a common stock to be emploied and bestowed in trade of clothing eyther in making of coloured cloathes or whites as the time shall require and also in working of Wooll Hemp Flax Iron grinding of brasill woods and other stuffes for Dying or otherwise as to the saide Maior and Burgesses afore-saide and their Successors for euer shall seeme conuenient for the employment of poore people and for the preseruation and encrease of the said common stocke And the said Maior and Burgesses and their Successors for euer shall haue the election placing and ordering as also the displacing if cause bee of all and euery person and persons to be employed in the handling and husbanding of the sayd common stocke in the house aforesaid according to their thâ— sayd Maior and Burgesses good discretion from time to time for euer Wherein yet my desire is that they shall preferre the poore of the said towne to the sayd worke and employment before others of other places And for the performance of these premisses my will is that the summe of seuen thousand and fiue hundred pounds before for this end by mee bequeathed to the sayd Maior and Burgesses shall bee paid vnto them or their Successors in mannâ—r and forme following that is to say two thousand pounds thereof at the end of one yeare next after my decease O her two thousand pounds thereof at the end of two yeares next after the day of my decease And the residue of the sayde whole Summe being three thousand and fiue hundred pounds at the end of three yeares next ensuing after and from the day of such my decease But if it shall happen as my trust is it will not that the sayd Maior and Burgesses or their Successors shall neglect omit or faile to performe the premisses according to my will and meaning aboue declared or shall mis-employ the said Stocke contrary to the true intent and meaning of this my deuice and disposition for the good of the poore and their honest imployment and maintenance as aforesaid and that such their neglect omission or misimployment shall continue at any time by the space of one whole yeare together Then my will and meaning is that my said whole Legacy of seuen thousand and fiue hundred pounds and euery part and parcell thereof shall bee thence vtterly voyd frustrate and of none effect as to for and concerning the said Mayor and Burgesses and their Successors and as to for and concerning the vses thereof before limited and expressed And that the said whole common stocke shall bee by them the said Mayor and Burgesses and their successors for the time being forthwith payd vnto the Mayor and Communalty and Citizens of the City of London to the vse of Christs Hospitall in London according as I haue aboue deuised and disposed touching the reuennue of fifty pounds a yeare for euer first bequeathed to the vse and releefe of the peore poople of the Towne of Reading As also my will and meaning is that in this case of non-performance by the sayd Mayor and Burgesses the house and garden to be purchased in Reading as aforesayd shall be by the said Mayor and Burgesses and their Successors conueyed and made ouer by their Deede sufficient in Law vnto the sayd Mayor and Communalty and Citizens of the City of London and their Successors for euer to the like vse of Christs Hospital in London as aforesaid Item I giue and bequeath to the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Newbury in the County of Berks I meane the Body corporate of the same Towne the summe of foure thousand pounds to buy and purchase therewith a commodious house and garden within the same towne or the liberties thereof to set the poore on worke and with the resiâ—ue of the same Summe to make a common stocke for the imployment of tâ—e poore in the said house according to the good discretion of the said Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses from time to time for euer And according to my meaning before declared in the deuising of the sum of seauen thousand and fiue hundred to Mayor and Burgesses of the Towte of Reading to the like Vse But my will and meaning is that if it shall happen which I trust will not that the sayd Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Nuburie or their successors shall neglect or faile to performe my trust and mâ—aning hereby committed vnto them or shall misimploy the said stocke contrary vnto my good intent to the poore before declared by the space of one whole yeare at any time after my said Legacy shall bee payd vnto them Then my Will and meaning is that my said whole Legacy of foure thousand pounds and euery part and parcell thereof shall thenceforth bee vtterly voyde and of none effect as to for and concerning the sayd Maior Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Newbury and their successors for euer And that the saide whole common stocke shall bee by them the sayde Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of Newbery and their Successours for the time being foorthwith paide ouer vnto the Maior and Burgesses of the Towne of Reading in the