Yeovil's Virtual Museum

THE John Nowes charity

Providing education and clothing for ten poor boys of Alvington, Preston Plucknett and Yeovil

 

It is almost certain that a choir school existed in Yeovil during the fourteenth century, associated with the parish church. In 1547 the Crown Commissioners reported that the Chantry attached to St John's church was being used as a school. In 1707 Martin Strong, the vicar of Yeovil, began the Yeovil Charity School, providing a free elementary education for children up to the age of 12 or 13.

In 1812, during the Yeovil Charities Scandal hearings (ongoing since 1802), the trustees of the Yeovil Charity School were listed by George Bullock Watts to the House of Commons Select Committee as John Hooper, William Philips (Vicar of Yeovil), John Goodford, John Hitchings, Thomas Tomkins (Curate), William Hilyar, J Newmans, Sir William Heathcott, Sir Richard Figes (manager of the Romsey estates), Sir Thomas Heathcott and Sir Charles Mills. Sir William Heathcott,  Sir Thomas Heathcott and Sir Charles Mills were the three trustees of the Nowes Charity. Richard Figes was actually not a trustee, but Receiver to the Nowes' trustees.

From 1804 until 1807 Henry Collins served as a Churchwarden of St John's church. In 1818, together with former co-Churchwardens George Bullock Watts and William Willmington (Henry Collins' son-in-law), Collins gave evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Commons as to his role in the Yeovil Charities Scandal. When questioned by the Committee as to what happened, Collins, a glove manufacturer, answered ".... a person of Romsey (Hampshire) wrote us a letter, directed to the churchwardens, to know if there were any charity school in the town; that for years past he had paid the master an annual sum, but had not for some time past received any account whatever; and our answer was, that there had been a school there, but we knew but little or nothing about it."

In its edition of 22 October 1818, the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, while reporting on the abuse of charitable funds, reported "In the parish of Yeovil it appears by the evidence taken by the Committee, there is a school founded by John Nowes, who gave it a manor in Lee, near Romsey, Hants, comprising 213 acres, which are now worth £521 a year. The mansion-house and some timber were sold, in 1808, for £1265, the interest of which money, with the rent of the land above mentioned, and of other smaller estates, which have been left from time to time to the said charity, make the income, applicable to the purpose of it, about £700 a year. In 1802, there were no boys that the witness before the Committee, a Churchwarden of Yeovil, knew of, in 1813 there were about seven or eight, and how the income of the school was appropriated the witness examined could give no account."

 

John Nowes was born in Alvington during the fifteenth century. We don't know how he made his fortune but, by the time of his death in 1718, he owned and lived at the Manor of Lee, in Romsey, between Salisbury and Southampton. By his will (see below) dated 8 August 1718, he devised his Manor of Lee, and all his real estates within the Parish of Romsey-extra, to three trustees "to apply £120 per annum (around £250,000 at today's value) in the decent clothing and schooling 40 poor boys under the age of 13 years."

John Nowes' legacy was to be used to establish three schools; the first at Romsey for twenty boys from the town of Romsey-infra and the parish of Romsey-extra, the second for ten boys at Fisherton Anger, now part of the suburbs of Salisbury, and the third at Yeovil - preferentially for ten boys of Preston Plucknett and Alvington, but also including boys from Yeovil. All the boys were to be under the age of 13 and were to be from practicing Christian families.

In November 1721 Jane Nowes, the "daughter and heiress of the testator, having considered the matter of her father's will, did desire that ten boys should be taken out of Preston Plucknett and Alvington, in the parish of Brympton - Alvington being the place of her father's nativity - and the town of Yeovil, near adjacent; and the other ten out of the city of New Sarum, and the other twenty out of the town of Romsey, where her father lived and died.... Out of this estate there is annually remitted to the schoolmaster at Yeovil for the clothing of ten poor boys of the parish of Preston Plucknett and of Alvington, as mentioned in the donor's will, £20; for their education, £10.

The charity boys were to be kept "under strict discipline, and taught and instructed in the rudiments of the Christian religion, and reading and writing well the English tongue, learning the Catechism and frequently reading the Bible and Book of Common Prayer, according to the usage of the Church of England."

It is almost certain that, rather than creating new schools, the Nowes Charity simply paid for a specified number of boys to be clothed and educated at existing schools. This was certainly the case at Yeovil, where John Boucher Hodges was the Schoolmaster at the Yeovil Charity School from 1754 until his death at the age of 73 in 1803. Nevertheless, the Accounts of the Trustees of the Nowes Charity show that the Reverend Mr John Phelips (Vicar of Yeovil from 1751 to 1766), was paid for teaching the ten Preston Plucknett and Alvington boys, certainly from 1759. John Hodges name does not appear in the Nowes Trust Accounts until 1763. There was no mention of upkeep and maintenance of school fabrics, which invariably fell to other similar charities.

With respect to these other charities, Daniel Vickery, writing in 1856, noted "Four boys are educated, and are also clothed every third year, in respect of Beer's Close. Sixteen boys of Yeovil are educated, in consideration of the rents of Coppett Hill, of the house and land at Marsh, and the dividends of the South Sea stock and the turnpike deed-poll, amounting in the whole to £47 12s., from which there are deductions, amounting on an average to £9 per annum, for repairs of the school-house and windows, firing (that is, heating), pens, ink and paper. From the Churchwardens' Accounts of the period, we know that repairing the school windows was a regular occurence.

Under the Nowes foundation for Preston and Alvington, clothing was provided for ten boys. Each year, each of the ten boys was entitled to three shirts, a blue coat and waistcoat, a pair of leather breeches, a blue cap, one pair of shoes and two pairs of stockings. The said boys were "constantly to wear, during the time of their being at school, gowns and caps made of blue cloth.... vacancies should be filled up by the trustees, £3 per annum being designed for schooling (£1) and clothing (£2) each boy." Boys at the Charity School not supported by the Nowes Charity, were provided for from other local benefactors, such as Henry Hartwell, Frances Cheesman, her brother Thomas Cheesman and Edward Boucher, who had left provision in their wills for similar purposes to the Nowes Charity.

In 1671 a Somerset parson, Henry Hartwell, born in Yeovil Marsh, bequeathed land which was entrusted to the Phelips family, for the purpose of applying income arising from it to "teaching four poor children of Yeovil and four of Yeovil Marsh, in reading, writing and casting accounts." Frances Cheesman, by her will dated May 1711 and proved 6 November 1719, gave yearly to Mr Hibbard, the schoolmaster of Yeovil, the interest of £150 "so long as he should teach school there, and after him to his successors if they should be learned enough to instruct and make young men fit for Oxford or Cambridge." Edward Boucher, by his will dated 28 April 1725, gave a close of pasture land called Beer's Close in Yeovil, the rent to go towards clothing four poor boys of the parish of Yeovil in blue; also for binding them apprentices and in augmentation of the master's salary. The will of Thomas Cheesman, linman (draper) dated 20 March 1730 stated "I give unto the Latin School if any man is possessed of it that teaches boys and is rightly grounded in the Latin tongue the sum of five pounds to be paid him yearly for the teaching and instructing three boys."

