A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Nugent,"' Edward Mayes,''^ Richard Holland and 

 others,"^ Nicholas Hartley,"" Ellen Hartley,^^^ John 

 Partington,"' Robert Sutton,^ Thomas Minshull,^" 

 Humphrey Oldfield,^" Francis Cartwright,"® Catherine 



Richards,"' Jane Corles,^^ Roger Sedgwick,"' Elizabeth 

 Scholes,'^" Ann Butterworth and Daniel Bayley,^^^ Me- 

 riel Mosley and others,"' Daniel Shelmerdine,"^ Ellen 

 Nicholson,^" Catherine Fisher,"* James Clayton,"^ 



a housewife's kersey of a sad blue colour, 

 and to be given on Christmas Day morn- 

 ing before prayers in the south porch of 

 parish church of Manchester.' In 1826 

 this was represented by a rent-charge of 

 j^5 51. on the capital messuage called 

 Hope in Eccles. This sum is still received 

 and spent in clothing by the church- 

 wardens and overseers. 



877 For these benefactors see the account 

 of Moston. Walter Nugent and Margaret 

 Nugent his mother in 1609 settled two 

 chief rents of 20j. each for the buying of 

 turves for the poor. In 1826 one of the 

 rents was found to be charged on property 

 held by Clarke's trustees, and the other 

 on a house, 38, Smithy Door, owned by 

 T. C. Wcrsley of Piatt; on the latter 

 the rent-charge had not been paid for 

 many years, but resumption was pro- 

 mised. The income is now ^^ ; it is 

 added to the Clarke and other charities of 

 the Lord Mayor. 



878 In 1621 he left ;^i20 for the poor, 

 the income to be distributed in money or 

 victuals. Land In Millgate and Miller's 

 Lane was purchased, the present Mayes 

 Street indicating its position, and on it 

 the overseers long afterwards erected 

 buildings called the Almshouses, occupied 

 by six poor women. An Act was passed 

 in 1794 allowing the trustees to sell or 

 lease the land, thus enabling the estate 

 to be improved. The rents in 1826 

 amounted to nearly ;^43o, subject to a 

 chief rent of 131. lod. to William Hulton. 

 The present income is ,^479, which is 

 distributed by the trustees in food or 

 money. For an account of the alms- 

 houses see Ct. Leet Rec. vi, 139 u. ; and 

 Procter, Bygone Manch, 80. 



879 Richard Holland In 1622 gave jTioo, 

 and others about the same time gave 

 sums amounting to ^^58 3^. ; and these 

 with other moneys were in 1681 laid out 

 In building the Almshouses recorded in 

 the last note. It seems therefore that 

 these sums have been merged in the 

 Mayes Charity. 



B80 Nicholas Hartley gave ^^50 for the 

 poor of Manchester, and his brother and 

 executor John In 1628 gave a house and 

 land In Moston, as representing the ;^50. 

 John Hartley, grandson of the former 

 John, was a trustee in 1692. In 1826 

 the land, &c., was tenanted by Samuel 

 Taylor, It lying near his residence, at a 

 rentofj^i5 i5i. The present income Is 

 j^i26, which Is distributed by the trustees 

 in money gifts. 



881 Ellen widow of Nicholas Hartley 

 in 1626 gave a burgage in Market Stead 

 Lane for the relief of poor persons dwell- 

 ing in Manchester. It was sold in 1822, 

 under the Act for widening Market Street, 

 and the purchase-money, ^^i, 370, invested 

 in Government stock. This now pro- 

 duces j^45 6j., and the Lord Mayor and 

 deputy-mayor, who act as trustees, dis- 

 tribute the income on Christmas Eve in 

 half-crowns to poor aged people, chiefly 

 on the recommendation of the police super- 

 intendents. 



Anne Collier in 1848 augmented this 

 charity by a gift producing an additional 

 ^1725. 9 J. 



882 By his will of 1677 he left ;fioo 

 to be invested In land for the benefit of 

 the poor. Lands called Mythom, Delf 



Hills, &c., in Little Lever were pur- 

 chased, on which a rent-charge of ^^5 

 was made, representing the Interest on 

 thcj^ioo. In 1826 the lands were held 

 by Matthew Fletcher, who was unaware 

 of his liability to pay the ^^5 a year, but 

 undertook to discharge it. The money is 

 still paid, and is distributed by the Lord 

 Mayor in the same manner as the Hud- 

 son Charity above described. 



883 He bequeathed j^2oo in 1687 to 

 provide ' an outward or uppermost gar- 

 ment' to each of twenty-four or more 

 poor and aged housekeepers, &c., of Man- 

 chester, and gave land at Abbey Hey in 

 Gorton — or a charge of j^io on it — to 

 provide clothing for another twenty-four. 

 Land in Sholver in Oldham was pur- 

 chased, and in 1826 rents of j^io each 

 were received from Gorton and Sholver, 

 The ^20 is still paid, and Is given in 

 clothing by the trustees. 



88* In 1689 he conveyed to trustees a 

 tenement at the corner of Hanging Bridge 

 and Cateaton Street (subject to a chief 

 rent of 12*/.) for the apprenticing of poor 

 boys ; 50J. was to be given with each boy, 

 as well as lOi. towards providing him 

 with clothes. The rent In 1826 waSj^5i, 

 but was irregularly paid, and the premises 

 required rebuilding. The present income 

 is j^ 1 5 3, which is applied by one of the 

 minor canons and other trustees. 



