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P 51 - Chester St John Parish - 16th century-21st century

1 - Registers and Services

2 - Ecclesiastical Administration

3 - Parish Affairs

1 - Vestry Minutes and Parochial Church Council (PCC) Minutes

2 - Churchwardens' Accounts and Parochial Church Council (PCC) Accounts

3 - Charities

1 - Legacy book - 1758-1890

2 - Lists and memos. of legacies left to St. John's parish - 19th cent

3 - Papers relating to vestry meeting held to take into consideration 'the propriety of empowering and authorising the Guardians of the poor of the City of Chester to advance out of the money paid to them---a proportionate part of the money which shall be exp - 1829-1830

4 - Henry Smith's Charity

5 - Wilcock's Charity

1 - Copy will of Thomas Wilcocke - 1769

2 - Copy Inquisition - 3 Apr 1662

3 - Copy Decree - 10 Apr 1662

4 - Copy will of Thomas Wilcock jun., son of Thomas Wilcock of Chester, alderman - 1769

5 - Lease for 99 years or 3 lives - 1 Mar 1708/9

6 - Bond in £200 - 1 Mar 1708/9

7 - Conveyance (Lease and Release, Lease missing) - 2 Mar 1708/9

8 - Bond in £500 - 2 Mar 1708/9

9 - Conveyance (Lease and Release) - 11, 12 Jun 1741

10 - Duplicates - 11, 12 Jun 1741

11 - Conveyance (Lease and Release) - 9, 10 Mar 1761

12 - Copy Lease for 21 years - 18 Jan 1762

13 - Account of John Bennett's disbursements on Willcock's estate in Willaston - 1770

14 - Memo, concerning the deeds and writings relating to Wilcock's Legacy - c.1800

15 - Surveys of the Willaston estate made by James Calveley - Mar 1801

16 - 'A Survey of Deferan Repairs Wanting at a farm house and out buildings and the Gates in the Lands---' - 29 Jul 1801

17 - Agreement - 15 Dec 1804

18 - Accounts and receipts of Andrew Coathup as tenant - 1809-1815

19 - Conveyance (Lease and Release) - 10, 11 Sep 1807

20 - Willaston rent accounts - 1814-1845

21 - Churchwardens' receipts for St. John's portion of the rent - 1815, 1818

22 - Churchwardens' receipts for Neston's portion of the rent - 1815-1829

23 - Churchwardens' receipts for St. Bridget's portion of the rent - 1817-1829

24 - Memorandum of resolutions passed at a meeting of the lords of the manor of Willaston concerning the enclosed lands in Willaston - 13 Mar 1817

25 - Letter from Jno. Broster, grandson of Thomas Wilcock, claiming the privilege of being present at the distribution of the charity - 12 Mar 1819

26 - Accounts relating to work done on the Willaston estate - 1820, 1821

27 - Samuel Brittain's account for valuing the farm in Willaston - 24 Jan 1823

28 - Memorandum concerning a cottage built adjoining the Mill Heys by Chas. Pugh by agreement with the Neston trustees - c.1836

29 - Conveyance (Lease and Release) - 12, 13 Feb 1838

30 - Accounts of John Faulkner, solicitor, in connection with Wilcock's estate - 1835-1838

31 - Lease - 8 Dec 1853

32 - Lease - 8 Dec 1853

33 - Survey of Willaston estate made by G. A. Bell - 8 Aug 1863

34 - Letters concerning the possible sale of part of the Willaston estate - 1870-1871

35 - Correspondence, mainly letters from Charity Commission concerning improvements at the farm at Willaston - 1876-1877

36 - Letters from Charity Commission concerning scheme for the administration of Thomas Wilcock's charity - 1878-1890

6 - Edward Batho's Charity

7 - John Stockton's Charity

8 - Other Charities

4 - Church Buildings

5 - Churchyard

6 - Visitations

7 - Parochial Statistics

8 - Electoral Rolls

9 - Papers and Correspondence

4 - Civil Affairs

5 - Publications and Memorabilia

7 - Schools