Note 532 — Chapter XI
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Char. Com. Rep., VI. p. 529.
Richard Holworthy also in 1640 left £20 for the poor in the Bristol Newgate.
At Oxford, Wardell in 1625 and Myles Windsor both left the profits of a small sum for the poor in Bocardo. Rep. VI., p. 403, 404.
At Launceston by Connock's charity in 1611 a rent of 52s. a year was set apart for the poor felons in the county gaol. Rep. 32. 1, p. 406.
Bequests in London for this purpose were very frequent. Rep. VI. p. 302. Sir T. Bennett in 1616 left £24 a year for redeeming twelve or more poor debtors.