| Description | Loose leaf documents included in this volume include a copy of 'Hobson's trust' scheme approved by the Charity Commission (1852), and a Charity Commission order from 1887 for discharging trustees of the charity.
Dated list of contents:
Appointment of Town Governors, 2 Sep 1852
Appointment of University Governors, 23 Oct 1852
Mr Hyde appointed Clerk; agreed that wall should be built to partition the workhouse from the police station, 23 Nov 1852
Acceptance of Mr Marshall as surety; order for charity's estates to be surveyed, 26 Nov 1852
Appointment of Town Governors for 1853, 1 Jan 1853
Mr Mann's report on value of estates, 7 Feb 1853
Committee's report on various tenants, 21 Feb 1853
Mr Alderman Wentworth appointed, 1 Jan 1854
Town Governors agreed to meet to make selection for the apprenticeship funds; the University Governors agreed to meet for the same purpose; decisions taken on advertisements for future apprenticeship funds, 14 Nov 1853
Governors appointed for 1854; Steward instructed on land tax, 6 Feb 1854
Reported on land tax; committees report on future of lettings read, 8 Mar 1854
Further report on land tax, 20 Mar 1854
Drainage tax reported to meeting, 27 Nov 1854
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1855
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1856
Ordered that Mr Mann's bill be paid, 4 Feb 1856
Bill considered for tunnel being made under road in Cottenham; drainage tax considered, 12 May 18546
Bill for tunnel ordered to be paid, 26 May 1856
Re-appointment of Town Governor, 10 Nov 1856
Town Governors appointed, 1 Jan 1857
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1858
Treasurer suggests sum be saved per year for repairs; complaints heard from master and apprentice, who promised to behave better in future, 2 Mar 1858
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1859
Money from balance added to new repairs fund; notice to quite to J. Pamplin, 8 Feb 1859
Consideration of persons soliciting apprentice premiums; decisions taken; contributions to two schools ordered, 6 Apr 1859
Further apprentice fund decisions; one apprenticeship refused, 28 Oct 1859
Bill for Cottenham road repairs ordered to be paid; decision required on girl apprentices, 6 Feb 1860
Financial considerations, 2 Apr 1860
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1861
Charity Commission, 4 Jan 1861
Mr Mann's report on drainage; decision on length of apprenticeship for girls; contribution to building repair fund, 4 Feb 1861
Financial considerations; apprenticeship considerations, 12 Feb 1861
Apprenticeship considerations, 25 Oct 1861
Town Governors appointed until, 1 Jan 1863
Mr Mann's report read; ordered that cottage be repaired, 11 Feb 1862
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1863
Financial and apprenticeship considerations, 2 Feb 1863
Re-appointment of Town Governor, 7 Apr 1863
Further appointment, 13 Oct 1863
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1864
Apprenticeship considerations, 4 Feb 1864
Payments, 16 Feb 1864
Mr Mann's report read; resolved that all leases be granted for 8 years from next Michaelmas, 5 Feb 1866
Appointment of Town Governors, 1 Jan 1868
Bills ordered to be paid, 4 Feb 1868
Apprentice reprimanded for absence, 1 Jul 1868
Complaint from apprentice over wages, 9 Mar 1869
Financial considerations, 10 May 1869
Town Governors appointed, 1 Jan 1870
Apprenticeship considerations; complaint resolved, 13 Apr 1870
Town Governors appointed, 2 Jan 1871
New Clerk and Treasurer handed money; report from Mr Mann, 7 Feb 1871
Financial and apprenticeship considerations, 20 Apr 1871
Town Governors appointed, 1 Jan 1872
Apprenticeship considerations, 9 Apr 1872
Town Governors appointed, 1 Jan 1873
Mr Mann to examine estate, 4 Feb 1873
Apprenticeship considerations; one absconded, 24 Feb 1873
Complaint from apprentice - resolved, 23 Dec 1873
Town Governors appointed, 1 Jan 1874
Mr Mann's report surrendered, 5 Mar 1874
Town Governors appointed, 1 Jan 1875
Report from Mr Mann with respect to repairs ordered to be done, 2 Feb 1875
Apprenticeship considerations, 10 Feb 1875
Town Governors appointed, 1 Jan 1875
Bill for repairs laid before meeting - carried, 9 Feb 1876
Clerk and Treasurer elected, 16 Feb 1876
Apprenticeship considerations, 21 Mar 1876
Apprenticeship considerations, 7 Nov 1876
Notices of intentions of Great Northern Railway Company presented; discrepancy found in bank, 16 Feb 1877
Further correspondence on bank discrepancy, 12 Mar 1877
Complaint about apprentice who absconded and become soldier; also disagreements with apprentice dealt with, 8 Nov 1877
Statement that certain repairs needed on Cottenham cottage - carried, 21 Feb 1878
