Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Newman Hall: An Autobiography
Eleanor Pickard was granddaughter of a City mer chant of the time of' George II. She married J ames Teverill, of the Ivy House, Worcester, whose daughter became my mother. Lovers of ancient genealogies have discovered the name of Picard among the Conqueror's fol lowers, in Domesday. After a long gap the name occurs in City records as a Lord Mayor, Sir Henry Picard, feasting King Edward III. And John, King of France; but what is the missing link between the Mayor and the Marauder this deponent careth nothing. After another similar gap the name comes into evidence in the form of an old engraving hanging up in my study, representing the Reverend Edward Pickard, habited in full, powdered wig, black gown and long bands. I now hold in my hand two of his manuscript sermons in very small quarto, three inches by four inches, dated June 7, 1741. He was one of the founders of the Orphan Working School, now at Haverstock Hill Arthur Pickard, of Hackney, cherished a father's love for little Mary, who used to call him Uncle Arthur. More than all genealogies, fanciful or true, I value this Puritan picture and record of unsectarian philanthropy, and the certainty of being a child of parents passed into the skies.
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