The Nowes Charity was also "to apply £30 yearly as a fund for binding out apprentice such of the boys as should faithfully and honestly have served their apprenticeships, in such manner and by such proportions as the trustees should think fit." This £30 was only for the ten Alvington, Preston and Yeovil boys. While the length of apprenticeship varied between five and seven years, depending on the trade, the amount paid remained fixed. It was fixed at £5 per boy until 1820 and 1821 when it was raised to £10 per boy. This clearly had a financial impact on the charity as, from 1822 onwards, the apprenticeship bounty was lowered to £8 per boy.

In 1804 the Reverend Thomas Tomkins, Curate of Yeovil, was appointed master, following the death of Schoolmaster Hodges. The appointment of Tomkins revived interest in the school, which had been flagging under Hodges: public subscriptions were raised, the Chantry repaired, and by 1812 over 60 boys were attending.

Reverend Tomkins asserted that, as in other Charity Schools, it was difficult to fill vacancies as long as parents needed the labour of their children to support their families. Parents were less interested in education than in the clothing provided, and the boys were often remiss in their behaviour. Reverend Tomkins employed an usher (or assistant) for two days a week at an annual salary of £8 to £10. On other days the master was assisted by “the boy most able to teach and of the best behaviour. This I consider a stimulus to the improvement of the boys in the school”. The fact that he p[aid an usher £10 a year when his own income from the Nowes Charity was also £10 year, strongly suggests that the Nowes' money was not his only income. The Reverend Thomas Tomkins died in 1839.

Following Tomkins' death, the Reverend John Langdon of St John’s College, Cambridge, was chosen as headmaster, with the right to carry on a private day and boarding school in addition to his duties in the Charity School. The foundation of Huish National School in 1845, and of many small private schools, lessened the importance of the Charity School in the Chantry.

The Chantry building itself, by this time legally vested in the Charity School Trust, was pulled down in 1854 at the request of the churchwardens: it was dilapidated and its site badly needed to enlarge the burying ground. It was rebuilt for £300 in its present situation next to the Sunday Schools, with the aid of a £100 grant from the Nowes Foundation. Four years later, the Reverend John Langdon resigned. Under his successor, Henry Monk, the Charity School struggled on until its closure in 1888, after more than three centuries of chequered existence.

In 1879 the John Nowes Foundation became administered under the Endowed Schools Acts.

Later, a legacy of the John Nowes Charity, the 'Yeovil Free School and John Nowes Foundation' was registered on 8 April 1963. It was removed from the register on 8 August 1991, with the reason for removal being 'Ceased to exist'.

Today, John Nowes' legacy remains as the 'John Nowes Exhibition Foundation'. The objectives of the foundation are -

The net income of the foundation shall be applied for the benefit of persons of either sex who have not attained the age of 25 years, are resident in the borough of Yeovil and the locality of Alvington in the civil parish of Brympton and are in need of financial assistance, in one or more of the following ways:

• The provision of assistance for education by means of scholarships, bursaries, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at any place of learning or by the provision of financial assistance to enable beneficiaries on leaving school, a university or any other educational establishment, to prepare for, or to enter, a profession, trade or calling.

• The award of scholarships or maintenance allowances to enable beneficiaries to travel abroad to pursue their education.

• The provision, or assistance towards the provision, of facilities not normally provided by the local education authority, for recreation and social and physical training, including the provision of coaching in athletics, sports and games, for beneficiaries who are receiving primary, secondary or further education.

• The provision of financial assistance to enable beneficiaries to study music or other arts.

 

 

The following paragraph is an extract of John Nowes' will, dated 8 August 1718, and outlining the principles of his Charity for providing schools at Romsey, Fisherton Anger and Yeovil.

"Upon this further Trust that the said Trustees and the survivors and survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of the survivor of them shall from time to time and at all times for ever hereafter pay and apply all the clear rent yearly income of the said Manor or Messuage Farms Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises and the clear yearly Rents Issues and profits thereof (after deductions made as aforesaid) in such manner and to and for such uses intents and purposes as are hereinafter particularly mentioned (that is to say) the full sum of One hundred and Twenty pounds per Annum part thereof for the decently Cloathing and Schooling of Forty poor Boys under the age of Thirteen Years and whose parents are of the Communion of the Church of England as by Law Established to be by them the said Trustees and the survivors or survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of the survivor of them put out to School to such Charity School or Schools as they the said Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of the survivor of them shall think fit at which School or Schools they the said Boys shall be kept under strict discipline and taught and instructed in the Rudiments of the Christian Religion as reading and writing well the English Tongue learning their Catechism and frequently reading the Bible and Book of Common Prayer according to the usage of the Church of England as by Law established and fitting themselves for other Religious uses and Exercises And also to apply out of the said clear yearly Rents and profits (after deductions as aforesaid) the further sum of Thirty Pounds yearly and every year as Funds for the binding out Apprentice or Apprentices such of the said poor Boys as shall attain their Age or Ages of Thirteen Years."

 

 

This oil painting dates to about 1750 and shows the Chantry, at left, in its original position by the church tower. In front of the Chantry are the Charity School boys in procession behind their master, on their way to church. The schoolmaster at this time would most likely have been the Reverend Mr Phelips. Ten of the boys were from Yeovil, Preston Plucknett or Alvington, and their education and clothing was paid for by the Nowes Charity

This painting was sold for £4,000 as part of the Newton Surmaville house sale in October 2007.

 

The advertisement for a new master placed in the Sherborne Mercury of 12 August 1839 following the death of Rev Thomas Tomkins.

 

 

A notice regarding the Nowes Foundation (not just Yeovil) administration under the Endowed School Acts, 1879, from the 5 September 1879 edition of the Western Gazette.

 

More details of the new administration of the Nowes Charity from the 25  February  1879 edition of the Bristol Mercury.

 

A notice of the John Nowes Foundation Examination from the 4 July 1919 edition of the Western Chronicle.

 

The Chantry, photographed in 2013.

 

 

The Account Book of the John Nowes Charity, in some 300 pages, (now deposited in the Hampshire Record Office) spans the years 1759 to 1831. It records the item-by-item income of the charity and their expenses. It is important for the history of Yeovil, since it details the names of the schoolmasters, the names of the boys supported by the charity and their dates of birth or baptism and their date of discharge from the benefit of the charity. In many cases, it records when and to whom they were apprenticed - frequently with the trade they were entering (mostly unknown from other contemporary sources).

