A detailed Account is given of the Grammar School – which has proved of such great advantage to the Inhabitants of Thame for many Generations.
It is clear that Lord Williams (probably for reasons already indicated) had not only conceived the Plan of Setting up a Grammar School some few years before his death, but had actually laid the Foundation-Stone of the School House, had seen it Completed, Inaugurated & Enlarged; & in all Probability had Witnessed some of those Practical Benefits which had arisen from its Institution.
The following is the Sentence in Lord Williams’ Will in which he leaves certain Properties for the Setting Up & Endowment of a Grammar School at Thame:-
I Will & Bequeath the Rectorys & Personages of Brill, Oakley, Boarstall, & Eastneston, to mine Executors for ever to the Intent that they or the Survivor or Survivors of them shall within the same erect a Free School in the Town of Thame & to find & sustain with the Profits thereof a Schoolmaster & an Usher for ever in such sort & time as my said Executors shall think most convenient for the Maintenance of the said School for ever.
On his Lordship’s death, his 2-Trustees, John Doyley of Merton, Esq & Mr William Place of Ludgershall, Gent, proceeded to take such Action as secured its Foundation in Perpetuity, on Principles which were then recognised as true & useful. With that object the Patronage & Protection of the Warden & Senior Fellows of St Mary’s College of Winchester in Oxford were Secured by Lord Williams‘ Trustees; who, assisted by Mr Edward Harris of Thame, the 1st Head Master, prepared Rules & Statutes for the Regulation & good Governance both of the Grammar School & the Hospital or Almshouses; while the Warden & Fellows accepted the responsibility of becoming in their Official Capacity Permanent Trustees & Guardians of both.
The following Agreement between the Executors of Lord Williams & the Warden & Fellows of New College (“the College of Our Blessed Lady in Oxford”) – the Original of which is most Artistically Illuminated & very beautifully engrossed – indirectly provides much curious & valuable information regarding both the School & Hospital:-
This Indenture, made the 1st days of August in the 17th Year of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England, France & Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc, Between Robert Dolye, of Merton, in the County of Oxford, Esq & William Place, of Ludgershall, in the County of Bucks’, Gentleman, Executors of the Last Will & Testament of Sir John Williams, Knight, Late Lord Williams, of Thame, Deceased, of the 1-Party & the Wardens & Scholars of the College of our Blessed Lady in Oxford, called St Mary College of Winchester, on the other Party, that whereas the said late Lord Williams, of his good & virtuous disposition toward the good & godly Education of the youth of his Country, did by his last Will & Testament put in writing in his Lifetime, give certain Land, Tenement & Hereditament to the said Robert Doyle & William Place & to others his Executors, whose Estate & Interest therein, the said Robert Doyle & William Place, wholly now have to thende & intent, that his said Executors, or the Survivors or Survivor of them should, in as convenient time as might be after his Decease, Bestow & Employ the same Land, Tenement & Hereditament, in & upon the maintenance of a Free Grammer School, for the Education & Bringing-up of young children & upon other Charitable & Godly uses within the Town of Thame, in the said County of Oxford. Whereas, the said Robert Doylye & William Place, since the Death of the said Late Lord Williams, for the better & more sufficient accomplishment of the good intent & meaning of the said Last Will, have obtained & Purchased to them & to their Heirs, certain Lands, Tenements & Hereditaments, hereafter in this Indenture also mentioned, situate, lying & beinge in New Thame, within the said County of Oxford; it said Robert Doyle & William Place, who have ever since the Decease of the said late Lord Williams, solely taken upon them the Execution of the said Will, for the true & faithfull Executing, Accomplishement & Perfecting of the said Godly Intent & purpose & for the better disharge of the Trust in them therein reposed, having, upon good advice & deliberation for diverse special causes & considerations, chosen the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors, in whom they mean to repose the Trust for the continual Employing & Bestowing of the Profit of the said Lands, Tenements & Hereditaments, according to the Mind & Will of the said late Lord Williams & according to such composition as, is & shall be made for the disposition thereof.
