| Description | Includes minutes 1831-1914, agendas 1911-1940, secretary's book 1865-1933, Charity Commission 1882-1944, wills 1716-1788, account and cash books 1716-1967, Cottingham Southwood receipt and account book 1716-1826, Fitling branch books and accounts 1896-1967, Hull High Street branch book 1896-1967, Hull branch and account books 1896-1967, Educational Foundation (Hull, Cottingham and Selby) 1929-1974, Selby and Cottingham branch and accounts 1896-1967, Sutton and Stoneferry records 1896-1974, balance sheets and statements 1831-1958, receipts and bills 1895-1969, payments to the poor of Hull 1870-1937, hospital payments 1875-1942, pensioners' cards 1928-1938, bank books and cheques 1831-1975, rent book 1908-1936, letter books 1873-1949, correspondence 1834-1960s, bursaries and education 1899-1939, deeds 1628-1952, legal papers 1768-1900, plans 1850s-1966, printed records 1833-1935. |
| AdminHistory | Leonard Chamberlain (1642-1716) was a woollen draper who had a business in Hull. The Leonard Chamberlain Trust was set up under his will dated 19 August 1716 for the following principles namely the 'assistance of the ministers of certain dissenting places of religious worship - relief to certain poor persons specified in the will - with grants in aid of educational purposes in certain schools and colleges'. Chamberlain left property and estates in Sutton and Stoneferry as well as at Fitling, Selby, Dunswell and Hessle for these purposes. He had inherited a number of properties and also married into a family of some position, his wife Catherine was the daughter of Mr Tomlin of Riby in Lincolnshire. Catherine died in 1696 and unfortunately they had no surviving children.
Almshouses were later built at Selby and Sutton. Selby also received educational bursary assistance. In the 1960s the five branches were amalgamated which enabled the Trustees to administer the charity as a whole. The Trust continues today and covers similar aspects to the ones originally given in Leonard Chamberlain's will of 1716.
Additional information is available in 'The History of the Leonard Chamberlain Trust' by Bryan Burgess (2008). |