A HISTORY OF SURREY 



of grammar was to be gratis ; but the endow- 

 ment did not provide charwomen and so 

 zd. was required for brooms, to keep the 

 school clean,' as the St. Olave's Statutes 

 express it. Nor did it provide lights : so 

 candles were to be found or paid for by the 

 parents. In all these things the Statutes 

 merely followed the precedent of older free 

 schools. Colet's Statutes had provided that 

 the scholars of St. Paul's were to provide 

 their own wax candles ; and also an entrance 

 fee, though it was only 4^., the endovraient 

 being vert- large, while 2d. for brooms was 

 not needed as the entrance fees were to go 

 ' to the pore scoler that swepeth and kepeth 

 the scole clene.' With the small endowment 

 of St. Saviour's and St. Olave's the entrance 

 fees were higher, and went to eke out the 

 Master's pay. 



The two schools were both slenderly 

 endowed at first, and St. Saviour's, though 

 for long its resources were more ample and 

 its masters better paid, never obtained a 

 really adequate endowment. 



Until the nineteenth century St. Olave's 

 School was always in a small way, and so far 

 as it was a Grammar, or, as we might now say, 

 a Secondary School at all, was looked on with 

 grudging eyes by its own parents. 



The management of the finances remained 

 in the hands of the churchwardens. The 

 expenses were met out of the general funds 

 of the parish ; the endowment consisting 

 only of half Leeke's gift, i.e. £^ a year ; of Rich- 

 ard Dowsett's gift, by will 3 December 1561, 

 a rentchargeof 40/. on tenements in Long Lane, 

 Bermondsey ; afterwards augmented by John 

 Lamb, one of the Governors who died in 

 1577, and gave by deed 19 November 1572, 

 two messuages in Sea Coal Lane, now Fleet 

 Lane, in London, and by Thomas Bullman, 

 also a Governor, who in 1574, gave, by will, 

 confirmed by deed of his widow, 14 August 

 1574, four messuages in Little Britain. 



Itwasonly4 May 1 579, under Thomas Reve's 

 mastership, that it was determined by an 

 order of Vestry to assign a separate endowment 

 for the Grammar School. Six of the Gover- 

 nors were appointed ' to take order with 

 Mr. Godyer and Mr. Eggelfelde to pass over 

 Horseydowne to the use of the Schole.' 

 Horseydown, corrupted to Horsleydown, 

 on part of which the school now stands, was 

 a piece of unenclosed grass land of about 15 ' 

 acres on which the inhabitants possessed 

 rights of common for cattle. As part of the 

 possessions of Bermondsey Abbey, it had been 



> So stated in Governors' Minute, 22 May 1649 

 setting out the whole title. ' 



sold by the Crown to Sir Roger Copley ; but 

 was bought by trustees for the school in 1553, 

 though the Vestry, as late as 1602, still exer- 

 cised jurisdiction over it. The school owes 

 its later development and present prosperity 

 mainly to the immense augmentation in the 

 value of Horsleydown in the eighteenth and 

 nineteenth centuries. 



The Grammar School master's berth was 

 not a very attractive one, with a writing 

 master as usher, who was already in posses- 

 sion, and was evidently the pet of the 

 Governors, and on an equality with his nomi- 

 nal, and no doubt social, superior in pay and 

 position. On January 4 1571-2, Christopher 

 Orlande presented himself for election with 

 letters from the Bishop of Winchester and 

 Fleetwood, Recorder of London. The Vestry 

 agreed to give 20 marks ' to teche so many 

 grammaryons as we think shall be found met 

 for the same, viz. 10 or 12 at the first,' but 

 the master was also to ' helpe the hussher to 

 teache the petytes, since we muste kepe 

 suche an hussher as ys abell to teache writ- 

 inge.' If, however, ' Richard Marlow will not 

 tarry as hussher,' Orlande was to have the 

 whole salary, and find his own usher and 

 ' teache grammer, wrytinge and petytes 

 according to the erectyon of our said schole.' 

 Orlande went away to obtain the consent of 

 the rector, Dr. Rushe, and returned in a 

 week's time ; but ' because he could not enter 

 at once,' though the Vestry conceded he 

 might enter at the ' half-quarter,' not a 

 fortnight away, ' he refused our offer, and went 

 his way being angrie, and set the matter 

 lighte.' 



On 27 January 1572 the Vestry appointed 

 John Payne, who was recommended by Mr. 

 Payne of Bermondsey, to enter at Lady Day. 

 He was apparently usher at Ipswich school, 

 as 6s. Sd. was paid him for his expenses ' com- 

 ing from Ipswyche.' The minister, and Rich- 

 ard Marlow the nominal usher, were appointed 

 to draw up the statutes, on 12 March 1573. 

 By them, Marlow was allowed, like the 

 Headmaster, to take six paying ' schollers to 

 make his most profits and advantage of.' The 

 Headmaster's place was probably not very 

 pleasant; at all events, in 1574 Mr. Payne 

 left at Midsummer. He was succeeded by 

 John Nashe, who in turn went at Christmas, 

 1578. It was found necessary to increase 

 the master's pay, and Thomas Reve, the next 

 master, on 6 May 1579, was given £20 

 instead of 20 marks, and he stayed for seven 

 years. 



A somewhat remarkable personage suc- 

 ceeded on 21 November 1586. This was 

 Robert Browne, who gave his name to the 

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