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CLOTHWORKERS' COMPANY.
CHARITABLE ACCOUNTS.
HITCHINS' CHARITY.
Statement of Accounts, 1881.
Dr.
THE HITCHINS' FOUNDATION.
Abstbact of Governors' Accounts for Year ending 31st December 1881.
Annual Income Receivable.
Receipts for Year ending 31st December 1881.
£ | s. | d. | ||
Proportion of rents for the year received in respect of this Foundation. | (fn. 1) 323 | 9 | 9 | |
Balance at commencement of account | 448 | 0 | 0 | |
771 | 9 | 9 |
Cr.
Expenses.
Charges on the Foundation—
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company,
29 March 1882.
PAROCHIAL BRANCH.
Abstract of Managers' Accounts for the year ending 31st December 1881.
Receipts.
From Endowment—
Expenses.
Management of business—
For children in Lady Eleanor Holles' School:—
£ | s. | d. | ||||
Gifts in books, &c. | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||
Expenditure on clothing | 133 | 4 | 0 | 135 | 14 | 0 |
Total | 140 | 10 | 0 | |||
Balance in hand at close of account | 147 | 10 | 0 | |||
Total | 288 | 0 | 0 |
(Signed) Alfred Child,
Master of the Clothworkers'
Company.
Arthur Farnan,
J. G. Whalley,
Senior Wardens of the Clothworkers'
Company.
Cornelius Gillett,
W. C. Pearson,
Churchwardens of St. Giles without
Cripplegate, City of London.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Managers.
29 March 1882.
Samuel Aaron's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | To one year's gift, as directed, to poor, viz.:— | |||
Men in Company's (Heath's) Almshouses (Account 75) | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Women in Company's (Kent's) Almshouses (Account 75a) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | 0 | 0 |
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
John Bayworth's Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Peter Blundell's Charity.
Dr.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
To Bridewell Hospital | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
" Wardens of the company pursuant to will (vide Account 73, St. Thomas' Eve) | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
5 | 7 | 0 |
Cr.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Richard Boyleston's Charity.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
Dec. 31. | To amount paid to 24 recipients of Lambe's Clothing, viz.:— | |||
Mar. 25, each, 1s. | £1 | 4 | 0 | |
June 24, " " | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Dec. 26, " " | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
3 | 12 | 0 |
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Thomas Boyleston's Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
John Brycle's Charity.
Note.—Sum of 120l. Consols transferred to the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds, by whom the dividends on that sum are remitted direct to the parish of Allhallows the Great.
Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Barbara Burnell's Charity.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
Sept. 29. | To Stanmore Magna parish | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Dec. 25. | " Exhibition at Oxford (vide Exhibition Account 76) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
John Burnell's Charity.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
June 24. | To St. Michael's, Crooked Lane | 2 | 12 | 0 |
Sept. 29. | " Stanmore Magna parish | 1 | 6 | 0 |
3 | 18 | 0 |
Vide scheme for applying the Loan Trust capital for the benefit of education in connexion with the Trusts for carrying on the North London Collegiate and Camden Schools for Girls and the erection of new school buildings, comprising a principal hall, to be called the "Clothworkers" Hall," submitted by the Charity Commissioners (on the motion of the Company) to the Committee of Council on Education 13 July 1877, and approved by Her Majesty in Council 26 March 1878; but the Company continue to pay the interest of such Loan Trust capital so far as the sum was applicable to charitable uses out of their own corporate funds.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Thomas Burnell's Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Francis Burton's Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Philip Christian's Trust.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
June 24. | By half-year's rent (8, 9, 10, Lovell's Court) | 210 | 0 | 0 |
Dec. 25. | " " " " | 210 | 0 | 0 |
420 | 0 | 0 |
Note.—The Company spent 3,800l. 18s. 9d. in rebuilding and fitting the school at Peel, of which 1,826l. 13s. 7d. was from accumulated balance and 1,974l. 5s. 2d. from the Company's own funds.
(Signed) Owen Roberts,
Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Oliver Claymond's Charity.
Dr.
Note.—The gift of 1l. to the parish of Allhallows, Staining, was redeemed 31 Dec. 1875 by transfer of 50l. Consols to the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds.
Cr.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company,
George Cornell's Charity.
