A small house was standing there, built originally by Dr. Cooke, a physician, whose son was just at that time acquiring world-wide celebrity by his discoveries in electric telegraphy. It may be interesting here, by the way, to mention that not very long ago this very son came to his old home, and, having obtained leave to go into a little room upstairs, astonished some members of the present Head Master's family by saying, "In this room I invented the electric telegraph." And those who are acquainted with the history of the invention can testify that the words were anything but an empty boast.

But to return-this house which had had several tenants after the days of Dr. Cooke, determined the site of the new School. It was at once enlarged and assigned as a Head Master's residence, and our big school-room was conveniently joined to it by what is now known as the Arcade. We cannot refrain from remarking that, though the removal was an excellent step, yet the new site of the buildings was not so judicious, owing to the closeness of the public road.

The difficulty of making subsequent additions to the School buildings, has clearly proved that it would have been much better to have applied Dr. Cooke's house to some other purpose, and placed the School at a much greater distance from the road. But even with this objection, the situation is a most charming one, admirably adapted for all school work and amusements too, having in front of it an excellent cricket and football ground, flanked on one side by a hill from which spectators have a perfect view of the games, with the majestic Cathedral and Castle in the distance; and lastly, being close to the river and School boat-house, so that advantage may be taken of the shortest interval, even in the worst of weather.

The removal infused new life into the School just at the time when its numbers and reputation were rapidly increasing, under the management of that able and learned Head Master, Dr. Elder. After some eight years it was seen that further additions were necessary, and they were liberally made by the Dean and Chapter. First, in 1853, when the 1st and 2nd class-rooms and the dormitories above them were built, and again in 1862, when a considerable addition was made to the Head Master's house; but most largely in 1870, when a noble Sanatorium was built on the hill above the School, mainly at the suggestion of one whose name is imperishably connected with the Infirmaries of Durham-Dean Waddington.

The recent imposing additions in 1876, of new class-rooms, a library, ball courts, and a new story added to the Head Master's house are too recent to require more than a passing notice. Under the superintendence of Arthur Bloomfield, Esq., the famous school and church architect, a group of buildings has been completed, which lacks only a chapel to make it as complete as any foundation of the same size and rank in the kingdom.

The history which we have endeavoured to give of the buildings of the School down to the present time, has occupied so much more space than we had expected, that we must reserve our notices of some of the most remarkable masters and scholars who have been connected with Durham School for a future occasion.

Henry Holden D.D.
Headmaster

The Head Masters

OF

Durham School, A.D. 1578-1881.

IN our first number a promise was made that some account of the Masters

and most distinguished pupils of the School would be given in the present number. We have found it somewhat difficult to fulfil this promise, but what we have been able to collect in the way of information is as follows. No record is extant of any Masters of the Monastic School prior to the Reformation. This old School, attached to the Benedictine Convent, we proved satisfactorily, we hope, to our readers to be the true parent from which our present Durham Grammar School is lineally descended, thus claiming for it a much higher antiquity than the reign of King Henry VIII., who is commonly reputed as its Founder. The name of the first Headmaster, (we say Headmaster, for frequent mention is made of Second Masters) that we have been able to obtain is Robert Cooke, A.D. 1578. All, however, that we find recorded of him is that he received 80 shillings a-year from the Dean and Chapter, a sum, which even in those days, we may hope was largely supplemented by additional receipts from his pupils; and that he was buried in the body of the Cathedral in the year 1579. He is followed by Francis Kay in the same year, 1579, of whom all that we know is that he subsequently became Vicar of Northallerton in 1593, and died there 1624, ætat. 69. In a Latin entry, made by him as a heading to one of the Parish Registers, he describes himself as of Christ's College, Cambridge, M.A., and Master of Durham School for ten years. He founded a charity at Northallerton,, and left bequests to the poor of Brompton, Romandby, and Deighton.

James Caufield became Master in 1593. He was afterwards appointed to a prebendal stall in Durham, and to the Rectory of Redmarshall. We then come, without being able to give an exact date, to the Mastership of one who made a great noise in the distracted theological world of his day, Peter Smart. We will content ourselves with the description given of him by Surtees, the historian of Durham (vol. II., p. 288), who calls him "A turbu"lent prebendary, prosecuted for preaching a vile sermon in the Cathedral, "July 27, 1628, and who afterwards in his turn prosecuted Bishop Cosin, for "Popish innovations."

Thomas Ingemethorp, of B.N.C., Oxford, 1581, but of no degree, was appointed Master in 1610, because "accounted learned in the Hebrew tongue," being at that time Rector of Stainton, county of Durham. He, too, had his share in the theological troubles of the time, being imprisoned for preaching a violent sermon against Ralph Tunstall, Prebendary of Durham, and Archdeacon of Northumberland, 1613. The historian of the day speaks of him thus: "Submissionem suam humilem aperte in Cathedrali Ecclesia Dunelmensi fecit ubi immissus est quousque," &c. He was then sent back to Stainton, where he taught a small school up to the time of his death. The following year, 1614, finds Nicolas Walton Master, subsequently "Minister" of Croxdale. An interesting fact is recorded in connection with this Master, showing that the School in those days was one of the most important institutions of the town, and deserving of being brought under the notice of royalty. When King James VI. of Scotland, in his progress south to take possession of the throne of England and Ireland, stopped at Durham in the year 1603, an address of welcome was presented to him from the School, and Nicolas Walton (probably head boy at the time) was chosen to read it.

Thomas Millerĝis next recorded as having the Mastership of the School in the year 1632. Those were troublous and disorderly times, and Durham School seems to have suffered, as well as many similar institutions from this cause. With however much regret, we must, as faithful chroniclers, quote the words of the historian, Mickleton, whose veracity may be thoroughly depended on. "In tempore hujus Thomæ Miller in dictâ Scholâ multa fuit incuria, potui poculoque quam plurimum dedito præceptore prædicto "Thoma."