YATTENDON
Etingedene (xi cent.); Yetingeden, Yatingedene,
Yatingden, Yatinden (xiii cent.); Yatenden (xv cent.);
Yattenden (xvi cent.).
The parish of Yattendon lies in the valley of the
Pang and extends considerably to the east. The
village lies around the church at the centre of the
south side of the parish close to the boundary. The
land rises from the point where the Pang leaves the
parish at about 260 ft. above the ordnance datum to
407 ft. in the extreme north. The parish contains
1,400 acres, of which 464 are arable, 194 permanent
grass and 132 woods and plantations. (fn. 1) The chief
crops are wheat, barley and oats. The soil is partly
chalk, but there are beds of clay and sand on the
eastern side. No railway or canal passes through the
parish, but the high road from Hermitage to Pangbourne crosses the southern part. There are two
Primitive Methodist chapels in the parish. The
western part of the parish is known as Everington, but it does not appear to have been a distinct
vill.
Yattendon Court, a fine modern mansion, which
was designed by the late Alfred Waterhouse, R.A.,
is the residence of Mrs. Waterhouse, the manor-house
is occupied by Miss Godley, Craston's Orchard by
Mr. Paul Waterhouse, Everington House by Sir
Arthur William R¨cker, F.R.S., and the Grange
is at present unoccupied. The population is
mainly agricultural, but many of the inhabitants
engage in metal work in their spare time, under the
auspices of the Home Arts and Village Industries
Association.
A spring here, known as the 'Miraculous Well,' is
always quite full, but never overflows. (fn. 2) A revel
used to take place on St. Peter's Day, 10 July, at
which the game of single-stick was kept up, in
memory, it was said, of a battle fought that day in
Yattendon Fields, which began near Manstone Farm
and ended at England's Stile. (fn. 3)
There is a round barrow at the south-west corner
of the parish, but no record has been found of its
exploration. (fn. 4)
In 1878, while digging the foundations of Yattendon Court, a hoard of bronze implements was found,
numbering fifty-nine pieces, about 2 ft. below the
surface. (fn. 5) A bronze knife-dagger was found at Rowcroft in this parish some years earlier. (fn. 6)
Early in the 19th century some foundations were
found in a field called Green Ditch at Everington,
which were thought to be those of a Roman villa.
A vast quantity of Roman bricks and tiles were
found in the wood adjoining, and a few coins of
the same date were discovered about the same
time. (fn. 7)
Manor
In the time of Edward the Confessor
YATTENDON was held by Baldwin of
the king in alod, and at the time of the
Domesday Survey it was held by William son of
Ansculf. (fn. 8) The overlordship descended, like that of
the manor of Stanford Dingley (q.v.), to the Paynels,
de Somerys and de la Beches. (fn. 9) At the death of
Edmund de la Beche in 1364 the overlordship passed
under the same settlement to Thomas Langford, (fn. 10)
who seems to have been a son of Edmund's sister.
It appears to have remained in the Langford family
until 1441–2, when Edward Langford remitted all
his right in the manor to John Norreys, (fn. 11) who had
purchased the fee. The overlordship and the fee
were thenceforth merged.
According to the Domesday Survey Baldwin held
this manor of Edward the Confessor, but in 1086
Godebold held it of William Fitz Ansculf. (fn. 12) There
is no further mention of the mesne tenant until the
13th century, when we find Peter de Yattendon
holding a fee here of Roger de Somery. (fn. 13) Peter had
a grant of free warren here in 1252, (fn. 14) and in 1258
he received a charter to hold a weekly market on
Tuesdays and a yearly fair on the vigil, feast and
morrow of St. Nicholas. (fn. 15) In 1259–60 he granted
lands and rents here to Nicholas. (fn. 16) The latter died
before 1273, (fn. 17) when we find his brother and heir
Bartholomew holding the manor. (fn. 18) Bartholomew
was holding the manor in 1286, (fn. 19) and in 1287–8
conveyed the reversion to Hugh de Brandeston, who
had married his daughter Margaret. (fn. 20) Bartholomew
died before 1289, when a dispute arose between his
two daughters as to the disposition of the manor.
