<<I only found 4 Buckingham entrants to New College: Simon Lambert (1499, aged12), Robert Chalner (1507), Thomas Duke (1509). [William Lambert (1558)].>> New College Archives have a massive manuscript Register of the Wardens, Fellows and Scholars of the College, prepared by Warden Sewell in the 19th century. It lists, and provides brief career details of, everyone mentioned in the College records from its foundation until 1850. It is in chronological order, but is indexed by surname (only). I once went through it noting people with a connection to Bucks, but only up to 1500 (and I certainly will have missed some before that date - the handwriting gets a bit spidery at times, and I was really only looking for Great Horwood connections). Only three were stated to be from Buckingham - they were: Thomas Dale, entered Winchester College 1457, New College c1454-74 (1473 became Rector of Tingewick, died there 1473) John Whitwey, New Coll 1493-97 Edmund Pyke (Peke), New Coll 1497-1500, Fellow of Win Coll 1505. The odd thing about Pyke is that the register says he was a son of a Great Horwood tenant (it was relevant because it gave him an entitlement to attend the school and the college). In fact no Pyke (or Peke) was a tenant there at any time in either the 15th or the 16th century, but there was a family called Pixy, often spelled Pyxe, so perhaps Warden Sewell misread the entry. Anyway, the fact that he is recorded as being the son of a GH tenant yet from Buckingham made me wonder whether he went to New College from the Royal Latin School. It's noteworthy that he didn't go there from Winchester College. A list of the Wardens, Fellows and Scholars of Winchester College was published in 1888 by a Thomas Kirby. It is indexed by surname, but not for places. I once went through it noting people who had come from Great Horwood, Buckingham, Chalfont St Peter or nearby places up to 1625 (this time I didn't try to catch people from the whole of the county). The scholars stated to be from Buckingham were: Richard More, Buckingham, 1404-07 Thomas Dale, 1457, later career as above Thomas Ashewode, 1471 Edmund Pyke, 1495 (age 14), as above Simon Lambert, 1499, age 12, went on to New Coll (Fellow there 1508-9) Robert Chawner, 1501 (age 11), went on to New Coll (later a barrister) Thomas Duke, 1504 (age 11), went on to New Coll (Fellow there 1511-13, died 1513) Thomas Holcam, 1509 (age 10), went on to New Coll (Fellow there 1518-19, beneficed) William Tyle, 1510 (age 11), went on to New Coll (Fellow there 1524) Giles Rede, 1511 (age 10), went on to New Coll (later a barrister) George Boston, 1546 (age 12), went on to New Coll william Lambard, 1551 (age 12), went on to New Coll (Fellow there 1560-74, Vicar of Hornchurch) Matthew Nicholls, 1601 (age 12), went on to New Coll (Fellow there 1608-20, died 1631) Francis Lambart, 1603 (age 11), went on to New Coll There was also a Fellow of Winchester College from Buckingham: William Tyle, BA, admitted as a Fellow 1524 Could they have received a preliminary schooling at the Royal Latin School before going on to Winchester, do you think, or did the school only take pupils from the same age as Winchester? <<New College founded by Wm Wykeham in 1379 (Prebendary of Buckingham in 1365), owner of Radclive in 1365 - there is some evidence that Wykeham purchased lands to aid scholars to attend grammar schools. See AF Leach (1969) Schools of medieval England, p201-210.>> Thank you for that reference - I shall look it up. I notice he also wrote a History of Winchester College, which I shall also look at while I am there. Matt