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Winchester College In about 1330
William of Wykeham attended a grammar school in Winchester. He later incorporated it in a new establishment, St Mary College of Winchester, founded by charter on 20 October 1382. The scholars, selected on a nation‐wide basis, were prepared for entry to New College, Oxford, which Wykeham had founded in 1369.
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Winchester College. In about 1330 William of Wykeham attended a grammar school in Winchester. He later incorporated it in a new establishment, St Mary College of Winchester, founded by charter on 20 October 1382. The school consisted of a warden...
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