in lengthe thirty fower foote of assize, and seven foote of
assize deepe. And in the same Scholehowse shall make and erect sixe chimneyes sufficiently
and substancially to be made and wrought, with arched mantle trees of brick, and to carry
.and avoide smoke cleane thorough the tonnels of the same chimneyes ; that is to say one
.chimney in the parlor, one in the chamber over the parlor, one in the chamber or garrett
over the same parlor chamber, one in the kitchen, one in the chamber over the kitchen, and
one in the chamber over the Scholehowse. The foundation of the Chappell walls within the

(grounde to be in thicknes sixe brickes, and so racled of untill at the upper parte of the
grounde it be brought to fower brickes in thicknes ; and from the grounde to the watertable
to be three brickes and a halfe in thicknes ; and from the watertable to the raysinge peece
the walls to be three briokes in thicknes. The foundation of the Tower and the walls thereof
to be of the same thicknes as the chappell is within the grounde, and the walls from the
.grounde uppward to the covering of the same Tower to be three brickes in thicknes and
«ven with the ridge of the chappell the same Tower to have a decent watertable, and from
the watertable upward the same Tower to have forward twoe pillasters, and suche other
bewtifyinge and fynishinge as the forfront of the saide porch is to have, as hereunder is
mentioned. And that the forefront of the said Chappell and Scholehowse shalbe bewtifyed
with sixe Dorick pillasters with pettystalls, bases, capitalls and cornishe to reach from the
lowest part of the foundation within the grounde unto the raysinge peece and twoe
pillasters to bewtifie the same porche, and the saide sixe foote of fynishinge worke on the
hedd or topp before mentioned, to rise and be made with a small pillaster on the heade of
every greate pillaster, with three kiude of tafferells on the forefront ; that is to say, one
over the porche and on either side of the porch one ; and in the same forefront fower half
roundes for the bewtefyinge, and betweene every tafierrell and halfe rounde one piramides.
And in the forefront of the same Chappell, Scholehowse and porche shall make fower-
teene windowes, viz. ; in the Chappell sixe, in the Schole howse sixe and over the sadde
porch twoe, every windowe to have fower lightes, with a transsam, each light to be arched
or turned over with brick, and every light to be twoe foote wide besides the monyon, which
monion is to be nyne ynches thick. And att the east end of the saide Chappell shall make
one faire windowe wherein shalbe ten arched lightes with a transam in the middle thereof, all
the lightes and monyons thereof to be of the proportion of the saide former windowes and on
the back parte of the said Chappell, towardes the south, shall make one dore rome and butteres
and sixe arched windowes in the same Chappell, proportionable to the windowes in the fore-
front. The walls of the Scholehowse and romes thereunto appoynted as aforesaide to be in
thicknes as hereafter followeth viz. ; from the lowest parte of the foundation within the
grounde to the watertable twoe brickes and a halfe in thicknes ; from the watertable to the
first story twoe brickes in thicknes, and from the first story to the topp a brick and a halfe in
thicknes, with sufficient windowes in every of the saide romes, as the same romes and storyes
will conveniently beare and require. And in the kitchen chimney of the same Scholehowse
shall make twoe meete and sufficient ovens ; one greater and th' other lesser. And that sixe
of the saide Almes'howses shalbe made and erected from the east corner of the saide Chappell
uorthwardes and th' other sixe Almeshowses from the west corner of the saide Scholehowse
northwardes, as by the said plott is prescribed and prefigured, every of the same Almeshowses
to be twelve foote square within the walls ; and in the same Almeshowses shall make twelve
severall chimneyes, viz. ; to each Almeshovvse one, the mantle trees of the same chimneyes
to be arched or turned over with brick and to be made to carry and avoid smoke cleane
through the tonnells of the same, and in every of the same Almeshowses shall make one
windowe with twoe lightes, and under the eves of the same Almeshowses shall make a slight
cornishe, and to each Almeshowse one dore rome to be arched or turned over with brick.
And at the north end of cache of the same rankes of Almeshowses shall erect one howse of

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office to conteyne ten foote one way and twelve foote another, with a vault to each howse of
office of brick, eight foote deepe, and a vent out of each howse of office in the manner of a
chimney above the ridge of the same Almeshowses ; and also shall erect one wall of brick
thwart from end to end of the saide Almeshowses to enclose the courte, eight foote high, and
in the midest of the same wall one faire gate rome to be fynished in the best and most decent
manner with pillasters, freze cornishe and piramides ; the saide wall to be a brick and a halfe
in thicknes. All the pillasters, freezes, cornishe and windowes, and fawmes of the saide
buildinge to be fairely and cleanely fynished white as is accustomed in buildings of like
nature. And all the same worke before prescribed and all other bricklayers worke to the
same buildinge apperteyninge shall well, workemanlike and sufficiently worke make and
fynishe in all thinges to the trade of a bricklayer belonginge. And shall and will begin the-
same worke on or before the last day of this instant moneth of May, and shall and will con-
tynue at the same worke and fynishe the same with as much convenient speede as possibly
may be, and as the saide Edward Alleyn his executors or assignee shall require the same,
shall provide stuffe for doeinge thereof. For and in consideration of which worke and cove-
nan tes, in forme aforesaide to be done and performed the said Edward Alleyn for him his-
executors and administrators covenanteth and graunteth to and with the saide John Benson
his executors and assignes by these presentes in manner and forme followinge ; that is to
say, That he the said Edward Alleyn his executors or assignes shall finde and allowe
sufficient scaffolding boards, cordes and nailes for the buildinge aforesaid. And also upon
the fynishinge of every five rodd square of the saide buildinge every rodd conteyning sixteene-
foote and a half of assize, shall pay or cause to be paide to the said John Benson the sume
of seaven pouudes ten shillinges of lawf ull mony of England the same to be measured one-
with another and runninge measure, which is thirty shillinges for every rodd. And upon
the full fynishinge and endinge of the saide worke and buildinge for every rodd the same
shalbe measured into, one with another after the measure aforesaide ten shillinges more,
which in all is after the rate of forty shillinges a rodd, without fraud or covyn. In witness
whereof the said parties to theis present Indentures interchangeably have sett their handes-
and seales. Yeoven the day and yeres first above written.

JOHN BENSON.
Sealed and delivered in presence of me,

THOMAS BOLTON, Scr.

ANTHONY WILLIAMS

Servant to the said Tho. Bolton.

LIST OF SCHOLAKS SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY, 1627-1770.

1. 1627. Apr. 19th, Thomas Keyes, St. Saviour's, sent to Cambridge.

2. 1650. John Brooke, St. Luke's, to Cambridge, October 18.

3. 1657. Thomas Woodall, St. Botolph's, to Oxford, June 26.

4. 1660. William Greenhaugh, St. Luke's, to Oxford, June 27.

5. 1661. Eoger Bailey, St. Botolph's, to Oxford, became 3rd Fellow, July 7, 1666, admitted*

3rd Fellow without lot, as per statute 62.

6. 1666. John Small, St. Botolph's, to Oxford, June 21.

7. 1667. William Waite, St. Saviour's, to Oxford, November 12.

8. 1674. Thomas Richardson, St. Botolph's, to Cambridge, July 30.

9. 1674. William Stuart, St. Saviour's, to Cambridge, July 30.

10. 1675. Benjamin Bynes, St. Saviour's, to Cambridge, "admitted without lot, once poo

boy of the College."

11. 1677. William Symes, St. Luke's, to Cambridge, October 19.

12. 1689. Isaac Desmawitts, Bishopsgate, to Oxford, March 26.

13. 1713. Richard Grensel, St. Botolph's, March 11.

14. 1718. James Bennett, St. Saviour's, to Cambridge, September 4.

15. 1747. William Swann, St. Luke's, to Oxford, January 27, became 2nd Fellow without

lot, as per statute 62, in 1752, and 1st Fellow in 1766.

16. 1747. Edward Bayley, St. Luke's, to Oxford, July 1.

17. 1764. William Cotton, St. Saviour's.

18. 1770. George Long, Dulwich.

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APPENDIX.

LIST OF VISITORS.

His GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
Visitor of the College.

Year.

Name.

Died.

1611

George Abbott.

1633

William Laud.

1645

Beheaded.

1660

William Juxon.

1663

Gilbert Sheldon.

1677

William Sancroft.

1693

Deprived 1691.

1691

John Tillotson.

1694

Thomas Tenison.

1715

William Wake.

1737

John Potter.

1747

Thomas Herring.

1757

Matthew Hutton.

1758

Thomas Seeker.

1768

Frederick Cornwallis.

1783

John Moore.

1805

Charles Manners Sutton.

1828

William Howley.

1848

John Bird Simmer.

1862

Charles Thomas Longley.

1868

Archibald Campbell Tait.

Present Archbishop.

Table showing the Annual Income of the Trust, and the amounts transferred to
the Educational and Eleemosynary Departments from 1853 to 1873.

Year.

Gross Annual
Income.

Transferred to Credit
of Educational
Department.

Transferred to Credit
of Eleemosynary
Department.

£ s. d.

£ g. d.

£ *. d.

1858

10,790 3 2

719 19 5

239 19 9

1859

10,803 10 10

],672 11 8

557 10 6

1860

12,012 14 9

1,445 5 0

481 15 0

1861

11,001 8 1

1,855 11 2

618 10 5

1862

12,418 6 2

3,180 6 9

1,060 2 3

1863

11,298 3 7

2,204 19 10

734 19 11

1864

14,953 0 9

2,683 4 3

894 8 1

1865

17,167 6 4

2,633 0 9

877 13 7

1866

15,787 9 1

3,034 0 11

1,011 6 11

1867

15,899 13 4

3,008 18 2

1,002 19 4

1868

14,701 0 11

3,381 6 3

1,127 2 1

1869

15,740 11 7

2,715 4 3

905 1 5

1870

18,411 2 11

2,724 17 5

1,241 12 6

1871

15,187 8 1

3,040 12 4

1,013 10 9

1872

15,500 6 7

3,714 2 0

1,238 0 8

1873

16,349 10 2

4,314 16 6

1,438 5 7

1874

16,281 0 0

4,255 13 7

1,418 11 3

APPENDIX. xliii

THE CONSECRATION OP DULWICH COLLEGE CHAPEL AND CEMETERY.— The chapel and
smetery were consecrated by Archbishop Abbot on "Lords day, viz., the 1st day of the
lonth of September in the year of our Lord, 1616, between the hours of nine and twelve in
le forenoon of the same day." The recital of the deed of consecration sets forth that the
» Honourable Edward Alleyn appeared before his Grace, and stated that it was his intention,
by the grace of God and the King's license, to convert his residence into a college for the poor,
id which residence being two miles from the parochial church at Camberwell, he was
ible, without danger and difficulty, especially in rainy weather and in winter, to repair
dth his family to the said church either conveniently or at the proper time to attend divine
nee, and pay to the Almighty the homage that is due to him, and that in consequence,
idth a view to serve God the better with his family, and to give a token of his love for the
iristian religion as recognized and professed in the kingdom of England, he had a chapel or
>ry built, erected, and constructed in his own house, on his own property, at his own
expense, and had amply supplied and ornamented the same with all the things requisite for
livine worship ; and that near to the said house within the hamlet was a certain spot enclosed
pith walls, destined for a cemetery or burial place for those who die at the said house or
within the hamlet, which he humbly prayed might be consecrated and set apart for the
purpose designed.

His Grace the Archbishop thereupon granted the pious and religious request of the said
Edward Alleyn, and decreed that the above chapel or oratory, and the spot or ground for a
cemetery or burial place, should be dedicated and consecrated according to his request, should be
proceeded with, and forthwith the same Eight Rev. Father in God, accompanied by honourable
and excellent men, Messrs. Edmund Bowyer, Thomas Gryrnes, William Gresham, Thomas-
Hunt, Jeremiah Turner, with soldiers and many others, entered the chapel and repaired to
the east end of it, and there sitting officially in a seat placed and prepared for him, and pro-
ceeded, in accordance with all lawful rites, to dedicate and consecrate the said chapel or
oratory to divine worship, the celebration of divine service, and administration of sacraments,
the preaching of the divine word, the burying of the dead, and the execution of the other
divine offices, pronouncing and promulgating publicly and in a loud voice the decree or
schedule of the dedication and consecration of the said. chapel, couched in writing and in the
following terms : —

" In the name of God. Arnen. Whereas the Honourable Edward Alleyn, moved by a
pious and religious devotion, built this chapel or oratory, measuring within its walls in length,
from east to west, forty-seven feet or thereabouts ; and in breadth, from north to south,
besides the belfry, twenty-four feet, or thereabouts, and erected and constructed it on his-
own lands, and at his own expense, in a residence of his lately built for him in the village or
hamlet of Dulwich, which residence the said Alleyn, by the grace of God and the King's
license, intends to convert into a college for the poor, and as he has amply supplied and
ornamented the said chapel with a pulpit, a table, a holy baptistery, suitable seats and other
necessaries for divine worship, and prayed that we, the episcopal see of Winton being vacant,
by our ordinary and metropolitan authority, would deign to dedicate and consecrate the said
chapel to the aforesaid sacred and divine uses. We, George, by divine providence, Archbishop
of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England, to whom belongs all and every
jurisdiction, spiritual and ecclesiastical, in and throughout the whole diocese of Winchester,
as much by reason of the vacancy of the see thereof, as of our Metropolitan Visitation,
granting the request for the consecration of the chapel or oratory lately built, furnished and
ornamented at the expense of the said Edward Alleyn, as above related, proceeding in
virtue of our authority, ordinary and metropolitan, in so far as by right lies in our power and
is permitted us by the laws, the statutes, and the canons of this kingdom of England, we
dedicate and consecrate this chapel or oratory, under the name of Christ's Chapel, in the
aforesaid village or hamlet of Dulwich, to divine worship, to the celebration of divine offices,
and as well for the administration of the sacraments of the Lord's Supper and of Holy
Baptism ; as for the celebration of matrimony and for offering prayers to God, preaching and
expounding God's word purely and sincerely, and burying those principally who die in this
house or hamlet, with the consent, however, of the said Edward Alleyn, or of whoever shall
be master or prefect of the said house for the time being, and for the performance of other
sacramental rites for the honour of God, and the salvation of souls, and for the use of the

xliv

APPENDIX.

said Edward Alley n, of his family, and of the prefect, master, or governor of the said house
for the time being, and of all the inhabitants present and future, of the same house and
hamlet of Dulvvich ; and openly and publicly do we pronounce and decree and declare that
it has been, and is, and ever shall remain thus dedicated and consecrated, and assigned, and,
by the name of Christ's Chapel, as above, we decree and pronounce that it shall be named
and called through all ages to come.

" And we wish it moreover to be endowed with all and every privilege used and requested
in this part, and enjoyed by old founded chapels, and in so far as lies in us and in our power
by right, we thus endow and establish it hereby ; save always the right and interest of the
mother church in the parish, of which the said chapel or oratory is situated, with all and
every tithe, offertories whatsoever, and also the expenses for repairs and other ordinary and extra-
ordinary expeuses to which the said mother church is entitled by right or by custom of any
kind, and reserving to the same Edward Alleyn and to the prefect, master, or governor of the
said house, the free and full power of appointing a fit priest to perform and celebrate the above
divine offices, with the approbation and license of the ordinary of the place. Provided
always that the said Edward Alleyn, and the prefect, master, or governor of the said house,
for the future, will nourish and support at his own expense the curate or minister attending
the said chapel, with the approbation and license of the above, and will give the same curate
a yearly stipend of at least twenty marks, without any diminution or defalcation of the
ecclesiastical right of offertories or tithes, &c., devolving or appertaining to the rectory or
vicarage of Camberwell, otherwise Camerwell, aforesaid, by right or by usage ; and provided
moreover that for burials in the same chapel, or in reason of the same, the mortuary
offertories and all dues belonging by right or by custom both to the vicar of the said mother
church, and to the guardians and ministers of the same, be fully paid in the same amount
and form as are usually paid for burials in the chancel of the said mother church, and as
should be paid according to usage if the aforesaid dead were buried in the chancel of the said
mother church. All and each regulations, in so far as lies in us and in our power by right,
we thus decree, establish, and reserve by the present.

" G. CANTUAE."

This decree or schedule being read, the said Right Rev. Father in God offered prayers to

Almighty God for His acceptance of the above work which being over, Master Cornelius

Lymer, Master of Arts, invested with the holy orders of deaconship and priesthood, occupying
the seat assigned to the curate, read holy prayers and certain selected psalms and a chapter,
viz., Ps. 84 & 122, and the llth chapter of the Gospel according to John ; and this over, the
said Right Rev. Lord Archbishop ascended the pulpit, and a hymn being previously sung,
took for his text the llth verse in the 76th Psalm, viz., " Promise unto the Lord your God and
keep it," and explained the word of God to the people assembled there in large numbers.
This sermon being finished, and a psalm sung, the said Right Rev. Lord Archbishop dismissed
the people with his blessing, and went out of the aforesaid chapel, and with the said Master
Cornelius Lymer and many others, repaired to the spot or ground destined as cemetery or
burying place in the above-named hamlet, and entered it and went to a seat, there prepared
and placed for him, and rested thereon ; and then and there the Right Rev. Lord Archbishop
sitting officially, at the request of the said Edward Alleyn, as well in his own as in the name
of all the inhabitants of the village or hamlet of Dulwich aforesaid, dedicated and consecrated
the spot or ground above-mentioned into a cemetery or burial place for the dead in and about
the hamlet aforesaid, reading, pronouncing, and promulgating publicly and in a loud voice
the decree or schedule of the dedication and consecration of the above-named cemetery,
couched in writing as follows, viz., *' In the name of God. Amen. We, George, by Divine
Providence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan, to whom is
acknowledged to belong all and every jurisdiction, spiritual and ecclesiastical, in and through-
out the whole diocese of Winchester, as much by reason of the vacancy of the see thereof
as of our metropolitan visitation, do decree that this spot and ground, lying in the village or
hamlet of Dulwich, within the parish of Camberwell, alias Camerwell, in the county of
Surrey, in the diocese of Winchester aforesaid, and our province of Canterbury, adjoining
the royal road leading from the village of Camberwell aforesaid to a certain residence lately
built for Edward Alleyn in the village or hamlet of Dulwich aforesaid, the same entirely

APPENDIX. xlv

enclosed with Avails, measuring in width, from east to west, eighty-six feet or thereabout,
and in length, from north to south, a hundred and fifty feet or thereabout, shall be diverted
from its former and all other common and profane uses for the following purposes : and in so
far as lies in xis and in our power by our own right, by the laws, statutes, and canons of this
kingdom of England, we have assigned it to the inhabitants and dwellers of the village or
hamlet of Dulwich aforesaid, as a cemetery or burial place for those who die in and about
the said hamlet, and by our ordinary and metropolitan authority we dedicate and consecrate
it by the name of the cemetery of the hamlet aforesaid, and we decree that it shall be kept
and held for the above use, and be called and named the cemetery of the above-mentioned
hamlet henceforth and for ever ; and we wish it to be moreover endowed with all and every
privilege usually enjoyed and requested in this part and belonging to old cemeteries and
burial places dedicated and consecrated before this, and in as much as lies in us and in our
power by right we thus endow and establish it by the present ; save always, however, and
reserving to the vicar of the parochial church of Cambervvell, alias Camerwell aforesaid, and
to the guardians and other ministers of the said church for the time being, for ever, all
offertories, mortuary fees and dues for all and every burial in this cemetery or burying place,
or in reason of the same, ordered by law or custom, to the same amount and in the same
form as if the said dead were buried in the cemetery of the mother church aforesaid, which
offertories and dues, each and all due by right or by custom to the vicar, guardians, and
ministers of the said mother church for the time being, we order to be paid for ever, and
hereby reserve in so far as lies in us and in our power by right.

"G. CANTDAR."

This being over, the said Right Rev. Father in Christ offered prayers to God for His
acceptance of the work above named, and then the said Right Rev. Lord Archbishop dis-
missed the assembled people with his blessing. In the matter of all and each of the above,
the said Edward Alleyn, as well in his own name as in that of all the inhabitants of the
hamlet aforesaid, requested me, John Drake, N.P., to draw out one or more public instru-
ment or instruments, witnesses, &c. Present at the time of the consecration of the said
chapel, the honourable men, soldiers, above named, present also at the time of the consecra-
tion of both the said chapel and the said cemetery, the honourable men, Thomas Goade,
professor of Sacred Theology, Robert Hatton, Maurice Abbot, merchant, William Arcough,
Edward Lerenthope, and Humphrey Orme, gentlemen, and John Gilpyn, general attendant
to the Right Rev. Father, and the other witnesses required in this part.

Archbishop of Cantuar, Year of Christ, King of England,

Geo. Abbott, 6. 1616. James I., 14.

xlvi

APPENDIX.

Table shewing the numbers of boys in the Upper School from the year 1 858 to
1874 inclusive, and their distribution : —

Year.

Camberwell.

St. Saviour's.

Bishopsgate.

St. Luke's

Non-
parishioners.

Total.

Day
Boys.

Board-
ers.

Day
Boys.

Board-
ers.

Day

Boys.

Board-
ers.

Day
Boys.

Board-
ers.

Day

Boys.

Board-
ers.

1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874

58
85
86
83
83
92
99
98
97
94
95
151
171
199
231
232
259

22
23

28
31
24
21
22
25
28
25
13
10
8
10
16
9

9
6
4
3

1
1
5
6

2
2
2
4
8
6
10
8
6

68
127*
128
129
128
128
130
130
130
130
130*
228
322
403
480
525
536

2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2

11
10
9

6
6

36
77
115
150
196
182

1
1

2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
15
46
65
68
61
71

...

2
2
2

4
5

2
2
5
4

2
4
4
2
1

2
2
2
2

'i'
i

2
2
2
2
3
2

* From 1859 to 1869 the Upper School occupied the old College buildings, and was strictly limited by
the accommodation to 130 boys. The apparent variation in the numbers arises from the practice of taking
the returns for a particular day at the end of the term.

Table shewing the number of the boys in the Lower School from the year
1858 to 1874 inclusive, and their distribution : —

Year.

Camberwell.

St. Saviour's.

Bishopsgate.

St. Luke's.

Total.

Founda-
tion Boys.

Day
Boys.

Founda-
tion Boys.

Day
Boys.

Founda-
tion Boys.

Day

Boys.

Founda-
tion Boys.

Day
Boys.

1858

1859

...

1860

1861

...

1862

...

1863

1864

...

1865

...

1866

...

1867

1868

1869

1870

113

133

1871

124

141

1872

143

...

160

1873

145

159

1874

151

...

160

APPENDIX.

xlvii

LIST OF HONOURS
OBTAINED BY BOYS OP THE UPPER SCHOOL.

1870. MILNER, R. J.
LANE, C. H.
GULL, C. G.
TRESIDDER, T. J.
RICH, C. C.

1871. BENDALL, H.
SMITH, A. J.
EVERETT, E. M.
WILKINSON, H.
PEACH, E. H.

HOOTON, J.

LANE, A. L.

1872. GLAZEBROOK, M. G.
HULL. E. L.
NIGHTINGALE, L. C.
BONE, H. A.
HOOTON, J. G.
MILNER, E.
MORGAN, H.
RAINSFORD, S. D.
BAKER, H. V. S.

NIGHTINGALE, L. C.

1873. WILKINSON, II.
BONE, H. A.
GLAZEBROOK, M. G.

1874. CARVER, E. A.
CLIFFORD, P. H.
RAINSFORD, S. D.
HOOTON, J.
FORBES, S. A.

GOODALL, T. F.

GLAZEBROOK, M. G.
MORLEY, G. S.

NlGTINGALE, L. C.

1870-1874.

First Class, Mathematics, Moderations, Oxford.
Second Class, Theological Tripos, Cambridge.
Open Exhibition, Magdalen Hall, Oxford.
Commission Royal Engineers. (Second place.)
Commission Royal Artillery.
First Class. Classical Tripos, Cambridge.
Second Class, Classical Tripos, Cambridge.
Second Class, Classical Tripos, Cambridge.
Scholarship, Merton College, Oxford.
Scholarship, Downing College, Cambridge.
Scholarship, Caius College, Cambridge.

Commission, Royal Artillery.

Scholarship, Balliol College, Oxford.

Woolwich, admission. (Fourth place).

Studentship, Royal Academy of Arts.

Scholarship. Downing College, Cambridge.

Senior Scholarship, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

Scholarship, Merton College, Oxford.

Woolwich, admission. (First place.)

Royal Engineering College for India, admission.
(Fourth place.)

Silver Medal, National Competition of the Science
and Art Department.

Second Class, Classics, Moderations, Oxford.

Silver Medal (Antique School), Royal Academy of Arts.

First Class, Mathematics, Moderations, Oxford.

Scholarship (Mathematics), Clare College, Cambridge.

Scholarship (Classics), Christ's College, Cambridge.

Commission Royal Artillery.

Second Class, Classical Tripos, Cambridge.

Studentship, Royal Academy of Arts.

First Class, Classics, Moderations, Oxford.

Royal Engineering College for India, admission.

Silver Medal (Life School), Royal Academy of Arts.

To these have already been added during the present year : —

WHITE, H. T.
LEGG, J. E.
VOIGT, F. H.

SAUNDERS, S. H. B.
WHITE, H. T.
PEACH, E. H.

Scholarship (Classics), Brasenose College, Oxford.
Scholarship (Science), Caius College, Cambridge.
Scholarship (Science), Sidney Sussex College, Cam-
bridge.

Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society.
Indian Civil Service, admission.
Second Class, Classical Tripos, Cambridge.

The Honour List of the Upper School (as given above) necessarily belongs almost
•exclusively to a school numerically much smaller than that of 1875. ^ Ihe large
admissions of young boys since 1870, are, of course, as yet scarcely beginning to att<
.a list of honours obtained at or after the close of the school career.

INDEX.

The figures between parentheses refer to the number of times the names or incidents
are mentioned in the pages.

Abbis, Jas., 149, 150, 339; Nich., 6, 149;
sment of, 6

Abbitt, Hen., 144

Abbot, Archbp., 441 ; Geo., (Archbp. of
Cant.) 426 ; ap., xlii.-xliii. ; consecration
by, 426 ; Maurice, ap. xlv. ; Wm., payment
of money to, 196

Abbey Craig, Stirling, 358 (2)

Abecke, Gyles, 68

Aberdeen, Co. of, 286 ; education adopted in,
390 ; King's College, 290 ; a M.D. of, 395
Lbraham, Dr., 477

Academy, Royal, bust at, 289 ; member of,
482

Accrington, Lancashire, 236

Acland, Mr., robbery at the house of, 106

Acts, Book of, sermon preached from, 285
Lets of Parliament— Charitable Trust, 254 ;
Dulwich College building, 377, 462 ; ele-
mentary education and the parish of Cam-
berwell, 241 (2), 268 ; enabling Dulwich
College to grant leases, 457 ; for the better
lighting of Camberwell village, 367 ; metro-
polis gas, 347 ; local management, 377 ;
waterworks, 352 ; Poor Law Amendment,
394 ; savings bank investment, 296 ; the
ballot and Carnberwell parish, 241 ; the
holding of "fairs," 312

Acton, Mr., a prison visit by, 121

'• H. K, 477
Ldam and Eve, tavern called the, 370
lams, Mr., 261, 409 ; Rev. Rich. N., 217;
R. R. D. 478 ; widow, 148

Adamson, widow, 149

Adam Street, Adelphi, Co. Midd., 409

Adcocke, Mr., entry in churchwarden's ac-
counts by, 111 ; llobt. 338

Addington Mead, land in Dulwich called, 378;
ap. ii., iv., x., xi. ; Square, Camber-
well, a former resident of, 359 ; residents
of, 183, 247 ; baths in, 342 ; longevity in,
373 ; mineral water works in, 343

Adelphi, Strand, Co. Midd., 223, 409

Adey, Thos., 63

Adiantum Farleyense, plant called, 411

Admiralty, Court of, proctor to, 306

Adon Mount, Dulwich, resident at, 365, 412
Advertiser, Morning, advertisement in, 109

Advowson of the vicarage of Camberwell, 191 ;
sale of, 192

Adys, Mr., 428

Aged parishioners' gift, 133, 135 ; pil-
grim's asylum, population of, 79 ;

society, account of, 273

Agincourt, victors of the battle of, 344

Ailman, Jno., 336

Aird and Son, Messrs , 353

Albany Chapel, Camberwell, 226 (2) ;

house, Old Kent Road, a former resident of,

131 ; Road, 183, 235-6, 274, 344 ;

(Earl Street), factory in, 342 ; longevity in,
373 (2), 374; residents of, 247 (2), 358;
school in, 242 ; near, 243 ; tavern in, 371 ;
Row, schools in, 244 ; site in, 246

Alban's, Earl of St., 30

Albemarle Ground, ib.

Albert, H.R.H. Prince, foundation stones laid
by, 269 (2) ; visit to Dulwich College of,

388 ; Road, Nunhead, 92 ; almshouses

in, 272 (2) ; purchase of land in, 273 ; schools

in, 222,243; the Prince, tavern called,

371

Albion Terrace, a wing of an asylum called,
275

Alcock, Alex., ap. xxxix. ; Thos., 88 (5)

Aldborough Hatch, Co. Essex, 176

Aldersea, Mr., 149

Aldersgate Street, London (City), 229 ; visit
to a tavern in, 369

Alderson, Baron, 263

Alder Street, chapel in, 236 (2)

Aldridge, F. T., 248

Aiding, the old house at, novel entitled, 357

Ale conners of Camberwell, 127, oath to be
taken by, 128

Aleght, Raff, 51

Alehouses, expenditure on Sunday visits to,
116

Alen(Alleyn)Edw., 421

Alexander, memoirs of the house of, 358 ; Mr.,
222

Alexandra, H.R.H. the Princess, visit of, 308;
Villas, Talfourd Road, resident of, 248

Aleyn, Agnes, 51

Alfleda, holding Peckham at the survey, 4 (2)

Alfred, Jno., 335 ; King, tithings instituted
in the reign of, 129

Algers, Crown and Anchor tavern, 313

Allan, bridge of, a week at the, 358 (2)

Allayue (Alleyn), Mr., 42(i (2) ; letter to, ib.

Allen, Ann, 256 ; Anth., 458 ; a payment to
one, 119 ; Constance, 176 (2) ; Dan., 149 ;

INDEX.

Allen, Ann —

Dr 460 (3); Edw., 176 (2), 339, 388,
409-410(6), 428(11), 429, 430 (7), 431
(2), 432 (3) ; letter to, 423 ; tombstone of,
369 ; Geo. Jno. 454, 458-459 (2), cap. xli.
(2) ; Hen., 459 ; Jas. 460-1 ; Jef. Tlios.,
217, 459, ap. xli. ; Jno., 124 (2), 148, 217,
397, 451, 461 (2), ap. xli. (2) ; brief me-
moir of, 460 (3); Joseph, 458-9, 460, ap.
xl. (2) ; a gift by, 134, 139 ; J. T. 88 ;
Lane., Baugb, 458-9, ap. xl. xli. ; Lord
Holland's, 461 ; Matt., ap. xxxiv. (2),
xxxv. -vi. (2) ; Mr., 306, 460 (3), 461 (5) ;
hearth tax for the college of, 338 ; Mrs. 242 ;
Nich., 144, 338, 460 ; a payment to, 115 ;
Rev. J., 215; Rich. Wm., 459(2); Robt.,
337 ; Robt. Wm., ap. xli. ; Thos., 148,
436 (2) ; assessment of, 6 ; Wedd, payment
to, for schooling children, 115; receipt from,
for her husband's burial, 113 ; Wm. 458-9
(2), ap. xl. (4). See also Alen, Aleyn
Alleyn, Anne, bequest to, ap. xxxv. ; Con-
stance, bequests to, ap. xxxiv.-v. ; Edw.
177, 371, 376-7, 378(3), 380, 408, 420 (5),
421 (10), 423 (11), 424 (15), 425 (8), 426
(3), 427 (4), 433-4 (4), 438 (5), 439 (2),
440 (5), 441 (2), 442 (6), 447 (3), 449,
450, 451 (3), 452 (6), 453, 565-6, 467-8,
ap.i. (7), ii. (7), iii. (11), iv. (15), v. (5),
vi. (5), vii. (8), viii. (5), ix. (5), x. (11),
xi. (12), xii. (16), xiii. (4), xxxiv. (4),
xxxv. (2), xxxvi. (5), xxxviii. (3), xliii. (6),
xliv. (5), xlv. ; an article on, 406 ; baptism
of, 420 ; college founded by, 388 ; deed of
foundation of Dulwich College by, 452 ;
diary of, extracts from, 428-30 ; first mar-
riage of, 421 ; second, 430 ; inscription to
memory of, 439 ; invitations to dine with
(alinspeople), 435 ; letters from, 422 (2) ;
letters patent for the founding of Dulwich
College to, ap. i. ; memoir of, 420 ; pro-
perty of, 378 ; purchase of the manor of
Dulwich by, 380 ; residence of, 409 ; wed-
ding day of and dinner on the occasion, 434 ;
will of, ap. xxxiv. ; Elias, 444, 459 ; ap.
xxxix. ; xli. (6) ; Geo., ap. xxxix. ; Hen.
ap. xl. ; Jane (a child from Mr. Alleyn's),
177 ; Jas. 153, 458 (2), 459 (2), ap. xxxix. ;
xl. (3), xli. ; portrait of, inscription on,
458 ; Joan, 439 ; inscription to memory of,
ib; Jno., 149, 177, 420, 444, 445 (5),
458 (2), 459 (4), ap. xxxv. (2), xxxix. (5),
xl.-xli. (4) ; assessment of, 6 ; Jno. Gay
Newton, 454, 459, ap. xli. ; Lucia, ap. xli. ;
Marg., 420; Math., 339, 428, 439 (2),
458-9, ap. vii. (2), viii.; xxxix. (2),
xli. (2) ; Moses, 149 ; Mr., 378 ; drink given
to, at paying rent, 117 ; payment of money
to for making of threepenny rate, ib. ; Mrs.,
420 ; trustees under the will of, 433 ; Nich.,
124 (3), 148 ; as clerk to the vestry, 124 ;
Ralph,458-9, ap. xxxix. (2); Rich., 149(2),
458-9, ap., xxxix. (2), xli. (4) ; Thos. 149,.
420, 458 (4), 459 (4), ap. vii. (2), viii.,
xxxvi. (2), xxxix. (4), xl. (4), xli. (2) ; as-
sessment of, 6 ; bequest to, ap. xxxv. ;

Wm. 378, 420 ; park, Dulwich, 377

Alleyne, quotation from, 63 ; Edw., assess-
ment of, 6 ; foundation of Dulwich College

Alleyne—

by, 5 ; property purchased by, 177 ; pi
chase of the manor of Dulwich by, 6 ; Wi
ap. ix., xi. (4), xii. (7).
Alline (Alleyn), E., letter to, 421; Tho.

339

Allyn (Alleyn), 337; Robt., 67
Alyne, Jno., 336
All Hallows, Barking, London (City), parish

of, 36 (2)

Allington, Mr., 338
Alloa, memorials of the town and parish of,

358

Allowayes, Jo., 339

Allport, Douglas (collections by), extracts
from, 2, 5, 13 (4), 18 (2), 22 (2) ; quota-
tions from, 57, 191, 194, 201-2 (2), 231,
249, 285, 314, 362, 376 ; allusion to Cham-
pion Lodge by, 39 ; Mrs., 249

All Saints Church, 208 ; (Bath), 211

Allix, Mr., 306 (2)

Almsbouses, Aged Pilgrims, 273 ; inscription
on, ib. ; Daniel Cronin's, 270 ; Finsbury, 437;
laying of the foundation stone of, ib. ; Fish-
mongers', 344 ; Girdlers', 272-3 ; St. Luke's,
448

Almy, Mr., 237

Alocacia Metallica, plant called the, 412
Alsager, Rich., 88 (3)
Althorp, Lord, 400 (2)
Amadas, Maistres, 51
Amant, M. de St., 393
Amcoats, Sir Hen., 102
America, 318 ; a town called after Mr. Bes-
semer in, 402 ; commissioner for treat-
ing with, 461 ; east coast of, 23 ; missions
in, 240 ; refugees to, 326 ; shrubs of,
415; war in, a "bet" on the subject of,
307

Amery, Capt., 259
Amherst, Dr., 240
Amiens, treaty of, 69
Anchor and Vine, inn called the, 81
Anderson, Lieut. Jas. J., 76 ; Rev. Matt.,

222 ; vicarage built by, 223
Andover, Co. Hants, borough of, 80
Andrewes, Thos., 176
Andrew, Mr., polling of, 125 ; defeat of, ib. ;

St., ship called the, 43

Andrews, Geo., 338; Geo. J., 300; Mr.,
126 (2) ; St., in the Wardrobe, London
'(City), parish of, 41 ; Wm., 185
Angel Court, London (City), 140
Angell, Mr. 430; Nych., 67 ; Thos., 428
Angerstein, Jno., 88
Angle, the, tavern called, 367
Anglo-Saxons, 377
Angouleme, Duchess of, 318-19
Anne, Queen, 62, 31, 329, 368; a musket
called, 326 ; a statute of, 107 ; bounty fund
of, money borrowed from, 223 ; wife of King
James, 36
Annett, A. L., 270
Ann Street, 235
Annual Register, account of new taxes in, 145 ;
extract from, 313 ; publications in, 460;
quotation from, 392
Annuities, old sea, interest in, 139-40
Ansell, Miss, 243

INDEX.

Anselm, Archbp., 4

Anson, Lord, 460

Antiquaries, Society of, a fellow of, 281

Antoinette, Marie, 317 (2)

Antony, Jo., 429

Antrobus, E. (jun.), 88 (3) ; Mr., 243

Antylope, the, ship called, 43

Apothecaries, College of, licentiate of the, 290

Appleby, Co. Westmoreland, 211 ; Grammar

School at, ib.

Applegarth, Mr., polling of, 242
Appleton, arms of, 50
Appleyard, Elizth., 56
Apulton, Wm., 229 (2)
Arbuthnot, quotation from, 143
Archajologia, the, extract from, 93
Archelley, Lady, 51
Archer, Jo., 338
Arches, Ct. of, suit in the, 455
Architectures, Gothic style of, churches built

in the, 212, 214; Grecian style of, 216,

233 ; Ionic order of, pillars of, 308 ;

Norman and early pointed styles of, 221 ;

Renaissance, 166
Arcough, Wm., ap. xlv.
Arden, Geo., 66
Areopagus, judge of the, 363
Argent, gift to one, 435
Arke, Lady Catherine, 179
Armagh, Archbp. of, 279
Armand, C., 317
Armorer, Sir Wm., 231
Armstrong, Dr., 349 (2) ; lunatic asylum of,

174

Army of Defence, service in the, 71
Arnauld, Dr., 187
Arnold, Aid., 180 (3), 259, 291 ; inscription

to the memory of, ib. ; Elizth., 179 ; Mich.,

148, 179; Tho., 335
Arnon, oak of, 92
Arnott, Mich., gift of, 134 ; will of, 139 ; Mr.,

460

Arnould, Dr., 394; Jo., 357
Arondell (Arundell), Lord of, 429
Arnut, Elizth., 373
Arrow-smith, Rev. Dr., 258
Artichoak, tavern called the, 155,366, 368;

body of a child found near, 180
Arthur Street, schools in, 242-3 (2)
Artillery company, the hon. member of, 71
Arts, a master of, 252
Arundel, Hen., Earl of, 66-7; letter from,

426
Arundell House, Strand, Co. Midd., 436 ;

letter dated from, 427 ; Lord, the Fortune

plot showed to, 438 ; T., Earl of, letter

from, 427
Asburne, Jo., 339

Ashbourne Grove, 355 ; — villa, ib.

Ashby, assessment of one, 148 ; Mr., 149
Ashe, Elizth., 34 ; Sir Jas., 34 (2)
Ashpoole, Anne, bequest to, ap. xxxv.
Ash wood, Rev. Earth., 231 ; Rev. Jno., 231

Asiago, death at, 188

Asiatic Archipelago, 20

Aslee, Rich., 154, 155 (5) ; appointment for,

154
Aspen House, Brixton, Co. Surrey, 86

Assailly, France, steelworks in, 404

Assessments, table of, 153

Assistants, Ct. of, member of, 71 ; over-
seer of the poor of Camberwell, 183

Association, British, paper read before, 400;
Medical, 394 (2), 395 (2), founder of, ib.

Associations, literary, 356; local places and
their, chapter on, 340

Asturias, Prince of, portrait of, 484

Asylum, Bethel, account of, 274 ; Deaf and
Dumb, 281 ; Friendly Female, account of,
274 ; longevity at, 374; Licensed Victuallers,
269(2), 286; laying the foundation stone
of, ib. ; liberal contributor to, 371 ; liberal
supporter of, 343 ; longevity at, 374 ;
Lunatic, 348 ; Peckham House, 349 ; tavern

called the, 371 ; Road, Peckham, 93,

184 (2), 185; church in, 221; Congrega-
tional Chapel in, 226 ; Licensed Victuallers'
Asylum in, 93 ; School in, 243

Athearn, Geo., 175 ; Mary, ib. ; Mary Ann,
ib. ; a road called, 92.

Athole, Duke of, foundation stone laid by,
358 ; Earl of, 407

Atkins, Jo., 148

Atkinson, Capt., 444 ; Messrs., furniture
executed by, 167

Atlantic Ocean, the, 9 (2)

Atmore, C., 280

Attodam, Edw., 105

Attorney-General v. Osmond, suit in Chancery
between, 141

Attwood, Ben., 393 (2) ; munificence of, ib. ;
Matt., 393 (3); Mr., ib. ; residence of the
family of, ib.

Atwood, Sam., ap. xxxix.

Auber, Robt. Hen., ap. xli.

Aubin, Mr., 349 ; and Richards, Messrs.,

firm of, 311

Aubrey, Mr., (Antiquities of Co. of Surrey),
50 (2) ; amusing story told by, 425 ; quo-
tations from, 56, 438-9

Aucher, Ant., 178; Robert, 32; Sir Ant.r
32-3 ; letter from Queen Elizabeth to, ib. \
Sir Hewitt of Bishopsbourne, 32

Auditors to the vestvy of Camberwell, 185

Audele, Hush de, 330-1 ; Joan de, ib. ; Ste-
phen de, ib

Audley, Hugh de, 327 (2) ; Margaret de, ib. ;

Robt. 144 ; street, London, Co. Midd,

227

Augmentation, Ct. of, clerk to, 333

Augustine-st., 193-4

Austen, Mr., gift to, 435 ; Wm., ap. ix., xL
(4), xii. (7)

Austembe, Robt., 66

Austin, E., 239 ; Mr., 232, 425 ; Wm.,.
378

Austria, Emperor of, honour conferred by,
401

Avenue house, Peckham, Emigration Home-

(Miss Eye's) at, 276, 350; road

342 ; oil cloth factory in, ib. ; tavern in,
371

Ayers, Elizabeth, 178 ; Lady, ib. ; Sir Christ. r

Aylesbury, Rt. Hon. Thos., Earl of, 180
Aylmer, Ann, 181 ; Anth., 179; Oath., 1/3
(4), 180 (4) ; inscription to the memory of,

€ *-i

lii

INDEX.

Alymer, Ann —

ib. ; Henrietta, J., 173; Rev. Robt., 1/1,
173 (6), 180 (4), 181 (2), 192, 206, 258 (2) :
Sarah, 173; Thos. 181; inscription to the
memory of, ib.

Ayrshire, Co. of, Rye in, 91

Aytoun, Sir Thos., 358

Aytum, Sir Robt., poems by, 358

Axminster, Co. Devon, 231

Azenby Square, Peckham, resident in, 249

BABBYS, Thos., 336

Babington, Dr., 397; Mr., 237

Backer, Rich., 337

Backsdale, Wm., 257

Bacon, Lord Chancellor, 428 (2) ; quotation
from, 485

Badger, Nich., 145, 338

Badly, Thos., 338

Baffin's Bay, America, 23, 399

Eager, Robt., 68

Bagford, Jno., 1, 144, 338 (2), 339, 344;
Joan, 149 ; Thos., 116, 148 ; payment of
money to, 116

Bagshot sands on Sydenham Common, 22 (2),
27

Bailey, C., 220; E. J., 354; Farmer, 152,
181 (2) ; a case of drowning in a field of,
ib. ; Mr., 82 (2), 220 (2), 354-5 (2) ; Roger,
452, ap. xxxviii. xxxix. ; the Old, pro-
secution at the, 106; Thos., 373; Thos.
F., 354; memorial window presented by,
220

Bain, family of, 358

Bainbridge, Ann, 181 ; Mr. 199

Baker and Basket, tavern called the, 370

Baker, Ann, 333 ; Edm., 28 ; Edw., 28 ;
Eliz., 28 (3), 29 (3) ; Ellen, 28 ; family of,
5 (2), 28 (21) ; Frances, 44, 333 (2) ; Geo.,
333, 339; ap. xl. ; Hen., 28 (2), 333,
336 (2) ; arms of, 44 ; crest of, ib. ;
H. V. S., ap. xlvii. ; Jenkyn, 50 ; Jno.,
28 (2), 379 ; Jno. le, 335 ; assessment of,

28 ; Jone, 28 ; Judith, 28-9 ; Miss, 262 ;
Mr., 50, 197 ; a child " found dead in a field
of," 117 ; Marg., 29 ; Mrs., 177 ; Nich.,

29 (3), 336 ; Phillippa, 44 ; Rich., 28 (4),
44 (2), 177, 333 (2), 336 ; Rich, (de Peke-
ham), 28, 51 ; inquisition at the death of,
44 ; an amusing lawsuit of, 28 ; Roger,

28 (6), 29 (2) ; Suzana, ib. ; Thos., 28 (2),

29 (8), 148-9, 333 ; ap. xl. (2) ; money
received for his wife's burial, 112 ; Thoma-
sine, 44 ; Wm., 333

Bakewell, Hugh, 256 (3; ; Jno., ib. ; villa,

355

Balchin, Mr., 262

Baldwin, Chas., 85 (2), 152 (2), 359
Baldwyn, Roger, 337
Bale, Robt., 144
Balham Hill, Co. Surrey, 467
Ballantine, Mr., 262
Ballard, Wm., 144
Ballett, Robt., 96 (4) ; petition of, ib. ; Wm.,

145
JSallingham, Co. Hereford, 172

Ballingran, refugees settling in, 326

Balliol College, Oxford, ap. xlvii.

Ballow, Dan, 253

Balls, Mr., 311

Bamone, Rich., 2

Banat, the Reschitza works in the, 404

Banbury, Co. Oxford, borough of, 80 ; Mr.,

307 (2)

Banckes, Thos., 103
Bancroft, Rev. Dr., 258
Banister, Jo., 339
Bank of England, director of, 71 ; London

Joint Stock, 185
Banks, Geo. 82 (4) ; eccentric habits of, ib. ;

Chas. Dickens and, ib. ; and Barry,

Messrs., firm of, 225, 412
Bankside, Southwavk, bear-garden at the,

434; resident of, 421; theatre at, ib.,

423

Bannockburn, battle of, 327
Banstead, Co. Surrey, 178
Baptist Chapel, Rye Lane, '• Peckham, 226
Barber, Mr., 338
Barclay, Mr., 310

Bardillo marble, the use of, 413 (3)
Barge, messuage called the, 433, ap. xxxiv.
Barker and Son, Messrs. Chas. S., auction, sale

by, 309
Barker, family cf, 50 ; crest of, ib. ; Goody,

148-9 ; Mr. (the painter), 389 ; Thos., 145;

Wm. Higgs, ap. xl.

Barkham, Co. Berks, 320 ; Sir Robt,, 176
Barking, All Hallows, London (City) parish of,

36 ; parish in Co. Essex called, 177
Barleycorn, Jno., 371
Barlow, Hen., 339
Barnaby, Edm. de, 192
Barneby, Edm. de, 331
Barnes, conviction of one, 106
Barnet, Co. Herts, 215
Barnett, Ann, 373; Chas., ib.
Barnsley, aid to the Colliery Fund for, 293
Barnwell, Geo., 93, 303 (2), 304 (4), 305 (8)
Barr, Constantine, 149
Barraud, Mr., 118 ; Wm., memorial window

to, 203
Barrett, Edm., 117 ; bond of, ib. ; Eiiz., 357 ;

Favor, 149 ; Fran., 338 : Geo., 58 ; Jno.,

145, 338 ; J. P., 247 ; Marg., ap. vii. (2),

viii. ; Mr., 215, 343
Barrin, Lord, 172
Barringer, Dr., 350

Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, Co. Derby, 229
Barry, Cbas., 479-80 ; designs by, 446, 464 ;

Sir Chas., 446 (2), 480 ; design by, 446 ;

Chas. Brent, ap. xl. ; Mr., designs by, 223-4,

415 ; road, Wesleyan chapel in,

227 (2) ; laying of the memorial stones of,

228

Barsdorf, Geo., 184

Bartholomew Hospital, St., governor of, 287
Bartlett, family of, 179, 419 ; Gregory, 179,

183-4, 390, 418-9; Jas., 175(2); Jno.,

179 ; Jo., ib. ; Louisa Ann, 175, 419 ;

Mr., 122, 255 ; an apprentice of, 390 ;

hair-breadth escape of, ib. ; Suzanna. 179.
Barton, Ann, 174 ; Jno., 103, 112, 174, 339

Sir Hen., 102 ; Thos., 174 ; Wm. (minist

of John Zacharies), 96

INDEX.

liii

Barwick, Mr., 83

Bassel, Switzerland, 296

Basin, the London, 9

Basing, Hugh, de, 332 ; manor house of, 265
(2) ; manor of, 5, 44 (3), 45, 93, 177, 331,

332; Robt., 332; Solomon de, ib. :

Wm., ib. ; Yard, 92

Basinghall Street, London (City), 219

Bassanio, "Merchant of Venice," quotation
from, 163

Basseden, Mrs., 336

Bassett, Mr., congratulations to, 225 (2)

Bassingdon, Elizabeth; will of, 29 ; family of,
ib. ; Hen., ib. ; Jno., ib. ; Mrs., ib.

Bassishaw Ward, London, (City), Aid. for,
407

Basteaburgh, Thurston de, 4

Batcheler, Phillip, 339

Bates, H. F., 295 ; Jno. Jas., 184

Bath, Co. Somerset, 39 (2), 210 (2), 211 (2) ;
All Saints' Church, 211 ; charity member
of, 287 ; death at, 207 ; St. Stephen's

Church, 211 ; stone, the use of, 165-8,

222, 228, 237 ; Street, City Road,

Almshouses in, 273

Bateman, Mr., 148

Batman, Christ., 336

Battaile Abbey Roll, name of Muschamp in,
49

Battel Abbey, Co. Sussex, Chronicles of, 356

Battersea, Co. Surrey, 352 ; manor of, Peck-
ham forming part of, 4 ; parish of, 157 ;
training college at, 245, 247

Battley, R. G., designs by, 233

Batt, Mrs., 144; Widow, 149

Batte, Wm., 67

Battle Abbey, Co. Sussex, 4

Batts, Jno., 256, 337

Baudri, Sim., 335

Bavent, Roger, 333

Bayer, Ro., gift to, 435

Bayley, Edw., ap. xxxviii.

Baxter, Mr., 158, 362 ; Rich., life and times
of, 234

Beachum, Edw., 172 ; Lord Edw., ib.

Beadles, election of, 127 ; parish of Camber-
well, ib.

