Elizabeth Symonds gave a certain croft, the yearly rent thereof to be applied to the benefit of the poor of Newport for ever. The croft thus given contains about an acre and a quarter, which produces a yearly rental of £7. 10s. The amount is distributed in small sums among the poor not receiving parish relief.
William Hawkins, by will, 1724, gave to the poor of this parish £5 per annum, charged on certain premises, the property of Mr. Collier. The amount is expended in warm clothing, and given to the poor about Christmas.
John Hayley charged a certain house with the payment of 4s. yearly, to be distributed in bread. It appears that Eleanor Richards, in 1758, paid the sum of £4 into the hands of the then minister and certain other persons, trustees for repairing the bridge, in order to exempt the house from the annual payment of the said 4s. It seems reasonable to presume that the sum thus paid to the trustees of the bridge was applied by them to the purposes of their trust, which would create, we apprehend, a liability on their part to pay the annuity of 4s. We do not, however, find any instance of such a payment.
A rent charge of £5 per annum, left by John Staunton, payable out of a tenement in Newport, has not been paid for many years; the premises having passed to several successive owners without any mention of the rent charge in the title deeds. A yearly sum of 6s. 8d., left by Roger Simonds, has long been lost. The gift of £20 by Francis Wells, in 1680; £20 by Mr. Edwards, and £30 by Mrs. Brayne, in 1713, recorded on the table of benefactions, have also been lost.
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Adams Joseph Harrison, gentleman, High st
Adderley Thomas William, hair dresser, High street
Allen Harry, wine & spirit merchant, High street; residence, Chetwynd End
Allkins Lewis, turnery, bendware, and hair sieve manufacturer, Mill Works