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2 days ago · Eton College (/ ˈ iː t ən / ⓘ) is a public school (fee-charging and boarding for secondary school age boys) in Eton, Berkshire, England.It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore, making it the 18th-oldest school in the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).
Apr 30, 2024 · Across the river you’ll find Eton and the famous Eton College, a boys boarding school founded by King Henry VI in 1440. Both Prince William and Prince Harry are alumni.
May 10, 2024 · An English chronicle of the Reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI written before the year 1471 by John Silvester Davies. Call Number: DA20 .R91 1st ser., v.64. with an appendix, containing the 18th and 19th years of Richard II and the Parliament at Bury St. Edmund's, 25th Henry VI and supplementary additions from the Cotton. ms ...
2 days ago · Letters Patent of Henry VI, dated at Westminster, 30 December, in his 19th year (1440); relieving the p. and c. from the collection and levying of tenths and fifteenths and making them immune in case of non-payment (see above, p. 212). It occurs: Patent Roll, 19 Hen. VI, pt. 1, m. 15. No. 28.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Wars of the Roses. Margaret of Anjou (born March 23, 1430, probably Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, Fr.—died Aug. 25, 1482, near Saumur) was the queen consort of England’s King Henry VI and a leader of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of York and Lancaster. Strong-willed and ambitious, she made a ...
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May 15, 2024 · Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, [1] and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne upon his father's death, at the age of nine months; and succeeded to the French throne on the death of his maternal ...
May 2, 2024 · When he founded it in 1440–41, Henry VI intended Eton College to provide a free education to 70 boys, something it still does today for select students chosen on the basis of scholastic achievement or financial need (while other students are charged one of the highest tuitions in the United Kingdom); it too provided a largely religious education.
