| Reference Number | DSCAM/6/4/2 |
| Title | Bundle re rebuilding St Thomas' Church, Dudley |
| Description | DSCAM/6/4/2/1: Assignment (12 Jan. 1819) by the trustees appointed under the Act of 55 George III for rebuilding St Thomas' Church, to John Jesson of Dudley, Worcs., cordwainer, of church rates, to secure £1600 and interest at 5% p.a. |
| DSCAM/6/4/2/2: Assignment (9 Feb. 1819) to John Roughton of Dudley, glass manufacturer, for securing £2000. |
| DSCAM/6/4/2/3-6: Notices from the Trustees to Roughton and others of their intention to discharge mortgages, 5 May 1825. |
| DSCAM/6/4/2/7: Transfer of £500 security from Joseph Griffiths of Mushroom Green, parish of Dudley, miner, to Elizabeth Parker of Dudley, widow., 12 Nov. 1825; and reduction of interest to 4%., 14 Nov. 1825 |
| DSCAM/6/4/2/8-10: Transfers of securities for £500 and £1000 from Edward Robinson of Holly Hall, parish of Dudley, gentleman, to Elizabeth Parker and John Badley of Dudley, surgeon, and reduction of interest to 4%, 16 Nov. 1825. Endorsed receipts for repayment, 22 Oct. 1829 etc. Transfre of security for £2000 from Roughton to Parker and Badley, and reduction of interest rate to 4%, 17 Nov. 1825. |
DSCAM/6/4/2/11-21: Minutes and resolutions of various meetings of the trustees for rebuilding St Thomas's church, July 1815-29 Sept. 1818; correspondence and circulars, including letters to Viscount Dudley and Ward (6 Jan. and 2 Oct. 1818), letter from William Brooks, Doughty Street, London, architect (23 Sept. 1818), dissenting memorandum by trustees [29 Sept.], and fiurther correspondence with Brooks (2-9 Oct.).
[See also PR/Du (T) 4/3/1] |
| DSCAM/6/4/2/22: Drafts of memoranda and undertakings, 1819-20. |
| DSCAM/6/4/2/23-24: Letter from Mr Darwall, Walsall (on behalf of the governors of the free Grammar School there) to James Bourne junior, Dudley [Clerk to the Trustees] asking for a testimonial for the architect Brooks, 20 Nov. 1821; and draft reply in the negative, 22 Nov.: 'From what has transpired since ... the Trustees are (with too much reason I am sorry to say) extremely dissatisfied with Mr Brooks's conduct...' |
| Date | 1815-1825 |
| Related Material | Pr/Du (T) - Dudley, St Thomas parish records |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 24 items |
| Level | Item |