The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-27 00:00:00

BEAMINSTER CHARITIES.
To the 8010,.

Gilbert Adams, mercer, by will, dated 20th Feb.,
1696, gave emo, in money, to the p mr, £4O for build-
ing • house f w them, and £2O for the mantels nice of
the same hen..; with part of these m mires workhouse
we built for the poor in Bearninster, and with the
red lue a tenement in Allen, Lo.oombe, in Poorstock,
was purchased, the rent whereof I. applisd towards
maintaining and repairing the said workbouss.. Vested
in Sir William thtiander, B .rt., Bennet C....enba,
Samuel Cox, sea., John Rotten, Bish ip Donning,
James Daniel, sett., Thomas Harris, John Banger
Rusaell, Daniel C it, Samuel Cox, jun.. Jao4lllll Daniel,
juo., and JUDOS Dunning, trusters, £ltl 10..
Sir John Strode, by deed, .1.101 —, 1627 (or
thereabout.), founded an almshouse in Beaminster for
six poor moo and women Out DOC confined to
inhabitants of Beam luster only), and endowed the same
with two-thirds of Bilshay Form, in L dere., which is
.d the yearly value of £32, let to one Stephen Symes,
but subject to ellobuisemeute ; and also a charge upon
the said farm of 26 a year to the poor of Symonds.
bury. It is atm endowed with. house In Beaminder,
formerly belonging to a charity, now the almshou•e,
an I with the site of another garden, now a gardeu, let
t• Mr. J Jan Brown at one guinea a year; and also
some quit rent., ca'lle I dr. Helee's want., thaounting to
egg 155. • rote. Veetod In Sir William Oglauder,
liort.„ the donor's heir, £2l 15..
Frances Tucker, spinster, by will, dated nth Dec.,
16112, gave that part of her farm. called South Mapper-
tin Farm, in Mapperton an i Ileaminster, for ever, as
follows, viz , for the maintenaucs of a schoolmaster,
eucce.sivelly to be cho.en by her executor., or the
major part of them, rzu pa annum for ever, which
schoolmaster wee to have 20 of the poorest boys of
Ii amineter commi•ted t hi. charge; alai £2O • year
for ever, to be employed for the binding out poor
appsenticss to some hoomt calling, three or fur of the
-ail hoys yearly, as far ea the money would reach ;
one whereof, at !eat. if not two, to be sent
to sea, if titled for it, such b iye t be suc-
cessively chosen by her execut on. Alm £2O per
••.nom mit of her said lands to Susannah Hood,
wife if Arthur Hood for her life, and after her
decease mach of her land in yearly value as the sail
annuity of £2O wee animated to out ..f (and not the
annuity itself) free from charge to be thus disposed of,
vis., one-third of the said lands for the beuefit of the
said school for ever, for the bin ling out one or
more boys appreutioes unless only in such • year
wherein a new trustee sh odd be chossn ; and the
remaining two-thirds to , her c mein, El rebel h Hood,
the wife of Samuel Hood, clerk, for her life, if she out-
lived her husband, and not otherwise; and afterwar is
for such pions uses as her executors should appoint.
And she grsneti her four er colors and tr n eters, out
of her sail lands, £lO each, to be paid them at their
Sot admen* on it; and so to each of their sum soots
£lO, up in the decease or failure of anyone of their
number upon his being chosen by • maj irity of the
forgiving executor. and trustee.. The senate is let at
£lOO per annum clear, except land tax and repairs.
Vested in Sir William Orlander, Bert, Bsonet
Combo, and Mr. Samuel C a, merchant, MOO.
Thomas Keats, me cu., by a nomination in writing,
date 116th May. 1709 (according to the custom of the
Manor of Beaminster Secants), gave to one Bernard
Newman a close of arable land, called Woods Water,
containing one sere (more or lees) with the appurtens
anode, lying near Woods Water and parcel of the said
Manor; in trust that he ghoul I not of the profits of
the said close,the first Sunday in every calendar month
for ever, buy eight sixpenny wheaten loaves for eight
of the poorest persons of Besminder, who should have
the !greatest need thereof, that do not receive any
relief or pay of the parish ; and in case it should
happen that the m 'nay raised out of the profits of the
said close be not sufficient to pay for the said loose.,
that then the said loaves are not Cr be given in time of
h avast in such or any of the said years. The sail
close lota f about Ri 104. per annum, and is thrown
into another close, belonging to Thomas Co dr, E.g.,
the hedge between them being thrown down by
John Cook,his late lather,to whom Bernard Newman 's
wife surrendered this close. Vested in Thomas Cook,
Fag , C 3 10s.
William Hillary, clerk, by will, dated 27th October,
1712, gave to Rodney Troath • parcel of land, called
Ernly Wood, containing 61 acres, situate in Brnville,
in Corscouthe, for 99 years, to commence immediately
from his death, and then devised the same to twelve
of the p wirest families of the mob& of Beaminster
for ever, and n militated an I approved William
of Nleerhay, William Chilcott id the lame place,
losuncelot 11111., and Thomas Phelps, alias 11111, of
Be iminster, and their heirs for ever, overseess and
assietants, together with the churchwardens and
overseers of Beeminstar for the time being, or the
Mayor, pert of them to rece vs the profits of the mid
estate, and yearly thereout equally to distribute the
same to such twelve poorest families a. &formai I, as to
them should seem meet, and not receiving any beoefit
or relief of the parish; and up,o the death of may of
the said trustees another is to be elected and chosen,
so that four trustees be always appointed for collect-
ing and datributing the profits as aforesaid. Ernly
Wood is now in the p weession of Charles Gifford
Hanna, Esq., who hold it for the remainder of the
sail term of WI year., and is of the yearly value of £2O.
Launcelot Mills survived W. Mills, Chilcott., and
Phelps, and the trdat is now vested in Launcelot
Mills'. heir., there never having been any new trustee
elected in the room of those dead £2O.
Francis Ctuunpion, alias Clark, butcher, by a
nomination in writing, date 1 19th January, 1741,
according to the corona of the manor of Beaminster
Seconds, gave to his nephew, Richard Dennatt the
younger, • elope, called Culverbion, in Besminster
aforesaid, containing two DOW, upon trust and
subject to the payment of 15.. at Chriotma. yearly'
and from and after his decease the churchwardens of
Beaminster, for the time being for ever, shed' purchase
90 Imam, to be distributed by them to and among the
poor of sips said porith as have no relief, &c. The
said claw is let at 1:4 per annum, el ar of all deductions,
and 11a5n the occupation of Thomism Boxie, as tenant
thereof, vested In Richard Thud sod Robert, his son,
who were nominated by the said Richard Dematt,
15s.
The end of Beaminster.
Grows Mums.

(We undenda ad that there have been marrangements
of some of these charities by the Commi.sioners since
the date Hr. Mudge rders to, and also that, in /01118
wises, the charities we worth still more now.—
Dtecnmt)

THE CHARITIES OP DORSET.
To tho &titer.

Bk.—Would you find me opium in your columns to
thank every member of the Weymouth Council prompt
at the meeting on Wednesday, February 14th, for the
extreme oourtery sh.,wn me t Oath's to the charities of
this town, for myself, and on behalf of the poor whose
cause I reprint?
GrOitua biome..
Olurpelri, Weisman.