ALMSHOUSE OF ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY. 13 



for the 40s. which was payable "To the mynister or Curat of the 

 saide Church of All hallowes being a Preacher, and in default 

 thereof to the mynister or curat of any of the other churches in 

 Derby aforesaide being a Preacher," the almshouse was to be 

 visited, and sermons preached on Good Friday and S. Michael's 

 Day in the presence of the almspeople, and the ^^5 was to be 

 distributed in sums of i2d. to each of one hundred of the other 

 poor of Derby. 



The pensions are tenable for three years by eight men and four 

 women appointed as the scheme provides, and preferably persons 

 who have become reduced by_ misfortune fromi better circum- 



stances. 



The new order was perhaps inevitable. It is probably more 

 adapted to the needs of the time. But what would the Countess 

 say ? 



