Excerpt from The Archaeological Journal, 1898, Vol. 55: Published Under the Council of the Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland But the most interesting document which I am able to present is one, which puts beyond doubt the fact of the existence of Sherborne School before the endowment by Edward VI, besides providing the name of the then schoolmaster, and which, while it does not wholly clear up the status and constitution of the school in its prior existence, yet shows conclusively that it was not kept, as has been commonly asserted, by the monks of the abbey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.