Appendix, N° 1. STATEMENT of the several SCHOOLS and NURSERIES under the Care of The INCOrporated SocieTY; with the Quantity of Land attached to each; &c. &c. Rent of the Lands appropriated to the late Charter School of Castle Carbery Ranelagh Estate, left by the last Earl of Ranelagh Pococke Estate, left by the late Bishop Pococke FUNDED PROPERTY. 20 Interest on 56,666 l. 13 s. 4 d. the late Baron Vryhouven's Legacy in the 3-per- Ditto on 40,000l. given by an anonymous Benefactor, in the 4-per-cents. Ditto on 4 Dunleer and Kinnegard Turnpike Debentures, 50l. each - 4 RENTAL of the Estate of the late Earl of RANELAGH, Vested in The Incorporated Society in Dublin for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland. Appendix, No. 1. See Act 1st George III. By a private Act of Parliament, passed in Ireland in this reign, after reciting as therein, it is enacted, That the several Castle, Manor, Town and Lands of Athlone, in the County of Roscommon; and the several Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Tythes, Fishings, &c. &c. situate in the Counties of Roscommon and Westmeath, in the Province of Connaught; and the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders, and the Yearly and other Rents, Issues and Profits thereof; shall be henceforth vested in the Incorporated Society in Dublin for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, for ever, to the Uses and upon the Trusts in said Act contained. 47. I RENTAL RENTAL of the Estate of the late Bishop POCOCKE, Vested in The Incorporated Society in Dublin for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland. Appendix, No. 1. and 24th March 1765. Dr. Richard shop of Ossory, by his last Will and Testament, and by a Codicil thereto of these dates, after devising and bequeathing several Legacies, left all the rest of his Estate, real and personal, to the Incorporate Society in Dublin for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, in trust for the uses therein particularly set forth; and further, that if any other Religion should at any time be established than the then Protestant Religion, Testator then left the whole of said Estates to St. Patrick's Hospital in Dublin for Lunatics. The same to revert to the same Society whenever it should be re-established for the purposes 964 4 1 aforesaid. Copy of the WILL of the late Bishop Pococke. IN the Name of God, Amen. I Doctor Richard Pococke, Bishop of Ossory, being in pretty good health and sound of mind and memory, but sensible of the uncertainty of human life, do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. And first I do bequeath my soul through the merits and intercession of Christ Jesus our most merciful Redeemer, to be washed clean and pure by his most precious Blood, to be presented without spot to our most merciful Creator; and my body to be privately buried, as either my Executors or next of kin shall direct. I do leave to my dear Sister Elizabeth Pococke, of Newtown in Hampshire, Spinster, my House and Land in said Parish of Newtown. I do leave to my Servant William Belcher, and his Wife, each of them twenty Pounds. And to all my other Servants living with me in my House at the time of my death, the sum of five Pounds each; and to all those who are English, and immediately transplant themselves into England, five Pounds more to each, to bear their charges. I do desire that my Chaplain, the Reverend Mr. Mervyn Archdali, do pack up carefully my Natural Collection, and direct the packing up all my Antiquaries, all to be sent to London to be sold in lots at public auction; for which trouble I do bequeath him the sum of twentyfive Pounds; and it is my will, that they be sent by long sea to London, as my Executors shall direct. I do leave all the rest of my Estate real and personal to the Incorporated Society in Dublin for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, in trust for the uses following: First, that the interest and rents be paid half-yearly to my said Sister Elizabeth Pococke or her order, for and during her natural life, and then to Elizabeth Milles, Spinster, of Higham Ferrars, for and during her natural life, excepting that I do leave to the said Elizabeth Milles four Pounds a year English money during her natu ral life, four Pounds a year to Jane Bingham, of Huvant, Spinster, during her life; and then I do leave all my Estate real and personal for founding a School for Papists Boys from twelve to sixteen years old, who shall become Protestants, and to be bred to linenweaving, and instructed in the principles of the Protestant Religion; said Boys not to have been at any School before of any public legal foundation, and particularly in none of the Charter Schools; to be apprenticed to the Society, after they are fourteen years old, for seven years, desiring that my manufactory house at Lintown, Kilkenny, if not disposed of by me, be applied for that use; and if the Society may think it better to sell any of my Leases, 1 desire the produce may be disposed of in some Government security; and if any other Religion shall at any time be established than the present Protestant Religion, I do then leave the whole for such time to St. Patrick's Hospital in Dublin for Lunatics, under the direction of the Archbishop of Dublin for the time being, and of the other Governors of said Hospital, to revert to the said Society whenever it shall be re-established for the purposes above mentioned. I do leave the Incorporated Society in Dublin the execution of this my last Will and Testament. I do leave all my Manuscripts to the British Museum in London, to the Governors or Trustees thereof. The above Will, written with my own hand on the 24th day of March 1765, I do desire may be looked on as a Codicil to the other Will, signed and sealed, as far as it differs from it, not having here in London, convenient Witnesses. I Richard No. 1. I Richard Pococke, Doctor of Laws and Bishop of Ossory, do make my laft Will and Appendix Testament in manner following; first, I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved Sister Elizabeth Pococke, Spinster, of Newtown in Hampshire, my House and Land in Newtown, Hampshire, in which she now lives. 1 do leave all my Manuscripts to the Radcliff Library in Oxford. I do make the Incorporated Society of Dublin for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, the Executors of this my laft Will and Testament; and I do give demise and bequeath to them, all my Estate real and personal, except as before excepted, in trust for the uses following. I do leave to each of my Servants, William Belcher and his Wife, the sum of ten Pounds each; and to all the rest of my Servants living with me in my House at Kilkenny, the sum of five Pounds each; and to all my English Servants five Pounds each, over and above the ten Pounds, and five Pounds in case they leave Ireland to settle in England. I do leave the Interest of all my Estate real and personal, and all the income of my said Estate real and personal, to my Sister aforesaid during her natural life, desiring it may be remitted to her quarterly as it comes in. And after the decease of my said Sister, I do leave my Estate real and personal for the uses following; to found a Weaving School at Lintown near Kilkenny, in the house I built for weaving, for Papist Boys who shall be from twelve to sixteen years old, who have not been at any School before of any Public foundation, and particularly in none of the Charter Schools, to be apprenticed to the Society, at fourteen years old, for seven years; said Boys to be bred to the Protestant Religion. I do desire that all my Antiquaries and every thing relating to Natural History, and all my Coins and Medals, be sent to England to be sold by public auction; as likewise all my Books which will not sell here according to a just value. And I desire that the Reverend Mr. Mervyn Archdall be requested to pack up my Natural Curiosities, and label them; for which I desire that a proper present be made to him, though he is a signing Witness to this Will. I declare this my last Will and Testament, all written with my own hand, and desire it may stand good, though it may be deficient in point of law. Signed, sealed and declared this 10th day of July 1763. Signed, scaled and declared to be the last Will RICHARD OSSORY. (L. S.) Wm. Cockburne. STATE of the RANELAGII Fund, vested in The Incorporated Society, 5th January 1807. STATEMENT of the PocoCKE Fund, vested in The Incorporated Society, 5th January 1807. |