Old Grammar School, Coventry
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The Old Grammar School, Coventry is a Grade I listed building in Coventry, England on the corner of Bishop Street and Hales Street.
The Old Grammar School was the site of King Henry VIII School after 1558.
The building as it stands today
John Hales (died 1572)
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John Hales was a writer, administrator, and member of parliament during the Tudor period.
Old Grammar School, Coventry
…wayfarers, and to give more permanent relief to certain of the local poor who were sick or aged". Around 1544 the foundation was closed and then sold to John Hales with King Henry VIII setting a condition that Hales started a Free School in Coventry. This he did and a few years later moved the school, named after…
late 16th C–early 17th C
John Hales' former residence, the Whitefriars, Coventry, as it is today