Excerpt from Memoir of the Late John Gough Nichols, F. S. A: Hon. Fellow of the Societies of Antiquaries of Scotland and Newcastle-on-Tyne, Corresponding Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society In the same year he suggested, and in conjunction with his friends, Sir F rederie Madden, the Rev. J. Hunter, Mr. J. Payne Collier, Mr. John Bruce, Mr. W. J. Thorns, and other gentlemen whose names he has recorded in the passage below quoted, esta blished the Camden Society, the Objects of which were announced to be to perpetuate and render accessible whatever is valuable, but at present little known, amongst the materials for the Civil, Ecclesiastical, or Literary History Of the United Kingdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.