348 Bradford-on- Avon. [ Charities. 
Curti’s ‘CHariry. 
This Charity was founded by the will of John Curll, Esq., of 
Turley, who served the office of High Sheriff of Wiltshire, in the 
year A.p. 1699. 
By the will above alluded to, which bears date Dec. 28th, 1703, 
he desires certain Trustees therein named, to whom he bequeaths 
for the purpose an estate at Chirton, near Devizes, to permit and suf- 
fer the Vicar of the Parish Church of Bradford, for the time being, 
and the Rector of the Parish Church of Freshford, in the county of 
Somerset, for the time being, to receive and take the rents, issues, 
and profits of the said farm, and out of the same yearly and every 
year, in the Parish Church of Bradford aforesaid, and at the feast 
of St. Thomas the Apostle, to pay unto the Minister of Chirton, 
and his successors for the time being, the yearly sum of forty shil- 
lings of lawful money of England ;—and to pay and distribute the 
sum of thirty pounds to and between one hundred and twenty of 
such poor persons of the Borough of Bradford, and Tithing of 
Winsley, Leigh and Woolley, in the Parish of Bradford aforesaid 
who have, or shall have lived by their honest labour, as the Vicar of 
Bradford aforesaid, for the time being, shall nominate and appoint, 
that is to say, five shillings apiece to every of the said one hundred 
and twenty poor persons; and also to pay and distribute the far- 
ther sum of fifteen pounds to and between thirty of such poor per- 
sons of the Parish of Freshford, who have, or shall have, lived by 
their honest labour, as the Rector of the same Parish shall from 
time to time nominate and appoint, that is to say, ten shillings 
apiece to every of the said thirty poor persons. 
The will farther directs that the Churchwardens and Overseers 
of Bradford, Winsley, Leigh, Woolley, and Freshford, for the time 
being, from time to time, take an account thereof, and see the 
same paid and distributed, and that the said Churchwardens and 
Overseers be assistants to the said Vicar and Rector. 
The overplus of the rents of the farm at Chirton are, according to 
the will, “‘ from time to time to be and remain to the Vicar of the 
Parish of Bradford, and the Rector of the Parish of Freshford, for 
the time being, and their successors, to be equally divided between 
