Assignment

By 1) John Markland of Manchester, merchant, and John Whittaker of Strangeways, gentleman, executors of the will of Rev William Purnell, to 2) Edward Greaves of Culcheth, Edmond Newton, John Bell, Thomas Battersbee, and Edward Hudson, all of Manchester Gentlemen, of £200 bequeathed by Rev Purnell, for the endowment of a school in Newton, to teach up to 15 poor boys and girls, without fees