Beatrice, Bartholomew's widow, stated that she
and her husband inherited the manor, of which they
enfeoffed Hugh and Margaret, while retaining a
life interest for themselves, but Eleanor, the other
daughter, and her husband Ralph de Kniveton or
Kineton claimed to inherit half. (fn. 21) The decision was
for a time postponed, and in 1290 we find both
Hugh and Ralph returned as holding the vill. (fn. 22) The
case was finally settled in favour of Eleanor in 1291, (fn. 23)
though shortly afterwards she and her husband disposed of their share to Hugh and his wife. (fn. 24) Hugh
died seised of this manor in or before 1298, when
the king proceeded to administer the estate, as his son
Henry was then under age. (fn. 25) The following year
the manor was restored to Margaret, who proved
that she had a life interest in it. (fn. 26)
In spite of the fact that her interest was limited,
she sold the manor in 1315 to Osbert Clynton and
his wife, (fn. 27) and they conveyed it the same year to
John de la Beche, (fn. 28) who is returned as its owner in
1316. (fn. 29) John immediately obtained a charter of
free warren, (fn. 30) and in 1318 of a weekly market on
Tuesdays and a yearly fair on the vigil, feast and
morrow of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June). (fn. 31) He
was holding the fee in 1322, (fn. 32) but appears to have
died soon afterwards, for he was evidently dead by
15 January the following year. (fn. 33) He was succeeded
by his son Thomas, then a minor, (fn. 34) who died without
issue in 1331, when the manor passed to his brother
John, then aged sixteen. (fn. 35) In 1335 the latter's
uncle Sir Nicholas and Philip de la Beche, his father,
had licence to impark the woods here, (fn. 36) and the same
year they had a charter of free warren. (fn. 37) It seems
likely that they were acting as guardians of John,
who was still a minor. John died in or before 1336,
when his heirs were his three sisters—Joan, the wife
of Andrew de Sackville; Isabel, the wife of William
Fitz Ellis; and Alice, the wife of Robert Danvers. (fn. 38)
Within the course of the next five years all three of
these heirs sold their shares to their uncle Sir Nicholas
de la Beche, who had in the meantime obtained the
overlordship. (fn. 39)
He died in 1345, and the manor passed with the
overlordship to his widow Margery for her life, and
so to his brother Edmund the archdeacon, (fn. 40) except a
third, which seems to have been regranted by
Margery to Isabel and William Fitz Ellis. (fn. 41) At the
death of Edmund in 1364–5 the remaining twothirds descended to Andrew son of Joan and Andrew
de Sackville and Edmund son of Alice and Robert
Danvers, subject to the life interest of Edward de la
Beche, who held the manor until his death in 1381. (fn. 42)
In 1315–16 Margaret widow of Hugh de Brandeston sold her interest in the manor, which appears to
have been only a life interest, although she had a son
Henry, who was at that time a minor. Henry had
a son Hugh, who left two daughters—Agnes, the wife
of Philip de Aylesbury, and Rose, who married
Richard de Montfort. In 1366 these claimed the
manor from Andrew de Sackville, Edmund Danvers
and John Duyn, who was the son of Margery the
only daughter of Isabel and William Fitz Ellis, but
the case was postponed until the coming of age of
John Duyn. (fn. 43)
It seems probable that when this manor and the
other estates thus inherited were divided among the
three co-heirs Edmund Danvers conveyed his share
to Andrew de Sackville, for there is no further
reference to any interest in this manor belonging
either to him or his heirs. Andrew de Sackville
seems to have had two thirds and John Duyn one
third. Sir Andrew sold his share in 1365–6 to
Ralph de Restwold and Thomas Hancepe, (fn. 44) apparently in trust for the latter, who sold it in 1371–2
to Sir Thomas de Coleshill. (fn. 45) From Sir Thomas it
passed to his daughter and heir Isabel the wife of
Hugh Crane, who was holding part of the manor in
1381 (fn. 46) and sold it in 1382–3 to Alice Coteron and
others, when the share was stated to be two thirds. (fn. 47)
John Duyn obtained possession of his share on coming
of age in 1381–2. (fn. 48) A John Fitz Ellis, who may be
the same man—in which case he had in the meantime taken his mother's name—or perhaps a cousin
of his, died seised of a third of the manor in 1395–6,
when his heir was his son John, then aged ten. (fn. 49)
In 1408–9 John conveyed his share of the manor
to John atte Hyde and William Bruyly. (fn. 50) In 1414
John Coteron was still in possession of two-thirds of
the manor, for that year Rose Montfort, now a
widow, and Roger son of Agnes Aylesbury again
attempted to establish their right to the manor. (fn. 51)
What happened is uncertain, for no records have
been found to trace the descent of these shares during
the next fourteen years, but in 1428 (fn. 52) we find the
manor in the hands of Richard Merbroke and John
Golafre, (fn. 53) the latter of whom had probably inherited
the share of the manor bought by William Bruyly in
1408–9.
