[From IoM Charities, 1831]

KIRK CHIRST LEZAYRE.

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Extract from the Will of Mrs. Margaret Christian, of Ramsey, A. D. 1725.

" I order and require my executor hereinafter named, within twelve months after my decease, to pay or cause to be paid unto the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann, the Minister and Churchwardens of Kirk Christ, in the said Island, for the time being, or to their order, the sum of one hundred pounds lawful money of Great Britain, to be by them laid out in the purchase of lands of inheritance within the said Isle, in such manner as they and my said executor shall think fit: The yearly rents, issues, and profits of which lands so to be purchased, to go and be disposed of for and towards the relief and maintenance of the poor of Kirk Christ aforesaid for ever, and to be yearly and every year distributed to such poor person and persons, and in such proportions, as to the said Bishop, Minister, and Churchwardens of the said parish shall seem meet and convenient: — And I further order and require my executor, within twelve months after my sister's decease, to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Bishop, the Minister, and Churchwardens, or to their order, the further sum of one hundred pounds, to be by them laid out in the purchase of lands of inheritance within the said Isle, in such manner as they and my executor shall think fit; and the yearly rents, issues, and profits of the said lands so to be purchased to go and be disposed of for and towards the further and better relief and maintenance of the poor of the said parish for ever, yearly and every year, in such proportion and proportions as to the said Bishop, Minister, and Churchwardens for the time being shall seem meet and convenient. And I further order that my exor. shall, within twelve months after my decease, pay or cause to be paid to the said Lord Bishop, and Minister, and Wardens, the further sum of forty pounds British currency, to be by them laid out in the purchase of lands of inheritance within the said Isle in such manner as they and my exor. shall think fit, and that the yearly rents, issues, and profits of the said lands so to be purchased, shall go and be disposed of for and towards the maintenance of such unmarried woman, being a native of the said Isle, as shall be willing, and they the said Bishop, Minister, and Wardens for the time being shall from time to time nominate, licence, and appoint to keep a school at Sulby, for the teaching of the children of the said parish of Kirk Christ to read and write, and for instructing them in the Church Catechism.

Sale from John Christian, Esq. to the Bishop, and the Vicar and Wardens of Lezayre.

John Christian, Esq. exor. of the said Will, by Deed dated 31 March, 1739, for alla in consideration of the said sum of two hundred and forty pounds, granted and sold those parcels of Intack, part of Milntown, in Lezayre, called the Nellan,* to Thomas Lord Bishop, Matt. Curphey, Vicar, and the Churchwardens of Lezayre; In trust for the uses and purposes of the said Margaret Christian's Will.

Sale from Thomas Kinread, Jun. to the same Trustees.

After reciting that a great quantity of turf had been sold for fuel out of the said lands called Close-yn-Ellan by which considerable sums of money had accumulated, and that the said Trustees were desirous to lay out the said sums in the purchase of lands to the uses aforesaid; he, the said Thomas Kinread, for and in consideration of £37d Manks, granted and sold to the said Trustees certain lands in the parish of Lezayre, called Cronk beg-yn-noe, and part of Close-ny-grammon, adjoining Close-yn-Ellan, as appears by Deed dated 31 March, 1804.

Sale from Wm. Moore to the same Trustees.

Wm. Moore, for and in consideration of one hundred and seventy pounds Brit. (a further accumulation of money arising from the sale of turf cut in Close-yn-Ellan,) granted and sold to the said Trustees a parcel of Meadow lands caned Close-y Caley, adjoining Close-yn-Ellan, as appears by Deed dated 31 Decr. 1814.

Further Securities for Money, partly arising from the Sale of Turf, and partly from Legacies to the Poor.

* Liber Plitor., 1781. In an action brought by the Trustees against Thomas Stevenson and others a right of way was established to these lands: and by Deed dated 9 August, 1791, for the consideration of £12, Robert Stevenson granted a right of road to and from the said lands, 6 yards wide' on the Claddaugh and Garey Keen.

Bequests exclusively to the Poor, extracted from a book kept by the Rev. Henry Maddrell, Agent.

