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Zachary Clark: Charities belonging to the Poor: 1811

An ACCOUNT
of the different CHARITIES
belonging to THE POOR
of the COUNTY of NORFOLK,
Abridged from the Returns under GILBERT'S ACT,
to the House of Commons in 1786;
and from THE TERRIERS
in the Office of the LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH.
by ZACHARY CLARK.
1811.
Notes:

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STALHAM TOWNSHIP.
(HAPPING HUNDRED.)

G. and T. - John Riches, by Will, dated in 1624, gave 3R. of Land and a Tenement, vested in 4 Feoffees. The land produces 10s. yearly for the Poor, and the tenement is inhabited by several poor persons.

Thomas Smith, in 1344, bequeathed £5 per annum for the Poor, and 13s. 4d. for the Minister, for preaching two sermons in the parish church every year, which sum of £5 13s. 4d. is paid from a Cottage and Land, vested in the Minister and Churchwardens for the time being.

A Close, called Long Close, containing 6A. given by Will, by Catharine Smith, in 1718, to the Churchwardens and Overseers, and their successors, upon trust, that they pay the sum of 16s. for bread, to be distributed in equal shares to the Poor, at Easter and Christmas.


See also the Stalham parish page.

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May 2017