The school was founded by the Reverend Reynell Cotton in 1760.
[1][2] Following his death in 1779, Cotton was succeeded as headmaster by his son-in-law, the Reverend Charles Richards.
[2] In 1795, Sir John Soane constructed a dedicated schoolroom for the school – his only building in Winchester.
[3] By 1847, the school had closed and its building was taken on a lease as the first Hampshire Museum.
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