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The De Fereby Grammar School Story

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(Main Street Chipping Camden) (the town is basically one long street with a few side streets) It was a time of turbulence in the first part of the 15th century. And history now tells us that this period ended the House of Lancaster. The power of the purse in those days created opportunities for advancement in society through the receiving of royal titles and favors. (Original covered market place) In short, or you belonged to the aristocracy aligned with the court, who would grant land ownership and or income producing titles, or you were a citizen minding your own business trying to avoid conscription in the armies needed to continue the 100 year war with France. (By the way that was the same war where Jeanne D'Arc successfully turned the losing French army into the eventually winning army) (The most imposing manor on Main Street) And then there was that small segment of society that provided the court at large with goods and services and sometimes loans to help finance the costl