GB 0096 MS 709 - Blank's Charity dole book

1 volume containing 232 leaves

GB 0096 MS 709 1818-1846 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 232 leaves Unknown
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.

Bought from G.W. Walford in 1967.

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.

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English
12" x 4". Bound in vellum.

Collection level description.

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. 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. Nov 2001 Associations Blank's Charity , Lutton, Lincolnshire Blank , Thomas , fl 1368 , philanthropist Charitable organisations Charities England Europe Gibbons , John , fl 1818-1846 , charity official Government Lincolnshire Local government Lutton Organizations Poor Law administration Public administration UK Western Europe London Nonprofit organizations

Bought from G.W. Walford in 1967.

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.

Single item.

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.

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.

• English

• Latin

English

Collection level description.

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.

• English