THE GOVERNORS are, THE FOUR WARDENS of THE GROCERS' COMPANY, for the time being.

The Provost and Two Senior Fellows of ORIEL COLLEGE, Oxford, are VISITORS of the School.

The School-house is a handsome Pile of Building, which together with the Garden and a Close or Play-ground in front of the School, stand upon two acres of ground. There is an avenue of aged Elms leading to the School, but in a very decayed state: And, indeed, the House and Garden walls are in such a dilapidated condition, that unless some repairs speedily take place, they must fall.

The present Head-Master, and three other Gentlemen his Contemporaries and now in the Church, received their education in this School.

NEW WOODSTOCK.

THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL at NEW WOODSTOCK was founded and endowed in 1585, by Mr. CORNWELL, a native of this place, under a Royal License from Queen ELIZABETH,— Who, on the 7th of May, in the 41st year of her reign, granted an additional License to THOMAS BROWNE, the then Mayor, and Commonalty, to hold and receive any other possessions of the clear yearly value of £100.,—of which £20. per annum were assigned to the Master, and the remainder to be applied to the support of "Impotent Soldiers" within the Borough.

The Corporation are Trustees,-And the Master must be a Clergyman of the Established Church.

The School is for the benefit of the sons of Freemen, who pay 10s..6d. per Quarter for reading, writing, and arithmetic, and £1..1..0, if they are taught the Classics.

The present Master is, The Revd. SAMUEL JACKSON, whose Salary is £30. per annum. When this Gentleman came here, the late Duke of MARLBOROUGH presented the Trustees with an excellent house, for the Master's residence, having a good garden and play-ground. His terms for Boarders are, 25 guineas a year for boys under 10 years of age,-for boys above that age 30 guineas,-and for Parlour Boarders £40. Under himself, and Assistant, they receive both a Classical and Mathematical education. Although the House is large enough to accommodate 50 boys, Mr. JACKSON does not intend to exceed half that number. He was appointed in 1817.

It is "the Wish of the Trustees of the School, that no information should be transmitted."

THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS at OAKHAM, and UPFINGHAM,

were founded about the year 1584, in the reign of Queen ELIZABETH, by that excellent and learned Divine, The Revd. ROBERT JOHNSON, S. T. B., (Son of MAURICE JOHNSON, Esq., of Stamford, and Member of Parliament for that Borough, in 1523), Rector of North Luffenham, in the County of Rutland, and Archdeacon of Leicester.

THE STATUTES and ORDINANCES, which were drawn up by THE FOUNDER, are dated the 7th of June, in the First year of the reign of King CHARLES the First, 1625: being the year in which this good man expired, at the advanced age of EIGHTY-FIVE. They are as follow,

THE STATUTES and ORDINANCES of me ROBERT JOHNSON, Clerk, Archdeacon of Leicester, for and concerning the ordering, governing, and maintaining of my Free Schools, and of the Hospitals of Christ in Oakham and Uppingham, in the County of Rutland, whereof I am Founder and Patron,

One book or original whereof shall be put into and kept in CHRIST'S HOSPITAL in Oakham, and the other in CHRIST'S

HOSPITAL in Uppingham, each in a chest with three several locks, the keys whereof, one to be in the custody of me, and after my decease, of my right heir male, from time to time Patron and Governor of the Goods, Possessions, and Revenues of the said Schools and Hospitals, and a second of the Governor near dwelling that Hospital, appointed by the major part, and the third of the Schoolmaster and Warden of that Hospital.

Cap. I.

Of the Governors.

