Memorial to Richard Pate in Gloucester Cathedral

Richard Pate or Pates (1516–1588) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...

in the Parliament of 1559 and 1563–1567. His parliamentary career is detailed in the

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. Pate was born in

Cheltenham Cheltenham () is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the mo ...

and was a nephew of Richard Pate, Bishop of Worcester. An alumnus of

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517 by Richard Fo ...

, he endowed that institution with property, on the condition that they use three-quarters of the proceeds to found and maintain a school in Cheltenham, as well as an almshouse there. This school was founded in 1574 and still exists as

Pate's Grammar School Pate's Grammar School is a grammar school with academy status in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 18. The school was founded with a fund bestowed to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, by Richard Pate in 1574 ...

.Pate's Foundation
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to Corpus Christi. Pate died in 1588 and is buried in

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishme ...

. On his tomb is inscribed ''Patebit tum quod latuit'', meaning ''what is hidden will be revealed''. This is also the motto of Pate's Grammar School and the Old Patesians Rugby Football Club. He also has a primary school named after him, the Richard Pate School.

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Biography of Richard Pate at livingingloucester.co.uk
1516 births 1588 deaths People from Cheltenham Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford * English landowners Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Gloucester English MPs 1559 English MPs 1563–1567 {{1563-England-MP-stub

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