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From: "John MELLORS" <>
Subject: Re: Grammar School, Mansfield
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 09:46:04 +0800


WHITE's 1853 Directory page 305 states:

"The Free Grammar School, founded in 1561, by Queen Elizabeth, stands
in the churchyard. the original endowment is unknown, no
specification of property appearing in the letters patent,
incorporating the vicar and churchwardens of Mansfield governors of
its possessions. The property includes 97 acres of assart land,
called the "Eight Men's Intake", and several other lands, tenements,
and quarries, together with Pounds 581 - 17s - 11d, three per cent
consols, arising from fines taken upon leases. the Rev Charles A ROW
MA is the head master. Archbishop STERNE,in 1673, founded two
scholarships of Pounds 10 per annum each for two poor Nottinghamshire
Scholars, in Jesus College, Cambridge and directed that one of them
should be a native of Mansfield"

Hope this is of interest

John M ()

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From: Iris Tolley <>
To:
Subject: Re: Grammar School, Mansfield
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 6:27 AM

At 10:00 AM 9/05/98 +1200, Stan Bayne wrote:

>I was interested to see John Mellors' posting re school records. My
>mother, Winifred Annie BAYNE (nee BELL) said that she had attended a
>Grammar School, but I do not know where or when. The family lived
in
>Skegby, but shifted to Mansfield at some stage. Her time at this
school

Both the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School for Girls (QEGGS) and Brunts
Grammar
School go back a long way. I am not sure whether girls attended
Brunts but
the school was originally paid for from money left by Mr Samuel
Brunt, a
very charitable man

Quote from "The History of Mansfield" by W. Horner Groves"

The Girls' Grammar School is situate on a commanding site on the
Mansfield
Woodhouse Road, and has been erected at a cost of about £5,000
irrespective
0f the site which was given by Brunt's Trustees on condition that a
certain
number of scholars were admitted free. The foundation stone of this
school
was laid by Her Grace the Duchess of Portland in the month of
November,
1890; and it may be added her Grace takes great interest in the
school. The
school was informally opened for the reception of scholars on the
22nd
September 1891, by Mr.T.Savage, Chairman ofthe Governors; but the
formal
opening took place on the 23rd of October of the same year, by
Mrs.Hollins,
of Pleasley Vale. Both school hvave a good roll of scholars, who come
from
near and far on account of the excelleent education given. The
head-mistress is Miss Crosland, and there are a number of
underr-mistresses.

Hope this helps.

Iris Tolley
Auckland The City of Sails
New Zealand
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Yorks,
PEPPER in Lincs, PEPPER in Notts, DODSON in Wilts & Berks also TOLLEY
anywhere in England

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