COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE. SCHOOLS CONTINUANCE WARRANT 6 (about 1550).

Source.—Leach: English Schools at the Reformation. Part ii., p. 245.

Forasmoche as it apperith [&c.] that a Grammer Scole hath been contynually kept in the said citie [of Coventry] with the revenues of the said late Guylde [of the Holy Trinity in Babelacke], and that the Scolemaster there hath had [&c.] £6 13s. 4d. [&c.].

And that a Grammer Scole hath been contynuallie kept in Stretforde upon Avon [&c.], with the revenues of the late Guylde in Stratford upon Avon aforesaid, and that the Scolemaster there hath had [&c.] £10 [&c.].

And that a Grammer Scole hath been contynuallie kept in Brayles in the said Countie with the revenues of the late Guylde in Brailes aforesaid, and that the Scolemaster there hath had [&c.] £8 20d. [&c.].

Wee therefore [&c.] have assigned [&c.], that the said Scole in the Citie of Coventrie aforesaid shall contynue, And that Robert Coventrye, Scolemaster there, shall have [&c.] £6. 13s. 4d. [&c.]:

And that the said grammer [scole in Stratforde upon Avon] aforesaide shall contynue, And that William Dalam, Scolemaster there, shall have [&c.] £10:

And that [the said grammer] scole in Brailes aforesaid shall contynue, And that John Pyttes, Scolemaster there, shall have [&c.] £8 [20d.].