A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



table. This in 1434, if not before, had been 

 commuted for a pension of one mark and a sable 

 suit at Christmas. In 1535 the rectory was 

 valued'3 at £4 13/. ^.d. 



The Johnston Technical 

 CHARITIES^ School (see V.C.H. Durham, i, 

 p. 401). By a scheme of the 

 Charity Commissioners, 20 February 1903, 

 one-sixth of the net income of Henry Smith's 

 charity (see post) was made applicable in 

 scholarships tenable at this school. In 191 1 

 nine scholarships of £z 2s. each, and sixteen 

 scholarships of j^i los. each, were so applied. 

 In pursuance of a scheme, 7 May 1901, for 

 Lord Crewe's charity (see post) nine exhibitions 

 of j^4 each, and six at £2 each, were awarded to 

 this school. 



Thomas Craddock's charity for Elementary 

 Schools (see V.C.H. Durhajn, i, p. 403). 



In 1848 James Barry, by will proved at Dur- 

 ham, bequeathed j^i,ooo consols, now repre- 

 sented by ^^241 i6s. Sd. 4 per cent. Funding 

 Stock, ^^158 gs. ^d. 5 per cent. War Stock, 

 ;^ioo 5 per cent. National War Bonds, £^2^ 

 London Midland and Scottish Railway 4 per 

 cent. Guaranteed Stock, with the official 

 trustees. The charity is regulated by a scheme 

 of the Charity Commissioners, 7 February 

 1893, whereby the annual dividends, amounting 

 to j^55 15/. 2d., are applicable in the main- 

 tenance of one or more scholarships, tenable for 

 one year, in the University of Durham, by 

 Divinity Students or Licentiates in Theology. 



In 1598 Henry Smith by his will devised 

 certain coal mines and bequeathed his residuary 

 personal estate to the City of Durham for the 

 setting out of youth to work, and for the relief 

 of those past work. The endowments consisted 

 of part of a carpet factory in the parish of 

 St. Nicholas, the Town Hall and buildings, a 

 farm known as Widehope Farm, a farm known 

 as Hagar Leazes Farm, including a wayleave 

 thereon, an allotment near West Auckland, a 

 residence known as Glake Hall, producing an 

 income of ;^400 a year, a ground rent of £1^ 

 on 14 houses in Gilesgate, belonging to Kirby 

 and Messenger's Charities, mentioned in the 

 parhamentary returns of 1786, and X2>83S 7s. 

 consols. The Town Hall, Hagar Leazes Farm, 

 Glake Hall and seven of the houses in Giles- 

 gate were sold in 1925 and the proceeds in- 

 vested in £482 London and North Eastern Rail- 

 way 4 per cent. First Preference Stock and ;^482 

 Second Guaranteed Stock of the same railway, 

 ;^5,8io 9/. lod. 3-J per cent. Conversion Stock, 

 ;^i,592 11/. yd. 5 per cent. War Stock, producing 



'3 Falor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 314. 



^ For the Educational Institutions for the County 

 and City of Durham, see the General Article on 

 Durham Schools, I'.C.H. Durham, i, p. 365 et seq. 



^392 8^. lod. The official trustees also hold stocks 

 for the purpose of recoupment as the houses in 

 Gilesgate were sold below their proper value. 



The charity is regulated by a scheme of 

 the Charity Commissioners, 20 February 1903, 

 whereby one-sixth of the net income is made 

 applicable in scholarships tenable at the Johnston 

 Technical School (see Educational Charities, 

 ante), and the residue of the income in pensions. 

 Bishop Cosin's Almshouses, regulated by a 

 scheme of the Charity Commissioners of 24 Feb- 

 ruary 1914, were founded and endowed by Bishop 

 Cosin, as mentioned in his charter bearing date 

 31 August 1668. In pursuance of an Order 

 in Council, 19 July 1837, the present alms- 

 houses were erected by the University of 

 Durham, on a site in Queen Street, in lieu 

 of the old almshouses situate on the east 

 side of the Palace Green. Bishop Cosin en- 

 dowed the almshouses with a yearly payment of 

 £jo, issuing out of lands at Chilton, County 

 Durham (see V.C.H. Durham, \, p. 381). The 

 yearly sum of j^i6 is also received from the 

 Trustees of Lord Crewe's charity, in pursuance 

 of the will, dated 1 720, of Nathaniel, Lord Crewe, 

 Bishop of Durham, and the yearly sum of ^^24 

 from the trustees of Bishop Barrington's 

 Charity, who, by deed 22 February 1822, 

 directed that £1 yearly should be paid to each 

 of the inmates. The official trustees hold ;^250 

 5 per cent. War Stock, producing ^^12 10s. 

 yearly. The almshouses are occupied by four 

 men and four women, who are appointed 

 by the Bishop, six from Durham and two from 

 Brancepeth. Each inmate also receives a yearly 

 bounty of £1 12s. 6d. and £2 os. lod. each 

 quarter. The sum of £6 is expended yearly 

 on coal, the nurse receives 2s. 6d. weekly and 

 £1 13/. id. quarterly, and 13/. ,^J. is paid yearly 

 to the receiver for ' glove money.' 



Bishop Cosin's Library, founded by charter 

 20 September 1669, is regulated by a scheme of 

 the Charity Commissioners of 2 December 1913. 

 The property consists of the perpetual right of 

 access to the library hall. Palace Green, for the 

 purpose of safe custody of the books and other 

 effects belonging to the library. It is endowed 

 with an annuity of ;£20, payable out of the rev- 

 enues of the see of Durham, and a sum of 

 ;^229 6s. Sd. 2-J per cent, consols, with the official 

 receivers, producing ^^5 14J. Sd. yearly. 



In 1720 Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, by 

 will directed that ^^loo a year should be applied 

 for putting out apprentices in the city and 

 suburbs. The annuity, together with the divi- 

 dends on ^870 11/. 4J(f. War Stock, and on 

 ;^i,i 18 London and North Eastern Railway 3 per 

 cent, debenture stock, are apphed in pursuance 

 of a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 

 7 May 1901, in apprenticeship premiums, in 

 clothing, in binding apprentices and in exhibi- 



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