. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . the memory of two freemen, and invoking vengeance on him who shouldpresume to desecrate their sepulchre. Kendal has given birth to many eminent men, amongst whom the following are particu-larly worthy of mention. Richard de Kendal, who flourished in the reign of Henry VI., wasan excellent grammarian, and reputed the best schoolmaster of his age. Thomas Shaw, bornin 1692, after graduating at Oxford, was made chaplain to the factory
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . the memory of two freemen, and invoking vengeance on him who shouldpresume to desecrate their sepulchre. Kendal has given birth to many eminent men, amongst whom the following are particu-larly worthy of mention. Richard de Kendal, who flourished in the reign of Henry VI., wasan excellent grammarian, and reputed the best schoolmaster of his age. Thomas Shaw, bornin 1692, after graduating at Oxford, was made chaplain to the factory at Algiers; whencereturning to Kendal, he published his Travels in Barbary and the Levant, a work ofhigh celebrity. Ephraim Chambers, the projector of Encyclopaedias, was apprenticed toMr. Senex, globe-maker, and under him formed the design of his Cyclopaedia, which firstappeared in 1728. To these may be added John Wilson, a stocking-knitter, who acquiredconsiderable reputation as a botanist, and published a valuable treatise entitled, A Synopsis of British Plants. Kendal, it is worthy of remark, was one of the first provincial towns that printed
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