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'''Richard Pate''', born [[1516]] in [[Cheltenham]], was a landowner and member of Parliament for [[Gloucester]]. He was a nephew of [[Richard Pate, Bishop of Worcester]]. An alumnus of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], he endowed that institution with property, on the condition that use soeme of the money to found and maintain a school in Cheltenham. This school was founded in [[1574]] and still exists as [[Pate's Grammar School]]. Pate also left property in [[Oxford]] to Corpus Christi. He died in [[1588]] and is buried in [[Gloucester Cathedral]]. 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.
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[[File:Memorial to Richard Pate in Gloucester Cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|Memorial to Richard Pate in [[Gloucester Cathedral]]]]
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[[File:Richard Pate in later life by unknown artist.jpg|right|thumb|Richard Pate in later life by an unknown artist. In the collection of [[Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery]].]]
'''Richard Pate''' or '''Pates''' (1516–1588) was an English landowner and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)|Gloucester]] in the Parliament of 1559 and 1563–1567.<ref>[http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v056/bg056201.pdf Richard Pates, M.P. for Gloucester, by A. L. Browne (PDF)]</ref> His parliamentary career is detailed in the [[History of Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/pate-richard-1516-88|title = PATE, Richard (1516-88), of Minsterworth, Glos. &#124; History of Parliament Online}}</ref>


Pate was born in [[Cheltenham]] and was a nephew of [[Richard Pate (bishop)|Richard Pate]], Bishop of Worcester. An alumnus of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], 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]].<ref name="foundation">[http://www.patesfoundation.org/ Pate's Foundation]</ref> Pate also left property in [[Oxford]] to Corpus Christi.


Pate died in 1588 and is buried in [[Gloucester Cathedral]]. 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.<ref name="foundation" />
== Reference ==
[http://www.livinggloucester.co.uk/people/then/1500/richard_pate/ Biography of Richard Pate at livingingloucester.co.uk]


==See also==
*[[Old Patesians RFC]]


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==External links==
[[Category:English MPs]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060112122343/http://www.livinggloucester.co.uk/people/then/1500/richard_pate/ Biography of Richard Pate at livingingloucester.co.uk]
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Memorial to Richard Pate in Gloucester Cathedral
Portrait (1550)
Richard Pate in later life by an unknown artist. In the collection of Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery.

Richard Pate or Pates (1516–1588) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Parliament of 1559 and 1563–1567.[1] His parliamentary career is detailed in the History of Parliament.[2]

Pate was born in Cheltenham and was a nephew of Richard Pate, Bishop of Worcester. An alumnus of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 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.[3] Pate also left property in Oxford to Corpus Christi.

Pate died in 1588 and is buried in Gloucester Cathedral. 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.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Richard Pates, M.P. for Gloucester, by A. L. Browne (PDF)
  2. ^ "PATE, Richard (1516-88), of Minsterworth, Glos. | History of Parliament Online".
  3. ^ a b Pate's Foundation

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