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Wakefield Grammar School

transcribed from 'The History of Wakefield Grammar School' by M H Peacock, MA, B Mus, the 21st Headmaster.

Written in commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of its foundation

printed 1892 by W H Milnes, The Radcliffe Printing Works


List of Govenors of Wakefield Grammar School

At the bottom of each page of the book there are details of the Govenors occupations, where they lived etc. I will include these details along side the name of each Govenor.

Govenors List   109-200 ¦ 201-260 ¦ other School Representives

No.
Name
When elected
Vice
How Vacated
When Vacated
1

Sir George Savile Kt & Bt.

A member of the Thornhill branch of the family being born in 1550, created baronet in 1611, appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1614.

Nov 19 1591
-
dec
Nov 12 1622
2

John Savile, esq

Steward of Wakefield, a member of the Saviles of Howley Hall, born in 1556, appointed "custos rotulorum" and Steward of Wakefield, Pontefract and Bradford, six times elected Member of Parliament and created Baron Savile of Pontefract by Charles I and appointed first Alderman or Mayor Leeds in 1626, giving the borough the owls of the Savile crest as supporters.

"
-
dec
Aug 31 1630
3

Thomas Savile, esq

"our surveyour in those partes", possibly the younger son of the Thornhill family.

"
-
dec
1599
4

Robert Bradford, esq

Was of Bradford Hall, later moving to Clarke Hall, Stanley

"
-
by 1605
5

George Savile, gent

May by some be considered the real founder of the school. He lived at Hasledon Hall, Northgate, purchasing the property from the Pegge (Peck) family in 1584. He is described as a Blackwall Hall man, meaning he was a merchant selling woollen cloth in the hall of that name in Basinghall Street, near the Guildhall, London. He was the younger son of Thomas Savile of Wakefield and grandson of Thomas Savile of Lupset. He died in 1593 leaving two sons, George and Thomas whose names are on the walls of the old school

"
-
dec
Oct 1593
6

Henry Arthington, gent

was the owner of Milnthorpe, Sandal

"
-
res
Feb 20 1609-10
7

Richard Sproxton, gent

was connected by the Saviles by marriage with Dorothy daughter of Henry Savile of Bradley, and sister of Sir John Savile of Methley and Sir Henry Savile of Merton College, Oxford

"
-
by 1605
8

Roger Pollard, yeoman

Residing in Westgate, Wakefield was probably the father of William Pollard, chapman of Westgate whose name appears amongst the benefactors of the school

 

"
-
by 1605
9

Richard Clayton, yeoman

was a draper of Westgate and his daughter married Thomas, son of George Savile of Haselden Hall

"
-
dec
Dec 1610
10

William Savile, yeoman

was the Deputy Steward to the Manor of Wakefield and Steward of the Manor of Newland. He performed valuable service in a legal capacity by executing free of charge the formalities for enrolling the charter and other deeds and was the first Spokesman of the Govenors of the School

"
-
dec
b Oct 29 1622
11

Thomas Cave, yeoman

was another chapman or draper from Westgate. He subsequently became one of the chief benefactors of the school by establishing the Scholorships which bear his name at Clare College, C|ambridge. He also founded the Grammar School at Otley.

"
-
dec
in 1603
12

Henry Watkinson, yeoman

lived in Westgate, Wakefield and was probably a mercher like his son Edward

"
-
by 1605
13

John Battie, yeoman

another chapman, draper from Westgagte

"
-
dec
b May 1 1623
14

Thomas Robinson, yeoman

lived in Northgate, which then only contained a few houses near the Church and Haseldean Hall at its extreme end, then called 'Northgate Head'. The bulk of the houses being at the other 'gate' streets- West, Kirk and Warren

"
-
dec
June 1623
15

Rev. William Lister, MA

Vicar of Wakefield 1598-1620

1601
-
dec
b Jun 6 1624
16

Rev. Richard Lisgter, MA

of Milnthorpe, Sandal, buried at Wakefield Aug 26 1632. Called ' clericus valde doctus'

1601
-
res
May 2 1611
17
John Fleming, gent
1601
-
dec
b Sept 28 1619
18
John Jackson
1601
-
res
Oct 5 1614
19

John Mawde

of Northgate, Wakefield

1601
-
-
Mar 1634-5
20

Edward Watkinson

will be found ind the list of benefactors. There is also mention of him being a Govenor in 1603 ; but there is much confusion of him and his father !!

