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CHARITY ESTATES.
Amount of Stock on the 31st December, 1883:—
£
s.
Mrs. Wood's Legacy and Lord Henry Seymour's Bequest,
3 per Cent. Consols
9,632
18
Sinking Fund, New 3 per Cent. Annuities
3,322
4
£12,955
2
Memorandum.—The full establishment in the Alms Houses consists of 42 Widows and Unmarr
Women, who have been Housekeepers in the Parish; they receive 34s. 6d., 38s. 6d., and 42s. 6d. per Calender
Month, according to the several Foundations to which they have been elected. Those labouring under
sickness, or other infirmities, are provided with Nurses at the charge of the Funds. A Chaplain attendance
at Chapel on Sunday and Thursday in each week, to perform Divine Service; they are also attended
an eminent Medical Gentleman, and are furnished with Medicine free of charge.—The Out-Pension
consist of Married Couples, who receive 30s. per Calendar Month; and Single Persons receive 2
per Calendar Month each; they have also been Housekeepers in the Parish. The number
Pensioners on the Fund on the 31st December, 1883, was as follows:—38 Alms Women and 17 Married
Couples, and 61 Single Persons Out-Pensioners
Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Cotterell and Mrs. Susan Grahme.
Sir Charles Cotterell, in
1686, gave for 8 Alms
Women in the Alms
Houses on his Foundation
£
s.
d.
per annum arising from the Manor of Drayton
Westover, in the County of Somerset.
20
0
0
and
Mrs. Susan Grahme, in
1686, for 4 Alms Women
in the Alms Houses on her
Foundation
50
0
0
per annum arising from the same Manor.
8
19
7
The residue of the Rent-charge purchased by
Vestry with £179 Parish Stock.
£78
19
7
The above sums are paid to the twelve Alms Women above referred to monthly, by the Vicar,
his Deputy for the time being, who form part of the 38 Alms Women in the Alms Houses. This fu???
is independent of the monthly payment they each receive from the Parish Foundation.
Smith's Charity.
Henry Smith, Esq., bequeathed
by will, in 1626, 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 Rent received by this Parish var???
from £20 to £24 per annum, and arises from the Manor are
Rectory of Longney, in the county of Gloucester. The pi???
, ceeds are distributed by the last senior Churchwarden,
Clothing, Provisions, or Moneys to poor persons of go???
character, who have been or are residents, or who had
lived in the Parish at least five years, either as Housekeepers
or Lodgers.
Trustees of the Charity Estates.
1. The Rev.W. G. Humphry, 6.St.Martin's Place.
2. Mr. W. H. Dalton, 30, Coleherne Road,
South Kensington.
3. „ Francis John Barron, 7, 8 & 9, King
William Street.
4. „ Jas. Mason Andrew, 2 and 3, James St.
5. Mr. Thos. IIill, 4. Haymarket.
6. „ Charles C. J. Fames, 29. Cockspur s???
7. „ W. L. Williams, 28, St. Martin's Cou???
8. „ William Howard, Russell Street
Covent Garden.