Catalogue description Deed of Endowment and Appointment of Trustees

1 Hugh Squier of St Margaret's, Westminster

2 Christopher Squier

William Squier of South Molton, nominated

John Haach by Hugh Squier as trustees

Anthony Pawle

Humphrey Shobrook

Premises: house and building lately known as Free School for writing and arithmetic, and one house for the schoolmaster, which was erected by Hugh Squier where Hunt's almshouses were formerly situated

Capital: £1,000, in money or land, to be settled on trustees for maintenance of buildings, etc

Instructions to Trustees: 20 children of poor people of South Molton to be chosen by the trustees to be educated freely at the school in writing and arithmetic. Children of gentlemen may also attend. Latin may be included. Aim of the school 'to promote the arts of good writeing and arithmetick and for the good of the poor, more than the science of grammar or Latin for the good of the rich'

Salaries: writing schoolmaster to be paid £20 pa plus dwelling house adjoining school; Latin schoolmaster to be paid £20 pa. Schoolmasters and Trustees to dine together twice yearly

Other instructions to safeguard perpetuity of trust