A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



there is mention of Quakers here from 1 660. 

 Certificates for meeting- pi aces of Protestant Dissenters 

 were granted at various dates between 1689 and 

 1819/' 



Wynne's Almshouses.— In 1617 

 CHARITIES John Wynne, citizen and mercer 

 of London, by his will bequeathed 

 £t,ooo for the purchasing and building of six alms- 

 houses for six poor old folk and 40/. a year, to be 

 paid to either of the said poor folk unto the world's 

 end. The devise was carried into effect by a deed 

 of feoffment, bearing date 11 July 1623, made n 

 pursuance of a decree of the Court of Chancery. 

 Augmentations were subsequently made to the revenues 

 both of land and stock. 



The trust properties now consist of the alms- 

 houses, occupied by twelve widows, and 5 a. 3 r. 1 4 p. 

 in Weston let at £5 1 6j. a year, and cottage and 

 premises in Whitehorse Street, Ualdock, producing 

 £9 2.1. yearly, and £+,050 js. 9-/. consols with the 

 official trustees, producing £101 ;/. a year, which 

 includes £1,133 I 1 - id- stoclt arising from sales of 

 land, and the legacies and gifts following, namely : — 

 £278 161. 7 d. stock, under wills of Grace Mitchell, 

 1757, and Mary Hill, 1805 ; £600, will of William 

 Baldock, 179Z ; £100, Mary Hindley, deed, 1837 ; 

 £97 19/. id., Cornelius Pateman Herbert, will, 

 1834; £100, Mrs. Mary Cecil Cowell, will, 1830 ; 

 £1 08 8f., John Pryor, will proved 1 8 ; 3 ; £606 4/. lev/., 

 Henricus Octavos Roe, will proved 1854; £100, 

 Lawrence Trustram, will proved 1 837; £108 1 Jr. 1 id., 

 John Izzard Pryor, will proved 1861 ; £216 41. 43'., 

 John Pendred, will proved 1873; £10; if. 6</., 

 Mrs. Juliana Pryor, will proved I 83 7; and £395 1 ij-., 

 Emma Pryor, will proved 1885. 



This trust also receives £1 ; a year from the 

 Fifteen Houses Charity in respect of a loan of £300. 

 The charity estates belonging to the town, called 

 the Fifteen Houses Charity, for the payment of 

 fifteenths and other purposes, originated under deed 

 of feoffment, 30 October 1575, whereby Anthony 

 Fage and James Page granted to feoffees certain 

 properties upon trust to apply the rents and profits 

 thereof for the support and reparation of the parish 

 church, as also for the bearing and paving of the 

 fifteenths and other taxes of the inhabitants, and also 

 for sustaining the burdens and charges of warriors 

 and soldiers of the inhabitants in or at war for the 

 defence of the kingdom of England. The trust 

 propenics now consist of houses and cottages in 

 Baldock, 10 a. of land in West™, 2 a. z r. or there- 

 abouts in Clothall, and 3 r. :6p. in the parish of 

 Bygrave, producing together about £60 a year, 

 £+77 3'- %d. consols arising from sale of 1 a. 3 r! 

 in Bygrave to the Great Northern railway, and 

 £1.476 -1. 1 id. consols arising from sale of zoa zr 

 in the parish of Willian, producing £ 4 8 1 fir. %d. a year! 

 The sums of stock are held by the official trustees 

 who further hold a sum of £1,000 consols, the 

 dividends of which are being accumulated to replace 

 amount expended on the restoration of the parish 

 church, and a sum of £300 borrowed from Wynne's 

 almshouses charity. The income of this charity is 

 now applied in the repairs and other church 

 expenses. 



John Parker of Radwell by deed, 6 January 



'" Urwick, N«Kuf. in H trls . 5 68-;c, 



1604-;, and by his will dated 8 March in the 

 same year, charged his manor of Radwell with an 



annuity of £10 for the distribution of bread among 

 poor frequenting the church. 



In 1797 Miss Jane Brooks by her will, proved in 

 the Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon 24 January, 

 bequeathed £160 for providing bread in this parish 

 and Hinxworth, and in Biggleswade and Stotfold in 

 the county of Bedford. The legacy was laid out in 

 7 a. 3 r. 18 p., situate at Stocking Pelham. The share 

 of the rent in 1907 amounted to £1 is. 3^., which 

 is being accumulated. 



Poors Money consists of £2 a year, included in the 

 Fifteen Houses Charity. 



In 1692 John Crosse by deed granted an annuity 

 of £3, issuing out of a messuage in Baldock called 

 ' The George,' for the rector, in consideration of the 

 donor taking a certain quantity of ground from the 

 churchyard. 



On the inclosurc of the parish of Weston in 1708 

 an allotment of 1 a. 1 r. 37 p. was awarded to the 



By the same Act 1 ;. 25 p. was awarded for the 

 sexton, who receives £2 111. 6d. from the Fifteen 

 Houses Charity. 



Charities founded by Henricus Octavus Roe. — In 

 1841 this donor by deed gave £463 15*. consols, the 

 annual dividends, amounting to£n 11/. Bd., to be 

 applied in the distribution of loaves to the poor every 

 Sunday (after divine service) who attend church 

 regularly. 



In 1849 the same donor by deed gave £600 

 consols, the annual dividends, amounting to £15, to 

 be applied in the distribution of bread, fuel, clothin| 

 and small sums of money. 



The same donor gave £200 consols for the National 



The several sums of stock are held by the official 

 trustees, who also hold a sum of £1,051 it. id. 

 consols, known as Roe's Almshouse Foundation, pro- 

 ducing £26 is. *.d. yearly, to be distributed half- 

 yearly between two married couples of not less than 

 fifty years of age, poor members of the Established 

 Church, who occupy two almshouses founded by the 

 donor in 1851. 



The last-mentioned charity was augmented by 

 £98 17/. tjd. consols (also with the official trustees), 

 producing £2 9/. $d. yearly, derived under the will 

 of Mrs. Emma Pryor, proved at London z I September 

 1885. 



Henricus Octavus Roe, likewise by his will, proved 

 in 1854, bequeathed £606 \s. lod. consols as a 

 further endowment of Wynne's almshouses. See above. 



In 1834 Cornelius Pateman Herbert by hi» will, 

 proved in the P.C.C., bequeathed £97 3/. 4V. consols, 

 the annual dividends, amounting to £z 8/. 4^., to be 

 applied with money usually collected at the sacrament 

 among poor who regularly attend church and lead 

 good lives. 



In 1838 William Clarkson by will, proved in the 

 P.C.C., left £1 02 3/. id. consols, the annual dividends 

 of £% 1 \s. to be applied in the repair of the founder*! 

 tomb, £1 to the rector for a sermon on 18 February 

 yearly and p. to the singers. 



In 1839 Robert Pryor by his will, proved in the 

 P.C.C., bequeathed £z t 3 1 zr. i,d. consols, producing 

 £5 6s. $d. ye.uly, to be applied for the benefit of the 

 poor. 



