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Rh the year of lawful mony of England to be yearly issueing, going, and received out of and in my corner messuage or tenement wth the appurtenances caled or known by the name of the Chalice and the Sheppheard and out of all other my hereditaments situate, lying, and being in Thame street, in the parish of St. Buttolphs nere Billingsgate, London, wch I had or purchased from Rowland Stokes, and whereof since I had or obteyned a grant from his majesty wch I procured for the better assurance of my title and estate therein: to have, take, perceive, and enjoy the said annuity or yearly rent charge of £20 by the year unto the said mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, &c., for and after my decease forthwards for ever: to the use, intent, and purpose and upon speciall hope and confidence that the said mayor, aldermen and burgesses, &c., shall yearly for ever dispose and pay the said yearly rent charge of £20 for encrease of the yearly stipend & wages, and for and towards the mayntenance of a sufficient schoolmaster within the said town of Wigan from tyme to tyme for ever, who shall freely teach and instruct carefully and diligently a competent number of children of the poor inhabitants of the said town of Wigan in the gram̄er and Latin tongue unto some good measure of learning as shall be thought most meet in the best discretions of the said mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, and their successsors, and so to be continued for ever. The said annuity or yearly rent to be paid to the yearly use aforesaid unto the said mayor, aldermen, and burgesses and their successors and assignes, at 4 feasts or termes of the year, that is to say at the feast of St. Michael the archangell, the birth of our Lord God, the annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, and nativity of St. John Baptist, or within 30 days next after every of the said feast dayes by even and equall portions"; with full powers of distraint.