A guide, descriptive and historical, through the Town of Shrewsbury

by W. A. Leighton

The head-master is Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D.; the second master is Rev. W. Burbury, M.A.; the third master, H. Greenwood, Esq. M.A.; the assistant classical master, Edward Calvert, Esq. M.A.; Mathematics and Arithmetic, Rev. A. T. Paget, M.A.; Modern Languages, T. A. Bentley, Esq.; Latin Accidence and Writing, Mr. T. N. Henshaw.

Among the many persons of eminence who have received their education at this school we may enumerate Sir Philip Sidney; his friend, Sir Fulke Greville, Lord Brook; the son of Edwyn Sandys, Archbishop of York; the cruel Judge Jeffries; Lord Chief Justices Jones and Price; Dr. Bowers, Bishop of Chichester; Dr. John Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury; Dr. John Taylor, editor of Lysias and Demosthenes; Dr. Edward Waring, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics; James Harrington, the author of “Oceana;” Wycherley, the Dramatist; Ambrose Phillips, the Poet; and the Venerable Archdeacon Owen, and the Rev. J. B. Blakeway, the learned and estimable Historians of Shrewsbury.

Through the indefatigable exertions and learning of the late venerated head-master, (The Right Reverend Samuel Butler, D.D. F.R.S. &c. late Lord Bishop of Lichfield,) the institution attained to an unrivalled celebrity and repute, most deservedly ranking among the first public schools in England. And as an earnest of continued prosperity, we cannot do better than refer to the words of the venerable Bishop, who, on resigning his arduous duties to his learned and talented successor, stated “that he considered Dr. Kennedy, as the most brilliant scholar he had ever sent forth, as the brightest star in that galaxy of distinguished pupils whose names adorn the ‘Boards’ of Shrewsbury School.—That from Dr. Kennedy’s experience of his system, both as a pupil and assistant master at Shrewsbury School, from his constant practice as a lecturer and private tutor at College, and as an assistant master for six years or more at Harrow, as well as from his own unrivalled talents and high literary distinctions, from his fine taste and sound learning, there was not a shadow of doubt but that he would fully maintain the reputation which Shrewsbury School had already acquired, and would add, at least as many distinguished names to its Boards, during his superintendence of this important foundation, as had been inscribed there by himself in any equal period.” These bright anticipations of the venerated Bishop have been already, and are daily more and more fully realized.

More than 100 gentlemen educated at Shrewsbury School have during the present century been elected Fellows of various Colleges in both Universities, and nearly 250 Scholars and Exhibitioners; of whom more than forty have subsequently been Tutors or Lecturers in their several Colleges.

Permission having been kindly granted, we are enabled to give the following copy of the Boards alluded to:—

