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Zachary Clark: Charities belonging to the Poor: 1811

An ACCOUNT
of the different CHARITIES
belonging to THE POOR
of the COUNTY of NORFOLK,
Abridged from the Returns under GILBERT'S ACT,
to the House of Commons in 1786;
and from THE TERRIERS
in the Office of the LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH.
by ZACHARY CLARK.
1811.

Notes:

G - (if present) an abridged extract from Gilbert's Returns, 1786
T - (if present) an abridged extract from a terrier, with its date
GT - (if present) combined abridged extracts from Gilbert's Returns and a terrier.
In the original, pounds are shown as "l" so, for example, 60 pounds is shown as "60l." which is not easy to read. In this transcription they are shown as "£" so 60 pounds appears as "£60".
In other documents for Wighton the name is George Smith.

WIGHTON.
(NORTH GREENHOE HUNDRED.)

G. - 18A. of Land, at Great Snoring, vested in the Minister and Churchwardens of this parish; purchased with £120. left by Gregory [sic] Smith and William Feake, both of London, about 1596, for bread weekly to the Poor of Wighton, and erecting a dwelling-house for 6 poor women. This alms-house is nearly dilapidated, for want of something annually to keep it in repair. The yearly rent of the said land is £12. clear.

10A. of Land at Hindringham, bequeathed to this parish in 1762, by Humphrey Bedingfield; the rent, which is £4. 14s. 6d. clear, to be divided equally among 4 poor men of Wighton, who do not receive alms from the parish; vested in the Minister and Churchwardens.

T. 1706. - £100. now in the hands of Christopher Bedingfield, Esq. given by the Will of Christopher Ringer, late of Field Dalling, dated in 1678; the interest to be paid yearly to a woman of Wighton, versed in scripture, and one who fears God, for instructing 20 poor children, the boys to read, the girls to read, knit, spin, and sew.

OBSERVATION. - This donation is not included in any of the Terriers since 1740.

T. 1806. - Sarah Charles, of Wells, in Norfolk, widow of Joseph Charles, late Vicar of Wighton, by her Will, dated in 1790, bequeathed £6. per annum to a woman in this parish, to teach 12 girls to read, knit, and sew, and to instruct them in the church catechism; also £8. per annum, to be equally divided among 4 such poor men of this place as have the most numerous families, and do not take alms of the parish. The Vicar for the time being is to nominate the teacher and children yearly; also the poor men, who, after such nomination, are to be called Charles's poor men. These two payments to be made from an Estate at Hindringham, in this county, for ever, and to be paid on the 5th of April and 10th of October in every year, without any deduction whatever.

Christiana Bedingfield, of London (who was born in this parish), by her Will, dated in 1800, bequeathed £300. for the Poor of this place. This legacy is invested in the funds, and the dividends appropriated annually by an equal distribution of coals to all the Poor belonging to the parish.

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Zachary Clark: Charities belonging to the Poor: 1811

WIGHTON. (NORTH GREENHOE HUNDRED.)

WIGHTON.
(NORTH GREENHOE HUNDRED.)