This will be the 13th Plaque Event. The idea is to celebrate plaques that may be missed by the casual observer.
A municipal plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker.
This plaque commemorates Thomas de la Warre 1359-c1462
rector of Manchester founded Chethams College and church 1421
lived together in a community of priests, lay clerks and boys
Thomas de la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr (c. 1352 – 7 May 1427) was the second son of Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr and Elizabeth de Welle, daughter of Adam, 3rd Baron Welles, and was intended for the church. In 1363, he received a dispensation, permitting him to be ordained at the age of twenty, and was made a canon of Lincoln. He received his first parish on 13 October 1372; he was at various times, rector or prebend of Ashton-under-Lyne, New Lafford, Sleaford, Swineshead, Grindall (in the East Riding of Yorkshire), Manchester, Oxton and Cropwell, Riccall, and Ketton; frequently in plurality.He was responsible for (in 1420) building St. Luke's church in Brislington. He enlarged Manchester Cathedral into a collegiate church in 1421. There is a statue of him on the exterior of the Manchester town hall.He inherited the title and lands when his brother John died, 27 July 1398; but asked, three years later, to be excused from Parliament. (He was summoned, on pain of his life, in 1403.) He died, and was presumably buried, at his en parish of Swineshead, Lincolnshire.
Source: http://www.blueplaqueplaces.co.uk/thomas-de-la-warre-blue-plaque-in-manchester-737#.XM2Y9dgXc1m
The meeting will be a casual style of meeting with geochat, all welcome between 12.30 – 1 pm.
The plaque is outside, so please dress appropriately for the weather. We will congregate by the wall
there will be a badge for your profile
Footnote: If anyone wants to run a Plaque Event please contact snaffler, and the host will be eligible for a badge for their profile.
