A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



in 1907 an average attendance of 269 in the 

 mixed and of 142 in the infants' department. 

 The income of Alvey's gift is distributed among 

 the scholars in prizes for regular attendance. The 

 mixed school buildings were erected in 1873 

 (enlarged in 1893) and the infants' in 1903. 



NORTH MUSKHAM. On 27 March 1745, 

 Mary Disney, in pursuance of the will of her 

 mother, Mary Woolhouse, of 2 6 February 1727, 

 who had charged her estate with an annual pay- 

 ment of 4. until the trust could be established, 

 bought for 123 35., and conveyed to trustees, 

 property in the parish rented at ^5 5*. a year, on 

 condition that the rent, after deductions for 

 repairs and taxes, should be paid for teach- 

 ing 14 children reading and writing and the 

 girls among them sewing also, devout behaviour, 

 their prayers and the Church Catechism. The 

 scholars were to be taken to church on Sundays, 

 and surplus rents above 5 used in purchasing 

 Bibles and Prayer Books for them. About 1794 

 a schoolroom and house were erected on part of 

 an inclosure allotment by Mr. Pocklington, at a 

 cost of 70. In 1828 the rents amounted to 

 ;6o 141., out of which the master paid rates and 

 taxes and repairs, keeping the remainder. With 

 the assistance of his wife he taught the 14 

 free scholars as required ; but he demanded from 

 $d. to bd. per week for arithmetic. He also 

 took paying pupils, who averaged about 50 in 

 winter, and 30 during the rest of the year. 

 The requirement with regard to the supply of 

 religious books was not properly observed. The 

 master's residence was valued at jf 8 8s. a year. 28 

 In 1 866 the gross income from endowment 

 available for education was 40; and in 1867 

 39 boys and 32 girls were under instruction ; 

 the school was not officially inspected. New 

 buildings were erected on the old site in 1880 

 at a cost of jf 1,000. The North Muskham 

 Council School in 1907 had an average atten- 

 dance of 93 in the mixed, and 42 in the 

 infants' department. The income of Mary 

 Woolhouse's gift (about 22} is devoted to the 

 support of the Church Sunday School. 



SOUTH WILFORD. A combined school and 

 residence was erected in 1736 with 200 given 

 by will of the Rev. Benjamin Carter, rector, 

 13 February 1730. He had previously, by 

 indentures of lease and release, II and 12 March 

 1727, endowed the master with 30 a year from 

 the rents (55) of houses in Lloyd's Court, St. 

 Giles in the Fields, on condition that he should 

 not be curate of the parish, and that he should 

 teach freely all children whose parents could not 

 afford to pay, in reading and writing ; and also 

 assigned two sums of ^5 a year from the same 

 source, for buying material and for the benefit of 

 the poor of the parish, 10 a year for the sup- 

 port of the Girls' Charity School in St. Giles in 

 the Fields, and the residue for apprenticing a 



" Char. Com. Rep. xxi, 463-6. 



boy at Wilford. In 1827 the rents amounted to 

 ^164, and there were also dividends of ^46 16*. 

 on ji,56o Old South Sea Annuities purchased 

 from surplus income. The master's salary was 

 j6o ; and 10 was spent on books, jCio on the 

 poor, j2O on the London School, and 5 

 in apprenticing any boy applying. There was 

 a separate schoolroom erected by Sir Gervas 

 Clifton and rented by the master for 12*.; and 

 from 25 to 35 poor scholars were instructed in 

 reading and writing without charge. A fee, 

 however, was required for arithmetic. In 1826 

 there were 10 pay ing scholars (eight day and two 

 boarders). The Commissioners for Inquiry con- 

 cerning Charities and Education suggested the 

 provision of a new schoolroom out of the balance 

 at bank (^250) and the employment of a mis- 

 tress. 29 New buildings were erected in 1866, at 

 a cost of ji,ioo. The master in 1868 received 

 a salary of 80, his predecessor a pension of ^26 

 a year, and the London School an annual grant 

 of ^58. A scheme of the Charity Commissioners 

 of 1888 established an exhibition fund (ji8o a 

 year) out of the endowment for children of the 

 parish. The school still goes on, and in 1907 

 had an average attendance of 78. 



NORWELL. The charity school was endowed 

 by Thomas Sturtevant, by indentures of lease 

 and release I and 2 June 1727, with lands, also 

 liable to an annual charge of IQJ. for a sermon, 

 the rents of which in 1827 amounted to ^15 is.; 

 at various dates with 50 by Robert Marsden, 

 the clerk to the trustees, and 40 (for diligent 

 scholars) by Mary Wilkinson, which sums, with 

 others, were in 1733 invested in lands, rented at 

 ^34 ids. in 1827 ; and with 2 a year by 

 Samuel Wood in 1782. The master's salary in 

 1825 was raised to 50, having been more than 

 doubled in the previous six years ; and he 

 instructed 1 2 boys and 1 2 girls without charge in 

 the three R's, the girls being also taught knitting 

 and sewing. He had also paying pupils, and free 

 residence in an ' ancient ' schoolhouse. A cloth- 

 ing fund of jioo, to provide blue coats and 

 gowns for the boys and girls, was given by Mary 

 Sturtevant in I768. 30 14 boys and 14 girls were 

 taught and clothed in 1867, and 40 from 

 endowment was available for education. The 

 school was not under government inspection. 

 The Norwell Church School (mixed) had in 

 1907 an average attendance of 68. The pre- 

 sent buildings were erected in 1871 on a site 

 given by Lord Ossington and enlarged in 1893. 

 The income from endowment in 1904 was 

 about 20. 



EAST RETFORD. George Wharton, who died 

 in July 1727, gave 5 a year out of his estate at 

 Little Gringley for teaching and clothing five 

 poor boys, not being the sons of freemen. In 

 1827 this sum was spent in clothing five boys 

 attending the National school. Sarah Brown in 



Ibid. xx, 506-11. 



Ibid, xxi, 467-70. 



