BARROWDEN
Berchedon (xi cent.); Bergeduna, Bergendona,
Bereweydun (xii cent.); Berewedone, Berwedon,
Berudon (xiii cent.); Beroughden, Bergdon, Berughdon (xiv cent.); Barowdon, Barowghdon (xv cent.);
Baroughden, Barrowdon (xvi cent.).
Barrowden is a parish of 1,813 acres on the Northamptonshire border of Rutland. The river Welland
forms its southern and part of its eastern border,
separating it from Wakerley in Northants. The
village lies about a quarter of a mile south of the main
road from Uppingham to Peterborough. A branch
road, called the Drift, leads north to South Luffenham,
crossing the main road near the northern boundary of
Barrowden. Just beyond the southern boundary, in
Wakerley parish, is Wakerley and Barrowden station
on the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
The somewhat straggling village is now small,
though in 1349 it was of sufficient importance to have
a market and fair. (fn. 1) In 1489 the stalls in the market
place were standing vacant, and no markets were held. (fn. 2)
Before 1526 the stalls had been destroyed and the fair
was no longer held. (fn. 3)
The cottages are mostly of stone with thatch or
stone roofs, and several have become derelict. On a
house to the north-east of the church is a panel
inscribed [1586 R.O.C. S.W.] and an extension of the same house
bears the date and initials 'z.c., 1648.' A house
at the north end of the village has a panel inscribed
'F R S 1724,' and inserted in the wall of a modern
building known as Church Cottage, near the entrance
to the churchyard, is a stone with the following inscription, in reference, apparently, to the passing of
funerals: why looks thou on my dust in passing
by thou se[e] st noe wonder tho[u] thyselfe
must d[ie].
A windmill, first mentioned in 1315, which no doubt
stood near the present Windmill Inn, had been
completely levelled to the ground by 1526. (fn. 4) Another
windmill had been built apparently by 1680, when a
windmill and land in Barrowden were conveyed by
John Blake and William Woodcocke and their wives
to John Browne. (fn. 5) The watermill, which still stands
on the Welland, is mentioned in 1259, when William
Mauduit, the king's chamberlain, leased it to Richard
Gubiun at a rent of 40s. (fn. 6) It is mentioned in a survey
of the manor in 1315, (fn. 7) and was let at the same rent
in 1526. (fn. 8) The mills in Barrowden belonged in 1654
to John, Earl of Exeter. (fn. 9)
A dovecote is mentioned in the various surveys, and
in 1297 there were two fishponds. The smithy was
leased in 1526 at a rent of 12d.
Little now remains of the woods of Barrowden.
In 1086 the King's manor contained 6 acres of spinney,
and free warren was granted to its later lords in 1284
and 1352. A wood called Conyngber is mentioned
in 1315. (fn. 10) The custody of the woods of Barrowden
was granted in 1479 to John Digby, (fn. 11) but after this
date they are not specifically mentioned. The woodland was probably in the north of the parish, and the
present Coppice Leys, Shire Oaks and Welland Spinney
may have formed part of it.
The parish was inclosed in 1880–2. Place-names
found in the records are Lanercocks Thing (fn. 12) (xvi
cent.), Schapwellefeld, Stonfield, and Thurkelbrigge
(xiii cent.), (fn. 13) now Turtle Bridge.
Robert Ward was rector of Barrowden in the time
of the Civil War. He was ejected from the living in
1646, 'being forced to fly in the midst of Divine Service
for fear of some soldiers that pursued him.' (fn. 14) He had
£15 allowed him out of the living, but his rectory was
restored to him in 1660. (fn. 15)
Mauduit. Argent two bars gules.
