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Between April 1517 and August 1518
- On 2 July 1515 he signed an endowment trust deed establishing the Manchester Free Grammar School for Lancashire Boys. A site was purchased in September 1516 and construction took place between April 1517 and August 1518.
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1840-1860 - The Birth of Manchester Free Grammar School. In 1839 the Whig Lord Cottenham decreed that no surplus funds should be devoted by the Feoffees to building any boarding houses for the masters or to support any old boy at university.
The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England, is the largest private day school for boys in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1515 as a free grammar school next to Manchester Parish Church, it moved in 1931 to its present site at Rusholme.
The MGS Archive contains documents, photographs, artefacts and audio-visual material relating to the 500 year history of the School. In fact, our oldest item actually predates the foundation of the School – a deed from 1357 for a building once owned by the School at its previous site at Long Millgate, now in Manchester City Centre.
For example, in Year 8, every pupil visits the Blackden Trust to discover how archaeology can help historians find out about the past, whilst Year 9 boys undertake an internet-based exercise focussing on the assassination of President John F Kennedy. We have a dedicated History library, open to all boys.
The MGS Archive contains a wealth of material on the 500 year history of the School, much of which will interest researchers, including genealogists and family historians.
The Manchester Grammar School was founded in 1515 to promote ‘godliness and good learning’, and it has endeavoured throughout its history to remain true to these principles, whilst adapting to changing times. It is now an independent boys’ day school with around 1,600 pupils.
The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England, is the largest independent day school for boys in the United Kingdom. It has about 1600 pupils. It was founded in 1515 as a free grammar school. After WWII, MGS was a direct-grant grammar school.
