The last will and testament of Sir Thomas Gresham, Knt / [Sir Thomas Gresham].

  • Gresham, Thomas, 1519?-1579
Date:
[1825]
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Credit: The last will and testament of Sir Thomas Gresham, Knt / [Sir Thomas Gresham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Citizens ofthe-saul City)- the aummc of Two Hundred Pounds of lawful money of England, in manner and form following, (viz.) to every of the said Readers for the time being, the sum of Fifty Pounds of lawfull money of England, yearly, for their sallaries and stipends, meete for four sufficiently learned, to* read* the said Lectures : the same stipends and sallaries, and every of them, to be paid at two usual terms in the year, yearly, (that is to say) at the feast of the Annunciation of St. Mary the Virgin, and St. Michael the Archangel, by even portions to be paid. And further, that the said Mayor and Commonaltie and Citizens of the said City, and their successors, from henceforth and so long as they and their suc¬ cessors shall by any means have, hold, or enjoy the said moiety before in these Presents to them disposed, shall give and distribute the sum of Fifty-Three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence of lawful money of England, yearly, in manner and form following, (viz.) Unto Eight Almes-Folks, whom the said Mayor and Commonalty and Cityzens, or their successors, shall appoint to inhabit my Eight Almes-Houses in the said parish of St. Peter's the Poor; to every of them the said Almes-Folks the summe of Six Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four Pence, to be paid at four usual terms in the year, yearly, (that is to say) at the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, theNativity of our Lord God, the Annun¬ ciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Nativity of St. John Baptist, by even portions. And further, that the said Mayor and Commonaltie and Citizens of the said City, and their successors, from thenceforth and so long as they and their suc¬ cessors shall by any means have, hold, and enjoy the said moiety, before in these Presents to them disposed, shall give and distribute, at the terms aforesaid, to the relief of the poor persons and prisoners in the Prisons and Places called or known by the names of Newgate, Ludgate, the King's-Bench, the Marshalsea, and Counter now kept in JEood. street, and wheresoever the same Prisons here¬ after shall be kept, Fifty Pounds of lawful money of England, in money or other provisions and necessaries for them, (viz.) to every of the same five pri¬ sons or places, Ten Pounds, at the four usual feasts or terms of payment of rent within the same City of London most accustomed, or within eight and twenty days next after, by even portions. And as concerning the other moietie, before in this my present last Will disposed to the said Wardens and Commonaltie of the Corporation of the Mer¬ cers : I Will and Dispose, that after such time as the said moietie, according to the intent and meaning of these Presents, shall come to the said Wardens and Corporation of the Mercers, and from thenceforth so long as they or their successors shall by any means or title have, hold, and enjoy the same, that they and their successors every year, yearly, shall give and pay and distribute to and for the finding, sustentation, and maintenance of Three Persons, by them the said Wardens and Commonaltie, and their successors, from time to time to be chosen and appointed, meete to read the Lectures of Law, Physick and Rhe- torick, within myne now dwelling-house, in the parish of St. Helens in Bishops- gate street, and St. Peter's the Poore in the said City of London, (the moiety whereof hereafter, in this my present last Will, is by me appointed and disposed unto the said Corporation of Mercers) the summe of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds of lawful money of England, in manner and form following, (viz.) to every of the said Readers for the time being the summe of Fifty Pounds for their sallaries and stipends, meete for three sufficiently learned to read the said Lectures, at two usual feasts in the year, (that is to say) at the feast of the An¬ nunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and of St. Michael the Archangel, by even portions to be paid: And that the said Wardens and Corporation of the Mercers and their successors, from henceforth and so long as they and their successors shall by any means have, hold, or enjoy the said moiety, before in these Presents to them disposed, shall yearly bestow and expend One Hundred Pounds of lawful money of England, in manner and form following, (that is to say)