N.B.—No charge for management.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 25. | By one year's rent of premises at West Hackney | 79 | 0 | 0 |
" 31. | " balance carried forward | 79 | 1 | 8 |
158 | 1 | 8 |
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Thomas Dixon's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Nov. 30. | By one year's rent to Michaelmas 1881 of New Cross estate, net amount received from Christ's Hospital (fn. 2) | 328 | 10 | 8 |
Dec. 25. | " one year's rent of premises at West Hackney | 102 | 10 | 0 |
431 | 0 | 8 |
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
William Edwards' Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Thomasine Evans' Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Jan. 5. | By half-year's dividendon 1,200l. Three per Cent. Consols, O.T.C.F. (fn. 3) | 18 | 0 | 0 |
July 5. | " half-year's dividend on 1,200l. Three per Cent. Consols, O.T.C.F. | 18 | 0 | 0 |
36 | 0 | 0 |
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Richard Farrington's Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
James Finch's Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
William Frankland's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Nov. 1. | To parish of Allhallows the Great | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dec. 25. | " " Somerscales, Skipton, Yorkshire | 3 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Jan. 5. | By half-year's dividend on 133l. 6s. 8d., Three per cent. Consols, O.T.C.F. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
July 5. | " half-year's dividend on 133l. 6s. 8d. 3 per Cent. Consols, O.T.C.F. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Edward Gregory's Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
John Heath's Clothing Charity.
Dr.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | To Exhibitions (Account No. 76), two at 50s. each | 5 | 0 | 0 |
" clothing 15 men and 15 women | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
50 | 0 | 0 |
Note.—The Company having increased all the Exhibitions in their Gift to 30l., charge themselves with the additional 27l. 10s. each.
The Company expended 154l. 13s. upon the clothing of the poor men and women, charging the surplus, 109l. 13s., to their own corporate account.
Cr.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
John Heath's (Men's Almshouses) Charity.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
Elizabeth Heather's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 8. | To six poor widows of decayed housekcepers, 10l. each | 60 | 0 | 0 |
" Advertising Gift | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
" Printing | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
64 | 6 | 7 |
N.B.—No charge for management.
(Signed) Owen Roberts, Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company.
William Heron's Charity.
William Hewer's Charity.
William Hewett's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Sept. 29. | To St. Thomas' Hospital | 5 | 0 | 0 |
" Christ's Hospital | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
" St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
" Exhibition at Cambridge (vide Account 76) | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | 0 | 0 |
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | By rentcharge issuing out of rents receivable under T. Hennand's Investment | 20 | 0 | 0 |
20 | 0 | 0 |
Note.—The Company having increased all the Exhibitions in their Gift to 30l. charge themselves with the 25l. additional.
John Heydon's Charity.
Robert and Catherine Hilson's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | By Clothworkers' Company (100l. Loan Trust) | 1 | 6 | 8 |
Donations for the benefit of education (vide note on Account 8). |
Robert Hitchins' Foundation.
Dr.
N.B.—No charge for management.
Note.—Vide. scheme for applying for the advancement of education, the endowment of the above-mentioned charity, approved by the Charity Commissioners, 16 Dec. 1879.
Cr.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Jan. 1. | By balance brought forward | 448 | 0 | 0 |
Dec. 31. | " proportion of one year's rent paid out of those received under Hennand's Investment | 323 | 9 | 9 |
771 | 9 | 9 |
John Hobby's Charity.
N.B.—No charge for management.
Margaret Holligrave's Charity.
N.B.—No charge for management.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 25. | By one year's rent from R. A. Riddell | 363 | 3 | 9 |
" " " of premises at West Hackney | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
" balance carried forward | 37 | 16 | 11 | |
405 | 10 | 8 |
Thomas Hussey's Charity.
Alexander Iverie's Charity.
Vide Scheme for applying these Loan Trusts' Donations for the benefit of education (vide note on Account 8).
Margaret, Countess of Kent's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | To Kent's almshouses (Account 75a (fn. 4) ) | 225 | 10 | 10 |
225 | 10 | 10 |
William Lambe's Charity.
N.B.—There are sundry charges which the Company voluntarily place against their own corporate funds in connexion with the parish of St. James. Islington, amounting in 1881 to 484l. 4s. 8d.