885 Humphrey Oldfield in 1690 left 

 ^20 to the poor of Manchester, and ^^50 

 to the poor of Salford. The capital was 

 in 1826 in the hands of the Rev. Thomas 

 Gaskell, who distributed ^^3 10s, yearly 

 according to the benefactor's wishes. The 

 same sum Is still yearly given by the 

 trustees. 



886 By his will In 1708 he gave ^^420 

 to provide zos. for a sermon by * a true 

 and orthodox minister of the Church of 

 England ' every New Year's Day ; the 

 rest of the interest was, as to two-thirds, 

 to be lent without Interest ' to poor 

 honest men, well- principled in the doc- 

 trine of the Church of England,' In order 

 to start them In business ; and as to the 

 other third, to apprentice poor house- 

 keepers' children. Lands were purchased 

 in Oldham (Barrowshaw), and Chadder- 

 ton, and certain chief rents. In 1826 

 the founder's instructions were still ad- 

 hered to, but at present the income, 

 ^j6 151. 4^/., is by the trustees devoted to 

 education. 



887 In bequeathing Strangeways to 

 Thomas Reynolds in 1711, she directed 

 that ^100 a year out of her houses in 

 Manchester should be given to help 

 widows of decayed tradesmen of Man- 

 chester, and to apprentice their sons. In 

 1797 Lord Ducie gave a piece of ground 

 (High Knolls, &c.) for a poor-house at 

 jiTioo rent, which represented the above 

 charge, for the churchwardens gave Lord 

 Ducie a receipt for ;^ioo in respect of the 

 Richards Charity, and he gave them a 

 receipt for the like sum as rent. The 

 capital was gradually increased by accu- 

 mulation of interest, the ;^ioo being only 

 partly expended in the year, and the sum 

 yearly available is now ;^II7 i8j. 8^., 

 which is paid in annuities to widows, &c., 

 at the discretion of the Dean of Manches- 

 ter (as successor to the warden) and the 

 Earl of Ducie. 



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888 By her will of 1732 she gave ^^5 5 

 for loaves on Sundays, &c., to poor per- 

 sons frequenting divine service at the 

 Collegiate Church. The present income 

 is j^4, which the minor canons distribute 

 to the poor in bread and money. 



889 In 1733 he directed his son Roger 

 to lay j^200 out in lands and to distribute 

 to poor persons not receiving relief ^^lo a 

 year of the proceeds. In 1826 the rent- 

 charges which had been purchased 

 amounted in all to ^^8 31. gd. The present 

 income is £1% ys, gd., which is distributed 

 by the Lord Mayor in conjunction with 

 Clarke's Charity. 



890 By her will of 1734 she provided 

 for a charity sermon on St, John the 

 Baptist's Day, at which the Interest of 

 ^^150 should be distributed to twenty 

 poor housekeepers ; an additional sum 

 was left for Chapel-en-le-Frlth. The 

 gross income at present Is £zz 19J. iid., 

 of which part Is given to the place last 

 named. 



891 Anne Butterworth in 1735 left 

 j^5oo for apprenticing the children of 

 poor ministers, tradesmen, &c., being 

 Protestant Dissenters ; and Daniel Bayley 

 in 1762 gave j^ioo for the like purposes. 

 By the Investment of surplus income the 

 capital had grown to ^^3,066 consols in 

 1826, when, though the trustees were 

 members of either Cross Street or Mosley 

 Street Chapel, the beneficiaries, being 

 Protestants, might be either of the 

 Established Church or Dissenters. The 

 income now amounts to ^^200 91. i^., 

 and Is spent by the trustees in apprenticing 

 children. 



892 Dame Meriel Mosley in 1697 gave 

 jf 50 for poor persons attending the Pro- 

 testant Dissenters' Chapel in Manchester: 

 subsequent benefactions within a century 

 raised the capital to ^^400. The Income 

 now amounts to £zi 191. 3^., and is dis- 

 tributed by the trustees among the poor 

 attending Cross Street Chapel. 



898 In 1801 he left 120 guineas, the 

 interest to be given to * the poor, sick, and 

 distressed members of the church assem- 

 bling and communicating at the ordinance 

 of the Lord's Supper in Mosley Street 

 Chapel.* This chapel has now been 

 transferred to Chorlton, and the Interest — 

 a rent-charge of ^y os. zd, — is paid by 

 the trustees accordingly, 



894 By her will of 1742 she left ^^120 

 for the poor. The trust has been sur- 

 rendered to the corporation, and j^6 a 

 year is distributed annually on New 

 Year's Eve to ten poor aged women ; 

 vacancies in the list are filled up by the 

 Lord Mayor. 



895 Catherine Fisher in 1752 gave cer- 

 tain houses, &c., to trustees to secure the 

 payment of money and weekly gifts of 

 bread to poor housekeepers of Manchester 

 and Salford who should * attend divine 

 service of the Church of England on 

 every Lord's Day.' The present in- 

 come is ^24 4J. 4^/., given by the trus- 

 tees in bread and money ; 50s, goes to 

 Salford. 



896 He left jf 400 for bedding and bed- 

 clothes for poor working inhabitant 

 housekeepers, to be distributed on St, 

 Thomas's Day. The churchwardens and 

 overseers now distribute the income, 

 j^ii III., in bedding. 



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