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Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School, previously known as Marlborough Grammar School and King Edward's School, Marlborough, was a grammar school in the town of Marlborough, in Wiltshire, England, founded in 1550. Originally for boys only, the school became co-educational in 1906. Over a period of more than four hundred years, it had a number of homes around Marlborough. In 1975 it was closed, and its final buildings were re-used for the new St John's Marlborough comprehensive school. ==History== The Abolition of Chantries Act of 1547 closed all of the Kingdom of England's chantries, including the Hospital of St John, Marlborough. The town's burgesses then petitioned the Crown for the hospital to be converted into a "'Free-scole for the inducement of youth", and by letters patent dated 18 October 1550 a grammar school was established.〔'(Education )', in ''A History of the County of Wiltshire'', vol. 5 (1957), pp. 348-368, accessed 7 April 2013〕〔Alfred Redvers Stedman, ''A History of Marlborough grammar school 1550-1945'' (Devizes, 1945)〕 The former hospital thus became the school's first home, but in 1578 it was demolished and a new building was erected which provided a schoolroom, a house for the schoolmaster, and dormitories. This survived until 1790.〔 The school was sometimes known as King Edward's School, Marlborough,〔William W. Kenawell, Frederick Bligh Bond, ''The Quest at Glastonbury: a biographical study of Frederick Bligh Bond'' (1965), p. 20〕 but in the course of the 18th century it began to be known as Marlborough Grammar School.〔Michael Bosher, Patrick Hazlewood, ''Nurturing Independent Thinkers: Working with an Alternative Curriculum'' (2005), p. 15〕 In 1853 it survived a proposal by Earl Bruce to amalgamate it with the new Marlborough College.〔''The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine'', vols. 78-80 (Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1983), p. 74〕 During the nineteenth century it declined, and in 1899 was closed. However, in 1906 it reopened in new buildings, now taking the form of a mixed school for eighty boys and girls.〔John Carey, ''William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies'' (2012), (p. 3 )〕 In 1947 a boarding-house for both sexes was established at Wye House.〔 Having already occupied a variety of different sites in Marlborough, in 1962 the school again moved into new buildings, this time on the edge of the town centre.〔 In 1975, the school was closed and merged with the local secondary modern school, Marlborough Secondary Modern, creating a new comprehensive school, St John's Marlborough. It later became St. John's School and Community College, specializing in science, technology and languages. A new school was rebuilt at the upper school site, alongside the old grammar school buildings; the buildings of the two former schools were demolished in 2010. It has since become St John's Marlborough, a centrally funded Academy school.〔(Camilla officially opens St John's, Marlborough ), from ''The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald'' at gazetteandherald.co.uk〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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