It cannot now he ascertained in which of the foregoing securities these legacies have been placed. At 6 per cent., they produce to the poor £2. 9s. 3d. 1755. John Corlett, of Ballaugh, bequeathed a small Intack, called the Cabbagh, with three pounds, to the poor of the parish of Lezayre. 1812. John Monier, of Belfast, bequeathed to the poor of this parish £50 Irish, or £46 Brit. 1818. Judith Cain bequeathed the sum of five pounds to the poor. 1820. Cath. Kneale by her Will left " to the poor of Lezayre, who reside in the Third beneath the Burn," the sum of five pounds Manks. 1823. John Corlett, of Glentrammon, Esq. bequeathed £10 Brit. to the poor of the parish. 1826. Isabella Clark bequeathed to the poor of the parish £5 Brit.

Aggregate of Bequests exclusively to the Poor, included in the preceding Mortgages and Notes.

MRS. CHRISTIAN'S, OR SULBY SCHOOL. — KILLIP, Master.

Thirty, forty, and sometimes fifty scholars attend this School. The conveyance from Thomas Garrett and Thomas Christian, of the ground on which this School house is built, bears date 26 Feb., 1771.

PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. — THOMAS LOONEY, Master.

Thirty or forty scholars generally attend this School: during harvest, about fifteen.

KNEALE'S SCHOOL.

Extract from the Will of John Kneale, A. D. 1813. "I leave and bequeath a room to build a School-house, eight yards long and four yards wide, in the west end of my purchased Meadow at the Dowa, adjoining the Highway ditch: for near or about the said place is a very proper and convenient place for a School-house. And I do further leave and bequeath Ten Pounds, to be put out to interest for the term of and time of ten years after my decease, and then the aforesaid principal, and the interest of the whole amount to be paid yearly and every year to the keeper of the said School, be it Master or Mistress that will be keeping School in or near the said place. And the care of the said Legacy to be taken by the Vicar and Wardens of the Parish of Kirk Christ Lezayre, and their successors in that office for the future." Money not yet paid to the Vicar and Wardens. CHAS. HOWLAND, Master.

MOUNTAIN, OR KELLY'S SCHOOL.

Extract from Grant and Sale from Philip Quayle and William Kelly, to the Vicar and Wardens of Lezayre, dated 25 May, 1770.

" To all Christian people to whom these presents shall or may come. Know ye, That as our beloved frend John Kelly, of Cooil Inchal, in the Parish of Marown, deced., was so well disposed, and had so great a regard for the Christian Religion, that in and by his last Will and Testament, bearing date 31 March, 1764, he did leave in trust the sum of Sixty Pounds, and by a codicil to his Will the further sum of Eleven Pounds, towards founding a School at the Mountains, in the parish of Lezayre, which is a motive and example to all good Christians to do the like, according to their capacity and ability; and particularly it moves us, Philip Quayle of the Creggan, and Wm. Kelly of Corody, in the said parish of Lezayre, to endow the said intended School with the following gift in Lands. And the said Philip Quayle did therefore by the said Deed give and grant unto the Vicar and Wardens a certain part of his Quarterland, called Inscheag, adjoining Crot-ny-howne, in the parish of Lezayre. And the said Wm. Kelly did in like manner give and grant unto the said Vicar and Wardens that parcel of Intack in Ballaugh, called Lhiargey-ny-howne, in Trust for the benefit and support of the said School.'' EWAN CROW. Master. About 10 or 12 scholars attend. The whole of the lands are worth about £5 a year.

VICARAGE.

Vicar, The REV. HENRY MADDRELL, Archdeacon's Registrar.

Valuation of the Living in the year 1821.

*Ewan Christian, of Unerigg, Esq., by Deed dated 19 July, 1750, granted one acre of land, called The Little Meadow, and a parcel of arable land hereunto adjoining, to the vicar of this Parish and his successors for ever. Dr. Chas. Crow, Bishop of Cloyne, by Deed dated 9 Feb. 1718, for and in consideration of Forty Pounds, and in consideration of his respect and affection to the Isle of Man, and more particularly to the parish of Trinity, Lezayre, granted " all and every the houses and lands of right belonging to him, in the said Parish, to the Rev. Hen. Allen, Vicar of the said Parish, and his successors for ever",