Manor
At the time of the Domesday Survey
the king held BARROWDEN with its
members, Seaton, Thorpe, Morcott,
Bisbrooke, Glaston and Luffenham. (fn. 16) Henry I
farmed the manor of Barrowden for £20 to William
de Albini. (fn. 17) Barrowden seems to have been granted
to Maud, queen of Henry I
(1100–1118), who gave Barrowden, Luffenham, Seaton and
Thorpe to Michael de Hanslope, and they then became
part of the Barony of Hanslope (co. Bucks). (fn. 18) Michael
left a daughter Maud, who
was given in marriage by the
king to William Mauduit, son
of William Mauduit of the
Domesday Survey. (fn. 19) Barrowden was confirmed to William
Mauduit, son of William Mauduit and Maud
Hanslope his wife, about 1141, (fn. 20) with the soke
which Michael de Hanslope had there, and he paid
100 marks of gold as relief. (fn. 21) He received releases
from William the chaplain, son of Robert de Hanslope,
and Roger son of William de Albini, for all claims
which they had by inheritance from their fathers. (fn. 22)
He married Isabel daughter of Simon de St. Liz, Earl
of Northampton, (fn. 23) and was succeeded about 1196 by
his son Robert, (fn. 24) who held Barrowden in 1210–12
by the service of being chamberlain. (fn. 25) Robert and
his son William Mauduit both took arms against King
John and forfeited their lands. In 1217 both returned
to fealty to Henry III, and their lands were restored. (fn. 26)
William married Alice daughter of Waleran de
Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, and died holding
Barrowden in 1256. (fn. 27) He was succeeded by his son
William, who became Earl of Warwick in 1263. He
married Alice daughter of Gilbert de Segrave, but
died without issue in January 1268. (fn. 28) Barrowden
then passed to William de Beauchamp the younger,
son of his late sister Isabel. He became Earl of
Warwick and in 1284 obtained a grant of free warren in
Barrowden, Morcott and South Luffenham. (fn. 29) He
was succeeded in 1298 by his
son Guy. A dovecote and two
fishponds were, at that date,
attached to Barrowden Manor,
and a number of free tenants
held one or more bovates of
land. (fn. 30)
Beauchamp. Gules a fesse between six crosslets or.
In 1303 Guy, Earl of Warwick, obtained licence to demise the manor for four years
to the executors of Edmund,
late Earl of Cornwall. (fn. 31) By an
undated charter, Robert de
Clyve granted to Guy, Earl of Warwick, a tenement
called 'Huphall' in Barrowden, which had belonged to
William de Clyve, his brother, (fn. 32) parson of Barrowden in
1313. (fn. 33) William had bought an estate in Barrowden
in 1311 from Benedict de Cokefield and Amice his
wife. (fn. 34) Guy died seised of the messuage called Uphall
in 1315, as well as the capital messuage of the manor. (fn. 35)
Just before his death, his son Thomas being then an
infant, Guy had obtained from the king a promise that
his executors should have wardship of all his land 'citra
Trentam.' (fn. 36) In 1317, however, the custody of the
manors of Barrowden and Luffenham was granted to
Hugh le Dispenser the elder. (fn. 37) Hugh le Dispenser,
Earl of Winchester, still held the manor in 1322. (fn. 38)
Thomas, the young Earl of Warwick, was knighted
in January 1330, having livery of his lands in February
1329, though he was not yet of age. (fn. 39) He was marshal
of the army in France in 1346, and distinguished
himself at Crécy (1346) and at Poitiers in 1356. He
settled Barrowden manor in tail on his son Guy and
Philippa his wife in 1342, (fn. 40) and two years later he
settled it on his sons Reynburn, Guy and Thomas
in tail male successively, with remainder in default
to John, the Earl's brother. (fn. 41) In 1349 Thomas
obtained a grant of a market every week on Saturday
in his manor of Barrowden, and a yearly fair, lasting
four days, on the eve and feast of the Nativity of
St. John the Baptist and the two following days. (fn. 42)
In 1352 he had a grant of free warren in this manor. (fn. 43)
He died of the pestilence at Calais in November 1369, (fn. 44)
and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving
son Thomas, to whom, Guy and Reynburn both being
dead, livery of the manor of Barrowden was made in
1370. (fn. 45) In June 1397 Thomas mortgaged Barrowden,
Greetham, Preston and Uppingham manors to Thomas,
Earl of Nottingham, for £5,333 6s. 8d. (fn. 46) In July
following the king, with the aid of the Earls of
Nottingham and Rutland, suddenly arrested the Earl
of Warwick, (fn. 47) whose manors were granted in September to Thomas, Earl of Nottingham, Earl Marshal, in
tail male. (fn. 48) Warwick was sentenced to perpetual
imprisonment and was banished to the Isle of Man.
