List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)
Standard name Foundation Status now Comments
Braintree Grammar School 1649 A former draper and grocer of the town , James Coker , endowed the school in 1702 . The founder was Ralph Diggin , of Lisle , Southampton who gave land to the master and fellows of Clare Hall , Cambridge to fund scholars
Brentwood Grammar School 1558 Independent Sir Anthony Browne , leader of the Brownist sect , was granted a licence by Queen Elizabeth I
Chelmsford Grammar School 24 March 1552 Academy Founded by letters patent at the request of Sir William Petre , Secretary of State , with Sir Walter Mildmay , Sir Henry Tirrell , and Henry Mildmay
Chigwell Grammar School 13 April 1629 Independent An indenture was ordered by Samuel Harsnet , Archbishop of York to found a grammar school and endow a master , with a remainder for extra food . The trustees included the local vicar and a parson of Loughton plus twelve discreet Parishoners of Chigwell . In the Principles of our Christian Religion According to the Order of the Book of Common Prayer ... I strictly inhibit ... upon penalty of Loss of his Place , that he grant no Otiums ... . For example , discipline was firm so That no scholar upon Pain of Whipping , do make Water within the Walls of the Court-Yard
Colchester Grammar School 1207 Grammar There was no endowment until the Reformation ( 1539 ) . Furthermore , a charter was granted on 14 May 1574
Dedham Grammar School 1571 Extinct By his will , 20 July 1571 , William Littlebury , gentleman , bequeathed £20 p.a . off Ragmarsh Farm in the parishes of Bradfield and Wrabness for a schoolmaster . The charter of 14 May 1574 ordered the name to be changed to Queen Elizabeth 's Free Grammar School . The master must be an Oxbridge graduate , and two scholars were sent to Cambridge . The school closed in 1889 . The east end of schoolhouse was made of timber ; and a brick west end was added 1723 . The whole building had ceased to exist before 1923 . The artist John Constable ( 1776-1837 ) attended the school
Earl 's Colne Grammar School 1520 extinct Christopher Swallow , clerk , erstwhile Vicar of Messing , endowed the school with Pickstones Farm and Tumbletie Cottage in the parish of Sisted ; and Potts , a cottage with land . Despite noble patronage of Aubrey de Vere , Earl of Oxford he deeds were never covered by statute . Closed in 1975
Felsted Grammar School 1564 Co-educational Independent Richard , Lord Rich , Lord Chancellor founded with ample provision . The first three headmasters G. manning , M.Holbeach , and C.Glasscock made the school nationally famous . The chapel begun 1873 has been altered several times . The old premises were sold in 1894 and the prep school began in 1894 . Ten years later a carpentry shops was added . In 1930 a huge fire destroyed much of the school . The Independent Schools Inspectorate rated the school excellent in all categories . The old Guild Hall once housing the grammar is now used by the prep school
Halsted Grammar School 1594 Originally intended for Clavering , Dame Mary Ramsey endowed a schoolhouse with £40 p.a . for the education of 43 children within the town , three of whom were free scholars
Maldon Grammar School 2 March 1608 founded by Ralph Breder , alderman of Corporation of Maldon bequeathed £300 . The left the master 's nomination to the feoffees , and later to the town 's bailiffs . The Archdeacon of Rochester , Thomas Plume erected a schoolhouse on the medieval site of St Peter 's church . He also donated almost his entire library to maintain a keeper , who was bonded not to steal . The school was granted a scholarship to Christ 's College , Cambridge
Newport Grammar School 1588 Joyce Franckland , was the widow of Robert Trapps , Goldsmith of London , a portionist of Great Tythe , she bequeathed two houses in London , and a tenement in Hertford valued at £23 10s . p.a . She also left a house in Philip Lane , Aldermanbury . Scholarships to Gonvil & Caius College , Cambridge
Saffron Walden Grammar School 1522 Extinct The Vicar of Walden , Rev . John Leche was prepared in his will to found from 24 March 1514 . Joan , Lady Bradbury granted a rent-charge on the manor of Willynghall Spayne as party of her contract with the Treasurer and Chambreleyns of the Fraternitie or gilde of the Holy Trinite in the Parishe of Walden . It was later endowed by Sir William Dawson , and then by Sir Thomas Smith , the Elizabethan courtier . Closed in 1940
Essex
This is a list of endowed schools in England and Wales existing in the early part of the 19th century. It is based on the antiquarian Nicholas Carlisle's survey of Endowed Grammar Schools published in 1818, but is referenced to the work of the Endowed Schools Commission half a century later. Most English and Welsh endowed schools were at the time described as grammar schools, but by the eighteenth century there were three groups: the old public schools (Eton and eight others); schools in manufacturing towns that innovated to some extent in syllabus; and more traditional grammar schools in market towns and rural areas. A medieval grammar school was one which taught Latin, and this remained an important subject in all the schools, which generally followed the traditions of Oxford and Cambridge, from which almost all of their graduate schoolmasters came. Some of the schools listed by Carlisle had long been fee-paying public schools, although in most cases (as at Eton and Winchester) retaining some provision for the teaching of scholars who paid reduced or no fees. An endowment for educational purposes had an original purpose, often intended by the founder or founders to be legally binding, but the objects of such endowments were not always fully honoured by those controlling the schools. Carlisle compiled his list by means of a questionnaire, which was not always answered. The Commission's report built on his research, while not accepting all his claims on the continuity of certain schools from monastic and chantry foundations, which affected the dating of schools. The chronological list in the report has numerous further details of endowments. There is little consistency in the actual names of grammar schools from this period. Many were called free schools. Carlisle used some unorthodox spellings, and he listed Hampshire under its alternative historical name of Southamptonshire.