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Dec 3, 2021 · The School is fortunate to have an incredible in-house Archivist, Harriet Patrick, who has delved into the detail of what happened in 1541 and in the very early years of the School. Here are her findings:
The school originated as part of the medieval Abbey of St Peter’s, it was re-founded by Henry VIII in 1541 and has links with the 17 th century Archbishop Laud. The school then emerged as one of the country’s leading educational establishments under its 18 th century headmasters, Maurice Wheeler and Thomas Stock.
Dec 7, 2021 · On 7 December 1541, King Henry VIII nominated and appointed John Pether as schoolmaster of the new “Cathedral Collegiate church” at Worcester. The school at King’s opened in 1542 and King Henry’s charter for the new school included the provision for 40 King’s Scholars and ten choristers. As a condition of entry, boys had to be able to ...
Dec 23, 2021 · On December 7 1541, letters declared that education would continue, with the re-founding of a school now known as King’s School, Worcester.
With the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the School was re-founded by a Royal Charter in 1541. This established a Headmaster, a Lower Master, and fifty King’s Scholars. The name ‘King’s School’, now used for the first time, thus refers to King Henry VIII.
King's St Alban's: (ages 2–11, c.215 pupils), formerly the Cathedral Choir School, amalgamated with King's in 1943, situated adjacent to the senior school. St Alban's includes a pre-prep department for ages 4–7, opened September 2009. King's Worcester: (ages 11–18, c.930 pupils), the senior school. The senior school is situated on ...
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Refounded as a Cathedral School by King Henry VIII in 1541, the School’s foundation papers and older records are housed in Worcester Cathedral Archive. Meanwhile, King’s houses its own nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first Century records.
