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Four Letters written by the Rev. George Millard. 



possession of the trustees of the charity, leaves no doubt that they were held 

 in trust for the school, 1 the interest of which Mr. Miller appears to have 

 zealously promoted : 



1722. Memorandum, that in this and the preceding year, G. M., Vicar 

 expended in building the Schoolhouse &c. the sum of .£162 2s. 5d. Besides the 

 timber given value £30. 



N.B. Collected in money towards the building £54 . 10 . 5 



So G.M. expended in the building the sum of £107 . 12 . 0 



1727. Oct 27. Paid Mr. Northey, for the purchase of land 



at Foggam for the Charity School 297 . 14 . 0 



Paid Mr. Maundrell for the deeds of purchase 1 . 15 . 6 



Paid the Expenses of going twice to Bristol about the purchase 13 . 6 



1732 Dec. 20. Paid Arthur Lewis for the purchase of his little 



ground at Foggam 43 . 15 . 0 



Ditto Mr. Maundrell for the deeds of purchase 2 . 10 . 0 



Ditto Expenses in going to Bristol about deed of purchase 7 . 6 



Five items contained in the abstract amounting 21 . 12 . 0 



£475 . 19 . 6 



It appears by several entries made in the same book, that Mr. Miller paid 

 in 1733 for building the barn and divers walls about the premises ; but neither 

 the particular sums paid or amount of the whole is specified. There has been 

 no subsequent conveyance of the property belonging to the charity, and it 

 now possesses all that ever belonged to it. It consists of house of seven rooms 

 and two gardens, containing together from 18 to 20 perches, 2 and two outhouses, 

 all now occupied by the schoolmaster, worth about £10 a year ; about 20 acres 

 of land 3 at Foggam, in the parish of Box, in three parcels, with a barn upon 

 it, also occupied by the schoolmaster, and worth from £50 to £60 a year ; and 

 three cottages and premises given to the charity by Christopher Eyre. One 

 of the cottages became decayed and fell down forty or fifty years ago, another 

 afterwards was burnt ; the third cottage, with the garden and premises 

 belonging to the cottages which have fallen, is now let to Thomas Ford, at 

 £5 a year. The school consists of one large room in the workhouse, and was 

 much improved by the father of the present master, who made separate 

 passage to it from without, at his own expense. 



As considerable doubt was expressed by several persons connected with the 

 charity whether the house adjoining that occupied by the schoolmaster, and 

 now annexed to the vicarage, did not belong to the schoolmaster also, or 



1 By the Box tithe commutation apportionment, dated 10th December, 

 1838, these lands, specified in detail and admeasurement amounting to 

 19a. 2r. 18^>., are described in the column under the head of "owners" as 

 " Charity Lands of Box." 



2 By tithe admeasurement, 1838, 26 perches. 



3 By tithe admeasurement, 1838, 19a. Sr. 18jj. 



