| Description | Granted to Sir William Petre, kt., Sir William Garrard, kt. and Simon Lowe, citizen and merchant of London, incorporating the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Bangor as trustees of the grammar school at Bangor to be called the Free Grammar School of Geoffry Glynne
Dated 21 March, 3 Elizabeth [I] (1560/61) |
| AdminHistory | According to the "History of Friars School" by Barber and Lewis (Bangor, 1901), "In 1561, the school trustees obtained Royal letters patent incorporating the Dean and Chapter as governors of the school, the Chapter at that time being a body of twelve persons. It was not, however, until 1568 that the statutes for the regulation of the school were settled, a curious and excellent set of rules...In 1571, the school lands were conveyed to the Dean and Chapter, thus concluding the entire legal foundation of the school." |