A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



Mr. Alderman Knight (1762), benefaction 49 * now 

 carried to charity fund. 



William Freeman (1780), ,100 : for doles in casual 

 sickness : now carried to charity fund. 



Silena Fifield (1769) : the income of this charity 

 (44 4/.) is spent on the poor of the six ancient 

 parishes of the borough. 



Richard Vernon Sadleir (1810), .350 : for certain 

 Easter gifts. 



George Pemerton (1632), l 50 for distributing () 

 annually as his gift. 



Paul Mercer (1661), interest of I oo to the French 

 and English poor. 



Sarah Spinks, the dividends on 270 3/. id. 

 annually in clothing to the poor of St. Michael's. 



Sloane Gibbons (1826), the dividends of 

 692 I3J. \d. to the pensioners of God's House, $ 

 being carried to the charity fund. 



Elizabeth Bird (1820), 6 6s. per annum to each 

 of six aged women. 



Charles D'Aussey (1781), annuities of 10 each to 

 persons who have lived with credit and are fallen into 

 decay. 



Charles Hilgrove Hammond (recorder 1800-30), 

 annuities as last. D'Aussey's and Hammond's gifts 

 now provide thirteen persons with annuities of 10 

 each. 



Robert Thorner 493 (1690). Thorner's Almshouses, 

 Anglesea Place, were built in 1787 under his will 

 from accumulations, and have since been largely in- 

 creased. Additional almshouses have also been added 

 in Polygon Road, the total number of widows accom- 

 modated being about fifty-nine, who each receive 5/. 

 per week. The trustees also spend z$ per annum 

 in apprentice fees and gifts to boys of the town. 



Charities belonging to the church of Holy Rood: 



Katherine Wulfris by her will (30 December, 1665) 

 gave the yearly rent of an orchard worth 4.0^. per 

 annum, with all improvements which should be made 

 on it, to the churchwardens of Holy Rood for the 

 clothing and placing out of one poor maid. The 

 property has much increased in value and charity 

 extended. It is now worth some .700 per annum 

 and is administered under a scheme of Charity Com- 

 missioners of 14 April, i Sgg. 494 The Wulfris Charity 

 property is in Brunswick Place. 



John Bishop, a baker, by will (18 November 1796) 

 proved in 1800, left a benefaction for decayed trades- 

 men, especially bakers, which is worked according to 

 a scheme. 



Sarah Purbeck, by will dated 17 May, 1821, and 

 proved 9 August same year, gave the interest of 

 jl,ooo 3 per cent, to pay $ per annum to the poor 

 of Broughton, Wiltshire, and on the death of certain 

 annuitants 5 per annum to four annuitants from 

 either of the parishes of All Saints, St. Lawrence, 

 Holy Rood, St. John, and St. Michael, Southampton; 

 the remaining $ per annum for expenses and casual 

 charity. This charity, now represented by .883 6s. %d., 

 is held by ' The official Trustee of Charitable Funds,' 

 and is applied in accordance with the will. 495 



Mary Trim, los. annually to the churchwardens of 

 Holy Rood for the repair of her father's tomb 

 (Cornelius Trim, died 14 March, 1823) in St. Mary's 

 churchyard. 



Ann Lance Hill, widow of the Rev. Hugh Hill, D.D., 

 vicar of Holy Rood, by will proved 2 1 October, 1 848, 

 leftj5oo consols, from the interest of which to keep in 

 repair a tomb in St. Mary's churchyard, as also a tablet 

 in Holy Rood Church, and after these purposes the 

 remainder to the poor. 



Edward Cushen by will proved I o April, 1837, left 

 a benefaction for the distribution of bread in eight- 

 gallon loaves each 8 December in the parishes of 

 Holy Rood and St. Michael. 



Miss R. Toomer by will dated 1885, and proved 

 the same year, bequeathed the residue of her estate 

 to the following four churches in Southampton, viz. 

 Holy Rood, All Saints, Trinity, St. Matthew (and to 

 the rectory of Southam, Warwickshire), in equal pro- 

 portions. After litigation in Chancery a scheme was 

 finally settled, before December, 1888, by which the 

 capital in each case, about 1,000, was invested in 

 the name of the rector, or vicar, and churchwardens, 

 the income to be applied to the maintenance of the 

 fabric and providing for the services. 



The parish has also an interest in Mills', Gibbon's, 

 Bradsall's, and Delamotte's gift, also in the charities 

 of Henry Smith, of Silver Street, London. For 

 Taunton's bequest see above, and under town 

 charities. 



Charities belonging to the French church in the 

 parish of Holy Rood : 



Paul Mercier (6 June, 1661), a share in the interest 

 of I oo placed with the corporation for the French 

 and English poor. 



Philibert d'Hervart, baron d'Huningen (1721), 

 12 per annum to the minister and .2 lo/. to 

 poor. 



M. de Belleau (1738), 15 sterling to the church; 

 a legacy never realized owing to the insolvency of the 

 person with whom it had been placed. 



David Roque (1742), the interest of 150 for the 

 minister. 



Fran9ois Fradin (1746), the interest of $o for the 

 minister. 



Madame Anne Castanier ( 1 746), the interest of l oo 

 for the minister. 



Isaac Gignoux (1754), the interest of 150 for the 

 French poor. 



Jacques Dulamon (1761), the interest of 150 

 stock to the French church here and French hospital 

 in London. 



Charities belonging to the parish of All Saints : 



Mrs. Alice Palmer bequeathed (5 September, 1709) 

 an annuity of 5 on her orchard in the parish called 

 Moxins for the use of the poor. The site of this 

 orchard is now occupied by St. Michael's vicarage, 

 which is charged with the above annuity. 



The Hon. Andrews Windsor conveyed to the 

 corporation 496 (l May, 1749) certain property at 

 Breamore for the benefit of the rector of All Saints, on 

 the performance of certain conditions ; but nothing is 

 now known of the gift. 



In 1893 Miss Dumaresq of Cumberland Place 

 bequeathed 1,000 to the vicar and churchwardens to 

 pay the annual interest to ten spinsters of the Church 

 of England of at least the age of fifty years. Distribu- 

 tion is made in December. 



This parish has part in certain town charities. 



4n Davies, op. cit. 304. 



498 Cf. Davits, op. cit. 307, 308. 



4M Extract from Independent, 1 3 Sept . 

 1902. 



495 Letter of Char.Com.dated z Aug. 1 8 84. 



536 



49S Conveyance, &c. in possession of 

 corporation. See further account in 

 Davies, op. cit. 399. 