On the deposition of Richard II in 1399, Warwick
was restored. He died in 1401, when his son Richard
succeeded. (fn. 49) Richard was tutor and governor of the
young King Henry VI, in accordance with the wish of
Henry V. He was made Lieutenant-General and
Governor of France and Normandy in 1437, and he
died at Rouen while holding the office in 1439. His
estates passed to his young son Henry, who was
created the premier earl of England in 1444, in consideration of his father's services, and was advanced
to the dignity of Duke of Warwick in the following
year. He died on 11 June 1446, when the dukedom
expired, but his other honours devolved on his only
child Anne, then aged three years. She died, while
still an infant, in January 1448–9, when the estates
passed to her aunt Anne, wife
of Richard Neville, Earl of
Salisbury and Warwick. After
his death at the battle of
Barnet in 1471 the Warwick
estates were settled on his
elder daughter Isabel, wife of
George, Duke of Clarence, the
rights of his widow Anne being
ignored. Isabel died in 1476
and the Duke in 1478. (fn. 50) Their
son Edward being a minor, the
lands passed into the king's
hand. The office of bailiff of
the lordship of Barrowden and
the custody of the woods was granted in 1479, during
Edward's minority, to John Digby, one of the esquires
of the king's household. (fn. 51) In 1487, however, Anne,
Countess of Warwick, obtained an Act of Parliament
for her restoration to the Warwick estates, but this
seems only to have been done to enable her to convey
them to the Crown, for in the same year she surrendered
them, including Barrowden manor, to Henry VII. (fn. 52)
Neville. Gules a saltire argent and a label gobony argent and azure.
In 1486 the office of steward of the manor was
granted to Simon Digby, probably the second son of
Sir Everard Digby who was killed at the battle of
Towton in 1461, but he surrendered it in 1515 in
favour of Everard Digby, his brother. (fn. 53) In 1519 Sir
John Digby, third son of Sir Everard (d. 1461), and
Simon his son were appointed bailiffs of the lordship
in survivorship, (fn. 54) with a fee of 4d. a day. In a similar
grant made in 1529 it was stated that Sir John had
held the office of bailiff from 1500 to 1519 without
fees, for which he was then to receive payment. (fn. 55)
The reversion of the office of steward after Sir Everard
Digby's tenure was granted in 1535 to Roger
Ratclyff, Usher of the Privy Chamber, (fn. 56) and in
1537 Kenelm Digby, son of Sir Everard (d. 1540),
obtained a grant of the reversion. (fn. 57) In 1545 Kenelm
Digby, grandson of Sir Everard (d. 1461), was holding
the office with an annuity of 20 marks, and was
exempted from attending the king in war. (fn. 58) Five
years later the manor of
Barrowden was granted to the
Princess Elizabeth, in fulfilment of the will of Henry VIII,
until she should be provided
with a suitable marriage. (fn. 59) She
surrendered the patent in
1551, (fn. 60) and the manor was
granted in that year to the
king's councillor, Sir William
Cecil, (fn. 61) and Mildred his wife.
He was created Baron of
Burghley in 1571 and died in
1598. (fn. 62) His son and successor, Sir Thomas Cecil
(d. 1623), (fn. 63) was created Earl of Exeter in 1605. He
settled Barrowden manor with other estates in 1611
on his son William and grandson William, Lord Roos,
in tail male with remainder to Sir Richard Cecil,
younger son of Thomas, and his sons David and
Edward Cecil. William, son of Thomas, succeeded,
but died in 1640 without issue
male, and William, Lord
Roos, having predeceased
him without leaving a son,
and Sir Richard Cecil being
dead, Barrowden manor with
the title passed to David,
under the entail. David died
18 April 1643, his only son
John, Lord Burghley, being
then fourteen years of age. (fn. 64)
Frances, daughter of William,
Lord Chandos, and widow of
Thomas, first Earl of Exeter,
was still alive at this time,
having been 38 years younger than her husband,
and was holding dower in Barrowden manor. (fn. 65)
Digby. Azure a fleur de lis argent.
Cecil. Barry of ten argent and azure six scutcheons sable each charged with a lion argent.
John, Earl of Exeter, and his son John Cecil
settled the manor in 1670, (fn. 66) and from this date it
has passed with the title of Earl or Marquess of
Exeter. (fn. 67) William Thomas Brownlow, fifth Marquess
of Exeter, is the present owner of Barrowden manor.
