Knightwick Mortuary Chapel

The Rev'd Isaac Ailway,
late Rector of the Parish of Evesbatch, in the
County of Hereford; gave certain Lands,
Lying in the Parish of Much Marcle, in
the said County; to Trustees upon condition
that out of the Rent, thereof the sum of
Twenty shillings should be disposed of
yearly for ever to buy Coats for THREE
POOR MEN of the Parish of Knightwick.
And also upon further Conditions, that the
overplus of the Rents, of the said Lands,
in case they be Let for more than Seven
Pounds per annum; should every seventh
year; be applied to put some POOR Man,
Child, of the said Parish of Knightwick, Apprentice.

Mrs Dorothy Lane, who died November 22nd,
1720, left Twenty Pounds, the interest to be
given to the POOR, of Knightwick yearly for ever.

John Freeeman, Esquire of Gaines, in the
Parish of Whitborne, in the County of Hereford.
by an Indenture dated August 26th, 1761, gave
Fifty shillings out of the Meadows Estate, in the
Parish of Stanford Bishop in the said County
to the POOR of Knightwick yearly for Ever.

ELIZABETH RICHARDS,
Gave the sum of Twenty Pounds,
the interest to be distributed
yearly to the Poor.

JOHN FREEMAN ESQUIRE,
of Gaines in the Parish of
Whitbourne in the County of
Hereford by Indenture dated
August 26th, 1761, gave fifty
shillings, out of the Meadows
Estate in the Parish of Stanford
Bishop in the said County to
the Poor of Doddenham , yearly
for ever, Doddenham Poors Land
2 Roods and 16 Perches in the
big Meadow at Doddenham-hall.
Nº on Tythe Map 201, the Overseers
being Feoffees for the same.

The Incorporated Society
for Building & Churches
GRANTED £65 TOWARDS REBUILDING
THIS CHURCH, UPON CONDITION THAT
155 SEATS NUMBERED 1 TO 24 BE
RESERVED FOR THE USE OF THE
POORER INHABITANTS OF THIS
PARISH.

The Incorporated Church Building Society was set up to help build and enlarge Anglican churches in England and Wales.
Between 1818 and 1982 it gave 14,356 grants to churches, helping to pay for the building and enlargement of many
thousands of churches. It was also at the forefront of the battle for 'free' pews and its funding contributed to adding over
two million pew spaces, most of which were free seats for all, in contrast to the then customary provision of private pews
and the reliance on pew rents. In 2013, the ICBS was absorbed into the National Churches Trust, a charity which supports
church and chapel buildings of all denominations throughout the UK.

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