CLEWER
Clivore (xi cent.); Cliueware (xii cent.); Clifware, Clyvware, Cleware, Cliware, Clyware (xiii
cent.); Cloworth, Clewarth, Cluwar, Cluer (xv cent.).
Clewer was divided in 1894 into Clewer Without
and Clewer Within, the latter comprising the eastern
part of the parish, which is within the borough of
Windsor. Clewer Without has an area of 1,900
acres, of which about three-quarters are permanent
grass, while the amount of arable land is about twice
that of the woods and plantations. (fn. 1) The soil is clay and
gravel with a subsoil of London Clay, and the principal
crops are wheat, barley and peas. The highest point
in the parish is St. Leonard's Hill in the south-west
(294 ft.), and from there the land slopes to the north-east, falling to a level of 67 ft. on the bank of the
Thames. The main roads from Reading and from
Maidenhead to Windsor run in a north-easterly direction across the parish.
Clewer Within, which has an area of 135 acres,
lies very low, the highest point, at the cavalry barracks,
being only 93 ft., while at the river which forms its
northern boundary the level falls to 67 ft. St. Leonard's
Road, in which are the hospital and church of
St. Agnes, runs through Clewer Within and Clewer
Without.
The Windsor races are held at Clewer in a meadow
called the Rays, (fn. 2) which lies between the river and
the mill stream. The parish was inclosed in 1813. (fn. 3)
The village of Clewer lies on the south bank of
the river and along a road running north from the
Windsor and Maidenhead road. With one or two
exceptions the houses composing the village are
mostly modern. The Limes, which stands close to
the churchyard, was till lately the residence of
Mr. H. Wigram, but is now vacant. It is a plastered
half-timber house dating in part from the 15th century, but much altered about the middle of the 17th
century, when the majority of the existing window
frames seem to have been inserted. Internally some
17th-century panelling remains, and there is a moulded
beam in the entrance hall. (fn. 4) Standing back on the
east side of the main street is a good 18th-century
two-storied stuccoed house. The entrance gates are
of ornamental wrought-iron work of a good design
into which is introduced a small shield charged with
three wheat sheaves within an engrailed border.
The Willows is a two-story red brick building,
standing on the north side of the Maidenhead and
Windsor road about 1 mile west of the latter town.
Sutherland Grange, close to it, was erected in 1902
in the Elizabethan style.
Clewer Park, the residence of Mrs. Mosscockle,
is a large three-story stucco mansion, standing in its
own grounds on the river bank just to the east of the
Windsor race-course.
St. Leonard's Hill, (fn. 5) formerly called Gloucester
Lodge, was built by Thomas Sandby (1721–98) for
the Countess of Waldegrave. It was purchased in
1781 by General Harcourt, and was for many years
the residence of the Harcourt family. The house
stands on rising ground, and from the top of the
water tower there is a view over several counties.
It is now the property of Dame Sarah Barry, widow
of Sir Francis Tress Barry, first baronet, who bought
it in 1872 and almost rebuilt the house.
Other residences in Clewer are St. Leonards, the
seat of Col. Sir Theodore Francis Brinckman, bart.,
C.B.; Clewer Manor, occupied by Mr. Edmund B.
Foster, D.L., J.P.; St. Leonard's Lodge, by Lady
Dalton-Fitzgerald; Forest Park, by Mr. Arthur
Lawford Wigan, and the Lawn, by Mr. John Edward
Vidler.
Clewer was the home of Paul Wentworth (1533–93),
the Puritan Parliamentary leader and reputed author
of The Miscellanie.
Dedworth, a hamlet of Clewer, with an area of
347 acres, has a church of All Saints erected in
memory of Mrs. Tudor by her family in 1863.