In 1086 Robert de Toeni, lord of Belvoir, held land
here appurtenant to Seaton, and probably gave it
to Belvoir Priory, as there are leases of an estate at
Barrowden recorded in the Belvoir Chartulary. (fn. 68)
The possessions of the priory were granted after
the Dissolution to the Earl of Rutland, a descendant
of Robert de Toeni the founder.
Thomas de Hotot of Clopton (co. Northants)
gave to the Canons of St. Mary of Fineshade a small
estate at Barrowden, which Richard his brother
(living 1220) held of him, Robert de Hotot, another
brother, being a witness to the gift. (fn. 69) At the Dissolution the property granted to Fineshade included one
acre called Incroft, a rent of 5s. from the Chantry
House, and a rent of 20s. from
a messuage and land called
Slawsons Thinge (fn. 70) held by
John Durant, in succession
to his father John; (fn. 71) for which
rent they each had an exhibition in the priory for five
years. (fn. 72) John Durant died in
1552, holding of Sir William
Cecil, as of the manor of
Barrowden, a capital messuage
in Barrowden which he had
bought from Henry Lawrence
alias Bothe. (fn. 73) John's son Rowland died in 1588, and
his monument is still to be seen in the church.
George Durant, son of Rowland, died in 1594, when
the messuage passed to his sisters Dorothy, wife of
Francis Hunt, and Anne Durant. (fn. 74) Francis Hunt
lived at Barrowden, and the land of his son John
Hunt (fn. 75) in Barrowden was sequestered in 1648. (fn. 76) John
died in 1662, and his son
William, who married Anne
daughter of Charles Dale of
Tixover, died about 1678,
leaving two young daughters. (fn. 77)
David Hunt, a younger son
of John, also held a small
estate in Barrowden. (fn. 78)
Durant. Sable a cross formy ermine.
Hunt. Azure a bend between six leopards' heads or.
A messuage and an acre of
land had been given by William
Mauduit, Earl of Warwick (d.
1267), to Peter de Wakerly. (fn. 79)
In 1270 Walter de Lasseburne
and others robbed and burned
Peter's houses, (fn. 80) but Peter was still holding a messuage
and lands in Barrowden of the Earl of Warwick in 1297. (fn. 81)
In 1333 Master William de Wakerly, parson of Kilworth
(co. Leic.), granted lands to a chaplain at the altar
of the Blessed Virgin in the parish church of Barrowden. (fn. 82) In 1548 it was said that part of the endowment
had been given by Edward II, by deed of 8 October
7 Edward II (sic), evidently referring to Wakerly's
gift, the licence for which was dated 8 October
7 Edward III, and that the other part had been given
by Richard Smyth and Thomas Nycholls, 'whereof
no deeds are to be seen.' (fn. 83) The Chantry lands were
granted by Edward VI to Thomas Cecil of London
and Philip Bolde of London in 1552. The Ferme
Place in the High Street of Barrowden opposite the
Cross (fn. 84) and other lands belonging to David Philip's
chantry in Stamford (co. Linc.) were included in the
grant. Sir William Cecil was still holding these lands
in 1561. (fn. 85)
Church
The church of ST. PETER stands at
the western extremity of the village,
and consists of chancel 31 ft. by 16 ft. 3 in.
with north aisle or chapel 22 ft. by 11 ft. 9 in., (fn. 86)
clearstoried nave of two bays 36 ft. 6 in. by 17 ft. 6 in.,
north and south aisles 10 ft. 6 in. wide, south porch,
and west tower 10 ft. 3 in. square, all these measurements being internal. The tower is surmounted
by a lofty spire. The chapel is a continuation eastward of the north aisle of the nave and covers the
chancel nearly its full length;
it is now used as a vestry and
organ-chamber.
The building was restored
in 1843–4, and on a more extensive scale in 1875, when the
roofs were entirely renewed
and blue slates substituted for
lead, the greater part of the
north wall of the north aisle
rebuilt, a west gallery removed, and the chancel renovated. There was a further
restoration in 1896.
