By will, 5 June 1707, John Robinson devised lands to endow a schoolmaster who was to be in orders and read prayers in Howgill chapel. VCH, Yorks., 1.488. Gastrell (1724) notes that the school was annexed to the chapel, both of which were ercected by John Robinson (and as the chapel was built in 1685, that might also be a more likely foundation date for the school). The inhabitants nominate the master, who receives 40s. per annum as salary and a close of 4s. per annum. The master to teach the poor children of Howgill and Bland gratis. earlier in the entry, Gastrell notes that Robinson's will obliges the Curate to teach the poor children of Howgill and Bland gratis. L.A.S. Butler, The Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Eighteenth Century, Yorks. Arch Soc, vol. 146 (1990 for 1986), 103.