Beal, Mr., 436

Bear garden, Southwark, 436

Beauchamp, Lord Edw., 172

Beauclerk, A. W., 88 (2)

Beaumont, Fred., 185 ; Rev. Jno., 231 ; Mr.,
126 : the works of, 393

Beauty, the Camberwell, 7, 340

Beauval Liguiere, lords of, 36

Iteauvoir, Rev. 0., 309

Beaven's Reports, quotation from, 449

Becke, Gyles, 66

Beckenham, Co. Kent, 86 ; parish of, v. Gamer-
well, law suit between, 117

Beckett, Joane, 177 ; Randall, ib. 192 ; Ran-

. dulph, 177

Beddington, Co. Surrey, ap. xxxiv., resident
of, 433

Bedford, a former M.P. for, 417 ; Co. of, 62,
420 ; Francis, 216 ; Mr., design by, ib

Bedlam, or Bethlem, hospital of, 115 (2), 159

Beech, Jno., 148

Beeston, Cuthbert, 272

Behring's Straits, 399

Bekewell, coheirs of, 328 ; Hen. de, 5 (2)

328 (2), 331 ; Jno., ib. ; Marg., 830 :

Nich., 331 ; Robt. de, 328, 330 ; Steph. de
• 5 (2), 328, 335
Belair, Dulwich, 190, 409 (4) ; residence

known as, 190 ; brief account of, 409
Belchier, Mr. (banker of Southwark), 37 ;

embarrassment of, ib. ; his house in ruins,

ib.

Belfast, Ireland, 363 ; Presbyterian college
at, ib.

Belgium, British and Foreign Bible Society's
agent in, 230 ; " scotcharing " in, 394

Bell, Mr., gardens of, 92

Bell's gardens road, ib. ; longevity in, 374

Bell, An., 103 ; Chas., 228 ; Eliz., 103 ; a
messuage called the, 433, ap., xxxiv. ; tavern
called the, 369 ; Bell university scholarship,
Trinity College, Cambridge, 467

Bellamy, Jno., 180; Mary, 181 ; Thos., 212 ;
design by, ib.

Bell House, Co. Essex, 48

Bellingham, Sir Edw., 339

Belton, Messrs., tavern sold by auction by,
369

Bendall, H., ap., xlvii.

Benedict XIV., decree of, 240

Benenden, Co. Kent, 231

Benn, Jas., 149

Bennet, Edw., 338

Bennett, Anth., 338, family of (Sussex), 418 ;
Jas., ap., xxxviii. ; J. F., 228 ; memorial
stone laid by, ib. ; Jno., 105 ; Sir Jno.,
418 ; Rev. Dr., 234 ; W. C., 109, 386 ;
poems by, ib.

Benson, Agnes S., 177 ; Jno., 426 (2); ap.,
xxxvi. (4); xxxviii. (3); Thcs. S., 217;
Wm., 192

Bensted, Mr., 116; Wm., 117, 148 (2),
charges in prosecuting, 117

Bentley, Conyers, 181 ; Ellen, ib. ; Mr., 199 ;
enlargement of St. Giles's Church, Camber-
well by, 199 ; Rev. Roger, 181-2, 199, 209
(2), 259 ; inscription to the memory of,
182 ; Roger, 192

Bentyman, Sam., murder of, 376 (2) ; trial
for the same, 385

Berchem, N., pictures by, 484 (2)

Beresford, Jno., ap., xl.

Berks, Co. of, 91, 280, 320, 333

Berlin, Prussia, a "styled" duke's visit to,
318 (2)

Bermondsey, Co., Surrey, 21, 44 (2), 121,
191 (3), 194, 344, 346 (2) ; Abbey of, 5 ;
convent of, 378 ; monastery of, 378 (2),
379 ; abbots of, 409 ; monks of, 194 ; gift
to, 377 ; the erection of a bridge probably
by, 343 ; prior of, 378 ; election of commis-
sioners of the court of requests for, 129 ;
peat beds at, 26 ; poor rate return for, 150;
population of, 78, 80 ; table of, 166 ; rector
of, 279

Bermundsey (Bermondsey), Co. Surrey, 2

Bernard, Robt., 331

Berne, Switzerland, savings bank at, 296

Berridge, Wm., 270, 293

Berriman, Wm., 137, 314 ; a premium
awarded to, 165

INDEX.

Berry, Jno., 37 (2); ap., iv. ; Rev. Wm.,

234 ; Wm. H., 185 ; and Sons, Z. D.,

Messrs., firm of, 167

Berryman, Mr., 216

Berwick, Co. Northland, 377

Bessemer, Ant., 399, 400 (2) ; biography of
399, escape of, ib. ; H., 294, 399, 400 (2),
412 ; biography of, 399 ; patents taken out
by, 400 ; proposal for a grand prize to, 402,
405 ; Mr., 400 (10), 401 (5), 402 (4), 405
(3), 411 (3), 412, 415-16 (3) ; description
of the estate of, 411; experiments by,
400-1 ; honours conferred on, 401, 405 ;
presentation to, ib. ; residence of, 411 ; the
conservatory, 412 ; the pavilion, 414 ; the
Saloon steamship of, 405; model of, 414;
trial of, ib. ; town in America named, 402

Best, Geo., 183, 247 ; Jane, 256 ; Mr., 306,
434

Beswell (Bekwell), Hen., 328 (2) ; Hen. de,
ib.

Betayne, Tho. de, 335

Bethel Asylum, population of, 79

Bethlem or Bedlam, hospital of, 159 ; arrears
paid for Eliz. Long to, 115 ; money laid out
for Goody Long when at, 116

Betts, Raffe, 67, 337 ; Rev. Robt. Wye, 232
(2), 233

Beulah Spa, Streatham Common, Co. Surrey,
388

Beverly, Co. York, fair at, 345

Bevington, Capt., 295; • • and Sons,

Messrs., firm of, organs executed by, 213,
227

Bew, Mr., tavern opened by, 386

Bewdley, Co. Worcester, borough of, 80

Bew's Corner, Dulwich, 386 ; tavern at, 367

Beyruont, execution of one, 345

Bezerra, Betty, tomb of, 207 ; Jno. Paul, ib.

Bickenden, Oath., 374

Bickerton, Geo. Thos., 185; Hester, 177;
Mr., 126 (2)

Biggs, Rev. M., 222, 270

Bigod, Hugh, 377

Billingsley, Rev. Sam., 231 ; Sir Hen., 41

Billington, Joseph, ap. xl. (2)

Billiter, Rich., 206, 217, 325; Square,

London (City), 480

Bines, Mr., 338

Bingley, Jno., 177

Bird, Jno., 455; Rich., 338 ; Sam., ib., Mr.,
339

Birkbeck schools, the, 131, 264

Birmingham, Co. Warwick, 188

Bishop, J. C., payment to, 202; Miss, 265;
the lord, entertainment to, 197

Bishopsbourn, Co. Kent, 178

Bishopsbourne, Co. Kent, Sir Hewitt Aucher
of, 32

Bishopsgate, St. Botolph, parish of (London),
442 (3), 447 (3), ap. viii., xiv. (4), xvi.,
xxix., xxxiii. ; Crosby House, 300 ; nativity
in, 420 ; nunnery in, 332 ; property in,
434 ; tavern in, 420

Bismark, Prince, defiance to, 357

Bisshe, Ann, 179

Blackman Street, South wark, Act of Parlia-
ment for establishing a foot patrole at, 108

Black, Adam and Chas., Messrs., firm of,

Black, Adam and Charles-
publication by, 401 ; Ed., 324, Wm.,

356 (2)

Blackfriars, Co. Midd., 3 ; Bridge Street, 39;
property in, 434 ; tenements in, 432 ;
Road, a peat bed found in, 26

Black Fryars, theatre in, 435 ; disbursements
for building of, 436-7

Blackheath, Co. Kent, 10, 14 (2), 19 (2),
344-5 ; Roman antiquities found at, 1

Blackstone, Jno., ap. xxxix. (2); Mr., 144

Blackwater Cottage, Dulwich, resident of,
228

Blackwell, Mr., 102 ; Sence, 41 (3), 329 ;
marriage of, 41 ; Wm., ib. (2), 329

Eladud, Prince, 91

Blake, Jas., epitaph to, 206

Blanch, Wm. Harnett, 183, 365 ; and

Son, firm of, 74

Blanchedowne Grove, Dulwich, 379

Bland, Mr., 227

Eland's Avenue, school in, 243

Blaney, Hen., Lord, 176

Blanie, Rich., 172 ; Vincent, ib.t 178

Blashfield, J. M., 465 (2)

Blayny, Rich., 176, 178

Blemell, Jno., ap. xxxix. ; Thos., ib.

Blenheim Grove, Peckham, 184-5 (2) ;

House, 311 ; Place, 94 ; Villa

resident of, 184

Blew House, Dulwich Common, 474, ap.
xxxiii., xxxv.

Blomer, Jno., 105

Blooinfield, Miss, 245

Blott, Rebecca, 249

Bludder, Sir Thos., 176

Blue Anchor Yard, Peckham, 138

Blunden, D., 245

Boane, Jo., 434; gift to, 435; Walter, ap.
vii. (2), viii. ; an inmate of Dulwich
College, named, 427 ; fining of, ib.

Board of Works, Metropolitan, contribution
to, 166

Bodden, Adam, 149

Bodeney, Thos. 192

Bodley, Sir Jo., 429

Bodmin, Co. Cornwall, 80

Boekbinder, J. M., decorations executed by,
167

Bognor, Co. Sussex, 350

Boheme, Anty., 386

Bohemia, the' Wilkowicz Works in, 404

Bonn's Scientific Library, 393

Bois, W., 249

Bolton, Robt., ap. xl. ; Thos., ap. xxxviii. (2)

Bonaparte, Louis, fear of the lauding of, 157

Bonaventiere, a ship named, 43

Bond, the family of, 30 ; former residence of,

62; Jo., 339; Lady, 31 (2); Mary,

warrant to provide for, 119 ; Mary Charlotte,
178 ; Robt., ap. xxxix. ; Sir Hen., 30 (2),
31 (8), 329, 332 ; estate of, 31 ; petition to
the Treasury of, report on, 30 ; Sir Thos.,
ib. (6), 52 (2), 53, 59, 171, 175, 178 (2),
282 (2), 312, 314, 329, 339 ; baronetcy con-
ferred on, 30 ; marriage of, ib. ; mansion
at Peckham of, ib. ; plundering of, ib. ;
threatened destruction of, 6 ; sale of a manor
belonging to, 332 ; Wm., 256

INDEX.

Bond Street, London, Co. Midd., 343 ; volun-
teers charging down, 69

Bone, H. A., ap. xlvii. (2) ; Nich., 336

Bonis, Joh. de. 335

Book of Judgment or Domesday book, 3

Booker, Mr., 113

Boone, Nych., 337

Boreham House, Co. Essex, 39

Borland, Jno., 184 ; Mr., 270

Borton, Marg., 56

Bosphorus, fireworks on the, 351

Boston, America, poems reprinted at, 357

Boswell, Hen. (father of the Gipsies), 176 ;

Jas., 358 ; life of Johnson, extract

from, 370 ; reference to, 152, 181, 309 ; ode
by, 282

Bos worth Field, battle of, 40

Botelesford, Jno. de, 192

Both, J. and A., pictures by 484 (2)

Bott, Arthur, collection of, 16 (2)

Bottin, Jno., 35

Boucher, Mr., 74 (2)

Boulton, Jo., 333

Boundary Lane, Camberwell, school site in,
246

Bounds of the parish of Camberwell, 156 ;
beating of the, 157

Bourgeois, Sir Fran., 482 (2) ; munificent gift
of pictures by, ib. ', Sir Peter F., 482

Bourne, Mr., 169

Bo water, Sir R., 388

Bow Church, Cheapside, London (City), spire
of, 283

Bowden, Jno., 148-9 (2), 196

Bowen, C. S. C., 477

Bowerbank, Mr., 20

Bowier (Bowyer), Edw., 35; Mr., 33

Bowles, Abigail, bequest by, 93; five acres,

land called (a charity), 93, 136 (2), 137 (2),
139, 142; Jno., thanks of the vestry of
Camberwell to, 107; Marg., 57; Olliver,
339 ; road, 93 ; ground rents on pro-
perty in, 142; Robt., 144; Sir Jno., ib. ;
Wm., 57, 430 ; Thos., 336

Bow Street, application to magistrates of, 314 ;
patrol of, 107

Bowyar (Bowyer), Emme, 177; gift to the
poor of Camberwell by, ib.

Bowyare (Bowyer), Jno., 177 ; Sir Edw., 429

Bowyer, Agnes, 32 ; Anne, ib. 34 ; Anthony,

34 (3), 98, 148, 195, 330 ; assessment of,
6 ; pews in the parish church claimed by,
197; Ben., 33, 35 (5), 251; Cecil, 34;
Edm., 34-5 (6), 175, 204, 251, 259, 327,
329-30, 337, ap. xliii. ; burial of, 33;
curious request of, ib. ; land purchased of,
424 ; petition of, 33 ; will of, 33-4 ; Eliza,

35 (2) ; Elizbth., 34-5 (3), 172, 175 (2),
239 ; Emma, 35 ; Ester (called "the star in

the east"), 33 ; family of, 5-6, 31, 92,

192, 328, 343 ; arms of, 31-2, 35 ; es-
tate conveyed to the, 334 ; sale of, 34 ; man-
sion of the, 92, 302 ; property des'vuding
to the, 328 ; Frances, 34-5 (3) ; Gre^orye,
35 ; Hester, 35 (2) ; Jno., 31-2 (4), 33,
35 (12), 41, 66-7 (3), 172, 251, 378, ap. ii.,
iv., ix., xi. ; land purchased of, 424 ; (of
Chichester), 31 ; (of Lincoln's Inn, Co.
Midd.), 40; J. W., 307; Jno. Windham,

Bowyer, Agnes—

35 (2) ; Jone, 337 ; Katherine, 34 (2) ;
death of, ib. ; presentation by, 198 (2) ;
Lady, monument to, 33 (2); inscrip-
tion on, ib. ; Lady Hester, 35 ; Kathe-
rine, 35; Lieut. Horace Geo., 76; Luke
35(2); Marg., 35; Mary, ib. ; Wind-
ham, ib. (3; ; Mr., 113-14, 116, 120, 201,
306-7 (2), 338 ; Mrs., 158, 436 ; Mathew
35 ; Ralphe, 31 ; Rich., ib. ; Sence, 35, 41 ;
Sir Edm., 28, 32-3 (3), 34-5 (161. 46,
97-8, 102 (2), 136 (3), 137, 142, 144', 191
279, 802, 337, 378, 436 (3), 429, 442,
ap. ii., iv., ix., xi. ; assessment of, 6;
charity of, 136; receipt of money for burial
of, 112 ; will of, 14 ; Sir John, 338 ; Sir
Wm., 34 (3) ; baronetcy conferred on, ib. ;
presentation of a church pew to, 154 ; Tho.
31-2 (2); Wm., 31-2; Windham, 34;
Bowyer House, Camber.well Road, 302 ;

academy at, 234; Lane, 92, 341 (4);

pleasure gardens in, 342 ; murder

committed in, 341 ; Place, 34, 92. See

also Bowier

Boxall, Amy, 175 ; Jno., ib. ; Mr., 155, 366,

377 ; Thos., 175 ; Row, place known

as, 377 ; longevity in, 419

Boxer, Col., 351

Boyes, J. 0., 247

Boys, Rich., 31

Bozwell, Elizabeth, 176

Brabant, Wm., 31-2

Brabham, J., 479

Brabon, Hen., 32

Brabourne, Hen., ib.

Bracey, Widd., 144

Bracy, Kat., 336 ; Rych., ib.

Bracye, Jno., ib.

Bradbrygg, Isabel, 333

Bradbury, Rev. Thos., 229 (2)

Braddon, Miss, 301

Bradford, Dr., 338 ; Jno., 176, 252 ; Ralph

Northern de, 192; S. J. T., 249 ; Co.

Wilts, 231

Bradinghurst (Bretinghurst), manor of, 330

Bradley, J. C., 185 ; Mr., 121-2, 126, 198

Bradlord, Jno., ap. xxxix.

Bradshaw, burial in Westminster Abbey of
one, 348 ; exhumation of, ib.

Brady, Dr., 394

Branch buildings, Peckham school at, 242 ;
, Co. Cest., 63

Brand, quotation from, 369 ; Wilfryd, 316 (5) ;
examination of, ib.

Brandenburgh, Prussia, 317-18

Branson, Rev. Jas., 236

Branston, Jas., 374

Brasenose College, Oxford, ap. xlvii. ; a scholar
of, 478

Brasier, Edw., ap. vii., viii. (2)

Brasted, J. B., 244-5

Braston, Jno., 102

Braxted Lodge, Co. Essex, a former resident of,
320

Bray, Mr. (Hist, of Surrey), quotations from,
1 (2), 49, 61, 90, 97, 177 (2), 312

Brayard's Road, resident of, 294

Brayley, E. W. (Hist, of Surrey), quotations
from, 329, 331, 344, 377, 460

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INDEX.

Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland, nativity at,
394 (2)

Bredinghurst (Bretinghurst), manor of, 5, 56,
330 ; , Marg., 332

Bree, Rev. Robt., 214 (2)

Brenchley, H. C., 277

Brereton, Joan, marriage of, 40 ; Johannes, ib. •
Jno., ib. ; Tho., ib.

Bretinghurst, Geffrey de, 330 ; Johanna, 5 :
Robt. de, ib. ; Robt., 331 ; the manor of,
328, 330. See also Bradinghurst, Breding-
hurst, Bretynghurst, Redinghurst.

Brett, Jas. Joseph, 175 ; Martha Char]., ib. ;
Sir Piercy, 309 ; Thos., 175

Brett's buildings, houses called, 94

Bretynghurst (Bretinghurst), family of, 5 (2) ;
Robt. de, 335 ; tenement called, 331

Breton, Dr., 279

Brewer, Jo., 339 ; Widd, *'&.

Brewers, the Two, sign of the, 116

Brew House, the, 92

Brice, Lady, 436

Brickbridge, place called, 36-7

Bridewell, Co. Midd., 90

Bridge, Rev. Stephen, 222, 294 ; house

hotel, meetings at, 295 ; Street, Black -

friars, 39; Westminster, tavern in, 81

Bridges, Sam., 337

Bridgenorth, Co. Salop, borough of, 80

Bridgett, old (Queen of the Gipsies), burial of,
386

Bridport, Co. Dorset, borough of, 80

Brigge, Mat., ate, 335

Briggs, Hen., 337; Rev. M., 263; Sam.,
419 ; Sence, 41

Brighton, Co. Sussex, 186

Briley, W., 142

Brindley and Co., Messrs., stone carved pulpit,
executed by, 204

Brinley, Law., 102, 339

Brinsley, G., 39

Briscoe, Jno. J., 88 (2)

Bristo (Bristol), letter received by Edw. Alleyn
at, 422 ; his departure from, ib,

Bristol, Co. Gloucester, letter dated from, ib. ;
Countess of, 31

Bristo we, Dr., 185 ; J. S., 261

Britain, Great, 23 (2), 70

Britannia, the, tavern called, 370

British and Foreign Society, schools opened
under the system of the, 262

British Museum, London, documents in, 18,
46, 49, 327-8 (2), 330 ; Burghley papers in,
315; escheats in, 329 ; search for identity
made in, 308 ; will in, 60

British Schools, High Street, Peckham, 262 ;
Oakley Road, 242

"British Traveller," quotation from, 281

Brittain, J., 477

Brixistone (Brixton), Co. Surrey, hundred of,
335 (2)

Brixton, Co. Surrey, 10, 228, 342; asylum

in, 274 ; Causeway, residence at, 86;

residents of, 176, 236, 249 (2) ; volun-
teers of, 75 ; Hill, mention of, 228 ;

hundred of, (east), 217, 375; magistrates
of the, 217; hundred of, 3(2), 28, 66, 103,
104 (2), 194, 337, 366 ; certificate of rogues
and vagabonds in, 105 ; hearth tax in, 144

Brock, Mr., 351 (5), 352 (5) ; firework factory
of, 351

Brockett, Fran., ap. xxxix (3)

Brockhurst, Rev. Jos. Sumner, 207

Brockitt, Job, ap. xl.

Brock well brickyard, fossils from, 19 ;

hall, Dulwich, 13

Broderick, Hon. G., 477

Brodie, Sir Ben., 266

Brodinghurst, payment for relief for, 331

Brodrick, Hon. W., returned Member of Par-
liament, 88-9

Bromfeilde, Edw., 104

Bromham, Co. Beds., 62 (2) ; burial at, ib.

Brokesby, Gef.,336

Brome, Geo., ap. xxxvi.

Bromfield, Mr., 436

Bromley, Jno., 66; a town in Kent named,
19

Brooke, E., 136 ; Jno., ap. xxxviii ; Thos.,
148

Brooke's Terrace, Camberwell, 343

Brooks, Shirley, 359

Brothers, Wm., 51

Brougham Hall, Co. Westmoreland, 181

Henry (lord), 181, 460 (2)

Brounker, Lord, 388

Brower, A., picture by, 484

Brown, Goody, 41 ; Mr., 117, 325, 350, 420;
Mrs., 242, 342 (2) ; murder of, ib. ; Jno.,
lands held by, 139; Rev. Claude, 211;
Timothy (known as Equality), 310, 325;
tomb of, 206 ; the firm of Messrs. Brown,
Cammel and Co., 404 ; Peter Brown and
Co., the firm of, 342

Browne, Agnes, 32 ; Dr. Harold, 241 ; Joan,
32 ; Jno., ib. ; Nath., 148; Sir Hum.,
378; Sir Math., 56; Robt., 339; Robt.
G. S., ap. xli. (2) ; Tho., 181, 338 ; Wm.,
32

Browning, Jno., 182; Marg., ib. (2) ; Mr.,
357 (3) ; Robt., 182, 357 (2) ; Wm.
182

Brownings, Great and Little, land in Dulwich
called, 378, ap. ii., iv., x., xi.

Browns, land called, 333

Broxbye, Jef., 337 ; Robt., 68

Bruce, Hon. Lady Hen., 180 ; Rev. J., 226(3)

Brudlow, Bryan, 105

Brunswick Crescent, Cold Harbour Lane, Cam-
berwell, resident of, 294 ; province in North
America called New, superintendent of a

school in, 276 ; Road, Camberwell,

resident of, 247 ; Square, 185 ; estate

known as, sale of, 343 ; ground rent of land
forming part of, 193 ; residents of, 247,

356, 359 ; tavern in, 372 ; Terrace, a

former resident of, 356

Brussels, Belgium, 394 ; volunteers at, 75

Bruton, Co. Somerset, 31-2

Bryan, Tegg, 105 ; Wm., 67

Bryant, E. J., 247

Bryceson, electric organ by, 212

Bryne, Albert, ap. xxxix.

Bryxton (Brixton), hundred of, 336

Buchanan's Dictionary, quotation from, 84

Buck, Edw. G., 249 ; Geo., commission to,
424 ; Mr., church built by, 223

Buckaty, Chevalier, 481

INDEX.

Ivii

Buckett, Wm., 339

Buckingham, Ann, 374 ; borough, of, 80'; Co.
of, 34, 176, 179, 420, ap. xxxv. ; justice
of the peace for, 252 ; member of Parlia-
ment for, 178 ; Duke of, 56 (3), 171,

327-8 ; lands of, 56 ; Marquis of,

428 ; letter to, ib. ; street called, in the
Strand, London, 276 ; a firm in, 296 ;

Thos., 328 ; llich., Duke of, 328

(2)

Buckland, Jno., 148

Buckle, Wm., 149

Buckler, C. A., 238

Bucknell, Phil., 339

Buck's Bridge, Peckham, 101 ; a peat bed
found while excavating for, 26

Buckstone, J. B., 359

Buckwood, Latham, 373 ; Sarah, ib.

Bubb, Elizth., 247

Budd, Nich., 144

Buddel, Geo., 149

Buddell, Geo., 150

Budder, family of, 6 ; Hen., 337 (2), 339 ;
Robt., 145, 149, 338

Budgen, Wm., 338

Budgin, monument of one, 148

Budinge, Mr., 338

Buenos Ayres, missionary chaplain in, 480

Bull, Char., 247 ; Jno., 146 (8), 147; carica-
tures on, 146

Bull's Head, inn called the, 122, 326 ; patroles
from the, 108.

Buhner, Sir Wm., 56

Bunhill Fields, Co. Midd., burial in, 234

Buonaparte, Joseph, 411 ; residence of, ib. ;
Louis, 313 (2)

Burbage, Mr. (the actor), 420

Burcestre, Sir Jno. , 2

Burchell Road, Peckham, school at, 263

Burdett, Col. Fran., 296; Place, 93

Burgan, Mr., 270

Burges, assessment of one named, 150 ; Jno.,
149 ; Thos., 178

Burghley, Lord, order from, 68 ; State paper
of in the British Museum, 315

Burial board of Camberwell, 130, 186-7 ; in-
terment fees from the, 193

Burke's Extinct Baronetage, reference to, 30

Burls, Chas., 185; Mr., 323

Burnett, Jno., 187 ; Rev. Jno., 230, 234 (4) ;
presentation to, ib.

Burney theological prize, the, 467

Burns, Robt., poems of, 358 ; unpublished
poems of, 461

Burrell, Alfred, polling of, 125 (2)

Burrough, Mr., 64

Bursteds, a piece of land called, 138, 142

Burton, Rev. Robt. C., 212 (2)

Bury, J., 424 ; land purchased of, ib., ap.,

iii., x., xii. ; Co. Lancashire, 211 ;

St. Edmunds, Co. Suffolk, 211

Busby, Dr,, 321

Bush, Wm., 339

Bushell, Dr., 294

Bushey Hill, Camberwell, 186 ; a road called,
183; a resident of, 151

Bussey, G. G., 350

Butchers' Arms, inn called the, Camberwell,
meetings at, 256

Butt, Dr., 57 ; Mr., 407 ; Rev. P. J., 407,

school conducted by, ib.
Butler, Col. Tho., 259 ; Jas., 29 ; Jno., leases

granted to, 137
Buttanshaw, Rev. F., 247
Butterfeild, Tho., 145 (2), 338 ; V., 261
Butterley ironworks, founder of, 83
Buxton, Chas., 88-9 (2) ; Mrs., 249 ; Travers,

ib. ; a villa named, 355
Buzacott, Rev. A., 226
Byarde, Hen., ap. xxxix.
By ford, Thos., 148
Bylow, Jas., 149
Bynd, Jas., 175 (2), 176; Jno., 35, 175;

Kath., 35, 175
Bynde, Eliza, 172 ; Jane, 52 ; Sir Jno., 172

Byne, Edw., 177 ; Emma, 175 ; Hen., ib. •

Jno., 172, 175 ; presentation by, 198 ; Mr.,

144; Sir Jno., 172
Bynes, Ben., 452, ap. xxxviii, xxxix.
Byrne, J., 270
Byron, Lady, 367, 375, 388 (2), 389 (3), 390

(6), 391-2 ; Dulwich school days of, 389 ;

letters from, 343, 461 ; quotation from,

461
Bysshe, Roger, 176; Sir Edw., visitations by,

53, 60, 63
Byzantine chancel, addition of a, 210

CABBELL, Tho., 85

Cabrewelle (Camberwell), Co. Surrey, 90
Cade, Jack, the rebellion of, 344; Mr., 103
Caen stone, an altar of, 238 ; pulpits of, 224,

238
Cage, Letitia, 172 ; Sir Toby, 172, 339 ; the

old cage, Camberwell Green, 137, 142
Caig, Wm., 178 (2)
Caine, Thos., 149
Caius College, Cambridge, 478, ap. xlvii. (2) ;

scholar of, 478
Calais, France, 56, 319
Calkar, Wm., 46
Calne, Co. Wilts, borough of, 80
Calpenter, Wm., 338
Calton, Anne, 177 ; ap. ii., iv., x., xi. ; Annie,

378 ; Emma, 177; family of, possessors of

the manor of Dulwich, 5 ; Johane, 337 ;

Lady Dor., 424; Marg., 177, 191; Nich.,

177 ; Sir Francis, 6, 177 (4), 378 (3), 380

(2), 424 (17), ap. ii. (2), iv., ix., x., xi. (2) ;

bequest to, ap. xxxv. ; Tho., 6, 177 (3), 378

(2), 379-80 (4) ; advowson granted to, 191 ;

assessment of, 6 ; land purchased from, 424;

ap. ii., iv., x., xi. (2)
Calvert, Rev. Wm., 225
Calvin's Catechism, regulation to learn, 252
Cambeck (Caldbeck), Co. Cumberland, 88
Cambell, Robt., 334 (2)
Camberwell, Co. Surrey, 1 (4) ; 3 (4) ; 5 (12) ;

6(10); 7(10); 9 (3) ; 10 (3) ; 11, 13(4) ;

14(3); 16, 18 (2); 19, 21,26(3); 28,29

(3) ; 30, 31, 32 (5) ; 33 (5) ; 34 (2) ; 36 (3) ;

37, 39 (3); 40 (6); 41 (8) ; 42, 43 (2);

44 (2) ; 45 (2) ; 46 (2) ; 47 (3) ; 48 (4) ;

49 (2) ; 50 (2) ; 51, 52, 53, 55 (2) ; 56 (8) ;

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INDEX.

Camberwell —

57 (2); 60 (5) ; 61 (2) ; 62, 63 (3) ; 64(2) ;
66 (3) ; 67 (2) ; 69 (3) ; 70, 71 (4) ; 74,
75 (3); 77 (3); 78 (6); 79 (9); 80 (8) ;
81 (5) ; 82 (3) ; 83 (14) ; 84 '(2) ; 85, 86
(2) ; 88 (2) ; 90 (7) ; 91 (3) ; 92 (5) ; 93

(3) ; 94 (5) ; 95 (4) ; 96, 97, 98, 99 (3) ;
100 (4) ; 101, 102 (3) ; 103 (4) ; 106, 107,
308(2); 109 (2); 111 (5); 112 (2); 114
(2) ; 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 (2) ; 126 (4) ;
127 (5) ; 128 (3) ; 129 (3) ; 130 (2) ; 131
(2) ; 132, 134, 136 (6) ; 137 (4); 138 (6) ;
139 (6); 140 (6); 141 (5); 142, 143 (2) ;
144 (2) ; 147 (3) ; 148 (3) ; 149 (2) ; 150

(4) ; 151, 152, 157 (2) ; 159, 160 (20) ;
162, 163, 164 (3) ; 165 (2) ; 166 (3) ; 167,
169 (2) ; 171 (4) ; 172 (4) ; 173 (2) ; 175

(2) ; 176, 177 (6) ; 178 (4) ; 179 (10) ;
180 (2) ; 181 (3); 182, 183 (13) ; 184 (6) ;
185(10); 186(9); 187 (6); 188(2); 189

(5) ; 190 (7) ; 191 (3) ; 192 (2) ; 193 (3) ;
194 (4) ; 195, 197 (3) ; 198 (2); 201 (6) ;
203 (2) ; 204 (4) ; 206 (2) ; 209, 211 (2) ;
212, 213, 215, 216 (4) ; 218 (2) ; 219 (3) ;
222 (3) ; 223 (2); 225, 227, 228 (3) ; 229
(7) ; 230 (2) ; 231 (2) ; 233, 234, 235 (2) ;
237(2); 238 (3); 239 (2); 241 (5); 242
(9) ; 243 (2) ; 244 (9) ; 245 (8) ; 246 (6) ;
247 (13) ; 248, 249 (19); 250 (8); 251 (7) ;
252, 253, 254 (3) ; 255 (2) ; 259 (2) ; 260,
261, 263, 265 (4) ; 266, 268, 269, 271 (2) ;
274 (2) ; 276 (2) ; 277 (6) ; 278 (2) : 279
(5) ; 280 (4) ; 281 (2) ; 282 (4) ; 286 (3) ;
287, 288 (3) ; 289 (2) ; 290 (7) ; 291 (4) ;
292 (3) ; 294 (3) ; 295 (4) ; 296, 297 (5) ;
298 (5) ; 299 (7) ; 300 (3); 301 (3) ; 302
(3) ; 303 (4) ; 304 (2) ; 305 (6) ; 306 (5) ;
307 (4); 309, 310, 312 (3) ; 313 (7) ; 314
(4) ; 315 (5) ; 316 (3) ; 317 (4) ; 3i9 (3) ;
320 (3) ; 321, 323 (3) ; 324 (6) ; 325 (9) ;
326 (4) ; 327 (10) ; 328 (8) ; 329 (9) ; 330
(8); 331 (6); 332, 333 (8) ; 335, 336, 337
(3) ; 338 (3) ; 339, 340 (7) ; 341 (3) ; 342

(3) ; 343, 344, 346 (4) ; 348 (3) ; 349 (3) ;
350 (2) ; 353 (4) ; 356 (3) ; 357 (4) ; 359
(6) ; 360 (9) ; 361, 362 (2) ; 366 (3) ; 367

(4) ; 368 (2) ; 370 (3) ; 371 (5) ; 372, 374
(2) ; 376, 377, 383 (2) ; 385 (2) ; 387, 388
(2) ; 394 (5) ; 409, 418 (3) ; 420, 424 (2) ;
430 (8) ; 436, 442 (4) ; 448, 449, 457 (4) ;
462, 464 (2) ; 466, 474, 476 (2) ; 477 ; ap. ii.,
ni., ix., xi., xliiL, xliv. (5) ; xlv. (2) ; xlvi. (2) ;
acts of Parliament for the better lighting of
the village of, 367 ; and for the lighting
and watching of, 108 ; an address from,
325 ; ale conners of, 127 ; amateur musical
society of, 294= ; a meeting at the Golden
Lion inn in, 108 ; assistant overseer of,
183 ; ballot act and the parish of, 241 ;
baptisms at, 175, 177 (9), 178 (3) ; beadle
of the parish of, 124, 127 ; benefit society
of, 297; bequest to the poor of, 47;
boundaries of the parish of, 156; Camber-
well Buckingham, manor of, 5, 33, 56, 353 ;
buildings of the past in, 301 ; burglaries in
the parish of, 106 ; burial board of, 130,
186-7, 193 ; butterfly called the "Beauty "
of, 7, 340 ; account of, ib. ; charity
dividends of, 142 ; school of, 181 j

Camberwell —

churchwardens' accounts for, 110 ; clerk of
the parish of, 180 ; climate of, survey of, 26 ;
— club, the, 39, 179, 306; coach from,
81 ; collectors for the parish of, 125 ; de-
falcations of a collector for, 150 ; collegiate
school of, 92, 192, 307 ; commissioners of
the court of request for, 127, 129 (2) ;
commonwealth, period of, 6, 96 ; delinquents
in, 96 ; fighting in the streets of, 6 ; con-
stables of, 127 ; dangerous state of the roads
in, 109 ; Denmark Hill grammar-school,
taxing of, 147 ; deputation to Queen
Caroline from, 325 ; derivation of the
parish of, 91 ; disbursements of, 114-123 ;
discovery while sinking a well at, 18 ; dis-
tribution to old poor householders of, 134,
dust and breeze of the parish of, 163 ; sale
of the same, 164 ; earliest poor-rate in, 6 ;
eminent dissenting minister of, 359 ; estate
called " Shoulder of Mutton Piece "in, 137 ;
expenses of warning people out of the town
of, 123 ; extracts from the churchwarden's
book of accounts for the parish of, 112 ; fairs

• of, 312 (3) ; father of the parish of, the,
286 (12) ; ftte champetre at, 320 ; fighting
on the highway in, 97 ; Flodden Road, new
storehouse in, laying the foundation-stone of,
75 ; formation of a park in, 314 ; opening

of the same, ib. ; districts in, 218 ;

free grammar-school at, 63, 191-2, 250,
252-3 ; its history, 250 ; freemasons of,
295 ; master of lodge of, 259 ; free school
of, 179 ; Freren manor at, 329, 353 (2) ;

general survey of, 1; geology of, 9;

gifts of greatcoats to the poor of, 141 ;

to poor housekeepers of, 140 ; grammar

school of, 250 ; great changes of, 7 ;

Green, 33, 84 (2), 138, 185 ; acreage of the
same, 353 ; laying out of the same, 101 ;
the cage at, 137, 142 ; fair held on, 313 ;
former mansion on, 302 ; "styled" Duke
residing at, 316, 319, old house on, 301 ;
remarkable history of, ib. ; suicide in, 302 ;
tavern near, 307 ; chapel at, 228, 234 ;
laying the foundation stone of, 228 ; Green-
coat school, account of, 255 ; boys of, 216 ;
bye-laws of, 256 ; inscription on, 255 ;
treasurer of, 187 ; Red Cap inn at, 81 ;
residents at, 152, 183, 247; school on,

242; tavern at, 370 ; Grove, 10, 14,

37, 93, 184 (5), 185 (4;, 186 (4), 282, 340
(5) ; chapel in, 228 (2), 229 (6) ; remark-
able history of, 228 ; residents of, 249
(2), 254, 276-7; schools in, 265 (2);
tavern in, 367; traditionary murder in, 303 ;
guardians of the poor of, building falling
into the hands of, 169 ; clerk to, 18t> ;

former chairman of, 131 ; hall (Grove

Lane), meetings in, 261, 294, 305-6 (2);
headboroughs of, 127; hearth-tax of, 144;
high street of, 52, 313, 359, 360 ; highway
of, reparation of, 448 ; hogs of (Domesday

Book mention of), 7 ; in an uproar,

amusing chapter on, 323-5 ; infirmary of,
168, 244 ; inns in, 255-6 ; instance of the
growth of, 126 ; interest on the charity
estates of, 143; Jesuits' college at, 315;
account of, ib. ; jobmasters of, 173; ladies'

INDEX.

lix

Camberwell —

schools of, 265 ; landed estates in (charities),

136; lane, 91 ; liberty of, church-tax

for, 114 ; rate for, 197 ; taxation of, U8 ;

lighting and watching of, 101 ; " Lion, "

the, 325 ; literary and scientific institu-
tion in, 803; local act, the passing of,

187 ; local committee to prevent cholera in,
187 ; local gentry driven to Dulwich from,
8 ; local parliament and public officers of,
183 ; local self-government of, 99 ; local
societies and institutions in, 292 ; lowest
poor-rate of, 150 ; loyalty of, 69 ; lunatic
asylums, 348 ; population of Camberwell
house, 79 ; manorial history of, chapter on
the, 327 ; manor of, 5 (2), S3, 327, 334,
52, 53, 56 (5); conveyance of a moiety of,
52 ; map of (Roque's), 91 ; mendicity
society, account of, 276 ; Metropolitan
Board of Works, contribution from Cam-
berwell to, 166 : mill in, 341 ; military asso-
ciation, 69 (2) ; murders, 341-2 ; muster-
roll of, 67 ; national school for boys in,
216 (2) ; new lighting trust of, 109 (2) ;
new Church Chronicle, publication at,

called the, 239 ; new road, 93 ;

chapel in, 229 ; former resident of, 360 ;
longevity in, 374 ; Masonic Hall in, 295 ;
cost of building the same, 296 ; railway
station (L. C. & D. R.) in, 83 ; residents
of, 249 (2), 300 ; schools in, 222, 2i2 (2),
243 ; taverns in, 371 (2) ; noticed as a
straggling village, 7 ; old mansion house in,
292 ; omnibuses introduced into, 83 ; over-
seers of the poor of, 183 ; parochial

charities of, 932 ; history of, 98 ;

general review of, ib. ; particulars of estates

and bequests belonging to, 136; from the

first annual report of the board of guardians

of, 161; and Peckham new lighting trust,

a former inspector of, 167; plague in, 171;
police force of, contribution to, 166 ; poor
of Camberwell chargeable to the parish,
162 ; poor, relief of, 158, 160 ; taxa-
tion of, 148 ; poor's rate, return of, 150 ;
population of, 79-80 ; 462, a table of, 166 ;
•ward population of, 79 ; postal deliveries
for, 298 ; post office at, 295 ; power of
trustees of estates belonging to St. Giles'
parish, 132 ; Presbyterian church at, 237 ;
presentation by the ladies of, 203, 289;
provident dispensary of, 290 ; institu-
tion, account of, 277 ; public elementary
schools in, 242 ; list of, ib. ; railways
connected with, 83 ; rapid growth of,
165 ; rates and taxes of, 143 ; receipts
of the several charities of, 142-3 ; re-
gisters of, 171 ; registrars of births and
deaths in, 186 ; relieving officers of, ib. ;

residents of troubled by hogs, 7 ;

road, 94 (3), 183 (6) ; Bowyer House, 302 ;
curious superstition by a fanner of, 341 ;
Freeman's mill near, ib. ; residents of, 186,
247, 249 (2), 277, 297 ; schools in, 242,
249 ; tavern in, 370 ; Roman Catholic
Church of, 238 ; rural character of, 6 ; St.
George's Church, changes about, 215 ; St.
Giles's Church, 33, 34 ; account of, 191 ;
bequest to the high altar of, 60 ; baptisms

Camberwell —

in, 63; burials in, 40, 63, 175, 204;
extract from register of, 430 ; marriages in,
ministers in, 175 ; Sir Thos. Hunt's monu-
ment in, 47 ; sketch of window in, 50 ;
Waith's monument in, 64 ; church-
yard, enlargement of, 37 ; burials in, 60,
172, 179 (2), 180 (2), 181-2 ; monument
in, 45; St. James's Church, 219; savings
bank in, 48, 296, 299 ; depositors' names
and amounts in, 297-9 ; promoter of the
same, 187 ; School Board and education in,
241; Camberwell contribution to, 166;
school management, committee of, 244 ;
schools in the parish ot, 241 ; schools
opened in, 244 ; Sunday schools in, 260 ;
situation of stocks in, 156 ; society of
Camberwell described by Dr. Lettsom, 6 ;
species of fossils found at, 16; stained-glass
specimens in, 213 ; superintendent registrar's
district of, 300 ; survey of climate and level
of, 26 ; surveyor of highways in, 127, 129

(2), 392; of taxes, 185; table of

money orders issued and paid in, 299 ;

of postal and telegraph business of the parish
of, 298 ; taverns and ale-bouses in, 366 ;
taxation of, complaint in the manner of,

147 ; tea-gardens at, 305 ; terrace,

letters addressed from, 288-9 ; resident of,
190; the "styled" Duke of Normandy
in, 317 ; remarkable history of, ib. ; the
Tiger Club in, 307 (2) ; the tramway in, 83;

trust, meeting of the, 108; vast

bay between the hills of, 1 ; vestry of,
accountant to, 185 ; auditors to, ib. ; chair-
man of the, 187-3 (2) ; portrait in the hall
of, 187 ; clerks to, 123, 189, collectors to,
185 ; inspector of nuisances to, ib. ; medical
officer, to, ib. ; members of, 183-4, 244;
minutes of, entry in authorizing church-
wardens to receive subscriptions, 70 ;
opinion of, as to stopping robberies, &c.,
107 ; proceedings of, 98 ; question in as to
rewards on convicting persons for robbery,
106 ; surveyor to, 185 ; treasurer to, ib. ;

hall, 156 ; petty sessions held at the,

409 ; portrait presented to, 290 ; the new
and old, 165; vicar of, 50, 172, 176,
177 (4), 179 (6), 181, 209, 230, 250 (2),

253 ; 280 (2), 307 ; vicars of, 192 ;

and churchwardens of, 48 ; bequest to, 139
(2) ; vicarage of, 378-9 ; ap. xliv. ; ad-

vowson of the, 177, 424 ; house, value

of, 193 ; visit of the Prince of Wales to,
320; visitation day at, 127 ; lines sung by
the beadle on the occasion, ib. ; volunteers
of, escort to the Prince of Wales by the,

321 ; watchhouse of, 138 ; well at,

90; workhouse of, 153, 169,313; erection
of, 154 ; longevity in, 179, 374; master and
matron of, 186 ; population of, 79 ; worthies
of, 279. See also Cabrewelle, Cambwell,
Camerwell, Cammerwell, Camwell.

Carnbin, of Longford, 90

Cambridge, Co. of, 90, 357 ; town of, 231 ;
colleges of, 478 (13), ap. xxxviii. (7) :
scholars of, 478 (13), ap. xxxvjii. (7) ;
Christ's College, 34, 212; denial of letters
patent for perpetuating a lecture in, 428 ;

INDEX.

Cambridge —

family of Russell of, 348 ; local examinations
at, 264; Magdalen College, 211, 214;
Queen's Collesre, 467 ; St. John's College,
48 (3), 209, 222 ; St. Peter's College, 209 ;
Trinity College, 177, 218, 386, 410, 467;

, Hall, 39 ; University of, 443, ap.

xiii. ; appointment of Rede lecturer at, 406 ;
examiuer for honours in the classical tripos
at the, 467 ; honours obtained at, ap. xlvii.
(12)

Cambwell (Camberwell) Church, Co. Surrey,
commissioner at, 436

Camerwell (Camberwell), parish of, 2, ap.
iii., iv., xxxvi. ; bequest to the poor of, ap.
vii. ; churchyard,- burial in, 280 ; gift to the
poor of, 115 ; poor houses in, 112 ; poor
persons to be chosen out of the parish of,'
ap. xiv. ; poor scholars, ap. xvi. ; property

purchased in, ap. vii. ; and Peckham,

return of the names of house-keepers of,
102 ; Rich. Ode de, 55 ; suit at law between
the parish of, and Beckenham, Co. Kent,
117 ; vicar of, 51, 331

Camrnerwell (Camberwell), parish church of,
donation towards the reparation of, 436 ;
Martin de, 327

Campbell, Geo., 416 (2); residence of, ib. ;
Lord, 450 (5) ; judgment given by, ib. ;
Tho., 389 (4), 397

Campion, Mrs., 373

Camroux, Harriet, 374

Camwell (Camberwell), Co. Surrey, chyrche
(church) of, 29 ; churchyard of, ib.

Camden Chapel, Peckham, 209 (6), 210 (8),
211 (4), 260, 258 (5); confirmation at,
288 ; contributions from congregation of,
258 ; mission hall schools, 242, 249 ;
monument to the late clerk of, 131 ;

national school belonging to, 242 ; •

church, 186, 209 (2), 210 (8), 211 (4), 213,
222, 228, 356, 263 ; mission hall attached
to, 233 ; worshipper at, 405 ; the grove
(north), 185, 373 ; longevity in, ib. ; school

in, 242 ; house, resident of, 183, 185 ;

-houses (alms-houses), 271 ; miscellany,

account of Jesuits in, 315 ; schools, 94 ;
account of, 260 ; quaint record of, ib.
(district) ; laying foundation-stone of, ib.,

society's publications, quotations from ;

36, 177, 345; - - town, London, Co.
Midd., Bessemer metal used at the railway-
station at, 404 ; schools at, 260 ; ward
of, population of, 79

Camden's Britannia, quotations from, 49 (2)

Canada, (America), 232 ; emigration to,
275-6 ; village in, 275

Canal, Grand Surrey, 101

Cane, Phil, 149, 338

Canning, satire by, 306

Cannon, Isaac, 148 ; street named in London
(City), 402-3 ; Salters' Compy.'s Hall in, 285

Canterburie, Mr., 434

Canterbury, Co. Kent, 93, 143, 344, 371;
Archbp. of, 57 (2), 69, 223, 258, 441, 449,
451, 467, ap. xlii.-xliii, xliv. (2) ; church
of, 5 ; consecration by, 426 ; memorial to,
455 ; judgment on the same, ib. ; bishop of,
67 ; burghmote books of, 143 ; church of,

Canterbury —

5 ; dean of, 307 ; prerogative court of, wills
proved in, 136, 140, 4b'2, ap. xxxvi. ; pro-
vince of, convocation of, 171 ; - Road,
school site in, 246

Capel, Monseigneur, 240

Capuchin Fathers, branch called the, 239-40

(2)

Cardiff, Co. Glamorgan, 83

Carelton, Bigliff, 337

Carew, Sir Nich., 433, ap. xxxiv. (4), xxxvi.

Carell, Hen., 337

Cargill, Mr., 265

Cariolanus, quotation of, 90

Carlsdal, Sweden, Bessemer steel manufactured

at, 404
Carleton, Sir Dud., 44

Carlton Grove, school near, 243 ;

Road,

school in, ib.
Came, Lady, 51
Carnell, T. Woodbridge, 76
Caroline, Queen, deputation from Camberwell

to, 325
Carpenter, Dr., 9 ; Mary, 256; Mrs., 309 ;

Tho., 148, 256

Carrara marble, the use of, 413
Carrington, H., 142 ; house in the occupation,

of Mr., 136
Carshalton, Co. Surrey, 41, 175 (2) ; estate

at, 56, 175; rector of, 176; rectory of,

175 ; vicar of, 192, 217, 250
Carter, G., 236; Gabriel, presentation by,

198 ; land called Carter's Garden (Dulwich),

378, ap. ii., iv., x., xi. ; - - Hall, 378 ;

Mr., 120-1, 144; Kobt. Wm., 184 ; -

Street, Walworth, lecture hall in, 358 ;

Wm., 373, ap. xxxix.
Carteret, Sir Geo., 64 (2)
Cartright, Capt., 338
Carue of land, definition of, 4
Carver, Dr., 385, 397, 418, 468 (4), 469 (6),

470 (4), 471, 485 ; account of the life of,

467 (4); Eliza., ib. ; E. A., ap. xlvii. ;

Rev. A. J., 467, 478; Rev. Jas., 467
Carwine, Geo., 338
Casey, Tho., 374

Cash, Mary, 181; Tho., 185, 240, 347
Casinghurst, Jno., ap. xxxv.-vi.
Casino, Herne Hill, Dulwich residence called

the, 223, 383, 386, 410-11
Castel, llobt., 148
Castleman, Mr., 144
Casynghall, Michell, 336
Caterham, Co. Surrey, Asylum at, 168, 170 j

patients of, ib.
Cathedrals, Exeter, 290 ; Gloucester, ib. ;

Hereford, ib. ; St. Paul's, 303 ; Winchester,

290

Cato Street, 93
Gator, P., 477 ; - Street Schools in, 242

(2)
Cattley, Alfred, 175, 208; Ann Isabella,

174-5 (4); Elizth., 208; Emma, 175;

family of, 208 ; vault of, ib. ; Francis, 175;

Hen., ib., 208; Isabella, 174-5, 208 (2) ;

Jas. Reed, ib. ; Jane, 182; Maria, 175;

Mr., 259 ; Steph., 174-5 (5), 208 (3) ;

Susan T., ib. ; insciiption to, ib.
Causton, Sir J., 291

INDEX.

Ixi

Cavendysh, Wm., 378

Ca warden, Sir Tho., 194

Cecil, Rev. Mr., 258

Cedars Terrace, Queen's Road, Wandsworth
Road, resident of, 245, 247

Cemetery Road (Linden Grove), Nunhead, 233

Central Criminal Court, Dulwich, in the
jurisdiction of, 375

Cesar, Gallard, 172 ; Susan, ib.

Chabot, Elizth., 182 ; Joseph, ib. ; Sophia, ib.

Chadwell, Co. Herts., 90

Chadwick, Alfred, 283; E., 351 ; family of,

283, 328 ; property held by the, ib. ;

Road (Peckham), 93, 184 ; Wm., 283 (8)

Chaffy, W. L. (Rev.), 454, 459 ; ap. xli.

Chalfont, Rich., ap. vii. viii. (2)

Champion J., 315 ; Mr., 294

Champion Hill, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, 13,
92, 375, 376 (11) ; formation of, 21 ; rail-
way station at, 83, 355 ; residents of, 249

(2), 290-1, 294; Lodge, 92 ; deed of

sale of, 320 ; demolition of, 152 ; destruc-
tion of, 39 ; fete champetre at, 320 ; the
hermitage at, 322 ; the inscription in tbe
grounds of, ib. ; the purchase of, 39 ; visit
of the Prince of Wales to, 39, 152, 320

Chancellor, Rev. H. J., 264

Chancery, Ct. of, appointments by, 462 ; clerk
to, 61 ; collection of the fifteenes into, 53 ;
deeds inrolled in, 320, 378, 428, ap. xiii. ;
interest on stock in, 193 ; money paid into,
253 ; order to the master in, 253 ; scheme
of, ib. ; sale of property by order of, 343 ;
sanction given by the, 273 ; suits (law) in
the, 37; (Collins v. Belcher), 44; Gardyner
v. Newman and others, ib. 141,449; decree
of the, 141

Chandler, Dr., 280 (6); account of, ib. ; Miss,
243; Rev. Sam., 231; Susannah, 256;
Wm., 148

Channel, Ann, 215 ; memorial to, ib. ; Baron,
263, 357 ; Pike, 263 ; Sir Wm. Fry, ib.