The chapel of St. John Baptist in connexion with
the House of Mercy, a Church of England Penitentiary, was opened in 1881. The water tower at
St. Leonard's Hill is said to stand upon the site of a
Roman encampment, and a Roman lamp found here
was presented to the Society of Antiquaries and
adopted as the crest of the society. (fn. 6) South of
Dedworth, near the Green, there is a small quadrangular moat. (fn. 7)
MANORS
Before the Norman Conquest the
manor of CLEWER was held by Earl
Harold. The Conqueror appropriated
half a hide for the site of his castle of Windsor, and
the remainder of the manor
was held in 1086 by Ralph son
of Seifrid. (fn. 8) The manor was
said in 1330 to be held by
the service of half a knight's
fee, payment of 20s. to the
castle of Windsor and service
at the king's court of the
Seven Hundreds every three
weeks. (fn. 9) Richard de Sifrewast
was dealing with land in
Clewer in 1197, (fn. 10) and appears
as lord of the manor a few
years later. (fn. 11) He or his successor of the same name died about 1240 and his
widow Maud about 1245 (fn. 12) ; their grandson Richard
held the manor in 1247. (fn. 13) The death of this Richard
occurred before 1274, (fn. 14) when his two sons Richard
and John were minors. (fn. 15) Thomas de Pampesworth,
who had married Elizabeth de Sifrewast, widow of
Richard, before 1284, (fn. 16) was returned as holding
the 'vill of Clewar' in 1316, (fn. 17) but he evidently
died soon afterwards, as Richard de Sifrewast in 1321
obtained a licence to enfeoff his son Richard, (fn. 18) who
did homage for Clewer in 1323. (fn. 19) He died in
1330, leaving a son Roger, then aged eighteen, (fn. 20) who
died in 1361, leaving a son and heir John. (fn. 21) On
his death in 1394 he was succeeded by a son of the
same name, (fn. 22) who died in 1441, leaving three
daughters, Margaret wife of David Brekenocke,
Agnes wife of Miles Scull, and Sibyl wife of John
Thorley. (fn. 23) Margaret's share was settled in 1486 on
her son John with remainder to his brother Richard. (fn. 24)
Both John and Richard seem to have died without
issue before 1490. (fn. 25) Sibyl Thorley appears to have
married Thomas Rekys as her second husband, Sir
William Laken as her third, Sir Thomas Berkeley as
her fourth, (fn. 26) and possibly Thomas Danvers as her
fifth. (fn. 27) William Rekys, her son, (fn. 28) died in 1491
seised of a moiety of the manor. (fn. 29) In 1498 his son
John Rekys and Joan his wife, (fn. 30) Elizabeth, John's
mother, and Charles Rippon, then her husband,
granted the manor to Sir Reynold Bray. (fn. 31) Sir
Reynold Bray also acquired the Sculls' share a year
later. (fn. 32) His niece Margery wife of Sir William
Sandys succeeded, (fn. 33) and their son Thomas Lord
Sandys sold the manor to the Crown in 1546. (fn. 34)

Sifrewast. Azure two gimel bars and a chief or.
The manor was granted to George Duke of
Albemarle in 1661. (fn. 35) The duke upon his death in
1669–70 (fn. 36) was followed by his son and heir
Christopher, who, dying without issue, was succeeded
in 1688 by his cousin the Hon. Bernard Granville. (fn. 37)
The latter held the manor until his death in 1701. (fn. 38)
He left a son Bevil, (fn. 39) who died in 1706, (fn. 40) and was
succeeded by his younger brother George, (fn. 41) created
Lord Lansdowne in 1712. (fn. 42) In 1719 Lord Lans-
downe suffered a recovery, (fn. 43) and in the following
year conveyed the manor to Arthur Vansittart. (fn. 44)
The latter died in 1760, (fn. 45) and was succeeded by his
son of the same name, who
held the estate until his death
in 1805. (fn. 46) He was succeeded
by his son Arthur, (fn. 47) who died
in 1859, leaving this property
to Mr. Arthur Stovell, the
present lord of the manor.
The manor-house was sold in
1812 to Richard Foster, whose
grandson Mr. Edmund Foster
now holds it. (fn. 48)

Monck, Duke of Albemarle. Gules a cheveron between three lions' heads razed argent.
The Domesday Survey
mentions a mill on the manor
of Clewer. (fn. 49) A fishery in
Clewer was granted by the
Knights Templars of Bisham to Richard de Sifrewast
in 1198. (fn. 50)
The manor of CLEWER BROCAS consisted of
lands held by Sir John Brocas and Margery his wife
during the first half of the
14th century. (fn. 51) The estate,
which is first referred to as a
manor in 1338, (fn. 52) was held of
the manor of Clewer. (fn. 53)

Brocas. Sable a leopard rampant or.
