BorDV11/8

Declaration of trust

1 December 1898

From: 1865 To: 1898

Declaration of trust “in relation to the custody, user, presentation of and further additions to the mayoral chain by the current mayor Fred Turner Garrett and past mayors: Charles Stockdale Benning (1865); Benjamin Bennett (1871); William Henry Derbyshire (1879); Richard Barton (1883); Gilbert Sinkwell (1885, 1891); Augustus Morcom (1890); John Buttfield Hill (1892, 1893); Arthur Edward Langridge (1894, 1895) and Walter Love (1896) and the following representatives of past mayors: George Osborn (representative of Joseph Osborn, 1865); Elizabeth Sarah Staines (representative of Joseph Gutteridge 1867); Samuel Burges (representative of Samuel Burges 1868); James Jardine (representative of William Jardine 1869); William Thomas Milligan (representative of William Milligan 1870); Henry Edward Limbrey (representative of John Henry Limbrey 1874); Henry Brown (representative of Edwin Wildman Brown 1875) and Henry Herbert Hambling (representative of William James Hambling 1880, 1881, 1887, 1888, 1889) Declaration: - the parties assigned their interest in the chain to Charles Crichton Stuart Benning of Dunstable, solicitor and town clerk in trust; - the parties were entitled to use the chain during their year of office; - the mayor for the time being was entitled to user of the chain during his year in office subscribing at least £2/10/- to provide an additional link; - the town clerk may demand to be informed of the whereabouts of the chain; - no alteration to be made to the chain except a link inscribed with name and date; - any question concerning the chain to be answered at a subscribers’ meeting Witnesses: - Henry Sergeant, clerk to Benning & Son of Dunstable, solicitors; - Henry Card of North Street, Lewes [Sussex], late county surveyor; - Arthur Joseph Staines of 65 Lewisham Park [London], builder and contractor; - Gilbert D Lewey of 10 King’s Bench Walk, Temple [London],clerk to James Jardine QC; - W Harry Barcroft, schoolmaster of Upper Villiers Street, Northampton; - J A Nares of 45 High Road, Kilburn [London] bank accountant

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Benning, Charles Crichton Stuart,
Benning & Son,
Garrett, Fred Turner,
Benning, Charles Stockdale,
Bennett, Benjamin,
Derbyshire, William Henry,
Barton, Richard,
Sinkwell, Gilbert,
Morcom, Augustus,
Hill, John Buttfield,
Langridge, Arthur Edward,
Love, Walter,
Osborn, George,
Osborn, Joseph,
Staines, Elizabeth Sarah,
Gutteridge, Joseph,
Burges, Samuel,
Jardine, James,
Jardine, William,
Milligan, William,
Milligan, William Thomas,
Limbrey, Henry Edward,
Limbrey, John Henry,
Brown, Henry,
Brown, Edwin Wildman,
Hambling, Henry Herbert,
Hambling, William James,
Sergeant, Henry,
Card, Henry,
Staines, Arthur Joseph,
Lewey, Gilbert D,
Barcroft, W Harry,
Nares, J A

Dunstable Borough, DUNSTABLE, Mayor, solicitors' clerks, Benning & Son, County Surveyor, builder and contractor, barristers, schoolmaster, bank accountant, Charles Crichton Stuart Benning, Town Clerk