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William Terwin.
Mr. William Terwin, by will, dated 2nd December, 1824,
left the sum of £350 Consols to the Rector and Churchwardens,
the interest of which was to purchase bread, to be
distributed annually, in January, in that part of the Out
Ward of the Parish called Neat House.
The sum is invested in Consols, and realizes £10 10a.
per annum, which is distributed by the Rector and Churchwardens.
Pest House Charity.
This Parish, together with the Parishes of St. Martinin-the-Fields,
St. Clement Danes, St. James, Westminster,
and St. Paul, Covent Garden, are interested in this Charity,
which was founded by Earl Craven, in 1687. The Charity, in
1868, consisted of property at Craven-hill-gardens, Cravenhill-mews,
and Craven-mews, let at rents realizing £183 14s.
per annum; and £15,537 cash, being the purchase-money
due for premises belonging to the Charity, taken for the
purposes of the Metropolitan Railway Company; and
£395 7s. Sd. Bank 3 per Cent. Annuities, remaining on the
credit of "Attorney-General v. Earl Craven." The Charity
was originally demised by the Earl Craven, for the benefit
of poor persons suffering from the plague.
A scheme for the management and regulation of the
Charity, and for the application of the income thereof, was
approved by orders of the Court of Chancery, on 30th May,
1864, and 19th February, 1868. Under this Scheme, the
Incumbents of each of the Parishes interested, are by virtue
of their offices, always to be Trustees.
In addition to which, Trustees have been appointed by
the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, upon