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rather did not originally form part of the schoolmaster's house, we inspected 

 the premises, procured all the information we could on the spot, and have 

 since been furnished with copies of the most material parts of the titles to 

 both houses. As the parcels of property belonging to the vicarage and those 

 belonging to the charity have been subject to various changes both with 

 regard to place and form, and as the instruments by which they have been 

 successively conveyed do not point out with precision either the extent or 

 locality of either, it appears to us impossible at present to pretend to fix with 

 certainty the limits of either. The strong ground urged on behalf of the 

 Vicar, that the house which adjoins the schoolmaster's really forms part of 

 the vicarial endowment, is this : that a house is described in the Vicar's title 

 deeds and muniments as belonging to the vicarage, situate at the south east 

 side of the church-yard, and unless the house in question be the one described 

 no other can be pointed out as answering to it. On the other hand, the two 

 adjoining houses, viz., the schoolmaster's and the one now spoken of, form 

 but one pile of building, though it has two doors, and appears for many years 

 to have formed two dwellings : the partition however between the two houses 

 is only of lath and plaster, though the walls are of solid masonry : and by a 

 deed of 1719 sufficient ground in a garden then in the possessson of John 

 Ford, is given for the benefit of the charity, not exceeding 2 feet in breadth 

 and 42 feet in length, for the purpose of erecting a south wall, and this extent 

 of 42 feet forms the exact length of the two houses taken together. The 

 Vicar has for a very long period been in uninterrupted possession and receipt 

 of the rents of one of the houses, and the charity can produce no evidence of 

 a contrary nature at any time whatsoever. 



The Eev. George Mullins in Aug. 1796 succeeded his Father, who had been 

 master for 50 years preceding. The present Master received his appointment 

 from the Rev. Sam. Webb, then Vicar of Box, and it seems that so long as 

 he performs the duties of such schoolmaster he shall receive to his own use 

 the rents incomes and profits of all such messuages, lands, and property as 

 have been given for the benefit of the Charity School and Schoolmaster. 



The school has been considered by Mr. Mullins open to all boys and girls, 

 children of parents who are parishioners of Box to the number of 30 at a 

 time. Thirty he considers the number the master is bound to teach. From 

 a list still preserved, the number appears to have been the same in 1737. No 

 rules or Regulations have ever been given to him by any persons as trustees 

 or otherwise for the management of the school, beyond what were contained 

 in his appointment. The children are admitted on application to the school- 

 master by their parents. 



No children have been admitted to the school in any other way except one, 

 Who was nominated by Mr. Horlock the late Vicar. The schoolmaster keeps 

 a list of the applications to him ; and the children are admitted in order, 

 without limitation of age, as vacancies occur. They remain as long as their 

 parents think fit. The children are instructed in reading, writing, arithmetic 

 and the Church Catechism, and the girls are taught needlework gratis. 



The schoolmaster supplies the children with books in school, both for 

 reading and writing, but not books to carry home. 



The present schoolmaster has also about 10 pay scholars. Pay scholars 



