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==History== ==History==


Boy choristers had been a feature of the pre-reformation church in England from at least the 7th Century<ref name=williamsJ>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Jenevora |title=Cathedral Choirs in the United Kingdom: The Professional Boy Chorister |work=Springer eBooks |date=Nov 25, 2011 |publisher=Springer Nature |url=https://www.academia.edu/125045800 |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref> and there is evidence that there was a school and boy choristers at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester before the ]<ref name=HackettM/>{{rp|pp=14}}. Boy choristers had been a feature of the pre-reformation church in England from at least the 7th Century<ref name=williamsJ/> and there is evidence that there was a school and boy choristers at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester before the ]<ref name=HackettM/>{{rp|pp=14}}.


At the time of the ] and the ], the Abbey of St. Werburgh was closed and a new cathedral was established in the same buildings{{cn}}<em>The history chester cathedral article</em>. The legal statutes<ref name=HackettM/>{{rp|p=15}}<ref name=statutes/>set out the roles and responsibilities of the Dean, Canons, and others associated with the cathedral. The statutes<ref name=statutes/>{{rp|location=§26}} created a grammar school at Chester Cathedral (for the teaching of latin grammar, and other subjects "for 24 poor and friendless boys"). The statutes<ref name=statutes/>{{rp|location=§25}} also established 8 choristers and their choir master. The cathedral would be responsible for the subsistence of both scholars and choristers. However there was some ambiguity about the relationship between the choristers and the grammar school. This lack of clarity continued for hundreds of years. Until the early nineteenth century this arrangement continued as local conditions and finances allowed. At the time of the ] and the ], the Abbey of St. Werburgh was closed and a new cathedral was established in the same buildings{{cn}}<em>The history chester cathedral article</em>. The legal statutes<ref name=HackettM/>{{rp|p=15}}<ref name=statutes/>set out the roles and responsibilities of the Dean, Canons, and others associated with the cathedral. The statutes<ref name=statutes/>{{rp|location=§26}} created a grammar school at Chester Cathedral (for the teaching of latin grammar, and other subjects "for 24 poor and friendless boys"). The statutes<ref name=statutes/>{{rp|location=§25}} also established 8 choristers and their choir master. The cathedral would be responsible for the subsistence of both scholars and choristers. However there was some ambiguity about the relationship between the choristers and the grammar school. Until the early nineteenth century local arrangements seemed to prevail as conditions and finances allowed. By 1827, the grammar school and the chorister school were separate<ref name="HackettM"/>{{rp|pp=14-15}}, which remained the case in 1857 where "There does not appear to be any connection here between the <em>Grammar School</em> and the <em>Choristers School</em>"<ref name=report1855/>. There did seem to be an earlier arrangement whereby choristers would be given preference to join the grammar school after their time as a chorister which was recommended in the commissioner's report of 1855<ref name=report1855/>. However whilst the statutes referred to the possibility of boys being in the choir <em>and</em> in the grammar school, this was not the always the case, the statutes did not demand any other education for choristers other than in singing and divine services.


By the mid nineteenth century, the Cathedral Grammar School started to be called the King's Cathedral Grammar School, or ]. The King's School was established a few years after the dissolution of the Benedictine Abbey in 1541<ref name="HackettM"/>{{rp|pp=14-15}} and located at Chester cathedral for most of its history. By the mid nineteenth century, the grammar school started to be called the King's Cathedral Grammar School, or ]. However in common with many schools funded by private endowment, was suffering poor financial support and inefficiencies<ref name=GillardD/>.


By the middle of the nineteenth century there was a renewed focus on education leading to the By the middle of the nineteenth century there was a renewed focus on education leading to the
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Chester Cathedral Choir School was an private preparatory school for boys under the direct supervision of the Dean of Chester Cathedral providing choristers for the choir. In its modern form, the school was opened on the 26th November 1880 and closed at the end of summer term 1975. In 1973 the school's roll was 83 boys in 5 classes with the largest class of 22.

History

Boy choristers had been a feature of the pre-reformation church in England from at least the 7th Century and there is evidence that there was a school and boy choristers at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester before the English Reformation.

At the time of the English Reformation and the Dissolution of the monasteries, the Abbey of St. Werburgh was closed and a new cathedral was established in the same buildingsThe history chester cathedral article. The legal statutesset out the roles and responsibilities of the Dean, Canons, and others associated with the cathedral. The statutes created a grammar school at Chester Cathedral (for the teaching of latin grammar, and other subjects "for 24 poor and friendless boys"). The statutes also established 8 choristers and their choir master. The cathedral would be responsible for the subsistence of both scholars and choristers. However there was some ambiguity about the relationship between the choristers and the grammar school. Until the early nineteenth century local arrangements seemed to prevail as conditions and finances allowed. By 1827, the grammar school and the chorister school were separate, which remained the case in 1857 where "There does not appear to be any connection here between the Grammar School and the Choristers School". There did seem to be an earlier arrangement whereby choristers would be given preference to join the grammar school after their time as a chorister which was recommended in the commissioner's report of 1855. However whilst the statutes referred to the possibility of boys being in the choir and in the grammar school, this was not the always the case, the statutes did not demand any other education for choristers other than in singing and divine services.

By the mid nineteenth century, the grammar school started to be called the King's Cathedral Grammar School, or King's School. However in common with many schools funded by private endowment, was suffering poor financial support and inefficiencies.

By the middle of the nineteenth century there was a renewed focus on education leading to the

The Endowed Schools Act 1869 removed some requirements for endowed grammar schools to have teachers licensed by the Church of England. However, consistent with the ancient practice of the King's School providing choristers for the cathedral, the Dean of Chester remained responsible for an endowment to the King's School. Following the King's School reorganisation under this act in 1873, in 1880, the new Chester Cathedral Choir School was established under the direct control of the Cathedral Dean and Chapter

The Cathedral Choir School was established (or "re-opened" as styled at the time), in 1880 following a period of significant improvements to both the fabric of the cathedral, and the quality of the music. Deans Anson and Howson oversaw the installation of the cathedral organ in 1875, rebuilding of the western part of Abbey Court (as it was known), and replacement of the old Bishop's Palace. At that time, the King's School moved into the new buildings from their ancient home in the original monks refectory, and the choir school was established in a small corner of the same new buildings.

References

  1. ^ "Notices". Cheshire Observer. January 17, 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. "Article". Cheshire Observer (CITY ed.). July 6, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. Report by HM Inspectors on Chester Cathedral Choir School (Report). London: Department of Education and Science. December 3, 1973. Cite error: The named reference "report1973" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. Williams, Jenevora (Nov 25, 2011). Cathedral Choirs in the United Kingdom: The Professional Boy Chorister. Springer Nature. Retrieved 14 November 2024. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Hackett, Maria (1827), A Brief Account of Cathedral and Collegiate Schools: With an Abstract of Their Statutes and Endowments. Respectfully Addressed to the Dignitaries of the Established Church, JB Nichols and Son
  6. ^ "Article". Chester Courant. August 30, 1871. p. 7. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ^ STATE AND CONDITION OF THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCHES IN ENGLAND AND WALES (Report). London: HM Stationary Office. May 25, 1855.
  8. Gillard, Derek (2018). "Education in the UK: a history". Retrieved 15 November 2024.

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