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A biography of the English merchant and philanthropist Humphrey Chetham, who founded one of the country's oldest libraries. Includes information on his life, charitable works, and contributions to the city of Manchester. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... in that age of ripe scholars and hard students to have distinguished himself at the university, and afterwards not only to be appointed the High Master of the School and the successor of his old Archi-Didascalus Dr. Cogan, but also to enjoy the intimate friendship whilst in that office of the profound scholar Dr. Dee, the Warden of Manchester, to whom he lent money, and received valuable plate in pledge for it.1 Dr. Dee was opposed to the puritans, and was of the court party. We know too little of the attainments of this young man, who, it may be named, wrote a neat, exact, and scholar-like hand, and always spelt his name Clietam. He names Dr. Dee in his will, which is dated 28 December, 1602.2 He died at the early age of 31, neither in holy orders nor married. Had he been a martyr to study, or of a delicate constitution? George, another son of Henry Chetham, was bound apprentice in his sixteenth year to Mr. George Tipping, of Manchester, a wealthy linen draper and general merchant. The indenture is dated June 27, 1591. He settled afterwards in London, and subsequently acquired great wealth. He was a member of the Merchant Taylors' Company and a citizen of London. He was a wholesale mercer, or, as he is sometimes called, a "grocer," in one of the busy streets of the city, and the family being united, first one brother and then another invested his fortune in the concern which proved to be helpful to each, and in the end the making of them all. His favourite brother and the partner of his commercial pursuits was Humphrey, and there can be little doubt that in the disposal of his wealth and in his charitable foundations, Humphrey Chetham had regard to the extensive charities and benefactions recorded in the will of the brother, to whose...