Appeal on behalf of the Clergy Orphan Corporation by the Hon. Mr. Justice Vaisey
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The Clergy Orphan Corporation was founded two hundred years ago to provide maintenance for orphans of the clergy of the Church of England. The need arose, and still remains, owing to the relatively small stipends of the clergy, which preclude saving. Young families were, and still are. often left in a very difficult position. Grants are given as circumstances demand; children are sent to St. Edmund's, Canterbury, or St. Margaret's, Bushey, as boarders, and each year about twenty children are elected to the foundation.
Benefactors and subscribers furnish the Corporation with an income which remains stationary, while maintenance costs have risen steeply in the past few years, and continue to do so. The Corporation has made every effort to keep the expenditure down. Assistance, today has now often to be limited. To keep the work going an additional income of £ 2,000 a year is needed.