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FREER, RICHARD LANE - Memoir [of R. L. Freer, Archdeacon of Hereford]; Extracts of Speeches; Diary of Journey to America, &c. In Memoriam. [Compiled by his widow, H. F., i.e. H. Freer.] F.P.
Hereford: W. Prosser / London: Daniel Green, 85, Holborn Hill, MDCCCLXVI. [1866] . "Not Published." 0. A scarce biography of Richard Lane Freer compiled by his wife Harriet Freer for personal distribution. First and only edition. Full leather armorial binding. 8vo. 10.00" x 6.75" x 1.00" [ 25cm x 16.6cm x 2.6cm ]. Crimson calf over thick boards. Front board with the personal crest of Richard Lane Freer, and the rear board has the crest of the Archdeacon of Herefordshire. Professionally rebacked at some tine in the past, preserving 90% of the original spine. All page edges gilt. Bookplate to the verso of the front board: "Quatuor Coronati Lodge London No. 2076." Also; tipped-in to front endpaper, is a compliment-slip: "With Mrs. Lane Freer's Compliments." Free-endpapers foxed. Sepia photo frontis with initials: "R L F", and "Hereford Photo. Company, 25 Commercial St." to recto. Printed title in red & blue, within a brown frame, with corner decoration. Clean text throughout, each page within a ruled frame. Illustrated with two sepia photographs: Bishopstone Church (?) facing p.6; Sepia image of a large stained glass window facing p.288 . A list of attendees at the funeral of R. L. Freer includes members of: "The Masonic body of Hereford and Leominster, representing the Palladian and Royal Edward Lodges.." A well preserved book forming a comprehensive record of an esteemed individual. ** The Venerable Richard Lane Freer (1804-1863) was Archdeacon of Hereford from 1852 to 1863. Richard Lane Freer was the second son of the Reverend Thomas Lane Freer, Rector of Handsworth in Staffordshire. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated 28 April 1824, age 18, took his B.A. in 1828, and his D.D. in 1858. He was Rector of Bishopstone cum Zazor in Herefordshire from 1830 until his death, Vicar of Mansel Lacy in the same county 1840, Prebend of Hereford 1847 1863, and Archdeacon of Hereford 1852 1863, and Praelector of the Cathedral from 1861 until his death. His books were incorporated in the Dowdeswell Library at Pull Court in Worcestershire. He married Harriet Clutton (1813-1875) in 1848 . Extractfrom the Hereford Journal of November 21, 1863: - "An unprecedentedly numerous gathering of ' the craft ' assembled at leominster on monday, to celebrate the anniversary of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire; but the occasion was one possessing unusual interest, from the fact that a vote of condolence would be passed in Grand Lodge to the relict of the late Right Worshipful the Deputy-provincial grand Master, the Venerable Archdeacon of hereford, Richard lane Freer, D.D, whose decease had caused deep grief, not onlyamongst the masonic body, but throughout the diocese, in which he was revered and esteemed as it only falls to the lot of few to be..".
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