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AN ACCOUNT 
 
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 That have been given and bequeathed to 
 
 CHARITABLE USES, 
 
 IN THE 
 
 TOWN OF IFS'WICB; 
 
 ALSO, 
 ABSTRACTS OF 
 
 Cf)arter0 autj acts of ^^arliament 
 
 RELATING to the IMPROVEMENT of the TOWN; 
 
 Tugi'ther wiiii some Account of the Various 
 
 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, 
 
 CHARITY SCHOOLS, 
 BENEVOLENT SOC [ETIES, l^c ^c. 
 
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An Account of the Gifts and Legacies given 
 to Charitable Uses in Ipszcich, appeared in the 
 Year 1747. Should this New Edition, pub- 
 lished with a brief Statement of the niatiy Public 
 Institutions since established in this T'own, meet 
 xoith the approbation of, or afford useful infor^ 
 JYiation to, the Inhabitants, the Design of the 
 Editor and Compiler xjcill he most completely 
 answered. 
 
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 Uth Jan. 18 19. J 
 
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ABSTRACT OF 
 
 CHARTERS, 
 
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 /j"JK|HE first Charter obtained by this Town, wasA.D.n99 
 <UL granted by King John, in the first year of his 
 reign, and conferred on the Inhabitants important 
 privileges. By ih\s Charter, the King granted to 
 the Burgesses, the Borough of Ipswich, with all its 
 appurtenances, liberties, &c. to be held of him 
 and his heirs, by the annual payment of Sixty 
 Marks, or £. 40, at the Exchequer. He exempt- 
 ed them from the payment of all taxes, under the 
 denomination of toll,* lastage, stallage, passage, 
 jwntage^ and all other customs, throughout his 
 
 * Toll was a duty paid in Towns, Markets, and Fairs, for goods and 
 Cattle bouglit and sold therein. Lmlage, or Lestage, was a duty paid for 
 the liberty of carrying goods up and down to Markets and "Fairs at plea- 
 sure. Ponlage was a duty paid at going over Bridges, with horses and 
 c.irriages ; and under thetn with boats. Stallage was the paynnent for a 
 Stal', or the right to have one at a Fair or Market. Passage wa» a duty 
 paid by passengers at Bridges, Gates, &c. 
 
 B 
 
g ABSTACT OF 
 
 land and sea ports; a privilege still enjoyed by 
 such masters of ships as arc free of this Borough, 
 in all ports of the Kingdom, the city of London 
 not exempted. The other privileges granted to 
 the people of Ipswich by thi^ Charter were as fol- 
 lows: — That they should have a Merchants' Gild 
 and Hanse of their own : — That no person should 
 be quartered upon them without their consent, or 
 take any thing from them by force: — That they 
 might hold their lands, and recover their just dues 
 from whomsoever thev be owing: — That thev 
 should hold their lands and tenures within the Bo- 
 rough, according to the custom of the Borough 
 of Ipswich : — That none of thera shall be fined or 
 amerced, but according to the laws of the Free Bo- 
 roughs : — And that they might choose two Bailiffs 
 and four Coroners, out of the more lawful men 
 of the said Town. 
 
 A.D.1206 Henry the Hid, by a Charter, dated April 15th, 
 in the 40th year of his reign, confirmed to the 
 Burgesses of Ipswich, that they might for ever have 
 the return of all Wriis relating to the Town and 
 its libertv ; and that the Bailiffs might answer at 
 the Court of Exchequer, by their own proper hand, 
 concerning all their dues relating to the Town, so 
 that no Sheriff or other Officer, for the future 
 should interfere conccj-ning the same. 
 
 .^.D.i'28j. King Edward 1st, in the 13th year of his Reign, 
 for certain offences committed by the Burgesses 
 of Ipswich, Seized the Borough into his own hands, 
 and kept it till his 19th year; when being pleased 
 with the service performed by some Ships from 
 Ipswich, in his expedition against Scotland, he re- 
 
CHARTERS. 3 
 
 granted the Borough with its liberties, to thf Bur- 
 gesses, and confirmed the Charters of his predeces- 
 sors John and Henry the Hid. by a Charter, dated 
 at Berwick, 23d of June, AD. 1291. But he 
 punished the Town by raising the annual rent 
 from Sixti/ to Eighty Marks, or £. QO, as it has 
 ever since continued. 
 
 Edward the Hd, by a Charter, dated 1317, rati-^D.i3i7 
 Tied and confirmed the privileges granted by the 
 foregoing Charter of his progenitor King John: 
 And reciting:, that the Burgesses were thereby em- 
 powered and directed to choose two lawful and 
 discreet men, to keep the Government of the said 
 Borough, and to present them to the Chief Justice 
 at the Exchequer; he willed, that they should be 
 for ever discharged from making such presentment 
 at the Exchequer: and also directed that two 
 Coroners only, instead of four as mentioned in 
 King John's Charter, should be elected in future. 
 He further directed and granted, that no one in- 
 dicted OY arrested in the said Borough, or the 
 liberties thereof, should be imprisoned any where 
 but in his prison in the liberties of the said Bo- 
 rough, unless they should be removed therefrom 
 by the special precept of himself or his heirs. And 
 that the said Burgesses, and their heirs and succes- 
 sors, should for ever be quit, o^ JMurage, Piccage, 
 Afichorao;e, Strandasie, and Seoreas[e o{ all their 
 goods and merchandizes, throughout the Kingdom. 
 
 About the 18th of Edward the Hid. the Bur- a.d 1343 
 gesses were a second time deprived of their Char- 
 ter on the following occasion : — At the assizes, 
 which were held by a Judge named Sharjordj 
 
4 ABSTBACT OF 
 
 some Sail(^rs, \vhose attendance was necessary, 
 thought thit his Lordship staid too long at dinner: 
 one of them in a frolic took his seat npon the 
 bench, and caused another to make proclamation, 
 requiring IVilliam Sharford to come into court 
 and save his fine ; and as he did not appear di- 
 rected him to be fined. The Judge so highly 
 resented the joke, that because the Magistrates 
 refused to apprehend the Sailors, he prevailed 
 upon the King to seize the liberties of the Bo- 
 rough; the government of which was committed 
 to the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk : but before 
 the expiration of a year, it appears to have been 
 exercised by the BailifTs as usual. 
 
 A.D.1446. Next to the Charter of King John, that granted 
 by Henry the Vlth, in his 24th year, was most 
 beneficial : by this, he incorporated the Town, by 
 the name of " The Burgesses of IpsKich." He 
 authorised them annually to elect two Burgesses 
 as Bailiffs, at the accustomed time and place, to 
 hold that office for one year. He granted to the 
 Bailiffs, and four such other Burgesses as the Bai- 
 liffs should appoint from among the twelve port- 
 men, the office of Justice of the Peace within the 
 Town; together wnth all fines, forfeitures, and 
 amercements arising from that office, and the as- 
 size of bread, wine, and ale. He appointed such 
 one of the Bailiffs, as should be chosen by the Bur- 
 gesses at the time of election, to be Escheaioj*, 
 
 * An Escheat is when a Tenant in Fee-Simple is convicted of Felony, 
 bis Effects are forfeited and escheated to the King; and the Escheator 
 was the Officer who looked after these Escheats, and certified ihem into 
 the Exchequer. 
 
CHARTERS O 
 
 and expressly granted the Admiralty and Clerk- 
 ship of the Market. 
 
 Though no notice was taken of this Charter of 
 Henry the Vlth, in that of Edward his successor, 
 yet the latter <]jranted all the privilepjes mentioned 
 in it; with these alterations and additions. He a.d.U64 
 incorporated the Town by the name of " The Bai- 
 liff'!, Burgesses and ('ommonally of the Toxcii of 
 Ipswich:" he confined the election of Bailiffs ex- 
 presselv to the 8th of Septimber, to be chosen out 
 of the Burgesses, in thcGuildhall, to serve for one 
 year. He also granted that the said Bailiffs, and 
 four such other persons as the said Bailills and 
 their successors should nominate and appoint, out 
 of the Twelve Portmen of the said Town, be Justices 
 of the Peace, from, that time for ever, within the 
 Town aforesaid, and the liberties and precincts of 
 the same. And he expressly exempted the Bur- 
 gesses from serving on Juries. 
 
 Another very important extension of the liber- 
 ties and franchises was granted, bv a Charter cf 
 Henry the Vlllth, in the 10th year of his Reign; a.d.1519 
 wherein he declared that the port of this Town, 
 and water running to and from the port, by the 
 flowing and ebbing of the sea, towards the south- 
 east, to a certain place called PolleaJiead (a bed of 
 sand extendins: some way beyond Landij^uard 
 I'ort)j and also the land and soil overflowed and 
 covered with water, by the ebbing and flowing of 
 the sea, to be within the liberty and franchises of 
 the Town ; and did annex and unite them thereto, 
 as parcel of the same, to be held by the Bailiffs, 
 Burgesses, and Commonaltv, and their successors. 
 
6 AUSTRACr OF 
 
 as parcel of die Tonvii aforesaid, and within the 
 liberties and franchises of the same Town for ever. 
 And he did also grant, that the BailifTs for the time 
 being, should be his Admirals, and the Admirals 
 of his heirs, for and within the whole Town, })rc- 
 cincts, suburbs, ^vater, and couri;e of water, and the 
 said land and soil, sometimes overflowed and cover- 
 ed with water by the tides, or thereafter to be 
 overflowed or covered And that they should do 
 and execute all things that belonged to the oflice 
 of Admiral, as well upon the sea, and the shore of 
 the sea, as elsewhere within the limits, liberties, 
 and precincts^ therein specified, in as ample a man- 
 ner and form as any Admiral of England, in any 
 place has been accustomed to do. He also grant- 
 ed to them, and their successors, wreck of the sea^ 
 and all goods and chatties that are called TVrecks, 
 Fletson^, and Jetson; and all goods and mer- 
 chandize lost in the sea, and all other goods and 
 chatties that belonged, ought, or could belong to 
 the Admiral, within the said port and water, and 
 land, and soil aforesaid ; and also all the goods 
 and chatties of Felons. &c. &c together with rhe 
 goods and chatties called Dnodan(h\ , within the 
 liberties, franchises, and precincts of the Town 
 aforesaid, and in and within the said port, course 
 
 * Fletson were the Goods that float out of a Ship that has founrlt-recl at 
 Sea. JetsonwcTii. Goods thioun out of a Sliip in Distress, by the Sailors 
 ♦o lighten her. 
 
 f When a person is killed ,^ccidenta!!y, the thinj or beast that kills 
 him is forfeited, and called the Deodand. 
 
CTIARTERS, 7 
 
 oi' water, land and soil aforesaid, without paying 
 any thing to hiin, or liis heirs, for the same. 
 
 The most interesting Charter granted by suc- 
 ceeding Monarchs, for the insurance of these pri- 
 vileges, was that of Charles the lid, who, in his 17th a.d.igts 
 vcnr, nominated and confirmed the High Steward, 
 the twelve Portmen, and the twenty-four Chief 
 Constables, the Recorder, and Town Clerk, for the 
 time being, by their names; and directed that 
 upon the death or removal of any of the Portmen, 
 or twenty-four, the vacancy should be filled up by 
 the rest of their respective bodies. 
 
 Towards the latter end of the reign of Charles a.d.icss 
 the lid, the Burgesses of Ipswich were so much in- 
 timidated bv proceedings instituted in the King's 
 Bench against them, as to induce them to 
 surrender all their Charters, franchises, and pri- 
 vileges to the King, by a formal deed under their 
 common seal, who in consequence of such surren- 
 der, incorporated them again by a fresh Charter, 
 dated 8th Julv, 1685, verv diflerent from anv of 
 their former Charters, and bv which the riirhts and 
 privileges of the Freemen were completely taken 
 away, and the whole power of the Corporation 
 vested in the Bailiffs, Portmen, and Common- 
 Council. The Corporation acted under this new 
 Charter until 1688, when James the lid, bv a a.d.igss 
 proclamation and act in council, dated at IVhite- 
 hall, the I7th October, 1688, annulled it, and re- 
 stored the Corporations to their antient Charters, 
 the several deeds of surrender of the respective 
 Corporations not being legal, in consequence of 
 
5 ABSl'RACT OP 
 
 their not being enrolled, and ji-idgment againsl 
 them not having been entered upon record. 
 
 By this proclamntion and act of councib the 
 rights and liberties of" this Corporation were re- 
 stored, and the fatal effects of the arbitrary Charter 
 of 1G85 were prevented ; and the antient Charters 
 being revived, are uow in full force, and by them 
 the Corporation of Ipswich is now governed. The 
 Borough sends two Membci-s to Parliament, who 
 are elected by the Burgesses at large, in number 
 between 800 and 900. 
 
 The principal Officers in the Corporation at 
 present are, two BaiiifTs, a High Steward^ a Recor- 
 der, Twelve Portmen, of whom four are Justices of 
 the Peace, and are appointed by the Bailiffs on the 
 day they are sworn into r)rrice, a Town Clerk, 
 ?\venty-four Common Council Men, two of whom 
 are Coroners, and tlie twelve senior Head Bo- 
 roughs, a Town Treasurer to collect the revenues 
 of the Town, and two Chamberlains. The Corpo- 
 ration have also fifteen Livcrv Servants, consisting 
 of five Musicians, four Serjeants at Mace, two 
 ]^eadles, a Common Crier, a Water Bailiff, a 
 Gaoler, and a Bridewell Keeper. 
 
 The privileges of (he Corporation are very ex- 
 tensive. The Bailiffs pass recoveries, hear and 
 determine causes, both criminal and civil, arising 
 in the Town, and rven Crown Cases preferably to 
 any of his Majesty's Courts at Westminster. They 
 appoint the assize of bread, beer, &cc. No Free- 
 man can be obliged to serve on Juries out of the 
 Town, or bear any office for the King, (Sheriffs 
 
CHARTEI^. 9 
 
 for the County excepted). Neither are they 
 compelled to "pay any tolls or duties in any ports 
 of the kingdom, having established this point in a 
 trial with the City of London, respecting duties 
 demanded for the Vessels of freemen in the River 
 Thames. 
 
 They are also entitled to all waifs, estrays, and 
 goods cast on shore within their admiralty jurisdic- 
 tion, which extends down the River, along the 
 coast of Essex beyond Harwich one way, and be- 
 yond Landguard Fort on the other, even to the 
 Pollcshcad, a place well known to mariners, upon 
 the sand called the Aiubezcs, in the high sea, be- 
 tween IVallon and Fe/ixtozo (fiffs By the solemn 
 decision in their favour, of an inquisition, taken in 
 the 14th of Edward the Ilkl, at Ij^swich, they had 
 confirmed to them the contested right of taking 
 custom duties for goods entering the port of 
 Harwich, which was determined to belong to the 
 Bailiffs and Burgesses of this town*. 
 
 There are also several ancient usages and cus- 
 toms, some of which continue to this day. — 
 
 1. Upon an alienation after SeiVm of tenements in the 
 said town, delivered to a purchaser, the wife of the vender 
 may come into court, and being solels' examined before 
 the BailifTs, may acknowledge that alienation to be done 
 ■with her consent; and that recognizance being enrolled, 
 operates as a fine, and passes the estate of the fine covert. 
 
 * Vide Braiisby's Ancient and Modern Peiaml/ulations, &c. relative 
 to the Liberties of Ipswich. Also his Maps of those Jurisdiotio/is. 
 C 
 
10 AESTKACT OF CIIARtFHS. 
 
 2. Tenements in Fee imy he devised by Vv'ill, and bv 
 custom of the lown, such Wills may he proved* and en- 
 rolled, find Scis/ii shall be delivered to him to whom they 
 are liequcatln d. 
 
 S Every heir, male or finiale, is of full age, the former 
 at I 4-, the hitti i- at 17 years; and then the friends who have 
 received the rents during (he minority, shall account. 
 
 4. All tenements in this town are partablc, as well be- 
 tween heirs niale as heirs female, if they be not foreclosed 
 by gift or bequest of their ancestor. 
 
 5. If a burgess tal<e a wife, ■whether damsel or widow, so 
 that he wedded no other wife afore, and the wife outlive 
 her husband, she shall have all the chief place of her hus- 
 band, whereof he died seised in the said town, in his Do- 
 main, as of fee, to hold in name of Free-hank, while she 
 keeps her widowhood, witliout making waste or alienation, 
 in Disherison o^\\\^ heir. 
 
 6. All those that have land? and tenements in the (own, 
 whether male or female, and can reckon and count, the 
 former having accomplished the .;ge of fourteen years, and 
 the latter of seventeen year<:, m;iy give his or her land or 
 freehold, or sell it, or let it, and of his or her right, quit 
 claim for evermore; as if he or the had accomplished the 
 age of twenty-one years. 
 
 7. A woman Covert may be compelled to answer in a 
 , plea of trespass, on pain of imprisonment, in like manner 
 
 as she would were he sole ; so that the trespass be personal, 
 and touch not freehold. 
 
 * Tlin usa^r V a? to jnovn such Wills us devised Lands or Honsrs 
 before tlie Bailiffs, \^■llCll tlic Town Clci-k endorsed upon ihcui a memo- 
 randuin of such Probate, and ilien llu "Will"! were ixovcd and lodged in 
 (he .'^pintup' Courts, tor the personality. Many Wilis are m the Arch- 
 deacon's Oifiee \\ ith siicli endorsements ; some a.s late as tlie time of 
 King Henry the VIII. 
 
EXTENT OF THE 
 
 Htfteities of gpstoccij* 
 
 The District, comprehending the Liberties of 
 Ipswich, is situated in the South-eastern part of 
 the County of Suffolk It is bounded by Bosmere 
 and Clay don Hundred on the North, Carl ford on 
 the East, Colneis on the South-cast, Samford on 
 the South, and Samford, and Bosmere and Chiydon 
 on the West. Its greatest length, from Wester- 
 ficld Wood, on the North, to King John's Ness, on 
 the South, is 5M. 1 F. 30 R. Its greatest breadth, 
 from Spright's Lane, on the West, to the two- 
 mile stone, Rushmcrc Heath, on the Fast, is 
 4M. 2F 8R. Its circuit is 19M. IF. ^iOR. and 
 its superficial content 8450 Acres. 
 
 — =<«=*^^»ja5= 
 
 The Population of this Town, ill 1811, appears to have 
 been 13,670 — The number of Houses, 2853. — The number 
 of Fishing Vessels employed in 1735, 16 — Tons, 480 — 
 Men, 32. 
 
A Perpetual Tide Tabic fur the Fori of Tpsivicfi. 
 
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 3 12 
 
 4 davs ditto 
 
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 9 12 
 
 5 days ditto 
 
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 3 4.5 
 
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 10 13 
 
 6 davs ditto 
 
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 4 18 
 
 6 days ditto 
 
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 11 48 
 
 "7 days ditto 
 
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 4 51 
 
 7 dnys ditto 
 
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 12 21 
 
 Note. — Th • Moon's Age beinir found in tlie Almanack, and applied 
 to the First Column of this Table, those opposite to it show the time 
 of High Water 
 
 As for Example. — At a New or Full Moon, it is 45 minutes past 12 : 
 one Day after, at 33 minutes pasi one o'clock. 
 
 Fairs in Jpsiuich. 
 
 May 4. May 18. July 25. August 22. September 25. 
 
 Market Days. Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. 
 
AN ACCOUNT 
 
 Gifts and Legacies. 
 
 EEJj 
 
 INIr TOOLE Y's FOUNDATION. 
 
 MR. HENRY TOOLEY. Portman of Ipswich, by his 
 Will, dated November 4, 1530, in respect of his 
 Alms-House«, directs as follows : — 
 
 [^ ] "I Will that my Executors shall cause one Alms- 
 "House to be prepared, or made, within Ipswich aforesaid, 
 " where they shall think most requisite, (in case that 1 shall 
 " not cause one to be made myself) for Ten Persons, which 
 " at the time of the receipt of them into the said house shall 
 "be tried unfainedli/ lame, by occasion of the King's Wars, or 
 " othcrivise ; that cannot acquire or get their living, or the one 
 " half thereof ." 
 
 [B] "And in rase there be not so many in Ipsuich 
 " found lame, that then of aged and decrepid Persons, ivhich 
 
14 MR. TOOLEy's 
 
 *'be not able to get their living, ih* want thereof to be sup- 
 " plied and so continued from time to time, during tweiiiy 
 "years." 
 
 [C ] ''Provided idvvays, that ihtre be no other women 
 "an)ongst the said Persons than only the. r wives; and in 
 •'case that any of tiitm siiall cl);iuce to keep misorder or 
 "misrule, he or she to have wariiin<r iheieoi'; and incase 
 "that after he or she shall oQend, then to be removed, 
 "avoided, and put out, and another to be placed where he 
 "or she was; unless the person so offending shall chance 
 "to be married, in which case I will the oflendcr shall have 
 " twice warning; and if he or she shall after the second 
 " warning offenJ, then both the husband and the wife to be 
 "avoided, and otheis to be placed where they were." 
 
 {D ] "And further I Will, that the said persons shall 
 " have continuance, and be ordered as within a certain 
 "Schedule to this my will annexed, or whereunto my hand 
 "and seal sh^iil be set, may appeir: which instjunient and 
 " writing shall be Tripartite indented, and the parts to rc- 
 "main as in tl e same shall appear, and as shall be further 
 "expressed in mv w'ill made concerning the disposition of 
 "my lands, wherein the yearly revenues for the mainte- 
 " nance, and coiuinuance of the sa;d house shall appear; and 
 "in case that no such instrument shall be made by me, I 
 
 "refer the doing thereof to my Executors." [And he 
 
 appointed John Southwell, Cent his Cousin Robert Daundy, 
 William Daundj, and liichutd Bride, alias Birde, his 
 Executors ] 
 
 [E] " And I Will, that they(his Llxecutors) shall employ 
 " and bestow the whole clear revenues and pn fits of all and 
 '' singular the premises (\iz. his manors, houses, and lands, 
 before mentioned in his Will) " that shall come to theii 
 
FOUNDATION. 1^ 
 
 " hands, td the only uses, intents, and purposes hereafter in 
 
 " this my Will expressed; that is (o say, that they my said 
 
 " Executors, during the term oftwrnty years next after my 
 
 " decease, shall pay, be.stovv, and distribute, the yearly re- 
 
 " venues to tliem comincf and growing of the premises, be- 
 
 " sides ilie cut-rents ai^d other rusml charges, in and about 
 
 " the sustentation and finding of such Ten poor persons as 
 
 "be reiiearsed in my Testament to be found within such 
 
 "Alms-House, as shall be made or prepared by my Execu- 
 
 " tors within Ipsiviah aforesaid, in manner and form as in 
 
 "such writing indented as shall be made and signed b\' me 
 
 "the said Henri), shall be expressed and declnred. And in 
 
 "case that I the said Heniy shall not m.d<e and sign such 
 
 " writing indented, wherein my mind may be expressed 
 
 "touching the premises, then as now, and now as then, I 
 
 "will that my Executors who liuowcth my mind and order 
 
 "therein to be had, slnll accurdingly, during the said 
 
 '•twenty years, find Ten persons within the said Alms- 
 
 " House, cloathing and fire-wood; and of the rest of the 
 
 "said revenues, during the said twenty years, to pay and 
 
 "disburse weekly to every of the said Ten persons Sixpence: 
 
 "and to such of them as can get least, or else nothing to- 
 
 " wards their living, to give of the said revenue such por- 
 
 ■"tion of INIoney more, as by them my said Executors shall 
 
 "be thought meet and needful. And I will, that after the 
 
 "said twenty years next ensuing my decease are expired, 
 
 •the Manor of Uhcrston Hall, and also the Mpss\iriges, 
 
 "Lands, and Hereditaments, now in the Farm o^ Lawrence 
 
 " Cortcnul and Nicholas Sorril, shall remain to my said Ex- 
 
 " ecutors and their heirs, to the only use of them and tiieir 
 
 "heirs to the perfurmauce of this my last will and Tes.ta- 
 
 " rient." [In like manner he mentioned his ether Estates.] 
 
IG jmr. toolev's 
 
 [F] "And furlliciv, I Will that my Executors .shall make 
 " suit and obtain, if they can, the King's INJtijesty's Licence 
 " for the amortizing and continuance of the said Aims-House 
 •' with Ten poor persons therein. 
 
 [G'.] "And that the aforesaid Manors and Ilcredita- 
 "meiits, or as much thereof as shall be thought requisite by 
 "my said Executors, or the Survivors or Survivor of ihert), 
 * may bv virtue of the said Licence he employed to the 
 "maintenance and enlargement of the said Alms-House, 
 ''and the living of the said poor person* therein." 
 
 [H ] "And such part, or so much thereof as they shall 
 "reserve in their own hands, \Ahich they shall not think 
 " needl'ul to employ to the finding of the said poor persons, 
 " fhe same, or so much thereof as shall be thought requisite 
 "bv them, I Will, shall be yearly besto\^ed by them my 
 "said Execulors upon the liepdvations as I have and as they 
 " ihciU make, by virtue of n)y last Testament or this my 
 "li.st Will." 
 
 [/ ] "And I Will, that the yeaily value of such Lands 
 "as shall be designed to the finding of the said poor men, 
 "and also the yearly value of such Lands as shall be de- 
 " signed to the rcpairivg and jnaintenance of the said High- 
 ' ivays, shall be expressed in the said Licence; and such 
 " part of the said Revenues as shall be left, and not requisite 
 " to be bestowed by them yearly in the said Highways, 
 "and amongst the said poor men, I Will they shall bestow 
 "in and about the repairing of the said Aims-House, and 
 " of other my Houses and Farms whereof they shall take 
 "the [jrofits by virtue of this my Will, and iu and about 
 " othtr deeds of Chui ity, ivhich thc\j shall think requisite for 
 " my Soul." 
 
 \_K.^ He further direc'ed, that if any doubt should arise 
 concerning his meaning in any part of his Will, the afore- 
 
FOUNDATION. -If 
 
 said Joh'i SoulhvjcU, Esq. and William Birde should settle 
 and explain it, to wliom he had fully disclosed his intentions. 
 In pursuance of Mr. Toolej/'s direction in clause [F.] his 
 Executors obtained the Royal Letters Patent, which bear 
 date November the "0th, in the third and fourth years of 
 Philip and Mart/, or 1556 ; and are to the following effect. 
 
 ' Philip and Mmy, D. G. King and Queen of England, 
 ' Spain, France, both the Sicilies, Jerusalem, and Ireland, 
 'Defenders of the Faith, &c. Wherens Henry Tolj/e, late 
 . 'of Ipsxvich in the County of Suffolk, Merchant, deceased, 
 'as well by his last Wil! and Testament in writing, as by 
 ' word oi mouth, willed, that a certain Alms-House for the 
 'support of Ten poor Persons in Ipsxvich aforesaid, by his 
 'Executors with the Royal License, or otherwise, as to 
 'them should seem best, should be made and erected for 
 'ever to endure : which said Henry Tolye made, constituted, 
 'and appointed Joint Soiil/nvell, Esq. Robert Daundy^ 
 ' IVilliam Daundy, and Richard Bride, alias Byrde, to be the 
 ' Executors of his said last Will and Testament; And /or 
 'the maintenance of the said Aims-House, and of the said Ten 
 *poor Persons to be supported in it, and for the reparation, 
 'amendment, and maintenance of the Highways in and near 
 ' Ipswich aforesaid, the said Henry bN-^ his said Testament, 
 ' and by other writings in his life-time, willed, assigned, 
 'gave, granted, and secured, to his said Executors and their 
 ' heirs for ever, divers manors , lands, tenements rents, rever- 
 'sions, services, and hereditaments, of the said Henry, \\\ 
 'the said County of Suffolk, to the annual value of One 
 'Hundred Marks and upwards by the year, as we have 
 'heard, as well by the relation of the said Executors as of 
 'others our faithful subjects, and as by the said last Will 
 D 
 
18 MR. TOOLEY's 
 
 ' and Testament of tlic said JJcniy, and by t!ic other wrrt- 
 
 * ings by bim in his lifi'-time made, may more fully appear." 
 
 *NowWe not only approving the honest encleavours 
 
 'and pious intentions of the said Hemt/ in this behalf, who 
 
 ■ by all ways and means consulted the good provision of the 
 
 ' poor and lame ; but also being by onr clemency inclined 
 
 'towards the humble petition of the aforesaid Jo/m South- 
 
 ' ivell, &c, the Executors of the aforesaid Henry Tolj/e, to us 
 
 ' made, for the erecting and building the said Aims-House 
 
 ' for the comfort and sjipport of the poor, the maimed, and 
 
 'infirm; and having nothing more at heart than the ad- 
 
 ' vancement of true piety and works of charity, to the 
 
 * Glory of Almighty Ciod, and the common utility and 
 
 'felicity of our sui>jects. 
 
 'Therefore, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, 
 
 'and mere motion, we have granted and given Licence, and 
 
 'by these presents do grant and give Licence, for us, our 
 
 ' heirs, and. the successors of the aforesaid Queen, as much 
 
 'as in us lieth, unto the aforesaid John Southwell, Sec. and 
 
 'any of them, that they and any of them, or their Execu- 
 
 ' tors, or any one or more of them, may found, build, erect, 
 
 'make, and establish an Alms-House in the Town of [ps- 
 
 ' wich aforesaid, which shall be called the Ahns- House of 
 
 ^ Henry Tolyc in Ipswich, in the said County of Suffolk: and 
 
 'that they, or tiny of them, may make, oidain and appoint 
 
 'good, necessary, and fit orders, statutes, and rules in writ- 
 
 'ino- between them, or anv of them, and the BailiflTs, Bur- 
 
 'gesses, and Conunonally of the Town of Ipswich aforesaid, 
 
 'concerning the direction, governance, utility, and order of 
 
 *the said Alms-House, and of the Poor therein ; and otiTer 
 
 'things appointed, or to be appointeil, touching and concern- 
 
 'Ingthe said Alms-House, and the ordinance, governance. 
 
FOUNDATION. id 
 
 * preservation, disposition of the rents, reversions, posses- 
 *sions, and goods, for the snstentation and maintenance of 
 'the said Alms-IIousp ; and all and singular the said orders, 
 'statutes, and rules aforesaid, to change, renew, innovate, 
 'and to make and appoint other new orders and statutes in 
 'thfe room of the old ones, from time to time, whensoever, 
 'and as often as it shall seem to them, or to two of them, 
 'necessary, fit, or convenient. 
 
 'And that the said Bailifls, &:r. and their successors, may 
 « have full power and authority from time to time, to fulfil 
 'and execute, and by all, and in all thing*;, fully to per- 
 
 * form all and singular the orders, statutes, rules, and ordi- 
 ' nances aforesaid, so made or to be made : and also to appoint 
 ' assign, nominate and create, such, and so many officers and 
 'servants, for the execution of the said statutes and orders; 
 ' and to remove all and singular the said officers and servants 
 'from time to time, and to appoint new ones in the places 
 'of them, or of any of them, whensoever it shall seem to 
 'them expedient, without hindrance from us, or the heii-«, 
 ' or successors of us, or of any one or more of our Justices, 
 'Escheators, Sheriffs, &c. 
 
 ♦And further. Know ye, that of our more abundant fa- 
 'vour, certain knowledge, and mere motion, as much as in 
 ' us lieih, we have granted and given Licence, and by these 
 
 * presents, for us, our heirs, and successors of the said Queen, 
 'we do give and grant Licence to the aforesaid John South- 
 ''wellf &c. that he, or any of them, after the said Alms- 
 
 * House shall be built, founded, &c. or before, shall and may 
 'igive and grant unto the Bailiffs, &c. of fpswich, manors, 
 ' messuages, lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services, and 
 ' hereditaments, situate, lying, and being in the said County 
 ' 0^ Sitjolk, or elsewhere within our Kingdom of England, 
 
20 MR. tooley's 
 
 'of whomsoever ihey may hold, and although they hold of. 
 'us immediately by Military Service, or otherwise ; provid- 
 *ed, the said manors, &c. do not hold of us vi Capite, and 
 'the yearly value thereof does not exceed One Hundred 
 'Pounds, to have them, to them and their successors for 
 * ever, under such conditions and covenants, and in such 
 'manner and form, /or the support, maintenance, and continu- 
 ' ancc of the said Alms- House ; and also /or the repair, amend- 
 'ment, and upholding the Highways and Bridges about ornear 
 ' thesaid 7bu,«o/" Ipswich, or ani/ where else , {-AWh'x ubicunque) 
 'as the said John Southiiell, &c. or two of them shall 
 'judge best.' 
 
 In like manner the said King and Queen gave Licence 
 to the Bailifls, &c of Ipsivich to receive the said manors, &.c. 
 The remainder of the Charter is omitted, as it does not 
 differ from the usual form. 
 
 There was some misunderstanding between Mr. Tooley's 
 Executors and the Corporation, but with the assistance of 
 Sir Nicholas Bacon, at that time Lord Keeper of the Great 
 Seal of England, every thing was settled, and the following 
 plan for the managenif^nt of this Charity was agreed upon, 
 as appears by an Indentnre Tripartite, dated July the ]6th, 
 ]562, between The Right Rev Father in God John Lord 
 Bishop of Norwich on the first part ; the Executors of Mr. 
 Tooley on the second ; and the Bailiffs, d)C. of Ipswich on 
 the third part. In which the said Corporation of Ipswich 
 did bind themselves and their successors to observe, perform, 
 and keep all the orders, rules, and statutes hereafter men- 
 tioned, truly, faithfully and inviolably. 
 
 " 1. And first, thai there shall be provided within the 
 "said Town of Ipswich, one convenient House for poor peo- 
 ''ple. With FIVE lodgings in the same, to be kept and main- 
 
FOUNDATION. 21 
 
 « tained for ever, and called, the House of the Poor of Mr, 
 " Tooley's Foundation. " 
 
 " 2. And that there sl)all be found yearly, with the issues, 
 " revenues and profits of the premises, Ten poor persons, in 
 " oUch manner as is hereafter expressed, within the said 
 "House; those that are married together shall have one 
 "lodging togethei' ; and tiiose that are unmarried, shall be 
 " two to one lodging, so they Ije both men, or both women : 
 "also, that every of the poor persons shall have Weekly, 
 " every Friday, Six-pence ; and every second year on llie 
 •' Feast of St. Amheiv the Apostle, a Lizrrj/ with a Badge, 
 "price 'I hirtcen Shilliyigs and Four-pence: and also, yearly, 
 " between Michaelmas and All Saints, one Hundred able 
 " Faggots of Wood to every of the same Five Houses, brought 
 " in and delivered. All such sums of money, livery, and fewel, 
 "shall be paid and delivered to them in form aforesaid, by 
 " the Wardens of the said Mouse of the Poor, to be elected 
 " as hereafter is declared. And if any of the said poor shall 
 " chance to be visited with sickness, that then such further 
 "relief shall be granted during the time of their sickness, as by 
 " the orders of the said Wardens, subscribed with their hands, 
 "shall be taken. Also that every couple of the said poor 
 "persons lodging togt-lher, shall hive, vviih such stuff as 
 *' they shall i)ring thither, a bed furnished with one mat- 
 " trass, one bolster, two blankets, one covering, and three 
 " pair of sheets, and ahvaj/s to be renewed, as often as they 
 "shall refjuirCy by the Wurdms aforesaid for the time being. 
 " And when any of the said persons die, the furniture and 
 "stuff aforesaid shall remain to such poor persons as shall 
 "succeed in their places, by election of the said Wardens 
 " for the time being. And that no person shall be chosen 
 " to be relieved and placed in the said House, who is other- 
 
22 MR. TOOI,E\'s 
 
 " wise able to live. And lliai the siv.d Ten Persons shall he 
 " elected and chosen out of the Poor Inhuhkants of tlie 
 "Town of Ipswich, excr^il there are not so many persons 
 " in the said Town ; and then, that they be filled up with 
 "other poor persons living near the said Town, by the di- 
 " rection of the said Wardens tor the time being." 
 
 " 3 Also if any of the said poor, after their election and 
 "reception into the said House, shall be found guilty of anj- 
 "notable vice, as felony, whoredom, bawdry, or such like 
 " vice or crime, thej' shall be removed out of the said House 
 " and discharged the said rel'ef, b\' the said Wardens for 
 " the time being And also that every of the said poor 
 , " persons, being in health, shall be every Sabbath-Day, 
 *' Feast-Diiy, and Working-day, at the beginning of Morn- 
 " ing and Evening Prayers, at St Mary Key Church, where 
 '* the said Henry Tooley was buried, atid there shall continue 
 " during all the said Prayers and Divine Service, comely, vir- 
 " tuously, and dtvoutly using and behaving themselves." 
 
 " 4. And that the meetest and discreotcst of them, at 
 "every Morning and Evening Prayers, shall distinctly say 
 "this Prayer O.llowiiig : — Alniigldy and i/io.st luerciful 
 " Father, incline, ive beseech thee, thy most gracious ears, unto 
 "us thy jioor Creatures^ but yet the ivork of thy hands, which 
 "here upon our knees do yield unto thy Divine Majesty, from 
 *' the bottom of our hearts, our most humble thanks for thy coH' 
 " tinuul budding hencfits daily e.ihihitcd to us ; but especially, 
 "for that it hnth Jileuseci thy Holy Spirit to move and stir the 
 " Heart of Henry Tooley, d.ceusid, late Merchant of this 
 " Toiin, to Will and give lands, and possessions sufficient for 
 "the relief of us thy poor Servants, and to the ])erforma»ce of 
 "divers other deeds of Charity about this Town. And fur- 
 " ther ice pray thee to endoiofrom time to time perpctiaiUy xvitk 
 
FOUNDATION, *gS 
 
 " ihy grace, all those persoJia that now have, or hereafter may 
 
 " hate, the dixposition of the prof ta of the said lands and pos- 
 
 " sessions ; as this work well besiiin, may be for ever continued, 
 
 " to the comfort of tin/ poor Creaturet, and to the setting forth 
 
 " of thy honour and glory. God save and preserve the Queen's 
 
 " Majesty, her heirs and successors, and Sir Nicholas Bacon, 
 
 "Knight, Ldrd Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and 
 
 '' his Ofspri7ig, Devisor and Maker, of the Ordinances for 
 
 " ifcll executing of (he Will of the said Henry Tooh y, and 
 
 " John Southwell, Esq Ku hard Hivilc, Gent, and William 
 
 " Daiindy, INIerchant, Executors of the said Henry Tooley'a 
 
 " JVill, and the Bailijfs, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the 
 
 " Toivn o/' Ipswich, appointed to set the execution of the same 
 
 " JVill. Amen. And that all the rest sha^l sjiy a!"ter hinn, 
 
 "sentence liy sentence ; and if any of them shall make de- 
 
 " fault, and be absent from the said Evening and Morning 
 
 " Prayers, without a reasonable and lawful let or impedi- 
 
 " ment, they shall be abated that Week's Relief, and for the 
 
 " 5efon£? default two Weeks, and for the third they shall be 
 
 "^ removed out of the said House. And if any be able to 
 
 "work and refuse so to do, or shall waste their time in 
 
 " diceing, tabling, drinking, or any other unlawful game, 
 
 " and being thereof warned by the said Wardens, or two of 
 
 "them, shall commit the like ofl'cncc, they shall be abated 
 
 "of their Relief Fourteen Days following; and for the next 
 
 " offence, double so much; and for the third like offence, 
 
 "shall be removed out of the said House: or if thev shall 
 
 " suH'er any other to be lodged with them, without the 
 
 "special licence of the said Wardens, or two of them." 
 
 "5. And ih-At every of the said Wardens iveekly, in their 
 " seniority and course, shall, dtiring one whole year 7iext after 
 " their election, resort to the said House, to see the said poor 
 
^4 MR. TOOLEY's 
 
 "people observe and keep these rules, cfrdinances, and slutiitei 
 " in all points : and when any poor people sliall be admitt- 
 " ed into the said Iluuse, or removed for any of the causts 
 " aforesaid, their admittance or removal shall be entered 
 "into the Book, and the names of the Wardens shall be 
 "subscribed thereunto/' 
 
 " 6. And that the Executors of Mr. Tooley shall be War- 
 " dens as long as they live, without they refuse the same; 
 " and that afterwards, four discreet persons, of the Inhabi- 
 "tants of the said Town of Ipsnicli, shall be chosen by the 
 " Bailiff's, Aldermen, and Twenty-four-Men, or by the more 
 " part of them, to be Wardens of the rents and revenues; of 
 "which Wardens, two shall be of t!ie said A Idermeri, and 
 "two of the said Tivenly-four-Men. And that the said 
 "Wardens from Michaehnas next ensuing their election, 
 "during one whole year, shall have the rule and govern- 
 "ance of all the said manors, lands, and premises, and all 
 "the rents and profits thereof; and the employing and dis- 
 " tributing of the same, according to the rules and ordinan- 
 " ces aforementioned. And that, of those four Wardens, 
 "the Younger Alderman &\m\\ be Renter-Warden for that 
 "Year: and that he only shall collect and gather all the 
 " rents and profits of all the premises for that year. And at 
 "the end of the year, %)[iaW make a true account of all the 
 " revenues of the premises lor that year, before the Bailiffs, 
 " Aldermen, and Tiventy-four-AIen, or the more part of 
 "them. And that, at the finishing the said account, the 
 "said Renter- Warden shall immediately pay to the Auditors of 
 " the said account, the overplus that is not employed or bestowed 
 " accordino; tr> the Rules and Ordinances aforesaid; which sums 
 "of money shall be immediately put into the common 
 " chest, there to be safely kept, for to be distributed in form 
 
FOUNDATION. 23 
 
 " aforesaid. And that, afcer the. said Account is finished, 
 " the olVit(; of Wardenship, of that Alderman, that was not 
 *' Renter Warden, shall cease, and also the oflice of the 
 " younger of ihc .said two Wardens chosen out of the 
 " Twenty-fuur-lMen shdl likewise cease: and in the places 
 '' of those two, one o'licr Alderman, and one other of the 
 " Tivcnfi/ four-Men sliall immediately be chosen Wardens, 
 '' by tlie said Cailills, Aldermen, Twenty-four-Men, or the 
 " more part of them, for the year following : and that the 
 *• first chosen Warden of the Twenty-four- Men shall be 
 "Renter Warden for tliat year: and so fronv year to year 
 " for ever, one year one of the said Aldermen, and one year 
 "one of the said Twenty-four-Men; and the said like elec- 
 "tion of Wardens shall be yearly made for ever." 
 
 "7. And that, the said Renter Warden shall not make 
 " any extraordinary payment or allowance for reparations, 
 "or other cause, exceeding the sum of Twenty Shillings, 
 " without the consent of his Brother Wardens, under their 
 " hands entered in the said Book. And if ani/ of the l^'ar' 
 " dens should die, or depart out of the Town to inhabit else- 
 " where, then, immediately, his office shall cease, and one of 
 "the said Aldermen, or Twenty-four-Men, shall be chosen 
 " by the said Baililfs, Aldermen, and Twenty-four-Men, or 
 " the major part of them, to supply the room, and finish 
 "the year begun by the said Warden that shall fortune so 
 "to die or depart. And that upon the election of the said 
 "Wardens, these said ordinances, rules, and statulps, shall 
 " be to them read by the Town Clerk of the said Town of 
 "Ipswich. And that they shall be sworn before the said 
 "Bailiffs to do their endeavour to see nn> I procure the rules 
 "and statutes in all points to be performed, aud well and 
 "truly execute their offices in manner and form above 
 " mentioned." e 
 
26 MR, tooley's 
 
 " 8. And thai llie said "BailifT', Euigrsses, and Com- 
 •' niona.'fy, sliall not make at any time liereafler any Lease 
 " of the pifmis 's, or any pari thereof, without the assent 
 " of tlie said Wardens entiied into the said Eook, and swb- 
 " scribed with tlxir hands. And that »<; Lease shall ht 
 '•' made for more than Eleven Years from the day of tlie 
 " making thereol ; nor shall any Lease of the premises or 
 " any part thereoi" have continuance above one year after 
 " the making the New Lease. And that at least the Old 
 " Rent shall be reserved yearly, payable to the Lessors at 
 " the Mouse of the Poor at Michaelmas, and at Lady-Dai/, 
 " by even portions. And that m every Lease be contained a 
 ' proviso, that no waste shall be done to the premises, nor 
 "shall ihey assign over the same to any person without the 
 "consent of the Lessors and their successors, and the War- 
 '' dens for the time beilig, first had. And within the first 
 "seven years they shall deliver unto the Wardens a per- 
 " feet Terrier of all the said lands and tenements to them 
 "devised, which shall be immediately registered in the 
 "said Book." 
 
 "9 And that if the profits of the premises should at 
 "any time hereafter be suflicient to maintain any more 
 " poor persons, in manner and form abovementioncd, than 
 " the said Ten, that then there shall be so many therewith 
 '•yearly f</und and maintained with the like Allowance, 
 "and in such Manner as the other Ten, as shall be thought 
 " good by the Bailirtj, and by the Wardens for the time 
 " being. And that the said poor persons shall in all points 
 "observe and keep all the orders, rules, and statutes, as are 
 " prescribed and appointed to the said Ten, and upon such 
 *' pains and penalties as is aforesaid: And the residue of 
 •■'the rents and profits shall bo yearly put iato the said 
 
FOUNDATION". 27 
 
 " chp.st, to be employed anil bestowed for the uses aforesaid. 
 '' And that after the ilcaths of both Alice Toolcy and AUcd 
 " Tiiaijfrs [who had Annuities out of the Estate] the War- 
 " dtns of the said House of the Poor for the time beins 
 " shall yearly bestow of the rents, issues, and profits of the 
 "premises, in . and towards (he repair in -r and amending of 
 " the Higfrxays near and about the said Toivn of Ipswich, by 
 "the discretion of the said Wardens; and the residue of the 
 "rents, issues, and profits thereof, after the said poor men 
 " be found sufficiently as aforesaid, shall he yearly put into 
 "the said chest, to be bestowed from time to time to the 
 •" intents an 1 uses aforesaid." 
 
 " 10. And that the said Fxecutois, if they have a mind 
 '' to it, shall be Wanlens as long as they live ; and after 
 "their deccasf^, the said BailiflTs, Burgesses, and Com- 
 " monah^', and their successors, shall from time to time, 
 " Once in Five Venrs, sue out one Writ of Commission out of 
 ''the Court of Chancery, to be dire«ted unto Six Gentlemen, 
 "of tho said Shire of SuffoV:, authorizing them, /re, four, 
 "or thre of them, to repair to the said Town of Ipswich, 
 " and then to visit, examine, and consider, by all good ways 
 *' and mrans, as by their wisdom shall be thought meet and 
 "convenient, whether nil the ordinances, rules, and .■^t.ilutea 
 "aforesaid, have been by the Wardens for the time being, 
 "truly performed and kept; and there to tax and assess 
 "such fine and fines on every of the said Wardens, for 
 "every breach or default of the said rules and ordinances 
 " found upon them, by due proof or good examination, by 
 "the said Wardens, or any of them, to bo committed, suf- 
 " fered, or done, as in their wisdoms and discretions shall 
 " be thought iDost meet and convenient for the quality of 
 •'the said offences: the said fines to be levied of theii 
 
28 MR. toolfa's 
 
 " goods ami chattels within the said To\Tn of Ipsuich, and 
 " the same to he employed and bestowed according to the 
 " ru'es, and ordinances aforesaid. And because the Right 
 " Honourable Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knight, now Lord Keeper 
 "of the Great Seal of Eni^lunJ^ hath taken great pains and 
 " travil in devising the said rules, ordinances, and statutes, 
 " and in compounding the controversies between the said 
 "Executors and the said Bailiirs, &c. it is ordained, that 
 "after the death of the said Lord Keeper, his Heir Male, 
 •'being within the said Shire of Stijfolk, and being able to 
 "spend Four Hundred Marks a j^ear, and of full age, shall 
 " always be one of the six Gentlemen, named in the said 
 " Comm <«:on ol Visitation : and that the Bailiffs, &c shall 
 ^' find them a convenient Place for the said Co7nmissioners to 
 " meet in ; and also /or the Wardens to have access to." 
 
 And in Hilary Term next after the dale of this Inden- 
 ture, \fi. Tooley's Executors by a fine assured all the said 
 manors, messuages, lands, and premises, to the said Bailiffs, 
 Burgesses, and Commonalty aforesaid, and their Successors 
 for ever, for the purposes aforesaid. 
 
 The Keader has now before him a full account of the 
 Foundation of this Charity, as it was first sketched out by 
 Mr» Tooley in his Will ; confirmed by liic Royal Charter 
 of Hii/ip and Ma-y; and finally settled and established by 
 my Lord Keeper Bacon, in this la.st recited Indenture, which 
 the Corporation have bound themselves for ever to observe. 
 From this account it appears, that the Bailiffs, Burgesses, 
 and Commonalty of Ipswich, are no otherwise concerned 
 wiili this Charity, than as Trustees, in whom the property 
 of the Estates is vested. 2. That the Bailiffs, PoNmen, and 
 Common Council, are entrusted with the choice of the 
 "Wardens^ and the passing of their accounts. And Thirdly, 
 
FOUNDATION. S9 
 
 that as Mr. Toolej/ entrusted his Executors with the receipt, 
 management, and disposition of the profits of his Estates, so 
 since their decease, this power is devolved upon the 
 Wardens for the time being. 
 
 What the Annual Value of Mr. Tooley's Estates was at 
 the time of his decease is uncertain. In 1556, they were 
 supposed not to exceed 100 Marks. 
 
 In 1747, the Reiit-Uoll was as follows: — 
 
 £, s. d. 
 Ulverslon ILll Farm - - - - 140 
 
 Quit-Rents of tlic Manors of (//^'('rf/o/i a«f/ ^cfcyv, 22 11 
 
 Afr. Rudlands Farna at Clmjdort, - - - 70 
 
 Mr. AUiu^s Faim at ff hitlon, - - - 75 
 
 Ha.\f of Afr. R!v,;s's farm i\i ir/iit/ot, - - 40 
 
 Part of B/oom/7r«V Farm at Whit ton, - - 6 15 5 
 
 Part of Kersey's Farm at Olley, - - - 37 
 
 In IS 17, the Yearly Rents paid. — ■ 
 
 Mr. Simon Jarkaman, . » _ 
 
 Mr. Thomas Kersey. - - - - 
 
 Mr. Thomas Cooper, sen. _ _ _ 
 
 Mr. Stephen Havvard . _ - 
 
 Sir William Middleton . - - 
 
 Mr. James King, - 
 
 Mr- Edward Dove, Ulverston Hall Farm, 
 
 Quit Rents of the. Manors of Ulverslon and Sacl-jyl'. 
 
 The Warden, at the entrance upon his Office, is obliged 
 to take the following Oath : — 
 
 *' Ye shall swear, that ye shall do your endeavour to sec 
 " and procure the Ruks, Ordinances, and Statutes, mentioned 
 
 £ r.Qi 
 
 fi S 
 
 £. 
 
 i. 
 
 d. 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 135 
 
 
 
 
 
 190 
 
 
 
 
 
 212 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 90 
 
 
 
 
 
 370 
 
 
 
 
 
 s, 22 
 
 
 
 
 
 £ 1039 
 
 12 
 
 
 
80 
 
 MK. TOOLEYS 
 
 " in the hidcrUwe Tripartite cnnceritin^ Mr. Toolij/'x Foun- 
 *' dation, in all points, to be perfor/ned so near m you can, 
 " And ye shall likewise endeavour to the best of your po\irr, 
 " ixell and truly to execute the Hfficc of Warden 'xherpunto ye 
 "ate elected, in such mariner and form as in the Indcn'.ure is 
 "mentioned ; and in all Leases to be made of the Lands of 
 " the Foundation, or any part thereof, duriiig such time as you 
 "shall continue in that Office, you shall, to the best of your 
 "cunning and po'Mcr, procure ihe most and best benefit thereby. 
 
 " So help you God.'* 
 
 All the persons undermi'iitioivd have two shillings and 
 sixpence given them every Friday IVIorning, excepting 
 Nurse Rushamay, who ins three shillings and sixpence. 
 
 1 Juiliih Gosling 
 
 2 \\i«low Lesier 
 
 3 Widow Baldly 
 
 4 Widow Eiiriaje - 
 
 5 Widow Stone 
 
 6 Susan Waymnn 
 
 7 Ann Lee 
 
 8 Widow Harrison - 
 
 9 Widow of T. Howes 
 
 10 Widow Gooding - 
 
 1 1 Widow Eushinere 
 
 12 W. Uennttt and Wife 
 
 13 Widow Theobald - 
 
 14 Widow Goss 
 
 15 Widi w Blichonden 
 
 16 Widow Prentice - 
 n \A'idow Laws 
 
 A 
 
 'RIL, 
 
 181.". 
 
 
 .f. 
 
 (f. 
 
 
 s. 
 
 '2 
 
 6 
 
 IS Widow Parkhurst 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 C> 
 
 19 Hannih B.iker 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 20 David Crack nail - 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 21 Jane t'u'pitt 
 
 o 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 9'3 Thomas BIytliP, srn. 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 6 
 
 23 '»A'idow Fryatt 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 24 Widow of John Wiight 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 25 Lydia Atkiu 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 •21} Mart Holland and Wife 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 G 
 
 27 S. Hainhlin and Wife 
 
 2 
 
 <2 
 
 G 
 
 23 R. Burgess and Wife 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 29 Maltha Foid 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 G 
 
 30 Deborah Abklt - 
 
 2 
 
 o 
 
 (■) 
 
 ')\ Ann Carver - 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 ('. 
 
 3'1 Maiy Land - 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 G 
 
 33 John Folly - 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 34 Widow Sly the, 
 
 2 
 
FOUNDATION. 
 
 31 
 
 
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 d 
 
 
 
 s. 
 
 r/. 
 
 35 Widow GoDil'mg - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 47 
 
 Widoiv Martha Bates 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 36 John Hi!l - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 48 
 
 Wife of E. Abbott 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 S" Nurse Rai--!ia«ay - 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 49 
 
 Widow of R. t aston 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 33 Martha Ha kor - 
 
 '2 
 
 6 
 
 iO 
 
 Widow of B. Clianning 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 39- Widow of S. Cook 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 51 
 
 .1. Tiiomsoii - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 40 William Cuiiis 
 
 IT 
 
 6 
 
 5 2 
 
 Ami Harrison 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 41 William Ives 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 Widow of W. Howes 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 4'2 Tlioiiia-s Mumiin5s 
 
 •2 
 
 
 
 54 
 
 \^'i<^ow Alexander 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 43 Thomas Flylhe,jiin, 
 
 •2 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 Mary Simpson 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 4V A\'ifo of E. Ward - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 56 
 
 AVite of John Giles 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 45 Wife of John Ellis 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 57 
 
 Widow Stephenson 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 46 Willow Pryk*; 
 
 •> 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 Wife of W. Morgan 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 These poor people Iiave, besiiles llieir pay, linen, &C. 
 as follows : — Once in two years each woman has P^. 3fi. 
 allowed at some shop, for linen ; each ninn has Vis 6d. ; 
 man and wife, J.I. \s. 6d. Once in two years each wo- 
 man has a stuil'gown, and each man a coat. Such of the 
 poor people as have rooms, are allowed annually one chal- 
 dron of coals, and twelve faggots of wood. If husband and 
 wife, or two in one nx)m, one chaldron and a quarter, and 
 eighteen faggots. In case of sickness, further assistance is 
 frequently rendered at the discretion of the Warden. A 
 Surgeon is appointed, at a Salary of J.50 per annum, to 
 attend on the poor, in this and Smart's Foundation, 
 ■whenever necessary. 
 
epttapl) 
 
 UPON 
 
 In St. J\Iari/ Key Church, Ipszcich. 
 
 Heiiiicus Toolye obiit 22 Aug. 1551. 
 Alicia Toolye obitt 8 Feb. 1564. 
 
 Here Henrye Toolie lies intombde, that Man emonge the rest, 
 By Vertue, AVisdome, Weltlie, and Worshippe named emongest the best. 
 A Marchant welthyc, whose Affayres God furthered with successe, 
 A Portman for his \Vi^donle, choes and dyed, w horn God did blesse. 
 Withe vertuous Wyfe and Children three, a famous Matrone sure ! 
 Whose Godlye lyfe Dame Fame preserves in honoure aye to endure. 
 This man, in Deathe, by Will reportes whereto his lyfe was bent. 
 That Yearlie gave to WAVES and PORE his Lands, Tenements, and 
 
 Annual Rents, 
 In Ipswich aye to their Behoufe and his immortal Fame, ^ 
 
 A Glass to showe the use of Welthe ; a Patterne Tiow to frame L 
 
 A Mortal Mynde; a Mcaue to move the I'ore to extol the Name V 
 Of GOD Almighty ; but Ipswiche far unworthy two to keep 
 Of Vertuous tuch, there Bodies here, in Heaven their Souls doth sleep. 
 
IW 
 
 AN ACCOUNT 
 
 Bo SHiSilB^^S (BlIl£i.IBn^¥c 
 
 nili:^o 
 
 MR. WILLIAM SMART, Portman, was another con- 
 siderable benefactor to the poor of this Town. His Will, 
 which is dated January 8, 1598, and proved in Doctors' 
 Commons, runs thus : — 
 
 " Item, I give towards the reparations of the Parish 
 "Church 0^ St, Mury Tomer, \n //<«t'i!c/t aforesaid. Tiienty 
 " Marks, of good and lawful money of England, to be paid 
 " by mine Executrix, unto the Churchwardens for the time 
 "being, and four of the chiefestof the inhabitants of the said 
 " Parish, for the time being, to be employed whereas most 
 ** need shall require, to be paid six months after my decease. 
 
 " Item, 1 will that my Executrix shall distribute, or 
 " cause to be distributid, before the day of burial, amongst 
 " the poor people of the said Town of Ipsiuich, Twenty 
 " Pounds, of good and lawful mone\- of England. 
 
 " Item, I will^ that my Executrix shall provide, make, and 
 " give. Twelve Goipns, to be delivered unto twelve of the 
 " most aged, lame, and impotent poor persons, being none 
 " of Henry Toly's Foundation, having his livery, and efsuch 
 " Cloth as to my said Executrix shall seem meet and con- 
 " venient. 
 
 " Item, I will that there be given and paid by mine Exe- 
 " cutrix, unto Fifty poor and virtuous maids, being of the 
 "Town aforesaid, being of the age of Twenty Years, at 
 
 F 
 
34 Mu. smart's 
 
 " their several days of marriage^ either of them Tti-mti/ 
 •' Shillings, that is to say, yearly five, and not above, if so 
 " many shall be found so cpinlified as before, until the sum 
 " of Fifty Pounds be fullj' satisfied and paid; and ifilie 
 " said number of the said Fifty shall not be paid by my 
 "said Executrix, I will the remainder thereof to be paid by 
 "such as shall be put in trust by my said Executrix, or such 
 *' as I shall name to be my Executors. 
 
 " Item, I will that there shall be paid by my Executrix 
 
 " unto the Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the said 
 
 "Town of Ipswich, within three years next after my de- 
 
 " cease Ttcenty Pounds, for and towards the perfect scower- 
 
 " ing or cleansing of the Common Key or Channel of the 
 
 "aforesaid Town of Ipswich; and if my said Executrix, or 
 
 "such as she shall name, or appoint to be her Executors or 
 
 *' Executor, shall not pay the said Tiventy Pounds to the use 
 
 " aforesaid, then I will it shall be paid and be bestowed by 
 
 "such as shall be appointed by me, or the Bailiffs, Bur- 
 
 " gesses, and Commonalty of the aforesaid Town of Jpstvzch, 
 
 "Item, I will, give, and bequeath unto Alice my wife, 
 
 "all my messuages, land-s and tenements, as well free as 
 
 " copy, called or known bv the name or names of Coles and 
 
 '' Conyngton's, situate, lying, or being in the Towns or 
 
 •'Parishes of Kyrton and Falkenham, in the Hundred of 
 
 " Colnes in the County of Sriffolk, which I purchased of 
 
 " Edmonde Smart my late Brother, Francis Pedgrevc, and 
 
 '* John Stannurd, and of either of them, and all manner my 
 
 " messuages, lands, meadows, pastures, feedings, woods, un- 
 
 " derwoods, tenements, waters, fishings, fowlings, marshes, 
 
 "commons, and hereditaments, set, lying, and being in the 
 
 "Towns and Parishes of Falkenham and Kyrton, or in any 
 
 " other Town there near adjoining, to have and to hold all 
 
CHARITY. 35 
 
 "and siiigulur tli?, said messuages, lands, tenements, pastures, 
 "feedings, warrens, marshes, woods, underwoods, and here- 
 " ditaments, with all and singular the appurtenances before 
 "mentioned, to her the said Alice my wife and her assigns, 
 " for and during the term of her natural life. 
 
 " And after the decease of the said Alice my wife, 1 
 "will, give, and bequeath the said messuages, lands, tene- 
 " ments, marshes, commons, and hereditaments, with all and 
 " singular the appurtenances, called or known by the name 
 *' or names of Colts and Conynglon's and other the last reci- 
 " ted premises, as well freehold as copyhold, situate, lying, 
 "and being in Falkcnham and Kyrt^m aforesaid, and either 
 " of them, to the Bayliffs, Burgesses and Commomdtie of (he 
 " To:un of Ipswich, their successors and assigns, to such use, 
 " uses or intents, as by Indenture Tripartite, and a Schedule 
 " thereunto annexed, shall and may appear between me the 
 " said William Smarte, on tlie one part, and the said Bai- 
 " lifls. Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Town of Ipswich 
 "aforesaid of the second part, John Clench, Es<j. one of her 
 " Majesty's Justices at the Pleas' before her Highness to be 
 " holden, assigned, Ratilfe Scryrener, of Bclstead, Gent. 
 " Thomas Walton, Est], and Leonarde Caston, of Ipswich 
 "aforesaid Gent, of the third part; or by any other convey- 
 " ance or assurance by me thereof made, or hereafter to be 
 " made, is, or shall be limited, declared, and set down ; and 
 " if it doth or shall happen, that there is or shall not be any 
 " such Indenture Tripartite, and Schedule thereunto anncx- 
 " ed, or other lawful conveyance or assurance made of the 
 " said messuages, lands, tenements, marshes, and premises 
 " last recited, both freehold and copyhold, after my said 
 " Wife's decease, I will all and singular the said last recited 
 " premises, with the appurtenances, both freehold and copy- 
 
36 MR. smart's 
 
 '' hold, shall remain to the said John Clench, Raulfe Scrj^ve- 
 " ner, Thomas Walton, and Leonard Caston, and to their 
 "heirs and assigns for ever; to the intent nevertheless, that 
 " thcj' and the survivors, and survivor of them, and their 
 " heirs, and the heirs of the survivor of thrm, shall, by 
 " lawful licence and authority first obtained, amortise, and 
 " assure the same, or the rents, issues, and profits, to such 
 " person or persons, their heirs, executors, and assigns, and 
 " to the said Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Commonaltie, and their 
 " successors and assigns, for and to such use and uses, em- 
 *' ployment aijd employments, as I myself, in my life time, 
 " had, or have purpose or intent to have assured, and accord- 
 " ingly as I shull hereafter, in this my last Will, appoint, 
 " declare, and set down. 
 
 " ftan, I give unto Draper's- Hall and Tayloi's-IIall in 
 " Ipswich aforesaid Ten Pounds, for and towards one stock, 
 " to continue for ever, to provide corn, wood, sea coal, but- 
 " ter, or cheese, or any of them, in the best time of the year, 
 "and the same to be delivered unto the poorest Inhabitants 
 «' and Householders of the said Trades or occupations, at 
 "such prices as the said commodity or commodities cost, 
 " charge and costs being allowed. 
 
 [A.~\ " And as concerning the uses, employments, and 
 " intents of the issues, revenues, and profits, of all those my 
 " messuages, lands, tenements, pastures, feedings, marshes 
 "commons, and hereditaments, before mentioned, as well 
 '' freehold as copyhold, situate, lying, and being in Falken- 
 " ham and Kyrlon, or elsewhere, called or known by the 
 " name of Coles ; my part of one marsh, lately purchased 
 " of Francis Pedgrevc ; and Conynglon's, late Stanerds, nay 
 " full Will, mind, and purpose is, and by this my Will and 
 "Testament I do declare, that after the decease of the said 
 
CHARITY. 
 
 $7 
 
 " Alice my wife, (a certain debt due to me from the Town- 
 "shipdf //)5rt)JcA, hereafter meotioned, being to my said 
 " wife, or h^r assigns, within one year after my decease 
 "satisfied and paid) the yearly revenues and profits thereof 
 "coming and arising, shall be, without fraud, collusion, or 
 "covin, be divided into three parts, whereof the first part 
 "shall be always divided into two parts, whereof the one 
 " part of the said first part shall be always employed and 
 " bestowed in manner and form following, viz. to Draper's 
 " and Taylor's Hall yearly TweiUif Shillings for ever, to- 
 '' wards the loss of any provision which they shall make, 
 " as is aforesaid ; and therefore, videlicet of the Eleven 
 " Pounds, to give one just and true account yearly, and 
 "every year for ever; and the residue thereof to be given 
 "and employed for and towards the maintenance of poor 
 " Scholars in tlie Free School of the Town Of Ipswich, being 
 " the children of poor Freemen of the s.iid Town ; and for 
 " want of such poor children, to the children of the poor in- 
 " habitants, born within the said Town, towards the provid- 
 " ing and buying of books, ink, paper, and convenient ap- 
 "parel, for and during the time of their continuance or abode 
 " there. The other part of the said first part, I will shall be 
 " bestowed and delivered yearly in manner and form fol- 
 " lowing ; viz. Four Pounds to the Master of the said Free 
 " School, and Fifty-three Shillings and Four Pence to the Usher 
 " there, to the intent that the said Master and Usher there, 
 " shall always, and from time to time, be the more diligent 
 " and painful in teaching and instructing of the said poor 
 " scholars, in good nurture and learning. The Residue of 
 " the said part I will be yearly bestowed for ever, upon a 
 " Master or Governor, which shall take upon him the 
 " charge or care of the House which shall hereafter be by 
 
58 MR. smart's 
 
 " me fourKled, or 1 y my Donees or Feoffees, for llie reliol' 
 " of the poor, and setliug on vvoik of such poor people, as 
 "shall there be remaining, 
 
 [B] " The second part of the issues, revenues, and profits 
 " aforesaid, I will be employed and bestowed yearly, and 
 " every year, upon wool, flax, hemp, iron, corn, appa- 
 " rel, wood, or sea coal, and such other needful things, as 
 ** well for the setting a work of such person or persons, 
 " as for the better maintenance of the said person or persons, 
 " as shall be at any time hereafter taken into the said house ; 
 " to the intent that every man, woman, and child, to be ta- 
 " ken into the said house, hereafter by me, or my assigns to 
 ••' be founded, may, according to the art, trade, and capacity, 
 " not only be set to work, but also be relieved, according to 
 " the statute in that case laleli/ made and provided. 
 
 [C] " Tiie thir(]. part of issues, revenues, and profits, 
 " aforesaid, I will shall be employed, bestowed, and con- 
 *' verted yearly and every year, for ever, upon the poor 
 " estate of the Sick and Lazure Houses of St Leonard in Jps- 
 " wich, St. T/i07nas a Powntnei/, and the poor prisoners in the 
 " common Gaol of the Toxn of Jpsivich, in manner and 
 " form following: that is to say, to buy and provide bcd- 
 "ding convenient and necessary for the said Houses and 
 "prison, and to provide convenient wood or sea coal for 
 "their burning or firing, ^nd apparel decent to Avear, for 
 "the afore-named Houses: and to deliver weekly to either 
 "person remaining and abiding in the said two Houses, in 
 " bread. Six-pence. And the residue and overplus of the 
 "remainder of the said third part, of the issues, revenues, 
 " and profits of the lands aforesaid, I will shall be bestowed 
 "upon the remaining and being in prison aforesaid; and 
 "if there shall Le found no poor prisoners, then, during 
 
CIIABITY. 39 
 
 " thnt time, I will it sliall be bestowed to the augmentatioa 
 " and bclteriii'j; of tlie allowance of tlie afore-named two 
 " sick houses. . 
 
 [D.] " All and singular which said revenues and profits 
 " of my messuages, lands, and tenemenls, given and be- 
 " qneathed to the uses above-said I will, and my mind is, 
 "they shall be recovered, taken, and delivered yearly, into 
 " the hniiils of the Wurdcna of Henri/ Tolic's Foundation in 
 " IpxxvicJt aforesaid, for the time being -, which said War- 
 " dens shall yearly, and every year, yitld a true anxl unde- 
 "ccivable account of the receipts and payments, according 
 " to my good and true meaning. 
 
 [£,' ] " The residue of my Money, Debts, Jewels, Plate, 
 " and all other my moveable goods whatsoever (mj' Latin 
 " printed book?, and written books in volume and parch- 
 " ment only excepted, which I give lowrards one Library , 
 " safely to he kept in the Vestry Of the Parish Church of St. 
 " Mary To-xcr, in Tpstiv'cA aforesaid ; iind the door to hravc 
 "two sufficient locks and keys, the one to remain in the 
 ''custody of the Minister of the Parish for the time being, 
 " and the other to be kept by the Churchwardens of the 
 "said Parish for the time beinor, to be used there by the 
 "common Preacher of the said Town for the time being, 
 "or any other Preacher minded to preach in the said Pa- 
 " rish Church ; mv debts, legacies, and funeral charges 
 " being paid and performed) ; I will that Alice my wife 
 •^^ shall have, use, and quietly enjoy to her proper use, 
 " whom I only ordain and make mine Executrix. 
 
 "And further, whereas at the instance and request of the 
 " said BaililT;, Burgesses, and Commonaltie of the said Town 
 " of Ipstvich, in the late dear vears, for the provision of corn 
 '•■ for the poor af the said Towir, I disbursed divers sums of 
 
4© MR. smart's 
 
 " money, by reason whereof there did arise some loss upon 
 " the re-dellvery and sale of the said corn, to the ralue oC 
 " threescore and eight pounds, or thereabouts, as by an ac- 
 " count thereof shall and may appear; which said loss was 
 *' promised should be to me by them satisfied : now my 
 " meaning is, that if the said Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Com- 
 " monaltie, shall not satisfie, content, and pay, or cause to 
 " to be satisfied, contented, and paid, to my said Wife, or 
 *' her assigns, such sum or sums of money, as is by the said 
 ♦' account due unto me, within one year after my decease, 
 " towards the performance of the legacies contained in this 
 " my last Will; then I will, give, and bequeath, unto the 
 " said Alice my Wife, her Executors and Assigns, all and 
 " singular the said houses, lands, tenements, marshes, and 
 " hereditaments, situate, lying, and being in Falkenhani and 
 " fij^r/OM aforesaid, for and during the term of three years, 
 *' next after the decease of the said Alice, to have and to 
 " hold all and singular the said last-recited premises, to the 
 " Executors and Assigns of the said Alice, towards the 
 " performance of my legacies abovesaid. 
 
