Henry Bright (schoolmaster, born 1562)

He served for 38 years Headmaster at The King's School, Worcester, and is mentioned by Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood as an exceptional teacher, particularly of Latin, Greek and Hebrew.

Bright arranged for Worcester Cathedral chapter to provide exhibition scholarships of 2 shillings per annum for pupils he sent to university.

[2] His reputation was also echoed by Anthony Wood in his Fasti Oxoniensis: He had a most excellent faculty in instructing youths in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, most of which were afterwards sent to the universities, where they proved eminent to emulation.

[12] Bright’s arms are blazoned Azure, a fess wavy ermine in chief three crescents argent.

They include: A As the legal year at this time began on 25 March, Bright's death is recorded as having taken place in 1626, but this date is now regarded as falling in 1627.