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Tyler's Charity

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Copy will of William Tyler, citizen and baker of London, proved 9 January 1665/6, bequeathing to the mayor and chief aldermen of Stratford-upon-Avon the sum of £200 on condition that they purchase land to the value of £12 per annum to be distributed to twelve poor persons of the borough (excluding almspeople); also £50 to the same to purchase land worth £3 per annum, 15 shillings to be paid `to such minister of the same towne as shall preach a sermon yearly ... in commemoration of me,' 2s 6d apiece to the clerk and sexton, and 40 shillings for `a collation or dinner ... in every year' for the mayor and chief aldermen; also £50 to the same to put out at interest and the proceeds thereof to be lent to such poor persons of the borough as the mayor and aldermen shall think fit. Pecuniary bequests follow to his cousin, Samuel Tyler of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., his kinswoman, Susan Moore, widow of Richard Moone late of Bristol, bookseller; Elizabeth Mumford daughter of Frances Mumford of Stratford-upon-Avon, widow; Richard Mumford of [? Stratford-upon-Avon], bookbinder; William Mumford, son of the said Frances; his sister-in-law Mary Lewyn of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, widow; Alice Lewyn, daughter of the said Mary Lewyn; William Swinnerton, Hannah Swinnerton, Anne Swinnerton and Jane Swinnerton, son and daughters of Edward Swinnerton, citizen and dyer of London; his brother-in-law Charles Wallis of St. Paul's Churchyard, London, capmaker, and others. Another copy.

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Charity established by the will of William Tyler, 6 July 1665, to provide money for twelve poor persons of the borough, an annual sermon, and an annual dinner for the mayor and chief aldermen