William Lambe's (Almshouse) Charity.
Dr.
Note.—The Company expended 96l. 7s. 9d. in pensions to poor almspeople, repairs, &c., charging the surplus expenditure 90l. 7s. 9d., to their own corporate account.
Cr.
William Lambe's (Grammar School) Charity.
Note.—The Company's expenses attending the schools, including head master's salary, usher's salary, scholarships, rates, taxes, repairs, insurances, rent of playground, &c., amounting to 1,004l. 13s. 6d., the surplus, 949l. 13s. 6d., being charged against their own corporate account.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Jan. 5. | By half-year's dividend on 1,000l. Consols, O.T.C.F. | 15 | 0 | 0 |
" one year's rent of premises at Sutton Valence | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
55 | 0 | 0 |
The head master's salary made up to 243l. instead of 20l., original rentcharge now represented as above. The usher's salary made up to 121l. 10s. instead of 10l., original rentcharge now represented as above.
William Lambe's Visitation Charity.
Note.—The amount actually expended in and about the visitation of the school in July was 188l. 2s. 10d., the surplus, 177l. 2s. 10d., was charged against the corporate account of the Company. The examination is conducted by the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board.
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | By dividend (half-year) on 200l. Three per Cent. Consols, O.T.C.F | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
" one year's rent of premises at Sutton Valence | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
11 | 0 | 0 |
Samuel Lese's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 25. | By one year's rent of premises at West Hackney | 220 | 15 | 0 |
" 31 | " balance carried forward | 312 | 14 | 8 |
533 | 9 | 8 |
N.B.—No charge for management.
Vide scheme for applying the Loan Trust Donations for the benefit of education. (Vide Note Account 8.)
John Lute's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Jan. 5. | By half-year's dividend on 1,396l. 14s. 10d. Consols | 20 | 19 | 0 |
July 5. | " " " " | 20 | 19 | 0 |
Dec. 25. | " one year's rent of premises at West Hackney | 91 | 10 | 0 |
133 | 8 | 0 |
Samuel Middlemore's Charity.
Note.—The sum of 110l. 1s. 1d. was actually expended in clothing, &c., including 40l. above, and 5l. from John Middlemore's will (Account 41). The Company made up the deficit, 65l. 1s. 1d., out of the corporate funds.
John Middlemore's Charity.
Thomas Newnam's Charity.
Thomas Ormston's Charity.
Dr.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Mar. 25. | To Bartholomew Exchange | 3 | 0 | 0 |
June 24. | " Bridewell Hospital | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sept. 29. | " St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 2 | 0 | 0 |
" Christ's Hospital | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | 0 | 0 |
Cr.
John Osmotherlaw's Charity.
Lady Anne Packington's Charity.
Lady Anne Packington's 2nd Charity.
Transferred to the Account of the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds at the Bank of England on 17th November 1866. (See Return for Year ended 31st December 1866.)
Sir William Peake's Charity.
William Pennoyer's Charity.
Edward Pilsworth's Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Sept. 29. | To parish of Shitlington | 12 | 14 | 0 |
" Exhibition, Magdalen College, Oxford | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | 14 | 0 |
Note.—The Company having increased all the Exhibitions in their gift to 30l., charge themselves with the 25l. additional.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | By one year's dividend on 590l. 3 Three per Cent. Consols, O.T.C.F. | 17 | 4 | 0 |
17 | 14 | 0 |
Sir John Robinson's Charity.
John Rogers' Charity.
Richard Staper's Charity.
James Stoddart's Charity.
Vide scheme for applying these Loan Trust Donations for the benefit of education (see note on Account 8).
William Thwaytes' Charity.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | To one year's pensions to blind persons, 102 at 10l. each | 1,020 | 0 | 0 |
1,020 | 0 | 0 |
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. July 5. | By one year's dividend on 19,591l. 16s. 9d. Three per Cent. Consols, O.T.C.F. | 587 | 15 | 0 |
Dec. 31. | " amount charged against the corporate account | 432 | 5 | 0 |
1,020 | 0 | 0 |
Sir Thomas Trevor's Charity.
N.B.—The Company paid 10l. to each of the six poor women, charging the extra 54l. to their own corporate account.
James Trussell's Charity.
Dr.
