GROSE, FRANCIS (1731-1791)

—Antiquary and lexicographer, of Swi extraction, was Richmond Herald 1755-63. He pub. Antiquities of England and Wales (1773-87), which was well received, and thereafter, 1789, set out on an antiquarian tour through Scotland, the fruit of which was Antiquity of Scotland (1789-91). He afterwards undertook a similar expedition to Ireland, but d. suddenly at Dublin. In addition to the works above mentioned he wrote A Cla ical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785), A Provincial Glo ary (1787), a Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , etc. He was an accomplished draughtsman, and illustrated his works. GROSSETESTE, ROBERT ( d. 1253). —Theologian and scholar, was b. of poor parents at Strad brook, Suffolk, and studied at Oxf. and po ibly Paris. His abilities and learning procured him many preferments; but after an illne he refused to be longer a pluralist, and resigned all but a prebend at Lincoln. Later he was a strenuous and courageous reformer, as is shown by his refusing in 1253 to induct a nephew of the Pope to a canonry at Lincoln, of which he had been Bishop since 1235. He was equally bold in resisting the demand of Henry III. for a tenth of the Church revenues. Amid his absorbing labours as a Churchman, he found time to be a copious writer on a great variety of subjects, including husbandry, physical and moral philosophy, as also sermons, commentaries, and an allegory, the Chateau d'Amour . Roger Bacon was a pupil of his, and testifies to his amazing variety of knowledge.