[English History Collection] – Brooke-Hunt, Violet.

The Story of Westminster Abbey. [Prize – Binding / Stunning Victorian Leather Binding by Relfe Brothers Ltd. London for the Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Minster with exceptional gilted emblemata to frontcover: “Gubernato Libere Scole Grammatice in Winborne MinsterSigillum Commune – Elizabeth Regine Anno 1563”].

Twelfth Thousand. London, James Nisbet & Co, No date (1902). 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm. IX, 356 pages, including photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover full morocco in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation inscription by Rev. J.M.J.Hetcher to J. Cutler [Small stamp: “Tilley’s Library Wimbourne” to endpaper].

Includes for example the following chapters: The Hallowing of the Abbey / Saxons and Normans at Westminster / With Kings and Queens in Edward’s Shrine / Edward III. and Queen Philippa / Richard II. and Queen Anne / Henry V. and his Chantry / The Wars of the Roses and the Third Royal Builder / The Abbey and the Reformation / In the Chapel of Henry VII / From the Stuarts to our own Times / Puritans and Cavaliers in the Abbey / Chaucer / Spenser, Addison, and the Poets’ Corner / Garrick, Doctor Johnson, and Sheridan / The Musicians in the Abbey / Wilberforce and his Fellow-Workers / Pitt and the Statesmen’s Corner / Lawrence and the Indian Heroes / Dickens Browning and Tennyson / A Last Wander Around etc.

″Being some Accounts of that Ancient Foundation, its Builders and those who Sleep therin.” Also Author of “Prisoners in the Tower of London” “Lord Roberts,” etc.

Regarding the price – binding: Queen Elizabeth’s was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), the mother of Henry VII. Her father, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, occupied the Kingston Lacy estate in the mid-15th century and Lady Margaret was brought up there.
When John Beaufort died he was buried at Wimborne Minster and his daughter set up a chantry to say masses for his soul in perpetuity. Later, in her will, she included a provision that the chantry priest “should teach Grammar freely to all who come thereto”. Tithes on properties belonging to her estate were assigned for the payment of the Grammar School’s expenses.
In 1563 Queen Elizabeth I reconfirmed the provisions of Lady Margaret’s will on condition that from then on the school be known as Queen Elizabeth’s Free Grammar School in Wimborne Minster.(Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Addison · Browning · Chapel · Dickens · Edward III · Edward’s Shrine · English History Collection · Hallowing · Henry V · Library & Collection Building · London – Section of English History Collection · Normans · Prize Binding · Puritans · Queen Philippa · Reformation · Richard II · Saxons · Spenser · Tennyson · Westminster Abbey · Wilberforce
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 78125AB