The said Robert Doyle & William Place, for them, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators & Assignees, do Covenant & Grant, to & with, the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors, that they, the said Robert Doyle & William Place, or the Survivor of them, or the Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assignees of them, or of the Survyvor of them, at their, some of their, proper Cost & Charge, shall, & will, before the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God next following the date hereof, convey & assure, or cause to be conveyed & assured, with Warranty of them & their Heirs against them, the said Robert Doyle & William Place, their Heirs & Assignees only unto the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors, All & Singular the Messuage, Land, Tenement & Hereditament, hereafter in this present Indentures mentioned. That is to say, all that Capitall Messuage or House newly built in Old Thame, in the said County of Oxford, called the School House, with a Garden & Orchard & a Curtilage thereto adjacent & lying. All & singular buildinges, edifices, comodities, easements, watercourses, soil & hereditament whatsoever to the same Capital Messuage or House belonging or appertaining or therewith or thereto now used or Occupied. All that, the Rent of £36 of good & lawfull money of England yearly issuing & going forth of the Manor of Brill with the Appurtenances in the said County of Bucks, & Forth of the Personage or Rectories of Brill, Oakeley & Boarstall, with their Appurtenances in the same County of Bucks: & forth of one Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenance in Brill aforesaid, called Lane’s Tenement & Forth of Diverse Lands, Tenements & Hereditaments in Boarstall, Brill & Oakley aforesaid. Also all the Annual Rent of 42-Shilling yearly issueing & going Forth of one Messuage or Tenement, with the Appurtenances in New Thame in the said County of Oxford & now or of late in the Tenure or Occupation of John Robothom, Widowr. Also all that Messuage or Tenement, with the Appurtances in New Thame aforesaid, now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Thomas Symeon or his Assignees. Also all that Rectory & Church of Eastneston, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton. All & Singular Houses, Edifices, Glebes, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tythes, Oblacions, Obventions, Pensions, Portions, Profit, Commodities, Emolument & Hereditament whatsoever, with the Appurtenances as well Spiritual as Temporal situate, lying & being in Eastneston aforesaid, or else wheresoever in the said County of Northampton & in the County of Bedford, or in the one of them, to the same Rectory by any manner of means belonging or appertaining, or as Member or Parcel of the same Rectory before this at anytime esteemed, accompted, known, accepted, used, demised, or let. All that Messuage or Tenement, with the Appurtenances, and 6-yard & a half of land, with the Appurtenance, in Sydenham, in the said County of Oxford, now or of late in the Tenure or Occupation of one Walter North, or his Assignees. All that Cottage & 1-Close of Land, containing by estimation, 1-Yarde & 3-acres of Arable Land, with the Appurtenances in Sydenham aforesaid, now or of late in the Tenure or Occupation of John Springholde, or his Assignees. All that Cottage & 1-Close of Land, containing, by estimation, 1-Yarde & 3-acres of Arable Land, with the Appurtenances in Sydenham aforesaid, now or late in the Tenure or Occupacion of Simon Stephens, or his Assignees. Also, all that Cottage & 1-Close of land, contaiing, by estimation, 1-Yard & 3-acres of Arable Land, with the Appurtenances in Sydenham aforesaid & now or late in the Tenure or Occupacion of Henry Gibson, or his Assignees. All that Messuage & 1-Yard of Land, commonly called Chapman’s, with the Appurtenances in East Henred, in the County of Berks & now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of William Hyde, or his Assignees. All that Messuage & 1-Yard of Land, commonly called Ffynnamoures, with the Appurtenances in East Henred aforesaid & nowe or late in the Tenure or Occupacion of the said William Hyde, or his Assignees. Also, all that Messuage & Half Yard of Land, with the Appurtenannce in East Henred aforesaid & now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Thomas Holmes, or his Assignees. All that Messuage & Half Yard of Land, with the Appurtenances in East Henred aforesaid & now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of John Carpenter, or his Assignees. All that Tenement, together with certain Land & Tenements to the same Tenement appertaining, with the Appurtenances in East Henred aforesaid & now or late in the Tenure or occupation of Robert Whiting, or his Assignees. All that Close of Land, commonly called Royle’s Close, containing, by estimation, 3-Rood of Land, with the Appurtenances in East Henred aforesaid & now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Richard Holmes, or his Assignees. All which premises, in East Henred aforesaid, were late Parcel of the late Priory of Littlemore & sometime collected by Robert Parrot, of Oxford. Also, all those 2-Messuages or Tenements, with the Appurtenances, in