Catalogue description Records of Sandford and Gray's Charity, Henbury.

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Details of 37268
Reference: 37268
Title: Records of Sandford and Gray's Charity, Henbury.
Description:

37268/1. Founders' Wills

 

37268/2. Legal Papers: 1774-86

 

Cause in Chancery: Attorney General v/Jenkinson

 

Legal Papers: 1773-93

 

Correspondence relating to above Cause

 

37268/3. Trustees

 

37268/4. Schemes

 

37268/5. Minutes

 

37268/6. Finance

 

37268/7. Correspondence

 

37268/8. Estate Papers:

 

Northwick Purchase, 1841

 

Northwick Purchase, 1844

 

Tenancy

 

Sale of Property

 

Insurance Policies

 

37268/9. Historical Notes

 

37268/10. Miscellaneous

Date: 1745-1989
Related material:

In addition to the material in this deposit, related items are to be found in the Henbury Parish Collection, notably nominations of trustees 1779-1811, vouchers c.1780s, papers and schemes 1800-1939

Held by: Bristol Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Sandford and Gray's Charity, Henbury

Physical description: 10 Sub-fonds
Immediate source of acquisition:

Records of Robert Sandford's and the Revd. Walker Gray's Charity, deposited by the Chairman of the Trustees, E.A.C. Ball, Esq.

Administrative / biographical background:

This charity was founded by the will of Robert Sandford dated 6 October 1755 by which £1,500 was left for instructing poor children of Henbury in reading and writing. The bequest was not carried into execution until 1782 following a cause in Chancery. The charity was augmented by the will of the Revd. Walker Gray in 1845.

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