The City Grammar School, Salisbury, was an English

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for boys in

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, England, which was founded in 1546 and closed in 1865. Also called the City School, the name distinguished it from the Close School, now called

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History

The school was founded in 1546 by the Corporation of Salisbury, as the result of the Bishop of Salisbury moving the Chancellor's Grammar School into the Cathedral Close. Parliament was given erroneous information about the situation in

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and

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, and Salisbury obtained funds from the grammar schools in those towns, which closed."City Grammar School, Salisbury"
in Wiltshire Community History, Wiltshire Council, accessed 22 October 2023 With the authority of

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, the school was endowed with an income of £26 1s. 8d. a year, paid to the

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by the

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, through the Mayor of Salisbury. The Mayor and Corporation of the city were Patrons of the school.

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, ''A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales'', Volume 2 (Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818)
p. 746
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means that it was in operation by 1561. The school's early home was in George Street, Salisbury. In 1608, it was at the George Inn, but in 1624 it moved into its own premises in Castle Street. By the early 19th century, the Master's income had been supplemented by the Lectureship of St Thomas, worth £25 a year, founded by the Eyers family. In 1818,

reported that the school was open to boys of the city on the recommendation of the Mayor, without any limitation of numbers, although at that time there were rarely more than three on the foundation. The school was also open to other boys, and there was no fixed age of entry or leaving. There was only one

, the Rev. Charles H. Hodgson, who took in boarders at £40 a year. He used the

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system of education, with Greek and Latin grammars.Schools Inquiry Commission, ''Report of the Commissioners'' (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1868), Appendix 51 In 1855, there were only seven boys in the school, and the master was only visiting it once or twice a week. He resigned in 1864, when there were only three boys remaining, and the school was closed in 1865.

Notable former pupils

, astrologer * Thomas Bennet, clergyman *

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