Sheffield Grammar School


Sheffield Grammar School was a grammar school in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1604 as "The Free Grammar School of James King of England within the Town of Sheffield in the County of York", in 1885 it was renamed as Sheffield Royal Grammar School. In 1905 it was merged into King Edward VII School, Sheffield.

History

The school resulted from a benefaction of Thomas Smith of Crowland in Lincolnshire, a native of Sheffield, who in his will of 1603 left £30 a year for ever to pay two schoolmasters. His executor made over to the Governors £200 in money to be invested and also land at Leverington in Cambridgeshire which produced an income of £21 a year in rent. The Governors thus had £30 to pay a Master and an Usher.
In William White's Gazetteer and General Directory of Sheffield and Twenty Miles Round, he described the school as
In the 19th century the school had other homes. James A. Figorski describes the premises at St. George's Square, which the school occupied in 1868, as follows:
In 1884, the Governors of the school paid £7,000 to buy the buildings on Collegiate Crescent of the Sheffield Collegiate School, which ceased to exist. The grammar school moved onto the site and the next year was renamed as Sheffield Royal Grammar School.
In 1905 Sheffield City Council acquired both Wesley College and SRGS and they were merged on the site of the former to form King Edward VII School (KES), named after the reigning monarch.
In 1936, the Governors of the Grammar School Foundation were still administering the endowments of the former grammar school for the benefit of King Edward VII School.
In 1905, the SRGS buildings became part of a new Training College. They later transferred to Sheffield Hallam University as part of its Collegiate campus.

Headmasters of Sheffield Grammar School

  • 1604–1606 — John Smith
  • 1606–1608 — Henry Saxton, M.A.
  • 1608–1615 — John Hancock, M.A.
  • 1615–1619 — George Young, B.A.
  • 1619–1622 — Andrew Wade, M.A.
  • 1622 acting — George Wade
  • 1623–1625 — Godfrey Mason
  • 1625–1644 — Thomas Rawson, B.A.
  • 1645–1648 — William Young, B.A
  • 1648–1651 — Peter Lanfitt, B.A.
  • 1648 — Roger Steare, B.A.
  • 1651–1658 — William Whitaker, M.A.
  • 1658–1663 — Francis Potts, M.A.
  • 1664–1696 — Thomas Balguy, M.A.
  • 1696–1698 — Charles Daubuz, M.A.
  • 1698–1703 — Marmaduke Drake, M.A.
  • 1703–1709 — George Lee, B.A.
  • 1709–1720 — William Humpton, M.A.
  • 1720–1734 — Christopher Robinson, M.A.
  • 1734–1748 — John Cliff, B.A.
  • 1748–1759 — Thomas Marshall, B.A.
  • 1759–1776 — John Smith, M.A.
  • 1776 acting — Edward Goodwin
  • 1776–1809 — Charles Chadwick, B.A.
  • 1809 — Joseph Richardson, M.A.
  • 1810–1818 — Joseph Wilson, B.A.
  • 1818–1830 — William White, M.A.
  • 1830–1863 — Percival Bowen, M.A.
  • 1863–1884 — Joseph E. Jackson, M.A. Ph.D. D.CL.
  • 1884–1899 — Edward Senior, M.A.
  • 1899–1905 — Arthur B. Haslam, M.A.

Notable old boys of Sheffield Grammar School

Notable staff of Sheffield Grammar School