Coleção GB 0074 LMA/4523 - THOMAS MARTYN FOUNDATION

1.23 linear metres

The archive of the school and foundation was housed at Wandsworth Museum until the museum's closure at the end of 2007.

GB 0074 LMA/4523 1716-2008 Collection 1.23 linear metres Thomas Martyn Foundation , charity supporting the children of watermen

Thomas Martyn was a wealthy gentleman who lived in Putney in the late 17th century. In his will, made shortly before his death in 1684, he granted his estate to his niece Lucy Cook, with the proviso that if she died without children the proceeds of the estate should be used to endow a school for the sons of watermen. Although Lucy married, she died childless in 1701 and the trustees of the will established a Watermen's School in 1718. Scholars were provided with a uniform and tuition in reading, writing and arithmetic. From 1817 the trustees also provided a sum of money towards the apprenticeship of school leavers, to watermen and other trades. The Watermen's School continued in Putney until its closure in 1911, but the charity, now known as the Thomas Martyn Foundation, still exists as an educational trust making financial grants to the sons and daughters of licensed watermen.

For more details see LMA/4523/06/01/002.

The archive of the school and foundation was housed at Wandsworth Museum until the museum's closure at the end of 2007.

Records deposited in January 2009.

Records of the Thomas Martyn Foundation, including minutes of the trustees 1716-1972; correspondence 1887-1939, 1955-1977; accounts 1863-1893, 1904-1947; copy will of Thomas Martyn; reports on the school 1883-1909; apprenticeship register and indentures, 1878-1932; pupils' birth certificates; exhibition items; printed material and photographs.

The collection is arranged in the following sections:
TRUSTEES LMA/4523/01;
SECRETARY LMA/4532/02;
FINANCE LMA/4523/03;
APPRENTICESHIPS LMA/4523/04;
PROPERTY LMA/4523/05;
PRINTED MATERIAL AND PHOTOGRAPHS LMA/4523/06.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

The records of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen are also held, CLC/L/WA. For more information go to www.history.ac.uk/gh/water.htm .

Painting of pupil from the Waterman's School by E. Hassell (1826) in the Minet Collection, Lambeth.

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.

June to August 2010. Charitable trusts People People by occupation Personnel Transport personnel Watermen Organizations Charities administration Associations Charitable organisations Charities Educational charities Information sources Documents Charity records Thomas Martyn Foundation , charity supporting the children of watermen The Watermen's School , Putney London England UK Western Europe Europe Nonprofit organizations

Records deposited in January 2009.

Records of the Thomas Martyn Foundation, including minutes of the trustees 1716-1972; correspondence 1887-1939, 1955-1977; accounts 1863-1893, 1904-1947; copy will of Thomas Martyn; reports on the school 1883-1909; apprenticeship register and indentures, 1878-1932; pupils' birth certificates; exhibition items; printed material and photographs.

The collection is arranged in the following sections:
TRUSTEES LMA/4523/01;
SECRETARY LMA/4532/02;
FINANCE LMA/4523/03;
APPRENTICESHIPS LMA/4523/04;
PROPERTY LMA/4523/05;
PRINTED MATERIAL AND PHOTOGRAPHS LMA/4523/06.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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English

The records of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen are also held, CLC/L/WA. For more information go to www.history.ac.uk/gh/water.htm .

Painting of pupil from the Waterman's School by E. Hassell (1826) in the Minet Collection, Lambeth.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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.

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