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D1693 - Parish of Taddington St Michael - 1642-1992

A - Parish records - 1642-1992

PD - Parochial Church Council - 1922-1987

PF - Charities - 1527-1968

1 - Copy will of Rauff Blacwall of Blacwall (Blackwell) including bequests of 6s 8d to Taddington Chapel, and 12d each to Chelmordon(Chelmorton) Chapel, Wormehill Chapel and Feyrefeld (Fairfield) Chapel, 23 Nov - 1527

2 - Copy will of Roger Wilkson of Wormhill, Tideswell, leaving money to niece Mary Bagshaw; property in Tideswell, Bakewell and Hartington to wife; property in Wormhill to nephew Roger Wilkson; property in Biggin, Hartington to benefit free school and maintain schoolmaster to teach Wilkson family in Tideswell, Bakewell and Taddington, and 10 poor children in Priestcliffe, Taddington, Blackwell and Brushfield, with preference for any suitably-qualified Wilkson as schoolmaster; £3 a year for schoolmaster as Wormhill elected by trustees of Priestcliffe School; bread donation to poor of Taddington and Wormhill - 1714

3 - Two leaves of copy indenture between Hugh Goodwin and George Wilkson of property in Priestcliffe - 1729

4 - Copy indenture by John Buxton senior of Chelmorton, and Elizabeth his wife, John Buxton junior of Chelmorton and Ann his wife, Thomas Buxton of Chelmorton, brother of John Buxton senior, and Alice his wife to Elizabeth Wilkson of Wormhill, widow of Roger Wilkson of Wormhill, Thomas Creswell of Priestcliffe, John Wilkson junior of Priestcliff, John Wilkson senior of Priestcliff, Roger Wilkson junior of Wormhill, John Thompson of Kinson, Robert Bagshaw of Sterndale, Job Hill of Tideswell, and Isaac Wibbersley of Priestcliff, in consideration of £445 paid by Elizabeth Wilkson of a message and outbuildings in Chelmorton containing 37 aches 3 roods 24 perches, 7 May - 1715

5 - Will of John Wilkson of Prestcliff leaving his property to his wife for life, with£400 for her to leave as legacies or spend as she pleases; on her death the estate reverts to his nephew John Gooddy of Rousley, who is to pay the yearly income on rental to John Wilkson's brothers George and Roger for their lives, 9 Apr - 1795

6 - Chancery report and order in the matter of Roger Wilkson's charity - 1829

7 - Letter from George Wilkson, claiming not to be a tenant in arrears with rent, 12 Nov - 1832

8 - Letter from Joseph Parkes, solicitor, 21 Great George Street, Westminster, to Rev Brown, Bakewell, advising the Wilkson Charity trustees to enter a defence immediately in the Chancery suit Attorney-General v Wilkson - 1835

9 - Report of William Gauntley on dilapidations on the estate belonging to Priestcliff School, 13 Mar - 1837

10 - Copy valuation of dilapidations on farm and buildings at Chelmorton belonging to Priestcliff school trustees by Joseph Haslehurst, valuer, of Chesterfield - 1837

11 - Copy supplemental facts and proposals of Informant (the Attorney-General) in Attorney-General v Wilkson - 19th cent

12 - Applications for the mastership of Priestcliffe School letters re appointment - 1842-1843

13 - Copy undertaking by defendants in Attorney- General v Wilkson to pay sum of money to Wilkson Charity trustees, with Counsel's Opinion - 1842

14 - Letters from John Charge concerning Charity affairs with receipted bill of costs for Chancery suit - 1842-1847

15 - Declaration by George and William Wilkson of surrender of charity lands belonging to Priestcliffe School, Chelmorton, 9 Apr - 1842

16 - Acknowledgement by Trustees of Priestcliffe School of receipt of charity lands, 9 Apr - 1842

17 - Statement by trustees of conditions on which George Skidmore of Flagg enters Priestcliffe School lands - 1842

18 - Copy order of Board of Education authorising trustees of School Charity of Roger Wilkson to raise mortgage on foundation property - 1927

