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- 1926 (Creation)
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1 volume, paper
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On the first page is a list of book read during the year.
On the second page is a list of plays seen during the year.
On the last pages are details of his income arranged per term listing fees from pupils.
Describes an on-going joke instigated by FB. At a Parochial Church Council meeting in South Mymms FB questioned why a visitation fee of 18s was paid annually to the Archdeacon when he didn't visit the parish. FB proposed the fee should be paid but they demand the Archdeacon visit the parish at least once a year on horseback. The local and London newspapers published stories about this along with photos of the Archdeacon. Later in the year when the Archdeacon announced his engagement FB proposed that the Parish should send him a horse as a wedding present. The press, including the Times, again published articles about it and the Horse Committee had to go and inspect prospective horses followed by journalists and photographers.
11 February - Jesus College celebrated St Radegund's Day with a church service followed by a Feast in the Hall [this was the first time the College had observed this particular feast day. It wasn't until research done by FB that the College knew there was any feast of hers except the one during the Long Vacation (13th August)]. Bernard Manning and the Dean addressed FB as 'the father of the feast'.
8 March - The Rooster Club held an inaugural dinner at the Lion Hotel of the 'Union for Getting Back the Eleven Days' (UGBED). These were the eleven days lost when the calendar was changed in 1752.
28 June - Admitted to the Office of Reader by the Bishop of London at St Paul's Cathedral.