Reference
P11/25/13
Title
Extract from the will of Edmund Wylde of the Inner Temple, London esq.
Date free text
22 Oct 1691; Pro 2 Jan 1695/6 [Dated in error, 1791]
Production date
From: 1691 To: 1696
Scope and Content
Recites that Sir Francis Clerke late of Houghton Conquest decd., Wyld's grandfather on his mother's side, founded and erected an almshouse and free school in Houghton and gave a close adjoining, by deed of 5 June 8 Chas I with an annuity out of lands in Houghton. Wylde's exors are to pay to trustees of Clerke's charity £140 to purchase lands near the almshouse, not above 5 miles away, for the further maintenance thereof. Any remainder of the yearly income to the 6 poor people in the almshouses.
Level of description
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