THe
Designer
having
long
sadly
considered
the
great
Dishonour
and
Prejudice
this
Nation
receives
by
sending
the
Sons
of
our
prime
Nobility
and
Gentry
too
early
into
France
,
before
they
are
wellprincipled
in
Religion
,
and
practized
in
active
Vertue
at
Home
;
He
believed
he
could
not
do
a
greater
Service
to
GOD
,
his
KING
and
Country
,
than
to
set
forth
a
Model
,
or
Method
pursuant
to
that
end
.
And
forasmuch
as
nothing
is
more
Essential
and
Conservative
of
the
Weal
and
Happiness
we
see
and
enjoy
within
this
Island
,
Wall'd
,
Water'd
,
Warm'd
and
Enrich'd
with
the
Daily
Flowings
of
the
Sea
,
than
that
the
Successive
Nobless
,
and
infinite
Gentry
of
His
MAJESTIES
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
,
stand
Qualified
and
Enabled
to
serve
His
MAJESTY
substantially
in
the
Support
of
the
Crown
and
Government
,
by
an
Exemplary
Life
and
Behaviour
to
the
rest
of
their
Fellow-Subjects
,
and
Foreigners
flocking
to
Us
:
And
that
Experience
hath
shewed
how
Troublesom
,
Dangerous
and
Costly
it
hath
been
,
and
is
sure
long
to
be
,
for
our
Young
Nobility
and
Gentry
to
be
sent
Abroad
raw
,
with
or
without
Governours
and
Tutors
,
or
Servants
,
ere
they
be
Principl'd
and
Season'd
in
good
measure
at
Home
;
have
Languages
,
Exercises
,
and
competent
Judgment
to
use
their
Travels
with
Advantage
;
as
may
appear
by
the
following
Disparities
.
A
Short
Survey
of
Profitable
Disparities
,
incident
to
the
Design
of
This
ACADEMY
.
WHereas
Noblemens
and
Gentlemens
Sons
are
not
sent
beyond
Sea
at
any
Age
,
but
under
a
very
sensible
Charge
,
and
Yearly
Expence
,
and
are
the
more
exposed
to
the
Humours
,
and
self-concerned
Practises
of
Strangers
,
being
at
great
distance
from
Home
:
THey
will
in
this
Academy
,
close
to
London
,
be
entred
from
their
Parents
own
Laps
and
Coaches
,
unchargeably
and
safely
,
and
will
be
there
cherisht
as
their
tenderness
may
require
,
and
observed
how
they
profit
,
and
grow
capable
for
Travel
,
secured
so
long
from
the
Plots
and
Humours
of
unknown
and
unseen
Teachers
,
and
Debaucheries
in
Religion
and
Manners
,
till
reasonably
confirmed
in
both
.
WHereas
at
Paris
,
and
other
Academies
beyond
the
Seas
,
our
Noblemen
and
Young
Gentry
are
not
much
esteemed
,
if
they
spend
not
5.
or
600
l.
per
ann.
a
piece
,
at
the
least
,
and
more
as
they
advance
in
Age
:
THey
may
in
this
Academy
Learn
twice
as
much
,
and
be
better
Treated
for
two
thirds
,
with
full
Reputation
;
and
by
consequence
in
five
or
six
Years
save
at
least
so
much
as
they
will
need
to
spend
in
their
Travels
Abroad
,
if
requisite
.
WHereas
Diseases
are
frequentest
upon
Youth
from
15.
or
16.
Years
Old
downwards
,
and
more
afflictive
to
Parents
,
and
dangerous
to
themselves
,
when
overearly
shifted
to
a
Foreign
Climate
:
THe
like
Accidents
will
be
more
tolerable
and
hopeful
for
recovery
in
this
Academy
;
whence
,
as
occasion
presses
,
Patients
will
be
easily
removed
to
Parents
,
Friends
,
Bath
,
and
Change
of
Air
,
till
they
can
Travel
in
a
more
confirm'd
state
of
Health
.