New Thame aforesaid, sometime in the Tenure of Richard Bunce & now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Robert Phillips, alias Cox, or his Assignees. All that Messuage or Tenement, with the Appurtenances, in New Thame aforesaid & now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Nicholas Stanton or his Assignees. To Iiable, perceive, take & enjoy the aforesaid Rents, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Cottages, Rectorys & all singular other the Premises before expressed & specified, with all & singular their Appurtenances to the foresaid Warden & Scholars & their Successors for ever, to the only & severall uses, behoves, intent & purposes hereafter in this Indenture to be specified, declared, expressed & limited & to no other use, behove, intent or purpose, in part of the accomplishment of all which premises & to the end & intent the said Last Will of & concerning the same premises, shall & may be duly accomplished & performed accordingly. For other the considerations aforesaid, the said Robert Doyle & William Place do by these presents give & gaurantee unto the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors, all & singular Deeds, evidences, Charters, writings, scripts, Court Rolls, Rentals, exemplifications of record, surveys, terriers & monument whatsoever touching & concering only the premises above by this present mentioned to be bargained & sold or only concerning any part or parcel of them. All which deeds, evidences, charters, writings, scripts, Court Rolls, rentals, exemplifications of record, surveys, terriers & monuments, or as many of them as the said Robert Doyle & William Place now have, or the one of them now has, in his or their hands, custody or possession, or which now be in the hand, custody or possession of any other person or persons to his or their use or uses, or by his or their delivery, or which the said Robert Doyle & William Place, or the one of them maye lawfully get, obtain or come by without suite in law, together with the true copy and copies of all other Deeds, evidences, charters, writings, scripts, court rolls, rentals, exemplifications of record, surveys, terriers and monuments, being in the custody or possession of the said Robert Doyle & William Place, or either of them, or whiche they or either of them maye lawfully come by without Suit in the Law, touching or concerning the premises above by these presents Covenanted to be Conveyed & Assured, or any part thereof jointly with any other Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments the same copy or copies to be written at the cost & charges of the said Robert Doyle & William Place, or of the Survivor of them, or the Heirs, Executors or Administrators of the Survivor of them, the said Robert Doyle & William Place, for them, their Heirs, Executors & Administrators, do, by these presents Covenant, promise & gaurantee to deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said Warden, or to the Warden of the said College for the time being requiring the same, before the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady the Virgin next following the date hereof, whole, safe & undefaced.
The said Robert Doyle & William Place, for them, their Heirs, Executors & Administrators, do Covenant, promise & gaurantee to & with the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors by these presents in manner & form following. That is to say, that they, the said Robert Doyle & William Place, their Heirs or Assignees, at all & every time & times hereafter & from time to time duringe the space of 2-Years next ensuing the date hereof, at the reasonable request of the Warden of the said College for the time being, shall & will do, make & knowledge & suffer to be done, made & knowledged, with warranty against them & their Heirs & against all & every other person & persons having or lawfully claiming to have any right, title, or interest in the premises or any part thereof, by, from, or under them, or any of them, all and every such further lawful & reasonable Act & Acts, thing & things, device & devices in the Law whatsoever, for the further & more better assuringe & sure making of all & singular the premises, before by these present covenanted to be assured & conveyed to the said Warden & Scholars & their successors for ever, to the uses, behoves, intent purposes, according to the true intent, purport & meaning of this Indenture, as shall be from time to time reasonably devised, advised & required by the Warden of the said College for the time being, or by his Counsel learned in the Laws of this Realm be it by fine, feoffment, recovery with double or single voucher or vouchers, deed or deeds enrolled, the enrolment of these presents release, confirmation with warranty of the said Robert Doyle & William Place & their Heirs against them, the said Robert Doyle & William Place & their & either of their Heirs, only or otherwise with like warranty, or without warranty, by all the ways & means, or by any or some of them, or otherwise at the Erection, Will, & pleasure of the Warden of the said College for the time being & at the proper and only cost & charge in the Law of the said Robert Doyle & William Place, or the Survivor of them.