 [F ] "Provided always, and my meaning is, that the 
 "said Robert J)cmiye and IVilliam Parker, my cousins, shall 
 " have, hold and enjoy, all and singular the said messuages, 
 •' lands, tenements, marshes, commodities, profits, and here- 
 "ditaments whatsoever, situate, lying, and being in Falken- 
 " ham and Kyrton aforesaid, to have and to hold to them, 
 *' their Executors and assigns, from the Feast of St Mi- 
 *' chael the Archangel, which shall be in the year cf onr 
 " Lord God One Thousand and Six Hundred, unto the full 
 "end and term of Twenty and One years from thence next 
 " and immediately ensuing, fully to be compleat and ended, 
 "yielding and paying therefore yearly, the sum of Three- 
 
CHARITY. 41 
 
 "score Pounds of lawful money of England, at the Feasts 
 •'of the Annunciation of our Lady St. Mary the Vhgiii and 
 " St. Mk-hacl the Archangel, or within thirty days next af- 
 " ter either of the said Feasts, by equal and even portions, 
 " under such covenants as shall be set down and agreed 
 " u()on hy the said Thomas Walton and Ralff Saivener, or 
 " by either of lliem." 
 
 And the said IVilliani Smart did by an Indenture and 
 Lease for a Thousand Years, dated the \5th September, 4li« 
 Elizabeth (1599) devise and grant to Thomas Walton, Ralph 
 Scrivener, and Leonard Canton, all his lands and premises, 
 being in Falkenham and Kirkton, \n the Qoxiuiy oi Suffolk, 
 to the Intent that they should convey and assure the same 
 to the Bailiffs, &c. of Ipsivich, in such manner and form, 
 and to such use and uses, intents and purposes, as he the 
 said William Smart had set down in and by his last Will 
 and Testament, 
 
 And to the said Indenture was annexed the following 
 Schedule, viz. 
 
 " 1. First, That no Lease be made by the Bailiffs, &c. 
 " of Ipsivich, but the same shall Jirst be granted or agreed upon 
 " at a Great Court of the said Town ; and then the grant 
 "or agreement to be entered and put in writing, and after 
 ^'to pass in writing to be sealed with the Common Seal of 
 ''the said Corporation : and tlie counter part of every such 
 " Lease, under the hand and seal of the Lessee, to be com- 
 " mitted to the Treasury of the said Town : and that no Lease 
 " be made to several Lessees, nor to continue above Eleven 
 *' Years, from the day of their making ; and no Lease to be 
 "made in reversion, nor any grant, or consent of any Lease in 
 "reversion, to be made or granted before the old Lease be first 
 " siai-endered and expired, at least before such old Lease shall 
 G 
 
42 MR. smart's 
 
 ''expire, within one year after liie miking and granting the 
 '' new Lease. Proviiled that special cnre be taken that Jio 
 " Lease of the Copyhohl be made for above one year, un- 
 "less good licence be first obtained for the letting thereof, 
 "at the charge of the Lessee, in writing under the hand of 
 "the Lord of the iuanor or manors, or otherwise, in open 
 " Court, under the hand of the Steward of the said manor; 
 "and to deliver the same into the Tiermoy, to the use of the 
 " Bailiffs, &c. and to be laid up with the Lease of the frct- 
 " hold before granted, theie to remain, and the same order 
 "to remain, be holden, and continued for ever. 
 
 "2. That the rents and profits of all the aforesaid pre- 
 " mises upon every Lease to be reserved shall always be paid 
 " at two usual terms of the year, by equal portions; and the 
 "place of payment to be at Draper's Hall or CInist's Hos- 
 " pitalf in Ipsivicli aforesaid. And upon every Lease to be 
 " made as aforesaid, special care to be had that the Lessee be 
 " no Freeman of the Toum of Ipswich, either before or afitr 
 " the making thereof; and that there shall be no fine or income 
 " taken, but the same to be letten to the full yearly value And 
 " that the Farmer be always straitly tied and bound with 
 "sufficient sureties to do all manner of reparations, as well 
 "of the Houses, Buildings, and Marsh-wallsj as all other 
 "reparations whatsoever; and to pay and discharge the 
 " Lords-Rents, all fifteens and subsidies, during the term of 
 " his years, and repair and maintain the fences and enclo- 
 "sures, to scour and amend the ditches belonging to the 
 " premises, and at the end of his term to leave the Houses, 
 "Buildings, and Marsh-walls of the Premises sufficiently re- 
 " paired: and in every Lease to be contained one special 
 "covenant on the Farmer's part, that he, his Executors and 
 "assigns, shall within the first five years cause a perfect 
 
CIIABITY. 43 
 
 ' Terrier to 1)^ m'\cle and engrossed In Parchment, at his or 
 *• tlieir cxpeiice, containing the \vh<ile contents, and quan- 
 *' tity of abuttals of all the said tenements to him letten, by 
 *■' the names and sirnanies of those then living who are pro- 
 '• per owners of die lands next adjoining, which shall be 
 '' dalivered to the said Bailiffs and thi^ir successors, to be laid 
 '• np in the Treasury ; and this order to endure for ever. 
 
 " 3. Also that in every Lease, all woods, trees, timber and 
 " underwood, shall be reserved, together with all Royalties 
 "of hawking, hunting, fishing, and fowling upon the pre- 
 " mises, with full liberty of ingress, egress, and regress, 
 "into, upon, and over the said premises at all times; saving, 
 " that sufficient gre^t timber, meet for reparation of Houses 
 "and Buildings, or for the new erecting any other Houses 
 ''upon tlic said tenements, with plough-boot, gate-boot, 
 '' hedge-boot, and fire-boot, necessary to be spent upon the 
 " premises, (so as the fire-boot exceed not twelve reasonable 
 " cart loads in one year) and none otherwise, shall be allow- 
 " ed and granted. Provided always, that all timber for re- 
 '•' pavatioiis, or plough-boot, or gate-boot, shall be felled and 
 " taken by the assignment of the T^essors or theirsuccessors, 
 " for the avoiding the peril of the forfeiture of the copy- 
 " hold. And that in every such Lease there be contained 
 "a condition that the rent shall not be behind-hand twenty 
 "days: and that the Farmer shall not commit any 
 ^'or waste upon the said lands or tenements; nor shall let 
 " any part thereof without the consent of the said Bailiffs, 
 " &c. first had in Writing, under the Common Seal of the 
 " said Corporation. And the person or persons to whom 
 " such Lease is set over, shall alvvays be resident and dwell- 
 " ingwith their household and family, upon the messuage 
 " and houses to him demised, during all the terra of hi5 
 
44 MR. smart's 
 
 "years ; anil to I.e bound wilh sufficient siirelits to pcrfc-rni 
 "all the covenants in the Lease so set over and granted ; 
 " and to ditch, quickset, and plant yearly forty rod ; and 
 "to plant at every rod's end one young oak, ash, or elm, 
 "likel}- to grow, according to the aptness of the soil ; and 
 "the same so planted, to maintain, preserve, and keep, to 
 "the best of his power, from the bite of cattle; and leave 
 " them at thf end of his term. And the same to be clone 
 "about the outworks, where the ground is bound to mnkc 
 "and find the fence, and about such other of the fences and 
 " enclosures as be dead hedged and not ditched. Provided 
 "further, and I Will, that all wood-salts, or tinii)cr sales to 
 •'be made or taken upon the premises aforesaid, otherwise 
 "than as befoie mentioned, shall be done by the BailifT?, 
 " &c. of Ipswich, or their sutficicnt deputies. The i^iitont 
 "and purpose which I IVllUam &nart do declare, limit, 
 "and appoint, and set down, for or touching the employment 
 "of the issues and profits of all the lands, tenements, and 
 
 "premises aforesaid. [Then follow the directions in 
 
 the Will mentioned.] 
 
 "4. / William Smart do declare my full meaning and 
 " intent to be, that the Bailifis of the Town of Ipswich for 
 "the time being, always after ihe decease of me the said 
 " William and Alice my wife, shall only have the bcm fit 
 "of fishing and fowling in and upon all the lands, tene- 
 " ments, and hereditaments before mentioned, doing or 
 "wilfully suffering no voluntary destruction thereof, or 
 "thereupon, for and towards the maintenance of their llos- 
 " pitalittj in their several houses, during the time of their 
 "Bailiwick, and not otherwise; to the intent they shall 
 "have a due regard to the true and due distribution and 
 " Gonvertmg the issues, prpfits, and revenues aforesaid to 
 
SHARITY. 45 
 
 "them li nite.), and the due observation an<l performance of 
 "tliis my full, plain, and true meaning, in all these present 
 " writings contained, and by me set down and declared " 
 
 N. B. The cautii^ns above-mentioned in relation to ihe 
 copj'lioid lands of this estate, are now become useless: for 
 about the year 16SI they were enfranchised by Sir John 
 Barker, Bart of whose manois they were hoMen, for the 
 sum of Fifty Pounds, he being at that time one of the Re- 
 presentatives in Parliament for this Porough. 
 
 Afterwards by dotd-poll, dated the ]9th September, 4I.vf 
 Elizabet/i, {\5)'^t) the said Ralph Scrivour, Thomas Wal- 
 ton, and Leonard Cas/on, in perforniaiice of the intent and 
 meaning of the said William Smart, did bargain, sell, alien, 
 and set over unto Robcit Sneilinrr ami others, as well the 
 said Indenture of demise, as all the right, title, interest, 
 term of years, reversion, possession, and remainder, of, in, 
 and to the premises, and every part thereof yet to come 
 and unexpired, to hold to them In TRtsr to the benefit of 
 the Bailiff's, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the To'xn of Ips- 
 wich, to be used and employed Jis l)y the said William Smart 
 is appointed in and by his last Will and Testament, and 
 according to his true intentand meaning, and not otherwise. 
 It is not known what was the real value of Mr Smart's 
 Estate at the time of his death : it was let for Si\tv P< unds 
 per annum, but this was to his Cousins, by particular direction 
 of his Will. 
 
 In 1747 the Yearly Rccehl xvas: — 
 
 £. s d. 
 
 The Farm at Falkcnhnm & Kirton, in i5/rf/'j Occupation, 1'2) 
 
 Part of dardiier's Farm at Creetina;, - - - 2(^ il 
 
 Part of /?/f)w/rWV Farm nt Whiiton, - - - 6 1 .5 5 
 
 ^/.s/oi'.v House, in St. Ilrlou's - - - - li) 
 
 Sw.'/A'i House, in St Helen's, - - - - 10 
 
 .£ 147 i5 5 
 
£. 
 
 s 
 
 (/ 
 
 73 
 
 6 
 
 h 
 
 ■ 1'3 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 • 370 
 
 
 
 0" 
 
 £ .!■■..-) 
 
 IS 
 
 *^ 
 
 46 MK. SMARTS 
 
 T'le Annual Heccipls in 1617: 
 
 James Tydemmi, Faim at Crectinj. 
 
 Simon Jackamnn, Part of a Farm at Whiiron, 
 
 George Cook, Farm at Falkcnham and Kirton, - 
 
 Besides the charitable bequest already mentioncJ, Mr. 
 Smart fouiuied a small Fellowship and two Scholarships at 
 Fcmhroke Hall in Cambridge, which he appropriated to the 
 Urammar-School in this Town. .bVe Accounts of the School 
 and Library. 
 
 As to tfie Estates above nirntion'.'d, the Corporation seem 
 only to be Trustees, just as they are of Mr Tooley's Estates. 
 As such, they are to Iciise out the Farms, but under the 
 conditions and according to the directions of the Schedule 
 now rt'citcd. Concerning which it is observable, that Mr. 
 Smart's Will was made- nc;nly Fifty Yt:ar5 after 71/r. Too- 
 lej/'s, and it is very probable thut several of the cautions and 
 provisions, especially those in Italicks, niighl be intended 
 to guard against some inconvuniencies, wlii( h he might 
 himself have observed in the management of Air. Tooley's 
 Farms. And it will always be proper that a strict regard 
 should be had to these cautions, in all Leases made by the 
 Corporation, not only of the Farms of Mr. Smart, but of all 
 others that thej/ hold in 'I'mst. 
 
 Mr. Smart's Will was proved November the 2nd, 1599, 
 and there is an entry in Bacon's Book, dated about eight 
 years afterwards, \vJiich is saiil to be for the explanation of 
 It. viz. 'A-Jac.-Uh March, 1(J07 For explanation of Mr. 
 ' Smart's Will, concerning the impjoyments of such protits 
 ' of lands given by hin» to Godly and charitable uses, unto 
 
CHARITY. 47 
 
 ' Ibnner oitlors concerning ihe same are added these iUut 
 ' rollow. 
 
 ' 1. Tho profits being ordered by hi n to bu divided in- 
 ' to ihice parts, and Twenty Shi)lirg>. part of tbt first part, 
 ' being given to Draper'^ and Taylor's Hall, it is ordered, 
 ' tliat it sindl go to the Taylor's Hull only, 
 
 ' 2. It is ordered, that the second part of the three parts 
 'sliall be divided into tv\o puts, one part for a stock to set 
 'tlie poor and other poor people of this Town to work ; 
 ' and the other part lor ;ipparel, corn, wood, and sea coal, 
 ' to be bought /(-/)• the poor of the Foundation. 
 
 ' 3. W'hereas part of the third part aforesaid of the pro- 
 ' fits was intended for l/ie two Lazar JJoiises of St. Leonard's 
 ' and Sir 'I'homas Pountney : now for that there belongetli 
 ' in lands to tho said houses, Five Pounds vtariy, and Two 
 ' Pounds, Thirteen Shillings and Four-Pence out of the 
 
 • County collection yhe County Fund appointed by 43 Eliz. 
 ' c. '2] and that the poor of those H-iuses [being near the 
 ' London lioad] may ask alms of Travellers passing by; and 
 •the number of them to be maint lined and kept, do not 
 ' exceed Seven Personsj and whereas this Town have erect- 
 'ed four habitations, in tiie place where the Old Building 
 ' was r.<tely fallen down, fitting for the placing of Eight 
 ' poor persons. 
 
 ' It is therefore ordered, that Eight, Seven, or Six, such 
 ' poor, old, blind, lame, and diseased persons, shall be there 
 
 * [in those four haLilations} forthwith placed, each of which 
 ' [persons or habitations] shall have Three Shillings each 
 ' week. And unto such as are in St, Leonard's Hospital by 
 
 ' ancient order, shall have yet further addition of their 
 ' maintenance Three-pence a week every Friday. And 
 ' that every houshold of the [/v>j<r]new Buildings, shaiJ hafe 
 
4 8 MK. smart's 
 
 'yearly a quarter of a cliaMron of coals and one loafl of 
 ' wood. And the sick and diseased persons of the old Build- 
 
 * ing [of St Leonaiil] shall have half a chaldron of coals 
 ' and one load of wood. And the poor prisoners shall have 
 'a quarter of the said third part towaid their relief yearly. 
 'And if any overplus be. it shall be employed in bedding 
 'and other necessaries of the poor, old, lame, diseased per- 
 'sons, in the old [Build/ng of S{. Leonard] and [t lie said 
 'four] new Houses The poor of the {s^idfow] new Houses 
 ' shall be called the Poor of Mr. Smart's Foundation, and 
 ' none shall be admitted there but such as shall be Town- 
 ' born, or of continuance in the same twenty years at lea.st. 
 ' And upon Mondai/s, IVcdnesdaj/s, and Fridaj/s, the poor 
 'aforesaid, or such as are not infected, shall resort to the 
 'chapel of Sf Augiistin in the IMoining, and make con- 
 
 * fession in the (\)n)nion Prayer^ and then pray in a Form 
 ' of Prayer prescribed. And such persons of this Pounda- 
 ' lion which are, or shall be in or nigh Christ's Hospital, 
 ' shall at such times also resort to the Chapel there, and per- 
 ' form their devotions as aforesaid. 
 
 St- Leonard's Hospital, or, at least, a part of it, was 
 standing in the Parish of St. Peter, beyond Stoke Bridge, 
 on the east side of the road where the three ways meet, a 
 little on this side the place called St. Austin's Green. On the 
 other side of the road are the four Houses above-mentioned. 
 But whether the Building that fell down, where these 
 Houses stand, was considered as a part of St. Leonard's 
 Hospital, or ihdt of St. Thomas a Pountney.we cannot de- 
 termine, for as to the latter we cannot learn where it stood. 
 There was a building upon the spot adjoining to these 
 houses, at the corner between the roads, which fell down a 
 few years ago^ and the con)mon notion is, that it was St. 
 
CHARITY. 
 
 49 
 
 Ausdn's Chapel : but it could not be this, for that must be 
 sought for in the Parish of St. Mart/ Stoke, as appears from 
 the ancient stile of that Parish, wh^ch was St Austin cum 
 Stoke; but this place is manifestly in the Paiish of St. 
 Peter. And indeed it is not supposed this building was 
 originally intended for a Chapel, for it did not stand East 
 and West, or any thing near it; though it is not denied 
 that it might be used as such, and possibly wus that men- 
 tioned in the extract from Bacon : but it is rather supposed 
 to have been a part of the ancient Lazar-House of Saint 
 Thomas a Voutney. 
 
 The number of Poor Persons on the list of Smart's 
 Charity is as follows; each is allowed 2s. 6d. per week. 
 
 April, I8I8. 
 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 1 Widow Taylor 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 Widow Wilkinson 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 2 Widow Rose 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 17 
 
 Widow Stokes 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 3 Widow Marchant - 
 
 o 
 
 6 
 
 18 
 
 Widow of J. C. Carver 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 4 Elizabeth Brame - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 19 
 
 Catharine Ham 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 5 Dorothy Greenleafe 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 20 
 
 Rachael Hill 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 6 Susan Candler 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 21 
 
 Mary Cabburn 
 
 2 
 
 G 
 
 7 Mary Plumber 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 22 
 
 Wife of C. GarHOod 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 8 Wm. Cooper and Wife 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 23 
 
 Elizabeth Steggall 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 9 Wife of Joshua Plumb 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 24 
 
 Widow of T. Channing 
 
 o 
 
 6 
 
 10 Sarah Day - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 25 
 
 Isabella Gallant 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 1 1 Widow Cowsell - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 26 
 
 Robert Manning, sen. 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 12 Susan Curtis - " 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 27 
 
 Mary Culpitt 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 13 Sarah Green 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 28 
 
 Margaret Cook 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 14 Sarah Bacon 
 
 o 
 
 6 
 
 29 
 
 Widow Evans 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 15 John Death and Wife 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 30 
 
 i^maauel Ktuids -• 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
50 
 
 MR. SMART S 
 
 
 i'. 
 
 d. 
 
 31 Wife of W. Watson 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 32 Widow Sage 
 
 o 
 
 6 
 
 33 Ann Cooper 
 
 O 
 
 6 
 
 34 Ann Thome 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 33 Elizabeth Brow ne - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 36 Wife of T. N.Cooke 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 37 Susan Pratt - 
 
 o 
 
 6 
 
 38 Martha Farrow - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 39 Wife of Daniel Frost 
 
 40 James Smith 
 
 41 Widow Cooper 
 
 42 Widow Blocmfield 
 
 43 Widow Hanly 
 
 44 Sarah f^impson 
 
 43 Sarah, wife of J. Claikc 2 
 
 The Wardens of Tooley's Foundation are to receive and 
 manage the Revenues of" this Gift, and every year to render 
 an account of them. 
 
 «-<0>-« 
 
 Disbursements of Tooley's and Smart's Charities. 
 
 Weekly Pay Bill usually amounts to about ,£'.12 } 
 or Annually to - - - C 
 
 Coals and Wood for Fifty-three Rooms, ditto, to about 
 Linen, to about - - - - - 
 
 Surgeon ------ 
 
 Jlinister of St. Mary Key _ - - 
 
 Clerk of St. Mary Key - - - - 
 
 Staff Bearer . _ - - - 
 
 Insurance, to about _ - - - 
 
 Water Rent _ _ . - - 
 
 Treasurer of Christ's Hospital - - - 
 
 Treasurer's Salary - - 
 
 The ven«ining Sum, after paying Taxes, &c, appears 
 to be expended in Repairs. 
 
 £. 
 
 ;. 
 
 d 
 
 635 
 
 
 
 
 
 140 
 
 
 
 
 
 70 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^932 
 
 12 
 
 
 
CHARITY. ^i 
 
 The fulloivin:^ is an Abstract of the Rules and Ordinances 
 relating to Mr Hcmy Toolej/'s Foundation, to which all such 
 Poor Persons who receive the Benefit thereof, are obliged to 
 conform.* 
 
 If any of the poor per?otis, after the election and re- 
 ceiving them into the House, shall be detected and found 
 guilty of any notable vice, as felony, whoredom, bawdrj% 
 or such like vice or crimp, that then he or she shall be 
 removed out of the said House, and be discharged of the 
 relief, by the Wardens for the time bping. 
 
 Also, that every of the siid poor persons, being in health, 
 shall attend every Sabbath-day, Feast-day, and Working-day, 
 at the beginning of Morning and Evening Prayers, in the 
 Parish Church of Saint Mary at the Key, where the said 
 Henry Tooley is buried, and there shall continue, during 
 all the said prayers, and during service, comely, virtuously, 
 and devoutly behaving themselves; and if any of them 
 shall vialce default, or be absent from the said Evening or 
 Morning Prayers, wiihout a reasonable or la\.vful let or impe- 
 diment, then, such person shall be abated of his or her relief 
 for the vseek following ; and for a second default, or absence, 
 two weeks' relief; and for the third like default, or absence, 
 SHALL BE KEMOVED oht of the said Housc. 
 
 Also, if any of tne said poor, being able to work, shall 
 refuse so to do, or shall commonly waste his or her time in 
 
 * The al)ove-menlioned Abstract of Rules, &c. is placed over Mr. 
 Toole y's Tomb, in St. Mary Key Cimrch. 
 
52 MR. smart's charity. 
 
 tabling, dicing, drinking, or any other unlawful game and 
 exercise, and being thereof warned by the War t»^iis, or two 
 of them, and shall couiniit tlie like offence, shall be abated 
 of his or her relief for fourteen days follow in::^ ; and for the 
 next like offence, double so much ; and for the third like 
 offence, shall be removed out of the said House. 
 
 Also, if any of the said poor persons shall suffer any 
 other to be lodged with them, without the special licence of 
 the said Wardens, or two of them, thev shall be abated of 
 their relief for fourteen days following; and for the next 
 like offence, double so much ; and for the third like 
 offence, shall be removed out of the House. 
 
 r^**^»J:^s 
 
 The Warden, upon entering on his Office, sivears, " to en^ 
 '^ deavour to procure these Rules, in all points to be pert 
 "formed, so near as he can." Vide page 29. 
 
ACCOUiVr OF 
 
 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL was supported, at first, by 
 annual subscriptions : the Corporation tliemselves gave tlie 
 houses that they purchased of Mr. Sou/hu.'eU, and which 
 formerly belonged to the Black Friars' Vreuchers, for this 
 purpose: and aiterw-jnis they made an order, that every 
 Freeman, upon hs be'ng sworn, should pay something to- 
 wards the support of it The design of this Charity will 
 best be un lerstood from the Charter itself, which is to th» 
 following effect. 
 
 [J.] ' Elizahch, D G. Sfc Whereas our faithful and 
 •beloved suljrcts th'' iiiiliUs, &c o!' Ijisnich, in our County 
 ' ol Sitlf'i)lk. moved (i»s it becomes those wiio sincerely pro- 
 ' fess the (iospel and the Christian Religion) with an honest 
 'and laudable zeal of charity, not only commiserating the 
 * poor, the aged, the orphan?, the widows, the sick, and 
 ' others that are in want; but al'jo induced by their pru- 
 *dent rejiard fur the Commonweal, to correct the vagrants 
 'and vagabonds begging without real necessity, who are 
 'the lazy drone'! of the Coniinonwealth, and the seminary 
 f [Seminarium] of Th'\ev^.s, have built and prepared several 
 ' Houses, Structures, and E/bfices, upon thuir own ground 
 'within their Town of Iprsich aforcSdid, at iheir own pro- 
 ' per costs and charges ; and have fitted and furnished them 
 'with necessaries; and have endowed them with perpetual 
 'funds, possessions and provjsi>i)s; and have dcteraiined 
 ' lo endow them more a.uply and liuerally iu time to come ; 
 
54 Christ's hospital. 
 
 ' anJ for ever to preserve and maintain tliem wjili ihis [u- 
 •tention, viz. that in tlie said Houses care might be Uken 
 ^ of, and provision made (or, (1.) the poor and orphans, 
 'e?pecia|!v .^uch as are very young or very aged, who can 
 
 • of themselves have no livelihood and honest education, that 
 ' they may not be unmrrcifnlly left to perish, to the great 
 
 • scandal of the Christian Relision ; or be accustomed to 
 ' 'base idleness, and evil practices, aiul brought up to iho 
 
 'greater detriment of the Cominonweahli : and tliat (2.) 
 'such as sickness rentiers ursuseful to themselves and the 
 'public, so tlr.it, though they were never so willing, they 
 ' could notsupport themselves, n)ay by thismeims be piously 
 'cured, and preserved alive for honest uses; and hislly, (.'} ) ' 
 
 • that they whose age and health renders them strong 
 ' enough for lawful employ:nents, may neither for want of 
 *lheni apply tliemseives to theft and evil practices ; nor 
 
 • yet dishonestly and idly strolling, divert the alms of those 
 
 • who arc really poor, [icrc paiiperum EleemosT/nam ;'\ or be 
 'sufi'erod to endanger good people; but being busied in 
 ' honest employments, may both maintain themselves, and 
 'be comprlled to bp u.-.i-ful to the Commonwealth. And 
 'whereas our aforesaid beloved and faithful su'jocts the 
 'Bailiffs, &c. of Ipy.iii^h, h.ave most gratefully set forth, 
 ' that thi'v have receivi d not only all their riches (\^hich 
 ' they acknowledge theaiselves. to enjnv by the blessing of 
 ' Peace and of our Protection) but also the knowledge of 
 ' t!ie true Religion; and these fruits of that, the pious com- 
 'miseralion of the exigencies of their brethren, under God, 
 ' from us and our i\']iiiistry, and for that reason have most 
 ' liumblv besou<'^hl us that we would condescend to approve 
 'litis their conmiendable purpose, to promote it, and take 
 'it into our Prelection ; and Usliy, as a mark of thei:- gra- 
 
" cihust's hospital. 55 
 
 ' titude lo\Var(is us [in ipsorum gra/i animi er'ga nos sigtturn'^ 
 'to distinguish and call it bv sucli Name and TIllo as we 
 ' should think proper. We, Consenting to their huni- 
 'ble petition, of our especial grace, certain knowlcdgr, and 
 ' mere motion, as much as in us lieth, liave approve*!, con- 
 ' finned, and ratified, this their pious and iaudr.ble Instltu- 
 •tion; and do lake it into the Royal Patronage, Defence, 
 'and Protection, of us, our heirs and successors; and in 
 'remembrance of our approbation, confirmation, and ratifi- 
 
 * cation ; and for a perpetual testimony how phasing such 
 ' pious deeds are to us, and how much we desire to exhort and 
 'animate our other subjects ^who have it equally in their 
 
 * power and ability) to shew forth the like fruits of the Gos- 
 
 * pel, and to imitate so good a work, to the honour of the 
 'supreme King and of our Saviour Christ, whose members 
 'will there be mercifully and piously taken care of; of our 
 'especial grace, and of our certain knowle Ige, and more 
 ' motion, and by the supreme, plenitude and power of cm- 
 
 * Royal prerogative \_siiprand prerogatiix nostras rcgahs 
 ' plcniliaUnc and potestatc,] We will, that the Houses, 
 'Structures, Edifices, and Funds, to be applied to the uses 
 'aforesaid, be by all for ever called and named Christ's 
 'Hospital, in our Town of Ipswich. 
 
 [25.] 'And moreover, for the establishment, encrease, 
 'and enlargement, of the intention, and other the premises 
 ' aforesaid, of our more abundant especial grace, aud of our 
 'certain knowledge, and mere motion, at the humble re- 
 ' quest of our said faithful sui>jects the Bailiffs, &c. afore- 
 'said, we have given and granted, and by tht-se presents for 
 •us, our heirs and successors, we do give and grant License 
 
 * to our liege subjects whomsoever, that tliey or Hny one dr 
 ■* more of them, may have power and authority to give, 
 
66 Christ's hospital, 
 
 ' grant, sell, alienate, or be(]ucatli any manors, reclorief, 
 
 * lands, tciiements, tithus, rents^ revenues, sirvices, or other 
 
 * posstssions, reversions, or hereditamputs whatsoever, to the 
 •Annual value of Two HuNDKiio Pounds, in our Borough 
 'and our Town of Ipsnicfi, or elsewhere within • ur King- 
 ' donj of England, or t;l^ewhc're within our Realms and 
 'Dominions; provided they do not hold by Knight's scr- 
 'vice inCapUe, or otherwise Ity Knight's service, to the 
 'aforesaid Bailifl's, &;c. and tlieir successors for ever, for the 
 
 * purposes aforesaid. And in like manner by these pre- 
 
 * sents, we do give and grant especial licence to our said 
 
 * Bailills, &c and their successors, that they may have 
 'power and authority to have, receive, and acquire, any 
 'such manors, rectories, lands, tenements, tithes, rents, re- 
 
 * versions, services, possessions, revenues, and hereditaments, 
 
 * to the aforesaid yearly value given and granted, or to be 
 •given and granted, from any of our liege subjects, the 
 'Statutes of Mortmain, or any other statute act, ordinance, 
 
 * or provision, to the contrary heretofore had, made, ordain- 
 
 * ed, or provided, or any other thing, cause, or matter w hat- 
 ''soever, in any wise notwithstanding. 
 
 [C] 'And that our intention aforesaid may have th« 
 ■^ better effect, and that the lands, tenements, &c to be 
 'granted, assigned, and appointed, for the support of the 
 ' Hospital, the Houses, and poor people aforesaid, ma3' be 
 ^ the better governed ; and for the continuance of the same, 
 ' we will and ordain, that the Bailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, and 
 'their successors, in every year for ever, upon the Feast- 
 
 * day of ^t- Michael the Archangel^ in the G'l Id-Hall, or 
 ' within the Town aforesaid, shall choose out of themselves, 
 ' Four honest and discreet Burgesses, which fouf Burgesses 
 ' so chosen, shall be Cdiled and named Governors of the 
 
Christ's hospital. 57 
 
 * possessions, revenues, and GooHs, of Christ's Hospital, in 
 ' the Town of Ipswich. And that the said Four (.'over- 
 ' Notts so chosen, shall every year receive into their hands, 
 ' all the rents and issues of the lands, tenements, and other 
 ' revenues, and the profits of the possessions and goods 
 ' whatsoever, granted, or hereafter to be granted, to the 
 ' use of the said Hospital. And they shall dispose and ex- 
 ' pend the siiid issues, rents, revenues and profits for the use 
 ' aid, Jind relief of the poor, the infirm, and others inhabi- 
 ' ting in the said Hospital, from time to time according to 
 ' their sound discretions. 
 
 [D ] ' And tiiev shall in the following year, and in the 
 ' presjncs of the BatliJTs of the said Toan, give a full account 
 •of all that thv'y have done in the Premises, throughout the 
 ' whole year oj their Office aforesaid, to the four other Gover- 
 ' nors vf\\o shall succeed in the same place. And further 
 ' we will that such Governors, so to be chosen, and all 
 ' others to be appointed their Officers, shall be subj. ct to 
 
 • the censure and suit [Sect] of the Bailiff's, Burgesses, arid 
 ' Commonalty of our said Town, if they, or any of them 
 'shall behave dishonestly, or otherwise misbehave in their 
 ' said office. 
 
 [E ] ' And further of our more abundant Roval favour, 
 'certain knowledge and mere motion, for us, our heirs and 
 
 * successors, as much as in us lieth, we have given and 
 ' granted ; and by these presents we do give and grant to 
 ' the said BailifJ's, &c. for ever, that it shall and may be 
 ' fully and w holly lawful for the said Bailiffs, Burgesses, 
 'and Commonalty for tba time being, at all times, and for 
 ' ever hereafter, when and as often as they shall think fit or 
 ' expedient, or necessity sh.ll so require, to ordain, consti- 
 
 • fute and make, all such fiit, wholesome, and good ordinaa^ 
 
58 Christ's hospital, 
 
 ' ces, statutes, and rules, for the good government of tlia 
 
 * Poor to be kept in the said House called Christ's lloqntul, 
 ' or of the others inhabiting in those other Houses called 
 ' C/irist's Hospital afoicsaidj or in any of them, as to them 
 ' shall seem good. 
 
 [F.] ' And also that it shall be lasvful for any Free Bur- 
 ' gess of the Town aforesaid, at the command and instance 
 'of the said BailifTs, or at the command of the said Four 
 'Governors, to examine all and singular idle persons, strol- 
 ' ling within the Town aforesaid, and the liberties of the 
 ' same ; and for the said Four Governors, and for the Officers 
 *to be appointed under them, to compel the said idle va- 
 ' grants to employ and exercise then:fselves, according to their 
 'ability, in some honest labour and work. 
 
 [G ] ' We do also give and by these presents do grant, 
 ' for us, our heirs and successors to the said Bailifl's, &c. 
 
 * and their successors, full power and authority, from time 
 'to time, to name, appoint, make, create and ordain, such 
 ' and so many other Officers and Servants under them, and 
 ' the Governors aforesaid, in the said Hospital or Houses, or 
 'any of them, by the advice of the said Governors of the 
 'said Hospital; who from time to time shall provide for 
 'the Poor in the game, that ihey be well and honestly or- 
 ' dered and cured ; and also for the ordering and governing 
 ' the said Poor as to them shall seem good and convenient, 
 ' without the hindrance of us, our heirs or successors, or the 
 ♦Justices, Escheators, Sheriffs, Commissioners and Officers, 
 
 * or other subjects whatsoever, of us, our heics or successors, 
 ' any statute act, law, or ordinance, heretofore made, or 
 ' hereafter to be made, to the contrary notwithstanding ; so 
 'that those ordinances, laws and statutes, be not contrary, 
 ' or repijgnant, to the laws and statutes of our Kingdom of 
 ' England, or our Koyal Prerogative. 
 
chbist's hospital. 59 
 
 [//.] ' And further we give and grant, for us, our heir.s 
 ' and successors, lo the said Bailifls, &c. for ever, that it 
 'shall and may be lawful, as well for the aforesaid Bailiffs, 
 ' &c. for the time being, as for the said and such Gover- 
 ' nors, Officers, or Servants, as the aforesaid Bailiffs, Bur- 
 ' gesses, &c. shall appoint or ordain, from time to time, to 
 ' be Governors, Officers, or Servants under them, in the 
 'said House, called Cfin's/'s llosjiital ; or in those other 
 'Houses belonging to the said Hospital, or three or two 
 'of them, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, a«> 
 'well within the Borough and Town aforesaid, and the 
 'Suburbs of the same, as elsewhere within our said Coiinty 
 'of Suffolk; to enquire and examine diligently, by all 
 ' waj-s and means by which they may the better know, 
 'according to fheir prudence and discretion, 3II and all 
 'manner of suspicious houses, taverns, inns, gaming-houses, 
 ' Ludos Snltalorios, and other suspicious places whatsoever, 
 
 • and any liberty or liberties, and suspicious places exempt 
 ' whatever within the said Borough and Town, and the 
 ' suburbs of the same, and our said Countj' of Suffolk, by 
 'whatsoever names or titles they, or any of them, are, or 
 'shall be called and named. And also to search, examine, 
 
 and enquire into, all and singular the houses any waj's 
 'suspected, or suspected places whatsoever, for idle ruffians, 
 'slothful vagrants, vagabonds^ and sturdy beggars, or other 
 ' suspected persons what'^oever, and men and women of bad 
 ' name and reputation ; and not only to apprehend the said 
 ' ruffians, vagrants, vagabonds and beggars, within the said 
 'suspected houses or places, liberty or liberties, and places 
 ' exempt, within the said Town, or the suburbs of the same, 
 'or within our said County of Suffolk, but also the tenants, 
 
 * mastevs, governors or keepers of such housuS; or suspected 
 
CO Christ's hospital. 
 
 * places, where any such person or persons shall he found, 
 'together with the suspected persons, to commit to the 
 ' Work-House of Christ's Hospital aioresn\(i, for the advice 
 'anil inspection of the said Fottr Governors ; or any other 
 
 * way to punish them, by the advice and inspection afore- 
 *said, as it shall seem good, lawful, and expedient to the 
 ' said present Governors : unless the tenants, masters, govcr- 
 ' HOI'S, or keepers of such houses and places, and persons 
 'suspected aforesaid, can excuse and free themselves, before 
 'the said Ba lifl's, or Four Governors of the Hospital afore- 
 'said for the time being, why they so harbour and cherish 
 'the said idle ruffians, and suspected vagabonds, orsufTer 
 'them to lie, eat in, or frequent their houses; and also un- 
 'less such S'lspected men and women, and vagabonds, so 
 'taken, can sufficiently and fully shew and make appear 
 ' their honesty and good conversation, and can give a good 
 'account •' y what means they live, and for what reason 
 ' they so stroll about, and frequent such suspected houses, and 
 'obscure or prohibited places: and also, that it shall be 
 ' lawful for the said Bailills, &c to take sufficient security, 
 ' of such suspected persons, so apprehended, for their fu- 
 'ture good behaviour. 
 
 [/] 'And moreover we will, that it sh; 11 be lawful for 
 'the Bailifls ■ d (Governors aforesaid for the time being, or 
 'for the other Officers to be app inted in the said Hospital 
 ' under them, for the time b -ing, by the advice and inspec- 
 
 * tion of the sail Four Governors, to use such correction, 
 'and order in the piemi.'-es, as shall sf^em to the said Bailifis 
 'and Governors most fit and convenient, without the hin- 
 
 * drance of us, our heirs, and successors, or the Justices, 
 'Escheators, Sherifls, Commissioners, Officers, Servants, or 
 'Subjects whatsoever, of us, our heirs, or successors, any 
 
Christ's hospital. 61 
 
 'statute, act, ordinanco, restriction, la^v, or custom to the 
 'contrary, in any wise notwithstanding. 
 
 [A".] ' We will likewise, and by these presents do grant 
 'to the said Bailiffs, &c that they may and shall huve these 
 'our Letters Patents, under our Great Seal of England, 
 'made and sealed in the usual manner, without fine or fee, 
 ' great or small, to us, in our Hanaper, or elsewhere to our 
 ' use, in any manner to be given or p-»id therefore; although 
 ' express mention of the true yenrly value, or the certainty 
 ' of the premises, or anv of then), or of other gifts or grants, 
 'by us or any of our Ancrstois, heretofore made to the 
 'said Bailiff-^, &c be nut made in these presents, or any 
 'other statute, act, ordinance, provision, or restriction to 
 ' the contray, made, pubbshed, ordained, or provided, or 
 ' any other thing, cause, or matter whatsoever, in any wise 
 'notwithstanding. In witness whereof we have caused 
 'these our Letters to be made Patents. Witness myself at 
 ' Westminster, May ]6l/i, in the 1 4th Year of our Reign, 
 •(1572.)' 
 
 1. It appears from this Charter, that the Hospital was 
 originally intended, (1) for the relief and maintenance of 
 poor aged persons and children. (2) for the curing of poor 
 sick persr>ns. And, (3) for the correction and employment 
 of the vicious and idle poor people. 
 
 2. That the Corporation at hrge, are not only Trustees 
 for this Charity, as they are for Toolci/\s and Smart's, but 
 they are entrusted in a great measure with the care and 
 application of it. For, by clause C, they are to choose the 
 Four Governors annually. By clause E, they are to make 
 Rules for the Governm n' of the llospit.tl. Py clause 6', 
 they are to appoint what Officers and Servants they think 
 proper, to act under the Governors. And b\^ clau'^e D, the 
 Governors are made accountable to ihcmfor iheir behaviour. 
 
6^. Christ's hospital. 
 
 3. That the Tour Governors have all of them an equal 
 authorit}-, and tluy are a sort of dcpiitic!:, or substitutes, 
 appointed by the Great Court to see to the execution of 
 their orders. But they have no power to delegate their 
 authority to any other person They cannot appoint 
 the meanest servant in ihv Hos|)ital. 
 
 4. That Four other New Governors should be chosen 
 every Year, for they are, by clause D, in the following year, 
 (viz. after they are chosen) to pass their Accounts before 
 the Bailitl's, and the Four other Governors who arc to suc- 
 ceed them. 
 
 In the 36th Elizaheth, the Corporation ordered, that 
 inasterless idle persons, hedge- breakers, harlots, drunkards, S^'c. 
 shall be sent to the Hospital, and whipped, and forced to 
 work. At their entrance, the guide shall have Twelve 
 Pence for every such person, and shall take the benefit of 
 their work for their maintenance. For persons not able to 
 work the Guide sliall have Eiyht Pence a week, and for 
 the others noJliing. 
 
 The Guide was to have 40s. a year wages, and housing 
 and ground as he was then used to have. lie was to have 
 the Town Livery and Badge, and to be allowed wheels, 
 cards, bedding and firing,, viz. five chaldrons of coals, and 
 eight loads of wood, and a load of broom every quarter. 
 And the Governors were to be at the charge of Surgery 
 and Physic, as need should be. 
 
 Every person sent by warrant of any Portman, was to be 
 received by the Gui le ; but he was to receive none but by 
 warrant. 
 
 Every of the Twenty-four-!Men was to bring before any 
 Portman all masterless servants, idle ptrsons, hedge-break- 
 ers, harlots, and drunkards, &c. who was to send them to 
 the Hospital, or discharge them. 
 
Christ's hospital. 6^ 
 
 As to the continuing in, or putting any persons out, the 
 Guide was to be ruled as by the BaililTs and Govcinoi-s, or 
 the more part of them, should be thought meet. 
 
 Every child was to have once a year, a coat, two shirts, 
 one pair of shoes, and such other apparel as to the Gover- 
 nors should seem good. 
 
 Prayers were to be said in the Chapel every Wednesday 
 and Friday at least, Morning or Evening, and on the 
 Sabbath- Day, both Morning and Evening. 
 
 The Governors, or Two of then), were to meet every 
 li['Ionday Morning, or ;is the Bailifis should cull them, to see 
 to the exetulion of these orders. 
 
 By orders made in the tOth year of Elizabeth, if any 
 persons were sent to be corrected by the Town, the Guide 
 was to have Four Pence with each person ; if any were 
 sent by their masters or parents, the said masters or parents 
 were to pay with every one a Shilling. 
 
 For every person to be kept there, other than such as 
 were to be corrected, he was to have Twelve Pence a week 
 and their work; for the persons that were to be corrected, 
 their work only. 
 
 By a subsequent order, he was to have Ten Pounds a 
 year, of which X'.6 I5s. 4J. was to pe paid bv the Renter- 
 Warden out of S?/iarl\s Charity ; and Twenty Shillings for 
 cleaning the Library, to be paid by tlie Chamberlains. 
 
 If any boy should be admitted before he could spin, the 
 Guide was to be allowed for every such boy Ten Shillings 
 by the Parish, 
 
 By an order made in 1689, the number of boys was not 
 to exceed Twelve for the present. Every Parish that sent 
 any boy was to send with him a suit of clothes, two pair of 
 stockings, a pair of shoes, twQ neckcloths, and a hat, and 
 
C4 ciinrsT's hospital. 
 
 to pay a Shilling a week with him for the Tust year, and 
 then to be discharged of him If any boy proved un- 
 healthy, and not lit to ivnrk, or to bi; bound apprentice, 
 upon complaint witliin three months after entrance, he was 
 to be sent back to the Parish from whence he came, and 
 another was to be oent by that Parish in his room 
 
 After the expiration of the first year, the Town was to 
 allow with every boy Eight Pence a week, and every Holi- 
 day or Fasting day Two Pence a day, and in case of sick- 
 ness, so that they cannot work. Three Pence a day ; and 
 the Guide ivas to have Four Pounds a Year fur teaching the 
 £'jj/s to read. 
 
 Thise were some of the lUilts which were formerly ob- 
 served in the Government of the Hospital. The revenues of 
 the Hospital in the year 1747 were as follows: — 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 1 Baker for ihe Ipszoich 4r)ns, - - - 9 
 
 2 Kersefs Farm at Dcbenhnm, - - - 58 
 
 3 The Town Treasurer paid, - - - ,7100 
 
 4 li>ooh\- Aiiuuity, - - - - 26 134 
 
 5 Rahibiid'sTaum'ux St. Peter's, - - - 29 
 
 6 Part of /ww^'f Farm at 0//py, - - - IS 
 1 Part of Riveri's Farm al li' Ait ton, - - 20 
 
 8 Part of Gardiner's Farm at Creeling, - - 20 
 
 9 La/?«Aer< for a Cottage in .9/. Pe/e''y, - - 1 10 
 
 10 Mr. Hodfres for \at(i Jenrmin's, - - - 10 
 
 11 Part of Blomfield's Farm at IVhiiton, - - 3 15 
 
 12 Mrs. Groom for a Passage through Mr. Fela-^'s House, 2 6 
 
 £. 194 10 10 
 
 Besides the Freemen's Fee, which is. 
 
 For one admiited by Birth or Service, - - 3 4 
 
 By purchase, - - - 6 8 
 
 By preseatment, - - 10 
 
Christ's hospital. 65 
 
 1. The Ipswich /4/-ffw was part of the original endowment, 
 mentioned in the Charter to be given by the rorporation. 
 The house (fornierly so called) is situated in Foundation 
 Street, adjoining to the Shlre-hall Yard, and is now occupied 
 by several of the poor persons on Smart and Toolej/'s 
 Foundation. 
 
 2. Kcrsci/*s Farm at Dehrnham, "'as given towards the 
 maintenance of the Children at Schor)), in Chri.^t's Hospital, 
 by the Will of Nicholas Phtllips, Portinan, dated the 23rd 
 of Maj/, 1670, which runs thus: ' I give unto Richard 
 
 • Phillipx the Younger, and Richard Phillips the Elder, and 
 'their heirs, all those my Freehold and Copyhold Lands, 
 'Tenements anil Premises, with the Appurtenances, situate, 
 ' lying and being in Debcnham, in the County oi Suffolk, or iti 
 'any other Town or Towns, thert or near adjaining, now 
 ' or late in the occupation of James Godbold, or any other 
 
 • their assigns; to the intent nevertheless, that they, or the 
 'survivor of tliem, or their heirs, should, by lawful license, 
 'amortise and assure the Premises, and the rents, issues and 
 'profits thereof, to such person or persons, their heirs or 
 'assigns, and to the Bailifls, Burgessess, and Commonalty 
 'of the Town of Ipsivich, and their successors and assigns, 
 'as the Portmen for the Town of Ipswich, for the time 
 ' being, or the major part of them, for the time being shall 
 'think fit, for and to the use and uses, and employments 
 'hereafter mentioned, viz. That the Hevenues and Profits 
 ' arising of the Premises, be given and employed towards the 
 ' Learning and Teaching qf poor Children btlonging to the 
 ' Town of Ipswich, and providin<^ books, ink and paper, and 
 'convenient appaiel, binding oj them out apprentices, and for 
 ' the providing of ^ax, hemp, or wool, oi such other needful 
 ' things, as well for the setting the said Children to work, as 
 
 K 
 
M CuniST's HOSPITAL. 
 
 *for the relic/ of litem; and also for the providing of bedding 
 ' convenient and necessary for such Children ; and nbo for the 
 ' j)i ovidinq a convenient FJotise for the said Children to he 
 'taught in. The number of the said Children, and the manner 
 ' how they shall be provided for, and wh it allowance yearly 
 ' shall be ffiven to the Master, Governor, or Guide, of such 
 ' House, and for the better settling of such Revenues, and or- 
 ' dering of such House and Children, I desire my said ExecU' 
 ''tors, and the said Portmen, or the major part of them, to take 
 * orders and directions ; and to appoint receivers, and yearly 
 ' to take account of all receipts and payments, and cause them 
 ' to be entered into a large book ; and also to enter into another 
 ' hook, all orders, and the names of every Child that shall be 
 'taken into the said House, and every Child that shall be 
 'bound out of the said House; no Child to be taken in or 
 'bound out but by the consent of my Executors, and the 
 ' said Portmen, or any five of them ; and whatever else 
 'shall be judged requisite and fit to be done for the sctt- 
 ' ling and establishing of this Charitable work, I leave to be 
 'done and ordered according to the discretion of my said 
 ' Executors, and of the said Portmen for the time being, or 
 'the major part of them.' And the said Nicholas Phillips, 
 appointed Richard PhillipstheYoungvr, and Richard Phillips 
 the Elder, his Executors, who by an Indenture dated the 
 31st May, 1676, conveyed the Premises to John Wright, 
 Luke Jours, Gilbert Linfield, Miles IVallis, Henry Gosnold, 
 William Cullum, Charles Wright, John Pemberton, Lawrence 
 Stisted, Edward Reynolds, and John Burrough, all Portmea 
 of Ipswich, to the only use of the said Portmen, Richard 
 Phillipsthe Younger, (being the other Portn.an) and Richard 
 Phillips the Elder, in Trust for the charitable uses above, 
 mentioned in the Will. 
 
Christ's hospital. if 
 
 The Town Treasurer pays <£l 10s. per Annum, which 
 IS the Interest of the follovving Legacies. 
 
 Mr Thomas Gooduin, in 1595, gave <£W. 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Baxter, in ]b)Q, gave of 30 towards a 
 necessary Stock, to rrontinue towards the maintenance of 
 the poor people in Christ's Hospital, in Ipsivich, for ever. 
 
 Mrs. Elizaheth Hobinson, in 16.S3 gave c£ 100 to the Bai- 
 liffs, &c. ol Ipswich, that two poor Boys might be main- 
 tained in Christ's Hospital. And it was ordered in 1705, 
 that the Town Treasurer should annually pay this J[l \0s, 
 to the Treasurer of Christ's Hospital, as the interest of the 
 sums above-mt-ntioned. 
 
 4. Brooks's Annuity, £26 13.s. 4i This is so called 
 because it is payable at brook's- Hall, in St. Mattheiu's 
 Parish: of this sum of 19 13*. 4ci. was purchased in the 
 year 1609, o\' John Scrivener, Esq. for the sum of of 280 "to 
 "be applied to the only use, benefit and behoof, of the poor 
 " people of the Town of Ipswich, that now are, or hereafter 
 "shall be, for ever " 
 
 5 Rainbird'a Farm in St. Peter's, of of 29 per Annum. 
 Thomas Hri;;ht, by his Will, dated the 17th June, 1698, 
 gave o£ 100 to bf put out on good security, or else to be laid 
 out in the purchase of land, within ^ix months after his 
 decease, by the BailifTs and Portmen of Ipswich, and their 
 successors, for the only use, benefit, and advantage, of two 
 poor Children then belonging, and afterwards to belong, to 
 the Parish o^ St. Matthew in /psit/c/i aforesaid ; and willed 
 that the yearly advantage, interest, apd benefit of the said 
 o£ 100, or the yearly rents and profits of such Lands so to be 
 purchased, should be for ever eniployed for and towards the 
 keeping and maintaining such two poor children of Saint 
 Matthew's Parish aforesaid, in the Hospital belonging to the 
 
(Jd Christ's hospital. 
 
 said Town of Jpswich, anil for and to no other use and uses 
 whatsoever. 
 
 And Richard Phillips, of Ipsivtch Esq. by his Will, dated 
 nth of September. 17 IP, did pive towjirds the support of the 
 Hospital in Ipswich aforesaid, tn he paid into the hands of 
 the major part of the Portmen of the said Town of Ipswich, 
 or their order, the sum of Two Hundred and Forty Pounds. 
 
 With these two sums, part of this Firm was purchnsed, 
 as mav appear by an Indenture, dated the 12th March, 
 1722, made between Francis Colman and Henry Nash, Exe- 
 cutors of the last Will and Testament of Richard Purplet 
 (who left these Lands to be sold) on the one part, and John 
 Marlow, and Seven other Portmen of Ipawich on the other 
 part, witnessing, *That the said Executors had sold unto 
 
 * the said John Marlow, &c all that Messuage, Lands, and 
 'Tenements, lymg and being in the Parish of St Peter, 
 ' in Ipswich, late in the occupation of the said Richard 
 ' Puiplet for the aforesaid sum of J.5W, unto the said 
 
 * John Marlow, &c and their heirs, &c. in Trust, that one 
 ' part of the yearly Rents and Profits of the Messuage, 
 'Lands, and Premises aforesaid, in proportion for One Hun- 
 'dred Pounds, be and shall be disposed of for ever, by the 
 •Bailiffs and Portmen of the said Town of Ipswich, for the 
 'time being, for the use and benefit of two poor Children 
 'in St. Mattheiv's Parish, in the said Town, in such man- 
 ' ner as is mentioned in tiie Will of Mr. Thomas Bright, to 
 'be disposed cf. And in Trust, that the residue and re- 
 
 • mainder of the Rents and Profits shall be for ever disposed 
 'of and applied by the major part of the Portmen, for the 
 'time being, according to the direction, true intent, and 
 ' meaning, of the said last Will of the said Richard Phillips, 
 
 ♦ and for no other uses whatsoever. And upon this further 
 
chtist's hospital. 69 
 
 •Trust, that when the Trustees should be reduced to two 
 ' those two shoald convey it to such others as the Bailiffs 
 'and Portnien should appoini.* 
 
 6. Part of Keisei/s F»rni, at Oflri/, oTlS. This Farm was 
 purchased in i67 4-, oi IVm Druiw, and paid lor with One 
 Hundred Pounds that w;is given to the hospital by Mr. 
 Hawes, and the rest from the overplus of the Renter War- 
 den's accounts of Toolcj/'s and Smart's Charities, as appears by 
 the accounts thenisilves, where the respictive balances are 
 said to be paid towards the purchase of Drane's land ; and 
 an order was made in 1G7S, that Six Pounds a year of the 
 lands lately purchased of Urn. Drane, shall be accounted as 
 Mr. Hawes's land, and purchased with the / 100 given by 
 him, and bi^ employed accordmg to his W ill. 
 
 7 Part of Rivers's Farm at IVhitton, Ji 20. Vide pngp 101 . 
 
 8. Part of Gardener's Farm at Creeling, £20. This was 
 purchased of Joseph Crane, with the money that was receiv- 
 ed for Mr. Snow's House, being ot'280 And the money 
 that a House of Mr Felaiv's sokl for, being of 130. 
 
 9, 10, II, 12. Vide page 101. 
 
 Dame Amy Kemp of Kesgrave, Relict of the late Sir 
 Robert Kenip, Burt and Daughter to Ric/iard Phillips, Esq. 
 before mentioned, page 68, by her Will, dated October I 1th 
 1745, gave to the Hospital School in Ipswich, the sum of 
 Two Hundred and Forty Pounds, which she willed to be 
 paid to the major part of the Portmen of the said Town, to 
 be by them applied towards the support of the said School. 
 And this Legacy was paid by order of Richard Phillips, Esq. 
 Lady Kemp's Brother and Executor, October ihe 3d, 1746, 
 to Messrs. John Sparowe^ Nathaniel Cole, John Margerum, 
 Hutnphry Rant, Hmry Bond, Henry Skynner, and George 
 Clarke, being seven of the Portmen aforesaid. Sir Richard 
 
70 . Christ's hospital. 
 
 Llojfd, of Westminster, Knt. Samuel Kent, of Vauxhall, Esq. 
 Mr. Henri/ Hill, John Cornelius, Esq and Oliver Newbjft 
 late of Woodbridge, Gent, being the other five. 
 
 At a Great Court, held September the 27th, 1744 : — 
 
 " It was agreed and ordered, that all Renter- Wardens here- 
 " after shall be obliged to account, at least, within six months 
 " after the expiration of their Office — And that the Governors 
 " of Christ's Hospital do pass their Accounts within three 
 " months after thsy are off their Office. — And that all the Ac- 
 " counts of Martin's Charity be forthwith passed." 
 
 9S9< S9»»^" < 
 
 1818. 
 
 The number of boys in the Hospital School at the above 
 date, was seventeen. They are clothed,* boarded, lodged, 
 educated, and at the age of fourteen j'ears apprenticed to 
 some trade, but chiefly to sea. Four Guineas is paid at the 
 entrance of each boy into the School, which sum is expen- 
 ded in defraying part of the expences of binding him out, 
 when arrived at a proper age. 
 
 * The usual allowance is two complete suits of clothes and linen, 
 Slid three pair of shoes, &»-. yearly. 
 
CHRIST S HOSPITAL. 
 
 71 
 
 In 1817, the Receipts were— 
 
 Workdge's 7arm at Dehenkam, 
 The Town Treasurer, 
 Brooks's Annuity - - - 
 
 John King's Farm, in St. PeUr^s, 
 Part of James Kins^'s Farm at Olley, 
 Part of Thomas Kersey's Farm at Whillon, 
 Part of James Tydeman's Farm at Creettn<i, 
 Part of Simon Jackaman's Farm at H'hiUon, 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 115 
 
 7 10 
 
 26 13 4 
 
 93 
 
 45 
 
 67 70 
 
 145 13 4 
 
 7 
 
 £ 508 6 8 
 
 Besides the Freemen's Fee, which is. 
 
 For one admitted by Birth or Service, 
 By purchase, 
 By presentment. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 3 4 
 
 6 8 
 
 10 
 
 Governors, 1818. 
 
 Samuel Thorndike 
 James Thorudike 
 
 Samuel Boggis 
 
 Jolin Eddowes Sparrow 
 
 Trefffurer."— Samuel Thorndike. 
 

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 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 SIR THOMAS WHITE'S Gift appears by an Indpn- 
 
 ture Tripartite, dated Juli/ \st, 1566, between the Mayor, 
 Burgesses, and Commonalty of the City of Bristol; the 
 President and Scholars of the College of St. John Baptist 
 in the Universitj' of Oxford, founded by the said Sir Thomas 
 White, Knt and Alderman of the City of London, on the 
 second Part; and the Master and Wardens of Merchant 
 Taylors' Hall, of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist of the 
 City of London, on the third Part; wherein among other 
 things which do not immediately concern the Town of 
 Ijiswich, is contained as follows, viz 
 
 'And further the Mayor, Sfc. of Bristol, for them and 
 ' their successors, do covenant and grant, with the consent 
 'and agreement of the said Sir Thomas White, to ;tnd with. 
 ' the President and Scholars aforesaid, and their successors, 
 'by these presents, that the said Mayor, isc of Bristol, and 
 
 * their successors and assigns, shall on the Feast- Day of St. 
 ' Bartholomew the Apostle, which shall be in the yenr of 
 'our Lord 1597, at the said Common Hall of Merchant 
 ' Taylors' in London, between the hours of two and six 
 
 • o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, p^y and deliver 
 ' unto the Bni'ijfs, ^x. of Ipsnich, or to tJieir Attorney suffi- 
 ' ciently authorised under the Comnu.n Seal of the said 
 'Town, requiring the same, the Sum of One Hundred and 
 'Four Pounds, of lawful money of England, upon condition 
 'andlferthe intent that the Bailiffs, Sfc. of Ipswich, or 
 ' their assigns, shall on the Feast of St. Michael the jtirch- 
 
 L 
 
74 LENDING CASH. 
 
 ' angel next after the receipt thereof, disburse, or pay, or cause 
 ■^ to be delivered and paid, to four young men of the said 
 ' Town, (clothiers to be preferred before others) to be named 
 ' and" appointed by the Bailifl's, &:c. of the said Town for 
 ' the time being, or the most part of tlicm, llie sum of One 
 ' Hundred Pounds, of lawful money of England, that is to 
 'say, to evevy one of them Twenty-Five Pounds, to have 
 'and occupy the same for the term of ten years next after 
 •the receipt of the same, to their most profit, commodity, 
 ' and advantage, without any thing giving or paying for the 
 ' leave of the same, so as they dicell within the said Toivn of 
 ' Ipstiich, or the sidmrbs of the same, for the term of ten years 
 ' 7i€Xi after the receipt of the same, they and every of them 
 ' finding unto the said Bailiff's, Sfc- of Ipsivich, or to such 
 ' other Head Officers as they the said Bailiffs, ^f. shall ap- 
 ' point, sufficient sureties, or sufficient pawn, for the true 
 're-payment thereof at the end of the said ten years. To 
 'the intent and upon condition the Bailiffs, S^c of Ipswich, 
 ' or their assigns, shall upon the receipt of the said £. 100 
 ' in the end of the said term of ten years, deliver the said 
 *sum of o£'. 100 on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, 
 
 * to four other poor young men of the said Town of Ipswich, 
 ' being of honest name and fame, occupiers and inhabitants 
 ' loithiyi the said Toxvn, and Freemen of the same, for other 
 ' ten years next ensuing the receipt thereof, they and every 
 'of them finding sucli sufficient sureties, or sufficient pawn 
 'for the true re-payment thereof, in the end of the said ten 
 -• years, without any thing for the leave thereof. And after 
 
 * every ten years the same sum of JH. 100 to be and remain, 
 'received and delivered again, by the said Bailiffs, t^c. of 
 ' Ipswich, or their assigns, to four poor young men of hon- 
 ' est name and fame, occupiers and inhabitants within the 
 
LENDING CASH. /a 
 
 'said Town, and Freemen of the same, to be named and 
 'appointed as abovesaid, to have and occupy the same, for 
 'their most profit and advantage, during the term of ten 
 
 * years after the receipt thereof, in manner and Form as 
 'above rehenrseil : and in this manner of delivermg the 
 'sum of £. 100 to four young men as aforesaid, of the said 
 ' Town of Ip.noicht to occupy for ten years, and so from ten 
 ' 3^ears to ten years, to have continuance within the said 
 ' Town of Ipswich, by God's Help, for ever/ [The same 
 to Twenty-three other Towns.] 
 
 ' Provided always, and it is by these presents fully con- 
 ' descended, concluded, covenanted, and agreed, between 
 ' the Parties, that within the term of twenty years next after 
 'the date hereof, two discreet and honest persons, one of 
 ' the said Town of Bristol, to be nominated, chosen and 
 'appointed by the Mayor, ^c. of Bristol, and the other of 
 'and for the said College, to be nominated, chosen, and ap- 
 ' pointed by the President arid Scholars of the aforesaid 
 ' College, to ride and to view, at the equal and indifferent 
 ' costs and charges of the said Mayor, ffc. of Bristol, and 
 ' the President and Scholars of St. John Baptist College afore- 
 'said, which shall travel ancT ride into all and every of the 
 'said Cities and Towns aforc-named, to the intent to know 
 ' and duly enquire, and search, whether the said distribu- 
 'tions aforesaid, be duly paid, delivered, ordered, and con- 
 
 * tinned, within every of the said Cities, Company and 
 ' Towns, as it ought to be, according to the true meaning 
 
 * of Sir Thomas fVhitc, and according to the articles and 
 ' covenants before-mentioned and declared : and such of 
 ' the said Cities, Companies, and Towns, as shall upon due 
 'proof be found negligent in the true performance and 
 'execution hereof, to have the same no more; and shajl 
 
76 LENDING CASE; 
 
 'not have any inore of the said distributions of d\ 100 
 'once in twenty-four years ; but the same distribution shall 
 'remain, be employed and delivered to some other Town, 
 ' Company, or City, more necessary, and that shall be more 
 ' meet for the same, as by the discretion of the said Mayor, 
 
 * ifc of Bristol, and the President and Scholars of the said 
 'Co//<°^e shall bethought meet and convenient. And fur- 
 'ther the said Mayor, A'c of Bristol aforesaid, for them and 
 'their successors, <lo covenant and grant, by these presents, 
 'that when and as soon as all and every of the said twenty. 
 'four Cities, Company and Towns, have had and received 
 'their disbursions of the sums appointed to f hem by the 
 ' order and form of these present Indentures, for the uses, 
 
 * good intents and purposes before rehearsed, in manner 
 •and form aforesaid, that then the Mayor, ^c of Bristol, 
 'and their successors, shall anew begin and make payment 
 'and disbursion of the like sums and disbursions of all the 
 ' said sums of money aforesaid, to the uses, purposes and 
 'intents before rf-hearsed, orderly, to the Cities, Company 
 *and Towns afore specified, in order as they are in these 
 'presents placed, yearly and every year, from year to year 
 'henceforth forever, in such order, form and manner, as 
 
 * in these presents, is expressed and declared, always begin* 
 
 * ning first with the City of Bristol, and so to run in course 
 ' from City, Company and Town, to City, Compan}' and 
 'Town, to have continuance from time to time, by God'a 
 
 * Help, for ever, according to the true meaning and eft'ect 
 'of these presents, anH to the good purposes and intents of 
 'the said Sir Thomas White, Knt. declared,' &c. 
 
 The names of the Cities, &c. as they stand in the In- 
 denture are as follow : viz. 
 
LENDING CASH, 
 
 7ff 
 
 1 Bristol the fivst Ten 
 
 Years 
 
 13 
 
 Lincoln, in 
 
 - 
 
 1588 
 
 from 
 
 1366 to 
 
 1576 
 
 14 
 
 Winchester 
 
 - 
 
 15S9 
 
 2 York, in - 
 
 - 
 
 1.577 
 
 15 
 
 Oxford 
 
 - 
 
 1590 
 
 3 Caiiteibury 
 
 - 
 
 l.'.73 
 
 16 
 
 Hertford - 
 
 - 
 
 1591 
 
 4 Reading 
 
 - 
 
 V,19 
 
 17 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 - 
 
 1592 
 
 5 London 
 
 - 
 
 13S0 
 
 13 
 
 Shrewsbury 
 
 - 
 
 1593 
 
 6 Otoucestur 
 
 - 
 
 I'.Sl 
 
 19 
 
 T.yim 
 
 - 
 
 159* 
 
 7 Worcester - 
 
 - 
 
 13S2 
 
 •20 
 
 Bath - 
 
 - 
 
 1595 
 
 8 Exeter 
 
 - 
 
 1633 
 
 21 
 
 nerby 
 
 - 
 
 1596 
 
 9 Salisbury - 
 
 - 
 
 ljS+ 
 
 11 
 
 IPSWICH 
 
 - 
 
 1.597 
 
 10 Westchester 
 
 - 
 
 i:.85 
 
 23 
 
 Colchester 
 
 - 
 
 159S 
 
 1 1 Norwich 
 
 - 
 
 1.586 
 
 24 
 
 Newcastle 
 
 - 
 
 1599 
 
 12 Southampton 
 
 - 
 
 1587 
 
 
 
 
 
 From this Cift the Corporation had received £ GOO 
 when the Committee made their Report in 1744-, in which 
 year another £. 100 was due, which was paid in 1746. 
 
 2. Mis- Rose Eloise, in 1579, g:i\i- to the Baillfs, Sfc. 
 nf Ipnvich £.20, to he kept and employed forever by them, 
 for the relief of such poor young men as are Iliindicraft.^, 
 and dwelling in the said Town, for the erecting of their 
 Stock, to be lent for two or three years together, to four 
 several persons. Five Pounds each, upon good security by 
 bond and two good sureties, and that the next in kindred 
 should have the preference, to be lent out at the discretion 
 of the Bailiffs and Coroners for the time being, with the 
 Governors of Christ's Hospital in the same Town, to be taken 
 in at the times of payment, and lent to others upon the 
 same terms, for ever. 
 
 3. M. John Tj/e, in 1583, gave to the Pailiffs, &c. to be 
 paid by his Executors eighteen months affer h's decease. 
 Twenty-five Pounds, to be lent by thein, to Fire or inorc 
 honest poor persons, inhabitants of the .said Town, that either 
 are decayed by losses, or be willing to travel for their living, 
 without interest, upon suflicieot obligations, with two sure- 
 
78 LENDING CASH. 
 
 ties fliat are not inhabitants, for the re-paj'nient thereof at 
 such times as siialj be agreed upon, and none to be lent for 
 more than three ^-lars together, and then to others, and those 
 that had it last, not to have it again until three years are 
 expired. 
 
 4. Mr. Thomas Goodivin, Portman, in 1595, gave to the 
 Bailifls, &c. of. 40, to be lent out to Four poor occupiers for 
 two years, without interest, and then to other four for two 
 years more, and so to others after that, from two years to 
 two years, for ever. This Gentleman gave also <£. 20 to he 
 laid out in xvood and coals, to be sold as^ain to the poor at the 
 scmieprice. He also left to the poor of the Parish of Frestoii, 
 near this Town, a yearly rent-charge of ^£.1 Qs. Sd. and 
 205. a year for the Preachim^ of four Sermons in the Parish 
 Church of Freston, both payable quarterly out of his Lands in 
 Kcsgrave, which he left to his Grandson Tli07)ias Goodwin. 
 
 5. Mrs. Alice Sci-ivener, late wife of Wm. Smart, in IGOO, 
 gave to the BailifTs, &c. c£. 100 to lend the same, without 
 any profit, to Ten poor persons that are Free Burgesses, Arti- 
 ficers, or occupiers of the Town, for four years, to every one of 
 them Ten Pounds, upon good security for the re-payment; 
 and then the same to be lent out, for four years, to other such 
 ten persons; and so the same money to be used for ever. 
 Mrs. Scrizencr gave also Seven Pounds a year for other 
 purposi-s hereafter mentioned. 
 
 6. Mrs. Alice Blaise, late the wife of Mr. William Bloise,, 
 in 1608, gave to the i'own of Ipsivich J^ 4-0 of good and 
 lawful mone}' of England, to the use, intent, and purpose, 
 that the said ot . 4-0 should be lent to Six young men being 
 Freemtn of the said Town, for three years, that is to .say, 
 S.6 135. id. by even and equal portions, putting in bond, 
 with two good sureties, unto the Township of Ipsa-ich, for 
 
LENDING CASH. ■^9 
 
 the payment of the several sums again ; which bonds and 
 sureties shall be first allowed by the BailifTs of the saidTowi\ 
 for the time being; and so consequently to lend the aforesaid 
 sum of money, from three j^ears to three j'cars, taking the like 
 bonds with two sureties, so long as the world shall endure. 
 
