Article by Elizabeth Wells, Archivist, first published in College Newsletter, 2013 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in Westminster Abbey. This would seem to perfect occasion to take a look at the role played by Scholars in coronation services. The privilege of being the first commoners to acclaim each new sovereign at their coronation in Westminster…
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The Latin Play, 1560-2010
Origins of the Latin Play Two beliefs produced and sustained the early tradition of Latin Plays at Westminster in the sixteenth century. First was a faith in the training such performances would offer in deportment and elocution for young gentlemen needing the tools for public life. Second – and it generally came second – was the conviction that such an…
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The King’s Scholars’ Pardon by Charles Low
In 1949 Viscount Davidson (OW) purchased at Sotheby’s and presented to the School the so-called King’s Scholars’ Pardon. For many years this hung on the wall of College Library, and it has now been transcribed and translated. In the document, dated 8th October, 1679, Charles II pardons all forty scholars for the murder of one Robert Rowley. In its…
