conduits; and upon their account made to deliver the overplus or surplusage of the said revenues and profits, over and above the costs and charges of the said reparations, into the hands of the said constables, and to the six persons abovementioned; which, upon the receipt of the said surplusage, shall cause the same to be put into one box provided for the intent aforesaid, which box shall have three locks, and to the same locks three keys, of which keys one shall remain in the custody of one of the said feoffees, one or other to remaine with one of the constables for the time being, and the third with one of the wardens of the said conduits for the time being, and the box always to remain in the custody of one of the six persons abovementioned, which the said constables and feoffees, or the more part of them, shall agree upon.

And at every such account, in manner and form to be made, if any overplus of the said revenues be, the same remaining to be applied to the commonwealth of the said towne, at the over sight of the said six persons, with the consent of the said feoffees. And alsoe to such intent that the said feoffees, or the over liver

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of them, within rhe space of twenty-one years next hereafter following, shall make, or cause to be made, one new deed of feoffment of all the lands mentioned in this present deed, with such declaration as here appeareth, to eight other persons of the inhabitants of the said towne, to such intent, and in such manner as is aforesaid; which said feoffees, within the space of twenty-one years after the feoffment to them to be made, shall make one other deed of feoffment of the said premisses, in nianner and form aforesaid; and soe within such time the said last mentioned to make such estate to such intent and meaning as aforesaid; soe feoffments to be made in the manner and form aforesaid successively from time to time, for such purpose and intent for ever."

1624. A committee, in the Civil Wars, about that time, deposited 1007. in the hands of the bailiffs and citizens of Lichfield, the yearly interest for the use of the poor of this City. The interest is delivered to the overseers in bread, and by them given to the poor.

The bailiffs pay to the overseers of the poor, for the interest of the money arising from the old materials of the cathedral, yearly, 5l.

1727.

1727.

Mr. Chetwynd and Mr. Plumber gave the sum of 40l. to the bailiffs, &c. in trust, for the poor of St. Chad's and St. Michael's. An estate has been purchased at upper Mathfield, Staffordshire, with part of the money. The overplus (807) remains in the hands of the corporation; for which they allow annually 21. 16s. The rent of the estate is 207. yearly; but subject to an allowance of 20s.

Clear yearly amount 211. 16s.

Elias Ashmore, esq. gave a certain sum, for which the bailiffs pay to the poor, yearly, 27.

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Mrs. Hector gave 501. the interest of which is to be given yearly to poor widows of St. Mary's parish, by the churchwardens. This money now in the care of Mr. Whately; who allows the annual interest of 21.

ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL, ST. JOHN'S STREET.

This HOSPITAL (page 42) is endowed with lands and tenements, the ancient annual reserved rents of which (exclusive of fines, the house and land occupied by the master, and the subsequent payments) are 1291. 4s. 10 d.

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The feoffees or trustees of Feckenham's trust pay, by equal quarterly payments, the yearly sum of 161, 16s.

The bailiffs of this City pay, at various times, the annual sum of 11. 8s.

From Wightwick's charity is paid the yearly sum of 17. 4s.

The thirteen poor brethren of this hospital are nominated by the master. At this time each poor man receives 2s. 6d. a week for maintenance, 10s. 6d. a year for coals, 3 d. a quarter for pocket money, and a gown once in four years, from the master.

They have separate apartments, and a small piece of garden ground. A matron is appointed by the master to attend the poor men during the time of sickness, for which, and for washing their linen, the master allows her 30s. a quarter.

The estates of this hospital are charged with certain payments or gratuities to a schoolmaster, in priest's orders; an usher, or assistant to the schoolmaster; and a chaplain.

POOR

POOR WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, BEACON-STREET.

The antient yearly reserved rents of the lands, and various property, given by Dr. Milley and others to this HOSPITAL, mentioned in page 61, are 87/. 16s. exclusive of the following payments.

The corporation pay the poor women at certain times yearly 61. 12s.

Trustees of Feckenham's charity, 167. 16s.

The 16 poor women receive one guinea each a quarter upon Milley's establishment, and have separate rooms. The master's salary is 5 l. per annum. The residue of the rents are expended in repairs and other necessary expences for the benefit of the poor women; the allowance to whom is augmented in proportion to the increase of income.

The Boundaries of the County of the City of

LICHFIELD.

"Begin at the Cross-o'th'Hand, near the end of Bacon-street, go Northward along the lane leading to Longdon-church, turn up Featherbed-land, then along a lane leading from Bromley-Regis to Lichfield, to the further end of Circuit

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