Charitable objects
(A) TO ASSIST IN DEFRAYING THE COSTS OF THE FOLLOWING:
(I) THE REPAIRING AND BEAUTIFYING OF THE FOLLOWING CHURCHES:
(A) THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, LEDSHAM;
(B) THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, THORP ARCH;
(C) THE CHURCH OF ST. OSWALD, COLLINGHAM;
(D) THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY, HOWE;
(E) THE CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, SHADWELL;
(F) THE CHURCH OF ST WILFRID OF RIPON, MONK FRYSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF NORTH YORKSHIRE;
(II) THE REPAIRING, IMPROVING OR REBUILDING OF THE HOSPITAL BUILDING BELONGING TO THE CHARITY KNOWN AS SIR JOHN LEWIS’S HOSPITAL; AND
(III) THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENCES FOR THE VICARS OF LEDSHAM, THORP ARCH, AND COLLINGHAM AND THE RECTOR OF HOWE;
(B) THE RELIEF IN CASES OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:
(I) ANY CLERKS, OR LICENSED LAY WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS WITHIN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (NOTWITHSTANDING THAT SUCH PERSONS MAY ALSO BE DIRECTORS OF THE TRUSTEE COMPANY), WHO ARE WORKING IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER COUNTIES OF YORK, WESTMORLAND, CUMBERLAND OR NORTHUMBERLAND AS CONSTITUTED ON THE 31 MARCH 1974 AND THEIR DEPENDENTS;
(II) ANY RETIRED OR UNEMPLOYED CLERKS AND MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND ANY RETIRED LICENSED LAY WORKERS WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME WORKED IN THE AREA SPECIFIED IN SUB CLAUSE (B)(I) ABOVE;
(III) ANY SEPARATED SPOUSES OR DIVORCED SPOUSES (SO LONG IN EACH CASE AS THEY REMAIN UNMARRIED) OR OTHER DEPENDENTS OF CLERKS WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME BEEN LICENSED TO WORK IN THE AREA SPECIFIED IN SUB-CLAUSE(B)(I) ABOVE AND ANY WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, SEPARATED SPOUSES OR DIVORCED SPOUSES (SO LONG IN EACH CASE AS THEY REMAIN UNMARRIED) OR ANY OTHER DEPENDENTS OF ANY SUCH CLERK WHO IS DECEASED;
(IV) ANY WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, SEPARATED SPOUSES OR DIVORCED SPOUSES (SO LONG IN EACH CASE AS THEY REMAIN UNMARRIED) OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF ANY CLERKS OR DECEASED CLERKS WHILST SUCH WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, SPOUSES OR OTHER DEPENDANTS ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA SPECIFIED IN SUB CLAUSE (B)(I);
(V) EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES OF LEDSHAM WITH FAIRBURN, THORP ARCH AND COLLINGHAM WITH HAREWOOD BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.
(C) TO MAKE AN ANNUAL PAYMENT OF £600 TO BE DIVIDED IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE BETWEEN THE VICARS FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES OF THORP ARCH, LEDSHAM, COLLINGHAM, THORNER, MIRFIELD, ABERFORD AND THE RECTOR OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOWE, TO BE APPLIED BY THEM IN EACH CASE IN PROVIDING SACRAMENTAL BREAD AND WINE IN THE PARISH CHURCHES OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES;
(D) TO MAKE AN ANNUAL PAYMENT OF £5,000 TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TIME BEING OF THE CHARITY KNOWN AS SIR JOHN LEWIS’S HOSPITAL, AT LEDSHAM, TO BE APPLIED BY THEM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOSPITAL BUILDINGS AND THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE;
(E) TO MAKE AN ANNUAL PAYMENT OF £1000 TO THE VICAR OF LEDSHAM FOR HIS SERVICES AS THE CHAPLAIN OF THE HOSPITAL REFERRED TO IN SUB-CLAUSE (D) PROVIDED THAT HIS REMAINING STIPEND AS VICAR IS NOT THEREBY REDUCED.