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A Clause in the Will of Revd. John Penneck, dated 2 July
1723
A copy of a clause in the will of the Rev'd John
Penneck, Vicar of St Hilary & Chancellor of St Peters in Exeter, dated
2d July 1723, & proved 22d May 1724 by Mary Penneck widow & sole
executrix in the said will. This clause was written into the Parish
Records book and found on the LDS Film #1595569, Item 5, Page 158.
Item - I give the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of great
Britain to be put out at interest, six months after my decease, as a
fund for the use of poor of the said Parish of St Hilary; and the income
and interest thereof, yearly & every year, to be distributed & applied
in manner & form hereafter is pressed; that is to say, my will &
pleasure is; that whoever of my family shall have Tregembo that he, or
anyone empowered under his hand & seal the poor of the sd Parish of St
Hilary, the Churchwardens & overseers of the poor of the sd Parish for
the time being, shall have this one hundred pounds & and take care to
put out & manage the same at interest, & for the best advantage, from
time to time, for the purposes hereafter mentioned, that is to say, that
they shall yearly & every year forever, two days before Xtmas,
distribute the interest of this one hundred pounds amongst the poorest
house keepers of the sd parish of St Hilary that shall frequent the
Church & receive no alms, nor any manner of allowances from the sd
Parish; or else, that they do apply & bestow the same for teaching &
instructing the poor children of the sd Parish to read, learn the Church
Catechism & cost accounts, as they, or the major part of them,
(reckoning the Churchwardens & overseers of the poor always but as one
voice) shall from time to time ____ may themselves determine & think
most proper. And I hope they will be diligent, and due care be taken to
put out the sd one hundred pounds hereby given upon good & sufficient
securities from time to time that it may be continued & applied forever
to either the poor or the other purposes aforesd & for none other.
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