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 138 HISTORY OF BISHOP AUCKLAIH). their executors, &c., a close, containing by estimation 1a. Ir. 32p., and another close, containing by estimation 5a. Or. 33p., which closes were late in the occupation of John Bainbridge, and then of his widow, Mary Bainbridge ; and were part of five closes in the Kirk Leazes, in the township of Bondgate in Bishop Auckland, decreed by the Court of Chancery, in October, 1760, in lieu of eight acres and a half of meadow in the Kirk Leazes theretofore demised to Sarah Gibson, as part of the lands called the Escheator's and Barker's Lands, for the term of twenty-one years, at the yearly rent of £l 7s. 8d. These lands seem to have subsequently come into the possession of Joseph Newton, who purchased them from the executors of John Bainbridge, and who paid the annual sum of £9 as interest of the sum of £200. This bequest to the poor of Bishop Auckland was ultimately, by order of the Charity Commissioners, invested in Government securities, and, as will be seen by the following statement, is carried to the account of the two other previously named charities : — Statement of the accounts of the Charity called Pearson's Charity, Nutty Hagg, and Langstaffe's Charity, in the Pariah of St. Andrew's Auckland, in the County of Durham, of which the following persons are the trustees, viz. : — ^Rev. Qeorge Howard Wilkinson, Bishop Auckland, incumbent of St. Andrew's Auckland, with the churchwardens for the time being of the said parish, for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1866. The above are all held in trust for the poor, and are kept account of as if one Charity. Income and Kevenue fob the yeas ending on the 31st December, 1866, whetheb acrruallt pau) ob then due: — Description of Property. Tenants of Beal Property or penons in whoee names Personal Property is inrested. Farm at Westerton, Parish of St. Andrew's Auckland, left, under Pearson's Will, to the Minister of St. Andrew's / Auckland, in trust for the Poor of the Parish. (This rent > only dates from November, 1866, up to that time, £51,) I ^ Letisehold under the Dean and Chapter of Durham J ^ Farm at Nutty Uagg, in the Parish of St. Andrew's Auck- land, left in trust to the Minister and Churchwardens St. Andrew's Auckland Way leave over the above under the same trust Langstaffe's Charity, £200 bequeathed for the use of the Poor of St. Andrew's Auckland, upon trust as above; and, by order of the Charity Commissioners, invested in Qo- vemment Securities. . . Luck- 1 ns of ?■ George Robinson Thomas Barlow West Durham Railway Co. RevQeo. Howard Wilkin- son,minister,and Willm. Trotter churchwarden of St. Andrew's Auckland Term in Beal Property. Let from year to year. Do. Do. Do. Gross Annual Income. £ 1. d. 58 10 20 5 17 6 93 17 6 OUTQOINQS. Net Annnal Income. Some BeoeiTed. Average annual reserve for fine forrenewal of lease Annual Out Rent for tenement at Westerton Repairs %•• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ... ••• Income Tax deducted— return applied for not yet received £ B. 14 2 2 8 10 6 d. 8 £ •. d. 34 10 10 19 13 4 5 17 6 £ •. d. 64 10 10 19 13 4 6 17 6 17 7 8 70 10 90 10 Digitized by Google