Channings, Mr., 245

Chanon (Cannon) Rowe, Westminster, Co.
Midcl., letter addressed to, 43

Chapels, Albany, 226 (2) ; Asylum Road Con-
gregational, 226 ; Barry Road Wesleyan,
227 (2) ; laying the memorial stone of, 228;
Camberwell Green, ib. ; laying of the

foundation stone of, ib. ; Grove, 228

(2), 229 (6) ; New Road, ib. ; Congre-
gational, 249 ; Camden, account of, 209 (6),
210 (8), 211 (4), 258 (5), 260 ; contribution
from, 258 ; Cottage Green, 230 (3) ; D'Eyns-
ford Road, 230 ; Dulwich College, consecra-
tion of, 426 ; contributions from, 258 ; deed
of consecration of, ap. xliii. : East Dulwich,
220, 479; Friends Meeting House, 240;
CSrrosvenor (South Audley Street, Co. Midd.),
220; Hampstead Road, Co. Midd., organist
of, 290 ; Hanover, 280, 292 ; Heaton Road,
232; Hill Street, ib., 270; James's Grove,
Baptist, 232; Licensed Victuallers, 213;
Linden Grove, 232 ; Lordship Lane, Baptist,
233 ; Lower Park Road (Peckham), ib. (2) ;
Mansion House, 234 (3); Marlborough,
234-5, 262 ; ministers of Peckham, 217 ;
Neate Street, 235 ; New Wesleyan, contribu-
tions to, 286; Oakley Place (Wesleyan),

Chapels

236; Regent Street (City Road, Co. Midd.),
232 ; Rye Lane (Baptist), 226 ; St. George's
(Congregational), 235 ; St. George's (Windsor),
213; Stafford Street, 236 (2); SumnerRoad,
ib. (2) ; Unitarian (Alder Street), ib. : Wes-
•leyan (Queen's Road, Peckham), 236 ; White-
hall (Chapel Royal), choir of, member of,
290; Wyndham Road, 237

Chaplain, Jno. F., 331

Chapman, Alfred, 300 ; longevity of a person
named, 373 ; Margt., ap. vii. (2), viii.

Chappel, Robt., 148 ; Wm., 256

Charing Cross, Co. Midd., 26, 81

Charitable Institutions : Aged Pilgrims' So-
ciety, 273 ; Bethel Asylum, 274 ; Boys'
Home, 276 ; Camberwell Mendicity Society,

account of, ib. ; Provident Dispensary,

account of, 277 ; Friendly Female Asylum,
account of, 274 ; Girdlers' Almshouses,
272-3 ; Indigent Blind, 281 ; Metropolitan
Beer and Wine Trade Society's Asylum, ac-
count of, 275 ; Rye's (Miss) Emigration
Home, account of, 275 ; benefits of, 276 ;
Surrey Association for the Blind, account of,
275

Charities, Camberwell parochial, 132

Charity Commissioners, 255 ; Dulwich College,
scheme by, 377 ; inquiry by, 190 ; land
conveyed to, 253 ; land sold with consent

of, 141 ; Estates, the aged parishioners

grant, 133 ; the children's school grant, ib. ;
the Samaritan gift, ib. ; the report of the
Distribution Committee on, ib. ; — — or-
ganization society, management of, 188;
schools, 181-2

Charles L, .King, 95, 178, 279, 366, 444 ;
letters patent from, 424, ap. xli. ; proceed-
ings against recusants in the reign of, 316 ;
secretary to, 358 ; subsidies in the reign of,
338-9 ; will made in the reign of, ap.

xxxiv. ; II., King, 2 ; 30 (2) ; 34,

52, 64, 93, 179, 230, 314, 344, 377, 445 ;
Act of Parliament against swearing in the
reign of, 112 ; for" burying in woollen, ib. ;
passing of an act in the reign of, 111 (2) ;
alteration of taxation in, 147 ; assessments in
the reign of, 335 ; hearth tax in the reign of,
143-4 ; marriageof, 177; persons "touched"
by, 171 ; State papers in the reign of, 231 ;
Jno., 256 ; Nich., 50

Charlotte Street (Portland Place, Co. Midd.),
482

Charlton, Co. Herts, nativity at, 399 ; pur-
chase of land at, 400

Charter House, London, Co. Midd., 33 ; a
pensioner admitted to, 178; visit of Edw.
Alleyn to, 425

Charters, additional (British Museum, Lon-
don), extract from, 41

Chatham, Co. Kent, Dockyard of, 63 ; Sir
Francis Cherry knighted at, 36

Chatillon, Commentry Co., Bessemer steel
manufactured by, 404

Chatsworth Villa, residence known as, 355

Chaucer (the poet), quotations from, 390, 408

Cheap, ward of (London, City), C. C. of, 180

Cheetham, Rev. S., 418, 478-9

Chelinsford, Lord, 263

Ixii

INDEX.

Chellmsford (Chelmsford), Co. Essex, letter

dated from,- 422
Chelsea, Co. Midd., longevity at, 174 j the

" styled " Duke residing at, 317
Cheltenham, Co. Gloucester, 357, 400 ; paper

read at (Mr. Bessemer's), ib.
Chepstow Cottage, Feckbam, 238 ; house,

266
Cherie, Jean or Jno. de, 36 ; Jno., ib. (2) ;

Tho., ib. (2)
Cheries, the de, of Picardy, 36 ; settlement of

a branch in Kngland, ib.
Cheriton, David, ap. xl.
Cherrie, Eliza., 36
Cherry, Dan., 36 (2) ; Deborah, ib. (6) ;

Elizth., ib. (5), 57, 181 ; marriage of, 57 ;

family of, 36 ; arms of, ib. ; crest of, ib. ;

Francis, 37 ; Geo., 36 (2) ; Mary, ib. : Rich.,

36, 173; Robt., 36 (2); 57; Sarah, 36;

Sir Fran., his knighthood at Chatham, Co.

Kent, ib. ; Squire, 36-7 ; amusing lines on,

ib. ; Wm., 36 (4) ; 180
Cheshire, Co. of, 40-1, 63 (2) ; payment to a

person named, 123
Cheshunt, Co. Herts, college at, 235 ; residence

at, 393
Chester, Co. Cheshire, bishp. of, 258 ; march

to the relief of, 178; payment of money for

the maintenance of, 121 ; Harry, 477 ;

Mrs., 289 ; Square (Co. Midd.), church

in, 211, 263

Chesterfield, Co. Derby, 229
Chichester, Co. Sussex, John Bowyer of, 31 ;

Theological College, vice-principal of, 479 -
Chigwell, Co. Essex, ap. xli.
Child, Tho., 145 ; Wedd, 113
Childe, Elizabeth, 149
China, war with, service during the, 399
Chinn, Mr., 226-7
Chippendale, Mr. 359
Chippenham, Co. Wilts, borough of, 80
Chipstead, Co. Surrey, estate at, 56
Chislehurst, Co. Kent, the Pitharella Rick-

rnanni, shell found at, 17
Chittick, Sam., 184

Choumert, Geo., 92, 350 ; Road, Feck-
ham, 92 ; almshousesin, 272-3 (2) ; service

in a house in, 208 ;• school site in, 246
Christ Church, Old Kent road, 211 ; removal

of, 346 ; national schools of, 242-3
Christie, Mr., purchase at the auction room of,

446
Christ's College, Co. Cambridge, 34, 212,

478-9 ; ap. xlvii ; scholars of, 478 (2) ;

Hospital, education at, 222 ; scholar of,
209

Christopher, St., Isle of, 430
Chubb and Son, Messrs., the firm 'of, 342;

— Mr., memorial stone laid by, 236
Chubbe, assessment of a person named, 150
Chube, Thos., 149

Church Acts, the new, 205 ; Jos., ap.

xxxix. ; of England, fire insurance

office, church insured in, 223 ; Young Men's

Society, 294 ; . Street, Camberwell,

92 (2), 94, 192, 262, 310, 388 ; gift by a

resident of, 269 ; residents of, 183, 296;

schools in, 243 (2) ; tavern in, 371 ;

terrace, 94 ; schools formerly on the site of,

Church Acts —

260 ; Street, (Old Kent Road), longe-
vity in, 374

Churches and chapels, chapter on, 191.

Churches— All Saints', 208 ; (Bath),

211 ; Bow (Cheapside, London, City), spire
of, 283 ; Camberwell Presbyterian, 237 ;
Roman Catholic, 238 ; Camden, 228,

263, 356, 405 ; account of, 209-213 ; Christ

church (Forest Hill), 214; Old Kent

Road, 211 ; Emanuel, account of, 212 ;
German Evangelical. 238 ; Holy Trinity
(Paddington), 210 ; Newington (St. Mary),
Co. Surrey, 344 (2) ; New Jerusalem, 239

(2) ; Peckham Baptist, 226 : Roman

Catholic, 239 ; St. Andrew's (Peckham), 210,
213, 263 ; St. Ann's (Manchester), 211 ;
St. Antholin's (London, City), 222 (2) ; St.
Augustine's (Honor Oak), 214 ; vicar of,

264 , St. Barnabas (Manchester), 211 ; St.
Chrysostom's (Peckham), 214 (2), 215 ;
schools supported by members of, 261 ; St.

George's, 215, 218, 219 (3), 261 (2);

(Camberwell), 216, 221; (Southwark),

344 ; St. Giles's (Camberwell), 33, 193 (2),
209, 214, 258 (13), 277 ; church goods, re-
turn of, 194 ; tax, money expended to*

make the, 116; churchwardens for, 117-18,
183 ; accounts of, 7, 124 ; extract from,

relative to Polecats, 7 ; history of,

193 ; organist of, 290 ; probable erection
of, 1 ; registers of, 6, 53, 171, 315, 430 ;
reparation of, 118 ; watching, money paid
for, 121 ; St. James's (Camberwell), 219;
St. John's (East Dulwich), 220, 222, 479 ;
St. Jude's (Peckham), 221 (2) ; St. Luke's
(Feckham), ib. ; St. Magnus (Lower Thames
Street), London, 344 ; St. Margaret's (Loth-
bury), London, 210 ; St. Mary's (Bury, Co.

Suffolk), 211; (Peckham), 214; St.

Mary Magdalen (Peckham), 221, 263; St,

Matthew '(Brixton), 223; (Denmark

Hill, Camberwell), 215, 222 (2), 258 (2),
263, 294; St. Michael's (Chester Square,
London, Co. Midd.), 211, 263 ; (Nun-
head), 222, (2) ; gift to, 288; St. Olave's
(Old Jewry), curacy of, 467 ; (South-
wark), 217 ; rector of, 250 (2) ; St. Paul's
(Herne Hill, Dulwich), 222 (2) ; St. Peter's

(Dulwich), 223 ; (Newington), building

of, 283 ; (Sydenham), 418 ; St. Philip

the Evangelist, 225 : St. Saviour's (South-
wark), rebuilding pinnacles of, 283 ; St.

Stephen's (Bath, Co. Somerset), 211 ;

(Dulwich), consecration of, 225 ; St. Thomas'
(Winchester), 212

Churchill (the poet), 390

Chute, Geo., 176 (2) ; Sarah, 16. ; Sir Geo. ib.

Gibber, Mr., 304

Ciecell, Lo. Coronell, 429

Cincinnati and Terre Haute Railway (America)
Bessemer, a town on the, 402

City of London School, education at, 409

City Road, Co. Midd., 232 ; almshouses near,
273

Clapham, Co. Surrey, 10 (3), 258 ; com-
mon, 10 ; Plough Inn at, ib. ; resident of,
199 ; volunteers of, 75

Clappham, Ann, 176

INDEX.

Ixiii

• Clarck, Lady, gift to, 435 ; servants of c/,ft
to, ib.
Clare College, Cambridge, 478 (3), ap. xlvii. ;
family of (Earls of Gloucester), 327 (3) •
Gilbert de, 313, 327, 378 j market called,
exhibition in, 348 ; Marg. de, 327 ; llicli
de, 191

Clarendon Street, school in, 242 ; tavern

called the, 371
Clark, Edw., 259, 296 (2) ; Edwin, 351 ;

ffrauncis, 105; Geo J., 300; Jno., 374-
Mr., 155 ; Rev. J. Meek, 225
Clarke, Capt., 307 ; Edw., 356 ; Edwin, church
site given by, 214; Enoch & Co.,

Messrs., 343 ; Geo. Tho., 185 ; Joseph, 39 ;

Martin, will proved by, 136 ; Martine, 339;

Mary, early marriage of, 39 ; Tho., ap. xl. ;

Widd., 144
Clarkenwell (Clerkenwell), Co. Midd., a Jesuit's

visit to, 316

Clarkson Place, school at, 243
Claude Villa, resident of, 186
Clay, Mr., 122
Clayton, Dan., 380; Jno., 103; Tho., 53;

• Road, quaint house in, 311 ; and

Bell, Messrs., firm of, stained glass windows

by, 220

Claxton, Elizabeth, 373
Cleark, Griffith, 345
Cleasby, Ant., 88 (2)
Cleghorn, Robt., 460
Clerk, Olive, 420
Clerkenwell, Co. Midd. 57, 90 ; Eckford glass

works in, 465 ; Jesuits in, 315 (2) ; removal

of the Jesuits to, 177
Clery, a subordinate named, 318
Clevedon Villa (Peckharn Rye), resident of,
' 184

Cleveland, Duchess of, novel entitled, 357
Clif, Hen., 68
Clifton, Misses, 266, 350 ; P. H., ap. xlvii. ;

Road, longevity in, 374 ; school in,

243 ; waterworks of, proprietor of, 276
Clink, the (Southwark), churchwarden of, 424 ;

liberty of, 421
Gloss, J. J., 156, 164 (3); Jno. Jas., 183;

Sam., 156; amd Son, Messrs., sale by

auction by, 254
Clun, Co. Salop, 63
Clyde, the Lord, tavern named, 371
Coaches, Camberwell, Peckharn, and Dulwich,

Cobbett, Lieut.-Col., 97; Rev. Pitt, 221
Cobham Lodge, address from, 73
Coblentz, a residence at, 360
Cobourg Road (Peckham), 235 ; factory in,

343 ; peat beds found in, 26 ; school in,

242
Cock, Agnes S., 38; Albert, 407; Ann, 38

(3) ; Ant., ib. (2), 148-9 ; Cath., 38 (2) ;

Chas., ib. ; Eliz, ib. ; family of, 5, 37,

328 ; first appearance on the parish books

of, 37 ; Fearn, 38 ; Frances, ib. ; Frere, ib. ;

Hannah, ib. ; Hen., 174; Jane, 38; Jno.,

ib. (8), 256, 259 ; Johanna, 37-8 (4), 204

(5), 205 ; tomb erected to the husband of,

37 ; Joseph, 38 ; Letitia, ib., 62 ; Hon.

Mrs. Letitia, burial of, 38 ; Madam, 114 ;

Mary, 38 (2) ; Matt., ib.; Md., 121 ; mes- '

Cock, Agnes, S. —

suage called the, ap. xxxiv. ; Mr., 255 ;
Mrs., 37 (4) ; commission in bankruptcy of,'
W. ; gift to the parish of Camberwell by, ib. -
South Sea Scheme and, ib. ; Peter, 37-8(9)
62, 172, 259 ; gift of land by, 138; mar-
riage of, 38 ; Rebecca, ib. ; Sarah, ib. ;
Sam., ib. ; sign of the, 433 ; squire, 256 :
Susannah, 38; tavern called the, 313-
Theo 38 (7), 259 ; Trevor, 38 ; Walter,'
87 (3), 38 (14), 148, 259 ; pew in the
church claimed by, 197; tomb of, 37; in-
scription on the same, ib.

Cockburn, Sir Ralph, 483 '

Cocke, Mich., 337 ; Nych, 67

Cockerell, Mr., 164

Cockermouth, Co. Curab., borough of, 80

Cocking, Lydia, 174 (3) ; Sam., ib. (3), 182 •
Sarah, 174

Coe, Mr., 208, 225

Cofferers, Mr., a clerk of, 111

Cokain, Mrs., letter to, 431

Coke, Sir Edw., definition of bordarii by, 4 ;
of a plough land, ib. ; Sir Jno., narrative
relative to Jesuits by, 315

Colby, Edm., 444, ap. xxxix., xli.

Cold Abbey, manor of, 56, 333 (2) ;

Harbour Lane, Camberwell, 10 (2), 91, 239,
299, 307 ; human remains found in, 342 ;
residents of, 249 (3), 294

Coldharbour, a place of entertainment called,
93 (2) ; manor of, 33

Coldherbergh (Coldharbour), manor of, 333 (3)

Cole, Geo., purchase of lands by, ap. xxxvi •
Mr., 192 ; Rev. Tho. J., 233 (2)

Colebrane, Jno., ap. vii. (2), viii.

Colebrook, Co. Devon, 32

Coleby, Jas., 252

Colegate, Jno., 144

Colegrave, David, 183 (2)

Coleridge, Mr. Justice, 450

Coles, escheats of (British Museum), extracts
from, 329, 333 (2) ; J. W., 360

Coley, Wm., 183

Colle, Alano, 335

College Gardens, Dulwich, 377 ; Street,

Colleges, Cambridge, Dublin, and Oxford,
scholars of, 478

Collegiate School, Caraberwell Grove, 192 ; a
master of, 207

Collett, Mrs., 286 ; Mrs. Hen., 266

Collier, J. P., 410, 421 ; memoirs of Edw.
Alleyn by, quotations from, 378, 380, 439

Collins, EdV., ap. vii., viii. (2) ; J., 249 ; Mr.,
37, 177, 337 (2) ; Tho., 145 (2)

Colls, Ben., 185; Mr., 268

Collyer, Dr., 92, 186-7, 227(3), 231, 232(4),

258, 298 ; memorial schools, 232,

293 ; Rev. Wm. Bengo., 231, 283-4 (6),
285 (7) ; remark by, 284

Colman, W. G., 261

Colt,. Sir Wm. Dutton, 178 ; Wm., 148

Colven, Mr., 27u (2), 293 (2)

Colyn, Wm., 335

Coman, Miss, 242 ; Rev. J., 232

Combe, Rich., 2 ; Lodge (Rye Lane,

Peckham), resident at, 249

Comberweil, Co. Kent, monastery of, 41

Ixiv

INDEX.

Comfort, Jas., 185; Jno., 149

Commercial Koad, Peckham, 183, 185-6 (2),
218 ; church in, 221 ; longevity in, 374 ;
post office in, money orders issued and paid
at, 299 ; resident in, 293 ; schools in, 242
(2), 243 ; tavern in, 371 ; Branch buildings
in, longevity at, 374 ; North Street in,
longevity in, ib.

Commissioners of Requests, 127, 129 (2)

Common Fields, land called, 137 (4)

Common Pleas, Court of, 320, 329, 428 (2),
437

Commons, House of, 85, 88, 235, 444 ; evi-
dence before the, 353 (2) ; history of the,
mention of, 460 ; petition to, 97

Commonwealth, Act passed during the, 77 ;
petitions under the, 53

Conder, Aid., 407

Congreve, G. T., 227 (2), 249 ; Hen., 227

Conqueror, Wm., the, 91, 101

Constable, Col., 407 ; family of, 173 ; Geo.,
«&., 179, 180-81 ; Martha, 177 ; Mary,
173; Rebecca, 179; Sarah, 256; Wm.,
179 (2), 184, 256, 407

Constantinople, Turkey, firework-factory estab-
lished at, 351

Contemplation, a grotto dedicated to, 39

Convertyne, a ship named the, 43

Conyboroughe, Jno., 336

Conyngborough, Jno., 336

Cook, Capt., 206 ; Chas., 183 ; Dr. Geo., 357;
Eliza, 356(2); Robt., 40 ; Tho., 131, 314;
monument to the memory of, 131

Cooke, Jno., 336; Mr., 144; Mrs., 338;
Nichas., 66 ; Rev. Mr., 258 ; Rich., 336

Coombes, Wm., 314

Coombs, Jno., 173, 179, 180 (2) ; Mary, 173,
179; Sarah, 173, 180; Wm., 184, 370

Cooper, Alfred, 125 (3), 126 ; Mr., factory of,

343 ; Mrs., gift to, 435 ; Rich., 149 ;

Road, longevity in, 373; Tho., 126(2);
Tho. (Bp. of Winchester), 69

Cope, Jno., 66; Mr., land presented by, 137

Copeland, Chief-Justice, 231

Copenhagen, Denmark, battle of, 204

Copland, Jno., ap. vii., viii. (2)

Copley, Mr., pictorial art practised under,
405

Corbatte, Jno. , 68

Corbett, Mr , 267 (2)

Cork, Ireland, 279

Corey, Horace, factory of, 342

Cornbury, Peckham, lands called, 329

Cornelisen, Elizabeth, 320; Hen., 173 (5),
255, 257 (4), 259, 320 (16), 321 (4) ;
deed of sale by, 320 ; sale of Champion
Lodge by, 39 ; Jane, 173, 320 (4), 321 ;
Martha, 173 ; Mr., 259 ; Wm. Hen., 320

Cornewey, Geo., 67

Cornhill, London (City), the standard at, 419

Cornwall, Co. of, 90, 286 ; Road, school

in, 243

Cornwallis, Fred., ap. xlii.

Corry, Robt., ap. xl. xli.

Corsworne, Co. Kent, 46 (2)

Cortis, Dr., 170

Coryphodon, a fossil canine tooth called, de-
scription of, 18

Costen, Mr., 126 (2)

Coster, Stanley, 292 (2), 293 (2)

Cotswold Hills, Co. Gloucester, resident on
the, 357

Cottage Green, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, chapel
at, 230 (3) ; tavern at, 371

Cotterell, Jno., 102

Cotton, Wm., ap. xxxviii.

Coult, Jno., 172 ; Sir Wm., ib.

County Court Act, passing of the, 129

Coupe, Hen. le, 335; Samp, le, ib.

Court farm, the (Dulwich), 173, 407 ; —
Lane, (Dulwich), 185 ; longevity in, 419 ;
resident in, 407

Cove, Miss, 243

Coventry, Lord, 42

Cowley, Co. Midd., entertainment at, 274 ;
the hall— village of, ib.

Cowper, Wm., quotation from, 377

Cow Walk, 92

Cox, Agnes, 47 ; Chas., 197 (2) ; David (a
celebrated artist), 407 ; Francis, 386; J.,
202; Jas., 348 (4); Jno., 149, 183 (2);
Miss, 243; Mr., 158, 172, 366, 387 (2);
Oliver, 148; Wm,, 386

Cox's Walk (Dulwich), curious Chancery suit
relative to, &c., 386

Cozyns, Ben., ap. xxxix.

Crab Tree Shot Road, Peckham, longevity in,
373

Cramkebrocke (Cranbrooke), Co. Kent, 46

Crampton, E. R., 249'

Crandatt, Hewe, 105

Cranley, Wid., 339

Cranly, Viscount, 407

Cranmer, Ann, 57 ; Tho. (Archbp. of Canter-
bury), 57 (3)

Gran well, Jo., 339 ; Tho., 149, 338

Crauley, Sir Francis, letter to, 104

Craven, Elizabeth, 374

Crawley, Wm. , 144

Crawly, Jo., 339

Cray, Alice, 174 ; Elizabeth, ib. ; Wm., ib.

Crayford, Co. Kent, 50

Creasy, G., 248

Creed, Ben., 174; Mary, ib. (3); Mr., 83;
Rich., 174 (4)

Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, 375, 377

Crespigny, Aug. de (Capt.), 39 ; Bet. Champ.,
ib. ; C., 307; Chas., 39; Claude, 259,
320 (9), 321 (3) ; Claude Champion de, 39,
40, 69, 205 ; popularity of, 69 ; vault of,
208 ; Claudius Champion de, monument to,
39 ; family of the De, 320 ; Lady de, ib. ;
Lady Sarah, 40 (2) ; Mary Champion de,
39, 208 ; Mr., 259, 278, 309, 320, 321 ;
Mrs., 39, 69 (2), 320-1 ; Phil., 39 (2),
306 (3), 307; amusing "bet" by, 306;
appearance of the name in the vestry
minutes, 39 ; Phil. Champion de, ib. (3),
320 (14), 321 (5); death of, 39 ; marriages
of, ib. ; Sir Claude de, 152, 222 ; Sir
Claude Champion de, 39, 92 ; marriage of,
39; Sir Wm. de, 152 (2); Wm., 39, 40;
Wm. Champion, ib.

Creusos, steel works at, 404

Crew, Sir Ra., a brief for, 435

Crewe, Co. Cheshire, railway (L. N. & W. R.)
works at, 403-4

Crimes, Sir Tho., ap. xxxiv. (2), xxxv.-vi.

INDEX.

Ixv

Cripplegate, Co. Midd., parish of, 409; ap.
xiv. (4), xvi. ; property in, 378, 434 ; theatre
in, 421, 423

Cripps, Mr., 148

Crispe, Robt., 337

Crocker, Albert Jno., 185

Croft, Anne, 58 ; Dr., school of, 238; Jno.,
ap. xxxix ; Tho., 66

Croker, A., 224

Crokes, Geo., 337

Croll, Jas., elaborate calculation by, 23

Cromwell, Oliver, letters patent by, 444 ;
skull of, 348 ; tradition relative to the
soldiers of, 409; Rich., 444; Sir Oliver,
178 ; Tho., injunction issued by, 171

Cronin, Dan., 59, 270-1 (5), 272 (3) ; alms-
houses founded by, 270 ; property of, 329;
Eugene F., 76

Crosby, Brass, 259, 291 ; election as Lord-
Mayor of London, 392 ; his committal to

the tower of London, ib. ; House

Bishopsgate, London, Co. Midd. 300

Cross, W. H., 271 ; W. S., 169

Crossen, Germany, 318 (2)

Crossley, C. J., 247; Sir Chas., 291; amu-
sing anecdote relative to, ib.

Cross Keys and Spread Eagle, the, inn called,
81

Croton Wisemannii, plant called, 412

Crowdy, W. J., 249

Crowhurst, Sarah, 180

Crown, tavern called the, 369 (3), 371 ;

and Sceptre (Greenwich, Co. Kent), 1 09

Croxted Lane, Dulwich College pound erected
at the end of, 385

Croydon, Co. Surrey, 9, 346 ; history of

(mention of), 357 ; railway, 300 ;

sessions at, 117 ; tusk of an elephant found
at, 23

Cruikshank, Geo., foundation stone laid by,
358

Crymes, family of, 53 ; Geo., 251 ; Rich.,
96 (2) ; petition of, ib. ; Sir Tho., 103 (2),
339, ap. xxxiv (2) ; Tho., 104, 251 ; report
from, relative to alehouses, 366

Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Co. Kent, 83 (3),
157, 351 (4), 352, 377, 412, 418 ; account
of, ib. ; building of, 369; opening of, 418;

presentation in the, 213 ; Road, 184(2),

295 ; nursery in, 354 •

Cuckfield, Co. Sussex, 46

Cullen, Edw., 427

Culrnore Road, Peckham, resident of, 247

Culpepper, Lord, 31

Culver, G., 142

Cumberland, Co. of, 90

Curates, return of stipends of, 216

Currie, Mr., 358

Curson, Robt., 336

Curtis, Robt., 205, 214

Curwin, Mr., 144

Cussan's "Hist, of Hertfordshire," quotation
from, 400

Cusson, Chris., 377

Custon, Chris., 68

Cusworth, Miss, 265

Cuthill, Mr., 93 ; Messrs., 319 ; Road, 93

Cutiler, Jo., 335

Cutler, Elizabeth, bequest to, ap. xxxv

Cutter, Silvester, 145

Curvier, Mr., description by, 18

Cuyp, A., pictures liy, 413 (2)

Cyclopedia, the penny, mention of, 18

Cygnus, a swimming club called the, 342

Czar, Paul I., Emperor of Russia, 481 (2)

DABNOUN, JOHEM, 335

Dabridgcourt, Tho., 339

Dagraar Road, 93

Daily Advertiser, newspaper called the, notice

of, 306

Daince, Jno., 333

Dale, Thos., 187; Thos. (Rev.), 222 (2)
Dalgety, Mr., 166 (2) ; clock made by, ib.
Dalhousie, Earl, foundation stone laid by, 237
Dalter, KHz. (Lady), 177
Dalton, Mack., 66; Mich., 4; the mansion of

the family of, 350

Dancye, Earth., proceedings against, 111
Dandy, wid., 144
Dandyson, a person named, 51
Dane, Jno., ap. xl.
Danes, visit of the, 377
Daniel, Abel, 256 ; Evan (Rev.), 241, 245,

247 ; Street, Crab Tree Shot Road,

Peckham, longevity in, 373
Daniell, Valentine, 145
Danson, Peter, 103
Darles, Wm., 339
Darque, F. E., 478
Darrell, Sir Mar., 176 (3)
Dartford Heath, Co. Kent, 24
Darvell, Rev. Jno. Sid., 222
Dash wood, Mr., 124
Dauling, Jno., 338
Daunce, Earth., 337
Daurdin, 319
Dauson, Mr., 144
Davidson, Dr., 395
Davies, Hen., 148; Mr., 118
Davis, gift to one, 435 ; Hen., 257; Jno., 119

(2), 121 (3), 149, 171; Mr., 197 (2), 245,

311; Mr. (called Mutton), 350-1 (4); Mr.

(British Museum), 18, 19 (2)
Davise, Phil., 68
Dawes, Abra., 103

Dawkins, prosecution of a person named, 106
Dawney, Arch. D., 184
Dawnkester, Christ., 336
Daws, Mark, 181 (2); Sus.,181
Dawson, Ed. Eben., 184; Mr., 417; Peter,

176, 192 (2)

Dawten, Marks, 67; Tho., 68; Wm., ib.
Day, Jno., 342; Mr., 216 ; Tho., 184
Daybridgecourt, Geo., 172 ; Tho., ib.
Dayler, Peter, 338
Deacon, Elizth., 173; Gab., ib. (3); Jno.,

131; Mary, 173; Mrs., monument to, 131;

Tho., 173 ; Walter, ib.
De Crespigny, family of, 6, 39 ; settlement in

Camberwell of the, ib. ; vault of the, 208;

Lady, ib. (2) ; lines written by, ib. ; Sir
Claude Wm. Cham., ib. (2) ; death of, ib. ;

Park, Caraberwell, 10, 11, 92, 183-4;

resident at, 2b'3 (see also Crespigny)

Ixvi

INDEX.

Deering, Edw., 176

Defoe, Dan., 2

Dekker, Mr., 423

Delawyk (Dulwich), derivation of, 376

Delft, Holland, 317

Delinquents under the Commonwealth, petitions
of, 53

Dell, Hen., ap. xxxvi., xxxix.

Deloes, Nick, 309

Delues ^Delves), Nich., 338 ; Wid., ib.

Deluge, tavern named the, 370

Delve, Mr., 144 ; family of, 6

Delves, Mr., assessment of, 6

Deudy, Tho., 338

Denham, Co. Bucks, 34, 179

Denman, Lord, 93 ; Arms, tavern called

the, 371 ; Road, 10 (2), 11, 183

Denmark Hall, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, 138 ;

Great and Little, 368 ; Hill, 83 (3),

93, 238 (2), 375, 411, 414, 415 ; church
on, 215 ; former residents of, 210, 356 ;
estate at, 90 ; Grammar School on, 93, 147,
152, 266, 307 (3), 308 (2), 309, 359;
account of, 307 ; residents on, 276-7 (4),

296 ; Place, 233 ; Prince Geo. of,

307-8 (2) ; Road, longevity in, 373 ;

Street, 183

Denne, Mr., factory of, 342

Denney, David, 300

Denning, Step. P., 483

Dennis, H. J., 479 : Mr., 436

Dennison, J. W., 217

Denny, Fred. Wm., 184-5

Dennys, Wm., 337

Dent, E. J., 202

Deptford, Co. Kent, 1, 3, 41, 65, 136-7, 244,
282, 333, 377 ; the Broadway, 10 ; Creek,
10 ; Lane, 92 ; St. Paul's Parish, 300 ;
Stronde, 2

Derby, Earl of, 478 ; a grove called, 355

Derbyshire, Co. of, 39 ; Colony, district

popularly known as the, 355 ; native of, ib.

Dering, Sir Edw., 176

Derwent Grove, 355

Desenfans, Marg., 482-3 ; Mr., 481 (8), 482
(5) ; Mrs., -tb. (2) ; Noel Jo., 480 ; muni-
ficent gift of pictures by, ib.

Desmawitts, Isaac, ap. xxxviii.

Devas, T., 477

Devereux, Edw. Wm., 300

Devey, Mr., 407

Deveyor, Ant., 321 (2)

Devon, Capt., 259

Devonshire, Co. of, 279; marble, the use

of, 413 (2), 465

Devizes, Co. Wilts, borough of, 80

Devisrne and Smith, Messrs., firm of, 71

D'Eyncourfc, Tennyson (Rt. Hon.), 85 (4)
D'Eynsford Estate, Camberwell, sale of, 343;

• Road, sale of property in, 343

Diamond Row, 92
Dickens, Chas., 8" 2, 306 (2), 369
Dickenson, Mary, 373
Dicker, Wm., 185
Dickinson, Tho., ap. xxxix.
Die trick, De, Messrs., Bessemer steel manu-
factured by, 404
Dilewisse, Hen. De, 377
Dilewistre (Dulwich), Co. Surrey, ib.

Dilly, Chas., Ode to, 282

Dihvisshe (Dulwich), Co. Surrey, 377

Dispensaries, Finsbury, 281 ; General, ib. ;

Surrey, ib.

Divorce, Ct. of, Judge of, 392
Dixie, Miss, 266 ; Sir Wolstan, 41
Dobell, Emily, 357 ; Jno., ib. ; Jul., ib. ;

Mr., ib. (3) ; Sydney, ib. (2)
Doctors' Commons, London, Co. Midd., 116,

320
Dodd, Adel., Marg., 181 (2) ; Anna M., 179;

Chas., 124 (2), 314; Frances, 181 ; Isaac,

180; C. A., 125; Rebecca, 180; Rev.

Rich., 381 (2); Rich., 306
Doddington, Co. Kent, 176
Dodipoll, Dr. (a character in a play), 422
Dodson, Dr. 455
Doe, Tho , 300

Dog Kennel Lane, 92 (2), 354-5, 368
Doleshill, Tho., 5

Dolors, community of our lady of, 240
Dolsely, Tho., 331
Dolsill, Edw., 331 (7), 332 (2) ; Isabella, 331 ;

Joan, ib. (2); 332 (2); Marg., 331 (4);

Simon, 331 ; Tho., ib. (4), 332 (3)
Domenichino, picture by, 484
Domesday Book (Public Record Office), 90,

313, 377; Camberwell Church mentioned

in, 1, 191, 193
Domville, Lawrence and Graham, Messrs.,

firm of, 39
Domyng, Rog., 335
Done, Rich., ap. xl.
Donn, Con., 176 (2); Dr., 177, 430 (4);

Donne, Dr., 53, 430 (7), 431 (2), 432-3;
Bridget, marriage of, 430; Geo., 172 ('2),
430; Jno., 57, 176; Marg., 57, 172, 430
(2) ; marriage of, ib. ; Mrs., ib.

Dorchester, Co. Dorset, Borough of, 80 ; Lord
Viscount, letter to, 44 (3), 45

Dorkeinge'( Dork ing), Co. Surrey, 147

Dorking, Co. Surrey, greensands found near, 22

Dorrell, Jo., 339

Dorset, Duke of, 141 ; Kath, 328 ; Win., ib.

Douai, France, a native of, 480

Doue (Dove), family of, 40 ; Joh'es, ib. (2)

Douedale, J., 335; manor of, 5. See also
Dowdale, Dowlas.

Douer (Dover)', Co. Kent, 103

Doughty, G. B., 478

Douglas, Jno., 264

Douglass, Mr., 309 (2)

Doulas Common, Co. Surrey, 92

Doulton, Fred., 86 (2), 87, 409; James D.
(Capt.), 76

Doust and Ross, Messrs., firm of, 83

Dove, Acton, 40 ; Agnes, ib. ; Dr., ib. ; Elizth.,
ib. (2) ; family of, 6, 40 ; arms of, ib. ; their
connection with Camberwell, ib. ; Harri,,
bequest to, 29 ; Hen., 40 (3), 68 ; Humphry,
40; Jonas, ib. ; Jone, ib. ; Jno., ib. (7),
68; Kat,., bequest to, 29 ; Marg., brass to
the memory of, 40; Messrs., firm of, 212,
214, 220 ; Tho., 40; Walter, 387; Water,
29, 336'; bequest to, 29; Wm. Hodson, 40

Dovedale, family of, 5 (2) ; Villa named, 355

Dover, Co. Kent, 81, 115, 298, 343; the
castle, 5 ; payments to the ward of, 331 (2),

INDEX.

Ixvi

Dover —

332 ; landing of the Romans at, 1 ; Lieu-
tenant of, 177 ; Mai son Dieu at, fee for
keeping the, 176. See also Douer

Dow, Gerard, pictures by, 483-4

Dowdale (anciently Douedale), manor of, 5

Dowdale's or Uvedale's, manor of, 330

Dowdalls, Peckham, a farm called, subsidy for,
339 ; Common, child found on, 179»

Dowedale, manor of, 331

D .well, Rich., ap., xl.

Dowlas (anciently Douedale), manor of, 5 ;

common, 181 ; street called, 92

Downer, Beth., 145 ; Tho., 337, 339

Downing College, Cambridge, ap., xlvii. (2)

Downs, Messrs., contract for building Dulwich
College taken by, 465 ; erection of a church
by, 224

Dowthrie, Elizth., 40

D'Oyley, Rev. Dr., 217

Drake, Jno., ap., xlv. ; T., 353 ; Thos.,
184-5-6

Dransfield, Mrs., 265

Draper, Ann, 42 ; Barbara, ib. (3) ; Benedicta,

41 ; Cath., 42 ; Christ., (Sir) 41 ; epitaph
to, ib.-, Edm., 42; Elizth., 32(2), 41-2
(2), 51, 329; marriage of, 40 ; wedding
apparel of, 32 ; family of, 6, 40 ; con-
nection with the Bowyer family, ib. ; deri-
vation of, 41 ; Frances, 42 ; Francis, ib.
(4) ; Hen., 32, 41 (2), 329 ; Hen. (Rev.),
209; Jas., 41-2 (6), 103, 136(2); Jane,

42 ; Kath., 41 ; Jno., 41 (2), 42 (13), 339;
Mat. 41 (4), 67, 329, 337 ; monument to,
41 ; Rev. Mr. 258 ; Mystres, 337 ; Robt.,
40-1 (3), 329 (2), 336 ; marriage of, 41 ;
Saintes, 41 ; Sens., ib. ; Thos., 41 (3;, 42
(3) ; Wra., 41, 51

Drayner, B. Ed., 184

Drayton, Mich., 410

Dreadnought, ship called the, 286

Drew, A. A. W. (Rev.), 222; Elizth., 174;
Geo., ib. ; Mr., 83, 223; Rich., 174

Drewitt, Dan., 180 (2)

Driden, Rev. Jon., 177(3)

Droitwich, Co. Worcester, 377

Druce, Alex. D., 480 ; A. D., 479 ; Chas.,
480 (-2) ; Geo., 178

Drury Lane, theatre in, 357 ; theatrical noto-
riety of, 350 ; tragedy acted in, 304

Dryden, Jon., 192

Dryland, Mrs., 474

Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College in, 48, 211 ;
exhibitioner of, 478

Dubourdien, Rev. Mr., 258

Ducarel, Dr., 306 (8) ; amusing "bets" con-
tracted by, ib.

Duck, the, tavern called, 368

Duckett, Elizth., 63 ; a person named, ib.

Duck's Nest, a neighbourhood formerly called
the, 93 ; a plot of land called the, 221

Duff, Orant, 477

Dugdale, Sir Wm., 2

Duke, Chas., 148 ; Edw. (Sir), 334 (2), 378 ;
land purchased of, 424, ap., iii., iv., x.,
xii.

Dullag (Dulwich), Co. Surrey, 377

Dulledg (Dulwich) Wells, account of, 384

Dulwicb, Co. Surrey, 4, 6 (11) ; 8, 10 (3) ;

Dulwich—

11, 12(3); 13(3); 16, 17(3); 18, 19

46 (2); 56, 66, 68, 71, 75, 77(2); 78
79 (4); 81 (2); 82 (4); 83 (3); 85
96, 112, 114(3); 119, 126(3); 134(2)
139 (3) ; 140 (3) ; Ul, 143, 145, 149 (2)
150, 152, 155, 160 (20); 161, 164, 173,
176(2); 177(4); 178 (2) ; 179, 181,183,
184 (5); 185 (3); 186, 187, 188, 189, 190
(6) ; 197 (5) ; 201 (4) ; 216 (2) ; 217 (2) •
220 (5) ; 221, 222 (2) ; 223 (2) ; 224, 225
(4) ; 228, 243 (5) ; 245 (2) ; 247 (2) ; 248,
258 (4) ; 282, 291, 294, 297 (2) ; 298 (5) •
299 (6) ; 325, 327, 329, 330, 331, 336,
337 (3) ; 338, 339, 340, 354, 355, 365,
366, 367 (4) ; 36S, 3<>9 (8) ; 373, 374, 375
(7) ; 376 («) ; 377 (5) ; 378 (12) ; 379,
380 (4) ; 381, 382, 383 (5) ; 385 (7) ; 386
(4) ; 387 (4) ; 388 (8) ; 389 (7) ; 390, 391,
. 392 (4) ; 393 (5) ; 394 (6) ; 395 (9) ; 396
(3) ; 397 (2) ; 398 (6) ; 399 (2) : 405, 406
(4) ; 407 (4) ; 409, 410 (3) ; 411 (2) ; 412,
414, 415 (2) ; 416, 417, 418 (5) ; 419 (16) ;
420 (3) ; 421 (3) ; 423, 424 (6); 425 (2) ;
426 (3) ; 427, 428 (2); 430 (3) ; 432 (2) ;
434, 439, 440, 441 (2) ; 442 (6) ; 443 (2) ;
445 (2) ; 446 (2) ; 451 (4) ; 452 (2) ; 453

(2) ; 454 (3) ; 455, 456 (2) ; 457 (3) ; 460

(3) ; 461 (3) ; 462 (4) ; 463 (4) ; 464 (3) •
465, 466 (7) ; 467 (5); 468 (4) ; 469 (4)
470 (4) ; 474 (4) ; 475 (2) ; 479 (3) ; 480

(4) ; 482 (3) ; 484 (2) ; 485 (6) ; 486 (2) j
ap., i. (5) ; ii. (12) ; iii. (14) ; iv. (16) ; v.,
vi. (5) ; vii. (2) ; viii. (2) ; ix. (10) ; x.
(16) ; xi. (6) ; xii. (5) ; xiii. (2) ; xvi., xvii.
(2) ; xviii., xxiii. (3) ; xxiv. (2) ; xxv., xxxl,
xxxiii., xxxiv. (2); xxxv., xxxvi. (2)j
xliii., xliv. ; Alleyn's (Edw.) life at, 410 ;
amicable friendly society at, 418 ; assess-
ment of, 112 ; burial ground at, interment
in, 411; census table of, 383 ; charities of,

395 ; club, 369, 395, 398 (4); loyalty

of, 397 ; rules of, 396 ; song relative to,

398 ; College, 5, 33, 63, 307, 369 (2),

377 (2), 378, 385 (2), 388 (2), 395, 420 ;
annual income of the trust of, ap., xlii. ;
assessment of, 6, 145, 149, 383 ; audit and
treasury chamber of, ap., xxix. ; boys ap-
prenticed from, 453 ; burial ground of,
386 ; chancery suit against, 449 ; -
chapel, 258, 426 ; account of, 446 ; conse-
cration of, 426 ; deed of, ap., xliii. ; pre-
sentation of a font to, 446 ; inscription on
the same, ib. ; register of, 446 ; chaplain
of, 479 ; church sites given by the governors-
of, 225 (2) ; common seal of, appointment
to have a, ap., xxxv. ; deed of contract for
the erection of, ap., xxxvi. ; deed of foun-
dation of, ap., vi. ; disbursements for, 438;
documents in, 420-1 ; Dr. Donne preaching
at, 430; endowments of— additions to,

461-2 ; education at, 406 ; under the

old corporation, 450 ; fellows of, 217 (2) ;.
governors of, 187-8, 476 ; list of, 477; —

as patrons of St. Stephen's church, 225 ;
grammar school of, 454 ; grant of lands to,
ap., ix. ; hearth tax for, 338 ; hints for
rules of, 42o; history of, 441; honours
obtained by the boys of, list of, ap., xlvii. ;.
/ 2

Ixviii

INDEX.

Dulwich —

hours for schooling at, ap., xxiv. ; income
of, 457 ; laud called Howlets adjoining,
particular item in the statutes relative to,
ap., xxx. ; legal proceedings relative to,
447 ; letters patent to found, ap., i. ; letters
preserved in, 421 ; longevity in, 419 (3) ;
lower school of, 462, 475 ; revenues of, ib. ;
subjects of instruction, ib, ; masters of.

466 ; letter to, 470 ; , list of, 458 ;

t wardens and fellows, list of, ap.,

' xxxix. ; office of, ap., xviii. ; residence of,
ap., xx. ; new building of, 464, 466 ;
"banquet at the opening of, 429 ; bill of fare
for the same, ib. ; oath of the assistants of,
ap., xvii. ; of the fellows of, ap. , xvi. ;

of the master and wardens of, ap.,

xvi. ; poor brethren and sisters of, ap.,

xvii. ; obedience of the residents of, ap.,
xxi. ; office of the assistants of, ap. , xix. ;

of the fellows of, ap. , xviii. ; of

the poor brethren and sisters of, ap., xix. ;

of the porter of, ib. ; of the

thirty members of, ap., xx. ; old buildings
of, 446 ; account of, ib. ; old letter of Edw.
Alleyn's in, 432 ; orders for the chapel and
the celebrating of divine service, ap., xxii. ;

of diet for, ap., xxvi. ; for the

lands and revenues thereof, and how to be

disposed of, ap., xxx. ; for the poor

and their goods, ap., xxi. ; for the

school and scholars of, ap., xxiii. ; organist
of, 265 ; parliamentary troops at, 6 ; pass-
ing of the act of, 190 ; pensioners of (act of

1857), 459 ; the out, 407 ; permanent

•chairman of, 478 ; picture gallery of, 480 ;
poor brothers and sisters of, the last sur-
viving, 460 ; portrait of James Alleyn in,
ap. , xli. ; private sittings, book of, extract
from, 427 ; public audit and private sittings,
days of, ap., xxviii. ; rate from, 197;
recent history of, 462 ; schools of, 453,
471 ; memorial from, 454 ; reply thereto,
ib. ; scholars sent to the university from,
list of, ap., xxxviii. ; Shakesperian re-
searches at, 393 ; solicitor and receiver to,
480 ; statutes and ordinances of, ap., xiii. ;
subjects of instruction at, 471 ; summary
of, 485 ; surveyor and architect to, 480 ;
table showing the number of boys in the
lower school of, ap., xlvi. ; upper school,
attendance at, 474; exhibitions from, ib. ;
.school scholarships of, ib. ; library of, 475 ;
wardens of, list of, 459 ; warden's office,

ap., xviii. ; common, 378, 388, 407 ;

death on, 179 ; postal delivery for, 298 ;
residents of, 177, 418, 474(2) ; cottagers'
flower show at, 419 ; Danish station at,
377 ; earliest poor rate in, 6 ; five fields at,

10, 11, 12 (3) ; green, 378 ; erectiou

of the college on, ap., xxxvi. ; Greyhound,

tavern called the, at, 155 ; grove,

355 ; school in, students of, 391 ; harulet
of, 81, 85 ; chapter on, 374 ; residents of
the, 179 ; hermit of (Matthews), murder of,

376, 385-6, 389 ; hill, formation of,

21; residents of, 190, 294, 393, 410 ; -
Hound, the, 325 ; letter dated from, 395 ;
liberty of, 114, 119, 149, 150, 197 ; Ion-

Dulwich —

gevity in, 419 ; lordship of, 46 ; manor of,
5, 6, 177, 331, 378-9, 424(4); ap., ii.

(5), iii. (5); lord of the, 432, 434 ;

house, 409 ; murder in a house near, 178 ;
national school at, 243 ; patrol of, 383 ;
picture gallery of, list of the most valuable
pictures, 483 ; poor householders of, distribu-
tion to, 134 (2) ; poor housekeepers of, ib.
(2), 139, 140 ; poor, relief of, 160 ; population
of, 77-80 ; registrar of births and deaths for,
186; relative importance shown by a sub-
sidy collected at, 6 ; St. Peter's church at,
223 ; schools at, 216 (2), 418, 461 ; spa at,
description of the, 388 ; species of fossils
found at, 16 ; table of money orders issued
and paid at, 299 ; of postal and tele-
graph business of, 298 ; relative to the

increase of, 381-2 ; waters of, account of,

386-7 (2) ; wells of, 13, 90, 386 ;

wood, 21, 83, 375-6, 385 (2), 389 (2),

417 ; murder in, 376, 385, 389 ;

Road, 377 ; working man's institute at,
418-19. See also Delawyk, Dilewistre, Dil-
wisshe, Dullag, Dulledg, Dulwych, Dylewishe

Dulwich, East. 56, 84 (4), 181 ; church at,
220, 222 ; opening of, 221 ; longevity at,
374 ; rectory nursery at, 354 ; residents at,
152, 184, 243 (3) ; the house known as,

245, 247 ; North, railway station at,

83 (2), 392

Dulwichiensis, cyrena, a species of shell, 17
(4)

Dulwych (Dulwich) common, acreage of, 379

Dulwyche (Dulwich), manor of, 378

Durham Terrace, Camden Grove, north. Peck-
ham, 373

Dumlye, Thorn, de, 335

Dumper, Tho., 339

Dundas, H., 296

Dunkirk, France, the taking of, payment at,
119

Dunlop, Mr., 364

Dunn's Literary Institute, worship at, 239

Dunstan in the East, St., epitaph in the church
of, 41

Dunton's herd, a close of land called, 60

Dutchfeild, Mr., 339

Dyer, Eleanor, 256; Goody, 123; Tho., 256

Dyck, A. Van, 484 (2)

Dycottes (Rygates) lands called, 378

Dyke, J. D. (Rev.), 220

Dylewishe (Dulwich), Co. Surrey, manor of,
330-1

Dylways (Dulwich), Co. Surrey, 377-8

Dyson, Mr., payment to, 123

EADKS, WM., 149

Eadwig, King, inquiry into the life and
character of, 460

Eagle Insurance Co., chairman of, 286

Earl, Mr., gift of, 210 ; Street, Camber-
well, school in, 243

Early, Edw., 174 ; Elizth., ib. ; Jas., 144 ;
Rich., 174

East, Jas., 418 ; Nath., 339 ; Wm., ib. :

INDEX.

