Well, Isn't that interesting? The funds coming all the way from Northern rents. Colston must have been a phenomenal land owner. I have just looked him up. I see he was both sugar and slave trader and philanthropist. A curious, almost schizophrenic personality. So then presumably he bought land no matter where. I imagine he was very astute in his land purchases. Jean Wood > Message du 24/09/12 18:05 > De : "Josephine Jeremiah" > A : [email protected] > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [B&S] Colston's Almshouse, built 1691 (was St Michael's, Bristol Blitz) > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:45:17 +0100, Jean WOOD > wrote: > > > Thank you Josephine, > > > What a beautiful, elegant classical building. I hope it was comfortable > > for the pensioners to live in. > > > This suggests that it must have been rather more populous at that time > > than I supposed from the map 90 years later. > > Hi Jean, > > As your e-mail came through, I was reading about Colston's Almshouses in > The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol by William Barrett > (1789). Here's what Barrett wrote. > > ---------------------------------- > Page 443 > > The PUBLIC CHARITIES and BENEFACTIONS given and founded by EDWARD COLSTON, > Esquire. > > In BRISTOL > > On St. Michael's-hill > > An almshouse for 12 men and 12 women; the chief brother to receive 6s. the > other 3s. per week besides coal, &c. To a chaplain 10l. per annum. The > whole to be paid by fee farm rents on estates in Northumberland, > Cumberland, and Durham, and by some houses and lands near the house. > > ----------------------------------- > > 10l. is 10 pounds > > The list of charities continue on the next page and a half > > Josephine > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >