The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-03-06 00:00:00

THI CHARITIES HT wzimoura.

ro Ms Ildisor.

Necription of the charity—by whom, whoa, sad for
whnt parte.* given.
I.‘t oheritv.—Ls y Bown. by will, dated
1142 ( r th• mahouts). gave • elm .4 money and el 5..,
to he p.id ye.wiy to the pow of Wtoroontb. Viewed
to the Co,p ration and two.
2 ,I. —D, woe 1). itellaeove, by will. data,'
11141, give eourn of money. Ai • £5; the interne to
be toad re oly t. the p .or of Wevasonth Vested IA
alove._D tto by ditt dated —, 1681. pave a
lea.- 1.1 oh ..p 1., this parish. hieh will .on expire,
to t • pow of Weymouth. Vested lu the Church.
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mathan lor. by will. dated 24th of
A 1404. 1753 gave CO in money forth. ma,nt.nance
of two p ...r by. at echool, t he toatnutted in the
art of nevi ation for ever; thia legacy waa to carry
latereet at 4 per vent, till paid. Ve.te.t In the Mayor,
Aldermen, Nfluieter. and eburcliward-na ..t Weymouth.
lift., by ditto. dated 24th .1 August, 1731, gave t
50 poor person. of Weymouth. 1•10. receive no alms
of the tearialt. • twelve.penay.loaf of wheaten breed.
each to he cliattibwet at the dieerwtie of the Miotster,
Mayor. and C 1...,. hwardena of Weymouth, in whom
It le legte I. Tni. was Ibleattel in Clhaneery, and
abou• the year 1768 the principal, with ten year.'
wa• paid t the treasurer of the Corporation,
• gyg, •e.t, bee.we the pnroewes of this legacy
have been but !ably fully karma. it halt been
hithert unapAled ; but the tew.t mean to apply it as
00 040 they con 1.1.00104) a laffiClooi 0300.01% Note -

twenty-eh:lit yeirif in-tenet, t., the-. 22n1 ~f Set tembe,,
1786, te ON 11.... 211., and the priocipal will make
£16811.. 211.
4th—Bernard Mitchell, by will. tat.') 22cd of
March. 1646, proved 23r1 of May, 1617. give to the
pm tnt Weymouth • moiety of ten bushels of sea coal
yeativ t be paid he money out of hi. freehold land.,
or sk. his esecutore shall spool t but nothirg of this
charity has been received for 19 yeses or more. No
aoconer i whom vested. Bo the brat information
this charity, wh..n reoeived, aro.e front the rents of
the Ki..g's Hee I lan. in Meicombe Regis.
MlL—Sewn-I Mico, citiz-n and mer-hent in London,
Iry will, dated 2.lth of September. 1665. proved 2611 of
11166. 'viva £4OO ,0 the Corp-r 4 on of We,'.
mm), ..nd Melcomhe Regis. to purchase land., the
re tent which. alter deducting 20.. for a sermon, to
be dietribute I t ten poor decayed eesmen in this
eivonratiot, (Thi• is entered in the schedule of
Meloo. be.) Veeted in the Corporation of Weymouth
and Meconobe Regis.
6tl.—John Carswell, by deed, dated 16 h of April,
1741. ,ave some land, at present to the widows, upon
a mop ...atop that the Coloration Art should cea.e, or
there ebould be no diepentiog meeting or minister in
Melcombe Rscris or Weymouth. (Entered In the
ache tole f M-Icombe.) Vested In the hobs of
Croesman.
7th —Jonathan Elmer), and Roberta his wife, by
deed. hunt, 1 ited 14 h J 'unary, 1716, on the
death .1 Tho Ingo Dyer, e ,1111,1,10 T who was buried on
the 28.. h December 1748, gave in Isni to low par
wi.'owre dwelling In Weymouth *id- only • it formerly
prodac ti no more thin £2 per annum. This charity
seems to have been secrete • and withheld about 16
year. past by one Simon Jenkins, Sergeant-at•Maoe
In ttis town, knowing it to he a charity, and pretend.
leg to have b light it of one Martha Ford, widow, for
Is. per week for life, and having let it to Richard
Oakley and June. Trim for 7 years for the sum of
£lO per annum. Vested In the heirs of Mr. John
Carswell.

