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TSDITOR OF.BACON'S 'ANNALLS OF IPSW "' AND FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF ABINGDON SCHOOL LONDON HENRY FROWDE ,'../..,. ,; OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE jffjl$ AMEN CORNER, E.C. ■{■ (j$Mj& | I 1902 '^:> , ^.r v ii^f;.}- \ P\5ons)D\ TO BROMLEY CHALLENOR, Esq. TOWN CLERK OF THE BOROUGH OF ABINGDON AND EDITOR OF ITS ' MUNICIPAL CHRONICLES ' THIS LIST IS CORDIALLY INSCRIBED A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON TOPOGRAPHICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN. 1. ' Domesday Book ' (Records Commission). Lon- don. 1783-1816. Fol. Vol. I. f. 58 a. ' Domesday Book.' Facsimile of part relating to Berks. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. 1863. 4to. p. vi. 2. Leland, J. ' The Itinerary of John Leland,' ed. by Thomas Hearne, M.A. 3rd ed. 1769. Vol. VII. PP- 73-83- 3. ' Beauties of England and Wales.' London. 1801. 8vo. Vol. I. p. 158, with an engraving of Abingdon Market House. 4. Britton, J. 'Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain/ by John Britton, F.S.A. London. 1807. 4to. Vol. I, with an engraving of St. Nicholas Church and the Abbey Gateway. 5. Lysons, D. and S. ' Magna Britannia.' London. 1813. 4to. Vol. I. pt. 2 (Berks.), with plates of portions of Abingdon Abbey. 6. Pigot's 'Directory of Berkshire,' 1823-4, 1830. (The other editions of this work do not contain Berks.) 7. Moule, T. 'The English Counties Delineated,' by Thomas Moule. London. 1837. 4to. Vol. II. 8. Bailey's 'British Directory.' 4 vols. London. 1784. 8vo. Vol. II. p. 341. (Forty-two names only in Abingdon.) 9. ' The Universal British Directory of Trade, Com- A 2 4 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON merce, and Manufacture.' 3 vols. By Peter Barfoot and John Wilkes. London. 1793. 8vo. Vol. II. pp. 10-14. 10. Kelly's 'Directories of Berkshire/ 1848, 1852, 1854, 1864, 1869, 1877, 1881, 1883, 1891, 1895, 1899. 11. Lewis, S. ' A Topographical Dictionary of Eng- land,' by Samuel Lewis. 4 vols. London. 1849. 4to. Vol. I. 12. ' The Geology of Parts of Oxfordshire and Berk- shire, from the Geological Survey of Great Britain,' by E. Hull and W. Whitaker, with map. London (H. M. Stationery Office). 1861. 8vo. The same continued, by H. W. Bristow and W. Whitaker. 1862. 8vo. 13. Ordnance Survey of the town of Abingdon, 1874, in thirteen sheets, scale -g^y (with houses ruled). 14. 'Return of Owners of Land in England and Wales.' 2 vols. London. 1875. Fol. (Berks in Vol. I.) 15. Davis, L. 'English Illustrated Magazine,' No. 68, May, 1889 (Macmillans). (Article on Abingdon, by Louis Davis, with illustrations by the Author.) 16. ' Transactions of the Newbury Field Club." Newbury. 1895. 8vo.- Vol. IV. 17. ' List and Index of Court Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office.' Part I. 1896. Fol. p. 135. 18. ' Berks, Bucks, and Oxon Archaeological Journal.' Reading. 8vo. Vol. II (1896-7), p. 63; Vol. V (1899- 1900), p. 55. 19. Map of the Environs of Abingdon (Ordnance Survey), printed in colours. Scale 1 inch to a mile. Southampton. 1898. 20. Belcher, J. 'The Later Renaissance Architec- ture in England,' by John Belcher, A.R.A., and M. E. Macartney. London. 1901. Fol. Vol. II. pp. 76-7, with a fine plate, No. CVIII, of Abingdon Market House. PARLIAMENTAR Y NAVIGATION. 1. 'Abingdon Canal, a Short Statement of Facts in Answer to the Case of the.' London. Fol. sheet. (No date.) 2. 'Reports of the Engineers (Robert Mylne and William Jessop) appointed by the Commissioners of the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Isis to survey the state of the said Navigation from Lechlade to Day's Lock,' with map, list of weirs belonging to locks, an account of tolls payable between Cricklade and Staines, estimates of expenses for proposed works, and some resolutions and orders of the Commissioners. 1 791. 8vo. 3. ' Report the Second by Mr. Mylne, Surveyor and Engineer, on the Navigation of the River Thames between Lechlade and Whitchurch.' 1791. 8vo. 4. 'Report of the Committee of Commissioners of the Navigation of the Thames and Isis, appointed to survey the Rivers from Lechlade to Whitchurch, by the General Meeting, held 31st of May, 1791.' Oxford. 1791. . 8vo. 5. ' The Book of the Thames,' by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall. London. 1877. 4to. (Abingdon, pp. 107-15.) 6. Map of the Thames from Lechlade to London (Pocket Edition), combined with a Guide, by Henry W. Taunt. 4th ed. Oxford. (No date.) 7. 'Isis and Thamesis,' by Alfred J. Church, M.A. London. 1886. 8vo. (Illustrated.) PARLIAMENTARY. 1. Willis, B. ' Notitia Parliamentarian by Browne Willis. London. 1701-15. 2 vols. 8vo. Another Edition, 1715-50. 3 vols. 8vo. 2. Bohun, W. ' A Collection of Debates, &c. of the House of Commons, touching the right of electing Members of Parliament.' 