Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . e bracketsto support the roof, upheld, these manyyears, by staunch little demi-angels bear-ing arms and books. The Great Hall of the WestminsterSchool, on the east side of the quadrangle,with its heavy projecting classic stoneportico, is a part of the old Dormitoryof the Norman monks, built in the Con-fessors time, but much altered in lateryears. As we have seen in visiting theEast walk of the Great Cloister, theDormitory ran above it. The Hall isaccessible except during school hours, butcontains few of its original features. The Wes
Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . e bracketsto support the roof, upheld, these manyyears, by staunch little demi-angels bear-ing arms and books. The Great Hall of the WestminsterSchool, on the east side of the quadrangle,with its heavy projecting classic stoneportico, is a part of the old Dormitoryof the Norman monks, built in the Con-fessors time, but much altered in lateryears. As we have seen in visiting theEast walk of the Great Cloister, theDormitory ran above it. The Hall isaccessible except during school hours, butcontains few of its original features. The Westminster School, practicallyfounded by Henry VIII but re-founded in1560 by Queen Elizabeth, had its incep-tion in the school for the Novices in thewest walk of the cloister, maintained forcenturies, no one knows how many. Amaster to teach grammar was employedfor the school in the time of Edward IIIand a headmaster was employed in 1543,when the school numbered forty connection with the Abbey has alwaysbeen intimate. After its re-founding, the 758. The Cloister, Yard and School scholarships were at first bestowed by bal-lot of the dean and chapter. At Oxfordand at Cambridge, twenty scholars andthe payment of the Royal professorshipswere charged to the Westminster a long time the dean and prebendariesdined in College Hall with the connection today between the schooland chapter is much less close than for-merly. The school was at first located in theold granary of the monastery whichproving too low and too little, a partof the Dormitory was altered andequipped for its use. Dr. Richard Busby,the famously stern headmaster for fifty-seven years (1638-1695), the greatestheadmaster of his century, brought West-minster to a high degree of efiiciency andit was said that in his time no dunce orunlearned man ever went out from theschool. He once apologized to CharlesII for failing to remove his hat in thekings presence, saying that it would neverdo to let
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