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.
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![f 4 I 5 ] CITY AND COUNTY * OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL. THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Supplementary Report. H CITY AND COUNTY OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL. The Free Grammar School. Supplementary Report. AVING received letters from two inhabitants of Bristol, complaining that- City of Bristol. the master had exacted the sum of 4/. oa the admission of each boy r into the Free Grammar School of that city, although the sum of 4d. was all rh°1 that was directed by the instrument of foundation to be paid upon such v ' u’ ‘ admission; and had charged for books and stationery, although, as had appeared by our Report already made respecting this charity, the master was to be at the expense of providing the necessary books and stationery for the use of the school; we have made a fresh inquiry into these particulars, and find that by one of a set of rules and ordinances made on the 26th of February 1666, being the earliest document among the records relating to the management of the school, it was ordered that eacli scholar, being the son of a burgess, and dwelling in the said city, should on his first admission pay 5 s., half to the master and half to the usher, and that no alteration was made in this respect till the 16th of January 1812, when on the election of the present master fresh rules and ordinances were made, by one of which it was ordered that every scholar, being the son of a freeman, dwelling within the said city or within one mile thereof, should be admitted on paying 4/., to be divided between the master and usher, in such proportions as the governors might from time to time direct, for which increase of the admission-fee the governors have given the following reasons: That they consider that the Corporation in the year 1812, in revising the ordinances, saw that by the earliest ordinances in their possession (those of 1666) the sum of 5 s. was then paid on the admission of scholars, and that the difference between 4/. and 5s. was probably not more than the change of time justified: That by the direction of the founder children should be instructed in Gram- mar and the Latin language : That by the said ordinances of 1666 the head-master should be a Master of Arts of two years standing, learned in the Latin, Greek and Hebrew languages : That the school has been since endowed with several exhibitions, and with two scholarships at St. John’s College, Oxford : That in the year 1745 an Act of Parliament was passed, whereby the school was removed from its then to its presen/ situation, being a large and commo- dious house well adapted for the reception of boarders, the children of trades- men and of other respectable burgesses of the city, who might be deemed eligible, to avail themselves of the advantages before noticed, for which the children of persons of a very inferior condition (to whom the payment of the difference between 5 s. and 4/. would be an object), could never become qualified : Rep. 20. * B f That](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21305857_0006_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
