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 High School for Girls Climbing and Cross Country clubs add to the already large range of outdoors activities on offer. Activities on offer during the course of the year are: King Edward VI High School for Girls King Edward VI High School for Girls "(KEHS)" () is an independent secondary school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham and occupies the same site as, and is twinned with, King Edward's School (KES; boys school). KEHS was founded in 1883 and occupied part of the 1838 (Charles Barry, architect) New Street boys' school.