The King's School is a British grammar school located in the market town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, England. It has an unbroken history on the same site since the date of its endowment as one of the last acts of Richard Foxe in 1528, although it can trace its lineage back as far as 1329, making it amongst the oldest in the country. Foxe was a local boy who rose owing to his position as secretary to Henry, Earl of Richmond, while he was in exil...
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The King's School is a British grammar school located in the market town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, England. It has an unbroken history on the same site since the date of its endowment as one of the last acts of Richard Foxe in 1528, although it can trace its lineage back as far as 1329, making it amongst the oldest in the country. Foxe was a local boy who rose owing to his position as secretary to Henry, Earl of Richmond, while he was in exile in Brittany, prior to the famous events of the Battle of Bosworth which led to Henry's capturing the throne as Henry VII. Ultimately, Bishop Foxe of Winchester also founded Taunton Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
In 1998 a comprehensive illustrated history of the school was published by a former King's School Maths teacher, S J Branson, entitled The King's School Grantham - 660 years of a Grammar School.
The heyday for King's probably came in the 17th century, with alumni including the 'Cambridge Platonist', Henry More,...
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