Nov 5 1605
-
dec
Apl 1609
21

Andrew Scatcherd

chapman or draper of Northgate, Wakefield

Nov 5 1605
-
-
b Dec 16 1630
22

William Rhodes

chapman or draper of Crofton

Apl 3 1609
6
-
about 1620
23

Hugh Cressy, esq

a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, Steward of the Rectory Manor of Wakefield : He resigned in consequence of 'being sent as a judge to Ireland'

Apl 11 1609
20
res
June 1633
24

Christopher Naylor, gent

joint Lord of the Rectory Manor of Wakefield with William vernon of Soothill ; lived at Flanshaw

Dec 20 1610
9
dec
Oct 2 1628
25

George Wharton, draper

buried Sept 2 1620

May 2 1611
16
dep
Sep 30 1612
26

George Spivie

chapman of Northgate, Wakefield

Sep 30 1612
25
dec
Oct 1619
27
William Pollard, chapman
Oct 12 1614
18
-
Feb 1639-40
28

John Greenwood

a French merchant, builder of Wrenthorpe Hall or Red Hall in 1620

Oct 4 1619
26
dec
b Nov 1635
29

Thomas Somaster, gent

Master of the Wakefield House of Correction, succeeded by his son John in 1641

Oct 4 1619
17
war
b Jul 12 1644
30

Robert Waterhouse

mercer of Northgate, Wakefield

-
22
dec
b Nov 7 1621
31

Rev Timothy Mawde, DD

vicar of Wakefield 1620-1625

Dec 20 1621
30
dec
July 1625
32

Richard Tayler, gent

William Pauldon was elected on Nov 2 but refused to take office

Nov 6 1622
10
dec
b Feb 7 1628-9
33

Henry Grice, esq

of Sandal

Dec 24 1622
1
dec
Feb 26 1629-30
34

Cotton Horne

built almshouses for 10 poor women in 1646; was re-elected Govenor in Jan 1638-9 (no 50)

Jun 17 1623
14
dep
Apl 8 1624
35

John Battie, gent

lived at Alverthorpe, probably the son of the former John Battie, yeoman (no 13)

Jun 17 1623
13
-
1630-1633
36

William Paulden

had previously refused to take office (see No 32)

Sep 30 1624
15
war
1640-1649
37

John Storie

doubtless the father of the great benefactor of the school, who lived atr Hasleborrow in Derbyshire, ws born Nov 15 1621 and died in 1674

Sep 30 1624
34
war
1640-1649
38

Sir John Savile, Kt

of Lupset. The statutes were altered to admit of his election : he was famous during the Civil War, being a local commander of the Parliamentarian forces and holding Howley Hallo against the Royalists : he died May 5 1660 and was buried at Horbury

Jul 27 1625
31
dep
Sep 30 1650
39

Rev James Lister, MA

educated at the school : Cave Scholar at Clare Hall, Cambridge : Usher of the School, 1621-23 : Vicar of
Wakefield from 1625 until the Civil War when he was deprived and returned in 1660 and re-admitted as Govenor, buried Jan 17 1677-8

Feb 25 1628-9
32
war
1640-1649
40

Henry Savile, gent

of Lupset, the son of Sir George Savile of Thornhill and Lupset, Kt & BT (No 1)

Mar 1 1629-30
33
-
1630-1633
41
James Stansfield
Sep 1630
2
res
Jan 23 1638-91
42
Francis Hey
Dec 21 1630
21
dep
Oct 11 1627
43
Thomas Cooke
1630-1633
35 or 40
war
1640-1649
44
John Lyon
1630-1633
35 or 40
war
1640-1649
45

Leonard Wilson

John Kaye was elected to serve on June 14 but declined to serve.

Jun 17 1633
23
war
b Mar 28 1643
46

John Keyser

to this gentleman the school is indebted for its survival of the Civil War with so little loss. He and Thomas Burrow (No 48) appear to have been the only Govenors who were left, with the exception of Sir John Savile in 1649. Mr Waller with the schoolmaster of that time, Rev Robert Doughty, took the necessary steps for the future welfare of the school.

Mar 23 1634-5
19
war
1640-1649
47
William Waller (see No 46)
Nov 17 1635
28
dec
Feb 1662-3
48
Thomas Burrow (see No 46)
Nov 1 1637
42
dec
Mar 1649-50
49

Gervase Nevile, gent

great-grandson of Sir John Nevile of Chevet, died Feb 1676, aged 80 : there is reason to believe he left the country during the Civil War, returning when it was over.

