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Charterhouse 
 
 1611-1895 
 
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CHARTERHOUSE 
 
 1611 — 1895 
 
 IN PEN AND INK BY 
 C. R. B. BARRETT 
 
 WITH A PREFACE BY 
 GEORGE E. SMYTHE 
 
 LONDON 
 
 BLISS, SANDS, & FOSTER 
 
 15, Craven Street, Strand, W.C. 
 1895 
 
 UNIVi U' IVY 
 Llt;f,; AUY 
 
PREFACE 
 
 Movemur, nescio quo pacto, locis ipsis in quibus eorum quos 
 diligimus aut admiramur adsunt vestigia. 
 
 — Cicero, Tie Legibus. 
 
 Hail, Memory, hail I in thy exhaustless mine 
 From age to age unnumbered treasures shine ! 
 'Thought and her shadowy brood thy call obey, 
 And Place and Time are subject to thy sway. 
 
 — Rogers. 
 
 lTXOUBTLESS there are times and seasons in which 
 all old Carthusians love to dwell upon the past, 
 and call up reminiscences of the pleasant days of 
 boyhood, and of that Domus which is so dear to all 
 of us. Lives there a Carthusian in whose heart that 
 one word Domus does not stir ? Fain would I believe 
 that no such person exists, and if such an one does 
 
PREFACE 
 
 exist, sure I am that he is unworthy of the name of 
 Carthusian. 
 
 Now this book is intended to assist in summoning 
 up remembrance of things past, and will thus, 
 I think, fill a void which many of us have long 
 wished to see filled up. There is a work which shews 
 to us of the older time, pictures of our former haunts, 
 and brings back to us scenes of bygone days, but 
 up to the present time no volume has been compiled 
 which furnishes, as this volume seeks to do, views 
 of both Charterhouse in London, and Charterhouse in 
 the country. Such a publication will undoubtedly 
 appeal strongly to the feelings of all Carthusians, 
 and will, it is hoped, find its way into the hands 
 and reach the hearts of many. 
 
 For myself, I trust I may not be thought egotistical 
 in so saying, the portion of the book which refers to 
 Charterhouse in Vrbe chiefly affects me. It was there 
 that my school-days were spent, and, long ago though 
 
PREFACE 
 
 it be, I yet delight to look back on that period. 
 Here, in these pages, I see once more that Upper 
 Green on which I happily beguiled many hours at 
 cricket, and played many an exciting match. Here too 
 are the cloisters, where in my time football was played. 
 Little did we dream then to what a pitch of excellence 
 Charterhouse football would subsequently attain, and 
 that from that rough source the game would eventually 
 develop into its present state of proficiency and 
 skill. 
 
 For the rest of the old buildings let me go to 
 that faithful lover of " Greyfriars," as he delighted 
 to fcall it, for description. 
 
 " Mention has been made once or twice, in the 
 course of this history, of the Greyfriars School — 
 where the Colonel and Clive and I had been 
 brought up — an ancient foundation of the time of 
 James I., still subsisting in the heart of London 
 city. The death day of the founder of the place is 
 
PREFACE 
 
 still kept solemnly by Cistercians. In their Chapel, 
 where assemble the boys of the School and the four- 
 score old men of the Hospital, the founder's tomb 
 stands, a huge edifice, emblazoned with heraldic 
 decorations and clumsy carved allegories. There is an 
 old Hall, a beautiful specimen of the architecture of 
 James' time. An old Hall ? Many old halls, old 
 staircases, old passages, old chambers decorated with 
 old portraits, walking in the midst of which we walk 
 as it were in the early seventeenth century. To others 
 than Cistercians, Greyfriars is a dreary place possibly ; 
 nevertheless, the pupils educated there love to revisit 
 it, and the oldest of us grow young again for an 
 hour or two as we come back into those scenes of 
 childhood." 
 
 So wrote the master hand of Thackeray on Domus 
 in London, and I will add no more. 
 
