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3 JULY 1437
William de la Pole and Alice Chaucer, later duke and duchess of Suffolk, were licenced to found an almshouse at Ewelme for thirteen poor men and two chaplains. The almshouse was called God’s House. The statutes of 1448 show that by then a grammar school was added. The almshouse as well as the school exist to this day.
Cloister of the almshouse at Ewelme (© Dorothea Preis)
Source: ODNB on Alice Chaucer, duchess of Suffolk
You can read more about God’s House on Dottie Tales.
Dorothea Preis
Tags: de la Pole, Oxfordshire
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