Începuturile dentisticei in ţările româneşti / [G.Z. Petrescu].

  • Petrescu, G. Z. (Gheorghe Zaharia), 1874-1954.
Date:
1934
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Credit: Începuturile dentisticei in ţările româneşti / [G.Z. Petrescu]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By liis marriage with Ann Williams lie had issue five children,—three sons and two daughters. They are all men- tioned on his tomb in Cumnor church: John, Rohert, Heniy, Cynthia, and Penelope. The interesting Jeannette of sir Walter Scott is a pure fiction. The children of Forster all died young, and during the lives of their parents. As no entry of their burial oecurs in the register of the parish church, which commences in 1559, it is to be presumed they died prior to Forster coming to, or taking possession of, Cumnor. Anthony Forster died in 1572. This is known by his will and the date of his burial. It is not distinctly known whether he died at Cumnor, but it is probable he did so. . The will is dated November 5, and the entry of his burial is November 10, so that he may be esteemed to have died on the 7th or 8th of that month. By his will he left Cumnor Place to his friend and patron, the earl of Leicester; but it was continued to be inhabited by his wiclow and her sister. The former remained there during twenty-seven years, in short, until her decease m 1599, when, on the lOth April of that year, she was buriecl in the tomb of her liusband in the chancel. The character of the man may be somewhat estimated frorn the clescription of his will. Equitable distribution of his property is there clisplayed. His wife is amply provided for, as being the first to demand consideration. Then follow his relations and dependents : they are all particularized. His godchildren are not overlooked, ancl some old acquaint- ances are remembered. These circumstances are worthy of note, inasmuch as they shew his nature to have been kindly and consiclerate, and the reverse of what he has been de- picted by the Jesuit, the antiquary, and the novelist. I de- rive the following particulars from a publication1 with which I was unacquaintecl prior to the reading of this paper to the British Archseological Association. The will is clated November 5, 1572, and by it, as I have alreacly stated, he gives ancl bequeaths to “ lord Robert, ea.rle of Leicester, my mannor and lordshipe of Comenore, in the saiad countie of Barke, wth all the proffits and comodities therunto belonginge, wth all & singler their appurtinances, together wth Comenore Woode ancl the Hundred of Horne- 1 Historical and Descriptive Account of Cumnor Place, etc., by A. D. Bart- lett (Oxf., ]850, 8vo.), in which the will is printed entire, pp. 120-124.