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nefs and drimkennefs among all the villagers, 

 but were conftant receptacles of fmugglers, 

 a fpecies of vermin much frequenting the 

 coafl: ; all thefe he abolifhed, and in their 

 room has built two handfome inns, one 

 in the new village abovementioned, and the 

 other in a little iifhing town, a part of his 

 eftate on the coaft. They have feveral very 

 handfome apartments, and excellent conve- 

 niencies of all forts, and by fixing in them 

 creditable people and an7iexing a farm to each-t 

 the low mifchievous practices of the former 

 houfes are deflroyed, and real utility fubfti- 



Mayor of the city of London^ vvhofe care, 

 iiifficiency and integrity in that magiftracy and 

 other public offices, in the moft difficult times, 

 the unufual prefents and grateful acknowledg- 

 ments of feveral companies of the city declare ; 

 whofe chanty, and love for his native counrry, 

 let this foundation teftify. The chapel, and 

 ^the two fchool-hoLifes were erefted, and the 

 mafters and miftreffes houfes improved and en- 

 larged, 1742, by the orders and direclion of 

 Chohnley 'turner^ Efq-, the prtfent governor." 



The foundation confifts of ten old men, ten old 

 vvomen, ten boys, and ten girls : A chaplain, 

 a mifcrefs, and a nurfe. A charity of the moft 

 ufeful fpecies. The boys and girls are taken in 

 between the ages of nine and eleven •, they leave it 

 at fixteen •, are cloathed at going out, and at the 

 expiration of fevcn years, upon bringing certificates 

 of their good behaviour, they have a benefaction of 

 6/. r 3 /. .^l- the fund for which cloathing and bcne- 



tatStion 



