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The Vestry have appointed a Committee consisting of the following gentlemen,
viz.:—Messrs. Ralph Westall Walker, Reuben Henry Williams, Jun., Samuel Chafen,
Lawrence Stevens, John Henry Morris, Robert Foottit, and John William Moore, with
the view of obtaining full particulars as to the distribution, &c. of Mrs. Negus' Gift,
and to confer with the Rector as to the expediency of obtaining an alteration of the
present appropriation within the terms of Mrs. Negus' Will. The matter is under the
consideration of the Committee.
The Annuitant under the Will of Mr. James Kidd having died on the 18th day
of January, 1879, the income of the legacy of £600 (£544 15s. 4d. £3 percent. Consols)
came into the possession of the Rector and Churchwardens, and they, after deliberation,
decided to dispense the Charity by offering two Scholarships tenable at St. Olave,s
Grammar School, Southwark, to be competed for by Boys attending the various Church
Schools in the Parish. The examination was conducted by the Rev. Andrew Johnson,
Head Master of St. Olave's School, and the names of the two first scholars elected are
G. J. Turpin, of 5, Silverlock Street, from the Gomm School, and W. C. Wells, of 21,
Elgar Street, from Holy Trinity School. These Boys are now receiving a free education,
and it is thought that in this way promising boys may have a start in life, which would
otherwise be impossible for them.
The following is an extract from Mr. James Kidd's Will referring to the before
mentioned legacy:—
"I leave and bequeath to the Rector and Churchwardens of this Parish for the
"time being in trust £600 upon the condition that they pay over half-yearly the
"interest thereof to my housekeeper, Susan Baldry, during her lifetime, anil after her
"death the said interest to be laid out by the said Rector and Churchwardens for the
"time being to the best of their judgment in rendering more accessible the means of
"education to the poorer classes of this Parish."
Dame Elizabeth Anne Gomm, late of No. 10, New Street, Spring Gardens,
London, by her Will, dated 1st May, 1877, bequeathed as follows:—
"I bequeath to my said Trustees the sum of £5,000 to be paid out of such part
"of my personal estate as may by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, upon trust,
"that they my said Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them, or the executors or
"administrators of such survivor shall invest the same in the Public Stocks or Funds
"or Government Securities of the United Kingdom in the names of the persons who
"at the time of such investment shall respectively be the Rector of Rotherhithe, in
"the County of Surrey, and the Minister of the Church of St. Barnabas, at Rotherhithe,
"and the Vicar of Christ Church, at Rotherhithe, aforesaid, in such manner as to pro"duce
by the dividends thereof equal half-yearly sums. And I direct that the said
"Stocks, Funds and Securities so to be purchased as aforesaid shall be called "The Sir
"William and Lady Gomm Charity,"and the Rector of Rotherhithe aforesaid for the
" time being, the Minister of the Church of St. Barnabas aforesaid for the time being,