Roe's Charity for Parish Clerk

Information taken from Victoria County History, Vol. II, 1908.

The charity consists of a cottage in Frog End, Stotfold, purchased in 1835 by H. O. Roe from Trinity College, Cambridge, the lords of the manor of Stotfold, for the occupation of the parish clerk. By deed, 1837, a sum of £150 consols was given by H. O. Roe for keeping the cottage in repair. By the Stotfold Enclosure Award of 1851 a piece of land, copyhold, of the Rectory manor containing three acres two roods was awarded in respect of the common rights belonging to such cottage.

List of sources at Bedfordshire Archives: 

• P83/25/40 – Charity accounts for various Stotfold Charities including the Parish Clerk endowment, 1855
• P83/25/41 – Charity accounts for various Stotfold Charities including the Parish Clerk endowment, 1860-1861