Bluecoat founder, Bryan Blundell, notes in his journal in 1744 that children were taken into the school aged eight, and apprenticed at 14: "I give 40 shillings apprentice fee with each."
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Bluecoat founder, Bryan Blundell, notes in his journal in 1744 that children were taken into the school aged eight, and apprenticed at 14: "I give 40 shillings apprentice fee with each."