SCHOOLS 



missioners in 1792 on account of a close of 

 3 acres and about 20 acres of arable land given 

 by the Rev. William Sampson, rector, who died 

 in 1702 ; of land worth 2 2s. a. year given by 

 Christopher Johnson in 1707 ; of tenements 

 rented at jCi 151., given by Lacy Dickonson, at 

 an unknown date ; and of a house and field, 

 occupied by the schoolmaster at a rent of ,4, 

 given by will of Francis Otter, who died in 

 1813. There was a schoolroom, built in 1 8 1 6 

 on the land bequeathed by Mr. Otter with ,88, 

 surplus rents. The master was required to 

 instruct 12 poor boys in the three R's and the 

 Catechism on account of the first three legacies ; 

 and one boy on account of Otter's gift. There 

 were actually only seven boys in attendance. 

 The rents of the house had been devoted to 

 providing prizes for the best ploughers and 

 reapers until 1814, in accordance with the terms 

 of the bequest, but then ceased to be so em- 

 ployed. 13 In 1867 there were 30 boys and 

 10 girls, eight free and the rest paying ^d. a 

 week ; ,41 of the income in 1866 was devoted 

 to the school and 10 to other benefit of the 

 scholars, under Sampson's will. The school 

 was not under government inspection ; it was 

 conducted by a master, assisted by his daughter 

 for needlework. The endowment now goes to 

 the Clay worth Parochial School, which in 1907 

 had an average attendance of 53 in the mixed, 

 and of 29 in the infants' department. 



NOTTINGHAM : BLUE COAT SCHOOL. This 

 school was established in 1706 by voluntary 

 contributions ; and the site in High Pavement 

 was acquired by the trustees in 1720. It was 

 endowed with a rent-charge of 2 a year (from 

 property in Pilcher Gate) by Thomas Saunderson 

 in 1711; with two tenements in Houndsgate by 

 Charles Harvey in the same year ; with a 

 messuage and buildings and gardens belonging in 

 St. Peter's churchyard by Jonathan Labray in 

 1718 ; with a rent-charge of 5*. by Thomas 

 Roberts in 1729 ; with a close in Clayfield by 

 Gilbert Beresford in 1747 ; with a security on 

 the Nottingham and Grantham Turnpike Road, 

 by John Key in 1774; and also with various 

 gifts of money, amounting in all to ,2,507 5*., 

 including ,600 from Mary Holden in 1760. 

 The income from endowment in 1827 was 

 ,360 2s. <)d. ; annual subscriptions reached 

 ,68 141. 6J. ; and the collections after charity 

 sermons ,103 191. 2d. The master in 1827 

 received a salary of 100 guineas and a house free ; 

 in return for which he and his wife taught, in 

 two schoolrooms, 50 boys and 18 girls who 

 were completely clothed once a year the boys 

 in the three R's, and the girls in reading, writing 

 and sewing. The full number of scholars (60 

 boys and 20 girls) had not been taken for some 

 few years, to allow accumulations for repairs. 

 The school was limited to children of poor in- 



13 Char. Com. Rep. xix, 322-4. 



habitants of Nottingham certified to be members 

 of the Church of England. The boys on leaving 

 were apprenticed for five years at a premium of 

 ,5 51. u In 1866 the total income from endow- 

 ment was 471, and in 1867 there was a full 

 complement of scholars. The master was certi- 

 ficated, but the school was not under government 

 inspection. The school is now in Mansfield 

 Road ; the income is over ,600 and provides 

 education and clothing for 75 boys and 35 girls. 



EAST MARKHAM. James Gunthorpe, by will 

 31 October 1706, gave a rent-charge of ,5 for 

 teaching 10 poor children to read the Bible ; and 

 William Dunstan, by will 18 October 1713, 

 added another rent-charge of ,5 for another 10 

 children, on condition that writing and instruc- 

 tion in Church principles formed part of the 

 curriculum. From 1714101811 a salary of 6 

 from these sources was paid to a master ; the re- 

 maining income, regarded as a clothing fund, 

 with a legacy of ,50 by Jeremiah Eliot in 1725 

 for the poor, had accumulated to 105 by 

 1776. In 1811 the schoolmaster was considered 

 entitled to both rent-charges in full. In 1827 

 that sum was paid to the parish clerk, and the 

 interest of the 105 was used for buying shoes 

 for the 2O free scholars. 15 In 1867 there was 

 an attendance of 12 boys and eight girls, and 

 the gross income from endowment in the previous 

 year was 14. The school was not under 

 government inspection ; and there was no 

 teacher's residence. The East Markham Council 

 School is the only school in the village, and in 

 1907 had an average attendance of 115 in the 

 mixed and of 51 in the infants' department. 

 The income (,17) of the three gifts mentioned 

 is applied in providing clothing for children. 



MANSFIELD : BRUNTS' AND THOMPSON'S 

 SCHOOL. Charles Thompson, by will 4 Decem- 

 ber 1784, ordered ,600 of 3 per cent, consols 

 to be purchased out of his estate, the dividends 

 to be devoted to improving the education of 

 poor children of Mansfield. The residue of 

 testator's property, after satisfying all claims, 

 seems to have been devoted to the same pur- 

 pose. The endowment in 1831 consisted of 

 ,1,300 41. \d. of stock, and the dividends 

 amounted to ,46. There was a school and 

 residence in Tothill Lane, and a master for 28 

 and a mistress for 12 instructed 40 boys and 40 

 girls in the three R's and the girls in needlework. 

 The master also received 4 a year from a legacy 

 of Samuel Brunts, 31 January 1709, for putting 

 to school poor boys born in the parish, so as to 

 make them fit for honest trades, and in return he 

 taught reading to 20 children. 16 In 1866 the 

 income of Thompson's legacy was ,45, and in 

 1 867 there were 93 children (47 boys and 46 girls) 

 under a master and mistress, both certificated. 



14 Ibid, xv, 456-65. 



15 Ibid, xix, 353, 354. 



" Ibid, xxv, 426-36, 437-8. 



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