Thomas de la Warre
(1359-1426)
Rector of Manchester and founder of the Collegiate Church (from 1421)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Thomas de la Warre 1359 - c.1426 Rector of Manchester founded the Collegiate Church in 1421 with its community of priests, lay clerks and boys.
Cathedral Street, Manchester, United Kingdom where they founded the Collegiate Church
Chetham's Hospital Manor House of Thomas de la Warre given to the Collegiate Church (now Cathedral) in 1421. In 1653 Humphrey Chetham founded a school and free public library. Became a music school in 1969
Long Millgate, Manchester, United Kingdom where they lived