Blank's Charity dole book
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 MS 709 |
Held at | : Senate House Library, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections › |
Full title | : Blank's Charity dole book |
Date(s) | : 1818-1846 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 232 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Aside from the poor rate, which was set by the overseers of the poor, much of the money for local poor relief came from various charities. The parish of Lutton was in the Thrapston Union of Northamptonshire for Poor Law administration.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Dole book for Lutton, Lincolnshire, 1818-1846, giving an account of Thomas Blank's charity. A note on the first folio of the manuscript says that Thomas Blanks [sic] of Gedney 'gave eighteen acres of pasture land in Broadgate St.Edmonds to the use of the impotent poor of Lutton 27th May 1368'. The foeffee, responsible for handing out the charity annually, was John Gibbons.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from G.W. Walford in 1967.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Nov 2001
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