same County to bee by them and their Successours for euer employed bestowed and vsed in like manner as I haue by this my Will deuised and appointed another common stocke for the poore in the same Towne of Reading as by my sayd deuice and disposition before herein more at large expressed doth and may appeare In like manner also my will and meaning is that in case of such non-performance of my will and intent by the saide Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Towne of Newbery the house and garden by them so to bee purchased and built as aforesayd shall bee by the sayde Maior Aldermen and Burgesses of the Towne of Newbery and their Successours conueyed and made ouer by their Deede sufficient in Law vnto the Maior and Burgesses of the saide Towne of Reading and their Successors for euer to bee by them sold and conuerted into money and the same money to bee vsed and employed in their Common stocke for the poore in the saide Towne of Reading aforesayd in such sort as I haue formerly hereby expressed And for the performance of the sayd trust and vses by the said Maior Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Newbery aforesaid my wil meaning is that the said sum of foure thousand pounds so to them bequeathed and deuised as aforesaid shall bee payd vnto them or their Successors in manner as followeth that is to say One thousand pounds thereof at the end of one yeare next ensuing after the day of my decease One other thousand pounds thereof at the end of two yeares from and after my sayd decease And the residue beeing two thousand pounds shall bee payed them at the end of three yeares next after my said decease Item I giue and bequeath to the Company of Drapers of the City of London of which Company I am free the summe of
two thousand and foure hundred pounds to purchase lands and hereditaments to the cleere yearely value of one hundred pounds for euer ouer and aboue all charges and reprises and with the same to performe these good vses heereafter mentioned that is to say The summe of twenty foure pounds thereof yearly for euer to bee bestowed in the moneth of December for the releasing of sixe poore Prisoners out of these Prisons in London to wit the two Compters Ludgate Newgate and the Fleete by foure pounds for each Prisoner Or if such cannot bee found in the said Prisons or some of them to bee released for these summes Then the same or the residue thereof to bee bestowed in like releasing of other Prisoners out of some of the Prisons neere London and out of the liberties thereof as to the Wardens of the said Company for the time being shall seeme meet More Twenty pounds yearely for euer to the Curate of the Parish of Saint Christopher wherein I now dwell to reade Diuine Service in the said Parish Church at sixe of the Clocke in the morning euery day of the weeke for euer in like manner as is now vsed in the Chappell at the great North gate of Saint Pauls Church in London More To tâ—e Clarke and Sexton of the said Parish of Saint Christopher to each of them fifty shillings yearely for euer to doe their seuerall attendance and assistance at the same diuine Seruice euery morning More To the Churchwardens of the same Parish of Saint Christopher fiue pounds yearely for euer for the manitenance of lights in the winter time More Three pounds yearely for euer to the poore of the said Parish of Saint Christopher More To the poore Prisoners in London ten pounds yearely for euer namely to the Prisoners of the Compters in the Poultry and in Wood-streete and in Newgate to each of these Prisons forty shillings yearly for euer To the poore Prisoners in Ludgate and in the Fleet to each house thirty shillings yearly for euer And to the poor prisoners in Bedlem twenty shillings yearly for euer More To the Clarke of the Company of Drapers aforesaid for the time being for his paines herein forty shillings yearely for euer More To the Beadle of the said Company thirty shillings yearely for euer More to the Beadle of the Yeomanry of the same Company ten shillings yearely for euer More Fiue and twenty pounds yearely for euer to be distributed by the said Wardens among poore religious men and women in the Citie of London to some more and to some lesse as the said VVardens shall findâ— their necessity and desert to bee wherein my desi 〈…〉 poore Cloth-workers and their widowes shall 〈…〉 t preferred and next the poore of the Drapers Company The residue of the saide summe of one hundred pounds a yeare being foure pounds yearely for euer I entreate the foure Wardens of the sayd Company to accept for their paines to be equally diuided betweene them by twentie shillings to each of them for the time being yearely for euer And if the said Company of Drapers doe either of purpose or negligence omit and not performe the premisses but shall leaue the same vnperformed one whole yeare after they shall haue receiued this my Legacy of two thousand and foure hundred pounds which I will shall be paid them at the end of one yeare next after my decease Then