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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 31. 



COMMITTEE FOR THE REPAIR 



OF THE 



TOMB OF GEOFFREV CHAUCER. 



JOHN BRUCE, Esq., Tieas. S.A., 5. Upper Gloucester Street, 

 Dorset Square. 



J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq., V.P.S.A., Geys House, Maiden- 

 liead. 



PETER CUNNINGHAM, Esq., F.S.A., Victoria Road, Ken- 

 sington. 



WILLIAM RICHARD DRAKE, Esq., F.S.A., Honorary 

 Trensurer, 46. Parliament Street. 



THOMAS \V. KING, Esq., F.S.A., York Herald, College of 

 Arms, St. Paul's. 



SIR FREDERICK MADDEN, K.H., British Museum. 

 JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, Esq., F.S.A., 25. Parliament 

 Street. 



HENRY SHAW, Esq., F.S.A., 37. Southampton Row, Russell 



Square. 

 SAMUEL SHEPHERD, Esq., F.S.A., Marlborough Square, 



Chelsea. 

 WILLIAM J. THOMS, Esq., F.S A., Honorary Secretary, 



25. Holy-Well Street, Millbauk, Westminster. 



The Tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Westminster Abbey stands in need of repiiir. The portrait and the inscriptions have disap- 

 peared ; the overhanging canopy has suffereii damage ; the table is chipped and broken ; the base is fast mouldering into irretrievable 

 decay. Such an announcement is calculated to stir every heart that can respond to the claims of )ioitry, or feel grateful for the 

 delight which it aflbrds to every cnltivate<l mind. It summons us, like the sound of a tiumpet. " To the rescue ;" It cannot lie that 

 the first and almost the greatest of English bards should ever be allowed to want a fitting memorial in our " Poets' Corner," or. that 

 the monument which was erected by the affectionate respect of Nicholas Rrigbain, nearly three centuries ago, should, in our time, be 

 permitted to crumble into dust. A sum under One Hundred Pounds will effect a perfect repair. It is thought that there can be no 

 difficulty in raising such a sum, and that multitudes of people in various conditions of life, and even in distant quarters of the globe, 

 who venerate the name of Chancer, and have derived instruction and delight from his works, will be anxious to contribute their mite 

 to the good deed. The Committee have therefore not thought it right to fi.x any limit to the subscription ; they themselves, with the 

 aid of several distinguished noblemen and gentlemen, have opened the list with a contribution from each of them of Five Shillings ; 

 hut they will be ready to receive any amount, more or less, which those who value poetry and honour Chancer niav be kind enough 

 to remit to them. The design of the Committee is sanctioned by the approval of the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl 

 of Shaftesbury, Lord Braybrooke, Lord Londesborough, Lord Mahon, the Right Hon. C W. W. Wvnn, and by the concurrence of 

 the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. An account of the sums received and expended will be puiilished when the work is completed. 



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