John Clarel
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John Clarel was Lord of the Manor
of Penistone
in the fourteenth century. In 1392 a record was made stating how John Clarel left a gift of land to the people of Penistone for the building of a school for the use of the people. The school that was built was first registered as Penistone Grammar School
50 years later and recently celebrated its 600th anniversary in 1992.
John Clarel and his family were well known in Penistone and historically were a powerful family. The family name lives on in Penistone in the form of a street name: Clarel Street.
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
of Penistone
Penistone
Penistone is a small town market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 10,101 at the 2001 census. It lies west of the town of Barnsley and north east of Glossop, in the foothills of the Pennines...
in the fourteenth century. In 1392 a record was made stating how John Clarel left a gift of land to the people of Penistone for the building of a school for the use of the people. The school that was built was first registered as Penistone Grammar School
Penistone Grammar School
Penistone Grammar School is a comprehensive school and former grammar school in Penistone, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1392 and its most notable alumnus is Nicholas Saunderson, the probable inventor of Bayes theorem, in the eighteenth...
50 years later and recently celebrated its 600th anniversary in 1992.
John Clarel and his family were well known in Penistone and historically were a powerful family. The family name lives on in Penistone in the form of a street name: Clarel Street.