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The Vestry having, on 3rd May, 1887, received a Report from the Plaistow
Charity Estate Committee, dated 28th April, 1887, to the effect that they had
inspected the houses built and in course of erection upon the Plaistow Charity Estate,
and found 13 houses and shops finished and mostly occupied, fronting the Plaistow
Road. In the Redriff Road, on the North side seven houses roofed in, two built up
to the roof, but unroofed and the building operations proceeding. In the Stratford
Road, on the north block, two houses completed ready for occupation: it was
"Resolved, that the Clerk be instructed to write Mr. Stotesbury, calling
"his attention to the Building Agreement, and requesting him to carry out the
"terms of the same as expeditiously as possible."
Mr. W. Stotesbury having on the 5th July, 1887, applied for a Lease of the
house No. 7, Redriff Terrace, Plaistow Road, at a ground rent of £5 per annum,
it was
"Resolved. that Mr. Stotesbury's application be granted, subject to the angle
"in the Boundary wall abutting upon the Redriff Road, being set back."
A letter having been received from the Treasurer of the Amicable School as
follows, viz.:—
20th March, 1888.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Rotherhithe.
Gentlemen,
In pursuance of a Resolution passed at a Meeting of the Trustees and Managers
of the Amicable School. I beg to apply to you with reference to the yearly rent charge
of £6, bequeathed by Hill and Bell in the year 1613. As it appears that the
only security for the payment of this rent charge is upon land forming part of the
existing Churchyard, in which the parishioners have had and still enjoy a benefit,
there is, I venture to think a very strong moral obligation on the part of the Vestry