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Appendix  E

A SUMMARY OF ALL THE ITEMS IN THOMAS RUSSELL’S WILL

ITEM  1.

Money left for the relief of the poor at Christ’s Hospital, St.Thomas’ Hospital and St.Bartholomew’s Hospital.

ITEM  2

Money left for the discharge of prisoners in Poultrey.

ITEM  3

Money left for the discharging of prisoners from Woodstreet.

ITEM  4

Money left for the relief of prisoners at Ludgate.

ITEM  5

Money left for the relief of prisoners at Newgate.

 

 

ITEM  6

Money left for the relief of prisoners at Kingbench and White Lion.

ITEM  7

Two pounds left for the poor parishioners of St.Edmund the King on the occasion of his funeral.

ITEM  8

Charcoal left to the parishioners of St.Edmund the King.

ITEM  9

Twenty pounds left to Lewes Russell, his brother.

ITEM  10

Property at Finchley and Friern Barnet left to Lewes Russell.

ITEM  11

Five pounds was left to each of Lewes Russell’s daughters, Margery and Joane.

ITEM  12

Twenty pounds left to Joane Bayley, his sister.

ITEM  13

Three pounds two shillings and eight pence left to each of Richard and Margery Bayley, his nephew and niece.

ITEM  14

Three pounds six shillings and eight pence left to Leonard Piddarke.

ITEM  15

Money left to Leonard Piddarke’s sons, three pounds six shillings and eight pence to Thomas, two pounds to John, and one pound to Leonard.

ITEM  16

Three pounds six shillings and eight pence left to Russell Webb, his Godson.

ITEM  17

Fifty pounds left for building Barton School.

ITEM  18

Thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence to pay for the expenses of a funeral dinner for the Drapers’ Guild and for the gift of a crystal cup.

ITEM  19

Two hundred pounds left to the Drapers’ Guild to enable them to make interest free loans of fifty pounds for a period of three years to each of four men who were free of their apprenticeship.

ITEM  20

Twenty pounds left to Agnes Harding, and to the apprentices Edward Welch, three pounds six shillings and eight pence, John Harding, two pounds ten shillings, and Thomas Swingfield, one pound ten shillings.

ITEM  21 

One year’s free apprenticeship given to the three apprentices mentioned above.

ITEM  22

Black cloaks and gowns left to those mentioned in Item 20.

ITEM  23

Forty black gowns given to poor people.

ITEM  24

Black gowns given to Leonard and Izabell Piddarke.

ITEM  25

Black gowns given to Lewes Russell and his wife.

ITEM  26

Black gowns given to William Merton, his cousin, and William’s wife.

ITEM  27

A black gown given to Ann Houseman, his sister.

ITEM  28

Black gowns given to Thomas Hill and his wife.

ITEM  29

A black gown given to Peter Blower.

ITEM  30

Black gowns given to John Tighte and his wife.

ITEM  31

Two pounds left to Nathaniell Temple, his great nephew.

ITEM  32

Two pounds left to Thomas Hill, his Godson.

ITEM  33

One pound each left to Thomas Hill’s six other children.

ITEM  34

One pound left to Philip Curtice, his Godson.

ITEM  35

One pound left to Thomas Keake, his Godson.

ITEM  36

Two pounds ten shillings left to Thomas Bayley of Finchley, his Godson.

ITEM  37

Some property left to the Drapers’ Guild and the rent to be distributed to the poor.

ITEM  38

Some property left to Richard Bayley,his nephew, son of Thomas and Joane Bayley.

ITEM  39

Property left to John Holland, the younger, of Barton-under-Needwood.

ITEM  40

Property left to his executors if John Holland does not fulfil certain conditions.

ITEM  41

The lease of property in Thames Street left to the Drapers’ Guild, the rent to be used to provide charcoal for poor people.

ITEM  42

Property in Shoreditch left to Ann Houseman for the rest of her life.

ITEM  43

Property left to Robert Russell.

ITEM  44

Property left to Leonard and Izabell Piddarke.

ITEM  45

Property left to Robert Stokes.

ITEM  46

More property left to Robert Stokes.

ITEM  47

Property at Finchley and East Barnet left to Robert Russell.

ITEM  48

Bruckhouse Field and Bruckhouse Close, together with cottages at Dunstall, to be sold by the executors, and the proceeds divided equally between his nephews and nieces.

ITEM  49

Two pounds left to Agnes Jackson.

ITEM  50

Two pounds left to Alice Mosse, his Goddaughter.

ITEM  51

One pound left to Elizabeth Sheratt, his Goddaughter.

ITEM  52

One pound ten shillings left to _______ Sutton, his Goddaughter.

ITEM  53

Extra money to be made available for Barton School, if required.

ITEM  54

Executors appointed.

ITEM  55

Overseers appointed.

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