Reverend Ralph Davenant founded

Davenant Foundation School Davenant Foundation School is a Christian Ecumenical secondary school, founded in 1680, currently in Loughton, Essex, England. History Foundation in Whitechapel In February 1680 the Reverend Ralph Davenant, rector of St Mary's Whitechape ...

in February 1680, when he left £100 in his will to start up a school for 40 poor boys of

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. 1492-1680 and before he died he was half way through making Davenant foundation grammar school. Ralph Davenant was Rector of St Mary's in Whitechapel in the East End of

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