bounty to french refugees fled into England for theyr religion - Grantham Lincolnshire
Near this place lyes interr'd the body of Gabriel More esq deceased 21 February 1698 aged 61
He was a just, pious, hospitable & charitable nephew to Henry More DD of Exeter college Cambridge, by his learned wrightings in divinity & philosophy, one of ye great glories of our church & nation. who tho eminently charitable in his life time, at his death left an honourable addition of estate to his said nephew.
He as ye last branch of this worthy stock after proper devises by an apostolicall bounty gave £2000 to the French refugees fled into England for theyr religion & £200 which purchased a rent charge of £10 per ann for ye poor of this corperation.
The large remainder of his estate he gave to charitable uses. His executors in a just honouring his name as also that of the family have erected this memoriall - Church of St Wulfram, Grantham, Lincolnshire
bounty to french refugees fled into England for theyr religion - Grantham Lincolnshire
Near this place lyes interr'd the body of Gabriel More esq deceased 21 February 1698 aged 61
He was a just, pious, hospitable & charitable nephew to Henry More DD of Exeter college Cambridge, by his learned wrightings in divinity & philosophy, one of ye great glories of our church & nation. who tho eminently charitable in his life time, at his death left an honourable addition of estate to his said nephew.
He as ye last branch of this worthy stock after proper devises by an apostolicall bounty gave £2000 to the French refugees fled into England for theyr religion & £200 which purchased a rent charge of £10 per ann for ye poor of this corperation.
The large remainder of his estate he gave to charitable uses. His executors in a just honouring his name as also that of the family have erected this memoriall - Church of St Wulfram, Grantham, Lincolnshire