Report on Hobson's Workhouse Charity apprenticeship fund examined, 14 Mar 1878
Official notice of appointments read out; report of Mr Mann read out and adopted, 27 Feb 1879
Apprenticeship considerations, 30 May 1879
Report of apprentice having absconded, 31 Oct 1879
Ordered that certain pipes be fitted under Mr Mann; request for proper drainage, 26 Feb 1880
Election of Clerk and Treasurer; record of sympathy and deep loss felt by the death of their Clerk, 7 Apr 1880
Apprenticeship considerations, 7 May 1880
Apprenticeship considerations, 3 Nov 1880
Official notice of appointments read out; Surveyor appointed due to death of Mr Mann; financial considerations, 22 Feb 1881
Apprenticeship considerations, 17 Mar 1881
Mr Jonas's report on the estates; description of estates and tenants; estimate of cost of repairs outlined in his report asked from Mr Jonas, 21 Feb 1882
Apprenticeship considerations, 1 Mar 1882
Mr Jonas - report; Mr Few reported much drainage was necessary, 22 Jan 1883
Reported that house repairs had been completed, 28 Feb 1884
Apprenticeship considerations, 14 Mar 1884
Apprenticeship considerations, 7 Nov 1884
Correspondence on Governors read by Clerk, 19 Feb 1885
Preparations for lease renewal, 14 Apr 1885
Correspondence between Clerk and Charity Commissioners; ordered that 4 Trustees are informed and consulted on charity lands being transferred to the Official Trustee, 18 Feb 1886
Further correspondence between Clerk and Charity Commission, 8 Apr 1886
Apprenticeship considerations, 12 Apr 1886
Official notice of appointment read; Charity Commission correspondence; financial considerations, 18 Feb 1887
Chairman appointed, apprenticeship considerations, 4 Mar 1887
Quotation from letter received: 'I am directed to bring to the notice of the Trustees that an application has been made one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State under the Prison Charities Act 1882 for a scheme for the future regulation of this charity', 6 Dec 1887
Official notice of appointment read out; reply of Secretary in answer to question on nature of proposals outlined in previous meeting, 19 Jan 1888
Report from Mr Sanderson complaining of various things, 17 Feb 1888
Consideration as to whether part of the workhouse can be applied to the enlargement of the police station, 15 Mar 1888
Meeting set up to consider using workhouse to enlarge police station and under what terms, 3 Aug 1888
Official notice of appointment read; decided to sell part of land for extension to police station - further discussions, carried until next meeting, 15 Feb 1889
Apprenticeship considerations, 6 Mar 1889
Permission for land to be used as allotments asked by Chesterton Rural Sanitary Authority, 4 Sep 1889
Apprenticeship considerations, 5 Mar 1890
Application for drainage, 24 Apr 1890
Mr Jonas's report on land and property, 8 Jul 1890
Follow up to previous report, 20 Aug 1890
Lease considerations, 30 Sep 1890
Official notice of appointment read out; lease considerations, 18 Feb 1891
Official notice of appointment, 19 Feb 1892
Official notice of appointment read out, 24 Feb 1893
Ordered that cottage be knocked down as unfit for habitation and tenant to be asked what rent he would pay for the land or what rent if decision to rebuild was taken, 12 May 1893
Ordered that house of 6 rooms be rebuilt at a rent of £16, 31 May 1893
Letter from J.H. Porter on what he proposes to build - carried, 5 Jul 1893
Financial considerations, 1 Aug 1893
Official notice of appointment read out; financial considerations, 16 Feb 1894
Letter on flooding of certain land, with discussion, 6 Jul 1894
Discussion on enlargement of the police station using the university section of the workhouse, 4 Dec 1894
Official notice of appointment read out; Charity Commission letter concerning the sale of the University portion of the workhouse, 19 Feb 1895
Letter on acquisition of the workhouse by the Corporation; reply to this letter stating that the Council require the whole of the Spinning House premises, further correspondence on acquisition of workhouse, 31 Oct 1895
Further business on acquisition by Council, 8 Nov 1895
Official notice of appointment read out; property business, 24 Jan 1896
Financial considerations; lease business; correspondence on amendment of scheme for take over, 28 Feb 1896
Further discussion on the scheme, 15 May 1895
Report of the workhouse committee; correspondence concerning tenant; business concerning Town authorities using University portion of workhouse
(Throughout the book there are many references to apprentices, payments and financial matters, University meetings, and special conditions of meetings)
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