19 - Mortgage by the Trustees of Wilkson's Charity to the Leek United and Midlands Building Society for £1,300 of a farm known as Cliff Farm, Chelmorton, School House, Taddington, in the occupation of Percy C Ilkley and four closes of land at Biggin in the occupation of William Webster, 25 Mar - 1927

20 - Correspondence from the Board of Education concerning proposed alterations to Priestcliffe C of E School and number of pupils accommodated - 1926-1927

21 - Note concerning Roger Wilkson's bread charity

22 - Indenture by Alice and Martha White of Taddington, spinsters, sisters of the late Michael White of Taddington to John Bateman of Chelmorton, William Buxton of Priestcliff, Thomas Dickens senior, William Roberts and Robert Dicken, all of Taddington of a rent-charge of £17 per annum, issuing out of certain lands in Taddington, on trust to pay £15 for instructing 12 poor children of the township, or some of the neighbouring parishes, in the principles of the Church of England, the boys to read, write and cast accounts, and the girls to read,knit, and work plain work, and to divide the residue of £2 among the poor born within the township, 4 Mar - 1799

23 - Certified copy from Close Roll 39, George III, part 27, no 5 1799 establishing Michael White's Charity and appointing first trustees made by Public Record Office 2 Dec - 1924

24 - Letter from the executor of the will of George Brunt proposing terms for the payment of a legacy to White's School (2 copies) - 1887

25 - Volume containing the accounts of Gisborne's Charity 1837-1895 and offertory accounts, 1837-1853 - 1837-1895

26 - Order of Charity Commissioners authorizing the Parish Council to appoint two additional members of the Charity of Roger Wilkson for Bread - 1896

27 - Letter from the Charity Commission concerning the transfer of Consolidated Stock, 6 Mar - 1945

28 - Order of Charity Commission authorizing trustees to redeem rent-charge, 17 Apr - 1945

29 - Letter about title deeds of Rock Lodge Farm, once belonging to Roger Wilkson, which do not mention any payment to Wilkson's Bread Charity, 15 Dec - 1964

30 - Notes concerning Wilkson's Bread Charity

31 - Correspondence from the Charity Commission concerning local charities, particularly White's charity for eleemosynary purposes - 1895-1912

32 - Charity Commission's order appointing new trustees to the charity - 1924

33 - Notes concerning Michael White's Charity

34 - Copy will of Richard Goodwin of Taddington, to the chapel of Taddington bequeathing£4 to be spent on a communion cup; to the poor of Priestcliffe, Taddington and Blackwell £3 to be distributed at the time of his burial, 27 Oct - 1649

35 - Note of Thomas Buxton's Charity, being ten shillings for the distribution of bread every New Year's Day, with list of recipients - 1845

36 - Printed circulars of the Charity Commissioners regarding the Charities Investment Fund - 1960-1962

37 - Trustees log book - 1832-1898

38 - Trustees’ minute book Jan 1857-Jan 1992, including names of trustees 1799-1750 and roll of free scholars Jan 1846 - Jan 1856 - 1857-1922

39 - Queries concerning the appointment of new trustees - 1829

40 - Scheme for regulation of the charity - 1829

41 - Epitome of scheme for regulation of the charity - 19th cent

42 - Schedule of deeds and papers relating to the school, 1715-1843 - c1845

43 - Form for the appointment of new trustees - 19th cent

44 - Valuation of land and buildings belonging to the trustees of Priestcliffe school. - 1874

45 - Charity Commission order May 1897 - 1897

46 - Charity Commission order Oct 1906 - 1906

47 - Charity Commission order Mar 1968 - 1968

48 - Charity Commission order Jul 1968 - 1968

49 - Copy of will of George Brunt proved Dec 1869 - 1859

50 - Subscribers to Whites Charity - 19th cent

PI - Parish incumbent’s records - 1642-1992

PW - Churchwardens

PZ - Miscellaneous - 1772-1972

UL - Parish of Taddington: unlisted material - 1947-2006

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