Oct 5 1638
24
war
1640-1649
50
Cotton Horne, gent (see No 34)
Jan 31 1638-9
41
war
1640-1649
51

Robert Brownlow, MD

a well known medical man in Wakefield who died in 1663

Feb 15 1639-40
27
war
1640-1649
52

Edward Watkinson

Oct 1 1649
29
res
May 1664
53
Daniel Oley, gent
"
36
dec
b Jan 21 1672-3
54
Christopher Wilson
"
37
res
June 1674
55

Richard Wilson

in 1672 he gave a "close of land commonly called and known by the name of Ingholme with the apurtenances lying and being at or near Thornes" the rents to be divided in to 5 equal portions and be given to the Vicar and Curate of Wakefield, the Head Master and Usher of the Free Grammar School at Wakefield and the poor of Wakefield

"
39
-
Oct 1653
56

Peter Mogson

"
44
res
Jun 22 1658
57

William Harrison

of Stanley

"
43
dec
b Feb 20 1652-3
58
John Issott
"
45
-
Sep 1657
59
Christopher Holdsworth
"
46
res
Sep 1664
60
Thomas Norton
"
49
res
Apl 5 1653
61
John Waterhouse
"
50
-
after Oct 1688
62

Nathan Dodgson

John Clayton, esq was elected vice Dr Brownlow on Oct 1 1649 but declined to serve ; Joseph Holdsworth was next elected on Mar 20 1649-50 and likewise declined

June 11 1650
51
dec
b Jul 30 1663
63

William Mason, Lieut

Daniel Mawde of Alverthorpe, gent was elected on Mar 20 to fill the vacancy but declared himself not to be 30 years of age until the following September 14 ; he was again elected on Feb 23 1652-3, but declined to serve, but being elected a third time on Jan 25 1672-3 he accepted the office.

June 11 1650
48
res
Oct 1664
64

Josias Rooe

May 2 1654 he resigned "by reasons of some weakness it hath pleased God to lay upon me" Richard Norfolke is chosen in his stead but vetoed by Mr Doughty

Nov 12 1650
38
res
May 2 1654
65

John Wilson

a mercer in Wakefield

Apl 5 1653
57
dec
b Aug 7 1671
66

George Radcliffe

Govenor of the Wakefield House of Correction from 1647-1661, an attorney and probably the father of the famous Dr John Radcliffe.

Apl 5 1653
60
dec
b Jun 25 1674
67

Thomas Pease

a clothier in Wakefield

Oct 18 1653
55
-
bef Mar 1682
68

John Robinson

His initials appear on the Font in Wakefield Cathedral as a Church Warden in 1661. Richard Norfolke was elected on May 2 1654 but vetoed by Mr Doughty : John Potter was next elected on Oct 17 but again vetoed

June 12 1655
64
-
after 1676
69

Rev Thomas Walker, DD

"Our Vicar for the time being" put in possession by Cromwell

Sep 30 1657
58
dec
June 25 1660
70
James Clayton
Aug 10 1658
56
res
Sep 30 1661
71

John Mawde, gent

son of John Mawde, Alverthorpe, gent

Aug 28 1660
69
b Mar 18 1666-7
72
Rev James Lister, MA
Sep 30 1661
70
-
bef Sep 1677
73

Richard Birkhead

of Newland, removed to Crofton in 1677 and perhaps became thereby disqualified for holding offiice

Feb 24 1662-3
47
-
bef Dec 1683
74
Charles Naylor
Aug 3 1663
62
not before 1694
75
William Briggs
May 25 1664
52
-
aboutb1678
76

Thomas Binns

a grocer in Wakefield

Sep 30 1664
59
dec
b Jan16 1668-9
77

William Denison, gent

son and heir of Timothy Denison of Flanshaw, Steward of the Rectory Manor of Wakefield. In 1684 he gave one moiety of his tithes called Clifford Tithe to the Vicar of Wakefield, two-thirds of the other moiety to the poor of Wakefield and the third part of the second moeity to the govenors of the School, to be divided into three parts, two for the masters and one for the Usher

Oct 24 1664
63
-
bef Dec 1679
78

Matthew Meager

a merchant, built a staircase in the Parish Church

Mar 25 1667
71
res
Jan 26 1674-5
79
John Clough, mercer
Jan 20 1668-9
76
dec
b Mar 16 1674-5
80

Robert Benson, esq

of Red Hall, or Wrenthorpe Hall, clerk of the assize for the Northern Circuit : MP for Aldborough, father of Lord Bingley

Aug 6 1671
65
dec
July 1676
81

Daniel Mawde, gent

son of John Mawde of Alverthorpe, gent, born Sept 14 1620. Steward of the Rectory Manor of Wakefield in 1684

Jan 25 1672-3
53
-
bef Dec 1710
82
Thomas Cheriholme
June 4 1674
66
-
after Oct 1688
83

Toby Sill, gent

a Wakefield mercer buried June 21 1695 at Wakefield, father of James Sill (see No 105)

June 4 1674
54
-
after 1679
84

Thomas Bargh

Richard Norfolk was elected Jan 26 but declined to serve.

