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    William Wyggeston (sometimes spelt William Wigston; ca. 1467 – 1536) was an English wool merchant based in Leicester. He was part of the Wyggeston family...
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  • by the present-day Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College. After William Wyggeston's death in 1536, his brother Thomas Wyggeston, as a trustee, used...
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  • William Wigston may refer to: William Wyggeston, merchant William Wigston (MP) (by 1509–1577), MP for Leicester and Warwickshire William Bernard Wigston...
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  • was established by this year using money left by William Wyggeston (ancestor of the current Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College). 1554 - The city's...
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  • Council. Mayors of Leicester include: 1499 William Wyggeston, MP for Leicester, 1504 1510 William Wyggeston 1521 Robert Harward, MP for Leicester, 1529...
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    (founder of Walkers Crisps) Thomas White (merchant, philanthropist) William Wyggeston (merchant, philanthropist) Henry Bates (naturalist and explorer) Ed...
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    on the plinth of each as: Simon de Montfort, Thomas White, William Wyggeston (spelt 'William Wigston' on the plinth on the tower itself) and Gabriel Newton...
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  • Robert Cade, Hugh Brasyer and Richard Wetheridge of Barnestaple to: (ii) William Plamer, mayor of Barnestaple, Richard Dodderidge, Roger Cade, Symon Monngey...
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  • Trinity Hospital Almshouses, The Newarke, Leicester Wyggeston's Hospital, Leicester see William Wyggeston Bede Houses, Louth Orme Almshouses, Louth Bede Houses...
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  • Calendar of Charters and Other Documents Belonging to the Hospital of William Wyggeston at Leicester (Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1933) Selection from the Poems...
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  • Osgathorpe, Leicestershire. He attended Loughborough Grammar School and then Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College. He read zoology at St John's College, Oxford...
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  • now-defunct Salford Grammar School, the former Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, Leicester (succeeded by Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College) and Harrow...
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  • judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. He was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester and Queen Mary University of London. He was called...
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    Richard Attenborough (category People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys)
    wrote a standard text on Anglo-Saxon law. Attenborough was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester and studied at the Royal Academy...
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  • 1954, Dexter began his teaching career as assistant Classics master at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester. There he helped the school's Christian...
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  • Tim Pigott-Smith (category People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys)
    and Harry Thomas Pigott-Smith, who was a journalist. He was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester, King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon and...
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  • William Giles Evans (born 28 January 1997) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a openside flanker for Premiership Rugby club Harlequins...
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  • Cedric Smith (statistician) (category People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys)
    mechanical engineer, and Ada (née Horrocks; 1876–1969). He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys until 1929, when the family moved to London. His...
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  • The Califat Coal Mine[where?] began in 1852, when William Worswick signed a lease with Wyggeston Hospital, Leicester. The Coleorton No 2 Colliery was then...
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    William Hare (born February 7, 1944) is a philosopher whose writings deal primarily with problems in philosophy of education. He attended Wyggeston Grammar...
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  • early buildings of the Leicester University College campus, including Wyggeston boys and girls grammar schools (from 1921) Holy Apostles Church on Fosse...
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  • finalists in 1964–65 and 1998–99. Formed in 1884 by a group of old boys of Wyggeston School as "Leicester Fosse", the club joined The Football Association...
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  • Lars Tharp (category People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys)
    the Bronze Age. After moving to England aged six, Lars was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester, England, before studying for an...
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  • Cyril Clarke (category People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys)
    August 1907 in Leicester, England and received his school education at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, Leicester and at the independent Oundle School...
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    David Attenborough (category People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys)
    directed a biopic of Belaney entitled Grey Owl. Attenborough was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester. He won a scholarship to Clare College...
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    Coventry. William Chillingworth 1602–1643 was an Oxford theologian, a friend of Jeremy Taylor and nephew of Archbishop Laud. He was Master of Wyggeston Hospital...
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    1860 he was appointed vicar of St. Martin's, Leicester, and master of Wyggeston's Hospital. The living was then in the gift of the crown, and had been...
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    Percy Lawrie (rugby union) (category People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys)
    Percy William Lawrie (26 September 1888 – 27 December 1956) was a rugby union wing who played 318 games for Leicester Tigers between 1907 and 1924 and...
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  • In May 1957, Roger Mason, Richard Blatchford and Richard Allen from Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester went rock-climbing in the Charnwood...
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    Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, St Margaret's, Westcotes, and Wyggeston. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, North...
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