Ixix

East-
Win., 333 ; Dulwich Chapel, 220 •

India Co., service in, 204 ; docks

called, constable of, 373 ; . Indies

H5; Street, Wai worth, 343; 1

Surrey Grove, longevity in, 373 ; resident
in, 185 ; school in, 242 ; tavern in, 371
Eastlake Road, Carnberwell, resident of, 249
Eastwood, Messrs., brickfield of, 10 (3)
Eaton, J., 262
Eccles, Jno., 114
Eccleston Square, Pimlico, Co. Midd., resident

of, 300

Eckensall, W., 262
Eckford Glass Works, Clerkenwell, Co. Midd.,

465

Edall, Agnes, bequest to, 29; Eliztb., bequest
to, ib. ; Johan, bequest to, ib. : Thos.
29 (2), 336-7

Ed en son, a villa residence named, 355
Edes, Jno., 339

Edgerton, Jo., 339 ; Steph., 148
Edgware Road, Co. Midd., human remains

found in the, 342
Ediudon, Bishop, quotation from the register

of, 191

Edinburgh, Scotland, 238, 296, 395, 406, 460
(7); the dust of, 164 ; H.R.H.the Duke of,
foundation-stone laid by, 269 ; medical
schools of, 281; residents in, 357; university
of, diplomas from, 284, 394
Edith Road, longevity in, 374
Edling, Tho., 149
Edmondon (Edmonton), Co. Midd., Jesuits in,

315(2)

Edmonds, estate of the, 343; J. W., 248-9;
Mary, 182; Mr., 137 (2); 343, 436;

Peter, 182 ; Wm., 182 (2), 221 ; and

Cope, Messrs., firm of, 137
Edmund Street, 92 ; longevity in, 374
Edmunds, Mr., 436 ; Robt., 34
Edoll (Udall), Thos., 195 (2)
Edsken, Sweden, manufactory at, 402-3
Education, the Privy Council on, 241
Edward I., King, 50, 327-8 (2), 330 (4), 331,
377-8 ; statutes passed in, 129, 312 ;
customs introduced in the reign of, 143 ;
quo warranto in the reign of, 313 ; valor of,

194 ; II., 330 (3) ; battle in the reign

of, 327 ; III., 41, 55, 328, 330 (4),

331 (9), 332 (2), 333 (3) ; assessment in
the reign of, 335 (2); IV., com-
missions issued in the reign of, 3 ; VI.,

40, 194 (3) ; Act passed in the reign of,
159 ; assessment in the reign of, 336 ;
church goods of Camberwell in the reign of;
return of, 194 ; order issued in the reign
of, 171 (2) ; taxation in the reign of, 143
Edwards, Edw., 131 ; Miss, 289 ; Mr., 167
(2); Mrs., 314; Rich., 67 ; Robb., 336;
Wm., 67

Effingham, Earl of, 205

Effra, the river, Queen Elizabeth's royal pro-
gress up, 409 ; branch of the (southern high-
level sewer), 10 (3), 12

Egerton, Jno., 144, 338 ; Mr., 115 ; papers,
publication by the Camden Society, 36, 345
Eggleton, Jno., 386
Egypt, gipsies driven from, 176

Ehrenberg, Professor, 9

Eldred, J., 315

Elizabeth Place, melon ground in, longevity at,

Eliz*b;th, Queen, 33, 36 (2), 44, 61, 66-7,
69(2), 328(5), 329,382(2), 333 (2), 334
U* , ap. x.; cupbearer to, 63; injuctions
issued by, 156, 171; letters patent from,
^J5 musician to, 172; Pooi Law Act of,
J5S (2); presentation to the vicarage of
Camberwell by, 191 ; processions forbidden
by, 157 ; proclamations by, 77; royal pro-
gress ol, 409 ; service in St. Giles's Church
Camberwell, in the reign of, 111 ; severe
treatment of Jesuits in the reign of, 315 •
state barge of, 465 ; state paper of the reign
pt, 866 ; statutes of, 176, 345 ; subsidies
m the reign of, 337 ; tradition as to, 408 •
tree named after, 303
El is, Mr., 148
Ellesmere, Lord, 33

Ellington and Ridley, Messrs., firm of, 342
Elliott, Dr., 360 ; Gilbert (Sir), 32-3-4 ; N.

B., 277 ; W. Foster, (Rev.), 221 (2)
Ellis, Hen. (Sir), 3 ; account of inquisitors bv

3 ; Mr., 149, 264 (2)
Elm Lawn, Dulwich Common, Co. Surrey,

resident of, 474

Eltame (Eltham), Co. Kent, 316
Elton, Gilbert, 330 (3)

Ely, Jno., ib., 174 (2); Jos., 173; Jos.
Sallows, ib. ; Mary, 173-4 ; Mr., 106 ;

Sarah, 173; Place, Holborn, Co.

Midd., 407
Elysian Fields (garden of the Tuileries), France,

Embanking and Draining, history of, 2
Emberson, Tho., 184
Emerson, T., land purchased of, 424, ap. iii.,

iv., xii.

Emidius, Rev. Father, 240
Emmanuel Church, Camberwell, account of,
212 ; national school of, 242; schools of,
135, 244 ; - College, Cambridge,

scholar of, 478

Emmett, Ann, 174 ; Edw., 177 ; Elizth., 137 ;
Jacob, 174 ; Jno., ib. ; Mr., 259 ; lands
held by a person named, 137
Encyclopedia Britannica, quotation from,

486

Enderby and Co., Messrs., firm of, 109
Endowed School Commissioners, schemes of,

466

England, 48, 70 (2), 86, 129, 169, 312, 319,
344, 394, ap. iii., iv., v., viii., ix. (3) ; an
unhappy queen of, 325 ; average decrease of
pauperism in, 162 ; Catholic superiors in,

240 ; custom of, 157 ; , bank of, 140,

261 ; Bessemer steel used in, 403 ; biggest

oak in, 36 ; Church of, 316 ; ministry

of, 210; progress made by, 215; De
Cherie's, family of, settlement in, 36
(2) ; experiments made in, 402 ; expulsion
of gipsies from, 176 ; extreme cold in, 23 ;
garden of, 417 ; King of, 336, 338, 388 ;
lunatics in, 349 ; refugees in, 326, 481 ; St.
George the patron saint of, 216 ; savings
banks in, 296 ; shrubs of, 415 ; tithes
in (work on), 460 ; wicks of, 377

Ixx

INDEX.

England and Wales, charitable donations in,

132 (2) ; and Whyatt, Messrs., firm

of, 446

English, Rev. W., 212, 249
Eocene Beds, summary of, 22 ; Middle,

description of, 19

Episcopacy, petition in favour of, 97
Epps, Mr., robbery at the house of, 107
Epsom, Co. Surrey, 9 ; wells at, 388
Ermsnor, Alic, 335
Ernst, family of, an eccentric member of,

152

Erwood, Mr., 245
Essery, Rev. W. A., 235
Essex, Co. of, 24, 27, 34, 48, 55, 91 (2),
176-7, 307, 320, ap. ii., iv., x., xi., xii. ;
coast of, 20; "wicks" on the, 377;
gamesters of, 423 ; Hill Hall in, 5
Essow, Marg., 145
Estmer, Joh., 335

Etaly, a manor probably granted to, 328
Ethel bert, King of Kent, 193 (2)

Eton, Co. Bucks, college at, 34 ; Geo.,

63, 336

Etton, Alice, 330 (2)
Ettrick Forest, monument in, 358
Europe, 235, 281 ; appearance of the gipsies
in, 176 ; chess champion of, 393 ; missions
in, 240

European magazine, quotation from, 304
Evans, Caleb, collection of, 16, 17, 21 ; Isaac
(Wry-necked Isaac), 385 ; Josiah (Rev.),
236, 247 ; Sydenham Wells held by a person
named, 387; Wm., 339
Evelyn, Jno., 30, 279 (2), 302, 303 (2), 368

(2), 388 ; visit to Bowyer House by, 302
Everard, Sam., 252
Everett, E. M., 478; ap. xlvii. ; Edw., 52,

329 (2), 332 ; Mary, 332
Evesham, Co. Worcester, borough of, 80
Ewen, Jno., land purchased of, 424, ap. iii.,
iv., x., xii. ; subsidy of a person named,
339

Exchequer, Court of, barons of, 56-7, 61,
263, 327, 332 ; Chancellor of the, 464 ;
estreats of the, 315
Exeter, Co. Devon, cathedral of, organist of,

290 ; College, Oxford, 279 (3)

Eye, borough of, 80
Eyles, Sir Jno., 180
Eyustone, Jno., 149
Ezra Chapel, sale of, 343

FABR, THO., 335

Fagersta Works, Sweden, Bessemer Steel,
manufactured at, 404 (2)

Fahlum, Sweden, Edsken Iron Works near
403

Fairbarn, Wm., Iron : its history &c., by, 401

Fairfax, Sir Thos., 61, 96 ; army of, quarter-
ing at Dulwich College, 444

Fairs, Camberwell, 312, 313 (4) ; 314 ; Peck-
ham, 312, 313 (2) ; 314 (6)

Fairwood, Sydenham Hill, resident at, 407

Faldo, Chas., ap. xxxix. (2)

Falkirk, Co. Stirling, Scotland, 234

Falkland, Sarah (viscountess), 462 (2) ; bequest

of, ib.

Fane, Mr., 245
Farar, Mr., 119, 122

Farebrother, C., 85 ; Clark and Lye,

Messrs., firm of, sale of the advowson. of St.
Giles's Church, Camberwell, by, 192
Farlow, Tho., 148
Farm House, conveyance of a farm called the,

430

Farncombe, Aid., 407
Farnfield, Jas., 374
Farr, Dr., 395 ; Hen. 378, ap. ii., iv., x.,

xi. ; Prudence, 378, ap. ii., iv., x., xi.
Farrer, M. T. (Rev.), 477 ; W. J. ib.
Farrier, Jno., 123
Father Red Cap, tavern called the, 367, 370

(2)

Faulconer, Jno., 192
Faulkner, Mr., 265 ; Tho., 149
Fawcett, Geo., 185
Fawcitt, Rich., 337
Fawsett, Widd., 144
Fayrer, Rev. Robt., 212
Fayrwall, Jno., 192
Fealey, Mrs., 242
Featley, Dan., 103
Fearnes, Wm., 339
Feild, Jno., 149, 339 (2); Marke, 144, 339;

Markes, 103

Felbrigg, Co. Norfolk, 34
Felip, Jno., 335

Felix, Mr., a famous cricketer known as, 348
Fellowes, W., ap. xii. ; W. (Rev.), 459
Fenham Road, longevity in, 374
Fenwick Road, East Dulwich Road, resident

of, 248

Fergusson, Jas., 477
Fermor, P., 183 (2), 247
Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, 279
Few, Chas., 242
Fidler, Jos., 217

Field, J. B. (Rev.), 232 ; Mrs., 474
Fielding, Mr., pictorial art practised under,

405

Fiennes, Nath., 444
Fife, Scotland, district of, 358
Finch, Jno., 429

Finchley, Co. Midd., 24 ; Road, Wai-
worth, resident of, 245, 247
Fines, feet of, extract from, 53
Finnis, Mil., 247
Finshurie (Finsbury), Co. Midd., alrashouses

at, laying the foundation stone of, 437
Finsbury, Co. Midd., 438 ; borough of, 85 ;

dispensary of, 281
Firle, Co. Sussex, purchase of the parsonage

of, 421, 424
Fisher, Allan, 131 ; Edw., 182 ; Mr., 245 ;

Robt., 477 ; Sam. Chas., 185
Fishmongers' Company of London, almshouses

of, 344 ; hall belonging to the, 307
Fishwick, J. E., 248

Fitzheugh, assessment of a person named, 149
Fitzpatrick, Col., 31
Fitzwillms, Wm., 337
Five Bells, New Cross, Co. Kent, inn called

the, 298 ; Fields at Dulwich, Co.

Surrey, 10

INDEX.

Ixxi

Flanders, Netherlands, 116

Flax man, Mr., 348; Road, Camber well,

resident of, 277 ; Sarah, 374

Fleet, 0. C., 293 ; Street, London (City),

61, '270 ; tavtrn in, 81

Fleming, Dennis, 102 (2) ; Jas. (Rev.), 76,
209 (-2), 210 (2), 211 (5), 233 (2), 244,
261 (2), 263 ; Miss, 242 ; Mr., 408 ; Mrs.
289

Fleminge, Dennis, 339 ; Dennys, 337
Flemyng, Dennis (clerk to the navy), 42 (2) ;

certificate for, ib. ; letters from, 43 (3)
Flemyngs, family of, 42 ; Mr., 43
Fletcher, Albert S. (Lieut.), 76 ; David, 310,
ap. xxxix..; Misses, 26b' (3) ; Mr., 266,
308, 393 ; Nychas, 67 ; Rebecca, 181
Flindt, G. K. (Rev.), 222, 263, 294
Flint, Cath., 173 (2) ; Lucy Green, ib. ; Mr.,

278: Rich., 173; Tho., ib.
Fliuthara, Co. Notts, 41 (2) ; manor of, ib.
Floddea Road, Camberwell, 75 ; church in,

239
Flora Gardens, Bowyer Lane, Camberwell,

34-2

Floyd, Eliza, 256 ; Jno., 103 ; Widd., 144
Floyde, Rich., 148-9 ; assessment of, 6
Flying Dutchman, tavern called the, 371
Foe, Dan. de, tour through Great Britain by,

Footner, Wm , 324
Footpads, robbery by, 106
Foraminifera, shells called, 9
Folkes, Mr., 31
Folk ham, Co. Norfolk, 47
Ford, Robt., 148, 196
Forde, family of, 5 ; Joh ate, 335 ; R., 51
Fordham, Geo., 357 ; Susannah, 368
Fore Street, Cripplegate, Co. Midd., 409
Forest Hill, Co. Kent, 13, 91, 214 (2), 282,
357, 375, 412, 417; church at, 214;
cemetery at, 131, 190; burial of the wife of
R. A. Gray in, 286 ; inscription on monu-
ment to, ib. ; formation of, 21; land pur-
chased at, 131 ; resident of, 185
Formons, Sence, 175
Foster, Mr., 361 (3), 362 (2), 428
Forbes, S. A., ap. xlvii.
Forcer, Fran., ap. xxxix.
Forster, Rt. Hon. W. E., 241 (2)
Fortune, Wm., 32, 35 ; tenement called the, ap.
iii., iv., x., xii. ; theatre called the, 421,
423, 457 ; a dinner with the members of,
436 ; destruction of, 438 ; payment of a fine
for, 428 ; rebuilding of, 438
Fossils, species of, 19, 21-2
Foster, Elizth., 35 ; F. W., 276 ; Mr., 144 ;

R. N., 34H ; Wm., 175 (2), 374
Fothergill, Mr., 281
Foundling Hospital, Co. Midd., a governor of,

271
Fountain Terrace, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, 93 ;

Cottage, 303 (2)

Fourdrinier, Douglas (Lieut.), 76
Fowle, Kdw., 337
Fowler, Sir Edw., 438

Fox, Chas. Jas., 306 ; Jas., 148 ; Jno., 373 ;
Major-Geul., 461 ; Mr., 144, 338 (2) ; assess-
ment of, 6; gift by, 112; author of the
book of Martyrs, quotation from, 57 (2) ;

Fox—

Rebecca, 373 ; Sarah, 256 ; under the

hill, 186 ; tavern called the, 368 (3), 383
Foxe, Mrs., 338
Foxcrafb, Jno., 148 (2) ; money received from

a person named, 113

France, 30, 45, 72 (2), ap. v., viii., ix. (3) ;
dauphin of, 317 ; Emperor of, honour con-
ferred on Mr. Bessemer by, 405 ; presenta-
tion by, ib. ; Gipsies expelled from, 176 ;
King of, 317 (2), 336, 338 ; ports of, 70 (3) ;
residence in, 319 ; tour in, 461 ; travelling
in, 482 ; Bessemer steel used in, 403-4
Francis, gift to one, 435
Francescan order, a branch of the, 239-40
Franco-German War, aid to the sick and

wounded in, 293 ; Prussian War,

cartridges for use in the, 352
Franklin, execution of a person named, 345

(2) ; Sir Jno., search for, 399

Franks, Ann, 373

Fraser, Donald, 185

Frances, Maryane, bequest to, 60

Freeling, Frances, 361

Freeman's Mill, Camberwell, 341

Freemasons, donation by, 259

Friern Manor Farm, Peckham-Rye, 92, 310

(2); 311 ; Lordship of, 310 ; sale of, ib.
French, Arthur, 144 ; archives belonging to

the, extract from, 36 ; family of, 5 ;

Horn, Dulwich, tavern called the, 369, 385
Frend, Jno., 172 ; Sergeant, ib.
Frensh, Nic. le, 335
Freren, tenement called, 329
Freyn, land called, 41
Friendly Female Asylum, population of, 79
Friends, Society of, schools founded by mem-
bers of, 261 ; the meeting-house of, at Peck-
ham, 240
Prime, Jas., 103
Frisby, Tho., 149
Frith, Tho , ap. xxxix.
Fromon, Jno., 172
Fromond, Jno., 41, 175, Sence, 41
Fromonde, Frauncis, 52
Fromonds, Barth., 172 ; Elizth., 175
Fry, F. W., 270, 277 ; Miss, school of, 243
Fryer, Jno., 67 ; Robt., 336 ; Tho., ib.
Fryern, Manor of, 33-4, 329
Fryum, a farm called, 92
Fulfan, Jno., 336

Fulham, Co. Midd., Fairfax's army at, 444
Fuller, Francis, 315 ; Mr., 328
Fuller's Worthies, quotations from, 420 (2),

428

Fy field, Elizth., marriage of, 41
Fynche, Geo., 68

GADSBY, JNO., 274

Gad's Hill, Co. Kent, resident at, 30e

Gage, Sir Wm., 178

Gainsborough, pictures by, 4J

Gaitskill, Lieut. -Col., 71

Gatabin, Mrs., 278 ; T., 249 (2), 27/

Gale, Sarah, 342 (2)

Gallardon, curious story relative to, 318

xxu

INDEX.

Gallierdelo, Caesar, 337

Gamble Hen., 233; H. J. (Rev.), 232 (2),

233
Gam mage, land occupied by a person named,

137

Garden Row, Dulwich, longevity in, 419
Gardener, Frances, 333 ; Tho., 430 ; Sir TLo.,

333, 430

Gardiner, family of, 6 ; manorial mansion of
the, 265 (3) ; Frances (Lady), 45 ; Marg.,
57; Mary, 45; Miss, 243; R. B. (Rev.),
478-9; Tho. (Sir), 337; Tho. G. (Col.),
75 (2) ; Wm., 57, 378
Gardner, « Francis, 175; Hen., 148; Mr.,

117

Gardyner, family of, 44 ; Geo., 45 (2) ; sale
of Basing manor by, ib. ; Katb., 45; Rich.,
44 (2) ; Tho., 45 ; Tho. (Sir), 45 (8),
177 (2), 339 ; curious and interesting let-
ters from, 44 ; inscription on monument
to, 45 ; Wm., 44 ; chancery suit by, ib. ;
purchase of an estate by, ib. ; Wm. (Sir),
45

Gare, G., 247 ; M. A., 247
Garforde, Jno., 105
Garland and Field wick, Messrs., firm of,

church portico built by, 201 ; St.

George, a ship named the, 43
Garnyssh, Sir Christ., 51
Garraway, Chas., Ap., xxxix.
Garraway' s coffee house, auction sales at, 192,

343, 369-70
Garrett, Jno., 337 ; Tho., presentation by,

203
Garrit, assessment of a person named, 149 ;

David, 410

Gas Companies, Crystal Palace district, 110
(2) ; Phoenix, 109 ; lamps in Camberwell
lighted by, 110 ; South Metropolitan, 346
(3), 347 (2) ; lamps in Camberwell lighted

by, 110; Surrey Consumers, 347;

works, South Metropolitan, 212
Gassiott, J. P., 89 (2), 477
Gaster, Rev. T. J., 208
Gates, Edw., 148-9
Gatlin, Mr., 148

Gatton, assessment of a person named, 149
Gatonby, Mary, 373 ; Wm., ib.
Gaynsford, Capt., 28
Gazetteer, the (newspaper), 306
Gedge, Rev. K., 478
Gedindders, Rauffir, West, 49
Geikie, Mr., 15, 23, 25
General Advertiser (newspaper), 306
General Biographical Die., quotation from,

420; dispensary, 281; purposes

committee, chairman of, 189
Gentleman's Magazine, extracts from, 182,

321

Geneva, waters of, Mrs. Mapp (the bone-
setter) partaking too freely of, 346
Gennynges, Jno., 337

Geology of Camberwell, chapter on, 9 ; museum
of, Jermyn Street, London ; Co. Midd., spe-
cimens of shells in, 17
Geonoma Seemannii, plant called the, 411

George I , King, soldiery in the days of, 69 ;

II., 367; act passed in the reign of, 129;
deed of sale made in, 320; III.,

George III.—

• 73, 367, 460; acts passed in the reign of,

112, 132 (2), 218 (2), 457 ; local act of,

130 ; sale of a picture to, 481 ; taxation

in the reign of, 145 ; IV., 39, 110;

act passed in the reign of, 132 ;

Canning, tavern called the, 294 (2), 371 ;
.; street, Camberwell, 243, 249 ; school

in, 242 ; street (.South Grove), Rye

Lane, Peckham, 350 ; and Dragon,

tavern called, 372 ; and Gate, tavern

called, start of the Camberwell coach from,

81 (2); Wm., Ap. xxxix.
George's Row, 325
Gerard, Gerkyn, 335
Geratts, Mr., 436 (2)
German and Italian languages, a master of

the, 187; Evangelical Church, 238

Germany, 45, 90 ; Bessemer steel used in,

403-4 ; first appearance of the gipsies in,

176 ; glass from an ancient church in, 203 ;

Shakespeare Society in, 393 ; the "styled"

Duke of Normandy in, 318
Gestone, Dan, 338
Gibb, Hen., 434
Gibbins, Geo., 144
Gibbon, Chas., 356, 365; Mr., ib.
Gibbons, Jno., 242
Gibbs, Geo., 149; Mr., 113, 149, 436; an

altar window by, 213; Mrs., 113 ; Walter,

Ap. xxxix.
Gibkin, Mr., 437 (2)
Gibraltar, Bp. of, 287
Gibson, Elizth., 374 ; Mr. Milner, 364; Mrs.,

242; W. (Rev.), 237
Gibson's Code to Eccles. Law, quotation from,

157

Giffard, Dr., 359
Gifford, Jno., Ap. xxxix.
Gilbert, Mich., 338; Mr., 124 (3); Tho.

Webb, 163
Gile, Rich., 192

Gilford (Guildford), Co. Surrey, 122
Gill, Dan, land purchased of, Ap. iii., iv., x.,

xii., ; Geo. Hen., 184
Gillespie, Tho. (prof.), 357
Gillingham, Co. Kent, 103 (2)
Gilpyn, Jno., Ap. xlv.
Gipsies, marriage of the king and queen of

the, 176
Gilray, Mr., broadsheet of, 306 ; caricatures

of, 69, 146 (3)

Giraud, E. A. (Rev.), 454, 459-60, Ap., xli.
Girdlers' Company of London, almshouses of,

272-3

Givet, assessment of a person named, 149
Gladstone, Mr., 364 ; W. E., 4«4 (2)
Glamorganshire, Co. of, Wales, 115
Glascock, Widd., 144; Wm. 55, 337
Glascocke, Wm., 55 (2)

Glasgow, Scotland, 363 (3), 364 (2) ; diocese
, of, 358 ; exchange-rooms of, 364 ; native

of, 356

Glazebrook, M. G., Ap. xlvii. (3)
Glebe house, Vicarage Road, Camberwell, resi-
dent of, 247
Glen, Jno., chapel erected by, 228; Win.,

poetical remains of, 358
Glengall Grove, Peckham, longevity in, 373 ;

INDEX.

Glengall Road, 183 ; Terrace (Old Kent

Road), resident of, 247

Glennie, Alfred, 389 ; Dr., 201, 367, 388
(3), 389 (5), 390 (3), 391 (2), 392, 397 ;
school of, 386

Globe, tavern called the, 370 ; theatre called
the, 421

Gloucester, 90, 357 ; bishop of, 258 ; cathe-
dral of, organist of, 290 (2) ; Duke of, 177 •

earls of, 191, 327-8, 331, 378 ; Gilbert,

earl of, 5, 328 ; honour of, 327, 377 ; Hugh
de Audele, earl of, 330 ; Joan, Countess of,

ib. ; Marg. Countess of, 330 ; Place,

Caruberwell, asylum in, 274 ; inscription on

the same, ib. ; Road, school site in,

246 ; Robt. Earl of, 5, 378; Wm., Earl of,
329

Glover, Cath., 175 ; Jno., 82 (4), 83 (3) ;
Jno., Sara., 175 ; Sam., 175

Goad, Chas., 174 (4), 175, 183 ; Elizth., 174,
(3), 175; Jno., ib.; Tho., 174; Wm.
Miller, ib.

Goade, Tho., ap. xlv.

Godard, Wm., 195

Goddard, Tho. 183

Goderde, Wm., 336

Godfry, Ben., 338 ; Mr. ib. ; Rich., 252

Golden Lane, Co. Midd., gas first introduced in,

109 ; lectureship, the, 210 ; Lion,

tavern called the, 323, 367 ; Lyon,inn

called the, 108, 255, 359,366

Golding (Golden) Lane, Co. Midd., tenement
called The Fortune, in ap., iii. (2), iv.
(2)

Goldsmith house, Peckham, 93, 184, 361 ;

Oliver, 93, 180, 231,314, 361 (2), 362

(9) ; Life of, ib. ; residence of, il). ;

road, 93 ; schools in, 214

Goliath, training ship called the, 268

Gonuild, Jo., 335 (2)

Gooch, Hen., 217, 325

Good, Elizth., 374; Eev. Mr., 258

Goodall, Jno., 406 ; quaint epitaph on, 207 ;
Mr., ib. ; T. F., ib. ; ap. xlvii.

Goodman, Francis, 369 ; Tho. ib.

Goodsune, Water, 46

Goodwin, Mr. 83

Goody, Rich., 419

Goody ere, Sir H., 430

Goose, tavern called the, 368 ; Green, 92,

354 (3) ; acreage of, 353 ; chapel (the old)
181 ; church on, 220 ; opening of the same,
221 ; purchase of, 101

Goram, Jno., 309

Gordon, Jno., 182; Road, Nunhead, 275 ;

Nazareth House in, 169; terrace in, lon-
gevity at, 374

Gortscbakoff, Prince, defiance to, 357

Gosby, subsidy from a person named, 339

Goschen, J. G., 267

Gosling, Eev. Geo., 230

Gossedge, Hamlet, 68

Qosson. Steph. (rector of St. Botolph's, Bishops-
gate), letter from, 427

Gough, A. D., design by, 222 (2)

Gould, Martha Eliz., 374

Goulding's (Golden) Lane, Co. Midd., messuage
in, 378

Gover, assessment of a person named, 150

Gower, Hon. Leveson, 89

Grace's Road, 93

Gracechurch Street, London, Co. Midd., bankers
m, 393. See also Grasschurch Street

Graham, Chas., 353 ; Mr., 6, 353

Grainger, Mr., 394

Gram mar School, Caraberwell, 32, 48 63 H7
172, 177, 181, 191, 192, 196, 217 ; estate
of the, 147; purchase of land from the
governors of, 205 (2)

Grampian Club, the, 358 ; Lodge, Forest

Hill, Co. Kent, 357

Grampus, ship called the, 286

Grand Surrey Canal Company, 1

Grange Road, resident of, 295

Grant, Dr., 239-40, 395; president, defiance
to, 357

Grantham, W., 89 (2)

Granville, A. B., autobiography of, 394: Dr.,
394 (2), 395

Grapes, tavern called the, 368

Grasschurch (Gracechurch) Street, London, Co.
Midd., inns in, 81 (3)

Gravel Lane, London, 86

Gray, A., 478; R. A., 106, 131 (4), 151, 152
(2), 186, 187, 190,203, 214, 266, 275, 277
(2), 292-3, 342 ; amusing story relative to
an election of, 286 ; as father of Camber-
well, 286 (12), 287 (6), 288 (5), 290 (2) ;

letters from, 289 ; Bp. of Winchester

to, 287-8 ; Mrs., monument to the memory
of, 131 ; presentation to, 289 ; requisition
signed by, 130 ; resolution by, ib. ; R. A.
(junr. ), monument to the memory of, 131

Gray's Inn, Co. Midd., a solicitor of, 409

Great Bornes, Dulwich, messuage called, 378

ap. ii. ; iv., x., xi. ; Britain, savings

banks in, 296 ; College Street, Co.

Midd., schools in, 260 ; Orchard Row,

longevity in, 374

Greathead, Jno., 148

Greece, Attorney -General at, 363

Green, Ann, 174; assessment of a person
named, 150 ; Jno,, 174 ; Jno. Fisher, ib. ;
Jno. Wm., 183; Lucy, 249; Mr., 255;
298; R., gift to, 435; Tho., 149, 196

Green Coat School, Camberwell, 62, 90, 173 (2),
242, 244, 296-7, 3t>7 ; a supporter of, 179 ;
children sent to, 135 ; cost of building the,
260; founder of, 320; laying the founda-
tion stone of the new, 259 ; inscription ou
the same, ib. ; orders to be observed by the
scholars of the, 257 ; service in the, 202 ;
site of the, 302; treasurers of, 181, 187;
bequest to the treasurer of, 139, 143; — —
hundred, Camberwell, land in a street in,

called, 45, 333; lane, Dulwich, 414;

-- Man, tavern called the, 366, 367 (6),
386-7 (2), 388; remarkable law suit about

the, 386 ; Man Gite, turnpike known as,

patroles to, 108 ; place, Camberwell,

3-29

Greenacre, murder committed by a person
named, 341-2; apprehension of, ib. ; trial
and execution of, ib.

Greenbank, Co. Cornwall, 286

Greenfield, Rev. W. F., 479 (2)

Greenhaugh, Wm., ap. xxxviii.

Greenland, 23 (2)

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INDEX.

Greenock, Scotland, member of Parliament for,
364

Greenwich, Co. Kept, 30, 109 (2), 116, 118,
177, 367 (2), 377, 393, 419; baiting at,
438; hospital at, 341; abet made relative
to the consecration of, 306 ; superintendent
registrar's district of, 300

Gregory, Alex., 192; C. W., 186 ; Jacob, 185;
Jno., 148; Miss, 262 ; Rev. R., 263; Tho.,
ap. xl.

Gregson, Jane, 140

Grenewyche (Greenwich), Co. Kent, manor of,
379 ; west, 41

Grensel, Rich., ap. xxxviii.

Grenville, Lord, 481

Grenwych (Greenwich), west, Co. Kent, manor
of, 331

Gresham, park at Brixton called, resident of,
249 ; Sir John, 102 ; Sir Tho., 445 ; Wm.,
ap. xliii.

Gressame, Mr., 436

Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, 238

Greyhound Road, (Kent Road), peat bed cut
through the, 26 ; tavern called the, 155, 180
<2), 367, 3b'9 (5), 370, 377, 395, 418 ; sale
of the, 369

Griffin, T. K., 293

Griffith, Dr., 359 ; Jas., 172 ; Jno. Tho., 185 ;
Ruth, 172

Griffiths, J. T., 170 ; Mr., 362

Griffyn, Jno., 316 (2)

Grimes, Geo. (Sir), 53 (5), 54, 55 (10) ; mar-
riage of, 53 ; petition of, ib. ; Tho., 53,
55 (2), 251 ; Sir Tho., 30, 329

Groode, Colman, 50

Gross, G. M., 247

Grosvenor Chapel, London, Co. Midd., 220 ;

Street, Camberwell, resident of, 249

(2)

Grote, Geo., 417

Grousthead, Jno., payment for the stocks,
117

Grove, Misses, 266 ; Widd, payment for a
wench that died at the house of, 116 ; ^he
Grove, Camberwell, 37, 92, 190, 192 -"a
recollection of, 290 ; letter dated from, 289 ;

Chapel, 206 ; Hill, 90, 93, 359 ;

a poem called, 304 ; residents of, 247, 280-1

(4), 282 (3), 2b3 (2) ; school on, 265 ;

House, 305 (2), 306; fancy fair at, 212;

tavern called, 840, 367 ; tavern, Dul-

wich, 367, 388 ; Terrace, longevity at,

• 374 ; Lane, Camberwell, 13, 92, 183

(2), 184 (2), 309 ; mineral waterworks in,
343 ; residents of, 152, 350 ; school in,
262 ; tavern in, 294, 371 ; widening of,

101 ; Park, "Camberwell, 185, 247,

283 (3) ; battalion (volunteer) drill in, 71 ;

resident of, 183 ; school in, 265 ; Vale

Grover, assessment of a person named, 149

Grow, Mr., 232
Grub, Mr., 255

Grummant, Jno., 93, 183, 186 ; Road,

Peckham, 93, 294 (3)
Gryffyn, ap Rice, 06

Grymes, Anne, 55 (3) ; Arthur, 54-5; Ben.,
55; Constance, ib. (2); Edw., ib. (2);
ib. ; Eliz., 54 (2) ; family of, 6, 53,

Grymes—

55 ; arms of, 53 ; crest of, ib. ; pedigree of,
55 ; Frances, 54 ; Hen., 55 ; Jane, ib. ;
Jno., 53, 55 (2) ; Marg., 54, 55 (2) ; Lady
Marg., ib. ; Martha, 54 ; Mary, 55 (3), 172;
Rich., 53 (3), 54 (2), 55 (2) ; inventory of
goods of, 54 ; marriage of, 53 ; petition of,
ib.-t Susannah, 55; Tho., 51, 177, 251,
316, 328 (2), ap. xliii. ; Sir Tho., 47, 52,
53 (6), 54 (6), 55 (13), 328, 337, 429,
430 (4), 432 (4), 433 (2), 442 ; marriage of,
53 ; letter from, ib.

Guardian Assurance Co., 86

Guardians, Camberwell Board of, 185 ; clerk
to, 163, 186; particulars from the first
annual report of, 161

Gudgeon, Ed. B., 184, 185, 186, 270, 293

Guest, Jno., 149

Guildford, Co. Surrey, 265, 313 ; borough of, 80

Guildhall, London (City), inauguration dinner
in, 291 ; the library at, interesting work in,
384 ; tavern called the, sale at, 369

Gulistan Grove, 354

Gull, C. G., ap. xlvii. ; J. W., 184, 477

Gun, Shoreditch, Co. Midd., tavern called the,
304

Gundomar, the Spanish Ambassador, dinner
with, 438

Gurney, T., 228 (2); chapel erected at the
expense of, ib. ; memorial tablet to, ib.

Guyatt, Geo., 206

Gwilt, Mr., 283

Gwynne, Nell, 312, 346

Gyffe, Rich., 337

HABERDASHERS' Company of London, a citizen
and member of the, 180

Hacham (Hatcham), Co. Kent, 2

Hachesham (Hatcham), manor of, 333 (2)

Hackney, Co. Midd., 229

Hadden Villa, 355

Haddon, Wm., 51

Haden, warm-air apparatus by, 237

Hadfield, Kev. Tho., 231 (2)

Hadlie, subsidy from a person named, 337

Hague, Sam., 183

Haig, Jas., 86-7

Haimo, advowson held by, 191 ; a manor said

to have been held by, 327 (2) ; (the

Viscount), Camberwell held at the survey
by, 3 (2)

Haldane, Principal, 357

Hale, Jno., 144; Sir Matt., 176

Half Moon Lane, Dulwich, a grand old elm
tree in, 407-8; sale of land in, 141;
tavern called the Half Moon, 369 (6) ; sale
of, ib.

Halford, Jno., 113; Mr., 198; Rev. Mr.,
306 (5)

Haliwell, Co. Midd., priory of, 329, 378

Hall, assessment of a person named, 149;
Geo., 256; Jno., 144 (2), 148, 149, 339;
Marshall (Dr.), 394-5 (2) ; biographical
sketch of, 395 ; Mr., 394, 398 (4) ; New-
man, 233 ; Rich., 339 ; S. C., 398 (3),
399 ; T. W., 249 ; Widow, 149; Court,

INDEX.

Ixxv

Hall—

Dulwich, 409 ; Place, Dulwich, mes-
suage called, 378 (3), 379, ap. ii., iv., ix.,

xi. ; Co. Berks, resident of, 333 ;

Grove, Dulwich, 379
Halliday, Jno., 2o4 ; Messrs., conveyance by

205 ; S. W., 204, 314
Hallius, Jno., 144
Halliwell, Co. Midd., 41 ; gift to the priory

of, 332

Halls, J. T., 448
Ham, derivation of, 91
"Hamlet," quotation from, 369
JIammersley, Mr., 4 1
Hammick, Sir Steph., 460
Hamilton, Lady, 31
Ham m on, Wm., 148
Hammond, Jno., 149, 150; Roger, 149 ; Tho.,

148 ; Widow, 144
Hamon, gift to a person named, 435 : Roger,

337

Ilaraond, family of, 5, 6; Jno., 145, 338;
Marg., 114; Mich., 338: Roger, 336;
Tho., 145 ; Wm., 339
Ilampson's " Life of Wesley," quotation from,

182 (2)
Harnpstead, Co. Midd., 22 (2), 282, 376, 419;

Heath, 9 ; Hill, 9, 27 ; Road

chapel, organist of, 290
Hampton Court, Co. Midd., 352
Hancock, Christ., 148
Handcock, A nth., 145

Hannen, family of, 392; Jas. (Sir), ib. ; Mr.,
ib.

Hanover, death of an envoy at, 172;

Jamaica, 207 (2) ; Arms, tavern called

the, 371 ; Chapel, Peckham, 92, 186,

230, 232, 233, 230, 292 ; ordination service
at, 227 ; presentation of an organ to, 284 ;

House of, the, 92 ; . Park, 10, 23 ;

college in, 263 ; peat beds cut through, 26 ;
residents of, 184 (2), 185 (3), 359; rifle

club at, 74 (6) ; drill ground of, 74 ;

Square, Co. Midd., 309 ; Street, Peck-
ham, 1 0, 92 (2) ; former resident of, 356 ;
meeting house in. 240 ; peat beds cut
through, 26
Hansfield, Jno., 68

Hants, Co. of, a justice of the peace for the, 410
Happy Entrance, ship called the, 43
Hard, Fran., 144
Harden, Hen., 177 (2)
Harder, Mr., 92 ; Tho., 205, 259
Harder's Road, Peckham, 92, 169, 184 ; hall

in, 236 ; meeting house in, 240
Harding, Geo., 183 ; J. D., pictorial art prac-
tised under, 405 ; R. P., 417 ; Tho., 184 ;

West, Co. Norfolk, 53

Hardman, stained window by, 225; W., 89 (2)

Hardy, A. H., 478; Col. 71, 73; stirring

address of, 71 ; Jas. Rich., 207 ; Jno. C.

(Lieut.), 76; Marg., 207; Marg. Pen warne,

vault of, 207

Hardys, of Peckham Road, vault of the, 207
Hardyn, Geo., 67
Hare, Mr., 456
Harefield, Co. Midd., 33
Hargood, E., 142 ; Mr. 138
Hargrave, Mrs. 243

Harker, Rev. W., 212 (2)

Harleian MSS. (British Museum), quotations

from, 36, 40, 46 (2), 50, 55, 330 ; letters

among, 65
Harley, Tho., 339
Harman, Alfred, photograph by, 188: Jabez

J., 237 ; Prudence, 103
Harmonde, family of, 50 ; arms of, ib. :

Hen., ib.
Harold, King, 4
Harper, Ernest, 293 ; Jno., ap. xxxix. ; Miss,

263; Mr, ib. (2), 265 (2); Mrs., ib.;

Rev. Tho, 263
Harrey, Jos., 6J
Harrington, Lord, 71
Harris, C., 270 (2), 477; Dr., 2 ; history by,

3i;0 ; Dorothea, 173; Mr., 144, 23o 239

321, 434; Quarles, 173; Rich., ib. ; Rev.

Harrison, Jo., 437; Jno., ap. vii. (2), viii.

xxxv, xxxix. (2) ; Mr., 436
Harrison's " History of London," quotation

from, 7
Harrow, Co. Midd, 282, 417 ; schools at, 391,

410; Jno., 416

Harryson, Jno., 67, 336 ; Rich., ib.
Hart, F., 270 ; J. 0., 131 ; Law, 149 (2) ;

Mr., 169 ; Rich., ap. xl. ; Street,

London (City), church in, marriage at, 36
Harte, Hen., 144
Hartichoake (Artichoak), tavern called the,

368
Hartley, Mr., 388 (2); a fine demanded of the

late Prince Consort hy, ib.
Harvey, Jas., 176, 430 ; Sir Jas., 176, 430 ;

Jno., 176, 4-30 ; Mr. 430 (3) ; Rich., 148 ;

Road, Camberwell, 343: Sam., 176

(2); Sir Sebastian, 176, 430; Tho., 176,

430

Harvey e, Constance, 430
Harvey's Cottages, Cooper's Road, longevity in,

373

Haslingden, Co. Lane., 211
Hassard, Peter, 337
Hassnot, Mr. 338
Hassord, Jno., 145
Hasted, Mr., ("Hist, of Kent,") quotations

from, 170, 332
Hasteley, EJw, 105
Hastie, Jas. H. (Lieut.), 76
Hastings, Co. Sussex, 264 ; battle of, 4
Haswell, Rev. J. P., 236
Hatcham, Co. Kent, 41, 330; factories at,

342 ; liberty of, 1 14 ; (New), longevity

at, 374 ; ragged school at, 243 ; R»ad,

184 ; subsidies for, 337 ; tavern at, 370.

See also Hacham, Hechani, Hechesh'm
Hatfield, Co. Herts, 9
Hathaway, Rose, 178, 373 ; comment on the

age of, 178 ; Wm., 178 (2), 373
Hatton, Robt, ap. xlv. ; Garden, Co.

Midd., 321
Haukines, A., 335
Haulden, Miss, 118

Havelock, General, tavern called the, 371
Havil, family of, U2 ; Jas., 173-4; Rebecca,

173; Sarah, 174; Tho, 173-4;

House, 92 (2), 173 (2) ; demolition of, 165;
Street, Peckham, 92, 167 (3), 168 (3),

Ixxvi

INDEX.

Havil—

173; asylum in, 274; inscription on, ib. ;

Hotel (the Workhouse), arrangements

of, 156; widening of, 101
Hawes, Ben., 85 (5) ; Sir B., 358 ; Rev. Dr.,

258; F. W., 478
Hawkes, Sam. T., ap. xl. (2)
Hawkin, Sir Jno. ("Hist, of Music"), quota-
tion from, 443
Hawkins, Ambros, 148 ; Sir John, 157 ;

Rich., 66

Hawkswell (Hawkwell), Co. Essex, 91
Hawley, Co. Kent, manor of, 332
Hawoode, Jno., 105
Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, quotation from,

109,110

Haycroft, Rev. Isaac, 215 (2)
Hayues, Mrs., 245 ; T., 249
Hayter, Ben., 384 ; Tho., 64 (2) ; letter to,

Hay ward, Arthur Tho., 183 ; Robt., 137 (2)
Hazard, assessment of a person named, 149
Hazell, Rev. J. H., 214, 215, 247, 263, 350
Head, A. B., 245
Headboroughs of Camberwell, Co. Surrey, 118,

127, 129

Headlye, Wm., 337
Heald, H. G., 249
Heard, Fran., 338
Hearne, letter to the antiquary, 1 ; MS.

diaries of, 36

Hearth Tax, for Camberwell, 143-4
Heath, Ro., 315
Heathway, Rich., 339
Heaton, Elizth., 180 ; Jno., 67 ; Mr. , 310 (2) ;

Road, 92; Chapel, 232

Heaton's folly, 92; a building in Peckham

called, 310

Hebden, Sir John, 64 (2) ; letter from, 64
Hecham (Hatcham), Co. Kent, assessment of,

336

Hecbesh'm (Hatcham), Co. Kent, 5
Hedger, Robt., 217
Heeles, Ceo., trial of, 107
Heesom, C. 8., 244-5 ; R, 245
Hefford, Nich., 144
Heller, T. E.,241, 245, 247
Helps, Sir A., 410
Helte, Robt, Le, 335
Hempsall, Jno., 66

Hen and Chickens, coach from the, 119
Hendeley (Henley), Tho., 378 (2)
Henderson, Jas., 362, 363 (2), 364, 412;

biography of, 362-5 ; summons to appear

before the House of Commons for, 364 ; Mr.,

363 (2), 364 (7), 36n (3)
Hendley or Henley, family of, 46 ; arms of the,

ib. ; Jervis, 46 ; Jno., 46 (2), 47 (3); Tho.,

brass to, 46; curious doggerel lines on, ib. ;

will of, ib. ; Walter, 46 ; Wm., 46, 47 (5)
Hendly, Jno., bequest in trust to, 136 (2)
Hendriks, P. E., 384
Hengrave, Co. Suffolk, 178; Gage's, hist, of,

quotation from, ib.

Heningham (Hedinsiham), Co. Essex, 55
Henley, Earth., 47 ; Elizth., 47 (2) ; bequests

to, 46 ; family of, 5,6; Francis, 47 ; Harri

46; Hen., 47 (6), 336; Jno., 337; Jone,
. 47 ; Marg., ib. ; Marye, 16. ; Philipa, ib. •

Henley-
Rich, ib. ; Tho., 378 (2); bequest to, 46;
Wm., 66 ; beqxiesfc to, 46. See also Hen-
delie, Hendley, Hendly

Henlie, Wm., 67

Henlye, Wyllyam, 336

Henniker, Jno., 373

Henry, alias Hamshire, supposed murder by a
person named, 178 ; conviction of, ib. ; —

I, King, 49 (2), 329, 378 ; II., grant

confirmed by, 191 ; III., 49, 191, 327:

IV., 49, 331 (2), 332 (2); V.,'

328 (2), 331 ; VI., 50, 55, 328, 329 ;

assignment of persons to view the banks of
the Thames river by, 2 ; commissions issued

in the reign of, 3 ; VII., 51 (2), 333,

345, Chapel of (Westminster Abbey), 348,

VIII., 41, 49, 51 (8), 55, 56, 60,171,

177, 194, 327 (3), 329 (2), 322 (2), 333,
335, 336, 368, 377 (2), 378 ; Act in refer-
ence to ladies' attire passed in the reign of,
69; children of, nursed at Dowdales (Peck-
ham), 330 ; Courts of request in the name
of, 129 ; remodelling of the same, 129 ; gift
by* 377 ; grant by, 378 ; night marches
suppressed in the reign of, 102 ; night
watches in, 101 ; oath of an ale Conner in,
128 ; restoration of fire and lights by, 101 ;
subsidies in the reign of, 335 ; theatrical
play called, 421 (2)

Henslowe, Mr., 380, 424; Phil., 421. See
also Hinslo

Henstridge, Jas., ap. xl.

Heth, Jno., bequest to, 29

Herald, Morning, the (newspaper), 109 ; ship
named the, 399

Herald's College, London, Co. Midd., pedig
in, extract from, 332

Herbert, Dionys, 149; Mr., 114, 118;

and Horton, Messrs., firm of, factory of.
342

Hereford, Co. of, 372; Cathedral of,

organist of, 290 ; Earls of, 327 ; Road,

Ludlow, Co. Salop, 304

Hermitage, the (Champion Lodge, Camberwell),
visit to, 322

Hern, Robt., 176

Herne Bay, Co. Kent, skull found at, 18 j

Hill, Dulwich, Co. Surrey, 10, 13, 93,

141, 375 ; church on, 222 (2); engagement
to preach at, 288 ; formation of, 21 ; money
orders paid and issued from, 299 ; residents
of, 190, 203, 223, 294, 3s6

Herring, Francis, 184, 185; Mr., 268; Tho.,
ap. xlii.

Herschell, Rev. L., 233

Hersee, Rose, 359

Hertford or Harfield, Eoger de, 192;

Street, Mayfair, London, 343

Hertfordshire, Co. of, 48, 399, 400; the
"rea" in, 91; type for the oldest existing
newspapers of, 40 0

Hester, Jno., 196; Mr., 113 (6), 255; Wm.,
154, 180-1

Hether, gift to a person named, 435

Hewett, Symon, 338

Hewys, Jno., 336

Hey ward, Jos., 145

Hichens, Robt., memorial window to, 220

INDEX.

Ixxvii

Hichinton, Jno., 145
tickling, J. S., 277
lickrnan, Jno., 149 (2)
licks, H., 247 ; Wm., 149, 338
lide of land, definition of, 4

'^s, Mr., 255
[ighgate, Co. Midd., 9, 22
[igh Street, Peckham, 93, 94 (2), 184, 189,
232

[ilary, Jno., ap. xl. (4)
[ilderston, Co. Stafford, the poor of, 139

Hildrop, Wm., curious entry of the name of,

172

[ill, Edm., 336 ; family of, 179 ; F. C., 276 ;
Geo., 68 ; Jas., 249 ; Jos., 148 (2), 149,
338 ; Mr., 332 ; Mrs., 31, 59, 329 ; money
paid to a person named, 121 ; Rowland,
penny postage scheme of, 297 ; Tho., 183,

338 (2) ; W. H., 270 ; flail, Co.

Essex, 5, 34, 39, 307 ; Street, Peck-
ham, 31, 59, 93, 138, 183 (2), 180, 233
(2), 248, 329 ; Brewery in, schools formerly

on the site of, 262 ; chapel in, 232 (2),

270 ; the chapel school, 244 ; church

in, 210, 214, 261 ; a barn formerly on the
site of, 226 ; proprietary church in, 201 ;
schools in, 243 (2)

Hills, P. C., 213 ; Mr., a man dying at, 180 ;
Mrs,, 289

Hiltton, Mr., 338

Hillyear, C. W., 247

Hindostan, India, 304

Hinslo (Henslowe), Mr., 422

Hinton, Oxon, 48

Hipsie, Rye, 67

Kitchens, Rev. J. H., 233

Hoare, Rich , 192

Hobbima, picture by, 484

Hobbs, Geo., 374; Sarah, ib. ; terrace

(the orchard, Peckham) longevity in, ib.

Hobson, Roger, 336 ; the merry Londoner
known as old, quotation from, 1U2

Hoche, General, address of, 70

Hoddy, Lady, 51

Hodges, Capt., 259

Hodsel, Nich., 149

Hodson, Juo., 181; Mr., 256 (2); Rich.,
124 (7), 1-25, 180

Hogarth, theatrical scene by, 386

Hogs, the Camberwell, 7

Holbeach, Hen., 356

Holbein, Hans, picture by, 483

Hoi berry, Mark, ap. xl., xli.

Hoi ford, Jno., 148

Holinshed, Mr., account of Domesday book by,
3 ; a derivation by, 91 ; chronicles by, quota-
tions from, 5, 56 (2), 313, 344

Holland, 2 ; Anth., warrant to, 375 (2) ; am-
bassador to, 44 ; House, Kensington,

Co. Midd , 46L (i) ; Lady, 461 (2) ;

Lord, 461 ; ports of, 70 ; residence in, 399 ;
retirement of a "styled" Duke to, 317;

Road, Brixton, resident of, 249 ;

travelling in, 4*1; Wm., 51; and

Harmon, Messrs., firm of, a church rebuilt
by, 223

Holmer, Wm., 217

Holmes, Wm.,ap. xxxix.

Hollis, Mr., 119

Holy Trinity, Paddington, Co. Midd., church

of the, 210
Holywell, 90

Homestead, a farm called the, 353
Horaerton, Co. Midd., college at, 263 ;

the old college at, 231
Home Mission, origination of the 229 •

Leipsic Road, 239 (2)
Homestall Farm, Peckham-Rye 184
Homfray, Mr., 83
Hone, Jno., 148; Hone's Every-day Book,

quotations from, 304, 370
Honor Oak, Peckham, 157, 282 ; church at,

214 ; railway station at, S3 (3)
Honywill, Albert, 183
Hoo, the, Sydenham, 225, 295, 417 (4), 418

Hood, Mrs., 360 ; Tho., 94, 359 (3), 360-1 •
Tom, 356, 360, 361 (2)

Hook, Edw. B., 125 (4) ; death of, 125 ; Hen.,
114 ; Mr., 36] ; T., memoirs of, 389

Hooke, E. B., 181 ; family of, 181 ; Francis,
ap. xxxix.; Jno., 181 (3), 259; Sarah,
181 ; Tho., 148 ; memorial to, 181

Hooton, J., ap. xlvii. (2) ; J. G., ib.

