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Title: The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Lipscomb, George, 1773-1846
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Publisher: London, J. & W. Robins
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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the south end, in the street; and on taking down the plaster, &c. about the doorof the School-house, four small Norman capitals were discovered, supporting a pointed receding arch ;the shafts were gone, but have now been restored: and the original entrance again ornaments thestreet. The School-room, which is on the east side of the Church, was probably the Refectory of theHospital, and is 24 feet long by 21 feet wide. It has no Norman architecture about it; but inthe north wall, is one lancet-shaped window, and another of the decorated style. Of the Churchwindows, no traces are visible. That it continued a Hospital till the Dissolution, is evident; therebeing amongst the papers of the Corporation, a lease granted by Edward Wellesburne, blaster ofthe Hospital of St. John, to John Skydmore, husbandman, dated 7 Hen. VIII. 648 DESBOROUGH HUNDRED. The annexed ground-plan of the foundations of this ancient edifice, has been kindly supplied byJohn Norris, Esq. F.R.S. of Hughendon House.
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EMINENT MEN. Amongst the distinguished natives of Chipping Wycombe, may be mentioned—William Alkij, educated at Eton; and in 1528, elected to Kings College, Cambridge. Having studied at boththe Universities of Oxen, and Cambridge, he took Holy orders, and obtained a Benefice; which he quitted on theaccession of Queen Mary to the Throne, and practised physic during the remainder of her reign. He was after-wards Divinity Lecturer at St. Pauls Cathedral, where he acquired great reputation; obtained the Bishoprick ofExeter in l.-iGO, and held that See until his death, 15 April 1570. Hc was the Author of The Poor MansLibrary, 2 vols. An Hebrew Grammar; and in Queen Elizabeths Version of the Bible, he was the translatorof the Pentateuch. Mr. James Gomme was brought up to trade, and became an auctioneer of considerable eminence; and a Burgessof the Corporation of Wycombe, where he died, 30th July 1825, at 59. He might be said to combine, as Dr.Samuel Johnson expressed it, that which is rar

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