1702. Fol. (The Abingdon election case referred to.) 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON 3. 'The Statesmen of Abingdon, a full answer to the true letter written by the body politick of that Cor- poration on the occasion of their late election of Mr. Harcourt,' &c. London. 1702. 8vo. 4. * A Letter from Abingdon to a Friend in London.' Simon Harcourt chosen Burgess of Abingdon. The Corporation desire him to persevere in the faith : to enquire after the promoters of the last dissolution, &c. Abingdon, Thursday, 20th November, 1701. Broadside. No imprint. London. 1701. Fol. R. L. (No. 799, Earl of Crawford's Collection of Broadsides.) 5. Poll List. ' An Exact List of those who polled at the Election of a Member of Parliament for Abingdon, in the County of Berks, on the 24th day of April, 1724.' Fol. sheet. Poll List. ' A Full Report of the Speeches and other Proceedings connected with the Election of a Representative for the Borough of Abingdon.' 30 July, 1830, with Poll List. Abingdon. (1830.) 8vo. Poll List. 'Abingdon Election, 1854.' Reading. (1854.) 8vo. 6. Carew, T. ' A Historical Account of the rights of Elections in Great Britain,' by Thomas Carew. 2 parts. London. 1755. Fol. (Abingdon Elections referred to.) 7. Douglas, S. ' History of the cases of Controverted Elections, 15 & 16 Geo. III.' (1774-6.) 4 vols. London. 1775-7. 8vo. (Abingdon case, vol. I. pp. 417-58.) 8. Smith, H. S. ' The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections, containing (also) the Uncontested Elections since 1830/ by Henry Stooks Smith. 2nd ed. London. 1842. i2mo. (Abingdon Elections, 1766-1841.) 9. Smith, H. S. ' The Parliaments of England from 1 Geo. I (1715) to the present time.' London. 3 vols. 1844-50. Vol. I : Beds, to Notts., 1844. Vol. II : Oxon. to Wales, 1845. Vol. Ill : Disfranchised Boroughs, Scotland, Ireland, &c, 1850, with an Appen- dix of Eng. Pari. Elections, 1844-7. 10. Crosby, G. ' Parliamentary Record of Elections,' by George Crosby. Four editions, 1838, 1839, 1846 and 1849. i2mo. (Abingdon Elections, 1 754-1845.) HISTORICAL 7 11. O'Byrne, R. H. 'The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland.' Part II : Berks. (Abing- don, pp. 82-6.) London, 1848. 8vo. 12. Return of Members of Parliament (ordered by the House of Lords to be printed, 11 Aug. 1879). Pt. I. Parliaments of England, 1213-1702. Pt. II. Parliaments of Great Britain, 1705-96: of the United Kingdom, 1801-74: Scotland, 1357-1707 : and Ireland, 1559-1800. Index to Pt. I, with Appendix and Corrigenda. Index to Part II (printed by order of the House of Commons, 8 April, 1891), with Appendix and Corrigenda. 4 vols. Fol. 1879-91. HISTORICAL. 1. ' The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,' with translation by Benjamin Thorpe. (Rolls Series.) 2 vols. London. 1861. 8vo. ' The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,' ed. by John Earle, M.A Oxford. 1865. 8vo. 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,' ed. by Charles Plummer, M.A. 2 vols. Oxford. 1892-9. 8vo. 2. ' Abington's and Aislesburie's present miseries . . . being lately plundered by Prince Robert (Rupert) and his Cavaliers ..." by G. H. London. (1642.) 4to. 3. Brown, Sir R. 'The Lord Digbie's desire to betray Abingdon,' by Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Brown. London. 1644. 4to. 4. ' The taking of Gateshead Hill and blocking up of Newcastle : also, the perticulars of the Defeat given to the Oxford Forces near Abbington.' London. 1644. 4to. 5. Payne, G. (Col.). 'A letter from Colonell Pane, Governour of Abbington, to Maj.-Gen. Browne, con- cerning the gaining of Abbington by the Enemy, and its recovery by our forces . . . With an other letter (signed M.W.) from an officer of the said garrison,' &c. 6 pp. London : (W. Leake.) 1645 (O. S.). 4to. 6. 'Abingdon in 1644,' a lecture by H. G. Tomkins. Abingdon. 1845. 8vo. 8 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON * 7. Symonds, R. ' Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army during the Great Civil War, by Richard Symonds,' ed. C. E. Long. (Camden Soc. Vol. 74.) 1859. 4to. 8. Conway, J. P. 'The story of Early and Mediaeval Abingdon/ by the Rev. John Placid Conway, O.P. 39 pp. London. 1885. 8vo. 9. Davis, J. G. 'A Short History of Abingdon,' by John G.Davis. Abingdon (W.H.Hooke). 1894. i2mo. 10. Hearne, T. ' Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne.' (Oxford Hist. Soc.) Vol. Ill: ed. C. E. Doble, M.A. 1899, Vol. IV : ed. D. W. Rannie, M.A. 1898. Vol. V : ed. same. 1901. 11. Green, J. R., M.A., and Roberson, G., M.A. 'Studies in Oxford History.' (Oxf. Hist. Soc): ed. C. L. Stainer, M.A 1901. MUNICIPAL. 1. Madox, T. ' Firma Burgi, an Historical Essay concerning the Cities, Towns, and Buroughs of* England, by Thomas Madox, Esquire, His Majesty's Historiographer.' London. 