The chancel and tower are
faced with ashlar, but elsewhere the building is of rubble,
and all the walls are plastered
internally. The chancel and
nave have plain parapets,
continued in each case along
the low-pitched east gable, but
the roofs of the aisles and porch are eaved. The
porch is covered with stone slates. (fn. 87)
No part of the church as now existing is older
than c. 1210, to which period the chancel arch and
the dividing arcade between the chancel and former
north chapel belong, but the plan has probably
developed in the normal way from an aisleless 12thcentury building, the nave of which covered the same
area as at present. Little later in date come the nave
arcades, and the south doorway and porch are also
of the 13th century, the plan of the building, save
for the tower, assuming its present form probably
before the middle of the century, though a window
in the south aisle is as late as c. 1280. In 1364 the
church was said to be ruinous and a papal indulgence
was granted to those who should assist in its repair. (fn. 88)
With the money thus obtained the tower was probably
erected towards the end of the 14th century, and the
clearstory very soon after. The east and south walls
of the chancel appear to have been wholly rebuilt in
the 15th century.
The arcade between the chancel and chapel has
two semicircular arches (fn. 89) of two chamfered orders, (fn. 90)
springing from responds which below the moulded
imposts are simple continuations of the arch, and from
a dividing cylindrical pillar with circular moulded
capital and fully developed water-holding base. The
arches are without hood-moulds and the responds
have chamfered plinths. The pointed chancel arch
is of two chamfered orders towards the nave, (fn. 91) and
springs from moulded imposts of the same character
as those of the arcade. The chancel retains no other
13th-century features. It is divided externally into
two bays and has pairs of buttresses at the eastern
angles, moulded plinth, and string at sill level. The
four-centred east window is of five cinquefoiled lights
with vertical tracery, and stilted hood-mould with
head-stops. In the south wall are two pointed
windows of three lights with similar tracery, and a
continuous moulded priest's doorway. The piscina
recess has a pointed cinquefoiled head, but the bowl
is gone; adjoining it, below the easternmost window,
are two sedilia, with uncusped pointed arches within
a rectangular frame. There is no screen, but the
lower part (fn. 92) of a late 15th-century rood stair,
probably contemporary with the rebuilding of the
chancel, remains on the north side of the chancel arch,
with four-centred doorway in the north aisle. The
stair is crossed by a squint directed to the chapel
altar, the opening of which, on the nave side, is a
quatrefoil within a square frame. The principals of
the modern roof of the chancel are supported by six
carved oak figures from the old roof, three of which
are angels with musical instruments, and the others
St. Michael, the Blessed Virgin, and St. Peter.
Plan of Barrowden Church
The nave arcades have wide pointed arches of
two chamfered orders (fn. 93) springing from half-round
responds and dividing cylindrical pillars. The south
arcade is slightly the older, the pillar having a circular
stiff-stalk capital with rather sparse foliage, the
necking of which, towards the aisle, is raised and a
small head inserted, perhaps to allow for a screen.
In the north arcade the pillar (fn. 94) has a circular moulded
capital, and the capitals of all four responds are also
moulded, but differ in section on the north and south.
The bases are all water-holding. Both arcades are
much restored, (fn. 95) and the hood-moulds are new. At
the west end of each arcade is a length of wall of
about 4 ft. 6 in.
The north chapel has a good 14th-century
pointed east window (fn. 96) of three lights with reticulated
tracery, and in the usual position a round-headed
piscina with fluted bowl. The north window, and
that of the nave aisle further west, are modern.
The south aisle is without buttresses, and has a
pointed three-light window east of the porch with
early geometrical tracery consisting of a quatrefoil
and two cinquefoiled circles, c. 1280. The three-light
west window is a mid-15th-century insertion, and
at the east end is a rectangular recess high up in the
blank wall. The piscina of the aisle altar has a
rectangular trough below a rather flat ogee arch.
The south doorway (fn. 97) is of early 13th-century
date, with semicircular arch of three orders, the two
outer chamfered, on angle shafts with moulded
capitals and bases, but the shafts of the middle order
have gone. (fn. 98) The rounded inner order is continued
down the jambs below moulded imposts. The
outer doorway of the porch is rather later in date,
with semicircular arch of three moulded orders and
hood-mould, the innermost order continuous and the
others originally on angle shafts, the capitals of which
alone remain. (fn. 99) The porch has a plain coped gable
and short buttresses.
No ancient features remain in the north aisle with
the exception of a blocked pointed doorway, above
which, however, the walling is modern. The clearstory
has three pointed windows on each side, of two cinquefoiled lights with a quatrefoil of irregular shape in
the head.
The tower (fn. 100) is of three stages marked by strings,
with moulded plinth and wide clasping buttresses.
