A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Brethren. Meeting-places fi>r Protestant Dissenters 

 were certified in Broxbourne in 1813, and at Hod- 

 desdon in 1689, 1691, 1692, 1704 and 1821.*° 



Broxbourne r The Free school, 

 CHARITIES founded in 1667 by will of Sir 

 Richard Lucy, bari. Mj 



The Girls' school at Baas Hill." 



The following eleemosynary charities are regulated 

 by scheme of the Charity Commissioners 3 October 

 1S99. They comprise the charities of: 



(1) Lady Lucy, gift about 1676, consisting of 

 4 a. or. 29 p., situate at Roy don, of the annual letting 

 value of £6. 



(2) Roger Marsh, deed, 1635, being a rent- 

 charge of £2 4/. 5^. issuing out of Hailev Hall 

 estates m Great Amwell. 



(3) William Purvey, will, proved in 1617, being 

 a rent-charge of p. \d. outofWormley Bury estates. 



(4) George Swaine, will, proved in 1829 ; trust 

 fund £125 consols, with the official trustees, pro- 

 ducing £3 zi. A d. yearly ; and 



(5) William Thorowgood, will, proved 25 Febru- 

 ary 1603, being a yearly sum of £1 \s. issuing out 

 of Hoddesdon vicarage. 



In 1909 the income was applied as to £1 in 

 surgical aid, £5 towards coal and clothing clubs, £z 

 in money gifts and the balance in the distribution of 

 calico and bread. 



The ecclesiastical charity of William Thorowgood 

 consists of £107 131- 5^. consols, in the names of 

 the Rev. John Salwey and two others, producing 

 £1 I p. SJ. yearly, representing the redemption of 

 an annuity of £z to the vicar for preaching six 

 sermons, and an annuity of i6j. for repairing the 

 windows in the church. 



The almshouses erected by Dame Letitia Monson 

 for six poor widows, and endowed by her will, dated 

 in 1729, are regulated by a scheme of the Charity 

 Commissioners 6 January 1888. The present endow- 

 ment consists of £2,663 &>■ 9<*- Bank of England 

 stock, which produced in 1909 £254 1 01. 1 iV., and 

 a sum 0^519 Ioj. 9./. consols, producing £l 2 191.8^. 

 yearly ; the former sum of stock is standing in the 

 name of the Paymaster-General in the High Court 

 of Justice, and the latter is held by the official 



In 1909-10 the sum of £[63 161. was paid to 

 nine inmates, £; 4,. 9,/. for gowns, £34 9/. for 

 wood and coal, 5;. co the vicar for gloves and £10 

 for prayers and services. 



The charity of Catherine Augusta Baroness of 

 Sternberg, founded by will, proved in 1859, consists 

 of £504 161. \d. consols, with the official trustees, 

 producing £12 1 zs. 4^. yearly, which is in pursuance 

 of a scheme of the Charity Commissioner; 10 Feb- 

 ruary 1882, applied for the benefit of the poor by 

 the district visitors. 



The Cecilia Smith-Bosanquet Memorial Trust, 

 founded by deed 15 December 1904, for providing 

 a nurse for the sick poor, is endowed with £2,500 

 New South Wales 3$ per cent, stock, with the official 

 trustees, producing £87 io*. yearly. 



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The official trustees also hold a sum of £100 3 J 

 per cent, stock, arising from the sale in t S91 of land 

 known as the Clock Half-acre, the income of which ii 

 applicable for the winding, &c, of the church dock. 



Hoddesdon : The following eleemosynary charitie* 

 are regulated by scheme of the Charity Commis- 

 sioners 3 October 1 899. They comprise the charitiei 

 Of: 



(1) Lynch Mill Corner, founded by an agreement, 

 dated 21 April 1679, in consideration of the inclosure 

 of certain Lammas land, being a yearly sum of 



£"$'■ 



(2) Roger Marsh, by deed, 1635, being a rent- 

 charge of £4 8/. 1 id. issuing out of Hailey Hall 

 estates in Great Am well. 



(3) William Purvey, will, proved in 1617, being 

 a rent-charge of I or. out of Worm ley Bury estates. 



(4) George Swaine, will, proved in 1829, trust 

 fund, £375 consols, with the official trustees, pro- 

 ducing £9 7/. 4/ yearly. 



(5) William Thorowgood, will, proved 25 Feb- 

 ruary 1603, being a yearly sum of £4 issuing out of 

 the land now occupied by Hoddesdon vicarage, for 

 distribution of bread. 



(6) William Thorowgood, for distribution of beef 

 and bread, consisting of a rent-charge of £4 p. 

 issuing out of Balls Park, near Hertford. 



(7) Unknown donor — but stated in the Parlia- 

 mentary returns of 1786 to have been given by Lady 

 Oxendon in 1635— being a yearly sum of £1 6s. &j, 

 issuing out of the Grange, Hoddesdon. 



In 1909 the sum of £4 was paid to the clothing 

 and coal clubs, £1 to the dispensary and £25 

 applied in the distribution of meat and bread to 120 



In 1818 Easter Jones purchased land and erected 

 a school thereon for girls, and endowed the same 

 with £[,000 consols. 



The income of a sum of £450 consols, the gift of 

 — Game, is also applicable for educational purposes. 



The Priscilla Manser Fund consists of £508 izj. 

 Local Loans 3 per cent, stock and £400 East Indian 

 Railway 3 per cent, stock, in the names of Robert 

 Barclay and four others, producing £27 5/. yearly. 



In 1907 £11 14;. was paid to three inmates of 

 the homes, and the balance added to the fund for 

 their upkeep. 



Samuel Dunn's Charity for the organist is endowed 

 with a piece of meadow land near Hoddesdon, let 

 at £4 a year. 



In 1910 William Alfred Pryor, by his will, proved 

 at London 12 October, left £50, now represented 

 by £60 Great Northern Railway 3 per cent, stock, 

 the annual dividends, amounting to £1 16/., to be 

 applied for the benefit of the poor of the Congrega- 

 tional church. 



Hoddesdon, St. Catherine: In 188; George 

 Ringrose, by his will, proved at London 2; Sep- 

 tember, left a legacy, now represented by £90 I it. \d. 

 con:ols, with the official trustees, the annual dividends, 

 amounting to £2 5/., to be distributed to the poor in 

 coal, bread, or money. 



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" Ibid. 



