Memorials of the Canynges' family and their times; their claim to be regarded as the founders and restorers of Westbury College and Redcliffe Church, critically examined, to which is added inedited memoranda relating to Chatterton . I I- •J ^ ^ ^ f>5 ?i •I! I WESTBURY COLLEGE. 169 ton, and Cannings ; and for the most part livedneere unto them, at the aforesaid Westhurj, notunlike for the Societies sake of Norton and Can-nings or for some speciall Blessing he met withthere. Norton was, like Canynges, a native ofBristol; and he is spoken of as a celehrated al-chjmist in the reign of Edward IV
Memorials of the Canynges' family and their times; their claim to be regarded as the founders and restorers of Westbury College and Redcliffe Church, critically examined, to which is added inedited memoranda relating to Chatterton . I I- •J ^ ^ ^ f>5 ?i •I! I WESTBURY COLLEGE. 169 ton, and Cannings ; and for the most part livedneere unto them, at the aforesaid Westhurj, notunlike for the Societies sake of Norton and Can-nings or for some speciall Blessing he met withthere. Norton was, like Canynges, a native ofBristol; and he is spoken of as a celehrated al-chjmist in the reign of Edward IV. Fuller saysthat he boasted himself to be so great a proficientin chemistry, that he learned it to perfection inforty days, when he was twenty-eight years Theatrum corroborates this, and furthersays, Thomas Norton of Briseto,A parfet Master ye maie him trowe; adding that he was Alchymista siio tempore perit-issimiis, and much more curious in the Studiesof Philosophy then others, yet they passe someundecent and abusive Censures upon him, withreference to this vaine and frivolous Science,as they are pleasd to tearme it. He wrote TheOrdinall of Alchimy, the following couplet inwhichis supposed to refer to Joanna,
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