Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Illustrations xi
6. The Contribution of A.F. Leach
7. Introductory Survey 3
8. Background to the Endowed Schools Act of 1869 34
9. Leach as Assistant Charity Commissioner 60
10. Analysis of "English Schools at the Reformation, 1546—48" and "The Schools of Medieval England" 85
11. The Secular Origins of England's Schools 105
12. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Leach's Research
13. The Grammar Program 133
14. The Grammar Program 174
15. Educational Institutions 193
16. Leach in Historicgraphical Context: Contemporary Criticism and Recent Scholarship 228
17. Conclusion 264
18. Appendices
19. Charity Commission Report (in manuscript) on Chichester, 27 July 1886, by A.F. Leach 277
20. Latin Grammar 279
21. Dictamen 285
22. Speculative Grammar 288
23. William Chartham’s Speculum Parvulorum 291
24. Educational Documents 293
25. Notes 295
26. Bibliography 333
27. Index 349