Sir John Brocas died in
1365, his heir being his
grandson John son of his son
Oliver, then a minor. (fn. 54) John
Brocas died unmarried in
1377. (fn. 55) His uncle Bernard,
the second son of Sir John,
obtained a grant of his father's
property. (fn. 56) He died in 1395,
leaving a son Bernard. (fn. 57) The latter forfeited in 1400
for his adherence to the cause of Richard II. His
son William, however, obtained his lands (fn. 58) and died
seised in 1456, leaving a son William. (fn. 59) The latter
was followed in 1484 by his son John. (fn. 60) In 1499
William Brocas and Mary his wife and William
Langford and Margaret his wife quitclaimed the
manor to Sir Reynold Bray. (fn. 61) Thomas Lord Sandys
conveyed it in 1546 to Henry VIII, (fn. 62) and it
remained with the Crown until the 18th century. (fn. 63)
In 1730 it appears in the possession of Richard
Topham, who bequeathed it in that year to his sister
Arabella Reeve and her children with remainder to
Thomas Reeve for life and to Lord Sidney Beauclerk,
whose son Topham had succeeded to it before 1761. (fn. 64)
He sold it to Sir Edward Walpole, who bequeathed
it to his daughter the Hon. Mrs. Keppel, (fn. 65) whose
son Frederick Walpole Keppel was holding in
1818. (fn. 66) In 1845 the estate was repurchased by the
Crown. (fn. 67)
In 1086 the manor of DEDWORTH (Dideorde,
xi cent.) was held by Albert of Lotharingia, who had
succeeded Hugh the chamberlain. (fn. 68) The estate was
divided later into Dedworth Maunsell and Dedworth
Loring. At the beginning of the 13th century
Peter de Loring held a fifth part of a fee in Dedworth
of William Beauchamp (fn. 69) ; John de Loring held in
Dedworth in 1316, and his successor in 1332 was
Roger de Loring. (fn. 70) The subsequent history of this
fee is uncertain, but the existence of a grant by
Sir Peter Loring among the Brocas deeds suggests
that his property may have been bought by that
family, and part of the land at least was apparently in
the possession of Sir John Brocas as early as 1351. (fn. 71)
Dedworth Maunsell is probably the hide of land
of which the reversion after the death of Alina wife
of Philip de Windsor was settled on William de
Hastings in 1204–5. (fn. 72) His descendant John de
Hastings died in 1313 seised of one-sixth of a knight's
fee held by John Maunsell. (fn. 73) John Maunsell was
apparently followed by Ellis de Reude, who owned
the property in 1334, (fn. 74) and whose successor Thomas de
Reod (sic) conveyed it in 1348 to Sir John Brocas. (fn. 75)
It afterwards followed the descent of Clewer Brocas. (fn. 76)
The estate known as Buntingbury, (fn. 77) which extends
into Winkfield, also formed part of the estate of Sir
John Brocas and is still annexed to the manors of
Clewer Brocas and Dedworth.
CHURCHES
The church of ST. ANDREW
consists of a chancel 34 ft. 10 in. by
15 ft. 10 in., south chapel about
18 ft. 10 in. by 14 ft. 9 in., nave about 38 ft. 10 in.
by 15 ft. 8 in., north aisle with a continuous chapel
(now used as an organ chamber) about 65 ft. 4 in. by
17 ft. 6 in., south aisle about 36 ft. 4 in. by 14 ft.
9 in., west tower about 12 ft. 10 in. by 11 ft. 9 in.,
modern north-east vestries and a modern south porch.
These measurements are all internal.
The south chapel and aisle appear to be the
chancel and nave of an early 12th-century church
enlarged later in the same century by the addition of a
north aisle, which was in turn enlarged to form a
new nave, and a second north aisle added, c. 1180.
To this period also belongs the west tower, but the
chancel, which must have been erected at the same
time, has been practically rebuilt in modern times.
In the 14th century the north aisle was widened
and clearstory windows were inserted in the nave,
but no further structural alterations are apparent
until 1858, when the chancel was rigorously restored. In 1884 the restoration of the spire and
south chapel was undertaken and the north vestry
was enlarged.
The chancel is lighted by modern three-light
windows in the east and south walls, designed in the
style of the 15th century, and modern arcades open
into the organ chamber and south chapel. There is
no chancel arch, a modern screen separating the
chancel from the nave.
The windows of the south chapel appear to be
insertions of the 14th century, but all have been
considerably restored, the south-west window alone
retaining its original tracery. The inner jambs and
rear arch of the pointed two-light east window are
original, and the same portions survive of the square-headed south-east window, below the sill of which is
a 14th-century piscina with a projecting foliated basin
and credence shelf in an ogee-headed niche. To the
west of the window is an ogee-arched tomb recess of
the same date and detail as the piscina, but having a
moulded label, the apex of which has been cut off by
an 18th-century mural tablet above. The south-west window is of two cinquefoiled lights with
quatrefoil tracery under a pointed head, the outer
jambs and mullion alone being modern, and between
it and the tomb recess is a contemporary pointed
doorway. The opening into the south aisle is no
doubt the original chancel arch, though much scraped;
it is semicircular and of a single square order springing from hollow-chamfered abaci cut off flush with
the wall faces.