1806	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, LatinOde.
1807	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, GreekOde.
	John Turner, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Second Bachelor’s Prize.
1809	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bachelor’sPrize.
1810	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bachelor’sPrize.
	William Henry Parry, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Third Bachelor’sPrize.
1811	Robert Wilson Evans, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Second Medallist.
1812	Marmaduke Lawson, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, LatinOde.
	Robert Wilson Evans, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bachelor’s Prize.
1813	William Henry Parry, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Norrisian Prize.
	Robert Wilson Evans, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bachelor’s Prize.
1814	Marmaduke Lawson, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Pitt University Scholar,(the first elected on that foundation.)
1816	Marmaduke Lawson, MagdalenCollege, Cambridge, Medallist.
	Richard P. Thursfield, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Second Bell’sScholar.
1817	Rev. T. Smart Hughes, Fellow ofEdmund College, Cambridge, and Proctor of the University, TheSeatonian Prize.
1819	Spencer Wilde, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Equal to Bell’sScholar.
1821	Edward Baines, Christ College,Cambridge, Second Bell’s Scholar.
1822	T. Williams, Oriel College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1823	John Price, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Equal to Bell’sScholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Adjudged the BrowneMedal, Latin Ode.
1824	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Pitt UniversityScholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, GreekOde.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, LatinOde.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1825	Thomas Williamson Peile,Trinity College, Cambridge, Davies University Scholar.
	John Hodgson, Trinity College,Cambridge, The Parson Prize.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne’s Medal,Epigram.
1826	John Hodgson, Trinity College,Cambridge, Second Medallist.
	Horatio Hildyard, Peterhouse,Cambridge, First Bell’s Scholar.
	Thomas Butler, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Equal to Bell’sScholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1827	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Senior Medallist.
	George H. Johnson,Queen’s College, Oxford, Ireland UniversityScholar.
	Thomas Williamson Peile,Trinity College, Cambridge, Second Undergraduate’s LatinEssay.
1828	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bell’s Scholar.
	Thomas Williamson Peile,Trinity College, Cambridge, Second Medallist.
	Edward Massie, Wadham College,Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bachelor’sPrize.
	George H. Johnson,Queen’s College, Oxford, Double First Class.
1829	Charles Borrett, MagdalenCollege, Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	John Thomas, Wadham College,Oxford, Craven University Scholar.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	Herbert Johnson, WadhamCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1830	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Pitt University Scholar.
	Peter S. Payne, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	Robert Scott, Christ Church,Oxford, Craven University Scholar.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1831	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Battie University Scholar.
	Thomas Brancker, WadhamCollege, Oxford, elected Ireland University Scholar, whileyet in the Sixth Form of Shrewsbury School.
	George Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bell’sScholar.
	George H. Johnson,Queen’s College, Oxford, Mathematical UniversityScholar, (the first elected on that foundation.)
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Latin Ode.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
	George Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	Peter S. Payne, BalliolCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1832	George Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Davies UniversityScholar.
	Horatio Hildyard, Peterhouse,Cambridge, Second Bachelor’s Prize.
	John Thomas, Trinity College,Oxford, Latin Verse Prize.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	James Hildyard, ChristCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Latin Ode.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Member’s Prize, Latin Essay.
1833	Robert Scott, Christ Church,Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Second Medallist.
	George H. Marsh, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Bell’s Scholar.
	John Gibbons Longueville,Wadham College, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	Robert Scott, Student of ChristChurch, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	Thomas F. Henney, PembrokeCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, First Bachelor’s Prize.
	William Fletcher, TrinityCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1834	Alexander G. Hildyard, PembrokeCollege, Cambridge, Second Bell’s Scholar.
	Robert Scott, Student of ChristChurch, Oxford, Bachelor’s Latin Essay.
1835	William Gilson Humphry, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Pitt University Scholar.
	George Augustus May, MagdalenCollege, Cambridge, Bell’s Scholar.
	Edward J. Edwards, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Kennicott Hebrew Scholar.
1836	William Dickenson, TrinityCollege, Oxford, Latin Verse Prize.
	W. G. Humphry, Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
	W. G. Humphry, Trinity College,Cambridge, Second Medallist.
1837	Henry Holden, Balliol College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1838	James Fraser, Scholar ofLincoln College, Oxford, Recorded Second to Ireland UniversityScholar, with the words “proximeaccesssit.”
	Rev. R. Scott, M.A. Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, Denyer’s TheologicalEssay.
	Robert Middleton Dukes, Scholarof Lincoln College, Oxford, First Class, Lit.Hum.
	Thomas Evans, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	William Dickenson, TrinityCollege, Oxford, Latin Essay.
1839	James Fraser, Lincoln College,Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	Edward M. Cope, Scholar ofTrinity College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	James Fraser, Lincoln College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1840	Edward Bather, Merton College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	John Bather, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Reexamined with Craven’s UniversityScholar.
1841	Hugh A. Johnston Munro, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Lord Craven’s UniversityScholar.
	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	George Nugee, Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1842	Edwin H. Gifford, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Pitt UniversityScholar.
	Hugh A. J. Munro, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Senior Chancellor’sMedallist.
	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	William George Clark, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
	Thomas Ramsbotham, ChristCollege, Cambridge, Latin Essay.
	W. T. Basil Jones, TrinityCollege, Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
1843	E. H. Gifford, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Senior Chancellor’sMedallist.
	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege, Cambridge, Junior Chancellor’sMedallist.
	Rev. M. Bright, MagdalenCollege, Cambridge, Tyrwhitt’s Hebrew Scholar.
	W. G. Clark, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	W. G. Clare, Trinity College,Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	G. Nugee, B.A. Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1844	W. G. Clark, Trinity College,Cambridge, Second Chancellor’s Medallist.
	George Osborne Morgan, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Craven University Scholar, while yet inthe Sixth Form of Shrewsbury School.
	J. G. Fussell, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
	J. G. Fussell, Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1845	James Riddell, Balliol College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	H. de Winton, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	George Nugee, Trinity College,Cambridge, Sir Peregrine Maitland’s Prize for ChristianEssay.
1846	George Osborne Morgan, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Sir R. Newdigate’s Prize for EnglishPoem.
1847	George Osborne Morgan,Worcester College, Oxford, First Class, Lit.Hum.
1848	H. C. Tayler, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
1849	William Owen, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Second to Craven UniversityScholar.
	William Owen, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Marquis Camden’s Gold Medal forLatin Poem.
	Francis Kewley, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1850	T. Clayton, Trinity College,Oxford, Hertford University Scholar.
	William Owen, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	P. Perring, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne’s Medal, Greek Ode.
	G.O. Morgan, Worcester College, Oxford,English Essay.
	G. B. Morley, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	G. O. Morgan, UniversityCollege, Oxford, Eldon Law Scholarship.
	H. C. A. Tayler, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1852	S. H. Burbury, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	D. Trinder, Exeter College,Oxford, Mrs. Denyer’s Theological Essay.
	J. L. Balfour, Queen’sCollege, Oxford, Ellerton’s Theological Essay.
	Henry Parker, Fellow of OrielCollege, Oxford, Latin Essay.
	W. Inge, Worcester College,Oxford, First Glass Moderations.
1853	Edward L. Brown, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bell’s Scholar.
	S. H. Burbury, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Craven University Scholar.
	S. H. Burbury, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	W. Inge, Worcester College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	A. B. Rocke, Christ Church,Oxford, First Class, Moderations.
1855	E. L. Brown, Trinity College,Cambridge, The Porson Prize.