Below is an extract of my transcription of the Account Book, covering just those entries applicable to Yeovil, Preston Plucknett and Alvington.

Throughout the Accounts, references are continually made to the four Quarter Days. The Quarter Days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes. The four days were -

•    Lady Day (25 March)

•    Midsummer Day (24 June)

•    Michaelmas (29 September)

•    St Thomas Day (21 December)

 

Proceedings of the Trustees acting under the Will of John Nowes Esquire dec’ed in execution of the Charity therein mentioned with the Accounts kept by their Receiver

 

The Names of the Trustees in 1759
Sir Richard Mill Baronet          Richard Mill Esquire   The Rev^d Charles Mill Clerk

A Rental of the Trust Estate at Lady-day 1759

1760
20th June	paid the Revd Mr Phelipps for Schooling and Clothing the Alvington and Preston Boys from 9th May 1759 to Lady-day 1760	28 . 4 . 0
	paid postage of a Letter from Mr Phelipps	0 . 0 . 6
18th Decr	postage of a Letter from Mr Phelipps	0 . 0 . 9
1761
12th Feb	postage of a Letter from the School master at Yeovil	0 . 1 . 9
26th Feb	remitted to Mr Phelipps at Yeovil to bind George White, William Elford and George Roe Apprentice	15 . 0 . 0
4th May	paid Mr Phelipps for Schooling and Clothing the Alvington and Preston Boys from Lady-day 1760 to Lady-day 1761	30 . 0 . 0
2nd July	postage of a Letter from the School Master at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 5
8th July	remitted to the Schoolmaster at Yeovil to bind Walter Lee Apprentice to William Wills	5 . 0 . 0
1762
31st Mar	paid Mr Phelipps for Schooling and clothing the Alvington and Preston Boys from Lady-day 1761 to Lady-day 1762	30 . 0 . 0
2nd April	postage of a Letter from the Schoolmaster at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 7

 

The Names and Ages of the Boys and the places to which they belong the 27^th April 1762

Preston- Plucknet and Alvington

William Payne baptised 3^rd March 1751
John Dade 5^th Nov^r 1749
James Edwards 9^th Feb 1752
John Wilkins 10^th Dec 1752
Robert Rose 10^th Jan 1753
Francis Elford 16^th July 1753
John Ostler 13^th May 1751
James Dade 30^th August 1752
Thomas Warren 29^th March 1751
John King 29^th April 1754

1762
10th June	postage of a Letter from the Schoolmaster at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 3
12th June	remitted to the said Schoolmaster to bind John Payne Apprentice to James Andrews	5 . 0 . 0
30th Aug	postage of a Letter from the School-master at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 7
11th Novr	paid postage of a Letter from the Schoolmaster at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 3½
1763
1st Jan	remitted to the Schoolmaster at Yeovil to bind John Dade Apprentice to George Harrison	5 . 0 . 0
14th May	paid Mr Phelipps for Schooling and cloathing the Alvington Boys from Lady-day 1762 to Lady 1763	30 . 0 . 0
	postage of a Letter from the Schoolmaster at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 6

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the 2^nd June 1763

The several Boys next hereinafter named are discharged from School they having attained their several and respective Ages of 13 Years

For Preston Plucknet and Alvington
John Dade baptized 5^th Nov^r 1749

For Preston Plucknet and Alvington – Continued [that is, staying in the school]
William Payne baptized 3^rd March 1751
Thomas Warren D^o 29^th March 1751
John Ostler D^o 13^th May 1751
James Edwards D^o 9^th Feb’ry 1752
James Dade D^o 30^th Aug^t 1752
John Wilkins D^o 10^th Dec^r 1752
Robert Rose D^o 10^th Jan 1753
Francis Elford D^o 6^th July 1753
John King D^o  29^th April 1754

Appointed
William Ostler baptized 15^th Aug^t 1755

[From 1754, John Boucher Hodges was the schoolmaster at Yeovil, although the Reverend Mr Philips was paid by the Nowes Charity for teaching the Yeovil, Preston and Alvington boys from this time until his death in 1839. John Hodges' name only appears in the Account Book from 1763 onwards.]

1763
4th June	paid postage of a Letter from Mr Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 6
1764
12th May	remitted to Mr Phillips for Schooling and cloathing the Alvington and Preston Boys from Lady-day 1763 to Lady-Day 1764	30 . 0 . 0
9th June	remitted to the Schoolmaster at Yeovil to bind John Ostler Apprentice to Nathaniel Mudford of East Coker Cordwainer	5 . 0 . 0
27th Aug	postage of a Letter from Mr John Hodges	0 . 0 . 6
1765
18th May	remitted to the Revd Mr Phelipps for Schooling and cloathing the Alvington and Preston Boys from Lady-Day 1764 to Lady-Day 1765	30 . 0 . 0
7th June	paid on binding Thomas Warren of Preston and Alvington Apprentice to Samuel Sealy of Yeovil Glover	5 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the 13^th June 1765

The several Boys next hereinafter named were discharged from Preston Plucknet and Alvington
William Payne expelled for not attending the School
Thomas Warren Superannuated
John Ostler D^o
James Edwards expelled for not attending the School
John Wilkins D^o
John King D^o

 

The several Boys next hereinafter named are either continued or appointed in the Room of those discharged

For Preston Plucknet Alvington and Yeovil
Continued -
James Dade baptised 30^th August 1752
Robert Rose D^o 10^th Jan’ry 1753
Francis Elford D^o 6^th July 1753
William Ostler D^o 15^th Aug 1755

Appointed -
John Shoel baptised  12^th Aug 1753
George Hewlett D^o 25^th May 1755
William Tinny D^o 18^th Octo 1755
John Hodges D^o 29^th June 1756
Henry Payne D^o  9^th Jan’ry 1757
Thomas Hewlett D^o 14^th March 1758

 

1765
17th June	paid postage on a Letter from Mr Hodges at Yeovil	0 . 0 . 9
1766
26th	paid Mr John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil for Schooling and Clothing the Preston and Alvington Boys from Lady-Day 1765 to Lady-Day 1766	30 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding Robert Rose of Preston Apprentice to George Cayme of Yeovil Glover	5 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the 19^th October 1768

The several Boys next hereinafter named have been discharged or expelled for irregularity from the several Schools since the last Meeting

For Preston Plucknet Alvington & Yeovil

James Dade Robert Rose Francis Elford	) ) )	superannuated
John Shoel George Hewlett Henry Payne	- - -	expelled Superannuated expelled

 

The several Boys next hereinafter named are either continued or appointed in the Room of those discharged

For Preston Plucknet Alvington and Yeovil

Continued

William Ostler baptised 15^th August 1755
William Tinney D^o 18^th October 1755
John Hodges D^o 29^th June 1756
Henry Payne D^o 9^th Jan’ry 1757
Thomas Hewlett D^o 14^th March 1758

