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- c. 1841 - 1885 (Creation)
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Extracts from will of Robert Vidal; election of Herbert Henry Hellins as exhibitioner from Exeter Grammar School, 1878; two letters from the Headmaster of Exeter Grammar School to R. F. Scott, Fellow of St John's, 1884-85, each annotated by R. F. Scott with a summary of his response
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One item torn and placed in melinex sleeve to protect it: not to be removed from this protective covering
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Robert Studley Vidal (d. 1841) bequeathed £40 to endow two scholarships, chargeable on the donor’s manor or royalty, being land at Cornborough, Abbotsham parish, beginning six months after his death, qualified as follows:
1) the scholars to have been three years at Exeter free Grammar school prior to election
2) to be elected from the most suitable in learning and character, with preference to those bearing the surname Vidal
3) to be elected by the Master, two Senior Fellows, the Dean and First Canon of Exeter Cathedral, the Mayor and Recorder of Exeter, the Headmaster of Exeter Grammar school, the owner of the house and estate at Cornborough bearing the name and arms of Vidal, or by three of them
4) the scholarships to be called Vidalian scholarships, tenable for four years while the holders are resident at Cambridge and without Church preferment
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Information about the bequest taken from document written by Dr Malcolm Underwood, St John's College archivist to 2012