SCHOOLS 



paid, the king granted ' the College, Wardenry 

 or chantry of St. Mary Sibthorpe ' and its posses- 

 sions to Magnus for life, with remainder to 

 Richard Whalley, who occurs frequently in con- 

 nexion with Newark. 44 On 3 September of the 

 same year he surrendered Whipstrode Chapel. 44 * 

 On 1 1 May of that year he had received from 

 Lord Chancellor Wriothesley a grant of an 

 annuity of 60 for life out of the manor of 

 Titchfield, 45 but this was probably a private 

 transaction in return for money lent. 



Magnus died at the age of ninety on 28 August 

 1550. He was buried at Sessay, Yorkshire, 

 where his brass may still be seen, but not in the 

 church he knew. This was destroyed in 1847 

 and a brand-new one erected in its place. 



A few months after Magnus' death, on 

 6 January 1551-2, Sir Edmond Molyneux and 

 the other surviving trustees appointed new feoffees, 

 the survivors of whom, on 28 February 1571-2, 

 conveyed the estates to the alderman and assis- 

 tants inhabitants of the town, i.e. the corpora- 

 tion, who held and administered them until the 

 Municipal Corporations Acts, 1835. 



The school received an additional endowment 

 under the will, 18 March 1556-7," of William 

 Philipotte, as he is spelt in his will, though he 

 signs Phillipott on a deed of i May 1557. He 

 was of a family which for three or more genera- 

 tions had been drapers in the town. He had 

 established an almshouse for five men in Codding- 

 ton Lane and gave most of his lands and pro- 

 perty, which was considerable, after his wife's 

 death, to the corporation of Newark for its main- 

 tenance and other purposes, including 40*. yearly 

 to the c Usher of the Gramerschole in Newarke 

 towards the augmenting of his wages in teaching 

 the petittes.' The bequest shows that already 

 the usual demands had begun that the grammar 

 school should perform the two irreconcilable 

 functions of an elementary and a secondary school 

 in one. Phillipott died in May 1557. 



No names of masters have been recovered nor 

 does anything appear to be known about the 

 grammar school after Phillipott's will to the 

 year I595, 47 when, in the Corporation minutes, 

 one Dorothy Pell is said to have been ' daughter 

 of Mr. John Reaner, Newark Grammar School 

 master deceased.' On 12 January 1596 his 

 successor 'John Hearing, Maister of Arte was 

 admitted chosen and sworn and installed gramar 

 Scolemaister during his life, uppon his good 

 behaviour and demeanour, he to have for his 

 wages and salarie every yere jio according 

 to the ordinances set downe by Mr. Thomas 



" L. and P. Hen. Fill, xx (i), g. 1335 (46). 



" a Ibid, xx (2), 282. Whipstrode Chapel was 

 granted, l 5 Sept. 1 545, to Lord Chancellor Wriothes- 

 ley. 



" Ibid, xx (I), g. 846 (93). 



46 Brown, Hist, of Newark, ii, 361. 



47 Ibid. 194. 



Magnus, founder of the said gramar scole, and 

 no otherwayes.' At about the same time, 30 

 September I595, 48 there was a change in the 

 song schoolmastership also, when : 



Edward Manestie, late school mayster of the Songe 

 schol in Newarke-uppon-Trent in the countie of 

 Nottinghame, delevered upp unto the handes of 

 William Standley, alderman, and the assistants of the 

 same towne and parishe, the setts of singing bookes 

 belonginge to the children, querristers of the songe 

 schol, as followeth, all which was delivered unto the 

 hande and custodie of Geo. Ffyshburne now occupy- 

 ing the place of Songe Schol. 



Imprimis five violine bookes with blacke covers. 

 Item, five songe bookes covered with parch- 

 ment. 

 Item, four antheme bookes. 



two setts of service bookes of four parts 



viz. viii bookes. 

 Item, five mathringall bookes. 



eight setts of other olde bookes. 



five surplazes for quirristers besides one 



for the mayster. 

 Item, five quirristers gownes. 



five violins, and there remayneth in 

 Mr. Manesties hands an antheme of ser- 

 vice, which is written against and by him 

 and is to be delivered to the alderman for 

 the schol. 



The names of the quirristers now beinge in the 

 Songe Schol: Thomas Standishe, George Armistrong, 

 Thomas Parking, Joseph Allin, William Marstone, 

 Thomas Hutchingsonn, and that the day and yere 

 above written Edward Manestie hath abated Thomas 

 Kingstone his apprentice two years of his service. 



On 25 February 1596 George Fishburne, 

 gentleman, ' was admitted and sworn and in- 

 stalled Song School Master during his life, upon 

 his good behaviour and demeanour, he to have 

 for his wages a salary every year of 8 according 

 to the ordinance of Mr. Thos. Magnus, founder 

 of the said Song School, and no other wages. 

 Thomas Kingstone, the apprentice of 1596, 

 himself became master of the song school in 

 1641. In 1649 John Hinton was appointed, 

 and held office all through the Commonwealth 

 and Protectorate, and continued after the Restora- 

 tion, dying in 1668. This continuance even 

 of an institution so ' churchy ' as the song 

 school must appear somewhat remarkable to 

 those who are under the erroneous impression 

 that the Republicans of the 1 7th century had 

 any quarrel with schools or learning. 



At some date unascertained Godfrey Pye suc- 

 ceeded Herring as master of the grammar school. 

 For a meeting was held on 30 March 1 6 1 5 49 ' by 

 John Noble alderman and his assistants inhabitants 

 of the town and parish of Newark ... in the 

 Schole house chamber ... for nominating and 

 electing an honest and learned man to teach in 



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48 Newark Council Minute Book, 1539-1674. 



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