Appointed 1766

Richard Rose bapt 28^th April 1758 dead
John Warren D^o 11^th July 1758
John Russell D^o 21^st Sept 1758

Appointed 1767

John Barber bapt 11^th April 1757
William Adams D^o 28^th Jan’ry 1758
Thomas Roberts D^o 23^rd June 1760
Charles Barret D^o 12^th April 1761

  

1767
19th June	paid Mr John Hodges a Year’s Schooling and Clothing of the Alvington and Yeovil Boys from Lady-Day 1766 to Lady-Day 1767	30 . 0 . 0
1768
3rd Apr	paid postage of a Letter from Yeovil	0 . 0 . 6½
2nd July	paid Mr John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Schooling and Clothing the 10 Boys there from Lady-Day 1767 to Lady-Day 1768	30 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding George Hewlett of Yeovil to Mary Sealy, Glover of the same place	5 . 0 . 0
4th	paid postage of two Letters from Yeovil one inclosing Counterpart of George Hewletts Indenture	0 . 1 . 0
19th Novr	paid on binding Wm Ostler of Preston to Thos Pitman of Stoke under Ham in Somerset Cordwainer	5 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding Wm Tinney of Yeovil to George Cayme of Yeovil Glover	5 . 0 . 0
3rd Decr	paid postage of a Letter from Yeovil inclosing two parts of Ind[entu]res for Apprenticing the above two Boys	0 . 0 . 6
1769
3rd April	paid postage of a Letter from Yeovil	0 . 0 . 2½
4th April	paid Mr John Hodges the Master at Yeovil a Years Schooling and Clothing the Yeovil Boys from Lady Day 1768 to Lady Day 1769	30 . 0 . 0
8th Aug	paid on binding John Hodges of Yeovil to John Tatchel of the same Roper	5 . 0 . 0
	paid postage of a Letter from Yeovil	0 . 0 . 4½
14th Aug	paid Do inclosing Counters of John Hodges Ind’re	0 . 0 . 9½
1770
9th April	paid John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Salary due at Lady Day last	10 . 0 . 0
20th April	paid on binding John Barber of Yeovil to Thomas Maniford of Shaftesbury Glover and Fellmonger	5 . 0 . 0
1771
22nd Feb	paid on binding Wm Adams of Yeovil to John Adams of Preston Blacksmith	5 . 0 . 0
	paid for 2 Letters from Yeovil	0 . 0 . 9
11th April	paid Mr John Hodges a Years Salary for teaching ten Boys at Yeovil due Lady Day last	10 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding Thos Hewlett of Yeovil to Bartholomew Davey of the same Glover	5 . 0 . 0
11th Dec	paid on binding John Purssell to John Purssell of Alvington Carpenter	5 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding John Warren of Preston to Elias Andrews of Yeovil Leather Dresser	5 . 0 . 0
	paid postage of a Letter inclosing the Counterpart of the above Indentures from Yeovil	0 . 1 . 1

 

At a Meeting of Sir Thomas Heathcote Baronet and the Rev^d Charles Mill Clerk the present Surviving Trustees of the said Charity the 11^th December 1771

The several Boys next hereinafter named appear to have been discharged from the several Schools since the last Meeting or expelled for irregularity

For Preston Plucknet Alvington & Yeovil
William Ostler
William Finney
John Hodges
John Barber
William Adams
Thomas Hewlett
John Warren

The several Boys next mentioned are either continued or appointed in the Room of those discharged

For Preston Alvington and Yeovil
Philip Pardy born 2^nd Dec^r 1758
Thomas Roberts D^o 23 June 1760
George Payne born 26 Decr 1759
James King D^o 15 March 1761
Charles Banall D^o 12 April 1761
Edward Warren D^o 3 June 1761
Thomas Martin D^o 15 July 1761
Roger Martin D^o 11 Decr 1761
William Urry (?) D^o 10 June 1762

Also at this meeting it is ordered that no Boy or Boys from the said several Schools at which they are or shall be educated shall at any time hereafter be bound Apprentices to his or their parents if they do so they shall have no benefit of the fund directed to be set apart out of the Rents and profits of the said Estate for Apprenticing out such Boys who shall regularly attend their School as directed by the said Will.

Also It is ordered that for the future no Boys shall be permitted to go out to Leazing in the Harvest as their Schooling is thereby neglected and their Clothes greatly injured.

Also it appearing to this Meeting that the Fund for Apprenticing out the Boys to Trades will not be sufficient for that purpose unless the Boys are taken in at a proper Age It is therefore Ordered that no Boys shall for the future be Admitted into either of the Schools on the foundation of the said Charity but between the ages of seven and ten years And it is also ordered at this Meeting that none of the Boys in their thirteenth Year shall be intitled to their Clothing unless they shall continue in the School for the space of six Months next after the usual time of such Clothing shall be reserved for such Boys who shall be appointed to succeed.

 

1772
2nd May	Remitted to John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Salary due at Lady-Day last	10 . 0 . 0
1773
23rd April	paid John Hodges a Yrs Salary due Lady Day last	10 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the said Trustees of the said Charity the 10^th November 1773

The several Boys next hereinafter named appears to have been discharged from the several Schools since the last Meeting or expelled for irregularity

For Preston Plucknet and Alvington
Philip Pardy – expelled
Thomas Roberts Superannuated
George Payne – expelled

The several Boys next mentioned are either continued or appointed in the Room of those discharged

For Yeovil. Preston Plucknet & Alvington
Edward Warren Bapt 3 June 1761
James King D^o 15 Mar 1761
Charles Barrett D^o 12 Apr 1761
William Urry D^o 18 June 1762
John Roe D^o  9 March 1763
Charles Leach D^o 18 Aug^t 1763
John Adams D^o 29 July 1764
William Rose D^o 13 April 1766
Thomas Russell D^o 15 Sept 1765

 

1774
12th Feb	paid on binding Thos Roberts of Preston to Charles Fooks of Thornford in Dorset Cordwainer	5 . 0 . 0
6th June	paid John Hodges the Master at Yeovil a Years Salary due at Do as if recd of 29th May	10 . 0 . 0
1775
7th June	paid John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Years Salary due Lady Day last	10 . 0 . 0

At a Meeting of the said Trustees of the said Charity the 7^th Day of October 1775

The several Boys next hereinafter named appear to have been discharged from the several Schools since the last Meeting

For the Parish of Yeovil, Preston-Plucknet and Alvington
Edward Warren
James King
Charles Barrett
William Urry

The following Boys are at this Meeting appointed to the Yeovil School
William Urry Born 18^th June 1762
John Roe D^o 9^th March 1763
Charles Leach D^o 18^th August 1763
John Adams D^o 29^th July 1764
Thomas Russell D^o 15^th Sept 1765
William Rose D^o 13^th April 1766
Charles Holloway D^o 29^th May 1766
George Mead D^o 4^th Janry 1767
Samuel Bauch D^o 15^th March 1767
Thomas French D^o 24^th June 1767

