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there And likewise the said sume of £9 11s. 0d. which was
given particularly to that Town as abovesaid making in all One
hundred twenty nine pounds & Eleven shillings; and this Vestry
when they shall receive an Estimate of the loss of Tiverton will
make an Order for a final distribution.
Ordered That the Book of Benefactions be kept open by the Churchwardens
until such Order shall be made by this Vestry.
27ill Augt. 1731.—The Churchwardens acquainted the Vestry that
(pursuant to their Order) they had paid into the hands of Mr.
Alderman Child the sum of One hundred & twenty Nine pounds
& Eleven shillings to be remitted by him to ye sufferers of
Blandford And that they had since Recd an Estimate from
Tiverton of their loss amounting to ye Sume of £56,056 4s. 9d.
And this Vestry having now determined to make a final distribution
of the money paid to ye Churchwardens for ye poor sufferers of
those Towns,
Do Order
That the Churchwardens do pay to Mr. Cooper Goldsmith in ye Strand
the sum of Eighty five pounds for the relief of the poor sufferers
of the Town of Tiverton the same being the full proportion now
allotted them.
And the Sume of Seventeen pounds fifteen Shillings & Six pence to
Mr. Alderman Child being the remainder of what is now allotted
for the poor sufferers of Blandford.
Spontaneous contributions were occasionally made to the
funds for the relief of the poor. On Tuesday, 20th
January, 1795, The Churchwardens laid before the Vestry
a Letter from his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, of
which the following is a copy:—
Lyons, Jany. 15th, 1795.
Gentlemen,
As I am convinced the present very severe Weather must greatly
distress the lower Class of People. I have taken the liberty of
sending enclosed Thirty Pounds in Bank Notes, which I beg you
will do me the Honor of distributing in my name, amongst the
Poor Inhabitants of your Parish.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obed' Serv',
NORTHUMBERLAND.
To the Gentlemen of the
Vestry of St. Margaret's, Westminster.
In the distress occasioned by the war, and increased by
the winter, relief in kind was distributed upon payment
by the recipients of a part of the cost:—
Tuesday, 21th Jan, 1795. Resolved that Bread be sold to Poor People
who shall be Recommended by Subscribers at Six pence the