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Benefaction Board. Wood, framed and painted black with gold lettering.
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE REVEREND ARIS HENRY NOURSE FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS INCUMBENT OF THE PARISH OF COGGS IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD WHO DIED ON THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1868 WHOSE GREATEST PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS WHILST ON EARTH CONSISTED IN PERSONALLY ENQUIRING INTO, AND RELIEVING THE WANTS BOTH SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF HIS POORER BRETHEREN THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED POUNDS HAS BEEN INVESTED BY HIS WIDOW MRS HENRIETTA, CHARLOTTE, NOURSE. IN THE THREE PER CENT CONSOLS, IN THE NAMES OF THE VICAR, AND CHURCHWARDENS, FOR THE TIME BEING OF COGGES. THE INTEREST ARISING THEREFROM TO BE DISTRIBUTED ON EVERY TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN TWELVE EQUAL SUMS .AMONGST TWELVE POOR FAMILIES, RESIDENT PARISHIONERS OF COGGES, HIGH COGGES, THE HEATH, AND NEWLAND, WHO ARE REGULAR CHURCH PEOPLE ATTENDING DIVINE SERVICE AT THE PARISH CHURCH AT LEAST ONCE EVERY SUNDAY UNLESS PREVENTED BY ILLNESS. THE FAMILIES TO BE SELECTED BY THE VICAR AND HIS TWO CHURCHWARDENS AND TO BE TAKEN IN SUCCESSION NAMELY TWELVE FAMILIES ONE YEAR AND ANOTHER TWELVE THE NEXT YEAR, SO THAT ALL REALLY DESERVING PARISHIONERS MAY BENEFIT IN TURN.
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