Hope, Mr., 242 ; theatre called the, 421

Hopewood Villa, Choumert Road, Peckham,
resident of, 356

Hopgood, Metcalf, 477

Hopkins, Tho., ap. vii.{2), viii., xxxix. ; Wm.,
339

Hopkyns, Rych., 67

Horceau, murder committed by a Frenchman
named, 343

Horden, Awdrye, 337

Horley, Co. Surrey, 178

Hormead, Little, Co. Herts, 48

Hornby, Mr., 31

Home, Elizth., 330 ; Jno. de, 330 (3) ; Roger
de, 330 (2)

Horns Tavern, Kennington, Co. Surrey, meeting
at, 294

Horseshoe and Magpie, inn called the, 81

Horsier, Elizth., 373

Horsley Down, Co. Surrey, 179

Horsted, Geo., 339

Horton, Wm., 338

Hospital, St. Bartholomew's, Governor of,
287 ; honour obtained at, ap. xlvii. ; Con-
sumptive, founding of the, 398 ; Lying-in,
bequest to, 460 ; St. Thomas's, 121 ;
governor of, 287

Hostelries, past and present, chapter on, 366

Hounds, tavern called the, 368

Hounslow Heath, Co. Midd., brigandage on,
389

Hovedon, Roger, a work written by, 101

Hovenden, F., 477

How, Rich., 338

Howard, (Jhas., 184; Sir Chas., 63; Jos.,
148-9, 150, 3?-9 ; Lord, 56 ; Mary, mar-
riage of, 63 ; Morgan, 87 (7) ; Mr., 216,
389, 417 ; Wm., 314 ; and others, re-
ward to, 106

Howe, Thos., 338

Howell, Wm., ap. xl.

Howes, C., 454, ap. xli. ; Rev. C., 459

Howlaud, Sir Jo., 429

Howley, Wm., ap. xlii.

Ixxviii

INDEX.

Howman, Lord Robt., 177
Howlets, land at Dulwich called, particular
item in the college statutes relative to, ap.

XXX.

Howlette, land in Dulwich called, ap. ii., iv.,

ix., xi.
Howlett's Acre, bequest out of the rents of,

141 ; Bycotts (Rygates), lands called,

378

Howse, Water, 336
Hoxton, Co. Midd., 367; academy at, classical

tutor at the, 234
Huddersfield. Co. York, 211
Hudibras, question propounded by, 369
Hudson, Mr., 397; Nich., 339; v.

Hudson, a suit in Chaucery between, 343
Hughe, Hen., 144
Hughes, A., 261 ; Mrs. General, memorial

window erected by, 224 ; Tho., 87 (2) ;

Rev. Tho., 234
Hughson's Hist, of London, quotations from,

1, 392

Hught and Langford, Messrs., factory of, 342
Hull, E. L., ap. xlvii.
Hume, A. W., 478 ; Jas., ap. xl. ; Rev. Jas.,

presentation of a font by, 44b' ; inscription

on, ib. ; Jos., 394 ; Jno., 149; Mr., his

remark on Domesday Book, 3
Humphreys, Jno., 149
Hungirford, Co. Berks, 3, 280
Hunt, Dame, 53, 177; Hen., 194, 195(2),

336 ; J., 300 ; Jo., 339 ; L., memoir of,

389 ; Mr., 144 ; Mrs., 238 ; Nich. 103,

177, ap. xli. ; Rich., '251 ; Tho., 2S1, ap.

xliii. ; gift of, 134 (2) ; Sir Tho., 36 («),

47 (3), 53 (2), 116, 13S, 142, 172 (2), 177

(3), 328 ; arms of, 47 ; marriage of, 36,

47 ; will of, 47
Hurst, Geo., 298 (2), 373 ; Hen., 337 ; Tho.,

144, 339
Hussey, Elizth., 174 (2) ; Robt., 176 ; Wm.,

174

Hustrofte, Hen., 68
Hutchinson, Joshua, 148; J. T., 478
Hutchison, Rev. R. P., 212 (3)
Button, C. W C., 190, 409 ; Matt., ap.

xlii. ; Mr., 409 (2), 418 ; Tho., 409
Huysuras, Van, picture by, 484
Hyde, Eleanor, 182 ; Geo., 183 ; Rev. H. W.

C., 187, 217 ; Jno., 182 ; Mary Ann, 182;

Mr., 341 ; Park, London, Co. Midd.,

cleaving the ring in, 69 ; field days held in,

71 ; volunteers in, 71, 75
Hyll, Rych., 336
Hypsiprymnus and Petaurus (Kangaroo rat),

18(2)
Hyracotherium, the (species of a tooth), 18,

N, Mr., 215

larland (Ireland), 421

Illustrated London News, tmblication called
the, 17

Image, Jno., ap. xli.

Imperial, the Prince, of France, 238

Iinphy, St. Feurin, Bessemer steel manufac-
tured at, 404

Incidents, special and general, chapter on,
312

Inder, Eras., 338

India, an appointment in, 394 ; iron of, 401 ;
jungles of, 20 ; maintenance of two native
preachers in, 230 ; missions in, 240 ; resi-
dence in, 290 ; service in, 388

Indies, West, 115, 323 (2) ; a planter of the,
281

Industry, a figure representing, 166

Ingland (England), 421

Ingleby, 410

Ingledew, J., 477

Ingoldsby, Sir Rich., 178 (2)

Ingolshy, Ann, 178; Francis, 178 (2);
Martha, 178

Ingram, Rev. T. H., 228

Inkes and Geikie, manual of geology, 15, 23,
25

Inks, Nych., 68

Inn, the Five Bells, New Cross, 298

Innes, Jno., 183 ; Rev. Jno. Boatet, 234

Innis, Alex., 173 (2) ; Ann, ib.

Institute, Dulwich, working men's, 418, 419 ;

<>f civil engineers, communications to

the, 401

Institutions, Camberwell literary and scientific,

303 ; provident, 296 ; charitable,

269 ; local, 292 ; Peckham Amateur Ath-
letic Club, 295 ; working men's club, 347

Investigator, ship called the, 3i<9

Ireland, 115 ; Jas., 149, 338 (2), 377, 415,
ap. v., viii., ix. (3) ; Lord Blaney of, 176 ;
nativity in, 211 ; primate of, 279 ; refugees-
to, 326 ; savings banks in. 296

Irelande, 336

Ireton, burial in Westminster Abbey of, 348 ;
exhumation of, ib.

Ironmongers, Company of, London, member of.

Irons, Dr., 359 ; Jos., 186, 187; Rev. Jos.,

228, 229 (7), 359 ; Rev. Wm. Josiah, ib.
Irton, Walter de, 1 92
Irvine, Alex. Lodwick, 163; Major, 75 (3)
Isclton, Mrs., 245
Islington, Co. Midd., 220, 228 ; Miss Milner's-

death at, 362
Istlipp, Pymonde, 105
Italian Tyrol, death at Assiago in the, 88
Italy, 45, 187, 318, 406, 465 ; brave army

of, 70 ; pictures from, 436 ; shrubs from,

415 ; travelling in, 482
Ivy Cottage, Dulwich, resident of, 393

JACKET, CHRIST., ap., vii. (2), viii.
Jackman, Rev. J., 258; and Hawkins,

Messrs., 227
Jackson, Messrs., Bessemer steel manufactured

by, 404 ; Mr., description of Mrs. Wesley

by, 182; Jno., 148; assessment of, 6;

Mary, 148 ; Rich., 144, 339 ; Widow,

144

Jacob, Mr., 428 (2)
Jamaica, island of, 207
James I., King, 33, 36 (2), 50, 63, 329, ap., i.

(4), vi., vii. (31, ix. (3), ap., xxxvi,,xlv.; act

INDEX.

Ixxix.

James I. —

against swearing passed in the reign of,

112 ; for harbouring persons from

going to church, extract from, 111 ; a
famous comedian in the reign of, 388 ;
charity founded in the reign of, 250 ;
court of, letter from, 68 ; deed of founda-
tion of Dulwich College made in the reign
of, ap., vi. ; exhibition before, 423 ; gen-
tlemen of the privy chamber to, 178 ;
Jesuits in the reign of, 315; letters patent

from, 424, 428 ; to found Dulwich

College, for Edward Alleyn, ap., i. ;
musician to, 172 ; subsidies in the reign

of, 337 ; II., 252; tradition as to,

303; VI., poetical remains of, 358 ;

secretary to, ib.; assessment of a person
named, 150; Ben., 338; Hen. (Sir), 78,
316: return of areas by, 78; Jno., 144,
247,' 338; Marg., 178; Martyn, 316 (2);
Peter, ap., xl. ; Robt., 144; Roger (Sir),
178, 279 ; Wid. 339 ; Grove, Peck-
ham, 248 (2) ,' Baptist chapel in, 232 ;
laying the memorial- stone of, ib. ; school-
room in, 244 ; • Street, Southampton

Street, schools in, 246, 2tiO

Jane, Mrs., 436

Janes, Tho., 149 ; widow, ib.

Janson, Wm. Hen., 131

Janus, the great temple of, 2

Jardin, K. du, a picture by, 484

Jarvis, H., appointment as district surveyor
of Camberwell, 130

Jay, Jas. (Rev.), 229 (5) ; Miss, 266

Jeafferson, Mr., work written by, quotation
from, 312, 345

Jeeves, Wm., 149

Jeffereyes, Aid., warrant from, 119

Jeffrey, Frances, 460

Jeffs, Wm., 339

Jenckes, Harb., 338

Jenes, Anne, 32

Jenkens, Jno., 105

Jenkins, B. G., 479 ; W., 206

Jenner, Mr., 152, 350 (2) ; brewery of, 92

Jephson, Alex., 197, 253 ; escape from Ire-
land of, 48; Cath., 49 ; Chas.,t&. ; Elizth.,
49 (10) ; family of, 48, 296 ; settlement
in Carnberwell of, 48; Ren.,ib. ; Jane, ib. ;
Mary, 48, 49 (2) ; Martha, 49 ; Mary, 48;
Mr.," 182, 259, 278, 306-7 ; Prudence, 49;
Sarah, ib. ; Tho., 48 (2), 49 (12), 253
(2), 259;, Wm., 253 (2); Rev. Wm., 48
(5), 49 (4), 217, 278 ; as master of the

Camberwell grammar school, 48 ;

Ratcliff grammar school, ib.

Jerlynghm, a person named, 51

Jernynghm, Lady, 51 (3); Sir Rich., 51

Jerrold, Blanchard, 35b' ; Douglas, 356, 359

Jerusalem, Knights of St. John of, 332

Jesuits, account of, the Camberwell, 315;
harboured in the house of one Mil-
bury of Camberwell, 6 ; hiding place of,
177

Jesus College, Cambridge, scholar of, 478

Jeukes, Capt., execution of, 345

Jewell office, page of the, 41

Jewin Crescent, Aldersgate Street, London
(City) Co. Midd., lectures conducted at, 229

Joace, Robt., 434

John, King, 332 ; hunting in Peckham by
312 ; VI. (King of Portugal), 207

Johnes, Edw., 105

Johnson, Dr., 309 (4), 310, 370, 152, 359 ;
life of, 152; expenditure for a person
named, 123; Edw. Ben., ap. xli. (2) ; J.,
prosecution of, 106 ; Jas., 359 ; MithwelV
253 ; Tho., 339

Johnson's lock, Ben, near Stepney, Co.

Midd., 342 ; walk, a piece of garden

ground called, 309

Johnston, Misses, Bowyer House occupied by,
303

Jolley, Tho., 290

Jones, Eliza, 373 ; Elizth., 179 ; Goody, 41,
435 ; Inigo, 426, 429 ; Jno. A., 226; Mr.,
354 ; Mrs., 247 ; Rich., 429 ; Rev. Rich.,
231 (4) ; Susannah, gift of, 134 (2), 141 ;
Tho., 117, 386; Tho. Mount, inscription
relative to, 370 ; T. Rupert (Pro-
fessor), 20 ; Wm., 374, ap. xxxix. ; Wm. S.,

Jonnes, Davie, 105 ; Phillipp, ib.

Jonson, Ben, 369, 393, 410, 420 (2); quota-
tion from an epigram by, ib.

Josephine, Empress, 318

Jowett, Ann, 174 (3), 175 (2) ; Ben, 174 (3),
175 (2), 259 ; Elizth., 174 ; Hen., 175,
259; Josiah, 174: Maria, ib. , Professor,
356

Jowitt, Irene, 175

Joyce, Jeffery, 63

Juby, Mr., 436

Judd, Cath., 373 ; Tho., ib.

Julian, Peter, ap. xli.

Just, Mr., 352

Justice, a figure representing, 163

KANGAROO RAT or Petaurus, 18

Katherine, Queen, 368

Katterns, Dr., 230

Kavanagh, Mr., 242

Kedarminster, Edw., 57; Elizth., ib. ; Elizth.
P., 58

Keeley, Jas., 148

Keeling, Mr., designs by, 212, 214

Keen, Geo., land purchased by, 141

Keen's Cement, use of, 167

Kelett, Matt., 40 (3)

Kelham, Elizth., 179; Geo., ib. ; Hester,,^.

Kelley, Geo., marriage of, 38

Kelly, Rev. F., 192

Kelty, Mary A., 355 ; Miss, ib.

Kemble, Hen., 88 (2), 202(2), 260 ; founda-
tion-stone laid by, 2b'l ; Mr., 278; Mrs.,
213, 289 ; gift of, 210

Kemp, Dr. (Rev.), 258 ; H., 261 ; Mr., 126
(2), 261 (2) ; Mrs., 261 ; anonymous gift
to, ib. ; Wm. Robt., 184, 275

Kerupe, Mr., 144

Kempe's Loseley Manus, extract from, 67

Kempton Road, school in, 242

Kemshead, W. B., 479

Kenall, land in Dulwich called, ap.iii., iv., x..

Ixxx

INDEX.

Kendall, Nich., ap. vii. (2), viii.

Kenge, payment of rent by a person named,
434

Kennedy, Aid., 407; Dr., 211 ; bishop, 4
(2) ; account of the bordarii by, ib.

Kennington, Co. Surrey, 179, 189; residents of
the manor house of, 169 ; Roman utensils
found at, 1 ; tavern at, 294 ; volunteers of,
75 ; Park Road, resident of, 170

Kenny, Rev. Dr., 217

Kensington, Co. Midd., 461-2

Kent, Co. of, 2, 4, 24, 32, 34, 38, 41, 46,
50, 73, 91, 103 (3), 141, 178, 220, 286-7,
316 (2), 330 (2), 344, 348, 371 (2), 387,
ap. ii., iii. (2), ix., xli. ; Duke of, 284 (2) ;
visit to the opening of Hanover Chapel,
Peckham, by, 231 ; history of, quotations
from, 2, 176, 330, 332 ; King of, 193 ;

kingdom of, ib. ; sheritf of, 332 ; Road

(Old), 1, 2, 26 (3), 83, 92, 93 (3), 143,
185 (4), 186,218, 235; British schools in,
262 ; church in, 211, 212 ; curious fact in
the assessment of houses in, 151 ; fire in,
143 ; former resident in, 131 ; patroles to
the, 108 ; residents in, 183 (10), 184 (7) ;

Sunday-school in, 234 ; Street (Borough

of Southwark, Co. Surrey), 1, 136, 343 (2),

344 (2) ; Road, 343 (3), 344

Kentish Drovers, tavern called the, 367, 371

(2) ; assessment of the, 151 ; rag stone,

chapels built of, 228, 237 ; church built of,

223 ; Street, 139 (2)

Kent's London Directory, extract from, 81

Kentt, Elizth., 105

Keppel, Rt. Hon. A. (Lord Vise.), inscription

to the memory of, 322
Kerrell, Me. Robert, marriage of, 39
Kesterman, Mr., 255 (2)
Kettlethorpe, Rich., 195 (2) ; payment to,

for the stocks, 115

Key, Sir Jno., memorial-stone laid by, 230
Keyes, Tho., ap. vii. (2), viii., xxxviii.
Kildare, rye in, 91

Killick, Jno., 148 ; Ralph, ib. ; widow, 112
Killitt, Jno., 144
Kilmarnock, Scotland, 363
Kilvert, Roger, 339
Kilworth, North, 36
Kimpton Road, Camberwell, 343
Kincardineshire, Co. of, Scot and, 363
Kiog, Ann, IV 1 ; assessment of a person

named, 149 ; D., 217 ; Dr., 277 ; Elizth.,

148-9; Geo., 171; H. 196, 477; Lord

Chancellor, 449; Mr., 148-9; P. J. L.

(Hon.), 88 (6), 89 (3); Rev. Mr., 258;

Rich., ap. xl. ; and Son, Messrs.,

firm of, 165
Kinge, Geo., 144, 338; widow, 144; Wm.,

337, 339

Kinge's Street, 344
King's Arms, Peckhara Rye, tavern called,

82 1 2), 371 ; Bench, Ct. of, penny post

trial in the, 298 ; Prison, Southwark,

345 ; College, Aberdeen, '290 ; Lon-
don, 215, 45H, 307 ; professor of pastoral

theology in, 479 ; Lynn, Co. Norfolk,

nativity at, 467 ; Road, Peckhara,

186, 209 ; and Keys Inn, Fleet Street,

London, Co. Midd., 81 (2)

Kingston, Co. Surrey, 115 ; A gift to,

435 ; estate at, 86 ; Hen., 68 ; Jno., 28 ;
Quarter Session at, 117 ; conviction of a
murderer at, 178 ; visitation at, expendi-
ture at the, 121 ; upon- Hull, Co.

York, 207

Kingswood, Dulwich, Co. Surrey, residence

known as, 392, 411 (2) ; Road, 375,

377

Kinsey, J. J., 479

Kipitt, Mr., 436

Kipping, Edw., ap. xxxv.

Kirby, Mr., 264

Kirkl.am, Sarah, 419

Kirton, Anne, ap. vii. (2), viii.

Kitching, Mr., 370

Knight, Admiral, 105, 151 ; Aid., 259 ; Jno.
(Capt.), 54; Wm. F., 293

Knights Hill, estate known as, 419 ; purchase

of the, 380 ; Lord Chancellor Thur-

low's residence at, 386

Knockholt Beeches, Co. Kent, 417

Knowles, Dulwich, Co. Surrey, farm called,
46, 378, 481 ; Jno., 190

Knowlis, alias Hall Place, Dulwich, Co.
Surrey, ap. ii., iv., ix., xi.

Kohlreuter, Mr., 238

Kontorel, Jem., 403

Kyrton, Wm., 2

Kytson, Tho., 51

LADIES' SCHOOLS, account of, 265

Lafone, A., 277

Laidler, Jno., 184

Lainson, Jno., 88

Lake, Major-Genl., 388

Lamb, tavern called the, 368; Wm., demise of
property to, 137

Lam bard, Marg., 51

Lambe, Ad., 148 ; Jno. T., ap. xl.

Larabehithe (Lambeth), Co. Surrey, lordship of
South, 2

Lambert, Capt., robbery from, 106 ; General,
444; Joan, 31; Jno., 179; Mr., 200; Ne-
hemiah, 38, 148, 179, 196, 253; Rev. W.,
217

Lambeth, Co. Surrey, 1, 83, 116, 179 (3), 208,
223, 224, 225, 251, 282, 299 (2), 306, 346,
353, 430, 434, 457 (4) ; annual increase of
the percentage of houses in, 8 ; borough of,
M.P. for the, 348 ; church in the parish of,
222 ; commissioners of the court of request
for, election of, 129; constituency of, 87;
constituents of, 356 ; conventicle broken up

near, 231 ; county court, 295, 299 ;

court house, resident of, 300 ; -

Dene, 47; division of, 241; ferry, 2;

government schools of art at, 485 ;

High Street, resident of, 245, 247 ;

horse ferry, 2 ; land purchased in, ap. iii.

(2), iv., x., xii. ; marshes, copyhold

lands in, ap. xxxv. ; murderer in, appre-
hension of a, 342 ; parish of, 86, 157, 176,
333 ; books of the, extracts from, 157 ;

purchase of land in, 378 ; police court,

277; political history of, 85; poor's rate,

INDEX.

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Lambeth —

return of, 150 ; population of, 78 ; table of,
166; rector of, 217, 250; School Board
operations in, 243 (4), 244 ; members in
connection with, 245 ; superintendent regis-
trars, district of, 300. See also Lambehithe

Lambhithe, north, lordship of, 2

Lambyn, J., 335

Lancashire, Co. of, 207 ; 211 (2), 236, 420 ;
aid for the cotton famine in, 293 ; Ray in, 91

" Lancaster Herald," church, notes in the, 50 ;

Place, Strand, Co. Midd., 222 ;

system, school under the principles of the
262, 264

Lancefield, Alfred, lease to, 136 ; Mr., 82, 83

Lane, A. L., ap. xlvii. ; C. H. ib. ; Jno., 136 ;
Mr., 113; Tobias, 148-9.

Langdale, Lord, 449 (2) ; chancery suit heard
before, ib.

Langley, Adam, 172, 179, 253 (2) ; Rev. A.,
256 ; Elizth., 172 ; Mr., 259 ; Sarah, 179

Langridge, Mr., 245

Langswet, Robt., 335

Lansdown, Tho. , payment to, 196

Lansdowne, collection called the, church notes
in, 50 ; Marquis of, 282

Lardner, Dr., 280

Large, Tho., 103, 337, 339

Laud, Archbp., 446; Christa, 57 ; Wm., ap.
xlii.

Lauderdale, Lord, 461

Laune, Sir Wm. de la, 176

Laurel Cottage, resident at, 184

Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, 363

Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, Messrs., firm
of, 213

Lavington House, Petworth, Co. Sussex, letters
addressed from, 288

Law, Isabella, 175 ; Mrs., 289 ; Sam., vault
of, 207 (2) ; S. H., 263 ; Susannah, vault of,

207; Win., 175 (2); 206 (2); a

figure representing, 166

Lawn Houses, Peckham, residents of, 183, 186

Lawne, Lady Dorcas de, 176 (2)

Lawrence, Aid. Sir J. C., 86 (2), 87 (7), 294 ;
F. T., 478 ; Mr., 302 (see also Domville
Lawrence and Graham, Messrs.,) 39

Layton, Nich., ap. xl.

Lea, the river, 24

Lear, theatrical play called, 421

Leary, llev. Dr., 247 ; Rev. T. H. L., 218

Leatherhead, Co. Surrey, 9

Leathes, Mary Ann, 215; Phil. H., pre-
sentation by, 215

Leaueside, Tho., 144

Leche, Rich., 335

Lecoq, M.. 318

Ledbury Street Mission, 235

Lee, Jno , 424 ; M., ap. vii. (2), viii. ; Mawde,
427 ; Miss, 243 ; Mrs., 338 ; Tho., ib.

Leeds, Co. York, 364

Lees, Mr., 186

Leett, Marg., 105

Legg, J. E., ap. xlvii/

Legh, Jno. (Sir), 51 ; Nich., 194, 336 ; Rarff
of the, 49

Leghe, Raff, 378

Leght, Lady, 51

Legislative error, a curious, 5

Leicester, earl of. 31 ; town of, resident

of, 63

Leicestershire, Co. of, 441
Leigham, manor of, 377
Leipsic Road, Camberwell, Home mission in,

239 (2) ; resident in, 249 ; school in, 246,

249

Leith, North Britain, 186
Lemon, Jo., 339 ; Mark, 369
Lempriere, Dr., 407
Lenney Villa, resident of, 185
Lenthall, Jno., 103, 104
Leonards, St., Lord, queries submitted to, 140
Lepard, J. T., 75
Lerenthope, Edw., ap. xlv.
Lesseps, M. de, 351
Lett, Rich., 144, 339 ; Robt., 144, 339 ; Tho.,

Lettbitter, Hath, 144

Letters patent, demise of a manor by, 331 ;
for founding Dulwich College, ap. i.

Lettsom, Dr. 69, 90, 93, 265, 278 (2), 280,
281 (9), 232 (3), 283 (5), 328, 394 ; account
of, 280 ; amusing anecdote about, 281 ; de-
scription of Camberwell Society by, 6 ; land
purchased by, 38 ; residence of, 152 ; thanks
voted to, 200 ; villa of, 6

Leusum (Lewisham), Roman antiquities found
at, 1

Level of Camberwell, survey of, 26

Lewes, Jno., 148 ; Tho., 337

Lewin, Caroline, 175 ; F. G., 18& 215, 262,
270 ; Harriett, 175 ; Louisa, ib. ; Peggy, ib.
(3) ; Tho., 175 (3), 179

Lewis, Ben. (Rev.), 230 (2) ; Jacob, ap. xxxix. ;
Jno., 60, 114, 149, 435 ; Marg., 256 ; Mrs.,
242 ; Tho., 103; Tubal, 321 (2) ; an organ
built by, 212 ; reward to a person named,
106

Lewisham, Co. Kent, 9, 141, 387-8 ;
manor of, 380, 434, 437 ; and par-
sonage of, purchase of, 437 ; railway through
the parish of, 83 ; resident at, 236 ; wells in,
388; workhouse, death of "wry-
necked Isaac " in, 385. See also Leusura,
Lewsam, Lewsham

Lewsam (Lewisham), 118

Lewsham (Lewisham), manor and rectory of, 432

Lewton, Co. Somerset, 103

Leyden, Holland, degree taken at, 281

Ley ton, Co. Essex, school at, 268 ; Jno.,

337 ; Hen., ap. vii. (2), viii.

'Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, account of, 2G9 ;
laying the foundation-stone of, ib. ; chaplain
to, 213 ; chapel, ib. ; Choral As-
sociation, ib.

Lightfoot, E., foundation-stone laid by, 236 ;.
Luke, 174; Susannah, 174-5; Theo., ib. -T
Wm., 175

Lilford Road, Camberwell, 10, 11

Lilley, Diana, 173 (2) ; Edm. (Rev.), 214 (2)
215 270; Eliz., 181; Martha, 173 (2),
174, 181 (3) ; Mr., 48, 303 (2), 304 (2) ;
Robt., 182 ; Sam., 173 (2), 174, 181 (3) ;
Sam. Isaac, 124 (4), 174 ; presentation to, 1

Limehouse, Co. Midd., 282 ; St. Ann's Church,
burial at, 175

Lincoln, cathedral of, 202 ; an organ by, 218

Lincolnshire, Co. of, 115, 176, 180

Ixxxii

INDEX.

Lincoln's Inn, Co. Midd., 40, 140, 203 ; an
opinion dated from, 140

Linden Grove, chapel in, 233

Lindley, Jno. (Rev.), 217 (2); Ozias T., ap.
xli.

Lindsay, Jno., ap. xli. ; Lord, articles written
on the Christian art by, 406

Lines, Edw., 254; Jas., 174 (4) ; Jno. Dudley,
174 ; Joseph, ib. ; Mary, ib. (3)

Linfoot, Mrs., 242

Lingard, Dr., 193, 460

Linnell, Hen., 183

Lintott, Rev. J. C., 221, 247

Lipscombe, Mr., 163

Lisbon, Portugal, 207

Lisieux, Bishop of (holding Peck ham at the
Survey), 4 (2)

Liston, Mr., 394

Little Wonder, Mr. Glover's first omnibus
called the, 83

Liverpool, Co. Lane., 263 ; Collegiate Institu-
tion of, vice-principal of, 479

Livesey, Geo., 347 (2) ; Mr., ib. ; Tho., ib.

Livistonia, plant called the, 411

Lloyd, Mr., 294

Lloyd's Evening Post (newspaper), extract from,
106 ; member of, 286

Loampit Hill, Lewisham, Co. Kent, 9, 14

Local Government Board, a school originated

by, 267 ; Management Act, election

under the, 190 ; — — names and places,

90 ; Parliament and public officers of

Camberwell, 183 ; worthies, past and

present, 279

Lock Hospital, London, the, 344

Lock's Bridge, an arch called, 343

Lombard Street, London (City), 359

Lornbardian Villas, resident of, 1 83-

London, 1 (4), 36, 51 (5), 53 (3), 57, 63, 70,
77 (2), 116, 137, 138, 178, 215, 227, 232,
252, 255, 282, 291, 304, 312, 317, 343(2),
344 (3), 357, 358, 360, 386 (2), 387, 399
(2), 402, 409, 410, 419, 434-5, ap. iii., iv.
(2), ix.; aldermen of the City of, 50, 172,
176 (3), 178 (2), 334, 430 ; almshouse to
be erected near, 273 ; almshouses in, 442 ;
Basin of, 15 (2), 19 ; Bishop of, 288 (2),
306 (2) ; a "bet" relative to, ib. ; letter to

the, ib. ; ordination by the, 218 ;

Bridge, 283 ; making approaches to, 273 ;

old, 344 ; charities of, 398 ;

Chatham and Dover Railway Company, 169,
237, 342 ; fossils found during progress of
the works for the, 21 ; land taken by, 409 ;
mansion demolished by the, 302 ; — — Chess

Club, pamphlet in defence of the, 393 ; •

chess tournament, report of, 393 ; citizen of,
331 ; City of, 102 ; casual workhouse of,
151 ; chamberlain of the, 230 ; coaches to,

82 (3) ; City Mission, branch of the,

239 ; clay, 1, 9, 10, 11 (3), 12 (3), 13

(4), 18, 19 (3), 20 (3), 21 ; description of,
20, 25, 27 ; clergy and inhabitants of, 306 ;
corporation of, property sold to the, 273 :
curious work printed in, 384 ; deaths in,
99 ; deputy-lieutenant of, 409 ; Doctors'

Commons in, 320 ; earthquake in, 306 ;

Gas Company, City of, chairman of, 286 ;
gas introduced in, 109 ; Harrison's Hist, of,

London —

quotation from, 7 ; hospitals of, gifts to,

393 ; how it grew, quotation from, 91 ;

Ironmongers' Company of, a member of, 430 ;
Joint-Stock Bank, 185 ; licensed vic-
tuallers of, 371 ; Lord Mayors of, 41, 152,
306; a "bet" relative to, 306; chaplain
to the, 218 ; jurisdiction of the, 366 ; main-
tenance of freemen of, 273 ; Maior (Mayor)
of, 344 ; Medical Registration Asso-
ciation, member of, 395 ; - - Medical
Society, member of, 395; Merchant Taylors'

School in, ap. xxv. ; Missionary Society,

secretary of the, 232, 234; nativity in, 405;
old, 69 ; plague in, 421 ; popular preacher
in, 209 ; port of, rogues to be sent to the,
159 ; priests' visit to, 315 (2) ; Public Re-
cord Office, deed in, 320 ; resident in, 480-1 ;
robberies in the suburbs of, 384 ; mistletoe,
sale to apothecaries of, 157 ; St. Biddulph's
(Botolph's), Bishopsgate, in, tenement given
to the churchwardens of, ap. xxxiii. ; School
Board for, 92, 260 (4) ; district of the, 212 ;
evidence given before the committee of the,
264 ; members of the, 241, 277, 359 ;

schools erected by, 260 ; transferred

to, 249 ; sites of school buildings for, 246 ;
Sheriff of, 332 (2) ; Skinners' Company of,

90 ; south, 469 (2) ; church in, 216 ;

report relative to schools in, 260 ; rifle
volunteers in, 75 ; Swedenborgian Society,
formed in, 239 ; valuable property in, 86 ;

standard of the Lord Mayor of, 117 ;

Tower of, commitments to the, 392 (2) ;

exhibition in the, 423 ; University,

456 ; education in, 357 ; Wm. Brothers of,

51 ; and Brighton Railway, 414 ;

and Canterbury, halting-place between, 371 ;

and Croydon Railway, 389 ; and

Middlesex, sheriffs of, 178, 179, 409, 418

Loneley, Robt., 144

Long, Eliz., 115 ; Geo., ap. xxxviii. ; Goody,
115, 116 ; payment to a person known as
"Old," 116 (2) ; Lane, London, ta-
vern in, 369

Longe, Tho., 337

Longest, payment to a person named, 122

Longevity, local, table of, 373

Longleigh, Philip de, 192

Longley, Arthur, 477 ; Chas. Tho., ap. xlii.

Longman & Co., Messrs., publications by, 406

Longstryttan, Sweden, Bessemer steel manu-
factured at, 404

Lonsdale, Earl of, 407

Looe, Anth., 337

Looseley, Surrey, 53 (2)

Lophiodon, or Coryphodon, a species of tooth
called, 18 (2)

Loraine, Duke of, visit of the, 437

Lord, J., 89 (2) ; Lane, Peckham, 59,

Lordship Lane, Dulwich, 10, 181, 184, 185
(3), 310, 354 (5), 355, 386 ; chapels in, 228,
233 ; monument in a chapel in, 228 ; rail-
way station at, 83 ; school in, 243 ; tavern
in, 370, 371

Lorraine, Claude, picture by, 484

Lothbury, London (City), St. Margaret's Church
in, 210

INDEX.

Lothian Road, Miss Fry's School in, 243

Louday, Cath., marriage of, 51

Louell (Lovell), Mr., 339

Louis XVI., King, 317 (4), 318 (3), 319 • _

XVIL> *}7' 318 >• XVIII., 318 (3)

rhihppe, the government of, 31

J., 245: Lan

319 (2)
Love, Dr., 425; W

Camberwell, 309

Loveday, Alice, 346; Widow, 112
Lovell, Alice, marriage of, 53 : Chas

W., 249, 294. See also Louell

L°ofel 32?11' near Winds°r' Co- Berks> residen

Low,' Rich., 149, 150 ; countries, rogue

to be transhipped to, 159
Lowe, or Fyfield, family of, 41 ; (J 219

Lower Mark Ant., 2, 356 ; p'ark Road

Peckham, chapel in, 233 (2) ; school

in, 243, 246 ; Sunday schools in 212
Loyd, 01. H., 339 ; Rich., ib. ; Steven, ib.
Loyde, Widow, 148

Ludlow, Co. Salop, 304 (5) ; Jno., 419

Lumley, Messrs., sale of an estate by, 343
Lunatic asylums, Dr. Armstrong's 174 • T)r

Paul's, 264, 349; Dr. Stacker's 174
Lunniss, Mr., 243

Lurman, Tho., payment for burial of, 112
Luther, embracing the principles of 326
Lux, Wm., ap. xxxix.
Lycopodia, plant called the, 412
Lydcott, Ben., 178; Leonard, 145; Susan

nah, 178 ; Tho., ib.
Lydgate, Mr., 265
Lynch, Dr., 306-7
. Ihurst, Lord, 93 ; tavern named after,

J71; Road, Peckham, 10 (2), 93,'

184 (2) ; former resident of, 356 ; residents

of, 248, 249 (2) ; tavern in, 371 ;

Square, resident of, 356
Lynelord, Adam, 2

age, Jno., 378

[/yon, Bainbridge, 185 ; Jno. Andrew 131
(2), 184, 185, 186, 346; requisition signed

by, 130 ; resolution moved by, 100 •

Messrs. J. A. & W., bleaching works of,
94, 346 ; Mr., 126 ; Washington, 184
Lyons, France, Bessemer metal for lines of

rail, used at, 405

Lysons, Rev. D. (Environs of London), quota-
tions from, 32,. 49, 50, 61 (2), 171, 170
178, 194, 209 (2), 310, 388, 411, 421,
438

Lysseman, Kath., 148

Lytcott, Jno. (Sir), 178 (2) ; Leonard, 178 ;
Mary, ib. ; Temple, ib. ; Tho. (Col.), ib.
(9)
Lyttel, Robt., 331-2

MACARTNEY, W. J., 186
Macdonald,Col.,75(2), 295(2), 477; death of, 75
Mace, Hen., 374; Simon, ap. xxxix.
Machin, (Machyn), Hen., diary of, quotations

from, 41 (6), 61 (2), curious entry about an

" oyster feed " in, 41; Tho., 183
Machyn, Hen., diary of, quotations from, 53,

56 (3), 345 (3). See also Machin

Macintosh, Colyear, 373
Mackay, Donald, 185
MacHhorn, Mr., 123;

Messrs., the firm of, 393

pavment

Ixxxiii

123,

Madrid - Persou known as» 152

Madrid, Spam, nativity in, 172

Magazines, the , Alle *nian, 475 ; Gentleman's,
'

MacmillaQ's'

Sly 406
Magdalen Hall, Oxford, ap. xlvii.

Quar-

Magistrates, County, 190

Maidenhead, Co. Berks., 231

Maidstone, Co. Kent, 46

Maine, Rev. 0., 258

Mafemore Square, Peckham, residents of, 184,

Maison Dieu, Dover, Co. Kent, 176

Major, Widow, 149
Maken, Ralph, 103
Malevyle, family of, 330 ; Jno. de, t&.;

to. ; Stephen, ib.
Mallet, Jno., 67

(2)J manuscriPt

Marg.,

Malone, Mr., 410

IVfalta, medical society of, member of, 395

Maltby, Jno. B., 185 ; Mr., 126

Mai ton, Jno., 2

Malyn, JSTich., 336

Malynes, Jno. de, 331

Malyns, Jno., 335

Mamertus, Bishop, 156

Mamniot, barony of, 330

Mammal, incisor of a, description of, 18

Mammalian remains, interesting discovery of,

Mammals (" Hist, of British Fossil"), mention

of, 18

Man, Alice, ap. vii. (2), viii. ; bishop of, 279;
Isle of, ap. iii., iv., xii. ; Robt., ap. vii,
viii. (2); Wm., 316 (2); Mann, Grossman
and Paulin, Messrs., brewery firm of, 137.
142.

Manchester, Co. Lane., 211 (2), 365 ; a paper
in Dulwich College, signed by inhabitants of,
424; St. Ann's Church at, 211 ; St. Barna-
bas Church at, ib.
Mandavill, Bernard (Dr.), 179 ; Petronella
C., ib.

[anilla College, Peckham Rye, 264
[ann Street, Walworth, Co. Surrey, resident
of, 247

[anne (Man), Isle of, ap. x.
"annering, Dame Fortune, 176; Sir Hen.,
ib.

Manning, Archbp., 238, 240; -- and Bray,
Messrs. ("Hist, of Surrey"), quotations
from, 33, 282, 332, 378
Manor, Basing, 327, 332, 333 ; Bretinghurst,
327, 330, 331 ; Camberwell or Peckham,
327-8, 330 (2) ; - Buckingham, 327 (3) ;
353 ; - Friern, 353 (2) ; - Fryern,
327, 328-9; Cold £Abbey, 327, 333;

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INDEX.

Manor —

Dondale's, 327, 330 ; Dulwich, 327, 334 ;

Milkwell, 327, 333 ; House, Kenning-

ton, Co. Surrey, 169 ; School, Peckham,

265 ; Place, a society established at,

358 ; Street, Hatcham, Co. Kent,

schools in, 212, 243 (2)
Manorial History of Camberwell, chapter on

the, 327
Mansell, Elizabeth Russell, 182 ; Geo., 365 ;

Messrs. Geo. and Tho., firm of, ib.
Mansfield Stone, a font and pulpit made of,
223

Mansion, a residence known as the, 417 ;

House, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, the residence

of the Bowyer family, 92, 302 ; •

London (City), Co. Midd., grand banquet
at, 407 ; opening of a subscription at, 70 ;

Chapel, Camberwell, 234 (3);

Square, 92

Mantell, Dr., 22 (2)

Manver's Terrace, Brayard's Road, resident of,

294

Manwaring, Sir Hen., 177 (2)
Manynge, Wm., 68

Mapp, Mrs. (the bone-setter), 325-6 ; exclama-
tion by, 346

Maranta Veitchii, a plant called, 411
Marchal, Jno., 335 ; Wm., ib.

Marchant, Gen. le, 388; Jo., 339;

(Merchant) Taylors' Company of London, a
benefactor to, b'3
Margate, Co. Kent, sea-bathing infirmary at,

281

Marger, Wm., 68
Margetson, Jno., 182
Markham, Dr., 267 (2)

Marlborough Chapel, Peckham, 234, 235 (2) ;
262 ; Duke of, family of, 151 (2) ; family

of, 311 ; House, Peckham, 13, 94,

311 ; Assessment of, 150 ;

Place, chapel in, 234 ; Road, Peckham,

311

Marlow, Wm., 149
Marriott, Rev. J. B., 350
Marsden, Geo. Wm., 185, 189 (2), 190 (7),
314 ; Mr., 125 ; polling and election of,
ib. ; Mrs., 288, 289 (3)
Marsh, Mr., 172

Marshall, C. A., 248; Edw. (Rev.), 215;
Horace, 236 ; Jno., 148 (4), 149 ; fine
levied on, for swearing, 113; J. M. (Rev.),
478 ; Mr., 230 (2) ; memorial stone laid by,
228 ; Mrs. H., 119 ; a cushion worked by,
228 ; Rich., ap. xl.
Marshalleshe (Marshalsea), prison, South wark,

Co. Surrey, 345
Marshalsea prison, Southwark, a prisoner in

the, 305

Marsupialia, description of, 1 8
Martin, Dorith, 176; Garnar, 183; Jno., 2;
design for a railway along both sides of the
river Thames by, 3 ; Mr., 318 (2), 319 (2) ;
Rev. Mr., presentation to, 213; Mrs., 245;
Wm., 177 ; W. G. (Rev.), 213 (4)
Martyn, Mr., 387; Professor Juo., 387 (2)
Mary, Queen, 333 (2) ; the popish rule of,

191
Marybone (St. Marylebone), Co. Midd., depu-

Marybone —

tation from, 325 ; storming the dunghill at,
69

Marylebone, Co. Midd., borough of, 85 ;

churchyard, memorials in, 39 ; school at, 265
Mary Rose, a ship named the, 43
Mason, C. R., 294 ; C. P., 310 ; Elizth.,
374; Goody, gift to, 435 ; J., 300 ; Mr.,
216, 225, 308 (2) ; Professor, 363
Mather, Win., 148
Mathew, Hen., 68; Jno., ib., 337; Wm.,

134 (2), 141
Matlock Grove, 355
Matox, Mr., 338

Matthew, Sir Tobie, collection of, 431
Matthews, Sam. (Dulwich Hermit), murder of,

376 (2), 385-6, 389 ; Sarah, 374
Maude Road, Camberwell, 93 ; residents of,

247, 249

Maunsell, R. (Adjt.), 76
Maurice, Mr., 281, 282, 304 ; lines by, 282
Mauritius, Bishop of, 211, 225
Mawbey Road, school in, 243
Mawde, Jno., ap. xxxix.
Mawnsell, Chas., 67

Maw's tiles, passage way paved with, 224
Maxwell, Chas., 387
May, Mr., memorial stone laid by, 236 ; Tho.,

148 ; Wm., 338
May fair, Co. Midd., 343
Mayhew, Mr., 216
May lard, M., 477
Maynard, Rev. Jno., 230
Mayneford, Stephen, 337, 339
May ward, Jno., 192
McArthur, A. (Hon.), 242 ; Aid., 294, 407 ;

memorial stone laid by, 228 ; W., 87 (6)
McCarty, Honora, 374
McColl, Rev. Mr., 288
McDowall, Misses, 265 ; S., 247
McGrath, Rev. J., 238
McLeish, W., 479
McLeod, Sir D., 388 (2)
McMurdo, Col., 75

Mead, Jas., ap. xxxix. (2) ; Court, Bond

Street, London, Co. Midd., 348
Meade, Rev. C. J., 221, 277
Mears, C. and E., Messrs., firm of, 202
Medical officer of Camberwell, 185
Mediterranean company, Bessemer metal used

by the, 405
Medlicott, Jno., 383
Meed, Jno., 148

Meeting House Lane, Peckham, 93, 230, 347
(2) ; a fair held near, 314 ; boys home in,
account of, 276
Megson, Chris., 183
Mekyns, Wm., 67
Melbourne Grove, 355
Meleward, Jno., 335
Melherst, Ad. de, 335
Mellent, Wm. de, 191 (2), 194
Mellor, F. W., 479

Melon ground, Peckham, school at, 242
Melvill, Canon, 210 (2), 261 ; Hen. (Eev.),
209(7), 210 (3), 222-3; Sir J. C.,209;
Sir Peter, ib. ; Philip, 209
Melville, Hen., 187
Meorfatt, Mr., 144

INDEX.

Ixxxv

Mercer, Mr., 126 (3)

Merchant Taylors' School, London (City), 443,

468, ap. xxv. See also Marchant
Mercurius Politicus, the, extract from, 171
Meridale, Rich., ap. vii. (2), viii.
Mermayd, Bread Street, London, Co. Midd.,

tavern called the, 436
Merrington, Wm., 374.
Merritt, Mary, 374
Merry, Mr., 82 (2)
Mersh, Rich. Atte, 192
Merthyr Tydvil, Wales, 83, 262 ; M.P. for,

235

Merton College, Oxford, ap. xlvii. (2)
Mesham, Co. Bedford, 420
Messinger, Jo. (Capt.), 339
Messiter, G. S., 478
Metropolis Local Management Act, 130
Metropolitan and suburban steam bleaching

works, 347 ; beer and wine trade

society's asylum, account of, 275 ;

Board of Works, a representative at the,

407 ; churches fund, donation from,

212 ; police, Dulwich in the jurisdic-
tion of, 375 ; postal district, Dulwich

in the, 375 ; pulpit, the, 209, 211

Meux, Hen. (Sir), 35 : Marianne F., ib.

Meyer, Mr., 238 (2)

Michaelson, Jno., ap. xxxix. (2)

Michel, Rad., 335 ; Robt., ib.

Middlecott, family of, an inn long held by the,

369 ; Mr., 418
Middlemass, Andrew, 184
Middlesex, Co. of, 140, 206 (2), 305, 329,
442, ap. iii. (2), iv. (2), vii., x., xii., xiv.
(3), xvi., xxxvi. ; borings made in, 19 ;
P.G.M. (Freemasons) of, 296
Middleton, Christ., 333
Middlewich, Co. Chester, 377
Midhurst, Co. Sussex, borough of, 80
Milan, Italy, 464
Milberie, Mrs. Joane, 315 (9) ; Jesuits at the

house of, ib.

Milberry, Wm., 177, 315
Milbury of Carnberwell, family of, harbourers

of the Jesuits by the, 6 ; Jno., 337
Militia, Capt. of the Surrey, 63
Milk Street, church of St. Mary Magdalen in,

Milkwell, manor of, 33, 333
Miller, Dorothy, 427 ; Mr., 148
Milles, Roger, 105
Millner, Hester, 362 (2)
Mills, Christ., 180; Jas., 309; Mr., 270;

Mrs., 247 ; Rich., 148 ; Tho., 446
Millwood, Mrs., 304 (3), 305 (3)
Milner, Dr., 361 (2), 362 (3) ; E., ap. xlvii. ;
Jno. (Rev.), 180, 231 (4) ; register of burial
of, 361 ; Mary, 180 ; Miss, 362 (3) ; R. J.,
ap. xlvii. ; Sarah, 180

Milns Bridge, Huddersfield, Co. York., 211 (2)
Milstead Terrace, school at, 243
Milton, Robt., 339
Minet, Jas. L., 219
Minne, Nich., 50
Minshawe, Mr., 437

Minton, Messrs., vases manufactured by, 413
Miriam and David, a window representing,
223

Mission Hall School, 244; , Home and

Foreign, 226
Mitchell Street, St. Luke's, Co. Midd., resident

of, 226

Moffatt, W. B., 202 (2)
Molesworth, Cath., 175 ; Jas. Tho., ib. ; Rich.

(Hon.), ib.

Molins, Mr., 30, 31 (2)
Mollett, J. W., ,479 ; Wm., 309
Momperson, Mr., visit of a Jesuit to, 316
Monck, family of, 5 ; Jno., 336 (2)
Monk, Jno., 194 (2), 195 (2) ; Josh., 205 ;

Mr., 200 (3)
Monke, Tho., 67
Monken Hadley, Co. Midd., 206
Montagu, H. S., 409
Monteagle, Lord, foundation-stone laid by, 275 ;

residence of 411
Montmorin, Mr., 318
Montpelier Road, resident of, 247, 356
Montrose, Kincardineshire, Scotland, 363 (2)
Monuments, Lady Bowyer's, inscription on,

33 ; the Forest Hill Cemetery, 131
Moore, Chas., 177 ; Dan. (Rev.), 210 (5), 211,
213, 261 (2); Elizth., 177 (2); Geo., 177
(2) ; Sir Geo., 53 (3) ; letter to, ib. ;
Hanna, 177; Hen., ib. ; Jas., ib. ; Jno.,
85, ap. xlii. ; Marg., marriage of, 53 ; Mr.,
39, 182, 245, 247, 465 ; Randall, 176 ;
Rich., 396 (2) ; Sary. 339 ; Susanna, 177;
T., letter to, 389 ; memoirs of, 389 ; Wm.,
177

Morant, Wm., 67
More, Geo. (Sir), 430 ; Frances, marriage of,

Morecambe Bay, 90
Moreton, Mrs., 283

Morgan, Dr., 214, 264; H., ap. xlvii. ; J. H.
(Rev.), 214 ; Widow, 148 ; W. F., 241 (2),
245, 247

Morgin, Coronell, letter to, 44
Morgine, Mr., 339 ; Wm., ib.
Morley, Earl of, 477 ; GK S., ap. xlvii. ; Tho.,

337

Morrant, Wm., 337
Morris, Fanny, 374 ; Mr., 341 (2)
Morrogh, Mr., 30
Morse, Mr., 245 ; T. D. C. (Rev.), 221, 277,

354

Mosley, Alice, 52
Moss, Mr., 311

Mother Red Cap, tavern called the, 370 (3)
Mott, Chas., 183, pamphlet published by, 251
Mottershead, Mr., 242
Mouline, De, 148
Moulsey, Hugh, 118

Mountaigne, Geo., petition of, 95; Isaac,
petition of, 95 (2) ; the Camberwell estates
of, ib.

Mountain, Mr., 354
Mowncke, Jno., 30
Mownke, Elizth., 29; Jno., bequest to, 29;

Tho., ib.

Mownks, Jno., bequest to, 29
Moye, Jos. S., 343
Moyer, Sam., 176
Moyle, Geo., 227 ; Tho., 3/9
Moyse, Hen., 178
Mudie's Library, subscribers to, 29«J

Ixxxvi

INDEX.

Muggleton, Jno., 427 (2)

Mulley, Walter Chas., 183-4

Munck, family of, 6

Munday, H., 479

Munnes, Ad. de, 335

Munster's Geography, quotation from, 176

Murche', V. T., 247

Murphy, A., 310 ; Ben., 174 (2), 182 ; G. M.
(Rev.), 241-2, 245, 247 ; Jno., 182 (2) ;
Mary, 174 ; Wm. Adams, 183

Murray, Mr., letter to, 343 ; Robt., 298

Murray's abridgment of Hist, of France, quota-
tion from, 176

Murillo, B. E., pictures by, 483 (2), 484 (2)

Musbury, Co., Lancashire, 211

Muschamp, Agnes, 50, 52 ; Alice, 52 ; Anne,
51 ; Ben., 52 (2) ; Brygytte, 50 ; Christ.,

51 j Edithe, ib. ; Edm., 52, 332 ; Edw.,
51, 329 ; Elizth., 49 (2), 51, 52 (2), 329,
332 (2) ; family of, 5, 49 ; arms of the, ib.,
50 ; pedigree of the, 49 ; Frances, 52 (2),
67, 339 ; Francis, 51, 52 (33), 329 (2),
332 (2), 339 ; bequest in trust to, 136 (2) ;
Isabell, 52 ; Jane* 47 (2), 53, 177, 328 (2);
marriage of, 51 ; Jno., 51, 52 (4) ; Kath., 52
(3), 328 ; Letice, 51 ; Mathye, 52 (2) ; Marg.,

52 (2) ; Martha, 51 ; Mary, 51, 52 (3), 329,
332 ; marriage of, 52 ; Matt., 328 (2), 332 ;
Mr., 336 ; Petre, 50 ; Raff, 51 , 52 (2) ; Ralph,
56, 329, 332-3, 336 (2); Rich., 51-2;
Saints, 52; Susan, 51, 52, 328 (2) ; Tho.,
47, 49 (4), 50 (2), 51 (2), 52 (3), 53 (2),
177, 328, 332 ; inscription to the memory
of, 49; Sir Tho., 52; Water, 49; Wm.,
50 (6), 51 (2), 95, 332 ; inscriptions to the
memory of, 50

Muscampo or Muschamp, Robt. de, 49 (2)
Music, History of, quotation from, 157
Mustchamp, Fran., 337 (2) ; Tho., 337
Musters, letter to the Commissioners of, 68
Myatt's Fields, Camberwell, 83 (2), 93 ; church

on, 219

Myland, Chas., 245

Mylne's sections of the London strata, 13, 14
Myrtle House, Peckham, School at, 266

NAIL, S., 477

Nairne, Baroness, life and songs of, 358 ;
Capt. A., a white marble monument to,
203 ; Mr., 255 ; P. A., 247, 259 ; Perceval,
296

Nan's oak, the largest in England, ordered to
be cut down, 36

Nantwich, Co. Chester, 377

Napes and Stony Nappes, Dulwich, lands called,
ap. ii., iv., ix., xi.

