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When it became clear that the little girl would, if she lived, be Queen of England, a prelate high in the Church was proposed to the Duchess of Kent as the successor of Dr. Davys in his office. If a clergyman of higher rank was necessary, there was room for the promotion of Dr. Davys. Accordingly he was named Dean of Chester.
An original character for certain, but at the same time a bold savant, a physiologist, whose works were known and highly estimated throughout learned Europe, a happy rival of the Davys, the Daltons, the Bostocks, the Menzies, the Godwins, the Vierordts of all those noble minds who have placed physiology among the highest of modern sciences.
Another lady of higher rank was of necessity appointed governess to the Queen in 1831, when she became next heir to the throne. This lady, the Dowager Duchess of Northumberland, appears also as the Queen's friend in after life. The late Bishop Wilberforce was told by Dr. Davys an interesting anecdote of his former pupil.
This doorway is divided by a fine pillar rising from a well-carved base, with a very curious scene depicted on it. "It represents," writes Canon Davys, "a Benedictine tortured by demons, and was doubtless intended as a significant hint to the monks that a sacred calling demands a consistent life." The portico retains its original Early English vaulting.
On the 25th of March, 1584, he obtained from Elizabeth a new charter with larger powers, incorporating himself, Adrian Gilbert, brother of Sir Humphrey, and John Davys, under the title of "The College of the Fellowship for the Discovery of the Northwest Passage." But Raleigh's object was colonization.
On the 25th of March, 1584, he obtained from Elizabeth a new charter with larger powers, incorporating himself, Adrian Gilbert, brother of Sir Humphrey, and John Davys, under the title of "The College of the Fellowship for the Discovery of the Northwest Passage." But Raleigh's object was colonization.
Dr Davys, the future Bishop of Peterborough, was her instructor in Latin, history, mathematics, and theology, and the Dowager Duchess of Northumberland had also, after her own mother, a considerable share in her training. The Duchess of Kent took her daughter to visit many of the chief cities, cathedrals, and other places of interest in the British Isles.
John Cosin , Dean, afterwards Bishop of Durham. 18. Simon Gunton , Prebendary, the historian of the church. 19. Herbert Marsh , Bishop. 20. George Davys , Bishop. 21. James Henry Monk , Dean, afterwards Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. 22. Marsham Argles , Dean. Previously Canon . The dates in the above lists, unless stated otherwise, are the dates of appointment.
"No, no, Princess; you must always complete what you have commenced," said her governess, and the small haymaker had to conclude her haymaking before she was at liberty to follow another pursuit. From the Princess's fifth year Dr. Davys, afterwards Bishop of Peterborough, was her tutor.
Other friends the Speddings, the Arnolds at Fox How, the Davys at Ambleside, the Fletchers at Lancrigg formed a delightful circle, all within tolerably easy reach, and affording a haven of kind and nourishing companionship. But, for a thinker upon the practical aspects of political and social science, it was all too far from Labour in the deep mid-ocean, wind and wave and oar.
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