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Andrewes House

Lancelot Andrewes was a pupil at the school in 1561- a classmate of Edmund Spenser, Thomas Kyd and Thomas Lodge. To this day he remains one of the most gifted linguists who has ever attended the school. He went on to an extraordinarily distinguished career at Pembroke College, Cambridge and then in the Church. He became Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I and her successor, King James, gave him the influential position of Lord Almoner. This was the beginning of Andrewes' meteoric rise - first, Bishop of Chester, then Bishop of Ely, finally Bishop of Winchester and Privy Counsellor. Amongst his many writings, his most important work arose from his leading position as translator and overall editor of the King James' Bible. The following words, spoken at his funeral, reveal his mastery of over 20 languages, ancient and modern:

'His knowledge in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac and Arabic, besides fifteen modern languages was so advanced that he may be ranked as one of the rarest linguists in Christendom. A great part of five hours every day he spent in prayer, and in his last illness he spent all his time in prayer -- and when both voice and eyes and hands failed in their office, his countenance showed that he still prayed and praised God in his heart, until it pleased God to receive his blessed soul to Himself.'

Members of the House wear purple ties, and the Wednesday morning meetings take place in the Great Hall. Andrewes House is one in which house spirit and team work are key. We pride ourselves in being a House that excels in academic, sporting and cultural aspects of school life. Throughout their time in the House the boys learn the enjoyment of taking part in House competitions and of representing the House in a variety of activities around the school.

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