City Grammar School, Salisbury
Salisbury Grammar School was an English grammar school for boys in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
It was also known as the City School, distinguishing it from the Close School, now called Salisbury Cathedral School.
History
Founded with the authority of Queen Elizabeth I, the school was endowed with an income of £26 1s. 8d. a year, paid to the schoolmaster by the Exchequer, through the Mayor of Salisbury. The Mayor and Corporation of the city were Patrons of the school.[1] The attendance at the school of Simon Forman[1] means that it was in existence by 1561.[2]
By the early 19th century, the Master's income was supplemented by the Lectureship of St Thomas, worth £25 a year, founded by the Eyers family.[1]
In 1818, Nicholas Carlisle reported that the school was open to boys of the city on the recommendation of the Mayor, without any limitation of numbers, although at that time there were rarely more than three on the foundation. The school was also open to other boys, and there was no fixed age of entry or leaving. There was only one schoolmaster, the Rev. Charles H. Hodgson, M. A., who took in boarders at £40 a year. He used the Eton system of education, with Greek and Latin grammars.[1][3]
In 1879, the school was only a day school, with no boarders. There was instruction in English, maths, Latin, French, drawing, and singing. There were two classes, senior and junior, with annual fees of seven and six guineas a year respectively, and the Head Master was then G. Burden.[4]
Notable former pupils
- Simon Forman, astrologer[1]
- Thomas Bennet, DD[1]
- Robert Eyre, Chief Baron of the Exchequer[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Nicholas Carlisle, A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, Volume 2 (Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818), p. 746
- ^ Hugh Chisholm, "Formsn, Simon", in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 10 (Cambridge University Press, 1911), p. 668
- ^ Schools Inquiry Commission, Report of the Commissioners (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1868), Appendix 51
- ^ The Educational Year Book (1879), p. 160