An account of public charities in England and Wales, abridged from the reports of His Majesty's commissioners on charitable foundations, with notes and comments / by the editor of "The cabinet lawyer" [i.e. John Wade].

  • Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities
Date:
1828
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Credit: An account of public charities in England and Wales, abridged from the reports of His Majesty's commissioners on charitable foundations, with notes and comments / by the editor of "The cabinet lawyer" [i.e. John Wade]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. SCHOOL AND ALMSHOUSE, WEST LAVINGTON, WILTS. Alderman Dauntsey further directed, by will, dated 10th March, 1542, that his executors should purchase the vacant ground of the parish church of Allhallows, in Wiltshire, or land in West Lavington; that they should cause a house, called a church-house, a school-house, and eight chambers, to be built thereon ; that the school should continue for ever, for children, to be taught at all convenient times; that one of the eight chambers should be for the shoolmaster, five should be for the habitations of five “ poor aged and impotent men/’ and the remaining two chambers for two “ honest aged poor women/' to be called the beadmen and beadwomen of West Lavington. The Alderman’s brother, Am¬ brose Dauntsey, and his heirs were willed to appoint the school¬ master, with a yearly stipend of £10; also, the five poor men, and two poor women of West La¬ vington, or if there should be not such poor persons in that parish, then to name others in the pa¬ rishes of East Lavington, Little Cheverell, Tottern, Imber, Tib- side, and of the Vise, to inhabit the said chambers. In failure of such appointments, by Am¬ brose Dauntsey or his heirs, within twenty days after a va¬ cancy, the appointments to be in the vicar of West Lavington or his sufficient deputy. For the execution of this will Alderman Dauntsey bequeathed to the Company all his mes¬ suages, lands, and tenements, in the City of London, (except the messuage he inhabited), con¬ ditioning they should pay the schoolmaster his £10 quarterly, and to the beadmen and bead- women 10s. 10d. each, quarterly; with a proviso, in case of im¬ proper appointments, by his brother Ambrose or his heirs, the Company might displace the schoolmaster or poor per¬ sons, substituting others in their places. By indenture, dated 20th Oc¬ tober, 1553, it appears the execu¬ tors of the Alderman purchased the vacant site, in West Laving¬ ton, above mentioned, built there¬ on a school-house and eight chambers ; that his brother Am¬ brose named the schoolmaster, to teach grammar, and the seven poor persons; and that the Com¬ pany entered into the messuages, lands, and tenements devised to them by the Alderman. The deed covenants, among other things, that the Company shall uphold and repair, at their own cost, the school-house, church - house, chambers, and other buildings annexed. It appears, from the books' of the Company, when the property first came into their hands, in 1553, it consisted of the follow¬ ing premises, producing the an¬ nexed rents:— Houses in Gracechurch-street ..=£18 0 8 Ditto in St. Peter’s Yard, Church-alley .. 2 16 4 Ditto in Offele-alley... 917 4 Ditto in St. Antholin’s parish.... 10 3 4 Ditto in St.Thomas Apostle.. 6 10 8 *£47 8 4 PART I. C
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