Both Adam and John Winthrop are named in the articles of incorporation of the Boxford Grammar School, granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1596.1 A school had already existed, for scholars had been admitted to Caius College from the Boxford School since 1560, but it is conjectured that lacking endowment it required no charter. In the charter thirty-seven governors are named and many of them are mentioned in the Winthrop diaries and papers. A full list is given for convenience of reference, with the qualities given to them in the charter. The school had an uneventful history and in 1829 was reported to have “long ceased to be maintained or attended as a free grammar school” and in 1869 no revival had taken place. The school is now closed, and the endowment given in exhibitions open for competition to boys living in the parishes of Assington, Boxford, Groton, or Edwardstone, and to be held at some school higher than elementary. From 1616 to 1623 one Hoogan was master and Granston (or Grandstone) served from before 1667 to 1670.2

Alston, Thomas, yeoman.

Appleton, Isaac, generosus.

Appleton, Thomas, armiger.

Bond, John, clothier.

Brand, John, Sen., clothier.

Brand, William, Sen., clothier.

Browne, Henry, yeoman.

Clopton, Thomas, armiger.

Clopton, William, armiger.

Coke, Edward, armiger, Attorney General.

Doggett, John, clothier.

Doggett, William, mercator.

Goshling, Philip, clothier.

Gurdon, Brampton, armiger.

Gurdon, John, armiger.

Hanham, John, generosus.

Hopper, John, yeoman.

Jerrold, John, clothier.

Kedbey, Lewis, clothier.

Kempe, Thomas, armiger.

Knewstubb, John, clericus.

Lappache Lappage, Thomas, yeoman.

Laughlin, Simon, clothier.

Lovell, Thomas, clericus.

Nicholson, Thomas, clericus.

Payton, John, armiger.

Piend, Stephen, armiger.

Plampin, John, yeoman.

Sandes, Henry, clericus.

Snelling, John, clothier.

Waldegrave, Edward, generosus.

Waldegrave, Thomas, Sen., armiger.

Waldegrave, Thomas, Jun., generosus.

Waldegrave, William, Sen.., miles.

Waldegrave, William, Jun., miles.

Winthrop, Adam, generosus.

Winthrop, John, generosus.