 7. Mr. William Birden, in 1G16, gave to the Bailiffs, &r. 
 c^'. 20 to be lent to Four poor occupiers or Trade.'nien of the 
 company of Shearmen, Frccinen or inhabitants of ihe said Town 
 of Jpswic/i, evLuy of tiuni Five Pounds, for tour years, and 
 so to others after them, to be K-nt from four years to four 
 years for ever, and every borrower to put in two sureties. 
 
 8. Mr. John Barret, the same year gave to the Bailiffs, 
 &:c. of. 20 to be lent from time to time to Four poor Shoe- 
 viakers inhabiting for the time being within the said Town of 
 Ipswich, to every of them Five Pounds for four ye^rs gratis, 
 upon such security as they shall think fit, and so afterwards 
 to be Innt to others. 
 
 9. Mr. William Acton the same year g^ve to the Bailiffs, 
 &c. cf. 80 to he by them for the time leing lent, with 
 the consent of his Executor, to Four poor Clothiers, gratis, 
 Free Btirgesses and inhabitants of the said Town of Ipswich, 
 to every of them J.'. 20 upon good security for four years, 
 ■iind after those four years were expired to to lent to other 
 Four Clothiers, the like term, upon like security, in like 
 manner for ever. 
 
 10. Mr. John Acton, Son and Executor of the said Wiliiaj/i, 
 added £. 20 to be lent as his Father's Gift. 
 
 IL. Mr. Richard Martin, \n 1621, gave the overplus of 
 his Estate to be lent out to poor Clothiers, See the Account 
 of his Gift afterwards. 
 
 12. Mr. Christopher Cock, in 1C31-, g^ve to the Town of 
 Ipswich «f. loo to be lent out to Four Clothiers £. 25 each • 
 
^0 LENDING CASK. 
 
 person, and to be coiiliiiued in their handa gratis for f n * 
 vears, then to be lent out to four others^ and so on for ever 
 
 13. Mr. William Hunt, in It)35, gave o^*. 100 to the 
 Town of Ipsicich, to be lent to Five poor Tradesmen in the 
 Parish of St. Mary Elms, in Ipswich, at four per Cent for 
 five years, to j^ivt bontl uilh good security for the pay- 
 ment of the Principal, with the interest, to the Charch- 
 wardens of the aforesaid Pan^ii, 1o be paid always upon 5f. 
 Jolin's Dav, in order to buy shifts and shirts, to be distri- 
 buted to the poor of the said Parish. But of tliis the Cor- 
 poration received no more than JL GO 
 
 1 4-. Mr. Thomas Redcrich, Clak, in 1651, gave £ lOO to 
 the Town of Ipswich, out of certain lands 'n Essex, to be lent 
 to Goitlj/ Iradesmtn for five years, upon good security, gra/w. 
 But of this the Town rttcved no mere than o£ 76 which 
 Avas ordered to be lent to Three Shoemakers and Three Shear- 
 men, of. 10 each, and et 8 each to Tiio other Trade men. 
 
 15. -l/r. Thomas 1 hrou:er, in 1656, gave to the Town of 
 Jpsivich of. 100 to be lent out freely to Ten tradesmen being 
 I'retmen, for three yccirs, c£. 10 each, and then toothers, 
 and so on for ever. 
 
 16. Mr. John Crane, in 1658, left money to purchase an 
 Estate of <£. 60 per Annun), to be received by the Town of 
 Jpsivich once rn five years, to be lent out, &c. and this Gift 
 to continue to this use until the Town had received J.. 200. 
 See the Account of Crane's Gift afterwards, 
 
 11. Mr. Thomas Burroughs, in 1604, gave £. 100 to the 
 Bailifis and Portnien of Ipuvich, or their Treasurer, that they, 
 with the consent of the Asseinbly and Commonaltif of the 
 Toivn, upon good security, as they shall think fit, shall lend 
 the said d' 100 to Ten Grocers, Erecmen of the said Town, 
 -«vhich have fully served their Apprenticeships, and have 
 
LENDING CASH, Sf. 
 
 most tieed thereof, and are likewise reputed good husbands, 
 and of an orderly and sober conversation ; that is to say, to 
 each of them <£. 10 for ten ufiole years, gratis, without any 
 use or interest to be required ; but not to be tied up to the 
 trade of Grocers, unless there be a suflficient number of that 
 trade who are willing to accept of the same. 
 
 18. Sir Emanuel Sorrel, Knt. and Portman,in 1665, gave 
 to the Bailifls and Burgesses of Ipswich £ 100, to be lent 
 out gratis, upon good security, to four Grocers, young be- 
 ginners, and Free of (lie said Town of Ipsuich, and Inhabit 
 tants therein, for the space of seven years, and so to be lent 
 out from seven years to seven years for ever. 
 
 It appears from the first view of this Charity, that the 
 Fund arising from these several Gifts and Legacies, must ia 
 its own nature be perishable ; so that though this money 
 were to be lent out nev^rso carefully, yet it would be very 
 liable to decrease, and in a length of time to suffer consider- 
 able loss. But this evil is pretty well provided for, since 
 Sir Thomas White's, Gift comes in to the aid of the Fund 
 with £. 100 every twenty -fourth year. And besides this, 
 the Overplus of Mr Martin's Estate ought to add to it every 
 year; and then the Interest of the forfeited Bonds, if regu- 
 larly called for, and paid, would be another considerable 
 addition ; for the rule was, if any person kept this money 
 longer than the time at first limited, he was to pay at the 
 rate of Four per Cent, from the time of the Bond's being for- 
 feited, to the time of payment. The Clavigers book in 
 1747 mentions more than <£. 13 paid upon this account, and 
 £. 8 from Mr. Martin's F^tate. 
 
 The Committee, vihich was held about 1743, were of 
 opinion that all the sums before-mentioned had been recei- 
 ved by the Corporation ; and indeed in their Answer to a 
 
 M 
 
^2 
 
 LENDING CASH. 
 
 Bill in Chancery exhibited against ihem, in which thev 
 were charged with the embezzlement of this monev, the 
 Corporation acknowledgted the Receipt of it. And it might 
 have been expected that the standing Funds now mentioned 
 would have done more than have made up the deficiency of 
 bad debts, so that the Capital might rather iiave been in- 
 treased than diminished : but it has happened otherwise. 
 And that our account of this Charity may appear the clear- 
 er, we shall give the reader at one view, a list of the above- 
 mentioned Gifts ; specifying the qualifications of the per- 
 sons who should have the benefit of them ; how much each 
 person ought to have; and for how long time he should 
 have them. Then our next enquiry shall be, how much of 
 this monev is left ? What is become of the rest ? 
 
 Benefactors 
 
 Sums 
 
 To whom. 
 
 ho. 
 
 much 
 
 (or what 
 Time. 
 
 
 given 
 
 
 to 
 
 eac 
 
 n. 
 
 ' 
 
 £. 
 
 
 £. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 Years. 
 
 SSr Thomas White 
 
 600 
 
 24 Free Clothiers 
 
 lb 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Mr. Cock 
 
 100 
 
 4 Cloihiers 
 
 lb 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 Sir Emarine) Sorrel 
 
 100 
 
 4 Fiee Giocers 
 
 2.5 
 
 
 
 (; 
 
 7 
 
 Vlr. William Acton 
 
 80 
 
 4 Free Clothiers 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Mr. Jolm Acton 
 
 20 
 
 1 ditto [FJms 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Vlr Hunt 
 
 60 
 
 b Trad^men in St. Mary 
 
 4 
 
 per 
 
 Ct. 
 
 6 
 
 Mr. Crane 
 
 200 
 
 1 Young Men 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 (^ 
 
 20 
 
 Mr. Ooodvvin 
 
 40 
 
 4 Poor Occupiers 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 Mrs. Scrivener 
 
 100 
 
 10 Free Artificers 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Mr. Thrower 
 
 100 
 
 10 Free Tiadr^meu 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 Mr Burrou«rhs 
 
 100 
 
 10 Free Grocers 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Mr. Rederich 
 
 60 
 
 6 Tradesmen 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 Ditto 
 
 16 
 
 '2 Tradesmen 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 Mrs. Rose Bloise 
 
 20 
 
 4 Handicrafts 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 or 3 
 
 Mr. Tve 
 
 25 
 
 3 Poor Inhabitants 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 3 
 
 Mr Birden 
 
 20 
 
 4 Free Shearmen 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 4 
 
 Mr. Barret 
 
 20 
 
 4 Shoemakers 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 (i 
 
 4 
 
 Mrs. Alice Bloise 
 
 40 
 
 6 Freemen 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 Vlr, Martin 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Interest of Bonds 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 oe'172':' 
 
 
LENDING CASH. SS 
 
 As to the next question, how much of this sum is left? the 
 Committee found that upon April 2Uk, 1744-, when they 
 examined the account of this Charity, there remained of 
 this money money in the Clavigers hands no more than 
 
 cf.80 17s. 7^d. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 80 17 71 
 
 The unexpired Bonds amounted to no more than 280 
 
 The forfeited Bonds amounted to - - - 566 1 4 
 
 ,£927 11 7f 
 
 So that, besides the present had Bonds, there appears ? _„ , ^ 
 
 to he lost, or misapplied, - - J ^ * *^ 
 
 £ 1722 
 
 What is here said of the forfeited Bonds will further ap- 
 pear from the following list of them : this shews when the 
 money was lent; what sum; to whom; for what time; 
 what sureties were bound for it; and how long it is since 
 the Bonds were forfeited. 
 
 I 
 
iM O Oi CI C fi C) OJ C> C* •?! 0> O C) CI Ol c 
 
 '^ r: 
 
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 #^s 
 
 'T- p S o ^ •= 
 2 rt O^ o B 
 
 o 
 
 e .2 
 
 £ ^ .c j: 
 
 -3 rt « 
 
 •^ -r •£ 
 c rt'iT" 
 o f- X 
 
 E rt « 
 
 3 .C 4J = 
 
 SCc«' 
 
 >cc 
 
 
 ~ .C C3 
 
 -•ciir <: QiOF-^u:?^° 
 
 3 i' i: 
 
 1 ^3 "C -^ =*■ " 
 : z; — aj o u 
 
 ^ V) >^ H >-; 
 
 0- ,>- ^ « c 
 
 .~ to * " 
 
 
 16 July, 1661 
 2T Nov. 1666 
 2ft May, 1711 
 22 Sept. 1719 
 '28 September. 
 20 May, 1728 
 
 17 June. 
 
 25 Nov. 1729 
 29 November. 
 (25 May, 173( 
 
 S 
 •* 
 
 16 F<-bruary. 
 30 Vucr. 1731 
 18 December. 
 '8 December. 
 
 17 March. 
 
 15 April, 1732 
 
 2 September 
 10 October. 
 1+ February. 
 
 26 July, 1734 
 
 27 September 
 20 Sept. 1735 
 20 July, 1736 
 31 July. 
 
 3 Ausrust. 
 
 29 May, 1737 
 8 October. 
 20 Nov. 1738 
 
 
 ' — ci o •* "-. 'c 1- a. a. n 
 
 — 
 
 C V. -* •'. -z. 
 
 i-o-Q. — -c'»"*'--+40^cr-jcai 
 
 CI 0> CI CI o 
 
LENDING CASH. 96 
 
 The principal due upon the several Bonds, marked. No. 
 9. 12, '28, and 21, were discharged soon after the enquiry, 
 which was made in 1743. 
 
 <£ . s. d. 
 T e piiiioipal dup upon these Trends nmounrs in the whole to 585 
 Uut the Coipontion received by Way of Composition ? ._ - _ 
 of Jo'iii Germain, - . - - ^ 
 
 ■Which reduces it to £. 566 14 
 It appears that about the year 1675, when Mr. Neave 
 was Treasurer of the Lending Cash, an f)rder of Great 
 Court was obtained, that ike Corporation should lake as muck 
 of it an they should want to pay off all their debts, as well 
 •what they had borrowed upon Interest, as what they were in- 
 debted to some of their Officers upon the balance of their ac- 
 counts, and for the repair of their Mills, and ivhat they owed 
 to any other persons; and for the re-payment of the same, 
 security should be given under the Common Seal of the 
 Town, together with Interest at 4- per Cent. By Mr. Neave's 
 accounts it appeared that the Corporation took of this Lending 
 Cash to pay off all their debts, £. 529 9s. But it did not ap- 
 pear to the Committee that any principal, or any interest 
 was ever paid for the said sum. 
 
 This the Committee confirnied by their report; hut the 
 Bill in Chancery mentioned before, goes further, and states 
 the particular sums, and to whom paid, viz. 
 
 To Mr. Sicklemore, - - - - . 
 
 Mr. h'ohert Clarke - - - . 
 
 Mr. F.dwaid Hubbard - , - - 
 
 Jo'in Lon^, Inn-Keeper, - - . - 
 Expended in procuring Ch.irters, 
 
 • BoyciU, - - _ . 
 
 Mr. Ncaiie, . . . . _ 
 
 Tiiith Ncirris, - - - - « 
 Sir J. Barke>- for Enfrnnchising Land, &c. 
 
 Money lent to J. ^n<ile,formerlya Guide of Christ's Hospital, 50 
 
 Lost by Mr. Me: sup, - - - . 10 
 
 Mr. A. Frost, - - - - 10 
 
 Mr. Snelling, - - . - 5 
 
 Mr. Demy, - - - - 30 
 
 In all £, 784 9 3 
 
 £. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 
 
 '^1 
 
 
 
 
 
 57 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 300 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
86 LENDING CASH. 
 
 From the above account the following deficiency appears. 
 
 Deficient, vide page 83, - - - £. 794 8 4§ 
 
 Lost, and in the hands of the Corporation, in 1T43, 784 9 3 
 
 £. 9 19 l2 
 The Lending Cash was formerly placed in the hands of 
 a single Treasurer, but about the year 1703 the Corporation 
 ordered the custody of this Cash to the Clavigers, who are 
 three Officers annually chosen, and they kept it in a safe 
 place under three keys, so that there was no coming at it 
 without the concurrence of all these three persons; by this 
 method, the dead Stock which was not in use, was eflTectually 
 secured ; and it was subject to no diminution or fraud but 
 bjj Order of Great Court, 
 
 The Corporation niide several prudent orders concerning 
 the loan and recovery of this money when lent. 
 
 1. An order was made that all Bonds and their sureties, 
 and the time they become due, should be openly read over 
 once every year, at the first Great Court that is holden 
 after Michaelmas. 
 
 2. In 1718, it was ordered, that no person having Town- 
 money in their bands, should, for the future, be a security 
 to any others to have the same. 
 
 Formerly all orders of Great Court for lending any of 
 this money, mentioned whose Gift it was, and that the per- 
 son should have it according to the Gift, and should put in 
 such security as the Asset/tbly or Great Court should approve of. 
 
 3. In I72S, an order was made that all money should 
 be lent out according to the exac^ JVdl of the several and 
 respective Donors. 
 
 In the account given (about the year 174-7) of the for- 
 feited Bonds, their amount appears to be of. 566 14s. Od. as 
 ■ so much money in liand ; yet several of these Bonds were 
 
LENDING CASH. g¥ 
 
 supposed to be bad. The Corporation, for instance, received 
 for John Germain's Bond of 06'. 40, by composition, no more 
 than cflS 16s. A composition was also taken for Ed\.i:ard 
 Coe's 
 
 JOHN CRANE, of Cambridsre, Esq. by his Will dated 
 the 26th June, 1651 , gave to the Vnuersity of Cambridge, and' 
 the several Towns of Ipswich, Cumhndgc, Lynn, and fVitbeach, 
 as follows, viz. " Whereas I have appointed and required, 
 "and do earnestly desire my Executors to buj' threescore 
 '' pounds a year of good lantis and tenements, so as the te- 
 '■ nants may have agood pennyworth to pay willingly their 
 " rent, but I desire it may be threescore and two pounds a 
 "year which I bestow freely and willingly in manner and 
 " form following. I desire my Executors to take good care 
 "in the settling of it, in good honest men's hands and able 
 " men, as FeolTees in trust, as they shall think safest to be 
 " bestowed I think W isheach-men very safe, the Ten Mea 
 " corporate of Wisbeach, or as my Executors shall think best, 
 "the use as follows. The first year's rent to the Univcrsitif 
 "of Cambridge. — The second year's rent to the Town of 
 " Wisbeach, being sixty pounds to be lent freely to three 
 " Young Men to help to set them up, th^ putting in good 
 "security to re-pay it at the end of twenty years: and that 
 '' then it be lent out to three other k'oung Men, in like order, 
 "they putting in good security for re-payment at the 
 ''twenty year's end. And this of 20, and so everv other 
 "=£'. 20, to be shifted from one mui to another at the expi- 
 " ration of twenty years: and this Gift to continue until 
 "there be Tivo Hundred Pounds Stock to he lent out as above, 
 " The third year's revenue to (he Tov>:n of Cambridsre, Sfc. 
 " The fourth to Lynn Regi , in Norfolk, Sfc. Th-; filth year's 
 " revenue I ^ive to the Town Corporate of Ipswich, being the 
 
88 LENDING CASH. 
 
 " Toun ivhcra'n Mr. Butler of famous tnanori/ -d'as borrt, and 
 "alsowj/ oun Father, and this to continue until the Towil 
 " hath <£. 200 Stock, threescore pounds a year coming in ererj/ 
 '\fifth j/pflr, thisto he disposed of and lent dut by the two 
 " Bailiffs of Ipsivich, the Recorder, and Jour of the Chief 
 " Men of that Body, they taking good security for every 
 "£.10 so lent, in like order as Wisbeuch doth. Every 
 " Town having the i . 200 Stock, to be lent freely for tiocnty 
 '^ years, and shifcin^ to neiv parties every twenty years, (except 
 " the Univers ty,) my iment and meaning is, that the three 
 "score pounds a year shall continue to every Town after- 
 " wards every fifth year, but the use cluinged. That is, as 
 " it falls to come to every Town, instead of lending it to 
 "Young Men or others, as before expressed, this threescore 
 " pounds a year shall be given and bestowed upon poor honest 
 " men that be imprisoned for debt, or old loomen; or the relief 
 " of poor men in want; or to relieve them out of prison for 
 " debt ; desiring them entrusted in this business, as they wilt 
 " answer it before God, that they relieve the 7nost honest, gqd- 
 " liest, and religious men and women in the said several Towns, 
 " that have lived well and had a good report, being fallen into 
 •' decay by some extraordinary occasion, and not to give it to 
 "dissembling, hypocritical persons." 
 
 And by a Codicil, dated the 20th September following, 
 Mr. Crane added, — " Itetn, my meaning is, that if any of 
 " th^m entrusted to lend this j£. 20 a piece to diverse men, 
 «' be so careless in doing thereof, as they lose one-half of the 
 " former d 200, that then the other Towns formerly be- 
 "queathed the like, shall have the whole profit of this my 
 "Gift bestowed on them, for the use of the Poor of them 
 •'Towns, and that Town to have no more. Ite?n, I do give 
 " Forty Shillings, to every Town where this money is to be 
 
LENDING CASH. 80 
 
 "bestowed, to have a Sermon that year, to invite other men 
 *' to do the like. Item, I have desired my Executors to 
 "buy £.Q2 a year, for the use of the poor, J^,20 a-piece 
 "to honest Young Men, for twenty years freely. I will, 
 " th'it this continue till every Town has £. 200, to lend to 
 " Ten Young J\Ien, and afcer that the £. 60 shall go to the 
 " use of the poor, as in tliis my last Will is set down '* And 
 Ulr. Crane appointed John Crane of Houghton, in Bucks, 
 and Thomas Rant, Esq. his Executocs, who in pursuance of 
 the said Will, and of a Decree in Chancery, dated '28th 
 June, 165S. did by Indenture, bearing date, 4//j August, 
 105 8, sell to Ten Feoffees (two appointed by each Cor- 
 poral on) several Parcels of Land, Meadow, and Pasture, 
 containing by estimation 132 acres, lying in the several 
 bounders in Fleet and Holbitch, in the parts of Holland, in 
 Lincolnshire, then let upon a lease for t-ventv years. to John 
 Atterton and William his Son, at the yearly rent of <£ Q% 
 to the use of them and their heirs, but subject to the trusts 
 and uses in the said Indenture expressed, &.c — And in re- 
 gard to the Corporation of Ipstvich this Indenture says, 
 
 "And upon further Trust, that they, their heirs and 
 " assigns, shall permit and suflbr the Bailiffs, &c. of Ipsnich 
 " for the time being, to take and receive the filth vear's 
 " rent or revenue of the said land and premises hereafter to 
 "grow due; that is to say, the yearly rents and profitsthere- 
 *' ofv^rhich grow due or payable in and for the year I0i62,and 
 " so afterwards every fifth year's rent of the said lands succes- 
 "sively, the one after the other, as the same shall h.ippcn 
 " from and next after the said year 1662, in such like man- 
 *« ner and order as the said John Crane did by his last Will 
 " limit and appoint, the said yearly rents to be disposed of 
 " by the two Bailiffs, the Recorder, and four of the Chief 
 
 N 
 
90 LENDING CASH. 
 
 " Men of that Body for the time being, in such manner aiul 
 
 " form, and lo such person and persons, and for such time 
 
 "and times, and to and for such uses, intents, and purposes, 
 
 "as tlie said John Crane hatli in and by his last Will and 
 
 " Codicil annexed thereto, as aforesaid, directed, limited, 
 
 "and appointed, as touching and concerning the same ; — 
 
 " and not otherwise, nor in any other manner; out of which 
 
 "said yearlj- rents and profits. Forty Shillings is to be therc- 
 
 " out from time to time paid, for the preaching of a Sermon, 
 
 " which is lo be had and preached in the Parish Church of St. 
 
 "Matthew, ill Ipswich fl/b/csa/t/, being the Parish wherein 
 
 "the Testator's Father was born, o?? the second Tuesday in 
 
 " October, in every year that the said rents shall be so had 
 
 "and received by the said Baiiifis, &c and their successors, 
 
 " for the time being, in commemoration of the said Testa- 
 
 " tor, and of the said Charitable Gift aforesaid. And upon 
 
 " this further Trust and Confidence, that when there is not 
 
 " above Two left of the said Feoflecs living, that they and 
 
 " iheir heirs shall, upon the nquest and at the cliarge of the 
 
 "said University and the four Towns before-mentioned, 
 
 "assure the said premises to ten other persons and their 
 
 " heirs, two whereof to be nominated by each of the said 
 
 "five places, for and upon the same and like trusts, as 
 
 " before-mentioned, whereby the said good and Charitable 
 
 ""Gift and Bequest may l)e continued as aforesaid, and so 
 
 " on for ever." 
 
 ' This F;5tate so little aiiswcrrd Mr. Crane's intention, that 
 the ci 200 given to be lent out freely, was not all received 
 b.y this Corporation before the year 17 13. But the follow- 
 ing sums were received in the years undermentioned : — 
 
 £. s. d. £. s. d. 
 
 1718 - 31 17 8 . 1733 No Account. 
 
 1723 - 40 j 1738 - 30 . 
 
 1728 - 40 IVW - 38 10 
 
LEADING CASn. ^l 
 
 III the year 1743, a Sermon was preached in the Parish 
 Church of 5*^. Matthew, on the second Tuesdarj in October, 
 and 4O5. paid according to the Will of the donor; and it 
 has been continued regularly every fifth year, and the same 
 sum allowed. 
 
 RICHARD MARTIN, a Portman of Ipswich, by Deed 
 dated the 18^/i Febmary, 19 James, 1621, between him and 
 the Bailiffs' and Portmen of Ipswich, gave his Farm in 
 Westerjieldy. iiftev the decease of him and his wife, to them 
 in Trust, that they should [after the decease of some per- 
 sons to whom he gave Annuities] 'yearly and every year 
 ' for ever bestow and pay out of the issues and profits of the 
 ' premises Twenty Pounds, unto two such Scholars of the 
 ' Univcrsitj/ of Cambridge, as formerly were Scholars in the 
 ' Free School of Ipswich, as the two Bailiffs, and the major- 
 
 * ity of the Portmen of the said Town for the time being, 
 'should nominate and appoint, viz. unto one of them being 
 
 * Bachelor of Arts, and resident in some one of the Halls or 
 
 * Colleges of the said University, Fourteen Pounds yearly, so 
 ' long and for such time only as the two Bailiffs and the 
 « greater number of the Portmen shall appoint; and to the 
 'other of such Scholars aforesaid Six Pounds a year, being 
 ' likewise resident in one of the Halls or Colleges aforesaid, 
 'so long and for such time only as the two Bailifl^sand the 
 'jnajority of the Portmen shall appoin*. And that such 
 ' persons as are any ways related to the said Richard Mar- 
 ^ tin, or Ann, his Wife, should be preferred before others, 
 'if any of them should be a Scholar or Scholars there. 
 'And that as often as the said Bailiffs and Portmen shall 
 ' think fit to cease, or withdraw, both or either of the said 
 'yearly payments, they shall immediately nominate and 
 
 .'appoint two, or one other Scholar or Scholars, in the room 
 
92 LENDING CASn. 
 
 'of him or them that shall be dismissed, in the same Uni- 
 'versity as aforesaid, who may likewise have and enjov the 
 'benefit ; and so to do from time time for ever, if any such 
 •Scholars shall be resident in the said University.' 
 
 'And incase no such Scholars be there, then the said 
 'of. 20 shall be employed and bestowed in such manner 
 'and form as to the two EailifTs and the n)ajor part of the 
 ' Portmen shall seem most meet and expedient. And that 
 'they shall bestow yearly forever. Ten Pounds in Apparel, 
 'to be distributed by the appointment of the two Baililfs of 
 'the said Town of Jpsivich for the time being, among the 
 'poor inhabitants of the said Town, whereof the poor of St, 
 ' Margaret's Parish shall have yearly, for ever, so much of 
 'the said apparel given to them as shall be worth Fortif 
 ' Shillings ' And after the death of these persons to whom 
 he gave Annuities, he gave * the overplus cfthe profits of 
 ■ ♦ the said premises, to be from time to time lent out, upon 
 ' good security, freely to such poor Clothiers and Shearmen, 
 'or if such be not to be found, then to other inhabitants, 
 'being Freemen of the said Town, as the Bailiffs, the most 
 
 * of the Portmen, and Common- Council shall think fit, and for 
 'so long time as they shall think meet, not exceeding seven 
 
 * vears to one man. Provided, that the kinsmen and alli- 
 ' ance of the said Richard Martin and Ann his wife be first 
 
 : 'preferred And also, that a lease which he hath from the 
 'said Town shall be likewise employed after the decease 
 'of him and his wife, as the revenues aforesaid. And that 
 'within two months next after the decease of any seven of 
 'the said Bailiffs and Portmen, the premises shall be con- 
 .'veyed by the survivors to the use of themselves and such 
 /other persons as shall be then Bailiffs and Portmen of the 
 'said Town, to the uses, intents, and purposes aforesaid, 
 ' and so on for ever.* 
 
LENDING CASH. 93 
 
 By this Deed it appears, that the Bailiffs and Portmen 
 have the management of this Charity, except the overplus 
 which is to go to the Lending Cash. 
 
 In the year 1722, the following Order was made : — 
 " Whereas Mr. Martin'^ Charity has been misapplied, it is 
 " ortlered by the Bailiffs and 'the major part of the Poitmen 
 " and Four-and Twenty-Men here assembled, that the Trea- 
 " surer of the said Charily shall from henceforth apply the 
 " said Revenues according to the intent of the said Will. 
 " And that Ten Pounds only shall be yearly laid out for 
 " Cloathing ; and the surplusage of the said Charity shall 
 " remain for a stock, to be lent out to Poor Freemen, accord- 
 " ing to the intent of the donor, and for no other use." 
 And accordingly, the overplus of the next year was paid to 
 the Clavigers. 
 
 Also the following sums appear to have been paid to the 
 Clavigers, out of Mr. Marlin's Gift, to be applied towards 
 the Lending Cash, in the undermentioned years: — 
 
 17S6 
 
 . 
 
 1787 
 
 . 
 
 1783 - 
 
 _ 
 
 1789 
 
 - 
 
 1790 
 
 - 
 
 1791 
 
 . 
 
 1792 
 
 . 
 
 1793 
 
 _ 
 
 1794 
 
 . 
 
 1795 
 
 - 
 
 1796 - 
 
 . 
 
 1797 
 
 . 
 
 1798 
 
 No Account, 
 
 1799 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 1800 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 18(»l 
 
 _ 
 
 1802 
 
 - 
 
 £. 
 
 t. 
 
 d. 
 
 27 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 37 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 40 
 
 15 
 
 I 
 
 39 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 49 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 59 
 
 16 
 
 2 
 
 35 
 
 1 
 
 Of 
 
 42 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 39 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 43 
 
 12 
 
 01 
 
 30 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 40 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 n 
 
 20 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 :.516 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
94: LENDING CASH. 
 
 Several sums have at different times been lent to Freemen 
 of this Borough ; and at the Great Court, held 29th Sept. 
 1818, e£. 50 was advanced to two Free Burgesses, each re- 
 ceiving of .25. 
 
 The Bailiffs and Portmen have also the sole disposal of the 
 cf 20, left by Mr. Martin, iov "two such Scholars in the 
 '•University of Cambridge, as formerly were Scholars in the 
 *' Free School of Ipswich.^* They have also the disposal of 
 the linen, &c. 
 
 The Scholarships have been paid from the year 
 
 £. 
 1735 to 17S9 to R L. Page, 20 per Annum. 
 
 1793 to 1796 to R, Field, 6 ditto. 
 
 1797 to R. Field, 1 4 One Year, 
 
 1797 to J. King, 6 ditto. 
 
 1801 to 1804 to J. Bransby, 6 per Annuin. 
 
 1813 to 1816 to R. L. Manning, 6 ditto* 
 
ACCOUNT OF 
 
 Mr. BURROUGHS'S LEG ACT. 
 
 Mr. JOHN BURROUGHS of London, by Will dated 
 the 22nd March, 1613, gave to the Bailifis, &c. o( Ipsiiich, 
 £. 100 to be paid at such time as they shall purchase Lands 
 or tenements of the clear aiid yearly value of Five Pounds, to 
 them and their successors for ever, for the good and behoof 
 of the Poor of the said Town oi Ipswich forever: the said sum 
 of Five Pounds a year, to be yearly bestowed and distribu- 
 ed by the Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Comvionalti/ for the time 
 being, or by the Churchmardens of the Parish of St. Laivrence, 
 in Ipswich, upon every Good-Friday for ever, in the Church 
 of St. Lawrence, presently after Morning Prayer, to For/y 
 Poor Men and Women, of Ipswich aforesaid. 
 
 And Mr. Richard Martini, in consideration of c£lOO, 
 to him paid by the Biilifrs, &c. by Indenture, 2-)th 
 November, \Oth James I. sold a piece of Land, or Pasture, 
 called Manners, and another called Sivan's-Nest, lying in 
 Westerfield, to the said Bailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, and their 
 successors, for the use before-mentioned in Mr. Burroughs's 
 Will. Afterwards the said BaiiifTs, &.c. granted a Lease of 
 the said Land to Mr. Martin and Ann his wife, for a HuU' 
 drcd Years^ if either of them should so long live, they pay- 
 ing the clear yearly rent of of. 5. And it appears that the 
 respective Treasurei*s of this Corporation received the said 
 yearly rent of ofS, during the life ofthesaid Mr. Martinand 
 Anil his Wife ; and afler theirdecease thej- received the rent 
 of Seven Pounds a year for the same. And in the year 1744', 
 the suBj of Seven Pounds was distributed : and the following 
 
95 MR. BURROUGHS'S LEGACY. 
 
 list shews the number of Poor Persons relieved, the sum dis-' 
 tributed, and the year in which it was given, from 1786 
 to 1817. 
 
 Good Fridaj/'s Gift, 5s. 6d. to each. 
 
 Year. No. of Ptrsons. 
 
 17S6 - - 63 - 
 
 1787 - - 70 - 
 
 1783 - - 71 - 
 
 1789 - - 60 - 
 
 1790 - - 70 - 
 
 1791 - - 40 - - _ 
 
 1792 - - 74 - 
 
 1793 - - 66 - 
 
 1794 - - 93 - 
 
 1795 - - 103 - 
 
 1796 - . 104 - 
 
 1797 - - 100 - 
 1798 
 
 1799 
 
 1800 - - 125 
 
 1801 - - 164 
 
 1802 - - 221 
 
 1803 - - 267 
 1804. - - 193 
 
 1805 - - 317 
 
 1806 - - 2i7 
 
 1807 - - 250 
 
 1808 - - 367 
 
 1809 - - 300 
 ISIO - - 222 
 
 1811 - - 248 
 
 1812 - - 277 
 
 1813 - - 253 
 
 1814 - - 300 
 
 1815 - - 300 
 
 1816 - - 323 
 
 1817 - - 283 
 
 «£. s. 
 
 d. 
 
 Sum. 
 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 12 5 
 
 
 
 12 6 
 
 6 
 
 10 10 
 
 
 
 12 5 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 12 19 
 
 
 
 11 11 
 
 
 
 16 5 
 
 6 
 
 18 
 
 6 
 
 18 4 
 
 
 
 17 10 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 28 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 38 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 46 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 33 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 44 
 
 19 
 
 6 
 
 44 
 
 
 
 
 
 46 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 52 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 38 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 43 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 44 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 52 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 52 
 
 10 
 
 Q 
 
 56 
 
 10 
 
 G 
 
 49 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
]NiR. Allen's legacy. 97^ 
 
 Mr. JOHN ALLEN, Portman, about the year 1570, 
 gave to the Bailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, Sixty Pounds, the 
 yearly profits thereof to be bestowed upon Gowns, Shirts, 
 and Smocks, to be yearly given and distributed to the poorest 
 and most needy inhabitants of the said Town for ever. This 
 money was paifl to Mr William Whetcraft, who, in con- 
 sideration thereof, assured to the Bailiffs, &c. aforesaid, an 
 Annuity or Rent Charge of Four Pounds Ten Shillings for 
 ever: and the Bull Inn, in the Parish of St Mary Key, is 
 tied for the payment of it, to be paid yearly upon the Feast- 
 Day of All Saints for ever, [Nov- \.) as appears by a Deed 
 bearing date Xlth September, \2lh Elizabeth, (1570 ) 
 
 Mrs. Alice Scrivener, formerly the Wife of Mr. William 
 Smart, upon her marriage with Mr. Scrivener^ caused him 
 to enter into Bond, that he should assure, within one year 
 after his decease, to the Bailiff's, &c. of Jpswich, and their 
 successors for ever. Lands or Rents of the clear yearly value 
 of o£. 7 to be yearly bestowed by them, upon Gowns, Shirts 
 and Smocks, to be given and distributed forever, to the most 
 Poor and needy People, being born, brought up, and resident 
 in the said Town. And accordingly the said Ralph Scrive- 
 ner, by his Will, bearing date charged all his Mes- 
 suages, Lands and Tenements, lying in Bramford and Bla- 
 kcnham, with the payment of the said d,\7 a year, to the 
 Bailiffs, &c, of Jpswich, and their successors for ever, for 
 the uses afore-mentioned. 
 
 Afterwards John, Scrivener, *^on and heir to the said Ralph, 
 by Indenture, dated l9thJune,7th James (1609) did grant, 
 bargain, and sell to the said Bailiffs, &c. one Annuity or 
 Rent-Charge of of 26 135. 4rf. issuing out of one Messuage 
 and six score acres of Land, Meadow, and Pasture, with the 
 Appurtenances, in Ipswich and Bramford, in the County of 
 
 O 
 
9i 
 
 MR. SCRIVEN£R S LEGACY. 
 
 Stiffolk, to be paid yearly at the Feasts of St. Michael the 
 Archangel, and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 
 by even portions, at the Messuage called Brooks, in Ipswich, 
 aforesaid. And if it shall happen, that the said Annuity 
 or yearly Rent-Charge of Twenty Six Pounds, Thirteen 
 Shillings and Four Pence, be behind, in part, or in the 
 whole, after any of the Feait-Days aforesaid, in which as 
 aforesaid the same ought to be paid, and not paid, by the 
 space of twenty days, if it be demanded at Brooks aforesaid, 
 shall be forfeited for every day. Ten Shillings, in the name 
 ©fa pain, so often as the said Annuity of .=£.26 135. id. or 
 any part of it, shall so happen to be behind. 
 
 And in consideration thereof, the said Bailiffs, &c. grant- 
 ed and sold to the said John Scrivener and his heirs, one 
 Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of Sevai Pounds, issuing 
 out of the Lands and Tenements in Biamford and Blaken- 
 ham aforesaid. And also for and in consideration of the 
 sum of Two Hundred and Four-score Pounds, paid by the 
 said Bailiffs, &c. to the said John Scrivener, he conveyed 
 the said Aniiuitj^ of of . 26 13s. 4c?. to them, to have, hold, 
 preserve, and enjoy the same to the Bailiffs, Sac. for ever, tv 
 the only use, benefit, and behoof of the Poor People of the said 
 Town of Ipswich, that now are, or hereafter shall be, for ever. 
 
 It is not said from what Fund this sum of of. 280 arose ; 
 possibly, it might be a part of Judge Clench's money, men- 
 tioned afterwards in the Account of Mr. Daundy's Gift. 
 
 The Annuity of ££26 135 A-d- has been usually received 
 by the Treasurer of Christ's Hospital; but the 1 £. is ap- 
 plied according to Mrs. Scrivener's directions, for the pur- 
 chase of Gowns, &c. 
 
 The following statement shews the quantity of linen, &c. 
 and the sum expended in the purchase thereof, five different 
 
MRS. SCRIVENER S LEGACY. 
 
 99 
 
 years ; from which nn opinion may be formed of the amount 
 annually expended for that purpose. 
 
 1785. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1802. 
 
 
 
 
 No. 
 
 14 Gowns 
 
 U Coats 
 
 15 Shirts 
 
 - 
 
 £. 
 
 8 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 s. 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 6 
 g 
 
 £. 
 Linen - 27 
 
 Coats and Gowns 25 
 
 s. 
 15 
 
 17 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 15 ditto 
 
 £ 
 
 4 
 7 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 1812. 
 Shiitsand S 
 Ditto - 
 
 .£.53 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 SO Shifts 
 
 hifts 25 
 36 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 Coats and G 
 1817. 
 
 awns 1 1 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 1788. 
 
 ^.73 
 
 IS 
 
 10 
 
 15 Gowns 
 
 
 
 
 14 Coats 
 
 - 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 Linen - 
 
 65 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 30 Shirts 
 
 - 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 16 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 30 Shifts 
 
 £ 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 Coat?, &c. 
 
 25 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 £. 106 
 
 1.5 
 
 
 
 The Treasurer of Mr. Martin's Gift receives Mr. Bur' 
 roughs's, Mr, Allen's, and Mr, Scrivener's Charities. 
 
100 scrivener's legacy, &c, 
 
 yin Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of Martinis, 
 "Burroughs' s, Allen's, and Scrivener's Charities, in the Years 
 1785 ond 1817. 
 
 1785. RECEIPTS. 
 
 J. Chisnall, a Year's Kent for Farm at Weslerfield, inclu- ? 
 ding the 26 Acres left by Mr. Buno^icrhs, - J 
 
 Brook's Annuity, One Year, flue at Lady-day 
 Wm, Trotman, Esq. for the Bull Inn, due at Michaelmas, 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Tenant's Bills, for Repairs, Quit Rent, &c. 
 Linen, Gowns, Coats, Shirts, and Shifts, 
 Good-Friday's Gift to 63 Persons, at 3s. 6d. each. 
 Exhibition to Page, . _ . 
 
 Ditto, - - - - - 
 
 Paid to the Clavigers the Balance of Account, 
 
 £. s 
 
 d. 
 
 103 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 4 10 
 
 
 
 .114 10 
 
 
 
 19 10 
 
 8 
 
 36 8 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 27 10 
 
 8 
 
 £. 114 10 
 
 1817. RECEIVED. 
 
 Oct. Of the late Treasurer, 
 
 Dec. 19. Ml. Shorten, Year's Rent, 
 
 1818 ' ' 
 
 Feb. 21. Of Mr. Acton, One Year's Rent of the Bull Inn, 
 
 Aug. 19. Of Mr. Fuller, One Year's Rent, 
 
 11 15 
 
 7 
 
 1§ 
 
 
 4 10 
 140 
 
 
 
 
 £. 163 5 1* 
 
 PAID. 
 
 Tenant's Bills, Quit-Rent, stamps, &c. - 5 17 11 
 
 127 Shirts and 147 Shifts, - - - 81 14 
 
 Good-Friday's Gift to 283 Poor Persons, - 49 10 6 
 
 Coats and Gowns, - - - 25 1 
 
 df. 162 3 5 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 — ==>ee®®®e«c= — 
 
 The Establishment of a tJrammar School in this Town 
 is of very ancient date; for at a Great Court, held Mik 
 Edward IV M-77, it was ordered, " that the Mister of the 
 " Grammar School shall have the government of ail the 
 "Scholars within the Liberties of this Town, (excepting 
 " little ones called Apes Eyes) taking such Salary as by the 
 " Bishop of Norwich is appointed." 
 
 What that Salary was, or by whom it was paid, does not 
 appear; but it seems as if it was not thought sufficient ; for 
 in 22d Edward IV. (14-82) it was ordered, that " every Bur- 
 " gess Inhabitant, should pay to the Master of the Ginm- 
 " mar School for a Boy 8 J. per quarter, and no more.'* 
 However, for the further encouragement of the said Master, 
 it was ordered at the same time, that he should celebrate 
 the Guild of Corpus Chrisli during his life. In thissame year, 
 Richard Felaiv, Port/nan, (e-ght times Bailift'., and twice 
 Member of Parliament fov this Town) gave his Houses and 
 Lands, by Will, dated the '2d January , 1482, as followeth. 
 
 Item, ' I will that my Mees beyng agayn the Gate of the 
 
 * Fryers Preachers in Jpsivich, be ordained to be for ever a 
 'common School House and Dwelling place for a conveni- 
 ' ent Schoolmaster, the said Master to be there set and dcputrd 
 'by the Ordinary of the Diocese of Norwich, at the nomina- 
 'tioa of the Baileys of the Town of Ipswich, for the time 
 
 • being; which Master so named, deputed and set, shall have 
 'the said Mees for his Dwelling place and School-House 
 
J 02 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 'freely, without any thing therefore yielding. Also tht: 
 'said Master shall have to him, and his successors, a Messu- 
 ' age, with a Curteinge adjoining to the said Messuage, on 
 'the north side of the siine, and other Lands and Tene« 
 ' ments, that is to say. Three Closes in the Town of Whitton, 
 'and within the Lordship of Brooks-Hall; for the which 
 'Messuage, Curtelage, Lands and Tenements, the said Mas- 
 ' ter for tlie time being, shall receive and teach all children, 
 
 * born and dwelling within the said Town of Ipswich, com- 
 'ing to the said School, freely, without taking any thing 
 ' for their teaching, except children of such persons as have 
 'Lands and Tenements to the yearly value of 204., or else 
 ' goods to the value of £.20 to be sold. And also the said 
 'Master for the time being shall keep reparations of the 
 
 * said Messuages, Lands, and Tenements.* 
 
 But, in 1 521-, Cardinal Wolsey having intimated to the 
 University of Oxford his design of founding a College 
 (novv Clirisl's Cliioch) there, soon commenced that splen- 
 ded work. Not long aftir, he founded his School or Col- 
 lege, at Ipsivich, upon the Site of the Priori/ of St. Ptler*s, 
 which was surrendered to him on the C)tk March, 1527, as 
 a nursery for his int'mded College at Oxford; and Mr. 
 Felaiv''^ Lands and Houses were alienated for th^tt purpose, 
 at the request of the Cardinal, 20th Henry VIIL (1523), as 
 appears partly from the following letter, the original ef 
 which is sad to be in the Exchequer Record Office; and 
 partly from the under-mentioned entry in Bacon's Book. 
 '* To my Lord Legate's good Grace." 
 
 " rieaseth your Grace to be advertised, tlijit we, the Bai- 
 *' liffs, Portmen and Inhabitants of this the King's Town of 
 " fpsivich, have lately perceived, by Master Dean of your 
 " new College of Ipswich aforesaid, that your pleasure and 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 103 
 
 "device is, that all such Lands and Tenements as of old time 
 •' have been limited and appointed to the Grammar' Master 
 *' there, should be given to ycur new Collegje, towards the 
 " su.--tentation of your new Master of Gratiimar of your 
 " School there, and his successors, and by your Grace ap- 
 " pointed and oidained, and that your Grace would have 
 " our free assent unto the same. 
 
 " It may please your Grace to be advertised, that we well 
 "apperceive and consider the manifold goodness that your 
 "Grace has shewed, as well in tlie erection of the same 
 " College and Grammar School there, as also many and 
 ''divers things that it hath pleased your Grace to do to the 
 " weal of the said Town, for which we confess ourselves 
 "unable to make your Grace any sufficient recompence ; 
 "but as touching j'our said requot and desire. We all be 
 " not only content freely with our assent to accomplish and 
 *' fulfil the same, but also to do and execute all and evert/ 
 " other thing that shall be hereafter your gracious pleasure 
 "to advertise us to do for Corroboration of the same, as 
 " knoweth our Lord God, who send unto your Grace, our 
 " especial good and gracious Lord, long life and health to 
 " his pleasure, and to the full accomplishment of ail your 
 ** honourable afi'airs. 
 
 " Written at Ipsivich, by j'our most humble and daily 
 ♦' Beadsmen, the Bailiffs of Ipsivich. 
 
 " James Hill. 
 
 " Thomas Manser." 
 
 At an Assembly of Bailiffs, Portmen, Twenty-four, and 
 some of the Commoners, all thtir names being set down, 
 and amongst the rest the names of Humphry H in:;; field, 
 and Lionel Tahnuch, Esqrs. they gave to the Dean and Can- 
 
104 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 lions of the Cardinal's College of St. Maty in Ipsuiich, all 
 the interest of ( lie Town iii the Lands in Whilton and Jpsuicfi, 
 which the Town claimed in them by the last Will and 
 Testament of Richard Felaiv, or otherwise, 
 
 James Hill, 7 r. ■trf 
 
 Ihomas Mamer. \^^'^'^^' 
 
 Henry Stunnard, "^ 
 
 Nicholas Harvey, \ , ^,- 
 u,--ii- <,■ . J > Justices. 
 rt' ilhum Stisled, j 
 
 John Butler, J 
 
 This School, for a short time, is said to have rivalled the 
 Schools of Winchester and Eton. As he mixed Ecclesiasti- 
 cal Dignity with all his learned Institutions, he appointed 
 here a Df-an, Twelve Canons, and a numerous Choir. At 
 the s;tme time he sent a circular address to the Schoolmas- 
 ters of England, recommending tht:m to teath their youths 
 the element* of elegant literature, {" litcratura elegantissima") 
 and prescribed the use of Lilly's Grammar. Dr. WilUam . 
 Capon was the first and last Dean, for ihis School was dis- 
 continued on the CariiinaTs fall. 
 
 Although the Cardinal was frustrated in the grandeur of 
 his intentions, he may, in effect, be considered as the Foun- 
 der of the present Gramniar School; for what he did was 
 evidently the occasion of the Charter granted by King 
 Henry the Eighth, which was renewed confirmed, and en- 
 larged by Queen Elizabeth, on the 18^A March, 1565. 
 
 * Elizabeth, D. G i^c. Whereas there hath for a long 
 'lime been, and still continues to be, a certain general and 
 ' Free Grammar- School, founded by our most dear Father 
 'Henry Vlll, Jate King of England, within our Town of 
 ' Jpsuich, ill our County of Suff'otk, consisting of a Master 
 'and Usher, [Magistio JvJ armature et Hypodidascalo] to 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 105 
 
 ' instruct the children of our subjects, and of the subjects of 
 ' our heirs and successors, in learning and knowledge, within 
 ' the Town aforesraid, and elseuhcre uilhin our Kingdom of 
 ' England: which offices of Master and Usher are in our 
 'disposal; and the said Master and Usher of the School 
 'aforesaid have had, and were to have for their wages and 
 'stipend ot*. 38 135. 4c/. per Annwn, to be received and 
 ' paid every year, out of the issues and profits of our Manors, 
 ' Lands, Tenements, Possessions and Hereditaments, in our 
 ' fa id County of Suffolk. 
 
 ' Know Ye, &c. that We, especially desiring that the 
 'children and youth of our Kingdom of England shou\d be 
 
 * instructed as well in probity of manners, and the study of 
 ' virtue, as in good letters, and all kind of erudition, especi- 
 
 * ally in Grammar, which is the beginning and foundation 
 'of all other learning, of our especial grace, and of our 
 •certain knowledge and mere motion, have ratified, appro- 
 ' ved, and confirmed, and by these presents, as much as in 
 
 * Us lieth, for Us, our heirs, and successors, do ratify, ap- 
 ' prove and confirm the aforesaid foundation, and every 
 'thing therein contained, 
 
 * And whereas we are given to understand, that the School 
 ' aforesaid hath often been vacant by the death orcessioa 
 
 * of the Master of the said School, for a long time before it 
 
 * has been provided with another Master; from whence it 
 ' has happened, that the boys there at School, during all 
 
 * the time of such vacancy, have not been instructed, and 
 
 * have spent the time aforesaid idly, without any benefit, 
 'to their great loss and detriment; and further, that the 
 'aforesaid sura of of. 38 13s. 4rf. assigned and appointed 
 ' for the salary or stipend of the aforesaid Master and Usher 
 ' of the said School has very often for a long time after the 
 
 r 
 
306 Gl^AlMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 ' days and times of payment of the same been behind, and 
 'unpaid, fron) whence it has often happened that the said 
 'Master and Usher ha\e licen the less able to stay there 
 'any longer, and give their diligence in instructing such 
 ' bays in learning, to the great pn judice and loss, as well 
 ' of the said boys, as of the Inhabitants of the whole Town 
 ' aforesaid, and contrary to the pious and good intention of 
 'the aforesaid Founder: and whereas we are given to 
 ' understand, that the aforesaid Master and Usher have often 
 ' been remiss and negligent in executing their several offices, 
 * in all things relating to their attendance and instruction of 
 ■^^the children and Scholars of the said School, because neither 
 'the Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Commonalty of our Town 
 ' aforesaid, nor any other our Magistrates had any right or 
 ' authority to animadvert upon theni^ or any of them, to the 
 ' great detriment of the Scholars aforesaid. 
 
 \_A.] ' We, considering the premises, and very much de- 
 ' siring the continuance and right government of the afore- 
 'said School, according to the foundation of the same, of 
 'our more abundant grace have willed, ordained and con- 
 'stituted by these presenff, that our beloved subjects the 
 'Eailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, and their successors, and also of 
 ' our certain knowledge and mere motion, for Us, our heirs 
 ' and successors, by these presents, do Grant to our said 
 'beloved subjects the Bailiffs, &c. of the said Town of fps- 
 ' ivich, in our County of Suffolk, and their successors, that 
 ^ they and their successor';, after the death of our beloved 
 ' subjoct John Sent, vvho now possesses and exercises the 
 'office of I'ead-Master of the said School, shall, and may 
 ' havf full power and author iy of naming and presenting 
 'any fit person to the Uivcraid Father in Christ the Bishop 
 'of X\'c>r:icch, for the time being, Ordinary of the said 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 ««» 
 
 * PIdco, and his successors, to undertake the burden and 
 'office of Head-Master of the School aforesaid, as often as 
 ' the said Schoel shall be in want of a Master; and tliat the 
 ' person so nominated and presented by the said BailiflTs, 
 
 * Burgesses, and Commonalty, and by the said Ordinary 
 'adjudged and accepted as fit, shall immediately by the 
 'said Bailiffs, &r, of the said Town, be actually admitted 
 ' into the possession of the said office. 
 
 [B.] 'And further, by these presents, we have willed, 
 'ordained and instituted, that our said beloved subjects the 
 ' Bailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, and their successors, and also of 
 'our certain knowledge and mere motion, by these presents, 
 
 * We do, for Us, our heirs and successors, Grant to our said 
 ' beloved subjects the Bailiffs, &c. and their successors, that 
 ' they and their successors, whensoever, and as often as the 
 ' School aforesaid shall be vacant of an Usher, shall have 
 
 * povvei and authority of naming and appointing such a fit 
 
 * and proper Man to undertake the Burden of an Usher of 
 'the School aforesaid, rtA the Master of the School aforesaid 
 'for the time bdny shall have adjudged to be ft to undertake 
 ' the said Office : and to remove every Usher, so by them to 
 'be nominated and appointed, from his office, for any no- 
 'torious crime or negligence in and about the execution of 
 ' his said office, and as oden as it shall seem to them fit and 
 'expedient; and another, or others to appoint in his or 
 ' their places. And that every such proper Man fit to un- 
 ' dex'take the burden of Usher of the School aforesaid, and 
 ' by the said Bailiffs, &c. named and appointed, as the 
 ' Master of the School aforesaid, for the time being shall 
 ' have adjudged fit to undertake the said office, shall be 
 'admitted and actually introduced to the possession of the 
 'office of Usher of the School aforesaid, by the Master of 
 ' the said School. 
 
108 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 [C] ' And that the Bailiflfs, &c. for the time being, with 
 'the consent of the Ordinary of the Place aforesaid, shall and 
 'may make fit and wholesome Statutes and Ordinances in 
 ' writing, concerning and touching the ordering, governance 
 •and direction of the Master and Usher, and of the Scho- 
 
 * lars of the School aforesaid for the time being, and other 
 'things concerning the ordering, governance, and preser- 
 'vation of the same. And we do Will and Grant, and by 
 'these presents do strictly charge and command, that the 
 'said Statutes and Ordinances so to be made, be from time 
 ' to time inviolably observed for ever. 
 
 •And further our Will is, and by these presents We do 
 'grant, that every person which hereafter shall actually be 
 'introduced to the office or place of Master aforesaid, shall 
 'have and enjoy every year, during the time of his con- 
 'tinuaiice in the said office or place, for his wages, salary 
 'and fee, .£, 24- 65 8rf of lawful En^li^h Money, parcel of 
 'the sum of of. 38 13s. 4rf. aforesaid : and that every per- 
 'son who for the future shall be actually admitted and 
 •introduced as aforesaid to the office or place of Usher, shall 
 ' have arid enjov for the exercise of the said office of Usher 
 'every year, during the time oi' his continuance in the said 
 'office of Usher, (or his wages and sala y, the stipend and 
 'fee of c£. 14 6s. 8d, of lawful English Money, 
 
 [D] 'And that this our intention may have the fuller 
 'and better effect. Know ye, that We, of our more abun« 
 *dant grace, and of our certain knowledge and mere motion, 
 ' have given and granted, and by these presents for Us, our 
 'heirs and successors, do Give and Grant to the said Bai- 
 'liffs, &c. and Iheir successors, a certain Annuity, or annual 
 ' rent of £. 38 1 3s. 4rf. of good and lawful English money ; 
 
 * that is to say, for the support of the Master of the said 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. FB9 
 
 ''School, of. 24- 6s. Sd. and for the support of the Usher o( 
 
 'the said School, £. 1+ 6s. 8d. of good and lawful English 
 
 'Money yearly, from year to year, for ever; to have and 
 
 ' to enjoy, and yearly to receive the said Annuity or annual 
 
 'rent of of. 3S 135 id per Annum, to the said Bailiffs, &c. 
 
 ' and their successors for ever, after the death of the aforesaid 
 
 'John Scot, out of the Rents, Profits and Revenues, growing 
 
 'and arising out of our Manors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, 
 
 ' Possessions, and Hereditaments, and those of our heirs and 
 
 'successors, in our said County of Suffolk, as well by theif 
 
 ' own proper hands, and in their proper hands to be detained 
 
 'out oj the Fee Farm of the Town aforesaid, as b^ the hands 
 
 'of our Receivers, Bailiffs, Collectors, Tenants, or Farmers, 
 
 ' or other our Occupiers, or Officers for the time being, to 
 
 ' be paid at the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, and the 
 
 ' Annunciation of the Blessed Firgin Marj/, hy equal portions 
 
 'every year ; the first payment to begin at that Feast of the 
 
 • Feasts above-mentioned, St. Michael the Archangel, or the 
 
 ' Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Marj/, which shall first 
 
 ' happen after the death of the aforesaid John Scot. 
 
 'Our Will also is, that they shdll have these our Letters, 
 'Patents, under our Great Seal of England, without fine, 
 ' great or smalL to be paid in our Hanaper to Us. Although 
 *expr«>ss mention, &c oothwitstanding. In witness where- 
 'of, &;c. VVitnesss Myself at Westminster, \Bth March, in 
 'the Eighth Year of our Reign, (1565 ') 
 
 By this Charter the Corporation are authorized to choose 
 and nominate the Master and Usher. They may pay them 
 out of the Fee- Farm Rents, o£\38 135. id due from the 
 Corporation ; and may detain their stipends from that source 
 every year, viz for the Master £.2i 6s Sd and for the 
 Usher «£, 14 6$, ^d. They are empowered to remove the 
 
110 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 Usher; and may make Rules for the government and pre- 
 servation of the School. 
 
 In the reign of James the First, Jamen l.emnn. Master of 
 the Grammar School, havincr conducted himself improperlv, 
 the Corporation insisted upon his quitlinp; the School, 
 which he refusing to do, they set up another Grammar 
 School at the Hospital, in opposition to that appointed by 
 ^Charter This may be collected fiom the following extracts 
 taken from Bacon's Book. 
 
 " \st James. James Leman elected School-master and 
 " his presentation thereto shall be granted under the Com- 
 " mon Sea?'. 
 
 " ^th James. The Houses and Lands which Mr. Fela'jj 
 " gave shall be employed accordins; to the Gift, and a meet 
 " Master shall be provided /or the School. 
 
 " 5th James. The money laid out about erecting a Gram- 
 " 7nar School at the Hospital-Hall, shall be paid out of the 
 " Hospital revenues. 
 
 " 5th James, October 26//? The Treasurer of the Hospital 
 " from time to time shall receive the Rents of Mr. Felaw's 
 " Lands, and pay the same to IVilliam Atxder, elected School 
 " Master, by half-years^ without warrant from the EailifFs " 
 
 In consequence of the power granted by the Charter of 
 Queen Elizabeth, ccvi^'wi Regulations were jnade in 1.571: 
 but, in process of lime, several of these ordinances becoming 
 obsolete and inconvenient, another code of Rules and Orders 
 was unanimouslv agreed upon by a committee, appointed 
 by an order of Great Court, on the 1st of July, 1746, and 
 was signed on the 'il'h of September, in the same year. 
 These also are become obsolete 
 
 The Master delivers a report of the Free Scholars under 
 his care annually, on the 2.Qth of September, to the Bailiffs; 
 and they fill up all vacancies in the School, at the same time. 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Ill 
 
 The School is open to the boys of the Town indiscrimi- 
 nately, but the number is at present restricted to Thirti/ *; 
 each of whom receives an exhibition of 40s. annually, for the 
 purchase of books. Other scholars are taught, whose num- 
 bers fluctuate. There is no fixed age for the admission or 
 dismission of pupils, that being determined by the will of 
 their parents. The Eton Latin and Greek Grammars are 
 used, and the other books? in rotation; but this depends 
 upon the Master's choice 'I'he present Head INInster (and 
 Usher, tiie two oftices being now consolidated) receives 
 •about o£'50 per Annum, and a House. 
 
 Donations and Legacies to the School. 
 
 IMr. William Smart, Portm?»n, gave a sixth part of his 
 Estate (except 205.) to the maintenance of poor Scholars, 
 in the Free School : and out of one other sixth part of his 
 Estate he left of 4 a year to the Master, and Four INIarks a 
 year to the Usher; and tlie remainder of this sixth part to 
 the Master, or Governor of the House, to be founded by 
 him.self. 
 
 Mr. William Ti/ler, Portman, who died in 1643, gave to 
 the Bailiffs of Jpsivich cf 300, to the intent and purpose that 
 they should therewith purchase Houses or Lands, to the 
 yearly value of of 18. And that the yarl}' value thereof 
 shall be employed, for and towards *' the apparelling, train- 
 " ing up, and teaching at School, so many poor children as 
 " the same shall extend to, and when they are fit," for the 
 
 * Thirty Boys are at this time {September 29, 1S18,) on the list, 
 aiiJ instructed in the School. 
 
112 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 binding them forth apprentices to some fitting trades, pro- 
 Tided the children be of Ixjnest parents, and of the Town 
 of Ipsxuich ; the ordering whereof he willed, that the Port- 
 men, or the greatest numlier of them, and the Four-and- 
 T«enty men, or fourteen of them, shall always manage. 
 
 With this of . 300, and some monies arising out of Mr. 
 Smart's revenues, an Estate was purchased of /V/r. Femly, 
 at Creeling, in 16 t9. And, in 1636, other lands were pur- 
 chased at Crectivg of Joseph Crane, with the c£. 280 that 
 Mr. Sno-^'s House in St- Cleinrnt's sold for. And, in 1658, 
 several orders of Great Court were made, relating to the said 
 Lands purchased of l.'r. Fernly and Mr. Joscjih Crane, with 
 monies belonging to Mr. Smart's, Mr. Tj/lei's, and Air. 
 •^notv's Gifts, to be disposed of according to the several Gifts, 
 and in respect to the education of children. — 
 
 In the year 1558, Lawrence Mopted, B. D. sometime 
 Waster of Corptt-s-Christi College in Cambridge, gave of . 60 
 to Triniti/ Hall in Cambridge, for the founding of a Scho- 
 larship. The Scholar to be one born in the Diocese of 
 Norwich, and brought up by the space of two years, at least, 
 in the common Schools ol Ipswich or Bury. To be allowed 
 £.2 13s. 4(i. per Annum, wxih all other commodities that 
 other Scholars enjoy : the Scholarships never to be void 
 above three months at a time. 
 
 On the 22nd December, 15Q8, Mr William Smart, the 
 charitable Portman already mentioned, bi'ing seized in fee 
 simple of a Farm called Diggers,\n Wiveiston in the County 
 of Svffolk, in value of. 19 per Annum, above all charges and 
 repairs, conveyed the same to the College of Pembroke-Hull 
 in Cambridt^e, for the the maintrnance of one Fellow iad 
 two Scholars, to be called Smart's, 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 113 
 
 'the Fello-x, whether present or absent, to have £. 10 per 
 Annum, during the life of Mr. Smart, or of Alice his Wife, 
 and after thtir decease to have £. 12 per Annum, The Two 
 Scholars to have £.S each. The Fellow to have voice, 
 prerogative, and privilege, and to be guided by the local 
 statutes. The Scholars were *o be from Iprj:ich School, 
 and of Mr Smart's kindred, if any fit, and they are to have 
 Chambers in course, and all other allowances as other 
 Bible-Clerks. 
 
 Mr. Ralph Scrivener, at the request of Alice his wife, 
 (late relict of the abave-mentioned Mr Smart) by Inden- 
 ttfre, bearing date 5th September, 4-3rd Elizabeth, (1601) 
 did convey to the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Pcm- 
 ftroie- Ha// aforesaid, one Annuity or yeaily rent of =£' 21, to 
 be going out of the Lauds of the said Ralph, in Bramfordf 
 in' the said County of Si/jpolk, to the intent that they shall 
 erect Four New Scholarships within the said College, allow- 
 ing every one of them yearly £.5 for ever, according to 
 the intent and meuiing of the said Alice; the said Scholars 
 to be chosen out of the Free Grammar School in Ipswich, of 
 the poorest incn's sons, capable of such Scholarships- And 
 the said Master, Sec. covenant to admit the said Scholars, 
 and such as the said Ralph shall nominate out of the said 
 Grammar School. And that within three months' after the 
 death or tleparture of any of the said Scholars, his place 
 shall be supjjlied with such as are of the name of Scrivener 
 or Daunly before all others, if any fit ; and if not, then with 
 such poor men's sons as come from the said Grammar 
 School, and if not enough there, then with poor men's sons 
 of the Free Grammar 5cAi>o/ of the Town oi Colchester, within 
 a month after the expiration of the said three months. The 
 College, within two months' after a vacancy, to signity to 
 
114- GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 the said Ralph, and after his decease to the Bailiffs of Ips- 
 wich, to the intent that they may signify to the College the 
 names of such kindred as are fit for the place. These 
 Scholars are to be called ATr. Scriienet's Scholars; they 
 are to governed bv the local statutes ; to have all benefits 
 as other Scholars; and if poor they tire to have tuition free. 
 Mr. Richard Martin founded two Scholarships to be paid 
 by the Ci^rporation, one of £'. 1 4 per Annum, for a Batche- 
 lor of Arts; the other of £.Q per Annum, for an Uuder- 
 Graduate, See page 9\. 
 
 The Rev. Jeremiah Catling, 3\st Januaiy, 1694, be- 
 queathed thus : ' Jttm, 1 do hereby give the perpetual pa- 
 'tronage, and right of nomination and presentation of a 
 'Clerk unto the Rectory of Gedding in Suffolk, unto the 
 ' Corporation of Jpsuich in the said County, in which I was 
 ' born, to be disposed of freely by the BaHiffs of the same 
 ' for the lime being, with the Eldest Porfman that is not one 
 'of the Bailiffs, the Recorder of the Town, and the Town' 
 ' Clerk, or the greater number of them, whensoever it shall 
 ' be void by the death or otherwise of my Nephew Thomas 
 ' Ransford, to whom I have given the next Advowson, 
 'after the avoiding thereof by the death or otherwise of the 
 'present Incumbent And I Will, that the Writings of the 
 'Alienation thereof from Robert Page, Lord of the Manor, 
 * which are all tacked together, be accordingly delivered 
 *to them.' 
 
 Gedding — Rev. Thomas Hallura, Reclor. 
 
 Value in King^s Books, - - - ,£.4134 
 
PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
 
 Mr. William Smart, Portman, may be considered as the 
 Founder of this Library ; as, in consequence of his Legacy 
 of Latin books, (vide p^ge 3P) the Corporation, in the year 
 1612, fitted up a spacious room, in Christ's Hospital, under 
 the Free Grammar School, for their reception To which 
 were added, the books purchased with the Legacy of c£50, 
 left by Mrs. Walter, to the Bailiffs and Corporation of 
 Ipswich, in the year 1594-. In the same room they are at 
 this time kept, with many volumes presented at different 
 times by various Benefactors, as the list, alphabetically 
 arranged below, mentions. — 
 
 Mr. William Acton, Port- 
 
 man, 1 01. 
 Mr. Geo Acton, Portman. 
 John Acton, Esq. Portman, 
 10/. 
 1650 Nathaniel Acton of Diam- 
 
 ford, Esq. 
 1625 Mr. Chr AXgsate, Portman, 
 
 The Rev. J. Allen, Minister 
 
 of St, Mary Ki'tj. 
 The Rev, Jude Allen, Rector 
 
 of St. Stephen. 
 Mr. Edmund Allen, Cham- 
 berlain nf Ipszvicli, 5/. 
 Anthony, M. D. 
 1615 Rev. Mr. Ashton, Hector of 
 Little Blakenhatn. 
 B 
 The Right Rev. Dr Ralph 
 Brov'nriEt, Bp. of Exclc: 
 1681 Sir John Barker, Burt. 
 1615 Edward Bacon, Esq. 
 
 Mrs. Bacon, his Widow. 
 I6i7 Mr. Jerh. Barber, Portman. 
 Mr. Edward Baldrie. 
 Rev. Nicholas Beard, Minis- 
 ter of St. Peter. 
 
 1623 Mr. R. Benham, Portman. 
 
 Mr. John Bill, Printer. 
 1 "27 Rev. Thomas Bishop, D. I>. 
 Minister St. Mary Tozuer. 
 1615 Mr. Wm. Bloisc, Portman, 91 
 Mr. Tob. Bloss, Portman, 5/. 
 Mr. Mat. Branridge, 5/. 
 1697 Mr- T. Bright, Portman 
 1615 Francis Brewster, Esq. 
 
 Mv. John Brunning 
 1690 Mr. J Bui roughs, Por/;na/j 
 
 Mr. John Burrel 
 1622 Mr. Henry Buckenham 
 1613 Mr. R. Burlingham, Mariner 
 1613 Rev. J. Burgess, D.Di^dM'er 
 Mr. Samuel Butler 
 C 
 1615 Mr. Wm. Cage, Portman 
 Mr. J. Carnaby, Portman 
 Rev. John Carter, Vicar of 
 Bramford 
 1617 Mr. L. Caston, Portman 
 
 Rev. John Caston, Rector of 
 
 Clapton and Otley 
 M. J. Catcher, C C. M. 
 Rev. Jer. Calling, Vicar of 
 Wichham- Market 
 
116 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRAKY. 
 
 jun. 
 
 of 
 
 Rev. Jeremiah Catlin 
 Rector of Barham 
 1615 Rev. Ml-. (Jhapling, Hector 
 
 of Capel 
 1625 Rev. W. Clark, Mailer of the 
 
 Grammar School 
 1629 Mr. W. Clyat, /'oilman 
 Mr. Thomas Cleere 
 Mr. R. Cock, Portman 
 Mr. Robert Cole, C. C. M. 
 Mr. Peter Cole 
 Mr. William Cole 
 1668 Mr. John Colman, 10/. 
 
 Thomas Corn^^'ailis, F,S(f. 
 1620 Mr. John Coney, Uihcr of 
 the Grammar Sehool 
 Mr. Georse Copping 
 Mr. Stephen Copping 
 1615 Rev. J, Cottisford, Ushc 
 the Grammar School 
 Mr. Rob. Cutler, Portmrin,\Ql 
 1633 Mr. Roofer Cut!er, Portman 
 1636 Mr. Benjamin CiUlcr 
 1620 iMr. W. Cutlei, C.C- M 10/. 
 1 706 Rev. Josejih Cutlove, Minis- 
 ter of St. Mary Tower 
 
 n 
 
 Rev. Thomas Drax, Minister 
 
 of Harwich 
 Rev. Mr. Day, Minister of 
 St. Mori/ Key 
 1613 Mr. Eilmun'd Day, C. C. M. 
 Mrs. Katherine Dodd 
 
 E 
 Rev. John Eachard, D. D. 
 Master Kath. Hall, Camh. 
 1617 Rev Nich. Eastoti, Master 
 
 of the Grammar School 
 169') Devereux Edgar, Esq 
 1621 Mr. Th. Eldred, Portman, 51. 
 F 
 Sir Henry Felton of Playford, 
 Hart. 
 16Q3 Rev. J. Fenton, Minister of 
 Si. ^.azvrenre 
 Mr Richard Fisher 
 1630 Rev. Thomas Fostei, Hector 
 of St. Ma/theio 
 Rev. Mr. Frogg, Rector of 
 Trimiey 
 G 
 1615 Sir Clypsby Gaudy, Bart. 
 
