Photocopy Autograph: David Hughes, 1609

PHOTOCOPY: Autograph David Hughes, 1609.

The Free Grammar School in Beaumaris, Anglesey was founded by David Hughes in 1603. Following its establishment he bought several farms in Anglesey and Caernarfonshire in order to provide a permanent endowment to his charity. Other lands were purchased at a later date and many of these farms were still owned by the charity when the school was taken over by the county in 1895.

The terms for the administration of the school and charity were set out in his will when he died in December 1609. The will stipulated that it was to remain under the management of a body of feoffees - two members of which were always to include the Bishop of Bangor and the Mayor of Beaumaris. It also determined the conditions under which the master and usher were to serve and a codicil to the will gave directions for the distribution of fellowships so that worthy pupils could attend a University at Oxford.

Dim cyfyngiadau/ No Restrictions

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Cyflwr da /Good condition

Compiled by Hayden Burns for Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

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