Napier, Sir Chas., 86

Naples, King of, 239

Napoleon Bonaparte, defeat of, 394

Nappes, Dulwich, land called, 378

Nash, Tho., 149 (2); Widow, 149; assess-
ment of, 6 ; Wm., 339

Nash's Pierce Pennyless, quotation from, 421

National Finance Reform Onion, a member of

the, 189 ; Gallery, 480 ; Society

Middle Class School Comtee., 263 (2)

Naundorff, an assumed name of, 317, 318 (3),
319

Naval School, New Cross, Co. Kent, 92

Navy Commissioners, clerk to the, 64 ; •

office, letter to, ib.

Nayler, Rych., 68

Nazareth House, Peckhara, 168 ; employ-
ments in, 169 ; longevity at, 374 ; paupeis
in, 162 ; population of, 79

Neate Street, Camberwell, 93, 274 ; chapel in,
235 ; factory in, 343 ; school in, 242

Needham, Geo., 103 (2)

Nelson, Horatio, 415 ; Leo, 373 ; Lord, 204 ;
tavern called the, 371 ; Mr., 339 ; Robt.,

68 ; • Street, Camberwell, schools in,

242, 249

Nelson's Feasts and Festivals, quotations from,
196

Netherwick, 377

Netley, Co. Hants, abbey cliurch of, 202

Netlingham, Jno., 67

Netlyngham, Wm., 66, 67

Nevill, Chas. H. (Lieut.), 76 ; Testa de, 327
(2), 378

Neville, H., 142 ; Mr., 136

Nevins, Jno., 477

New Church Road, Camberwell, 92, 235 ;
mineral works in, 343 ; National schools

in> 242 ; Street, Camberwell, 14 ;

• college, London, 232 ; Cross,

Co. Kent, 34, 92, 221, 286-7, 349 ; inn
at, 298 ; naval school at, 92 ; volunteers
of, 75 ; Road, 354 ; Jeru-
salem Church, Flodden Road, 239 (2) ;

Park way, Dulwich, 378 ; Road

(Euston Road), Co. Midd., the " Yorkshire

Stingo " in, 82 ; St. George's Church,

Camberwell, 216, 221 ; opening of, ib. ;
procession to, ib.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Co. Northland., 84

Newce, Barth., 337 ; Clement, ib.

Newington, Co. Surrey, 83 (2), 94, 341, 344,
346 ; Dr., 307 ; a murderer supposed to

have 'fled to, 120 ; Bridge, 344 ;

Butts, 7 ; Causeway, 239 ;

Church, 344 (2) ; Commissioners for the
Ct. of Requests for, election of, 129 ;

Fields, 344 ; Literary Association in,

292 ; poor-rate, return of, 150 ; population
of, 78, 80 ; table showing the, 166 ; rector
of, 217, 250 ; resident of, 188 ; Sessions
House at, 130 ; Superintendent registrars,
district of, 300 ; volunteers of, 75. See also
Newyngton, Nuwhyngton

Newlersfield, gift of land called, 332

Newman, D., 206 ; Edw., 339 ; Elizth. be-
quest to, ap. xxxv. ; Harry, 2G2 ; payment
for keeping the boys quiet in church to,
117 (2) ; Tho., 44, 419, 338 (2) ; Wm., 252

Newport, Edw., 44 (2) ; Mr., ap. xxxv.

Newspapers, &c. : — Daily Advertiser, 306 ;
Evening Standard, 359 ; Examiner, 356 ;
Funny Folks, 365 ; Gazetteer, 306 ; Ge-
neral Advertiser, - 306 ; Glasgow Daily
News, 364 ; Globe, 364 ; Leeds Express,
364 (2) ; London Review, 356 ; Madras
Times, 365 ; Manchester Guardian, 364 ;
Metropolitan Pulpit, 209 ; Montrose Re-
view, 363 ; Montrose Standard, ib. ; Morn-

INDEX.

Ixxxvii

Newspapers —

ing Advertiser, 356 ; Morning Herald, 359 •
North British Daily Mail, 363 ; Observer,
313 ; Peckham and Camberwell Times,
362, 365 ; Quarterly Review, 215 ; St.
James's Chronicle, 359 ; South London
Chronicle, 189, 36$ (2) ; South London
Courier, 365; South London Journal, 362(2);
South London News, 365; South London
Press, 356, 362 (3), 365 ; The Metropoli-
tan, 189, 362, 365 ; The Times, 276, 348,
406 (2) ; Weekly Budget, 364-5 ; Young
Folks' Budget, 365 ; for Hertford-
shire, type for the oldest existing, 400

Newton, Elizth., 374 ; Jno. (Rev.), 175

Newyngton (Newington), Co. Surrey, 2

Niagara, America, a stream in Mr. Bessemer' s
grounds, called, 416 ; Miss Rye's Home in,
275 ; benefits of, 276

Nice, Italy, 40

Nichol, Dr., 290 (2) ; brief memoir of, ib.

Nicholas Edw., letters to, 43 (2) ; St.,

image of, 61

Nicholls, Est., 419 ; Sophia, 374

Nichols, Mr., 315 ; Progresses of Jas. I.,

quotation from, 178

Nicolles, C. J., 186 (2)

Niederbroun, Bessemer steel manufactured at,
404

Nightingale fund, hon. secretary of the, 398 ;
L. C., ap. xlvii. (3)

Nile, Egypt, battle of the, 415

Nind, Ben., 175 (3), 373; Chas., 175; Jno.,
182 ; Jno. Newton, 175 ; Sarah, ib.

Nixon, Eliza, 256 ; Frances, ib. ; Jno., ib. ;

Messrs., 208 ; and son, Messrs., firm

of, 225, 299

Noble, T. C., interesting account of the
forgeries of William Roupell by, 86 ;
"Ramble round the Crystal Palace" by, extract
from, 387 ; Tho., 337 ; W. F., interesting
document in the South London Press by, 279

Noldwritt, J. S., 358 ; Mr., ib., 359

Norbiton Farm Estate, Co. Surrey, 86

Norfolk, Co. of, 34, 36, 47, 53, 467;

Virginia, 286 ('2)

Norgrove, Mrs., 242

Norland House, East Dulwich, a former resi-
dent of, 220

Norman, advowson held by, 191 ; Camberwell,
held by, 3 (2) ; A., 143 ; Alfred, 183 ; C.
L., 477 ; W., 154 (2), 198

Normanby, Marquis of, 407

Normandy, Chas. Louis, "styled" Duke of,
317 (8), 319, remarkable history of, 317-

19; De Cheries family of, 36 (2);

House, Camberwell, a "styled" Duke
residing at, 316

Norris, J., 183, 297

North Croft, messuage and lands in Dulwich,

called, 378, ap. ii,, iv., x., xi. ; Field,

land called, 136, 137; woman drowned in,

119 ; Hyde R. C. Orphanage at, 268 ;

Roger, 84 ; Terrace, 92, 193 ; resi-
dents of, 291, 323

Northampton, Co. of, 36 ; Bishop of, 240

Northumberland, Co. of, 49, 377 ; Earl of,

177 ; Alley, London (City), land in,

139 (3)

Northwich (Norwich), Co. Norfolk, 377

Northy, Mr., 117 '

Norton, Elizth., 58

Norwich, a Chancellor of, 175 ; Bishop, ordi-
nation by, 211. See also Northwich

Norwood, Ann Maria, 39 ; Co. Surrey

223, 376, 412, 417 ; Cemetery at, vicar's fees
from, 193 ; Gipsies tent in, 39 ; school at,

268 ; Green, Co. Midd., 206 ;

Co. Surrey ; highest hill of, 9 ; Hill

9, 22 ; Parish of, 86

Nost, Mr., 117 (4)

Notre Dame, order of, 238 (2)

Nott, Dr., gift to, 435 ; Tho., 149

Nottinghamshire, an abbey in, 57 ; Co. of, 41

Nova Scotia, America, iron of, 401

Novell, Jno., 309

Noyes, Edw., gift of, 134 (2) ; will of, 140

Nun Green (Nunhead), Co. Surrey, 350 :
Chapel at, 232-3

Nunhead, Co. Surrey, 232 (3), 233, 282, 310 ;
Almshouses at, 272 ; Brickyard at, 10, 11 ;
Cemetery at, 350 ; burial in, 351 ; vicar's
fees from, 193 ; Church at, 222 (2), 288 ;

firework factory at, 351-2 ; Green,

11; acreage of, 353; Asylum at, 275;

purchase of, 101 ; Grove, Post Office,

money orders issued and paid from, 299 ;

Lane, Peckham, a former inhabitant of,

350 ; monster reservoir at, 2, 352 ; resi-
dents alarmed at, 2 ; Railway Station

83 (2), 221 ; Road, Peckham Rye,

resident of, 247

Nunn, Mr., 310

Nun's Head, tea gardens at the, 350

Nuth, Mrs., 245

Nutt, Mr., 228

Nuwhyngton (Newington), Co. Surrey, 41

OAK of Honour Hill, 91, 92, 157 ; a curious
custom of singing near, ib. ; - - Wood,
death in, 181 ; the largest oak in England,
order for the same to be cut down, 36 ; the
Royal Oak, knight of the, 60

Oakley, Mr., design by, 214; Place,

British School in, 235 ; Chapel in, 236 ;
Road, school in, 242

Ockingham (Wokingham), Co. Berks., 320_

Ode, family of, 5, 55 ; assessment of, ib. ;
Hen., 55, 336-7 ; Raffe, 337 ; Rauff, 33*5 ;
Rich, 55; Steph., 335; Tho., 68, 337;
Wm., 55, 335

Odessa, Russia, waterworks at, 355

Odo, Bishop of Baieux, 4 (3)

Odsey House, Co. Camb., resident of, 357

Ody, Elizth., 175 ; Geo., ib. ; Geo. Hen., ib.

Oglander, Sir Jno., 53

Ogle Geo., 105; Lord, 56 (2) ; trial of, for
murder, ib. ; Tho., 180

Oking (Woking), Co. Surrey, 177

Olave's St., Hart Street, London (City), mar-
riage at, 36 ; parish of, ib.

Old Bailey, execution at the, 342 ; trial at

tne 86 . Broad Street, London (City),

nativity in, 399 ; Burlington Street,

Ixxxviii

INDEX.

Old Bailey-
London, Co. Midd., resident of, 185 ;

Church Road, 92 ; College, Homerton,

Co. Midd., 231 ; Jewry, London (City),

231 ; lectureship of, 280 (2) ; St. Olave's

Church in the, curacy of, 467; Kent

Road, 244, 247 (3), 343 (2), 344, 345, 346
(6) ; Chapel in the, 262 ; Church in, 225 ;
longevity in, 374 (2) ; taverns in, 370 (2),
371 (5) ; Roman utensils found in, 1 ;

Schools near 242 (4), 243 (6) ; Kent

Street Road, 230 ; - - Park Road, Peck-
ham, 184 ; Rome, cross ways of,

called Jani, 2 ; Street, St. Luke's,

Co. Midd., 457

Oldham, Rev. J. R., 479 (2)

Oldhaven Beds, 10, 13, 14 (2), 19, 27

Oldy's Biographia Brit., quotation from, 421

Oliphant, Caroline, 358

Oliuer (Oliver), Wm., 335

Oliver, Alderman, committal of, 392 ; Jno.,
296 ; Mr., 245 ; the Protector, 178

Ollard, Car,, 373 ; Jno., ib.

Olney, Co. Bucks., 175 ; Jno., memorial stone
laid by, 236

Olyfe, Harri, bequest to, 60; Kat., bequest
to, ib. ', Robt., ib.

Olyn, Robt., 336

Olyve, Hen., 337

Olyver, Jno., 336 ; Robt., 195, 337

One Tree Hill, Peckham, 417

Onslow, Rev. A. C., 217

Orange, Prince of, marriage of, 177

Orbham, Tho., 50

Orchard, the (Peckham), longevity in, 374(2) ;
School at, 243

Ordnance Survey Department, perambulations
unnecessary through the, 157

Orgill, Mr., tavern offered for sale by, 370

Oriel College, Oxford, scholar of, 479

Orme, Humph., ap. xlv. ; Wm. (Rev.), 234
(4)

Osborn, Rev. Jos., 231

Osborne, Jno., 339 ; Wm., 148

Osborn's Complete Guide, extract from, 81

Osianders, a relative of, 57

Ostade, A., pictures by, 483-4

Ostend, Netherlands, a residence at, 360

Otham, Co. Kent, a brass in the church of,
46

Othello, the theatrical play of, 421

Otter shaw, Co. Surrey, preferment to the
vicarage of, 479

Ottway, Jno., 149

Ouerstreet, Jno., 335

Ouery (Overy), St. Mary, prior of, 51 (2)

Outram, SirJas., 83 (2)

Ovedale, Isabel De, 330 (3), 331 ; Jno de
5, 330 (5) ; Peter, 330 (3)

Ovenden, Philip, 292-3

Over, Jno., 148

Overbury, Nich., 178; Tho. (Sir), 178;
poisoning of, 345

Overie, St. Mary (Southwark), Co. Surrey,
monastery of, 333

Owen, Jno., 234; Professor, 16, 18 (3), 20(2),

Owgam, Tho., 192

Owl, Tavern called the, 368

Oxburne, Wm., 2

Oxedy, Jno., 338

Oxenford (Oxford), 433 ; Jno., 356

Oxford, Co. of, 35, 48, 91, 231, ap. xli. ;
Christ Church at, 405 ; Colleges of, 478 (4) ;
scholars seat from Dulwich College to, ap.
xxxviii. (7) ; denial of letters patent for per-
petuating a lecture in, 428 ; education at,
393 ; Exeter College, 279 (3) ; honours
obtained at the Universities of, ap. xlvii.
(9) ; local examinations of, 264 ; Taylor
Galleries at, munificent gift to, 406 ; Uni-
versities of, 443, ap. xiii. ; Street,

London, Co. Midd., 317 i

Oxley, Jno., 145 ; Tho., ib.

PACKING, JAS., 67

Pachydermata (a tribe of quadrupeds), 18, 20

Pacific, mission life in the islands of the, 226

Packstone Road, tavern in, 371

Paddington, London, Co. Midd., Holy Trinity
church at, 210 ; police station at, confine-
ment of a murderer in, 342

Paddy, Sam., ap. xxxix.

Padua, Italy, burial at, 188

Page, Ann, 256; Dr., 178; Elinor, ib. ;
Fran., 148, 339; Geo., 148; Jos., 117;
Jno., 144 ; Mr., 123 ; widow, 144 ; Wm.,
148, 149(2)

Painters' Hall, London (City), 300

Paire, Fran., 178 ; Mary, ib. ; murder of, ib.

Paisley, Scotland, 364

Palace Road, Dulwich, 377

Palatine College, Camberwell Grove, 265

Palatines, the, 326

Palestine, expedition to, 143

Pall Mall, London, Co. Midd., gas introduced
into, 109

Pallmer, Jno., 144 ; Symon, 175

Palmer, Cath., 175 ; Jno. Hinde, 86; Kitty,
386 (2) ; Lady, 177

Palmerston, Lord, government of, 464 ; tavern

called the, 354, 371 ; Terrace, 185 ;

• Viscount, letter from, 130

Paludinabed (Woolwich beds), 11, 12 (3), 15

Palyn, Geo., benefaction by, 273 (2)

Pandanus Veitchii, a plant called the, 412

Panton, Hugh, ap. xl. (2)

Pantrye, Agnes de, 331 (3), 332 ; Jno. att,
331 ; Jno. del, 331, 332

Paragon, New Kent Road, Co. Surrey, resident
of, 248, 249 (2)

Parfett's, disbursements at, 121, 122 ; meet-
ing at, 123

Parham, Mr., 339

Paris, France, 318 ; city of, 19 ; academy of
sciences at, member of, 399 ; Bessemer
metal for lines of rail used at, 405 ; chess
play in, 393 ; fresco representing the judg-
ment of, 308 ; medical schools of, 281 ;
newspapers of, 71 ; residence in, 399 ; the
Tuileries in, 30 ; universal exhibition of,
402 (2), 405 ; university of, 480-1

Parish, A. E., 262 ; J. B., 474, 478 ;

clerk's company of London, 298

Park House, Peckham, Co. Surrey, resident f

INDEX.

Ixxxix

Park House —

184 ; Lodge, Peckhara Rye, resident

of, 184, 185, 186 ; - - Road, Peckham,
chapel in, 239 ; school in, ib.
Parker, Archbp., 57 ; Hen., 178 ; Mr. Ser-
jeant, ib. ; Robt., 176 ; widow, 338
Parliament House, Peckham Road, longevity

at, 374

Purma, Italy, 464
Paruall, R., 477

Parr, Dr. (vicar of Camber well), Co. Surrey,-
98, 113, 144, 338 ; account of, 279; assess-
ment of, 6 ; caricature on, 146 ; new state
of affairs regarding vestry clerks at the death
of, 123 ; Elizth., 178 ; register of burial of,
279, 280 ; Ellen, 176 ; Jane, ib. ; Rich.,
176, 178, 179 (2), 192, 206, 279, 280 (2) ;
the life of King Charles saved by, 279
Parrett, Tho., 338
Parrie (Parry), Ellis, ap. iv.
Parrott, J. E., 249
Parry, Ellis, land purchased of, 380 (2), 424

(2), ap. ii., iv., x., xi.

Parsey, Rich., an advowson granted to, 191
Parson, Jno., 144
Parsons, F., 315 ; Mr., 163
Parsonage, the, Camberwell New Road (con-
gregational chapel), 249 ; houses, re-
turn of, 215

Parysh Garden, lordship of, 2
3'aston, Fran., 105
Patent Rolls (Public Record Office), references

to the, 424 (3)
Patersou, Dr., 169
Patmos, stained glass window representing St.

Jno. in, 220

Patricesy (Battersea), Co. Surrey, 4
Patroles, account of, 108
Pattison, Mr. Justice, 450
Pattle, Jas., monument to, 204
Paul, Dr., 264, 349 (2)

Paules school, form of teaching at, to be ob-
served at Dulwich College, 452
Paul's, St., Dean of, 57
Pavia, Italy, 464
Paxton, Sir Jos., 369, 418
Payer, Fran., 145

Payne, Dan., 338 ; Miss, 242 ; and Clark,

Messrs., firm of, 296
Peabody, Mr., 393
Peach, E. H., ap. xlvii.
Peachey, Jas., 314
Peacock, Win., 214 ; asylum established by,

274 ; land given by, 273
Peakes, Mr., 367
Peaper, Tho., 339
Pearce, Jno., 149
Pearcy, Elizth., 419
Pearse, Elizth., 332 ; Jno., 329, 332
Pearson, Chas., 85 (2) ; Jno., 144 ; Mr., 190
Peat, Camberwell beds of, 25
Pebbles, a description of, 23
Peck, Harriet, 374

Peck's desiderata, &c., extract from, 66
Peckham, Co. Surrey, 2, 4 (3) ; 5 (7) ; 6 (5);
10 (6) ; 11 (2) ; 13, 14, 16, 17 (2) ; 19,
26, 28 (5) ; 30 (3) ; 31 (3) ; 38, 44 (5) ;
45 (2) ; 46 (2) ; 47, 51, 52, 53 (7); 54, 56,
59 (2) ; 61, 62 (2) ; 64, 66, 67, 71

Peckham —

(2) ; 74 (2) ; 75, 78, 79 (5) ; 81 (2) ; 82
(5) ; 83 (2) ; 86, 91 (7) ; 92 (3) ; 93 (8) ;
94(2); 95(2); 96(2); 103(4); 106(2)
108 (6) ; 109 (2) ; 112, 113, 114 (3)- 117
(3) ; 126, 131, 134, 136, 137 (5) ; 138 (7):
140(2); 141(3); 143,144,148,149(3)
151 (4) ; 152, 155, 160 (20) ; 164, 166
(2) ; 167, 168, 169 (6) ; 170, 171, 173,
1/4, 175 (2) ; 177 (2) ; 178, 179, 180, 183
(9); 184 (18); 185 (6); 186 (8); 189,
197 (2) ; 201 (3) ; 206 (3) ; 207, 209, 213,
214, 216(2); 217,218 (2); 221(2); 226

(2) ; 227, 230 (3) ; 231 (4) ; 232 (5); 236

(3) ; 239, 240 (4) ; 243 (6) ; -44, 246 (3);
247 (12) ; 248 (6) ; 249 (5) ; 259 (2) ; 260,
261 (2); 262(2); 263(8); 264, 265(5);
266 (4) ; 270 (2) ; 272, 275 (2) ; 276 (8) •
277 (3) ; 280 (3) ; 282 (2) ; 283, 284, 285
(2) ; -^86 (2) ; 292 (3) ; 293 (6) ; 294 (2) •
295 (3) ; 296, 297 (2) ; 298 (6) ; 299 (6) ;
310, 311, 312 (3) ; 313 (2) ; 314 (10) ; 323
(2) ; 324, 325 (3); 326, 327, 328, 329 (4);
330 (3) ; 331 (5); 333 (4); 335, 336, 337
(2) ; 338 (2) ; 339, 344, 347 (3) ; 348 (3) ;
349, 350 (5) ; 351, 353 (6); 354, 356, 357
(2); 359, 361 (7); 362 (4); 367 (3); 368,
370 (2) ; 371 (4) ; 373, 374 (3) ; 415, 430
(3) ; 432, 433, ap. xxxiv. ; Act of Parlia-
inent for establishing a foot patrole at, 108 ;

for the lighting and watching of, ib. ;

amateur athletic club, 295 ; assertion as to
the town of, 2 ; boy's British school in, 243;
chapel at, minister of, 217 ; church at, 214;

collector of, 126; collegiate school,

263 (2); debating society, 292; deer

killed in the park of, 314; derivation of,
91 ; earliest poor rate in, 6 ; erection of a
cage at, 138 ; estate of Sir Tho. Grymes

at, 53; . Fair, 312; - Fields,

land called, 138 ; former watch house in,

138 ; Gap, a place called, 137 ;

Gardener, or Camberwell in an uproar,
amusing chapter on, 323-5 ; gift of flannel
petticoats to twelve aged persons of, 141;
glass urn found at, 1 ; Greyhound at, the,
180(2); Grove, 183 (6), 373; lon-
gevity in, ib. ; residents of, 218, 247 (3) ;

hearth tax of, 144 ; High Street, 184

(3), 189, 275, 299, 311 (3), 314 ; emigra-
tion home in, 275-6 ; longevity in, 374 ;
old houses in, 350 ; schools in, 243 (3),
297 ; taverns in, 370 (3), 371 ; Hill Street,
329 ; House lunatic asylum, 73, 314,

349 ; longevity at, 374 ; population of, 79 ;

ladies' schools of, 265 ; Lane, 91 ;

liberty of, 117, 151 ; assessment of, 148-9;
estates in the, 136 ; church tax in, 114 (2);
rate for, 197 ; rateable houses in the, 151 ;
licensed victuallers' asylum at, 286 ; lighting
trust for, meeting of the, 371 ; little woman

of, the, 206 ; Lodge, resident of, 325;

manor of, 179, 328 ;' melon ground at, 92 ;
messuages in, 62 ; museum of fire arms at,

350 ; Mutual Society, 293 (3) ; origin

of, 292 ; national schools of, 243 ; account
of, 261 ; Nazareth House at, 169 (5) ; lon-
gevity at, 374; paupers in, 162; popula-
tion of, 79 ; new lighting trust of, 109 ; the

INDEX.

Peckham—

orchard at, 92 ; Park, 93 ; resident

of, 184 ; Road, 93, 184 ; (Post Office)

money orders issued and paid from, 299 ;
resident of, 247 ; patroles from the Bull in,
108 ; - - pension society, 270 ; aid to,
293 ; poor inhabitants of, distribution to,
134 ; poor relief of, 160 ; population of,
79 ; postal delivery for, 298 ; postmaD, the,
373 ; property in, 53 ; Queen's Road, 86 ;
registrar of births and deaths of, 186 ; re-
turn of the names of housekeepers of, 102 ;
— Road, 92, 93, 168, 170, 174, 185-6 ;
brewery in, 350 ; chapel in, 209 ; head-
quarters in, 294 ; institution in, 296 ; lon-
gevity in, 374 ; lunatic asylum in, 348 ;
robbery at a house in, 106 ; schools in, 266
(2); tavern in, 371 ; Roman Catholic church
at, 239 ; Roman utensils found at, 1 ; rules
to the watchmen of the village of, 108 ;

Rye, 2, 5, 10, 11 (2), 29, 82-3 (3),

93, 117, 148-9, 152, 179, 338, 353 (7) ;
chapels near, 227, 232 ; colleges on, 266

(2) ; Common, situation of, 354;

early mention of, 91 ; encroachments on,
353 ; inquest at, 178 ; manor at, 330 ;
manorial rights of, 353 ; mission house on,
232 ; nativity at, 357 ; Post Office, money
orders issued and paid from, 299 ; purchase
of, 101 ; railway station at, 169, 350; re-
sidents on, 228, 259 (2), 276, 356 ; schools

of, 216 (2), 243 (2), 264, 293 ;

near, 243 ; species of fossils found at, 16 ;
sports on, 295 (2) ; tavern at, 371 ;
St. Andrew's church, 213 ; table of Post
Office money orders issued and paid from,

299 ; postal and telegraph business of,

298 ; • theatre, 350 ; schools erected on

the site of, 262 ; trust meeting of the,

108 ; — — working men's club, 347. See
also Pekham, Petteham

Peek, Eliza, 467 ; H. W., 88 (3) ; baronetcy
of, ib. ; Wm., 467

Peel, Mr., 110; Sir Robt., ib.

Peele, Mr. (the famous actor), 421

Peere, Tho., ap. xxxix.

Peerless, G. R., 106 ; Mr., 151

Pegg, G., 477

Pegge, Jno., 54

Peg well Bay, Co. Kent, 15

Peirson, Jno., 112

Pekham (Peckham), Co. Surrev, manor of, 331
(3)

Pelham Street, school in, 242

Pelican house school, Peckham, 266 ; residents
of, ib.

Pellham, Mrs., 144; Wm., 338

Pelow, Mary, 207

Pembroke College, Cambridge, scholar of, 479 ;
earl of, 171 ; portrait of, 484

Pendennis Castle, Co. Corn wall, governor of. 209

Penge Road, 385

Peninsular & 0. Steam Navigation Coy., a
a director of, 204

Penley, family of, schools under the manage-
ment of the, 262; Mr., 350

Pennant's Hist, of London, quotation from, 198

Penny post, the, 298 ; - - reading move-
ment, father of the, 211

Penry, Jno., trial and execution of, 345

Pepler Road, Old Kent Road, 247

Pepys, Sam., 64 (2); letter to, 65

Perce, widow, 144

Percy, Bishop, 304 ; Dr. Jno., 477

Percy vail, Rych., 67

Perdita, quotation from, 369

Peres Grove, Dulwich, a wood called, 378

Percy, widow, 338 ; Win., ib.

Pericles, the play of, 421

Periodicals, &c., "Annual Register," 313;
" Athengeum," 393 ; "European Magazine,"
362; "Fun," 356; " Gentleman s Maga-
zine, 362 ; " Lancet," 395 (2) ; " Metro-
politan Pulpit," 284 ; "Monthly Magazine,"
362; Tait's "Edinburgh Magazine," 36 4 ;
the "Sporting Magazine," 368

Perkins, Alfred, 310 (2) ; Chas., ib. ; Elizth.,
152 ; family of, ib. ; Fred., 310 (3) ; Hen.,
310 (3) ; will of, 310 ; Jno., 152, 179, 3U9

• (5), 310 (4), will of, 310; Mary, 179 (2) ;

Mr., 147 (4), 181 (2); and Miss, a

school kept by, 243 ; Wm., 148, 149 (2)

Perral, Mr. and Mrs., school kept by, 242

Perrey, Rich., 338

Perriefield, Dulwich, land called, ap. ii., iv.,
x., xi.

Perry, Abijah, 145 ; Mr., 245 ; Rich., 149 -T
& Co., Messrs., firm of, 225 (2)

Perryefield, Dulwich, messuage and land called,
378

Persia, the Magi of, 313

Person, gift to a person named, 435 ; Jno., 338

Perth, Scotland, 234

Peryer, Jno., 67

Petaurus and Hypsiprymnus (kangaroo rat),
18

Peterhead, Aberdeen, 286

Peters, Wm., 183

Pether, Messrs., bricks manufactured by, 224

Petin, Gaudet, & Co., Messrs., Bessemer steel
manufactured by, 404

Peto, Sir Morton, foundation stone laid by,
233

Petteham (Peckham), manor of, 4

Pettifer, Rich., ap. vii., viii. (2)

Petty, Lord Hen., 146

Petworth, Co. Sussex, letter addressed from,
288

Peverell, Andrew, 330

Pew, Jas., 131, 152 (2), 186 (3), 187 (10),
188 (2), 477 ; autobiography of, 186 ; com-
memoration stone laid by, 314 ; presentation
to, 187

Pewter Platter, start of the Dulwich coach from,
the, 81

Peycok, Hen., 105

Phelps, Mr., 121, 122 (3), 123

Phelps, Mr., 198

Philanthropic Society for the Prevention of
Crimes, 281

Philbrick Terrace, Nunhead Road, resident of,
247

Philip IV. of Spain, portrait of, 483 ;

and Mary, reign of, 333, acts passed in, 129,
176

Phillippes, Hen., 427

Phillipps, Hen., ap. vii. (2), viii,

Phillips, Ann, 373-4 ; Jas., 453 ; Jno., 148 j

INDEX.

xci

Phillips,

Philosophical Transactions, extract from 387

Philpot, quotations from, 330 (2)

Picardy, France, the family of De Cheries of

Pickerley, Hannah, bequest to, ap. xxxv.
Picten, subsidy from a person named, 338
Pickwick, Mr., 419
Picton, Elizth., bequest to, 139 ; Mr 118

119, 121 (2), 123;. Steph., payment 'to, for

repairs at St. Giles's church, 116 (2) 148

196 (2)

Piedmont, Italy, 40
Pierson, donation to the goodman, 115 ; Sam.

ap. xxxix.

Pigg, Rev. T. G., 235
Pike, family of, 5, 6
Pilcher, Mr., 394
Pilgrim, Mat., 249
Pillans, Rev. Jno., 234
Pirn, Capt. Bedford, 399 (2)
Pimlico, Co. Midd. , resident of, 300
Pinchback, Mrs., gift of, 134 (2) ; will of, 139
Pinchbeck, Co. Lincoln, 180
Pinder, Edw., 183
Pineapple Gate, Edgware Road, Co. Midd.,

human remains found at, 342
Pinta, Jno. Jos. Jasper, 182
Piper, T., 477
Pirie, Jno., assessment of, 152: Jno. (Sir)

p 290-1 (4); Lady, 290
Pitcairn, Andrew, commission to, 424
Pitharella Rickmanni shell, the, description of,

Pitsey, estate of, 330

Pitt, Mr., 262 ; Rev. Mr., 481 ; Wm., financial

scheme of, 145 ; budget of, 146 ; taxation in

the time of, ib.
Pittman, J. B., 249 ; - Street, school in,

238

Pius V., Pope, 60
Plasgwyn, Dulwich, Co. Surrey, resident of,

Plastow, Mr., 144

Platt, Baron, 263 ; Capt., 118, 120 ; T., 410

Player, widow, 144

Playfair, Dr. Lyon, 477 ; family of, 358

Playford's Musical Companion, curious lines in,

158

Plews, Rich., Capt., 76
Plogg, Wm., 337
Ploke, Elizth., 336
Plough, taverns called the, 10, 82, 354, 370

(2) ; -- land, definition of, 4
Plum, Tho. Wm., 163
Plumer, Gylds, 338
Plummer, Sain., 148 ; -- Street, City Road,

Co. Midd., 453

Plumpton, Co. Northampton, 36
Plumstead, Co. Kent, Government range at, 74
Plunkett, Mary, 374
Poland, King of, 481
Police, Metropolitan, contribution to'the, 166 ;

formation of the, 129 ; remodelling of the,

110 (2); -- Thames, establishment of
- the, 110
Polkyn, Wm., 51

Pollock, Geo. (Sir), 75

Polyphemus, ship called the, 204

Pond, Tho., 339

Poole, H. (Rev.), 211 ; Jno., 338; Mr., 124;

Mr. and Mrs., gift by, 228 ; 0. Goldsmith's

removal to, 362 ; Wm., 144, 337, 339 ; Wm.

Orreenaway, 163
Poor Law Amendment Act, a guardian elected

Undf ' 187 J Institution's articles

on, 169 ; relief of Camberwell, 158

rope, Alex., tradition as to, 310 ; Mr., 83 ;

Tho., 422 ; Tho. (Sir), 379, 380
Poplar, Co. Midd., union house of, paupers in,

162

Poplars, Peckham Rye, residence known as

the, 266

Population, table of, 166
Porter Sam., ap. xxxix. (2) ; Wm., 149, 339
Porter's Wharf, 65

Portland,' Co. Dorset, 377 ; stone, the use

of, 166-7, 308
Portman, Geo., 145
Portsmouth, Co. Hants, 38, 410
Portugal, King of, 207
Postans, Rev. J. Chetwode, 233
Post Office, table of postal and telegraph busi-
ness of the, 298
Potter, Jno., ap. xlii.
Potts, Tho., 314
Poulteney, Sir Wm., 30
Poulton, Fra., 103

Poultry, London (City), a bookseller of, 280
Poussin, G., picture by, 484 ; Nn picture by,

ib.

Power, Edw., design by, 165
Powell, Mr., 245, 338 ; stained glass window
by, 225 ; Tho./ 226 (3), 227 ; ap. xl. ; W.
(Rev.), 223 ; Walter, foundation stone laid
by, 237

Pownall, E., 247

Poyuter, E. J., painting by, 225 ; Mr., 64
Poyntz, Gen., 178 ; Reg., 329 (2)
Prebble, J. W., 125 ; Mr., 126 (4)
Prechesland, manor probably granted to, 328
Prentis, Jno., 67
Preston, Co. Lane., 207 ; D. C., memorial

stone laid by, 232
Prestwich, Mr., 9, 14, 15 (2), 18, 19, 20 (4),

21 (2), 23, 25 (2)
Prettyward, Jno., 54
Priaul, 0. de Beauvoir, 310
Price, D. S. (Dr.), 351 ; Mr., 97 (2) ; Phil,

149

Prichard, G., 245
Prideaux on Churchwardens, quotation from,

157
Priest, Geo., a lease to, 138; rent received

from a person named, 142
Primero, Jno., 172 (2)

Prince, Ann, 174 (2) ; Edw., ib. ; Jas., ib. ;
Jos., ib.-, Mr., 82 (2), 83 (2); anecdote

concerning, 82 ; Consort, tablet to the

memory of, 213

Princes Street, a gunmaker of, 409
Prior, Mr., 362

Priory Lodge, a former resident of, 357
Prisot, Judge, definition of a carue of land by,

4
Pritchard, H. D., 300

XC11

INDEX.

Prittlewell, Co. Essex, 91

Proctor, Jn., 356, 365

Prospect Villa, resident of, 184

Providence Hall, Harder's Road, Peckham,
236

Prudence, a figure representing, 166

Prussia, a tramp "styling himself the Duke
of Normandy" in, 317 ; Prince of, tavern
called the, 372

Pryse, Gryffyn, a, 67

Public Elementary Schools, attendance at, 245 ;

Kecord Office, London, Co. Midd.,

documents in, 28, 44, 64, 111, 320, 335,
378 (2) ; ap. v., xiii.

Puckle, Chas., 208 (2) ; Dr., 309, 314 ; Ellen
Mary Ann, 208 ; Emma, memorial window
to, 203 ; family of, first appearance in Cam-
berwell of the, 6, 152; house formerly
occupied by the, 302 ; mansion formerly
occupied by the, 228 ; vault of the, 208 ;
Geo., 181 (2) ; Herbt. (Lieut.), 76 ; Isabella
M., inscriptions to, 208 (3) ; Mary, 181 ;
Mrs., 278; presentation by, 314 ; R., 201 ;
R. A., 259; Robt., 152, 187, 208 (5);
Robt. Arthur, 183-4

Puddicombe, J. Newell, ap. xl.

Pugin, Mr., design by, 240

Pulman, Jas. H. (Lieut.), 76

Punching, Jno., 176

Purkis, Jno., 180; Mr., 155, 254 (2)

Purkiss, family of, 93 ; Isaac, 181

Putney, Co. Midd.,Fairfax's army stationed at,
444

Pycke, Hen., 337

Pye, tavern called the, 420

Pyke, Bridget, marriage of, 62 ; Henry, 62 ;
66, 67 ; lands demised to, 41

Pynacker, picture by, 484

QUARTER Sessions, Co. Surrey, opinion of Mr.
Marsden by a late chairman of the, 190

Queen (Victoria), chaplain to the, 210 ; tavern

called the, 371 ; Street Place, Cannon

Street, London (City), 402

Queen's Bench, Ct. of, application for a man-
damus to, 450 ; important case tried in the,

218 ; judgment given in, ib. ; College,

a priest of, 32 ; Cambridge, lec-
tureship of, 467; Road, Peckham,

10 (3), 86, 91, 92 (3), 184 (3), 185 (2),
265 ; chapel in, 236 (2), 237 ; former resi-
dent in, 347 ; longevity in, 373 ; P. 0.
money orders issued and paid at, 299 ; rail-
way station at, 83, 84, 221 ; residents in,
175 (2), 186, 247 (2), 356 ; schools in, 263,

264, 266; • Wandsworth Road,

Co. Surrey, resident in, 245, 247

Quick & Son, Messrs., 352

Quinney, A., 247

Quittenton, R., 357

RADNOR Street, Camberwell, resident of, 247
Raffles, Dr., 2b'3 (2), 357

Railways, Great Western, auditor to, 276 ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 83 ; — —
and North Western, experiments by, 404 ;

South London, 83; and Sut-

ton, ib. ; West End and Crystal Palace,
ib.

Rainbow Lane, 91

Rainsford, S. D., ap. xlvii. (2)

Ramseaye, Robt., 30

Barnsey, Edw. B. (Rev.), 358; Jno., 337;
Robt., 60, 336

Randall, Dan., 149; Rich., ap. xl.

Rands, W. B., 356

Ranken, C., 477; Chas., assignment of pro-
perty to, 409 ; Mr., 409

Ransford, Wm., 148

Ransome's artificial stone, use of, 415

Ratclifle, Co. Midd., grammar school at, 48

Rates, payments for making, 119, 120, 121,
122 ; peculiar entries concerning the making

of, 151 ; the Camberwell, 114 ; Dul-

wich, ib. ; Peckham, ib.

Rath bone Place, Oxford Street, Co. Midd.,
317

Ratton (Racton), Co. Sussex, 176

Raven, T. B., 245

Rawlins, Jasper, 148

Rawson, Mr., 411

Ray, Alex., 174 ; Dr. (Rev.), 131 ; Jas., 174 ;
Mary, ib. ; Mr., 264 ; Phillis, 174 (2) ;
Tho., 174 (2) ; Tho. (Rev.), 263, 300 ;
Wm., 174(2), 181

Reach, A. B., 259 ; death of, ib.

Reade, Elizabeth, 151, 174 ; Laurence, 181 ;
W., 151, 174 (2) ; robbery at the house of,
106

Reading, Co. Berks., 24 ; beds at, 15 ; deri-
vation of, 91; Jas., 338; Jno., ap. xl. ;
Jo., ap. xxxvi. See also Redding

Ready, Mar. (Rev.), 263; Mr., ib. (3)

Realm, laws and statutes of the, 61

Reed, F. H., 295

Reeve, Amelia, 419

Reeves, Mrs., 460

Reculvers, Co. Kent, 15

Red Ball, tavern called the, 108 ; Bull,

tavern called the, 286, 367, 371 (5\ 434 ; .

assessment of, 151 ; Cap, tavern called

the, 81, 180, 360 ; Cow, tavern called

the, 371 (2) ; assessment of, 150 ;

House, Peckham Rye, resident of, 185 ;

Lion, tavern called the, 81, 348 ;

Square, Co. Midd., 140 ; Post Hill,

Dulwich, 392 (2)

Redding (Reading), Co. Berks, 231 ; Simon,
fine levied on, for swearing, 113

Redfoord, Scotland, nativity at, 460

Redhill, Co. Surrey, gi-een sand found near, 22

Reding, Jos., ap. xxxix. ; Simon, 148, 149

Redinghurst (Bredinghurst), manor of, 332

Redman, Tho., 383

Regent's Park Road, Co. Midd., resident of,

300 ; Street Chapel, City Road, Co.

Midd., 232

Registers, the Camberwell, 171 ; inscription
in the book of, ib. ; origin of, ib.

Registrars of Births and Deaths for Camber-
well, Dulwich, Peckham and St. George's,
186

INDEX.

xciii

Regulator, the, Mr. Glover's, coach called the

Reid, J., 232 ; R. W., 247
Reigate, Co. Surrey, a vicar of, 279. See also

Reygate, Ryegate

Relieving Officers of Camberwell, 186
Rembrandt, pictures by, 483-4
Renard, Tho., 300
Rench, Tho., 338
Reni, Guido, picture by, 484
Renualls, messuage and land called, 378
Reothin, Chas., ap. xxxix.
Repton, Mr., 411
Requests, Ct. of Commissioners of the, 127-

129
Reubeus, P.P., pictures by, 483-4; portrait

of the mother of, 483

Review, Edinburgh, a publication inthe, 460 (2)
Reygate (Reigate), Co. Surrey, 178
Reyment, Tho., 177
Reynolds, Ann, 370 ; J. C., 130, 185, 247;

improvement of sanitary statistics of Camber-
well by, 100 ; Sir Joshua, picture by, 484
Rhine, refugees from the Palatinate of the, 326
Rhodes, Jno., ap. xl. (2)
Rice, Gryffynap., 66 ; Spring (Lord Monteagle),

residence of, 411

Rich, C. C., ap. xlvii. ; Peter, 338
Richard II., King, 330, 331 (5), 332 (2) ; III.,

40, 50; Hen., 262; Hen. (Rev.),

235 (2) ; Rob., 335
Richards, Col., 356 ; Mr., 349
Richardson, Rev. J., 211 (4), 261, 263 ; Mr.,

339 ; theatre of, 313 ; Tho., ap. xxxviii.
Richer, Jno., 335
Ricketts, Win., suicide of, 180
Rickwood, Mr., purchase of land of, 205 ;

Rich., 313
Richmond, Duke of, omnibus named the, 82 ;

Terrace, Brixton, Co. Surrey, 249

Ricotes, alias Rigates, Dulwich, ap. ii. (2),

iv., ix. (2), xi. (2)
Rigates alias Ricotes, Dulwich, ap. ii. (2), iv.,

ix. (2), xi. (2). See also Rygates
Rigton (Repton), Co. Derbyshire', 39
Rimbault, Dr., 304
Ring, Jas. Chas., 184
Ripley, Co. Surrey, 40 ; Mary, 374
Riply, Wm., 339
Rippley, Wm., 148
Robarte, Gyles, 337
Robert, Dr., 149
Roberts, Cadwallader, ap. xxxix. ; Hen., 307;

Messrs., firm of, church built by, 214 ;

Roger, 67 ; Wm., 184
Robins, Jno., 56
Robinson, assessment of a person named, 149 ;

Fran., 418 ; Hen. Geo., 184; Mary, 149;

Matt., memorial window to, 203 ; Mr., 145,

270
Robinson's "Handful of Pleasant Deities,"

quotation from, 369
Robson, organ by, 212
Roche, H., 300

Rochester, Co. Kent, 24, 25, ap. xli., xli.
Rocque, map by, 343 (2)
Roffey, Mary, 174 ; Mr., 259 ; Rich., 174 ;

Robt., 181-2 ; Wm., 174
Rogers, Andrew, 172 ; Dr., 357, 358 (5) ;

Rogers,—

Dorcas, 373; Edw. Dresser, 142, 184-5,
>9 (4) ; presentation to, ib. ; Elizth., 172 •
family of, history of, 357 ; Geo. (Rev.), 2->6
(2) ; Isaac, 373 ; Mr., 357, 358, 451 ; fine
levied on for prophane cursing, 114 ; Robt
148, 339; W. (Rev.), 477-8; foundation-
stone laid by, 464 ; Widow, 338 ;

History of the Scottish house of 353

Rolfe, Mr., 18S

Rolls, Jno., gift to, 218 ; Mary, monument to
218 ; Wm., ib. ; Road, 235

Rolt, Mr., 451, 455

Roman Catholic Orphanage, North Hyde, 268 ;

— — Causeway, discovery of a, 1 ; -

military way, ib. ; ways, 2 (2)

Rome, Italy, 70 ; Coliseum of, a diary written
in, 187

Romeney (Romney) Marsh, Co. Kent, Laws
and Customs of, 3

Romeo, the play of, 421 (2)

Rooke, Wm., 148-9

Roper, A. T., 479 ; Lady, 316 ; Sir Wm.,
316

Roques, map of Camberwell by, 91

Rose, Geo. (Rt. Hon.), 296 : theatre on the
Bankside, South wark, called the, 421 (2),
423 ; Rev. Wm., 217

Rosemary Branch, Peckham, a man found
hanged near, 180 ; a chapel removed to the,
232 ; church on the estate called the, 221 ;
meetings at the, 294 ; schools near, 244 ;

tavern called the, 368 (3) ; Bush

(Branch), a stranger dying at the, 114,
368

Roslyn avenue, a former resident of, 356

Ross, Mr., 304 (3); W., 142

Rosse, T., curious letter from, 231

Rotherhithe, Co. Surrey, 2, 46, 344, 346

Rothomago, a manor granted to, 329

Rothwell, Rich., 30

Rougemont, Mr., 409

Roundell, C. S., 477

Roupell, Jno., 86 ; Rich. Palmer, 86 ; marriage
of, ib. ; Wm., 86 (11), 87, 88 (3) ; re-
markable career of, 86 ; - — Park Estate,
Brixton, Co. Surrey, 86 (5)

Rouse, Rolla (Capt.), 74 (2), 75 ; Tho., 196

Routledge, Messrs., 393

Row, Wm., 154

Rowe, Rev. W. K., 234

Rowles, Jas., 386

Rowley, Maria, 182

Royal College of Physicians, a licentiate of,

281 ; Exchange, tavern in, 3d8 ;

Humane Society, 281 ; Insurance

Company, 143

Royalist Composition Papers (Public Record
Office), extracts from, 53, 95, 96 (2)

Ruckhalt, 367

Rufford, subsidy from a person named, 338

Rufus, Wm., 101

Runfeild, Wm., 339

Rushworth, Mr., ap. xl., xli.

Ruskin, Jno., 356, 405 ; Mr., 210, 405-406
(4) ; munificent gift by, 406 ; the works of,
406

Russel, Jno., 149 (2)

Russell, Dr., 406 ; Elizth., bequest to, ap.

XC1V

INDEX.

Russell,—
xxxv. ; Jas. (Sir), 176 ; Lord Jno., 395 ;

Sam., 348; and Co., Messrs., factory

of, 342 ; and Son, Messrs., 190

Russia, Ambassador to the Court of, 36 ; Em-
peror of, 481 ; envoy to, 64 ; equipage to,
ib. ; war with, service in. command during
the, 399

Ruston, Mr., 243 ; Tho., 131

lluthwell (Rothwell), Co. Northton., 296

Rutland House School, 265

Eutor, Tho., 335

Ruysdael, pictures by, 484 (2)

Ryan, Bishop, 211

Ryce, Wiii., 148

Ilychard, Reynold ap., 67

Rydall Cottage, Dulwich, resident of, 406

Rye, derivation of, 91 ; Lane, Peckham,

91, 92, 94, 184 (2), 185, 227 (2), 230 ;
Baptist chapel in, 226 ; former resident of,
273 ; residents of, 185 (3), 249, 325, 356,
371 ; Miss, 275 (3), 276 (4) ; emigration
house established by, account of, 275 (3) ;
benefits of, 276

Ryegate (Reigate), Co. Surrey, assizes at, pro-
secution at, 121 ; Jno. of, 313

Rygates, lands called, 378 (2)

Ryley, G. B. (Rev.), 232, 247

SAOVILLE, Col., 388

Sadler, Chas., 185

St. Alban's Place, Lambeth, Co. Surrey, appre-
hension of a murderer at, 342

St. Andrew's Church, Peckham, 210, 213,

247, 263, 350 ; district school, 243 ;

Middle Class School, Marylebone, Co.

Midd., 265 ; presbytery of, license from,
358 ; University of, 357

St. Ann's Church, Manchester, Co. Lane., 211 ;

Limehouse, Co. Midd., burial at, 175 ;

Society, Royal Asylum of, former head-quar-
ters of, 350

St. Antholin's Church, London (City), Co.
Midd., 222 (2)

St. Arnauld, near Daurdin, 319

St. Augustine's Church, Honor Oak, 214 ;
vicar of, 264

St. Barnabas Church, Manchester, Co. Lane.,
211

St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Co. Midd.,
honour obtained at, ap. xlvii. ; resolution
by a committee of, 271

St. Biddulphe's (Botolph's), Bishopsgate, Lon-
don, Co. Midd., gift of a tenement to the
churchwardens of, ap. xxxiii.

St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London, Co. Midd.,
.442, 452, 457, 462, 477-8, ap. xxix.,
xxxviii. (5), xlvi. (2) ; bill in Chancery filed
by the churchwardens of, 447 ; candidates
from, 476 ; fees of the scholars from, 474 ;
letter dated from, 427 ; messuages in, 378 ;
nativity in, 420 ; recommendation by the
rector of, 427

St. Butolphe's (Botolph's) Bishopsgate, ap. iii.
(2), iv., vii., x., xii., xiv. (4), xvi. ; bequest
to the parish of, ap. xxxv. (2) ; church of,
deed to remain in the, ap. viii.

St. Christopher, isle of, 430

St. Chrysostom's Church, Peckham, 224 (2),'
215 ; schools supported by members of,
261

St. Clement's Well, 90

St. David's, Bishop of, 258

St. Dunstan's in the East, London (City), be-
quest to the parson of, 138 ; in the

West, resident of, 155

St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, exhibitioner of,
478

St. Fermo, 465

St. Francis (R. C.) school, 243 ; Joseph,

K.C., of the order of, conferred on Mr.
Bessemer, 401

St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Co. Berks, 213 ;

church, 92 (2), 165, 201, 215, 218, 219

(3), 261 ; Hanover Square, Co. Midd.,

309 ; Southwark, Co. Surrey 344, 346 ;

poor's rate, return of, 150 ; population of,
78, 80 ; population table of, 166 ; specimen
lights exhibited near the church of, 109 ;

vestry clerk of the parish of, 190 ;

Bridge, 101 ; Congregational chapel of, 235 ;
district collector of, 126 ; festival of, 216 ;
registrar of births and deaths of, 186 ;
schools (national) of, 242, 261 ; ward, popu-
lation of, 79 ; Day, foundation-stone

laid on, 216 ; Fields, Roman utensils

found in, 1 ; Road, 92, 218, 235,

248 ; longevity in, 374 ; money orders (Post
Office) issued and paid from, 299 ; resident

of, 185 ; tavern in, 372 ; Street,

school in, 242

St. Giles's, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, 457, 477 ;
bequest to the vicar and churchwardens of,
140 ; burglaries in the parish of, 106 ; can-
didates from, 476 ; charity land in, 137 ;
cholera committee and board of health for,

187 ; Church, Camberwell, 1, 41, 86,

90, 92, 99, 209, 214, 277 ; account of, 191 ;
advowson of the vicarage of, ib. ; sale of the
same, 192 ; brass in, 32 ; burials in, 182,
430 ; churchwarden of, 188 ; contributions
from the congregation of, 258 ; curate of,
exhibition stopped by a, 341 ; curious entry
in the registers of, 6 ; destruction of, 194,
202 ; expense of beautifying, 195 ; first
entry in vestry minutes concerning, 195 ;
gift of bread in, 140 ; letter relative to the
abolition of interments in, 130 ; memorial
windows in, 203 ; monuments in, 55, 203 ;
new altar-piece for, 198 ; new pewing,
paving, and glazing of, 196 ; organist of,
290 ; payment for keeping in order the clock
of, 195; registers of, extract from, 430;
robberies at, committee's report on, 201 ;
- churchyard, 204 ; an alderman of
London buried in, 291 ; Greenacre's wife
buried in, 342 ; memorials of vicars in,
206 ; ruinous state of, 206 ; estates belong-
ing to the parish of, 132 ; etymology of, 90 ;
fees of scholars from, 474 ; miraculous
springs of, 90 ; return of the church goods
of, 194 ; schools (girls' and infants') of, 242,
262 ; feast of, 312 ; Fields, de-
putation in, 325; Middle Class School

for Girls, 262 ; Without, Cripplegate,

Co. Midd., church of, deed to remain in, ap.