Richard Merbroke's only daughter and heir Alice
seems to have married Sir John Norreys, K.B., a son
of William Norreys of Bray, (fn. 54) and Sir John seems to
have been in possession of the manor by 1441–2,
when he purchased the overlordship of Edward
Langford. (fn. 55) He appears to have acquired Golafre's
interest in the manor, for no further reference to
this has been found, and at the same time made his
title secure by purchasing the interest, if any, of
the heirs of Hugh de Brandeston, who at this time
seem to have been Elizabeth wife of John Doyvyle
and Joan wife of John Aylesbury. (fn. 56) To add still
further security he obtained a charter from the king
between 1446 and 1448. (fn. 57) He was usher to the
chamber, squire to the body and master of the wardrobe to Henry VI, Sheriff of Oxford and Berkshire
in 1442 and 1457, and squire of the body to
Edward IV. He died in 1467 and was buried at
Bray, (fn. 58) when he was succeeded by his son William,
who was holding the manor in 1471. (fn. 59)
Sir William Norreys was knighted at the battle of
Northampton on 9 July 1458 and was knight of the
body to Edward IV. He was
Sheriff of Oxford and Berkshire in 1468–9, 1482–3 and
1486. In October 1483 he
joined the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion, was attainted
and fled to Britanny to join
Richmond, and returned with
him in 1485, when he commanded a troop at the battle
of Stoke. (fn. 60) He executed a
deed at Yattendon in 1479. (fn. 61)
He married first Isabel daughter of Sir Edmund Ingoldesthorpe of Borough Green,
Newmarket, and widow of John Nevill Marquess of
Montagu, by whom he had, besides three daughters,
three sons, William, Lionel and Richard, all of whom
died young, though the two former had been knighted
in 1487 and 1529. (fn. 62) By his second wife, Jane
daughter of John Vere twelfth Earl of Oxford, he
had four sons, the eldest of whom was Sir Edward.
By his third wife, Anne daughter of John Horne,
alderman of London, and widow of Sir John Harcourt, he had one son and four daughters. (fn. 63)
Norreys of Yattendon. Argent a cheveron between three falcons' heads razed sable.
Sir William died on 4 January 1506–7, but it is
uncertain whether he was succeeded by his son
Sir Edward, who married Frideswide, sister and heir
of Francis Viscount Lovel, (fn. 64) or by their son John
Norreys, who was certainly holding the manor in
1517. (fn. 65) In any case John seems to have had some
interest in this manor, or at any rate to have lived
here before his grandfather's death, for he is described
as late of Yattendon in 1484. (fn. 66) He is again referred
to in 1526, (fn. 67) and entertained the king in 1520, (fn. 68)
and was holding the manor in 1539. (fn. 69) As he had
no issue (fn. 70) by his wife Elizabeth he had licence in
1542 to settle this manor on himself and his wife,
with remainder to his nephew Henry, the son of his
brother Henry, who was then about to marry
Margery daughter of Sir John Williams, afterwards
Lord Williams of Thame. (fn. 71) He died in 1564, (fn. 72)
when under the settlement the manor passed to his
nephew. (fn. 73)
Henry Norreys was knighted, and in 1572 was
created Lord Norreys of Rycote. (fn. 74) He was holding
this manor in 1576 (fn. 75) and died in 1601. (fn. 76)
His eldest son William Norreys died in 1579,
having married in 1576 Elizabeth daughter of Sir
Richard Moryson and Bridget, afterwards Countess
of Bedford; he left a son Francis, then aged one
year and eight months. (fn. 77) Another son of Henry
was Sir John Norreys, kt., who served in the Low
Countries as commander. He died in 1597, and is
said to have been buried at Yattendon, though his
name does not occur in the registers, (fn. 78) but a monument in the church states that he died at his house
here on 3 July 1597. (fn. 79) On the death of Henry Lord
Norreys the manor passed to his grandson Francis,
who in 1610 conveyed the manor to trustees, (fn. 80)
apparently on his marriage to Bridget, second daughter
of Edward seventeenth Earl of Oxford. Francis
Lord Norreys was made a knight of the Bath on
6 January 1604–5 and on 20 January 1620–1 created
Viscount Thame and Earl of Berkshire, at the suggestion of the Earl of Buckingham. He shot himself