1726. Fol. 2. Spinage, J. ' The Reasonableness and Advan- tages of Granting Fines Certain by Corporations.' Address'd to the Corporation of Abingdon, by John Spinage. 6*. 1755. (? Oxford.) 3. Owen, W. ' An account published by the King's authority, of all the Fairs in England and Wales, by William Owen.' London. 1756. i2mo. Other editions in 1783, 1792, 1813, 1856, and 1859. 4. Brady, R. 'An Historical Treatise of Cities and Burghs or Boroughs,' by Robert Brady, M.D. London. 1777. 8vo. (Abingdon, p. 51.) 5. Bridges, J. 'A Book of Fairs, or a Guide to West-Country Travellers,' collected by J. Bridges in the sixty-first year of his Travels. London. 1800. i2mo. 6. ' Rules for the Government of Reading and Abingdon Gaols.' 1825. 8vo. MUNICIPAL. 9 7. ' Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales, as established by the Boundaries'. Act, ii July, 1832/ 2 vols. London. 1832. Fol. (Abing- don, vol. I. plate 4.) 8. Cockburn, A. ' The Corporations of England and Wales,' by Alexander J. E. Cockburn (afterwards L.C.J.). Vol. I. p. 193. London. 1835.. 8vo. 9. ' Municipal Corporation Boundaries (England and Wales); Report of the Commissioners.' 2parts. London. 1837. Fol. ' Municipal Corporation Boundaries (England and Wales) ; Plans.' London. 1837. Sq. fol. 10. Sharp, T. 'Municipal Government in the Borough of Abingdon, 1835-9,' by Thomas Sharp. (Abingdon.) 1859. 4to. 11. 'Abingdon Municipal Records,' Historical MSS. Commission. Appendices to Reports. London. Fol. Vol. I (1870), pp. 98-9: Vol. II (1871), pp. 149-50. 12. ' First Report of the Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls.' Vol. I. London. 1889. Fol. 13. 'Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century,' by George C. Williamson. 2 vols. London. 1889. 8vo. (Abingdon, vol. I. pp. 19-20.) 14. ' Index to Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and Exchequer.' Public Record Office. 1892. Fol. 15. Jewitt, L. ' The Corporation Plate and Insignia of Office of the Cities and Towns of England and Wales,' by Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A., ed. and enlarged by W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. 2 vols. London. 1895. 4 t0 - (Abingdon, vol. I. pp. 17-22.) 16. ' List of Original Ministers' Accounts in the Public Record Office.' Parts I and II, with Index. 1894-7. Fol. 17. Challenor, B. ' Selections from the Municipal Chronicles of the Borough of Abingdon, from a. d. 1555 to the present time,' ed. by Bromley Challenor, Town Clerk. Abingdon (Hooke). 1898. 4to, a 3 io BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC. 1. 'Visitation of Berks, 1532/ by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceux, ed. by Oswald Barron. Exeter (Pollard). 1898. 8vo. 2. ' Visitation of Berks, 1566/ by William Harvey, Clarenceux, ed. by W. C. Metcalfe, F.S.A. Exeter (Pollard). 1885. 8vo. (Contains confirmation of arms to the Borough of Abingdon.) 3. 'Visitation of Berks, 1664-6,' by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, ed. by W. C. Metcalfe, F.SA. Exeter (Pollard). 1882. 8vo. 4. 'Berks County Pedigrees/ by William Berry. (Lithog.) 1837. Fol. 5. ' History of the Reed Family in Europe and America,' by Jacob Whittemore Reed. Boston, U.S.A. 1864. 8vo. 6. ' Index to Wills proved and Administrations granted in the Court of the Archdeacon of Berks, 1508 to 1652,' ed. by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) Oxford. 1893. 8vo. (Contains refer- ences to many Abingdon wills.) 7. 'A Record of the Redes of Barton Court,' by Comptori Reade. Hereford. 1899. 4to. CHARITIES. 1. ' Report of the Commissioners on Charities for the Education of the Poor.' 1819. Fol. (See under 'Abingdon School.') 2. 'An Account of the Charitable Donations to places within the County of Berks,' by Francis Charles Parry, A.M., Barrister-at-Law, of the Middle Temple. London. 1818. 4to. 3. ' Reports of the Commissioners for England con- cerning Charities.' 1837. Fol. (pp. 251-74 relate to Abingdon.) 4. 'List of Proceedings of the Commissioners for Charitable Uses, pursuant to Statt. 39 Eliz. c. 6, and 43 Eliz. c. 4, in the Public Record Office.' London. 1899. Fol. (Abingdon, pp. 3-6.) SERMONS, ETC. n ECCLESIASTICAL. 1. 'The Antiquities of Berkshire,' by Elias Ash mole, Esq. 3 vols. 2nd ed. London. 1723. 8vo (Notes on Abingdon Churches and Christ's Hospital, vol. I. pp. 1 1 1-34.) Fol. ed. Reading. 1736. 4to ed London. 1761. 2. ' Liber Regis, vel Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesi asticarum,' by John Bacon, Esq.. London. 1786. 4to, (Abingdon, p. 905.) 3. Nichols, J. ' Illustrations of Manners and Ex penses of Ancient Times in England, in the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries,' by John Nichols. London. 1797 4to. (Contains churchwardens' accounts of St. Helen's, Abingdon, pp. 140-47.) 