INDEX.

xcv

St. Giles's—

ix. ; parish of, 442, ap. xiv. (4), xvi. ; be-
quest to the poor of, ap. vii., x., xii. ; pro-
perty in, 378 ; tenement called the Fortune
in, ap. iii. (2), iv. (2)

St. Helen, Bishopsgate, London (City), nun-
nery of, 332

St. Jacques, Bessemer steel manufactured at,
404

"St. James's Chronicle," extract from, 176 ;

Church, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, 219 ;

court of, 346 ; Field, estate in, 30 (2) ;

Road, 26 ; factory, 343 ; Square,

letter dated from, 287 ; Street,

Hatcham, tavern in, 370 ; Town,

Lincoln, payment for distress by sea breach
at, 115

St. John, carved head representing, 223 ;
chief justice, 444; F., 477 ; Hen., 34;
Lord, manorhouse erected by, 310

St. John's Church, East Dulwich, 220, 222,

479; College, Cambridge, 48 (3),

209, 222 ; scholar of, 480 ; national

school, East Dulwich, 243 (2) ; Terrace,

Crystal Palace Road, resident of, 295;
Wood, residence at, 361

St. Joseph, altar of, 238

St. Jude's Church, Peckham, 221 (2)

St. Katherine's Hospital, masonry for, 283

St. Louis, reward with the riband of, 318

St. Luke's Church, Peckham, 221, district of,

218 ; Co. Midd., parish of, 226, 442,

452, 457 (3), 477, ap. xxxviii. (5), xlvi.
(2) ; almshouses of, 448 ; candidates from,
476 ; fees of scholars from, 474 ; popula-
tion of, 462

St. Magdalen College, Cambridge, 214

St. Magnus Church, London (City), Co. Midd.,
344

St. Mai-garett, Co. Kent, ap. xli. ; Loth-

bury, London (City), Co. Midd., 210

St. Martin's in the Fields, London, Co. Midd.,
last criminal hanged at, 305

St. Mary-le-Strand, 93 ; House, 184-5-

6, 346 (3) ; Place, 93, 346

St. Mary Magdalen, Peckham, church of, 221,
263 ; school, 243

St. Mary Magdalene, church of, inscription in,
49

St. Mary Overie, Southwark, monastery of,
333

St. Mary's Church, 10, 93 ; Church,

Bury, Co. Suffolk, 211 ; Peckham, 138,

214 ; Lambeth, Co. Surrey, 457;

Woolnoth, London (City), Co. Midd., rector

of, 359 ; College, Peckham, 263, 310 ;

population of, 79 ; Loch, monument

near, 358 ; Road, Peckham, 184 (2) ;

resident in, 247

St. Matthew's, Brixton, Co. Surrey, 223 ;

Denmark Hill, Camberwell, Co. Surrey,

church of, 215, 222 (3), 263 ; contributions
from the congregation of, 258 ; incumbent
of, 294 ; schools of, 242

St. Michael's Church, Chester Square, Co.

Midd., 211, 263 ; Nunhead, Co.

Surrey, 222 (2)

St. Olave's, Old Jewry, London (City), Co.
Midd., curacy of, 467; Southwark,

St. Olave's—

177 ; gift of premises in, 273 ; grammar
school in, education at, 407 ; rector of, 217,
250 (2)

St. Pancras, Co. Midd. , incumbent of, 222

St. Paul, carved head representing, 223 ;
window representing the history of, ib.

St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Co. Midd.,
30, 92, 193, 209, 210, 303 ; building on
a level with the cross on the top of, 418 ;
canon of, 223, 263 ; dean of, 176 (2), 332,
430 (2), 432 ; prebendary of, 359 ; thanks-
giving visit to, honour conferred in com-
memoration of, 418; view of, 417 ;

Deptford, Co. Kent, parish of, 300 ;

Herne Hill, Dulwich, Co. Surrey, church of,

222 (2) ; School, 467 (2), 468 ;

Westminster, Co. Midd., observance of the
education of, 443

St. Peter, carved head representing, 223

St. Peter's College, 209 ; Dulwich, church

of, 223 ; schools of, 243 ; Newington,

Co. Surrey, church of, 283 ; school-
room, Walworth, 358 ; Sydenham Hill,

church of, 418 ; Westminster, Co.

Midd., observance of the form of service in,
443

St. Petersburg, Russia, 481 (2)

St. Philip the Evangelist, church of, 225

St. Philip's, district of, 218 (2)

St. Saviour's, Bermondsey, Co. Surrey, 191,

194 ; Southwark, Co. Surrey, parish

of, 378, 421, 442 (3), 447, 452, 456, 477,
ap. viii., (6) xiv. (4), xvi., xxix., xxx.,
xlvi. (2) ; bequest to the poor of, ap. vii.,
xxxv. ; candidates from, 476 ; church of,
pinnacles of the, 283 ; fees of the scholars
from, 474 ; law suit between the parish and
Dulwich College, judgment thereon, 445-6 ;
messuages in, ap. xxxiv. ; population of,

462 ; tavern in, ap. xxxiv. ; Board of

Works, a member of the, 189

St. Stephen, fresco of, 225

St, Stephen's, consecration of the church of,

225 ; Bath, Co. Somerset, church of,

211

St. Thomas a Watering, 344 (3), 345 (5) ;
ancient Janus's head found neai*, 1, 2

St. Thomas', Southwark, Co. Surrey, minister

of the church of, 306 ; Hospital, 34 ;

governor of, 287 ; manor belonging to, 333 ;

payment to the beadle of, 121 ; Street,

93 ; Terrace, new Hatcham, longevity

at, 374 ; Winchester, Co. Hants,

212

Salisbury, Co. Wilts, chapter house of, 202 ;
letter dated from, 231

Salmon, Elizth., 173; Jas., ib. (2) ; quotation
from, 90

Salop, Co. of, 63 ; Rea in, 91

Salter's Hall, Cannon Street, London (City),
Co. Midd., 285

Samaritan Gift, the, 133-135

Sanbey, Fran. Acres, 175 ; Geo., ib. (2) ;
Maria, ib.

Sanby, Dr., 175 ; Rev. G. (vicar of Camber-
well), 69

Sancroft, Archbp., 448 ; Wm., ap. xlu.

Sandau, residence at, 318

XCV1

INDEX.

Sandby, Geo., 192 ; Geo. (Rev.), 205 ; Mr.
(vicar of Cainberwell), 186

Sandelands, Jas., 324 ; Jno., 323 (14), 324
(11); amusing chapter on, 323; Melior,
324 ; curious advertisement issued by, ib.

Sanderson, Mr., 307 (3)

Sandford, Jno., 56, ap. xxxv.

Sandharn, Mrs., 333

Sands, Lord, 845

Sanduru, Mr., 338

Sandwich, Co. Kent, 377 ; Jno., 192

Sandy, Elizth., marriage of, 50

Sandys, Edw. (Sir), 428 ; Rich., 50

Sard, Jno., 374

Sare, Mrs., 139 (2) ; Stevyn, 336

Sargeant, Jno., tomb erected by, 180

Sarney, Jno., 54 ; Mrs., 339

Sarto," Andrea del, a picture painted by,
484

Saunder, Sir Tho., 194; Win., ib.

Saunders, Jas., ap. vii. (2), viii. ; Kath., 256 ;
S. H. B., ap. xlvii.

Savage, Alfred, 184 ; J., 477 ; Roger, 337

Saville, Sir Hen., 428

Savings Bank, Camberwell, depositors and
amount in, 297, 299 ; promoter of, 187

Sawyer, Mr., 356 ; Robt., 281 ; Rupert, ap.
xl. ; Wm., 356, 365

Saxham (Great) Hall, Co. Suffolk, 446

" Saxon Chronicle," quotation from, 377

Saxton, Edw., 294

Say, Lord, payment to, 331

Sayer, Steven, 67

Sayll, Steven, 60 (2) ; bequest to, ib.

" Say's Reporter," notice in, 39

Scarborough, Co. York, Spaw at, 387 ; Tho.,
374

Schenck, R., 478

School Board, London, Co. Midd., 241 ; con-
tribution to, 166 ; hired buildings by, 248 ;
schools of the, ex-officio managers of, 247-9 ;

teachers of, 247-9 ; and education in

Camberwell, 241 ; management com-
mittee, Camberwell, 244

Schools, Albert Road National, 222 ; atten-
dance at public elementary, 245 ; Baptists',
contribution to, 286 ; Birkbeck, 264 ;

British, 242, 262, 350 ; and foreign,

return of, 215 ; Camberwell collegiate, 307 ;

Free, 242 ; New Road, 222 ;

Sunday, 260; Camden, account of, 260;

quaint record of, ib. ; chapel mission

hall, 242 ; national, 242 ;

District, 260-1 ; laying the foundation-
stone of, 260; Christchurch national, 242-3;
City of London, 409 ; Collyer memorial,
meeting held in, 293 ; Denmark Hill Gram-
mar, 266, 307 ; account of, ib. ; Dulwich,

418; Girls', 461; College Grammar,

454; National, 24 3; Emmanuel National,

242, 244 ; Free Grammar (Camberwell),
63, 93 ; clerical governors of, 217 ; history
of, 250 ; masters of, 217, 252-3 ; rules and
regulations of, 251 ; Green Coat, 62, 242,
244, 297, 367 ; account of, 255 ; bye-laws
of, 256; cost of the building of, 260;
founder of, 320 ; laying the foundation-
stone of the new, 259 ; inscription on the
same, ib. ; meetings held in the, 296 ;

Schools-
orders to be observed by scholars of, 257 ;
site of the, 302; Harrow, Co. Midd.,
education at the, 410 ; James Street Board,
260 ; Kent Road British, 262 ; Ladies',
265 ; Manilla College, Peckham Rye, 264 ;
Manor House, Peckham, 265 ; Merchant
Taylors', 468, ap. xxv. ; Middle Class
(Boys'), 242 ; Myrtle House, Peckham, 266 ;
National, 241 ; Nelson Street Ragged, 242 ;
NewHatcham Ragged, 243 ; Peckham Boys'

British, 243 ; Collegiate, 263 (2) ;

Girls' British, 243; Girls' Ragged,

243 ; aid to, 293 ; National, 243, 297 ;

account of, 261 ; Upper, 265 ; Pelican

House, Peckham, 266 ; Public Elementary,
the Camberwell parish, 242 ; Roman.

Catholic, 215 ; Orphanage, North Hyde,

268 ; Royal Naval, building used by, 349 ;
lease to the, 348 ; Rutland House, 265 -r

St. Andrew's District, 243; Middle

Class, Marylebone, Co. Midd., 265 ; St.
Francis (R. C.), 243; St. George's National,
242, 261 ; St. Giles's (Girls' and Infants'),
242, 262 ; St. John's (E. Dulwich) National,
243; St. Mary's College, Peckham, 263;
St. Mary Magdalen's, 243 ; St. Matthew's
(Girls' and Infants'), 242 ; St. Olave's Gram-
mar (Southwark), education at, 407 ; St.
Paul's, 467-8 ; St. Peter's (N.), East Dul-
wich, 243 ; Shrewsbury, 211 ; South Metro-
politan District (Sutton, Co. Surrey), 268 ;
statistics relative to, 266 ; report on, 267 ;
Stafford Street, 265 (2) ; Stone- House,
Forest Hill, Co. Kent, 264 ; Sugden House,
263; the "James Allen," 243; Voluntary
(Camberwell), 242, 262 ; Wesleyan Dayr
243 ; return of, 215 ; Westminster Free,
Co. Midd. , ap. xxv. ; Westwood Park House,
264 ; Winchester, 468 ; Wyndham Road,
Camberwell, 242 (3) ; sites for, 246 ; Albany
Row, 246 ; Boundary Lane, ib. ; Canterbury
Road, ib. ; Choumert Road, Peckham, 246 -y
Gloucester Road, ib. ; James Street, South-
ampton Street, ib. ; Leipsic Road, ib. 'r
Lower Park Road, ib. ; Summer Road, 246 ;
statistics (table) relative to, 268

Science, figure representing, 166

Scipio, Jno. Fran., 183

Sconce, payment for cleaning the, 120

Scot, Edgar, 33 ; Edw., 332 ; family of, arms-
of, ib. ; Isabella, 328, 331 (3), 332; Jno.,

327 (3), 328 (2), 329 (2), 332 (3), 337 (2) ;
Marg., 332 (2) ; Rich., 332 (2) ; Tho., 332;
Wm., 331 (2), 332 (3)

Scott, Acton, 56 (2), 57, 58 (11), 59, 327 ;
Agnes, 58 ; Ann, 56, 58 (4), 59 ; bequest
to, 56 ; Anna, 57 ; Earth., 56 (3), 57 (2),
58 (2) ; 59, 327 ; marriage of, 57 ; Christa,
57 ; Dor., 337 ; Dr., 113 ; Dudley, 58 (2) •
Edgar, 56 (3), 58 (2), 327 (2) ; Edra., 58 ;
Edw., 52, 55, 56 (3), 58 (3), 59, 251, 327,

328 (3) ; brass to the memory of, 55 ;
Elizth., 56 (3), 57, 58 (2), 59, 337, 339 ;.
bequest to, 56 ; Elizth. (Lady), 58 ; family
of, 5 (3), 55; arms of, ib. ; crest of, ib.;
Francis, 58, 59 (2), 251; Friswith, 56;,
bequest to, ib. ; Geo. Gilbert, design of St.
Giles's Church, Camberwell, by, 202 ; Mr,

INDEX.

xcvii

Scott-
Gilbert, 131 ; Sir Gilbert, 210- Hen 57
59 (2) ; Hen. Maria, 59 ; Isabell, 58-9 •
Jas. 58 (2) ; Jno., 36, 56 (13), 57 (4), 58
(21), 59 (3), 61 (2), 98, 144, 178 194
220-1, 251 (2), 33ti (2), 338, 378, 379 ';
assessment of, 6*; baron of the Exchequer,'
5 ; monument to the memory of, 56 ; will of'
ib.; Launcelot, 58 ; Letitia, 58 ; Lucy, 59;
Marg., 56, 59 ; Marmaduke, 58 (7) • Mary'
56, 58, 59 ; bequest to, 56 ; Mr., 33, 144 ';
Mr. (Amwell, Co. Herts, poet of), 282 (2);
poem by, ib.; Mrs., 51 ; memorial window given
by, 220 ; Peter, 57 (4), 58 (4), 59 (9), 251
(2), 430, gift to the poor by, 59; mar-
riage of, 57 ; monument to the memory
of, ib.; Rich., 57, 66, 327-8 ; Robt., 58 (3)-
Sarah, 58 ; Southwell, 56 ; Tho., 56 58
(2) ; Sir Walter, 177, 360 ; Wm., 50, 56 58
(10), 59, 327-8 ; Winifred, 58
Scotte, Acttou, 337 ; Agnes, 50 ; Edgar, 337 •
Edw, 67 (4), 105 ; Elizth., 50 ; Wm., 67,
S37

Scott's isle, 40

Scotland, 371, ap. v., viii., ix. (3) ; ancient
independence of (work on), 460 ; King of,
338 ; native of (an impostor), 323 ; savings
banks in, 296

Scrivener, Dan., 145, 338; Jno., 149, 338

Scudamore, Barnabas, 171 ; Jno. (Sir), 172
(2); Penelope, 172

Seamen's Hospital, an original promoter of,
286

Scares, Jno., 144

Searle, Mr., monument to the memory of
131 ; Wm., 296

Sears, Jas., 183; Jas. (Rev.), 230; Jno.,
144, 338 ; Jno. (Rev.), 247

Sebert, King of the East Saxons, 193 (2)

Seeker, Tho., ap. xlii.

Sedgley, Jas., 186

Seeley, H. G., 479

Seething Lane, London (City), navy office in,
64

Segar, Sir Wm., 32

Selbee, Mr., 339

Selborne, Lord, 93

Selk, P. E., 136

Selmes, Jos., 148

Selway, W. R., 242

Selwyn, Sir J. C., 354

Semple, Chas., 303

Senex, Jno., hanging of, 101

Serrell, Mr., 199

Sessions, Camberwell petty, 118 ; payment
for going to the, 116 ; Quarter, prosecution
at the, 117

Seston, Wm., 66

Settle, Co. York., 281 (2) ; Brothers,

Messrs., firm of, 311

Sevenoaks, Co. Kent, 348

Severn, Walter, 406

Sewers, Southern High Level, 10, 11, 12, 14,
1 8 ; mammalian remains found while exca-
vating for, 23 ; Peat beds found while
excavating for, 26 ; skull found while ex-
cavating for, 18

Seymour, Edw., 172

Seymour's Survey, quotations from, 39, 101

Sezelche, H. W, 294

Shaen, Mr., 242

Shaftesbury, Earl of, 276 (2)

Shah of Persia, the, 371

Shakespeare, Wm., 410 (3); memorials of,

393 ; plays of, ib.
Shar, Tho, 30

Sh^d' .Chf . 31, 59, 329 ; Dame Elizth.,
59 (9); family of, 6, 59, 93-4 ; mansion of
the, 69 ; sale of the estate of, ib. ; Geo.
59 ; Isaac (Sir), 59, 179 (2) ; Isaac Pa-
catus, 31, 59 (8), 329 ; Jacob, 59 • Mary
59; Mr, 259; Rich, 59 (2) Win 3?
59, 205, 332;- -' arms, Uver* cJed

the, 371 ; Road, school in, 243 • .

Square, 59, 93 ; Terrace, 59, 94

Share, Sir Tho, 60

Sharland, J, 300

Sharman, Henry, Ris., 184; Mr, 169

Sharp, Mary, 309

Sharpe, Jas., 136; Hannah, 374; Mr., 216,
339

Sharpearrowe, Kath, 337

Sharporow, Robt, 336

Sharpowe, Kath, 336

Sharsted, Co. Kent, 176

Shattock, Geo, 182

Shaw, J., 245 ; Matt, 148 ; Mr., 126 (3),
200, 411 (3); R, 386; Rich., 383 (2) •

SheappeauJ, Jno, 102

Sheffield, Co. York., 188; cast steel works
erected at, 401-3

Shelberry, Rich., 144

Shelbery, Abegail, marriage of, 60 ; Sarah,
ib.

Shelbury, family of, 60 ; arms of, ib. ; crest
of, ib.

Sheldon, Archbp, 451 ; injunction issued by,
446, 448 (2) ; Gilbert, ap. xlii. ; return
made to, 230

Shelvin, Mr, 114

Shepherd, Grace, 174 ; Jos, ib. ; Wm., ib.

Sheppard, A. H, 249 ; Mr, 83

Sheppeard, Widow, 145

Sheppey, isle of, 19, 20 (3), 27

Shepton Beau champ, Co. of Somerset, 32 (2)

Sheridan, Mrs., portrait of, 483

Sherlock, Dr., 306

Sherman, J. (Rev.), 233 ; Jno, 336

Shexster, Hen, 67

Shippey, Tho, ap. vii. (2), viii.

Shields, A. F, monument to the memory of,
131 ; Mr, 264 (2) ; (Mr., of the Birkbeck
schools), 131 ; Mrs., monument to the
memory of, 131 ; Wm. Andrew, 184, 186,
26'4

Shilbury, Rich., 60 (10) ; Aid. of London,
60(2)

Shillibeer, Mr., first omnibus in London started
by, 82 (2)

Shillingford, J. S., 277

Ships, Antylope, 43; Bonaventiere, ib. ;
Captain, aid to the sufferers through the
loss of, 293 ; Convertyne, 43 ; Dread-
nought, 286 ; Garland, 43 ; Goliath train-
ing, 268 ; Grampus, ib. ; Happy Entrance,
43 ; Mary Rose, ib. ; St. Andrew, ib. ; S.\
George, ib.

XCV111

INDEX.

Shirleywicb, 377

Shoreditcb, Co. Midd., 304 (2), 305

Shortlands, Co. Kent, 86

Shotte, Jno., 68 ; Rych., 68

Shoulder of Mutton Piece, estate called, 137
(2), 142

Shrewsbury school, 211. See also Shrewsbury

Shroeder, Mrs., 386

Shropshire, Camlad, 90

Shrewsbury (Shrewsbury), Co. Salop, 422

Shuter, Edw., 256

Sibtborp, Col., 143

Sicilian marble, use of, 413 (2)

Siddons, Mrs., portrait of, 484

Sidebotham, Jno. C. (Lieut.), 76

Sides, Good, 117

Sid mouth Terrace, school at, 243

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, ap. xlvii.

Sidrophel, 369

Siegris, B. M., 478

Silk, T. E., 142

Silesia, the Koenigshutte -works in, 404

Siljansfors, Sweden, Bessemer steel manufac-
tured at, 404

Sill, Betty, 207 (2) ; tomb of, ib. ; Joseph,
207 (2) ; tomb of, t'6.; Major, 207 ; Zenoria,
ib.

Sillifant, Edwin, 296

Siluerside (Silverside , Tho., 339

Silver, Jno., ap. xxxix.

Silversides, And., 338

Silverthorne, Elizabeth, 174 (2) ; Mr., 92,
152 (-2); brewery of, 152 ; Nath., 174

Silvertoppe, Andrew, 111 (3) ; proceedings
against, 111

Simans, Agnes, bequest to, 60 ; Isabell, be-
quest to, ib. ; Nich., 60(2;; will of, ib. ;
Rych., 60 ; bequest to, ib. ; Sybbell, bequest
to, 60

Simmonds, Mr., 245

Simmons, Dan., 148

Simonds, Mr., 338; Rich., 338; Widow,
144

Simons, Jno., 144

Simpson, Jno., 199 ; MSS. (Library Inst.

C. E.), 14; Mrs., land held by, 222

Sims, Hen. Chas., 183

Singlewell, Co. Kent, 91

Sivock, Jno., design by, 238

Skinner, family of, 561 ; monuments to, 61 ;
curious error on, ib. ; T., 71

Skinners, Compy. of, London, 90 ; Well.

Skynn, Mich., 50

Skynner, Agnes, 50 (4); 61 (6), 333 (2);
monument to the memory of, 61 ; Elizabeth,
56; marriage of, 61; Jno,, 61 (2), 333;
Master, 61 ; Mich., 61, 333 (2) ; Rich., 50,
56, 61 (8); monument to, 61 ; will of, 61,
333; Wm., 56, 61, 333(2)

Slaughter, Tho., "149

Sleigh, W. Campbell, 86

Sleys, Widow, 148

Smale, Jas., 124 (2)

Small, Jno., ap. xxxviii. ; Robt., 2] 7

Smalley, Wm., 269

Smarden, Co. Kent, 316

Smart, Wm., 148

Smedley, Rev. Edw., 217

Smith, Aaron, report on Sir Henry Bond's
Peckham estate by, 30; Albert, 359; Alex.,
357; Anth., 337; Ben., 140; Chris. W.,
357 ; Edw., 148 ; Emma, 249 ; Geo.
Bunker, 196 ; Harriott, gift of, 134 (2) ;
willof,140; Hen., 141,357; Hen.(Capt.),
69; Hen. (Col.), 71 (7) > obituary of, 71 ;
A. J., ap. xlvii.; J., 142, 290 (2); J.
(Rev.), 217, 296 ; Jas., 138; burlesque by,
305; Jas. Jno., 184; J. H. (Rev.), 479,
480; M. A., 249; Mary, 148; Mr., 113
(2); Mrs., 249; Norton, 239; P. B., 125
(2); Sam. (Rev.), 218 (3); 247, 339, 409;
Sydney, 460-1 ; graphical description of
taxes by, 145 ; Tho., 103 ; Tho. Jen.,
ap. xl. (2) ; Win., 234; W. B., 300 ; -
Brothers, memoir of, 389

Smithers, Mr. and Mrs., 156, 186

Smollett, quotation from, 343

Smyrk's Road, school in, 242

Smyth, Caroline, 39 ; Edw. (Rev.), thanks of
the vestry to, 107; Edw. (Sir), 34, 261;
Ed. Bowyer, 192, 202, 212, 307; founda-
tion stone laid by, 212 ; Jno. (Capt.), 182 ;
Kath., 336 ; Lady, 330, 334 ; Peter, 176 ;
Tho. (Sir), 313; Wm., 68, 236; Wm. (Sir),
34 (2), 39, 307, 330 ; Wm. Bowyer (Sir),
5, 35 (2), 353 (2)

Smythe, family of, manor descending to the,
328

Snapes, Widow, 148

Snoe, Em., 35

Soane, Sir Jno., 283, 482

Societies, Bible and Tract, 226 ; British and
Foreign Bible, 342 ; schools opened under
the system of the, 262 ; Camberwell Amateur

Musical, 294 ; Benefit, 297 ;

Freemasons, 295 ; Local, 292 ; Church

of England Young Men's, 294; Dulwich
Amicable Friendly, 418 ; Home and Foreign
Mission, 226 ; Licensed Victuallers' Incor-
porated, 269 ; Peckham Debating, 292 ;

Mutual, 292, 293 (3) ; Pension,

270 ; aid to the, 293 ; relief for debtors, 281 ;
Repeal of taxation on knowledge, 364 ;
Royal Asylum of St. Ann's, former head-
quarters of, 350 ; Royal Geographical, gold
medal obtained at, ap. xlvii. ; iioyal His-
torical, hon. sec. of, 358 ; Social Science
Association, member of, 1 89 ; Shipwrecked
Mariners', 29 4 (2); South London Harmonic,

294 ; Harriers, 295 (4) ; Surrey

Amateur Dahlia, 294 ; Floncultural,

294

Soho, Co. Midd., 227

Somers, Jno., 51

Somerset, Co. of, 103 ; College, South-
ampton Street, 266 ; House, (). Crom-
well's body lying in state at, 348 ;

Place, assemblage at, 437

Sop Lane, land in, 333

South, A. W., 478; Audley Street, Co.

Midd., chapel in, 220 ; - - Grove, Rye

Lane, Peckham, 350, 356; of London,

a worthy coming to the, 186 ; Metro-
politan District School, Sutton, Co. Surrey,
268 ; Place, Camberwell, 360 ; —

Sea bubble, speculations in, 37, 280 ;
House, London, Co. Midd., 320 ;

INDEX.

South-
Street, now Rye Lane, Peckham, 91, 94,

Southampton, Co. of, 38 ; Street Cam-

berwell, 91, 92 (2), 183 (4), 184, 244 (2),
248, 299 ; alrashouses near, 273 ; chapel
in, 230; college in, 266; murder committed
in, 342 ; residents of, 247, 249 ; schools in
242 (2), 246

Southern, Jas., 185 ; Ocean, 23

Southey, quotation from, 182
South wark, Borough of, Co. Surrey, 2 103 (2)
104, 108, 169, 177, 190, 224, 236, 250
283, 306, 313, 338, 343, 344 (2), 366, 378,'
433, 460, ap. xiv. (4), xxix. ; Act for
recovery of small debts in, 129 ; bank in,
185 ; banker in, 37 ; beargarden, Bankside,
434 ; bequest to St. Thomas's Hospital in,
34 ; bishop of, 239 ; burning of the town
hall in, 33 ; church in, 217 ; County Court

in, 300 ; fair, 344 ; a former M.P. of,

206 ; gift of premises in, 273 ; landbe ong-
ing to St. Thomas's Hospital in, 333 ; M.P.
for, 306 ; obelisk in, 392 ; payment for
carrying the Duchess to, 116; prison in,
345 ; quarter sessions held at, 338 ; Roman
utensils found in the High Street of, 1 ;
rural deanery of, 375 ; St. Olave's Grammar
School in, education at, 407 ; tavern in,
ap. xxxiv. ; Trinity Square in, 130 ; visita-
tion of, expenditure at, 115 ; Volun-
teers, Royal, Col. of, 306 ; and Vaux-

hall Water Company, 352

Southwell, Lord, 326 ; Robt., 379 ; Tho.,
316 (2)

Southwood, Dulwich Wood, longevity at, 419

Soutter, Jno., 374

Sowerby & Co., Messrs., firm of, 342

Spain, 45, 177; court of, 172; expulsion of
gipsies from, 176 ; town in, 461. See also
Spayne

Spanish attire, a priest in, 315

Spayne (Spain), Jesuits from, 316

Sparkes, Geo., 338 ; J. C. L., 479 ; J. L. S.,
484

Sparrow, J., 342

Sparrow's Rationale, quotation from, 156

Spavell, Roger, 102

Spelman, Clement, 57; Marg., 57; Mr., re-
marks on Domesday Book by, 3

Spence, G., 124(3); Mr., 217

Spencer, Mr., 226 (2)

Spenser, Jno., 336

Sphinx, Freemason's Lodge called the, 259 (2),
295

Spicer, Hen., 118 ; Tho., 148

Spitalfields, Co. Midd., bricks from the tombs
in the churchyard of, 233. See also Spit-
tolffields

Spitta, Ann, 174; Cath., ib. ; Chas. Lewis,
ib. ; family of, former mansion of the, 349

Spittolffields (Spitalfields), Co. Midd., 117

Spooner, Attwood & Co., Messrs., banking
firm of, 393

Spratt, Tho., ap. xli.

Spread Kagle Inn, 81

Springett, Hen. (Rev.), 214 ; W. H. (Rev.) 217

Springfield, near the Grove, Camberwell, 307 ',
Lodge, site of, 354

XC1X

SP23|e°MrReV' °' H'' mem0rial Stone kid ^
Spurling, El'iz., 179 ; Eliz. Ann, 173 ; family
f' 6 5 Jno-. 173 (2), 181 ; Mary, 173 (2),
181 (2) ; P, 347 ; Peter, 179 (2) ; Stephen
memorial to, 203 ; Wm 173 '
8^,^,248; Mrs.,*.

1,192

Staddon, Tho., 277

Stafford, Co. of, payment for a house being
burnt in, 115; Ann, Countess of, S28
Archbp., 313; Earl of, 333; Edw., 327
Ralph, Earl of, 327-8 ; Wm., Earl of, 328
— Street, chapel in, 236 (2), 237
schools in, 243, 265 (2)

Staines, Co. Midd., 417

Stamer, Tho., 335

Stamford, Co. Lincoln, 465 (2)

Standard, Cornhill, London (City), Co. Midd.,

419 ; newspaper, a proprietor of the,

152 ; the Lord Mayor's, 117

Standring, B., 225

Stanhope Street, Hanover Square, Co. Midd.,

Stanislaus, Mr., 481-2 (2)

Stanlay, Alse, 105

Stanley, Lord, 477-8 ; Thomasine, ap. vii. (2),

viii.

Stanlock, Anth., 144
Stanny, Ja., 339
Stannyngden, Roger de, 330
Stansfield, M. B., 286-7 ; Tim., 286-7
Stapels, Widow, 149

Staple, Jo., gift to, 435 ; the, of Calais,

56
Staples, Mary, 176; Nich., 145; Widow,

359

Stapleton, R., 477
Staplton, Lady Hope, 178
Star in the East, Dame Esther Bowyer called

the, 33 (2) ; Chamber, 435 ; payment

for books in the, 436
Stark, Wm., 184

Starkey, Jno., 149, 338 (2) ; Wm. 148
State Papers (Public Record Office), documents
in, 42, 64 (2), 66 (2), 67, 103-4, 105 (2),
111, 231, 279, 315, 316
Statutes, the Dulwich College, ap. xiii.
Staunton, Howard, 393 ; Mr., 393 (3), 410
Stanton, Widow, 149
Steane, Dr., 187; memorial stone laid by,

233 ; Rev. Edw., 230 (2)
Stedman, Alfred, 184; Danius, 145; Jno.

ib.

Steer, Widow, 149
Steers, Robt., 149
Stemitz, C., 306
Steinman, G. S., 357 ; Mr. ib.
Stephen, King, Camberwell Church altered in

the reign of, 194
Stephens, J. C., 245 ; Mr., memorial stone

laid by, 236
Stephenson, R., 477
Stepney, Co. Midd., human remains found

near, 342
Sterkey, Jno., 145
Steuenson (Stevenson), Wm., 336
Stevens, Alfred, 184 ; C. S., 163, 186, 219 ;

INDEX.

Stevens —

Chas. Wm., 184 ; family of, house occupied
by, 362 ; J., 295 ; Mr., 265, 353 ; factory
of, 343 ; Mrs., 373 ; Tho., 181 ; W., 277

Steward, Wra., 105

Stiff, J-, 241, 242, 245, 247

Stiles, J. H., home established by, 276

Still, Lizzie, 276 ; Susannah, 373 ; Wm., ib.

Stirling, Scotland, monument near, 358 (2) ;
presentation by the people of, 358 ; family

of, 92 ; Mr., 371 ; Castle, tavern

called the, 92, 371 ; Place, Camber-
well, 193 ; Terrace, 92

Stoakes, Tho., 149

Stocker, Dr., 349 (2), 350 (2) ; lunatic asylum
of, 174

Stockwell, Co. Surrey, 175, 176 ; Green,

10 ; Hen., 144, 148, 338 ; private

road, 10

Stokes, gift to a person named, 435

Stokwell, Lady Leght of, 51

Stone, Aid., 291, 407 ; election for the ward

of Bassishaw, London (City), of, ib. ;

for Sheriff of London of, ib. ; Mary, 410 ;
Mr., 407, 411 ; W., 223, 410; Wm. Hen.,

190, 223, 294 (3), 383, 410, 411, 477;

House, Forest Hill, Co. Kent, school at,
214, 264

Stonee Nappes, land called, 378

Stone's End, Borough of Southwark, Co.
Surrey, ancient discovery near, 2

Stonore, Sir Jno., grant to, 331

Stony Nappes, Dulwich, land called, ap. ii.,
iv., ix., xi.

Storie, Eliz. Jekyll, 175 (2) ; singular coinci-
dence of, ib. ; Geo. Hen., 175 (2); J. G.,
(Rev.), 187, 192 (3), 203, 206,222/223
(2), 290 ; Tho., 182 ; Tho. Chalmers, 175
•Stothard, W. J., 277

Stothert, Rev. S. K., 287

Stoughtou, gift to a person named, 435; Nich.,
95

Stow, Neville, ap. xl. (2)

Stowe's Chronicle, quotations from, 7, 49, 102,
423

Strabo, quotation from, 143

Strachans, memorial of the family of, 358

Strachier, Wm., 339

Strafford, Lord, domestic chaplain of, 215

Straker, Mrs., gift of, 228

Strand, Co. Midd., 81, 276, 296

Strange, Lord, players of, 422-3

Strasburg, Germany, arrest at, 318

Stratffeild, Jno., 103

Stratford, Co. Essex, 225

Strathearn, Upper, beauties of, 358

Strathy, Wm., 337

Streatham, Co. Surrey, manor in, 377; parish
of, 86 (3), 157, 346 ; Common, 388

Street, Deborah, 175 ; E. G., 223 ; Geo.,
175 ; Rich., ib. ; Stephen, 444, ap. xxxix.

Stretcher, widow, 144

Stringer, Elizth., 173; Hugh, ib. • Jas., 174
(2); Jno., 173 (2), 174; Mary, 174 (2) ;
Miles, 200, 266, 373 ; Stephen, 174 ; Wm.,
173

Strong, Ann, 173 (5), 174 (2), 175, 181 ; C.,
310 (2) ; Edw., 126 (3), 174, 175 (4) ;
Elizth., 173 j family of, 173; Mary, 173 ;

Strong —

, Mr., 114, 149 ; Oswald, 126, 173 (6), 174
(3), 181 (2), 200 (2), 205, 270 ; Penelope,
174-5; R., 268, 277; Rich., 184, 185,
18t>, 190; Tho., 174, 182; Tho. Hen.,
175 ; Valentine, 174, 181

Strype, extract from a work by, 57

Strype's Ecc. Mem., quotation from, 345 (2)

Stuart, Wns., ap. xxxviii.

Stubbings, Harry, 185

Stubbins, Mr., 247

Stuckbery, Mr., 136

Stuckey, Jno., 136

Stukeley, Elizth., marriage of, 36

Sturdy Road, school in, 243

Sturgis, Tho., 339

Stutter v. Freston, decree in the suit of, as to
churchwardens, 110

Styan, Arthur (Capt.), 76

Styghele, Rog ate, 335

Style, Edm., 28 ; Sir Homfraye, ib.

Styria, the Neuberg works in, 404 (2)

Styuens, Alse, 105

Subsidies, chapter on, 335

Sudbury, member of parliament for, 39

Suez Canal, 351

Suffolk, Co. of, 27, 178, 446 ; assizes for, con-
viction of gipsies at, 176 ; Earl of, 45 (2) ;

bricks, the use of, 166 ; payment to

seamen shipwrecked on the coast of, 115

Sugden, J., 247 ; Jno., 183 ; Mr., 219 (3),
2b'3 ; queries submitted to and answers
thereto, 140 ; House School. 263

Sumner, Bishop, 214, 225 ; Geo. Holme, 217;
Jno. Bird, ap. xlii. ; — Road, 248 ;
chapel in, 236 (2 ) ; schools in, 210, 242,

244 (2), 249, 260 ; site in, 246 ;

tavern in, 371

Sun, the, tavern called, 369

Sunbury, Peckham Rye, resident of, 276

Surbitou House, Grove Hill, Camberwell, 265

Surrey, Co. of, 2, 4, 23, 32, 33, 40 (3) ; 41,
44, 46, 47, 53 (5) ; 56 (2) ; 60, 61, 66
(4) ; 68 (5) ; 71 (2) ; 73 (3) ; 85, 90, 95,
96, 103, 104 (3) ; 132, 139, 141, 144, 158,
159, 176 (2) ; 189 (3) ; 194 (2) ; 206, 220,
281, 282, 315 (4) ; 316, 320 (2) ; 333, 335
(5) ; 336 (2); 337 (2) ; 338 (2) ; 339, 366
(2) ; 375, 378, 379, 387-8, 407, 424, 426,
428, 439, 442, 455-6, 460, 467, 479, ap.
i. (4); ii. (3); iii. (3); iv., vi. (8) ; vii.,
viii. (3); ix. (5); x. (2); xi. (2); xii. (2);
xiv. (2) ; xvi. (2); xvii. (2); xviii., xxxiv.

(3) ; amateur dahlia society, 294 ;

archdeacon of, 221 ; archdeaconry of, 375 ;
assizes for, conviction at, 107 ; asso-
ciation for the blind, account of, 275 ;

Canal, Grand, 52, 136, 235 ; basin of, 314;
certificate of the number of alehouses, inns,
and taverns in, 366 ; clergy of, an order to,

69 ; Congregational History, quotations

from, 234, 284 ; consumer's company,

347 ; deputy lieut. for, 290 ; Dispen-
sary, 281 ; , East, 88 ; member of par-
liament for, foundation stone laid by, 261 ;

floricultural society, 294, 411; -

Hist, of, quotations from, 31, 175 (2), I77f
179, 279 ; justices of the peace for, 190,
286, 395, 407, 410; longevity in, remark-

INDEX.

Surrey —

able cases of, 373 ; Lord Lieut, of, instruc-
tions to, 182 ; militia, capt. of, 63 •

musters in, 66, 68 ; pedigrees, extract

from, 332 ; petition from, the famous, 97 ;
curious relation of, ib. ; population of, 80 '
rifle volunteers of, 189; headquarters of,

295 ; Roman stations in, 2 ; sessions,

complaint made at, 147 ; sheriffs of, 33,'
175, 177, 179, 377 ; visitations of, 40, 53
60, 420 ; Zoological Gardens, 294

Surveyor for the Parish of Camberwell, 185 ;

of the highway, 127, 129 (2) ; duties

of, 129

Sussex, Co. of, 23, 47, 56 (2), 176 (2), 220
418, 421,4-24; Duke of, 284; foundation
stone laid by the, 269 ; Hanover Chapel,
Peckham, opened by, 232 ; tablet to the
memory of, 213 ; old family of, 357 : sheriff
of, 33, 177

Sutcliffe, Mr., 281 (3)

Sutherland, Jas., 365 ; Square, resident

of, 249

Sutton, Co. Surrey, 266 (2), 267-8 ; Chas.
Manners, ap. xlii. ; Mr., 126 ; Tho. (Sir)
letters patent to, for the foundation of his
hospital (Charterhouse), 425; Wra., ap.

xxxix. ; at Hone, Co. Kent, manor

near, 332 ; schools at, 266, 394 ; statistics
relative to, 266 ; report thereon, 267

Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse), visit of Edw.
Alleyn to, 425

Sutty, Win., ap. xl.

Swaffield, H., memorial stone laid by, 228

Swain, Mrs., 243

Swale, Jno., 321 (2)

8 wallow, Goodman, 144

JSwan, Geo., 409 ; tavern, Sydenham:

157 ; Wra., 452

Swann, Wm., ap. xxx.

Swanne, Wm., ap. xl. (2)

Swarbreck, A., 247

iSweden, cast iron works of, 402-3

Swedenborgiaris, denomination called, 239

Sweet, Jos., 186

JSweeteser, Matt., ap. xxxv.-vii.

Sweetser, Matt., ap. xxxix.

Swetraan, Tho., 179

Swingfield, Bridget 62 (2) ; Eliz., 62 (3) ;
Frances, 62 (2) ; Francis, 62 ; Jno., 62 (8) ;
family of, 6, 61 ; Stephen, 62 (4) ; Tho., 61
(•2), 62 (20), 95, 96 (2), 337, 339 (2) ; Wm.,
62, estates in Peckham of, 96

Switzerland, 90 ; savings banks in, 296

Sydeuham, Co. Kent, 375, 387; residents of,

295, 389 ; tavern at, 157 ; Common,

22, 387 ; murder near, 385-6 ; Hill,

21, 412 ; brigandage on, 389 ; railway
station at, 83 (2) ; residents of, 131, 225,
407, 418; palace at, 41 7; railway station

at, 389 ; Rise, resident of, 185 ;

villa, Dulwich, 474; wells, 387 (2)

Sydnam (Sydenham), Co. Kent, wells of, 388

Sydney, Miss, 245

Sylvertoppe, And., 337

Sytner, Cornelius, ap. xliv. (2)

Symes, E., 14^ ; Mr., 136 ; Wm. ap. xxxviii.

Symon, Mr., assessment of, 60; Walter, 337;
Water, 336

Symonds, Hen., 116; Martin, ap. vii. (2)
via., xxxix. (2) ; Mrs., 336 ; Peter, ap
xxxix. ; Sence, 41 ; Walter, 66

Symons, Hen., 116, 148 ; Mr., 117

Synis, Mr., 396 ; Wm., ib.

Smythes, ffyscha, 50

Synke, Cristofer, 67

TAGQ, ABRAHAM, 129 ; Elizth., 173 ; family
of, ib. ; Peter, ib • Root., 129, 173 ; Wm.,

Tagouhy, Viscountess de, tomb in St. Giles's
churchyard, Camberwell, of, 207

Tait, Arch. Camp., ap. xlii.

Talbot, J. G., foundation stone laid by, 214

Talfourd, Mr. Justice, 93, 263 ; House,

resident of, 170 ; road, Peckham, 183,

185-6 ; residents of, 359

Tanner, Ann, 173; Dinah, 174; Edw., 174 ;
family of, 173 ; Jno., ib. ; Mr., 82 (4), 83 ;
tradition about the coach of, ib.; Tho., 129
(2), 174

Tapling, Mr., 392 ; Tho., 411

Tappesfield, Hen., 51

Tarn, Rev. T., 233, 247

Tarrant, Mr., 314

Tartars, gipsies called, 176

Tatlock, Oath., 181 ; Mary, ib. ; Sarah, 181 ;
Tho., ib. (3)

Tattersall, Mrs., 265

Taverns, &c. : Adam and Eve, 370 ; Angle, 367 ;
Artichoak, 366, 368 ; Asylum, 371 ; Baker
and Basket, 370 ; Bell, 369 ; Bew's Corner,
367; Britannia, 370; Bull, 326; Claren-
don, 371 ; Cock, 313; Crown, 369(3), 371 ;
Crown and Anchor, 313 ; Deluge, 370 ;
Denman Arms, 371 ; Duck, 368 ; Duke of
Wellington, 371 ; Father Red Cap, Cam-
berwell, 367, 370 (2); Flying Dutchman,
371 ; Fox under the Hill, Camberwell, 368
(3), 383 ; French Horn, 369 ; inquest at,
385 ; General Havelock, 371 ; George and
Dragon, 372 ; Canning, 371 ; Globe,

370 ; Golden Lion, 323, 367, 359, 366 ;
Goose, 368 ; Grapes, 368 ; Green Man,
Dulwich, 366, 367 (6), 386 (3), 387 (2), 388 ;
remarkable lawsuit about, 386 ; Greyhound,
367, 395 (2), 369 (5), 370, 377, 418 ; sale
of, 369 ; Grove, 367, 388 ; House, Cam-
berwell, 305 (2), 306, 340, 367 ; Guildhall,
sale at the, 369 ; Gun, Shoreditch, Co.
Midd., 304 ; Half Moon, Dulwich, sale of,

369 (6) ; Hanover Arms, 371 ; Haiti-
choake (Artichoak), 368; Hound, 325, 368 ;
Kentish Drovers, 367, 371 (2) ; King's Arms,

371 ; Lamb, 368 ; Lion, 325 ; Lord Clyde,
371; Lord Lyndhurst, 371; Lord Nelson,
371 ; Lord Palmerston, 354, 371 ; Mermayd,
Bred (Bread) Street, London (City), Co.
Midd., 436 ; Mother Red Cap, 370 (3) ;
Nun's Head, 350 ; Owl, 808 ; Plough, 354,

370 (2); Prince Albert, 371; Prince of
Prussia, 372 ; Pye, Bishop's Gate, Loudon
(City), 420 ; Queen, 371 j Red Bull, 367,

371 (5), 434 ; Red Cap, 360 ; Red Covr,

Cll

INDEX.

Taverns —

371 (2) ; Rosemary Branch, 363 (3) ; -
Bush (Branch), a stranger dying at, 368 ;
Shard Arms, 371 ; Stirling Castle, 371 ;
Sun, 369 ; Thomas a Becket, 371 ; Tiger,
307 ; Trafalgar, 371 ; Turk's Head, 370
(2) ; Unicorn, 433, ap. xxxiv. ; Victory,
371 ; White Hart, 369 ; William the
Fourth, 371

Tawe, Rycb., 67

Tax, expenditure for making the church, 116 ;
the hearth, 143-4, 337 ; shewing the re-
lative size of the gentry residences, 6

Taxation, alteration of, 147 ; caricatures re-
lative to, 146 ; graphical description of,
145 ; Lines on, 145 ; poor relief (Camber-
well), 148

Taxes, survey or of (Camberwell), 185

Tayleboyer, Rich., 429

Tayler, assessment of a person named, 149

Taylor, Dorothy, 256; Jno. 276; Jos., 477;

J. A., mineral water works of, 343 ; J. M.,

343; J. P., 300; Mr., 343 (2); Rich.,

' 66, ap. xl. ; Robt., 67 ; Rev. Robt., 238 ;

T. A., 343 ; W. B., 277

Taylor's Bridge, 101 ; patent dull red

tiles, use of, 464 ; Words and Places,

quotation from, 91, 93, 377

Teale, Jas., 67

Tebbitt, Alfred, monument to, 218

Teddington Lock, Co. Midd., 352

Telfer, Jas., 477

Telley, Hen., ap. xxxix.

Temple, Anna, 181 ; Elizth., 176; Mr., 409 ;
Mrs., 31; Raff Aleght of, 51 ; Sir Jno.,
31"; Sir Rich., 181 ; Dauphin of the, 318,
319 ; London, Co. Midd., solicitor of the,
190

Teniers, David, 484 (3)

Tenison, Tho., ap. xlii.

Tennent, Dr. Wm., 357

Tennyson, Alfred, lines of, 396 ; Chas., 85
(2)

Tenterden, Lord, important decision by, 218

Terra Noire Works, Bessemer steel manu-
factured at the, 404

Terrey, Wm., 338

Terry, widow, 149; Wm., 112

Tessier, J. C., 293

Tewson, Rych., 336

Thackeray, W. M., 359 (2), 369

Thames, river, 1, 9, ly, 01 (2), 282, 344,

347, 358, 377 ; Embankment, London,

Co. Midd. , commencement of, by the ancient
Britons, 2 ; valley of the, 9, 24 (2), 25 (2),
26 (Si), 27 (2)

Thanet, Isle of, 63 ; Beds, 10, 13, 14

(4), 26 ; general description of, 15 ; mineral
structure of, ib.

Theatres, Bear Garden, Southwark, Co. Surrey,
436 ; Black Friars, 435 ; disbursement for
building of, 436-7 ; Fortune, Cripplegate,
London, Co. Midd., 421, 423, 457 ; burn-
ing of the, 438 ; dinner with the members
of, 436 ; payment of a fine for, 428 ; re-
building of, 438 ; Globe, 421 ; Hope, 421 •

Rose, 421 (2), 423; Royal, Drury

Lane, tragedy acted in, 304

Theodore, Archbp., 193

Thesiger, Sir F., 263

Thirfield, Sir B. Turner's grave at, 71

Thomas, gift to a person named, 435; Rich.,

monument to the memory of, 131 ; Wm.

Hen. (Capt.), 76 ; a Becket, tavern

called the, 371
Thompson, Alex. (Sir), vault of, 207 ; Baron

and Dr., 207 ; David, ib. ; Geo., 294 ; Jno.,

as defendant in a chancery suit, 44 ; J. G.,

263, 270 ; Mary, 207 ; Matt. (Sir), 192 ;

Miss, 169 ; Mr., 126 (2), 149, 325 ; chapel

built by, 227 ; R. H., 185, 437 ; S., 249,

357

Thomson, Jno. (Professor), 460 ; Mr., 277
Thorn, the, Mr. Banks' coach called the, 82
Thornhill, Jas., 92, 183, 185 ; Sir Jas., 301,

303 ; Jas. Alfred, 183 ; Jno., presentation

to Camberwell vicarage by, 199 ; Mr., 219 ;

Wm., 374 ; Square, 92

Thornton, L. (Rev.), 237 ; Mr., 417 ; Rich.,

295, 417 ; foundation-stone laid by, 225
Thorogood, Mr., 360
Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, Hist, of, extract

from, 41
Thorp, Jno., 331
Thorpe, Geo., ap. xl. ; Hen., 149 ; Mich.,

256 ; Rev. 0., 247 ; Rev. R. 0. T., 212
Thrale, Mrs., 310
Thrale's (Barclay's) Brewery, Southwark,

managing clerk of, 309
Threadneedle Street, London (City), Co. Midd.,

182 (2)
Throgmorton, Lady, 315 ; Street, London

(City), Co. Midd., 140
Thurlow, Lord, 282 ; remarkable law suit

before, 386
Tibbies, Dan., 175 ; Mary, ib. ; Mary Ann,

ib.

