Westminster School's Archive & Collections

Antiquities of Westminster; the old palace; St. Stephen's Chapel, (now the House of Commons) &c. &c. : Containing two hundred and forty-six engravings of topographical objects, of which one hundred and twenty-two no longer remain

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1807

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833

The antiquities of St Peter's, or the abbey-church of Westminster: containing all the inscriptions, epitaphs, &c. ... Adorn'd with draughts of the tombs, curiously engraven.

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1713

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Crull, Jodocus, d. 1713?

Portraits of the Deans of Westminster : from drawings by G. P. Harding, to accompany the memoirs of those prelates, in the history and antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster

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Early 19th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Harding, George Perfect, 1780-1853

Abbey Events

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Subseries
2002-2014

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

This series contains material held by the school on events at Westminster Abbey which do not feature the school in any prominent fashion, although representatives from the School often attended and this is how such material came to be in the Westminster School collections.
A more extensive Westminster Abbey collective is held at the Abbey itself: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/library-research

Dinners

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Series
1966-2008

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Menus from dinners held in connection with Westminster Abbey, including Audit Dinners and Collegiate Dinners.

Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn

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1848-9-18

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Recalls his first meeting with JB 70 years ago in 1778 (actually 1779 according to the Record), when he entered Mother Clapham's house; describes his feelings of apprehension. The elm trees in Dean's yard have been cut down to widen the carriageway between the entrance and the Deanery; he does not approve. Likewise, the screens separating choir from aisles in the Abbey have been removed to enable a larger congregation to sit in Poets' Corner - pointless, since one can neither see nor hear from that position. The Irish rebellion is reviving in the wake of the potato famine. Wonders whether JB took up his living in 1786 or 1787 (1797 according to the Record). Commercial benefits of the railroads - but they have spoiled the countryside. The sale at Stowe (see 49) is raising large sums - but a drop in the ocean compared with the 2 million pounds the duke is said to owe. He borrowed £20,000 just to entertain the Queen. Suspects that at the upcoming trial of Smith O'Brien his counsel will plead insanity, which the government will accept to avoid further trouble.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850

Monumenta Westmonasteriensia; or Hist account. . of. . the Abbey