4. Ward, J. ' Extracts from the Churchwarden's Accounts of the Parish of St. Helen, Abingdon, from 1 Philip and Mary to 34 Queen Elizabeth, with Ob- servations on them,' by Prof. J. Ward. Archaeologia, vol. I, pp. 13-25. 1804. 4to. 5.- ' Taxatio Ecclesiastica, Angliae et Walliae, aucto- ritate P. Nicholai IV, circa a. d. 1291.' London. Fol. 1802. (Abingdon Abbey, Churches, and the Hospital of St. John.) 6. 'Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII.' London. Fol. 1814. pp. 155-7. 7. ' Report of the Commissioners' appointed to En- quire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales.' London. 1835. Fol. (Abingdon, pp. 822-3.) 8. 'Index Ecclesiasticus.' Lists of Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales from 1800 to 1840, by Joseph Foster. Oxford (Parkers). 1890. 8vo. 9. ' The Cathedrals, Abbeys, and Churches of Eng- land and Wales,' by Prof. T. G. Bonney, LL.D., F.R.S. London. 1891. 4to. (St. Helen's, Abingdon, with illustrations, vol. II, pp. 619-25.) SERMONS, etc. 1. Payne, J. 'An Exposition and Observations upon Saint Paul to the Galatians,' &c, by John Payne. is BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON Compiled from notes of fortnightly discourses at Abingdon, with a dedication to John Pierce, Bishop of Salisbury. 1587. i6mo. 2. Eglesfield, J. ' A Heavenly Hymne to the King of Heaven.' A sermon on Mark vii. 37, by James Eglesfield, M.A. (sometime Vicar of St. Helen's, Abing- don). London. 1640. 8vo. 3. Canaries (Canarys), J. ' Rome's additions to Christianity.' A sermon on Gal. v. 6, by James Canaries, D.D. (sometime Vicar of St. Helen's, Abing- don). Edinburgh. 1686. 4to. 4. Carswell, F. ' Abington Assizes. England's Restoration paralleled in Judah's, or the primitive Judge and Counsellor.' A Sermon before the Judge at Abington Assizes, by Francis Carswell, M.A., Vicar of Bray. 1689. 4to. 5. Reeves, W. 'A Discourse before the Knights and Gentlemen of the County at the Assizes holden at Abingdon,' by William Reeves, of St. Mary's, Read- ing. Reading (B. Shirley). 1713. 4to. 6. Scurlock, D. 'A Sermon preached at Abingdon Assizes, Mar. 7th, 1726-7, by David Scurlock, M.A, Vicar of Pottern and Lecturer of Hackney.' London. 1727. i2mo. 7. Spry, J. 'A Sermon at the Bishop's Visitation at Abingdon, by the Rev. John Spry, B.D., Rector of West Hendred.' 1741. 8vo. 8. Stennett, J. 'A Sermon preached at Abingdon, on the occasion of the decease of Mrs. Mary Roberts, by Joseph Stennett, D.D.' London. 1754. 8vo. 9. Portal, A. * A Sermon (on Acts xvi. 29-30) preached on the 1st of April, 1750, on the occasion of the late Earthquakes, &c, by Andrew Portal, M.A. (sometime Vicar of St. Helen's, Abingdon, and after- wards Head Master of Abingdon School).' Oxford. (1755.) 8vo. 10. Turner, D. ' A Sermon on the death of Mrs. H. Tomkins, of Abingdon,' by the Rev. Daniel Turner, Baptist Minister at Abingdon. London. 1761. 8vo. SERMONS, ETC. 13 11. Turner, D. 'A Sermon on the death of Mrs. E. Tomkins, of Abingdon.' Abingdon. 1769. 8vo. 12. Turner, D. 'A Sermon on the death of the Rev. Joseph Stennett.' Abingdon. 1769. 8vo. 13. Turner, D. 'Short Meditations on Select Por- tions of Scripture.' Abingdon. 1771. i6mo. Also Oxford (1785), i2mo. 14. Turner, D. 'The Gracious Presence of God.' A Sermon on the death of the Rev. S. Stennett, D.D., Aug. 25, 1795, preached at Abingdon. Oxford. 1795. 8vo. 15. Raban, J. 'Strictures on a Sermon preached by the Rev. E. Barry, B.D., Rector of St. Mary's, Wallingford, at the Archdeacon's Visitation at Abing- don, Wednesday, 3rd May, 1809, by J. Raban.' Henley. 1809. 8vo. 16. Pearson, H. N. 'A Sermon (on Ps. cxxvi. 3) preached in St. Martin's Church, Oxford, Jan. 13, 1814, being the day appointed for a General Thanks- giving, &c, by Hugh Nicholas Pearson, M.A. (some- time Vicar of St. Helen's, Abingdon, and afterwards Dean of Sarum).' 17. Sumner, C. R. 'Two Sermons on Ezek. iii. 17-19 and Deut. xx. 19-20, preached in the Church of St. Helen, Abingdon (being his first and last sermons there), by Charles Richard Sumner, M.A. (sometime Vicar, and afterwards successively Bishop of Llandaff and Winchester).' London. 1822. 8vo. 18. Dodson, N. *A Sermon (on Gen. xviii. 19) preached at St. Helen's Church, Sept. 1, 1825 (on the foundation of Richard Mayott), by Nathaniel Dodson, M.A., Vicar.' Abingdon (Jas. King). 1825. 8vo. 19. Kinsey, W, M. ' The Distinction of Classes into Rich and Poor : a Sermon on the Present Times, by the Rev. W. M. Kinsey, B.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, and Lecturer of St. Nicholas', Abing- don/ delivered at St. Helen's, Abingdon, before the Mayor and Corporation, Sunday, Dec. 5th, 1830, and published at their -desire. Abingdon (C. Evans). 1830. 8vo. 14 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON 20. Green, S. G. 