Article by Elizabeth Wells, Archivist, first published in The Camden, 2013 An incunabulum is a book, single sheet, or image that was printed — not handwritten — in Europe before 1501 (the earliest examples of printing are from the East. The Diamond Sutra which was discovered in a cave in China is the earliest complete survival of a dated printed…
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A Document with Teeth
Article by Elizabeth Wells, Archivist, first published in The Camden 2013 This indenture, dating from 1594, is one of the earliest documents in the school’s archive which refers to the school directly (see the post on William Camden for another). An indenture is a legal contract between two or more parties. Written in duplicate on the same sheet, the copies would be separated…
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George Colman (OW) and the Nonsense Club
Article by Charlotte Robinson, Archives and Records Management Assistant, first published in The Camden, 2016 George Colman (1732-1794) was a theatre manager and playwright celebrated for his comic farces. He was a King’s Scholar in the 1740s and showed an early talent for lively satire. He was a little man, “without my shoes, little more than five feet in height”,…
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William Camden (1551-1623): Head Master and Antiquarian
Article by Ruth de Wynter, Archive Volunteer, first published in The Camden, 2013 William Camden was born at the Old Bailey, London, the son of Sampsen Camden, a painter-stainer and Elizabeth Curwen. He firstly attended Christ’s Hospital School in the City of London but after suffering from Plague in 1563 was removed to Islington. Upon recovery he attended St Paul’s School,…