Bth.—Lady Browne, by will, dated —. 1832. gee*
L5O in alone,. the in great thereof was to pay 20s per
anoum to repair the church, and the rest to the
poor. Vested in French. Steward, gen., Treasurer of
the C ppeati n.
9th..—.lir Samuel Mic Knight, by will, dated
1616, gave .me land. • is., lb. George Inn. in this
town. t the Co, p oration, the annual rent of which he
lime's to bind out poor apprentices. Veeted in the
said Francis Steward, Lc.—Ditto by data, gave XlOO
to be lei I oat In land, and out of the rents thereof to
pay 20, o.r annum for • sermon to be preached in
hielc .mhe Church on Friday before Palm Sunday,
and the remain ler t. plo, seamen, of GO years and
upwards belonging to Weymouth and hielcombe
114.11 b.. Vested In the said Frannie Steward, Esq.
10t De Sellanova, by will, dated 1684. gave
i',:i in money to the poor of Melo =be Regis. Vested
in ditto.

llth.—Und ler, by evil dated --, 1683, ease zo
in ar.ney t.. the poor of lidelcombe Regis. Vested
in ditto.

12th.—B-rnard Mitchell, by will, dated —, 1646, ;
gave out of the re, t. of his freeh •II lands, or WI his '
executor., Bernard Osier and Edward IPramoton, i
should ..ppoint, t, six poor widows of Melenmbe Regis,
six bushelu of sea coals se .rly for ever. Vested io the
Nl.nister an I Onurchwar in, of ‘l Ic mbe
Jonathan Taylor, by will, dated 1753. gave a sum
of rnoa'y t.• porch .as twelve penny wheatsu loaves of
bread for 50 Fill e men an I women that do not receive
alms from the parish. Vested in ditto.
13th —John Carswell, by deed, dated --, 1741,
paves .isso, land, the interest thereof to be paid to four
poor widows of Weymouth and tfelcombe Regis. pro-
vided Protestant Dissenter. eb,,al n t be tolerated,
and during the time only there shall be on residing
minist-r there. Vested in the Tru.tees of the disgent
log ineetin4 hotter iu this town, possessed by Mr.
leth. —Robert Middleton, by --, dated --. gave
1:100. to I. divided an•l lent to four young Merchant'
hi. town for three years at £5 per cent. per annum,
which w IF ti be given weekly in breed for the use of
the toor ; and at the end of three years the money to
be Paid, aol lent to four ',the you,g merchant- no
thtir b.n I. In the year 1616 'hie was lent to Henry
litodr, Ow a C••lrnon, William Fitt, and William
and sam. tor have b en regularly lent to
one set of young p -.pie till the (I,vil Wars, when the
PtUrrs sod records of this town were burnt or
drstroye t, and, sh..ut the year 1664, this money was
reduced to £.50, and then lent to two one, bent.; haw
It wee lessens. 1 does not appear. In 1695 one 8 gretmea
was prosecuted for his part of the money, and £25
seems then to have been lost, and from that period no
other circumstances occur than 'paling annually P 1
to the overseers for the use of the poor, which con-
Unties to this day. Vested In Francis Steward, req.,
trusoir r of the corporation, do.
Abbotehu,y.—Bereasei Mitchell, by will, dated 22nd
March, 1648, gave, •out of the rests of hi. freehold
land., se his executors shonld appoint, t • the poor of
this Parish, 20s. fo. ever. Vested In his executors or
their r-pr se.tatly-s; but who they are ig not know
This charity hag been pail a great number of y-iirs uut
of the King's Read Inn. In Mel c .mbe 11 gin.
Ben e Rezig.—Bernerd Mitchell. by wilt, dated 22n.1
M.rch, 1646, gave some land to the use of the p 'or
1.., ever. Vest-d in • •—l.PiPhaDi
1665. aPPIiC/Abil WS/ made to this court for five
'rare' arrears, due from Mr. Edwin Frampton, which
watt ordtred to be paid, ot to 'bow came at the nest
emits