'A Funeral Sermon for Mrs. Leader of Northcourt, Abingdon,' by Samuel G. Green, President of Rawdon College. Abingdon (M. Evans). 1870. ABINGDON ABBEY. 1. Wharton, H. 'Anglia Sacra.' London. 1691. Fol. ' Historia coenobii Abendonensis a prima eius Fundatione ad annum Domini mcxxxi, ex Addita- mentis Chronici FlorentiiWigornensis, authore Monacho Abendoniensi.' Part I, pp. 163-9. 2. Stevens, J. 'The History of Ancient Abbeys' &c, being two additional volumes to Sir William Dugdale's ' Monasticon Anglicanum,' by John Stevens. London. 1722. Fol. (Abingdon, vol. I. p. 506.) 3. Willis, B. ' History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbeys,' by Browne Willis, LL.D. London. 1718. 8vo. 4. Nasmith, J. ' Itineraria Symonis Simeonis et Willelmi de Worcestre,' ed. by James Nasmith, M.A., F.S.A. Cambridge. 1778. 8vo. (Measurements of the Abbey Church, taken by William Botoner (William of Worcester) in the fifteenth century, p. 300.) 5. Tanner, T. 'Notitia Monastica,' by Thomas Tanner, Bishop of St. Asaph, with additions by James Nasmith. London. 1787. Fol. 6. Dugdale, W. ' Monasticon Anglicanum,' by Sir William Dugdale, Kt. London. 181 7. Fol. (Abing- don, vol. II. pp. 505-30.) 7. H alii well, J. O. 'Chronicle of the Monastery of Abingdon, with English translation by James Orchard Halliwell ' ; for the Berkshire Ashmolean Society. Reading. 1844. 4to. 8. Stevenson, J. ' Chronicon Monasterii de Abing- don,' ed. by the Rev. J. Stevenson. (Rolls Ser.) a vols. 1858. 8vo. 9. Kirk, R. E. G. ' Accounts of the Obedentiars of Abingdon Abbey,' ed. by Richard E. G. Kirk. (Camden Soc.) London. 1892. 4to. ABINGDON SCHOOL 15 ABINGDON SCHOOL. 1. Huish, A. ' Priscianus Ephebus ; or, A more full and copious explanation of the Rules of Syntax, hereto- fore briefly Delivered and Printed under the name of Priscianus Nascens,' by Anthony Huish (sometime Head Master of Abingdon School). London. 1608. i8mo. 2. ' Hierusalem ; or, A Vision of Peace, a Sermon on Ps. cxxii. 6, preached at St. Margaret's, Westminster, before the House of Commons,' by Christopher Tesdale, one of the original Fellows of Pembroke College, and a native of Abingdon. London. 1644. Sm. 4to. 3. ' Balliofergus ; or, A Commentary on the Founda- tion, Founders, and Affaires of Balliol College,' by Henry Savage, Master of Balliol. (Containing on pp. 89-98, ' Natalitia Collegii Pembrochiani Oxonii ' ; being an account of the foundation and inauguration of Pembroke College, and of the transfer of the Abingdon Scholars thereto.) Oxford. 1668. 4to. 4. Godwyn, T. 'Romanae Historiae Anthologia. For the use of Abingdon School,' by Thomas Godwyn, B.D. (Head Master). London. 1696. 4to. 5. Portal, A. 'Aeschines contra Ctesiphontem and Demosthenes de Corona, translated into English by Andrew Portal, Lecturer of St. Helen's, Abingdon.' Oxford. 1755. 8vo. Portal, A. ' The Orations of Aeschines against Ctesiphon, and Demosthenes de Corona, translated from the original Greek, and illustrated with Notes, Historical and Critical, by Andrew Portal, Lecturer at St. Helen's, Abingdon, Berks, and Usher of the Free Grammar School.' New ed. rev. Oxford (Slatter). 1830. 6. Bright, H. ' The Praxis ; or, A Course of English and Latin Exercises, by Henry Bright, M.A., Master of New College School, Oxford (sometime Head Master of Abingdon School).' Oxford. 1783. 8vo. 7. Lempriere, J. ' A Classical Dictionary, by John Lempriere, D.D., Head Master of Abingdon School.' (Preface dated from Abingdon, Oct. 1804.) 5th ed. London. 1804. 4to. 16 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON 8. ' First Report of the Commissioners appointed to Enquire into Charities in England for the Education of the Poor.' Session 21 Jan. to 13 July 1819. Vol. X-A. (This Vol. contains the Report as to Abingdon School, and in the Appendix (pp. 1-27) the minutes of evidence taken.) London. Fol. 9. Hewlett, J. 'A Concise Grammar of the English Language, for the use of Abingdon Free School,' by Joseph T. J. Hewlett, M.A., Head Master. (1829.) 10. 'Abingdon School Lists,' 1829, 1830, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1867, 1868, 1878, 1880. 11. Buckler, J. C. 'Sixty Views of Endowed Gram- mar Schools, from Original Drawings,' by J. C. Buckler, with letter-press descriptions. London. 1827. 4to. (Contains an engraving of the exterior of Abingdon School and Head Master's house.) 12. Royal Patent of Foundation (29 June, 1624) and Statutes (1628) of Pembroke College, Oxford (containing the names of the original Tesdale and Wightwick Fellows and Scholars from Abingdon School, and regulations for their future election), together with the Injunctions of Visitors, 1632-1849. Oxford (Parkers). 1853. 8vo. 13. Blundell, B. 'A Brief Memorial of Abingdon Free Grammar School,' by Bezer Blundell, F.S.A. (Published on the occasion of the Tercentenary of the School.) Abingdon (J. G. Davis).. 1863. 