'Richard Fishbourne, by will dated 30 March 1625, gave to the wardens and commonalty of the Company of Mercers, among other large sums of money, the sum of £2,000 to purchase land and hereditaments to the clear yearly value of £100, and to distribute the same to some good and charitable uses in Huntingdon, as in the maintenance of a lecture, etc. The legacy of £2,000 with other charitable funds was laid out in 1630 in the purchase of an estate at Chalgrave. The endowment of the charity now consists of a proportion being that which 2,000 bears to 6,560 of the net rents of the Chalgrave estate, a yearly sum of £60 paid by the Mercers Company for a sermon to be preached every Sunday in one of the parish churches in Huntingdon, a sum of £130 invested in copyhold property held of the Manor of Alconbury and a sum of £516 7s. 2d. Consols with the Official Trustees producing £12 18s. annually in dividends. Note:— A yearly sum of £18 out of the net income of this charity and any residue of income in excess of £50 constitute the endowment of the Municipal Charities Educational Foundation.': 'The borough of Huntingdon: Religious houses, churches and charities', A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 2 (1932), pp. 139-148. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42470&strquery=huntingdon sermon. Date accessed: 23 December 2007.