Note.—108l. 6s. 8d. was transferred 8 June 1877 to the St. Bride's Parochial Charities Fund, and the dividends thereon paid direct by the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds.
Cr.
John Watson's Charity.
John Webb's Charity.
N.B.—No charge for management.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Feb. 11. | By half-year's dividend from New River Company | 522 | 0 | 9 |
Aug. 12. | " " " " | 522 | 3 | 4 |
1,074 | 4 | 1 |
Sir Godfrey Webster's Charity.
John and Frances West's Charity (Artizan Clothworkers).
John and Frances West's Charity, No. 1.
John and Frances West's Charity, No. 2.
N.B.—No charge for management.
John and Frances West's Charity, No. 3.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 25. | To one year's pensions to 82 blind persons, at 5l. per annum each | 410 | 0 | 0 |
" balance carried to Fund for the General Relief and Welfare of the Blind | 125 | 3 | 0 | |
535 | 3 | 0 |
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Oct. 27. | By pensions returned to Trust | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Dec. 25. | " one year's rent of premises at West Hackney | 532 | 13 | 0 |
535 | 3 | 0 |
John and Frances West's Charity, No. 4.
Dr.
Cr.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
May 2. | By pension returned to Trust | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Oct. 27. | " " " | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Dec. 25. | " one year's rents as in Account 1866 | 362 | 13 | 3 |
" " at West Hackney | 54 | 10 | 0 | |
422 | 3 | 3 |
Frances West's Charity, No. 5.
N.B.—No charge for management.
Frances West's Charity, No. 6.
N.B.—No charge for management.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
Jan. 6. | By pension returned to Trust | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Oct. 27. | " " " " | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Dec. 25. | " one year's rent of premises at West Hackney | 178 | 0 | 0 |
183 | 0 | 0 |
Frances West's Charity, No. 7.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
Dec. 25. | To pensions to poor blind persons at Henley | 50 | 0 | 0 |
" amount carried to Fund for the General Relief and Welfare of the Blind | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
66 | 0 | 0 |
N.B.—No charge for management.
John West's Charity, No. 8.
N.B.—No charge for management.
Roger Wilcox's Charity.
Vide scheme for applying these Loan Trusts Donations for the benefit of education. (See note, Account 81.)
George Neale Driver's Charity.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
June 24. | By one year's rent—T. Serle | 4 | 14 | 2 | |||
" " " T. Jackson | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||||
10 | 2 | 5 | |||||
" Clothworkers' Company | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
10 | 3 | 0 |
Elizabeth Love's Charity.
Hobby's (Prison) Appropriation Scheme.
1881. | £ | s. | d. | |
Jan. 1. | By balance brought forward | 262 | 2 | 0 |
Dec. 31. | " J. Hobby's Trust | 279 | 7 | 10 |
541 | 9 | 10 |
St. Thomas' Eve Distribution.
Dr.
£ | s | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 20. | To amount distributed to numerous poor freemen and widows in sums of 21s. each, together with certain fees prescribed for the Company's officers | 298 | 19 | 0 |
298 | 19 | 0 |
Cr.
Poor Clothworkers' Pension Account.
Heath's Almshouses for Men.
£ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | To cost of almshouses for the year, including allowance of 20s., 16s., and 12s. per week to 10 inmates | 735 | 15 | 10 |
735 | 15 | 10 |
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
1881. Dec. 31. | By sundry charities:— | ||||||
Account 1, S. Aaron's | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
22, J. Heath's | 258 | 15 | 9 | ||||
58, J. Webb's | 465 | 0 | 0 | ||||
735 | 15 | 10 | |||||
735 | 15 | 10 |
Kent's Almshouses for Women.
The Exhibition Fund of the Company.
The Loan Funds of the Company.
In pursuance of a scheme approved by Her Majesty in Council, 26th March 1878, whereby the amount of these funds was made applicable for the purpose of education, and the transfer of the amount to the North London Collegiate and Camden Schools for Girls sanctioned, the sum of 1,716l, 14s. 4d. was accordingly paid over on the 23rd July 1878, together with a further sum of 1,883l. 5s. 8d. out of the Company's own corporate funds, making a total of 3,100l.
Fund for the General Relief and Welfare of the Blind.
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