Charitable Bequests: £4,000 Left for the Poor of Birmingham: By the will, dated June 17, 1897, of the late Mrs. Catherine Cornforth, of Lime Grove, Edgbaston, widow of Alderman John Cornforth, which had been lodged for probate in which the estate is valued at £90,010 net, charitable legacies are bequeathed duty free as follows: … (list of charitable causes including hospitals, death, dumb and blind institutes and SPCA). … The gift to the General Hospital is to be deemed satisfied by any gift of any equivalent amount made to the date of the will. A fund of £4,000 is also vested in Messrs. A. H. Griffiths, T. F. Walker, and R. A. Pinsent for the benefit of the poor of Birmingham. … (continues) … We are informed that the £4,000 left for the benefit of the poor of Birmingham is to be devoted to persons in indigent circumstances residing within five miles of the Town Hall, who must be over 55 years of age. The distribution is left to the discretion of the three trustees. …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948