The Flower of All Cities by Robert Wynn Jones

Author:Robert Wynn Jones
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2023-01-22T03:00:00+00:00

Administration and Governance

The City of London remained at least in part self-governing, under the Corporation and its officials, the Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen and Common Councilmen. The Corporation continued to be responsible for the education of the populace, and the maintenance of the law. Benefactors continued to found educational establishments. Christ’s Hospital School was originally founded by Edward VI in 1552 on the site of the former conventual buildings of the Greyfriars Priory, subsequently burned down in the Great Fire and rebuilt, and eventually relocated to Horsham in Sussex in 1902. The Merchant Taylors’ School was originally founded by the Merchant Taylors’ Company in 1561 on the site of the former estate of the Dukes of Suffolk and subsequently relocated to Northwood. Gresham College was founded in 1597 through the benefaction of the financier Thomas Gresham on the site of his house on Bishopsgate, relocated initially to Gresham Street and eventually to Barnard’s Inn. The College of Physicians was founded in 1518 at Amen Corner, subsequently burned down in the Great Fire and rebuilt, and eventually relocated to Regent’s Park. The Choir School attached to Westminster Abbey was founded in the sixteenth century.

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