Thomas Matthew - Keere Street, Lewes, UK
N 50° 52.288 E 000° 00.384
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This Lewes Borough Council plaque is attached to a building on the north east side of Keere Street in Lewes. The plaque advises that Thomas Matthew left his house for the "benefit of the poor".
Waymark Code: WMQ0NG
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/24/2015
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The British History website tells us:
Thomas Matthew by will dated 21 December 1688 gave his house on Keere Hill for the use and benefit of the poor of the parish of St. Michael's, chiefly poor widows. By an order of the County Court of Sussex dated 16 March 1858 it was directed that the building or Almshouse should be used as a residence for six deserving poor widows or poor single women not less than fifty years of age. A Scheme of the Charity Commissioners, dated 21 February 1936, appoints a body of trustees to administer the charity and provides regulations for the management of the Almshouses.
