William Dauntesey

For the Teller of the Exchequer, see William Daunce.

Alderman William Dauntesey (or Dauntsey) was a London merchant and Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

A merchant of the Staple at Calais he was the son of John Dauntesey of West Lavington in Wiltshire. He died in April 1542, leaving money in his will for the founding of Dauntsey's School.^[1]

By a Will dated 10 March 1542, Dauntesey gave the Mercers' Company lands in London so that they could build a schoolhouse for a grammar school at West Lavington and also support seven poor persons in an almshouse.^[2]

Notes

^ Wiltshire notes and queries (1899), vol. 2‎, p. 537: "William Dauntesey, Alderman of London, the well-known benefactor of school and almshouses to his native parish of West Lavington".
^ Schools Inquiry Commission, Report of the commissioners (1868), p. 55 online

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