8vo. 14. Tomkins, H. G. ' Misericordias Domini in aeter- num cantabo.' A Sermon on Ps. lxxxix. 17, preached at the Tercentenary Commemoration of the Founders and Benefactors of Abingdon School, Oct. 22, 1863, by the Rev. Henry George Tomkins. London. 1863. i6mo. 15. ' Scheme for the Administration and further en- dowment of Abingdon School ' (Charity Commission). 1878. Fol. 16. 'The Abingdonian' (Abingdon School Magazine) from Dec. 12, 1890. Abingdon. Vols. I and II. Vol. Ill in progress. 4to. 17. 'The Boardereau' (illustrated). Four numbers MISCELLANEOUS 17 only issued at the School House, respectively on Oct. 2 and 20, Nov. 10, and Dec. 2. 1899. 8vo. 18. 'The Day Boys' Comet' (illustrated). Two numbers only, on July 30 and Dec. 10, 1900. 4to. (The two immediately preceding publications were exclusively the work of the scholars, and produced from MS. by the hektograph process.) 19. Macleane, D. 'A History of Pembroke College, Oxford,' by Douglas Macleane, M.A. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) Oxford. 1897. 8vo. MISCELLANEOUS. 1. Borde, A. ' A right pleasaunt and merye historie of the mylner of Abington, with his wife and his fayre daughter, and of two poore schollers of Cambridge,' by Andrew Borde, M.D. London. 4to. pub. R. Jones, n. d. 2. Copland, R. 'St. Austyn of Abyndon. The myrrour of the chyrche, a devoute treatise, translated by R. Copland, prynter, with his petycyon and Lenvoy/ London. 1521, sm. 4to, black letter, printed by Wynkyn de Worde. Another edition, 1526. 'The Myrrour of the Chyrche of St. Austyn of Abyngdon,' in thirty-one chapters, with a petytion of Robert Copeland, printer, 1541. 4to. 3. Porter, H. 'The Pleasant Historie of the two Angrie Women of Abington, with the Humorous mirth of Dick Coomes and Nicholas Proverbes, two serving men, as it was lately playde, a Comedy in prose and verse, by Henry Porter.' 1st & 2nd editions. London. 1599. 4to. The same, ed. by A. Dyce, for the Percy Soc. in vol.V of 'Early English Poetry.'&c. London. 1842. 8vo. The same, included by Hazlitt in his reprint of Dodsley's 'Old Plays,' vol. VII. 1874. 8vo. The same, included in the 'Mermaid Series of Plays, by Old Dramatists,' ed. by Havelock Ellis. London. 1888. 8vo. 4. Taylor, J. 'A Catalogue of Tavernes in the ten Shires about London,' by John Taylor. London. 1636. I2R10. l8 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON 5. ' A report from Abbington towne in Barkshire . . . of what harm the thunder and lightning did,' &c. See Frenchman, 'The Attachment, Examination and Con- fession of a Frenchman,' &c. 1641, 4to. 6. Richardson, J. ' In Honour of Abingdon, or on the seaventh day of September's solemnization, 1641,' by John Richardson, Serjeant of Abingdon, in the County of Berks. 1641. 4to sheet. (See Hearne's ' Diary ' (Bliss), 252, 639. A copy in Wood Coll. Bodl. Lib. 537, No. 14 a.) 7. Spinage, J. 'A Compendious Method of Book- Keeping, formed upon the Italian Plan/ by John Spinage of Abingdon in Berkshire. 2s. Oxford. 1755. 8. Abingdon, Earl of. 'Thoughts on the Letter of Edmund Burke, Esq. to the Sheriffs of Bristol upon the Affairs of America,' by the Earl of Abingdon. Oxford, is. 1777. (2nd ed. Sept. 13, and 4th ed. Dec. 5, same year.) 9. Abingdon, Earl of. 'A Dedication to the Col- lective Body of the People of England, being a Supple- ment to the Sixth Edition of the preceding — corrected and enlarged, by the Earl of Abingdon. N.B. In this Dedication is pointed out the Source of our present Political Distractions, and a Plan proposed for their Remedy and Redress.' Oxford. 2s. 6d. 1780. 10. Abingdon, Earl of. ' Constitutional Strictures on the Speeches of the Right Hon. William Pitt, in the Debates of the 23rd and 31st Jan. 1798, on the Union between Great Britain and Ireland,' by the Earl of Abingdon. London, is. 1798. 11. Abingdon, Earl of. 'A Letter of Willoughby Bertie, Earl of Abingdon, to Lady Loughborough, in consequence of her presentation of the Colours to the Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Association.' 4th ed. London. 1798. 8vo. 12. Fuller, T. 'The History of the Worthies of England,' by Thomas Fuller. Ed. by John Nichols. 2 vols. 181 1. 4to. (Vol. I : Berks.) 13. Tiptaft, W. 'A Letter addressed to the Bishop of Salisbury by William Tiptaft, containing various POPULATION RETURNS 19 reasons why he resigns his Living, and cannot continue a Minister of the Church of England.' Abingdon (J. and C. Payne). 1831. (and ed. Dec. 10, 1831. 3d.) 14. ' Incendiarism. An Address to the Labouring Population of Abingdon,' by 'A Man in the Ock Street.' London. (Oxford printed.) 1843. 8vo. 15. 'Abingdon Herald' (newspaper), founded 1867. Weekly. (In progress.) 16. Little, F. ' A Monument of Christian Munificence, or an Account of the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross and of the Hospital of Christ in Abingdon,' by Francis Little. 