Further, the said Robert Doyle does Covenant, Promise & Gaurantee to & with, the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors by these presents, that he, the said Robert Doyle shall & will, at all times from henceforth, at his own proper cost & charge, clearly exonerate & discharge, or otherwise upon sufficient notice & request, save & keep harmless, as well the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors, as also the said Messuages, Rent, Land, Tenement, & all other the Premises by these presents Covenanted to be assured or conveyed & every part & parcel thereof, with all and singular their Appurtenances of & from all & all manner of former bargains, former Sales, Gift, Grant, Titles, Right, Jointures, Dowers, Uses. Will, Intailes, Leases, Alienations, Intrusions, Mortgage, Forfeitures, Conditions, Judgement, Executions, Rent, Annuities, Statutes, Merchant Statutes of the Staple recognisances, liveries, ouster-le-maine & of and from all other charges, titles, troubles & incumbrance whatsoever had, made or done before the sealing and delivery hereof by the said Robert Doyle, or by any other person or persons lawfully claiming by, from, or under the said Robert Doyle before the same sealing & delivery except, as hereafter is excepted according to the true intent and meaning of theese present.
The said William Place for him, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators & Assignees, doth Covenannt, promise & gaurantee to & with the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors by these present, that he & they, shall & will, at all times, from henceforth for ever, at his or their own proper cost & charge, clearly exonerate & discharge, or otherwise, upon sufficient notice & request, save & keep harmless, as well the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors, as also the said Messuages, rents, lands, tenements & all other the Premises by theis presents covenanted to be assured, or conveyed & every part and parcel thereof, with all & singular their Appurtenances of & from all and all manner of former bargains, former sales, gifts, grants, titles, rights, joyntures, dowers, uses, wiles, intails, leases, alienations, intrusions, mortgages, forfeitures, conditions, judgements, executions, rents, annuities, statutes, Merchant Statutes of the Staple recognisances, liveries, ouster-le-maine & of and from all other charges, titles, troubles & incumbrances whatsoever had, made, or done before the Sealing & Delivery hereof by the said William Place, or by any other person or persons lawfully claiming by, from, or under the said William Place. Exept allways out of these presents, one Lease made by Indenture by the said Robert Doyle & William Place to Richard Way, of Thame, aforesaid, of one Messuage or Tenement, with the Appurtenances in New Thame aforesaid, now or late in the Tenure or occupacion of Thomas Symeon, or his Assignees, dated the last daye of March, in the 17th Year of the Reigne of our said Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, for the Term of 19-Years, whereupon the yearly rent of £5-2s-4d is reserved & also excepted the demise, lease & Grant of suche other Messuages, houses, lands, tenements & hereditaments, with their Appurtenances, situate, lying & being in Sydenham aforesaid, as been in & by the same Indenture bearinge date the said last day of March, in the said 17th Year mentioned to be demised, granted or leased by the said Robert Doyle & William Place to the said Richard Way, for & duringe such years, and in suche manner & form as in the same Indenture is limited & expressed. Also, excepted one other lease made by Indenture by the said Robert Doyle & William Place to Henry Gibson, of Sydenham, aforesaid, of a Tenament or Cottage & certain Land in Sydenham, in the said County of Oxford, dated the 20th day of August, in the 14th Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, for the Term of 31-Years, whereupon the yearly rent of 6s-8d is reserved. Also, excepted one other lease made by Indenture by the said Robert Doyle & William Place to Maulde Stephans, Widow, of a tenement or Cottage, and certain land in Sydenham aforesaid, dated the 20th August, in the 14th |Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, for the term of 21-years, whereupon the yearly rent of 6s-8d is reserved.