Cambridge First Class Classics.

1824	Edward Baines, Christ College	4th
1825	John Price, St. John’s College	3rd
	John Hodgson, Trinity College	5th
	Frederick E. Gretton, St. John’s College	7th
1827	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College	Senior.
	George A. Butterton, St. John’s College	3rd
1828	T. W. Peile, Trinity College	2nd
1829	Horatio S. Hildyard, Peterhouse	5th
	Robert Smith, St. John’s College	6th
	Thomas Butler, St. John’s College	7th
1831	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege	Senior.
	Charles J. Johnstone, Caius College	4th
1832	Richard Shilleto, Trinity College	2nd
	Edward Broadhurst, Magdalen College	7th
1833	James Hildyard, Christ College	2nd
1834	George F. Kennedy, St.John’s College	Senior.
	Edward Warter, Magdalen College	4th
1835	George F. Harris, Trinity College	3rd
	John Cooper, Trinity College	7th
1836	Geo. Hy. Marsh, St. John’s College	2nd
	William H. Bateson, St. John’s College	3rd
	Richard Edward Turner, Trinity College	6th
1837	W. Gilson Humphry, TrinityCollege	Senior.
1838	George A. C. May, Magdalen College	3rd
	Henry Thompson, St. John’s College	7th
	William Parkinson, St. John’s College	8th
1839	Augustus W. Hopper, Trinity College	6th
1840	Francis France, St.John’s College	SeniorÆqual.
1841	Edward M. Cope, TrinityCollege	Senior.
	John Bather, St. John’s College	2nd
	Henry Thring, Magdalen College	3rd
1842	Hugh A. J. Munro, Trinity College	2nd
	Francis Morse, St. John’s College	7th
1843	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege Edwin H. Gifford, St. John’sColl.	Seniors Æqual.
1844	William G. Clark, Trinity College	2nd
1846	H. De Winton, Trinity College	3rd
1848	J. E. B. Mayor, St. John’s College	3rd
1849	H. C. A. Tayler, Trinity College	4th
1851	J. W. Taylor, St. Peter’s College	12th
1852	Robert Burn, TrinityCollege	SeniorÆqual.
	Philip Perring, Trinity College	4th
	W. Chandless, Trinity College	5th
	Arthur White, Magdalen College	16th
1854	S. H. Burbury, St. John’s College	2nd
	G. M. Campbell, St. John’s College	7th
	H. Day, St. John’s College	9th

Cambridge Wranglers.

1808	W. H. Parry, St. John’s College	16th
1809	John Evans, Clare Hall	6th
	W. R. Gilby, Trinity College	7th
1811	R. W. Evans, Trinity College	7th
1824	W. Crawley, Magdalen College	27th
1826	John Hodgson, Trinity College	16th
1827	George A. Butterton, St. John’s College	8th
1828	T. W. Peile, Trinity College	18th
1830	Charles Whitley, St.John’s College	Senior.
	Edward Yardley, Magdalen College	40th
1834	Henry Trentham, St. John’s College	13th
1835	Francis Procter, Catharine Hall	30th
	John Cooper, Trinity College	33rd
1836	W. Twiss Turner, Trinity College	15th
	Thomas E. H. Headlam, Trinity College	17th
1837	Alexander J. Ellis, Trinity College	5th
	William Gilson Humphry, Trinity College	27th
1838	H. J. Hodgson, Trinity College	24th
	G. A. C. May, Magdalen College	36th
1840	Henry Cadogan Rothery, St. John’s College	19th
1843	Edwin H. Gifford, St. John’s College	15th
1851	J. S. Clarke, St. John’s College	11th
1854	B. W. Horne, St. John’s College	4th
	H. Day, St. John’s College	5th
	S. H. Burbury, St. John’s College	15th