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of Ingram, her adminiftrator, promife.d to confirm and make it 

 perpetual. 



Nicholas Ridley, of Neivcajlk upon Tyne, Efq; and an alderman 

 of that corporation, by will, dated 7th December, 17 10, gave 20 /. 

 to the poor of the town of Hexham ; the intereft to be diftributed 

 annually to the more aged and infirm, eight days before 

 Chriftmas. 



Mrs. Dorothy Allgood, eldcft daughter of the above-mentioned 

 Mr. Thomas AU^ood, bailiff of Hexham (who died 6th September, 1712), 

 ibme time before her death affigned and made over her fortune to 

 her brother, the Rev. Mr. James Allgood, before mentioned, on 

 condition that if ihe died unmarried, the intereft of 4.0 /. mould 

 be annually diilributcd to the poor of the town of Hexham, which 

 he agreed to perform. 



Elizabeth Gibfon, of Hexham, widow, by will, dated 291!! Decem- 

 ber, 1712, gave 20 /. to the poor of the town of // xham ; the in- 

 tereft to be diftributed annually (d). 



At the weft end of the church of St. Andrew, are the remains 

 of the antient Priory. It has been a fpacious and noble build- 

 ing, quadrangular, with a large cloifter ; the ambulatories 

 very confpicuous on the weft lidc of the garden a few years 

 ago -, alib an oratory at the fouth-eaft corner of the garden, 

 the roof vaulted with Hone, and fupported with four Ionic 

 columns. 



It was burnt by the Scots, 24 K. Edivardl. 1296, together with 

 the weft end of the church, and the ichool-houfc. In another 



{J) Mr. PJiJ.'.h n s Account of the charities in Tjtifdu/e, 1713. Newc. fmall 8vo. p. 29. 



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