 I may, perhaps, have dwelt with undue length on 
 this portion of my subject, but the partiality natural 
 
PREFACE 
 
 to one who was brought up in " Old Smiffle " will, 
 I hope, stand for my excuse. With regard to the 
 new Charterhouse, I can only speak of it as a frequent 
 visitor, and not as an alumnus. Surely no boy could 
 have his lot cast in a pleasanter spot than on the hill 
 in Surrey to which the School has been transplanted ! 
 The removal was executed with every care that love 
 and affection could bestow. Former usages and 
 customs have been retained, so far as fresh conditions 
 would allow, and none have been permitted to fall 
 into abeyance which could possibly be kept up. Old 
 appellations also remain, and the familiar sound of 
 Gown Boys, of Saunderites, or of Verites, still falls 
 upon the ear. Even the names, carved long ago on 
 the stones round the former entrance to Gown Boys, 
 and on the walls of School, have been recently removed 
 and replaced, and Carthusians, when they come to see 
 the new-old School, can read 
 
 " Upon the chiselled stone, 
 That Charterhouse still claims them for her own." 
 
PREFACE 
 
 In conclusion, then, let me commend this work to 
 every one who is in any way connected with the founda- 
 tion of Thomas Sutton, for it cannot fail to interest and 
 charm every one who may peruse it. Be he a lover 
 of the ancient, or be he a devotee of the new, be 
 he young or be he old, be he pupil or pensioner, be 
 he master or official, he will assuredly delight in this 
 volume, and gratefully thank the hand that has produced 
 it, and so faithfully delineated scenes from Charterhouse, 
 
 past and present. 
 
 Ergo Laudate Dominum 
 Omnes Carthusiani, 
 Togati atque Senes, 
 Laudetis Oppidani. 
 
 G. E. S. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 CHARTERHOUSE, LONDON 
 
 THE GATEWAY AND PORTER'S LODGE 
 
 THE MASTER'S LODGE 
 
 THE HALL (Exterior) 
 
 THE HALL (Interior) 
 
 THE HALL 
 
 THE STAIRCASE 
 
 THE GREAT CHAMBER, or Old Governors' Room 
 
 CROWN 
 
 SCHOOL DOOR 
 
 THE CHAPEL 
 
 CARVING 
 
 THE CHAPEL (Interior) 
 
 ENTRANCE TO CHAPEL 
 
 BROOKE HALL 
 
 GOWN BOYS' HALL 
 
 THE CLOISTERS 
 
 WASH-HOUSE COURT 
 
 GOWN BOYS' KITCHEN 
 
 OLD BUILDINGS 
 
 GOWN BOYS 
 
 SAUNDERITES 
 
 VERITES 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 CHAR TERHO USE, Q ODALMING 
 
 CHAPEL (From Big Ground) 
 
 SAUNDERITES (From Big Ground) 
 
 VERITES 
 
 FOUNDER'S TOWER AND GOWN BOYS 
 
 GIRDLESTONEITES (From Hodgsonites) 
 
 LOCKITES 
 
 WEEKITES 
 
 HODGSONITES 
 
 DAVISITES (From the Bridge) 
 
 BODEITES (From Sandy Lane) 
 
 PAGEITES (From the Road) 
 
 ROBINITES 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 HALL 
 
 CLOISTERS 
 
 SCHOLARS' COURT 
 
 ARMOURY 
 
 UNDER GREEN 
 
 CRICKET PAVILION AND SHOP 
 
 BATHING PLACE 
 
 THE GATE OF GOWN BOYS 
 
CHARTERHOUSE 
 
 LONDON 
 
THE GATEWAY 
 <tAND POWER'S LODGE. 
 
 The (gateway and Porter s Lodge, relics of the 
 ^Monastery, are, on the ground floor, nearly in thh'r 
 original condition. The upper portion of the building has, 
 however, been modernized beyond recognition. 
 
THE m ASTER'S LODGE. 
 
