Allord School

Allord College Collegium Dominostri
Location
Allord , Enley Great Nortend
Information
Type	Common boarding school
Motto	Latin: Dominus glorificet (May the Lord be glorified)
Established	1405
Chairman of the Court of Governours	Sir Alaric Reed
Headmaster	Rev'd Dr Michael Rouder
Staff	ca. 80 masters
Gender	Boys
Age	10 to 19
Enrolment	ca. 700
Colour(s)	Black, blue & white
Publication	Dominus Noster
Former pupils	Old Allordsmen
School Song	Carmen Dominostrense

Allord College is a common school for boys in Allord, Enley, Great Nortend. It is attached to Allord Abbey, a Camuvalian monastery, and was founded in 1405 to educate poor scholars. It is a fully boarding school, with an enrolment of approximately 700 boys. In keeping with its history as a school founded for the poor, 70 pupils are drawn from the region on academic scholarships known as commoners and wear gowns. 14 additional commoners attend on choral scholarships, requiring singing in choir twice daily in the college chapel. The rest of the pupils are known as freemen (likely a corruption of 'feemen'), and are fee-paying pupils.

Allord charges up to £140 per annum, with three terms in a year. It is one of the most expensive schools in Great Nortend, and is a popular choice for the sons of royalty, peers and the gentry. Over half of the valedictorians in a given year matriculate at a university, mostly at the University of Aldesey where Cholecliff College reserves half of its places for the 'Old Dominostrians' of the school, although a number do attend the universities of Rhise or Limmes.

Name

Allord College was founded in 1405 by the newly crowned Charles I as the 'King's College at the Abbey of Our Lord in the Forest' (Collegium Regis apud Abbatiam Domini Nostri in Foresta. This remains the formal name of the school; however, the shortened name 'Allord College', rendered in Latin as Collegium Dominostri, is used for all but the most formal occasions. The unique portmanteaux 'Allord' and Dominoster are the English and Latin names respectively of the small village which has grown up around the school and abbey.

Houses

There are nine boarding houses at Allord College, each with its own housemaster. Common House is reserved for the scholars and choristers. Freemen's houses, of which there are eight, are usually referred to by their housemaster rather than by the actual building's name, excepting Outhouse.

The houses are present called: Wickman's, Michaelson's, Estfield's, Joblac's, Rosham's, Anotton's, Secbury's, Outhouse and College.

Boys live in their house, under the supervision of a housemaster and their housekeeper, universally addressed as "Dame". From the sixth form are elected the Head Boy of the house, as well as the House Captain. Houses compete against each other in sport and games, and have traditions and customs of their own.

Notable Old Allordsmen

• Alexander II of Great Nortend
• William, Prince of Rhise
• William Fitzgerald, 12th Margrave of Bine and former Lord High Treasurer
• Rt Rev'd David Coke, Lord Bishop of Lendert and Cadell