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Very Old Boys
John Frith
1503
Westerham, Kent
Sevenoaks, Eton
King’s College, Cambridge
Teacher, Cardinal College, Oxford (now Christ Church)
Helping Tyndale translate the Bible from Latin into English
Protestant martyr
Burnt at stake
Smithfield, London
1533
Generations who could read the Bible and make up their own minds
It may be that England’s first printer, William Caxton (1422 to 1492), was
educated at Sevenoaks School too. We can’t be sure. But it makes a good story.
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