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John Kendrick (cloth merchant)

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4,000 Kendrick left to Newbury was used to build a 'cloth manufactory' where unemployed clothworkers could be employed until the trade in the town recovered. The trade never recovered and the building went through several uses (workhouse, hospital, school, warehousing) before being restored in 1903
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John Kendrick was born in Reading, Berkshire, possibly in Minster Street, in 1573 to Thomas Kendrick, a prominent citizen, weaving merchant and subsequently a mayor of Reading (1580), and his wife, Agnes Bye. He was related to the Kendrick family of Chester, and the subsequent
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as the Newbury Borough Museum. Now known as the Cloth Hall, it forms a part of the West Berkshire Museum. Kendrick's cash was also used to fund a charity offering education and apprenticeships to selected children of Newbury's poor.
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Although the funds left by Kendrick were mismanaged, sufficient remained for the founding of two schools:
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Founder of Kendrick Boys' School (benefactor of Reading School); Founder of Kendrick Girls' School
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12,500 to the towns of Reading and Newbury to provide employment and education for the poor. The
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Kendrick died on 30 December 1624 at his home in Threadneedle Street, London. He was buried at
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Church, which was demolished in 1781, and later re-buried at Nunhead Cemetery.
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in 1877. In 1915, Kendrick Boys School was taken over by
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This English business-related biographical article is a
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John Kendrick (1573-1624), collection of Kendrick School
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Kendrick School
Reading, Berkshire
City of London
St Christopher le Stocks Church, London
Nunhead Cemetery
Cloth merchant
John Kendrick

English
cloth merchant
towns
Reading
Newbury
John Kendrick
St Mary's Church, Reading
Kendrick baronets
Reading School
St John's College, Oxford
London
Netherlands
St Christopher le Stocks
£
Oracle
workhouse
Oracle shopping mall
Kendrick Boys School
Kendrick Girls School
Reading School
£

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