Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI dead was established in New Street, Birmingham. As part of the religious settlement of King Henry VIII laws were enacted suppressing all monasteries and chantries. In the case of chantries, little had occurred since the 1545 Act and when King Edward VI came to the throne in 1547, new legislation to close chantries was soon enacted. Part of the process of suppressing chantries involved holding an inquiry into their property and assets. The New Street chantry was abolished in common with thousands of others, although the people of Birmingham were told that the assets would not be seized by the
King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth King Edward VI Grammar School (sometimes abbreviated to KEVIGS or KEVIS) is a grammar school located in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. As early as the 8th century schooling was available at Louth, but the oldest reference to a school is in a passage by Simon De Luda, the town's schoolmaster, in 1276. The dissolution of the monasteries in 1548 placed the future of education in Louth at risk. Leading figures in the local community petitioned the King, Edward VI, to secure the school's future, and on 21 September 1551 the school was given a plot