 

1776
16 Mar	paid James King of Preston Plucknet by the Order of the Trustees for Apprenticing out his Son James King to John Richmond of Bradford Dorset Cordwainer	5 . 0 . 0
26th June	paid John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Salary teaching ten Boys there due Do	10 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the said Trustees of the said Charity the 4^th December 1776

The several Boys following appear to be discharged from the several Schools since the last Meeting

For the Parish of Yeovil Preston Plucknet and Alvington
William Urry
John Roe
Charles Leach

Appointed at this Meeting and since the last
Thomas Urry
John Giles
Henry Leach

 

1777
15	remitted to John Hodges a Do for a Years Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys at Yeovil from Lady Day 1776 to Lady Day 1777	30 . 0 . 0
26th June	paid John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Salary teaching ten Boys there due Do	10 . 0 . 0
1778
June 3	remitted to John Hodges at Yeovil for the Clothing and Schooling of ten Boys there from Lady Day 1777 to Lady Day 1778	30 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the said Trustees of the said Charity held the 26^th June 1778

The several Boys next named are continued Yeovil Preston Plucknet and Alvington

Thomas Russell  John Giles Charles Holloway Henry Leach George Mead Samuel Bauch Elias Russell Thomas French Thomas Urry Francis Luce

Baptized Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do

15th Sept 1765 10 Novr 1765 29 May 1766 25 Decr 1766 14 Jan’ry 1767 15 March 1767 21 June 1767 24 Do 1767 26 Decr 1767 20 Augt 1769

 

 

1779
June 14	remitted to John Hodges a Do a Years Schooling and Clothing for ten Boys at Yeovil from Lady Day 1778 to Lady Day 1779	30 . 0 . 0

At a Meeting of the said Trustees of the said Charity held the 20^th November 1779

The following Boys appear to have been discharged from the several Schools since the last Meeting

For the parish of Yeovil Preston Plucknet and Alvington
Thomas Russell
John Giles
Charles Holloway

The several Boys following are continued
For Yeovil Preston Plucknet and Alvington
Henry Leach Bapt^d 25^th Dec^r 1766
George Mead Bapt^d 14^th Janry 1767
Samuel Bauch D^o 15 March 1767
Ellias Russell D^o 21 June 1767
Thomas French D^o  24 June 1767
Thomas Urry D^o 26 Dec^r 1767
William King D^o  28^th May 1769
Francis Luce D^o 28^th Aug^t 1769

  

It appearing to us the said Trustees at their Meeting that the Annual Rents and profits of the Estate Devised for the Support of the Charity are not Adequate to the Annual Sums pointed out by the Testator to be applied in the Clothing educating and Apprenticing out the Forty Boys as directed by his the said Will and particularly in laying by a fund of thirty pounds p^r Annum for the Apprenticing out Six Boys Annually there being only a Surplus of Nineteen Pounds eleven shillings and three pence after the Land Tax deducted the Costs of Clothing and educating the said Forty Boys Annually and the Costs of receiving the Rents and payments made on Account of the said Charity to be applied in the Apprenticing out Boys and in the repairs of the said premises Therefore We think it necessary to Order that for the future not more than three Boys shall be Annually put out Apprentices to Trades and that five pounds only shall be paid with each of them And that two Boys shall be Apprenticed out of the twenty boys at Romsey to one of each of the ten Boys at Yeovil and Fisherton Anger and that such Boys who shall have constantly attended the Schools and the Church and behaved well from the time of their being appointed and during the Continuance in the Schools shall be preferred and be intitled to the Advantage of being bound out Apprentices before others who shall have not behaved according to the directions and design of the said Will

 

1780
June 24	paid John Hodges a Years Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys at Yeovil from Lady Day 1779 to Lady Day 1780	30 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding Thomas French of Yeovil to George Richmond of the same Place Cordwainer	5 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding Elias Russell of Alvington to Thomas Russell of Preston Carpenter and Joiner	5 . 0 . 0
1781
June 26	paid the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Yrs Schooling the ten Boys there and Schooling to Lady Day last	30 . 0 . 0
1782
Aug 14	remitted John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Years Schooling and Clothing the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1781 to Lady Day 1782	30 . 0 . 0
1783
July 27	remitted the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Years Schooling the Boys there from Lady Day 1782 to Lady Day 1783	30 . 0 . 0
31	paid on binding Samuel Russell of Alvington to John Russell of Houndston in Somerset Joiner	5 . 0 . 0
1784
Oct 19	pd John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil Yrs Schooling and clothing the 10 Boys there from Lady Day 1783 to Lady Day 1784	30 . 0 . 0
1785
Nove 13	paid Mr John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil from Lady Day 1784 to Lady Day 1785 for Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys there & £2 over	32 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the fourth Day of December 1786

The following Boys were in the School at Yeovil Lady Day 1786
Robert Edwards Born 15 Dec^e 1776
John Dade D^o 17 April 1775
Jeremiah Mead D^o 7 Sept 1772
William Edwards D^o 10 Nov^e 1774
David Maidment  D^o 30 Aug^t 1775
Samuel Pittard D^o 7 Janry 1776
Samuel Edwards D^o 22 May 1776
William Jacob born 25 Janry 1778
Amos Ashford D^o 4 Nov^e 1778
Will^m Chamerlain D^o 21 Apr 1776

 

1786
Nove 19	paid the Schoolmaster at Yeovil in full for Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys there to lady Day last	28 . 0 . 0
	paid apprenticing Jeremiah Mead to John Hambridge Carpenter of Yeovil	5 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Rev^d Sir Charles Mill Baronet and Sir William Heathcote Baronet the Surviving Trustees of the said Charity the twenty second Day of October 1787

The following Boys were in the School at Yeovil at Lady Day 1787
Robert Edwards born 15^th Dec^e 1776
John Dade D^o 17 April 1775
David Maidment D^o 30 Augt 1775
Samuel Pittard D^o 7 Janry 1776
Samuel Edwards D^o 22^nd May 1776
William Jacob D^o 25 Janry 1778
Amos Ashford D^o 4 Nov^e 1778
W^m Chamberlain D^o 21 April 1778~
George Edwards D^o 21 Jan’ry 1779
Robert Cole D^o 12 July 1779

 

1787
Oct 15	paid the School Master at Yeovil a Years Schooling and Clothing the ten Boys there due Lady Day last	30 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the said Trustees of the said Charity the Fourth Day of March 1789