WHereas
some
of
our
Neighbouring
and
Remoter
Countries
have
undervalued
and
dis-esteemed
our
Noblemen
and
Young
Gentry
,
sometimes
for
not
having
Lived
or
Studied
in
their
Academies
:
BY
this
Seasonable
Frequentation
of
our
(
hoped
)
Incomparable
One
at
Home
,
we
shall
soon
be
quit
with
them
,
and
draw
over
the
whole
Reputation
to
Ours
,
as
much
as
our
Universities
carry
the
Bays
away
from
all
that
are
in
the
World
besides
.
These
Previous
Arguments
,
besides
the
Love
of
my
Country
,
with
the
Encouragements
following
,
made
me
,
to
my
great
Charge
and
Trouble
,
set
up
this
Method
of
Breeding
at
Piccadille
:
which
as
soon
as
it
was
made
Practicable
,
was
Obstructed
by
certain
Persons
,
whom
I
forbear
yet
to
mention
,
reserving
them
for
another
time
and
place
:
Hoping
now
all
Noble
and
Generous
PATRIOTS
will
give
Assistance
to
so
Worthy
an
Undertaking
;
and
have
their
Names
Recorded
in
the
Book
of
Fame
for
True
Lovers
of
their
Country
.
To
the
KINGS
Most
Excellent
MAJESTY
:
The
Humble
PETITION
of
EDWARD
PANTON
,
Your
MAjESTIES
Servant
:
SHEWETH
,
THat
the
Petitioner
,
out
of
a
just
Zeal
to
the
Glory
of
GOD
,
and
the
Service
of
Your
MAJESTY
and
Kingdoms
,
doth
humbly
Propose
the
Erecting
of
a
Society
at
Chelsey
,
or
in
some
other
Convenient
Place
near
London
,
to
be
,
by
Your
Gracious
Favour
and
Commands
,
made
capable
,
and
Encouraged
to
Train
up
here
at
Home
,
the
Generous
Youth
of
Your
said
Kingdoms
,
securely
,
in
all
Manly
good
Sciences
and
Exercises
;
to
which
any
Young
Gentlemen
from
beyond
the
Seas
,
may
also
resort
for
the
same
purpose
.
Now
to
the
end
this
Proposal
,
which
several
of
the
Nobility
and
Gentry
are
ready
to
give
a
happy
Beginning
unto
,
and
do
exceedingly
want
the
Benefit
of
,
to
Initiate
and
Season
their
Sons
,
before
they
step
into
Sway
and
Liberty
,
may
take
the
more
speedy
Effect
:
May
it
please
Your
most
Sacred
MAJESTY
,
to
bestow
upon
the
said
Intended
Society
,
the
Honour
to
call
it
,
Your
Royal
Academy
;
and
that
a
Warrant
be
issued
in
good
form
,
signifying
Your
Will
and
Pleasure
to
Mr.
Attorney
and
Sollicitor
General
,
or
one
of
them
,
to
prepare
a
Bill
for
Your
Royal
Signature
to
pass
the
Great
Seal
,
containing
Your
MAJESTIES
Grant
of
such
a
Society
to
be
forthwith
Erected
and
Settled
at
Chelsey
,
or
elsewhere
conveniently
near
London
,
bearing
the
Name
of
Your
Royal
Academy
,
to
consist
of
Your
Petitioner
,
as
Regent
thereof
for
his
Life
;
and
of
a
competent
number
of
Fellows
,
to
be
desired
,
by
him
,
out
of
the
Body
of
the
Royal
Society
,
and
other
Personages
of
Learning
,
Quality
,
and
known
Reputation
;
together
with
able
and
trusty
sufficient
Officers
within
the
said
Academy
,
to
be
a
Body
Politick
,
Active
and
Passive
,
to
all
the
Ends
and
Purposes
before
intended
,
for
ever
;
capable
of
Gifts
,
Legacies
and
Endowments
,
Real
and
Personal
,
Pleading
,
and
being
Impleaded
,
in
as
full
and
ample
manner
as
by
Patent
heretofore
was
Granted
,
or
intended
to
be
Granted
unto
Sir
Francis
Kynaston
Knight
,
deceased
,
by
Your
MAJESTIES
most
Royal
Father
,
of
Immortal
Recordation
,
in
the
Eleventh
Year
of
His
Reign
;
and
comprehending
such
further
Expressions
and
Clauses
,
Priviledges
,