1627. Edited by the Rev. C. D. Cobham, M.A. Oxford and London (Parkers). 1872. Sm. 4*0. 17. ' Catalogue of the Abingdon Art Loan and Indus- trial Exhibition.' Abingdon. 1887. (Baylis.) 8vo. 18. Kirby, T. F. ' Winchester Scholars.' A List of the Wardens, Fellows, and Scholars of St. Mary College of Winchester, commonly called Winchester College (1382-1887), by Thomas Frederick Kirby, M.A., Bursar. London and Winchester. 1888. 8vo. (Contains the names of many boys from Abingdon.) 19. Paravicini, F. de. 'Life of St. Edmund of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury,' by Frances (baroness) de Paravicini. London. 1898. 8vo. POPULATION RETURNS. 1. 'An Account of the Population in each of the Six Thousand of the principal Towns and Parishes in England and Wales, as returned to Parliament at each of the three periods, 1801, 181 1, and 1821, with various other particulars,' by J. Marshall. 1831. 4to. 2. 'Abstract of the Answers and Returns made pur- suant to the Population Act, 1 Geo. IV. c. 94, with a Parish Register Abstract.' London. 1821. Fol. 3. 'A Comparative Account of the Population of Great Britain in the years 1801, 181 1, 1821, and 1831, with the annual value of real property in the year 1815,' &c. London. 1831. Fol. 4. 'Abstract of the Answers and Returns made pur- zo BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON suant to the Population Act, n Geo. IV. c. 30.' London. 1831. 3 vols. Fol. (Vol. Ill consists of a detailed Abstract of Parish Registers, with Maps.) 5. ' Population Returns, 1841.' 2 vols. Fol. Enu- meration Abstract, vol. I, 1843. Occupation, &C. Abstract, vol. II, 1844. 6. ' Population Returns, 1851.' 5 vols. Fol. Vol. I : Number of Inhabitants in 1801, 181 1, 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851. Report on England and Wales. Divs. I to VI, 1852-3. Vol. II : the same. Divs. VII to XI, and Islands, 1852-3. Vol. Ill : Index to Parishes, &c, 1852. Vol. IV : Occupation and Birth Abstract. Pt. 1 : 1854. Vol. V : the same. Pt. 2 : 1852-3. 7. ' Population Returns, 1861.' 3 vols. Fol. Vol. I : Enumeration Abstract, 1862. Vol. II : General Report and Occupation and Birth, &c. Abstract. Pt. I ; 1863. Pt. II : the same. 1863. 8. ' Population Returns, 1871.' 4 vols. Fol. Vol. I : Enumeration Abstract. Pt. 1 : 1872. Vol. II : the same. Pt. 2, with Index : 1872. Vol. Ill: Occupa- tion and Birth, &c. Abstract. Pt. 1 : 1873. Vol. IV. Pt. 2, and General Report, 1873. 9. 'Population Returns, 1881.' 4 vols. Fol. All 1883. Vol. I : Enumeration Abstract, England and Wales. Vol. II : the same. Vol. Ill : Occupation and Birth, &c. Abstract. Vol. IV : Scotland, Islands in the British Seas, and General Report. 10. 'Population Returns, 1891.' 4 vols. Fol. All 1893. Vol. I : Enumeration Abstract, England and Wales. Vol. II : Area, Houses, and Population. Vol. Ill: Occupation, Birthplace, &c. Abstract. Vol. IV : Islands in the British Seas, and Scotland. LOCAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. Abbey. 4 Hen. VII. No. 29. An Act of attainder of the abbot of Abbington, John Mayne, and others. 28 Hen. VIII. No. 25. An Act concerning an ex- LOCAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT 21 change of certain lands between the King and the Abbot of Abingdon and others. Earl of Abingdon. 1 Anne. No. 13. An Act for vesting certain lands and tenements of Montague, Earl of Abingdon, in trustees, to be sold, and purchasing other lands of equal value, and limiting the lands to be purchased to the same uses as the lands to be sold are limited. Churchyard. 55 Geo. III. c. lvii. An Act for enlarging the Churchyard and providing additional Burying Ground for the Parish of Saint Helen in Abingdon, in the County of Berks. (May 25, 1815.) Canal. 35 Geo. III. c. lii. An Act for making and main- taining a Navigable Canal from the river Thames or Isis, at or near the town of Abingdon, in the County of Berks, to join or communicate with the Kennet and Avon Canal, at or near the town of Trowbridge, in the County of Wilts., and also certain navigable cuts therein described. 41 Geo. III. c. Ixviii. An Act enabling the company of proprietors of the Wilts, and Berks. Canal Naviga- tion to raise money for completing the said canal : and to alter, explain, and amend the Act passed in the 35th year of the reign of his present Majesty for making the said Canal. 50 Geo. III. c. cxlviii. An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the powers of two Acts, passed for making and maintaining a navigable canal from the river Thames or Isis, at or near the town of Abingdon in the County of Berks., to join or communicate with the Kennet and Avon Canal, at or near the town of Trowbridge in the County of Wilts., and also certain navigable cuts therein described. (June 2, 1810.) 