JOHN BRUCE, Esq., Treas. S.A.
J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq., V.P.S.A.
PETER CUNNINGHAM, Esq., F.S.A.
WILLIAM RICHARD DRAKE, Esq., F.S.A.
THOMAS W. KING, Esq., F.S.A.
SIR FREDERICK MADDEN, K. II.
JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, Esq., F.S.A.
HENRY SHAW, Esq., F.S.A.
SAMUEL SHEPHERD, Esq., F.S.A.
WILLIAM J. THOMS, Esq., F.S.A.
The Tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Westminster Abbey is fast
mouldering into irretrievable decay. A sum on One Hundred pounds
will effect a perfect repair. The Committee have not thought it
right to fix any limit to the contribution; they themselves have
opened the list with a subscription from each of them of Five
Shillings; but they will be ready to receive any amount, more or
less, which those who value poetry and honour Chaucer may be kind
enough to remit to them.
Subscriptions have been received from the Earls of Carlisle,
Ellesmere, and Shaftesbury, Viscounts Strangford and Mahon, Pres.
Soc. Antiq., the Lords Braybrooke and Londesborough, and many
other noblemen and gentlemen.
Subscriptions are received by all the members of the Committee,
and at the Union Bank, Pall Mall East. Post-office orders may be
made payable at the Charing Cross Office, to William Richard
Drake, Esq., the Treasurer, 46. Parliament Street, or William J.
Thomas, Esq., Hon. Sec., 25. Holy-well Street, Millbank.