with a cross-bow (fn. 81) and died on 31 January 1622–3,
leaving an only daughter Elizabeth, married to
Edmund Wray, (fn. 82) whose only daughter Bridget
married as her second husband Montagu Bertie
second Earl of Lindsey, and was the mother of
James Bertie Lord Norreys of Rycote, created Earl
of Abingdon in 1682. (fn. 83)
Ten years before his death, however, in 1613, the
Earl of Berkshire had settled the manor of Yattendon
and other estates on an illegitimate son by Sarah Rose,
afterwards the wife of Samuel Hayward. (fn. 84) This son,
known as Francis Norreys, was knighted on 27 August
1633, served as Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1635–6 and
was M.P. for Oxfordshire in 1656 and 1658. (fn. 85) In
1629 he married Jane daughter of Sir John Rouse, kt.,
when he placed the manor in settlement. (fn. 86)
In 1662 Sir Francis Norreys, with Hester his
second wife and Edward Norreys their son, made a
further settlement conveying the manor to Vincent
Barry and John Smith, (fn. 87) apparently in trust on the
marriage of Edward, who was knighted on 22 November the same year. (fn. 88) On the death of Sir Francis (fn. 89)
in 1669 the manor passed to his son Edward. Sir
Edward served as M.P. for Oxfordshire from 1675
to 1679 and again from 1700 to 1708, and appears
to have died soon afterwards. (fn. 90) His son Francis,
who was M.P. for Oxford from 1700 to 1705, died
in 1706 during his father's lifetime. (fn. 91)
At Sir Edward's death the manor seems to have
passed to James Norreys, who would appear to have
been another son, and in 1714 he and his wife Mary
conveyed the manor to James Close, apparently in
trust. (fn. 92) James Norreys seems to have died without
issue shortly afterwards, for in 1721 we find the
manor held by James Bertie, (fn. 93) who appears to have
been the son of Henry Bertie, brother of the first
Earl of Abingdon, and his wife Philadelphia, who
was a daughter of Sir Edward Norreys. At the
death of James Bertie the manor passed to his son
Norreys Bertie, who was holding it in 1747 (fn. 94) and
again in 1759. (fn. 95) By his will dated 1766 he left a
charge on his estates to his cousin Willoughby fourth
Earl of Abingdon, in trust for Lady Elizabeth Gallini,
while the manors were left to his cousin Captain the
Hon. Peregrine Bertie, the earl's brother. Notwithstanding this will, in 1784 he sold the manor for
£2,000 to Sophia Harris, (fn. 96) who seems to have been
a distant cousin, for Jane, another daughter of
Sir Edward Norreys, had married Roger Harris of
Winchester, (fn. 97) while the mother of Norreys Bertie
was Elizabeth daughter of Roger Harris of the
same city.
Soon after the sale the manor was bought back by
the Hon. Peregrine Bertie, who sold it the following
year, 1785, to Sir John Andrea Gallini. (fn. 98)
Giovanni Andrea Gallini, born in Florence on
7 January 1728, arrived in England nearly destitute
about 1753 and became a famous dancer at the
Haymarket Theatre. As dancing master he visited
the house of the Earl of Abingdon and married one
of his daughters, Lady Elizabeth Peregrine Bertie,
before 13 October 1766. They lived together for
some time, but during their later years separated.
He danced before the pope, who made him a knight
of the Golden Spurs, after which he called himself
Sir John. He survived his wife, who died in 1804.
At his death (fn. 99) in 1805 the manor passed to his
son John Andrea Gallini, who was holding the manor
in 1806, (fn. 100) but was dead before 1825, when one-fifth
of the manor belonged to one of his daughters,
Mary. (fn. 101)
The children of Gallini, who appear to have been
five in number, of whom two at least were sons,
Alfred and Arthur, (fn. 102) were still possessed of the manor
in 1839. (fn. 103)
In or about 1841 they sold the estate to T. A.
Howard, and as the title seemed insecure owing to
Sir John Gallini being an alien, a royal warrant was
issued in 1841 to make this good. From T. A. Howard
the manor passed to his son Thomas Aubrey Howard,
who sold it in 1877 to the late Alfred Waterhouse,
R.A., LL.D., at whose death, on 25 August 1905, it
passed to his widow, the present owner. (fn. 104)
The Domesday Survey makes mention of a mill of
the annual value of 5s., (fn. 105) but there is no mill in the
parish at the present day.
