Maybe in Shakespeare
Jack Cade ( grammar-hating rebel leader ) to Lord Saye ( loyal courtier ):
“ Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school ... It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb , and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear .”
Henry VI Part II , Act IV , Scene VII
There are those who say that the ruinous ‘ grammar school ’ in question is Sevenoaks . And as Shakespeare clearly based this particular plotline on actual events surrounding The Battle of Solefields ( fought in 1450 on ground we now use as playing fields ) we like to believe they ’ re right .