William Capon was born at Salcott, near Colchester in Essex in 1480. Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common He was educated at Cambridge University, earning his B. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the A. degree in 1499 and his M. A. in 1502 (at the age of 22). In 1516 he became a Master of Jesus College and in 1526, aged 46, he was appointed Rector of St Mary’s church in Southampton and subsequently also Rector of North Stoneham. Jesus College in the University of Cambridge was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely. Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England In 1546, aged 66, William resigned from his job at Jesus College and went to live in Southampton. At the time, there was a chantry, or grammar school in St Mary’s. These chantries were responsible for much of the little education in the town. However, in 1548, the Chantries Act abolished the grammar schools and Capon believed that this was a severe blow to education. So in his will he provided £100 towards the "erection, maynetenance and fyndinge of a gramer scole" in Southampton. But it was not until 1553, three years after Capon’s death in 1550, that this wish was fulfilled and King Edward VI School, Southampton, was founded. King Edward VI School, often referred to as King Edward's or simply KES, is a selective independent day School located in Southampton Capon is one of the houses at the school, named after him.
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