The western part of the parish is called Everington
(Everinton, xii–xiii cent.; Everyngton, xiv cent.)
and the field of Everington is mentioned in a deed
of the 13th century. (fn. 106)
In 961 King Edgar granted to his servant Alfric
9 mansae at Ætheringetune, which may very possibly
be Everington, though there is nothing in the description of the lands to enable a satisfactory identification
to be established. (fn. 107) It appears to have been attached
to Yattendon before the Norman Conquest, for no
separate mention is made of it in the Domesday
Survey, and subsequent documents show that it
belonged to that manor.
Walter and Reginald of Everington are mentioned
in 1189–90, (fn. 108) while William of Everington sold
3 hides of land here to Ralph de Meinfelin in 1197. (fn. 109)
Free warren here was granted to the lord of Yattendon
Manor in 1252, (fn. 110) 1316 and 1317. (fn. 111) Lands and
tenements here and a messuage called Barnes in
Everington are mentioned in 1539 (fn. 112) and 1611, (fn. 113) in
both cases held of the lord of Yattendon, and the
manor is described as the manor of Yattendon and
Everington in 1629, 1662, 1825, 1827 and 1832. (fn. 114)
Church
The church of ST. PETER AND
ST. PAUL consists of a continuous
chancel and nave, modern north vestry,
west tower and modern south porch.
The church was rebuilt about the year 1450 by
John Norreys. (fn. 115) In 1858–60 the church was rigorously restored, when the tracery of the windows was
repaired and reset. (fn. 116) It is said that the original
design was followed in every case. In 1881 the
tower was repaired and the vestry added. In 1896
the tower was further restored and the present spire
added at the cost and under the direction of the
late Alfred Waterhouse, R.A., by whom the rood
stairs were also opened up.
In the east wall of the chancel is a much-restored
15th-century window of five cinquefoiled lights with
a traceried two-centred head and an external label.
This wall leans outwards very considerably,
and the portion containing the window was
straightened at the last restoration by the addition of an extra thickness of wall at the foot.
At the south-east is an original angle buttress of
one offset, but the north-east buttress is modern.
In the east end of the north wall is a modern
two-centred drop arch opening into the vestry;
next to the westward is a 15th-century traceried
window of three cinquefoiled lights with a twocentred head. This and all the remaining windows of both chancel and nave have external
labels, and all are exactly alike. In the south
wall are two windows, and between them a
priest's doorway with an original four-centred
head. There is no chancel arch, the walls of
chancel and nave being continuous.
At the north-east of the nave are the rood
stairs, which are entered by square-headed upper
and lower doorways and project externally.
There are two windows in the north wall and
two in the south. Between the latter is the
much-restored 15th-century south doorway,
which has a four-centred arch within a square
external head, traceried spandrels and label and
modern head stops. The south porch is entirely
modern. The walls generally are plastered outside and there are buttresses at the western
angles and at the junction of the nave and
chancel on the south.
The west tower is in one stage with angle
buttresses of two offsets at its western angles, a
plain parapet and a modern timber spire. Internally there are two stories. The tower arch and
west window are modern. The west door has a twocentred moulded head and jambs and an external
label, with some original 15th-century stones. Lighting the clock-stage on the west is a small modern
window. The belfry has a window of two trefoiled
lights within a square head in the west wall, and on
the north and south single trefoiled lights.
The roof, which is tiled, is of original 15th-century
date and supported by trusses with lower and upper
collars strengthened by curved braces forming fourcentred arches. The truss over the junction of the
nave and chancel is supported by moulded wall posts
brought down to the floor, and between them is
placed the chancel screen. The uprights of the latter
are portions of the original rood gallery, but the tracery
in the heads of the open upper panels is modern.
The south door, which is divided vertically into five
panels, appears to be a piece of original woodwork.
On the south wall of the nave is a white marble
tablet to the memory of Sir John Norreys, who died
on 3 July 1597. This was formerly in the pavement
of the chancel under the altar. A long inscription
details his military career, which began 'in ye Civil
Wars of France under Admiral Coligne.' Over the
tablet a helmet said to be that of Sir John Norreys
is suspended. This was discovered a few years since,
having been stowed away in the rectory-house, which
was built in the 18th century.
