ECR 60 10 03
Reference code
ECR 60 10 03
Title
King's Scholars: Election Certificates
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
The Founder laid down age limits for scholarships, which were also restricted to the legitimate sons, born in England, of English parents. (This restriction on place of birth was removed in 1860). He also specified a preference for boys born in parishes where Eton or King's held property, then in Buckinghamshire or Cambridgeshire. Candidates therefore were required to provide certificates of their baptism (birth after 1838) and later of parents' marriage, a declaration signed by a JP and eventually also a testimonial from the master who had taught them for the preceding year. These papers were kept in annual bundles and from 1956 separate bundles were made of the certificates of unsuccessful candidates. However, some certificates were returned to parents, or reused if a boy tried more than once for a place, and others were separated from the main series, often if there was correspondence of a more than trivial nature.
Date
1696 - 1965
Associated material
If certificates are not found here, 60/10/4/6/2 & 5 should also be checked.
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