Feb 3 1674-5
78
-
after Sep 1684
85
Francis Somester
Mar 22 1674-5
79
dec
b Apl 12 1675
86

Rev Obadiah Lee, MA

Vicar of Warmfield, previously Curate of Wakefield in 1671, and subsequently Vicar of Wakefieldfrom 1677 to 1700.

Apl 19 1675
85
-
after Oct 1688
87
Thomas Horsfield
July 20 1676
80
-
bef Jul 1681
88
Richard Ellis
bef Oct 1680
-
-
after 1693
89

Richard Witton, esq., sen

of Lupset Hall, a famous Barrister, Commission fo Lord Fairfax, Lord of The Rectory Manor of Wakefield, died April 15 1718.

bef 1680
-
-
bef May 1718
90
Richard Wheatley
bef Oct 1684
-
-
bef Feb 1715-6
91

Francis White, esq

JP for the West Riding and Chief Steward of the Manor of Wakefield, died in Nov 1692

bef Oct 1684
-
-
bef Dec 1692
92

John Scott, gent

Deputy Steward of the Manor of Wakefield

bef Oct 1684
-
-
about May 1703
93

George Redshaw

bef Oct 1684
-
-
bef Feb 1715-6
94

Joseph Watkinson

of Flanshaw Hall, buried March 30 1723

bef Oct 1684
-
-
bef Apl 1723
95

William Turner

died June 21 1699

bef Nov 1689
-
-
bef Jul 1690
96

Richard Thornton

perhaps Recorder of Leeds, who died October 7 1710

bef Nov 1689
-
-
bef Feb 1715-6
97

Francis Nevile, esq

of Chevet, son of Sandford Nevile, esq ; died June 2 1707

bef Nov 1689
-
-
bef Jul 1707
98
William Haward, sen
bef Nov 1689
-
-
bef Apl 1694
99

Thomas Brooke

lived in Westgate, Steward of the Rectory Manor of Wakefield, buried July 25 1703

bef 1695
-
-
bef Aug 1703
100

Nicholas Fenay

of Fenay, died March 21 1710

bef 1695
-
-
bef Apl 1710
101
Thomas Wilson, gent
bef 1695
-
-
bef Mar 1722
102

John Smyth, esq

of Heath, Lord of the Rectory Manor of Wakefield, died Dec 25 1729

bef 1695
-
-
bef Nov 1723
103
Benjamin Watkinson, MD
Mar 31 1695
-
dec
Jul 7 1726
104

Sir Lyon Pilkington, Bt

of Stanley, died in 1714, aged 54, buried in the Pilkington Chapel at Wakefield Cathedral

bef 1696
-
-
bef 1715
105

James Sill, gent

mercer of Wakefield, son of Toby Sill. He bequeathed £30 to the Trustees and Govenors of The Grammar School to be imployed by them in such a manner as they see fit for the benefit of the school

bef 1700
-
res
bef Nov 1723
106

Theophilus Shelton, gent

the First Registrar of Deeds for the West Riding, Justice of the Peace and Commission for Land tax.

bef 1700
-
-
bef Nov 1723
107

Rev Thomas Scott, MA

educated at the school, Cave Scholar at Clare Hall, Cambridge : Vicar of Wakefield from 1701 - 1729

Mar 24 1700-1
-
dec
Apl 14 1729
108

William Coppendale

owner of Nether Hall, Hiorbury and a tabaconist in trade at Wakefield.

bef 1701
-
-
bef Mar 1712-3

 

Note :- The first column gives the order of seniority.

The second column gives the name and title of the Govenor at the time of election

The third column is the date of election.

Fourth column gives the number of the Govenor he succeeded.

The firth column is the reason for the termination of office : Dec - Deceased ; Dep - Deposed ; Dis - Disqualified by non residence within the proper limits or non attendance at meetings ; Res - Resigned ; War -Died or left the district during the Civil War.

The sixth column is the date when the term of office was terminated ; B - Buried.

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