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FOURNIER'S CHARITY.
Of the applicants, 34 were found on examination eligible, out of whom
the following were elected and received the gift:—
John Bentley, 20, Bacon street.
Henry Bradley, 8, Lark row.
Susan Deighton, 7, Hart's lane.
Thomas Devo, 21, Charlotte street.
Sarah Farrow, 10, Martha court.
Elizabeth Goldspink, 32, Hassard street.
Robert Groom, 20, Elizabeth street.
Ann Hill, 4, Hague street.
George Francis Hart, 27, Lessada street.
William Parker, 17, Virginia row.
Edward Smith, 16, Bath grove.
William Smith, 10, Globe street.
James Webb, 18, South street.
In July it was referred to a Committee of the whole Vestry to consider
whether it was desirable to alter the mode of administering the Charity,
and in August the following Report was presented to the Vestry:—
Report of the Committee of the whole Vestry on the reference to conSIDER
and report as to whbther it is DESIRABLE to alter the mods
of administering the FOURNIER Gift.
The testator, George Fournier, by his will, with nineteen codicils, gave as follows:I
give and bequeath to the Minister, Churchwardens, and Overseers for the time being
of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green (being the Parish I was born in), in trust
for the use of the poor of the said Parish, £4000 sterling, one half thereof to be invested
in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, and the other half thereof to be
invested in the Three per Cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, and the interest and dividends
arising from the whole of the same to be distributed on the 22nd day of June, being my
birthday, in every year, to such poor and industrious Parishioners who shall not have
been relieved by the Parish for two years previous to the said 22nd day of June, each
person not to receive less than £10, nor more than £15 a year, and such persons being
Parishioners qualified to receive the same, to be balloted for at the usual Vestry held
prior to the 22nd day of June in every year.
The testator's will was proved in April, 1841, and on the 31st July in that year the
£4000 was invested in the names of Joshua King, Minister, Charles Jennery and James
Bunn, Churchwardens, John Beazley, Daniel Batcheler, Louis Banfield, and James
Briggs, Overseers.
A moiety of the bequest was invested £2228 8s. 3d, Consolidated Annuities.