Shrove Tuesday. 1066 Battle of Hastings 1179 Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey werw required by Pope Alexander III to provide a small charity school 1245 Westminster Abbey rebuilt 1348 First outbreake of the Black Death 1540 Dissolutoin of Benedictine Monastery. Henry VIII ensured the School's survival by statue 1560 New charter for 'The Collage' from Elizabet I 1649 Execution of Charles I : Busby leads School in prayers for the King on the day of his beheading 1753 First recorded Pancake Greaze 1793 First cricket match against Elton at Hounslow Heath 1815 Prince Albert and Prince of Wales attend Latin Play 1963 First girl pupil Janely Tilk 7a