Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...to the Master by the Corporation for the training and preparing of six boys for the free school till about 1700 when Sir Nathanail Napper of More Critchel rebuilt the house with the promise of an endownment of /2o per annum. The Corporation then withdrew their benefaction, and no salary being substituted, the masters from that time have continued to teach the boys and support the house without the assistance of the townsmen or any other person." This could hardly have been the case as the Charitv Commissioners' Reports, Vol. xxix, part 1, pp. 15 and 16, say, "Joan Gould by will bearing date 4th Nov., 1630, directed that Gilbert Loder within two years after her decease pay to the mayor bailiffs, aldermen and burgesses of the borough £28-6-8, to be employed for the benefit of the new school lately erected in the parish of Holy Trinity towards maintaining the Schoolmaster." In 1715 Mrs. Ann Napier leaves funds to the Trinity School and in 1737 Mary Strangwayes and Lora Pitt make bequests to the same School. In 1740 Hussey Floyer directs her executors to place out money on Government or other security, the produce to be applied to maintaining this school; in 1814 I read that Mr. Strickland neglected to obtain the dividends and after his death 11 years' dividends, amounting to £99 19s. od., were received. It would therefore appear that the Trinity school was not in want of funds, (whatever the financial condition of the Grammar School was), and after existing-for 250 years its bequests were by the Charity Commissioners with Royal approval in 1879 handed over to the Dorchester Free Grammar School. It seems impossible that this school should be without records of its Masters, scholars or work, yet such appears to be the case. being carried...
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