 Rev. W. GaiUtc, Rector of 
 
 Monk-Soham 
 Mr. Thomas Gaithvvaite 
 John Gipps, Esq. 
 Mr. M. Goodeare, Portman 
 H 
 1675 Sir Andrew Ilackct, Kn!. 
 
 Mr. William Harborne 
 1634 Mr. R. Hayle, I'orlman 
 
 Mr. Thomas Hales, C. C. M. 
 Rev. Mr. ikarne. Vicar jj/" 
 Henley 
 
 1745 Rev. Thomas Hewett, M. A. 
 
 Rector of Ducktesham 
 
 1746 Rev. P. Hiiigeston, M A. 
 
 Minister of St. I'eler 
 1745 Rev. R. Hingeston, M. A. 
 Master Grammar School 
 Joiin Hodsres E'sq 10/. 
 Mr. Edward Holton 
 Rev. W. Hubbard, Rector of 
 
 St. Stephen 
 Mr. Jeremy Hubbard 
 J 746 Rev. H. Hubbard, B. D. Pel. 
 
 Emman. Oil. Camhridfre 
 1644 Rev. Samuel Hudson, Rector 
 of Capel 
 I 
 Sir Isaac Jermy 
 1664 Mr. K Jennings, Draper 
 Mr. Th. Johnson, Portman 
 
 K 
 Mr. R. Knapp, Po'tman 
 Mrs. Knapp, his Widow 
 
 1680 John Knight, M. D. Serjeant 
 
 Surgeon 
 L 
 1633 J. hany, Esq. Recorder 
 
 1681 J. Lamb of Barham, Esq. 
 Mr. Thomas Lane 
 
 1643 Rev. Mat. Lawrence, Led. 
 1615 Rev. Mr. Leaver, Eicctor of 
 Re/stead 
 Mr. L'listrange of Palenham. 
 Robert Lcman, Esq. 10/. 
 M 
 1620 Mr. R. Mai tin, Portman 
 1725 Rev. W. Matthe.vs, L L. B. 
 Ministei St. Lawrence 
 Mr. Ch. Meredith, Stationer . 
 N 
 1615 Rev. Mr. North, i?ec/.£a*/o« 
 
PULBIC LIBRARY. 
 
 HI 
 
 Kins 
 
 l(i60 
 
 1640 
 1631 
 
 1G34 
 
 1624 
 
 1614 Rev. Mr. Nuthall, Minit/er 
 
 Si. Mary To'xer 
 
 
 
 J619 Mr. Ben. Osmond, C.C.M. 8/ 
 
 P 
 1630 Mr. Jos. Parkhurst, Porlman 
 1668 Mr N. Philips, l'o>lman, 12/ 
 1640 Mi-s. Susan Penning, 00/. 
 1635 Rev. Simon Pctti ward, Mi- 
 nisier of St. Laurence 
 li 
 1662 Rht. Rev. Dr. Reynolds, Ijird 
 Bis/ijji of Xorxck/i, 10/. 
 Mr. Joseph Randii 
 Mr. James Randes, C. C. M. 
 Kev. Gilbcit Rany, Reclor of 
 
 St. Man/ Sfoke 
 Rev. U. Uainsford, Rector of 
 
 SI. Helen 
 Rev. Alexander Rainold, litc- 
 
 tor of Tatiini^stone 
 Rev. Rd. Raymond, Minister 
 of St. Aliiry lo-cer, 5/. 
 1634 Rev. Mr. Raymond, Min s- 
 ter of Si, Ld-rre'ce, Cont' 
 missa'y and Official 
 Mr. .(ohn Reynolds 
 1613 Rev \lexander Rea<l, D. T). 
 Fe/torv of I 'embrol<e Hall 
 Nicholas Rivet, F.sq, 
 1670 Mr. Robinson, Porlman, 2)1. 
 S 
 Mrs. SacKfoid, Sackford [fall 
 Mr. Sayre, Bookbinder 
 Rev. Thomas Scolt, Reclor 
 
 of Si. Clement 
 Rev. Thomas 'Jnerman, Rec- 
 tor of Hintleihnm , 
 Mr. R Shaw, Merchant 
 Mr. J. Shaw, Merchant 
 
 Sherwood, M. D. 
 
 1618 Mr. Th. Sicklemore, f^ortman 
 1624 Mr Jn. Si<;kkmore, Port/nan 
 1630 Rev. Jonathan Skinner, Mi- 
 nister of St, Mary To-rer 
 1598 Mr. W. Smar., Por'tman 
 1655 Rev Nathaniel Smait, Mi- 
 nister of St. La-x'renre 
 
 Between eight and nine hundred volumes have been givea 
 to this Library. But many books having been lost, a 
 
 1691 
 1640 
 
 1636 
 
 1686 
 
 1641 
 1734 
 
 Rev. Mr. Smith, Rector of 
 
 Fres on 
 Mr. Rich. Smith, Slwarman 
 Mr. John Smithier, Portmait 
 Mr R. Snelling, /'ortman, lOZ 
 Rev. Robert Slansby, Reclor 
 
 of St. 11,-len 
 ^Ir. Robert Sparowe, Port- 
 
 man, 5/ 
 Rev. Nicholas Siant»n, Mi- 
 
 riisirr of Si. Mar^ureU 51 
 Rer. Robert Steffe, Ficar of 
 
 Tuddenhnin 
 Thomas Stisl<^d, M A. Fell. 
 
 Vonv. &' Cains Co!. Catnb. 
 Rev. Thomas Souihaby, ReC' 
 
 tor of Co-nbs 
 Rev. John Suckcnnan, ReC' 
 
 tor of .4kenham 
 Mr. Saunders 
 T 
 Rev. George Turnbull, Mitiis' 
 
 ler of Si Martraret 
 Mr. James Tomsou 
 
 U 
 Mr. Thomas Ungle 
 
 IV 
 Sir Edmund Whitapole 
 Mrs. A\'altirs, ' an^hfer of 
 
 Mr. Moore, Porlman, 501 
 Mr. M. Wallis, Porlman 
 Rev. S. Ward, Leclirer 
 Mr. John Warner, 51 
 Rev Thomas Warren, Mi- 
 nister of St. l.a-vrence 
 Mr. Richard Wasse 
 Rev. Jolni Watson, Reclor of 
 
 h oollnl 
 Rev. Air Webb, Reclor of 
 
 Fnlkenh tm 
 Mr. H. Whiiiiig:, Porlman 
 Rev. Robert Wicks, Rector 
 
 of F.r-earlon 
 Rev. Peter Witham, MiniiUr 
 
 of Si. Peter 
 \A'illiam Wollastnn, Esq. 
 Mr. Thomas Wade 
 
118 PUBLIC LIBRAHY. 
 
 Catalogue was taken in the year 179'), of such as were re- 
 maining at that time ; among which the following appear 
 to be the most valuable : — 
 
 Theod. Bezae Bib. (^French) loilh Cuts, to -jckick is prefixed a MS. Letter, 
 tcrillen by his o-xn Hand, 1588 
 
 Bib. Polyglotta. Brianc. Waltoni, 6 torn. 1657 
 
 Joan. Buxtorf. Lex. Heb. et Chaldaic. 1655 
 
 Bacon de Verul. de Augmen. Scient. 1662 
 
 Browne's (Sir Thomas) Postiiumous Works, 1723 
 
 Erasun. in N. T. Annot. 
 
 Hug. Grotii Annot. Vet. Test. &c. &c. 4 vols. 
 
 Grabes' Septuagint. 8 vols. 1707 
 
 Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, 2 vols. 1 732 
 
 Calvin's Institut. and Comment. 12 vols. 
 
 Chrysostom. Op. Om. Greek et Lat. 8 tom. 1612 
 
 Cyprian. Carthag. Op. Pam. Annot. 1593 
 
 Cyrill. Alex. Op. Om. 5 tom. 1566 
 
 LactautOp. Om. cum BetaluiCom. 
 
 IMart. Luther. Op. Om. 4 tom. 1612 
 
 Melancthon. Op. Om. 4 vols. 1580 to 1601 
 
 CEcolampadi. Com. en Isaiam. Jer. Eze. M. Proph. Job. Dan. 1553 
 
 H. Steph. Thesaurus, Lat. et Gr. 4 vols. 
 
 Theod BezsE Tract. Theolog. 1582 
 
 Sir William Dugdale's Antiquities of Warivickshire, 1656 
 
 Ditto Barons of England and Monast. Aug. 5 vols. 
 
 Ditto History of St. Paul's Cathedral 
 
 Dart's Antiquities of Canterbury 
 
 Josephi Om. Op. Gr.etLat. 1611 
 
 leicestor's Antiquities of Great Britain, Ireland, &c. 1673 
 
 Plot's Natural History of Oxfordshire, 1 677 
 
 Willis, on Cathedrals and Abbeys, 4 vols. 1718 and 1 742 
 
 Tanner's Notitia Monastica, Bib. Brit, et Hibern. 2 vols. 1744— 174S 
 
 Tindal's Works, 1573 
 
 Hieron Bib. 1514 
 
 Lord Bacon's Natural History, 1 627 
 
 Hieronimi Op. Om. perErasin. 6 vols. 1526 
 Besides eeteral MSS. 
 
PUBLIC LIBRARY. 119 
 
 The keys of the Library are kept by the Bailiffs, and the 
 Master of the Grammar School. Every Freeman has a 
 right to take any of the books, on his giving a proper 
 receipt. 
 
 In each volume a copperplate (with the Arms of the 
 Corporation of Ipswich) is pasted, with the following 
 Inscription on the label : — 
 
 " The Gift of » 
 
 [The blank is filled up with the Name of the Donor.] 
 
GIFTS, to be disposed of in 
 
 CLOTHES, BREJD, &;c. 
 
 1300. 21th Edimrd I Mr Thomas A here gave 30^. a 
 year to the Repair of StoU Bridge This appears from 
 Bacon's Book : " Thomas Ahere one of the Coroners hting 
 "dead, his Will was proved by the Executors, wherein 
 "Twenty Shillings yearly was given for ever out of Lands 
 "in Stoke, called Sthvards, for the maintenance of the 
 " Bridge, and Ten Shillings yearly out of other Tenements." 
 
 1512. It appears from an entry in Bacoii's Book, that 
 Mr Edmond Daimdi/, formerly a Portman of th.s Town, 
 gave, three years' before he made his Will, the following gift. 
 
 "Edmond Daundj/ itt this Court declared, that he had 
 " given to the Town, Lands and Tenements, m value <=£ 6 
 "per 4nnu?n, to the end that they should discharge the poor 
 "Commonalty of the Town of all tenths and frteenths, 
 "and chiirges which shall happen." 
 
 1515. Mr. Edmond Daundj/, Portman, by his Will, dated 
 the 2nd May, btque:»thed thus: 'Also, 1 Will that the Bai- 
 ' lifJs and Commonalty ot Ipsxvich, and their successors, 
 'shall have and enjoy all those Lands and Tenements in 
 ' Holbroke, which I lately purchased of John Everard. ac- 
 ' cording to such communication and agreement as I have 
 'taken with the said Bailiff's, and upon the communication 
 *and intent hereafter etisuing; that is to say. That the said 
 'Bailiffs for the time being, and their successors, shall 
 * yearly content and pay, or cause to be contented and paid 
 ' to eveiy of (he House of Fryars, in Jpsxvich aforesaid, and 
 
CLOTHES, BREAD, &C. 121 
 
 *to their successors for ever, on the Day of 5^ John Poi't 
 'Latin [Muy Qth"] 135. 4rf. of lawful money of England, 
 *to and for the intent, that every of the said Fry a rs, and 
 ' their successors, in every of their Churches, shall keep my 
 ' Obiit, and Ann my lute wife, my Fader's and my Moder's 
 ' Obiits, ytarly upon the said St. John's Day, with Plaint 
 ' and Dirge, to be devoutly sung in every of the Churches 
 ' of the said Fryars, upon the Even of the same St. John, 
 ' and a Mass of Requiem, and the other Obsequies thereunto 
 ' appertaining, to be sungen solemnly upon the Day of the 
 'said St John. And that the said Bailiffs for the time 
 
 * being, and their successors for ever, shall yearly cause the 
 ' Obiit and Obsequies to be kept in form aforesaid. And 
 ' also, the same Bailiffs for the time being, and their sue* 
 ' cessors, for ever, shall give to every oj mine Alms-houses^ 
 ' besides our Lady of Grace, yearly for ever, against fVitUer, 
 ' One Hundred Faggots of Wood; to the Intent that the poor 
 ' persons there, for the time being, shall the rather pray for 
 
 * mine Soul, my Fader's and Moder's Souls, and all mine 
 ' Friends' Souls.' 
 
 Mr. Daundy's epitaph, in St. Lawrence Church, says, 
 that he w-as the Ancient Founder of the Market-Cross, and of 
 the Aims-Houses in Lady Lane ; to every one of which he 
 gave One Hundred of Wood against Winter, 
 
 1522 Richard Oake, late of Ipswich, Porter, by Will, 
 dated 26th of May, gave his Dwelling-house in Brook Street, 
 wherein he then dwelt, (if his Wife and Daughter should 
 die without Heirs) with the Garden and Two Tenements, 
 vrith all their appurtenances, to be and remain unto the whole 
 Body and Town of Ipswich for evermore ; to the Intent, that 
 all the Profits and Revenues shall for ever discharge and ac~ 
 quit all the Poor Inhabitants of the said Town, which hereafter 
 
 R 
 
122 CLOTHES, BREAD, &C. 
 
 shall happai to be taxed or charged to pay the King^s Tax, so 
 largely as the said Profits and Revenues uill extend, towards 
 the King's Tax aforesaid, whensoever, and so often as it shall 
 happen to be taxed, levied, or gathered, within the said 
 Town of Ipsivich. 
 
 This House is said to stand at the lower end of Brook 
 Street, and is the corner House, now the Half-Moon. 
 
 1531. Thomas Cadey, of Stoke, next Ipswich, by Will, 
 dated 18th of April, bequeathed thus : " Ite7H, I Will that 
 " my olha- three Tejiemenis, with their appurtenances there, 
 " shall for ever piove and be for Aims-Houses for Poor 
 " Couples for ever to divell in, that be old, impotent, and lame 
 "persons, to pray for my Soul, and all Christian Souls." 
 
 1569. {\'2th Eliz) Christopher Ward did deliver into 
 Court five Deeds, purporting a G\h of Alms- Houses, in St. 
 Matthew's Parish, given to the Town by his Father John 
 Ward, alias Bently, by his last Will. 
 
 J 593. Mr. John Hunwick, of Colchester, in Essex, by Will, 
 dated 24-th of November, gave to the Bailiffs and Portraen 
 of Ipswich Twenty Pounds; Ten Pounds thereof to be 
 forthwith distributed to the most poor and needy; and the 
 other Ten Pounds to the maintenance of the Hospital, and 
 the poor thereof. And also did give c£300, to remain for 
 ever, to the poor, lame, and impotent persons, inhabiting 
 ■within the Town of Colchester, and the precincts thereof, to 
 be paid bv his Executors, within one year after his decease, 
 to the Builiffs and Commonalty, to the use of the Poor of 
 the said Town of Colchester, for ever. Provided notwith- 
 standing, that the BailiiJs and Commonalty at that time 
 being, shtiuld enter into Bond, by Indentures of Covenants, 
 to the Bailiffs and Portmen of Ipswich, with the consent of 
 his Executors, or one of them, to use, bestow, and give/ for 
 
CLOTHES, BREAD, &C. 123 
 
 viver, once every year, the profits, benefits, and advantage 
 of the said ,^300, to the poor, lame, and impotent persons 
 of the said Town of Colchester, and the precincts thereof, 
 without any manner of aftection. And if the said Bailiffs 
 and Commonalty of Colchester, should not give and bestow 
 the use of the said <:£300, according to the true meaning of 
 his Will, and of the said Indenture of Covenants, that then, 
 the Bailiff's and Portmen of Ipswich, or by what other Names 
 they are called, shall receive and take eut of the hands of the 
 ,said Bailiffs and Commonalty of CoLhsster, the said ci 300, 
 so given as aforesaid. And after receipt thereof, he gave 
 of 100 thereof to the Poor of Ipsn^h, which the Bailiffs and 
 Portmen of Ipswich, f >r that time being, shall receive to the 
 use of the said Poor of Ipswich ; and £ 100 thereof to the 
 Poor of Sudbury, which the Mayor o( Sudbury, for that time 
 being, shall likewise receive to the use of the said Poor of 
 Sudbury; and the other cf 100 thereof to the Poor of the 
 Town of Maiden, which the Bailiffs, at that time being, shall 
 receive to the use of the said Poor of Maiden: they, and 
 every of them, to use the same to the best advantage of 
 their said Poor, in every of their said Towns for ever. 
 
 Provided notwithstanding, that there shall be a special 
 Covenant in the said Indenture, that the said Bailiffs and 
 Commonalty of Colchester shall, every fifth year, make and 
 give a perfect account to the Bailiffs and Portmen of Tps- 
 tvich, as they are incorporated, of the profit and distribution 
 to the poor, lame, and impotent persons of the said Town of 
 Colchester, for the four years past. And the ffth year's pro- 
 Jit, being Thirty Pounds, he Willed, shall be always paid 
 by the Bailiffs and Commonalty of Colchester, and for ever 
 to continue in manner and form following: that is to say, 
 every fifth year, for ever. Ten Pounds thereof to the Bailiffs 
 
124 CLOTHES, BREAD, &C. 
 
 and Portmm of Ipswich, for their Poor; one other Ten 
 Pounds thereof to the Mayor of Sudbury, for their Poor; and 
 the other Ten Pounds thereof to the Bailiffs of Maiden, for 
 their Poor: they, and every of them, to give and bestow 
 the same several sums of money, in every of their said 
 Towns, to the poor, lame and impotent persons thereof. 
 
 Indentures were made according to Mr. Hunwick's Will, 
 and bear date 25th of August, 1595, {37th Eliz.) wherein it 
 was agreed, that whenever the said accounts shall be made 
 and taken at Colchester, the Bailiffs and Commonalty of 
 Colchester, and their successors, shall bear the charges of the 
 said Bailiffs, Sfc. of Ipswich, during the time of their con- 
 tinuance there for these purposes, so as their number so 
 resorting do not exceed Ten persons. And when the ac- 
 counts were to be passed at Ipsxvich, this Corporation was 
 to bear the charges of the Corporation of Colchester, in like 
 manner. The accounts were to be passed upon the 20th of 
 August, if it be not a Sunday, and if it be, on the Monday 
 after. 
 
 This sum of cflOused to be regularly paid every five 
 years, but about the year 1720, the Corporation o{ Colchester 
 being negligent in paying it, a Bill was filed in Chancery 
 against them, and cf 40 was recovered. In 1725, of 10 was 
 received by Mr Hill and Mr. Bowel, the then Bailiffs. 
 
 This money used to be laid out in Clothes and Linen, and 
 distributed to every Parish, in proportion to its population, 
 hy the Assembly- 
 
 1620 Mr. Wm. Cutler, Merchant, by his Will, dated 
 24th oi January, {\%th James) bequeathed to the Bailiffs, 
 &c. of Ipswich, £ 100, upon this trust and confidence, that 
 they shall therewith purchase Lands, Tenements, and Here- 
 ditaments, of the full and clear yearly value of Six Pounds ; 
 
CLOTHES, BBEAD, &C. 125 
 
 the said yearly rents and profits of the said Lands, to be bj/ 
 the Bailiff's and Portnien of the said Town, for the time being, 
 or the greater part of them, yearly and every year, for ever, 
 bestowed for and toivards JJte viaintenance of three poor per- 
 sons ; viz. to every of them. Forty Shillings a year ; the said 
 of 100 to be paid by his Executors, so soon as the said Bai- 
 liffs and Burgesses should find out the said purchase, and 
 agree for the price, and purchasing the said Lands and 
 Tenements. 
 
 With this of 100, a Meadow was bought, and laid to 
 Handford'Hall Lands: and the of 6 yearly rent is paid to 
 the Junior Bailiff; which sum is still received, and annually 
 applied to the relief of several poor persons, 
 
 1650. Anthony Bedin^field, R^tq. about this year, gave 
 .if 100 to the Bailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, to be distributed 
 among the Poor of the several Parishes in Ipswich- 
 There is an Order of Court that an acquittance should be 
 given to his Executors for this sum. We suppose it was 
 received, and distributed accordingly. 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 Charity Schools of Grey 'Coat Boys and Bhie- 
 Coat Girls, 
 
 INSTITUTED in the Year 1709. 
 
 The management of these Schools is intrusted to five Di- 
 rectors, (of which number two are always Clergymen) and 
 a Treasurer, chosen at the Michaelmas quarterly Meeting in 
 ever}"^ year. No one of the Directors, or the Treasurer, is 
 permitted to serve two years together. A Steward, elected 
 by the Subscribers, is appointed to receive the rents, issues, 
 and profits of the Institution, and order repairs : but no 
 greater sum than of. 20 can be laid out in repairs, nor timber 
 felled for sale, without an order of a Meeting. The annual 
 subscription is not less than One Guinea, which intitles a 
 Subscriber to recommend a child, (boy or girl, as vacancy 
 may happen to occur in either School.) Every Subscriber 
 has six months' notice from the Master of his or her having 
 a right of recommendation ; and if at the end of that time a 
 recommendation is not produced, the Meeting fills up the 
 vacancy. According to the rules of the School, no child 
 can be admitted under eight, nor above ten years of 
 age ; nor unless the parents are bond fide Members of the 
 Church of England; and produce a certificate from the 
 Parish Register of its age, or some other satisfactory proof. 
 No family can have more than one boy and one girl in the 
 School at the same time. If the boys and their parents 
 comply with the rules of this Institution, at their leaving the 
 School, the sum of of. 8 is allowed with every boy bound 
 
BLUE SCHOOL. 127 
 
 out.; and cf. 2 to purchase clothes and I'nen, if going to 
 service for a year at least. Girls, having been four years 
 in the School, and behaved well, are allowed 40s, to be laid 
 out in clothes and linen, upon their going into good and 
 reputable services. And in addition to the sum above-men- 
 tioned, they have the amount of their earnings, which arise 
 from their making the shirts and shifts, and knitting the 
 stockings for the children in the School. The following 
 allowance is given : — 
 Gd.for each pair of Stockings — Od.for each Shirt or Shift. 
 
 No boys are permitted to be bound to any master, nor 
 girls to be let to any masters or mistresses, but to members of 
 the Church of England, and produce certificates thereof 
 from the Minister of their respective Parishes. Rewards are 
 annually given to the most deserving and industrious boys 
 and girls; and a dinner to all once a year. Also, on leaving 
 the School, a Bible and Prayer Book is presented to each. 
 
 The number of Children now in the Schools is, — 
 Boys, 70 ; Girls, 50 ; — In all, 120. 
 
 Since the first Institution, upwards of 1200 Children have 
 been admitted ; out of which number, about 20 only have 
 been expelled for bad behaviour. 
 
 A List of the Stewards, from 1740 /o the Year 1815, 
 April 10, 1740. Mr. Richard Dobson. 
 Sept. 29, 1743, Mr. Richard Canning, Clk. 
 Michael. 1 765. Mr. Thomas Bishop, Clk. on the Resignation of Mr, 
 
 Canning. 
 Ditto 1 774. Mr. \V. Truel.jve, on the Resignation of Mr. Bishop. 
 
 Ditto 1787. Mr. Richard Brome, Clk. on the Resignation of 
 
 Mr. Wm. Trueiove. 
 Ditto 1738. Mr. Wm. Gee, Clk. on the Resignation of R. Brome> 
 
 Ditto 1815. Mr. John Edge, Clk. on the Death of W Gee. 
 
 Nov. 8, 1815. Mr. James Wenn, on the Death ef Mr. Edge. 
 
128 BLUE SCHOOL. 
 
 A List of the School Masters and Mistressc?. 
 
 Date. Masters. Mistresses. 
 
 Mich. 1709. Mr. Thomas Pove. Mrs. Mary Gibbons. 
 
 Xtmas. 1713. Mr. Abijah Mansur. ■■ 
 
 Xtmas. 1719. Mr Matthew Newcomen. Mrs M. Newcomen, in 1720 
 
 ■ Ditto 1753. Mr. William Keeble. Mrs. Mary Keeble. 
 
 Nov. 1764. Mr. John Denny. Mrs. S. Denny, in 1776. 
 
 Way 1807. Mr. John Boagis. Mrs. Ebzabeth Boggis. 
 
 .April 1809. Ml. William Legsett, Mrs. Mary Legjett. 
 
 Oct. 1817. Maiy Lepgctt, Daughter? 
 
 of the above. J 
 
 Legacies and Donations. 
 
 In 1712 Mr. William Edgar, Registrar of the Archdea- 
 conry of Suffolk, conveyed his Copyhold House and Land, 
 at Vrford, in Siffolk, to the following Gentlemen, in Trust 
 for the use of the said Schools; viz. Sir IVilliam Barker, 
 Bart Mr. Robert Edgar, the Rev. Mr. Bishop, Mr, Thomas 
 Stisted, Mr. John Beaumont, and Mr. John Spurowe. 
 
 In 1717, Mr. John Gibbon gave JE. 4 per Annum. {Sec 
 his Gift to St. Matthew's.) 
 
 In 1718, Mr. Pemberton gave the principal part of the 
 the amount of Tithes of Wickham, ^c. {vide his Will in 
 the account of the Charity for Relief of Widows, ^c. of Clergy.) 
 
 Mr William Cosin, of St. Paul's Shadwell, in Middlesex, 
 by his Will dated the 9th April, 1718, bequeathed to the 
 Charity-School of Ipswich, in Suffolk, of which Abijah 
 Mansur was Master, £. 5 per Aiim. to be paid Fifty Shil- 
 lings every half-year after his decease, out of his Estate at 
 Barking, \a Essex, by the person who by virtue of his Will, 
 or olherwise.shruld enjoy the same, for and during so long 
 time, as the said Charity-School shall be upheld by people 
 of the Communion of the Church of England. 
 
BLUE SCHOOL. 
 
 1S9 
 
 Mr. Jonathan Quintin, sometime Portman, by his Will, 
 dated the I4<A May, 1729, bequeathed to these Charity 
 Schools, so long as they continue under the Discipline of the 
 Church of England, £ 3 per Annum for ever: and for the 
 payment thereof he bound his Estate at Walton in Suffolk, 
 then in the occupation of John Holland, 
 
 1713 
 1714 
 1717 
 1713 
 1719 
 
 1720 
 
 1721 
 
 1724 
 
 17"26 
 17'27 
 
 17'28 
 1730 
 173'2 
 1733 
 1734 
 
 1735 
 1737 
 
 1738 
 1739 
 
 1742 
 
 £. s. 
 
 Mileson Edgar, Esq. 10 
 
 Mrs Ann Hook, llidoxo 10 
 
 Mr. Samuel Thurston, 15 
 
 Mrs. K. Edgar, Spmst. 20 
 
 R. Philips, Esq. t'ortm. 100 
 Captain Robert Cole, 
 
 of St Clement's 20 
 Mr. John Steward, Port- 
 man, a Gift of 20 
 Sir Wm Thomson, Knt. 
 
 Recorder a Gift 2 1 
 Francis Negus, Esq. 
 
 Portman, a Gift of 1\ 
 
 Mr. Tho. Day, Portm. 50 
 Mr. Thomas Thurston, 
 
 Alton.ey at La-f, 10 
 
 Capt. Nath. Thurston, 50 
 
 Mrs. Ursula Yale, 100 
 
 Mr. John Blomfield, 15 
 
 Mr. Stebbing, 20 
 
 Mrs. E. Sivex, Gift of 20 
 
 Dudley North, Esq. 100 
 
 Mrs. Mary Pegg, Spin. 30 
 
 Mr. John Caichpule. 40 
 Mr. Francis Edgar, Re- 
 gistrar of the Arch- 
 
 deaconaru of Suffolk 1 00 
 
 Leicester Martin, Esq. 50 
 TlieRev. J. Sayer, B.D 
 elected Master of 
 
 Kath. Hall, Ca>nb. 50 
 
 Mr. Fra Co!man. Port. 10 
 
 Devereux Edgar, Esq. 100 
 
 Cap:. Ed. Bowel, Port. 25 
 Mr. Is. Sutton, Common 
 
 Council-man, fpstvich 10 
 The Rev. Ed. Hubbard, 
 D. D. Master of 
 
 Katharine Hall, 20 
 
 £. t. rf. 
 
 1752 Mrs. Foalsher, 30 
 
 1753 Mr. Wra. Tiotman, 10 
 1755 Mrs. Mynell, 100 
 1757 Lady Gandermean, 30 
 
 1763 Mr. J. Moore, 5 
 Mrs. Wa.'e, - 10 
 
 1764 Dudley North, Esq. 500 
 
 1765 Mr. Goldsbury, 100 
 Mr. Tancred, 50 
 
 1769 Rev. Mr. Grove, 60 
 
 1770 Mr. Coffgesl-all, 46 5 
 
 1774 Mr. J. Fenerick, 20 
 
 1775 Lady Barker, 200 
 Mrs. Mary Edgar, 5 
 R Hamby, Esq. 20 
 Mis3 Mary Edaar, 10 
 Rev. Mr Canning, 10 
 
 1778 Mrs. Kerridge, 20 
 
 1779 Mrs. Barnes, - 115 
 1784 Mr. James Wilder, 50 
 1784 Mr. Bur well, 103 
 
 1787 Mr. Lott Knights, 10 
 
 1788 Mr. Newton, - 10 
 1792 Mrs. Beaumont, 100 
 
 Mrs. Fra. Leggett, 50 
 
 1794 Mrs.Cusson, - 21 
 
 1795 Mrs. T.eggatt, 50 
 1797 Mr. Gallant, - 94 
 1802 P. B. Broke, Esq. 47 
 1804 Mr. Plaster, - IS 
 1808 * E. Bacon, Esq. 12 
 
 1810 Tho. Read, F^sq. 2 
 Mrs. Eliz. Pari>h, 46 
 
 1811 Th. Read, Esq. 2do. 12 
 
 1813 R. Trotman, Esq. 49 
 
 1814 Rev. Dr. Hughes, 
 
 of Norwich, 92 
 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 )3 4 
 
 10 
 
 12 • 
 
 
 
 * From a Ftne, paid by some Officers quartered in this Toxon, for hrealcirtg 
 Lamps, S 
 
1501 BLUE SCHOOL. 
 
 From the first Establishment of these Schools, till Mid- 
 summer quarter in 1795, quarterly Sermons used to be 
 preached in the Parish Church of Si. Alary Tou;er, in aid 
 of their funds, which averaged about of 7 per quarter. 
 These Sermons are now discontinued. 
 
 In the j'car 1734-, an Estate was purchased (with Ihe 
 money arising from some of the above-mentioned Gifts and 
 Legacies) of Thomas Thurston, Esq. lying in the Parishes 
 Of'Shotlej/ and Chehnondiston, in Suffolk, which is vested in 
 the hands of the fpllowing Trustees: — 
 
 Sir William Middleton, Bart. 
 Uev. Thomas Cobbold, M. A. 
 R. A. Crickitt, Esq. M. P. 
 Simon Jackaman, Gent. 
 
 Mileson Edgar, Esq. 
 Charles Berners, Esq. 
 Edward Bacon, Esq. 
 
 \n the year 1817, an Estate was also purchased of Mr. 
 Philip Gross and others, lying in the Parishes of Willisham 
 and Barking, Suffolk, containing, by survey, 95 A. 3 R. 1 4 P. 
 which is vested in the hands of the same Trustees as are 
 appointed to the preceding Estate. 
 
 The Meetings of the Directors are held every quarter, viz. 
 the first Wednesday after the 6th of Jan. 6th of April, 6th of 
 July, and 1 1th of Oct; to which every subscriber living in 
 Ipswich, or within a reasonable distance, is invited by letter; 
 and every thing is determined by a majority of voices. 
 Four intermediate meetings are also held for the transaction 
 of business, inspecting the children, &c. ; but no new rule 
 or order can be acted upon, till it has been sanctioned by a 
 quarterly meeting. 
 
 { 
 
BLUE SCHOOL. 
 
 131 
 
 Receipts, in 1817. 
 
 Mr. J. Pemberton's Gift, - - . 
 Rent of Farm at Shotley, - ' 
 
 Orford Estate, - - - « 
 
 Mr. W. Cosin's Legacy, - - . 
 
 Mr, J. Gibbon's ditto - . . 
 
 Mr. J. Quintin's ditto - ■ . 
 Colneis and Carlford Hundred Interest on £ 200, 
 Samford Hundred Interest on £ 500, - 
 Farm at Wiilisham and Barking, 
 
 Subscriptions, » . . . 
 
 405 
 
 s. 
 
 
 
 
 205 
 
 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 
 
 140 
 
 
 
 
 
 102 18 
 ^938 6 
 
 Jbisburstments, 1817. 
 
 Clothes for 120 Children, ... 
 Linen for ditto .... 
 Shoes, .... 
 
 Worsted. - . - - 
 
 Hats, - - . . . 
 
 Hair-cutting, - • . . 
 
 Stationary, books, Sue &c. average about 
 Master's Salary, ... 
 
 Mistress's ditto, - . « - 
 
 Organist of St. Mary Tower, teaching Children to sing. 
 Collector of Subscriptions, - - _ 
 
 Coals, .... 
 
 Children's Annual Dinner, &c. 
 Workmen's Bills for Repairs, 
 Rates and Taxes, - - . 
 
 lusurance, • . _ . 
 
 Girls' Earnings, average about 
 10 Boys apprenticed, at £.8 each, - 
 Sweeping Seats at Church, - - - 
 
 £. 
 
 t. 
 
 d. 
 
 106 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 
 
 
 
 62 
 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 la 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 
 568 13 8 
 
 _ > 4, 
 
RED^SLEEFE SCHOOL, 
 
 Be-establifbed in the Year 1*752. 
 
 This School is under the management of Five Governors 
 Or Directors, annually chosen out of the Subscribers A 
 ttieeting of the Directors is held at the School-room, at 
 eleven o'clock in the forenoon, on the first Monday in 
 every Month, to enquire into the conduct of the boys, in- 
 spect the progress of their education, and (o attend Any 
 Other business of the Charity. The Master (according to 
 the Rules of the School) must be a Member of the Church 
 of England, and attend at St. Lawrence Church every 
 Sunday, with the boys New Clothes are given once a 
 year, at Whitsuntide. The number of boys in the School 
 at this time is thirty-six. 
 
 Masters, 
 
 1752 William Keeble 
 Jan. 8 1754 Elisha Ellinit 
 Jan. 16 1755 Joseph Southgate 
 Feb. 17 1795 John Bransby 
 
 Nov. 21 1798 William Leggett 
 May 8 1 809 Cariington Harmer 
 A p. 28 18 '5 Jacob Peale Bray 
 July 61818 Augustine Page 
 
 Mr. John Marlow of this Town, Portman, by a Deed 
 enrolled in his life-time, dated the I3th /lugust, J736, gave 
 a Messuage, and four several Inclosures belonging to the 
 same; containing by estimation about nine acres, lying 
 and being in Capel St. Mary in Suffolk, in Trust to Richard 
 Lloyd, Esq. John Sparowe, Gent. Nathaniel Cole, Gent, 
 Robert Beaumont, Clk. William ContwalHs, Clk. Samuel 
 Parish, Gent, and Henry Bowel, Master and Mariner, that 
 they should apply the Profits to the use and benefit of the 
 poor children in the School called the Old Charity School, 
 
»ED-SLEEVE SCHOOL. 135 
 
 or the Charily School of Red Sleeve Boys ; anJ in case the 
 said Charity School shall at any time happen to cease, or 
 be discontinued for the space of seven years together, that 
 then the said Trustees should for ever after apply and pay 
 the said Rents and Profits, and all arrears thereof, to the 
 use of the working poor of St Lawrence Parish, in Ipswich 
 aforesaid, wlto receive no continual Parish maintenance or 
 allowance, lo be distributed from time to time, by the direc- 
 tion of the Minister and Churchwardens of the same Parish, 
 for the time beluff, or the more part of them. And when 
 the said Trustees are by death reducpd to the number of 
 three, then they are to convey the Premises to themselves, 
 and so many other reputable Inhabitants of the said Town 
 of Ipswich, to be named by the said three Survivors, or the 
 more part of them, as will make up the number of seven. 
 And so they are to continue to do from time to time for ever. 
 Besides this small Estate left by Mr. Marlow, which now 
 lets for the yearly rent of £\5, this Charity has money 
 (arising from Legacies and Congregational Collections) 
 funded, in the 3 per Cent, Consols, amounting to o£ 1800, 
 which produces £ 5\: per Annum. The number of Sub- 
 scribers to this School, (Michaelmas, 1818) was Fifty-eight, 
 whose annual Subscriptions amounted to =£70 135. Qd, 
 
 The following Legacies have been left to this Institution. 
 
 £. s. d 
 
 Robert Parish. Esq. I ()() Freemasons' Gift, - 2 8 
 
 1779 Mrs. Barnes, - 115 
 Mrs. Sparrow, 200 
 Mr. Newton, - 10 
 
 -£. J. d. 
 
 Miss Klizahetli Parish, 46 13 4 
 Mr. Thomas Roper, 18 18 
 
 Mr. John Head, - 50 
 
 Sermons used to be preached half-yearly until 1793, but 
 Tfere discontinued 'till 18)6, when a Sermon was preached 
 at St. Lawrence Church, by the Rev. James Ford, B. D. 
 ^nd «£'.29 11 J. Od, collected. 
 
GREEN-SLEEFE SCHOOL, 
 
 Instituted August 7th, 17S6. 
 
 This School is under the direction of Seven Directors, 
 annually chosen out of the Subscribers. A meeting of the 
 Directors is held at the School-room at 3 o'clock in the After- 
 noon, on the first Tuesday in every Month, to enquire into 
 the conduct of the boys, and the progress which they have 
 made in their education, and to attend to any other business 
 of the Charity, The boys regularly attend every Sunday 
 at the Meeting-House in Tacket-Street. 
 
 The number of Subscribers to this School in 1817, was 
 33; and the number of bt>ys, 10. This School is entirely 
 supported by voluntary contributions. 
 
 Masters since thejtrst Eslabliskmeni. 
 
 Aug. 7 1736 Klisha Ellinitt 
 July 1 1754 Joseph Southgate 
 Feb. 18 1795 Thomas Smyih 
 Jun. 24 1796 Jjenjamin Kedgely 
 May 8 1804 Thomas Armstrong 
 
 Apr. 7 1807 John Blomfield 
 Sep. 26 1809 Henry Pizey 
 Oct. 11 1810 Carrington Harmer 
 June 6 1815 Jacob Peale Bray 
 Oct. 6 1818 AuKustine Page 
 
 Green-Goxon Girls' Charity School. 
 
 At a Meeting of the Subscribers to the above Institution, 
 on Tuesday, March the 14th, 1815, the following Resolu- 
 tions were agreed to: — 
 
 "That the girls shall be admitted from nine to ten years 
 "of age. That they shall have two years and ahalfin- 
 " struction in reading and sewing, and half a year in wri- 
 "ting. That at admission they shall have by the first Sab- 
 " bath in May, in every year, a cloak, gown, bonnet, hand- 
 " kerchief, and pair of shoes. Every Subscriber having 
 "paid two years subscription, can reccommend a child, 
 " by rotation." 
 
 The Children attend every Sabbath at the Meeting- 
 House, in Tacket-Street. The Subscribers meet on the 
 Tuesday before Midsummer and Christmas Quarter-day, 
 to inspect the state of the School, &c. and hear the Report 
 of the Committee. 
 
 The number of girls now in the School, is 8 ; it is entirely 
 supported by voluntary contributions. 
 
CHARITY FOR THE RELIEF OF 
 
 Poor JVidows and Orphans of Clergy jiieii 
 in Suffolk. 
 
 Mr. John Pemberton, Portman, by his Will dated the 
 23rd March, 1718, gave his Kectories of Pettistrte, alias 
 Pistree, Wickham and Bin^, in the County of Suffolk, with 
 all the Tythes and Profits thereto belonging, with the Barn 
 called the Tythe-Barn, to Edward Spencer, Jo/m Revet, John 
 Sparowe, Benjamin Crocker, and Michael Beaumont, and 
 their Heirs, upon Trust, that they should yearly out of the 
 Rents and Profits of the Premises, with what augnientution 
 of Rent they could make, raise and pay to the Widows and 
 Orphans of Church of England Clergymen, truly so in Doc- 
 trine and Discipline, inhabiting within fifteen miles of Ipswich, 
 vii. to such Widows and Orphans only as are indigent and 
 necessitous, j£25 per annum, half-yearly to be paid by the said 
 Trustees, in such proportions as they should see fit, so as 
 such Widows and Orphans be no ways related in blood to 
 either of his said Trustees, free and clear of all taxes what- 
 soever : and as to the Residue of the Rents and Prof is of the 
 said Premises, after the yearly taxes, repairs, and other out- 
 goings are deducted, he ordered and appointed that the same 
 should be paid by the said Trustees, and their Heirs, yearly to 
 the Treasurer of the Charity Schools of Grey-Coat Boys and 
 Blue-Coat Girls in Ipswich, to be applied by the Directors and 
 Governors thereof, towards the educating and binding out 
 Apprentices the Boys and Girls, as to them should seem meet. 
 And the said Testator directed, that as often as any one of 
 the Trustees should die, or be incapacitated to execute the 
 said Trusts, that then the surviving Trustees, or the major- 
 ity of tbeqi, should forthwith chgose another to supply the 
 
136 WIDOWS AND OBPHANS 
 
 said Trusts. And as to the said Testator's Personal £statti« 
 he thereout gave several L?gacies in his Will particularly 
 mentioned, aniouuting to nearly c£'2500, and all the Residue 
 of his Personal Estate, (after the payment of his debts, le- 
 gacies, funeral charges, and probate of his Will) to his said 
 Trustees and their heirs, to be laid out in the purchase of 
 Lands in the County of Suffolk, as soon as conveniently 
 might be after his decpase; and directed that his Trustees 
 and their Heirs for ever, should, out of the Rents of the 
 Premises so to be purchased, and until such purchase should 
 be made, should, out of the Residue of his Personal Estates 
 raise and pay out of the interest thereof yearly, the several 
 Annuities after mentioned, free from all taxes and deduc- 
 tions; viz. to his Aunt Dog^et «£30, his Cousin Mary 
 Hubbard <£ 30, his Brother George Vj/nne c£'20. 
 
 And the said Testator directed, that if there should be any 
 yearly overplus remaining in the hands of the Trustees, 
 after the said several Annuities should be discharged, and 
 as the said Annintants should die, that the same should be 
 applied by the Trustees, (oxvards the Relief of such poor, 
 distressed, imolvcnt Debtors, as should be imprisoned within 
 any of the Goah in the County of Suffolk ; either for delivei-- 
 ing them out of Prison, or relieving their necessities whilst 
 there, as the said Trustees should see fit; provided such 
 J)ebtors should be persons born in Suffolk, and no ways in- 
 debted to any of the Trustees And moieover he directed, 
 tliat his Trustees should meet once a year, and settle their 
 Accounts, to each of v^hom he gave Forty Shillings per 
 Annum, to be paid them at such their meeting, towards 
 their expence, and us a sjnall rccompence for their trouble, 
 which they were like to be at in executing this Trust; 
 which money, he willed should be paid out of the Lands 
 and Tenements before ordered to be purchased. 
 
OF CLERGYMEN. 137 
 
 The present Trustees of this Charily are, 5/;- Philip Broke, 
 Bart. Edivard Ifaself, Esq. lii/liatn Pearson, Esq. Hev. 
 George Drmy, and Rev. William Aldnch. 
 
 The Tythes above-mentioned are now let at upwards of 
 c£.455 per Annum, which sum (alter deducting ci^'. 50 for 
 the above Institution) is p;\id to the Trpastirer of the Cha- 
 rity Schools of Grty-Cuat Boi/s and Blue-Coat Girls. 
 
 A List of Benefactors to this Charity, by Donations or 
 Lesacies. 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 () 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 u 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 BY DONATIONS. £. u d. 
 
 1715 Thf Rev. Mr. Warren, rector of Worlinaton, - 
 
 28 The Rev. Mr. Green, rector of Driiikston, 
 
 33 Humpliry Piidi atix, Ksq. 
 
 34 A Clergyman, who desired not to be named, - 
 3G Mrs. Golty, relict of Richard, rector of Bennington, 
 
 Eilvvard Colman, of Creni Illeigh, Esq. 
 
 38 Mrs. Catharine I'.ruwn, of l\ve, - , - 
 
 44 A Person unknown, by Mr. Read, of Onehouse, 
 
 43 The Rev. Dr. Neden, of Roiigham, 
 
 46 The Rev. Titu^ T\veady, of Trimley, gave the Reversion 
 of Lands in Cotton and Finningham, expectant on the 
 decease of Mrs. KaliHn Rishop : this contingency hath 
 since iiappeiied an. I the lands are now let, together with 
 Mr. Bishot^i's estaie, fur £ 'vO per annum, 
 
 50, The Rev. Gilbert Malkin, B.D. of Grundisburgh, 70 
 
 51 The Rev. Mr. Malkin, more - - 8 
 
 52 Til-* Rev. Thomas Bisho]), of St. Mary Tower, in Ips- 
 wich, gave a Cottage, a Cow-house, and near an acre of 
 [ and, \n Finningham, to liie liice uses that Mr. Tweady 
 s:ave his Land. 
 
 53 The Rev. Dr. Neden, of Rougham, 
 73 Mrs. Jane Dennis, of Queen's-square, London, 
 
 75 T>ie Rev. Dr. Hill, of Kuxhall, 
 
 76 The Hon. -Mr. Stratford and liis Lady, 
 
 77 The Rev. Mr. Humphreys, of Great Bealings, 
 
 79 An .Anonj'mous Benefaction, signed S. C. 
 
 80 A person Anonvmous by the Rev. Dv. Mills, 
 
 An Anonymous Gift by ditto, 
 83 An Anonymous Gift by ditto, 
 83 An Anonymous Gift by ditto, 
 87 An Anonymous Gift by ditto, 
 89 The Rev Mr Garrood, of Belstead, 
 9". Mrs, P.ilmer, of Bury, 
 
 T 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 
 
 
 .'iO 
 
 
 
 
 
!38 
 
 WIDOWS AND OBPHANS 
 
 179+ 
 95 
 
 IROO 
 02 
 
 03 
 Oi 
 06 
 
 07 
 
 09 
 10 
 Jl 
 1'2 
 
 U 
 
 Anonymous by the Rev. Dr. Knowle?;, 
 
 Rev. Mr. BIythe, rector of Coleshil!, Waiwickshire, 
 
 Rev Spencer Cobbold, of Wilby, 
 
 C. A. Ciickili, Esq. M. P. Jpswich, 
 
 G. Lloyd, Esq. Bury, . . - 
 
 Rev. ATr. Cockstdge, Buiy, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Grant, rector of Tattingstonc, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Barnes, rector of Lakcnheath, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Newman, Cortiiird Parva, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Barnwell Bury, 
 
 Extra Benefactions in Archdeaconry of Suffolkj 
 
 Ditto ditfo ditto Sudbury, 
 
 Mrs. Wakeham, Bocking, Essex, 
 
 Aiioiiynions Benefaction by a Ladj', 
 
 Rev. Mr. Long, Canon of Windsor, 
 
 Mrs. Hammond, of Woodl)ridge, - 
 
 Rev. Dr. Henley, rector of Rendlesham, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Carler, rector of Flempton, 4 per cent. 
 
 Extra Benefactions on account of the fine for the 
 
 Ilkestshall Estate in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 
 
 In the Archdeaconry of Siidbur3', 
 
 Mrs. Richard Purvis, Beccles, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Leman, Reeior of Brampton, 
 
 £. 
 
 J. 
 
 (7. 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 209 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 109 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 105 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 173 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 170 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 BY LEGACIES. 
 
 1722 Mr. Tboma? Day, Ponman of Ipswich, 
 
 24 Air. John Blomfield, of Ipswich, - 
 
 28 Right Rev, Dr. Letig, Lord Bishop of Norwich, 
 
 29 The Rev. Mr. Halstead, vector of Stansfield, 
 33 Mrs. Blois, of Grundisburgh, 
 
 Mr. John Catchpole, of Ipswich, - 
 Mrs. Susann-«h Tyson, of Ipswich, 
 
 36 The Rev. John Sayer, B. D. sometime rector of 
 WiLnesham, ... 
 
 37 The Right Rev. Di. Tanner, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, 40 
 40 The Rev. Mr. Gurdcmeau, vicar of Coddenham, 
 
 44 The Rev. Dr. Hill, of Buxhall, 
 
 45 Mrs. Warren, . . - 
 
 46 The Rev. Mr. Gibbon, of Cornard, 
 Lady Kemp, relict of Sir Robert, Bart. 
 
 47 Mr.'-. Marv Edwards, . - - 
 
 51 The Rev. Mr. Wells, of Warham, Norfolk, - 
 The Rev. Mr. Tissett, of Kedmgton, 
 The Fev. Mr. Young, North Tuddenham, Norfolk, 
 
 52 The Rev. Mr. T cedes, o' Sixham, 
 
 53 The Rev. Mr. Puit, of Finborough, 
 hb Mrs. Sayer, relict of John before mentioned, 
 50 The Rev. John White, B. D. of'SToke by Nayland, 
 
 Mrs. Arabella Stisted, of Ipswich, 
 ^7 Rigiu Hon. Lady Catharine Gardcaieau, 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 p 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 200 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 e 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 © 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
OF CLERGYMEN. 
 
 139 
 
 )757 The Rev. T. White, son of John, before mentionecl, 
 
 58 The Rev. Mr. Siimerscales, of Kent, 
 The Rev. Mr. Ray, of Haughley, - 
 
 59 Mrs. Symonds, of Lowestoft, 
 
 60 The Rev. John Tanner, Commissary of Suffolk, 
 
 61 The Rev. Dr. Kedinglon, of Kediiigton, 
 
 62 Rev. Mr. Gibbon, vicar of Thurston, 
 
 63 Mrs. Davy, of Bury, - _ ^ 
 
 64 The Rev. Charles Cock, Vicar of Trinity Church in Bun- 
 gay, gave to this Charity the Reversion of a Farm in St. 
 Margaret's llketshall, expectant on the death of his Bro- 
 ther George, rtul Mary Cock, his niece, without issue ; 
 the last of these Contins^encies happened this year. Tlie 
 Farm is no.v let for £. 100 per annum. 
 The Rev. Mr. Lovin, - 
 Dudley North, of Great Glemham, Esq. 
 
 65 James Wheeler, of Hisjham, Esq. 
 
 66 Mrs. Brugatz, of Lavenliam, 
 68 Mis. Woodroffe, of Bury, 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Grove, rector of Hemingston, 
 Thomas Cov;d;eshall, of Ipswich, Esq. 
 
 71 The Rev. Mr. Kinnesman, of Bury, 
 
 72 The Rev. Mi. Biggs, rector of Alderton, 
 75 The Rev. Mr. Canning, of Ipswich, 
 
 77 The Rev. Dr. Hill, of Buxhall, 
 Thomas Mosely, of Bury, F.sq 
 The Rev. Dr. Primat, of Higham, 
 
 78 The Rev. Henry Hubbard, B. D, Emanuel College, 
 
 78 Last year died Sarah, the relict of George Cock, who 
 received from the Corporation an Annuity of Thirty 
 Pounds during her Life, in Lieu of Dower and Thirds, 
 out of the Farm in St. Margaret's llketshall, bequeathed 
 to the Corporation by the Rev. Charles Cock.. 
 
 79 The Rtv. Mr. George Sheldon, Vicar of Edwardston, 
 The Rev. Mr. Bosworth, rector of Diss, in Norfolk, 
 
 80 The Rev. Dr. North, Canon of Windsor, 
 
 82 The Rev. Dr. Creffield, of Bildeston, slock In the j 
 Four per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, j 
 The Rev. Mr Capell, of Stanton, - 30 
 
 83 The Rev. Mr. White, of Holton, - 50 
 3i The Rev. Mr. Cuwper, of Eye, - - 50 
 
 Mrs. Johnson, of Belton, - - 10 
 
 S5 The Rev. Mr. Buxton, of Snarehill, - 50 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Tanner, of Hadleigh, - 100 
 
 87 The Rev. Mr. Scott, of Ipswich, - ] 1 1 
 
 38 The Rer. Mr. Boucherie, of Swaffham, - 10 
 
 Mr. Oldfield, Newmarket, . . 50 
 
 Rev. Dr. Mills. Bury, - - 20 
 
 89 Further Share of the Rev. Mr. Scott's Legacy, 7 
 
 90 Ditto ditto - - - 28 
 Mrs. Gurdon, relict of the late Rer. Mr. Official Gurdon, lOJ 
 
 £. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 100 
 

 
 140 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS 
 
 £. s. J. 
 
 1790 Mrs. Cheatham, of Barnwell, Cambridgeshire, iu the > ,„,, - ^ 
 Four per Cent. Consol Bank Annuities, J 
 
 92 FurthLT Share of the Kev. Mr Scott's Legacy, 9 16 \\^ 
 Ditto ditto - - - 28 U 6 
 Miss Elizabeth Kdgar, of Ipswich, in the Three per ? trv a « 
 Cent. I educed Annuities, - - ^ 
 
 Mrs. Beaumont, relict of the Rev. Charles Beaumont, ) .„„ 
 rector of Witnesliam, - " - S 
 
 93 Mrs. Frances Leggett, of Ipswich, ^ 
 Rev. Mr. Rustat, rector of Stutton, 
 Mrs. Ann Affleck, of Bury, 
 Mis. Mary Gurdon, of Shenfield, Essex, 
 
 95 Further Share of the Rev. Mr. Scott's Legacy, 
 
 97 Mrs. Elizabftth r,eggett, of Ipswich. 
 
 93 Further share of the Rev. Mr. Scott's legacy. 
 
 Rev. Nicholas Bacon, Vicar of Coddenhani, - 
 
 Further share of the Rev. Mr. Scott's Legacy, 
 
 Mr. W. Green, of Bury, 
 99 Balance d ue fiom the late Mr. . I Shave, being a fur- ?ii- , o 
 
 ther share of the late Mr. Scott's Legacy, - ^ ^ 
 
 1800 Adam<on, F-.'iq. Bury, - - 100 
 
 02 Mrs Rustat, relict of the Rtv. Mr. Rustat, before ? ,qq « « 
 mentioned, . - - - ^ 
 
 03 Philip Bowes Broke, F.'q Nacton, - 100 
 0-i Rev. Richard Moseley, rector of Drinkston, - 100 
 
 Mrs. Vaus:han, relict of the Rev. Edward Vaughan, ? ia ]« /» 
 rector of Fress'nsfield, - - J 
 
 08 Mr. nashwood, - - - 20 
 
 09 Rev. Mr. Keller, rector of Kelsham, Herts, 100 
 Mrs. Keller, relict of the above, in the Fourper Cont. 100 
 
 10 Mrs. Elizabeth Parish, of Ipswich, - 9.3 6 8 
 
 13 Robert Trotman, Esq. Ipswich, - - 50 
 
 14 Mrs Leake, rtlict of the late Rev. Luke Leake, 7 .^^ „ ^ 
 rector of Offton, - - - ^ 
 
 15 A charge of c£. 2 4j-. per annum, upon the Land-tax^ 
 of an Estate in Debenham, bi-longing St. Sieph^n's-f 
 Ipswich, left by the Rev. Mi-. Gee, late Treasurer to T 
 this Corporation. j 
 
 16 Rev. Mr. Warren, - - - 20 
 
 The number of annual Subscribers in the Deanery of 
 Jpswick, in 18 17, exceeded 70, whose subscriptions amount- 
 ed to upwards of <£ 84. ' 
 
 The sum usually given to the Widow that applies, is from 
 <£28 to o£ 32 1 15 , according to her age ; and the Orphan 
 obtains an annuity in propbrtioa to the Widow; respect 
 being had to infirmity and age. 
 
OF CLERGYMEN. 141 
 
 According to the Rules of this Corporjtion, " The poor 
 " Widoivs and Orphans of such C/ergy7nen only, as die pos- 
 " sessed of some Ecclesiastical Benefice or Curacy, within the 
 " Archdeaconry of Siiff'olk, or Sudbury, or elsevvhtre in the 
 " County of S'{lfollc, are to be relieved: and such Widows 
 " 710 longer than whilst they continue Widoivs, and such 
 " Orphans no longer than whilst they continue unmarried." 
 
 " No one shall be relieved without a Petition, setting 
 *' forth the Ecclesiastical Benefice or Curacy xvhich the IIus- 
 " band or Father of the person to be relieved died possessed of, 
 " and the Age, and Circumstances of the Widow or Orphan. 
 " And no Petition sUdW be read (unless it be from a Student 
 "in one of our Universities) without a Certificate under the 
 " hands of the Minister and Churchwardens of the Parish 
 " where the Petitioner dwells, attesting to the truth of the 
 " Petition, and certifying {if the Petitioner bean adult person, 
 " and of sound mind) that he or she is a person of good repute, 
 " and a Communicant of the Church of England as by Law 
 " established : which Certificate must be subscribed also by 
 "one of the Governors, if there be any living within a rea- 
 " sonable distance of the Petitioner; and if not, by a neigh- 
 '• bouring Magistrate." 
 
 A General Court is held the third Thursday in July 
 
 every year, at the Church of St Mary Tower, in this Town, 
 
 where a Sermon is annually preached ; after which the 
 
 Court is adjourned to some other place, for the transaction 
 
 of business. And in every year, on the last Tuesday in 
 
 August, the Treasurer's accounts are audited at Stowmarket. 
 
 Capital Stock; 1817. 
 
 £. t. d. 
 
 Three per Cents. Bank Annuities Keduoed - 2161 5 6 
 
 Three Consolidated - 4937 15 3 
 
 Four per Cent, ditto - - - 1 1 23 1 1 1 1 
 
 £ 8'242 \'2 8 
 
143 
 
 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, &C. 
 
 Treasurer's Account, Dr. 
 
 Balance 1816 
 Collected 1817 - 
 
 Ditto at Church, Bury - . - 
 
 Benefaction, Rev. Mr. Leman 
 Rent of Cock's Farm _ . . 
 
 Part of arrears of ditto last year 
 Property Tax returned - - - 
 
 Cotton and Finningham - - - 
 
 Dividends . - _ - 
 
 Rev. Mr. Griffin, Land-tax of Lands in Debenham, belong- 1 
 ing to St. Stephen's Jpswich, to Lady, 1817 - ' 
 
 X. s. 
 
 d. 
 
 445 11 
 
 H 
 
 616 15 
 
 
 
 6 5 
 
 6 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 90 2 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 5 16 
 
 
 
 43 18 
 
 6 
 
 243 11 
 
 4 
 
 2 4 
 
 j: 1565 4 Of 
 
 C: 
 
 of> 
 
 Distributed at Bury, Ipswich, and Stow - 
 
 Casual Benefaction to Mrs. Tenant, under circumstances 
 
 peculiar distress - - 
 
 Ditto to Miss Wynne 
 Ditto to Samuel Mortimer - - - 
 
 Ditto to Mr. James Kembie - _ - 
 
 Ditto to Mr. William Heckford 
 Mrs. Symond's Burial - _ _ 
 
 Mr. Worlledge, valuation of Cotton and Finningham 
 Mr. Case's Bill, for application to the Bank and Transfer of? 
 
 c£ 100, standing in the namt oi the late Rev. B. Mills, D.D. ^ 
 Four Powers of Attorney, for transferring the Funded Pro 
 
 perty standing in different names, into that of the Govern. 
 
 ors of the Corporation - . _ 
 
 Banker's Postage - . - 
 
 Suffolk Insurance Office 
 Mr. Jackson's, Printer's Bill - 
 Mr. King, ditto ditto 
 Mr. Gedge, ditto ditto 
 Criers of the Courts 
 Balance . _ . 
 
 823 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 8 16 
 
 4 6 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 651 
 
 5 
 
 6§ 
 
 0^1565 
 
 4 
 
 o§ 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 GIFTS AND LEGACIES 
 
 That have been given and bequeathed to the several 
 Parishes in IPSWICH. 
 
 ^U CIciticut. 
 
 1584-, October the 31st. The BailifTs, Burgesses, and 
 Cotmuonalty of the Town and Borough of Ipswich, in the 
 County of Suffolk, by Deed, of above date, grunted and 
 confirmed to John Jarmt/, Gent, and others of the Inhabi- 
 tants and Parishioners, of the Parish of St. Clement, in 
 Jpswich aforesaid^ and to Jheir heirs, a Piece of Ground, 
 containing, by admeasurement, 60 ftei in length, and 
 13 feet 10 inches in breadth, in the sa:d Parish of Saitii 
 Clement; upon which is built, by the Parishioners, Five 
 Tenements, now (I81S) in the occupations of the Widow 
 Dodd, JVidow Fauncclt, Marj/ Stegglc, Thomis Taylor, and 
 James Slj/the, all poor persons belontfing to the said Parish. 
 The above-named Five Tenements are situdted near the 
 Church-yard, and by the side of the highway on the South, 
 and abutting upon Mr. fi/reft's T;mber-yard (North), and 
 the yard now in the occupation of Mr Benjamin Dewy 
 (West), and a Tenement no.v in the occipaton of James 
 Norman, Seaman, on the East, The Repairs are done by 
 the Parishioners. 
 
144 ST. CLEMENT. 
 
 1680, J///y 1st. Mrs. Elhaheih Robinson, Widow, gave t& 
 the ]?ailifls of Ipsvdch, One Hundred P uiids, to the intent 
 that they and their successors for the time being, shall yearlj/ 
 and every year for ever, pay the .sum of Five Pounds Four 
 Shillings (juarterly, by four equal and even puy?nent.s ; to the 
 Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of St. Clement's 
 Parish for the time being, in which Parish her beloved son 
 John Robinson, late deceased, was bori), F/r(y-/ii'o Shillings, 
 part of the said Five Pounds Four Shillings; and the other 
 Fifty-two Shillings to the Clturchwardens and Overseers of 
 the Poor of St Mary Tower Parish in Ipswich aforesaid, 
 where the said John her son was buried ; with intent that 
 the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the respective Pa- 
 ri she.^, do every Sunday in the year, ensuing the Feat Day of 
 St. Michael the Archan'^el, being th first (juarter due, immedi- 
 ately after Service and Sermon in the Morning, distribute 
 Twelve-pennyworth of Bread, to Twelve of the poorest, aged 
 and imjiotent persons, of the same their respective Parishes, as 
 to the judgments of the said Churchwardens and Over- 
 seers shall seem meet. And that the Bailiffs, &c and their 
 successors, shall have the visitation of this Gift to the per- 
 sons therein concerned, and to correct and reform, accord- 
 ing to their judgments, abuses therein 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Robimon gave also to this Parish, a Silver 
 Cup and Cover, to be used at the Sacrament. 
 
 1698, 29th November. Mary Wright, Widow of Thomas 
 Wright the elder, by a Deed of the above date, conveyed to 
 Henry Sparoive, and nineteen other Inhabitants of the said 
 Parish, all those Five Messuages in the said Parish, theu ire 
 the several occupations of Mordecai Rivers, Robert Smith, 
 John Sherman, Thomas Wilder, and Alice Dalling, in Trust 
 ty the uses following, viz. 
 
ST. CLEMENT. 145 
 
 I. That the said Messuages may be, by the Trustees and 
 Churchwardens of the Parish for the time being, put into 
 such form as shall be thought most fitting and suitable for 
 the reception of so many of the most necessitous Poor of the 
 said Parish, whether young or ohi, as the said Trustees 
 shall think fit to put there, to be maintained and employed 
 for such time as the said Trustees and Churchwardens shall 
 think fitting: and more especially, that aconvtnitMit Room, 
 or Rooms, in some one or more of the said Houses be made 
 and employed, as a Work-House, for the maintenance of all 
 such Poor of the said Parish, especially children, as the 
 Trustees and Churchwardens shall think fit to send thither; 
 and that the person or persons appointed to have the oversight 
 and care of such Poor, shall one hour in every daj in the year, 
 teach, or cause to be taught, such Poor to read. 
 
 II. That the Trustees and Churchwardens, or the major 
 part of them, shall pay and distribute yearly and every 
 year, upon the 25th of September for ever, the sum of 40*. 
 to Forlj/ Poor Persons, by Twelve-pence a piece, as shall be 
 thought proper oljpcts of Charitv, by the Trustees and 
 Churchwardens, or the m jor part of them 
 
 in. That if the Five iVIessuages, or any them, shall by 
 fire, or any other ways or me.ins, be burnt down, laid waste, 
 or fall down, and shall not be re budt within two years 
 next after they shall so be burnt do^n, laid waste, or fall 
 down, they shall from thenceforth descend, and come, and 
 be, to the use and behoof of Thomas Wright, (irindson of 
 the said Mary Wright, and o^ his Heirs, for ever. 
 
 IV. That no matter, cause, or thing, rel ting to this 
 Trust be done or dispatched, unless the FeolFees and 
 Churchwardens, or the major part of them be present; and 
 
Ii6 ST. CLEMENT. 
 
 in case of an equality of votes, the present Rector of the 
 said Parish shall be called in, and he shall decide it. 
 
 V. That when the number of Feoffees shall by death be 
 reduced to four, or sooner if they think proper, then they 
 shall convey the Premises to ?s many other Householders 
 of the said Parish, as make up the number of eleven at least. 
 
 These houses have since been converted into a Work- 
 House; and by a Deed, dated Sth January, 1724-, Cooper 
 Gravenor, John Rudds, and John Hammond, the then survi- 
 ■ving Trustees, conveyed the Premises to Richard Canriin^, 
 'Esq. and Twenty other Inhabitants of the said Parish. 
 
 \10\- Captain Samuel Green, Mariner, late of this Parish, 
 by his last Will, gave =£. 50 to purchase a piece of Land, 
 the "Profits and Rents thereof to be distributed to Poor 
 Widows and Children of Seamen of this Parish, in such 
 proportions as to the Churchwardens shall seem meet, an- 
 nually in this Church, in the presence of the lVIinister,upon 
 the 28th day of November in every year: he having on 
 that day, in the year 1676, "received a wonderful deliver- 
 " ance in a great storm at sea." 
 
 Captain Samuel Green departed this life at Smyrna, on the 
 Mth of February, 1685. 
 
 The Widow of the above, having added £\Oir) the £50 
 which her husband gave, a Field was purchased, lying in 
 Westerfield abutting north on the road leading from IpS' 
 ivich to Tuddenham, containing 5 Acres; and since the 
 inclosnre of Westerfield Green, an allotment was made of 
 3 rods ; both of which pieces of Laud let for the annual sum 
 of of 20. This Land pays no land-tnx, nor any out-going 
 whatever. Two shillings and sixpence, according to the 
 Donor's Will, is annually given to the Se.xton ; the remain- 
 der is distributed among the Widows, &c. of Seamen. The 
 
ST. CLEMENT. 147 
 
 following Feoffees were appointed in the year 1815 :—• 
 John Cohbold, jun. Esq. Rev. Wm. Edge, Messrs. John Ba- 
 ker, James Dowsing, WiUiam Biillar, John Revett, Nathaniel 
 Bj/lcs, and Henri/ Aldrich. 
 
 1719 Capt. Robert Cole, late of this Parish, by his Will, 
 gave Fifty Pounds to purchase a piece of Land ; the Rents 
 and Profits thereof to be laid out in bread, to be distributed 
 once a fortnight for ever, in the Parish Church of Saint 
 Clement, in Ipswich, upon Sundai/, after sermon in the fore- 
 noon, to such poor Seamen's Widows as shall be, for the 
 time being, living in the said Parish, and not taking collec- 
 tion. 
 
 The above sum has not been laid out in the purchase of 
 Land, but was expended towards repairing the Church. The 
 bread, however, is given away once a fortnight, at the 
 expence of the Parishioners, 
 
 1722 Capt. Edward LarJce, by his Will, secured the 
 Premises, now Messrs. Rust, Smart, and Buchanan, oppo- 
 site the Sorrel Horse, in St. Clement's Fore Street, for the 
 payment of One Pound Twelve Shillings yearly, to be dis- 
 tributed as follows : 20s. to purchase bread, to be given ta 
 the working poor of St. Clement's Parish : 10s. to the minis- 
 ter, for preaching a Sermon on the 22d day of October: 
 and 2s. to the clerk. 
 
 The above mentioned benefactor to this Parish, gave 
 " 10s. yearly for ever," for a Sermon to be preached in the 
 Parish Church of St. Clement, in Ipswich, on the 22d day of 
 October, yearly, " in remembrance of the mercies of God, 
 " in preserving him on that day, when all his men, and 
 " ship, were lost at sea." If that day fall on a Sunday, he 
 then directed, that the Sermon should be preached on the 
 Monday following. It was also particularly requested by 
 
148 ST. CLEMENT. 
 
 Capt. E. LarJce, that the minister should read the under- 
 mentioned psalm and lessons, and preach from the text 
 mentioned below: a request which has always been com- 
 plied with when knoiin. 
 
 The Psalm selected is the 107th. 
 
 The First Lessson, - 1st and 2d chapters of Jonah. 
 
 The Second Lesson, - 27th chapter of /lets. 
 
 The Text, - - - 7th verse of the 81st Psalm. 
 
 1727. Capt John Dorkin, in his Will, dated the 22d of 
 December, sets forth ; that, " whereas upon the fourteenth 
 " d.T}' of September, in the year 1716, by the providence of 
 **■ Almighty God, he was remarkably delivered from ship- 
 '' wreck, and preserved in a storm at sea," therefore he 
 gave to his Executors of 100, to purchase a Freehold Estate, 
 the profits to be distributed in manner following: " lOs. to 
 " the minister, for reading Prayers on the Uth day of Sep. 
 *' every year ;" and the remainder, " unto and among poor 
 '' Seamen, Seamen's Widows and their Children; and to 
 " such other poor persons belonging to the Parish of S^. C/e- 
 " ment, as the minister and churchwardens may think pro- 
 " per, and that do not take collection of the Parish " 
 
 A piece of Freehold Land in St. Helen's Parish, abutting 
 (north) on the turnpike road leading to Woodbridge, from 
 Jpswich, and (East) by Spring's-head Lane, now lei for of. 15 
 per annum, was purchased, containing 2 A. 2 R. OP. and 
 the following Feoffees were appointed in the year 1787. 
 