my mind and will is that the Gouernors of Christs Hospitall in London shall recouer the whole two thousand and foure hundred pounds before specified or the lands and hereditaments that the said Companie shâ—ll haue bought with the same money and keepe twentie pounds yearly for euer of the same Rent for the maintenance of the poore Children in the said Hospitall as if the same had beene first giuen to them and the Drapers Companie to haue nothing to doe with it or the rest of the said hundred pounds yearly for euer And that in this case the yearly payment of eight pounds vnto the Clarke Beadles and Wardens of the said Companie as also 12 pound parcell of the said fiue and twentie pounds a yeare before deuised to be paid and distributed by the said Company among poore religious men and women in the Citie of London vtterly and for euer to cease But this twentie pounds a yeare being so conuerted as aforesaid to the vse of the Hospitall the residue of the said yearly Rent of one hundred pounds a yeare I will that the Gouernors of the said Hospitall shall pay and distribute yearly for euer in manner and forme as the said Company of Drapers should haue done Item I giue and bequeath to the said Company of Drapers one hundred pounds to be paid within a yeare after my decease and by the Wardens of the said Company to be bestowed in plate such as they shall thinke good for the vse of their Common Hall in London at their meetings and dinners there Item I giue and bequeath to the poore of Christs Hospitall in London fiue hundred pounds to bee by the Goueâ—nours thereof bestowed in Lands and hereditaments for and towards the yearely maintenance of the children of the said Hospitall for euer this summe to be paid to the said Gouernours or the Treasurer of the said Hospitall as soone as they shall haue found out a fit purchase to bestow it and agreed of price for the same Item I giue and bequeath towards the curing of sick sore and diseased persons in S. Bartholmews Hospitall in London the summe of fifty pounds Item I giue and bequeath towards the curing of sick sore and diseased persons in Saint Thomas Hospitall in in Southwarke neere London the summe of fiftie pounds Item I giue and bequeath towards the repairing of the Parish Church of Saint Christopher where I now dwell the summe of forty pounds to bee paid to the Churchwardens of the same Parish within one yeare after my decease Item I giue and bequeath towards the repairing of the Cathedrall Church of Saint Pauls in London the summe of one thousand pounds to bee paid to the Chamberlaine of London at such time as that worke of repairing of the same Church shall be ready to proceed with effect and to be disposed by the direction and appointment of the Lord Maior and Aldermen of the said Citie Item I giue and bequeath to be giuen at the Mariages of poore maids within the City of London two hundred pounds to be distributed by forty shillings apeece vpon the daies of their mariage to such as haue serued one Master or Mistris by the space of fiue years together Item I giue and bequeath to be giuen distributed to poore maids in the town of Reading in the County of Berks at their seuerall mariages by 40 shillings apeece at the discretion of the Mayor and Burgesses of that towne the Summe of one hundred pounds Prouided none enioy the benefit thereof but such as haue serued one Master or Mistris or Dame by the
space of seuen yeares together This hundred pounds to bee paid to the said Mayor and Burgesses for the vse aforesaid within one yeare next after my decease Item I giue and bequeath to the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Newbery in Barshire the summe of fiftie pounds to bee by them bestowed and distributed to twenty fiue Maides of the same towne at the seuerall daies of their mariages none to enioy this gift but such as haue well and honestly serued with one Master Mistris or Dame by the space of seuen yeares at least And this fifty pounds to bee paid to the said Maior Aldermen and Burgesses within one yeare next after my decease Item I giue and bequeath towards the setting on worke of fortie idle vagrant boyes such as goe vp and downe the streets in the City of London begging and pilfering the summe of two hundred pounds to bee paid to the Treasurer for the time being of the house of correction called Bridewell in London in manner and forme following that is to say When any such Boy is taken vp by my Executor or his Assignes in any place within the liberties of this Citie of London and by the Treasurer of the same house of correction and Gouernours there for the time being placed and bound Apprentice with a Master for the terme of seuen years at the least with Artmasters as Glouers Pinners Shoomakers or any other occupation or art which they shall bee thought most fit for to learne in the said house whereby in time they may proue good Members and liue like honest men in the Common-wealth I say with euery one of these boyes shall bee paid to the Treasurer and Gouernour for the