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Hace 2 días · CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. (fn. 1) George Thompson, by will proved 1604, (fn. 2) gave an annual rent charge of £6 for the poor of Bampton, Weald, and Lew. In the early 19th century it was distributed yearly in money, and the dole continued in 1854. (fn. 3) Leonard Wilmot (d. 1608) of Clanfield gave in his lifetime a rent charge of £2 for the ...
Hace 5 días · Thirty percent of Germany’s wealth is in the hands of 1% of the population. They are the rich. On the other hand, just over 40% of Germans own less than $10,000 of wealth. And 5% have nothing, only debts. In Spain, “only” 19% are in the same precarious situation, with less than ten thousand euros. On the other side there are the wealthy ...
Hace 4 días · From 1959 the parish received for general charitable purposes, under the Scheme regulating Quy's Poor's Fen, a third of the net income from letting grazing rights there, initially producing altogether £30-50, (fn. 16) by 1977 £350, and by 1986 £700. Quy's share, worth £120 in 1979, was accumulated until needed for such public purposes as ...
Hace 3 días · The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low-and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the ...
Hace 4 días · Until 1722 there appears to have been no parish poorhouse or workhouse and the poor were relieved mainly by the payment of pensions. Between 1699 and 1722 there were usually about 60 regular pensioners in Barking ward, 18 in Ilford, 10 in Chadwell, and 2 in Ripple. Paupers were sometimes given clothing. Their children, from the age of 8 or 9 ...
Hace 4 días · Charities for the poor. Almshouses for five women built in Hawfield Lane in 1887 were endowed by William Wardle of Winshill (d. 1889). (fn. 14) Of red brick with stone dressings, the houses are in a single one-storeyed block with a projecting gabled front and two gabled porches. Under a Scheme of 1909 their administration was transferred to the ...
Hace 5 días · Langham: Charities for the poor. A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2001. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