Whereas by God's grace I have founded and built a SCHOOL in the Town of Oakham, in the County of Rutland, as also an HOSPITAL in the same, called CHRIST'S HOSPITAL; and have founded and built one other SCHOOL in the Town of Uppingham, in the County aforesaid, as also an HOSPITAL in the same, called by the name of CHRIST'S HOSPITAL; and have in the said Towns purchased certain lands, and also built certain houses for the habitation of my Schoolmasters and Wardens, Ushers and Sub-wardens, and Poor Men and Women, and have hitherto so employed them; and have also purchased divers hereditaments, revenues, and tenements of the late Queen ELIZABETH Of famous memory, for the maintenance of my said Schoolmasters, Ushers, Poor Men, and certain Poor Scholars; I do by these presents confirm, ordain, and constitute, certain Governors, to the number of FOUR and TWENTY, of all these the said hereditaments, revenues, and tenements, and all other lands, tenements, and possessions whatsoever, goods and chattels appertaining any way to the sustentation and use of all and every, or any of the said Schools or Hospitals, or Poor Scholars; as also of my lands, goods, or chattels, that shall hereafter be given, purchased, or come to the same, to dispose of the same toward the maintainance of the said Schools and Hospitals, and the Members thereof, as aforesaid. I do confirm, ordain, and appoint, that the Reverend Father in God the now Lord Bishop of London, and the now Lord Bishop of Peterborough, and the now Dean of Westminster, the now Dean of Peterborough, the now Archdeacon of Northampton, the now Master of Trinity College in Cambridge, and the now Master of Saint John's College, in Cambridge, and their successors, are and shall be from time to time for ever Governors of the goods, possessions, and revenues of my said Schools, and the said Hospitals, without any new election or nomination. And that EDWARD Lord Zouch and ABRAHAM JOHNSON, Esquire, who alone are now living of them that were Governors of the said goods, possessions, and revenues, by the Letters Patent, shall so continue during their lives. I do also ordain that after my decease, my right heir male, from

time to time, for ever, shall be and shall be called PATRON of my said Schools, and of the said Hospitals, and that such my right heir male from time to time, if he be of full age when his next ancestor died, and that there be a Governorship void, shall be then actually a Governor of the goods, possessions, and revenues aforesaid, and shall then be nominated, chosen, and confirmed one, by the Governors. I do ordain that these Governors and their Successors shall choose toward the filling up of the number of the Governors that are wanting, to the number of TWENTY-FOUR, ISAAC JOHNSON, Esquire, SAMUEl Johnson, Gent., my grandchildren, WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY, Parson of Glaston, WILLIAM PEACHIE, Vicar of Oakham, RICHARD JOHNSON, Parson of Barrowden, JoHN WILDBORE, Parson of Tinwell, ZACHARY JENKINSON, Parson of Teigh, JOHN GIBSON, Parson of Clipsham, HUMPHRY STEVENS, Parson of Stoke, THOMAS GIBSON, Parson of Ridlington, Samuel Gibson, Vicar of Burley, RICHARD SWAN, Parson of Preston, JONATHAN TONGUE, Curate of North-Luffenham, JOHN CLARKE, my Schoolmaster of Uppingham, JEREMY WHITAKER, my Schoolmaster of Oakham, whom I do choose and will that they be confirmed GOVERNORS of the goods and revenues of my Schools and Hospitals, and their Successors for ever.

When a place of Governorship which is not successive, falleth void, the Governors then being shall choose either a knight, esquire, or gentleman, well known and reputed of by them who dwell in the diocese of Peterborough, or some minister whom they know to be a learned and pious man, a Master of Arts at least, and a Parson or Vicar within the Diocese of Peterborough, in Rutland, or of my Schoolmasters of Oakham and Uppingham. Cap. II.

Of the Schoolmasters.

I ordain also, that there shall be a Schoolmaster of each of my Free Grammar Schools of Oakham and Uppingham aforesaid, who shall be at the time of his election, and so continue, an honest and discreet man, Master of Arts, and diligent in his place, painful in the educating of children in good learning and religion, such as can make a Greek and Latin verse. If he shall prove to be negligent in his place, and of lewd conversation, the major part of the Governors in the Diocese of Peterborough shall admonish him thrice, either viva voce or under their hands set in one paper; and if he do not reform himself, the major part of the Governors aforesaid shall deprive him of the place, and chuse another in his stead. But otherwise if my Schoolmasters be painful and careful in their places, I desire and hope that the Governors will encourage them, and mend their Stipends, if they can conveniently. And I do ordain that their Stipend