Immunities
,
Provisions
and
Grants
to
the
said
Academy
,
Regent
and
Members
thereof
,
as
Your
said
Attorney
and
Sollicitor
General
,
or
either
of
them
,
with
the
Petitioners
Council
Learned
,
shall
advise
to
be
most
Legal
,
and
conducing
to
the
Erection
,
Subsistence
and
Increase
of
this
Your
Royal
Academy
:
Vouchsafing
to
that
end
,
unto
the
present
,
or
first
and
future
Regents
,
Liberty
to
Chuse
and
Imploy
a
sufficient
Deputy
;
and
to
Intercede
with
the
most
Reverend
Father
in
GOD
,
His
Grace
the
Lord
Archbishop
,
Metropolitan
of
England
,
and
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
or
Lord
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
pro
tempore
,
or
one
of
them
,
that
upon
any
emergent
great
Occasion
,
requiring
Visitation
and
Change
,
or
Amendment
of
the
Local
Rules
and
Statutes
which
the
said
Regent
,
with
his
Assisting
Council
,
have
from
time
to
time
made
for
the
Good
and
Advantage
of
the
said
Academy
,
on
due
Supplication
,
and
Notice
thereof
in
Writing
presented
,
their
Lordships
,
or
one
of
them
,
be
especially
Willed
by
Your
MAJESTIES
Order
,
finally
,
de
plano
,
to
determine
all
such
Grievance
,
or
Matter
of
Change
or
Amendment
,
and
to
be
for
ever
Friends
and
Protectors
of
this
Your
Royal
Academy
and
Foundation
.
Where
Your
Indulgence
is
humbly
craved
for
Gentlemen
also
,
Strangers
born
,
and
resorting
to
this
Academy
from
any
Kingdoms
or
Countries
beyond
the
Seas
,
in
Amity
with
Your
MAJESTY
,
That
they
,
and
their
Servants
,
may
be
Received
,
Accommodated
and
Trained
up
in
all
the
said
Sciences
and
Exercises
,
Conforming
to
the
Rules
and
Statutes
with
our
Intended
Students
there
.
All
which
the
Petitioner
humbly
submits
to
Your
Sacred
MAJESTIES
good
Will
and
Pleasure
;
And
shall
ever
Pray
as
in
Duty
bound
,
&c.
The
Royal
Academy
,
TO
be
Settled
at
Chelsey
,
or
some
other
Convenient
Place
near
London
,
is
to
be
Framed
to
an
Exact
Method
for
the
Well-breeding
and
Education
at
Home
of
the
Youth
of
Condition
,
Natives
within
this
of
England
,
and
other
His
MAJESTIES
Kingdoms
:
To
fit
them
for
the
Service
-
Of
GOD
,
-
Of
the
KING
,
and
-
Of
their
Country
.
With
Freedom
for
any
Youth
of
Quality
also
from
Parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
to
be
admitted
Students
with
Us
,
under
the
Rules
and
Institutes
of
this
our
Academy
.
The
Institutes
whereof
will
consist
of
Two
Distinct
Parts
,
or
Schools
:
The
FIRST
,
For
Youth
from
VIII
.
Years
Old
to
X
,
The
SECOND
,
For
Youth
and
Young-Men
under
XX
.
Years
of
Age
.
The
space
of
time
for
their
Aboad
and
Continuance
in
both
Schools
,
not
to
exceed
Three
Years
;
except
for
Reasonable
Causes
.
And
in
each
of
these
Schools
to
be
Three
Forms
,
or
Classes
;
In
which
the
Students
not
to
stay
past
One
whole
Year
,
except
for
Causes
as
before
.
Schol
.
1.
Ann.
1.
THe
First
Year
the
said
Youngest
Students
are
to
be
carefully
Principled
in
Religion
and
Mora●●ty
;
and
Taught
to
speak
Latin
,
French
,
or
Other
Languages
,
according
to
their
Parents
Desires
,
or
the
Childrens
Propensity
and
Capacities
.
Also
,
Fair
Writing
,
Arithmetick
,
Dancing
,
Behaviour
,
Fenceing
,
Shooting
with
all
sorts
of
Bows
,
Wrestling
,
Swimming
,
&c.
