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of London were enlisted The money was invested in freehold property in the City of London. The difficulty of the administering the trust began at once, because it was usually hard to find orphan maidens of Howell's kin. In 1853, more than 300 years after the death of Howell, an Act of
Parliament was passed, empowering the Court of Chancery to extend the trust to the establishment of girls' schools in Wales. Two girls' schools in Llandaff and Denbigh were built in 1858, and were both carried on by the Drapers' Company. The school was originally built for 55 boarders and 50 day girls. A system of houses was afterwards begun, in addition to the original block of buildings. There were three: Haulfryn, Bodgwilym and Minffordd. In 1914, a wing was built containing additional classrooms, music rooms, gymnasium and an assembly hall which has now become the library. In 1931, another milestone was reached with the opening of extensive new buildings, the Great Hall, the dining hall and kitchens, and three new Houses: St George's, St Andrew's and St Patrick's. From time to time, many other improvements were made, such as a sports pavilion, swimming bath and tennis courts.
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by the brother of Robbie Locke, a school trustee) as "cack-handed" and "chaotic", saying the panel felt the dismissals were as a result of issues raised by
Routledge regarding the conduct of a member of staff who was a good friend of Robbie and Nicola Locke (both trustees of the school) who allegedly pressured staff to fill in inspection questionnaires dishonestly. Routledge also aired concerns about irregularities in pension payments. The head teacher told the tribunal that, during a break, Nicola Locke had called him a paedophile. The tribunal ruled that both teachers were entitled to "substantial" damages. On 12 September Routledge was awarded £217,000 and Price £84,000.
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Drapers' Company had great difficulty in obtaining this money from Spain. Eventually, in 1541, £570 was received in cash as well as a consignment of wine and oil, which was sold to young men of the Company. There still remained a large sum of money to be recovered and the services of the Bishop
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part-time post was required, which Raven declined. They had been unaware that she was pregnant. However, the tribunal believed the real cause was the "extremely precarious" state of the school finances and that the school did not want to "waste money on maternity pay". Dr Philip Dixon, of
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