BOROUGH OF NORTHAMPTON 



Rebecca Clifford, by her will dated 19 Jan. 1719, 

 gave a yearly payment of ;^lo issuing out of premises 

 No. 24, in the Drapery, Northampton, for the wives 

 or widows of poor members of the Corporation of 

 Northampton. This charge was redeemed in 1915 and 

 the endowment now consists of jTm 6s. 8</. India 



3 per cent, stock with the Official Trustees producing 

 j^io annually. The charity is administered by five 

 trustees appointed under the provi'^ions of the scheme 

 of the Charity Commissioners, dated 8 May 1903. 



The same donor, by her will dated as above, gave a 

 yearly payment of £10 charged upon her messuage 

 and liquorice ground in Northampton, to be distri- 

 buted annually to the poor of Northampton. This 

 charge was redeemed in 1901 and the endowment of 

 the charity now consists of /I400 Consols with the 

 Official Trustees producing j^io annually. The 

 charity is administered by five trustees appointed 

 under the provisions of the scheme of the Charity 

 Commissioners dated 14 March 1902. 



John Shortgrave, by his will dated 27 November 

 1775, gave a sura of ^^350, the income thereon to be 

 applied in the purchase of clothing for poor men of 

 Northampton. The endowment now consists of 

 ^^428 IDS. 3d. Consols with the Official Trustees 

 producing annually ^^lo 14s., which are applied in 

 accordance with the trusts by the Vicar of All Saints' 

 and three others as trustees. 



Susannah Elizabeth Jones, by her will proved at 

 Northampton on 13 Feb. 1909, gave to the Mayor of 

 Northampton for the time being, /^i,loo for the benefit 

 of poor widows and spinsters. The endowTnent now 

 consists of ;{|i,3io 14J. Sd. Consols with the Official 

 Trustees producing ^^32 15/. ^. annually. 



Jonathan Warner, by will dated 17 July 1725, gave 

 j^6o, the income to be apphed in providing coats for 

 four poor men of Northampton. To this sum a 

 further £6^ 16s. lod. was added by Christopher Smyth 

 in order that better coats might be provided. The 

 endowment now consists of /200 Consols with the 

 Official Trustees producing £5 annually which is 

 expended by four trustees. 



Georgiana Sophia Worley, by her wiU proved 

 18 May 1907, gave to her trustees the residue of her 

 estate (after payment of debts, legacies, etc.) to be sold, 

 the proceeds to be invested and the interest thereon to 

 be expended in providing pensions for poor widows. 

 The endowment of the charity now consists of sums of 

 £93 9s. 6d. Consols, jfi,3i6 5s. 5d. Cape of Good 

 Hope 3J per cent, stock, £1,300 Natal 3} per cent, 

 stock, j£i,8oo London Midland and Scottish Railway 



4 per cent, preference stock, and £1,032 London Mid- 

 land and Scottish Railway 4 per cent, preference stock, 

 with the Official Trustees, producing approximately 

 £207 annually. The charity is administered by the 

 Vicar and Churchwardens. 



George Coles, by an indenture dated I Sept. 1640, 

 conveyed to trustees properties situate at North- 

 ampton, the rents and profits to be distributed among 

 the poor. The charity is now administered by 

 trustees appointed by a scheme estabhshed by the 

 Charity Commissioners dated 11 July 1919. The 

 endowment consists of messuages known as Nos. 37 

 and 30, Gold Street, Northampton ; £4,714 15/. \od. 

 Consols, and £524 17/. jd. 5 per cent. War Stock 

 1929-47, with the Official Trustee?, the whole produc- 

 ing approximately £436 per annum. 



Julia Ellen Rice, by her will dated 25 Nov. 1922, 

 gave a sum of £400 as a fund for providing pensions 

 for two poor old persons in Northampton. The 

 endowment now consists of £400 5 per cent. War 

 Stock 1929-47, with the Official Trustees, producing 

 £20 annually. The charity is administered by the 

 trustees of George Coles' Charity. 



John Friend, by his will dated 29 Jan. 1683, gave 

 to trustees his messuage called the Black Boy and 

 2 acres of garden ground, the rent to be appropriated 

 to such charitable purposes as the trustees and the 

 Mayor and Justices of Northampton should think fit, 

 The properties were sold, and the endowment now 

 consists of £3,811 IS. i^d. Consols, £4,387 6s. \d. 

 Consols, £250 13/. ()d. 3i per cent. War Stock, £400 

 5 per cent. War Stock 1929-47, held by the Official 

 Trustees and producing £233 14J. 6d. annually. The 

 charity is now administered by trustees appointed 

 by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 



2 May 1922. 



Henry Green, by his will proved at Northampton 

 on 26 Oct. 1922, gave to the trustees of Kettering 

 Road Free Church, Northampton, £100, the income 

 thereof to be applied by the trustees to such pur- 

 poses in connection with the church as they think fit. 

 The endowment of the charity consists of £180 is. 



3 per cent, stock, standing in the names of T. T. 

 West, B. Nelson and John Sale, producing £5 8/. 

 annually. 



The Royal Victoria Dispensary, to which charity 

 the Charitable Trusts Acts 1853 to 1914 were ex- 

 tended by an order of the Charity Commissioners of 

 21 June 1921, is now regulated by a scheme of the 

 Commissioners dated 9 Feb. 1923. The endowment 

 consists of £1,367 js. T,d. 3i per cent. Conversion 

 Stock, £250 India 3V per cent, stock, and £623 ifi. ()d. 

 Natal 3i per cent. Inscribed Stock, with the Official 

 Trustees, producing £78 \ls. \d. annually, which is 

 administered by the members for the time being of 

 the Board of Management of the Northampton 

 General Hospital as trustees towards providing con- 

 valescent treatment for patients or ex-patients. 



By a declaration of trust dated 6 Mar. 1920 Sir 

 Henry Edward Randall gave £;,ooo, the interest to be 

 apphed in granting annuities of £25 per annum to 

 poor widows or spinsters of not less than 55 years of 

 age. The endowment now consists of £5,949 5/. i id. 

 ^\ per cent. Conversion Stock with the Official 

 Trustees, producing £267 \\s. \d. yearly. This is 

 distributed by the trustees appointed under the 

 provisions of the declaration. 



The endowment of the charity of Jane Porter con- 

 sists of £96 19/. zd. India 3J per cent, stock with the 

 Official Trustees and is administered by trustees 

 appointed by deed. The income, amounting to 

 £3 8.f. annually, is distributed to poor members of the 

 congregation of the Protestant Dissenting Chapel, in 

 accordance with the provisions of the deed dated 

 16 July 1901. The origin of the charity is unknown. 



The endowment of the charity of Mary Holmes and 

 the charity for the Minister consists of £305 i\s. "id. 

 Consols with the Official Trustees, producing 

 £7 izs. lod. yearly, which is paid to the minister of 

 the Protestant Dissenting Chapel by the trustees 

 appointed by deed. The origin of the charities is 

 unknown. 



John Driden, by his vsrill dated 2 Jan. 1707, among 



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