Transcripts of the First Minute Book, the School Charter and Other Early Documents
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- 1573 - 1681
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Transcripts of the First Minute Book, the School Charter and Other Early Documents
Part of Barnet Museum Collection
Wax Seal from Queen Elizabeth's School Foundation Charter
The QE Foundation Charter and Wax Seal
The Queen Elizabeth School Foundation Charter
1587 and 1591 (Minute Book 1, Governing Body)
1587-1665 Minute Book 1 (Governing Body)
10 October 1591 and 1594 (Minute Book 1, Governing Body)
1591 and 10 October 1591 (Minute Book 1, Governing Body)
1612 (Minute Book 1, Governing Body)
Monday 10 January 1654 (Minute Book 1, Governing Body)
This is the minute appointing William Sclater as Headmaster. The appointment was made during the interregnum, a period when there was no monarch on the throne. Instead, the head of state was Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Somewhat surprisingly, Sclater was a prominent and unrepentant Royalist officer.
Note: 10 January 1654 was a Tuesday, not a Monday.
1663 (Minute Book 1, Governing Body)
John Owen contract, reverse (detail)
John Owen contract, front view 3
John Owen contract, front view 1
John Owen contract, front view 2
John Owen contract, wax seal (detail)
Contract between John Owen and the governors of the school
An indenture (a type of legal contract) under which John Owen (and thereafter his estate) promised to pay an annual sum of £9 12s to the governors of the school on 20 March of each year. William Marsh, another governor of the school, signed the contract with Owen on behalf of the governing body. The £9 12s sum was intended for the 'better maintenance of the Free School [QE], physic well, and poor people of the parish of Chipping Barnet.' Three pounds were paid to the Master of the school to provide free education for 3 poor boys from Barnet, three pounds were directed to repairs of the school buildings, and one pound were directed to repairs of the Barnet physic well or, in certain circumstances, the free education of one other poor boy. The remaining 52 shillings were to provide bread for the poor in Barnet. As late as 1935, the £9 12s was still being paid annually to the governors of the school by the Fishmongers' Company.
The indenture has John Langham's signature in the bottom right corner, under the fold (not visible in photographs). The indenture is dated 1677, yet Langham died in 1671. It is unclear why and how his signature is present on the document. It is possible that the animal membrane writing material was signed by Langham before his death and then repurposed in 1677 when the governors were drawing up the indenture.
Owen, Captain John
1688-1854 Minute Book 2 (Governing Body)
The School in 1790 from a painting by Thomas Baskerfield in The Environs of London, by Lysons, in the British Museum. Cecil Tripp states (p15) that from 1637 to 1873 "the school buildings remained practically unaltered".
Thomas Baskerfield
1800 - 1940 (Blue Album 2 - Photographs)
East Barnet Inclosure - Plan of the Lots
Godfrey, Ronald Montague
Barnet Inclosure - Statement of Claims
Letter sent by James Pearson to his parents in 1854
This is a letter written by James Pearson to his parents when he was aged ten and a student of the School.
Some Further Notes by 'Old Elizabethan'
Photograph of the School Hall and Headmaster's house
The School Hall and Headmaster's house (built 1874), from the playground.
Autumn 1876 issue of The Elizabethan
Architect's drawing for new classrooms
Architect's drawing for new classrooms, 1st July 1876. Cecil Tripp states (p120) that originally only four classrooms were planned. Before long however, further classrooms were needed, and it was proposed that the line of classrooms already erected be extended. Funds became available for the building of four additional classrooms (with a separate entrance), which were completed by the end of 1877.
The Elizabethan Magazine (Marbled Bindings)
4 hardback volumes containing bound issues of The Elizabethan school magazine.
The issues collected across the 4 volumes cover the magazine's first 37 years: 1876 - 1913.
Each hardback volume features a marbled design on the front and back inside covers.
Elizabethan (school magazine)
Volume 1 (Marbled Bindings of The Elizabethan)
Queen Elizabeth's School at Chipping Barnet, A.D. 1573-1665 by Frederick Charles Cass
Part of Book Collection
This book provides a history of the School's first 92 years of existence: 1573 - 1665.
Cass, Frederick Charles
Honours Board from Wood Street buildings (transcription)
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
School Magazines and Periodicals
Architect's drawing for new classrooms
Architect's drawing for new classrooms, 1st July 1876. Cecil Tripp states (p120) that originally only four classrooms were planned. Before long however, further classrooms were needed, and it was proposed that the line of classrooms already erected be extended. Funds became available for the building of four additional classrooms (with a separate entrance), which were completed by the end of 1877.
Summer 1877 issue of The Elizabethan
Autumn 1877 issue of The Elizabethan
Spring 1877 issue of The Elizabethan
Summer 1878 issue of The Elizabethan
Spring 1878 issue of The Elizabethan
Autumn 1878 issue of The Elizabethan
Spring 1879 issue of The Elizabethan
Summer 1879 issue of The Elizabethan
Autumn 1879 issue of The Elizabethan
The Battle of Barnet by Frederick Charles Cass
Part of Book Collection
Various official booklets bound in a single volume
Autumn 1880 issue of The Elizabethan
Cricket Team in front of Tudor Hall 1880