Emma Grace Foundation
From Lacey Green History
Research by Joan West
See also James & Emma Grace and Wardrobes Farm (Row Farm)
1862 SALE by JAMES TILBURY
1862. CONVEYANCE and TRUST DEED for the EMMA GRACE FOUNDATION
October 3rd 1862. Ash Farm, between
1. James Tilbury, yeoman, William Day his mortgagee (for £700) and: -
2. Reverend William Johnson Burgess, Charles Brown of Lacey Green gent and Edward Anderson farmer of Darvills Hill, Vicar and churchwardens of St. John’s Church Lacey Green and Emma Grace, widow, of Loosley House William Brodie Esq of Eastbourne, Sussex, Frederic Brodie Esq of Uckfield, Sussex, Thomas Wheeler of High Wycombe, banker & brewer, George Frederick Chambers Esq of Kensington.
James Tilbury agreed to sell to the parties of the 2nd part for £830 upon trust, for the support of certain schools. The said sum to be pay £700 to William Day, mortgagee, and £130 the purchase money.
THE TRUST
Upon trust that the Incumbent and Chapel Wardens of the aforesaid Chapel of St. John the Evangelist at Lacey Green and their successors and the said Emma Grace, William Brodie, Frederick Brodie, Thomas Wheeler and George Frederick Chambers, trustees and their successors, shall at all times hereafter, in the first place, from time to time, pay and apply the rents, issues and profits of the said messuage, lands and premises, towards the repair and improvement of the said premises and also insuring the buildings. And shall pay and apply the surplus of such rents, issues and profits in the following manner : -
TO LOOSLEY ROW SCHOOL
ne equal half thereof, Upon Trust, to transfer the same, half yearly, into the hands of the Trustees of the school erected by the said Emma Grace at Loosley Row. To be applied towards the support, carrying on and maintaining of such school in the way and manner directed by the Trust Deed thereof
TO SPEEN SCHOOL
The remaining equal half of such surplus rents and profits Upon Trust, in like manner to transfer the same, half yearly, into the hands of the Trustees of the school also erected or in the course of erection by the said Emma Grace at Speen
SCHEDULE
All that messuage wherein John Joynson formerly dwelt, now and for some time past in the occupation of James Tilbury situate near Naphill Common, with the yard, garden, barn and outbuildings and premises thereto belonging. And also all those 7 parcels of arable, meadow and pasture land, lying in a ring fence adjoining the messuage, all which closes contain together 16 acres, 3 roods and 39 poles, bounded on the greatest part of the N and E by farm and lands formerly belonging and in the occupation of ? Jones, but now to the representative of the late Sir William Lawence Young, Bart, and in the occupation of Thomas Hall. On the south side principally by land now or late belonging to William Janes, but partly by Naphill Common and on the West partly by a meadow formally occupied by John Joynson and now or late belonging to George Roctor and party by the Common, All of which said lands, except the parts occupied by the homestead forming 7 closes were formerly called respectively: - Further Field, Middle Field, Hither Field, Orchard, First Meadow, Second Meadow and Third Meadow. But in the Tithe Map are called respectively ; -Pitty Meadow, Square Meadow, Orchard, Home Field, Lower Field, Long Field and Big Meadow