E. S. Byam dedicated to Bloxam the memoir of the Byam family (1854), and he assisted W. H. Payne Smith in editing the volume of M. H. Bloxam's collections on Rugby, the School and Neighbourhood.
Bloxam is the sole source of the story that the game of Rugby football had its origins in the moment when William Webb Ellis picked up the ball during a game of football at Rugby School.
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Bloxam died on 24 April 1888, and was buried in the grounds of the chapel at Brownsover.
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