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derived from his estate ; and Gunner's
suggestion that this was the case (see
Archaeological Journal, xvi. 166 et seq.) is
fully borne out by the records. In fro-
mond's elaborate will, which he sealed shortly
before his death, there is no reference to
the Chantry : on the contrary, his desire is
to be buried " in medio cimiterii collegii
beate marie prope Wynton," which would
hive been a strange phrase to use had the
Chantry already stood there ; and when,
upon the completion of the building, the
College, by deed dated 20 June, 1446,
accepted the trusts attached to Fromond's
benefactions, the Chantry was carefully
described in the deed as " de bonis eiusdem
Johannis sumptuose constructa." By
August, 1437, the building had reached a
stage which allowed of the consecration of
the altar ; but, as Account-rolls show,
various works which would naturally be
left to the last still remained to be done :
doors were supplied in 1438-9, including a
door to the upper room, which was intended
for a library ; and in 14434 the glazing of
the windows was in the hands of Richard
and John, servants of John Prudde of West-
minster. The interval between Fromond's
death and the deed of 1446 was occupied
not merely with the building, but also with
litigation and other legal troubles connected
with his estate ; but Kirby, having taken
the view that the Chantry was built by
Fromond himself, sought to explain the
delay over the acceptance of the trusts by
suggesting that nothing could be done so
long as Matilda Fromond was alive and
enjoying dower out of her husband's pro-
perties. " She was of the party," he says,
in speaking of the consecration in 1437.
She was, indeed, then in the Chantry, in
body if not in spirit : she had been lying for
quite fifteen years within the tomb there
beside her husband. That is evident from
an item in the Accounts of 1421-2 (under
' custus domorum cum necessariis ' ), which
Kirby refers to, but apparently misread :
" In solutis pro cariagio iiij molarum cum all is pertinentiis ad moleridinum equinum dat' collegio per executores Relicte Johannis Fromond a Sparsholte usque collegium, iiijs."
With apologies for the digression I go back to the Hall-book of 1406-7, to note some gleanings from the field of guests :
1st quarter, 5th week, " Thomas Glasier ad prandium in alta mensa," presumably Thomas, the glazier who created the Jesse window in our Chapel, replaced in 1822 by Betton and Evans's copy of it ; 7th week, " f rater Ricardus medicus " ; 8th week,
" ij vitriarii," who dined sometimes " cum
famulis " and sometimes " cum sociis " p
llth week, "famulus Bory carians salem
ab Hampton." 2nd quarter, 2nd week,.
" Mr. Informator de alta scola " ; 3rd week,.
" J. Bedman de villa," where, I suppose,
" villa " means Winchester ; 4th week,
" j heremita " ; 7th week, " soror custodis."
3rd quarter, 1st week, " Reginaldus Warnar
et T. Warnar f rater eius," who had been
Scholars in 1394, and were Founder's kin j
6th week, " uxor ballivi de soka et filia
eius " ; 12th week, " j bresbiter," showing
the scribe's pronunciation. 4th quarter,.
2nd week, " firmarius custodis de West-
mene," probably indicating that Warden
Morys had property there ; 4th week, " viij
clerici de capella domini Episcopi Wynton " ;
" duo moniales." This list will, I hope, con-
vey an idea of the company which came and:
went. H. C.
Winchester College.
(To be continued.)
JOHN ANGELL, THE LITERARY
FELTMAKER.
SEVERAL inquirers in ' N. & Q.' of 1870- (4 S. v.) assumed that the author of ' Stenography ; or Short-Hand Improved,' was the professor of shorthand who lived for many years in Dublin, and this assump- tion was rather encouraged by writers on shorthand and the Catalogue of the British Museum Library 7 . The fact would appear to be that there were two of these John Angells father and son.
John Angell senior, who hailed from Chichester, was by business a feltmaker in St. Clement Danes, London. By his will, made on 20 March, 1764, he disposed, among other things, of (1) the plates, copies, and copyright of ' Stenography ; or Short- Hand Improved ' ; (2) the copies and copy- right of ' An Essay on Prayer ' ; and (3) the copyright, when publication was completed, of ' The History of Religion,' which was then "publishing in weekly numbers " under an agreement with Chr. Henderson, Wm. Nicoll, and Joseph Johnson.. The will was proved on 17 April, 1764 (P.C.C. Simpson, 128), and the beneficiaries were his children : John, Mary (who was a A pointed sole executrix), and Ann.
According to the will the testator had twp Z's in his name ; it is so engraved in the title- page of ' Stenography,' and at the end of the preface of the signed and numbered copies
