Charitable objects
THE RESIDENTS SHALL BE POOR WOMEN OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE WITH A PREFERENCE FOR WIDOWS WHO ARE PRACTISING MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF SEDBERGH.
THE TRUSTEES MAY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, APPOINT A RESIDENT WHO IS LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE BUT IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED. THE TRUSTEES MUST RECORD IN THE RECORD OF THEIR MEETING THE NATURE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING THE APPOINTMENT.