/ en /firstborn-son-father-thomas-henry-lowth-1753-1778 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT3.282.1%20%28vol.%202%29%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=kIEKv1It" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, BT3.282.1 (vol. 2) [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Firstborn Son of the Father: Thomas Henry Lowth (1753–1778) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 24</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/677" hreflang="en">Thomas Henry Lowth</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/422" hreflang="en">Robert Lowth</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/678" hreflang="en">Vinegar Bible</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/679" hreflang="en">BT3.282.1</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/427" hreflang="en">Letters</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/256" hreflang="en">Winchester College Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/77" hreflang="en">Winchester College</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/198" hreflang="en">John Oglander</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Bishop Robert Lowth gave to 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ a copy of the famous Vinegar Bible, and therein we find this tender memorial inscription to his son, Thomas Henry Lowth, pasted to the front blank leaf preceding the engraved title-page (and here translated into English):</h3> <h3>‘In remembrance of Thomas Henry Lowth, fellow of 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥, student of law, an excellent young man, of the greatest intellect, scholarship and character; who died on the 7th day of June, in the year 1778 AD in his 25th year.’</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, BT3.282.1 (vol. 2) [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-12/24NCN5%20%282025%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Thomas%20Henry%20Lowth.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1042670" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">24NCN5 (2025) Skelton-Foord on Thomas Henry Lowth.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1018.23 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:32:46 +0000 Christopher 3501 at /edward-sackville-wests-marcus-fleming-new-college-anti-hero <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2024-07/Photograph%20of%20Winchester%20College%20Officers%2C%201922%E2%80%94showing%20J.%20W.%20McDougall%20%28centre%29%2C%20Winchester%20College%20Archives%2C%20Winchester%2C%20G5-8-5.jpg.webp?itok=RI32s1R_" width="655" height="435" alt="Photograph of Winchester College Officers, 1922—showing J. W. McDougall (centre), Winchester College Archives, Winchester, G5/8/5" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Edward Sackville-West’s Marcus Fleming: 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Anti-Hero? </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2024): 21</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/577" hreflang="en">John Willey McDougall</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/578" hreflang="en">Edward Sackville-West</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/579" hreflang="en">Marcus Fleming </a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/580" hreflang="en">The Ruin: A Gothic Novel</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/256" hreflang="en">Winchester College Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/427" hreflang="en">Letters</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/581" hreflang="en">Evelyn Waugh</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>In 1924, Eddy Sackville-West wrote:</h3> <h3>‘It worries me to think how much I shall regret having published <em>The Ruin</em>. It is so certain to be misunderstood . . . If only I could get through a day or so without thinking of Jack. I don’t think he yet realises what I have gone through. <em>The Ruin</em> does not appear to have enlightened him, as I hoped it would. He never writes to me now.’</h3> <h3>What do we know of this ‘Jack’, who was so happily and unhappily dominating Eddy’s thoughts in 1924?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Photograph of Winchester College Officers, 1922—showing J. W. McDougall (centre)<br>Winchester College Archives, Winchester, G5/8/5<br>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>© Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of Winchester College</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2026-02/21NCN7%20%282024%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20John%20Willey%20McDougall.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=928763" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">21NCN7 (2024) Skelton-Foord on John Willey McDougall.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">907 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:05:35 +0000 Christopher 3151 at /node/2043 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2020-07/statutes%20page%201%20top.jpg.webp?itok=001Lp4Zn" width="655" height="435" alt="Founder’s Statutes of Winchester College, Winchester College Archives, WCM 21470" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> An Early College Bookbinder </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">James Willoughby</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2020): 13</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/77" hreflang="en">Winchester College</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/256" hreflang="en">Winchester College Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/257" hreflang="en">Thomas Hokyns</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/258" hreflang="en">Bookbindings</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/259" hreflang="en">WCM 21470</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2020-10/13NCN2%20%282020%29%20Willoughby%20on%20An%20Early%20College%20Bookbinder.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=946751" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">13NCN2 (2020) Willoughby on An Early College Bookbinder.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">924.56 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:25:49 +0000 Christopher 2043 at