The following Boys were in the School at Yeovil at Lady 1788
Robert Edwards Bapt 15 Dec^e 1776
David Maidment 30 Aug^t 1775
Samuel Pittard 7 Jan 1776
Samuel Edwards 22 May 1776
William Jacob 25 Jan 1778
William Chamberlain 21 Apr 1778
Amos Ashford 4 Nov^r 1778
George Edwards 21 Jan 1779
Robert Cole 12 July 1779
George Dade 14 May 1778

 

1788
Oct 11	pd John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Salary and Clothing the Boys there from Lady Day 1787 to Lady Day 1788	30 . 0 . 0
	pd on binding John Dade of Alvington to Wm Lucas of the same place Dowlas and Tick Weaver	5 . 0 . 0
	pd on binding David Maidment of Yeovil to Jos: Andrews of the same place Taylor and Habbitmaker	5 . 0 . 0
1789
Oct 16	remitted John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Yrs Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1788 to Lady Day 1789	30 . 0 . 0
	also for binding Samuel Pittard to John Wayman of Yeovil Cordwainer	5 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the 27^th July 1790

The following Boys were in the School at Yeovil lady Day 1790
William Jacob Bapt 25 Jan’ry 1778
William Chamberlain 21 April 1778
George Dade – 14 May 1778
Amos Ashford – 24 Nov^e 1778
George Edwards – 21 Janry 1779
Isaac Cox – 14 Feb’ry 1779
Robert Cole – 12 July 1779
William Leach – 28 Nov^e 1779
George Even – 30 June 1782

 

1791
Jan 25	paid on binding William Jacob of Yeovil to William Player of the same place Glover	5 . 0 . 0
July 1	paid John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Years Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1790 to Lady Day 1791	30 . 0 . 0
4	paid on binding John Dade of Alvington to Thos Russell of the same Place Carpenter	5 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the 13^th December 1791

The following Boys were in the School at Yeovil at Lady Day 1791
George Dade Baptised 14^th May 1778
Isaac Cox D^o 14 Febry 1779
William Leach D^o 28 Nov^r 1779
George Even D^o 30 June 1782
Thomas Chant D^o 29 Oct 1783
Emanuel Pane D^o 12 June 1783
Philip Pardy D^o 13 Sept 1782
Hercules Hades D^o 17 Aug 1781
George Edwards D^o 21 Janry 1779

 

1792
Aug 8	remitted Mr John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil for the Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1791 to Lady Day 1792	30 . 0 . 9
	Also to bind George Edwards to Robert Roe of Preston Plucknet Linen Cloth maker for six years	5 . 0 . 0
	Also to bind Isaac Cox to Samuel Kitson of Yeovil Glover for seven Years	5 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the 3^rd Day of October 1793

The Names of the Boys in the School at Yeovil at lady Day 1792
William Leach Bapt 28 Nov^e 1779
George Leach D^o 3 June 1781
George Esen D^o 30 June 1782
Thomas Chant D^o 29 Oct 1783
Emanuel Pain D^o 12 June 1783
Philip Pardy D^o 13 Sept 1782
Her^s Hodes D^o 17 Aug 1784
Thomas Cannock D^o 12 Dec^e 1784
Richard Adams D^o 15 Oct 1784
James Dade D^o 6 Dec^e 1782

 

 

1793
Augt 13	paid Mr John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Years Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1792 to Lady Day 1793	30 . 0 . 0
1794
Aug 22	remitted Mr John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Years Schooling and Clothing the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1793 to Lady Day 1794	30 . 0 . 0
1795
Jan 15	paid on binding Hercules Hodes of Preston to Ellias Whitby of Yeovil Glover	5 . 0 . 0
June 30	paid on binding George Esen of Preston to Thos Goldring of Yeovil Leather Dresser	5 . 0 . 0
July 13	paid John Hodges for a Years Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys at Yeovil from Lady Day 1794 to Lady Day 1795	30 . 0 . 0

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity the 31^st Day of August 1795

The Names of the Boys in the School at Yeovil at Lady Day 1795
Tho^s Chant Bapt^d 29^th Oct 1783
Tho^s Connock – 12 Dec^e 1784
Rich^d Adams – 15 Oct 1784
James Edwards – 21 Dec^e 1786
Thomas Pilton – 9 Oct 1785
James Gray – 17 Sept 1784
James Dade – 6 Dec^e 1782
William Chant – 10 Mar 1787
James Giear – 4 Mar 1787
George Even – 30^th June 1782

 

1796
June 23	Remitted to Mr John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil a Years Clothing and Schooling the ten Boys at Yeovil from Lady Day 1795 to Lady Day 1796	30 . 0 . 0

 

The Names of the Boys in the School at Yeovil at Lady Day 1796
Thomas Chant Baptised 29^th Oct 1783
James Gray – 17 Sept 1784
Richard Addems – 15 Oct D^o
Thomas Connock – 12 Dec^e D^o
James Edwards – 21 Dec^e 1786
William Chant – 10 March 1787
James Giear – 4 March D^o
Robert Pilton – 20 Nov^e D^o
George Addems – 6 May 1788
John Edwards – 27 Oct D^o

 

1797
June 28	paid Mr John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Yrs Schooling the ten Boys there due at Mich’as last	30 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding Richd Adams to Henry Penny of Yeovil Glover for Six Years	5 . 0 . 0
	paid on binding Thomas Chant to Samuel Kitson of Yeovil Glover for the like term	5 . 0 . 0
1798
June 28	paid Mr John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Yrs Clothing and Schooling of the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1797 to Lady Day 1798	30 . 0 . 0
1799
June 24	paid Mr John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Salary for the Clothing and Schooling of the ten Boys there from Lady Day 1798 to Lady Day 1799	30 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the said Trustees held the 6^th Day of August 1799

The Names of the Boys at the School at Yeovil at Lady Day 1799
James Edwards Born 21 Dec^r 1786
James Gear – 4 March 1787
William Chant – 10 March 1787
George Addems – 6 May 1788
John Edwards – 27 Oct 1788
Uriah Denman – 12 Nov^r 1788
Robert Pilton – 20 Nov^r 1788
John Ewens – 22 May 1789
James Jeans – 18 March 1790
James Guppy – 12 May 1790

  

1800
June 24	paid John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Schooling and Clothing ten Boys there from Lady Day 1799 to Lady Day 1800	30 . 0 . 0
1801
June 23	paid Mr John Hodges the School Master at Yeovil a Years Clothing and Schooling the Ten Boys there from Lady Day 1800 to Lady Day 1801	30 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the said Trustees held the 12^th Day of December 1801

The Names of the ten Boys in the School at Yeovil at Lady Day 1800
Uriah Denman Born 12 March 1788
George Addems – 6 May D^o
John Edwards – 27 Oct D^o
Robert Pilton – 20 Nov^r D^o
John Ewens – 22 May 1789
James Jeans – 18 March 1790
James Guppy – 12 May D^o
Francis Denman – 13 Dec^r  1791
James Sutton – 26 March 1792
Robert Webby – 1 Sept D^o

