Benefactors Plaque - St Peter & St Paul - Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, UK
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A wooden plaque in St Peter & St Paul's church, Preston Capes, commemorating charitable gifts given to the poor by local benefactors. Dated 1736.
Waymark Code: WM137BJ
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/03/2020
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A wooden plaque in St Peter & St Paul's church, Preston Capes, commemorating charitable gifts given to the poor by local benefactors. These type of plaques provide an insight into the close relationships between the families that were both significant benefactors and patrons of the church.
A black painted wooden board inscribed in gold lettering. It is framed in a nowy headed wooden frame decorated with floral designs, scrolls and cherubs faces. It is dated 1736.
The inscription on the plaque reads -
Benefactors
to Preston-Capes.
Rich.d Knightley Esq.r
born in this Parish, & Son of Edw.d
Knightley Esq.r gave to ye Poor
a Hundred Pounds. 1639 -
Rich.d Knightley Esq.r of Fawsley
son of Tho.s Knightley Esq.r gave to
ye Poor one Hunderd Pounds: &
to ye School two Hundred. 1650. -
W.m Randall Esq.r gave to the
School a Hundred Pounds. 1653. -
Rich.d Knightley Esq.r of Fawsley
Eldest Son of Sr Rich Knightley
Kt of ye Bath gave to ye School
two Hundred Pounds. 1665. -
Erasmus Dryden Esq.r Brother to
Sr Rob.t Dryden of Canons-Ashby
gave to the Poor of Little Preston
Forty Pounds. 1708. -
Rich.d Butler Esq.r born in this
Parish, gave the School-House
with its Appurtenances (except
ye Garden) to ye School-Master &
his Successors for ever: & five
Pounds a year, for putting out
a poor Child an Apprentice. 1724.-
The sums of these donations may not seem that much in today's standards, but accounting for inflation, lets look again ...
£100 in 1639 = £23,000 in 2020
£300 in 1650 = £55,000 in 2020
£100 in 1653 = £23,000 in 2020
£200 in 1665 = £44,000 in 2020
£40 in 1708 = £9,000 in 2020
£5 pa in 1724 = £1,100 pa in 2020
(these are approximate values. SOURCE - ONS)
Approximate age of artefact (Year): 1736
Times available for viewing: Daytime hours
Entrance fee (if applicable), local currency: 0
Relevant website: Not listed
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