 Rev. G. Routh, Rev. J. M. Close, Rev, Thomas Trapnell, Rev. P. 
 Edge, John Cobbold, esq. Messrs. James Stiahan, Benjamin Parkhurstj 
 J. B. Dorkin, and R. Garwood. 
 
 This Land pays 4*. annually for Land-tax, but no other Outgoing. 
 
ST. CLEMENT. 149 
 
 Tliis Gentleman also gave " c£20 to the Old Charity 
 " School, towards binding out some of the poor Boys to 
 *' honest trades " 
 
 1810. Capt. Robert Brown, formerly of this Parish, left 
 j£ 100. the interest of which he directed to be yearly distri- 
 buted "to the Poor of the said Parish, in such a way as 
 "his Executors, in their discretion, shall think proper." 
 
 1818. A Subscription was raised in this T nvn for the 
 Widows and Orphans of the Crew of the Endeavour, of 
 Ipswich, lost off the Coast of Scotl ind, in January, 1818, 
 and the Unity, of Ipswich, lost ofl' the Lincolnshire Coast, 
 on the 23;rf of April, in the same year, together with the 
 whole of the Crew of each vessel; by which awful events 
 Five Familes resident in this Parish, and Fifteen Orphans, 
 were deprived of every means of support 
 
 The sum of about =£'.200 was raised and distributed to the 
 Widows, according to the number of children ; in some in- 
 stances, after paying their deceased husbands' debts, a sum 
 of money was laid out in the Ipswich Savings' Bank, with a 
 view of keeping it, to enable the mothers to provide for the 
 future maintenance of their children ; and for placing them 
 out when arrived at a suitable age. Among the contributors 
 were the following — 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 Hudson Gurney, Esq. M. P. . . 10 
 
 !Mrs. Gosse, Clapham, Surry, . . 10 
 
 Rev. J.T. Nottidge, - . . 10 
 
 Broadley VVilson, Ksq Clapham, - - 10 
 
 Sir Robert HarlaiiH, Bart. - - . 5 
 
 Lady Harland, - - - . 5 
 
 Sir Philip Broke, Bart. - - - 5 
 
150 ST. CLEMENT. 
 
 J. Bradncv, Fsq. Clapham - - - 
 
 Mr. James Bond, _ . , 
 
 Rev. C. W. Fonnereau and Mrs. 
 
 Kev. George Routh and Mrs. 
 
 James Reed, Esq. ... 
 
 Rer. William Layton ... 
 
 Mr. Neville White, Milk Street, London, 
 
 Collection ai St. Clement's Church, after two Sermons 
 
 Transferred from a Subscription for the Fire at the Bear 
 and Crown Stables - - . 
 
 £. 
 5 
 
 s. 
 
 
 d. 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 
 
 
 •24 3 
 
 §>t. HaUJcente* 
 
 1598. A Deed, dated 16^A Jwtic. sets forth, that William 
 Sparovce, Portman, had received of Thomas Kempe, Execu- 
 tor to the last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Walter of 
 London, Widow, Fifty Pounds, in pursuance of her said 
 Will ; in consideration whereof, and of the further sum of 
 Thirty Pounds, paid him by some of the Parishioners oi St, 
 iMxvrcnce, Ipswich, he sold unto Robert Barker, Portman, 
 and nine other Trustees therein mentioned, all that Messu- 
 age or Tavern, lying between the Messuage of Bamahy 
 C/^a«£//er towards the east, and the Tavern of Thomas Drayle 
 towards the west, one head abutting on the King's-street, 
 and the other on the Church-yard of St. Lawrence, to the only 
 use and behoof of them and their heirs for ever: neverthe- 
 less, the clear yearly Revenues and Profits of the Premises, 
 
ST. LAWBENCE. 151 
 
 were for ever to be emplo3'ed and bestowed for and towards 
 the maintenance of a goJfj/ learned Preacher, in the said Parish 
 of St. Laurence f to be nominated as hereafter is expressed: viz, 
 that the Preacher of the said Parish, upon every vacancy or 
 avoidance of such Preacher, shall lie nominated (after the 
 decease of the said Thomas Kempe) bj/ the heir male, of the 
 said Thomas Kempe, if he be living within the said Parish 
 at the time of such vacancy, and hj/ the ancient Bailiff" of the 
 Toivn of Ipsiiich, for the time being, and by such Portmen of 
 the said Town, as at the time of such vacancy shall be inhab' 
 iting within the said Parish of St Laivrence, and by the com- 
 mon Preacher of the said Town, for the time being, and by 
 the Churchwardens of the said Parish of St. Laxvrevce, for the 
 time being, or by the greater nvmbcr of them. And if there 
 he no Portmen inhabiting within the said Parish, at the time 
 of such vacancy, then by the ancient Bail/JT, and the Church" 
 wardens of the said Parish, and the Common Preacher, and 
 two such other of the Inhabitants of the said Parish for the 
 time being, as the said Churchwardens shall no-ninatc and ap- 
 point, or by the greater number of them. But if the said 
 Preacher be not appomted as aforesaid, within five months 
 after any vacancy, then the said Preacher is to be appointed 
 by the "Bishop of Norwich. 
 
 This house was formerly kept in repair by the Parish- 
 ioners, and the minister of Sf. Lawrence used to receive the 
 whole rent, without any dt^duction ; but of late years, the 
 custom has been for the Parishioners only to allow some- 
 thing occasionally. In the year 1817, the sum of 
 ci'4-5 155. was expended in repairs; two-thirds of which 
 were borne by the Parishioners, and ihe remaining one- 
 third by the minister. This house is now in the octapa- 
 tion of Mr, Robert Thompson, 
 
152 ST. LAWRENCE. 
 
 The FeofTees mentioned in the year 1747, were Henrif 
 Nash. Portman, John IMarlciu, Portman, Thomax Starling, 
 Portnian, John Sparoxve, Portman, Thomas Stisted, Thomas 
 Grimiuood, Michael Beaumont, William Rudland, Thomas 
 Whincup, Pcurl Richman, Thomas Richardson, John Barker, 
 and Ediiard Duck 
 
 1630. Mr. Tobias Bloss, of this Parish, Portman, by his 
 Will, dated ]$th July, bequeathed as follows: — 'And for so 
 'much that I often see and hear the ignorance, and want of 
 
 * knowledge in many people, in these halcion days and sun- 
 ' shine of the Gospel, notwithstanding, through God's mercy, 
 ♦the worthy teaching that we frequently enjoy, seeing sun- 
 
 * dry who press and come unto the Holj' Communion with- 
 'out that respect, and due preparation, that were fitting, 
 'and seriously thought thereof; in desire and hope of more 
 'knowledge in the people^ I do hereby give and bequeath 
 ' unto the Bailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, and their successors. Four 
 'Marks a Year, for ever, unto the intent following: viz. 
 'that there be Four Sermons in ererj/ year, preached for pre- 
 •paration to the Communion; the same to be always in the 
 ' Parish Church of St. Laivrence, in Ipswich, upon the Friday 
 ' in the Afternoon, next before every Festival Quarter-day in the 
 ' Year, as it is now used, and has been for sundry Years past ; 
 *the Preacher whereof to have for his pains Ten Shillings; 
 'the Sexton for ringing the sermon bell, and making the 
 ♦seats clean and fit. Twelve Pence; and Two Shillings and 
 ' Four Pence in Bread for the Poor ; my Executor, during 
 ' his life, to nominate the Preacher, and to pay for, and 
 ' provide the said Bread And after my decease, my Will 
 
 * is, that the said Four Marks a Year, for ever, shall be paid 
 'out of my Lands, called Apostles' Esher, in the Parish of 
 ' St. Margaret, m Ipswich, 
 
ST. la\vbence. 153 
 
 1080 Mr. IVilliain Sat/er, Portman, about this year, gave 
 One Hundred Pourtdx, hy Will, to the Bailiffs, and Five 
 Eldest Portmen of the Town of Ipswich, to the intent, that 
 out of the interest thereof, Bread shvild be weekly provided 
 for the Poor, and diftrihuted at St Lawrence Parish in Ips- 
 wich, by the Officers, in the Forenoon of every Sabbath, if there 
 be a Sermon; and if no Sermon there, then to be distributed at 
 the Parish Church of Si. Maiy Tower, by the Officers of that 
 Parish. And \Qth July, 1633, it was Ordered by a Great- 
 Court, tliat this c£lOO should be received by the Town 
 Treasurer, and a Settlement made for the payment of the 
 interest, and an acquittance for the same should be given 
 to his Executors, under the Common Seal of the Town. 
 
 1729. Mr. Francis Colman, Portman, by an Indenture 
 dated 2nd September, made between the said Mr. Colman 
 and the Bailiffs, &c of Ipswich, sold to the said Bailiffs, &c. 
 a Piece of Land, of Six Acres in St. Helen's Parish, in /jfs- 
 wich, to hold the same for a Thousand Years, they paying 
 yearly, during the said term, the sum of Eight Pounds and 
 Two Shillings at Michaelmas, in the Church- Porch of St. 
 Lawrence in Ipswich, without any deduction in any respect 
 whatsoever. And further, that the said Francis Colman 
 shall have the use of the said Water to his Dwelling House 
 and Gardens, at all times during the said term, without paying 
 any rent for the same And that the poor people that now, 
 and hereafter shall dwell in the Hou^e made use of a<i a Work- 
 house for the poor, belonging to St. Margaret's Parish, shall 
 have gratis the use and benefit of the said Water; and that 
 the said Francis Colman, and his Heirs, shall at the end of 
 the said Thousand Years, demise the Premises again for the 
 further term of One Thousand Years, upon the same 
 conditioDs. 
 
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154; ST. LAWRENCE. 
 
 And the said Fi-ancis Cnhtmn, by Indenture, bearin? Hate 
 thf ^ih Septemher, \1'2'), conveyed the snid ye;>ilv Rent of 
 0^.8 2s. to Eleven Trustt-es, Inhabitants of .S^ Lav.rence 
 Parish, to the use and behoo ' of thf m, and their heirs forever, 
 IN TRUST, that it should be for ever disposed nf hy the soL' direc- 
 tion of the Minister for the time being, of St. Lawrence afore* 
 said, for the use and benefit of the working poor people of that 
 Parish, who receive no ordinary or weekly alius, collection, or 
 maintenance, from the Inhabitants of the same Parish, and so 
 as the wealthy Inhabitants are not eased ; that is to say, 
 <=f.5 25. part of the said yearly Rent of of 8 2 . !^hall be laid 
 out yearly in Bread, at two dozen a week, by the said Mtnis' 
 ter, and by him, or his Direction, on every Sunday distributed to 
 and among such poor people of the said Parish as herein are 
 before described, at the said Parish-Church, in whuh Elizabeth 
 late wife of the said Francis Colman lieth interred; and the 
 residue of the said £■ 8 2i. shall be laid out yearly in Shirts 
 and Shifts by the said Minister, and by him, or his direction, 
 distributed to and among such poor people of the said Parish 
 as are herein before-described, and no other. And in Trust 
 further, that the said Trustees, and their Heirs an(J assigns, 
 shall at the end of One Thousand Years, mentioned in the 
 demise to the Bailiffs, &c. at the costs and charge of the 
 said Bailiffs, &c. convey the Premises upon the said Terms, 
 for the further term of another Thousand Years. And upon 
 further Trust, that u'lieii the said Trustees are reduced to 
 the number of two, then such two shall with all convenient 
 speed, by good and sufficient Deeds, convey the inheritance 
 of the Premises aforesaid to Eleven other Inhabitants of the 
 said Parish, to be noiiiinaled by the Parishioners at any 
 public or vestry meeting. 
 
^u SJ^argacctv 
 
 1621. Mr Richard Martin's Gift, seepage 91. 
 
 162S The Rev. Thomas Rederich, Clk. gave a House, 
 now in the occupation of Mr Benjamin Striitt, School-master, 
 situated in Car, or Cross-Kej/'s Street, in this Parish, let at 
 the yearly rent of .-£' ^4-, one half of which sum belongs to 
 Jesus College, Oxford, and the other half is left to be distri- 
 buted to the religious poor of this Parish. The present 
 Tenant having expended a considerable sum of money for 
 the repair of the above-mentioned House, is allowed out of 
 the rent as it becomes due, interest for the same. The 
 following are the Trustees: — 
 
 Rev. C W. Foiinereau. 
 Rev. M G Edj:ar. 
 Rev. AViii. F.<lge. 
 T. T. M, Neale, Esq. 
 A. H. Steward, Esq. 
 Mr. Robert Fitch. 
 
 Mr. W. Smart, jun. 
 John Harcourt. 
 Joseph FreeiEaii, 
 James Bristo. 
 T. F. Goward. 
 
 1660. Mr. James Caston, 23rd April, gave to the Bailiffs, 
 &c. of Ipswich, a£. lOO for them to buy Eight Pounds a year, 
 to be bestowed Tivo Shillings a week, to the poor in St. Mar- 
 garet's in Ipswich; and the Residue to be yearly and every 
 year, upon the Feast of St. James the Apostle, disposed and 
 distributed by the said Bailiffs and Burgesses and their Suc- 
 cessors, among ten, twelve, or a less nu7nber of the most needj/ 
 Prisoners in the Town or County Gaols, in Ipswich aforesaid. 
 Two dozen of Bread is weekly given. 
 
 1683. It appears by a Deed of Trust, bearing date in 
 February, that certain Lands, lying in this Parish, were !ef^. 
 
156 ST. MARGARET. 
 
 the profits of which are to be disposed of "for the common 
 profits, use, and benefit of the Parishioners of the Parish of St. 
 Margaret, and for the repair of the Parish Church." The 
 following is an account of the Lands above-mentioned. 
 
 Three pieces of arable and meadow Land, (inclosed) con- 
 taining about eight acres, lying in the Parish of St Mar- 
 garet, abutting upon the Estates of Mr. John Rivers, the late 
 James Scarlet's Executors, Robert Alger, and Mr. Everett, 
 let at the yearly rent of of. 28, and now in the occupation 
 of Mr. Ahlitt 
 
 Also, one piece of Land situated behind the Workhouse, 
 now appropriated to the use of the poor in the said Parish 
 Workhouse, containing about a quarter of an acre. 
 
 Also, two Tenements adjoining to the Workhouse in this 
 Parish, inhabited by poor persons belonging to the same. 
 
 Also, two Cottages situated in Rotten Row, in the occupa- 
 tions of Charlotte Sturgeon and Mary Simmons, two pocv 
 families belonging to the Parish. 
 
 There is an Annuity of Ten Shillings per Annum paid 
 from the Parish of Earl Soham to this Parish, out of certain 
 Lands, now in the occupation of Mr. Raj/ner Bellman, in 
 the said Parish of Earl Soham ; which sum is expended in the 
 purchase of Bread, and distributed to the poor of this Parish. 
 
 Thomas Bunning, Gent, gave £0.5, and Mrs. Surah Phillips 
 gave J[!\ 5, both of which sums purchased an Estate at Cop' 
 dock or Washbrook, on the Hill, in a direct line between 
 jlmor Hall and Washbrook Church; containing about three 
 acres of arable Land, now in the occupation of William 
 Bird, at the yearly rent ofcf. 9, which sura is distributed 
 to the poor of this Parish in Bread 
 
 1719. Mr. Richard Phillips gave .£50 \s. with which 
 was purchased a piece of Land, lying in the said Parish of 
 
ST. MARGARET. 157 
 
 St. MargaiTt, called Hungerford Dale. And Mr. John 
 Phillips gave J.GO, with which another piece of Land was 
 purchased, abutting on the last mentioned piece ; which two 
 pieces of Land abut on the Estates of the Rev. Charles IVilliain 
 Fonnercau, and Miison Edgar, Esq. and upon the right and 
 left of the New Turnpike Road, leading from Ipstoich to 
 Westerfield, containing about five acres of Meadow Ground; 
 and now in the occupations of Edmund Marshall, and Messrs, 
 Cowell and Pollard, at the yearly rents of of. 22 IO5. and 
 £.\b \5s. which sums are laid out in the purchase of 
 Bread, and distributed to the poor of this Parish. 
 
 Leicester Martin, Esq. gave X.50 to the poor of this 
 Parish, with which sum a Cottage was bought in Rotten 
 Row, in the said Parish, now in the occupation of Henry 
 Home and Stephen Durrant, at the yearly rent of ^£".5, to 
 be distributed by the Minister and Churchwardens of the 
 said Parish, to such of the poor as do not receive alms. 
 
 1814. Mr. Benjamin Palmer Green, of this Parish, by his 
 Will, left of" 500 to be vested in Government Securities, and 
 the Interest arising therefrom to be expended in the pur- 
 chase of Bread, and distributed to the poor of this Parish, 
 every Sunday after service. 
 
 The above sum (after deducting the Legacy Duty, which 
 amounted to c£'.50) has been purchased according to the 
 Donor's desire. The undermentioned Gentlemen are the 
 Trustees: — 
 
 Rev. C. W. Fonncreau. I Mr. William Rodwell. 
 
 Mr. Siinoii Jackaman. | Mr. William Smart. 
 
eg>t St^atp at tJje <CIni.iJ» 
 
 1635. Mr. William Hunt gave £ 100. See page 80. 
 
 1687. Capt Kerringtori's Gift. See St. Nicholas. 
 
 1729. A/r5 /4???i Smyth, of London, Widow, by Will, 
 dated the 5th September, left Eight Thousand Pounds to cer- 
 tain Persons, in Trust, for the following uses : viz. to pur- 
 chase an Estate in Suffoli, or some adjoining County, for the 
 use of her Grandson Thomaa Milna\ and the heirs of his 
 Body; and for default of such issue, they were to convey 
 the said E:^tate to the Compunij of Drapers of London, upon 
 this special Trust and Confidence, nevertheless, that the 
 Master and Wardens of the said Company shall within three 
 calendar months next after such Estate shall be conveyed to 
 them, by mortgige or sale of some part of such Estate, raise 
 and pay to her Nephew Edward Lynch of. 2000, which sum 
 she gave him in case of the decease of her said Grandson 
 without issue; and upon this further Trust and Confidence, 
 that the said Master and Wardens, &c. shall employ and 
 dispose of so much of the Rents and Profits of such Estate, 
 after payment of the said o6' 2000 as shall be necessary for 
 the purchasing and buying a convenient piece of Ground 
 in the Parish of St. Mary tlms, in Ipswich, in the County of 
 Suffolk, or as near thereto as may be, and erecting and build- 
 ing thereon Twelve A hi')- Houses, and repairing, supporting, 
 re-building, maintaining and amending the same, from 
 time to time, as occasion shall require, for the benefit of 
 Twelve Poor Women of honest life and conversation, of the 
 (ige of Fifty Y^ears and upwards, being Communicants of the 
 
ST. MARY AT THE ELMS. 159 
 
 Church of England as by Law established, and Inhabitants of 
 the Parish of St. Mary Elms aforesaiH; but her Relations 
 of the raniiljes of the Lynch's, Stniih's, Searl's, and Purplet's, 
 being first to be preft'rred, whether they shall inhabit in the 
 said Parish of St. Maty Elms, or elsewhere. And for want 
 of a competent number of such poor in the said Parish of 
 St. Mary Elms, or of her Relations, then the number want- 
 ing to be supplied out of some other Parish or Parishes in 
 Ipswich. And the said Twelve Poor Women to be from 
 time to time, nominated and chosen by the Churchwardens 
 and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. Maiy Elms 
 aforesaid, for the time being. And if they cannot agree in 
 such nomination and choice within thirty days next after 
 their meeting to make their first appointment, or within 
 thirtj"^ days after any vacancy shall happen, then the i?e- 
 corder of the Town of Ipswich, for the time being, shall nom- 
 inate and appoint in their stead. And upon this further 
 Trust and Confidence, ti)at the Master and Wardens, &.c. 
 aforesaid, shall also out of the said Rents and Profits, pay 
 the sum of Ten Pounds per annum, without deduction, to a 
 Minister to be nnminatcd and chosen by such Persons^ and in 
 such manner, and within such <me, as the said Tivelze Poor 
 Women are by this her last Will directed to be chosen,for read- 
 ing Diiine Service on Wednesday and Friday in every Week, 
 in the Parish Church of St. Mary Elms aforesaid: and to the 
 Clerk of the said Parish, for officiating at the said time, and 
 ringing the bell, £ 3 per annum. And the residue of the 
 said Rents and Profits do and shall pay, apply and dispose 
 of, for the relief, support, and mtiiotenance, of the said 
 Twelve Poor Women, so to be nominated and chosen as 
 aforesaid, deducting only thereout Ten Pounds per Annum, 
 for the use of the said Master and Wardens, and t/te CUrk of - 
 
160 ST. MARY AT THE FI,MS. 
 
 the said Gild or Fialeniiti/, for their care and trouljle to be 
 had and taken in executing the Trust hereby in them re- 
 posed. And she did order, drect, and appoint, that until 
 a convenient purcliase or purchases can be had or gotten for 
 disposing ol'fhe said of . 8000, they, her said Trustees, [viz. 
 
 Thomas Milncv,'EdiL'urd Lynch, and Thomas Spudemaii], or 
 the Survivors, or Survivor of then), or the Executors or Ad- 
 ministrators of such Survivor, shall place out the said c£.8000 
 at Interest, on such Security or Securities, Parliamentary or 
 other, INIortgage or Mortgages, as the said Trustees, or the 
 Survivor, &c. of ihem shall think fit In doing which, they, 
 and every of them, shall be indemnified and saved harmless, 
 and not run any risk, adventure, or hazard, or be answerable 
 for, or liable to make good any loss or damage that may 
 happen or accrue thereby. And her Will was, that the 
 luterest of the said of. 8000 shall from time to time, be dis- 
 posed and paid to such person or persons, and for such 
 uses, to w lioni, and for what the Rents and Profits of the 
 Lands if purchaseil, would according to her Will, go and 
 belong. But in a Codicil to Mrs Smith's Will, she altered 
 the sum thereby given to the Parish of St, Mary Elms, and 
 reduced it from o£.6000 to o6. 5000. 
 
 Opposite to the Church of this Parish, an Alms-IIouse was 
 erected, in pursuance of the Wdl of Mrs Ann Smith, of 
 London, Widow, who left £5000 for it ; but there being a 
 deficiency of assets, after adjusting all claims, the Court of 
 Chancery appointed / 4132 5s. 2d. for this purpose, which 
 was laid out in'"iutn-Sia Vnnvntes; and the Ministers of 
 St. Peter and St. Mury at the Ebw,, <n Ipswich, for the time 
 being, were appointed Trustees tor it. The Rev. Mr. 
 Cornwallis and ili^ Bishop, the th:i\ Ministers of these two 
 Parishes, generously accepted the Trust, without having the 
 
ST. MARY AT THE ELMS. 161 
 
 least consideration for their trouble ; and this building hath 
 jyeou conducted by theno and their successors. 
 
 'J /le following Inscription is placed over the Entrance of the Dwellings. 
 
 Mrs. SMITH'S ALMS-HOUSES, 
 
 Erected in the Year 1760, 
 
 Por the Benefit of Tivelve Poor Women, of honest Life and 
 
 Conversation, of the Age of Fifty Years and upwards, 
 
 being Communicants of the Church of England, 
 
 as by Law Established. 
 
 J^U St^ai-p at tf)c 0cp» 
 
 1647. Mr. John Reynolds, o( St. Stephen's, Ipswich, by 
 his Will, dated March 8tfi, gave of. 100 to this Parish, with 
 which, and other money, a parcel of Land was bought, ly- 
 ing in Lindsey and Monk's-Eleigh in Suffolk, containing 
 23A. 2R. 28P. called Lustlunds. This Land is now let 
 for cf.30 per annum; which sum is distributed according 
 to the Will of Mr- Reynolds, by the Churchwardens and 
 Overseers of this Parish, yearly and every year, upon the 
 First day of January, and upon St. John's Day in Christmas, 
 for the relief and comfoit of the best governed Poor people 
 dwelling within the said Parish, as they shall think fit, 
 
 X 
 
162 St. MARV AT THE KEY. 
 
 The folloiiing are the Trustees la^t anpninled to this Estate. 
 
 Emerson Corn well, Esq. 
 Jolin Spooner, E-q. 
 Jlr. William Smart, S"n. 
 Mr. William Smart, jun. 
 
 Mr. I'saao Joliiison Ra'pli. 
 Mr. Kob<rt Ralph. 
 Mr. .lohn T?;ir' ey. 
 i\Ir. Simon Wasjie. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Marsh left £ 10, the iiitrrcst to be distri- 
 buted to the Poor of this Par'sh, on the Feast of St. John 
 the Evangelist. It appears that tliis Legacy w.is added to 
 the of. 100 left by Mr. Reynolds, which jtrobably wUh s^me 
 more money advanced by the Parish, purchased the Estate 
 Lindsey. 
 
 Sir Emanuel Sorrel's Gift. See St Peter's. 
 
 1708. John Rej/croft, by his Will, dated lilh Jmie, gave 
 .£.50 to buy Land, or other good Estate ; such Land so pur- 
 chased to be settled in Trust, to the only use and behoof of 
 the Poor of the Parish of St Mary at the Key in fpsxiich ; 
 and that the money yearly arising from such Estate should be 
 laid out in Bread, by the Churchwardens and Overseers of t/ie 
 Poor of the said Parish, and by them there distributed weekly 
 and every xoeekfor ever, in Bread, among the Poor of the said 
 Parish, and not othcrivise. 
 
 With this money, a House in the Wash was purchased of 
 Samuel Beurdwell; which H^use has been enlarged by the 
 Parish, and is now used as a WorkllOU.^e. It was vested in 
 Eleven Trustees, who when they should be reduced to two 
 or three, were to convey the same to Eiglit or Ten others 
 at least. Eiom this Gift Twelve Penny-worth of Bread is 
 weekly delivered to the Poor, ia this Church, every 
 Sunday. 
 
^t. Sr^nrii d§»toUc, 
 
 172t Captain Nathaniel T/»n-s/o??, by his Will, dated the 
 14/A August, gave his House and Lands in Greaf Bealings 
 to be Sold, and willed, that out of the money arising by the 
 Sale thereof, c£.100 be laid out bj/ Ins Executors, together 
 with the ChurchwardeHf and Ovei seers for the Parish of St. 
 Mary Stoie for the time being, in purchasing apiece of 
 Land, to be settled upon Trustees and their Heirs as Coun- 
 cil should advise; and the Rent, Income, and Profit thereof, 
 to be laid out in Bread, to be distributed every Sunday, in the 
 Church for ever, to such Poor people of the said Parish as 
 shall ^0 to Church there, an I hear Divine Service and Serrnon, 
 to wftom he gave the same. And further, his mind and Will 
 was, that Jiis Executors should paj-, or ciuse to be paid, to 
 the Churchwardens or Overseers of the Parish of 5^ Mary 
 Stoke for ihe time being, the sum of of.5 10s. a year, to 
 buy Bread for the use aforesaid, until the said Premises be 
 sold, and the said c£. 100 paid as aforesaid. 
 
 With the above-mentioned sum, a House was bought in 
 the Parish of St. Mary Toiuer, in Litile King Street, which 
 the Commissioners for Paving and Lighting the Town of 
 Ipsivich purchased in 1816, in order to widen and improve 
 the entrance from Elm- Street to the Butter- Market. 
 
 173 k Mr. Christopher T/iorwe, Common-Council-Man of 
 Ipswich, by his Will, dated the iSth February, gave his 
 House in St. Mary Stoke, then in the occupation of John 
 Turner, to his Kinsman John Thome, upon condition never- 
 theless, that he, the said John Thome, should pay to the 
 Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish 
 of St, Mary Stoke, and to the Churchwardens and Over« 
 
164 6T. MARY STOKE. 
 
 seers of the Parish of St. Peter in Ipswich a f or e^Au), for the 
 time being, for ever, the annual sum of Fiffj/ Two Shil' 
 lings, to he equally divided between the said two Parishes, 
 and to be paid at or upon the four most usual Feasts or 
 Days of payment in the year; namely, Lady-day, Mid- 
 summer-dai/, Michaelmas-day, and Christ mas- day ; the first 
 of which quarterly payments to be made to the Church- 
 wardens, &c. of St. Mai-y Stoke, upon the first of the said 
 Feast-Days that should happen after the expiration of two 
 years next after his decease; tn he by them applied in buying 
 Fourteen IVheaten Loaves to the Shilling, by them the said 
 Churchwardens and Overseers, to be distributed every Sunday 
 at St. Mary Stole Church, to the most necessitous Poor per- 
 sons of that Parish, that shall attend and be present in the said 
 Church at the time of Divine Service and Sermon, be it in the 
 Forenoon or the Afternoon; the said quarterly payments to 
 continue for ever to the Churchwardens and Overseers for 
 the time beine;, of each of the said Parishes, alternately, or 
 by turns, to be by them laid out and applied in buying such 
 Loaves as aforesaid, to be distributed in manner as aforesaid^ 
 But his mind was, that the Loaves should be bought, taken, 
 and distributed by the Occupier of the aforesaid Messuage, if 
 hebea Baker: and that the Clerk or Sexton of each of the said 
 Parishes should have Two Penny Loaves every day he shall 
 fetch the said Bread, for his pains and trouble in fetching 
 the same. And that in default of payment, the Churcli- 
 wardens and Overseers of each of the said Parishes should 
 have power to enter and distrain, &c- And he thereby sub« 
 jected and charged the aforesaid Messuage and Premises, 
 in whosoever hands the same should from time to time 
 hereafter continue and be, to and with the perpetual An- 
 nual Payment of Fifty Two Shillings, as aforesaid. 
 
^t, 09arp at rtjc Cotorc* 
 
 1617. Mr. Leonard Caston, Portman, by Will dated thfe 
 30th December, ]5th James, gave o£'.lOO to be paid within 
 one year after his decease, and the decease of Alice his 
 Wife, by his Executors, unto the Treasurer of the Town of 
 Ipswich for the time being, to the use of the Bailifis, &c. 
 for ever. They to put forth and improve the said of. 100 as a 
 Stock; and out of the benefit and profit thereof, pay and 
 dispose of the Sum of Eight Pounds Tioo Shillings and Six- 
 pence yearly for ever, as shall be herein-after set down, viz, 
 £.6 12s. 6d. parcel of the said ef. 8 2s. Od. shall, at the 
 end of three months after the said .^. lOO is paid, be duly 
 distributed and bestowed at, or in the Parish Church of S«. 
 Mary of the Tower Parish, in Ipswich, by the Churchwardens 
 of that Parish, or such other persons as the Bailiffs and Bur- 
 gesses of Ipswich for the time being shall appoint, weekly, in 
 the Forenoon of every Sabbath in the year, yearly for ever, by 
 Two Shillings and Sir-pence a day, in Bread, upon and 
 among Thirty such Poor and needy pnsom of the said Town, 
 as shall there take collection, and as the said Churchwardens 
 shall think fit ^ and shall there attend to hear Morning Prayer and 
 Sermon. And upon that day twelvemonth after his Burial, 
 and so that day yearly for ever. Two Shillin:^s and Six-pence 
 in like manner, to such as shall attend upon that day to hear 
 Morning Prayer and Sermon, which he wished at that day 
 might be for ever read and preached, to commemorate God's 
 goodness in this Gift, to move the Poor to Thankfulness, and 
 the Rich to good Works, by the then Minister of that Parish; 
 
166 ST. MARY AT THE TOWER. 
 
 for whose paim he yearly gave and bestoived out of the said 
 «£.8 2s Qd. Twenty Shillinqs, upon condition that the Inhab' 
 itants for the time being, of the House commonly called the 
 Archdeacon's House, shall have and enjoy for than and their 
 servants, the seats that he had buildcd in the said Church. And 
 he did give len Shillings, being the residue of the said 
 c£.8 2s. 6d. to be paid yearly for ever^ to the Church- 
 wardens of the said Parish, towards the Keparations of the 
 said Church; if the Inhabitants of the said House shall enjoy 
 the Herbage of the North Part of the Church-Yard, as it now 
 is severed, and the benefit of the Roses and Plants there now 
 growing, or hereafter to be growing therein. And that the In- 
 Bread be allowed to the Sexton, for his providing the Bread at 
 the times and place aforesaid; which of.8 2s. 6d he hum- 
 bly requested the Bailiffs and Burgesses to see every year 
 truly distributed to the Poor, and to the Minister and 
 Churchwardens aforesaid, as they and every of them shall 
 ansiver the contrary. And for the payment of the said oflOO 
 he tied the House that he lived in, commonly called the 
 Archdeacon's House. 
 
 1623. il/r. John Wright gave Forty Shillings yearly to 
 this Parish, for ever, towards a Sermon every Afternoon on 
 the Lord's-day. 
 
 164-3. Mr. IVilliam Tyler, Portman, gave Forty Shillings 
 per year, to the Minister of this Parish ; which is paid (after 
 the deduction of the land-ta?t, which amounts to 75.) out of 
 Lands lying in Southolt, in the County of Suffolk. 
 
 1G64-. Mr. John Parker gave Forty Shillings per Annum, 
 to be paid out of the Swan Inn, in this Parish, to buy Coals 
 for the Poor, which are distributed on St. Thomas's da}'. 
 
 1680. Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson. See St. Clement* 
 
St. MARY AT THE TOWER. 167 
 
 1690. Mr. John Rednall, by his Will, dated \3th Novem- 
 ber, gave to the Churchwardens and Ovascers of the Poor of 
 the Parish of St Mary Tower in Ipswich, and to their Suc- 
 cessors for ever, all those his Four Tenements and Hay- 
 House, with the Yards and Appurtenances thereto belong- 
 ing, lying, and lieing in the aforesaid Parish, in c near the 
 Place called the Tower Ditches; to be by them and their 
 Successors, held and enjoyed for ever, for the use and bene- 
 fit of the Poor of the said Parish. 
 
 The Churchwardens were put in possession of these 
 Houses at Michaelmas 1691, and the Poor have enjoyed 
 them ever since. They are now used as a Workhouse. 
 
 Mr. Wm. Neave, Portman, gave £ !i per Annum (to be 
 paid out of his Dwelling-house, situate in the Butter-market, 
 Ipsxvich, now the property of Mr. John Alfred Leggatt] to 
 buy Coals, for the use of the Poor of this Parish, which are 
 distributed on St. Thomas's day. 
 
 1716 Mr IViKiam Edgar, Registrar of the Archdeaconry 
 of Suffolk, by his Will, dated the ilst Aagnst, gave Twenty 
 Shillings per Annum to the Minister of this Parish, for a 
 Commemoration Sermon, to he preached yearly on the First 
 Day of January; or on the day following, when that hap- 
 pens to be upon a Sunday. 
 
 lie further bequeathed in these words : " Item, my Mind 
 " and Will is that my Executors shall sell my Estate at 
 " Butley, as soon as may be after my decease, and the 
 " Money arising thereby shall go towards the erecting, or 
 "setting up a Spire on the ( hurch of St. Mary at the Tower 
 "in Ipswich, in the same form that it was before it fell 
 ♦' down, if it may be, iioping that the Governors of Ipswich, 
 "and other Gentlemen, will make an addition thereto, for 
 " completing the same. And I do make and appoint ray 
 
168 ST. MARY AT THE TOWER, 
 
 •' worthy Friends Leicester Martin, Devereux Edgar, Orlando 
 •* Biidgfwon, Es(jrs. Dr. Dade, and Mr. Thomas Day, and 
 " the Bailiff's of the said Toiun for the time being. Trustees in 
 "this behalf, (if they please) and beg of them to concern 
 *' themselves herein, it being so good a work." 
 
 The Sum which this Estate sold for, amounted to near 
 ,f .200 but this Sum was far short of what would be required 
 to build such a Spire as Mr Edgar intended. This Money 
 slill remains in Chancery. 
 
 1812. Mr. John Taylor (formerly a Linen-draper of this 
 Parish) left, by Will, the sum ofo£'lO, to be distributed by 
 the Churchwardens, to the resident Poor of this Parish ; 
 which said sum of J. 10 was distributed in Bread, on the 
 24th of December, 1812, by one of the Churchwardens^ to 
 upwards of 260 men, women, and children. 
 
 IS12. Robert Trotman, Esq, late of Ipswich, by his last 
 V^ill, dated the 8th of Septeffiber, bequeathed (among other 
 Legacies) as follows: — 
 
 " Also, I give and bequeath unto the Minister and 
 " Churchwardens for the time being, of the Parish of St. 
 '' Mary at the Tower, iu Ipsivich aforesaid, the like sum of 
 " £50, of like money, to be a| plied at the discretion of 
 "such Minister and Churchwardens for the benefit and 
 " relief of the Pocr nf the said Parish." 
 
 The above-mentioned sum of <£ 50 was applied, by the 
 Minister and Churchwardtns of S/ Manj Touer Parish, for 
 the benefit of the Poor of tnis Parish, on the 22d of 
 December, 1813, in Money and Coals, 
 
M* st^attjjcto. 
 
 1515. Mr. Edmund Datindj/ gave Fifteen Aims-Houses in 
 Lady-Lanf, to the Poor of this Parish; all of which ate 
 inhabited by the Poor of ihe said Parish. 
 
 1619. Mr. Benjamin Osmond, by Will, dated SOth June, 
 gave to the Bailiffs, &c. of Ipswich, cf350, whereof .^£50 
 was to be bestowed towards building the Cross; and c£lOO 
 towards purchasing of Houses for the habitation of Four aged 
 Poor Persons; and the remaining of 200 to purchase Lands 
 and Tenements towards their maintenance. 
 
 With part of this money. Four Tenements in St, Matthew's 
 Parish were purchased ; whereof Two of them, having 
 Four several Rooms, are employed as aforesaid, as a Habi- 
 tation for the said Four Poor Persons. And the other Two 
 Tenements are let out, and the Rent iS" applied towards the 
 maintenance of the said Four Poor Perso7ts. 
 
 1629. Mr- Robert Richman, by his Will, dated January 
 \Oth, left a Rent-Charge of Qs. Sd. a year to the Poor of 
 this Parish ; for the payment of which he tied his House in 
 the said Parish. But this has not been paid since 1718. 
 
 1651. Mr. Crane's Gift. See pages 90 and 91. 
 
 1680. Edward Sheppard, Gent, who died September Stk, 
 gave Two Houses in St. Mary Stoke, Ipswich, to the Poor 
 of St. Matthew's Parish, for ever. 
 
 These Houses are now inhabited by Poor People belong- 
 ing to the said Parish. 
 
 1687. Captain Kerrin^ton's Gift. See St. Nicholas. 
 
 1698. Mr. Henry Skynner, Portman, gave otiO) to be 
 laid out in a purchase of Lands, the rents and profits thereof 
 
 Y 
 
170 ST. MATTHEW, 
 
 to be appropriated to the use of the Poor of the Parish of 
 'St Matthew, in Ipstvicfi, for ever, by laying the same out in 
 Sread, at Tiyo Sliil litis" per week, to be distributed every Sun- 
 day, after Sanum in the Forenoon, or after Sermon in the 
 Afternoon if there happen to be none in the Foi'enoon, to such 
 of llie poorest sort, as shall come to Church, and behave them- 
 selves revtrcntly in Service and Sermon time, except prevented 
 by sickness, or some otIii.r great impediment, allowed of 
 by the Churchwardens of tlie said Parish, that are to distri- 
 bute the same. The Bread to be baked and had at any of 
 his Houses thiit he should leave at his decease, if it should 
 happen that a Bdker should live therein, and not to be had 
 and taken elsewhere. With the above c£lOO, Land was 
 purchased in the Parish of 5^. Matthew, and the rent now 
 paid allows Eight Shillings-worth of Bread, to be distributed 
 to the Poor of this Parish, every Sunday, 
 
 1638. Mr. Thomas Bright, late a Portman of this Town, 
 bv his Will, dated on or about Mih June, gave One Hun- 
 dred Pounds to buy Lands, and the Rents and Profits thereof 
 to be laid out towards the keeping of Two Poor Children, out 
 ofS^. Matthew's Parish, in the f/ospi/a/ofthisTown, forever. 
 1717. Mr. John Gibbon, by his Will, dated the 9th April, 
 gave a House in St. Mattheiv's Parish to be sold, and with 
 the money arising from such Sale, he directed that Land 
 should be purchased and conveyed by his Executors, to five 
 or seven Inhabitants and Owners of the said Parish of St. 
 Matthew, menof good report, honesty, and Ability; in Trust, 
 that the Rents and Profits thereof should be disposed of as 
 fellow : viz Twenty Shillings yearly for ever, for a Sermon 
 to be preached m the Parish Chuich of St. Matthew aforesaid, 
 by the Minister of the said Parish, on the Twenty-first of 
 ■August yearly; andif iljat day shall fall on a Sunday, then 
 
ST. MATTHEWS iTf 
 
 the Sermon to be on the Monday following: Ten fihillings 
 of the same Rents should yearly for ever be (aid out towards 
 keeping the Clock, commonly called the Gaol Clock, in good 
 repair: and Four Pounds yearly, out tf the same Rents, to 
 the Charity Schools of Grey-Coat Boys and Blue-Coat Girls, 
 to be paid yearly, for ever, to the (Governors and Treasurers 
 thereof, for the benefit of those Schools, so long as they COU' 
 tinue to be governed by Members of the Church of England, as 
 by Law Established : and if that Government of the said 
 Schools should cease, or the S<hooIs not be continued, then 
 the same annual payment should go to the Cioathing of the 
 Poor people of St Matthew's Parish : and lastly, that all 
 the rest and residue of the said Rent, should be yearly, for 
 ever, laid out by the Trustees, with the advice of the Minister 
 and Churchwardens for the time being, to buy Coats and Gowns 
 for (he poorest, most a^ed, and most helpless sort of men and 
 •women of the same Parish of St. Matthew, that should fre- 
 quent the Church, to he distributed upon the Feast Day of 
 St. John the Evangelist, yearly, and every year, for ever. 
 And when the Trustees are reduced to Two, they are to 
 convey the Premises to the use of themselves, and Three or 
 Five other Inhabitants as aforesaid. He further directed, 
 that the Coats and Gowns should be of a Darkish Colour, 
 and the Badge to be J. G. in white ; and he appointed 
 John Marlow and William Johnson Executors. 
 
 Mr. Gibbon's House sold for J. 190, with which, and of 50 
 more added by Mr. Marlow, an Estate was purchased at 
 Shotley, of Mr. Starling, and in 1729 conveyed to Dr. 
 Palgrave, Thomas Hodges, Esq. Mr. Skyntier, Mr Alpe, 
 Mr. Knight, Mr. Flindell, and Mr. Burgess, in Trust, that 
 it should be liable to the payment of the said d50. Princi- 
 pal Money, to Mr. Marlow, and Fifty Shillings a year till 
 
172 ST. NICHOLAS. 
 
 the Principal is paid, and the residue to be applied accord- 
 ing to the directions of Mr. Gibbon's Will. 
 
 This Estate contains about 16 Acres of Land, in the occu- 
 pation of Air, Walter Wade ; and is now Itt at the Rent of 
 0^.25 per Annum: therefore, after paying 
 
 £. I d. 
 The Rector of St. Matthew, - - - - 10 
 
 The Chaiity Schools of Grey Coat Boys and Blue Coat Girls, 4 
 
 •f. 5 
 there remains about .£.20 to belaid out in Clothing; the 
 ,£50 being paid ofF, and the Gaol Clock taken down. 
 
 rf&t 5I5k8oIaisf. 
 
 1645. Mr. John Cutler, by Will, dated \Oth November, 
 gave his House in St. Nicholas, to several Trustees, to the 
 intent that out of the Rents and Profits they should repair 
 the same; and that out of the remainder they should every 
 year, upon the fourth day next before the Feast of the Nativity 
 of our Lord, [viz the 2lst December, or St. Tho7nas's Day"] 
 pay to the Churchwardens and Overs*>ers of the Poor of 
 St. Nicholas aforesaid, d,'5 of lawful English Money, to be 
 by them distributed the same day amongst the Poor of the said 
 Parish, according to their discretion ; and that they should 
 pay the residue of the said Rent upon the same day every year, 
 to the Minister of the said Parish for the time being; and this 
 he gave to him for and towards his care and pains, to be med 
 
ST. NICHOLAS, 173 
 
 in the labour of God's Harvest. He gave also to the Poor 
 of the said Parish .£5, to be paid within two months after 
 his decease. 
 
 And in a Codicil to his said Will, he gave to the MiniS' 
 ter of St. Nicholas, over and above the aforesaid Legacy, 
 Ten Poundi per Annum, at the two usual Feasts of the Anmin- 
 ciationof the Blessed Virgin Mary, and of St. Michael^ to be 
 paid by even portions, by his Cousins Robert Culler and 
 Martha Noore, nut of the Lands he had given them by his 
 said Will, until they should settle Lands and Tenements 
 for the payment of the same. 
 
 The Lands here said to be given by Mr. Cutler in his 
 Will to his Cousins, are called Blofield's, they lie at Trim' 
 lei/, and now belong to George Nassau, Esq. who regularly 
 pays the said Annuity. 
 
 les* Captain John Fuller gave a large Silver Flaggon, 
 to the amount of more than J^20, besides some other Arti. 
 cles of value. 
 
 1687. Captain Nicholas Kerrington, of Wapping, in Mid- 
 dlesex, by his Will, dated \Qth July, bequeathed to the Poor 
 of the Parish of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, called 
 St Nicholas, the sum of J,5. per annum, for ever, to be 
 paid by his Executors Quarterly^ and to be laid out in buy- 
 ing Bread. Item, he bequeathed unto the Poorof the Parishes 
 of St. Mattheiv and St. Mary by the Elms, in Ipswich afore- 
 said, the sum of Forty Shillings apiece, yearly for ever, to be 
 paid by his Executors at Six Payments in the year, and to be 
 laid out in Buying of Bread And he charged his Messuage 
 and Lands thereunto belonging, situate, lying, and being in 
 Ipswich aforesaid, with the payment of the said Legacies, 
 bequeathed by him to the Poor of the Parishes being iu 
 Ipswich aforesaid 
 
^u Peter. 
 
 1665 Sir Emanuel Sorrel, Knt by his Will, gave to the 
 Poor of the Parish of St. Ftter, the yearly sum of Fifty 
 Shillings, and to the Poor of the Parish of St Mary at the 
 KcT/yZn Ipswich, Fortu Shillings year fy, to be paid for ever, 
 by the Ouner of fhree Tcne?nents, titen'ioned in his fVill to be 
 in the several occupations of Paine, Annable, and Mixer, every 
 year, at the Feast of St Michael the Archangel, to the respec- 
 tive Churchiiardensanl ('verseersoi the Poor, or some of 
 them for the time being rt^spectively, and to be by them laid 
 out in Sea-Coals, yearly to be distributed by the said respec- 
 tive Officers, or the nuijor part of them respective!}, unto 
 the most needy people of the said Parishes respectively, upon 
 the Fifth Day of November in every year, unless it fall out 
 to be the Lord's- Day, and then upon the day following; 
 provided, if the^aid yearly sums be behind and unpaid by 
 the space often days next after the said Feast of St Michael 
 in any year, then it shall ami may be lawful for the respec- 
 tive Churchwardens and Overseers to enter and distrain, &g. 
 
 Mr. Richard Crawley is the present owner of one of the 
 Tenemedts, and pays the sum ol" Fifty Shillings annually 
 to the Churciiwaidens; which is laid out according to the 
 direction of the Will above-mentioned. 'I'he following 
 clause is also cont^iined in bir Emanuel Sorrel'sVv\\\ : — 
 
 " And my Will is, that my said Son Andrew, his heirs 
 " and assigns, accrdingto mv fur'her resfrvation and pro- 
 " vision in the said conveyance, shall continually permit 
 " and suller the Waste Water to run, and have passage in 
 
ST. PETEB. It'^ 
 
 " St. Peler's Street, in Ipswich aforesaid, as it now doth ; 
 " for the common good of the neighbourhood thtre, without 
 " his, their, or any of their stoppin^j, npglf(t, or interrup- 
 " tion ; and that he or they shall use the best means they 
 ** can, for the preservation of the said Watt-r, and the pas- 
 " sage or running thereof." 
 
 1720. Mr. Thomas Lucas, of Lond'in, give to this Parish 
 .£100, to be disposed ot' by the Churchwardens in ttie fol- 
 lowing manner: </50 to Fifty Poor IIous«'keepiTs, to I'uch 
 Twenty Shillings: and of 50 to Appreiitic^' Ten Poor Boys, 
 which was accordingly done in the year 1721, 
 
 By Robert ( a<;ton, 7 ,,, , , 
 Tu ii'-i 1 r Churchwardens. 
 
 Thurnas \N ilder, J 
 
 In the presence of Mr. James Belts, 
 
 Mr. Rosrer Goodchild. 
 
 1722. Isaac Blomfield, late of MildenhaU, in the County 
 oi Suffolk, by his Will, dated Oct. lyth, devised as follows: 
 
 " Itejyi, I give and devise all and singular mv Messuage, 
 " Lands, Tenements, Heredtaments. whatsover situated, 
 " being in the Parish of St. Peter, Ipsrxich, unto the Minis- 
 " ter and Churchwardens of the said Parish, for the time 
 " being, and their successors, for ever. In Trust, never- 
 " theless. to and for the only use and hentfit of fit- Poor of 
 "the same Par sh of 5/. Pe.er, for ever: and the Rents and 
 "Profits thereof, to bt- by the said .Minister and Church- 
 " wardens paid, distributetl ti> and amongst the Poor of that 
 " Parish, on the Feast-day of St Thomas, in every year, 
 " for ever." 
 
 The Hereditaments devised, or intended to be devised to 
 the Minister and Churchwardens ofth s Pari.sh, i.y the Will 
 of Mr, Blomfdd, are oow used for a Workhouse, for the 
 
176 Sf, PETER. 
 
 Poor of the same Parish; for which the Overseers pay ihc 
 Minister and Churchwardens the yearly Rent of Four 
 Pounds, clear of all deductions, taxes, repairs, &c. 
 
 1723. By Indintute of Feotrment, dated April 5th, made 
 between Mary Chappie, Widow, of the one part, and Wm. 
 Trotman, Argor Catcbpole, Thomas Wilder, Peter Neale, 
 Christopher Thome, Roger Mather, James Richardson, 
 John Blythe, jun. Daniel Powling, and Daniel Boar, of the 
 other part, with Livay of Seizen indorsed, all that Messuage 
 or Tenement, with all and every the Yard, Garden, Rights, 
 Privileges, &c. thereunto belonging, or in any wise apper- 
 taining, then in the tenure of Mary Chappie, or her assigns, 
 situate iu the Parish of St. Peler, between the yard or orchard 
 then of the said IVm. Trolman, and now o^ John Roberts, on 
 the part of the North, and a Messuage, then in the occnpa- 
 tion of Thomas Leech, and now of Charles Lloyd (South), 
 and abutting upon the common highway leadingfrom Stoke 
 Bridge, in Ipswich, towards Bourne Bridge (East), and upon 
 the orchard then of Mrs Mather, and now of John Cole 
 (West) ; and also one half-part of a certain Well of Water, 
 and of the buckets, ropes, &c. and appurtenances thereof, 
 lying and being in the said yard or orchard above-men- 
 tioned, with liberty to go and come to and from the same, 
 and to draw water there, subject to one half-part of the ex- 
 pence of the repairs of the same Well and appurtenances. 
 In Tkust, nevertheless, and to the intent and purpose, that 
 the said Messuage and Premises thereby granted, and en- 
 feoffed, with their appurtenances, and the Rents and Pro- 
 fits thereof, should be for ever thereafter ordered, taken, and 
 disposed of, by the Minister and Churchwardens of the said 
 Parish of St. Peter, for the time being; and at their discre- 
 tion, to and for the sole use and benefit of the Poor Inhabi* 
 tants of the same Parish. 
 
ST. PETER. 177 
 
 the last mentioned Messuage and Premises were some- 
 lime since, at the expence of the Parish, entirely re-built, 
 and converted into Two Tenements, which are now in the 
 several occupations of Alexander Cook and John Daunford, 
 Paupers of the Parish 
 
 1734.. Mr. C. Thome's Gift. See St. Mary Stoke. 
 
 1756. Mr John Blj/(he, late of this Parish, by his Will, 
 dated June 23rd, gave a Yearly Annuity, of jC.l 6s. to be 
 applied to the purchase of Bread, to be distributed by the 
 Churchwardens and Overseers for the time being, to the Poor 
 who shall attend and be present in the Church of this Pa- 
 rish, during the time of Divine Service and Sermon, be it 
 Forenoon or Afternoon, for ever And he thereby subject- 
 ed Two of his Tenements in the said Parish, with the pay- 
 ment thereof; which Tenements have been since purchased 
 by Hu7>iphrj/ Rant, Esq. and by him converted into aCoach- 
 House and Stable. The present owner is Thomas Clreen, 
 Esq. who regularly pays the said Annuit}', which is distri- 
 buted according to the Will of the Donor. 
 
 ^u d&tep]j)m» 
 
 1647. Mr. John Reynolds, by his Will, dated Sth March, 
 gave to Arthur Jenny Esq. and Ralph Noore, Merchant, 
 principal Inhabitants of this Parish, and to the Churchwar- 
 dens of the said Parish for the time being, oflOO, to be paid 
 
 z 
 
178 ST. STF.PREN. 
 
 lo them by his Executors, when they shall have procured 
 an Assurance of so much Land of that Vahu, .n the County 
 of Sujoln^ to be conveyed to them and their Ileirs, the hents 
 and Profits of which Land he willed to he yearh/ dis'rilmted 
 upon the First Day of January hi^ the Chirchjuordens and 
 Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish for the time being, for 
 the comfort and relief of the best governed Poor duelling 
 ■A'ithin the ^aid Parish, as they should thin: ft 
 
 In pursuance of wliose Will, a Heuse, and about Four 
 Acres and a half of Land, lying in Grundishvrgh, called 
 Thistleden's, was convyed lo Fourteen Per«-ons. Inhabitants 
 of St Stephen, and their Hers fcr ever, in Irtust, fur the 
 uses and purposes aforesaid. This Mouse and Land is now 
 let for o£'. 12 12s. per annum, which sum is annually 
 distributed according to the Will of the Donor. 
 
 Mr. John Burroughs, of this Parish, hy his Will, gave 
 c£lOO to the Parish, to be laid out in a Purchase, within a 
 year after his decease; but the Paiish neglecting to pro- 
 vide a Purchase, the Legacy was lost. 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Crocker, in his life-time, gave to this 
 Parish a handsome Silver Flaggon, at that time valued 
 at about cf 20. 
 
 M>t* i^dcn* 
 
 1816, Nov. 23. Lucia, the Wife of Aaron Tozer, be- 
 queathed to the Poor of this Parish, in which she resided, 
 JJ. 10, to be distributed at Christvw, amongst the most dis- 
 tressed and necessitous objects; which was done in the fol- 
 lowing month, by the Minister and Churchwardens. 
 
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 CORPORATION OF IPSIFICH, 
 
 AND THE SEVERAL 
 
 INSTITUTIONS, CHARITY SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS 
 AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, &c. 
 
 Bailiffs of Ipsiaich, from the Yetir ] 700. 
 
 17l)0 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 Samuel Reynolds, 
 * Fiionias Bowell, 
 Richard Philli|>s, 
 Cooper Graveiior, 
 Cooper G'oveiior, 
 Cooper Graveiior, 
 John Guliison, 
 Trutli Norris, 
 Truth Norris, 
 Cooper Graveiior, 
 Thomas Day 
 Cooper Gravenor, 
 hUnry Hi I, 
 Cooper Gravenor, 
 Henry Hill, 
 Cooper Gravenor, 
 Francis Colman, 
 Cooper Gravenor, 
 John Goldson, 
 Cooper Gravenor, 
 Cooper Gravenor, 
 John Marlow, 
 John Cornehus, 
 George Scott, 
 
 John Goldson 
 Henry Hill 
 Cooper Gravenor 
 Thomas Way 
 William Tye 
 William Tve 
 John Clari<e 
 Jonathan Qaintin 
 Cooper Gravenor 
 Francis Colman 
 H°nry Hill 
 Thomas Bowejl 
 Henry Nash 
 John Marlow 
 Henry Nash 
 John Marlovv 
 George Scott 
 Thomas Starling 
 Francis Colman 
 Thomas Starling 
 Tlroma^ Starling 
 John Steward 
 John Spaiowe 
 Edward Bowell 
 
 * Richard Phillips, esq. u-as elected, biil paid £. 100 as a Fine, for not 
 serving tha Office. 
 
180 
 
 BAILIFFS. 
 
 1724 
 
 2.=) 
 26 
 2-7 
 2'-s 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 32 
 33 
 34 
 S3 
 S6 
 37 
 36 
 39 
 40 
 41 
 42 
 43 
 44 
 45 
 4G 
 47 
 48 
 49 
 50 
 51 
 52 
 53 
 54 
 55 
 56 
 57 
 58 
 59 
 60 
 61 
 62 
 C3 
 64 
 65 
 66 
 67 
 68 
 69 
 
 John Cornelius, 
 
 lienry Hil', 
 Francis Colman, 
 John Steward, 
 Jolin Spaiowe, 
 Hei)ry Hill, 
 •lnhii Cornelius, 
 John Spaiowe, 
 lohii Marlow, 
 Jell I) Cornelius, 
 John Sparowe, 
 John Cornelius, 
 John Sparovve, 
 John Cornelius, 
 John Sparowe, 
 John Cornelius, 
 John Sparowp, 
 John Cornelius, 
 John Sparowe, 
 John Cornelius, 
 John Sparowe, 
 John Cornelius, 
 John Marperum, 
 John ( ornelius, 
 John Sparowe, 
 f John Margerum, 
 John Sparovve, 
 Michael Thirkle, 
 Humphry Rant, 
 John Sparowe, 
 John Gravenor, 
 I.ark 'I'raver, 
 Thomas Richardson, 
 John Gravenor, 
 Thomas Richardson, 
 William Truelove, 
 John Gravenor, 
 William Truelove, 
 John Gravenor, 
 WiUinm Truleove, 
 John Giavenor, 
 Richard Lock wood, 
 William Truelove, 
 Humphry Rant, 
 William Hammond, 
 Miles Wailis, 
 
 John Rparowo 
 Henry Nash 
 Thomas Starling 
 John Cornelius 
 John Mallow 
 Edward Bowell 
 Francis Negus 
 Francis Colman 
 1'homas Starling 
 Nathaniel Cole 
 Jo tin Steward 
 Nathaniel Cole 
 Edward Lynch 
 John Marston 
 Eie) aid Lloyd 
 Nathaniel Cole 
 John Margerum 
 Nathaniel Cole 
 John Marston 
 John M;irgerum 
 Henry Skynner 
 Humphry Rant 
 Henry Skynner 
 ♦Nathaniel Cole 
 Humphry Rant 
 Michael Thirkle 
 Goodchild Clarke 
 William Hammond 
 Goodchild Clarke 
 Michael Thirkle 
 Thomas Richardson 
 Thomap Bowell 
 William Truelove 
 John Dade 
 Samuel Hamblin 
 Richard Lockwood 
 John Trapiiell 
 Samuel Hamblin 
 Richard Lockwood 
 John Trapnell 
 Samuel Hamblin 
 Charl's Norhs 
 John Trapnell 
 Miles Wailis 
 William WoHaston 
 Peter Clarke 
 
 * In the place of Cole, deceased, Michael Thirkle. 
 ■f In the place of Margerum, deceased, Samuel Kent. 
 
BAILIFFS. 
 
 181 
 
 n70 William Hammond, 
 
 Thomas Staunton 
 
 71 Miles Wallis, 
 
 William Clarke 
 
 'J2 Humphry Rant, 
 
 William Wollaston 
 
 73 Miles VVailis, 
 
 William Clarke 
 
 74 Humphry Rant, 
 
 Thomas Hallum 
 
 75 William WoUaston, 
 
 William Clarke 
 
 76 Peter Clarke, 
 
 Thomas Hallum 
 
 77 William WoUkston, 
 
 Joseph Clarke 
 
 78 Thomas Staunton, 
 
 Peter Clarke 
 
 79 William Clarke, 
 
 Joseph Clarke 
 
 80 Peter Clarke, 
 
 Thorn IS HallHm 
 
 81 William Clarke, 
 
 Samuel Wollaston 
 
 82 Thomas Hallum, 
 
 Henry Seekamp 
 
 S3 Peter Clarke, 
 
 John Spooner 
 
 84 William Truelove, 
 
 Charles Siisted 
 
 83 Charles Noiris, 
 
 Wilhain Middleton 
 
 86 Robert Trotman, 
 
 Charles Squire 
 
 87 William Truelove, 
 
 John Kerridge 
 
 83 Charles Norris, 
 
 William Lynch 
 
 89 William Truelove, 
 
 Robert Trotman 
 
 90 Henry Seekamp, 
 
 John Spooner 
 
 91 William Truelove, 
 
 * Peter Clarke 
 
 92 Charles Stisted, 
 
 William r.ynch 
 
 93 John Kerridge, 
 
 AVilliam Norris 
 
 94 Robert Trotman, 
 
 John Walford 
 
 95 John Kerridge, 
 
 Samuel Thorndike 
 
 96 William Norris, 
 
 Samuel Howes 
 
 97 John Kerridsre, 
 
 Robert Trotman 
 
 93 Thomas Hailum, 
 
 Samuel Thorndike 
 
 99 J'lhn Kerridge, 
 
 William Norris 
 
 1800 Robert Trotman, 
 
 Simon Ja«kaman 
 
 I John Kerridge, 
 
 Samuel Thorndike 
 
 2 William Norris, 
 
 John Walford 
 
 3 Robert Trotman, 
 
 Simon Jackaman 
 
 4 John Kenidge, 
 
 Samuel Thorndike 
 
 5 Simon Jackaman, 
 
 Robert Mexander Crickitt 
 
 6 John Spooner, 
 
 John Forsett 
 
 7 Simon Jackaman, 
 
 Edward Bacon 
 
 8 Samuel Thorndike, 
 
 William Batley 
 
 9 Simon Jackaman, 
 
 James Thorndike 
 
 10 Edward Bacon, 
 
 Samuel SafFord 
 
 1 1 Robert Trotman, 
 
 William Batley 
 
 12 Edward Racon, 
 
 John Denny 
 
 13 William Ratlcy, 
 
 James Thorndike 
 
 14 Samuel Thorndike, 
 
 John Denny 
 
 15 William BaUey, 
 
 James Thorudike 
 
 * In the place of Peter Clarke, John Kerridge, by Writ oj Mandamus 
 'Jrom the Court qf King's Bench, 
 
182 HIGH STEWARDS, RECORDERS, &C. 
 
 Bail 10 continued. 
 
 1816 John Denny, Samuel Boggis 
 
 n Edward Bacon, John Rddowes Sparr&w 
 
 18 William Bat ley, John Denny 
 
 High Stewards. 
 
 1 703. Lionel, F.arl of Dysatt 
 1800. Horatio, Lord Nelson 
 1806. Wilbiahaui, Earl of Dysart 
 
 Recorders. 
 
 ITOO Charles Whital<er 
 
 1707 William Thompsoa 
 
 1739 Richard T.loyd 
 
 1761 Charles Gray 
 
 1776 Humphrey Rant 
 
 1779 William Mayhew 
 
 1787 Charles Alexander Crickitt 
 
 1303 Robert Alderson 
 
MEMBERS. 1S3 
 
 Members. 
 
 12th Wm. HI. 1700. Joseph Mrmin, Sir Ch.irles Dunromb 
 13th Will. III. 1701. Charles Wliitaker, Richard Phillips 
 1st Anne. 17i"'2. CbarKs Whitaker, .lolin P.f-nce 
 
 3rd Anne. 1705. Henry Poolry. John H' : ce ; and in the place 
 
 of Ponley, William Churchill 
 1708. ,Tohn Bence. \A illirtm Churchill 
 1710. William Churchill, Sir William Barker 
 1713. The same 
 George I. 1714 William Churchill, William Thompson 
 
 1722. Sir William Thompson, Francis Ni'sus 
 George II, 1727. Sir William Thompson, Fiaur s Negns; in the 
 
 place of Sir Wm made a Judee, P. Broke. In 
 the place of Nejius, dead, Wm. Wo'.lastoa 
 1''34-. William Wollaston, Sanuel Kent 
 1741. Samuel Kent, Edward Vernon 
 1747. The same 
 
 1734 The same. In the place of Vernon, Thomas 
 Staunton. In the place of Kent, George 
 Montsromeiie 
 George III. 1761. Thomas Staunton, Francis Vernon, (afterwards 
 Lord Orwell) 
 nSR. Thomas Staunton, William Wollaston 
 1774 The same 
 1780. The same 
 
 178*. William Middleton, *.Iohn Cator 
 1790. Sir John Hadlev D'Oylv, Chas. Alev. Crickitt 
 1796. Chs. Aiex. Crickitt, Sir Xnd. Snap»- Hamond 
 1802. Tlif same. In the place of Crickitt, deceased, 
 William Middkton 
 
 1806. Hon Robe r( Sto]. ford, Richard Wil.«)n 
 
 1807. Sir Homt; Popham, K.M. Robt. Alex. Crickitt 
 1812. Robert Alexaiuler Crickitt, John Hound, juu. 
 
 J 8 18. Robert Alexander Crickitt, William Newton. 
 
 * This Flection, seas declared void as lo Mr. Caior, anJ Cka-rtes /ilexander 
 Crickitt was elected. 
 
J 8 4 TOWN CLERK3. 
 
 Toivn Clerks. 
 
 1700 Richard Piipktt 
 
 1704 I'.daiund Harvey 
 
 1705 Thouias Siisied 
 1708 Na'haniel Burrage 
 1719 Richard Love 
 1721 Kichaid Love, juii. 
 1747 Goodchild Clarke 
 1730 Peter Claike 
 1755 Samuel Kilderbee 
 1767 Peter Clarke 
 
 1779 Thomas Foster Notcutt 
 
 1784 William DatUy 
 
 1790 Thomas Fusttir Notcutt 
 
 1791 William BHiley 
 
 1808 Simon Jackaman 
 
 1809 William Batley 
 i8iO Simon Jackamatj 
 
PORTMEN, COMMON-COUNCIL, &C. 
 
 185 
 
 For men — 1818. 
 
 Henry Seekainp 
 John Spoonir 
 William fiariiard Clarte 
 William Hammond 
 
 Frederick Francis Seekamp 
 John fi^d'iar Rust 
 Benjamin Brame 
 
 Common- Council. 
 
 John Hamblin 
 
 Sir William Middleton, Bart, 
 
 William Patley 
 
 Samui I Tiiorndike 
 
 John Walford 
 
 Samuel Howes 
 
 John Goodins: 
 
 James Thorndike 
 
 Simon (ackaman 
 
 Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Bart. 
 
 Edward Bacon 
 
 Robert Alexander Crickitt 
 
 Samuel SafTord 
 John Denny 
 John Round 
 Robert Tayer 
 Fichaid Bruce 
 Edward Ablitt 
 Benjamin Batley Catt 
 Saniui I Tfoqgis 
 John Eddowes Sparrow 
 Richard Gooding 
 Abraham Cook 
 William Calver. 
 
 Coroners — Simon Jackaman, and John Eddowes Sparrow. 
 Clavi^ers — Edward Ahlitt, Benjamin R. Catt, and Abraham Cook. 
 Chamberlains — Anthony Dorkiu, and Leper Robort Well*. 
 Corn Inspector — George Pooley. 
 
 Custom House, Common Quay. 
 
 Collector, William B^itley—P'pu/ Searcher — William Barnard C'arke 
 Comptroller, Samuel Eoggis — Clerk, Aithur Barker— '■■■//•tevor, 
 Abraham Cvi.>k— Varc^»"J, Latd and Coast Waiters, Robert Dewy, 
 sen. and Benjamin Parkhurst 
 
 Excise Office, St. Nicholas Street 
 Collector, John Viel— %-<'r-jwor, John Smith— (YerA-, Edward Dohson— 
 Port Oauger, George Weightman — I'ermit Writers, W. Mason and 
 S. Briddon. 
 
 Hiver Office. 
 
 Treasurer, D. Alexander — Solicitor, S. Jackaman — Collector, F. F. 
 Seekamp — Assistant ditto, George Coe — Harbour Master, Miles 
 Davies — Superintendent, Mr Shaw. 
 
 Court of Requests. 
 Clerk, William Hammond — Serjeant, John Hewison. 
 
 This Court is held at the Town-Hall every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, 
 for the recovery of Debts under £5, due from any persons residing 
 within the Liberties of Ipswich. 
 
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ACT GF ELIZABETH. IBJj 
 
 Extract from the Act of the \3tk Elizabeth, cap. 24. 
 
 IPSWICH. 
 
 " And wherpfls also there are within the said Town of 
 " Ipswich, and the Suburbs of the same, divers Parish 
 " Churches, either nothing or very poorly indowed, and in- 
 "suflicient to mnintain convenient Ministers." 
 
 " Be It tlierefore enacted by the Queen, our Sovereign 
 " Lady, and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and by the 
 " Commons of (his present Parliament assembled, and by 
 " the Huthorify of the same." 
 
 "That the Bailiffs of the said Town of Ipswich, with the 
 '* Portmen there, or the more p.irt of them for the time 
 "being, calling to them the Churchwardens, and four 
 " other, of every of the said several Parishes, shall have full 
 " power and authority to take and assess upon every House, 
 "Ground, and Tenement, Free or Copy, situate and being 
 " within the siid several Puishes, such reasonable sum and 
 "suras of iVIoney, to be yearly paid as well for and towards 
 "the finding and maintaining of a convenient Stipendiary 
 " Minister, within every of the said Parishes; and to and 
 " for the Reparation of the said Churches and Chancels, as 
 "they shall think meet. And also shall limit and appoint 
 " the time and tines when the several Parishioners shall pay 
 " the same, and shall enter the same, with the several names 
 "and sums payable by every pei'son, into a paper Book, 
 " which shall remain with the said B liliffs for the time 
 "bfting. And also shall appoint the said Churchwardens 
 " to collect and receive the same from year to year, to 
 " whom a Copy of the. said Bock shall be delivered by the 
 "said Bailiffs J and every such Churchwarden so appointed 
 
188 ACT OF ELIZABETH. 
 
 "to do the best of his endeavour, to collect and gather the 
 "said several sums, and shall have full power and authority, 
 " by virtue of this ^ct, to distrain the Goods or Chatties of 
 "any of the said several Parishioners making default, to and 
 "for the payment of the said R.ites at the time and times 
 «* limited for the sime, vv'thin the cliarge of their collection. 
 "And the distress so taken shall and may avow or justify, 
 " in such manner and form, as is used for Rent-charge 
 "being unpaid at the Common Law." 
 