Schol
.
1.
Ann.
2.
THe
Second
Year
,
such
as
please
may
begin
to
Study
Greek
,
Instrumental
and
Vocal
Musick
,
Arithmetical
Deeper
Rules
,
with
Mathematical
Introductions
,
and
Triangle-Doctrine
,
Turning
,
and
other
Elegant
Mechanicks
:
Not
intermitting
the
Principles
and
Exercises
before
specified
.
Schol
.
1.
Ann.
3.
THe
Third
Year
they
are
to
proceed
,
to
be
perfect
in
,
as
before
,
Latin
and
French
;
To
Study
Heraldry
,
Architecture
,
Opticks
,
and
Other
Liberal
Sciences
:
Constantly
heeding
to
Speak
&
Write
Proper
and
Short
,
Without
Tautology
or
Repetition
.
Then
will
follow
the
Second
School
,
for
Young
Men
.
Schol
.
2.
Ann.
1.
IN
this
Second
School
will
be
no
other
Speech
familiar
,
but
Latin
,
French
,
Italian
and
Spanish
;
And
there
will
be
Taught
the
further
Sciences
,
and
what
belongs
to
perfecting
their
Exercises
aforesaid
.
Also
,
Riding
,
with
the
Manage
of
Warlike
Arms
,
Drilling
,
Embattailing
,
Fortification
,
and
Surveying
Lands
.
Schol
.
2.
Ann.
2.
ALL
this
to
be
further
Studied
,
Exercised
,
and
Cultivated
.
And
now
will
be
laid
the
Elements
of
Navigation
,
Drawing
,
Painting
,
Graving
,
Etching
;
The
Use
of
both
Globes
,
Maps
,
Instruments
and
Books
;
Especially
those
relating
to
the
fit
Knowledge
of
His
MAJESTIES
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
;
with
the
Antiquities
,
Nature
and
Customs
thereof
;
All
the
said
Exercises
mean
while
duly
proceeding
.
Schol
.
2.
Ann.
3.
THe
Third
Year
,
all
these
Sciences
and
Exercises
to
be
more
exactly
Compleated
in
every
Student
,
as
his
Genius
and
Abilities
dispose
him
.
For
it
is
to
be
presumed
,
that
by
this
time
these
Students
will
be
rendred
capable
Of
University-Learning
,
Of
the
Inns
of
Court
,
Of
Attendance
at
Court
,
Of
Imploy
in
the
Army
or
Navy
,
Or
To
Travel
beyond
Sea
with
Credit
and
Profit
;
And
so
Fortified
against
Evil
Impressions
,
which
Undisciplin'd
Youth
are
frequently
ensnared
withal
in
other
Countries
.
For
it
is
intended
,
That
in
every
Form
or
School
and
Classis
,
HISTORY
shall
be
constantl●
Read
and
Expounded
in
the
Learned
and
other
Languages
before
spe●●fied
,
suitable
to
the
Level
of
the
School
and
Scholars
.
And
that
the
H●●rs
of
Rising
and
Going
to
Rest
,
Prayer
,
Studying
,
Exercise
,
Refection
,
Disport
,
&c.
shall
be
duly
apportion'd
according
to
the
Seasons
,
and
Mat●ers
to
be
Treated
or
Done
therein
.
As
also
that
the
Regent
,
and
his
Assisting
Council
,
will
provide
a
Sufficient
Number
of
Able
Professors
,
and
other
Ministerial
Well-qualified
Persons
,
to
perform
all
this
with
Order
and
Decorum
.
Such
Assisting
Council
,
to
consist
of
about
Ten
or
Twelve
Learned
,
Sober
,
Publick-spirited
Persons
;
by
whose
Advice
once
a
Month
,
or
oftner
as
need
shall
be
,
He
may
from
time
to
time
be
enabled
,
with
them
,
to
carry
on
this
Work
,
to
GOD's
Glory
,
the
Honour
and
Satisfaction
of
the
KING
,
and
the
Real
Service
and
Benefit
of
His
MAJESTIES
Friends
Abroad
,
and
Loyal
Subject●
in
His
several
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
.