Education
Maynard was involved in the founding of a school for girl's in Exeter when in 1658 he helped to found The Maynard School and Hele's School in the same year and he was also involved with the Grammar school at Totnes which like Maynard was endowed with funds under the will of Elizeeus Hele Esq who left considerable property for charitable purposes (Maynard was one of the trustees of his will). The will was the subject of a court case held before Sir Edward Rhodes. In this case the Captain Edmond Lister petitioned parliament on behalf of his wife Joanne. The basis of the petition was that all the money had been left to charity although at the time the will was written Joanne was not born. Rhodes found that any monies left over from the charitable purposes should be given to Joanne Lister although the chaitiable purposes should continue.
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