New College School
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New College School is a private preparatory school for boys aged 4 to 13 in Oxford. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham to provide for the education of 16 choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford.
Choristers from New College School in gowns and mortarboards 'crocodile' to rehearsal in New College
William of Wykeham
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William of Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded New College, Oxford, and New College School in 1379, and founded Winchester College in 1382. He was also the clerk of works when much of Windsor Castle was built.
William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, 1367-1404: from his tomb at Winchester.
Portrait (posthumous), showing the two colleges he founded, and his coat of arms and motto
Funerary effigy of William of Wykeham in Winchester Cathedral