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It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI as Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore, [8] [9] making it the 18th-oldest school in the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). Originally intended as a sister institution to King's College, Cambridge , Eton is known for its history, wealth, and notable alumni, known as Old Etonians .
Eton College: Founded as The King's College of The Blessed Marie of Etone besides Wyndsor: 12 September 1440 Independent Unusually founded by three successive charters in 1441, and 1442. The foundation was guaranteed -in perpetuity on a sable background- according to the lore of the Court of Heraldry.
Colleges of the University of Oxford were founded by: Founder College Year of foundation ... Eton College: 1440 Joan Greyndour: Newland Grammar School c. 1445
When Prince William enrolled at Eton College in 1995, he became the first senior royal to enroll in the school in Berkshire, England. ... Eton's history dates back to 1440, when King Henry VI ...
Eton College (1440) King's College School, Cambridge (1441) City of London School (1442) St Dunstan's College (earlier than 1446) Bridlington School (1447) Hartismere School (founded 1451) St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury (1466) Bromsgrove School (record of a chantry school 1476, re-founded 1553) Magdalen College School, Oxford (1480)
Under the influence of Archbishop Chichele (who had himself founded two colleges in imitation of Wykeham); Thomas Bekynton, the king's secretary and privy seal; and other Wykehamists, Henry VI, on 11 October 1440, founded, in imitation of Winchester College, a college in the parish church of Eton by Windsor (not far from his own birthplace ...
September 12 – Eton College is founded by Henry VI of England. September 13 – Breton knight Gilles de Rais is taken into custody, upon an accusation of murdering children brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes .
Although it was founded in 1701, Yale can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen wanted to found a college to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in what would later ...