 Both the exterior and the interior of the Master s Lodge 
 are of interest. Without, the weather-beaten stonework of 
 the gable forms a picturesque view. Within, some of the 
 rooms are noble, and rejoice in notable fireplaces. The 
 "long gallery" though curtailed, is yet nearly fifty feet 
 in extent. 
 
THE HALL (Exterior] . 
 
 The exterior of the Hall shews, even more plainly than 
 the interior, the fact that the fabric has experienced many 
 alterations. 'The porch and the window above it, and also 
 the entire range of upper windows, are assuredly of later 
 date than the lower portion of the walls. The louvre, or 
 its predecessor, probably served the purpose of a chimney 
 before Sutton s Trustees erected the present fireplace. 
 
THE HALL (Interior). 
 
 Traditionally stated to be built on the site of the Monastic 
 Guests' Hall ; a Guests' Hall which had itself been already 
 enlarged. The walls of the present hall have manifestly been 
 heightened, the marks thereof being patent. Apparently some 
 of the old carved roof beams were utilized then by being 
 converted into the present brackets. The screen and gallery 
 are extremely handsome and of good type ; they bear the date 
 of 1 5 7 1 , and were erected by the Duke of ZhQorfolk. The 
 oriel window is obviously not in its original condition. The 
 fireplace dates from the time of the first Governors of Sutton s 
 Foundation. 
 
THE HALL. 
 
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THE STAI%CASE. 
 
 This finely-carved staircase, with its heraldic posts, is 
 a noble example of domestic work. The intricacy of the 
 decoration of the panels on and about the window is specially 
 noteworthy ; also the tracery on the landing beam. The 
 design of the ceiling, though not of the first degree of 
 excellence, is interesting. The staircase dates from Sutton's 
 Foundation, as the representation of his crest testifies. 
 
THE GREAT CHAMBER, 
 OR OLD GOVERNORS' "ROOM. 
 
 This is a singularly handsome room, though it is to be 
 deplored that but little of the original heraldic ceiling remains 
 — that little is to be found in the recess. The main ceiling 
 was restored by Blore. A very fine example of a painted 
 fireplace (possibly portions of two fireplaces pieced together) 
 occupies the centre of one wall. The tapestries are remark- 
 ably good, e^fs a room this may be held in the main to date 
 from the time of Elizabeth, and was decorated by the Duke 
 of Norfolk. In the reign of Charles I. the fireplace was 
 restored ; the arms and initials of the King, and those of 
 Sutton and his initials, T. S, being added. 
 
 The name of the restorer was Rowland Buckett. 
 
CROWN. 
 
 'This sketch shews Crown. The word, as now seen, 
 
 replaces a Crown painted there by Lord Ellenborough. 
 
 This Crown is believed to have been the goal for certain 
 hoop races. 
 
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SCHOOL DOOR. 
 
 The stones, inscribed with names and dates, have been 
 removed to (jodalming. 
 

THE CHAPEL. 
 
 Externally the Chapel cannot be said to appear to 
 advantage, owing to the various buildings which crowd up 
 to and around it. 'Two of its walls, viz., those which 
 
 form the eastern and southern sides, are presumably belonging 
 to the Chapel of the ^Monastery. The North Aisle dates 
 
 from the early part of the ijth century, being the work 
 of the first Governors of Charterhouse. The North Chapel 
 was added in 1824. 
 
CARVING. 
 
 Preserved in the Chapel is a most interesting fragment 
 of the tomb of the founder or co-founder of the Carthusian 
 Monastery, Sir Walter de ^Manny, or ^Mauny. ^Manny 
 was knighted in 1 3 3 1 , and summoned to Parliament as a 
 Baron in 1 345 — his title being Lord de Manny. 
 
 He died on 15th January, 1372, and was buried 
 in Charterhouse. 
 
 His arms, as shewn on the carving, were : Or, three 
 chevronels sable. A bull of Pope Urban VI, dated 1378, 
 mentions Northburgh (Bishop of London) and Manny as 
 co-founders of Charterhouse. 
 
 THE CHAPEL (Interior). 
 