 

1802
June 10	Remitted Mr John Hodges the Schoolmaster at Yeovil for the Years Schooling and Clothing the Ten Boys there from Lady Day 1801 to Lady Day 1802	30 . 0 . 0

The Names of the Ten Boys in the School at Yeovil with their Ages at Lady Day 1802
John Ewens Born 22 May 1789
James Jeans – 18 March 1790
James Guppy – 12 May D^o
Elias Russell – 27 March 1791
Francis Denman – 13 Dec^e D^o
James Sutton – 26 March 1792
Robert Whibby – 1 Sept D^o
Thomas Kingwell – 3 March 1794
William Pilton – 29 March D^o
William Perrott – 21 March 1795 

[John Boucher Hodges, the Yeovil schoolmaster, died in 1813 and there was a brief hiatus until his successor, the Reverend Thomas Tomkins was appointed in 1805. Reverend Tomkins served as the Yeovil schoolmaster until his death in 1839.] 

1805
Novr 14	paid Richd Galpine for his Horse and expenses from Stalbridge to Yeovil concerning the Boys to be Educated there	0 . 10 . 6
1806
Janry 16	paid the Revd Mr Tomkins the School Master at Yeovil for Clothing the ten Boys there from Xmas 1805 to Do 1806	20 . 0 . 0
	paid him also for a Year and three Quarters Salary due to him for teaching the ten Boys there at St Thomas Day last this should have been only £17.10.0 – 7/6 deducted at the [word illegible]	17 . 17 . 6

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 10 Day of Aug^t 1807

The following Boys appear to be superannuated at the Yeovil School since Mr Tompkins has been Master
Robert Whitby superannuated & apprenticed
John Russell        D^o                    D^o

The following Boys appear to be at present in the School at Yeovil
James Maidment (Yeovil born Aug 12 1794
Mattw Andrews (D^o) Nov 22 1795
Th^s Winsor Martin (D^o) Feb^y 10 1796
Ja^s Foot (Preston) Mar 24 1796
W^m Triptree (Yeovil) Dec 15 1796
John Hammond (D^o) Feb^y 13 1797
Sam^l Hammond (D^o) June 28 1797
W^m Rodber (D^o) Sept 25 1798
W^m Giles (Preston) Nov^r 17 1798
Charles Foot (D^o) Jan^y 18 1799

 

1807
Mar	Paid the Revd Mr Tomkins one Years Salary for clothing and educating 10 Boys at Yeovil due Christmas 1806	30 . 0 . 0
1808
Jany	To paid Mr Tomkins one years allowance for clothing the 10 Boys at Yeovil to Christmas 1807	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one Years Salary for teaching Do to Christmas 1807	10 . 0 . 0
Novr	To paid on binding James Maidment to Mr Pitman Yeovil Taylor	5 . 0 . 0
1809
Jany	To paid Mr Tomkins one Years allowance for clothing the 10 Boys at Yeovil to Christmas 1808	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one years Salary for teaching Do to Do	10 . 0 . 0

 

 At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 16 Day of December 1809

The following Boys appear to have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
James Maidment – apprenticed
Matthew Andrews D^o

The following Boys are continued in the Yeovil School
Thomas Winsor Martin - Yeovil born Feb 10 1796
James Foot -  Preston Mar 24 1796
William Triptree – Yeovil Dec 15 1796
John Hammond – D^o Feb^y 13 1797
Samuel Hammond – D^o June 28 1797
William Rodber – D^o Sep 25 1798
William Giles Preston Nov 17 1798
Charles Foot – D^o Jan 18 1799
Stephen King– D^o

The following Boys are appointed to succeed at the Yeovil School
Joseph King – Preston born

 

1810
Jany	To paid Mr Tomkins one Years allowance for cloathing the 10 Boys at Yeovil to Christmas 1809	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one Years Salary for teaching Do to Do	10 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Matthew Andrews to Richard Taylor & George Eason Yeovil Glovers	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding James Foot to George Ryall cony(?) Yeovil Glover	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Thomas Winsor Martin to Wm Edwards Yeovil	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Wm Triptree to James Toop Yeovil	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Samuel Hammond to Richard Taylor & George Eason Yeovil Glovers	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding John Hammond to Richard Taylor & George Eason Yeovil Glovers	5 . 0 . 0
1811
Feb 7	To paid The Revd Mr Tomkins one Years allowance for cloathing the Yeovil Boys to Christmas 1810	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one Years Salary for teaching Do to Do	10 . 0 . 0
1812
	To paid Revd J Tomkins one Years allowce for cloathing the Yeovil Boys to Xas 1811	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one Years Salary for teachg Do to Christmas 1811	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Wm Giles to John Meaden Yeovil Hatter	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Wm Rodber to Charles Barrett Yeovil Cordwainer	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Charles Foot to Charles Barrett Yeovil Shoemr	5 . 0 . 0

 

 At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 16 Day of January 1813

The following Boys appear to have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
John Winsor Martin apprenticed
James Foot D^o
Wm Triptree D^o
John Hammond D^o
Sam^l Hammond D^o
W^m Giles D^o
Charles Foot D^o
Wm Rodber D^o
Stephen King D^o

The following Boys are continued in the Yeovil School
Elias Harding
W^m Connock
Sam^l Russell
Sam^l Deade
James Spear Watts
Esau Giles
Charles Leach
Robert Sherston

The following Boys are appointed at this Meeting to succeed at the Yeovil School
Isaac Harding
Philip Giles

 

1813
Aprl	To paid The Reverend Thomas Tomkins one Years allowance for clothing the Yeovil Boys	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one Years Salary for Do educating	10 . 0 . 0
May	To paid on binding Henry Russell to Philip Hodges Yeovil Carpenter	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Wm Connock to Charles Lucas Yeovil Cooper	5 . 0 . 0
1814
Jany	To paid Mr Tomkins one Years allowance for clothing & teaching Yeovil Boys to Xas 1813	30 . 0 . 0

 

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 16^th Day of March 1814

The following Boys appear to have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
W^m Connock apprenticed
Samuel Deade

The following Boys are continued at the Yeovil School
Samuel Russell born
Charles Leach born
Elias Harding born
Isaac Harding born
Robert Sherstone born
George Leach born
James Spear Watts born
Philip Giles born

The following Boys are appointed to succeed at the Yeovil School
Esau Giles born
George Foot born

 

1815
Feby	To paid Mr Tomkins one years allowance for clothing & educating Yeovil Boys to Xas 1814	30 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Saml Russell to J: Hodges Yeovil	5 . 0 . 0
1816
	To paid The Revd Mr Tomkins one Years allowance for clothing Yeovil Boys to Xas 1815	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one years allowce for educating Do	10 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding James Spear Watts to Wm Wilmington (Yeovil)	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Esau Giles to Joseph Male (Yeovil)	5 . 0 . 0

