Gillingwater's History of Lowestoft: a reprint: with a chapter of more recent eventsGillingwater, Edmund
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Gillingwater's History of Lowestoft: a reprint: with a chapter of more recent events
Gillingwater, Edmund
Lothingland (England); Lowestoft (England)
time may attend the execution of the said trust, shall be first
deducted out of the interest, dividends, and proceeds arising from
the said one thousand pounds trust Bank annuities. And it is my
further will, that if the aforesaid stock, commonly called three per
cent. consolidated Bank annuities, shall at any time be paid off;
then, and in such case, the produce of the said one thousand pounds
stock shall be re-invested in the name of the Accountant General for
the time being, on other Government security, to, for, and upon the
like uses, trusts, intents, and purposes hereintofore expressed of
and concerning the same.
Mr. John Wilde, of Lowestoft, having, by will, dated the 22nd of July,
1735, given several estates to this town, after the decease of Elizabeth
Smithson, for the purpose of a school for the education of children
belonging to this parish; and the said Elizabeth Smithson (afterwards
Perryson) having departed this life the 3rd of December, 1781, the
minister and churchwardens, in pursuance of the trust reposed in them by
the said will, on the 21st of March, 1788, began to erect a building, for
the purpose of a schoolroom, according to the directions of the said
will; which building is thirty-six feet in length and twenty-five feet in
breadth, and is situated at the bottom of the hill, on the east side of
the Stone House which he gave to the parish by the said will; which house
stands on the east side of High street, a little to the north of Rant’s
score. Under the first stone of this building are deposited several
silver and copper coins of his Majesty.
Subjoined is an extract of the Last Will and Testament of JOHN WILDE, of
Lowestoft, gentleman, (who died in April, 1738,) bearing date the 22nd of
July, 1735:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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