Also, excepted one other Lease made by Indenture by the said Robert Doyle and William Place to Robert Phillips, alias Cox, of 2-Messuage or Tenement in New Thame aforesaid, dated the 23rd April, in the 17th year of the Reign of our said Sovereigne Lady Queen Elizabeth, for the term of 51-Years, whereupon the yearly rent 40-shilling is reserved. Also, excepted one other lease made by Indenture by the said Robert Doyle & William Place to Phillip King & the said Richard Way, of the Rectory & Personage of Eastneston, in the County of Northampton aforesaid, dated the 1st day of April, in the said 17th Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, for term of 99-Years, whereupon the Yearly Rent of £4 is reserved. Also, excepted one other lease made by Indenture by the said Robert Doyle & William Place to Richard Holmes, of a Close in East Henred, in the County of Berks, dated the 16th March, in the 13th-Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, for the term of 21-Years, whereupon the yearly rent of 20d is reserved. Also excepted one other Lease made by Indenture by the said Robert Doyle & William Place to Richard Pitman, of a Messuage or Tenement, with the Appurtenances in New Thame aforesaid, late in the Tenure of Nicholas Stanton or his Assignees, dated the 4th April in the said 17th Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, for the Term of 99-Years, whereupon the yearly Rent of £2-13s-4d is reserved. In cosideration of which Covenant, Grant & other Conveyance to be made as is aforesaid & to the intent that the said godly purpose & good meaning of the aforesaid late Lord Williams may be in every respect furthered, accomplished, perfected & duly Executed, the said Warden & Scholars for them and their successors do Covenant, Promise & Gaurantee to & with, the said Robert Doyle & William Place, their Heirs, Executours & Administrators by these present, in manner & form following:-
That is to say, that they, the said Warden & Scholars and their Successors for ever shall & will, with such profit & commodities yearly arisinge, growing or coming of the Premises, or any part thereof, as they or any of them shall or may lawfully have, receive, or take, well & duly for ever uphold & maintain a Free Grammar School for the free teaching and exercise of Grammar in the said Capital Messuage in Old Thame aforesaid, there newly builded & called the School House & in none other place, except in Time of Plague or other Contageous Sickness in Thame aforesaid, according to such Statutes, Reviews & Ordinances as been contained in one Schedule or Composition to these present Indentures Annexed. Shall and will also with such other Profit of the Premises as is aforesaid for ever find, Sustain & Maintain a Schoolmaster & an Usher; that is to say, one Honest & Discrete Person sufficiently furnished & inhabited with learning, discretion & other good Qualities for a Schoolmaster or Chief Teacher & one other Honest & Discrete person likewise sufficiently inhabited with learning for an Usher or Under Teacher, to Instruct, Teach & bring up children & others in the Rules of Grammar in the said Capital Messuage called the School House; except in Time of Plague or other Contagious Sickness in Thame aforesaid, for ever, according to the said Statutes, Rules & Ordinances made, agreed upon & Set Forth as is aforesaid. Shall & will also Yearly & every Year for ever, with the Rent, Issues & Profit of the Premises, from time to time, well & truly pay or cause to be payed to the Schoolmaster, Usher & other the persons hereafter mentioned, the several sums of money hereafter in theis present particulerly expressed, limited & declared. That is to say, to every such Schoolmaster of the said School for the time being, for & in the name of his Yearly Salary, Stipend or Wage, the sum of £26-13s-4d of good & lawful money of England, at 4-Terms in the Year. That is to say, at the Feast of the Nativity of our Saviour Christ, of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, of the Nativity of St John Baptist & of St Michael the Archangel, or within 30-days next after every of the said Feasts by even portions; & to every such Usher for the time being, for & in the name of his Yearly Salary, Stipend or Wage, the sum of £13-6s-8d of like money, at the same 4 several Feasts, or within 30-Days next after every of the same Feasts by even portions without any determining or withholding of any part or parcel of the said several Salarys, Stipend or Wages, or any part or Parcell of them, or any of them, from the said Schoolmaster or Usher, to be due unto him, them, or either of them, or their, or either of their said Salary, Stipend or Wages as is aforesaid, otherwise, or in any other manner then as is hereafter mentioned or declared, & without exacting of them any money for any acquittance or other discharge for the payment thereof; Further, that they, the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors shall & will, at all & every time & times & from time to time for ever, so often as need shall require, well & sufficiently