biography
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| lived:
| (?–1592)
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| biography:
| Philanthropist, and yeoman land-owner of the estate of Preston, Middlesex, regarded as the founder of the great public school of Harrow. Relatively prosperous but childless, he used his money for the endowment of local charities. In 1572 he obtained a royal charter from Elizabeth I for the pre-Reformation school at Harrow, which he supported with endowments to guarantee its continuation. In 1590 he drew up statutes and a course of Classical education for the school. |
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