Tichesey, a manor probably granted to, 328
Tickett, Lar., 339
Tickle, Mrs., portrait of, 483
Tiddy, Mr., 229 (2), Rev. W. P., 249
Tiepolo, picture by, 484
Tierney, Mr., 306 (3)
Tiffin, Mrs., 242
Tiger Club, Tiger's Inn, Camberwell, 307

(2)

Tijou, C., 186
Tilbury, Co. Essex, camp at, soldier's for,

Tilling, Mr., 83
Tillotson, Jno., ap. xlii.
Tilson, Sir Tho., 92, 242 ; (formerly

Gatton) Road, 92

Timbs, Jno. (Curiosities of London), 344
Time, Men of the, extract from, 2b'3
" Times" (newspaper), advertisement in, 109 ;

Sunday, monument to the memory of

the former proprietor of the, 131
Tintern, Co. Mon., abbey church of, 202
Tipping, Dr., assessment of, 6, 121, 122, 123,

153 ; Dr. (Ichabod), 179 (3) ; Dr. (Wm.),

179 (2), 180, 255 (2), 256 ; Elizth., 179

(2) ; Geo., 179 ; Ichabod, 148, 172, 192 ;

Rev. Ichabod, 196, 204 (2), 206, 259 ;

Jane, 180; Mary, 179; Mr., 113, 158;

Tho., 172
Tippins, Mr., 116
Titchener, Mr., 155 (2), 156 (2), 259; expenses

INDEX.

Titchener—

on account of a robbery at, 105 ; Ono, 174.
(3), 182 ; peculiar baptism of, 174 • Sarah
174 (2) ; Tho., 174(2)

Titcorabe, Caleb, 186

Tite, Sir Wm., 225, 477

Tithe Commutation Act, Camberwell, annual
rent charged under the, 193

Tithings, Institution of, 129

Tobitt, Messrs., 350

Tod, Hie., 335

Todd, Katherine, 40

Toddyngtou, Rich., 336

Tofte, Wm., 105

Toite, Mrs., 373

Tollemache, Wra., 300

Tomline, Rev. Geo., 217

Tompson, Mr., 338

Tooley Street, South wark, Co. Surrey, pin and
needle factory in, 188

Toombs, Goodman, 116 ; Rich., 148

Topfield, Hen., 328

Torriano, Jno., 259

Tortola, West Indies, 281 (2)

Toshach, Mrs., 245

Tottenham, Co.Midd., 176, 296

Tower of London, Co. Midd., 3 (2), 30, !186 ;
commitments to the, 392 (2) ; Ham-
lets, borough of, 85

Towers, E., 248

Town Hall, payment for going to the, 116

Towneley, Co. Lane., 420

Townley, Jno., 420, ap. iii., iv., x., xii.

Trade, Board of, masonry for the, 283

Trafalgar, the, tavern called, 137, 371 ;

Road, 183 (4), 185 ; resident of, 247 ;
tavern in, 371

Tramways, introduction into Camberwell of
the, b3

Travelling, past and present, chapter on, 81

Travers, Mr., 114, 368

Travise, Mr., 435

Trayhorne, Capt., 148

Treadcroft, Jo., 178

Treadwell, Mr., 86 (2)

Treason, payment for ringing Gunpowder, 117

Treasury Board Papers (Public Record Office),
extract from, 30

Trego, W. H., 477

Trelawney, Sir Jonathan (Bishop of Winton),
37

Tresidder, H. J., 233; J. E., 248, 249 (2);
T. J., ap. xlvii. ; Mr., 242

Treslove, Mr., 259 ; Tho., 419

Trevor, Baron, 62 ; C. (Sir), 278 ; Edw., 62 ;
Elizth., 62; family of, 62, 179; sale of
estate by, ib. ; Jos., 62 ; Jno., 62 ; Letitia,
172 ; marriage of, 37, 62 (2) ; Lord, 31 (2),
37, 59, 122, 123, 282, 329, 255 (2) ; Mary,

62 ; Rich., 62 (3) ; Tho., Lord,

mansion of, 62; Sir Tho., 6, 31, 62(5),
149, 172, 259, 329, 332 ; assessment of, 6

Tribe, Alfred, 479

Trinity College, Cambridge, 177, 218, 386,

478 (3) ; education at, 410, 467 ;

Dublin, Ireland, 48, 211, 478;

Hall, Cambridge, 39 ; Square, South-

wark, Co. Surrey, 130 ; Street, South-

wark, Co. Surrey, chapel in, 230

Tristram, Wm., 325

Trowbridge, Co. Wilts, 234

Troy Town, Peckham, 93

Trueman, family of, memorial tablet to the,

Tryg, Tho., 335

Tuch borne, Mr., 436 (3)

Tucker, Capt, 338 ; Col., 286 ; Mary, 286

Tuckey, Rych., 68

Tucktell, Jo., 339

Tuder, Evan, 144

Tufnel, Rich., 206 ; Sam. Brown, ib

Tugwell, Rev. P., 241-2

Tuileries, Paris, garden of the, 30

Tull, A. M., 249

Tulse Hill, Co. Surrey, 412; resident of,

Tunbridge Wells, Co. Kent. 38, 206

Tunstall, Sir Jo., 429

Turfrey, Simon, 148

Turgis, Tho., 149

Turk, Tho., 205, 217

Turkey, Dulwich residence of the Ambassador

for, 407 ; Sultan of, 351
Turks, gipsies driven from Egypt by the, 176 ;

Head, tavern called the, 370 (2)

Turner, Alice, 63 ; Barbara, 63 (2) ; Bernard

(Sir), 71 (2); conviction of a person named,

106 (2) ; Dunstan, 63 ; Eliza., ib. ; family

of, 63 ; Francis, ib.\ Hen., 196; Jas., 63;

Jeremiah, 251 ; Jeremy, 63 (2), ap. xliii. ;

Jeremy (Sir), 63 (6), 437 ; arms of, 63 ;

crest of, ib. ; Jno., 63 (2) ; Kath., 63 ;

Marg., 63; Mary, 63; Matt., ap. xxxix. ;

Mr., 405 ; Rich., 63 ; Robt., 63 (5) ; Roger,

63 ; T., 424 ; Tho., 63; sale of land by,

ap. ii., iv., x., xi. ; Walter, 63 ; Winnifred,

63
Turney, G. L., 135, 184, 185, 186, 188 (4),

189 (2), 477 ; a memorial stone laid by,

165

Tumor, Dunstone, 337
Tumour, Tho., ap. iv.
Turton, Ben., 196
Turvaine, Mary, 256

Turnwheel Lane, London (City), Co.Midd., 71
Tuson (Tewson), Rych., 336
Tussaud's Museum, Madame, Greenacre's

(Camberwell murderer) knife in, 342
Tustin, Mr., memorial stone laid by, 236
Tutin, Mr., 136
Tuxon, Wm., ap. xlii.
Twamley, Chas., 300
Tweed, River, 291
Tweets, Sir Sam., 177

Twickenham, Co. Midd., Elizth., Ashe of, 34
Tyburn, Co. Midd., 305 ; executions at, 318
Tychesey, Isabella, 5 ; manor of, 330 (3) ;

Tho. de, land held in Camberwell by, 5
Tygris, denomination as the River, 344
Tylor, Alfred, description of gravels by, 24 ;

Mr., 25 (2)

Tyrconnel, the times of, 48
Tyrell, Mary, yy ; marriage of, ib. ; Sir Jno.

Tyssen, 39
Tyrone, Canon, 90

Tyrrell, Elizth., 252; Jas. (Sir), 252 ; Pene-
lope, 176 ; Sir Tim., 176, 252

civ

INDEX.

UDALL, THO., 194, 195 (2)

Ulverston, Co. Lane., Bessemer steel manu-
factured at, 404

Underdown, Alice, marriage of, 63; Jno., ib.

Unicorn, Southwark, Co. Surrey, tavern called
the, 433, ap. xxxiv.

Union Hall, Southwark, Co. Surrey, petty

sessions held at, 313 (2) ; Row, High

Street, Camberwell, 94, 360 (2);

Street, Southwark, Co. Surrey, 224

Unitarian Chapel, Alder Street, 236

United States, 235

Unity Assurance Co., 86 (2)

Upland Road, 354

Upper School, Peckham, 265

Upton, Mr., 226 (2)

Usborne, Wm., ap. xxxix. (2)

Usher, Archbp., 252, 279 (3)

Uvedale (Ovedale), Jno. de, 330 ; manor of,
i*.

Uxbridge, Co. Midd., 274

VAGHAN, ALICE, 333; Hamo., ib. ; Sir Tho.,

ib. (2)

Valley drift, a, 11 (2), 13
Vance, Robt., ap. xxxix.
Vandoorne, Rev. H., 238
Van Dyke, Tortola, 281
Vane, Jno., 187, 454, ap. xli. ; Rev. Jno.,

217 (2), 218
Vanhee, Mr., 347
Varman, Mr., 145

Varnam (Vernon), Sir Robt., 177 (2)
Varan ame, Lady Anne, 177
Vaudray, Jane, 63 ; Jno., ib.

Vauxhall, 3, 367 ; Bridge, 119

Vazeille (Vazel), 182

Vazel, Mrs., 182

Velasquez, pictures by, 483-4

Velde, A. Van der, pictures by, 484 (2)

Venice, Bishop of, 156 ; stones of, 406

Venn, Rev. Mr., 258

Ventriculites, chalk fossils called, 9

Verandah Place, Church Street, Camberwell,

229
Vernon, Ann, memorial to, 64 ; Eliza, 63 ;

Elizth., 177 ; family of, 63 ; arms of, ib. ;

crest of, ib. ; Howard, 63 ; Lady, ib. ; Oliver,

63 ; Robt., ib. ; Sir Robt., 63, 64 (2), 177

(2), 178; Wm., 63. See also Varnam
Verona, Italy, 464-5
Veronese, Paul, picture "by, 484
Vestry, Camberwell letter to, 130 ; clerks to

the, 123, 185 ; Hall, 93 ; erection of,

156 ; the new, portrait presented to, 2SO ;

the old, 165 ; site of the, 173 ; Minutes of

the, 106

Vicarage Road, Camberwell, resident of, 185
Vicar's Oak, a boundary known as the, 157

(5)

Vicars of Camberwell, 192
Victoria, Queen, 88 ; acts passed in the reign

of, 110 (3); 130 (2), 129; opening of

the Crystal Palace by, 418 ; Place,

Victoria —

mission room in, 208 ; schools in, 243, 261

(2) ; Road, school in, 243

Victory, tavern called the, 371

Viel, Jno., ap. xxxix.

Villeins, the duties of, 4

Villencourt, Lords of, 36

Vinall, E., memorial stone laid by, 232

Vincent, Deborah, 178 ; Elizabeth, 176 ;

Humfry, 66 ; Joanna, 178 ; monument to,

*.; Jno., 173 ; Judeth, 173, 178 ; Marg.,

172; Mary, 173; Robt., 185; Susanna,

178; Tho., 172 (2), 178(2); Aid. Tho.,

176 (2)
Vincent's "Surrey Pedigrees," quotation

from, 332

Vineyard, a piece of ground called the, 204-5
Vintry, ward of, London (City), Co. Midd.,

appointment as clerk to, 190
Virgil, Polydore, blunder as to the definition

of a hide of land by, 4
Virgin, image of the, 61
Virginia, America, 286 (2)
Visitations, 114, 116
Vitty, Mrs., 243
Vockins, J. H., 244, 245,295
Vogel, Mr., 325

Voguel, Harriett, 181 ; Hen., 181-2, 259
Voigt, F. H., ap. xlvii. ; Rev. GK, 474,

478

Vokins, Rich., 148 (2), 149
Voluntary School, Camberwell, 242
Volunteers, Camberwell, corps of, 69; H.R. H.

the Prince of Wales escorted by, 321 ; 1st

Surrey Rifle, 73, 74 (5), 75 (5) ; past and

present 66
Vulnans, Mrs., 336

WADDINGTON, Dr., a work written by, 234

Waddopp, Symoii, ap. vii. (2), viii.

Wade, Avis, 175 ; C., 249 ; Jno., 175 (2);
Mr., 391 (2)

Wadham College, Oxford, scholar of, 478

.Waghen, Co. York, 307

Wainwright, Hannah, 177 ; Jno., ib.

Waiut, Widow, 144

Waire, execution of a friar named, 345

Waite, Mr., 338 ; Win., ap. xxxviii.

Waith, Elizabeth, 65 ; monument of, 64; family
of, ib. ; Mr., letters from, 65 (2) ; Robt.,
64 (6), 65 (3) ; letter from, 64

Wake, Archbp., 307 ; presentation to, 280 ;
Dr., 31 ; Wm., ap. xlii.

Wakefield, Dan., 85 ; Priscilla, 296 ; vicar of,
361-2

Wakeman, Jno., 144; assessment of, 112-

Wakley, Mr., 394

Walckeman, Jno., 338

Walden, Chas., 183

Waldock, Jane, bequest to, ap. xxxv.

Wales, gravel pebbles near, 23; H.R.H., the
Prince of, 152, 172, 177, 258, 308 ; christ-
ening of, 291 ; honour conferred by, 401 ;
opening of Dulwich College by, 464 ; visit
to Champion Lodge, Camberwell, of the, 39,
321-2 ; statue unveiled by, 269 ; lunatics

INDEX.

Wales—

in, 349 ; payment for carrying children into,

121 ; savings banks in, 296
Walker, Fran., 338 ; Hen., 336 • J 270 •

Mr., 117, 144, 196; Mrs., 338; R. D'

245 ; Wm., 338

Wallace, H., 241 ; SirWra,, monument to, 358
Walles, execution of a person named, 345
Wallington, hundred of, Co. Surrey, 105;

certificate of rogues and vagabonds in, ib.

See also Wallyngton
Wallis, Mr., 339; Rich., monument to the

memory of, 131
"Wallworth bridge, payment for a child found

at, 117
Wallyngton (Wallington), hundred of, Co.

Surrey, 336
Walpole, Hor,, 33 ; visit to Duiwich College

by, 388

Walsingham, Sir Fran., order from, 68
Walters, Anna Maria, 172 ; Fleetwood, ib. :

Geo. (CoL), ib. (2)
Waltham, White, Co. Berks., 37
Walton, Tho., monument to the memory of, 131
Walworth, Co. Surrey, 226, 245, 247, 343 ;

lecture hall in, 358 ; Road, 82, 358 ;

auctioneers of, 309 ; resident of, 294. See

also Wallworth
Wandsworth, Co. Surrey, 141 ; execution of a

vicar of, 345 ; Road, 245, 247

Wanmer, Lucy (the little woman of PeckhamV

206
Wanostrocht, Dr., 278 ; Mr., 348 (3), 349 ;

robbery at, 106 ; Nich., 259, 348 ; Vincent,

348
Ward, J., 261; Jno., 144; Mrs., 243;

Eaffe, 67 ; Wm., 67 ; • • and Hughes,

Messrs., stained glass windows by, 220 ;

and Nixon, Messrs,, ornamental

painting, &c., by, 202-3
Warde, assessment of a person named, 150;

execution of a person named, 345 ; Hen.,

149 ; Stephen, 148
Wardner, Robt., 337
Ware, Co. Herts., 9 ; Clement, 339
Warlters, Loveioy and Miles, Messrs., tavern

sold by, 369

Warman, assessment of a person named, 149
Warner, Aid., 178 ; Jno., 179, 180 (2) ;

Kerrick, 179 ; Nath., 178 ; Eobt., 339 ;

Susannah, 179, 180
Warrington, Co. Lane., 281
Warwick, Co. of, 377 ; Earl of, execution for

assuming the title of, 345 ; pebble beds in,

23 ; Rea in, 91
Watchman's cry, the, 102
Waterall Lieut., Greo., 76
Water-Doom, penalty of, 101
Waterhouse, Tho., ap. xl.
Waterin, St. Thomas a, 123
Watering, St. Thomas a, 92, 93, 345 (5)
Water Laton, ap. xxxv.
Waterloo, Napoleon's overthrow at the battle

of, 394 ; — *- Street, Camberwell, 229 ;

estate in, 343 ; schools in, 135, 242 (3),

262 (2) ; tavern in, 126
Waterlow, J., 477

Waters, Rev. R. J., 218 ; Widow, 149
Watford, Co. Herts, 9

Watkins, Messrs., Bible factory of 312-

Tho., 273; Widow, 149
Watling, Jeremiah, 148 ; Street, London

(City) Co. Midd., a former church in, 222
Watney, Jas., 89 (3) ; Messrs., 371
Watson, Mr., 124; Tho., 337
Watteau, picture by, 484 (2)

Waye, Ralph, 339

Ways, Widow, 148

Waythin, Mr., 144

Wearmouth, Mrs., 247 ; Rev. R., 223 '2) 247

Weathersby, Chas., 145

Weaver, Francis, 338

Webb, family of, tavern long held by the
369 ; J., 247 ; R. & GK, Messrs, 202 (2)

Webbe, Joh le, 335 ; Sir Wm., 41

Webster, Dr., 126, 267-8, 393, 394 (8), 395
396, 397, 398, 418 ; brief biography of'
393-5 ; description of Duiwich and Syden-
ham wells by, 387 ; numerous works written
by, 395; Greo., 184, 185, 187, 190, 394;
letter from, 395 ; Hen., 337; Jas., 394;
Jno., 5, 6, 336, 337

Weeks, J., 142

Weemys, Mr., 234

Weever's Funerall Monumentes, quotations
from, 33, 49

Weight (Wight), Isle of, discovery of a plot in
the, 279 ; P. E., 247 ; Roger, 105

Weir, Harrison, 356

Welbeck, family of, arms of, 50 (3)

Welbek, Kateryn, 51 ; Wm., 50-1

Weldyn, Mrs., 373

Welle, Joh ate, 335

Weller, Jno., 184; Mr., 354

Welles, Jno., 409 ; Robt., ap. xxxix.

Wellington, Duke of, 477, 478 ; tavern

called the, 371 ; place, Camberwell,

murder committed at, 342 ; Villas,

Peckham, resident of, 247

Wells, Mr., 216, 338, 342 ; church built by,
238 ; Rich., 145 (2) ; Wm., 181 ; -
Lane, Sydenham, 387 ; Street, Cam-
berwell, 92 ; resident of, 247 ; widening of,

101 ; Street, Marylebone, Co. Midd.,

school in, 265

Wendover, Co. Bucks, 296

Werrell, Wm., 144

Wesley, Dr. Chas., 290 (6) ; brief memoir of,
ib.; Jno., 182 (8), 265; account of the un-
happy marriage of, 182 ; Mary, 182 (3)

Wesleyan chapel, Oakley Place, 236 ; —
Queen's Road, ib. ; Day school, 243

Wesleyans, a former chapel of the, 265

Wesson, Elizth., 172 ; Jos. Nich., 183, 186 ;
Mary, 172 ; Rich., ib. ; Tho., ib.

West, Mr., 338-9 ; Robt., 145

Westbrook, Edw., 137

West Harding, Co. Norfolk, 53

Westminster, Co. Midd., 63, 320, 343, 352,
386, ap. xxxvi. ; Abbey of, burial in,
348 ; view of, 417 ; founder of, 193 ; Abbot
of, 4 ; Archbp. of, 240 ; bricklayer of
(builder of Duiwich College), 426 ; City
and Liberties of, 316 ; clergy and inhabit-
ants of, 306 ; collegiate church of St.
Peter's at, form of service in, to be observed

CV1

INDEX.

Westminster —

at Dulwich College cbapel, ap. xxii. ; Free

school of, ap. xxv. ; Hall, heads stuck

on ; letters patent witnessed at, ap. v., vi. ;
mention of the church of, 4 ; St. Paul's at,
observance of the education of, 443 ; St.
Peter s at, observance of the form of service

in, 443 ; School, form of teaching at,

to be observed at Dulwich College, 452 ;
subsidy to the king, granted by parliament
holden at, 336 ; tavern in, 81 ; tramway to,

84 ; bridge, stones from old, 233 ;

road, 167, 204. See also West-

mynster

Westmoreland, Co. of, 181, 211 ; Mr., 302

(2);' Place, Southampton Street,

almshouses in, 273 ; inscription thereon, ib.

"Westmynster Hall, trials in, 345

Weston, Jno., 149; Jos., 121; Mr., 262;
Sir Rich., letter to, 104; the poisoner of
Overbury, 178 ; Tho., 262

Westone, Wm. de, 335

Westphalia, Germany, the Hoerde and Bo-
chum works, 404

W^stwood, Mr., 409 ; Park House school,

264

Wetherall, Eev. J. C., 349

Wette, Tho., 336

Weyland, Jno., 35 ; Letitia Cicely, ib.

Weymouth, Co. Dorset, 234

Whatcroft, Co. Cheshire, 63 (2)

Wheatley, Hen., 149 (2)

Wheble, the printer, prosecution of, 392

Wheeler, a person named, 113

Whelply, Jno., 144

Whidhop, Widow, 144

Whiffen, Mr., 216

Whippe, Tho., 67

Whitaker, Dr., 1 ; Mr., 14 (2), 19 (3) ; W.,
11 (2), 13, 15 (4)

Whitby, Edwin, 183

White, assessment of a person named, 149 ;
C., 242 ; Foster, 271 ; H. T., ap. xlvii. (2) ;
Jas. P., 185 ; Mr., 126 (3), 338 ; Peter,

149, 150 ; and Co., Messrs., mineral

water factory of, 343

Whitechurch, Marg., 57-8

Whitecross Street, Golden Lane, Co. Midd.,
the Fortune Theatre in, 378 ; ap. iii., iv.
(2), x., xii.

Whiteford and Holywell, Hist, of, extract
from, 198

Whitehall, London, Co. Midd., 57, 172, 176
(2), 395 ; certificate from, 42-3 ; education
department at, 242 ; mandate from, ap.

xli. ; Palace, death at, 348 ; petition

to, relative to the abuses of Dulwich Col-
lege, 444 ; hearing of the same, 445

White Hart, tavern called the, 369

Whitehead, Dr., quotation from, 182

Whitelock, Sir Bulstrode, 444

White Lyon, payment for sustenance at the,
123

Whitfield, Jno., bequest by, 462

Whitgift, Archbp., Life of, quotation from,
345

Whithand, Tho., 338

Whitt, Jno., 105

Whittemore, Hannah, 374

Whitton, Wm., 314

Whitworth, Lord, 481 (3)

Whormby, Jno., 179 (2) ; Marriott, 179 ;

Mr., 259, 306 (4)
Whyte, Cateryne, bequest to, 60
Wickham, 377
Wicklow, Ireland, 377
Wicks, Nich., 145
Wicksted, Jno., 67
Widdecombe, H., 359
Widdrington, Rich., 126 (3)
Widgeon, Geo., 149
Widrington, Mr., gift to, 435
Wiggans, Widow, 119
Wiggen, Wm., 339
Wiggin, Widow, 144
Wight, Beatrix, 460 ; Isle of, 27 ; charming

scenes in the, 416

Wilberforce, Bishop, 220, 225; foundation-
stones laid by, 208, 259 ; letters from.

287

Wilby Lodge, resident of, 183
Wilcox and Gibbs, Messrs., the firm of, 342
Wilder, Jno., ap. xl.
Wilford, Ralph, 345
Wilkes, Aid., 307
Wilkie, the artist, 389
Wilkins, Jno., 119, 197
Wilkinson, Dr., 231, 347-8 ; Fran., 337 ; G.

W., 249 ; H., ap. xlvii. (2) ; Horace, 348 ;

Mr., 348 (3) ; W. A., 86 (5), 88 (2), 86,

348

Willcocke, Mr., 338
Willen, Co. Bucks, 420, ap. xxxv.
Willes, S., 215 (2), 270-
William I., King, 3, 39, 49, 191 ; III., 344 ;

IV., 85 ;. acts passed in the reign of, 130,

1 36 ; tavern called the, 371 ; and Mary,

King and Queen, act passed in the reign of,

159 ; deed enrolled in, 321
Williams, Ant., ap. xxxviii. ; Geo. Tho., 184 ;

Goody, 149 ; Rev. J., 259 ; Rev. J. De

Kewer, 226 (2) ; Jas., 192 ; Jno., 42 ; 0.

J., letter to the Times newspaper from, 348 ;

Rich., 103; Tho., ap. xl. ; Widow, 148;

Wm., 86 (5), 88
Williamson, Jos., letter to, 231
Willingdon, Co. Sussex, 176
Willis, Rev. F. A., 264 ; Rev. J. T. (church

chaplain of Forest Hill Cemetery), 131 ;

Mr., 2(54

Wilkins, Wm., 337
Willson, Chas., 138 ; Jane, bequest to, 142 ;

will of, 141

Willton (Wilton), Co. Wilts, 103
Wilmot, Mr., 225
Wilson, Edw., 93, 177 (2), 250 (3), 252 ;

founder of the Camberwell Free Grammar

School, 63 ; Rev. Edw., 191 (2), 192 ; J.

C., 356 ; J. 0., 184, 270 (2) ; Marg., 177 ;

Mr., 40, 82 ; Mrs. E., 247 ; R., 484 ; Sam.

ap. vii. (2), viii., xxxix. ; Tho., 105, 251 ;

foundation-stone laid by, 234 ; and

Fuller, Messrs., 228 ; Road, 93, 185 ;

resident of, 184 (2)
Wiltshire, Co. of, 103 ; Rey in, 91
Wimbledon, Co. Surrey, camp at, 75 (2)
Winchester, Bishop of, 37, 69, 202, 217, 241,

263, 307, 366, 436 ; consecrations by, 37,

INDEX.

evil

Winchester —

210, 211, 213, 221, 350 ; foundation-stones
laid by, 216, 225, 259 ; letters from the,

287-8 ; Co. Hants, 422 ; Cathedral of,

organist of, 290 ; diocese of, 375, ap. xliii.,

xliv. (2) ; College, hints to Eclw. Alleyn

by the warden of, 425 ; House, St.

James's Square, London, Co. Midd., letters
dated from, 287-8 ; St. Thomas's Church

at, 212 ; School, 468 ; statutes of,

129, 312. See also Wynchester
Windfeild, Tho., 145

Windham, Anne, 34 ; family of, 330 ; Jno., 34 ;
Jos., 34 (3), 370 ; Martha, 34 (2) ; Mr.,

deeds of, 329, 330 ; Wm., 34 ;

Road, Camberwell, mineral water factory
in, 343. See also Wyndham

Windhurst, Mr., factory of, 342

Windmill Place, 94

Windsor, Co. Berks, 329, 417, 404 ; canon of,
57, 430 ; forest of, hunting in, 36-7 ; St.
George's Chapel, 213 ; Road, Camber-
well, church in, 238 (2)

Wint, Mr., 245

Winter, Mr., 148 ; Mrs., 245

Wire, Capt. Travers B., 76

Wise, Capt., 118

Wiseman, Cardinal, 240 ; Elizth. Lucy, 30

Wissenden, J. M., 247

Witherleys, Sir Tho., exors. of, 31

Withers, Math., gift to, 435

Wittering, Co. Sus-.ex, burial at, 176

Wivell, Ann, 374

Wodeser, Wm., 335

Wolf, Jno. Chris., 131

Wollford, Alex., 339

Wollover, barony of Northland, 49

Wolton, E. D., 249

Wombwell, Messrs.. wild beast show of,
353

Wood, Anth., quotations from, 178, 279 (2) ;
Hen., 420 ; Jas., 149 ; mother, 326 ; Mr.,
360 ; Rev. Mr., 258 ; Searles, 24 (5), 26 ;
Tho., 384 (2)

Woodall, Tho., ap. xxxviii.

Woodeaton, Co. Oxford, 35

Woodbridge, Mr., 259, 307 (2)

Woodfarrs Grove, Dulwich, 379

Woodgate, Tho., 339

Woodhall, Dulwich, 416, 417 (3) ; resident
of, 416 ; exhibition at, 419

Woodhouse, Dulwich, residents of, 417 (2) ;
Jno., 427

Woodlands, Peckliam Rye, 249

Woodman, Wm. Ingle, 374

Woodmansterne, Co. Surrey, 332 ; estate at,
56

Woods, Jno., 144

Wood Vale, 93

Woodward, Agnes, 421 ; A. C., 293 ; Dr.,
purchase of curious heads of stone by, 2
Edw., 148-9 ; Joan, 421 (3) ; Mr., 451

Woodzell, Robt., 419

Woolwich, Co. Kent, 319, 377, 469, 473
arsenal at, Col. Boxer late of the, 351 ; beds
of, 10, 11 (4), 12 (3), 13 (2), 14, 15 (5),
18, 19 (3), 26 ; general description of, 15

Woolwich-
experiments at, 404 ; honours obtained at,
ap. xlvii. (2)
Wootton, Tho., 419

Worcester, garrison of, 95 ; pebble beds in the
county of, 23 ; Rea in, 91 ; surrender of,

61 ; College, Oxford, scholar of, 478 ;

Lane, 92

Workman, Rev. J. 8., 236

Works, Commissioners of, 202 ; Metropolitan
Board of, 93, 100, 130, 187 ; Camberwell
representative at, 189

Worrall, Mr., 112

Worrell, Wm., 339

Worsopp, Jno., 51

Worsted, Jno., 331 (5) ; Simon, 331 (2)

Worth, De, 148

Wotton, Sir Hen., 431

Wouvermans, T., picture by, 483

Wren, Sir Chris., 301, 303, 445 ; a commo-
dious quay designed by, 3 ; Camberwell
residence of, 92 ; Road, ancient struc-
ture formerly on the site of, 301 ; suicide
in, 302

Wrench, Robt. T., 477 ; Tho., 145

Wright, Mr., 311, 416 ; Rich., 66; Tho. 371;
gift by, 269

Wrytte, Jasper, 68

Wyatt, death of, 344 ; Hen. (Sir), 329 ; Miss,
245 ; Mrs. and Miss, school kept by, 242 ;
Sir Tho., 333, 345

Wychurch, Master, 57

Wyeth, J., 277

Wyk, Henry de la, 377

Wyke, Co. Dorset, 377

Wylde, Wm. 67

Wyllis, Walter, 192

Wylson, Leo., 336 ; Robt., ib.

Wynchester, Diocys (Diocese) of, 60 ; bequest
to the mother church of, 29

Wyndham, family of, 92, 334 ; Road,

92 ; chapel in, 237 ; murder committed in,
341 ; neighbourhood of, 244 ; stables uti-
lized in, 238

Wynn, models by, 414

Wynne, Mr., 14

Wyoming, Gertrude, 389

Wys, Hen. de la, 377

Wyseman, Tho., 315

Wytebyri, Geof. de, 192

Wytherton, Robt., 336

Wyting, Job, 335 ; Ric, ib.

YARMOUTH, Co. Norfolk, payment to seamen

shipwrecked near, 115
Yates, Jno., 148
Ybelstone, Mr., 144
Yeats, Dr., 265

Yeadys, Sydney, assumed name ot, dft/
Ymberton, Prior of Bermondsey, li
Yong et Pye, ap. v.
Yong, Jas., 315
York, City of, 422 ; chapter house of, 2u* ;

CV111

INDEX.

York-
Duke of, 298 ; Grove, school in,

2,3

Yorkshire, Co. of, 115, 281, 307, 434 ; be-
quest of lands in, ap. xxxvi. ; Rye iu, 91 ;
Stingo, tavern called the, 82

Young, Aniy, 243 ; Florence, 217 ; Jno., 248;
Miss, 443; Mr., 425, 436; Tho., 124;
donation to, 199 ; W., 477

Young's ordinarie, supper at, 43J>

ZBGINS, gipsies called, 176
Zion Chapel, Heaton Road, Peckham, 232
Zouch, Lord, death of an assistant keeper of,
441

THE END.

BRADBURY, AGXEW, & co., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

LIST OF SUBSCKIBEKS.

ABBOTT, ABRAHAM, Half Moon Lane, Dulwich.

ADAMS, THOS. FRANCIS, Lyndhurst Place, Peckham Road.

ADAMS, WM. S., Rye Hill House, Peckham Rye.

ALEXANDER, J., Chancery Lane, E.G.

ALLEN, E. W., Harder's Road, Peckham.

ALLEN, JOSEPH, Gresharn Life Office, Old Jewry.

AMERT, ROBERT, 417, Old Kent Road.

ANDREWS, WM., 31, Camberwell Green.

ANQELL, C. F., F.S.A., 15, Grove Lane, Camberwell.

ANGIER, JOHN HAGUE, M.R.C.S., The Highlands, Victoria Road, Upper Norwood.

ARCHER, WILLIAM, 83, East Street, Walworth Road.

BAILEY, EZEKIEL, Lord Palmer ston, Lordship Lane.

BAILEY, THOS. FARMER, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

BARBER, SAMUEL, Choumert Road, Peckham.

BARKER, C. STUART, junr., 36, King William Street, E.G.

BARRY, CHARLES, Victoria Chambers, Westminster.

BARSDORFF, GEORGE, Albert Road, Peokham.

BARTLETT, GREGORY, Dulwich.

BEANES, EDWARD, The White House, Dulwich.

BEAUMONT, F. G., 20, Palmerston Terrace, Lordship Lane.

BEDOLFE, DR., Lordship Lane, S.E.

BEDWELL, HY. AUGUSTUS, 2, Sleaford Villas, Camberwell Grove.

BEEBE, MRS. ELIZABETH, Dulwich.

BELDAN, RICHARD, Tredegar House, East Dulwich.

BENNETT, SIR JOHN, Dulwich Common, and the Banks, Mountfield, Sussex.

BERINGTON, MRS. ELIZABETH, 19, Acacia Grove, Dulwich.

BERRIMAN, WM., Buckland House, Wilson Road, Camberwell.

BERRY, Z. D., Westminster.

BESSEMER, HENRY, Denmark Hill.

BICKERTON, GEO. THOS., 517, Old Kent Road.

BIGGS, MICHAEL, M.A., Rev., Queen's Road, Peckham.

BLACKTON, THOMAS, High Street, Peckham.

BLANCH, WM., Radnor Lodge, Forest Hill.

BLANCH, JOHN, Capt., F.R.G.S., Marine Board, Adelaide, S.A.

Bois, W., Lyndhuret Road, Peckham.

BORLAND, JOHN, 184, High Street, Peckham.

BOTT, ARTHUR, F.G.S., 224, Southampton Street, Camberwell.

BRAMLEY, EDWD. HERBERT, 7, Denman Road, Pechkam.

BRINSLEY, GEORGE, The Avenue, Gipsey Hill.

BRISTOWE, DR., Old Burlington Street, W.

BRISTOWE, W., Lower Denmark Hill.

BRISTOWE, A., Crowhurst, Dulwich Wood Park, Upper Norwood.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

BRISTOWE, R. H., Wavertree, Sydenham Hill.

BRITTEN, J. P., 30, Camberwell Grove.

BROCK, T. C., Nunhead.

BROTHERS, A., 14, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.

BROWN, J. J., Hurst Street, Herne Hill.

BROWN, JOHN, 7, The Gardens, Peckham Rye.

BRUCE, RICHARD, Netherwood Road, Bayswater.

BUCKSTONE, J. B., Bell Green Lodge, Lower Sydenham.

BURBIDGE, WM. H., Stanley House, Alleyn Park, Dulwich.

BURGAN, JOHN A., South- Western Bank, Peckham.

BURLS, CHAS., Red House, Peckham Rye.

BUTLER, Miss S. A , 61, Camberwell Grove.

CADE, Capt., Albert Villa, Peckham.

CAMPBELL, GEORGK, Woodhall, Dulwich.

CARPENTER, GEORGE, 11, Wilson Road, Camberwell.

CARVER, Rev. ALFRED J., D.D., The Master of Dulwich College.

CASH, THOMAS, Lordship Lane, S.E.

CHABOT, FRED., 245, Camberwell Road.

CHAD WICK, ALFRED, 22, Tavistock Square.

CHADWICK, MRS., 139, Adelaide Road, N.W.

CHAD WICK, Miss, 139, Adelaide Road, N.W.

CHAMBERS, THOMAS, 1 , Camden Terrace, Peckham Road.

CHAMPION, CHARLES, Moira House, Dulwich.

CHANCE, F., Dr., Burleigh House, Sydenham Hill.

CHAPMAN, HY., 9, Camberwell Terrace.

CHIPPENDALE, W., Fern Bank, Grove Hill.

CHUBB, JAMES, High Street, Peckham.

CLARK, E. T., 35, Lyndhurst Road, Peckharn.

CLARK, EDWARD, Talfourd Road, Camberwell.

CLARKE, EDWARD, Dagrnar Road, Camberwell.

CLARKE, WALTER, 143, Neate Street, Camberwell.

GLOSS, J. J., 41, Camberwell Green.

COLEGRAVE, DAVID, 64, Peckham Grove.

COLLS, BENJAMIN, Camberwell Road.

CONGREVE, G. T., Coombe Lodge, Hye Lane, Peckham.

COOKE, G. D., Temple.

COOPER, C., 7, Hanover Street, Peckham.

COPEMAN, HENRY, 17, Devonshire Square, Bishopsgate Street.

CROCKER, ALBERT, Eastlands, Court Lane, Dulwich.

CRONIN, DANIEL, 30, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.

CRONIN, FREDK. J , Brunswick Square, W.C

CROWSDELL, F., Southampton Street, Camberwell.

CUMMING, WM. N , 119, Grove Lane, Camberwell.

CUMMINGS, W. H., Brockley Villas, Dulwich.

DALGETY, ALEXANDER, High Street, Peckham.

DAWNAY, ARCHIBALD, Peckham Park Road.

DICKER, W., 97, Camberwell Grove.

DICKIE, FREDERICK, Westminster Bridge Road.

DIPROSE, J., Strand, W.C.

DIXIE, Miss, Pelican House, Peckham Road.

DOUGLAS, JAS. N., High Road, Dulwich.

DOWLING, CLEMENT, 15, Duke Street, Adelphi.

DRINKWATER, WM., 25, De Crespigny Park, Camberwell.

DRYLAND, MRS., Elm Lawn, Dulwich Common.

DUCKETT, R. D., 25, Eastlake Road, Cold Harbour Lane.

DULWICH COLLEGE, GOVERNORS OF.

DUNN, WM., Newlands, Peckham Rye.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

EARL, MRS., Tunbridge Wells.

EDMONDS, J., High Street, Peckham

EDMONDSTON, THOMAS, 35, Camberwell Grove, Camberwell

ELLIS, RICHARD, 180, Camberwell Grove

ELY, THOMAS, Church Street, Camberwell

FARQUHARSON, M. H., Capt., Gosport.

FIRMINGER, JOSEPH, De Crespigny Park, Camberwell

FLEMING, JAMES B. D., Rev, The Vicarage, Chester Square

FLEMING, W. H, Elm Lodge, Half Moon Lane.

FLETCHER, ALBERT, Oakwood, Dulwich Wood Park.

FLOWER, MRS., 91, Queen's Gate, Hyde Park.

FLOWER, JOHN SWAN, M.D., Holly Lodge, Denmark Hill

FORBES, HENRY, 1 6, Lyndhurst Grove, Peckham

FOSTER, W. J., 14, The Gardens, Peckham Rye.

FOWLER, D., Pandurra, Dulwich Wood Road, Upper Norwood

FREMLIN, RALPH JAMES, Maidstone, Kent.

GALABIN, THOS., Camberwell Grove.

GARDINER, Col., 1st S. R. V.

GARNISS, THOS., Rosemary Branch, Peckham.

GASTER, T. J., Rev., All Saints, Blenheim Grove, Camberwell.

GOODMAN, THOS., " The Crown," Dulwich.

GRACE, R. P., Whitbourn Lodge, East Dulwich.

GRAY, ROBT. ALEX., J.P., D.L., Camberwell Terrace.

GRIFFITH, JOHN T., M.D., Talfourd House, Peckham Road.

GRIFFITH, GEO. AUGUSTUS, Lyndhurst Road, Peckham.

GUDGEON, E. B., St. Mary's Lodge, Queen's Road, Peckham.

GURNEY, GEORGE, East Dulwich.

HALL, M., Grove Lodge, Dulwich Grove.

HARDY, T. D. SIR, Public Record Office.

HARKNESS, WM., 2, Elm Lodge, Nunhead Road, Peckham Rye.

HARMAN, ALFD., High Street, Peckham.

HARPER, T. S., Rev., Sudgen House, 257, Southampton Street.

HARRIS, W. T., The White House, Camberwell Green.

HARTLEY, HY. JOSEPH, Church Street, Camberwell.

HASTIE, J. H., Lieut., Camberwell Grove.

HENDERSON, JAMES, Adon Mount, Lordship Lane.

HILLS, F. C., Redleat, Penshurst, Kent.

HINGESTON, R., 27, De Crespigny Park, Camberwell.

HOGG, Lieut-Col. Sir J. M'N., M.P.

HOOPER, MRS., Lyndhurst Place, Peckham Road.

HOOPER, BENNETT, Sunnycroft, Croxted Road, Dulwich.

HORA, WHINFIELD, Peckham Road.

HORNIMAN, FREDK. JOHN, Surrey House, Forest Hill.

HOWARD, MORGAN, Q.C., 6, Pump Court, Temple.

HUDSON, W., 181, Grove Lane, Camberwell.

HUNT, GEORGE, Hopefield, Alleyn Park, Dulwich.

HUTCHINGS, W. M., 97, Camberwell Road.

BUTTON. C. W. C., J.P., Belair, Dulwich.

INNES, J. J., Cold Harbour Lane.

JARVIS, HENRY, Talfourd Road, Camberwell.

JEFFERISS, J. T., 9, Bushey Hill Terrace, Camberwell.

JENNER, HENRY, The North Surrey Brewery, Peckham Road.

JEPHSON, W., Rev., Hiuton, Oxon.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

JONES, ALFRED, Denman Road, Camberwell.

JOST, HENRY J., 6, College Gardens, Dulvvich.

KEMBLE, MRS., The Glebe, Champion Hill.

KEMP, "W. R., 225, Southampton Street, Camberwell.

KEMP, HENRY, Sumner Road, Peckham.

KIMPTON, ALFRED, Peckham Road.

KINO, P. S., De Crespigny Park, Camberwell.

KNIQHT, C. A., Brunswick Square, Camberwell.

KNOWLES, JOHN, J.P., Herne Hill.

LAFONE, ALFRED, Denmark Hill.

LANQEMORE, W. B., M.R.C.S., Dundaire, Dulwich Wood Park.

LASSAM, JOHN EVANS, Elms Road, Dulvvich.

LAW, H. S., MRS., De Crespigny Park, Camberwell.

LAWRENCE, Sir JAMES C., Bart., M.P.

LAZENBY, WALTER, South Dulwich.

LEDGER, THOMAS, Westwood Lodge, The Avenue, Gipsey Hill.

L'EsiRANGE, W. D., Red Lion House, Fleet Street.

LEWIN, FRED. GEO., 4, Lombardian Villas, St. Mary's Road, Peckham.

LILLEY, SAMUEL, M.A., Lyndhurst Road, Peckham.

LINES, MBS., Camberwell Grove.

LITTLE MRS., Hamilton Lodge, Granville Park, Blackheath.

LIVESEY, GEORGE, S. M. Gas Works, Old Kent Road.

LOAD, EDWARD, Grove Park, Camberwell.

LOAT, WILLIAM, 2, Park Avenue Villas, Lower Norwood.

LOAT, JOHN, Clapham.

LONGLEY, MRS., The Hollies, Dulwich.

LOVELL, WM., 1, Grummant Road, Camberwell.

LOWER, MARK ANTONY, F.S.A., 20, Montpelier Road, Peckham.

LUSON, GERHARD, J., 3, Elm Grove, Peckham.

LYON, BAINB RIDGE, Woodlands, Grove Park, Camberwell.

LYON, JOHN ANDREW, St. Mary-le-Strand House, Old Kent Road.

M'ARTHUR, ALEXANDER, Hon., M P., Brixton Rise.

M'ARTHUR, WM., Aldmn., M.P., Brixton Rise.

MALTBY, J. B., 9, Camden Grove, North, Peckham.

MANSELL, GEORGE STEPHEN, Walnut Tree Villa, East Dulwich.

MARSDEN, G. W., 113, Camberwell Grove.

MARSHALL, FRANK, Camberwell Grove.

MARTIN, ALEXANDER J., 46, Wilson Road, Camberwell.

MAY, G. C., 26, High Street, Peckham.

MIDDLECOTT, WILLIAM, " The Greyhound," Dulwich.

MIDDLETON, MRS. SOPHY, Mile Cottage, Woodford.

MILLARD, R. H., 62, Camberwell Grove.

MITCHELL, W. J., Dulwich.

MONKS, T. W., Church Street, Camberwell.

MORGAN, W. F. (London School Board), East Dulwich House.

MOUSE, T. D. C., Rev., St. John's, East Dulwich.

MOTT, CHAS., 279, Camberwell New Road.

MOTT, HENRY, 63, St. Peter's Street, Montreal, Canada.

MOUNTAIN, SANDFORD HY., Norland House, East Dulwich.

MOWSER, SAMUEL, Old Kent Road.

MURPHY, WM. ADAMS, Church Street, Camberwell.

NAIRNE, PERCEVAL ALLEYN, The Glebe, Camberwell.

NASH, WILLIAM, Winchester Road, St. John's Wood.

NEALES, WM. FRED., 6, Elms Road, Dulwich.

KIND, CHAS., Queen's Road, Peckham.

NOBLE, JOHN, London School Board, Victoria Embankment.

NOBLE, T. C., 79, Great Dover Street, S.E.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

NOBLE, W. F., 79, Great Dover Street, S.E.

NOLDWITT, J. S., 352, Albany Road, Camberwell.

NOLLOTH, Col., 13, North Terrace, Camberwell. '

NORRIS, JAMES, Camberwell Road.

NORTON, T. S., Lestelle, Forest HilL

PARSONS, HENRY, Half Moon Lane, Dulwich.

PATERSON, GEORGE, M.D., Brahman College, Tadcaster, York.

PAUL, Dr., Camberwell House, Peckham Road.

PEARCE, C. E., 31, Loughborough Park, S.E.

PEEK, Sir H. W., Bart., M.P., Wimbledon House, S.W.

PEEK, FRANCIS, ROBY, Sydenham HilL

PEERLESS, G. READ, Camberwell Terrace.

PEW, MRS., Torquay, Devon.

PHILLIPS, JAMES, 12, Plumber Street, City Road.

PIM, BEDFORD, Capt. R.N., M.P., Leaside, Kings wood Road, Upper Norwood.

PLUMBLEY, GEORGE, Burnt Ash, Lee.

POCKNELL, EDWARD, Talfourd Road, Camberwell.

POWELL, W., Rev., St. Paul's Vicarage, Herne Hill.

POWER, EDWARD, Metropolitan Buildings, Queen Victoria Street.

PREBBLE, THOMAS, 43, Camberwell Grove.

PRESTON, DAVID, Cemetery Works, Nunhead.

PRESTON, THOS., Flodden Road, CamberwelL

PROCTOR, JOHN, Wilshire Road, Brixton.

PRONCKERT, Miss, Hammersmith.

PUCKLE, Miss CAROLINE, De Crespigny Park, Camberwell.

PUCKLE, R. A., Churchwarden, De Crespigny Park, Camberwell.

QUITTENTON, R., Peckham Grove.

RAY, THOS., Rev., M.A., LL.D., Collegiate School, Queen's Road, Peckham.

RAY, R., The Brewery, Camberwell Green.

READ, C. A., 86, Loughborough Road, Brixton.

RICHARDS, ALFRED, Camberwell House, Peckham Road.

RICHARDS, JOSEPH READ, 549, Old Kent Road, S.E.

RICHARDSON, JOHN, Rev., M.A., Camberwell Grove.

RICKS, GEO., B.Sc., London School Board, Victoria Embankment.

ROBERTS, J. H., Eldon House, Peckham Road, Camberwell.

ROGERS, WM., Elm Grove, Eye Lane, Peckham.

ROGERS, CHARLES, Rev., LL.D., Grampian Lodge, Forest Hill.

ROGERS, EDWARD DRESSER, Hanover Park, Peckham.

Ross, W., Old Kent Road.

ROWLEY, MRS., Norwood Lodge, South Norwood.

ROWLEY, Miss, Norwood Lodge, South Norwood.

ROYCROFT, JOHN, 6, Brixton Rise.

SALVAGE, J. V., Wellington Villa, Croxted Road, Dulwich.

SAUNDERS, HENRY, The Retreat, Dulwich.

SAVAGE, ALFRED, Blenheim Villa, Blenheim Grove, Peckham.

SAWYER, WM., F.S.A., Red Lion House, Fleet Street.

SCHWARTZE, HELMUTH, Osnabruck House, Denmark Hill.

SCOTT, JOHN, Cannon Street, E.C.

SEARLE, WM., Church Street, Camberwell.

SHARP, MRS., Belmont House, North Brixton.

SHONFELD, PETER, 3, Denman Road, Peckham.

SHOULTS, FRED., South Grove.

SHOULTS, WM., 37, Camberwell Grove.

SIMPSON, MILES, Oakfield House, Champion Hill.

SMITH, SAMUEL, Rev., M.A., St. George's, Peckham.

SMITHERS, JOHN, Camberwell Workhouse.

SPARKHALL, A. B., 18(3, Strand.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

STEINITZ, CHAS., Cainberwell Hall, Grove Lane.

STEINMAN, STEINMAN G., Sundridge, Sevenoaks.

STEVENS, CHARLES, Surrey Villa, Talfourd Road, Camberwell.

STEVENS, HAROLD, Goldsmith House, Peckham.

STOCKER, Dr., Peckham House.

STONE, H. D., The Right Hon., Aid., J.P., (Lord Mayor of the City of London.)

STONE, W. H., J.P., Casino, Herne Hill.

STRONG, RICHARD, J.P., Camberwell Grove.

STRONG, OSWALD, 3, Weighton Road, Annerley.

STYAN, MRS., 90, Camberwell Grove.

SUGDEN, JOHN, Peckham Grove.

TAGG, JAMES, 2, The Terrace, Peckham Rye.

THOMPSON, J. G., M.A., St. Mary's College, Hanover Park, Peckham.

THOMPSON, R. H., 14, Hanover Park, Peckham.

THORNHILL, JAMES, Camden House, Talfourd Road.

THORNTON, RICHARD, The Hoo, Sydenham Hill.

TILLING, THOMAS, Winchester House, Peckham.

TURNEY, G. L., 198, Camberwell Grove.

VANHOUSE, Miss, 93, Grove Lane, Camberwell.

VINCENT, R., Camberwell Road.

WADE, R. J., 12, The Gardens, Peckham Rye.

WALLIS, H. E., 106, Camberwell Grove.

WARREN, JOHN WM., Junr., Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Hill.

WATKINS, MRS., 75, High Street, Banbury.

WAIKINS & Co., Earl Street, Camberwell.

WATNEY, JAMES, M.P., Pimlico, S.W.

WATT, JAMES, Lynton Lodge, Alleyn Road, West Dulwich.

WEBSTER, GEO., M.D., J.P., Dulwich.

WEIGHT, JONAH, Rye Lane, Peckham.

WELLBORNE, CHARLES, 12, North Terrace, Camberwell.

WELLER, JOHN, Rectory Nursery, East Dulwich.

WELLS, W., Guildford.

WEST, P. W., MRS. , Blackheath Park.

WESTWOOD, JOHN, Manor House, Dulwich.

WHEELER, JAMES, Grove Park, Camberwell.

WHICHER, CHAS., Dulwich.

WHITE, CHAS. TURNER, 8, Bishopsgate Street, E.G.

WHITE, JAMES PARKER, 7, Champion Terrace, Brunswick Square, Camberwell.

WHITE, GEO. AUG., 236, Camberwell New Road.

WHITE, NATHANIEL, 33, Crowhurst Road, Brixton,

WHITEHEAD, THOMAS, Blenheim Cottage, Court Lane, Dulwich.

WHITELEY, G. C., The Chestnuts, Dulwich Common.

WIGG, LEONARD, 25, Claremont Terrace, Cold Harbor Lane.

WILKINSON, B. G., Bermondsey Street, S.E.

WILLES, SIDNEY, Hill Street, Peckham.

WILLIAMS, G. T., Camberwell Grove.

WOLTON, J. H., The Woodlands, Peckham Rye.

WOOD, WM., Lyndhurst Grove.

WRIGHT, THOMAS, Church Street, Camberwell.

WYLD, Miss, 8, Gloucester Road, Hyde Park.

YOUNG, WM., Dulwich Common.

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DA Blanch, William Harriett

685 Ye parish of Camerwell

C17B6
1875

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