A governor of the school had spent about 20 years in prison for recusancy, and its headmaster, John Pulleyn, came from a family of noted Yorkshire recusants, the Pulleyns of Blubberhouses.
Un dos directores desta escola pasara uns 20 anos en prisión por recusación, e o seu director principal John Pulleyn procedía dunha familia de recusantes notables, os Pulleyn de Blubberhouses.