There is a ring of six bells, inscribed: (1) 'The
Gift of Richard Welborne Esq 1756 they owe their
mirth to me. Lester Pack Fecit'; (2) '1657';
(3) 'Let your ceasless Change vary To our great
Maker still new praise'; (4) '1660'; (5) 'Sancte
Nicollae Ora Pro Nobis.' This bell probably dates
from the 15th century. It bears the early lion's
head stop of the Wokingham foundry and the cross
composed of four fleurs de lis; (6) 'Henry Knight
made mee ano 1617.'
Yattendon Church: The Nave
The communion plate consists of a chalice bearing
the almost obliterated date letter of the year 1722
and inscribed 'W. Puller Rector Yattendon Berks
An° Dom. 1729,' a paten bearing the date letter
of the year 1713, inscribed 'The Gift of Bridget
daughter of Anthony Lybbe of Hardwick Oxon Esq
& Widdow to Fran. Sayer late Rector of Yattendon
Berks to ye use of the said Church 1714,' and a
modern flagon.
The registers before 1812 are as follows: (i) baptisms 1558 to 1643 (here follows a gap till the year
1649), 1649 to 1726, burials 1562 to 1652, 1660 to
1726 (the years between 1652 and 1660 are lost or
were never entered), marriages 1559 to 1654, 1660
to 1726 (here is also a gap); (ii) baptisms and burials
1726 to 1773, marriages 1726 to 1753; (iii) baptisms and burials 1774 to 1812; (iv) marriages 1754
to 1812.
Advowson
The first reference to a church
that has been found is in 1290, when
Sir Hugh de Brandeston and Ralph
de Kniveton, then joint owners of the manor, held
the church of Yattendon. (fn. 117) The following year the
church is mentioned again, when it was valued at
£6 13s. 4d. (fn. 118) Many further references to the
advowson have been found in documents already
cited, which show that it went with the manor. In
1348 the king presented while the manor was in his
hands owing to the forfeiture of Margery de la
Beche's fourth husband, John de Dalton. (fn. 119) In
1340–1 the ninths on the glebe and tithes were
returned as 7 marks. (fn. 120) The value of the rectory in
1535 was estimated at £14 6s. 8d. (fn. 121) The advowson
continued to pass with the manor until the 17th
century, and Lord Norreys of Rycote presented in
1617 and 1620. Later it seems to have been sold,
for in 1660 Elizabeth Sayer, widow, presented, and
Sir Thomas Draper, bart., in 1663. (fn. 122) The advowson
seems then to have returned to the lord of the manor,
for James Bertie presented in 1724, Norreys Bertie
in 1735, 1738, 1743, 1747 and 1748, and then the
advowson was again sold to Lancelot Hill, who presented in 1758 (fn. 123) and was patron in 1759. (fn. 124) Peregrine Bertie seems to have purchased the advowson
when he acquired the manor, for in 1785 he sold it
to Joshua Tanner and John Hawkins. (fn. 125)
Soon afterwards it was in the possession of Stephen
Flory, who presented in 1802, (fn. 126) and who was patron
in 1806, (fn. 127) and it passed from him to John Flory
Howard, the elder son of T. A. Howard, the lord of
the manor, who presented in 1829 and 1873. It
then passed into the hands of Mrs. Loveday, from
whom it was purchased by Mr. Alfred Waterhouse,
whose widow is the present patron. (fn. 128)
When the chantries were suppressed it was found
that there was land in Yattendon worth 6d. yearly,
given to maintain a lamp in the church here. (fn. 129)
Charities
The sum of £6 4s., being 5 per
cent. of the net income of the charity
of James Pocock, (fn. 130) founded by will
1610, is divided by the trustees between this parish
and Frilsham, and is applied in the distribution of
blankets and sheets.
The Bethel chapel was erected on a site comprised
in indentures of 20 November 1879 (enrolled) and
17 October 1889, and is held upon the trusts of
the Walworth Model Deed of 24 March 1864.
In 1889 Elizabeth Bew, by her will proved at
Oxford on 20 August, bequeathed £100 to the trustees
of the chapel upon trust to invest the same, the
interest to be paid to the chapel fund. The sum of
£25, part of the principal sum of £90, the amount
of the legacy, less duty, was expended in underpinning the chapel and the balance invested with the
official trustees. The trust fund in 1908 amounted
to £77 8s. 7d. India 3 per cent. stock investment
account.