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The Mercers' School was an independent school in the City of London, England, with a history going back at least to 1542, and perhaps much further. It was operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was closed in 1959.
Mercers’ School History. The School started in 1542 with Thomas Freeman as first schoolmaster possibly as a continuation of that in the parish of St Mary Colechurch under the patronage of the Hospital of St Thomas Acon in the late fifteenth century. The main subjects taught were Latin and Greek, as education at this time was aimed at entry ...
mercers' school, college hill, dowgate. A school for 70 scholars, without restriction of age or place, founded and endowed by the Mercers' Company. It originally stood adjoining the Mercers' Chapel in Cheapside, of which indeed it formed a part, and was removed to its present site in 1808.
Associated Schools and Colleges. The education of young people has been central to the Company's activities since the 16th Century; from apprenticeships in the Mercers' trade to the foundation of Gresham College, and the ongoing involvement with our 16 associated schools and colleges.
Vinse una borsa di studio alla Mercers' School, e successivamente un'altra per il Royal College of Music dove studiò con Ralph Vaughan Williams diplomandosi a 19 anni. Poiché nella scuola vi era già un altro studente dal nome William Webber, egli iniziò ad usare il secondo nome 'Lloyd' da allora in avanti.
The Mercers in the medieval period were a distinct company of merchants operating from London. Prior to taking over the Hospital on the site of Thomas Becket’s birth at the Reformation, the Mercers had many connections with the saint.
The outbreak of the Second World War brought the constant threat of aerial bombings to London and Collyer’s therefore welcomed boys and staff from the Mercers’ School as evacuees for the following three years to 1942. Students were billeted in local accommodation and joined Collyer’s boys for lessons and extra-curricular activities.
