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So am I in good hope of your like affection, zeale and good vvill, for and in the erecting, and establishing of a free gramer school vvith in this citie … — John Hooker, Orders Enacted for Orphans, 1575.

 

This concordance betwene the parent at home, and the teacher in school for the vertewous training vp of their litle young ones, is in verie dede, to bring them vnto Christ, … Richard Mulcaster, The first part of the elementarie vvhich entreateth chefelie of the right writing of our English tung, 1582.

The greatest courage that ever yet rul'd, was baffled by fortune, tho' ne're so well scool'd, … John Playford, The Second Book of the Pleasant Musical Companion, 1686. EEBO

 

3: scool pastime for children, 5: the Countrey schoolmaster — John Newton, The Compleat Arithmetician, 1691. EEBO

 

So say I, he might be better employed in teaching scool, or any other honest occupation, then in thus Villifying and abusing an honest people … Edward Penington, A Modest Detection of George Keith's (miscalled) Just Vindication, 1696.

So am I in good hope of your like affection, zeale and good vvill, for and in the erecting, and establishing of a free gramer school vvith in this citie … — John Hooker, Orders Enacted for Orphans, 1575.

This concordance betwene the parent at home, and the teacher in school for the vertewous training vp of their litle young ones, is in verie dede, to bring them vnto Christ, … Richard Mulcaster, The first part of the elementarie vvhich entreateth chefelie of the right writing of our English tung, 1582.

The greatest courage that ever yet rul'd, was baffled by fortune, tho' ne're so well scool'd, … John Playford, The Second Book of the Pleasant Musical Companion, 1686. EEBO

3: scool pastime for children, 5: the Countrey schoolmaster — John Newton, The Compleat Arithmetician, 1691. EEBO

So say I, he might be better employed in teaching scool, or any other honest occupation, then in thus Villifying and abusing an honest people … Edward Penington, A Modest Detection of George Keith's (miscalled) Just Vindication, 1696.

The Early English Books Online I shows the current spelling emerging in the later 16th c.:

The Early English Books Online I corpus shows the current spelling emerging in the later 16th c.:

When Latin borrowed Greek words containing the letters χ, φ, and θ, they were rendered as ch, ph, and th, indicating their original aspiration. Thus σχολή (schole) becomes Latin schola, though scola also appears.

When Latin borrowed Greek words containing the letters χ, φ, and θ, they were rendered as ch, ph, and th, indicating their original aspiration. This is still the way most folks transcribe Ancient or Koiné Greek. Thus σχολή (schole) becomes Latin schola, though scola also appears.