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town clerk of the city of London 13 years, and left 

 an only daughter Dorothy who was married to John 

 Shaftoe Esq. of Whitworth in the bishoprick of 

 Durham. 



Charitable bequests. The fable of benefactions 

 in this church mentions the following charitable be- 

 quests to the poor of the parish of Stonegrave, Two 

 fee farm rents, the first of the yearly value of 

 1. 8s, purchased in 1687. -The second 18s, 

 purchased in 1703 : and both payable, and issuing 

 out of certain lands lying in the township of Nun- 

 nington ; also .the sum of 20., left by John Ander- 

 son, of west Ness, and the sum of 5., left by Mrs. 

 Comber of east Newton, for the use of the poor of 

 the said parish. In addition to which bequests, 

 John Clark of Nunnington, in 1728, left, towards 

 the repairs of the church at Stonegrave, his house, 

 orchard and garth, situated at Nunnington ; which 

 bequest is recorded on his tomb-stone under the 

 gallery. These premises have been for a long time 

 let for the trifling rent of 2. 2s. ; but are capable, 

 at a small expence in alterations, of producing a 

 a much larger sum. A proportion of the children of 

 this township are entitled to become free scholars 

 of the charity school at Nunnington. 



Kectory House. The rectory is a large commo- 

 dious and well built house, erected by the Rev. Jas. 

 \Vorsley, a former incumbent ; and now occupied 

 by the Rev. John Oxlee, as curate, who is well 

 known in the theological world, by his learned and 

 elaborate work, entitled tl The Christian Doctrines 

 <?f the Trinity and Incarnation considered and main- 