The north arcade of the nave is of three bays with
semicircular arches of a single square order, circular
piers, and a semicircular west respond, all with
moulded capitals and bases, the base of the respond
being modern. Springing from the easternmost pier
is a small semicircular arch of a single square order
with a continuous east respond. All the arches of
the arcade have chamfered hood moulds on the nave
side and the capitals of the first two piers have an
incised leaf ornament at their north-west angle; the
same ornament is repeated at the north-east angle of
the capital of the west respond. The south arcade
is of three bays with semicircular arches of a single
square order with chamfered and cheveron moulded
hoods on the nave side. The piers are circular and
have capitals carved with a crude form of water leaf
and much worn attic bases with square plinths and
leaf spurs. The capital of the west respond has the
leaves set closer together and surmounted by a small
zigzag. The clearstory windows are each of three
modern trefoiled lights, but the curious semi-hexagonal
rear arches with their supporting jamb shafts are
original 14th-century work.
The windows and doorways of the organ chamber
are all modern. In the north wall of the north aisle,
which is continuous with it, are three windows, the
easternmost a modern lancet in old inner jambs, the
second a three-light, and the westernmost a two-light
window, both modern, but probably copied from
14th-century originals, as the inner jambs and rear
arches appear to be original. In the west wall is a
modern four-light window, to the north of which is a
small pointed recess in the outside wall.
In the south wall of the south aisle are two modern
windows, each of two lights, and to the west of them
is a late 13th-century pointed doorway of three orders,
the two inner plain, and the outer moulded with a
sunk chamfer. At the springing level is a moulded
impost, and the head is inclosed by a moulded label.
In the west wall are two round-headed lights with
original inner jambs, much scraped; the outer jambs
are modern.

Plan of Clewer Church
The tower, which has no external divisions, is
crowned by a shingled broach spire and at the western
angles are modern diagonal buttresses. The tower
arch is pointed and of a single square order, carried
on semicircular responds, with moulded capitals and
bases like those of the north arcade. On the bell of
the capitals under the angles of the abaci are rudely
incised leaves. The square member of the base of
the north respond is modern. There is an original
round-headed light with widely splayed inner jambs
in each wall of the ground stage. The outer sill in
each case and the jambs of the south light are modern,
while the inner jambs have all been scraped; the
outer jambs of the west light are rebated for shutters.
The bell-chamber has a single pointed light in each
wall.
Both the chancel and nave roofs have modern
pointed barrel ceilings, though the latter retains two
old tie-beams. The roof of the north aisle is in five
bays, the three westernmost being original. The
trusses are of the braced collar type and the wallplates are moulded. The roofs of the south aisle and
chapel are modern.
The pulpit is modern, but the font, though
restored, is of 12th-century date. It is circular with
an arcade of eight arches on pilasters, with carved
spandrels, an interlaced moulding above, and a cable
moulding round the base. In the south chapel are
two benches, one of the 15th century with foliated
poppy-heads, and one of later date with one old carved
end post, the other being modern.
On the south wall of the chancel is a brass to
Lucy daughter of Sir William Wray, kt. and bart.,
and wife of John Hobson, gentleman, who died in
1657. On the south wall of the south chapel is a
brass inscribed as follows:
'He that lieth under this stone
Shott with a hundred men himself alone
This is trew that I doe saye
The matche was shott in ould filde at Bray
I will tell you before you go hence
That his name was Martine Expence.'
There is a ring of six bells by Mears & Stainbank.
The plate consists of a silver-gilt flagon of 1626
inscribed, 'The Gift of Mrs Martha ffuller to the
Church of Clewer 1687,' a modern chalice with two
patens, a ciborium and an almsdish.
The registers previous to 1812 are as follows:
(i) baptisms 1653 to 1707, marriages 1681 to 1707,
burials 1663 to 1707; (ii) baptisms 1708 to 1804,
marriages 1708 to 1754, burials 1707 to 1805;
(iii) marriages 1754 to 1784; (iv) marriages 1754
to 1784; (v) marriages 1784 to 1803; (vi) marriages 1803 to 1812; (vii) baptisms 1804 to 1812,
burials 1805 to 1812.
