Everything about Peter Blundell totally explained
Peter Blundell (c.
1520 -
1601) was a prosperous clothier, trading between
Tiverton and
London. On his death, he left over £32,000 cash to fellow clothiers and their families, his employees, created several charitable trusts, and gave £2400 to build
Blundell's School, to be a free grammar school.
Blundell also left £2000 in his will for the endowment of six scholars from The School in Divinity at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; arrangements were made for Blundell Scholars to enter Balliol and Sidney Sussex colleges respectively.
He was buried on the 9th May 1601 at
St Michael Paternoster Royal in London.
Blundell Park, the current ground of Grimsby Town Football Club since 1899, is named after Peter Blundell whose money enabled Sidney Sussex College to buy the land in 1616.
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