'The Major' was Rigaud's House magazine and is revival of 'The Rigaudite Review'. It largely contains short stories, poems, and artwork, and was compiled by the students.
This edition has the subtitle 'doctor issue' becasue it was produced when Doctor Davies was temporarily House-Master.
Dyed, painted silk, on a hessian backing. On the left the arms of the Commonwealth: the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew and the Irish harp and in escutcheon a lion rampant guardant for Cromwell. On the right are the quarterings of his wife. Inscribed verso with: 'this ensign was snatched from the bier of the tyrant Oliver Cromwell, when his waxen effigy, adorned with royal state, was being magnificently displayed in the Church of St. Peter, Westminster'.