The chapel of ease of ST. AGNES, Spital, is a
plain small building consisting of a chancel and nave,
south aisle and south-west porch. The materials are
brick with stone dressings.
The parish of HOLY TRINITY, Clewer, was
formed in 1842. The church is a cruciform building
of brick in 13th-century style, consisting of apsidal
chancel, nave, aisles, transepts and west tower with
spire. There are galleries round three sides, on
which are inscribed the names of the officers and
men of the Guards who fell in the Crimean War.
The pulpit was presented by the Scots Guards and
the font by the non-commissioned officers and privates
of the first battalion Grenadier Guards. A chapel
adjoining the chancel was built by the officers of the
1st Life Guards to commemorate their comrades who
fell in the Egyptian campaign of 1883. The living
is a rectory in the gift of the Lord Chancellor.
The church of ST. STEPHEN consists of a chancel,
north vestry, north chapel, an organ chamber on the
south side of the chancel, nave, north and south
aisles, a north-west porch and a bellcote of brick and
stone. It was completed in the year 1873, and is
constructed of brick with stone dressings in the style
of the 13th century. The living is a vicarage in the
gift of trustees.
The church of ST. SAVIOUR, River Street, is a
small building consisting of a chancel having on the
north a porch and on the south a vestry, over which
is a small circular bell-turret, a nave, a narrow north
aisle and a south porch at the west end of the nave.
The church was built in 1875–6 from the designs of
Stephen Wyborn, the foundation-stone having been
laid on 25 November of the former year by H.R.H.
Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. It serves
as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity.
The church of ALL SAINTS, Dedworth Green,
consists of a chancel with organ chamber on the
north and vestry on the south, nave, south aisle, west
porch and a bellcote of brick and timber surmounting
the west gable of the nave. It is a modern building
of red brick with stone dressings in the style of the
early 14th century. The architect was the late
Mr. Bodley. The windows are filled with glass
designed by Burne-Jones and William Morris. In
the churchyard, immediately to the north of the
west door, is the bowl of an arcaded Norman font.
ADVOWSON
The advowson of Clewer followed
the descent of the manor until 1661,
when it was excepted from the grant
of the manor. Before 1720 it had been acquired
by Eton College, in whose possession it has since
remained. (fn. 78)
In 1384 Sir Bernard Brocas obtained a licence
to found and endow a chantry of our Lady in the
parish church. (fn. 79) In 1608 the lands belonging
to it were granted to Francis Philips and Richard
More. (fn. 80)
The first mention of the chapel of St. Leonard,
Losfield, occurs in 1215, when Geoffrey de Meysi
was presented to the chapel on the resignation of
Robert Maunsell, the presentation being made by the
king as holding the lands of William de Braose. (fn. 81) In
1275 the hermit of Losfield is mentioned as holding
2 acres in Clewer in free alms by grant of King
Henry. (fn. 82) The advowson of the chapel seems to have
passed to the lord of the manor, for presentation was
made by the king in 1275 on account of the minority
of Richard de Sifrewast. (fn. 83) In 1321 a licence was
granted to 'John, hermit of the chapel of St. Leonard
of Losfield,' to inclose land in Windsor Forest, (fn. 84) and
in 1355 Pope Innocent VI granted an indulgence to
penitents visiting the chapel on the feasts of Pentecost,
the Assumption and St. Leonard and giving alms, it
having been represented to him that the hermit
'lived a solitary life, serving God alone, and that
multitudes flocked to the place.' (fn. 85) The hermitage
is mentioned in conveyances of the manor as late as
1512. (fn. 86) Grants of the 'enclosure called the Hermitage' were made in the 17th century. (fn. 87) Apparently
the site was occupied by the seat of the Duchess of
Somerset, whose letters when she was Countess of
Hertford were addressed from the Hermitage on
St. Leonard's Hill. (fn. 88)
CHARITIES
Educational charities.
— The Harcourt Charity School, Clewer Green,
was established in 1806 by William
Earl Harcourt, and further by deed, dated 21 September 1815 (enrolled). The following funds are held
by the official trustees by way of endowment, namely,
£619 19s. consols, Sir James Pulteney's legacy;
£611 2s. 2d. like stock, William Earl Harcourt's
bequest; £480 2s. 1d. like stock, Mary Countess
Harcourt's gift, and £850 16s. 10d. like stock, arising
from sale in 1879 of land. The annual income from
endowment amounts to £64.