 "And be it also further enacted by the authority afore- 
 "said, that every such Churchwarden, his Executors, and 
 " Administrators, shall be accountable of and for his Col- 
 " lection and Receipt before the Churchwardens of the said 
 "several Parishes which shall succeed them, and before the 
 "Inhabitants, or the more part of them of the same Parish, 
 "if they will be present there, when and wheresoever he or 
 "they shall be thereunto required. And that presently 
 "upon the determination of his or their Account, pay all 
 *' such sums of Money, as it shall appear that he or they be 
 "charged with, to the hands of such other Churchwardens 
 "as then shall succeed " 
 
 AUGMENTATION. 
 
 The Parish of St. Laivrence was augmented from Michael- 
 mas 1748; and in 1751 the Lands in St. Mary Stoke were 
 judged proper to be purchased, for the augmentation of the 
 Churches of St. Lawrence and St. Nicholas ; but the Go- 
 vernors of Queen Anne*s Bounty refused to go through with 
 the purchase of those Lands, unless the Bailiffs and Portmen 
 should enter in some of their public books some such 
 agreement as is hereafter mentioned, and which was entered 
 in the Assembly Book of the Corporation of Ipswich as 
 follows : — 
 
AUGMENTATION. 189 
 
 " Ipswich, \5th April, 1751. 
 
 " Whereas, several Parishes of this Town are very 
 
 " poorly, or not at all endowed ; and whereas by an Act 
 
 " of Parliament made in the reign of Elizabeth, the Bailids 
 
 " of this Town, together with the more part of the Portmen, 
 
 " calling to them the Churchwardens, and four of the prin- 
 
 *' cipal Inhabitants of the said Parishes respectively, have 
 
 " power to make Rates, as well for the maintaining of the 
 
 "Ministers, as for the repairs of the said Churches; and 
 
 " whereas, the rates heretofore made, for the purpose afore- 
 
 " said, are very low, and remain at this time without much 
 
 " alteration ; and whereas, application hath been made by 
 
 " the Ministers of the said Parishes, or some of them, to the 
 
 " Governoi-s of Queen Anne's Bounty, to augment the an- 
 
 " nual stipend of the Ministers of the said Parishes respec- 
 
 " lively, which has been refused, unless the said Covernors 
 
 " can be assured that at their augmentation, the rates now 
 
 " made for these purposes shall not be abated or taken 
 
 •' away. We, therefore, the Bailiffs and more part of the 
 
 " Portmen, whose hands are hereunto subscribed, do hereby 
 
 " promise and agree, for ourselves and successors, as far as 
 
 " we may or can, that in case an augmentation shall or may 
 
 " hereafter be granted to the said Parishes, or any of them, 
 
 " that we will not in any wise take away, lessen, or abate in 
 
 " such rates, as have been usually made for these seven years 
 
 " last past for the purpose aforesaid, for or by reason of such 
 
 " augmentation." 
 
 JOHN SPAROWE, "I „ 
 
 GOODCHILD CLARKE, /Bailiffs. 
 
 WILLIAM HAVIMOND, "1 
 J4M1}YI^^-^'.K.',„ I Portmen. 
 
 HUMPHREY KANT, i 
 
 MICHAEL THIKKLE, J 
 
 Confirmed bj/ a Decree of Chancery, April 23, 177^, 
 
ssa 
 
 CHAPELS IN IPSWICH,, &C. 
 
 CHAPELS in IPSWICH. 
 
 Inhere Sif'ialed- 
 
 Denomination. 
 
 Minisiert. 
 
 St. Nicho'as street 
 
 Unitarian 
 
 Isaac Perry 
 
 Jacket :?trei;t 
 
 Iiidependent 
 
 Charles Atkinsoa 
 
 Key Si ret t 
 
 Friends 
 
 
 Stoke Green 
 
 Hiiptist 
 
 James Payne 
 
 Orwell street 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Jackson 
 
 St. Georcre's Lane 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Weire 
 
 Dairy l,ane 
 
 independent 
 
 Edward Davics 
 
 Long Lane 
 
 Rapti^t 
 
 John Reynolds 
 
 Butt r-Market 
 
 Vi esleyan Methodist 
 
 Benjimin Millman 
 
 Rope Lane 
 
 Jews Synasiogue 
 
 Harris Isaacs 
 
 SUFFOLK BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, 
 
 For the Relief of Necessitous fi^'idows and- 
 
 Orphans of 
 
 PROTESTANT DISSENTING MINISTERS ; 
 
 Also, of such Ministers as through Age or Infii mities- may be 
 
 incajjacitated for Public Service, in the County of Suffolk, 
 
 INSTITUTED OCTOBER the 26th, 1790. 
 
 Every Minister subscribing Half a Guinea, and every 
 other person One Guinea, or upwards per annum, is a Mem- 
 ber of this Society, and has a right to vote in its determina- 
 tions, and to take a concern in its transactions. Also every 
 Minister advancing the sum of Five Guineas, and every 
 other person Ten Guineas, in one payment, is considered a 
 Member for life. A General Meeting of this Society is 
 bttd once every year at Stowmarket, at which the accompts 
 are audited, applications received, exhibitions granted, new 
 
SUFFOLK BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 191 
 
 Officers chosen, and any other business of the Society 13 
 transacted A Committee is annuallv elated, composed of 
 nine Members, three of pach denomination of Protestant 
 Dissenters ; and a Committee of five Members, for the pur- 
 pose of extending occasional relief, conformably to the 
 design of the Institution, in cases of great exigence, occur- 
 ing in the interval between one General Meeting and an- 
 other; such relief not exceeding Fifteen Guineas to any 
 one case. Ths Officers of this Charity consist of a Trea- 
 surer, Sccretarj', and Four Trustees, and every Minister in 
 the County, being a Member of the Society is considered a 
 Stew^ard to receive subscriptions. 
 
 Present State of the Fund of the Society. 
 Three Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty Five Pounds, 
 Thirten Shillings and Ten Pence, in the Four per Cent. 
 Consolidated Annuities. 
 
 Officers of the Society. 
 
 Mr. Wm. RUCK, Purv St. Edmund's, Treasurer. 
 Mr. SHEPHERD RAY, Ipswich, St:cretaiy. 
 
 Mr. JOHN BAYLY TAILER, «JtowupIand, ") 
 Mr. ZACHARIAH CRABI?, Waltisfield, f „ 
 Mr. ROBERT COOK, Glimsfor.l, > I fustees 
 
 Ml. BLYTH FOSTER, Brettonham, > 
 
 List of Benefactions to this Society 
 
 1790 Rev. William Northend, Nayland 
 
 1791 Dr. Gibbons, Hadleigh 
 
 Mr. Robert Cook.jun. Glemsford 
 
 Mr. Joseph Corsbie, London 
 
 Mr. John Corsbie, Bviry 
 
 Messrs. John and Simon Cumberland 
 
 Anonymous, from Wrrntliam 
 
 Mis. Rtfaiimoiit, Ipswich 
 
 Rev. Nathanit-l Phi lips, Palgrave 
 
 Mr. Meadows Tayioi, Diss 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Traveis, London - 
 
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 Mr I'liuoias Fc-im, ditio 
 Mr. Juhii Gaiiisboiough, ditto 
 Mr. John AddisoM ditto 
 Mr. Christopher Finch, «litto 
 Mr. Kirhard Chaplin, ditto 
 Mr. Kdwaid Huikitt, ditto 
 Mr. Jolin lUirkitt, ditto 
 Rev. S. S. Toms, Franiling;ham - 
 Mr. Edward Kecr, Cretiugham - 
 Ml. R. Sciivener, Framliiijham - 
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 ]V!r. J. B. Tailer, VVootIb idge - 
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 Rev. J M. Ray, Sudbury 
 Mr. Thomas Norman, ditto 
 Mr Sheldrake, Hadleigh 
 Mr. Everett, ditto . - - 
 Mrs. Seagrovc, London, by the Rev. Rowlatid Smith, 
 
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 Anonymous, by Mr. William Notcutt 
 Mr. f . Tremlett, Loiul<.n 
 M. i. Stammers, Nayland 
 Rev. Samuel Brewer, Stepney 
 
 1793 Rev. J. Hall, Ipswich . - - 
 Mr. S. Keer, Cretiugham 
 Rev R. W.-iiiintr, Rendham 
 John Rodbyrd, M. D Ipswich 
 Mr. J. Crisp, Keccles 
 ISIr. W. (.'lisp, ditto - - - 
 
 1794 Rev. Thomas .lervis, London 
 Mr. lames Conder, Ipswich 
 
 1795 Anonymous, by Mr. William Notcutt 
 
 1796 John Rodbard, M. P. Ipswich, second Benefaction 
 Rev. J. r>ennant, Halesvvorth 
 Miss Harmer: late of Waiti>fi"ld - 
 Rev. Mr. Trem'ett, Pa grave 
 Mr. Daniel Blyth, I ani/ham 
 
 1797 NathaiiKl Hilliei, 'sq. Lavenham 
 Rev. Mr. Bromelev, Needham 
 
 1798 Anonymous, by Mr. . B. Tailer 
 
 1799 Mr. Wainwright - _ - 
 Rev. Samuel Lowe'l, Woodbridge 
 Rev. Edward Davie?, Ipswich, - 
 Rev. William Giinv, !'a Heigh, - 
 
 1800 Anonymous, from p^vich. 
 Rev. Benjairin Piice, Woodbridge, 
 Rev. Mr. Owen, Debenh,\m 
 Rev. T. Colboume, Sto^vmarket, 
 
 iSOl Rev. Mr. Waddell, Naylaud, 
 A Friend, from Sudbury 
 
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SUFFOLK BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, 
 
 193 
 
 1802 Rev. Mr. Hoddy, Bildestone 
 
 1803 Rev. Charles Lloyd, Palgrave 
 1805 Rev. Charles Dewhirst, Bury - 
 J 806 Rev. Daniel Holmes, Sudbury 
 
 1807 Mr, Samuel Reymes, ditto 
 Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, Clare 
 
 1808 Trustees of Coward's Fund, by the Rev. S. Palmer, 
 
 Hackney - - - - 
 
 1809 r.xecutors of the late Mr. Simon Cumberland, Legacy 100 
 
 1810 Rev. William Haywraid. Rendham 
 
 1812 Mr. Peter Dutl.oit, Melford 
 Rev. J. White, Ipswich 
 
 1813 N. W. Bromtly, Esq. Bansfleld Hall 
 Mr. Thomas Burkiit, SudLury 
 
 1814 Rev. S. Sq.iinell, Sutton 
 Rev A Ritchie, Wrentham 
 Rev. T. Hoddy, Clare 
 Rev. T. Hf ward, ditto 
 Rev. Alexander Good, East BerghoU 
 
 1815 Rev. Dr. Winter, London 
 
 1816 Rev. Stephen Johnson, Wickhambrook 
 Mrs. Silver, Stowmarket 
 Rev. George Crisp, Lowestoft 
 Rev. William Gaithivaite, Cratfield 
 
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 The number of Aonwal Subscribers to this Institution, 
 resident in this Town, in 1816, was Twenty. 
 
194 GIRLS* FBEE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY, 
 
 IPSWICH 
 
 GIRLS' FREE SCHOOL of INDUSTRY, 
 
 INSTITUTED in 1809. 
 
 One hundred children are educated in this School, at the 
 eSpence of Henry Alexander, Esq. The plan uf the British 
 and Foreign School Society is adopted ; and the children of 
 all religious denominations are admitted. On the Sabbath, 
 attended by their Monitors, they are sent to such places ot 
 Worship as their parents direct. One-half of them are 
 ifclothed ; and an annual subscription of «£. 40 is collected, 
 and applied for that purpose. The School is held in St. 
 Matthew's Church Lane. 
 
 The children are taught to read, write, the first rufes of 
 arithmetic, and plain work of every description. 
 
IPSWICH EDUCATION SOCIETV. t95 
 
 IPSWICH 
 
 EDUCATION SOCIETY, 
 
 Instituted Marrb IS, ISil. 
 
 This Society was formed with a view of educating the^ 
 children of the poor upon the plan of the British and 
 Foreign School Society. The following are some of 
 the Rules, which were adopted at a general Meeting of the 
 Subscribers, held on the Town- Hall, in Ipswich, the iStli 
 day of March, 1811, viz — 
 
 " That every annual Subscriber of half a Guinea 
 be allowed to recommend one hoy for admission to the 
 School; and every subscriber of one Guinea and upwards, 
 two boys. That no boy be admitted into the School 
 under the age of seven years, and the time of his con- 
 tinuance in the School be left to the discretion of the 
 Committee. That a general Meeting of the Subscribers be 
 held on the second Friday in October, in every year, for the 
 transaction of business. That the committee shall meet on 
 the second Friday in every month, at tuelve o'clock in the 
 forenoon, when they shall appoint two Inspectors for the 
 ensuing month, who shall attend at least twice, in every 
 week, in the School, to ascertain the progress of the chil- 
 dren in their learning, and make minutes in a book for that 
 purpose, which book shall be laid before the monthly meet- 
 ting of the Committee. That no book or lessons shall be 
 used in the School, except the Holy Scriptures, Extracts 
 
106 IPSWICH EDUCATION SOCIETV. 
 
 therefrom, Watts's Hymns for Children, and Lessons for 
 Spelling and Arithmetic. That it be expected that the 
 children of this School attend their resppctive places of 
 ■worship on the days set apart for that purpose: and as an 
 evidence that they have so attended, they must produce to 
 the Master, on the following morning, a ticket from the 
 Committee, entrusted to some person attending the same 
 place of worship, and in dt^fault thereof shall be liable to 
 the censure of the Committee, or for repeated neglect to be 
 dismissed from the School. That the children of such pa- 
 rents as are members of the Established Church, may be 
 taught the Church Catechism, and receive such other reli- 
 gious instruction as the Subscribers, who are Members of 
 the Church of England, shall agree upon : and that the 
 children of parents who are Dissenters, may, in the same 
 manner, be instructed as the Subscribers of that Denomina- 
 tion shall think proper ; but, in both cases, not to interfere 
 with the general regulations of the School " 
 
 The number of Boys at this time in the School is about 
 One Hundred and Thirty. The Annual Subscriptions 
 amount to upwards of <£ 80; and a subscription is also 
 annually made for the purpose of clothing some of the 
 most deserving children. 
 
 The School, which is situated in Crown Street, is capable 
 of containing Two Hundred children, 
 
 Mfisters. 
 
 Jacob Vee]e Bray, elected December 2, 181 1. 
 John Orris, ditto May 24, 1815. 
 
 James Haiil, ditto October 30, 1818. 
 
FEMALE CHARITY SCHOOL, X9ff 
 
 IPSWICH 
 
 Female Charity School, Cox Lane, 
 
 Instituted in the Year IS 11. 
 
 This School was established by its benevolent Patroness 
 with a view of qualifying female children to fill with pro- 
 priety the station of useful servants, and to render them fit 
 for good wives and mothers. The children of all religious 
 denominations are admitted. The mistress attends thfe 
 children of the Establishment to the Parish Church, and the 
 children of Dissenters are sent to the Meeting which their 
 parents freq'jent. The children are taught reading, writing, 
 the first rules of arithmetic, plain work, and platting straw. 
 The annual subscriptions to this institution hr.ving gradually 
 diminished to about £.7 7s. the expences are principally 
 defrayed by the Lady Patroness, and the industry of the 
 
 children. 
 
 The Prices of Work. 
 
 t. d. s. (I. s. (t s. cL 
 
 Fine Sl#.ts 2 to '2 f, I Waistbands - I§ 
 
 Coarse ditto 1 to 1 6 | Collars - - 1| 
 
 Shifts - 6 to 1 6 Frocks - 6 (o 1 
 
 Children's ditto 3 to 6 Sheets - 6 to 9 
 
 Neck-handkerchiefs 2 i Towels - 10 per doz. 
 
 The children are generally admitted at nine years of age, 
 and at leaving the School are presented with a Bible, pro- 
 vided they have been two years in the School, and con- 
 ducted themselves properly. Premiums are also given 
 according to their respective merits, which are usually laid 
 out in the purchase of suitable clothing. 
 
 The number now admitted is upwards of Eighty. 
 
 Miitress. — Mrs, Snowling. 
 
198 IPSWICn CENTBAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 IPSWICH CENTRAL SCHOOLS, 
 
 Of the Suffolk Society, for the Education of th'e Poor in 
 
 the Principles of the Established Church, 
 
 Instituted Feb, 25, 1812. 
 
 The children of the poor are admitted into these Schools, 
 on the recommendation of benefactors and annual subscri- 
 bers. Dr. Bc//'s System of Education is adopted, and no 
 religious tracts are admitted but such as are, or may be, on 
 the list of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
 A visiting committee o? sixty members, five for each month, 
 {viz three Lay, and two Clergy subscribers) meet at the 
 Girls' School-Room, every Friday, at Eleven o'clock in the 
 morning, to inspect the children, admit new ones, and 
 distribute rewards. A visiting committee of ladies attend to 
 the management of the Girb* School, to examine what 
 progress they have made in reading, vpriting, needle-work, 
 and knitting. The children of each School are instructed 
 in the Liturgy and Catechism of the Established Church, 
 and constantly attend Divine Service twice every Sabbath, 
 in the Church of St Mary Tower. The age for the ad- 
 mission of children is six. 
 
 The number of Children now in (he Schools — Tuo Hun- 
 cired and Ninety Tivo : viz. J 79 Boys, 1 13 Girls. 
 
 Mr/sfers. 
 All iustine Page, elected SeptcmL/fr 14, 1612. 
 
 Wiliiiim Wallis, ditto July i<5, 1S18. On the election of Augustine 
 P^gC to the Mastership of ihe Red and Green Sletve Schools. 
 
 HfJislress. — Mrs. Page, elected September 14, 1812. 
 
 In theyetr 1817, the number of annual Subscribers to this 
 Institution, in the Deanery of Ipswich, was upwards of Sixty 
 Five; and the amount of their subscriptions about £l%, > 
 
 The Schools are situated iu Cwrierii Lane. 
 
IPSWICH SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 
 
 199 
 
 IPSWICH SUNDAV SCHOOLS. 
 
 Namc.f. 
 
 fi h'^n fnslitn/cd. 
 
 Boys 
 40 
 
 (,ir/s 
 44 
 
 In all 
 
 St. Peter's Church 
 
 In 1802 
 
 84 
 
 St Mary Kev ditto 
 
 October, 181,5 
 
 2 '2 
 
 16 
 
 33 
 
 St. Clement's ditto 
 
 October, 1S16 
 
 65 
 
 64 
 
 129 
 
 St. Helen's d tto 
 
 December, IS 16 
 
 no 
 
 26 
 
 56 
 
 Tacket Street Meeting 
 
 III ISdl 
 
 65 
 
 8i 
 
 150 
 
 ♦stoke Green ditto 
 
 Jn 1809 
 
 (iO 
 
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 90 
 
 Wesleyan Chapel 
 
 In 1816 
 
 37 
 
 34 
 
 71 
 
 613 
 
 * Eighteen Giils are also clotlied in part and educated, besides 
 the Ninety Children in the Sunday School of this Mwting, 
 maivina: a Total of - - - (,36 
 
 A Sunday Evening School, instituted this yf-TTj is also 
 held at a Room in Cox Lane, in this Town, whicli is atten- 
 ded by upwards of One Hundred and Forty Lads and Boys, 
 above the age of fourteen ; and is conducted by a Clergj'- 
 m:m of the Church of England. 
 
 The above Schools are all supported by voluntary contri- 
 butions and congregational collections. 
 
 The following statement shews the number of children 
 belonging to Sunday and other Charity Schools in this 
 Town, taken every Sabbath to Church or Mteting: — 
 
 Sunday Schools - 636 j Green Sleeve School - 18 
 
 292 ' Clnisi's Hospital ditto - 17 
 
 120 I *Girls' Free ditto - ?.2 
 
 100 I *Female Charity ditto - 3d 
 
 36 I 
 
 The number of Children educated hy Piihlic Charily, on the weekdays, 
 in this Town, in the year 1818, raas as folio-vs : — 
 
 National Schools - 292 
 
 National ditto 
 Blue-Coat ditto 
 ♦Education Society 
 Red Sleeve ditto 
 
 Education Society - 130 
 
 Blue Schools - - 120 
 
 Red and Green Sleeve Schools 54 
 Girls' Free School - 100 
 
 In all, 845. 
 
 Female Charity School 8i 
 
 Free Giainraar School 30 
 
 Christ's ;iosfiital School 17 
 
 Sioko Gicei/Sciiool - 18 
 
 ♦ The remamder attend different Sunday Schools, and ate ineludeU ia 
 the number aboKe-iaeutioiKd of 636. 
 
200 IPSWICH DisTniCT committee. 
 
 IPSWICH DISTRICT COMMITTEE, 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Society for Promoting Christian Kriozcledge, 
 
 Instituted ill the Year 1811. 
 
 This Committee meets once in every quarter, at twelve 
 o'clock at noon, in the Vestry- Room of St. Mary Tower 
 Church, on the last Thursday in February, May, August, 
 and November, and is open toal! members of the Society in 
 London, resident within the Archdeaconry of Suffolk; and 
 also to members resident in other parts of the Diocese of 
 Norwich. Last year there were about Twenty-Five annual 
 Subscribing I\Iembers to the Parent Society, resident in tjiis 
 Town, and one Corresponding Member. 
 
 The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was 
 formed in the year 1699, by a few individuals of elevated 
 station and eminent piety, both among the Clergy and 
 Laity. About the middle of the year 170], at their in- 
 stance, a Charter was obtained from his Majesty King 
 William the Hid by which, many of the then subscribing 
 and corresponding members, with several other persons of 
 distinction in Church and State, were incorporated, b}' the 
 name of, " The Societi/ for the Propagation of the Gospel 
 "in Foreign Parts." But the Char? L-r of the Corporation 
 above-mentioned, being limited to Foreign Paits, the mem- 
 bers still c ntinued to probi^rute their benevolent designs at 
 Home, and instituted a Society distinct from that Corpora- 
 tion, known by the name of " The Society for Promoting 
 " Christian Knowledge." The objects of the Society are. 
 
ItSWICH DISTRICT COMMITTEE. 201 
 
 *— The Education of Youth in the Principles of the Christian 
 Religion, and in Habits of Useful Industry. The d.spei-sion 
 of the Holy Scriptures; the Liturgy; Pious Books, and 
 Tracts on ail the leading points of Faith and Practice. 
 The Society has also, from time to time, procured and 
 aided the publication of the Scriptures, Book of Common 
 Prayer, and various approved Devotional and Instructive 
 Treatises, in various Languages. The sources from whicli 
 the Society has been enabled to carry on these, and other 
 important and extensive designs, have been the annual sub* 
 scriptions of its Members, together vvith the Legacies and 
 occasional Donations of very many pious anil charitable 
 Benefactors. Amongst the list appears the following: — 
 " Richard Canning, A M. Clk (formerly of Ipswich) gave 
 " the sum of Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty Six 
 " Pounds, Four iihillings and Eleven Pence;" which sum 
 was directed by the Testator to be applied in sending Mis- 
 sionaries to, and supporting thtm m. Foreign Parts. 
 
 To become a Member of this Society, it is necessary to be 
 recommended by one Subscribing or Corresponding Mem- 
 ber. The annual subscription \sj.l Is. Od. and upwards. 
 In the Annual Report for 1816, it appears that the sura of 
 £60,U1l 17 s. Od. was received and disbursed. 
 
 2c 
 
202 ST. PETER*S BIBLE ASSOCIATION, BcC. 
 
 IPSWICH BIBLE A^J^OCUTION, 
 ST. PETER'S C HUKCH, 
 
 Insritu^^ed 1812. 
 
 This Association consists of a President, Treasurer, Secreta- 
 ry, and a Committee of eight members : it has issued, since its 
 formation, 522 copies of the Oracles of God, and presented 
 at different times to the Suflblk Auxiliary Bible Society, in 
 aid of the Foreign purposes of the Society, the buni of 
 .£59, and upwards. 
 
 IPSWICH STOKE-GREEN MEETING 
 BIBLE ASSOCIATION, 
 
 Instituted 1813. 
 
 This Institution has issued 314 copies of the Holy Scrip- 
 tures in this Town, since the year 1813 ; and given tu the 
 Suffolk Auxiliary Bible Society upwurds oi oL50, 
 
IPSWICH GENERAL BIBLE ASSOCIATION. ^3 
 
 IPSWICH 
 GENERAL BIBLE ASSOCL\TION, 
 
 Instituted June 11, 1813. 
 
 Every person confributit)g one penny per week or up- 
 wards, is a member of this Association ; and each subscri- 
 ber, on application to the Collector of his or her district 
 has the privilege of recommending himself, herstU", or any 
 other person, to receive a Bible or Testament, as soon as 
 the sum contributed amounts to the cost-price of the sort 
 required ; or the su'iscription may be added to that of any 
 other subscriber, when it shall amount to half the cost price. 
 The business of this S'lciefy is under the direction of a 
 Treasurer, three Secretaries, and a Committee, consisting of 
 net less than twenty Ladies and Gentlemen, any five of 
 whom are competent to act; and in case of any congrega- 
 tional Bible Association chusing to join this General One, 
 the Committee is empowered to add one or two members 
 of such Association to their number. 
 
 The Committee meets quarterly, at the Cammittee-roomj 
 on the first Tuesday in January, April, July> and October, ia 
 every year, at seven o'clock in the evening, to inspect the 
 accounts, and transact the other busines-; of the Association. 
 Agents are also appointed in different parts of the Town, 
 to superintend the Collectors, receive the collections, and 
 bring the money up to the Committee meetings. Accord- 
 ing to the sixth rule of this Association, the Committee is 
 empowered to apply the surplus funds to the General 
 Objects of the Suffolk Auxiliary Bible Society : accordingly, 
 the sum of .^.^O per annum has been usually granted. 
 
204 IPSWICH GENERAL BIBLE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 By the aid of this Association, 1205 copies of the Scrip- 
 tures have been distributed in this Town, since its first for- 
 mation in 1813. 
 
 The number of subscribers to the Suffolk Auxiliary Bible 
 
 Soc'etv, resident in Ipswich, in 1817, was upwaids of One 
 
 Hundred, at one Guinea each per annum, besides several at 
 
 two Guineas per annum. Since its formation in December 
 
 1811, 25,734' copies of God's Word have been dispersed 
 
 throughout this County : and 280^) to the Ipswich poor 
 
 and subscribers; which, added to the distribution made by 
 
 the different Associations^ give the undermentioned number, 
 
 viz : — 
 
 Suffolk Aiixiliary Bible Society - - - 2809 
 
 *Ipswich General Bible \ssuciatioil - - 1205 
 
 St Peter's Chureh Bible Association - - 522 
 
 Stoke-Green Meeting Bible Association - - 314 
 
 4850 
 
 The Committee for the Eastern Division, meets regularly 
 at the (;->mmittee-room, Mr. Gorge Bleckley's, Cornhill, on 
 the third Friday in every Month, at half-past six o'clock 
 in the evening. The Committee consists of a Presi- 
 dent, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, three Secretaries, an 
 Assistant Secretary, Accountant, and sixteen other members, 
 eight of ivhom must be members of the Established Church, 
 and eight from other denominations of Christians. Every 
 subscribing Clergyman, or Dissenting Minister, is a member 
 of this Society, and entitled to attend and vote at all meet- 
 ings of the Committee. 
 
 * Including the number distributed by the Wesleyan Bible Associ- 
 ation, which has usually raised by a Congregational Subscription after 
 a Sermon, upwards of <£10 per annum, and presented the same to the 
 Auxiliary Society. 
 
CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. 205 
 
 IPSWICH AND SUFFOLK 
 CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, 
 
 In Aid of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the Eas. 
 INSTITUTED NOVEMBER 10, 1813. 
 
 The business of this Association is under the manage- 
 ment of a President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, tvvo or 
 more Secretaries, and a Committee, not exceeding tiventy- 
 four in number, all members of the Established Church, either 
 Clergy or Laity. The business of the Committee consists 
 in promoting subscriptions and donations, together with 
 weekly and monthly contributions, in establishing Branch 
 Societies,* and corresponding with the Committee of the 
 London Church Missionary Society, in Aid of its impor- 
 tant objects. 
 
 A general meeting of the subscribers is held at such 
 time and place as the Committee appoints; when a 
 Repoit of their proceedings is read, with the state of the 
 Society, together with an audited account, and other mat- 
 ters are brought forward as then appear neccessary. The 
 Committee, Treasurer, and Secretaries, are elected annually, 
 by a majority of the members present at the General 
 Meeting. All Clergymen, subscribers to this Association, 
 are considered as members of the Committee, which meets on 
 the first Monday after the four Quarter-days, at twelve 
 o'clock ; and at such other times as are deemed necessary. 
 
 The number of subscribing members resident in this 
 Town, in 1818, was upwards of thirty, at of . 1 Is. 
 
 ♦Branch Societies and Associations have been established at Acton, 
 Ampton, Debenham, Grundisburgh, Stonham, Stowmarket, Sudbury, 
 Huadon, and in the Neighbourhood of Yoxfojd. 
 
206 CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. 
 
 each per annum; and ten Collectors of £2 \2s and 
 upwards per annum. Since its formation in 1813. the 
 sum of o£ 44-0 and upwards, has been raised in the different 
 Churches in this Town, out of which sum above c£'270 was 
 contributed at St Peler's Church, after service. 
 
 Upwards of of 2000 has been remitted to the Parent 
 Society, from Suffolk and Ipswich, since 1813. 
 
 Every person collecting Is. per week, or 5s. per month, 
 is a member, and intitled to attend and vote at all meet- 
 ings: to receive a copy of each Annual Report and Ser- 
 mon, and of each number of the Missionary Register ; and 
 to have his or her name printed in the lists of the Society. 
 
 In the last Report of the Parent Society, it appears that 
 there are at present, seven principal Missions, viz. — 
 The Meditebranean — The Calcutta and North India — 
 The Madras and South India — The Ceylon — ^Tlie Aus- 
 tralasia — The West Africa — and The West Indies. In 
 these Missonsthere are about Thirtj/ Stations, conntcttd with 
 which are more than Seventy Schools. In these stations 
 there are about 07ie Hundred Christian Teachers, of the va- 
 rious descriptions of Missionaries, Catechisls, Readers of the 
 Scriptuies, Schoolmasters, and Settlers ; of which Teachers 
 more than a fourth are married. Nearly Four Thousand 
 Children are receiving Christian Education; and of these, 
 zhoxxi Four Hundred and Fifty are u-holly supported at the 
 expence of the Society : besides which children, there are 
 many Adult Scholars. The Gospel is, moreover, constantly 
 preached to Thousands of the Heathen, and has been blessed 
 to the conversion of many. 
 
IPSWICH ladies' association. 20t 
 
 IPSWICH LADIES' ASSOCIATION, 
 
 In Aid of the Separate School Fund, for the Education 
 of African Children, 
 
 Institiitefl October 10, 1814.. 
 
 This Association is altogether conducted by Lailies, and 
 is regulated by some of the following Rules; Iroiu which it 
 appears, that — 
 
 " Every Lady, subscribing J!. I Is or upwards per 
 annum, or collecting £.2 12s or upwards per annum, is 
 considered a member, and is intitled to receive a copy of 
 each Annual Report, and Sermon of the Church Missionary 
 Society, and of the Suffolk and Ipswich Assmiation, and to 
 have their names printed in tlie annual list of subscribers: 
 and every person collecting £.2 12s. per annum, receives 
 gratuitously, for circulation amongst her contributors, a copy 
 of the JVloi^thly IMissionary Register, and Unarte-rly Papers; 
 and an additional copy for every £.2 12s per annum, 
 that may be collected. As soon as £.5, in aanual sub- 
 scriptions IS raised, and paid into the Treasurer's hands, ttie 
 Committee may designate a name to an Afrxan Ch.id. 
 The Lady who has collected the largest suai, to have the 
 preference in i\x< cuoice of the name." 
 
208 
 
 ItSWICII LADIES ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Eleven African ClnMren are now educating and clothed 
 by this Association, at the cxpence of <£'.5 e.ich per annum, 
 and the followin;^ Names have been assigned to them. — 
 
 Emma Maiia Gipps 
 Piiscilla Wakrficld 
 Biamf>ton (imdon DiUingliam 
 ^^'illiam Foniicreau 
 Fdward Griffin 
 John Head 
 
 Benjamin Kinj 
 Joseph Julian 
 Joshua Head 
 Jane Barman 
 Philip GurdoM 
 
 The Committee meots on the fust Thursday in every 
 month, at ]\J7\ Moirison's Turret Gardens, at one o'clock. 
 
 Since the first Institution of this Society, the exertions 
 of its friends, and the liberality of the contributors have so 
 far exceeded the expectations of its most active supporters, 
 that a Meeting was held at \he Shire- Hail, in this Town, 
 on the 2nd oi November, 1818, to sanction an alteration in 
 one of the rules, in order to comhlne with the School Fund, 
 the General Purposes of the Church Missionary Society, 
 which was unanimously agreed to. 
 
\ 
 
 SUFFOLK SOCIETY IN AID OF MISSIONS. 209 
 
 IPSWICH DISTRICT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Stijb/k SOCIETY in Aid of MISSIONS, 
 
 Instituted September 23rc), 1317. 
 
 This Society consists of the Dissenters of the Indepen- 
 dent Denomination, in the County of Suffolk; each Con- 
 gregation having its own Association, 
 
 The primary objects of this Institution are, to Aid the 
 London Missionary Society, and the .Extension of Religious 
 Knowledge in Ireland The business is conducted by a 
 Treasurer, Secretary, and a ComiiittHe, consisting of the 
 Minister, and one member of every congregation, contri- 
 buting to the Funds of the Society. Annuul Subscribers 
 of Ten Shillings, or upwaids, persons making a Donation 
 of Five Pounds, and Ministers bringing an annual collection, 
 are considered as members. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Tac'et Street Association is 
 held on the first Monday in February in every year ; the 
 Quarterly Meetings the first Monday in May, August, and 
 November, at seven o'clock in the Evening. The Anniver- 
 sary at Bethesda Meeting, Dairy Lane, is held on the first 
 Monday in March; the Quarteily meetings, the first Mon- 
 day in June, September, and December, at seven o'clock 
 in the Evening, 
 
 2d 
 
210 SUFFOLK SOCIFTY IN AID OF MISSIONS. 
 
 By the Treasurer's account, dated April, 1818, it appears, 
 that the sum of of 100 has been remitted to the Parent Soci- 
 ety, by the Association at Tacket Street^ and 15s. by the 
 Ai^sociation at Dairy Lane. 
 
 The above sum of o£'I00 was collected in Aid of the 
 following Societies : — 
 
 of. s. d. 
 London Missionary Society - « - 25 1 9 6 
 
 Irish Evangelical Society - - - 12 
 
 Hibernian Society - - - 32 4 
 
 Moravian, or United Brethren, in Aid of Missions 28 16 6 
 
 Baptist Missionary Society - - 10 
 
 The number of Annual Subscribers resident in this Town, 
 in the year 1818, was upwards of Twenty. The amount 
 of Donations upwards of d'oO. 
 
 The London Missionary Society supports Missionary 
 Stations and Missionaries, at Atnboj/na, Bellary, Calcutta^ 
 Cliinstirah, Java. Ganjam, Madras, RoyapctUi, Surat, VizU' 
 gapatam, in the East Indies Trinidad, in the West 
 Indies. £ejft/ceand Dcmarara, in South America Be- 
 thdsdorp, Bethesda, Bosjesvcld, Caffraria, Caledon, Cape- 
 Toivn, Grace- Hill, Griqua-Toim, Hephzibah, High Kraal, 
 Krooman's River, Na7naqualand, Peace-mountain, The ipolis, 
 in South Africa. At Canton, in China. At the Islands 
 of Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, and Ceylon. At 
 Irkutsk, in Siberia, and Polynesia, or the Islands of the 
 Great South Sea, &c- The Income of the Society for the 
 past year, including subscriptions, donations, collections, 
 dividends^ and legacies, amounted to upwards of <£. 22,000. 
 
IPSWICH BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 21JL 
 
 IPSWICH BAPTIST 
 MISSIONARY AUXILIARY SOCIETY, 
 
 Instiluted in the Yeai 1818. 
 
 The afTirs of this Society are conducted by the usual 
 Officers, and^a Committee of subscribing mpmbert: its con- 
 tributions to the Parent Society in London, have been very 
 liberal, and still greater exertions may be expected from its 
 Friends. The Parent Society was formed in the year 1792, 
 and b\' the activity and zeal manifested by its members, 
 the Scriptures have been translated into the following Lan- 
 guages and Dialects, viz : — The Chinese, the Ooriya, the 
 Bengalee, the Sunt^shit, the Hinclee, the Mahiatta, the Sikh, 
 the Telinga, the Pushtoo, the Assam, the Wutch, the Bruj 
 Bhassa, and the Kurnata; and are translating into tbo 
 Runkuna, the Mooltance, the Sindhee, the Kashmere, the 
 B/Aawer, the Nepal, the Oodui/pore,lhe Marivar, the Juypore, 
 and the Khussee. Schools have been also established in 
 India, and many led to embrace Christianity, whose con- 
 duct manifests that they have been turned from " dumb 
 " Idols to serve the Living God." Missionary Stations and 
 Missionaries are fixed in India, at Agra, /^llhabad, Ainhoyna, 
 Balasore, Benares, Berhampore, Calcutta, Chittagong, Cutwa, 
 Delhi. Digah, Dinaj^epore., Gaj/ah, Goamaltj/, Jessore, 
 Monghir, Naypore, Patna, Serampore^ Silhet, Sural, Vans, 
 Variya, and in the Islands of Cej/lon and Jamaica. 
 
 At the formation of this Society, in 1792, the first collec- 
 tion amounted to about ci'lS. Last year upwards of 
 c£20,000 was received ; out of which £] 3,000 ivas raised 
 by the literary labours of the Missionaries, which sum they 
 contributed to the Society, without reserving aijy part to 
 themselves. 
 
212 WESLEYAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. 
 
 JPSWIC H 
 
 WESLEYAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The friends of this Association have at different times 
 had Congregational Collections in this Town, in aid of th# 
 Funds of the Parent Society, which has formed and sup» 
 ports Missionary Stations at Antigua, the Bahama Islands, 
 Barbadocs, St. Bartholomew, Bermuda, St. Christopher, St. 
 Domingo, Dominica, St. Eustathiiis, Grenada, Jamaicdt 
 Nevisj Tobago, Trinidad, St. Vincent, and the Virgin Islands 
 in the West Indies: at Bo?nbay znd Madras in the East 
 Indies: in ^ew South Wales; in Ceylon*; in Southern and 
 Western Africa; at I>lova Scotia, new Brunswick, Canada, 
 Newfoundland, &c. 
 
 The sum received in Aid of the Society in London, 
 from the 24th of June, 1816, to the 24th of June, 1817, 
 amounted to upwards o^ £\1 ,000. 
 
 *At Coiumbo, Jaflfnapatam, Tincomalee, Batticaloe, Galle, and Matura. 
 
IPSWIGH ASSOCIATION FOU THfi JEWS. 513 
 
 IPSWICH ASSOCIATION 
 For Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews,- 
 
 INSTITUTED AUGUST 12, 1818. 
 
 This Association is under the management of a President, 
 Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and a Committee of 
 the usual number of merribers. 
 
 Separate funds are established for the General Purposes 
 of the Society, for assisting in the Building of Schools for 
 Jewish Children, and for printing and circulating the New 
 Testament in Hebrew. Every person collecting to the 
 amount of \s. per week, is supplied with a copy of each 
 number of the Jewish Expositor, (commencing with the 
 first of the present year) and also with the future Annual 
 Reports of the Society, and is considered a metfiber ; entitled 
 therefore to attend and vote at all meetings. The amount 
 of Donations, Subscriptions, and Congregational Collec- 
 tions, since last August, upwards of ofl 15. 
 
 The great Object of this Society is to convince the Jews 
 that our Lord Jesus Christ is the true Messiah, foretold by 
 their Prophets; and to advance their temporal and eternal 
 welfare, by their Conversion to the Christian Faith, The 
 object being scriptural in its principle, benevolent in its' 
 character, and beneficial in its result, the Society engages 
 to employ those means only which appear best calculated 
 to promote it. Various Auxiliary and other minor Societies 
 
214 IPSWICH ASSOCIATION FOR THE JEWS. 
 
 have been formed in difFerent parts of the British Dojni- 
 nions : one in AinericUj and another at Calcutta*. In Lon- 
 don, an Episcopal Chapel has been erected, and is supported 
 for preaching the Gospel to the Jews, and for further in- 
 structing those who have embraced the Christian Religion, 
 Schools have been established for educating Jewish Children, 
 who, when of age, are apprenticed to Christian Masters. 
 
 The New Testament has been translated into the Hebrew 
 Language ; Tracts also, in several languages, addressed to 
 the Jews, have been printed and distributed amongst them 
 with good effect, and a Monthly Publication, called, " The 
 *' Jewish Expositor and Friend of Israel" is supported for 
 the same benevolent purposes. 
 
 In June, 1818. a Lecture was established in this Town, 
 Tvhich is preached at St. Stephen's Church, on the first 
 "Wednesday evening in every month, by various Clergy- 
 men, of this and the adjoining Counties. The object of the 
 Lecture is, to awaken public attention to the grand endea- 
 vours making in the present day, for the purpose of dissem- 
 inating Christian KnoXvledge. The dispersion of the Scrip- 
 tures, the sending forth of Missionaries, and the establish- 
 ment of Schools, appear to be the desirable means employed 
 by Christians, for the furtherance of the glorious events 
 foretold in the prophetic writings, both as they concern the 
 Gentiles and the Jews. 
 
 • In an interview which the Rev. Mr. Way had the last year with 
 the Emperor of Russia, at Mostow, he received from his Imperial 
 Majesty the most cordial assurances of sujiport and co-operation, in 
 all measures tending to the Promotion of Christianity amongst his 
 numerous Jewish Subjects. 
 
IPSWICH FEMALE ASYLUM. 215 
 
 IPSJFICH FEMALE ASYLUM 
 
 lusituted August 17, 1315. 
 
 The object of this Society is to afford an Asvlum to Fe- 
 males, who, having deviated, or been seductd from the 
 paths ofvirtue, are desirous of being restored by religious in- 
 struction, and the formation of moral and industrious 
 habits, to a useful station in society. The management of 
 the affairs of this Institution is intrusted to a Committee of 
 Gentlemen and Ladies, together with a Treasurer and Secre- 
 tary, who are ex officio members also of the Committee. 
 The internal oeconomy of the Institution is under the direc- 
 tion of a sub-corn iiiittee of Ladies, appointed by the general 
 Committee, who meet once a week, to give such directions 
 to the Matron as are demeed expedient, to order the pur- 
 chase of clothes, provisions, and other necessaries; and to 
 inspect the work and employment of the women. Prayers, 
 and a chapter in the Bible, ate read by the Matron every 
 Morning and Evening, and Divine Service every Sunday, 
 by such Clergymen as offer to assist, and signify their 
 intention the preceding evening. 
 
 Each woman admitted is allowed a separate bed, and a 
 box for her clothes, which the Matron has -A all times a 
 right to examine; and on admission must conform to the 
 Rules of the In.stitution, which are read every Monday 
 Morning, and given to every person when first received 
 into the House. Any woman desirous of entering this 
 Asylum, must apply to the su'^-committee, which meets at 
 )east once in eve.ry week, at the House, which is situated in 
 
516 IPSWICH FEMALE ASYLUM. 
 
 Lower Orwell Street. Needle-work, in all its branches, and 
 Knitting, are done by the Fcinales in the House. Ladies 
 •will materiallj/ benefit the Jn-^tiiution, either by sending Work, 
 or by contributing Fancy Articles for sale. Upwards of 
 Thirty Objects of distress have pleaded for admisson ; Twentj/' 
 one have been admitted since the Institution was first 
 established, and Nine are now in the House. Out of the 
 whole number of applicants. Eight are at this time in re- 
 spectable situations as Servants; Twenty-four have been 
 restored to their Parents, Husbands, and Friends; One has left 
 by her own choice, and has been sent to her Family; and 
 another, unwilling to conform to the Rules and Regulations 
 of the Institution, was, consequently, obliged to leave it. 
 
 [JReceipts, l^c. from 1th Avgust, 1 8 1 6, io iOth September, 181 8. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 Balance from last Account - - 63 14 If 
 
 Subscriptions ajid Donations - - 223 lOi 
 
 Paid by T«o Parishes - - - 7 4 
 
 Received for Work - - - '96 2 4| 
 
 Interest on <£30, for One Year - - 2 6 4^ 
 
 £ 392 -r »i 
 
 Disbursements from 1th August, 1816, to 30th Sept 18I8. 
 
 Support of the Family - - - 
 
 Materials for Work _ - - 
 
 Rent and Taxes - - - 
 
 Clothing . _ - - 
 
 House Expences - - 
 
 Matron _ - - - 
 
 Balance in the Hands of the Treaiurer - 44 11 7$ 
 
 £ 392 7 9f 
 
 £. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 192 
 
 2 
 
 H 
 
 52 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 28 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 H 
 
 33 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 6 
 
IPSWICH PUBLIC DISPENSARY. 
 
 IPSWICH 
 PUBLIC DISPENSARY, 
 
 Instituted July 3, 1797. 
 
 W 
 
 This Clnrity was formed for the Relief of the Indigent 
 Sick within the Town and Neighbourhood of Ipswich, and 
 is under the dirr^ction of a President, Vice-Presidents, Nine 
 Governors, and a Treasurer. A Subscriber of one Guinea 
 annually, is entitled to have Two Patients on the list at one 
 time; but cannot recommend more than Four in one year. 
 A Subscriber of half a Guinea annually, is entitled to have 
 One Patient on the list at the same time, and can recom- 
 mend Two Patients yearly. Persons recf/rm;of Pariah Relief 
 are not deemed objects of this Charity, unless the disorders, 
 under which ihey labour, appear to the Parish Surgeon so 
 serious, as to require further aid, in which case, they are 
 admitted at the discretion of the Medical Gentlemen in 
 attendance. Members of Beneft f^ocietics are received as 
 Patients, provided the custouiarv stipt nd allo>veii by their 
 respective Societies during sickne-is, is nedhei- dimirisheii or 
 •withheld. No scivant in place is considered a proper object of 
 this Jmtituiton. Books are kept at the Dispenspry, ia 
 which the names of the Patients, and of the Subscribers 
 who recommended them, are registered, with their Com- 
 plaintSt the Medicines employed, and the Event; from which 
 2i? 
 
218 IPSWICH PUBLIC DISPENSARY. 
 
 Annual Accounts are puhli.shed. The MeH cal (^ent^'^men 
 who kindly give their assistance to the Fispensary may he 
 constituted Governors, and are eniitled to ti e same privi- 
 leges of recommending Patients, as -ire given to an Annual 
 Subscriber ot" One Guinea A Citeneral Meeting of the Sub- 
 scribers is held on the first Thursday in April in every year. 
 
 State of the Dispensari/ April %id, I8I8. 
 
 Patients Cured - - ■ - 2374 
 
 Incurable ... - "78 
 
 Irregular -. - - - 140 
 
 Died .... 156 
 
 Inoculated for the Cow-pox - - 158 
 
 Remain on the Books . - - 44 
 
 "total number from the commencement, July the 3rd, 1797 2950 
 The number of Subscribers in 1817, upwards of Ninety. 
 
IPSWICH HUMANE SOCIETY. 21^) 
 
 IPSfVICH 
 
 HUMANE SOCIETY, 
 
 INSTITUTED 1801. 
 
 The Officers of th's Institution meet as occasion requires, 
 aad the Subscribers anniiallj/, by advertisement Bodies 
 apparently drowned are received at the Fountain Inn, near 
 the Cliff", in St Clement's Parish ; at the Royal William Inn, 
 by Handtord Bridge; and at Mr Denny's, Surgeon, on the 
 Tower Ditches, where the necessary Instruments and Med- 
 icines are carefully kept. 
 
 The Means recommended by the Ipswich Humane 
 Society, to be ustii in the Absence of Medical Men, 
 
 FOR THE BECOVBRV OF 
 
 PERSOXS SEEMLXGLY DEAD FROM DROJVNITiG. 
 
 I. Untie the neckcloth and strip off the clothes immediately, wipe 
 the body, and cover it in cold or damp weather, with a blanket, or 
 any woollen garment, or the clothes of some person preseut, and con- 
 vey it carefullj' and expeditiously to the nearest House; it may be 
 carried either in men's arms or upon a door or hurdle, icith the head 
 raised ; should the House be at a distance, a cart, if it can be proCLired 
 will be the t)est method of conveyance. 
 
 Lay the body (^Ihe head still raised) on a bed or mattress, or on a low 
 table, covered with folded blankets, in Winter at some distance from 
 the fire; in Summer near the window, and ifposs'ble/w Me y««, taking 
 especial care that not more then six people be allowed to remain in the 
 room at any onetime; these six maybe divided into sets, one set 
 being active in restoring the warmth of the body, whilst the other is 
 employed in recovering the breathing. 
 
 II. Close the mouth and one nostril, whilst another person blows 
 into the other nostril, by means of a pair of bellows, or his breath, if 
 bellows be not at hand, with sufficient force to fill the lungs with air; 
 
220 TPSWICH HUMANE SOCIETY. 
 
 which being done, the person who has the char^ie of the mouth and 
 nostrils, should suffer a small quantity of air to pass tlirougrh them 
 about every minute, by taking off the hand from those parts, and pla- 
 cing it on the chest, which shoul 1 b*^ pressed gently for a few seconds ; 
 and then th'^ hand again applied to the mouth and nostrils as before. 
 After the lun'^s are thus carefully filled an 1 emptied two or three 
 times, rub well the whole bady, particular ly the right breast, and pit of 
 the stomach, with both hands, which should be occasionally softened 
 with oil or hog's lard, either of which is much better than flour of 
 mustard, salt, or spirits, which are highly injurious, 
 
 III. The plan of filling and emptying the lungs sljould be regularly 
 continued (if the breathing be not restored) for at least three or four 
 hours, during which time, let a third person apply to the feet and 
 hands, bladders or bottles of hot water, or warm tiles wrapt in flannel, 
 or some garment ; and when signs of returning life appear, put into 
 the mouth a table spoonful of warm wine and water, or warm rum, 
 brandy, or gin and water, and give the same quantity every five or 
 ten minutes, till one or two gills be consumed : after which, the senses 
 and breat! ing being tolerably perfect, put the person into a warm 
 bed, and suffer him without disturbance to fall asleep. 
 
 Take Notice, that the above-treatment is proper for recovering a 
 person from the effects of lightning, or poisonous vapours, as well as 
 in apparent death from drowning or hanging; and despair ftol of re- 
 storing him, until these means have been used at least during four 
 hours, for until that time be past, there is reason to hope that he is 
 not irrecoverably dead. 
 
 If frost-bitten, rub the body with snow, or cloths dipped in cold 
 water, but not near a fire, it being of great consequence that the 
 warmth be imparted by slow degrees ; the treatment, in other re- 
 spects, to be the same as for tjie recovery of drowned persons. 
 
 The sum vsually allowed by this Institution, to persons for having ten" 
 dered assistance in saving a fellow-creature from drowning, is £ \ is. 
 
IPSWICH CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS SOCIETY. 221 
 
 IPSWICH SOCIETY 
 
 For superseding the Necessity of Climbing Boj/s, by encou- 
 raging a New Method of 
 
 SWEEPING CHIMNEYS, 
 
 And for improving the Condition of Children and others 
 
 etnploj/ed by Chimney Sweepers, 
 
 INSTITUTED in 1817. 
 
 A Society having been formed in London, in the year 
 1803, to promote the universal use of mecfianical means for 
 sweeping chimneys, and to induce Housekeepers in general 
 to discontinue the employment of Climbing Boys ; Societies 
 were established for the same purpose in several parts of 
 the Kmgdom; and in the year 1817, a Clergyman, then 
 resident in this Town, laid before many of the Inhabitants 
 the object and design of the Institution, and introduced 
 several Machines which were made use of, and still con- 
 tinue to be used, though not so generally as could be desired. 
 The Committee in London have greatly exerted themselves 
 to diffuse the knowledge and adoption of a method of 
 Cleansing Flues by mechanical means, and of practically 
 demonstrating that they may, in every case, be safely and 
 effectually substituted for infantine labour; the total aboli- 
 tion of which, is the primary object of the Society, as any 
 modification of the practice is abhorent to the best feelings 
 of humanity ; particularly when it is recollected, that chil- 
 dren of four years old and upwards can have no option for 
 
222 IPSWICH CHIMNEY-SWKEPERS SOCIETV. 
 
 embarking in this trade; and thai in the same proportion 
 that they are the helpl 'ss ViCtims ot' cruehy, oppression, and 
 disease*, they ought to be the first oljects of public care. 
 
 The Machine invented by \]r. (teorjTc Smart, who recei- 
 ved a premium and an honorary medal from the Society 
 of Alts, after a trial of twelve years, has proved to be suc- 
 cessful in ninety -nine cases out of a hundred, and that hurt' 
 dredth may, by means either of an aperture, or fixed apparatus 
 in the flue, be effectually cleansed; and therefore the Climb- 
 ing Boy may, in every case, be dispensed with. For the 
 benefit of persons desirous of using Machines, the Society 
 in London supplies them for about d. 3 each. 
 
 * The diseases incidental to Chimney Sweepers are, deformity of the 
 spine, legs, arms, &c. from their being obliged to go up Chimupysat 
 an age when their bones are in a soft and grozoing slate; also from 
 their being too frequently compelled lo carry bags of soot, by far too 
 heavy for their tender years and limbs. Also sore eyes and eyelids. 
 Cancer, \s another most formidable disease which Chimney Swee|>ers 
 are liaole to, especially that of the scrotum. Coughs, asthmas, and 
 stunted growth, from being brought into the business at a very early 
 age, &c. 
 
IPSWICH LYING-IN CHARITY. 223 
 
 LYING-IN CHARITY, 
 
 Instituted January 1st, 1795. 
 
 This benevolent Institution is conducted by a Lad}' Pre- 
 sident, and Committee of Twelve Ladies. There is also 
 appointed a Governess, Consulting Physician, Surgeon, and 
 Treasurer. Every Subscriber (at their entrance) pays 5s. 
 for the purchase of linen, and one quarterly payment ia 
 advance. The subscription is 6d. per week, paid quarterly 
 or yearly, at the option of the person subscribing. A ticket 
 is sent to every Subscriber lialf-yearly, which is disposed of 
 to such Objects as may appear most worthy of rtlief. The 
 poor woman w ho receives a ticket, ruust present it to the 
 Governess, in order that her name may be set down for ad- 
 mission. None but married women receive the benefit of 
 this Institution. A Quarterly meeting of the Subscribers is 
 held for the transaction of business, of which proper notice 
 is given in the Ipswich Papei-s. 
 
 Stale of the Charity, fi cm 1795 to 1816. 
 
 DR. 
 
 To Amount of Subscriptions, Entrance, Donations, ^'^^l.A'iQO 12 
 Interest of Money in the Funds, - J 
 
 OR. 
 
 laid to Midwive^, Nurses, pur<^hase of Linen, "i 
 Money in the 3 per Cent. (' msols, includinff a > 
 ice of £,39 1 3jr. 1 ^rf. ia Treasurer's Hands, j 
 
 DR. 
 
 £. s, d. 
 
 By Cash pa 
 
 and Monev in the 3 per Cent. (' msols, includinff a ^ 4360 12 
 balance ( 
 
234 IPSWICH lying-in charity. 
 
 The number of Poor Women relieved, from the year \19$ 
 to 1816, appears to have been six thousand one hundred and 
 thirti/. A sullicient quantity of linen is allowed to each, 
 during her Lying-in, 5s. for a Midwife, and 6s. for a Nurse. 
 Ko woman is permitted to keep the linen longer than a 
 month, without leave of the Governess, who has a discre- 
 tionary power of allowing it to be changed in case of ill- 
 ness. Applications made to Miss Strahun, in Tatket Street, 
 from seven o'clock till nine in the morning, during Summer, 
 and from eight till ten during winter, are attended to ; 
 and Subscriptions are received by Mr. Si!rfl//ara, 1 reasurer 
 to the Institution. The number of Subscribers in 1816, 
 Avas upwards of ont hundred and forty, 
 
 A Society to assist Poor married women in their Lying- 
 in, has also been sometime formed bj^ the Members of 
 Stoke-Green Baptist Meeting. 
 
50CIETY FOR CLOTHING THE INFANT POOR. 225 
 
 IPSWICH SOCIETY 
 FOR CLOTHING THE INFANT POOR, 
 
 INSTITUTRD 1812. 
 
 None but married Women are considered as eligible to 
 receive any benefit from this Institution. Every poor wo- 
 man, on her application beins^ a|)proved, receives a Ticket 
 signed by the President, and aildressed to the Secretary, 
 which procures for her a set of linen at the time of her 
 Lying-in. But no a[)piication is approved, without one of 
 the Committee or a Subscriber, certifying the distresses of 
 the applicant, and her eligibility to receive relief from the 
 Charily. Some of the Members (if the Committee act as 
 Visitors, to enquire into and ascertain the distresses of ihe 
 poor applying for relief. The set of clothing given, con- 
 sists of one frock, one gown, two skirts, two caps, two shirts, 
 one blanket, one square of flannel, tw© cotton wrappers, 
 and three linen under-wrappers Every poor woman who 
 receives a Ticket, pay* one shilling for the same; and if 
 her child does not live a month, she must return the linea 
 to the Society, and one shdiing is paid to her again. The 
 money received from the po<ir women on the delivery of^ 
 the Tickets, is divided amoii<rst the different Institutions for 
 the gratuitous Education of the Female Poor in this Town, 
 in proportion to the work done for the Charity by each. 
 School. 
 
 The business of the Society is regulated bv a Ladv Pre- 
 sident, and Vice-president, and a Committee of Twelve 
 Ladies. The Committee meets the last Thursday in every 
 month, at eleven o'clock, f >r the dispatch of business, at the 
 Town-Hall: on which day the Accounts are examined^ 
 
 2 F 
 
^26 SOCIETY FOR CLOTHIKG THE INFANT PGOTl. 
 
 petitions are received, previous applications replied to, and 
 Tickets issued for the delivery of Clofhii)g to those women 
 whose applicatioiib have been approved. 
 
 The snl.>scriptioi) is id. per 'vf. k and upwards, which Is 
 paid quHrt- riy, or 5s. and upwards yearly, at the option of 
 the Subscribers. 
 
 Since the first Institution of this Charity, one llvmsand, 
 one hundred, andfortif set n poor Infants have, in this Town 
 and Its iraniediate Vicinity, been supplied with warm 
 Clothing. 
 
 £. s. 
 
 d. 
 
 4 1 
 
 1* 
 
 134 6 
 
 41 
 
 1 13 
 
 H 
 
 2 10 
 
 
 
 .£10 17 
 
 
 11 
 . in fi 
 
 n 
 
 £ 152 16 8i 
 
 Treasurer's Account, from April, 1817, to April 1818. 
 
 By balance of last Year's Ar'count 
 
 By Donations and Subscriptions 
 
 ■Various Donations, i)y H. Seekamp, Esq. 
 
 Jnterest on ^50, for One Ytar 
 
 By 217 Tickets 
 
 Seturned . . , 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 To Attendant at Town-hall for Annual Meeting 
 Linen and Flannel _ - - 
 
 Printing . - - - 
 
 Thread, Tape, Bobbin, and Button., 
 93 bushels of Coals - - - ' 
 
 Att, n lant at Town-hali, 1 1 Months, at 2.?. each Time 
 Account Buuk . - - - 
 
 Incidental Expences . _ - 
 
 i'roduce of Ticket?., paid to the three Public Schools 
 Balance due to the Charity 
 
 £. *. 
 
 d. 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 105 3 
 
 2 
 
 7 6 
 
 
 
 3 14 
 
 10 
 
 4 16 
 
 
 
 1 2 
 
 
 
 in 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 10 6 
 
 
 
 19 1 
 
 2f 
 
 £ 152 16 
 
 AH applications for relief from this Charity are to be 
 made at the Joun-Hall, the last Thursday in every month, 
 between the hours of eleven and one. 
 
IPSWICH BFNEVOLENT SOCIETY. 2^7 
 
 IPSWICH BET^EVOLENT SOCIETr, 
 
 For Fiaitins; and Relieving Poor Persons 
 when under jijjlictiony 
 
 INSTITUTED JULY 2j, 1799. 
 
 The design of this Institution is not to give money tea 
 constant set of P<'n.sioners, iiut to aflTord some temporal re- 
 lief to the distressotl of eveiy denomination ; and especially 
 to communicate instruction to the ignorant, and promote 
 their spiritual welfare, by appointing suitable persons to 
 visit them. To become a member of this Society, every 
 person must pay sixpence entrance, and one penny per 
 week, or more at discretion. Four general Meetings are 
 held, at the Vi-stry of the Meeting- House, in Tacket Street^ 
 in the c< ursc of the year : viz on the Thursdaj' Evening 
 after the first Lord's-d ly in January, April, July, and Octo- 
 ber, when a Committee of seven persons, a Treasurer, Secre- 
 tary and Visitors are chosen, and the Accounts auditedt 
 
228 IPSVnCH RSTAELISHED CHURCH SOCIETY. 
 
 IPSWICH SOCIETY 
 
 Consistins; only of Persons who are Members of the Established 
 
 Church, and Communicants in it, if of the 4ge of 2 1 Years, 
 
 INSTITUTFD JANUARY 1, 1803. 
 
 This benevolent Society was formed with a view of pro- 
 moting the honour of God our Saviour, and the temporal as 
 well as spiritual welfire of its members A Committee is 
 annually chosen out of the honorary and other subscribers 
 of the Institution, by ballot, if necessary, on the first Fri- 
 day in every year, which consists of Nine Persons; viz. a 
 Treasurer, Secretary, and Seven Vistors, five of whom meet 
 on the second Tuesday in every month, to settle the ac- 
 counts, and superintend othf^r matters. Everv member con- 
 tributes (at least) dd. per month, which entitles them to re- 
 ceive 45. per week from the funds, when, through any 
 affliction they are rend'-red totally incapable of attending 
 to the duties of th^-ir respective callings, and 2s per week 
 afterwards, till restored to their usual health ; and such 
 members as contribute Is. each per month, receive in like 
 circumstances 8s. per week, or 4s. till recovered. Upon 
 the decease of any member. One Guinea is allowed ; and 
 6c?. is contributed by every member towards defraying the 
 expences of the funeral. If there be d'dO in the Fund, in- 
 stead of one Guinea, ^5 is allowed, if the deceased was a 
 subscriber of Js. per month; and =£2 10s if 6d- only had 
 been subscribed. Every married woman belonging to this 
 Society receives Haifa Guinea at the time of her Lying-in. 
 Honorary Members are admitted ; one half of whose bene- 
 factions or monthly subscriptions are set apart as a fund 
 (called the Benevolent Fund), for the relief of distressed 
 persons, of any party or denomination, and not of this soci- 
 
IPSWICH ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY. 229" 
 
 ety, but who may have been recommended and deemed by 
 the Committee proper objects of Charity. The 12th and 
 14th Rules of this Society merit particular notice. 
 
 " That members of this Society shall coii'^idor themselves as under 
 " f tern! iar ohVi^aUons to \ fid their lives answerable to their profession 
 "of the most holy faith of the irosppl, viz. to-be sober, honest, chaste, 
 " industriou'^, cleanly, quiet, and inoflcnsive, and ready (as opportu- 
 " nity is ^iveu) to do good to all men, and especially to cultivate a 
 "spirit of love, unity, and concoid among themselves. That they 
 " shall rcjTularly and devoutly attend the public sei-vices of the church, 
 " with their families (if they are heads of fam-lie*.), on the Lord's day, 
 " * training up their children in the \v«y that they should sro.' That 
 *' they leligiously ab'tnin from the works of their ordinary catling, 
 •• buying orsellintc, and nil emplovments which are not /azeful on that 
 " holy day ; and, if possible, tliat thev set up and maintain an orderly 
 " worship of Almighty God in their families, on every day. And 
 " finally, that as persons wlio have receired the sco'-pel, not on'y in 
 " word, but in power, that they labour in the 7eAo/c of their conver- 
 " sation to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour, and to give no 
 " occasion to the adversary to blaspheme." 
 
 " If any Member separates himself, or heriself from the Established 
 " Church, neglect to attend tho public worship rjf Almishty God in it 
 " for a month, or the Meetings of th<' Society for three months, without 
 "assigning a cause which shall be deemed sufficient by the commit- 
 " tee, or shall omit to make the payments agreed upon in these roles 
 " for three months5 or shall be proved guilty of notorious lying or slan- 
 "derinsr, cursing or shearing, open profanation of the Lord's-day, or 
 "any kind of gross immorality ; such absenting or unworthy mem- 
 " ber shall be first privately admonished, and if no evidence of repen- 
 " tance satisfactory to the Committee, be given in three months, be 
 "expelled the Society." 
 
 It was agreed at a general Meeting of the Members, to 
 give to the "Church Missionary Society of Suffolk and 
 Ipswich," <£5 donation and e£'l l5. Od. per annum, as 
 long as the sum in the hands of the Treasurer, shall amount 
 to £60. 
 
230 IPSWICH FEMALE BENEHT SOCFETY, 
 
 IPSlVICfl 
 
 FEMALE BEiNEFlT SOCIETY 
 
 Instituted 1807. 
 
 This Society was fdrmed to enable inrlusfriotls Females to 
 derive support in sickness and in old age, from their united 
 eflTorts, unassisted (it possible) by parochial relief; and the 
 following are some of the rules, which were eitablished for 
 conuutling it at its formation. 
 
 " S^lbscriberf, are those who present an annual sum to 
 the Society, and receive no benefit. Members, are those 
 who pay a monthly contribution, and are entitled to relief 
 from it. The Subscriljcrs and Members to meet annually, 
 on the third Thursday m June. Any person wishing to 
 become a Member, shall deliver an account of her name, 
 age, and place of abode, to the Committee, at thn Monthly 
 Meeting, and attend the following one, to know their deter- 
 mination; at which, if approved, she shall be admitted a 
 Member. All Members must be resident in Ipswich at the 
 time of entering this Society ; they who shall leave Ips-xich 
 afterwards, may still be continued Members, if their pay- 
 ments be regul iriy made. Every Member to pay one shil- 
 ling monthly ; they who enter fii)m thii ty-five to forty years 
 of ai;e, siiall pay three shillings entrance: from forty to 
 forty-five years of age, five shillings; and from forty-five 
 to fifty ypars of age, seven shillings. No person to be ad- 
 mitted after fii'ty years of age. Five shillings per week to 
 be allowed to every nieml)er during severe illness; but 
 should her indisposition continue longer than four months, 
 the allowance to be reduced to three shillings. All pay- 
 ments to the Socief}', and every claim on account of sickness 
 .<^hidl cease, at sixty-five ytarsoFage, from which time everi/ 
 member is entitled io 07ic s/nUidg per iveek. To those above 
 seventy years of age, tuo sltiUings VjetiAtj shall be allowed 
 for the remainder of lifo; or three shillings, if the Committee 
 shull be of opinion that the fund will allow of such an in- 
 ere se. Tivo (j'uineasto be given for the Funeral of a 
 deceased Member. A uoman of bad character shall not 
 be admifted into thisSoci'ty ; or a wo nan becoming iin- 
 iiiciul in her conduct, sui>jects the oiieudei' to be expelled 
 
IPSWICH FEMALE BENEFIT SOCIETY. 
 
 231 
 
 by a majority of Subscribers, nt a General Meeting. Any 
 relief granted by a P<irish (lurmi; sicknes*, shall not deprive 
 a member of the allotvnnce from this Society. In order to 
 promote industry in the Chiidrei) of the members, and en- 
 courage the r-tising of a fund for their benffit, any Member 
 may enter a child, or children, of other sex, untKr the age 
 o^ten. and on f)»vii'l^ sixpence ;it every Monthly iMeeting, 
 shall receive, when the child shall be fourteen yeais of age, 
 six shillings and sixpence, for every year such subscription 
 hath been paid: and in case of the de;!th of the child, sucU 
 sum IS sh;ill h.ive been received, not exci vdng <>ne pound, 
 shall l)e returned The S<>ciet}' to be governed l)V a Com- 
 mittee of twelv'' persons, eight of whom shall be chosen 
 from the Suliscribers, attfie r (Jener.il Meeting, which eight 
 shall select four Membtrs to fill up the numl)er; and elect 
 a Prt'Sident, a Treasurer, and Secretary, to be chosen at the 
 first (ieneral Meeting, by a majority of the Subscriliers. 
 'J'he Committee to meet on the first Thursday m every 
 month, at eleven o clock". 
 
 A Report, from Jiaie 19, lS\~,to June 17, 1818. 
 
 Subscriptions - 
 Members Monthly 
 
 Payment - 
 Dividends 
 
 £ s. (I. £. s. 
 
 3+ h \ Incidental F.xpcnces 1.5 I '2 
 
 Heliet to Sick Mem- ? „, , _ 
 1 J 
 
 71 11 
 
 ^ lot 6 '^;'li''"o S'ck Mem- ? q, 
 J bcrs and '2 Finiera s ^ 
 
 )t 6 
 41 10 () 
 
 Increase this Year 
 
 H fi 
 
 .£ 179 18 6 
 
 Members 
 
 1 77 — Kelieved 
 
 Amount of the Funds of the Society, 1S17 
 Ir.crea»e IS. 8 - 
 
 6a- 
 
 — Exp 
 
 •Ikd 
 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 £. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 9.5' 
 
 18 
 
 9 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 71 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 Tolal Amount 
 
 1815 Mrs. Liver.sidge - 
 
 1816 Miss Pivor 
 
 181 o Mrs. Reinhold - 
 
 Lesnc'ies. 
 
