the busines. "First I giue (saith he) vnto the poore of the parish of All Saints in Tottenham to be distributed vnto them by the discretion of the Uicar and Churchwardens there, where most need is, the summe of three pounds sixe shillings & eight pence of current money of England, at the time of my buriall: Item, I will, that euery Sunday after my buriall for euer there bee twelue pence bestowed in bread; and the same then to bee giuen at the discretion of the Uicar and Churchwardens to so many of the poorest in the same parish, and especially of Wood-greene, as they shall haue penny loaues for twelue pence, together with the aduantage; and for the due performance thereof I binde all the lands I haue within the parish of Tottenham, with clause of distresse, that if my heire shall make default, that then for euery weeke he shall so make default, he shall forfeit three shillings for the said weekly bequest of twelue pence to the said poore. As for the said forfeiture, and all arreearages thereby to come or arise, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Uicar and Churchwardens, their successors and assignes, into the same my lands, or any part thereof, to enter and destreyne, and the distress and distresses from thence to beare, lead, driue and carry away, vntill they shall bee satisfied the same, according to the true intent & meaning of my will: And that from time to time, as oft as any such default shall happen." Thus farre the words of the will, made the twenty-nine of Iune in the year of our Lord 1611. Chap. VIII. THE Eight ternary is of Charitable intendments: thus I call them, because they were rather purposed than done, or not done to continue for any long time. Notwithstanding for the good intent or well meaning of the Authors, it were pitty, they should be buried in silence. The first of these is an Almes-house for three poore people, built by one Mr. Phesant, some time an inhabitant of this parish, vpon the Church land along by the East side of the same. This Mr. Phesant, if I were not misinformed, was graund-father to the late lady Slany of London, which lady dying in the yeare of our Lord bequeathed into the poore people at that day, as was conceived, there residing, V. pound to be equally deuided among them; and thus was it by myselfe & the then Churchwardens accordingly bestowed. I confesse, I wished, that it might have remained for a stocke to have raised some yearly reuennew toward the mainteinance of the poore there placed but nowe seeing that was not then done, 1 wish in the second place, if there be any of that family remaining, that they would take into their consideration, That that good intendment by him begunne may not be vtterly forgotten; which certainly in the next generation will come to passe, except this commemoration of mine do cause the contrary. The second is the gift of one Mr. Dalby, a fishmonger of London, of certeine barrells of herrings to be distributed at the beginning of Lent to the poorer sort of this parish: but there being no deed or record to be found of that his gift remayning, it hath bene discontinued for many yeers, and is likely to come to nothing. The third and the last is of XL Shillings, of the gift of Mr. Humphrey Westwood, to be giu'n yearly to the poore of the parish, and to be distributed at the discretion of the vicar and Churchwardens. Beside these aboue mentioned, some other things there are, although I know not under what title to ranke them, which would not be forgotten; and these also are in number three. Amongst these the most memorable was an House, that stood ouer against the lanes end, that leadeth vp to the vicarage and Parsonage, commonly called the Blacke house, whereas they report king Henry the VIII had often lyen. In the chamber ouer the hall I haue read this inscription written vpon the wall, In this chamber king Henry the VIII hath often lyen. It is nowe a part of the backer housing of Mr. Gerard Gore. On the other side the way a little higher, where you now see an inne called the Hornes, there was a stable for his horses, when he came thither to stay. Some affirme, I know not vpon what ground, that this house did for that vse belong to the King long before this King Henrys days; and that after the King had leaft it, and was converted to an inne, known by the name of the Hornes, as now it is. Lastly, there is an House opon Page greene, next unto the round tuft of trees, sometime in the tenure and occupation of Simon Bolton, monyer, which with the land thereto belonging, being no small quantity, was giuen, as many do credibly reporte, to the maintaynance of a Free-schoole, or for some other such L charitable vse. But because of this matter I am no better informed, and cannot yet learne, who gaue it, to what place it was giuen, how it came to passe, that it went not forward, and such other like circumstances, I surcesse to say any word more of it: and thus I conclude not onely this particular, but also this whole treatise and argument. END OF THE SECOND APPENDIX. |