CO-SMCY-0794

Captain John Spencer

of the town of Youghal who

departed this life in the town

of Belfast in their Majesty’s servi

King William & Queen Mary, in the

year of Our Lord 1696, hath bequeathed

forever to the Protestant poor of

the parish of St.Mary’s Youghal the

sum of twenty shillings ste,g per

annum, to be raised out of the rents

of a meadow held by John Scamaden

and situate in the liberties of Yough

al, to be levied if need require by

distress, by the church wardens

for the time being, and distributed

every good Fryday, by the Minister

and wardens.

Without Holiness no man shall

see the Lord.