The history and antiquities, ancient and modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks . ,¥/^ l^hfy///r^/fj e/^^^fer/j ef/?/z^M&f^/r/////7^/j^/M^^ vyr<^^ SCHOOLS. 185 At the scliool-meetingj held at the Bear inn, hi the year 1771, *it wasunanimously agreed, to forward a subscription^ in order to raise a fund towardspurchasing or building a house, for the master of the free-school, for the timebeing, and to invest the principal in the trustees, appointed by archbishop Laud,to be visitors of the school, and the mayor of Reading for the time being, who•were empowered to receive the
The history and antiquities, ancient and modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks . ,¥/^ l^hfy///r^/fj e/^^^fer/j ef/?/z^M&f^/r/////7^/j^/M^^ vyr<^^ SCHOOLS. 185 At the scliool-meetingj held at the Bear inn, hi the year 1771, *it wasunanimously agreed, to forward a subscription^ in order to raise a fund towardspurchasing or building a house, for the master of the free-school, for the timebeing, and to invest the principal in the trustees, appointed by archbishop Laud,to be visitors of the school, and the mayor of Reading for the time being, who•were empowered to receive the interest of the said principal, so to be raised,till a house could be either purchased, or built therewith. With the sumcollected on this occasion, and some additional subscriptions in 1785, the house,situated at the south-west corner of the Forbury, wherein the masters of theschool had lately resided, was purchased of the late doctor Addington, andannexed to the school. Previous to this house being purchased, the mastersprovided their own residence, and the one here alluded to, was buil
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