BOROUGH OF NORTHAMPTON 



memory of St. Thomas of Canterbury. By the 

 original foundation twelve poor people were main- 

 tained in the hospital upon a sm.ill weekly allowance 

 besides clothing and fuel, arising from bequests made 

 by Edward Elmar, Agnes Hopkins, Thomas Hopkins, 

 John Bryan, Thomas Craswcll and others. In 1654 

 and 1680 John Langham and Richard Massingberg 

 made further bequests, and in 1683 James Bales 

 devised considerable estates for the use and yearly 

 relief of the poor people of the hospital, the rents of 

 which were first received in 1748. In 1833 the present 

 hospital was erected. The income of the charity is 

 derived from various properties in Northampton (the 

 donors of which are in most cases unknown) and 

 considerable sums of stock held by the Official 

 Trustees. In 1925 the income was approximately 

 j^3,ooo. The number of pensioners has varied from 

 time to time, and in 1925 amounted to 9 in-pen- 

 sioners and 141 out-pensioners. 



Sophia Danner, by will proved at Peterborough 

 13 July 1925, gave ^^250 for the benefit of St. Thomas's 

 Hospital. The endowment now consists of 

 £2SS 2/. lid. Funding Stock 1960-90 with the 

 Official Trustees, producing j^io 41. id. yearly. 



V\'i!liam Parbery Hannen, by will proved at 

 Northampton 3 Feb. 1921, gave to the trustees £2^, 

 the interest to be applied in providing warm garments 

 for the oldest widow of St. Giles Street Almshouses. 

 This sum is now represented by ^^34 lis. 6d. Local 

 Loans 3 per cent, stock with the Official Trustees, 

 producing £1 os. Sd. yearly. 



James Henry CUfden Crockett in 1924 gave ;(|l,ooo, 

 the interest to be used for the benefit of in and out 

 pensioners of St. Thomas's Hospital. This sum was 

 invested in £l,l'^.\. 121. ^. 4 per cent. Funding 

 Stock 1960-90 with the Official Trustees, producing 

 £45 -js. Sd. annually. 



The endowment of Wades' Charity, the origin of 

 which is unknown, consists of a payment of £2 out 

 of the revenues of the town council, whereof j^l is 

 paid to the minister of All Saints' for a charity sermon, 

 13/. 4if. to the churchwardens for distribution in 

 bread to the poor, 3/. ^d. to the clerk, and 3/. t^.d. to 

 the sexton. 



Robert Ives, by will dated 16 Sept. 1703, be- 

 queathed ;^ioo to the corporation upon trust to 

 purchase freehold land, the rents of which to be 

 appHed as follows : — 20/. yearly to the minister of 

 All Saints' to preach a sermon in the church on New 

 Year's Day, and the residue to be applied by the 

 mayor and minister of All Saints' for clothing 

 poor old men and women. The endowment now 

 consists of a rent charge of ^^5 issuing out of Mill 

 Holme Meadow. 



The charities are administered by a body of 

 trustees consisting of 6 representative trustees and 

 14 co-optative trustees. 



The follovnng charities comprise the Municipal 

 (General) Charities, and are regulated by a scheme 

 of the Charity Commissioners dated 30 July 1915 : — 

 John Ball bequeathed to the corporation ^^50, 

 and directed that the interest be applied in clothing 

 six poor vndows of the parish of All Saints on St. 

 Thomas's Day. The endovnnent now consists of 

 £$0, invested on mortgage, the interest of £2 being 

 distributed in money to six poor widows. 

 The Bugbrookc Charity, formerly the Corporation 



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Charity School and the Earl of Northampton's Gift, 

 was founded by indentures dated i and 2 Jan, 

 17SS, whereby the estate at Bugbrookc was conveyed 

 to the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses upon trust 

 that they should apply two-thirds of the rents and 

 profits to poor freemen of Northampton. The endow- 

 ment of the charity now consists of a yearly sum of 

 j^ioo, payable out of income of land at Bugbrookc 

 containing about 67 acres, also land and cottages 

 at Bugbrookc containing about 12 acres, which is 

 applied in clothing and donations to 15 poor freemen, 

 Thomas Crasswell in 1606 bequeathed to the 

 corporation £^0, the interest to be given yearly 

 towards the preferment of a poor maid of North- 

 ampton in marriage. 



The endowment now consists of ^50 invested on 

 mortgage, producing £2 annually, which is paid to 

 the mayor, and distributed as above. 



Matthew Sillesby by will dated 18 April 1662 

 gave to the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses a messuage, 

 tenement, garden, and a close of ground all in North- 

 ampton, the rents and profits to be distributed be- 

 tween two poor widows or widowers of Northampton, 

 more especially of the parish of All Saints. The 

 endowment now consists of ;^i,994 15^. id. Consols 

 with the Oflicial Trustees— ^£333 6;. Sd. Consols 

 in the High Court of Justice, producing ^58 4/. 

 annually, which is distributed to three poor widows 

 in annuities, together with residence at 35, Horse- 

 market. 



Richard White, by will dated i June 1691, gave 

 to the mayor, baihflFs and burgesses two closes of 

 land at Duston, also garden ground at St. Peter 

 and All Saints, the rents and profits to be distributed 

 between two poor widows, one of whom to be of the 

 parish of St. Peter. The land has since been sold, 

 and the endowment now consists of ^^1,3 1 3 ioj. 2d. 

 Consols v^^th the Official Trustees, £2,178 13;. 41/. 

 Consols with the High Court of Justice and ;^IS0 

 National War Bonds (1927), the whole producing 

 jf94 16s. annually, which is distributed in annuities 

 to poor wdows. 



Sir Thomas V\Ttite, by an indenture dated 26 July 

 1552, conveyed certain estates in Coventry and the 

 County of Warwick to the mayor, baihflFs, and com- 

 monalty the rents and profits of the estates to be 

 lent out in free loan to young men of Northampton. 

 The rents are received from the Coventry trustees 

 every 5 years, and lent out to young men of Northamp- 

 ton in sums of £100 each for 9 years without interest. 

 In 1922 the sum of £3,iS'^ ^S'- was received from the 

 Coventry Corporation, and the total amount of the 

 loans outstanding on 31 December 1925 was £42,900. 

 These charities are administered by 10 representative 

 trustees and 11 co-optative trustees. 



Ann Camp, by her will proved at Northampton 

 19 April 1899, directed that the whole of her real 

 estate should be sold and the proceeds after payment 

 of certain expenses and debts, invested, the income 

 to be apphed in granting pensions to poor widows 

 or spinsters possessing the quahfications mentioned 

 in the will. The endowment of the charity now 

 consists of £3,300 invested on mortgage, £5,155 Js. 6d. 

 5 per cent. War Stock, and £5,333 p. Corporation 

 Redeemable Stock. The income is distributed in 

 annuities of £20 per annum to poor widows and 

 spinsters. The trustees of the charity arc the 



