@abingdon_school @abingdonschool linkedin.com/school/abingdonschool The Abingdon Foundation, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1DE Edited by Julia Cooke - [email protected] 01235 521563 Among the many, the best known is John Roysse whose 1563 benefactions established Abingdon as an endowed charity school. In 1608, William Bennett endowed six scholarships. The following year his uncle, Thomas Tesdale, endowed the position of Second Master, the Tesdale Usher, and at his death in 1610 left money for the education of Abingdon boys at the University of Oxford, which ultimately led to the foundation of Pembroke College. Our scholarships reference Abbot John de Blosneville who in 1256 left money for the support of thirteen poor scholars, and John Blacknall whose 1625 bequest supported the schoolmaster’s income. Edgar Summers, headmaster 1870 to 1883, and Herbert Young OA 1868 gave the School Lacies Court to fund the Young and Summers’ Scholarship. The Lady Wantage Scholarship acknowledges the generous donations she and her husband made to the School’s 1901 extension. Through Edgar Summers, the School owned the land on which Beech Court now stands, but the Pavilion and the Arts Centre stand on land which was sold in 1950 by the Lady Radcliffe at two-thirds its market value. Even so, without William Rudd, maths master 1904–47, the School could not raise the asking price until he offered to buy Heylyns, which he promised to leave the School at his death. This he did, together with the bungalow he’d built for himself, Rudd’s Cottage. Then there are the Mercers’ who bought the old council offices on which Mercers’ Court now stands; the Amey family, who financially supported the Amey Hall, and John Ingham, science master 1915 to 1957, whose bequest funded the Ingham Music School. The Ingham Room perpetuates his name. And there are of course many more .... Out of the Past Abingdon At the end of every Lent term, Abingdon honours its founders and benefactors - but who are they? Our founders and benefactors John Roysse John Ingham Herbert Young Ron and Geoff Amey Lady Wantage Edgar Summers William Rudd
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