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lecturer, 90 /. The facrament is adminiftered every third Sunday 

 in the month ; prayers three times a week, on Wednefday, Fri- 

 day, and Saturday. At Eafter, the corporation formerly gave 15 

 gallons of wine to this church. 



The church-yard was inclofed by fubfcription, 1762, with 

 (lone, and a wooden pales, very neat ; and planted round, in 

 the infide, with young lime and elm trees. The church tower 

 is adorned with a clock. 



I have only to obferve, before I conclude this account of the 

 churches in Ne-wcajlle, that four miniflers placed in them by the 

 parliament, conformed to the church of England at the Reftora- 

 tion, viz. Mr. Cole, Mr. Richard Prideaux, Mr. Ajhburnham, and Dr. 

 Knightjbridge ; and that zffth, Mr. George Long, A. M. for not con- 

 forming, was filenced, and ejected from his fellowmipin Trinity- 

 college, Cambridge (t). 



The principal fchools eftablifhed in Neivcajlk, are 



A free Grammar-School, and 

 Four parochial Charity-Schools. 



The grammar-fchool was originally founded by Thomas HorJIey, 

 mayor of Neivcajllc in 1525. He left to it by will his lands in the 

 town, in perpetuum, after his own and his wife's death. It was 

 refounded by Q^Elizabetb, as attefted by her charter. The im- 

 propriated or great tithes of the parifli of Eolham belong to it. 

 The mafterfhip of St. Marfs hofpital was ufually annexed to it 

 by the corporation, who are the patrons. The matters have 



(t) Bifhop Retina's Hiftorical Regifter, p. 906. 9-23.. 



conve- 



