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Free Grammar School Free Grammar School Mr Fairless About 5 chains The royal free Grammar chartered
(Endowed) Endowed Mr Head, Solicitor North of the Tempe- by Queen Elizabeth and built in her
Free Grammar School Revd Mr Urwin Teacher rance Hotel reign, it is a plain stone build-
Endowed ing situated in Bank Head
Free Grammar School Richard Gibson Esqr The Teachers residence adjoins at
(Endowed) the North side & supposed to
Free Grammar School Wrights History of Hexham be built about the same time
The school is endowed.
the sum of 15£ per annum out
of the lands of Causeyhill or Causway Hill
24£ per annum from the [???]
Banks otherwise Herdshaw near
Hexham. Stables & garden in Banks
Head also money in funds
interest per annum £15-17-4d.
The above sum has been left
to three distinct charities [namely]
The Free Grammar School. For the
support of poor widows. & the appren-
ticing poor boys in Hexham
They are all now amalgamated & the money distributed by the Council of 12 who
was formerly appointed for the regulation of the School. The Teacher is allowed 23£ [per]
annum out of it & he is bound not to charge more than 7/6 per Quarter for
the pupils of Hexham

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