There is a vice in the south-west angle. The lofty
bell-chamber stage has a pair of tall two-light pointed
transomed windows in each face, with a band of sunk
quatrefoils above. The west window in the bottom
stage is of two lights with quatrefoil in the head and
hood-mould with grotesque stops, and in the middle
stage on each side is a sunk quatrefoil window. There
is no corbel table, the spire rising from a simply
moulded cornice: it has very low broaches and ribbed
angles. The broach ridges are also ribbed, and the
spire has gabled two-light openings on the cardinal
sides, and single lights above on the alternate faces;
near the top it is pierced with small quatrefoils. (fn. 101)
Internally the tower opens into the nave by a pointed
arch of two chamfered orders, (fn. 102) the outer continuous,
the inner springing from half-round responds with
octagonal moulded capitals and high circular moulded
bases on octagonal chamfered plinths.
The font is ancient, (fn. 103) and has a plain octagonal
bowl on a small cylindrical banded stem and four
octagonal (fn. 104) legs with moulded capitals and bases.
The pulpit is modern: it takes the place of an early
17th-century pulpit which was removed to Harringworth (Northants) in 1875. Three round-headed
panels, with the date 1605 and initials of Richard
Johnson, rector (1602–38), are worked up into a stand
or receptacle (fn. 105) for two early printed books, which
formerly were chained to the desk.
On the north wall of the chancel, near the east
end, is a small brass inscription from the tomb (fn. 106) of
Rowland Digby, rector, who died in 1546, (fn. 107) and there
is also a bench-end with two carved panels bearing
respectively the Digby fleur-de-lys and the inscription
'Rowlandus Digbi Rector de Ba.'
The beautiful Renaissance freestone monument to
Rowland Durant (d. 1588) is now on the north wall
of the north aisle, opposite the entrance: its chief
motive is a large coat-of-arms with helm and mantling,
and the entablature is supported by Ionic pilasters. (fn. 108)
There is a floor slab to Edward Fawkner, gent., 1696,
in the north aisle.
At the east end of the south aisle is a shrine erected
to the memory of fourteen men of the parish who fell
in the war of 1914–19.
During the restoration of 1875 traces of scroll
wall painting were found under the colour wash on
the north side of the chancel.
There are five bells, the treble, second and tenor
recast by Taylor of Loughborough in 1916; the third
by Francis Watts of Leicester, 1595; and the fourth
an undated alphabet bell probably by Newcombe of
Leicester. (fn. 109)
The plate consists of a cup and cover paten of
1569–70, kept in the original leather case, and a breadholder of 1842–3. (fn. 110)
The registers before 1812 are as follows: (i) all
entries 1603–1700; (ii) baptisms and burials 1701–
1812, marriages 1701–54; (iii) marriages 1755–1812.
Advowson
The advowson of Barrowden has
always followed the descent of the
manor, the present patron being the
Marquess of Exeter.
Tithes in kind were paid in the 16th century. In
1566 Robert Cave had 50 ewes and 40 lambs 'of
which he paid 2 lambs of the tithe of 20 of them';
he also had 10 fleece of which for tithe wool he paid
one fleece.
In 1797 the rector, Richard Carey, was allowed to
take down a large barn called the great tithe barn,
with a cowhouse, stabling and a thatched barn, in
order to 'open a view towards the Rectory House,
making it more airy and pleasant.' (fn. 111)
Charities
The Church Lands consist of about
11 acres of land supposed to have
been given by the inhabitants for the
repairs of the church. The land is let at an annual rent
of £20 9s., which is received by the rector and churchwardens and applied in the upkeep of the parish church.
The following charities are regulated by a scheme of
the Charity Commissioners of 10 November 1908,
under the title of the United Charities:—
Peter Brown's Charity, comprised in an indenture
dated 24 March 1834, consists of a moiety, amounting
to £90 per annum, of the clear yearly income derived
from 146 King Street, Hammersmith.
Mary Carey's Charity, comprised in a deed poll
dated 18 September 1861, consists of a sum of £500
2½ per cent. Consols.
Margaret Hewlett's Charity, founded by will
proved at Bristol 9 June 1868, consists of a sum of
£476 3s. 10d. 2½ per cent. Consols.
The income, amounting to £114 8s. per annum, is
distributed amongst the poor in groceries, milk, coal
and meat, and in donations to local hospitals, Hunstanton Convalescent Home, and to a nursing association.
The sums of stock are with the Official Trustees.