The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-03-27 00:00:00

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LOCAL CIURITIES.

From the abstract of returns made by the ministers
lad churchwardens of chtritable donation', in the
County of Dorset, for the benefit of Plof persons, as
eollected in " Boswell's Civil Division " we extmottlie
following.

FREE scgOOL.

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'Thomas Harly folindea and endowed the Fre*
School, in Sonth•street, St. Peter's, and land was
purchaeed (situate at From. Vauchurch, adjoining
Maiden Newton). There are sir houses belonging to
the endowment, and which are leased out on lives—
four in St. Peter's, one in The Holy Trinity. and ono
ha All Saint's. Also an annual rent charge of 95.,
payable to the Master out of Shilvingharnpton Farm,
In the parish of Portesham, vested in trustees, and the
Mayor and Aldermen.

THS OHMS SCHOOL.
The townsmen erected on the land of the Corporation
In 1623, a Sch,,cd-house in the perish of Th. Holy
Trinity, where six boys of the town are to be taught
reading, writing, and arithmetic, and in which the
limiter is to be permitted to live rent free, for his
ixviuble in teaching.
Ann Napier by deed, dated 2nd March. 171li, gay*
lame land et :tlelbury, the renta to go in teaching six
poor children, viz., a boy and girl from each of the
titres parishes, and the overplus if any, towards cloth-

ing them.
It there appear. also that an unknown donor, gave
In land being a shop which was taken down in the year
1823. at the west end of The Holy Trinity Church, the
profits for teaching six poor boys, or more of that
parish, rested in the Rector.
Mrs. Mary Strangways's and Mrs. Lora Pitt gave
land for the clothing and teaching 15 poor boys
Dorchester, together with five poor boys of Bock.
hampton, to read, write, and cast accounts, vested in
three Trustees.
Mrs. Hussey Plover, by will, dated 10th of October,
1740, gays 1:150 in money, (now, 1828 £llOO three per
sent consols) for the clothing and instructing two or
more boys of Dorchester, throe years at school, end
binding them out apprentices, vested in the three
same Trustee..

THE ALIISHOCbEFI.
John Whetetons, of Podden, gave £5OO in money,
with part of which Whetstone s Almshouse, in All
Saint o, was built, for the maintenance of four couples,
therein to ho taken in succeesion, from each of the three
parishes.
slattliew Chubb, x.r., for Dorchester, by deed of
gift, about the year 1615, gave £l,OOO, part of which
was laid out in re-edifying the old Almshouse. in St.
Peter's, for nine poor women, and the remainder in
the purchase of Lends at Nottington, with which the
same is endowed.
Sir Francis Ashley, by will, dated 12th August,
1635, gave an annuity issuing out of his manor, and
farm of Frome Whitfield, to the poor of the Alms-
house, near him gate, called Chubb's, consisting of
nine women, 40e. yearly, viz., to each of them, 121
every quarter, and 48. to be disposed amongst them at
Christmas.
Joan Gould. widow by will dated 4th February,
16.30, gave some land and houses in The Holy Trinity '
parish towards the support and maintenance of poos
persons in Chubb.' Almshouse, and in keeping such in
repair.
John Symonds, by will, gave an annuity of 20. •
year payable out of a dwelling.house in The Holy Trinity,
the lands of John Wool, for charitable purposes, for
the equal benefit of the three parishes', and is applied
by the owner of the house to the pour persons in
Chubbo Almshouse.
The Corporation, by deed dated 111th May, 1685,
(out of Charity sloney lodge,' from time to time in
their hands, but what particular !NMI or for what
purpose given cannot now he ascertained) purchased
an estate at Nottington ; the rents have been from
time to time applied towards the maintenanoe of the
poor persons in Chubb's Almshouse.
Edmund Dashwood, by will, gave an annuity out
of a dwelling-house in St. Peter's, now of James
Parsons, towards the oupport and maintenance of the
poor persons in Chubb'. Almshouse.

NAreta's.

This is endowed under the will of Sir Robert
Napper, out of the manor of Littlepiddle, for the
perpetual provision,inustenance, and meantenence of the
Alm.shouae near the Free School, in which ten poor
men were to dwell, and in mi,h will he directs that
the heirs of his name and blood ahall for ever stand
rai.ed If the prembwm, now accordingly seated in
Lord Alington.