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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: RUGBY FROM THE PLANKS. PART I. THE HISTORY OF RUGBY SCHOOL. A BRIEF CHRONICLE OF EVENTS RELATING TO RUGBY SCHOOL FROM ITS FOUNDATION IN 1567, TO THE PRESENT YEAR, 1887 isio. RMOMETIME early in the reign of Henry VIII., between, MtsMl as ' 's conjec'ured, the years 1510 and 1520, Lawrence 1J67 ESSfil Sheriff, the Founder of Rugby School, was born at Rugby. 22 July. Lawrence Sheriff executed his will, directing his body to be buried in the Parish Church of Rugby, bequeaths /so. towards the building of a School House at Rugby, leaves his real estate in Warwickshire, vizt., at Rugby and Brownsover, for a Free Grammar School and the maintenance of Almsmen, and leaves 100. for the purchase of land. 25 July. Deed. Intent of Lawrence Sheriff, whereby he fixes the salary of the Schoolmaster at 12. per annum, at the present day equivalent to 180. si August. Lawrence Sheriff executed a Codicil to his Will. By this he revoked the Legacy of oo. left to purchase land, and in lieu left one-third of 24 acres of land in Lamb's Conduit fields, Middlesex, to the School. This ultimately proved to be the great source of income to the School. September. Lawrence Sheriff died at his house in Newgate Street, London. 8 SbM.em Lawrence Sheriff buried at Christchurch, Newgate Street, the old Church of the Grey Friars, destroyed in the fire of London in 1666. The register of his burial is still preserved. His direction to be buried at Rugby was disregarded, ber si. Will and Codicil of Lawrence Sheriff proved at London. Leafet, April, 1887. 1579, Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke, widow of Lawrence Sheriff, died. 2 April. ]yirs. Elizabeth Clarke buried at Christchurch, Newgate Street. ay' Funeral Certificate granted by the Heralds College. 1579. Birth of John Howkins..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217986038 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021798603X |
| Weight | 0.81 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 In |
| List Price | $20.77 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 246 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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