Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97 page 166 167

Clerkenwell 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97

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Name of Gift.	Situation of Property.	How Let.	Tenant	Amount of Principal.		Gross Annual Income.	How appropriated.	REMARKS.
Name of Gift.	Situation of Property.	How Let.	Tenant	Bank of England Stock in Names of Trustees.	Court of Chancery.	Gross Annual Income.	How appropriated.	REMARKS.
Bellow's Gift	ChurchstyleH8es,Cobhin.	Lease	Blunt			25 0 0	20/- to Churchwardens of Cobham for Bread to the Poor on Good Friday, and the remainder for Bread to Clerkenwell Poor on Sundays
	Piece of land, Cobham	At will	Woodbury			5 0 0
	Piece of land, Cobham	Building lease for 80 years from Michaelmas, 1882	Bradley			1200
Wood's Gift	Late 36-7, Clerkenwell Close			1446 5 5		39 15 4	Bread to the Poor at Lady-day and Michaelmas	36-7, Clerkenwell Close, sold to School Board for London for the sum of £1,430
Wood's Gift	38-9, Clerkenwell Close	Lease 21 years from 1886	Moore			90 0 0	Bread to the Poor at Lady-day and Michaelmas
Wiggles-worth's Gift	Late"Sessions House" Hotel, Clerkenwell Green				1277 13 2	50 17 6	Left for apprenticing poor children. Now devoted to educational purposes in the Parish, by order of the Master of the Rolls	Sold to Metropolitan Board of Works under Streets Improvement Act, 1872. Stock sold in 1895 for £1,338 6s. lld., and proceeds invested in ground rents in Credon Road and Verney Road, Bermondsey, increasing income to £50 178. 6d. (proportion of £104) —[See Bennett's Gift below].
Stroae's Gift	Cockshute Farm,Malvern, consisting of 34 a 2r 34p. with buildings thereon	Lease 99 years from 29th September, 1859	J. Jones's Executors			250 0 0	£6 to the minister for a prepara-tory sermon, and the residue to the poor in sums of 5/- each
Stroae's Gift		Lease 99 years from 29th September, 1859	J. Jones's Executors		815 15 9	22 8 4		Proceeds of sale of portion of the Estate to the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company
Stanhope's Gift					1349 16 0	37 2 4	Bread to the Poor	Purchase money of house and premises in Silver Street, described as the "Blue Axe," Turn-mill Street
Spencer's Gift				2000 0 0		55 0 0	Bread, coals and warm clothing to poor not receiving Parochial relief	Trustees of Stock, Messrs. G. B. Meyer, W. Da vies, and F.G. Scheib
Robertson's Gift				290 5 0		7 19 4	To keep his vault in St. James' Churchyard in repair, residue to be distributed in sums of 5/-each to poor widows	Trustees of Stock, Rev. R. Maguire, D.D., Messrs. G. B. Meyer, and J. J. Goode
Bennett'sGift	Late 106, St. John St.				1583 15 4	59 18 2	In coals to the Poor	Sold to Metropolitan Board of Works under Streets Improvement Act, 1872. £1,336 10s. 3d. of the stock sold in 1895 for £1,396 13s. 1d,, part purchasemoney of ground rents in Credon Road and Verney Road, Bermondsey, increasing income to £53 2s. 6d. (proportion of £104), £247 5s. 1d. remaining in Consols.—[See Wiggles worth's Gift above].
Sanderson's Gift	Late 59, Turnmill St., and Lamb and Flag				377 7 2	10 7 6	To the Poor	Sold to Met. Board of Works under Streets Improvement Act, 1872
Gardner's Gift	Ragged Schools Formerly two houses in Ray Street, Hock				775 17 0	21 6 8	20/- to Charity School and remainder to 20 poor widows on Shrove Tuesday
Heron's Gift	ley in the Hole Portion of ground rents at West Hackney					78 19 10	To the Poor	Paid by Clothworkers' Co.
Herbert'sGift	Rent charge on a house and garden in Turn- mill Street					2 12 0	Bread to the Poor	Paid by Girdlers' Company
Kytson's Gift	Rent charge on Manor of Lnckford, Suffolk					3 0 0	Food, Raiment and Clothing	Paid by Rev. J. Holden's Exors.