Henry Jenkyns and Frank Green black plaque

This black commemorative plaque records: St Williams College. A unique survival of a non-monastic religious building, the college is named after Archbishop William Fitzherbert who was canonised in 1227. The college was founded in 1461 as a residence for priests serving chantry altars in the Minster. Sold after the reformation it was owned by Sir Henry Jenkyns in 1642 and housed the printing presses of King Charles I during the Civil War. Restored by Frank Green in the 1900s, the Dean and Chapter of York became Trustees in 1972. Recorded plaque organisation: St Williams College.

Sir Henry Jenkyns owned St Williams College in 1642, which temporarily housed King Charles I's printing presses during the Civil War, highlighting its strategic importance. Frank Green restored the college in the 1900s, preserving a unique non-monastic religious building that serves as a historical link to medieval chantry practices and the English Reformation.