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charity estates.
Amount of Stock on the 31st October, 1886:—
£
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
11
Memorandum.— The full establishment in the Alms Houses consists of 42 Widows and Unmarried
Women, who have been Housekeepers in the Parish; they receive 34s. 6d., 38s. 6d.,
and 42s. 6d. per Calendar 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 attends at Chapel on Sunday and Thursday in each
week, to perform Divine Service; they are also attended by an eminent Medical Gentleman,
and are furnished with medicine free of charge.—The Out-Pensioners consist of Married Couples,
who receive 30s. per Calendar Month; and Single Persons receive 20s. per Calendar month
each; they have also been Housekeepers in the Parish. The number of Pensioners on the
Fund on the 31st October, 1886, was as follows:—36 Almswomen, and 14 Married Couples, and
62 Single Persons Out-Pensioners.
Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Cotterell and Mrs. Susan Grahme.
Sir Charles Cotterell, in
168G, gave for 8 Alms
"Women in the Alms
Houses on his Foundation
£ S. d.
20 0 0
per annum arising from the Manor of
Drayton and Westover, in the County of
Somerset.
and
Mrs. Susan Graeme, in
1686, for 4 Alms Women
in the Alms Houses on her
Foundation
50 0 0
8 19 7
£78 19 7
per annum arising from the same Manor.
per annum, the residue of the Rent-charge
purchased by the Vestry with £179
Parish Stock.
The above amount is paid to the twelve Alms Women above referred to by
monthly payments, 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
varies from £20 to £24 per annum, and arises from the
Manor and Rectory of Longney, in the county of
Gloucester. The proceeds are distributed by the last
senior Churchwarden, in Clothing, Provisions, or
Moneys to poor persons of good character, who have
been or are residents, or who have lived in the Parish at
least five years, either as Housekeepers or Lodgers.
Trustees of the Charity Estates.
1. Mr. Francis John Barron, 88, Sinclair 3. Mr. Thos. Hill, 4, Haymarket.
Road, West Kensington. 4. „ W. L. Williams, 28, St.
2. „ J as. Mason Andrew, 2 and 3, Martin's Court.
James Street. 5. William Howard, Russell St.,
Covent Garden.