Stretham Cambridgeshire
Benefactions - Richard Rysley, rector of Stretham gave his estate at Upton near Huntingdon of the then yearly rent of six pounds 10 shillings to be distributed in the following manner:
Christ College Cambridge £3. 10s
Poor of Stretham £2. & the poor of Bridgham £1
Which estate is now invested in the said college, the present rent yearly without fine is £28 of which four thirteenths is due to Stretham, a divided moiety of eleven acres and half of land *held by copy of Thetford Manor) was purchased with the mony received for Upton Fine in the year 1715, which land is now in the occupation of John Hitch, at the yearly rent of £3.10s
The said Richard Rysley bequeathed likewise to the poor of Stretham payable by Christ Colledge yearly at Lady Day 6s. 8d
Gage four houses with right of common to the poor of Stretham by feoffment, to wit the Chequer, now let at £1.6s.10 and three other houses, inhabited by the poor, with the commons appertaining at £2.10s besides the smithys shop at 10s in all per year £14.10s.
1716 Martha Digby bequeathed to the poor of Stretham her moiety of four acres & half & half rood, or arable land called Townshends land, and also her moiety of one acre and helf of arable copyhold, the profits of which to be distributed yearly six days before Easter, to six of the poorest widows in Stretham (without lessening any allowance from the parish) which land is now in the occupation of Furlow Cobley at per ann …. £1.16s
The said Martha Digby bequeathed likewise ten acres of arable land, meadow and marsh to the poorest housekeepers of Stretham, that receive no allowance from the parish, the profits to be distributed six days before Easter and six days before Christmas, which land is now let to Widow Hitch at per year £6.
1727 Lady Effingham Howard gave to the poor fifty pounds the interest of which to be given year to the poor.
( By 1837 the value of the Rysley charity had increased to £18 5s. 8d., which was given indiscriminately in money. Rysley also gave house property in Stretham, including the Chequers Inn and the blacksmith's shop, to the value of £14 10s. No documents relating to this part of the charity existed in 1837,by which date the rents had risen to £81 7s. 6d., including £31 from the Chequers. After payment of taxes (£10) the residue was given in amounts of 5s. to those who could produce tickets signed by 3 feoffees of the charity. Under the Stretham Inclosure Act this part of Rysley's charity was replaced by the allotment of 30½ acres in Starlock Hay Fen Common for the benefit of the school
In 1837 the 2 bequests from Martha Digby produced £27 15s. Of this total £5 were given to about 50 poor persons in sums of 1s. to 4s., and the remainder to the widows
In 1774 the bequest of Lady Howard now £70 was secured on 6 acres in Stretham fields, had been lent to Edward Morden. In 1837 the interest on this loan was also devoted to indiscriminate poor relief. )
- Church of St James, Stretham Cambridgeshire
Stretham Cambridgeshire
Benefactions - Richard Rysley, rector of Stretham gave his estate at Upton near Huntingdon of the then yearly rent of six pounds 10 shillings to be distributed in the following manner:
Christ College Cambridge £3. 10s
Poor of Stretham £2. & the poor of Bridgham £1
Which estate is now invested in the said college, the present rent yearly without fine is £28 of which four thirteenths is due to Stretham, a divided moiety of eleven acres and half of land *held by copy of Thetford Manor) was purchased with the mony received for Upton Fine in the year 1715, which land is now in the occupation of John Hitch, at the yearly rent of £3.10s
The said Richard Rysley bequeathed likewise to the poor of Stretham payable by Christ Colledge yearly at Lady Day 6s. 8d
Gage four houses with right of common to the poor of Stretham by feoffment, to wit the Chequer, now let at £1.6s.10 and three other houses, inhabited by the poor, with the commons appertaining at £2.10s besides the smithys shop at 10s in all per year £14.10s.
1716 Martha Digby bequeathed to the poor of Stretham her moiety of four acres & half & half rood, or arable land called Townshends land, and also her moiety of one acre and helf of arable copyhold, the profits of which to be distributed yearly six days before Easter, to six of the poorest widows in Stretham (without lessening any allowance from the parish) which land is now in the occupation of Furlow Cobley at per ann …. £1.16s
The said Martha Digby bequeathed likewise ten acres of arable land, meadow and marsh to the poorest housekeepers of Stretham, that receive no allowance from the parish, the profits to be distributed six days before Easter and six days before Christmas, which land is now let to Widow Hitch at per year £6.
1727 Lady Effingham Howard gave to the poor fifty pounds the interest of which to be given year to the poor.
( By 1837 the value of the Rysley charity had increased to £18 5s. 8d., which was given indiscriminately in money. Rysley also gave house property in Stretham, including the Chequers Inn and the blacksmith's shop, to the value of £14 10s. No documents relating to this part of the charity existed in 1837,by which date the rents had risen to £81 7s. 6d., including £31 from the Chequers. After payment of taxes (£10) the residue was given in amounts of 5s. to those who could produce tickets signed by 3 feoffees of the charity. Under the Stretham Inclosure Act this part of Rysley's charity was replaced by the allotment of 30½ acres in Starlock Hay Fen Common for the benefit of the school
In 1837 the 2 bequests from Martha Digby produced £27 15s. Of this total £5 were given to about 50 poor persons in sums of 1s. to 4s., and the remainder to the widows
In 1774 the bequest of Lady Howard now £70 was secured on 6 acres in Stretham fields, had been lent to Edward Morden. In 1837 the interest on this loan was also devoted to indiscriminate poor relief. )
- Church of St James, Stretham Cambridgeshire