 £ Vn 10 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 10 
 
 Collected at W. Mary To-cer Church, after Four Sermons, in the 
 years 1808, 1311, 18! 3, am! 1816, £'134. 8^. 6rf. 
 
 8^ The Committee meets the first Thursday in evenj motUli, at the 
 House o/Mr. Morrison, Bozvling Green. 
 
232 IPSWICH FRIENDLY SOCIETY. 
 
 IPSWICH FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 
 
 Instituted in the Year 1810. 
 
 This Society had its origin with a few young persons of 
 both sexes, in a sociable parly, who, while enjoying the 
 comforts of a winter evening's fire-side, reflected, with 
 thankful hearts, on the contrast between their own situation 
 and that of their poor, aged, and infirm neighbours, who 
 were deprived of many of the comforts, and even necessaries 
 of life. In a very lew weeks, a sufficient annual sum was 
 raised for the establishment of a Society, which was desig- 
 nated by the name of the " Friendly Society," as applicable 
 to the benevolent nature of it's object. In the year 181 1, 
 the Institution increased to about forty weekly or annual 
 subscribers; and the Town being nominally divided into 
 five districts, two of the Committee were appointed to visit 
 the poor in ench district, to inspect the actual state of their 
 situation and wants and to recoa)mend the party for relief, 
 (if a suitable object) at the next meetii.g of tl)e Committee. 
 At the annual meeting of the Subscribers in 1812, it ap- 
 peared that eighty-two poor pers )ns had been suppl ed with 
 an allowance.of coals during the winter; and that 180 gar- 
 ments had been distributed; and at the anniversary of 
 J8I3, that 756 bushels of coals, and 234. blankets &c. 
 had been distifbuted, to eighty-six aged weekly pensioners. 
 At the end of 18I4, the incomeexceed<-d i 90; 720 bushels 
 of coals, and 227 garments were distributed ; and ninety- 
 three weekly p'jnsioners on the list. In the year 1817, the 
 funds of the Society again improved, ai.d -xcL-eded any for- 
 mer year, the subscriptions and donations amounting to 
 
IPSWICH FRIENDLY SOCIETY. 23B 
 
 upwards of of 97 In the Report nf 1817, the following 
 interesting account is mentioned. Thar " of the nintt\-iix 
 " aged poor, who had a regular supply of coals iluring the 
 " winter, several were more than nintty, tlih ty-tiiree above 
 " eighfj/, and thirty four ;ibove seventj/ yars of age." 
 
 In the Kules of this benevolent Institution, it appear. 
 That every person subscribing not lessthnnerf per week, 
 is considered a member. Thf sul)scription to he paid 
 quarterly, or annually, at the option nf the subscriber. 
 
 The business of the Society is conducted by a Treasurer, 
 Secretary, and a Committee of Twelve Ladies and Six Gen- 
 tlemen, choScn annually The meetings of the Committee 
 are held every ahernale Friday, at half-past six o'clock in 
 the evening during the winterseason, which is Cfmsidered to 
 commence with the annual meeting, (held on the third Fri- 
 day in Novenib r) and close on the third Friday in Vlarch. 
 
 Tile number of Subscribers in IS 18, was Eighty, at 
 <£ 1 6s. each per annum. 
 
 Treasurer's Account. 
 
 DR. £. s. d. 
 
 Paid Alexanders and Co. for 2S dial. 3 qr>-. and 3 bus. of ? iq a r 
 
 Coals (Innrain dedurfed) - - ^ 
 
 Porterage and Carriage of Coals - - 7 9 1 
 
 S. Hay, for Flannel and Calico - - 28 11 6 
 
 J. T. .Shewell, ditto - - - 8 6 
 
 J. King, for Printing - - - 2 5-0 
 
 Maicin? Garmonts - - - 9 
 
 Sundries - - - - 12 6 
 
 Balance in hand - - - - 30 4 5 
 
 Balance in fTand last Year ... 
 Annual .Subscriptions - _ _ 
 
 Donations - . . . 
 
 Receivid for Payment of per Centage on Garments and 
 
 Sale of Clothing - - . 
 
 Received lor Payment on Coals 
 
 Di<itrihuthns. 
 900 bushels of Coals to One Hundied aged and infirm Poor, above 
 the age of 6.5 yeais. 
 
 240 bushels of" Coals ) „ „,. , „ . ^ , n r, 
 
 247 Gai ments C ° Widows, Oiphans, and Infirm Poor, in 
 
 15 Bed Rugs ) dit^ ot extreme povertg. 
 
 2 G 
 
 £Vll 16 
 
 
 
 £. s. 
 
 d. 
 
 2 15 
 
 6 
 
 100 ?. 
 
 
 
 5 7 
 
 
 
 :■ 6 13 
 
 
 
 12 17 
 
 6 
 
 £ 127 16 
 
 
 
234; 1?SW1CH PROVIDENT BANK. 
 
 IPSWICH 
 
 PROVIDENT BANK FOR SAVINGS, 
 
 Instituted September 2nd, 1S16. 
 
 This Institution is under the direction of a Treasurer, 
 Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and Seven Trustees. Any 
 sum of money, not less than one shilling is received, be- 
 tween the hours of nine and ten o'clock, in the mornings 
 of Monday and Thursday in every week, at the Mercan- 
 tile House of Messrs. Alexanders and Co. opposite St. Mary 
 Key Church- The amount of the money received is paid 
 over to the Treasurer on the same day ; but such part only 
 as is necessary to answer the exigencies of the Institution, is al- 
 lowed to remain in his hands ; the residue is remitted for In- 
 vestment in the Fund for the " Bank for Savings," in the 
 names of three of the Trustees, to the Governor and Com- 
 pany of the Bank of England, to be placed to the account 
 of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
 Debt. The Interest payable to the Depositors is after the 
 rate ofof"* per Cent, per Annum, upon the amount of their 
 deposits, to be paid once in every year, on the first or any 
 subsequetit Monday, after the twentieth of January. No 
 sum of money deposited with this Institution is transferable, 
 nor can any other ptrson than the Depositor, or such per- 
 son as may be authorized in writing, signed in the pre- 
 sence of one witness, be entitled to receive such deposit or 
 interest ; and in case of death, no payment of deposit or 
 interest is made^ except to the legal representatives. In the 
 case of the death of ooe per&on who has deposited money 
 
II^SWICH PROVIDENT BANK. S3S 
 
 In the Bank for another, no one but the person for whom 
 the money is deposited shall be iillowed to take it out; and 
 if deposited /q;- a Minor, it shall be at the discretion of the 
 Trustees at a quarterly meeting, to order it to be paid at 
 such time or times as they m;iy think proper and advanta- 
 geous to the Minor. In case any difliculty occurs not pro- 
 vided against by the Rules of this Institution, or matter in 
 dispute should arise between this Institution, and any per- 
 son or persons acting under it, or any individual Depositor 
 or Claimant therein, the matter so in dispute is to be refer- 
 red to the Recorder of this Borough for the time being; 
 who is named sole arbitrator according to the rules; and 
 his award is tn be considered binding and conclusive on all 
 parties, and final to all intents and purposes without appeal. 
 The Trustees meet on the Monday preceding the 5tU 
 April, the 5th July, the 1 Ith October, and the 5th January 
 in every j'ear, to examine the accounts, &c A general 
 Meeting is also held on the second Monday in February, in 
 every year, to audit the Treasurer's Accounts, examine the 
 state of the Funds, and to transact any business that may 
 be brought before them, rel.iting to the Institution. The 
 Rules are kept by the Secretaries, and are open to the in- 
 spection of the Depositors every Monday and Thursday, 
 between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, and a tran- 
 script thereof made on parchment, is deposited with the 
 Clerk of the Peace for the County of Suffolk. 
 
 Trustees. 
 
 M). Dvke? Alexander 
 
 Mr. William Batley 
 
 Mr. William Pearson 
 
 Ml'. Richard Dykes Alexander 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Brame 
 Mr. Simon Jackaman 
 Mr. John T. ShewelJ, 
 
236 IPSWICH AND SUFFOLK SAVINGS* BANK. 
 
 IPSWICH and SUFFOLK 
 
 SAFIJVGS' BANK, 
 
 Instituted ^fptember 10, 1816. 
 
 This Bank was opened on Tuesday, the 10th of Septem- 
 ber, 1816, for the r^c*: ipt oPany sum of money not less than 
 one shilling, and is under the management of F<urteen Pre- 
 sidents, Twelve Stewards, Three Trustees, a Treasurer and 
 Two Secretaries. According to some of the Rules mude at 
 its establishment, th'S Bank is open every Tuesday, from 
 twelve o'clock to one, at the House of Mr. Richard Porter, 
 in the Butter Market, Ipstiich. VV^hen the sum deposited 
 amounts to twelve shillings and six-pence, the proprietor is 
 entitled to receive interest, at the rate of Four Pounds per 
 Cent, per Annum, if such deposit remains in the Bank 
 eight months. As the sole ol)ject of this Institution is to 
 render assistance to the industrious and labouring classes, 
 any part of the deposit may be withdrawn after a month's 
 notice to either of the Secretaries, which is paid by them, 
 or the Steward in attendance, on the first Tuesday in every 
 month, without any deduction The money deposited is 
 vested on Government Security, in the names of the Trustees, 
 which are V/r. Edward Bacon, Mr. James Wemi, and 
 WiUutin Ilowonh, Clk. 
 
 The object of Savings' Banks is to promote honest in- 
 dustrv; to encourage an habit of saving among the indus- 
 trious classes of the community, to preserve their indepen- 
 dence, and to support themselves, without resorting to the 
 distressing and vexatious mode of applying for Parochial 
 relief. 
 
 Friendly Societies, legally established, may from time to 
 time subscribe the whole, or any part of their Funds, as 
 they shall direct through their officers. 
 
 'J wo Acts of Parliament* have been passed "for the En- 
 "couragement of the Establishment of Savings' Banks, and 
 "for the more eliectual providing for the sale custody and 
 "increase of small Savings, belonging to the industrious 
 "classes of His Majesty's Subjects, and for protecting such 
 " Institutions." 
 
 * 57th and 58th George III. Cap. 130 and 48. 
 
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238 IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
 
 IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY, 
 
 Instituted 1791. 
 
 A Committee of Tivelve Members is annually appointpd 
 by the Subscribers to this Library, at a General Meeting; of 
 whom one is chosen by the rost as their President The 
 Committee meets to transact business, the Jirst Tuesday in 
 every month, or on such other clay as they choose to ap- 
 pomt. All the Subscribers have originally an equal right 
 and power in this Institution, and any Subscriber may 
 transfer his right and share therein by Will or otherwise, 
 provided the person to whom it shall be transferred will 
 subscribe and submit to the Laws thenmade, or to such other 
 Laws as may hereafter be made. The Librarian (who is 
 chosen by a majority of the Subscribers at a General Meet- 
 ing) is required to attend at the Library y)o;H Eleven to Two 
 everyday {Sunday excepted); to keep a distinct account 
 of all books belonging to the Library, to enter the names of 
 the Subscribers to whom they are delivered out, to examine 
 them when returned, and if they havesustained any damage 
 to report the same to the Co?7imittce. Subscribers may pro- 
 pose any publication by writing the name thereof, with its 
 price, in a book kept for that purpose in the Library, which 
 book is laid before the Committee at every monthly Meet- 
 ing, that they may either order the work proposed, or reject 
 it, as they think proper. A Treasurer, chosen at the annual 
 Meeting, receives all the monies arising from admissions, 
 subscriptions, forfeitures, benefactions, or legacies of per- 
 sons willing to encourage this Institution, who is account- 
 able for it to the Sui)scr'bers at the Annual Meeting, at 
 which all the accoutits are settled One Guinea is paid on 
 admission, and One Guinea for yearly subscription, which 
 is due on the first of September every year. Temporary 
 residents are at'njitted to the use of this Library on subscri- 
 bing 5s. monthly, and depositing Two Guineas; whcih 
 deposit is refunded when the subscription ceases, and the 
 books returned in good dider. The number of Subscribers 
 in 1817, was upwards of one hundred and thirty; and the 
 number of Books in the Library upwards of 2000. 
 
IPSWICH RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. 239 
 
 Receipts and Exjiendiltire of the Treasurer of the Borough of Ipswich, 
 from March ,S\1 lo March 1818. 
 
 RECF.IPT5. 
 
 Balance of Account, allowed 3d March, 1817 
 Amount of Payments for RiMmliursements of Allowances 
 tortile iMaintcnance of iVlilitia-meii's Wives & Families 
 Amount of Rates - _ - 
 
 £. 
 
 t. 
 
 d. 
 
 19S 
 
 8 
 
 I 
 
 800 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ' KHK) 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 £. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 43 
 
 s 210 
 
 83 
 
 o 
 5 
 3 
 
 li 
 Of 
 7 
 
 EXPENDITURE 
 
 Repairinz Bfid^es, and Roads at the font thereof 
 
 Gajl and r<iifie\vi II, lucliulina Maiiiu iiinice of Prisoners 
 
 Apprehendintr, Passing and R- lievin^ \agrants 
 
 Constables' ■Allowances fo apprehendiiis Disoid<rljO 
 
 Person-^, and Watching the Streets at vaiious times > 7 3 
 for that purfose - - - ^ 
 
 Printing and Adveiiisemcnts 
 
 Coals for Gao!, B'idewell, and Town Hall 
 
 Allowanres to Prosecutors at Assizes ahd Sessions 
 
 To.vn Clerk's Bi'ls, Precepts for Rates, &c. 
 
 Cor -ners, for li.quisitions and Orders 
 
 Ditto, for attending Ihe Assizes and Orders 
 
 Hall Kef per, and Sliire Hall 
 
 Salary of Chaplain to Gaol and Order 
 
 Hi!i Clerk - - ■ - 
 
 Con Inspector's Salary and Order - 
 
 SpeVial Constabes at Paces 
 
 Salai'y of Suieeon to Gaol and Bridewell, and Orders 
 
 Conveying C^onvicts undf r sentence of Tiaiispo'tation 
 
 Beadle's Salary for Inspecting Weiffhts a id '-a ances 
 
 25 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 9 
 
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 35 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 53 
 
 15 
 
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 8 
 
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 5 
 
 
 
 30 
 
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 2 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chief Constable, for Impressing Baggage Waijgons for > 
 the Military, Salary and Order - - ^ 
 
 Allowances to Constables and Town Servants attending ? ,„ q a 
 the Sessions - - - - ^ 1^ » U 
 
 Town Servant attending the Market on Market Days 
 "ith Wei?l-ts . . _ 
 
 Allowances to Militii-meti's Wives and Families 
 
 Treasurer's Salary, Allowances, and Postages of Letters 
 
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 4 4 
 
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 40 
 
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240 PAVING ACT OF THE 13tH ELIZABETI^. 
 
 IPSWICH. 
 
 Abstract of the Act of the 13M Elizabeth (1571), for 
 Poi\ng the Town. 
 
 mn 
 
 " All and sinjrular persons, tlieir heirs and successors, now being, or 
 " which hereafter shall be immediate owners, landlords, or tenants of any 
 " houses or tenements, within the S;nd Town, or the suburbs of the 
 *' same, of any estate or esti^te;:, in fee simple, fee tail, for life or years, 
 " shall from time to time, and at all times, from and after the passing 
 " of this Act, at the assignment cr appointment of the Bailiffs of the 
 " said Ton n for the time being, as well pare or cause to be paved with 
 " good paving stones, aiong, from, and against his or their houses, 
 " lands, and tenements, so adjoining to the street, so mu'^h of the said 
 *■' street in length as his or their said houses, lands, or tenements, so 
 " adjoininji extendeth unto, and ni breadth during all the said length 
 " to the channel, or to such place as the channel there shall be by the 
 " said Bailiffs for the time bc-ina ajpointed to, upon pain to lose or 
 " forfeit, for every yard square not suflSciently paved in form afore- 
 " said, within t'lo mouths aft. r warning thereof given to the Ea'iiffs 
 " for the t'me being, the same being piesented before the Baililfs of 
 " the said Town for the time bt ing, by the tivelve headboroughs of the 
 *' said Town, 12U. of lawful aioney of Kngland j and the said owners, 
 " &c. shall sufficiently, from time to time, maintain and repair, as 
 " often as it shall be needful, the pareruent of the said street, &C. 
 " upon pai'.i of forfeiture, for every yard square of the same not suffi- 
 " ciently repaired, and presented in manner and form aforesaid, 3d. 
 " of like \a\\ fu; inoriey. Lessees for years, or at will, of the said bou- 
 rses or tenements, are empowered by this Act to repair so much of 
 " the pavement js belong to their several premises, and deduct the 
 •' expence thereof out of the rent," 
 
ABSTRACT of an ACT 
 
 Tor Paving, Lighting. Cleansing, and otherwise Improving 
 the 'loicn of Ipsuich, in he Lounry of Suffolk; and for 
 removing and preventing Encroachments, Obstructions, and 
 Annoyances therein. 
 
 (PASSED ill 1793.) 
 
 After repealin-i an Act of the 13th year of Elizabeth — 
 
 It is enucled, that the Higl* Steward, Bailiffs, Reroider, Deputy 
 Recorder, Portm. n, ami Cominon-Couiicil Men, of [pswioh for the 
 time beiiiir, with every Resident Iiiha bitant of the Tow n, wlio in his 
 own riglit, or in rishtof his wife, should be possessed ol or be the oc-cu- 
 pier of an house or other hereditaments, within the 'l"o'» n and Bo- 
 rough, of the vearly va'.ue of .£40, or possessed of | er->onal estate to 
 the amount of £S00, are appointed Commissioners for putting this 
 Act into execution. 
 
 Penalty f')r actins without bein? so qualified £\()0. 
 That no Officer umler the Commissioners (except the Treasurer) nor 
 any Innkeeper sliail act as a Commissioner. 
 
 That no Innkeeper sliall hold any offioe under the Act. 
 That the Commissioners should meet at the Golden Lion Inn, Ips- 
 wich, upon the last Monday in June, 179.', between ten in the morn- 
 ing and two in the afternoon, to put this Act into execution, with 
 power to aiijourn, if not a sufficient number of ( ommissioners attend 
 toadjouin to another day; incase of refusal by Commissioners to 
 adjourn, or non-attendance, their Cleik may appoint nevt Meeting, 
 giving six days notice in writing. Commissioners to bear their own 
 expeiices; and no Act valid unless done at a public meetins of five 
 or more Commissioners. Majority to execute the Act. Majority 
 to appoint a Pre-ident, and vote by ballot, if desired by three or moie 
 Commissioners. Piesident to have a casting vote ; and no orJer to 
 be revoked unless at a subsequent Meeting of nine Commissioners. 
 
 Tiiat all orders and proceedings a. id all seci.iri'ies and transfers shall 
 be entered in books, and signed by one or more Commissioners, or 
 2 H 
 
242 PAVING ACT OF 33d George hi. 
 
 their Treasurer or Clerk ; siic!) entries to be evidence and liable to 
 inspection by Commiss oneis, and a!l persons affecte;! Dy this Act. 
 
 Tliat between the 5th July anci l()t;i ^-ctober in every v tar, an 
 *ccouni shall be marie and written of all m.ini(;s received and paid by 
 virtue of this Act, and a copy or diipiiciitt deposited w itli the Cleik, 
 ♦o be inspected by any person rated under tl;e Act, paving one sbil- 
 lins: for inspection, a\id at the rate of three-pence for ohe hundred 
 words for a copy of such account, or any j art thereof. 
 
 That Commissioners may ap'.oiiit a Treasurer, and Clerk, Collec- 
 tors, Surveyors, and other Officers as they shall think propei, with 
 power to remove them, and to pay them reai-onable salaiiesj such 
 Treasurer, &c. to give security, and to deiirer accounts upon oath; 
 on refusal to aecount and deliver books and vouchers, Commissioners 
 may bring actions. On comp'aint made to two Justices of the Bo- 
 'tougli of such refusal, they are by warrant directed to cause the per- 
 sons so refusing to be brought before liem, and on appearance or wil- 
 ful default, to determine the matter in a summary way. If upon 
 confession or oath of one witness, any mo..ev raised by this Act shall 
 appear to be in the hands of such Officer or person, Justices nn.ay issue 
 warrant of distress to recover the same. And for want of sufficient 
 distress, or on refusal or wilful neglect to account, or deliver vouchers, 
 or to give satisfaction resprcting the same, offender to be committed 
 to Gaol or House of Correction, without bail, until account and pay- 
 ment shall be made to or conipounded for with said (-"ommissioners, 
 and until delivery of such books, &c. or satisfaction given in respect 
 thereof. Committment for « ant of sufficient goods, &c. not longer 
 than six months. Committment not to be a discharge for any money 
 due fiom such Officers, &c. nor to exonerate their sureties. 
 
 That the property of the pavement in the foot ways and carriage 
 ways, and of all posts, lamp irons, tools, material^, &c. shall be in 
 the Commissioners. 
 
 That the Commissioners are empowered to pave Highways, Streets, 
 and Lanes, and to dig for and take materials. 
 
 That no person shall alter any of the pavement without the consent 
 of Commissioners. Penalty ^5, besides expences of ra-instating same 
 
 That the Treasurer shall out of the money received by him, pay all 
 mois for which the Commissioners lihall draw upoa him, or order hii«. 
 
PWING ACT OF 33d GEORGE III. 24S 
 
 to pay ; that he shall keep regular entries in a book of all receipts and 
 paym.Mits, to be auJited once tvery year by seven or more of the 
 Comini<;sionei"s. 
 
 Tiiat the Com-nissioier'S may contract for paving, See. by agree- 
 ment in writini signed by five ("ominissioners. 
 
 That the Coromissioiiers shall cause the wori^ to be sur^-eycd, and on 
 non-perforinance of contract may brine actions for damages and costs. 
 
 That the Com nissl0:lpr^ miy direct lamp irons and lamps to be set 
 up, and contract for the >.ame, and the lighting such lamps. That per- 
 sons convicted of ^^•il^u ly destroying^ lami)s, or extinguishing the light 
 thereof, liahle to a penalty not exceedins £5, nor lesss than \0s , be- 
 sides satisfaction for damaje*, and on non-pa ment be committed to 
 hard labour, in tlie Oaol or f louse of Correct! m, not exceeding two 
 calendar months; and for iieiiligently or accidentally damadnff any 
 lamp, &c. one Ja-tioe mav order satisfaction t-> be madf, and in case 
 of non-payineiit to levy the same by distress and sale, rendering over- 
 plus, after deducting expences, &C. 
 
 That the Commissioners may appoint Scavengers, and contract with 
 them for cleaning the streets, &c. and no other person to take the 
 soil without leave from the Commissioners, under the penalty of 40r. 
 eX''ept the sueepings of foot paths. 
 
 Every person who sliall ob>truct or molest the Commissioners, (heir 
 Collectors, Trea>urer, Clerk, Surveyors, orotl.er Officer, or any work- 
 men, or other person employed by vntue of this Act, in the perform- 
 ance of his or their duty or work, to forfeit not exceeding £5. 
 
 Expenccs of obtain ng anl passing this Acr, and of putting the same 
 in execution, to be levied upon the occupiers of houses. Sec. within the 
 Borough, by a year'y rate or assessment of Is. in the pound upon hou- 
 ses, &c and 6rf. in the pjniid uiion lands, &c. to be signed by five 
 Commissioners, and Com«i-i«ionersinay am nd the same after having 
 been signed. Rate to be made once in the j ear, and money paid 
 quarterly to the Collector, and bv hiiH paid over to the Treasurer. 
 
 Owners of houses, buildings yards, orchards, and gardens, to a'low 
 their tenant- one third part of the rates assessed thereon ; and owners 
 of lands, tithes, and pleasure grounds, to allow their tenants nvo third 
 parts of the rates assessed thereon. Tenants authorized to deduct 
 such proportions out their rents; and such tenants to pay the other 
 two third parts, and one third part of such rates respectively. 
 
244 PAVING ACT OF 33 D GEORGE III. 
 
 Honses of a less annunl valnf than £i (not beine the property of 
 the orcupier) exennpt fn.m -iich a'ssessment. ^A'herl' houses are partly 
 occupied by the owner?:, and partly by tenants or lod^i rs, the owner, or 
 any one ofthe occupiers shall be liable to pay the whole assessment. 
 
 In case of neglect or ref-isal to pay anv rate, the s.ime to be levied 
 by distress and sa'e of the occupiers eoch. Persons nc-crrieved may 
 apply to the Commissioners at iheir next nieetincr for ye'ut. 
 
 Persons removing to pay in proporticin to the time they shall hare 
 occupied anv houses, &c and persons comins into the occupation of 
 any mcssua'zcs, &c. to pay in proponion to the time of such nccu]ja- 
 tion, as if original! V assessed. Such proportion in case of dispute to 
 be settled by Commi»siiincrs. 
 
 Agreements between landlords and tenants touching the pnving the 
 streets, &c. not to be impeached by this Act. Disputes concerning 
 any leases or aprrcements to be determined by Commissioners. The 
 Collectors, and other persons authorized by Commissioners, may in- 
 spect assessments to 'he land tax. house tax, and poors' rites, and 
 take copies or extracs ctrntis. Collectors of land tax, and Overseers 
 of the poor refusins- permission, to f )rfeil for the first offence 20^., for 
 the second offence 40j , and for every other offence <£4. 
 
 Commissioners empowered to bo''iow not exceedins: ^10,000 at 
 interest, upon security ofthe rates, or. by granting annuities to be secu- 
 red upon ihe said rates. 
 
 Persons entitled to any of the aforesaid securities, may by writing 
 under their hands and .seals, transfer Ihe same to any other person ; 
 such transfer to be noiified to the Clerk, and by him entered in a 
 book, being paid Is. 6<l for such entry ; and such traijsfei shall then 
 entitle sMch assignee, his executois, &c. to the benefit of such secu- 
 rity ; and every such assignee may, in like manner, transfer the same 
 again, and so iofies quot'es. 
 
 When the money lo he borrowed by virtue of this Act, and the 
 interest thereof shall be paid, the rate tjpon land and tithes to cease 
 
 Tlie Bailiffs, &c of Tpswi<h, and the Churchw|rdens of the several 
 Parishes within the Borough, and the Trustees and Proprietors of 
 Dissenting Meeting-house s, and other buildings therein, shall repay to 
 the Commissioners all such money as they shall expend in repairing 
 such parts of the Corn-Hill, and other parts of the said streets, &c. as 
 
PAVING ACT OP 33d GEORGE III. 245 
 
 the sa'ul RailifiV-, Chni-rhwa'-dpns, Tnistees, and Proprie'ors re=pec- 
 tiv( !v '"■» Imb'e to repair and maint lin Coniini«sioners may pr>>se- 
 ciito 'iti.iiis lo recover sat'«ractioii «itli costs; — mav rompound with 
 said B lilitfs and o*h"is for -iich repairs; and said RnnifTs and others 
 are authorised to ^akf> credit in their accounts for the money disbur- 
 sed on account therfof. 
 
 All mi->nVs 'o be; leriod or borrowed by virtue of (bis Act, and all 
 moniir-s givon or subscribed for the purposes thereof, *o be p id to the 
 Treasurer, or 'o •^tieh persons as Commissii)i)crs shall appiin*, and be 
 applied, first, in p-ivinc tlie diaries of obfaininc; and pas«insr this Act, 
 and ii the next p'aci' in di-fravi'ist the expences of -videninff, impro- 
 vincr, pavinsr, repairing, chansiniir, and li'-'btinpr the bii;bways, streets, 
 &c. of the Town, and in paying all nee. s'^a'-y expences of the Com- 
 missioners, and their Officers, in carrvin'.' the Act into execution; or 
 in prosecHtin"^ c defendins: any proseOHtion<:, actiDns, c sni*s, rela- 
 tive to the execution thereof, or any thinS! done by virtue t'ereof. 
 
 Occupiors of hon<es, &c to cause footnavs before their bouses, &c. 
 to be sivept and cleansed, and soil to be remnved before ten o'clock in 
 the morniniT; and for every defiult, after not'ce sicn^d bv the Clerk, 
 to forfeit not esceedinof 2>-. 6 /. CommissionHrs may compound for 
 the same, if such composition be paid in advance. 
 
 The owners and occupiers of houses, and other buildings to remove 
 obstructions, sisu';, and prqiections in from thereof. 
 
 The foundation, or any part of the front of any house or '^uilding, 
 not to be carried beyond the line of the street, perpendicularly from 
 the foundation ; penalty 40*. a month. Porches, uindon-s, &c. not 
 to project into or over the footways ; penalty c£.5. 
 
 Driving whedbarrows on the f )otways, &c. declared to be annoy- 
 ances ; penalty 20j. for every offence. » 
 
 Wagijons, &c. not to remain in the streets longer than necessary; 
 penalty 20*. for every offence. 
 
 When any part of the pavement shall be taken up for laying or 
 mending water pipes, notice to be given to Surveyor; penalty 20*. 
 Pavement to be relaid at the expence of the person taking up same, 
 and on non-payment to be levied by distress and sale of bis goods. 
 
 Commissioners may alter tlie sitnati'in of water pipes, and may 
 cause houses to be numbered, and streets to be named, and boards 
 fixed up. 
 
246 PAVING ACT OP 33d GEORGE III. 
 
 Commissioners empowered to eontiact for the purchase of houses, 
 huildjnes, and lands, or for aiiy damage to be done thereto, in the 
 execution of the Act. 
 
 Possession to be delivered after six months' notice, si5:ned by five or 
 more of the Coinmissioners, and on refusal possession to be given under 
 a wnrranf from the Sheriff ot Suffolk, and costs to be levied by distress. 
 
 Puroha>e monies to be laid out in the purchase of other messuages, 
 &c. and in tne mean line invested in the funds. 
 
 Coinmi^siomrs may sell any ground, &c. purchased by or vested in 
 them, besides what may be necessary for the purposes of the Act. 
 
 All penalties to be levied by distress a id sale of offeiider's goods, and 
 applied to the purposes of the Act ; and tor want of sufficient distress, 
 offender to be committed to Gaol, or House of Correction, for not cx- 
 ceedinst three calendar months, nor less than fourteen days, unless pe- 
 nalties and charges are sooner paid. 
 
 Distresses not to be unlawful for want of form. 
 
 Jormof convict ion. 
 
 Justices of the Peace may administei oaths. 
 
 Commissioners may compound penalties, and mitigate the same, 
 not exceeding; one moiety thereof. 
 
 Persons aggrieved may appeal to the General Quarter Sessions for 
 the County of Suffolk. 
 
 Inhabitants of Ipswich may be witnesses, though liable to be rated 
 under this Act. 
 
 Proceedings not to be quashed for want of form, or removable by 
 Certiorari. 
 
 Commissioners may iew.'>'.d informers, not exceeding one-half of 
 the penalty ineuiied. 
 
 Actions may he brought in the names of the Treasurer, Clerk, or 
 Surveyor, or one or more of the Commisvioners, and not to abate by 
 death or removal. Costs to be defrayed out of the money to be raised 
 by this Act. 
 
 Limitation of Actions. Defendants to recover treble costs. 
 
 jRublic Act. 
 
ABSTRACT of an ACT 
 
 Tor amending and rendering more effectual an Act, passed in 
 the 33rd Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for 
 Paving Lighting, Cleansing, and otherwise Improving the 
 Tomn of Jpsutch, in the County of Suffolk, and for umov' 
 ing and preventing Encroachments, Obbliuciions, and An- 
 noyances therein. 
 
 (PARSED 37th GF.ORGE III. \~9-,) 
 
 Tiie ripamWe rcrites tlie pnss'n? of the Act of 33rd George fll. 
 
 And that gitat pioaiitfs had been made in executing that Act, in 
 uhich great sums of monoy had been expended, and a considerable 
 debt cunlracttd, which then lemained due; and that the new paving 
 the Town was still unfinished, and could not be enm pitted, iioi the 
 said debt discharged without the further aid of Parliament; and that 
 several amendments and regulations were wanting to render the said 
 Act more extensively useful. 
 
 After which, }t is enacted, that the Commissioners for executins the 
 said recited Act, were api)i)inted Commissioners for puttinjr this Act 
 into execution, with th&-po\" ere, and under the regulations iu the said 
 recited Act contaiiied. 
 
 That after the passing of this Act the ComTiissioners should hold their 
 meetinsrs upon the frsi Tuesday in every month, and by adjournment 
 to any other day thty sliall think proper, provided, that if any meet-- 
 ing be held by adjournment from any such/rVi/ Tuesday, notice thereof 
 shall be given in S'ime newspapor, publi>hed inornear l;'s:cick. 
 
 And after reciting that the money arising by the rates authorized 
 to be made by the said Act, had been found insufficient for tlie pm- 
 poses intended, // is firlher enacted, that so much of the recited Act as 
 authorized the Commission rs to rate occupiers of houses, &c. is by 
 this Act repealed; and that the Commissionci-s shall as^^oss the occu- 
 piers of houses, &c. within the Town, in any sum not exceeding 
 J». ^f/. in the pound by the year, of the aimual vy'ac of luch houses. 
 
248 PAVING ACT OF 37ni GEORGE III. 
 
 &c. and all ore upieis of laiidf, &.c. \ulliiii ihe Town and Hamlets, 
 usua ly as-icssta ;u iiie rt-:i' t of the pou'% iii any sum not exceeding 
 9 /. in t.ie pound by the year, ot such lanJs, &.c vucli annual value to 
 be fixed accordiiii to the :iss«ssment of cnA poors' rate, except when 
 any !aa i, 'U o her hereditaments nit liable to tl.t- first mentioned rate, 
 shall hejoi.itly occuijied with any such hous> s, &c. and jomtly rated 
 to the reiii-f ot tlie poor, in which case tht Conimissioneis art directed 
 to rate such housi s, &c. ui. valorem. The first year of assessment to 
 commence fn m 24th Jiii.e, 1797. Money to be paid <,uarterly to 
 Coliectois, and by them paid o\er to Treasurer. K.ite- to be signed 
 by five Commissioiitrs, who may amend tlie sume after having bteu 
 signed. 
 
 Allowances to be made by landlords to their ttnants, in the same 
 proportions as by the said recited Act they v\ eie directed, mni in like 
 manner; and residues to be paui by tenants. 
 
 Collei tors, and other persuDs authorized to inspect and take copies 
 of land-tax, and other assissmeuts, as empowered by the said recited 
 Act; and :ike penalties for refusal. 
 
 When the mom y borrowed under both Acts shall be paid ofi", the 
 rate on lands to cease ; buL Commissioneis are empowered to continue 
 the I ate on houses. 
 
 An additional dutv imposed upon coals, ccke, and cinders of \s. per 
 chaldron, if sold by the chaldron, and 8« per ton, if sold by the ton, 
 upon all coals, kc landed or delivered in the Jiiver OnvelL or within 
 the Harbour thereof. 
 
 In ease any ovvners of ves-els, or other persons, refuse or nejclect to 
 pay the atoresaio duties, the Con.missioners and others may go 014 
 board any vessel, or stop any waggon to demand the same, and on non- 
 payment may sieze and detani such vessel, &c. And in case of neg- 
 lect in payment of the duty and expences for three days, Comroissio- 
 sioiiers, &.c. may sdi sucii distress, and therewith discharge the said 
 duties and expences, rendering the overplus to such owner, &,c. 
 
 Masters, ikc ot vessels, and eithers obstructing, or endeavonring to 
 obstruct the Commissioners, or Collectors, from levying the said du- 
 ties, or bringing 01 c 'using to be brought into the li'wer Oizvcll, or the 
 Towii of //w"'(/?, or the Haiboui ffiereof, and ttiere disposing of or 
 consuming any coals, &.c. knowing the said duties have not been paid. 
 
1»AVING ACT OF 37tH GEORGE III. 349 
 
 and shall be convicted thereof before one Justice of the Peace for the 
 Borouffh, upon oath of one witness, for every offtnce shall forfeit to ihe 
 Commissioners 40*. besides damasrcs, to be ascertained by such Jus- 
 tice, and on non-payment be comn.itttd to the House of Correction no^ 
 exceeding two calendar months, unless sooner paid. One moiety of 
 j/erialty to informer, and the other apphed for the purposes of this Act. 
 
 For all coals, &c. for whi< h either ol the aforesaid Uu(ies shall have 
 been paid, and shall be afterwards carried in any barge, &c. from the 
 said Town or Harbour upon the navijtable communication between 
 Sloxmwket and fpsveich, and not landed be'ow Sprou^hlon Bridge, or 
 shall by any other conveyance be carried trom the said Town and Har- 
 bour beyond the jurisdiction of the Poiough, a drawback shall be 
 allowed of all such duties, upon proof by oath (if n quired) before the 
 Treasurer, or his deputy, that such coals, ice. were so carried from 
 the Town. 
 
 The Commissioners are empowered to borrow for the purposes of 
 this and the said reci:ed Act, not exceeding of 3000, above the <£lO00O. 
 inrntiiiiied in the former Act at Interest, upon security of the rates 
 and duties, or by way of Annuities. 
 
 All monies arising by virtue of this Act, after deducting expences of 
 the Act, to be a security for money borrowed, and Interest, and for, 
 paytnent of ajinuities, and otherwise for the purposes of the said Acts. 
 
 When the power of the Commissioners to assess lands, &c. shall 
 cease, the owners or ocrupiers thereof shall no longer be subiect to 
 9ny highway <luty, ni any assessment for repairins any paved street 
 or place within the Town ; nor the owners or occupiers of house*, &c. 
 to any a.^sessment, for making: or repairi e iny road or hishway, or 
 other place, except the paved streets or plaees within the Town. 
 
 The powers and provisions of" the foruier Act, are extenfled to this 
 Act, except where the same are hereby altered or repealed. 
 
 Pjiblic Act. 
 
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ABSTRACT of an ACT 
 
 'tdr AmeniUn^ and Enlargins^ the Powers of Two Acts of 
 His present Majesty, for Puvins;, Lis;htln^, Cleansing, and 
 Improving the Town of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk^ 
 and temoving and prevtnting Encroachments, Obstructions, 
 and Annoyances the) ein; and for Watching the said Town. 
 
 (ROYAL ASSliNT, 2nd xMAY, 1815, 5.Hli GEORGE IIL> 
 
 TTie |>reamb1e recites tHe passing of the Acts of the 33d George III. 
 and the 37th George III. 
 
 And that in executing the said Acts considerable KunT: had been ex- 
 pended, and a large debt contracted, which then remained due ; that 
 the income arising under the said Acts was insufficient for the pur- 
 poses thereof, and that it was expedient that more effectual provision' 
 should be made for paying the interest of the said debt, and for com- 
 pleting and mr.intaining in repair the Pavement of the said Town, and 
 for carrying into execution the several other purposes of the said Acts. 
 That the powers and provisions of the said Acts had been found de- 
 fective and insufficient, and it ^vas expedient that the same should be 
 amended and enlarged ; and that it was aUo expedient that provision 
 should be made for Watching the said Toh n. 
 
 // is then enacted, that the Hiprh Steward, Pailiffs Recorder, Deputy 
 Recorder, Portmen, and Common Council-Men of Ips^\ich for the 
 time being, and the other persons nppointed by virtue of the said re- 
 cited Acts, and their successors to be appointed as therein mentioned. 
 Should be Commissioners for executing this Act, and the said reci- 
 ted Acts. 
 
 The q'lalification of a Commissioner who is not of the Corporation, 
 is a Real Estate wilhin the Borough of ^50 annual value, or personal 
 Estate to the amount of ^£1,000. Penalty for acting unqualified .£50; 
 one moiety to informer, the other to be applied foi the purposes Of 
 the Acts. 
 
PAVING ACT OF 55tH GEORGE III. 251 
 
 Comin!s-;ioiieis (except the High Steward, &c.) to take the following 
 
 jath; — 
 
 "/, A. B do '-i'«/ir [or, he'nq on' of the People called ^.Hokers, Jo 
 
 " soleni'ily ■■i:Jiriii\ I'lat f am dJ>i qual-fird, aerordin'y to ik' directions ef an 
 
 " 4cf. Dnssed in tk'^ Fi^fly-fiflh yea' of the lieiii of Ktn% George the Thiid, 
 
 " inCilu'ed, ' 4n Act for aiHemling and enlar^mz the f'o-iers of Two Acts 
 
 " of His nresc'il 'Hajesty, for Pavin^, Liirhlifr, Cleinsin^ and Improving 
 
 "the To-J>n of Ipswich, in Ike County of SufTblk, and removing and pre 
 
 " ventint^ Encroachments, Obstructions and Annoyances therein^ and fbr 
 
 *' fValvhii^ the sa;d To-cn,' to act as a Com'mssioner in the execution qf 
 
 "the said Act, and of the seve al Acts of Partiame'it passed for Paving, 
 
 " Lighting, Cleansing, and other-cise Improving ike To-xn of Ipsw ich, in 
 
 " the County o/" Suffolk, andfo' removing and preventing EncroichmenU, 
 
 '' Obstructions and Annoyances therein. 
 
 " So help me GOD."* 
 
 All meetines of Commissioners (except by afijournment) to be held 
 on the fiist Friday, instead of the fin* Tuesday in tvery muntb. 
 
 No order to be revoked or altered without notice given at a meeting 
 of Commissioners of the intention, and one week's notice in the news- 
 paper; nor unless more Commissioiiers be present than when order 
 made ; nor in any case wheie Irts than nine Commissiont-rs. 
 
 An additional duty of 1^. per chaldron and %d. per ton is impo<;ed 
 upon all coals, coke, and cinders, impurted into or landed wjtiiin the 
 Rirer, Town, or Harbour. 
 
 A further drawback is allowed of \s. per chaldron and 8f/. per ton on 
 all coals, coke, and cinders, carried from the Town or Harbour, as 
 mentioned in tlie Act of 37th George HI, above the drawbacks granted 
 by that Act 
 
 The Commi signers are cmpowvred to appoint Watchmen for the 
 Town, undtr such regulations as they may consider expedient j to pro- 
 vide watch-houses; to pay Watchmen reasonable waj?es, and fine 
 them for misconduct, not exceediast 20^. to be deducted from their 
 wages; and such Watclimen may apprehend and detain persons sus- 
 pected on disturbing the peai^e. 
 
 Commissioners may reward Watchmen if wounded or hurt in exe- 
 cuting; their office, or otherwise desei'ving such reward ; to be paid out 
 «f the laooey raise4 under the said Acts. 
 
252 PAVING ACT OF 55th GEORGE III. 
 
 Penalty on victuallers liarbouiiiig Watchmen during tlie time of 
 duty, not exceeding 40^. 
 
 The Commissioners may orHf>r all floors or gates (except cellar doorS 
 or windows) to be m:idi' to open from the street mwaids, and on neg» 
 lect or rufiisal may came the same to 1)6 alterefl, an! levy the rharsres 
 thereofbv distress :ind "^ale of owner's or occupier's eroods. If tenant 
 make any such alt<'r.ition, landlord to allow the charses out of his 
 'rent, and Commissio'iers may pay owners and occupiers all or any part 
 of the expence>- of such alterations, at their discretion 
 ■■ A peualf' not exceeding ,£5, for persons wilflilly ridinj or driving 
 on the foot-paths or cau?e«ays ivith'n the Eorouirh. 
 
 A like clause as in the said Act of 33d George III, for preventing 
 certain annoyances in the streets. Penalty 20f. 
 
 No person (o carry a sedan chai' in the stre«»ts after sun-set, without 
 Laving a lighted lanthorn in front thereof. Penalty not exceeding 20*. 
 
 Wag'Tons, &,G. not to remain in the streets looser than necessary. 
 Pcnaltv for every offence as in the said Act of 33d George II[. 
 
 Drivers of Carriages, &c negligently or wilfully driving, or misbe- 
 having themselves, to forfeit on conviction not exceeding 10*. if such 
 driver be i.ot theowner of the carriage; and not exceeding 20* if such 
 driver shall be the owner of the carriage. 
 
 The Commissioners are empowered to contract for the purchase of 
 such buildings, &c. as they may judge proper for improving the 
 streets, and to appropriate the same for the purposes of this Act. 
 
 Bodies politic, corporations, and persons acting for others under 
 disability or incapacity, are empowered to sell as in the Act for impro- 
 ving the River Oncelt. 
 
 In case of refusal to sell, or inability to make titles, or any dispute, 
 the value or recompense to be settled by a jury at the Sessions, whose 
 verdict to be binding upon the parties, if the sum assessed be paid or 
 tendered witbm six calendar months. 
 
 If verdict be given for a greater sum than was previously offered by 
 Commissioners, the expences of taking such inquest, &c. shall be 
 paid by them : if for no greater, or a less sum, such expences to be 
 paid by owners, &c. Ifp reons be prevented from treating with 
 Commissioners by absence, all costs and expences to be paid by Com- 
 missioners. Costs payable to Commissioners to be deducted by them 
 from the sum to be paid to owners, &c. Tender of the remainder good. 
 
PAVING ACT* OF 55tB GEORGE III. 253 
 
 The purchase monies agreed for op assessed as aforesaid, to he paid 
 out of ihe duties levied bv tiiis and the said recited Acts ; and after 
 payment or tender of the same, and 1+ davs* notice to quit being 
 given, the premises shall become vested in the Conimissionei-s, who 
 mav enter thereon, and convert the same to the pnrposes of the Act. 
 
 The Comm'S'^ioners cannot cintrnct for nnv purchase, until a Gene- 
 ral Meeting of the Inhabitants shall be called for that purpose, by a 
 week's notice in the lus-c'ch newspaper?, to obtain an order, authorizing 
 the Commissioners at the next monthly meeting to make such con- 
 tract. 
 
 In case of sale by Commissioners of any ctround not wanted for the 
 purposes of the said Acts, the same to be first offered to the person 
 of whom such CDUnd was purchased : affidavit of a disinterested 
 person to be evidence that such offer was made, and not aareed to. 
 And in case of difference with respect to price, the same to be ascer- 
 tained by a jury, as in the case of purchases by Commissioners. The 
 -sale monies to be applied to the purposes of this Act. 
 
 So much of the 33d of George III, as relates to notice for cleaning 
 footways before and on the sides of houses, &c. is repealed, and in lieu 
 thereof, — 
 
 The notiPe, to be signed by the Clerk to the Coroirjissioners, shall 
 be publickly proclaimed by the Town Ciier, in the streets where such 
 footways are to be cleansed. 
 
 Purchase monies amounting to o£'200, and belonsing to persons 
 nnder disability or incapacity, to be paid into the Bank of England, 
 in like manner as directed by the River Act. 
 
 Similar provisions as contained in the River Act, respecting pur- 
 chase monies under ot'200, and ahove £l'l, and where under £10. 
 Also as in the case of not making out good titles, or if persons entitled 
 cannot be found. Also with respect to disputed titles. And also 
 with rcsp( ct to emjiovveriug the Court of Ciiancery to order reason- 
 able expenses of purchases, to be paid by the Commissioners. 
 
 The Commissioners are required to appropriate o6^100 annually, out 
 of the duties to be received by virtue of this Act, and the said recited 
 Acts, and to place the same at interest, on Government Securities, 
 and also such interest to form together a Sinking Fund, until suffi- 
 cient to pay all monies borrowed by virtue of this Act, or the said 
 
654 PAVING Acrr of 55th 6EonGE iii. 
 
 recited Acts; and no part of such Sinking Fund to be diverted to any 
 other purpose. 
 
 When the interest of money lent on security of the said ratps shall 
 be in arrear for three calendar months after demanded, creditors hav- 
 ing given ten days' notice in writing to Treasurer, may commence 
 actions airainst him for recovery thereof. 
 
 Clause in the 33d Geoipe III. empowering Commissioners and Jus- 
 tices to dftermme respecting taking materials repealed, and such 
 power limited to Justices onlj'. 
 
 Commissioners are authorized to lay down mains or pipes in th« 
 streets, and to affix pipes against houses or walls, for conducting gas, 
 or gas li2;lits, for lighting such streets. 
 
 E\p' nces of obtaining and passing this Act, with legal interest for 
 money advanced for that purpose, to be paid out of monies raised by 
 virtue of the said recited Acts, or to be received by virtue of the same 
 Acts, and tiiis Act. 
 
 The powers and provisions of the former Acts are extended to this 
 Act, except where the same are hereby altered or repealed. 
 
 Persons aggrieved by any rate to be made by virtue of the said Act 
 of 37th George III. may appeal to the next General Sessions of the 
 Peace for the Borough. Determination of Sessions to be final. 
 
 Public Act. 
 
 In the Poll for the Clerk to the Commissioners for Paving and Light. 
 ing the Town of Ipswich, taken on Tuesday, February 18, 1817, 
 the numbers for the two Candidates were 176 and 159, making alto- 
 getlier 3^5. 
 
 The Paving Commissioners meet at Eleven o'clock, the first Friday 
 in every month, at the Town-hull. 
 
PAVING RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 255 
 
 Receipts and Dishursetnenls of the Commissioners for Paving and Lighting 
 the Town of Ipswich, from Juhj 5, 1817, to July 5, 1818. 
 
 RP.CEIPTS. 
 
 By balance in haiKl,5fh July, 1817 - 
 
 Received for Rales . . . 
 
 By 39,263:t clia'.drons of Coals, impoitcd at 2s. 
 
 Mr. Gi'or2;e Vincent, for annuity 
 
 Mr. Poslle Jackson, on bond 
 
 Mrs Elizabetli Johnson, on bond 
 
 Sundries of Georee Pcirsiin 
 
 Intere>t of \Toney in Treasurer's hands 
 
 Dividend from Sinkins: Fund 
 
 Balance due to the Treasurer, 5th July iSlS 
 
 £. 
 
 .r. 
 
 d. 
 
 682 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 1(159 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 3926 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 1.355 
 
 
 
 
 
 S'lO 
 
 
 
 
 
 9()() 
 
 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 16 
 
 2 
 
 189 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 £ 836-i 1 2 
 
 niSDURSEMENTS. 
 
 Interest on bonds and annuites 
 
 One shilling per chaldron on 50^ chaldrons of coals, 
 
 sold out of Ipswich _ . - 
 
 two shillings ditto on 26,91 9|; chaldrons ditto - 
 Pavmij . _ . . 
 
 Tischtina: .... 
 
 Scaven-rers - _ . - 
 
 Law expences and Advertisements - 
 Rent of Yard for Stones - - - 
 
 635 
 
 2 
 
 2691 
 57/) 
 4+5 
 108 
 109 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 10 3 
 
 19 6 
 
 7 
 
 16 10 
 
 8 6 
 
 19 6 
 
 
 
 SALARIES. £. S. d. 
 
 Collector of Rates - - 75 
 
 Collector of Coal Dues - - 30 
 
 Surveyor - - - 10 
 
 Cleik . - - II) 10 
 
 Treasurer's Clerk - - 21 
 
 Storekeeper to Lamp rommittee - 5 5 
 
 Ditto Paving Committee - 5 
 
 Superintendant of Scavengers - 7 7 
 
 Inspector of Nuisances - - 5 5 
 
 Checqne Clerk - - 6 6 0— 175 
 
 Improvements in Tavern Street, on Account - 3.)0S 
 
 Ditto I ittie Kinor Street - - - 40O 
 
 Ditto Mr. Riaby's Premise.'? - - 40 
 
 Ditto Mr. Goodnig's Premises - - 21 
 
 Sundries . - . . 34, 
 Purcha.se of £129 3* Orf. 3 percent consols in addittion 1 
 
 to the c£l60 9^. 8rf. stock before purcha.sed as a V 104 14 2 
 
 Sinking Fund - - - S 
 
 1.3 
 
 IS 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 I) 
 
 5 C 
 
 £ '^■■ 
 
 I 3 
 
256 IPWICH IMPROVEMENTS, 
 
 TTie follorving sums xcere allo-.'jed to the tindrr-mentioned Ou:ncrs of Pre- 
 mises in Tavern Street, -xhere t/ie Improvements look place. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 Mr. Brothers - _ - - 
 
 Mr. Pipe, forSeif and Miller 
 
 Mr, Brett - _ - . 
 
 Mr. Skoulding, for Self and Ciillington 
 
 Mr, Meadows - - - - 
 
 A. H, Steward, Esq. for Great White Horse 
 
 Mr. Brooks, his Tenant - _ , 
 
 The Lessees of the Assembly Room 
 
 Mrs Kirl>y's House to be re-built, papered and painted 
 
 J. Cobbold, Esq. for Assembly Room - 
 
 Mr. Scrivener, his Tenant - - - 
 
 6j0 
 
 
 
 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 
 
 350 
 
 
 
 
 
 COO 
 
 
 
 
 
 620 
 
 
 
 
 
 1100 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 Q 
 
 650 
 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 
 
 III January, 1818, Gas Lights were introduced into this Town, in 
 those Streets in which the line of main, laid down by Messrs. Cuhitt 
 and Co. extends 
 
ABSTRACT o: an ACT 
 
 Tor Improving and Rendering more Commodious the Port of 
 Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk. 
 
 After the preamble, the fiist clause appoints the Commissioners, 
 who are the Members of Parliament for the Borough, the Hish Stew* 
 ard, BailifF-i, Recorder, Town Cierk, Portmci^ and Cominoii-t'ouncil 
 Men of the Borouvjh for the time beine, and Sir Robert Harland, Bart, 
 and his heirs, Philip l^owes Vere BroKe, I'sq. and his heirs, and sixty- 
 four otiier Ocntlemen, Merchants, and Tradt ^men, particularly named. 
 
 The qnalificatioii of a Commissioner, except the Members of Fa-lia- 
 ment, tlie Corporation, Sir Robert Harland, Bart, and Philip Bowes 
 Vere Broke, Esq and their respi ctive heirs, is a Real Estnte of £W 
 per annum, or Real and Pif sonal Estate, or ore of thtm of the va ue 
 of c£80U. No person to act as a Commissioner until he shall have 
 taken the following: oath : — 
 
 ^' I do s-eear, [or f A. B. do so/emn'i/ af^rm] thai arrordin^ to the best 
 
 " of my ski'l and krwvled^e I will fait'if-iUii, impartially, and Ir'i y eve- 
 
 " cute the several Po'ce'S and Aiitho>->t'es vested in me hy an Act, tiassed 
 
 " in the Forty-fifth year of His Uresfnt Majesiy^s Neign, entitled, ' .-In 
 
 " Act for Improuni and Renderinf; more Commodio'i the Port o/ Ipswich, 
 
 " in the Co'oity of Suffolk,' according to the Tenor and Purport of the 
 
 «' said Act. 
 
 " So hel;> me GOD." 
 
 Penalty for acting unqualified £\{)(). 
 
 On the death, removal, refusal, or disqua'i^ication to art of any 
 Commissioner, a new one to be el cted by th*^ Commissioners for the 
 time t)eing, Ten davs' notice of elecMon to be sriven. 
 
 The Commissioners to meet upon thf second Tuesday after passing 
 the Act, or as soon after as conv» nicnt, and the maioriiy to adjourn ; 
 three Commissioners may adionrn, and if sufficient do not attend, or 
 shall refuse to adjourn, the Cle*k, or thiee or more Comm ssioners 
 may call a meeting on that day fortnight, eiving seven davs' notice in 
 WJitjng. ^Jl Acts to be done at a public m^etins. Commissioners to 
 % K 
 
€5$ ABSTRACT Ot ftlVER ACT. 
 
 pay their own expences. A Chairman to be chosen from among Mle 
 Conmiissioners present, and to have a casting vote in cast otaneqna- 
 ity of votes. 
 
 The Commissioners are empowered to make bye laws for rf'gu'.ating 
 ebippin?, &c. and to impose a penulty for breach tr.eieof, not exceed- 
 ing .f 10. 
 
 Such byp-la-A-s not to be repugnant to the la<v>. of the Rea'nn, or the 
 Jurisdiction of the Lord High Admiral, nor prejud:ci li to p'iv:<ie rights. 
 
 Public notice to be given of alttrin? or repealing any Uvi aw. 
 Commissioners may enter into contracts for woik and materials, to be 
 done and used about impDvniar the Ri%'er. 
 
 The property of lands, buiidmgs Ulc. purchased bj- Commi>'-ioners 
 to be vested in them and their successors j a. id they may mauitain 
 actions for the same. 
 
 The Commissioners are authorized to lay materials on the lands 
 adjoinnig the River, making saiid'action to the owners for all dam- 
 ages done. 
 
 The Commissioners may appoint such officers and workmen as they 
 may think necessary for the purposes of the Act, who are rcmoveable 
 at pleasure, and order payment of salaries to them. C.fficers and 
 others are to account on oath. 
 
 The Treasurer, Collector, and other Officers to give security. The 
 Commissioners are to cause the proceedings of all meetings to be en- 
 tered in a book, to be signed by the Chairman and Clerk ; such en- 
 tries to be good evidence, and liable to inspection at any meeting by 
 all persons affected by the Act. 
 
 Such rates and duties to be paid on account of vessels and goods 
 coming, and imported into the Poit of Ipswich, as are ipecified in 
 the table annexed to the Act. 
 
 Vessels in the ser-vice of Government exempted from rates. 
 
 Vessels not taking or delivering three-fourth parts of a full cargo, 
 to be charged a proportionate part of tonnage duty only. Disputes to 
 be settled by three or more Commissioners. 
 
 Vessels delivering goods on certain lands of P. B. V. Broke, Esq. 
 and others, not to be liable to payment of duties. 
 
 On refusal to pay rates. Collector may seize ships and goods, and 
 on non-payment within three days, may sell the same. Overplus of 
 
ABSTRACT OT RIVER ACT. 259 
 
 money, affor "avmeiit of ratf s and '•xpeiices of recovering the same 
 to be paid to the o vners, &c. of such ships or goods. 
 
 Tin Comini>si')ner< ;!re empowered to order the collection and dis- 
 posa of t'lo rates awd duties granted by the Act. 
 
 Thi* dutit'S to be rais,>J and leeeived as ; fjre-aid, after paying the 
 expences of co'loctiiitt and maiiai^i.ig the S;ime, to be applied towards 
 impioviog tht Ruer, a- folow^; ail the duaes received in the first 
 nnd Sf i-o ■ I years after the passiiiaof the Act, to be expended in those 
 yeais to vards ih- costs of obtaining the Act, and the expences of a 
 ballast whaif, bar»<'s, engines, and other things necess.ny for the pur- 
 poses of th'^ Aci ; and in every S'jcceeding year, o£l500 to be laid 
 out for imor.jving the River, and the residue of the duties to be ve,-ted 
 in the funds, in the names of fonr Commissioners, until o£'25,000 tliree 
 per Cent. Consols, shall bn purchased, which shall remain so funded 
 forever, and the dividends tht reof applied for the purpose* of the Act ; 
 and at the end of one year after such stock shall be purchased, the du- 
 ties set forth in the table to cease, and tlie following rates and duties to 
 to be paid in lieu thereof, viz. 
 
 For every Britisn ship or vessel not belonging to the Port of Ipsrvich, 
 that shal' be under eighty tons measurement, the sum of \d. per ton. 
 
 For every British ship or vessel not belonging to the said Port, of the 
 measurement of eighty tons and upwards, the sum of 2rf. per ton. 
 
 For every Foreisrn ship or vessel that shall be under eighty tons mea- 
 surement, the sum of 2rf. per ton : and 
 
 For every Foreign ship or vessel that shall be above eighty toni 
 measurement, the sum of 4rf. per ton. 
 
 And which duties shall not be considered as a Port charge. 
 
 When by death or removal the Trustees shall be reduced to two 
 the Suivivors to transfer Stock to themselves, and two new Trustees. 
 
 Tonnageduty is to be paid according to the ceitificate of registry 
 belonging to any ship or vessels. Foreign vessels to be measured by 
 the Surveyor of Customs at fjiccick. 
 
 Unregistered ships to be measured by the Surveyor, and duties paitl 
 accordingly. Penalty for refusing to produce register not to exceed 
 ^£■50. 
 
 Rates and duties shall be paid, and receipts produced, before any 
 vessel shall be permitted to clear at the Custom House, and only at 
 the proper Quays, under penalty of <£'iO. 
 
260 ABSTRACT OF RIVFR ACT. 
 
 Vessels coming from or stoing to ihe Rive' Gippinz, and unl >ading 
 the cargo within the Port of fpsvf'Ck, exempted fiom the foregoing 
 duties. 
 
 The Commissimiers are emjiowcred to horrow .£8,000 at interest, 
 on the credit of the rates. Form of as«ii.'nmcnt. 
 
 Creditors may bring actions aeain-t Treasurer for recovery of 
 interest, three calendar months in arrear 
 
 Securities to be transfe;rablp. Form of traa=fer. 
 
 Such transfers to be entered in a book by the Clerk, being p^id 
 2f. 6f/. for each entry. 
 
 The Commiss'oners are empowered to treat with any person for tb^ 
 purchase of lands or hereditament": ; and in casi- any person shall re- 
 fuse to treat, Commissioner- may take the same, makin? such satis- 
 faction to the owntrs as a jury shall decide to be fair and reasonable, 
 whose verdict shall be fi al. 
 
 Juries to be summoned by Sheriff or Coroner, and for neglect of 
 duly to be fined not exceeding jCS. 
 
 Jurymen refusing to be sworn, or to give a verdict, to be fined 40j. 
 for each offence. 
 
 The purchase money acrrecd for, and the satisfaction assessed by the 
 jury, to be paid out of the monies raised by virtue of the Act; and 
 after payment th( reof, Commissioners may enter upon the premises. 
 
 Where persons entitled to any purchase money or compensation, 
 sball be under any disability, such as Corporations, Femes Covert, 
 &c such purchase money or compensation, if the same shall amount 
 to ofQOO, is to be paid into the Hank of England, in the name of the 
 Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, and to be under the 
 direction of the said ( ourt. 
 
 If such monies shall bo less than ^200 and more than o£20, the 
 the same to be at the optio.i of the persons entitled, or their guardians, 
 &c. paid into the Bank as aforesaid, or paid to two Trustees, so that 
 the principal and interest may be applied without the direction of the 
 Court of Chancery. 
 
 When the money so agreed or assessed, to be paid as aforesaid, shall 
 be less than £2l-, the same is to be applied to the use of the persons 
 entiflec! to the rents of the premises purchased, as five Commissioners 
 shall think fit; o-- in case of infancy or lunacy, to their Guardians or 
 Committees, for the use of the persons so entitled. 
 
ABSTRACT OF KIVER ACT. 201 
 
 If the persons to whom any money shal' br a'varded for the pur- 
 chase of any lands, &c. refuse to a<cept the same, or shall not make a 
 good lit!e to surh lands, &c. or if such persons oann..t he f mrul, the 
 purchase is to be paid into the Tank of Kn^land, ^ub;ect to the order 
 of the Court of Chanrcry, on motion or petition. 
 
 Persons in pos>-ession of the lands, &c. to be purchased shall be 
 deemed entitled to the purchase monies, un'ess it be a wrongful pos- 
 session. 
 
 The Court of Chancery may order reasonable cxptnces of purchases 
 to be paid by the Commissioners. 
 
 Vessels coming into the li'rcer -cell above l^vnsto'i Creek, an(J 
 deliverina; their cartro' s in anv part of the s:iid River, to be liable to the 
 rules and regulation^ made by viitue of this Act. 
 
 The Commissioners to appoint a Harbour Master, who shall direct 
 the mooriuii and unmooring ot ships. Penalty for disobeyinit his di- 
 rections £5, besides expences. Persons obstructing the Harbour Mas- 
 ter in his duty to forfeit not cxccediufj =£'20. nor less than £5. 
 
 No ballast &c. to be thrown i.ito the Riveri or other annoyances 
 committed therein. Penalty not exceeding £!), nor less than 20s. 
 
 Masters, owners, &c. of vessels to provide cloths orslioots, to prevent 
 ballast, &c. loading or unloadins from falling into the River, and place 
 ballast, &c. when landed at least six feet from the edge of the Quay. 
 Penalty r.ot exceeding £5, nor less than iOs. 
 
 Commissioners may erect ballast wharfs, &c. on the ooze, under 
 certain restrictions 
 
 Owners, &c. of ships taking in ballast to purchase the same of Com- 
 missioners, the charge not to 'jxcecd '2^ per ton at the wharf. 
 
 Injury done to wharfs or other works by vessels to be ascertained by 
 two Justices, and such vessels to be liable for the damage. 
 
 Ma!»ters and owners of vessels to be liable for damage done by their 
 ships or servants to any vessels, wharfs, buildings, or other works ad- 
 joining the River, to be ascertained by two Justices. Servants Table to 
 repay penalties to their masters, in case of any wilful act or default. 
 
 Persons wilfully destioying ropes, &c. by which any vessel shall be 
 moored, to forfeit not exceeding £H), nor less than £5, 
 
 No fire or candle to be kept lighted on board any vessel above Rourne 
 Bridc^e (except candles or lamps 'n a lanthorn.) Penalty not exceeding 
 <£I0 nor less than £5, except with consent cf ten Commissiouere. 
 
262 AESTBACT OF RIVER ACT. 
 
 Vessels having above one pound of gliiipowdcr on board, are to land 
 the same upon ccniiig within warping reach of any of the Quays; and 
 no tar or olhc-r combustible matter to remain on any Quay, or upon the 
 deck of any \-essel in th« River above 2+ hours. Penalty not exceed- 
 ceeding Ten Pounds nor less than Five Pounds. 
 
 If the person having or keeping any fire or candle (except as afore- 
 said) on board any vessel cani.ot be discovered, the master orownershal! 
 be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds nor less than Five 
 Pounds. 
 
 No pitch or other combustible matter to be melted on board any 
 vessel in the Rivir, or upon, any "harf, or within 50 yards thereof, ex- 
 cept as ten or more Commisyioners shall appoint. Penaly not exceed- 
 inLT Twenty Pounds ncrless than Five Pounds. 
 
 Vessels whose tonnage will not prevent iheir being navigated to 
 Ipswich Quays at "^prinsr tides, to be charsed with lighterage, provided 
 the owner or master shall have refused the navigation of such vessel to 
 the Quay, appointed by the importer or exporter of the carsro, without 
 the same lighterage beinsi taken as a Port Charge. Disputes deter- 
 mined by three or more Commissioners. 
 
 Pilots to be licensed by Commissioners. Penalty for acting without 
 license not exceedmg <£lO, nor less than £5. 
 
 Masters of vessels of fifty tons and upwards, inward or outward 
 bound, refusing to take pilots who offer, to be liable to pay full pilot- 
 age. Pilots to be taken only between the Qua} s and Downham Reach, 
 vice verso, at the option of the master. 
 
 Pers')ns having the command ofves-it-ls in coasting trade under fifty 
 tons burthen, may pilot such vessels, and any person may assist a 
 ship in distress. 
 
 Pilots are to conduct vessels inward bound up to the Quay, and 
 vessels outward bound as far as Harxuich, if required by the master, 
 and 01) refusal to forfeit their pilotage and license, at the discretion of 
 the Commissoners. 
 
 pilot keeping a public house, or being a dealer in wines and liquors, 
 to forfeit his license, unless with consent of ten or more Commissioners. 
 
 Masters of vessL-ls to give pilots a true account of the draught of 
 water their vessels slxall draw, and pilots authorized to admeasure. 
 Ptnjlty for false account wilfully given, is double the amount of pilot- 
 
ABSTRACT OF RIVER ACT 263 
 
 age, besides expences of admeasurement; a fijie at the discretion of 
 the Commissioners, not exceeding aflO, nor less than AOs and expences 
 of recovery. 
 
 Pilotage of ships outward bound to be securt^d to pi'ots if demanded 
 or pilots may refuse to take charge of tlie sliip. 
 
 On non-payment of pilots' rates, two Justices may distrain for same, 
 and if not paid with reasonable cliarges m seven days, distiess to 
 be sold. 
 
 The Commissioners are empowered to alter the rates of pilotage, 
 but no advance to exceed double tbe rates before-mentioned. 
 
 Actions to be brought in the name of the Clerk or Treasurer, and 
 not to abate bv their deaUi or removal, or by any of their act without 
 consent of the Commissioners. 
 
 Commissioners' expences of actions and prosecutions touching the 
 Act to be paid out of the rates. 
 
 Saving of the rights of the Bailiffs and Cor;.oration of Ipswich, and 
 all other persons. 
 
 Recovery and application of penalties. For'ii of conviction. Pen- 
 alties may be miti'jruted one nioiety, but nut after the same have been 
 fixed Persons aggrieved m;iy appeal to the iiixt Gen( lal Quarter 
 Sessions for the County, but orders not remevabie by certiorari. Pro- 
 ceedings not to be qnasht d for want of form. Distress not to be unlaw- 
 full for want of form, nor party making it a trespasser for subsequent 
 irregularities, but persons aggrieved thereby may recover satisf iction 
 in an action for special damage, but not after tender of amends. 
 Defendant may pay money into Court. No pioceedings tobe removed 
 hy eertorari. Limitation of Actions. Tbe Commissioners may order 
 and direct to v hom subscriptions shall be paid, and bring actions for 
 recoverin; same. Public Act, 
 
264 ABSTRACT OF RIVER ACT, 
 
 RATES OF TONNAGE DUTY ON SHIPPING. 
 
 
 
 ai 
 
 per ton 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 H 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 dhto 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 dilto 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 ditto. 
 
 Jpstcich Vessels, Outmardt and Inwards, vchether coastzvise or olkerw/'se, 
 
 s. tl. 
 
 Umler 40 Tons - . - 
 
 From 40 lo .50 - - - 
 
 30 to 60 - 
 
 60 to 70 - . - 
 
 70 to 80 ... 
 
 80 to 90 . > . 
 
 90 to 100 - 
 
 lOO to 180 - 
 
 180 Tons aiiJ ii])wards 
 if taking in or delivering Cargoes at or below Do ' nham Reach. 
 
 ^iBritish Vessels not belonging to the Port of Ij)szvich, Outiuards or Inviard^f. 
 ■whether Coashcise or otheitnise. 
 
 Under 40 Tons . _ _ 
 
 From -iO to 30 - 
 
 50 to 00 - 
 
 60 to 70 - 
 
 70 to 80 - 
 
 80 to 90 - 
 
 . 90 to 100 - 
 
 100 to ISO . 
 
