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1726 ; and that Mr. Pauncefoot Miller, merchant in Jamaica, gave another 

 100Z in 1727. 



It also appears by the Benefaction table above mentioned, that the five 

 several sums of 100Z given by Dame Eachel Speke, George Speke Petty, 

 Thomas Speke, Mrs. Anne Speke, and Mr. Pancefoot Miller, had been laid 

 out by the trustees in the purchase of lands, and in building a barn at Foggam. 



The lands purchased are specified in the following conveyance : 



By Indentures of lease and release, dated 26 th and 27 th October, 1727, 

 William Northey, in consideration of 297Z 14s paid him by the Bev. George 

 Miller or Millard, then Vicar of Box, granted and sold unto the said G. Miller, 

 his heirs and assigns for ever, a Messuage, Tenement or cottage, at Foggam, 

 with the Gardens, orchard and appurtenances adjoining, near the north side 

 of the Ground called Foggam Ground ; also that other messuage, tenement or 

 cottage, with the gardens, orchards, and appurtenances thereto belonging, 

 adjoining to the tenement aforesaid; also a field of arable ground called 

 Foggam Ground, containing by estimation 10 acres, bounded by closes of 

 ground called the Craw Leazo, and near the north part by ground then late 

 of William Basset on the south, by a paddock then late of William Sorill and 

 James Baker on the east, and by Foggam Mead on the west ; also the meadow 

 or pasture ground called Foggam Mead, containing by estimation six acres, 

 bounded by the river there near the north and western part, by ground called 

 Hemming pool on the south, and by Foggam- Ground on the east ; to hold to 

 the said George Miller, his heirs and assigns for ever. 



A further donation of 100Z appears by the same Table of Benefactions to 

 have been made by the trustees of Henry Hoare, 1 of Stourton, esquire towards 

 building a room in the Workhouse for the Charity School, and that the same 

 was completed and fitted up by other gifts in 1728. 



A further small purchase was made by Mr. Miller, on account of the school, 

 in 1732, as appears by the following conveyance : 



By Indentures of lease and release, dated 19th and 20th December, 1732, 

 the release being made between Arthur Lewis of Box, yeoman, of the one 

 part, and the Bev. George Miller, of Box, of the other part, the said Lewis 

 in consideration of 43£ 5s. paid by the said Miller, granted and sold to the 

 said Miller, and his heirs and assigns, a little close of meadow or pasture 

 ground called Foggam Ham alias Symsion's Close, containing by estimation 

 one acre situate in the parish of Box ; to hold to the use of the said George 

 Miller, his heirs and assigns for ever. 



Though neither in this conveyance nor in the preceding one of 1727, is 

 any mention made of the trusts on which the premises conveyed were held, 

 the following items found in an account book of Mr. Miller's, now in the 



1 By 1st codicil to the will of Henry Hoare proved in Prerogative Court of 

 Canterbury 13th March, 1724, .£2000 was bequeathed to trustees for " erecting 

 and encouraging of- Charity Schools or Workhouses for the poor or for the 

 benefit of such Charity Schools or Workhouses which are or shall be erected 

 and in such manner as my said Trustees or the major part of them," &c. 



The same table also mentions a further ^'100 as given by Mr. Hoare's 

 trustees in 1728 " towards building the workhouse." 



