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 SCHOOLS B.A. 1809, M.A. 1825, who afterwards was vicar of Lakenheath, Suffolk, from 30 Decem- ber 1819, and of King's Langley, Hertfordshire, from 12 February 1836.*^ A scholar, Henry Barfoot, is said to have acted as usher from Christmas 1807 until April 1808. Butt's successor was a Welshman, the Rev. Thomas Roberts. When matriculating as ' ple- beian ' at Hertford College, Oxford, on 26 May 1800, he is described as of Llandyrnog, county Denbigh. No doubt from partiality for the society of his fellow Celts he migrated to the Welsh college, Jesus, some time before he took his B.A. degree (14 February 1804).^' His most distinguished pupils at Uppingham were Charles Ingle, fellow of Peterhouse, school exhibitioner in 1 8 1 4 ; William King, exhibitioner in 181 5, of Corpus Christi, Oxford, who graduated with a first-class in classics and a third in mathematics in 1 8 19; William Pakenham Maxwell Spencer, exhibitioner in the following year, eighth wrangler in 1 82 1 and a fellow of St. John's; two brothers Arnold from Stamford, — William Langton, who died prematurely in 1822, the year in which he gained an eleventh wranglership and a fellowship of Caius, and Charles, also a wrangler (twenty-fifth in 1 824) and fellow of Caius, father of Nelson Henry and Charles William, both later on pupils of Holden, the former recommended for the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny and dying in Lucknow in 1857, the latter a wrangler in 1854;*' and Edward Swann, of St. John's, thirty-second wrangler and a third-class man in classics in 1828. The Rev. Henry Barfoot, who had tried his hand while still a scholar, and had since graduated as junior optime (181 2) from Clare Hall, returned to Uppingham as usher early in Roberts' reign and stayed till 1822. On the presentation of the Governors he succeeded John Butt as vicar of Leake on 12 May 1831.^' He was followed at Uppingham by the Rev. William Turner, of St. John's College, Cambridge, eighteenth wrangler in 1822, who served under four head masters, and finally retired in 1850 on the vicarage of Bar- holm-cum-Stowe, with which he had been re- warded three years previously, in succession to Roberts.'" It was during Roberts's mastership that Carlisle and the Commissioners for inquiry concerning Charities and Education made their reports. Carlisle" in 181 5 tells us that the master's salary was ;^I05 and the usher's ;^I00 ; that the seven school exhibitions were worth ;^30 a year each ; and the scholarships connected with the four colleges, St. John's, Sidney-Sussex, Clare and Em- manuel, four with each college, ;^I4 a year each. " Foster, op. cit. " Foster, Alumni Oxon. " Uppingham School RoH (Stanford), 1906. «' Foster, Index Eccl. »» Ibid. " End. Gram. Schools, ii, 323-39. The later ^2 (1820) and more detailed report says that there were between 28 and 30 boarders at the school, a hvf day boys, but no free scholars. The head master had during his term of office re- ceived one application for free education, which he had been obliged to refuse, as coming from a doctor in good practice in the town. The fees for day boys were 3 guineas on admission, with half a guinea to the usher, liable to reduction according to the means of parents, and a charge for tuition of 5 guineas for boys from Uppingham and of 8 guineas for boys of the adjoining towns. There was an additional charge by the writing master of 55. entrance fee, and 2 guineas yearly, for instruction in his own subjects, writing and arithmetic. The absence of free scholars was attributed partly to the unwillingness of parents to give their children a classical education, partly to uncertainty among the poorer class of tradesmen of the town as to their right to demand gratuitous instruction. The small number of day boys was also ascribed in part to the unpopu- larity of classics, and also to the high fees de- manded, which were considerably higher than those in force at Oakham. A room for the usher is said to have been added by the Governors to the old schoolroom some years previously. The old hospital, with an adjoining yard and garden, was occupied by the master rent free. Boarders and day boys were educated together, no distinction being made between them, and the curriculum in mathematics and classics was held to be sufficient preparation for the universities. The usher's salary was now £l20, while the head master's was still ;^I05, to which it had been raised in i8i6, having previously from 1772 been ^f 80. The usher received a rent-charge of 40J., settled by an exchange on land at Weston in the parish of Bulkington at the time of the inclosure (1770), the original donor of which was unknown. The school exhibitions had been in- creased in number to eight, and in value to ;^40 a year each. During Roberts' mastership they had never been held or applied for either by free or day scholars. Roberts retired in 1824 on the livings of Barholm-cum-Stowe and Deeping St. James, which since 2 March 1815 he had held with the mastership. To these he added the rectory of Stamford St. Mary on 25 November 1828.^' He remained in possession of them all until his death twenty years later. His successor at Uppingham, Josiah Rowles Buckland, a Johnian, had been fifth wrangler in 1807 and a fellow and mathematical lecturer of Sidney-Sussex. In 181 7 he took his B.D. degree, and in the year after his appointment as head master, his D.D. From the date of his accession The Uppingham School Roll forms a continuous record, giving the lists of admissions year by year, with short notes >87 Char. Com. Rep. " Foster, Index Eccl.