 'The interior of the Chapel is, however, as full of interest 
 as its exterior is devoid of architectural beauty. The carved 
 oak stall-heads, the organ case, the screens, and the various 
 monuments are worthy of close study. But the chief point 
 is the Monument of the founder, Thomas Sutton, in the north- 
 east corner of the north aisle. The curious alms-box in the 
 upper part of the altar rails is of most uncommon type. A 
 ruined aumbrey, behind the panelling on the south side of the 
 altar in the east wall, proves this wall to be of pre- 
 Reformation date. 
 
ENTRANCE TO CHAPEL. 
 
 Here at the Chapel door lies buried, among others, 
 Dr. Crusius, Schoolmaster in 1748. On the wall, hard 
 by, are the modern tablets erected to the memory of 
 Thackeray and Leech. Facing the Chapel door, and 
 occupying the entire wall space, is a large memorial to 
 Havelock. 
 
 The Ante-chapel, just within the door, dates from 15 12, 
 and has a groined roof. 
 
BROOKE HALL. 
 
 The Dining Room for the Masters of the School. 
 Traditionally so-named after Robert Brooke — usher in 1626, 
 and schoolmaster in 1628. Over the fireplace are the 
 arms of Thomas Sutton — Or, on a chevron gules between 
 three annulets, three crescents of the first. 
 
GOWN BOYS' HALL. 
 
 'Traditionally this room is an enlargement of the 
 Monastery Refectory. The f replace, above which are the 
 arms of Sutton, and one door also similarly adorned, are of 
 the date of the School Foundation. It is noteworthy that 
 some of the original tables and stools still remain in the room, 
 and that the fixed benches are yet in situ round the walls. 
 
 A sketch is here given of a Gown Boy, dressed according 
 to the foundation rules, which existed until the School was 
 removed to Godalming. 
 
 The trencher was the distinctive mark of the Upper 
 School. 
 
THE CLOISTERS. 
 
 Erected in 1 57 1 , probably by the Duke of Norfolk, 
 not as a cloister, but as a covered passage joining the main 
 buildings with a tennis-court. This tennis-court was con- 
 verted into a School by Sutton, and was ultimately known 
 as " Gown Boys." 
 
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WASH-HOUSE COURT. 
 
 A quaint spot is this, and assuredly a relic of the old 
 monastic buildings. At one time it was known as Poplar 
 Court, traditionally because a certain Mr. Thomas Ryder, 
 Registrar in 1789, planted poplar-trees therein. 
 
GOWN BOTS' KITCHEN. 
 
 This room, though its wide fireplace arch has been 
 mutilated, and its fittings completely destroyed, is evidently 
 a relic of the old Monastery. 
 
OLD BUILDINGS. 
 
 This range of buildings, the latest relics of the Monastery, 
 is interesting from the fact that, on the wall, in ornamental 
 brickwork, are the initials I.H — i.e. those of the Prior John 
 Houghton. It will be remembered that the Monastery was 
 surrendered on June loth, 1537. Houghton, the Prior, 
 after subscribing conditionally to the Act against Princess 
 Mary, the oath of allegiance to Elizabeth, and the recognition 
 of Anne Boleyn, refused to take the oath of Supremacy. 
 Tried and condemned at the end of April, 1535, he, together 
 with three others, was executed at Tyburn on May \th. One 
 of his arms and quarters was placed above the gate of the 
 Monastery as an example. 
 
 GOWN BOTS. 
 
 A building now destroyed. Its arched doorway, with 
 its name-inscribed stones, has been removed to and re-erected 
 at Godalming. The exterior of Gown Boys had been con- 
 siderably modernized at various times ; in fact, during the 
 iSth century it was re-fronted. 
 
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SAUNDERITES. 
 
 This house, now demolished, derived its title from the 
 Rev. Augustus Page Saunders, a Master in 1832. 
 
 VERITES. 
 
 One of the Charterhouse houses, also now destroyed. It 
 was founded by the Rev. Oliver Walford, a Master in 
 1838. 
 
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