time being for the apparelling and placing of them in that order the sum of fiue pounds vntill the said summe of two hundred pounds be fully paid for that vse Item I giue and bequeath towards the finishing of the pinacles of the Sâ—eeple of the Parish of Saint Maries in Reading in Barkshire fifty pounds to be paid to the Churchwardens of the same Parish within one moneth after the said Pinacles shall be finished Item I giue and bequeath to the Maior and Burgesses of the towne of Reading aforesaid the summe of fiue hundred pounds to bee first lent to these parties and in the summes hereafter named for seuen yeares gratis that is to Iames Winch two hundred pounds and to Walter Rye Richard Stampe and William Blacknal Clothiers one hundred pound a piece each of them giuing bond with two sufficient Sureties for repayment there of to the said Maior and Burgesses at the end of the said seuen yeares And afterwards the same fiue hundred pounds shall be lent to tenne seuerall honest industrious poore Clothiers Freemen of the same Towne by fifty pounds a peece gratis for three yeeres vpon like good securitie And after that in like manner from three yeeres to three yeeres for euer And no man to haue the vse of any of this money twice But if there shall not be Clothiers enough found in the said Towne to enjoy this loane in manner aforesaid That then the said money shall be lent also vnto other tradesmen free of the said Towne by the summes and termes of yeares before last appointed to such as set most poore people on worke according to the discretion of the said Maior and Burgesses And this said summe of fiue hundred pounds shall be paid to the said Maior and Burgesses to the vse aforesaid at the and of one yeare next after my decease Item I giue and bequeath to the Maior Aldermen and Burgesses of the Towne of Newbery in the County of Berkes the summe of fiue hundred pounds to be lent first for the terme of seuen yeares gratis vnto these seuerall Clothiers here named that is to lay to Thomas Newman one hundred pounds to Richard Avery one hundred pounds to Martin Broaker fifty pounds to William Goodwyn the elder fifty pounds to his son WilliaÌ„ goodwyn fiftie pounds to Timothy Avery fifty pounds to Robert Bacon fifty pounds and to Griffin Forster fifty pounds euery of the said seuerall parties entring bond with two sufficient sureties for repaiment of the said seuerall sums to the said Maior Aldermen Burgesses at the end of 7 yeares And afterwards the same 500 pounds shall bee lent to ten seuerall honest industrious poore Clothiers free of the said Towne of Newbery by fifty pounds apiece gratis for three yeares And after that in lâ—ke manner from three yeares to three years for euer And no man to haue the vse of this money twice But if there shall not bee Clothiers enough found in the same town of Newbery to enjoy this loane in manner as aforesaid then the same money shall bee lent also vnto other Trades-men free of the same towne by the sums and termes of yeares last before appointed to such as set most poore people on worke according to the discretion of the said Maior Aldermen and Burgesses to whom this said fiue hundred pounds shall be paid to the vse aforesaid at the end of one yeare after my decease Item I giue and bequeath to the Gouernour Assistants and fellowship of Merchant-Aduenturers of England the sum of 900 pounds to be lent by 300 pouÌ„ds in a parcell for three years gratis vnto three seuerall honest industrions and frugall yong men free of that company none of them being Partners with each others and euerie of them giuing bond with two sufficient Sureties to bee tryed and allowed by ballating and â—ot otherwise for repaiment of the same money to the said Company And so the same money to bee lent out by the said Company in this manner from three yeares to three yeares for euer And my Will and desire is that these my fiue present Seruants shal be vpon security as aforesaid first preferred to the enjoying of this loane to wit William Powle Thomas Newman and Simon Gundy the first three yeares and Andrew Kendrick Christopher Pack the next two parcels that shall come in and be receiued in after they shall be freemen of that company And for performance hereof the said nine hundred pounds shall be paid vnto the Treaâ—rer of the said Company in London for the time being at the end of one yeare next after my decease Item I giue and bequeath to my brother William Kendricke of Reading in the Country of Berkes Clothier and to his children now borne and liuing the summe of two thousand pounds whereof one third part for himselfe and the other two third parts for his said children The same two third parts of the said sum of two thousand pounds to be equally diuided to and amongst his said Children share and share like And my will is that the said two thousand pounds be paid to my said brother at the end of three yeare next after my decease And that hee shall pay his said children their seuerall shares thereof afore limited that is to sâ—y to his