PeterBlundell Blundell'sSchool Tiverton Devon

Peter Blundell (c. 1520–1601) was a prosperous clothier, trading between Tiverton and

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. He died in April 1601, never having married and with no known issue. On his death, he left over £32,000 cash to fellow clothiers and their families, his employees, created several charitable trusts, and gave £2400 to build

Blundell's School Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school in the English public school tradition, located in Tiverton, Devon. It was founded in 1604 under the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the ti ...

, to be a free grammar school. Blundell also left £2000 in his will for the endowment of six scholars from The School in Divinity at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; arrangements were made for Blundell Scholars to enter Balliol and Sidney Sussex colleges respectively. He was buried on 9 May 1601 at

St Michael Paternoster Royal St Michael Paternoster Royal is a church in the City of London. The original building, which was first recorded in the 13th century, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The church was rebuilt under the aegis of Sir Christopher Wr ...

in London. Blundell Park, the ground of Grimsby Town Football Club since 1899, is named after Peter Blundell whose money enabled Sidney Sussex College to buy the land in 1616.

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1520s births 1601 deaths Founders of English schools and colleges Businesspeople from Tiverton, Devon 16th-century English businesspeople {{England-bio-stub