Volume 20

Report of the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of two several acts of Parliament; the one, made and passed in the 58th year of His late Majesty, c.91, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in, England, for the Education of the Poor"; and the other, made and passed in the 59th year of His late Majesty, c.81. intituled, "An Act to amend an Act of the last session of Parliament, for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in England, for the Education of the Poor, and to extend the powers thereof to other Charities in England and Wales".

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Date:
1826-1829
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Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of two several acts of Parliament; the one, made and passed in the 58th year of His late Majesty, c.91, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in, England, for the Education of the Poor"; and the other, made and passed in the 59th year of His late Majesty, c.81. intituled, "An Act to amend an Act of the last session of Parliament, for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in England, for the Education of the Poor, and to extend the powers thereof to other Charities in England and Wales". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    D \ mock. Thomas Murzell’s Charity. Thomas Murzell’s Charity. Church-table.—“ Thomas Murzell gave, for ever, to 10 poor widows of this “ parish, of sober conversation, the interest of 10/.” There is no other evidence of this charity except what the Church-table records ; but it appears that a sum of 10/. has been successively in the hands of responsible persons in the parish. Mr. John Thackwell now holds the money, having received it from a person of the name of Cooper. The interest paid for the money has been five-per-cent., which has been dis- tributed among 10 poor widows, according to the directions of the donor. Mrs. Ann Cam’s Charity. Mis. Aim Cam’s Ann Cam, late of Dymock, iu the county of Gloucester, being possessed of charity. a considerable personal estate, by her Will, bearing date 15th June 1779, after giving various legacies as therein mentioned, gave all the residue of her per- sonal estate and effects unto James Vaston, his executors and administrators, desiring him to dispose of the same in such charities as he should think fit, but recommending poor clergymen with large families, and of good character; and she thereby appointed John Moggridge, and the said James Vaston, executors of her said will. The said Ann Cam died shortly after making her said will, leaving the said John Moggridge and James Vaston surviving, and personal property to a large amount, not specifically disposed of by her said will. To establish the said will, and to carry the benevolent purposes of the said testatrix into effect, a suit was instituted in the Court of Chancery, wherein the said John Moggridge was plaintiff, and John Thackwell and others were defendants; and by a Decree in the same cause, dated 8th May 1792, it was ordered that an account should be taken of the personal estate of the said testatrix; and that after a due administration of the assets, the clear residue should go and be applied in charity, regard being had to poor clergy- men of good character and with large families, according to the recommenda- tion in the will; and it was ordered that the Master should approve of a scheme to effectuate the purposes of the charity, the parties being at liberty to lay pro- posals before him for that purpose. The said Master made his report in pursuance of the said Decree, and thereby certified, amongst other things, that a scheme had been laid before him for effec- tuating the purposes of the said charity, whereby it was proposed that a school should be established at Dymock, the place of the residence of the said testatrix and her family, for poor children belonging to the said parish, and that a cer- tain expenditure should be made thereupon, which he approved, and the same was afterwards confirmed, subject to such variations and directions as after mentioned. It was afterwards ordered to be referred to the Master to approve of proper trustees for the management of the said school, and to receive proposals for the establishment and conduct thereof, and for the appropriation of the several sums directed to be carried to the account of the said school. A piece of ground was purchased by monies raised by subscription among the inhabitants of the said parish, for a charity-school, and the same was, by an Indenture dated 8th March 1824, conveyed unto the Lord Bishop of Glou- cester, the Rev. William Beal, vicar, the Rev. John Hutchins, curate, Robert Thurston, William Cummins, John Drummond, John Thackwell, William Thurston, John Hiatt, and Thomas Hill, upon trust, to appropriate the said premises to the use of the school, for teaching so many poor children of the said parish as they should think proper, to read and write, and for instructing them in the duties of religion ; and proposals were also laid before the said Master for the establishment and conduct of such intended school, and afterwards approved of by him, and confirmed by the Court; whereby it wras arranged that two school- rooms, with a house for the master and mistress, should be built upon the said premises, which were situated near the centre of the town, for the accommoda- tion and instruction of 50 boys and 50 girls, resident within the said parish or the neighbourhood; which said erection, according to an estimate then lately made, would cost the sum of 975/; and the vicar and churchwardens for the time being of the said parish, together with the said John Drummond, John Thackwell, William Thurston, John Hiatt, and Thomas Hill,.being some of the principal