St Thoma's Day

At a Meeting on St Thomas's Day being the
21st December 1754 .

Present

Mr James Dunn< no role >
Mr Thomas Pullen< no role > Church Wardens

Mr Anthony Chapman< no role > , Mr Thomas Hunter< no role > , Mr George
Maynard< no role > , Mr Henry Burt< no role > , Mr John Chauntrell< no role > and
Mr Robert Scowthroup.

Alderman Abdys Gift
Distributed

Widdow Frimling &
Caleb Lee< no role > Petitioners for
£5 part of the sd Gift
to a Poor Householder

Ordered to be Given Caleb
Lee.

This Meeting was Summoned by Mr James
Dunn for the Disposing of and Distributing Seven Pound
ten shillings the Gift of Mr Alderman Abdy deceased at
which time Mary Frimling< no role > Widdow and Caleb Lee< no role > two Poor
Householders of this Parish severally Petitioned for the
Sum of Five Pounds part thereof Given by the Will of the
said Alderman Abdy to a Poor Householder of this Parish
And their several Petitions were delivered In at the Table
and Ordered to be Read and the same were Read according
and after Considering the Case of the several Petitioners and
their Circumstances The Majority of the Gentleman Present
were in their Opinion that Caleb Lee< no role > was In the greatest
Want of Relief And It was therefore Ordered by them that
the said Gift of Five Pounds shoud be paid to the said Caleb
Lee according to the Prayer of his Petition And the same was
paid to him accordingly And the Remainder of the said
Alderman Abdy's Gift being Fifty shillings together with
the further Sum of Fifty Shillings Sacrament Money was
Distributed as follows that is to say.