What is recorded here
With a history dating back to Saxon times, this schools is one of the oldest in the country. It was refounded by Sir Richard Fulmerston in 1566. Thomas Paine was a pupil here from 1744 to 1749.
Thetford Grammar School was refounded in 1566 by Sir Richard Fulmerston and has a history extending back to Saxon times. It is notable as the school attended by Thomas Paine, the influential political philosopher, from 1744 to 1749.
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