A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



other bequests, gave £i per annum for a sermon to 

 be preached one day at Christmas in remembrance of 

 the donor of the charity. 



Daniel Herbert, by his will dated 9 Nov. 1696, gave 

 ;^lo per annum, charged upon his farm at Burton 

 Latimer, for the purpose of apprenticing poor boys 

 resident in the borough. By an order of the Charity 

 Commissioners dated 6 July 1906 it was determined 

 that the sums of ^4°° ^^^ L^'^ Consols with the 

 Official Trustees should be set aside to form the 

 endowments of the above mentioned charities. The 

 income, amounting to ^^lo and £\ respectively, is 

 applied by the trustees. 



The Almshouse adjoining St. Thomas's Hospital 

 was erected by Sir John Langham about the year 1682. 

 By an indenture dated 14 June 1797 £300 stock was 

 given by JuHana l.adv Langham for the benefit of the 

 two women inmates. The endowment of the charity 

 now consists of ^^92 3 3/. 3c/. Consols with the Official 

 Trustees, producing j^23 K. \d. annually, which is 

 distributed to the two almswomen. By an order of 

 the Charity Commissioners dated in 1870, the Vicar 

 and Churchwardens of All Saints' were appointed 

 trustees ex officio of the charity. 



St. John's Hospital, formerly regulated by a 

 scheme of the High Court of Chancery of 15 June 

 1875, is now regulated by a scheme of the Charity 

 Commissioners dated 5 Dec. 1913. The endow- 

 ment of the hospital consists of considerable pro- 

 perties in Northampton and various sums of stock 

 held by the Official Trustees in trust for the charity, 

 as set out in the schedule of the scheme of 191 3. In 

 accordance with the provisions of the scheme, the 

 income is applied in the payment of the stipends of 

 the Master and of the out-pensioners of the charity, 

 and in supporting and maintaining the hospital and 

 the inmates therein. The trustees consist of 14 

 persons, among whom the Master and the Mayor 

 for the time being of Northampton are included 

 ex officio. The hospital has now been moved to 

 Weston FaveU and the building in Bridge Street sold. 



U'ilham Rae, by his will proved in the Principal 

 Registry 13 Aug. 1906, gave £'^00 to the Weston 

 Favell Convalescent Home connected with the St. 

 John's Hospital, the income to be devoted to the pur- 

 chase of newspapers, periodicals and books for the use 

 of the patients. The endowment now consists of 

 j(^497 9/. 3r/. New South Wales 3^ per cent. Inscribed 

 Stock and ^^104 14/. id. 3J per cent. Conversion 

 Stock with the Official Trustees, producing [l\ Is. 6d. 

 yearly, which is applied by the trustees of St. John's 

 Hospital. The same donor by his will gave ^5,000 

 and the residue of his estate to the Northampton 

 Town and County Nursing Institution, to be in- 

 vested and the income devoted to the services of the 

 Queen's District Nurses in Northampton. The endow- 

 ment now consists of various sums of stocks invested 

 in private names, producing in 1925 approximately 

 ^^640, which is applied by the trustees of the Queen 

 Victoria Nursing Institution. 



The endowment of the Margaret Spencer Home of 

 Rest consists of ^£20,000 5 per cent. War Stock 

 1929-47 held by the Official Trustees, and forming 

 part of the endowments of the Northamptonshire 

 Regimental Prisoners of War Fund, as provided by a 

 acheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 26 Nov. 

 1920. TTie income, amounting to ;^i,ooo yearly, is 



paid by the trustees to the Board of Management of 

 the Northampton General Hospital towards the 

 maintenance cf the Home. 



The following charities are applied to the General 

 Hospital : — 



The Rev. John Henry Smith, by his will proved at 

 Northampton 29 Feb. 1884, gave to the Governors of 

 the General Hospital ^^loo for investment. The 

 endowment now consists of £()<) 21. Sd. Consols with 

 the Official Trustees, producing £z gs. ^d. yearly. 



Wilham Dash, by his will proved at Northampton 

 12 April 1883, gave ;^loo to be invested for the 

 general purposes of the hospital. 



George Charles Benn, by his will proved in the 

 Principal Registry 14 Nov. 1895, gave his farm and 

 lands situate at Bozeat to the Governors for the 

 benefit of the hospital. The property was sold in 

 1896 and the net proceeds, amounting approximately 

 to ^^1,287, invested. 



The John Putley Bequest, founded by will proved 

 at Taunton 17 June 1899, bequeathed to the trea- 

 surer of the hospital ^^loo for investment. 



Mrs. Margaret Webster, by will dated 1 1 Oct. 

 1759, bequeathed ;£l30 to be applied to the payment 

 of a chaplain to the hospital to the e.xtent of ^^30 a 

 year for 4 years, and gave certain directions for the 

 performance of the duties of the chaplain. 



Sir Edmund Isham, Bart., by a codicil to his will 

 dated 3 Jan. 1865, bequeathed j(^i,ooo stock, the 

 income to be apphed to the support of the chaplain. 



Sarah Edwards, by will proved in the Principal 

 Registry 11 Mar. 1919, bequethed thesum of ^£1,000 

 to the treasurer of the hospital for the endowment 

 in perpetuity of a bed to be named the ' Sarah 

 Edwards " bed. 



Louisa Mary Lady Knightley of Fawsley, by will 

 proved in the Principal Registry 3 Feb. 1914, be- 

 queathed to the treasurer a sum of ,{^1,000, the 

 interest to be apphed for the endowment of a bed to 

 be called ' The Rainald Knightley ' bed. 



Thomas Faucott Sanders, by will proved in the 

 Principal Registry 3 June 1921, bequeathed the 

 residue of his estate for the general purposes of the 

 hospital. 



Francis Clarke, by will proved at Northampton 

 27 July 1910, gave a third of the residue of his estate 

 to be disposed of and the proceeds invested for the 

 same purpose. The endowment now consists of a 

 sum of ;{^i,866 17;. 4(i. Consols, standing in private 

 names. 



Mary Augusta Scott, bv will proved in the Principal 

 Registry 15 Mar. 1913, bequeathed ^^1,000 to the 

 treasurer for endowing a bed in memory of her 

 parents, \\'illiam and Sophia Scott. 



Edwin EUard, founded by will proved in the 

 Principal Registry 17 Mar. 1925, whereby he devised 

 certain real estate in the County of Northampton, 

 subject to a life interest to his widow, upon trust for 

 the hospital. The widow of the testator is still 

 living. 



The following charities comprise the Municipal 

 (Church) Charities, and are regulated by a scheme 

 of the Charity Commissioners dated 15 Aug. 1899 : — • 



St. Thomas's Hospital is supposed to have been 

 founded and endowed by the citizens and burgesses 

 of Northampton about the year 1450 for the benefit 

 of the poor of the town, and was dedicated to the 



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