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'WITHIN THE SAID TOWNE OF LEICESTER ONE SUBSTANTIAL SCHOLEHOUSE METE AND FITT FOR CHILDREN': this is the document by which Queen Elizabeth I grants permission for the erection of Leicester Free Grammar School, to be built from the remains of St Peter's Church. The building erected as a result still stands, and in 2005 was surveyed and restored by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (see their website for further details of the school and its buildings).