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Mrs MARY COLLINS' GIFT
An inscription in Charles Church recorded that a Mrs Mary Collins, widow, gave £50 to to the parish, the interest of which was to be distributed weekly, forever, to the poor in bread. It was believed that this was the same Gift referred to in an indenture dated June 25th 1685, where it was listed under the name of Mary Gosling. In 1821 the Corporation paid £2 10s annually to the churchwardens of Charles Church and they distributed bread to 'the most indigent poor of the parish' in the vestry on the four Sundays after Christmas. Mary Collins' Gift was combined with those of other charities under a Charity Commission Scheme dated October 20th 1905. This created the Almshouse and Pension Charity and the income of the Collins's Gift formed part of the £25 7s received from Plymouth Corporation Treasury. The Charity used the money to support the inmates of the Corporation Almshouses in Green Street, Plymouth. Principal Source:
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