The parochial charities, which by the operation of
the Local Government Act of 1894 are administered
by trustees, including representatives nominated by
the parish council, are as follows: The charity of
Francis Kirkman, founded by will dated 21 August
1661, being a rent-charge of £6 (13s. 6d. being
deducted for land tax) issuing out of land known as
Bearfield Croft at White Waltham, lately belonging
to Mr. George Dunne, subject to the payment of
10s. for a sermon on Christmas Day.
Robert Ewen, by will 1720, an annuity of £1
charged upon a house now known as 'Castle Dairy,'
Thames Street, Windsor (formerly the Red Lion
Inn), belonging to Mr. George Goring.
Elizabeth Jennyngs, by deed 1774, whereby a sum
of Old South Sea Annuities sufficient to provide 20s.
apiece for six poor and indigent widows, or failing
that object for fatherless children of the parish, was
settled upon trust. The trust fund is represented
by £235 12s. 3d. consols with the official trustees.
In 1907 the dividend, amounting to £5 17s. 8d., was
equally divided among six poor widows.
Unknown donor, being a rent-charge of 12s. issuing
out of a close known as Paunchford Close, now
forming part of Clewer Park, applicable in providing
shoes for two poor people.
'Bread Money,' being £1, part of a sum of £31
paid annually on St. Thomas's Day under an Act of
1776–7 by the proprietors of certain inclosed lands
at St. Leonard's Hill, the £30 being applicable in aid
of the poor's rate.
The fuel allotment, acquired by an award dated
6 June 1817, under the Act for inclosing Windsor
Forest, (fn. 89) consisting of 6 a. 1 r. 10 p., let to numerous
tenants in allotments, producing £27 a year. In
1907, 337 cwt. of coal were distributed among the
poor.
Mary Countess Harcourt, by will 1832, trust fund,
£567 7s. 6d. consols with the official trustees, the
annual dividends, amounting to £14 3s. 8d., being
applicable in clothing and blankets among eight
widows.
In 1907 clothing of the value of £1 12s. was
given to seven poor widows and 168 sixpenny loaves
were distributed in respect of the Kirkman and Ewen
charities and 'bread money.'
Ecclesiastical charities, namely, the charity of
Francis Kirkman, being 10s. a year applicable for a
sermon on Christmas Day (see above).
Thomas Reding, by his will 1664, left £100 to
the rector and churchwardens, income to be applied
in apprenticing poor boys. The trust fund was
augmented by accumulations, and now amounts to
£451 2s. 7d. consols with the official trustees; the
annual dividends, amounting to £11 5s. 4d., are
applied as occasion offers in paying premiums on
apprenticeship. In 1906 the sum of £15 was paid
as premium on apprenticing one boy.
Ann Weall, by her will 1827, bequeathed three
several sums of £100 stock, the dividends to be
applied respectively in apprenticing, in the distribution of bread, and in clothing Sunday school children.
The legacies are now represented by £380 consols
with the official trustees, of which the dividends
upon £100 consols are applied by the rector for
the last-mentioned purpose and the income of £280
consols by the churchwardens in apprenticing when
required.
The Clewer community of St. John Baptist, known
as the 'Clewer House of Mercy,' originally founded
in 1849 and enlarged in 1875, is endowed with
26 acres of land. Several institutions are under the
care and management of the Clewer Sisters, including
a house of rest for ladies of limited means and almshouses for twelve poor ladies.
In 1881 Charles Randell, by his will proved in the
principal Probate Registry 28 May, bequeathed
£4,000 to the warden and sub-warden in trust to
invest the same and apply the income towards carrying
on the charitable work under their auspices in Rose
Street, Soho, or in carrying on any other charitable
work which in their absolute discretion they might
think fit. The legacy of £4,000 was lost by the
failure of the firm of solicitors who held the same.
By a deed dated 14 April 1888 a sum of £3,800
was, by arrangement with the executors, settled upon
the like trusts (subject as therein mentioned) and
invested in £1,919 3s. 10d. New Zealand 4 per cent.
stock and in £1,777 15s. 7d. Cape of Good Hope
stock.
In 1886 the Rev. William James Early Bennett,
vicar of Frome Selwood, Somerset, by will bequeathed
to the Clewer House of Mercy £1,500, to be invested
and the income applied towards the maintenance
and education of one or more poor girls, and, failing
that object, for the general use and purposes of
the said institution. The legacy was invested in
£1,459 17s. 1d. Metropolitan 3 per cent. stock,
forming part of a larger sum of like stock in the
names of four of the trustees. The primary object
failing, the income is applied for the general purposes
of the institution.