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Winchester College is an English public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
James too was educated at Winchester College, winning the top scholarship to gain a fully-funded place there in 1954. [1] [3] [2] He won another scholarship to Winchester College's sister foundation, New College, Oxford. At the University of Oxford he gained a double first class degree in mods and greats, a humanities course centred on Latin ...
The "School" building, 17th century. As the college was a religious as well as educational establishment, it was threatened with closure during Henry VIII's reign. In 1535, a visitation was made to assess the college's assets, after which some of Winchester's valuable land assets near London were seized and exchanged for assets of similar size elsewhere in the country, depriving the college of ...
Nicholas was elected Warden (head) of New College, Oxford, in 1675, a post he held until 1679. [1] During his time as Warden of New College, he was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1677 until 1679. [2] [3] He was elected warden of Winchester College in 1679, a post he held until his death. [4]
[1] [2] He was Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England. He used the wealth these positions gave him to establish both the school in 1382 and a university college, New College, Oxford, in 1379; both of them were set up to provide an education for 70 scholars. Winchester College opened in 1394. [3]
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