The Foundation of the Hospital and Free School of King Charles II., Oxmantown Dublin; Commonly Called the Blue Coat School with Notices of Some of Its (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. 1685-1702. TEMP. JAMES II. AND WILLIAM III. In the years following the death of our royal Founder the journal of the Hospital is rather jejune. It was not now a favourite with the Government at the Castle. The school work, however, went on as before. Sir Abel Ram was Lord Mayor and Chairman in 1685, Sir John Knox in 1686, and Sir John Castleton in 1687, and several of the original governors are still on the Board, including Sir Josua Allen, Sir Humphrey Jervis, the two Desminieres, Sir Francis Brewster and Enoch Reader, but none of the distinguished co-opted governors seem to have attended. In October, 1685, Mr. Benjamin Colquit resigned, and the Rev. Nicholas Knight became Chaplain and Head-master. His letters of presentation by the governors to Francis Marsh, Archbishop of Dublin, pursuant to the Charter, are inscribed in our minute book in Latin, quaint, if not very classical. The Lord Mayor and Corporation style themselves, --Dominus Major, Vice Comites, ct cives Civitatis Dublin, indiubitati patroni Hospitii, of the late Lord King Car. II., and they supplicate his Grace, whom they address in the vocative, --Revercndissime Pater, to admit their beloved Nicholas Knight, clericum, to exercise all the duties in the Hospital. Dei Vcrbi predicatoris, puerumquc eruditoris. Knight so continued up to May 1687, when "on his preferment," as our minute book runs, the Rev. Thomas King became Chaplain and master in his stead. Of King we hear more anon. In September, 1686, we have our first entry recording trouble with our boys; it gives a sample of the summary discipline then in vogue. Some twelve boys were detected in taking money out of the Hospital poor box. It couldn't have been much, but Master Andrew Roulston the ringleader, ran away for a week, and...