ECR 54 155
Reference code
ECR 54 155
Title
Eton, Buckinghamshire and other properties: A list of charities
Level
Item
Date
late 18th century
Extent & medium
1 folio
Content description
A list of charities in the parish of Eton.
1) A lease for 40 years of certain Almshouses from the Dean and Chapter of Windsor from Michaelmas 1753 to the then Provost and three Fellows of Eton College, together with four parishioners, in trust for such poor person as shall be placed in them. These are put in by the Provost and receive 20s a year each. The houses were built by Dr Godolphin, made Provost in 1695.
2) 13s 4d the gift of Henry Bost, made Provost in 1477. 10s the gift of Roger Lupton, made Provost in 1503. 10s the gift of Mr Reade.
These sums are paid annually by the College to the overseers of the poor.
3) £1 8s paid annually by the College, under the name of breakfast money, to the poor.
4) Two tenements in Thames Street, Windsor, a tenement and orchard at Eton Wick and 16 acres of land in Langley, vested by deed of trust in the Provost and four senior Fellows, together with other trustees of the town, and applied to the apprenticing poor children. The premises are let for £49 a year and charged with the payments of 40s to the overseers of the poor and £1 4s 8d quit rent of the above almshouses.
5) Two tenements in Oakingham, co. Berks, given under the will of Mr Bateman, late of Eton, one moiety whereof is for the poor of Oakingham and the other for those of Eton, which moiety produces annually about £2 15s.
6) Mr Joseph Benwell, late of Eton, left by will of £150 for the poor, the interest thereof to be disposed of by certain parishioners who have the superintendence of Eton Bridge and the overseers of the poor.
"These are all the charitable donations to the poor of this parish to the best of our belief and according to the best information that we can procure; except the College founded by King Henry the 6th, which we humbly conceive is not an object of the present enquiry."
1) A lease for 40 years of certain Almshouses from the Dean and Chapter of Windsor from Michaelmas 1753 to the then Provost and three Fellows of Eton College, together with four parishioners, in trust for such poor person as shall be placed in them. These are put in by the Provost and receive 20s a year each. The houses were built by Dr Godolphin, made Provost in 1695.
2) 13s 4d the gift of Henry Bost, made Provost in 1477. 10s the gift of Roger Lupton, made Provost in 1503. 10s the gift of Mr Reade.
These sums are paid annually by the College to the overseers of the poor.
3) £1 8s paid annually by the College, under the name of breakfast money, to the poor.
4) Two tenements in Thames Street, Windsor, a tenement and orchard at Eton Wick and 16 acres of land in Langley, vested by deed of trust in the Provost and four senior Fellows, together with other trustees of the town, and applied to the apprenticing poor children. The premises are let for £49 a year and charged with the payments of 40s to the overseers of the poor and £1 4s 8d quit rent of the above almshouses.
5) Two tenements in Oakingham, co. Berks, given under the will of Mr Bateman, late of Eton, one moiety whereof is for the poor of Oakingham and the other for those of Eton, which moiety produces annually about £2 15s.
6) Mr Joseph Benwell, late of Eton, left by will of £150 for the poor, the interest thereof to be disposed of by certain parishioners who have the superintendence of Eton Bridge and the overseers of the poor.
"These are all the charitable donations to the poor of this parish to the best of our belief and according to the best information that we can procure; except the College founded by King Henry the 6th, which we humbly conceive is not an object of the present enquiry."
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