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CHARITY ESTATES.
Amount of Stock on the 31st December, 1885:—
£
s.
d.
Mrs. Wood's Legacy and Lord Henry Seymour's Bequest,
3 per Cent. Consols
9,632
18
4
Sinking Fund, New 3 per Cent. Annuities
3,440
13
7
£13,073
11
1
Memorandum.—The fall establishment in the Alms Houses consists of 42 Widows and Unmav???
Women, who have been Housekeepers in the Parish; they receive 34s. 6d., 38s. 6(1., and 42s. 6d. perCale a i???
Month, according to the several Foundations to which they have been elected. Those labouring uei???
sickness, or other infirmities, are provided with Nurses at the charge of the Funds. A Chaplain att n???
at Chapel on Sunday and Thursday in each week, to perform Divine Service; they are also attendee???
an eminent Medical Gentleman, and are furnished with Medicine free of charge.—The Out-Pensk n.???
consist of Married Couples, who receive 30s. per Calendar Month; and Single Persons receive
per Calendar Month each; they have also been Housekeepers in the Parish. The number:
Pensioners on the Fund on the 31 st December, 1885, was as follows:—42 Alms Women and 16 Mai???
Couples, and 66 Single Persons Out-Pensioners.
Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Coi
'terell and Mrs. Susan Grahme.
Sir Charles Cotterell, in
£
s.
d.
1686, gave for 3 Alms
Women in the Alms
Houses on his Foundation
20
0
0
per annum arising from the Manor of Drayton b???
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 arising from the same Manor.
8
19
7
per annum, the residue of the Rent-charge r???
chased by the Vestry with £179 Parish Stock n???
£78
19
7
The above amount is paid to the twelve Alms Women above referred to by monthly paymi
independently 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 v
from £20 to £24 per annum, and arises from the Manor
Rectory of Longney, in the county of Gloucester. The
ceeds are distributed by the last senior Churchwarde???
Clothing, Provisions, or Moneys to poor persons of
character, who have been or are residents, or who I???
lived in the Parish at least five years, either as He???
keepers or Lodgers.
Trustees of the Charity Estates.
1. The Rev. W. G. Humphry, 6,St.Martin's Place.
2. Mr. Francis John Barron, 88, Sinclair Road,
West Kensington.
3. ,, Jas. Mason Andrew, 2 and 3, James St.
4. Mr. Thos. Hill, 4, Haymarket.
5. ,, W. L. Williams, 28, St. Martin's Coi???
6. „ William Howard, Russell Stn???
Covent Garden.