 180 Ton* and upwards 
 
 if delivering or taking in Cargoes at or below Downham Reach. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 per Ton 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 6 k 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 ditto 
 
 Foreign Skipping, OntTeards or Inwards . 
 
 tJnder 40 Tons 
 Fioni 40 to 30 
 
 50 to 60 
 
 60 to 70 
 
 70 to 80 
 
 — 80 to 90 
 
 — 90 to 100 - 
 
 — 100 to 180 and upuards 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 per Ton 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 ditio 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 ditto 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 ditto 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 ditto 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 ditto 
 
 COAL VESSELS, biineins other Goods, to be charged tonnage 
 duty for the quantity of Goods on board, in the proportion the same 
 Goods bear to the Register tonnai^e of such vessels. 
 N. B. Vessels bringing Coals only exempt from the tonnage dut;f. 
 
ABSTRACT OP RIVER ACT. 265 
 
 RATES TO BE PAID TO PILOTS. 
 
 From Ipswich Quays to Doivnhnm Rrach or from Doumham 
 Reach to Ipswich Quays : — 
 
 For every British sloop or vessel -with one mast-, one shillinsr and tliree 
 pence per foot foi- every footof U'8ter such sioop or vessel sliall draw. 
 
 For every other Biitish vessel with two or more masts, one shilling and 
 sixpence per foot for every foot of water such vessel sliall draw, 
 
 Fro7n Doivnham Rem h to Lciin<rton Creek, or from Leving- 
 ton Creek to Uo.nliam Reach : — 
 
 For every British ship or vessel, nine-pence per foot for every foot of 
 water such ship or vessel shall draw. 
 
 From Levington Crce'c to Harwich Harbour, or from Har- 
 wich Harbour to Levington Creek : 
 
 For every British ship or vessel, six-pence per foot for every foot of 
 
 water such ship or vessel shall draw. 
 For every British vessel cominsi imvards, from ffanuirh Harbour to 
 
 Dotcnbam Reach, one shilling and three-pence per foot for every foot 
 
 such British vessel shall draw 
 For every British vcsst-l outwanl hound, from Do'vnham Peach to Har- 
 wich Harbour, one shilling and three-pence per foot for every foot of 
 
 water such vessel shall draw. 
 And for every Foreign ship or othtr vessel douhle the aforesaid rates, 
 
 to and from such part of tlie said River Or-xcU as »uch Foieign ship 
 
 or vessel shall be piloted. 
 
 The Commissioners meet the seconct Tuesday in every month, at 
 the Town-hall, at Eleven o'clock. 
 
 2l 
 
^66 
 
 RIVER RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 BIVER RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, 
 
 1611 to 1818. 
 
 Receip 
 
 •ts. 
 
 From Dvities 
 Prom Ballast 
 ^12,907 Os. 
 
 'id. Stock in the 3 per Cent. Consols 
 
 <£*. s. d. 
 
 2836 16 1 
 
 383 8 6 
 
 385 19 2 
 
 £ 3606 3 9 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 (from duties) 
 Collector and Assistant'^ Salary 
 Clerk, Harbour Master, and Deputy Collectors 
 Rent, Rates, Stationai-y, &c. 
 
 (from ballast) 
 Ilarbour Master, Rent, Rates, Stationary, &c. 
 ^Balance - - . 
 
 PAID. 
 
 *One Year's Interest on Loan of .£8000 
 
 Superintendents Salary 
 
 ^£1500 Annual Allowance according to Act of 
 
 Parliament expended as under in the Im- 
 
 prc'ement of the River : 
 Excavating 20,365 Tons of Soil 611 
 
 Repairs of Ballast Wharfs - 204 
 
 Repairs of Engine, and Expences of? o^g 
 
 Working the same - i 
 
 Expended less than the Allov.ance 338* 
 
 Balance to invest in the 3 per Cent, Consols 
 
 
 
 £. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 
 
 177 
 
 6 
 
 
 . 
 
 112 
 
 7 
 
 
 - 
 
 13 
 
 19 
 
 
 . 
 
 89 
 
 1 10 
 
 
 
 3213 
 
 9 11 
 
 
 £ 3606 
 
 3 9 
 
 
 
 £. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 
 . 
 
 400 
 
 
 
 
 
 120 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 6- 
 
 1.500 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 1193 
 
 9 11 
 
 
 £ 3213 
 
 9 11 
 
ABSTRACT of an ACT 
 
 Vor the more easy and speed'j Recovery of small Debts, in the 
 
 Town and Borough of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, 
 
 (PASSED 47th GEORGE III, 1807.) 
 
 After thf prf-amWe, the first clause appoints the Coitimissioneis, who 
 are the M.m'jcis ol" '.*arliaini»nt fur the Borough, and the Corporation 
 for th'; time beii.g, and fifty-six Merchants and Tradesmen particularly 
 nauud. The Cuminissioiiers and their successors are constituted a 
 Court of Justice, by the name of " T'le Court of Requests, for the 
 Tow I and Horougi of Ipszvich, and the Liberties thereof, in the County of 
 Sufolk" 
 
 These Commissioners are to hold a Court every Tuesday, oroftenet 
 if necessiiry, and th< maj ir part of them ivho shall be present, (such 
 number present not being less than three) are empowered to hear and 
 delermine such actions and causes as are after-mentioned, and to give 
 judsjment, ai.d awaid execution there-upon with costs, against the 
 bodies or eoods of iiersons asrainst whom such judgment shall be given. 
 A Chairman to be chosen from among the Commissioners present, and 
 to have a rastina; vote in case of an equality of votes. 
 
 Causes to be heard and determined between the kours often in the 
 forenoau and four in the afternoon. 
 
 Three Coinmissionersat least must be present on the decision of any 
 action or cause for the recovery of any sum not exceeding iOs. ; and 
 five Commissioners for the recovery of any sum exceeding 40.f. 
 
 On the death or refusal to act of any Commissioner, a new one to be 
 elected by the remaining ones. No person to act as a Commissioner 
 until he shall have taken the follow ing oath : — 
 
 "/ A. B do swear \or, being one of the People called Quakers, rfb 
 " solemnly affirm, according to the Form in that Case made and pro- 
 '* vided] Thai froU faithfully, honestly, and impartially, according to the 
 " best of my Skill and Judi^ment, hear and determine such Mutters and 
 " Things as shnll be hrous;ht befo'e me by virtue of an Act made in the 
 ^Forty-seventh I'ear efthe Reig>i of Kinq George the Third, entitled 
 
268 COURT OF REQUESTS. 
 
 " ' /in Act for the more ensi/ n'ld sjteerfij Recovenf of Small Tiehts in the 
 " To-cn ann Boro'iah of Ipswich, in t'e County o/' Suffolk,' without Favour 
 " or Affection, Prejudice or Malice, to any Person or Persons whomsoe'oer, 
 
 " So ke'p me GOD." 
 
 The qualifiontion of a Commwsioncr, M'ho is not of the Corporation, 
 is a Re il Est.ite of £iO per annum value, or Personal Estate of the 
 value of ^800. Forfeiture for acting vinquatified c£lO(). 
 
 The Commissioners are to appuinta Clerk, Seijeant, and other ne-, 
 cessary Offirers during his or their good b( haviour. No person kei'p- 
 ing a public house can hold any office belonging to the Court, nor can 
 any acting Commissioner be Clerk. Thi- Cltrk may appo'iit a deputy. 
 
 If a sufficient number of Commissioners do not attend, the Court 
 is to be adjourned. 
 
 The Clink and Crier of the Court are to act as directed by the Com- 
 missioners, and the Serjeants to serve all summonses, and execute or- 
 ders, warrants, and precepts. The Commissioners may decide and 
 tietermine all disputes and difFrences for any sum not exceeding jCb, 
 in all actions or causes of debt. 
 
 They cannot determine the right or title to any lands, tenements, 
 or hereditaments, nor to any debt for any sum being the balance of an 
 account on demand, originalh- exceeding <£5 ; nor for any agreement 
 by way of composition for 'iihes. 
 
 No pTaintiiF shall be enabled to split or divide any cause or action 
 for the recovery of a debt exceeding j£5, in order that it may be 
 made aground of two or more actions. In case any plaintiff who 
 shall have so split his action, shall be willing to accept such sum as 
 .the Court shall decree in full of thr whole of his demand in such action, 
 then the Commissioners may adjudge a sum not exceeding j£5, which 
 shall be in full discharge of all demands. 
 
 Five Commissioners to be summoned every week in rotation from 
 the list hun;.'- up in the Court, but this is not to exclude any other 
 Commissioner from acting. 
 
 Any person (residing within the jurisdiction of this Court or not) 
 having any debt or halance not exceeding <£5, due from any person 
 inhabiting, residing, or being I'ithin the said Town and Borough, or 
 the liberties thereof, or keeping any house, warehouse, wharf, <juay. 
 
COURT OP BFQUESTS. 269 
 
 lod>rinsr, shop, shecl, «tall, stand, or other p'arp of dcalins: or wofking, 
 or frequentiii'jc tlie iiiarketo, or trading or dea ins thire, may appiv to 
 the Clerk of the Cuurt, who shall immcduitfly make out an-l deliver 
 to one of the Serieauts a summons, directed to such debtor, evpressiiig 
 the sum demanded of him, and statinsthe particulars of such di'mand, 
 or cause of action, with the name of the party demanding it, and requir- 
 ing him to appear at a certain time and place, t'> be mentioned in such 
 summons, before the Commissioners, to answer such demands: and 
 such Serjeant shall serve, or cause to be served, the summons on such 
 debtor, either personally, <>r i)v leaving the same with his servant, or 
 other person bdonuinsr to him or at his dwe'linKh.iuse, &c. b<'ing 
 within the jurisdiction of the (onrt; and on tine proof mad» of such 
 summons having been duly served, the Coiiimissioners present in 
 Court are empowered to make due enquiry concerning such demands, 
 and unake such orders and decrees therein, and pass such final sentence 
 and judgment thereon, and avvard such costs of suit, as to them shall 
 seem most agreeable to equity and goo<l conscience. The Commis- 
 sioners may administer oaths to any officer of the Court, or to any 
 party or witness. 
 
 No evidence is to b« given bv the plaintiff of any matter not stated 
 in his summons, nor bv the defendant of any cross demand which he 
 may have on the plaintiff, un:ess notice be given thereof to him. 
 
 If any de!>tor, who shall have ' een duly summoned. shall not appear 
 either in person, or by some age nt, or person on his bi half, before the 
 Court, at the time and place mentioned in the summons, then the 
 Commissioners assembled in Couit, after proof made upon oath of the 
 service of the summons, shall hear the cause on the part of the plain- 
 tiff only, and make such order, and award such reasonable costs of 
 suit, as shall be most agreeable to equity and good conscience. 
 
 If the plaintiff shall not appear in person or by agent, or appearing- 
 shall not make proof of his demand to the satisfaction of the Court, 
 but shall be non-suited, or judgment be pronounced against him by 
 the Court, the Court shall award to the defeiid-mt reasonable costs 
 and satisfaction, and ccmipel the plaintiff (o pay them. 
 
 In any cause where the Commissioners shall have made an order for 
 tlie payment of money, they may award execution either against the 
 tody or goods of the parly, agaiust whom such order shall be made; 
 
270 COURT OF-REQUESTS. 
 
 and the proper Offier of the Court, at the prayer of party prosecutin* 
 such ord<r mav issue a precept by way >jf canias ad sal'sfic'iend'tm, or 
 ^t'rj /or/vx, to one of t-e '^l.rjea^ts, who shall take such party being 
 trithin the jurisdiction of the C'Hirt, and carry kirn to the Borougli 
 Gao!, there to remain until he shall have obeyed such order, for the 
 space of time particniarly directed. In rase any precept shall be 
 issued on eKfcution airainsl the goods and chatties of such party, the 
 Serioant shall levy by distress and salt of goods and chatHes of such 
 parly within the jurisdiction of the Court, the sums of money and 
 costs which sliall be ordered ; and if the party shall by absconding, or 
 by secreting or removing his goods er chatties, prevent the service of 
 such execution, the CoinmissioiiLirs shall award further execution, 
 either agauist the body, or sroods and chattels of the party ; until the 
 plaintiff sliall be lully satisfied. The Commissioners may adjudge any 
 debt to be paid by several payments or instalments, under such terms 
 and conditions as shall appear reasonable and just, and in case of any 
 default or failure of such instalments, the Cotnmi;sioners may, at the 
 instance of the plaintiff, award execution against 'he defendant, or any 
 pe' son who may have given seriuity to the plaintiff, for the whole 
 debt, or such i)art of it as shall remain unpaid, with such further costs 
 as shall seem reaso'iable. 
 
 If any person served with process out of this Court of Requests shall 
 jTinove his person and eflFects beyond the limits of the jurisdiction of 
 Hie Court, any of liis Majesty's Courts of Record at H'ettmins/er, may 
 cause the Record of the Decree to be removed into such superior Court, 
 and issue Writs of Execution to the Sheriff of any County. City, Li- 
 berty, or Place, against the person or effects of the defendant; and 
 the Sheriff, upon such execution, shall detain the defendant, till lOs. 
 be paid him for the extraordinary costs of the plaintiff subsequent to 
 the decree, over and above the money for which the execution shall be 
 is-sued. 
 
 On every precept to he issued upon execution, the Clerk shall in- 
 dorse the Slim of iioney and costs decreed : and if the party against 
 whom the execution shall be awarded, shall, before the sale of the 
 goods and chafe!?, or before he is apprehended, or before the exjMra- 
 tsoii .if the teim of his imprisonment, pay, or tender to the Clerk, such 
 sum of aioficy and costs, together with the Fees herein directed to be 
 
COURT OP REQUESTS. 
 
 271 
 
 paid to the Clerk, Mien the execution shall be suspendejl, and tlie body, 
 or goods and chatties, siiall be discharged, and set at lib. rtv. 
 
 If a warrant or process shall have bt-eii obtained against the Koods 
 and chattels of any person, there shall be no prj(:ess issu.d at the same 
 time against the body oftliat person. 
 
 When it shall be made to appear to the Commiss oners that any 
 debtor is unable, from sickness, or unavoidable accident, to pay the 
 debt fur wiiich he shall have been summoned, they may suspend or 
 supersede the piocei-din^s, until it shall appear that the debtor is able 
 to pay the debt, and then prot'eed again. 
 
 That tlie followinsf Fees, and no other be taken by the said Clerk, 
 Serjeant and Crier, fe^r th. ir respective serx ict s in tlie execution of 
 this Act. 
 
 lo the Clerk. 
 
 Entering evpry Cause 
 
 h\sniiisr ''veiy Snnimoiis 
 
 Enterina and driAiiiL'- up Judgment, ? 
 D'Cre- . or Order - • \ 
 
 Pavin? Mon< y into Court and entering 
 same In his Book - 
 
 Issuiiisr Snbpieiia 
 
 Issuing any A'ta liments, Preci'pt';, Or- 
 der, or Exic'ition - 
 
 For every Nonsuit 
 
 For every Search in the Book 
 
 For swearing any Witness 
 
 To the Serjeant. 
 
 Servinj; every Summons, Order, or Sub- 
 pae.ia, within one mile of the Cmot 
 
 If above one mile, for tach extra mil 
 
 Execution of any Warrant, Prec<pt,or 
 Attachment against thp Goods or Fod 
 
 If beyond one lliile from the Court 
 every extra mile - 
 
 If an Assistant be necessary for the Ser- 
 jeant, for the Assistant 
 
 If beyond one mile from the Court, for 
 every mile extia - 
 
 "A 
 '"1 
 
 To lOi-. 
 
 inclusive. 
 
 + 
 I) 3 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 2 
 '2 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 U 6 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 <2 
 
 To 4()f 
 
 inclusive. 
 
 s. d 
 
 (1 8 
 
 () 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 I 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 U 4 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 TOe£,5 
 
 inclusive. 
 
 .?. d. 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 1 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 6 
 
 TUat a Table of the above Fees be hung up m liie Cuurt, 
 
272 COURT OF REQUESTS, 
 
 The yaoler is <o receive persons rommifted by fliree or more Com^ 
 missioncrs, and not let tlu-n tro at lar-re till the expiration of the lenn 
 for which they shall be committed, withom an o der, siened by three 
 or more Commissioners, the forfiitiire for this offiiire not to exceed 
 JE20, to be disiributcd among the poor of the To« n and Borough of 
 Ipswich. 
 
 Atiornies and so'icitors are subji.'Ct to the several processes, &c. of 
 this Court, the same as other jiersons ; and no attorney, solicitor, scri- 
 vener, or person practising the law, shall be permitted to appear in this 
 Court of Rtquests as an attorney or solicitor, on behalf of any plaintiff 
 or defendant, or be permitted to speak in any cause where he is not a 
 p;-rty. The penalty for this offence not to exeeeii JE50. 
 
 Any waiie?, or any otiier sum of money not exceeding: c£5, due to 
 any Sei-vaiit or other person, under tw^pnty-one years of age, from any 
 person under that age, shall be taken cognizance of as if the parties 
 were all of full age. 
 
 Tlie times of :mprisonment are as follow : — 
 
 When the debt (exclusive of costs) does not exceed 10s, the imprison- 
 ment not to exceed twenty days ; where the debt is between 20*. and 
 ftOy,, not to exceed forty days ; where the debt is between £2 and £3., 
 DOt to exceed sixty days; where the debt is between £3 an<l £i, not 
 to exceed eiy;hty days ; where the debt is above £i, tlie imprisonment 
 is not to exceed one hundred days. 
 
 In case any person snmmoned to this Couit, shall frai dulently coq- 
 ceal his money or goods, such concealment being proved upon the 
 oath of one or more witness or witnesses, the Court may enlarge the 
 said time of imprisonment to any additional period, i ot exceeding 
 three calendar months. 
 
 Any person who siial! be taken in execution by virtue of any process 
 out of this Court, and who shall during the time of impiisonment, have 
 Other executions acainst him, hf shall be imjirisone ' for the term of the 
 second execution afte> that of tht° fust shall be expired ; and at the end 
 of the second, the third sh-li commence, &c. 
 
 Every person impri-oned by virtue of this Act shall be discharged at 
 the expiration of his time of imprisonment, without paying any fee 
 or reward to the keeper or turnkey of the Gaol. The forfeiture for 
 taking such fee, or detaining any prisoner bevond thf limited time DOt 
 to exceed £20, one half to the informer and the other to the poor. 
 
COURT OF BEQUESTS. 27S 
 
 Any Serjeant or other officer neglecting to serve execution or suf- 
 fering the paity to abscond, or his goods to be carried away or secre- 
 ted, shall pay tht; debt, and any fine which the Commissioners shall 
 impose, not exceeding «£l 0, to be given to the Poor. 
 
 Any Clerk, Serjean., or other Officer taking more than prescribed 
 fees, sliall be rendered for ever incapable of being employed under this 
 Act, and forfeit not exceeding ot'lO, t« any person suing for the same. 
 
 Witnesses who are duly subpoenitd, and do not appear, shall forfeit 
 not exceeding <£l(), to the party on whose behalf the subpoena shall 
 have been issued. 
 
 Peisons guilty of perjury, shall be subject to the laws and statutes 
 in force against tiiat crinie. 
 
 If any Commis-^ioner shall be a party in any cause, or shall be 
 father, son, or brother, of the party in any cause, he shall not act, in 
 that cause, but after giving evidence shall withdraw until it be finally 
 determined ; nor shall any Clerk, or othe'- Officer, act in any cause in 
 whicl) he is a party or interested; but the Commissioners may ap- 
 point another person to exercise the office in all things relating to 
 such cause. 
 
 Any person insulting or abusing the Commissioners or officers of 
 this Court, dur'ng their sittin?, or attendance, to be taken into custody 
 and pay a fine, not exceeding ^10, to go to the poor, or be commit- 
 ted to Gaol or Bridewell, for any time not exceedins one calendar 
 montii. A copy of the rlause, of which this is an abstract, to be 
 hung up in the Court. 
 
 If any action or suit for any debt recoverable in this Court, shall be 
 commenced in any other, the plain'iff shall not be entitled to any 
 costs ; and if the verdict be given for the defendant, and the Judge 
 before whom the same shall be tried, shall certify that such debt 
 ought to have been recovered in this Court, then the defendant shall 
 have costs. No action commenced in this Court shall be removed 
 into any superior Court, except by the plainfff, where the defendant 
 shall have removed himself or his effects out of the jurisdiction of this 
 Court. Rent, or arrears of rent may be distrained for, though the 
 sum shall not exceed £5. 
 
 2 M 
 
274 COURT OF REQUESTS. 
 
 Where a debt shall be due from two or more pei sons jointly, ser- ' 
 vice of summons on one of such partners or peisoiis shall be as good 
 and sufficient, as if each of them vrere separately sumroomd. 
 
 The statute of limitations may be pleaded in this Court of Requests, 
 as in any of the Courts of Recoril at ff'ctlminsler. 
 
 The remaining; clauses are merely technical ; as recovery and appli- 
 cation of penalties. Form of conviction. Distress nut to be unlawful fur 
 want of form. Pioceediugs not to be quashed for want of form, or 
 removeable by certiorari Plaintiff> not to recoTcr without notice, or 
 after teiidfr of amends. Limitation of actions. Saving the rights of 
 ttie Borough of Ipswich. Public Act. 
 
IPSWICH BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. 
 
 27$ 
 
 IPSWICH 
 BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, &c. 
 
 Each Society is governed by its own Rules and Orders, 
 %vhich t3eing allowed and confirmed b}' a Court of the 
 General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, are printed for the 
 use of the su scnb. rs. The allowance usually given to sick, 
 linjr', blind, and alflicled members, varies from 85 to 18*. 
 pt-r week, accord' ng to the amount of the sum weekly or 
 montnly subscribed The sum allowed towards defraying 
 the expences of the funeral of a deceastd member, also 
 varies from One to Ten Guineas, and upwards. 
 
 Name 
 
 Where held 
 
 itillg 
 
 No. admitted. 
 
 Keiiefii Club 
 
 . 
 
 Tacket Street Me< 
 
 For'y-fire 
 
 BiKtherly Lo<re, instituted 1804 
 
 Tankard 
 
 . 
 
 Fifty-one 
 
 Hmtherly Love, ditto 
 
 18IS 
 
 Sea Hor-ie 
 
 - 
 
 Thirty-six 
 
 Hn)lht'rly Love, ditto 
 
 1789 
 
 Queen's Head 
 
 - 
 
 Fi>rty-five 
 
 British Union Locl?e, ditto 1704 
 
 F.( ar and Croivn 
 
 . 
 
 Twenty-five 
 
 Friendly Society 
 
 - 
 
 Stoke Green Meet 
 
 ns 
 
 One hundred 
 
 Fiieii'lly Society ditto 
 
 1787 
 
 Welcome Sailor 
 
 
 Sixty one 
 
 Friendly Society ditto 
 
 174(> 
 
 Cotiipa>ses 
 
 - 
 
 Fifty -three 
 
 Friendly Society, ditto 
 
 1 7.")() 
 
 Cow and Pail 
 
 - 
 
 Forty-five 
 
 Friendly Society ditto 
 
 ISOS 
 
 Cow and Pail 
 
 . 
 
 Twenty-iwQ 
 
 Friendly Society ditto 
 
 n8'2 
 
 Rose 
 
 - 
 
 Fifty-five 
 
 Frien ily Suciety ditto 
 
 1789 
 
 Croivn and Anchor 
 
 - 
 
 Sixty-one 
 
 Friendly Society diifo 
 
 ISOI) 
 
 King's Arms 
 
 - 
 
 Forty-one 
 
 Friendly Socitfy ditto 
 
 1801 
 
 Biue Bell 
 
 - 
 
 Konv-one 
 
 Friendly Society ditto 
 
 180 J 
 
 Three I'uns 
 
 - 
 
 Thirty.five 
 
 Friendly Society ditto 
 
 18'Ki 
 
 Rose .ind Crown 
 
 - 
 
 Forty-seven 
 
 Friendly Society ditto 
 
 177S 
 
 Half-Moon 
 
 . 
 
 Forty-four 
 
 Hand in Hand ditto 
 
 181'2 
 
 niack Horse 
 
 - 
 
 Forty 
 
 Hope Society 
 
 - 
 
 Gun 
 
 - 
 
 Kiuhty two 
 
 St. Luke's Lod2;e - 
 
 . 
 
 Admiral's Head 
 
 - 
 
 Twmty 
 
 Lod^eof Perfect Friendsh 
 
 P- 
 
 Koyal Oak 
 
 - 
 
 Sixty-one 
 
 Perfect Friendship, inst. 
 
 1 8 ! '2 
 
 liaidener's Arms 
 
 - 
 
 Sixty-one 
 
 Perfect Friendship ditto 
 
 I79,> 
 
 florsc and Whiskey 
 
 Seventy-one 
 
 Bock of Dependence ditto 18H| 
 
 Roval Oak 
 
 . 
 
 Thirty-six 
 
 Rock of Friemlbhip 
 
 - 
 
 Unicorn Inn 
 
 - 
 
 Sixty-one 
 
 The Good Samaritans, inst 
 
 1811 
 
 ' >ld 'vVherry Inn 
 
 . 
 
 
 Suffolk Masonic Fund, do 
 
 IrtOr. 
 
 Unicorn Inn 
 
 - 
 
 Eighty-two 
 
 Union Socety, inslitutt-d 177"| 
 
 iiriffin lun 
 
 - 
 
 Sixty-seven 
 
 Uivted Brotheis, ditto 
 
 ISlC 
 
 Aiiffel Inn 
 
 _ 
 
 Forty 
 
 Union Society ditto 
 
 I7SQ 
 
 Tpswicli Arms 
 
 . 
 
 Forty-five 
 
 Union Society ditto 
 
 1754 
 
 Ship 
 
 - 
 
 Fifty-fout 
 
276 IPSWICH PENNY CLUB. 
 
 IPSWICH PENNY CLUB, 
 
 Instituted December 23, 1818. 
 
 At the suggestion of some Ladies residing in the Parish 
 of St Clement, in this Town, it was considered adviseable 
 to establish a Penny Club, in order to assist the poor in 
 their neighbourhood, in the purchase of clothes for their 
 children The following are some of the regulations 
 adopted : — 
 
 " TV.at each child, nominated by a subscriber, shall pay to tlieCoI- 
 " lector, one penny every Monday morning before ten o'clock. That 
 " every subscriber shall send to the Collector by the child they wish to 
 " nominate, the under-mentioned form — 
 
 " ^-— — — recommends •^^—^— for the Penny Club." 
 
 "That repeated neo;lect in sending the pennv shall destroy all claims 
 " to the Benefit of the Club; in which case the money already paid 
 *' by the parent shall be returned, and that paid by the subscriber 
 " shall be forfeited to the Institution. 
 
 " That no clothes be delivered to the children by the subscribers 
 *• without a certificate from the Collector, that the money has been 
 " paid to the end of the year. 
 
 " That the clothes be provided by the Treasurer, which are to be 
 ♦'distributed at Christmas. 
 
 " That each subscriber's annual subscription (is. 4rf.) for each 
 " child, shall be sent to the Tieasuver at, or before Lady-Day in every 
 " year. 
 
 " That a meeting of the svibscribers be held annually in Decembei;." 
 
IPSWICH HUMANE SOCIETY. 
 
 877 
 
 HUMANE SOCIETY, 
 
 (Vide paste 220.) 
 
 This Institution is under the direction of a President, two 
 Vice-Presidents, six Directors, one Treasurer and a Secre- 
 tiry. A Committee of Reward is also appointed, consisting 
 of the President, Vice-Presidents, Directors, (or a major 
 part of them) together with the Treasurer and Secretary, io 
 order to reward those persons, who may have distinguished 
 themselves by their prompt and persevering assistance in 
 the cause of sufTtring humanity. A key of each set of 
 apparatus is sent to every Medical Gentleman in the Town. 
 A general Meeting of the Subscribers is held on the second 
 Monday in May, at one o'clock Special Meetings are 
 called bv the President, or in his absence by the Vice-Pre- 
 sident, vphenever requested, either by the Committee of 
 Reward, or a major part of them, or by any five subscribers. 
 
 Silver Medals, or pecuniary Rewards have been presen- 
 ted to the under-mentioned persons, in consequence of their 
 meritorious exertions in having rescued bodies from a wa- 
 tery grave, or in having been instrumental in restoring life 
 to them, by their care and attention. 
 
 Mr Spoonor, formerly of tke 
 
 Wherry Inn, S. M. 
 Mr Davie, Surgeon, S. M. 
 Mr. Morgan, Surgeon, S. M. 
 John Ford, Seaman 
 Michael Catchpole 
 James Bird, Seaman 
 Jonathan Pinner, Soaman 
 Benjamin Dewey 
 James Cork, Shipwright 
 John Sage, Shipwright 
 Joseph Grimwood, Seaman 
 Thomas Mackham, Seaman 
 Thomas Downes, Seaman 
 
 Heniy Vincent, Carpenter 
 
 Robi rt RarOet, Carpenter 
 
 John Kidd, Labourer 
 
 Ambro-e Flack, Custom-House 
 Officer 
 
 William Pepper, Miller 
 
 James Duck 
 
 Thomas Downes 
 
 William Forsdike 
 
 William Lambert 
 
 William Lyon 
 
 Master Kdward Acfon, aged thir- 
 teen years, S. M. 
 
278 HOSE AND CROWN ASSOCIATION 
 
 IPSWICH 
 
 Rose and Crown Association, for Apprehending and Prosecu- 
 ting Hone Stealers, and all other Offl;ndcn whatsoever. 
 Iiistiluted March IR, 1788. 
 
 No person is admitted into or fintitfed to any benefit from 
 this Association, until One (iuinea has been paid to the 
 Treasurer. Every member ts r»-qtiired to ke< p a list in wri- 
 tine;, of all his, or her horses, with thc.r ni;irks, ages, sizes, 
 Cfiliiurs, and descriptions; and on missing or (nsmg anv horse 
 or horses, or being ro bed, or having any stich suspicion, 
 must, whether the ofll-n* <• be a felony or a cap.t.d offence, 
 or not, apply to the Solicitor of this Association, or in his 
 absence to the Treasurer*, and give him proper notice of 
 the time when such horse, &c. was first missed, the place 
 from whence stolen or lost, with a Cull description of every 
 circumstance relating thereto. And in ens'- of a misdemea- 
 nour, then application must he nuide to a magistrate, and 
 every exertion used to bring the otiisiider or offenders to 
 justice; otherwise no benefit can be derived from the funds 
 of this Association. 
 
 The sum of ^ 10 is allowed as a reward to such person or 
 persons, as apprehend any captal offender or ofl'euders, over 
 and af'ove what is granted by Act of Parliament. In case of 
 any felony under a capital offence, but which amounts to a 
 Grand Larceny, of 5 is grantt-d ; if Petty L.irceny. 20*. The 
 owner of any hui-se or horses stolen, who shall have used his, 
 or her utmost endeavours for the lecovery thereof, and not 
 being able to find out the same within six months from 
 their having been stolen, is paid by the members of this 
 Association, at least Ixvo- thirds of the value of such horse or 
 horses, as three o! the .said members, who knew the said 
 horse or hnises shall consider to have been their value. The 
 whole of which sum ho\^ever, or a p;irt thereof at least, is 
 returned, if the property is ever again recovered. 
 
 A nieefiiig of the members is held hiilf-yearly, on the 
 second TusFday\n May, and on the first Tuesday nearest the 
 Full-moiM) in November, at the Rose and Croun Inn. 
 
 The number ot numbers in the year 1817, w is Forty-two. 
 
 Ihc following Rule is xvorlht/ of particular Observation : — 
 The Meniliei's of tliis Assnci.ition take uo Seivaiu wiiliout a writ- 
 ten climacter from his or htr last place. 
 
 * Simon Jackaman, SoJicitor, Treasurer. 
 
IPSWICH ASSOCIATION. 279 
 
 IPSWICH ASSOCIATION 
 For Prosecuting Felons and other Offenders, 
 
 At an Annual Meeting of the Subscriliers to this Associa* 
 tion, held at the Golden Lion Inn, in this Town, on Tuesday, 
 the 2 1st day of January, 1817, it was ordered : — 
 
 " That any person or persons giving information to the Agent* of 
 " this Association, «jr to any subscriber who may have bwn robbed, 
 " by means whereof any offender shall he convirted, shal l)e eniitled, 
 " on conviction o( such offender or offenders to a reward of Ftse Pounds, 
 " in case of Felony, and Forty Shillinsis in case of farceny. 
 
 " Also, that any person or persons, giving the like information, by 
 ** means whereof any rece'wer or receivers of <t'to:li stolen, from any mem- 
 " ber of this Association, shall be convicted, shall be entitled on con- 
 " viction, to a reward of Trrenlit Pounds, in ca«es where the principal 
 " shall have committed Grand Larceny, or some greater offi'nce ; and 
 " to a reward of Ten roiiruls, in cases of Petty Ijirccny ; the said se- 
 *' several rewards to be paid by the Agent of this Association." 
 
 The number of Subscribers in 1817, Fiftv Three, 
 
 ♦ Benjamin Brame, Solicilor. 
 
2S0 FORMS OF BEQUESTS. 
 
 THE U3UAL FORM 
 
 By uhich any Benefaction may be given to the Designs of q 
 Society, 
 
 Item, 
 
 I,^/A D. do hereby give and bcqueati) unto C. D. of 
 and E. F. of the sum uf to be raised and' 
 
 paid by and out of all my ready money, plate, goods, and personal 
 eflfects, which by law I may or can charge with the payment of the 
 Same, {und not out of ani/ part of my lands, tenements, or hereditaments) 
 upon Trust, and to the intent that they, or either of them, do pay the 
 same lothe Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being, of a voluntary 
 Society, commonly called or known by the name of 
 which said sum of I desire may be applied towards 
 
 carrying on the charitable designs of the said Society. 
 
 Form of Legacy for a Charity School. 
 
 Item, 
 
 I, A. B. do give and bequeath unto G. H. of the 
 
 sum of pounds, to the intent, and on trust, that he do pay 
 
 the same to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of the 
 
 Charity Schools, for teaching poor children (boys or girls) to read, &c. 
 
 in the Parish of in the Town of and in the 
 
 County of for the use of the said School. 
 
IPSWICH BOOK CLUB. 281 
 
 IPSWICH BOOK CLUB, 
 BE^R and CROWN INN, 
 
 Instituted in the Year 17C4. 
 
 This Society meets once in every month, and sometimes 
 twice, but never more than twelve, or at the utmost, thirteen 
 times in one year. A division of the books takes place 
 yearly in December. Tn the year \^\3, tlie members 
 had a Jubilee Dinner (at the Bear and Croxin Inn, in 
 this Town), on enteirng the Fiftieth Year of the formation 
 of the Institution ; when a Gold Medal was presented 
 to the Rev. William Layton, A. M. in token of the 
 high respect and esteem which the members of the 
 Society entertained for that Gentleman. 
 
 ^ N 
 
^2 TACKET STRRET MEETING BOOK SOCIETV. 
 
 IPSTFICH BOOK SOCIETY, 
 
 TACKET STREET MEETING, 
 
 Instituted March 1 Uh, 1794. 
 
 Every member, upon admission, pays ten shillings and 
 sixpence entrance, in addition to the suna subscribed at the 
 beginning of the year. 
 
 This Society meets on the Tuesday Evening immediately 
 preceding, or upon every Full Moon, at the Vestry belong- 
 ing to the Meeting House, in Tacket Street, at half-past six 
 o'clock. No person is admitted a member of this Institu- 
 tion unless proposed by a member, and if seconded, accept- 
 ed at the next meeting. Ladies, and persons residing in 
 the Country, are admitted members, on paying the 
 aforesaid subscription. Any member is allowed to put a 
 book to the ballot, engaging to bid hciif-price for every book 
 above the price of tvpo shillings. A Tre;isurer and Secre- 
 tary transact the business; the Treasurer is empowered to 
 purchase any political works between the meetings of the 
 Society, provided the price does not exceed 5s. On the 
 first meeting in every year, all the books that have been 
 circulated amongst the members are sold, and the money 
 arising from such sale is applied to the use of the Society. 
 All the business is decided by ballot; if the numbers are 
 «qua1, the Chairman has the casting vote. Every member 
 takes the Chair in rotation. 
 
NICHOLAS STREET CHAPEL ^OOK SOCIETY. 283f 
 
 IPSWICH BOOK SOCIETY, 
 
 NICHOLAS STREET CHAPEL, 
 
 Inslituted November 4th, 1799. 
 
 This Society meets at the Vestry of St. Nicholas Street 
 Chapel, on the third Thursday in every month, at seven 
 o'clock in the evening. 5s. is paid on admission to this Soci- 
 ety, and 10.1 6d. annu.illy, which is due on the first of 
 January every j ear A Committee of seven Subscribers is 
 chosen annually for the purpose of managing the affairs of 
 the Institution, and meets at the Library the third Thursday 
 in every month, at seven o'clock in the evening. Subscri- 
 bers may propose what books they please, and may ballot 
 for them the same evening, provided the price does not 
 exceed 7s ; if more, the ballot must be postponed till the 
 next meeting. The books are circulated in the order of 
 the names written upon the covers, and the time allowed 
 for reading them is regulated by the Committee, or Secre- 
 tary, who is chosen annually by the Committee. The Se- 
 cretary also receives all monies belonging to the Society, 
 and is expected to lay before the Committee every circum- 
 stance relative to the welfare of the Institution. 
 
284 IPSWICH BOOK AND PAMPHLET CLUB. 
 
 IPSWICH 
 
 BOOK AND PAMPHLET CLUB, 
 
 (/?. Deck's Room, Corn kill.) 
 Instituted Marcli 7, 1808. 
 
 livery Subscriber to this Institution pays One Guinea 
 yearly. Any Gentleman ordering a book, of nnore value 
 _tban his subscription, pays the overplus, and at the end of 
 the year takes it as his own lot: the remaining books are 
 divided into lots at the conclusion of the year, and drawn 
 for. A Meeting is held thesecond Monday in every month, 
 at Mr. Deck's House, on the Corn hill, at twelve o'clock. 
 Any new Member is proposed at one Meeting, and balloted 
 for at the following. Any four Members subscribing their 
 names may order a Pamphlet not exceeding 5s. value, pre- 
 vious to a meeting. At every Annual Meeting a President, 
 Treasurer, and Secretary is appointed. 
 
IPSWICH UNION PUBLIC LIBRARY. 285 
 
 IPSWICH UNION PUBLIC LIBRARY, 
 
 {S. //. Coiveli'.s Room, Butter- Market,) 
 Instituted in 1817. 
 
 The annual subsriii>tion to this Institntinn is c£\ 5s. for 
 Gentlemen, and -t \ tor l.aHies; which becomes due on the 
 first of September. No sulKcriher is allowed to hiive any 
 book from this Library, or is admitted to act on the Commit- 
 tee, until tlit'ir subscription is piid, and if any sunscnber 
 neglects to pny his or her suhstript on for one year, every 
 cl.iim on the property of the [Jbrary is to feited A morn- 
 ing and evenint:f paper is taken for the use of the subscribers. 
 A (General Meeting is held annually, on the li>t Friday in 
 //m:,'?<7, at which a (Joiiimittee oi twelve members is appoint- 
 ed, tosuperintend and arrange the business ofthe Institution, 
 A Treasurer is also at the same tmie elected, to whom all 
 monies, arising from subscription-, forfeitures, beneiac- 
 tions, Si.c are paid. 
 
 The Commiitee meets at the Library, the first Fruhu/ it 
 every Month, at seven o'clock in the Evening, for the purpose 
 of inspecting the state of the Libriry, and the Librarian's 
 books ; of entering an account of the fines that from time to 
 time are pair! ; and of ordering the purchase of books 
 
 Every subscriber who wishes to propose a book, must en- 
 ter it three days previous to the meeting ofthe Committee, 
 in the order hook, \\\\\c\\ is kept by the Librarian, and laid 
 before the Committee at every meeting, when the Works 
 proposed are admitted or rejected, as appear i xpedient ; at 
 which time, all the s'ibsc ribers present are allowed to vote 
 for their admission or rejection. 
 
 The Librarian is chosen by a majority of the subscribers 
 at the Annual Meeting, and must attencl (or his deputy) at 
 the Librarv, from nine o'clock in the morning till ten in the 
 evening (Sundays excepted), on which day the News. room 
 only is open from eigJit till ten in the morning, and from 
 six till ten. m the evening. 
 
 Subscril)ers are allowed to introduce non-residents. Teni' 
 porary residents are admitted to the use of the Lil'rary, on 
 S,\i\)%cu\i\'n^ five shillings mmthly , and depositing txvo Guin as, 
 which deposit is refunded when the subscription ceases, and 
 jhe books are returned in good order. 
 
 The number of subscribers in 1818, — Upwards of Ninety, 
 
Mr. DRAYLE'S GIFT. 
 
 THE Beq'iest of W. Thomas Dmijle appears by an Indenture Tri- 
 partite, dated the 27ih Ocloher, in the fifih Year of Henry VIII. (1513) 
 between Robert, Pi-yor and Convent of the Monastery of the Holy 
 Trinity, within the Town of Itis-vch. on the one part; Thomas Ba'dry 
 and John R'lller, Bailiffs of fhe said Burgh, the Burgesses and Com- 
 monalty of the same, on the second part; and (Villiam Harte, Citizen 
 Snd Alderman of ^^'orzvich, and Sh- William Bacon, Clerk, Executors of 
 the last Will and Testament of Thomas Drayle, late of Ipsicich afore- 
 said, deceased, on the third part, witnessing : — 
 
 ' That whereas the said Thonus Drayle, in his life-time, intending 
 ' the Common-Wealth of the said P.urt'h and To'vn, and the prosperous 
 'continuance of the same, by his last Will, willed, declared and bequea- 
 *thed, unto the said Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Commonalty, in ready- 
 ' money, and otheivi.^e, to the value and sum oi Seven-score Pounds, to 
 'the intent, tliat as well the Commonalty of the said Town and Burgh, 
 ' as ForHgners and Estrangers now inhabiting or resorting, or that 
 ' hereafter shall be inhabiting or resoiting in or unto the said Burgh or 
 'Town, should be holpen and eased of such Tolls and othar charge, as 
 'hereafter followeth, as by the said last Will and Testament more 
 'p!ainl3'it doth appear, which Seven-score Pounds having been by 
 ' the said Executors, unto the said Bailiffs, contented and paid, and 
 
 * thereof the said Bailiffs, &.C. acicnowledge themselves truly and fully 
 
 * satisfied, and thereof acquit and discharge the said Executors, and 
 
 * every of them, by these presents ; for which Seven-score Pounds to 
 
 * the said Bailiffs, &c. paid, as is afo:<.-said, the same Bailiffs, Burgesses, 
 ' and Commonalli) of f])sivick aforesaid, by these presents covcnanteth 
 •and grantcth for thcin and their successors, unto the said IVilUnni 
 
 * Iiurle anil the said Sir ii illiain /?arof», that the said Bailiff's, Stc. afore- 
 ' 6aid, and their successors, from the date of thvse presents, for ever, 
 
-APPENDIX. 
 
 ^\ 
 
 ' and at all times horcafter, shall disrhargf? and acquit all and every 
 'pevr.oii or peisons inhabiting or resoitins to or within the said Burgh, 
 ' of every Tot/ or CuUome, sum or sums of money for Toll or Custom, 
 'to be levied or taken of them, or of aiy of them, uiiliin the said 
 'Burgh, or any part of the prccints of the same, by the said Bailiffs 
 'and tlieir successors, or any of their Ministers to the ue of the same 
 ' Bailiffs and their successors, for any cart or pack-horse hereafTter to 
 ' be driven, comirg, or siandinK, or going out, in, or through the said 
 ' Hursh or Town, or any precinct or parcel of the same; and that the 
 'said Bailiffs See. nor any of tlwm, nor any otiicr person or persons 
 ' for them, or by their cunmandment or assent, shall levy or cause to 
 ' be Icv'ed, any Toll, custom, sum or sums of money, for the said carts 
 
 * and pack-hoises, or any of them. And also the said Bailiffs, &c. by 
 'these presents covenanteth mid sjrante'h, for them and their sncces- 
 ' sors, unto the said IVilliam flar/e and Sir IViU'am Bacon, that the 
 'said Bailiffs, &c. and their successors, from the date of these pre- 
 
 • sents, si)all not take, levy, or receive, of any of the said perfonor per- 
 ' sons, any Toll, custom, or o'li(»r charge, of and for aity/resfi fsli or 
 * fresk-xcnler ftsh, carritd, conveyed or brouglit, by any person or per- 
 ' sons, to the said Burirh, or any part of the precincts of the same, by 
 ' water or by land, to sell, nor for any carl or horse, shtp or boat, bring- 
 
 * ing or carrying the same. And over, the said Bailiffs, &c. of rps:mck 
 'aforesaid, by these presents, covenanteth und granteth unto the said 
 
 ♦ IViUinm ffarte and Sir WtUiam Bacon, that the said Bailiffs, &c. nor 
 
 • any of them, nor their successors, at any time after the date of these 
 ' presents, shall demand, levy or take, any manner of fynes, tolls, cus- 
 
 * toms, or other charge, of any Fortisner, being not a Freeman of the 
 'said Burgh, inliabiting within the said Burgh, or within the precincts 
 ' of the same, for his occupation of his crafts, or for the opening of his 
 'shop, or selling of his wares, victuals, or merciiandizes, or for the 
 •occupying of his house, within the same Burgh. Provided alwaj's, 
 'that if any of the same fvnes, tolls or customs, to be paid by the said 
 '* Foreigners for opening of their said shojis, and selling of their said 
 ' wares or merchandizes, be ccssed or rated, and ofriglit ouarht to be 
 *cpssed and rated upon the same Foreigners, to the whole sum of 
 ' Twelve- Pence, oi above, and not under, that then the said Foreisntrs 
 
 • are therewith to be charged, these present Indentuics, or any thing 
 •in them expressed to the contrary notwithstanding.' 
 
288 APPENDIX, 
 
 ' ^Moreover tin' said rai'lflT-.-, &c. co\'enanteth and graiiteth by these 
 ' presents unto the said Vrior and Conienl, and their succtssois, tl)at if 
 ' the said BailifTs, &c. or tlicir succes^rs, at any time hereafter, vexeti, 
 ' trobelyn and U-cjinz, of any mannir of person or persons, any sum of 
 
 • money in ihe name of toll, fyne. custom, or charge, for any such toll, 
 ' fyne, custom, or charge an ai'urt said, con^rai j' to the effect and true 
 
 • meaning of these Indentures, and the same be sufficient proved before 
 ' two of the Justices of Quorum of the Shier of ^itffolke, for the time 
 'being, pr«sent at the next General Session to be holden for the said Shiei', 
 ' at Ipsiokh aforesaid, next after any such vexation or trouble, or levy* 
 ' ing of any fyne confiary, to the true meaning of these said 
 
 • liidenlurei, that then the said PaiifTs, &c. and their succes- 
 ' sors, for every sucli vexation, or trouble, or levying of any 
 'fyne, shall pay and content unto the said Executors, or either 
 'of them overliving, if any such default or offence be, or unto 
 
 • the said Prior or Convent, or thi ir successors. Forty Shillings of good 
 ' and lawful money of England, in the name and for a painc for every 
 
 • such doing so proved as is aforesaid, contrary to the efliect of the 
 ' premises. In w'.tness whereof, to the one part of this Indenture, with 
 ' tlie aforesaid WiUium Harte and .*?;> IViliiam Bacon remaining, the 
 ' said Prior and Co'i-cenl their Common-Seal, and the aforesaid Bailiffs, 
 ' &c. their Common-Seal ha'h put ; unto the otlier jtart of this present 
 ' Indenture with the said Prior and Convent remaining, as well the 
 'afuiesaid H'iUiom Harle an<\ Sir IVilliain Bacon, their Seals, as the 
 ' said Bailiffs, &c their Common Seal hath put; and to the third part 
 'of this present Indenture with the aforesaid Bailiffs, &c remaining, 
 ' as «ell the aforesaid H'iiiam 'art and •■>ir William Bacon their Sfals, 
 ' as the said Prior and Convent their Common-Seal hath put to the day 
 ' and year above written.' 
 
 " The Executors of Air. Thomas Drayle, Merchant, about the fifth 
 " year oi King Henry the F'igh:h, for the consideration of One Hundred 
 "and Foity Pounds, given by the said Thomas Dray/e, and paid by 
 "them to the Town, settled Indentures for the purposes of the said 
 " Tnomas Drayle intending the Common-vealth of the said Town, 
 " and prosperous conlinuame of the same, as is particularly set forth in 
 " the Book, or Record, called Loomsday." 
 
APPENDIX, 289 
 
 IPSWICH. 
 
 In the POLL for Members of Pailiament for this Borousrh, taken on 
 the leth, nth, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 2'2nd of June, 1818, before 
 
 EDWARD BACO\\ Esq. 
 
 AND 
 
 JOHN EDDOWES SPARROW, Esq. 
 
 Cb/ 
 
 ROBERT ALEXANDER CRICKITT, Esq. 
 
 WILLIAM NEWTON, Esa. 
 
 HENRY BARING, F.sa. 
 
 Sir WILLIAM BOLTON, Kht. 
 
 The following: numbers appeared on the Poll at the close : 
 R. A. Crickitt, Esq. . - , 
 
 William Newton, Esq. - 
 Henry Baring, Esq. 
 Sir William Bolton 
 
 Majority for Mr. Crickitt 
 Mr. Newton 
 
 - 
 
 4'^a 
 
 - 
 
 422 
 
 - 
 
 389 
 
 - 
 
 362 
 
 39 
 
 
 32 
 
 
 The numbers on the Poll at the end of the Scrutiny, demanded by 
 
 Mr. Baring and Sir William Bolton : — 
 
 R. A. Crickitt, Esq. - 
 
 William Newton, Esq. - 
 
 Henry Baring, Esq. - - ' • 
 
 Sir William Bolton 
 
 Majority for Mr. Crickitt 
 Mr. Newton 
 
 - 
 
 394 
 
 . 
 
 387 
 
 - 
 
 356 
 
 - 
 
 335 
 
 58 
 
 , 
 
 31 
 
 
 Struck off on Scrutiny. 
 Crickitt 34— Newton 35— Baring 34— Bolton 28. 
 
 g O 
 
290 APPENDIX. 
 
 Ipswich, August the 2Bth, 1817. 
 
 The Onvell East Indiaman was launched from Mr. Bayley's Ship- 
 yard, at Halifax, in the presence of nearly 30,000 persons. 
 
 The Contract for Building this fine Vessel was Riade by Mr. Jabez 
 Bayley of this Town, with Captain M. Isaacke, of Greenmch, in 
 May, 1816. Her dimensions were as follow : — 
 
 Length of keel - - . _ 
 
 Ditto between the perpendiculars 
 
 Ditto on a range with the upper deck 
 
 Ditto over all - 
 
 Breadth to a 4-inch plank - _ . 
 
 Depth in the hold to a 5 -inch timber strake 
 
 Height between lower and middle deck 
 
 Ditto between middle and upper deck 
 
 Ditto between upper deck and round house 
 
 Ditto ditto and forecastle 
 
 Admeasurement - 1,335 tons, 22-44ths. 
 
 The keel of this Ship was laid in the beginning of May, 1816; so 
 that in building her, scarcelj' more than fifteen months were occupied ; 
 during which period she furnished employment, directly or indirectly, 
 to som6 hundreds of people. In her construction, upwards of 2,000 
 loads of select oak timber, 100 tons of wrought iron, and 30 tons of 
 copper, were employed. Her entire weight wa^ estimated at 1,800 
 tons. 
 
 ft. 
 
 in. 
 
 153 
 
 
 
 166 
 
 8 
 
 176 
 
 
 
 194 
 
 
 
 43 
 
 3 
 
 17 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
APPENDIX. 291 
 
 TOOLE Y'S FOUNDATION. 
 
 The six under-mentioned Poor Persons liave been added to the list 
 «ince September, 1813. 
 
 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 s. 
 
 «f. 
 
 Isaac Gladding 
 
 _ 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 Widow Hanton 
 
 O 
 
 6 
 
 Robert Knevett 
 
 _ 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 A\iduw Wade 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 John Wade 
 
 - 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 Widow Smith 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 Which make the number of Poor Persons on Tooley^s and Smari't 
 Charity, One Hundred and nine, weekly relfeved with 2s. 6d. each : * 
 Fifty and upwards of whom are also accommodated with a separate 
 apartment, one chaldron of coals, wood, clothing, &c. Vide page 31. 
 
 SIR THOMAS WHITE'S GIFT. 
 
 Vice-Chancellor's Court, November I], 1813. 
 
 THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, 
 
 versus 
 
 THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BRISTOL. 
 
 THIS CASE WAS AS FOLLOWS, VIZ : 
 
 In the year 1562, Sir Thomas IV kite bequeathed .£'2000 to be laid 
 out in the purchase of Land for Charitable Uses. By a deed of Trust, 
 (seepage 73) dated the \st July, 1566, the Mayor, Bujgesses, and 
 Commonalty of Bristol were appointed to act as Trustees ; and they 
 
 '^ Excepting Nurse Rushaway, who has 3s. 6<f. 
 
292 APtEKbix. 
 
 were directed to lay out the money i ' the purchase of Lands, of which 
 the yearly rent should amount to six score pounds or more. The RC" 
 venue of this Land was to be laid out in the following manner:^— — 
 During the first ten years after the purchase, jE\00 per annum were 
 to be given to the City of Bristol, for the maintenance of poor Appreu- 
 ticcs; and then, tuenty-four other Cities, &c. sptcifj'-d in the Deed, 
 were to receive in succession <£l04 each, for one year. At the end of 
 every thiity-four years, the same rotation was to commence, Bristol 
 receiving .^lOO for ten years, and each of the other Cities, &c. f£l04 
 for one yoar. No provision was made in the Deed fur the application 
 of the Surplus which would thus remain, when the ,£100, or <£l04 
 were deducted from ihe Annual Rent of .£120 The Question at issue 
 was, — whether this Surplus should be appropriated by the Corporation 
 of Bristol to their own benefit, or be given to the Charity ? The Case 
 had been brought before the Conrt by apislication from the Attorney- 
 Genci-a', and by complaint from the President and Scholars of .S/. John's 
 College. The other party (the Corporation of Briito!) had demurred, 
 and the Demurrer now came on to be argued. 
 
 The Vice-Chancellor, after hearing the arguments of Counsel on 
 
 both sides, gave his decision, to the following eftect : 
 
 This Chaiity was founded in 1/66 by Sir Thomas IVhite, who order- 
 ed that .£100 should be annually given out of certain Lands purchased 
 for the purpose, to two young Freemen of different Corporations. The 
 premises were under the care of the Corporation, but it was regulated 
 that the above .£100 should be distributed to one of twenty-four Cities 
 in England, each in regular annual rotation. The Information stated 
 the Indentures were Tripartite, between the President and Fellows of 
 St. John's College, Oxford, and the Trustees of Merchant Tut/lor's School, 
 of the first part; the Corporation of Brw/o/, of tlie second part ; and 
 Sir Thomas IVhite, though not a party in the contract, but as he sub- 
 scribed the Indentures, was materially the third. The Deed recites, 
 that <£2000 had prior to the establishment of the Charity been given 
 by S/> Tlionins Ifhiteta the Corporation of Bristo', which sum they 
 afterwards covenanted to lay out in the purchase of tiie Annuity of 
 ^120. The words of the Deed were material in elucidating the wish 
 of the Founder ill respect to the Surplus Money. The Deed stipula- 
 ted, that the .£2000 already in possession of the Corporation of Bristol, 
 should be laid out in purchasiog of <£120 per anaum, of which <£104 
 
APPENDIX. 293 
 
 was annually to be given to each City, &c, in rotation ; but Erislol 
 slioald only receive of! 00, It liarl been arguod, that supposing; the 
 Corpoi'ation had puirhasetl the Annuity of <£l20 for <£l.')00, at that 
 time, they miglit retain the remaiiiif)* .^o'lO ; but the words of the 
 Deed, which stipulated that the .£'2000 should b<» expended in purcha- 
 sing ^120 and more, would not admit of that constiuclinn, and the 
 contract would compel them to lay out the entire sum. The Deed also 
 piovides that the £\ '20 and nio<f, so purchased, should he employed 
 fur the purposes after-mentioned, and for no oflwr. The application of 
 the Annuity was fur the first ten years to the b nefit of the C'ty of 
 Bristol, and for the next ten years to thatof tiie City of Yorh, and after- 
 wards annually to each of the remaining twenty-two Cities, &c. and at 
 the end of thirty-four years returning to the Corporation of Rristol. It 
 v/as afterwards to proceed regularly each year through each respective 
 City, and as such to continue for ever. The Corporation of Dr/sto/ had 
 purchased Lands, &c to the annual amount of of'WO, and the expendi- 
 ture of the Annuity was continued. The Information stated ttiat the 
 value of these I.amls, &c. had srtatly increased, since the foundation 
 of the Chatity, even to .so great amount, as it was supposed, of several 
 Thousand Pounds And it was therefore insisted that the Expenditure 
 of only cflOO annually was suhniiltted to through mistake, and called 
 npon the Court to decide the question. To this tiie Corporation de- 
 murred, declaring they considered themselves not bound to account 
 for the Surplus, as the original intent of the Charity was fulfilled. 
 From the construction of the Deed itsell', the matter would be thorouiih- 
 ly decided. If this Devise was not for a Charitable Purpose, the Cor- 
 poration o{ Bristol, might be considered as individual purchasers, which 
 was obviously inconsistent with the intent of the Donor, Sir Thomas 
 While, of whose Charity they were but the instruments. After a 
 mature consideration of the Deed, and of each of the Clauses contained 
 in it, illustrative of Sir Thomas Whitens intention, as well as of the 
 arguments adduced for and against the Information, it was his (the 
 Vice-Chancellor's) opinion, that the present Demurrer of the Corpora- 
 tion of Bristol should be over ruled. 
 
S94 APPENDIX. 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 The boys admittod on this Foundation are generally allowed, on their 
 leaving the School, £5 tovrards binding them out apprentices; butthis 
 rests entirely with the Assembly, who are guided by the character 
 given of each boy by the Master. 
 
 Mr. Smart^s Two Scholarships (vide page 113) were originally 
 placed upon the same fooling as the then Bible Clerks. " It appears 
 " that there is now no sach office iu the University as that of Bible 
 " Clerk. The principal duty formerly attached to it, was that of 
 " reading the Greek Testament to the Fellows irhen at dinner. A good 
 ** custom, which has been dispensed with long since." 
 
 9999999^ 
 
 BLUE SCHOOL. 
 
 In the list of Benefactors, instead of Dr. Hughes, read Mr. Hughes, 
 who left oClOO to this Institution, in consequence of his relation Stephen 
 Summers, an eminent Tradesman in London, having received his educa< 
 tion at the above School. 
 
 The mimber of acres belonging to the Farm, situated in Shotley and 
 Chelrnondiston—\i9A. 3R. 4 P. 
 
 To the WiUisham Farm, besides the number of acres mentioned (see 
 page 130), add nine acres and upwards of Wood, making altogether 
 above 104A. 3R. 14P. 
 
APPENDIX. 295 
 
 St. Clement. 
 A handsome brass Chandelier was presented to this Parish in the year 
 1700, by Mtlison Edgar, as appears from the following inscription 
 an it :— 
 
 "MASTER MILISON EDGAR, 
 
 " To St Clement's Chiirch, in Ipswich, 
 
 "Anno Domini 1700." 
 
 To be added to the list of Contrilmtors to the IVidorvs and Orphans of the 
 Crerv of the Endeavour, and Unity, of Ipsrcich. 
 
 Henry Baring, Esq. - - - - .^500 
 
 St Mafy at the Elms. 
 The weekly allowance given lo the Twelve Poor Women in Mrs. 
 Sw/'/AV Alnis'-hou^e is 3s. 6d. : besides which, there is allotted to each 
 a sitting room on the ground floor, and bed room up-stairs, &c. 
 
 INFANT CHARITY. (Page 225) 
 
 Legacies, 
 
 Mr. S. Jackson - - - - .flOOO 
 
 Mrs. Reinhold - - - - 10 
 
REFERRING to all the GIFTS, SOCIETIES, ifc, ^c. 
 
 A. Page 
 
 Abstract of Charters - 1 
 
 Abstract of Rules of Toolcy's 
 
 Foundation - - 51 
 
 Abstract of Paving Act, 13th 
 
 Elizabeth - - 540 
 
 Abstract ditto 33'1 George III 241 
 Abstract ditto 37tli George III 247 
 Abstract ditto j5th George III 250 
 Abstract of River Act - 257 
 
 Abstract of Court of Requests 
 
 Act - - - 267 
 
 Abstract of Act 13th Elizabeth 1 87 
 
 79 
 
 79 
 
 97 
 
 120 
 
 286 
 
 203 
 
 Acton, William 
 Acton, John 
 Allen, John - 
 Alvere, Thomas 
 Appendix - 
 
 Association Rihle General 
 Association Bible, St. Peter's 202 
 Association Bible, Stoke Green 202 
 Association, Church Missionary 205 
 Association, Ipswich Ladies 
 
 Missionary - - 207 
 
 Association, Baptist Missionary 2 1 1 
 Association, Wesleyan Mis- 
 sionary - - - 212 
 Association, Jevs - - 213 
 Association for Prosecuting 
 
 Felons, Rose and Crown 278 
 Association ditto, Golden Lion 279 
 Augmentation - - IBS 
 
 D. 
 
 Biiliffs of Ipswich - 
 
 Barret, John 
 
 '•ank. Provident 
 
 Bank, Savings' 
 
 Baxter, Catherine - 
 
 BedingBeld, Anthony 
 
 Benevolent Societies 
 
 Benevolent Society, Ipswich 
 
 Birden, William 
 
 Blomfield, Isaac 
 
 Bloi^e, Rose 
 
 Bloise, Alice 
 
 Bloss, Tobias 
 
 Blythe, John 
 
 Blue Schuol 
 
 126, 
 
 Book Society, Tacket Street 
 Book Society, Ni~ho.as Street 
 Chapel - - - 
 
 Book and Pamphlet Club 
 Bright, Thomas 
 Brown, Robert 
 Bunnine, Thomas - 
 Burroughs, Thomas 
 Burroughs, John 
 Burroughs, John 
 
 Page 
 
 179 
 
 79 
 
 234 
 
 236 
 
 67 
 
 125 
 
 275 
 
 227 
 
 79 
 
 175 
 
 77 
 
 7S 
 
 152 
 
 177 
 
 294 
 
 282 
 
 233 
 284 
 170 
 149 
 156 
 80 
 95 
 173 
 
 Cadey, Thomas 
 Canning Richard 
 
 - 122 
 
 - 201 
 
298 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Paore. 
 
 Caston James - - 155 
 
 CastoD, Leonard - - 165 
 
 Catling, Jeremiah - - 114 
 
 Centtal Schools - - 19^ 
 
 Chappie, Mary - - 176 
 
 Chapels in Ip?:wich - - 19t' 
 
 Christ's Hospital - - 53 
 
 Chimney Sweepers Socifty - 201 
 
 Clement, St. Parish of 143, 295 
 
 Cock, Christopher - - 79 
 
 Cole, Robe't - - 147 
 
 Colman, Francis - - 155 
 
 Common-Council - - 185 
 
 Cosen, William - - 128 
 
 Court of Requests - - 1 85 
 
 Custom House - - 185 
 
 Crane, John - 80, 87 
 
 Crocker, Benjamin - - 178 
 
 Cutler, William - - 124 
 
 Cutler, John - - 172 
 
 D. 
 
 Daundy, Edmond - 120, lf)9 
 
 Deanery of Ipswich- - 186 
 
 Dispensary - - - 217 
 
 District Committee - - 200 
 
 Dorkin, John - - 148 
 
 Drayle, Thomas - - 286 
 
 Edgar, William - 128, 167 
 Education Society - - 195 
 
 Elms St. Mary, Parish of 158, 295 
 Epitaph, Tooley's - - 32 
 
 Established Churcli Society 
 Excise Office 
 
 F. 
 
 Pacte. 
 
 228 
 
 185 
 
 Fairs in Ipswich 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 12 
 
 Female Benefit Society 
 
 - 
 
 230 
 
 '•"ennale Charity School, 
 
 Cox- 
 
 
 Lane 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 197 
 
 Female Asylum 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 215 
 
 Felaw, Richard 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 101 
 
 Form of Donation 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 280 
 
 Ford, James 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 133 
 
 Fuller, John 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 173 
 
 Friendly Society 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 232 
 
 G. 
 
 
 
 
 Gibbon, John 
 
 - 
 
 128, 
 
 170 
 
 Girls' Free School 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 194 
 
 Goodwin, Thomas 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 78 
 
 Good Friday's Gift 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 96 
 
 G rammar School 
 
 - 
 
 101, 
 
 294 
 
 Green, Samuel 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 146 
 
 Green, Mary 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 146 
 
 Green, Benjamin Palme 
 
 r 
 
 157 
 
 Green-Sleeve Schools 
 
 _ 
 
 134 
 
 H. 
 
 Hawes 
 
 - 69 
 
 Helen, St. Parish of - 
 
 - 178 
 
 High Stewards 
 
 - 182 
 
 HuBt, William 
 
 - 80 
 
 Hunwick John 
 
 - 122 
 
 Humane Society 
 
 219, 277 
 
INDEX. 
 
 299 
 
 I. T>ai 
 
 Infant Charity - 225, 295 
 
 Ipswich Lying-in Charity - 223 
 Ipswich Receipts, &c. - 239 
 
 Ipswich Book Chib- - 881 
 
 Ipswich Election, 1318 -'289 
 
 Kemp, Amy - - 69 
 
 Kerriiigton, Nicholas - 173 
 
 Key, St. Mary, Parish of - 161 
 
 L. 
 
 Larke, Edward - - 147 
 
 Laytoii, William - - 281 
 
 Laurence, SK Parish of - 150 
 
 Leiiian, James - - 110 
 
 Lending Cash - - 73 
 
 Liberties of Ipswich - 1 1 
 
 J.ibiary, Ipswich - - 238 
 
 Library, Corporation - 115 
 
 Lucas, Thomas - - 1 75 
 
 M. 
 
 Marlow, John - - 132 
 
 Marsh, Margaret, - - 162 
 
 Margaret, St. Parish of - 155 
 
 Martin, Richard - 79, 91 
 
 Marlin, Leicester, - - 157 
 
 Matthew, St. Paribh of - 169 
 
 Members of Ipswich - 183 
 
 Mopted, Lawrence - - 1 1 2 
 
 N. 
 
 Neave, William - - 167 
 
 Nicholas, St. Parish of - 172 
 
 O. 
 
 Page 
 
 Oake, Richard - - 121 
 
 Orwell Indiaman, Launch of 290 
 
 Osmond, lienjaipiii - |69 
 
 P. 
 
 Parker, John . - 1 66 
 
 I'emberton, John - 1 23, 135 
 
 Penny Club - - 276 
 
 Peter, St. Parish of • - 174 
 
 Phillips, Nicliulas - -65 
 
 Phillips, Richard - 68, 156 
 
 Phillips, Sarah - - 156 
 
 Phillips, John - - 157 
 
 Population of Ipswich - 11 
 
 Portmen - - - 185 
 
 Q. 
 
 Quintin, Jonathan - - 129 
 
 R. 
 
 Recorders of Ipswich - 182 
 
 Rederick, Thomas - 80, 155 
 
 Red-sleeve School - - 132 
 
 lednall. .John - - 167 
 
 Reynolds, John - 161, 177 
 
 Rey croft, John - - 162 
 
 Richman, Robert - - 169 
 
 River Office • - 185 
 
 Robinson, Elizabeth 67, 14i 
 
 Sayer, Willliam - - 153 
 
 Scrivener, Alice - 78, 97 
 
 Scrivener, Ralph - - 113 
 
300 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Paffe 
 Scrivener, John • - 97 
 
 Sheppafd, Eduard - - IfiP 
 
 Skynner, Henry - - IG9 
 
 Smart, William 33, 1 U , 11 '2, 1 1 "< 
 
 Smyth, Ann - - 1.58 
 
 Snow, George - - 69 
 
 Sorrel, Sir Emanuel 81, 174 
 
 Sparowe, William - - 130 
 
 Stoke, St. JVIary, Parish of - 163 
 
 Stephen, St. Parish of - 1 77 
 
 SuflFolk Benevolent Society - 190 
 
 Suffolk Society in Aid Missions 209 
 
 Subscription, St. Clement's - 149 
 
 Sunday Schuots - - 199 
 
 T. 
 
 Taylor, John 
 Tlirower, Thomas - 
 Tbur.aon, «^athaniel - 
 Tidfi Table - 
 Tooley, Henry 
 
 - 168 
 
 - 80 
 
 - 163 
 
 12 
 13, 291 
 
 Tozer, Lucia 
 
 Tower, S<. Mary, Parish of 
 
 To\vn Cletk'? 
 
 Trotnaan, Robert 
 
 Tye, John - 
 
 Pacre 
 J78 
 
 165 
 
 184 
 
 16S 
 
 77 
 
 Tyler, William 
 
 U. 
 
 Union Public Library 
 
 111, 166 
 
 285 
 
 W. 
 
 Walter, Elizabeth - 115,150 
 Warden's O.^th - - 29 
 
 Ward, John - - 122 
 
 Ward, Christopher - - 122 
 
 Wesleyan Missionary Society 212 
 
 White, Sir Thomas - 
 Widows of Clergy • 
 AVohey, Cardinal - 
 Wriy;tit, Mary 
 Wright, John 
 
 73, 291 
 
 - 135 
 
 - 102 
 
 - 144 
 
 - 166 
 
 F 1 ^M S. 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 Psge 70, line 4 from the bottom, for is, rend are. 
 
 79, line 10 from the boitom, lor to, read be. 
 
 98, line .5 from the I otfom, for is, read a-e. 
 
 98, la^t line, after the word thereof, add in, 
 10'?, line 19, Uv: spfi;-uM, njad spkidtd. 
 127, line 17, for is, read are. 
 Ii)6, line 7 tVoni the bottom, for is, Tend are. 
 180, hne 32, for Tra-oer, read la've'-. 
 J S3, for Faflcli'irsl, read ./. J(i',so'2 Paitt'ifts. 
 191, line \!j, for /hirteri. read titirlren. 
 907, Wue 4 from the bottom, for is, read cir-e. 
 273, Inie 21, for is, rend mc. 
 
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