 

 At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 19 Day of October 1816

The following Boys appear to have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
Samuel Russell apprenticed
Esau Giles D^o
James Spear Watts D^o

The following Boys are continued in the Yeovil School
Charles Leach born
Elias Harding born
Isaac Harding born
Robert Sherston born
George Leach born
Philip Gues born
George Foot born

The following Boys have been appointed to succeed at the Yeovil School
Thomas Rodber born
Emanuel Leach D^o
Emanuel Pilton D^o

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 15^th Day of Nov: 1817

The following Boys appear to have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
Philip Giles
George Foot apprenticed
Emanuel Leach apprenticed
Emanuel Pilton

The following Boys are continued in the Yeovil School
Isaac Harding
George Leach apprenticed
Henry Harding
Thomas Rodber

The following Boys have been appointed to succeed at the Yeovil School
Charles Dawkins
George Watts
Samuel Trask
Henry Corry
W^m Hyde

 

1817
Mar 28	To paid The Reverend Thomas Tomkins one Years allowance for clothing Yeovil Boys	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do one years allowance for educating Do	10 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Charles Leach Yeovil to Wm Carter Glover	5 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Philip Giles to John Critchell Builder Yeovil	5 . 0 . 0
1818
Mar 25	To paid The Revd T Tomkins a years clothing Yeovil Boys	20 . 0 . 0
	To paid Do educating Do	10 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Isaac Harding to Wm Bodenham Cordwr Yeovil	5 . 0 . 0
1819
Jany 13	To paid The Revd Mr Tomkins one years allowance for educg clothing Yeovil 10 Boys	30 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding George Leach to Penny and Bide Yeovil	5 . 0 . 0
	George Foot to Thos Fox Yeovil To paid on binding him Apprentice	5 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 20^th Day of November 1819

The following Boys have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
Isaac Harding apprenticed
Samuel Trask apprenticed
George Leach apprenticed

The following Boys have been appointed to & are now in the Yeovil School
Emanuel Leach Apprenticed
Henry Harding Apprenticed
Samuel Horwood
Thomas Rodber apprenticed
William Hyde
Joseph Hyde
Charles Hawkins apprenticed
George Watts
Henry Corry Apprenticed
William Davies Apprenticed

 

[The payment for apprenticeships suddenly doubles to £10 per boy. The payment for educating and clothing the 10 boys jumps from £30 to £50. There is no explanation in the Account Book]

1820
Jany
	To paid Revd T Tomkins 1 years clothg & educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Thomas Rodber to Giles Rendell Yeovil	10 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 27^th Day of October 1821

The following Boys have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
Emanuel Leach Apprenticed
Henry Harding Apprenticed
William Davis D^o
William Hyde D^o
Charles Hawkins

The following Boys have been appointed to and are now in the Yeovil School
Samuel Horwood born June 1811
John Leach born Aug 1811
Francis Deade born Apr 1812
Thomas Deade born Oct 1813
Joseph Hyde born Dec 1816
William Rodber born Sept 1812
George Watts born June 1809
Henry Corry born Ap^r 1810
Richard Sherstone born June 1811
Isaiah Sherstone born Oct 1813
Emanuel Payne born Apr 1810

 

1821
Mar 6	To paid The Revd Tho Tomkins one years clothg & educatg Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding William Davies to John Cole Yeovil	10 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Henry Harding to Wm Churchouse Yeovil	10 . 0 . 0

 

[The payment for apprenticeships suddenly drops to £8 per boy. The payment for educating and clothing the 10 boys remains at £50 per annum. ]

1822
Mar 16	To paid The Revd T Tomkins one years clothing & educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding William Hyde to William Snook Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Emanuel Leach to Wm Wilmington Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Chas Hawkins to J Cornish Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
1823
	To paid The Revd T Tomkins clothg & educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
1824
	To paid The Revd T Tomkins with last years Balance for clothing and educating Yeovil Boys	28 . 1 . 10
	To paid on binding Joseph Hyde to Robert Tucker Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid on binding Henry Corny to Henry Penny & Robt Bide Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0

 

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the said Charity held the 29^th Day of Nov^r 1824

The following Boys have left the Yeovil School since the last Meeting
Samuel Horwood
John Leach
Joseph Hyde apprenticed
Henry Corry apprenticed
Richard Sherstone
Isaiah Sherstone

The following Boys have been appointed to and are now in the Yeovil School
Francis Deade born Apr 1812
William Rodber born Sep 1812
George Horwood born Apr 1813
Emanuel Payne born Oct 1813
Robert Brook born May 1814
William King born Oct 1814
App^d Thomas Deade born Oct 1813
William Russ born Nov 1815
John Stucky born Sep 1816
Henry Leach born Oct 1816

The following Boys have been appointed & are now in the Yeovil School
App^d William Payne (Preston) born Dec 25 1815
Henry Leach (Preston) born Oct 6 1816
John Hyde (Preston) born Jan^y 30 1818
James Edwards (Preston) born Jan 4 1819
James Salisbury (Preston) born Feb 7 1820
John Purkiss (Yeovil) born Oct 3 1817
Geo Salisbury (D^o) born Aug 30 1818
Sam^l Slocombe (D^o) born Sep 5 1819
Barth^w Guppy (D^o) born Dec 4 1820

 

1825
	To paid The Revd Thos Tomkins clothing and educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
1826
	To paid apprentg Fras Dade to Wm Churchouse Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid apprentg Wm Rodber to Thos Cornish Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid The Revd Thos Tomkins clothing and educatg Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
1827
	To paid apprentg Thomas Dade to T Singleton Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid apprentg Eml Payne to Jas Barry Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid The Revd Thos Tomkins clothing and educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
	To paid apprentg George Horwood to Thomas Colley Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid apprentg Robert Brook to Luke Harvey Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0

 

1828

The following Boys have been appointed to and are now in the Yeovil School
John Hyde born
James Edwards
Grant Salisbury
John Rodber
George Salisbury
Smuel Slocomb
Bartholomew Guppy
John Connock
Samuel Payne
James Bannister

 

1828
	To paid apprentg William King to Richard Edgar Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid The Revd Thos Tomkins clothing and educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
	To paid apprentg William Russ to William Bide Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
1829
	To paid The Revd T Tomkins clothing and educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
	To paid apprentg Wm Payne to William Coles Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
1830
	To paid apprentg Henry Leach to Thomas Fooks Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
	To paid The Revd T Tomkins clothing and educating Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0
	To paid apprentg Charles Payne to William Rowsell Yeovil	8 . 0 . 0
1831
	To paid Revd T Tomkins clothing &c Yeovil Boys	50 . 0 . 0

 

 

Transcribed by Bob Osborn, June & July 2019