repair, uphold, maintain & keep, as well the said Capital Messuage or House newly builded in Old Thame, called the Schoolhouse & all manner of Building belonginge to the same, as also the Tomb of the said late-Lord Williams, Set in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Thame aforesaid, in all manner of reparations so far forth as the surplusage of the yearly profit & Commodities of the Premises over and above the severall sums of money by this Indenture, or other composition appointed to be paid will bear & extend. Moreover, that neither the said Warden & Scholars & their successors, nor any of them at any time hereafter, shall make any gift, gaurantee, or other assurannce by way of patent, or otherwise to any person or persons for term or terms of life, lives, or years of the Office of the said Schoolmaster or Usher, or the said severall Salaries, Stipend, or Wages appointed for the said Schoolmaster & Usher of any part or parcel of them, nor shall do, cause or procure to be done, any Act or Acts, thing or things, whereby the said Warden & Scholars for the time being, or their successors, at any time shall, or maye be disabled, at their will & pleasure upon just occasion to expel, remove, or displace any Schoolmaster or Usher there appointed to Teach & in his or their place to constitute & appoint one other or others there to Teach according to the true intent and meaning of the Foundation of the said School, or according to such composition & agreament touching the same Foundation as now presently is or hereafter shall be Set Forth in writing by the said Robert Doyle & William Place, or the survivor of them on the one party, and the said Warden & Scholars on the other party. To the intent that the said Schoolmaster & Usher for the time being may be always the more careful of their duties in the diligent & virtuous exercise of such as shall from time to time be brought up under them, & that thereby, more fruit by the good increase of virtue & learning may from time to time be plentifully reaped of the foresaid good & godly purpose & meaning of the said late Lord Williams, The said Warden & Scholars for them & their successors do further promise, covenant and gaurantee to & with the said Robert Doyle & William Place, their Heirs, Executors & Administrators by this present, that the Warden of the said College for the time being, at some convenient time every 2-Years or at one time at the least in everye 3rd Year for ever, shall & will go and repair to the said School and then and there shall make a good & diligent visitation, examination & search as well touching the good behaviour, diligence & good order in teaching to be followed, observed & kept by the said Schoolmaster & Usher for the time being according to the said composition & otherwise, at their discretion, to be made for the same School, as also touching the profiting of the Scholars & their several procedings in learning according to the said Rules & Ordinance now presently made, or to be made as is aforesaid of, or concerning the same. Whereas, the said late Lord Williams, in his lifetime had an Almshouses within the said Town of Thame, wherein were Lodged & Maintained 5-Poor men & 1-Poor woman, by the name of 5-Alms men & 1-Alms Woman, there to have continuance for ever. Whereas, also the said late Lord Williams, by his last Will and Testament, Willed & devised certain land, tenement, parcel of the Premises; That is to say, 2-Messuages or Tenements in New Thame aforesaid, sometyme in the Tenure of Richard Bunce & now or late in the Ttenure of Robert Phillips, alias Cox, and all other the said lands, tenements & hereditaments in Sydenham & East Henred, being of the yearly rent of £7-4s-9d, for the intent therewith to augment & increase the said Almshouses of Thame & the living of the poor men in the same & in and by this conveyance & agreement are meant & intended severally to go to that intent & purpose, the said Warden & Scholars for the considerations above said for the and their successours do covenannt, promyse and graunte to, and with the said Robert Doyle & William Place & their Heirs, Executors & Administrators by this present, in manner & form followinge; That is to say, that they, the said Warden & Scholars & their Successors for ever, with such Profit of the last recited Premises as they may Lawfully receive, shall & will truly give, exhibit & pay, or cause to be well & truly given, exhibited & payed yearly for ever to the said 5-Almsmen & 1-Alms Woman in Thame aforesaid, for the time being, in Augmentation of their Livinge, or else to the Schoolmaster of the said School in Thame aforesaid for the time being, by him to be paid over to the said Almsmen & Alms Woman according to the true intent, purpose &imeanyng of the said late Lord Williams, in his last Will & Testament expressed & declared, the sum of £4-4s-9d of good & lawful money of England, at 2-Termes in the year; that is to say, at the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady, £3-11s-6d & St Michael the Archangel, £3
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