 Alleyn drew upon the experience of other similar establishments in order to formulate the statutes and ordinances of the College (including borrowing the statutes of the already ancient Winchester College and visiting the more contemporary establishments of Sutton's Hospital (now Charterhouse School) and Croydon's Hospital (now Whitgift School)).Amongst the many statutes and ordinances signed by Alleyn that pertained to the charitable scheme were provisions that the scholars "were entitled to stay until they were eighteen.