A HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX 



containing together 33. or. 11 p., known as 

 ' Cannon Field ' ; Hall's Platt, consisting of five 

 cottages and gardens, known as Barrack Row, and 

 a meadow containing I a. 3 r. 20 p., and the New 

 Almshouses ; the trusts of the original almshouses 

 at the ' Four Hills ' are mentioned in an admission 

 on the Court Rolls, 1 729, recited in an admission 

 of 1823,' and a sum of 1,376 ip/. 3d. consols, 

 arising from sales of land from time to time ; 



2. Parochial Quit Rents, recently redeemed, 

 represented by a sum of 369 2/. consols ; and 

 the chanties of 



3. Mary Harris, founded by will 1676, con- 

 sisting of 3 acres, known as Holly Bush Close ; 



4. Mary Gavell, will, 1 746, trust fund, 135 8/. 

 consols ; 



5. John Turner, will, 1753, trust fund, 

 332 I7/. zd. consols ; 



6. Cyrus Maigre, codicil to will, 17/7, trust 

 fund, 74 2/. 2</. consols ; 



7. William Cole, will, 1807, trust fund, ^630 

 consols ;* 



8. Mrs. Eva Maria Garrick, codicil to will, 

 1821, trust fund, 358 14*. lid, \ 



9. School of Industry, otherwise the Girls' 

 School, including the subsidiary charities, known 

 as Roll's Gifts and Mrs. Wallace's Gift, comprised 

 in a scheme of the Charity Commissioners of 

 25 August 1862. The trust funds consist of 

 1,009 2S - ' '^ consols ; and 



10. Charity of John Jones for Poor, will, 1691, 

 trust fund, .960. 



The governing body constituted by the scheme 

 consists of six ex officio trustees, being the vicars 

 and churchwardens of the parish of Hampton, 

 and of the ecclesiastical district of Hampton Hill, 

 St. James ; eight representative trustees and two 

 co-optative trustees. 



The scheme provides (inter alia) that out of the 

 income of the charities l and 2 50 shou'd be 

 paid to the churchwardens of Hampton and 2$ 

 to the churchwardens of Hampton Hill, St. James, 

 for the repair of the respective churches. 



That one-third of the income of Mary Harris' 

 Charity (no. 3) should be paid to the trustees of 

 the Hampton Wick Parish Lands (see under 

 Hampton Wick)." 



That the income of the charity no. 9, and so 

 much of charity no. 3 as should not be required 

 for apprenticing, should be applied in aid of any 

 fund applicable in the parish of Hampton by a 

 local authority for the purposes of technical in- 

 struction. 



That the residue of the income of the remaining 

 charities should be applied in providing stipends of 

 not less than $s. or more than Sj. a week for the 

 almspeople and for the benefit of the poor of the 

 parish of Hampton, exclusive of Hampton Wick, 

 but inclusive of Hampton Hill, in such manner 

 as the trustees should consider most conducive to 

 the formation of provident habits. 



In 1905 the income from the real estate 

 amounted to 216 5*. and the dividends from 



the sums of stock, which are held by the Official 

 Trustees, to .131 2/. 4^., making an aggregate 

 income of 347 js. ifd. The sum of 75 was 

 paid to the churchwardens, .104 8/. %d. as 

 stipends of seven almspeople (including nursing), 

 10 for apprenticing, 12 to pensioners, and 

 25 6s. to the Local Technical Education Com- 

 mittee. 



In 1873 Thomas Beer, by will proved 6 Feb- 

 ruary, bequeathed to the vicar and churchwardens 

 .450 2s. f)d. consols (with the Official Trustees), 

 the dividends to be applied for the benefit of the 

 poor of the parish of Hampton. The income, 

 amounting to 11 \s. a year, is distributed in 

 articles in kind. 



In 1873 James Annett, by will proved 1 5 August, 

 bequeathed to the vicar and churchwardens a legacy, 

 now represented by 700 consols, with the Official 

 Trustees, the dividends to be divided equally among 

 eight respectable men, who should ring a peal on 

 the bells of Hampton parish church on Sunday 

 mornings from 10.15 to i-45- The dividends, 

 amounting to lj ios., are duly applied. 



The Hampton Endowed School. This school 

 is regulated by a scheme made under the Endowed 

 Schools Acts, 26 October 1896. 



HAMPTON HILL, ST. JAMES 



In 1 88 1 the Rev. Fitzroy John Fitz Wygram, 

 by will proved 26 October, bequeathed a legacy 

 to the incumbent of St. James, to be applied by 

 him according to his uncontrolled discretion in 

 relieving the educational and bodily needs of the 

 poor. The legacy is represented by .452 J/. 2d. 

 consols, with the Official Trustees, producing^! I 6s. 

 a year, which in 1905-6 was applied in the 

 payment of 6 6s. to a parochial fund for the 

 poor, and 5 to the District Nurse Fund. 



In 1892 William Blanchard, by will proved 

 22 March, bequeathed to the vicar and church- 

 wardens a legacy, now represented by 41 1 G:ea1 

 Western Railway 4 per cent, debenture stock, 

 with the Official Trustees, upon trust, to dis- 

 tribute the dividends among the poor. The 

 annual income, amounting to 16 8s. ioj., is 

 distributed in articles in kind. 



HAMPTON WICK 



The Endowed School. The Board of Edu- 

 cation by order, dated I August 1907, has 

 established a scheme, including appointment of 

 trustees, altering previous schemes made under 

 the Endowed Schools Acts, whereby a special 

 fund for elementary purposes was directed to be 

 established, to be called ' The Elementary Educa- 

 tion Fund,' which amounts to a sum of ,2,290 

 $s. "jJ. consols and 24 \<)s. India 3 per cent., 

 with the Official Trustees. 



In 1695 Thomas Burdett, by his will dated 

 29 February in that year, bequeathed to the 

 poor of Hampton Wick the sum of 50, the 



1 The enfranchisement of the copyholdi was completed in 1890. 

 1 For other part of charitiei numbered 5, 6, 7, and 10, ee under 



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Hampton Wick. 