53 Geo. III. c. cxx. An Act for explaining and amending an Act of his present Majesty (35 Geo. III. c. 52) for making a Navigable Canal from the river Thames or Isis, near Abingdon in the County of 23 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON Berks., to join the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Trowbridge in the County of Wilts., and certain navigable cuts. (June 3, 1813.) Roads. 29 Geo. II. c. lxxxi. An Act for amending and keeping in repair the roads leading from a place called Fryer Bacon's Study, to Chilton Pond : and from the top of Hinksey Hill to Foxcombe Hill Gate, in the road leading to Farringdon in the County of Berks. 18 Geo. III. c. xcix. An Act for enlarging the term and powers of the preceding Act. 38 Geo. III. c. xliii. For continuing, for 21 "years, and from thence to the end of the then next session of parliament, the term and enlarging the powers of two several Acts (the preceding) so far as the same relate to the Abingdon district of the said roads therein mentioned. 59 Geo. III. c. viii. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of three Acts (the preceding) for 21 years, &c. after the end of the Term under former Acts. (March 23, 1819.) 9 Geo. II. c. xiv. An Act for repairing the roads leading from Henley Bridge in the County of Oxford to Dorchester Bridge, and from thence to Culham Bridge and to a place called ' Mile Stone ' in the road leading to Magdalen Bridge in the said County. 28 Geo. II. c. xlii. An Act for enlarging the terms and powers granted by the preceding Act, and also for widening the said roads, and also for widening and repairing the roads leading from the end of Cul- ham Bridge next to Culham, in the County of Oxford, to the end of Burford Bridge next to Abingdon in the County of Berks., and from the Mayor's Stone at the end of the Boar Street in the town of Abingdon afore- said, to Shippon in the County of Berks., and from thence to the west end of the town of Fyfield in the same County. 21 Geo. III. c. lxxvii. For continuing the term and altering and enlarging the powers of two Acts of the 9 & 28 Geo. II (preceding). LOCAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT 23 41 Geo. III. c. lxxix. For continuing for 21 years and from thence to the end of the then next session of Parliament the term and altering and enlarging the powers of three Acts— 9 & 28 Geo. II and 21 Geo. III. 3 Geo. IV. c. xxxvi. An Act for repairing and maintaining the aforesaid roads, for 21 years &c. from the passing of the Act ; and repealing the four previous Acts. (May 15, 1822.) 8 Geo. III. c. lxi. For repairing and widening the road from the Mayor's Stone in Abingdon, in the County of Berks., through Cumnor, to the ancient horse-road at Swinford in the said County. 30 Geo. III. c. cvi. For enlarging the term and powers of the Act preceding. 51 Geo. III. c. xlvi. For enlarging the term and powers of the two preceding Acts. (Additional Trustees.) (May 6, 181 1.) Paving, Lighting, &c. 6 Geo. IV. c. clxxxix. An Act for better paving, lighting, watching, and otherwise improving the Town of Abingdon, in the County of Berks. : for removing Nuisances, Annoyances, and Encroachments therein, and for preventing the same in future. (June 27, 1825.) (Repealing 34 Geo. III. c. Ixxxix.) Lands. 4 & 5 Vict. c. xxi. For inclosing and improving Lands in the Parishes of St. Helen and St. Nicholas Abingdon, in the County of Berks. (June 21, 1841.) Railway. 18 & 19 Vict. c. lxix. For making a Railway from the Oxford Branch of the Great Western Railway to Abingdon. (June 15, 1855.) Gas. 40 & 41 Vict. c. cxxxi. For confirming certain Pro- visional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the 24 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ABINGDON Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Abingdon Gas, and other towns. 50 Vict. c. xix. The same. Provisional Orders Confirmations. 38 & 39 Vict. c. clxxvi. To confirm certain Pro- visional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Abingdon and other boroughs, c. ccxi. The same. 41 & 42 Vict. c. xxxvii. To confirm certain Pro- visional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Abingdon, the Rural Sanitary District of the Abingdon Union, and other localities. (R. A., May 27, 1878.) 43 & 44 Vict. c. xxxvi. To confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board, under the provisions of the 'Public Health Act, 1875,' relating to the Borough of Abingdon and others. (R.A., July 9, 1880.) 53 & 54 Vict. c. clxxviii. To confirm certain Pro- visional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Abingdon and others (No. 9). (R. A., Aug. 4, 1890.) _ 61 & 62 Vict. c. lxxvii. To confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Abingdon Joint Hospital District (No. 4). (R. A., July 25, 1898.) oxford: dokacb hart printer to thk ukiversitt f 3 'TmhA