 | Harry Bristow Wilson - 1812 - 606 pages
...gave to the mayor and corporation of Bristol, by deed, the sum of ,£2000, and the same to the town of Leicester, to purchase estates and raise a fund, from...the poor were to be relieved in times of scarcity." Of his kind regard for Merchant-Taylors' School I shall speak more at large in its proper place. "... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 490 pages
...also to the mayor and corporation of Bristol, by deed, the sum, of 2000/. and the same to the town of Leicester, to purchase estates, and raise a fund from...most prosperous state, and judiciously administered. M • Sir Thomas White was sheriff of London in 1546, and lord mayor in 1553, when he was knighted... | |
 | 1817 - 490 pages
...also to the mayor and corporation of Bristol, by deed, the s,um of 2000/. and the same to the town of Leicester, to purchase estates, and raise a fund from...Are now in a most prosperous state, and judiciously admi nisterod. Sir Thomas White was sheriff of London in 1546, and lord mayor in 1553, when he was... | |
 | John Chilcott - 1840 - 382 pages
...munificence. He gave ,£2,000 to the Mayor and Corporation of Bristol, and the same to the town of Leicester, to purchase estates, and raise a fund,...sums of money might be lent to industrious tradesmen ; and in times of scarcity, to relieve the poor. The city of Coventry also partook largely of his bounty.... | |
 | 1844 - 276 pages
...gave to the mayor and corporation of Bristol by deed, the sum of 2000/., and the same to the town of Leicester, to purchase estates and raise a fund from...sums of money might be lent to industrious tradesmen. There are portraits of this individual in the town-halls of Leicester and Salisbury, at Reading, Merchant... | |
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This estate in 1705 yielded 930/. yearly, He gave also to the mayor and corporation of Bristol, by deed, the sum, of 2000/. and the same to the town of Leicester, to purchase estates, and raise a fund from which sums of money might be lent to industrious... 