A HISTORY OF SURREY 



January, and ^4 for pntring poor children to 

 school, charged on his house at Badshot. 



In 1760 John Baker left the interest of ^^575 in 

 the funds to provide 20s. to the Minister for a ser- 

 mon, 10/. to the clerk, 51. to the sexton, {jS for 

 teaching sii poor boys to read and write, and the 

 remainder, if any, in bread to the poor. 



In 1762 Sir Charles Vernon left zos. a year to 

 provide siity wheaten loaves for the poor to be 

 distributed at the north porch of the church on St. 

 Andrew's Day, the recipients to be parishioners 

 not receiving parish relief, charged upon a house 

 in Farnham. 



In 1799 Thomas Baker left ;£200 to be distri- 

 buted in annual instalments of ;£20, divided equally 

 among four reduced tradesmen of Farnham, the 

 distribution to be first made on 27 February, 1800, 

 and continued for the nine following years. 



These benefactions, together with some to the 

 school mentioned in their place, and to Windsor's 

 almshouses, and ^^50 given in 1 783 by Mrs. 

 Catherine Eyre to buy a communion cloth and 

 ornaments for the church, are recorded by the 

 churchwardens in three lists, made in 1729, and 

 after 1783 and after 1799 respectively, and pre- 

 served in the church. The various charities now 

 produce about ;£i6o a year for the parish. 



Sampson's almshouses were founded by Robert 

 Sampson of Farnham, who by indenture dated 

 9 August, 1854 (enrolled in Chancery 6 Sep- 

 tember, 1854), granted to trustees a piece of land 

 containing 8 perches near Mead Lane, Farn- 

 ham, part of a meadow called Pickard's Mead, 

 in trust, for the land and the five messuages 

 thereon to be used as an almshouse for poor 

 and deserving members of the Churcli of Eng- 

 land, the Vicar of Farnham for the time being 

 to be always one of the trustees. He further 

 gave ;^53 16s. M. consols in trust, the income to 

 be applied to repairs and charges in respect of the 

 said messuages. 



Mr. George Trimmer by his will, proved 5 

 January, 1893, gave ^15,000 to trustees for a cottage 

 hospital, but not to provide a site. A site on the 

 main road from Farnham to Aldershot was given 

 and conveyed by deed dated 22 June, 1893. The 

 trusts of the land were settled and provision made 

 for the management of the hospital by deed dated 

 21 December 1893." 



In West Street are eight almshouses known as 

 Trimmer's almshouses, erected under the will of 

 Mr. Trimmer. The scheme for their administra- 

 tion has not yet come before the Charity Com- 

 missioners. 



'•I Information from C. A. Cook, Ejq, Charity Commissioner. 



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