West Grinstead: Charities for the poor

A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1986.

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'West Grinstead: Charities for the poor', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham, (London, 1986) pp. 105. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt2/p105 [accessed 19 March 2024]

CHARITIES FOR THE POOR.

Philip Soale by will proved 1780 left £100, but there is no evidence that it was ever received. (fn. 1) A Mr. Margesson by will dated 1783 left £10, the income of which was distributed in bread; it had ceased to be received by 1816. (fn. 2) Miss H. S. Syms by will proved 1885 left £449 towards clothing and education; the income was £12 6s. 8d. in 1894 and £15.36 in 1975. (fn. 3)

Footnotes

  • 1. 30th Rep. Com. Char. 794.
  • 2. Ibid. 795; Char. Don. p. 1264, H.C. 511 (1816), xvi (2).
  • 3. Char. Digest Suss. pp. 18-19, H.C. 77 (1894), lxiii; Char. Com. files.