The King was Lord of the four principal manors there: Hatfield, Epworth, Crowle and Misterton, as well as 13 of the adjacent manors, and he wanted to expand the cultivable area.
In 1990 the school's name was changed to Vermuyden School, after Cornelius Vermuyden.
Cornelius Vanderbilt | Cornelius | Pope Cornelius | Lucius Cornelius Cinna | Cornelius Cardew | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | Cornelius Lanczos | Peter von Cornelius | Cornelius Grogan | Cornelius Ryan | Cornelius Castoriadis | Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum | Jerry Cornelius | Helen Cornelius | Cornelius Vermuyden | Cornelius, North Carolina | Cornelius (musician) | Cornelius Ludewich Bartels | Cornelius Jansen | Cornelius Bundrage | Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke | Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa | Cornelius Vander Starr | Cornelius Vanderbilt III | Cornelius Vanderbilt II | Cornelius P. Rhoads | Cornelius Nepos | Cornelius Lysaght | Cornelius Griffin | Cornelius Cole |
It underwent major changes in the 1620s, when Cornelius Vermuyden closed the channel which crossed Hatfield Chase to reach the River Trent at Adlingfleet, and diverted all of the water northwards to the River Aire.