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ALMS FUND.
An account of Stock in the 3 per Cent. Consols, on the 20th May, 1874
£
Mrs. Wood's Legacy and Lord Henry Seymour's bequest, 3 per
Cent. Consols
9,501
Renewal Fund, ditto
5,317
Sinking Fund, New 3 per Cents
2,395
£17,214
Memorandum.—The full establishment in the Alms Houses consists of Seventy Widows and Un???
Women, who have been Housekeepers in the Parish; they receive 34s. 6d., 36s., and 42s. 6d. per Cal???
Month, according to the several Foundations to which they have been elected. Those labouring ???
sickness, or other infirmities, are provided with Nurses at the charge of the Funds. A Chaplain at???
at Chapel on Sunday and Thursday in each week, to perform Divine Service; they are also attend???
an eminent Medical Gentleman, and are furnished with Medicine free of charge.—The Out-Pens:???
consist of Ten Married Couples, each Couple receiving 30s. per Calendar Month; Twenty Single Pe??
receive 20s. per Calendar Month each; they have been also Housekeepers in the Parish. The V???
having found that several applicants for the Alms Fund preferred receiving the Out-Pension and ???
with their friends, instead of residing in the Alms Houses, have during the last few years, elected the???
deserving applicants as Out-Pensioners, by which means the Alms' Fund has been distributed bet???
a larger number of Out-Pensioners than formerly. The number of Pensioners on the Fund in Mi???
1874, were as follows:—38 Almswomen, 11 Married Couples, and 44 Single Persons—Out-Pensionen???
Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Cotter ell and Mrs. Susan Grahme.
£
s.
d.
Sir Charles Cotterell, in
1686, gave for 8 Alms
Women in the Alms
Houses on his Foundation
20
0
0
per annum arising from the Manor of Draytoj???
Westover, in the County of Somerset.
and
Mrs. Susan Grahme, in
1686, for 4 Alms Women
in the Alms Houses on her
Foundation
50
0
0
per annum ansing from the same Manor. T???
sums are paid to those twelve Alms Wo Sr.???
monthly, by the Vicar, or his Deputy for the ???
being, and who form a part of the 70 Alms W???
in the Alms Houses. This fund is indepen???
of the monthly pay they each receive from|???
Parish Foundation.
8
19
7
The residue of the Rent-charge purchased by???
Vestry with £179 Parish Stock.
£78
10
7
Smith's Charity.
Henry Smith, Esq., bequeathed
by will, in 1620, to 24
parishes the Rents, &c., of his
Manor, and the amount of their
respective shares vary from £12
to £30 per annum, according to
the declarations of the Will.
' The proportion of the Kent received by this Parish ???
from £20 to £24 per annum; arises Irani the Manor and ???
tory of Longney, in the county of Gloucester; Trustee???
Governors of Christ's Hospital, to whom an annual re???
made of the distribution. The proceeds are distributed ???
last senior Churchwarden, in Clothing, Provisions, or Marl???
to poor persons of good character, who have been or I ???
residents, or who have lived in the Parish at least five
either as Housekeepers or Lodgers.
N.B. This Charity is kept separate and distinct from ???
General Alms Fund.
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Trustees of the Lamp Acre Estate.
1. The Rev. W. G. Humphry, 6, St.Martin's Place.
2. Mr. Richard Cobbett. 25,NorthumberlundSt.
3. „ James Bowen, 8, Panton Street.
4. ,, John J ackson, 4, Caen Terrace,Highgate.
5. „ William Henry Dalton,28, Cockspur St.
6. „ Philip Palmer, 36a, St. Martin's Lane.
7. ,, Goodchild, 24, Salisbury Street.
8. „ Francis John Barron, 436, West Strand.
9. „ James Mason Andrew, 2 and 1, James St.
10. „ John Davy, 137. Long Acre.
11. „ Thos. Hill, 4, Haymarket.
12. „ William Howard, 37, King Street,
Covent Garden.
Trustees of the Cockspur Street and
Holborn Estates.
1. Mr. W. H. Dalton, Cockspur Street. ,
2. ,, R. T. Pugh.
3. ,, R. Cobbett, Northumberland Street.
4. ,, P. Palmer, St. Martin's Lane.
5. ,, J. Bowen, Panton Street.
6. ,, John Jackson, Highgate.