 In his will he left £1,000 to rebuild the church steeple and a gift of £500 to establish a Free Grammar School and almshouses, allowing £44 per year for the vicar to also act as headmaster of the school.Much legal wrangling followed of the will provisions and the £500 grew through investments to £24,867.This was used to build a school next to the vicarage at a cost of £700.