JYotes on the History of Mere. 



" To the Bishop of the Diocese for the time being, the Archdeacon of Sarum 

 for the time being, and the Rector of Zeals, as trustees, the sum of £12,000, to 

 pay of the income £200 per annum to the incumbent of Zeals and the remainder 

 to the Vicar of Portisham. 



" To the Vicar and Churchwardens of Sedghill the sum of £100, the income 

 to be applied to the Sedghill Clothing Club, and if no club existed, then in 

 clothing and coal for the poor of Sedgehill. 



" To the Rector and Churchwardens of Silton £150 in trust, the interest to be 

 shared equally and annually between the Silton Clothing Club and the Silton 

 Coal Club. 



" To the Rector and Churchwardens of Zeals £400 in trust, the interest to be 

 applied as required for keeping the Alms Houses at Zeals and the fences, gates, 

 and walls in repair and order. 



" To the Rector and Church wardens of Zeals as follows, the interest to be 

 applied annually, £100 Zeals Clothing Club, £100 Zeals Coal Club, £100 Zeals 

 Sunday School (to be spent in prizes annually). 



" To the Rector and Churchwardens of Zeals £500, the interest to be applied 

 in supplying the choir with necessary service books and music and for keeping 

 the surplices and cassocks in decent order and supplying new ones when 

 necessary. 



" To the Rector and Churchwardens of Zeals £1000 in Consols to form an 

 endowment, to pay out of the income the organists of Zeals Church £25, the 

 surplus of income, if any, to repair or improvements in the organ." 



This tablet was placed in the chantry chapel of St. Mary, Mere 

 Church, by Miss 0. Bazeley, a personal friend of Miss Grove, 

 August, 1893. 



Lost Charities. 



Tatum's Charity. 



Thomas Tatum, Esq., M.D., late of the Close, Salisbury, by his 

 will, dated 15th January, 1705, gave, immediately after his sister 

 Sarah Still's decease, the interest of £200 for ever, as stated on a 

 tablet in the north chantry chapel, and appointed the Dean of 

 Salisbury and the Vicar of Mere, for the time being, to be always 

 trustees for the same ; but in case any public school or charity 

 should be erected at any future time in the town of Mere, then the 

 trustees should have the power of applying the £200 for the use 

 thereof. £10 was for many years paid annually as interest to a 

 schoolmaster at Mere by Robert Still, Esq., of that place. No 

 public school having been established, the £10 was paid for teaching 



