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1 giorno fa · King Edward VI, the founder of Shrewsbury School, by the circle of William Scrots. Shrewsbury School was founded by charter granted by King Edward VI on 10 February 1552. The school began operation in a house and land purchased from John Proude in 1551, together with three rented half-timbered buildings, which included Riggs Hall, built in 1450.
2 giorni fa · Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. [a] The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour , Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant . [2]
3 giorni fa · Edward VI., in the second year of his reign, came from Hampton Court and dined at this house, where he knighted John Yorke, one of the Sheriffs of London. He afterwards returned through the City to Westminster.
2 giorni fa · Eton College was founded by Henry VI as a charity school to provide free education to 70 poor boys who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge, founded by the same king in 1441. Henry used Winchester College as a model, visiting at least 6 times (in 1441, 1444, 1446, 1447, 1448, 1449, 1451, 1452) and having its statutes ...
5 giorni fa · King Edward VI., in 1552, granted a lease of the manor of Bolsover to Sir John Byron for fifty years, and the next year granted the fee to George Lord Talbot. In 1613, Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury sold the manor of Bolsover to Sir Charles Cavendish.
2 giorni fa · Instructions from King Edward VI. to the Marquis of Northampton and the other Commissioners aforesaid,—proceeding to France to invest Henry II. with the Order of the Garter,—to demand the Queen of Scots in marriage with the King of England; and in the event of that being refused, to solicit the hand of the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the French monarch.
2 giorni fa · When Edward abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson, Albert reluctantly took on the role of king, adopting the regnal name George VI. Early Life and Education. Born on December 14, 1895, at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate, George VI was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary.
