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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… reign of Charles I. There are charitable bequests for the poor, amounting to 30 per annum. Castle-Northwich …
A History of the County of Oxford
… respectively gave rent-charges of £2 and £24 a year for poor prisoners. The second was to be distributed monthly, and … shares yielding £10 a year (not received until 1844) for poor prisoners who had been acquitted of the charges against …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… a pelican in her piety, etc., 17th or 18th-century. Poor-boxes: In nave and transeptsix, with square bases, … of foreign workmanship, both given by Eleanor James. Poor-box: supported on a stand, made up of four twisted …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… before completing the purchase. He was left with 99 a. of poor land, whereabouts not stated, and in the autumn of 1684 … a third with French grass. He bought a further 40 a. of poor quality land and in 1686 another 200 a., presumably to … but the Revd F. W. Gray let 37 a. of good land to the poor. 13 George Wyndham Gray, tenant of Manor farm in the …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… of cultivation in the west of the parish, the former on poor woodland. 20 The Cary valley was originally marshy and …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… Cary farm, also bought the fairs and markets, c. 240 a. of poor quality land, and Cary manor land at Hadspen in …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… until the 19th century when it was subsumed in Wincanton poor-law union and later rural district. From the later … meetings. 6 Special meetings to consider appeals from the poor such as a man wanting tools were held in public houses … 1984 Castle Cary parish council became a town council. 18 POOR LAW In 1617 one of the overseers was bound over for not …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… also left an annuity to the sexton who may have been a poor relation. 14 Charles Moss, 17911801, was later bishop of …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… for 10 a year. 18 A subscription Sunday school for the poor was established in 1785 to teach 40 boys and 40 girls to … of the Sunday school and the instruction of the poor. 12 The evening school continued and 40 children … studies. 16 HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE Charities for the Poor Between 1602 and 1935 at least 13 people gave money to …