a history
The University: Balliol College: R. P. Pinsent of Marlborough College has been elected to a Williams Exhibition in Natural Sciences at Balliol College.
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GRO0740 Devonport: Richard Parker Pinsent: 1894 – 1915
Stratford upon Avon Guardians: … … … Respecting Claverdon sewerage, the Clerk reported receipt of a letter from Messrs. Pinsent and Co., (solicitors) acting for Mr. J. Booth, stating that there was as suggestion that the sewage of the village should be brought into the stream or watercourse by their client’s property and in front of his house. …
[see also Stratford upon Avon Herald: Friday 2nd August 1912}
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Links with the Past: Antiquaries Visit Places of Interest in the Devizes District: … our first stopping place was Erchfont, where the Rev. Dr. Hill had kindly consented to allow us to visit the church … From the Church we went to the Manor House, by kind permission of Mr. Dudley Scott. Mr. H. E. Medlicott delved into ancient history and informed us that the house was built by Sir William Pynsent, M.P. for Devizes, 1689-90, who, having no relations, left it, with all his property to Pitt, Earl of Chatham, for whom in his public capacity he had a most profound admiration.
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Information for Creditors: (From Last Night’s “London Gazette:” … … Notices of Intended Dividends: Robert Maye Pinsent, trading as Chalker Bros, 39 Flora Street, Plymouth, fruit merchant: last day for proofs. July 3rd. …
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944
Eight Shillings in the L. Composition Offered by Plymouth Fruit Merchant: Under the Bankruptcy Act application was made to his Honour Judge Lush-Wilson at Plymouth Bankruptcy Court yesterday for approval of a composition which Samuel (sic) Maye Pinsent, fruit merchant, Plymouth, had offered his creditors. The Official Receiver (Mr. A. N. F. Goodman) stated that the receiving order was made on April 11th of this year on creditors’ petition. Liabilities totalled £1,080. Assets were estimated to produce £316 12s 7d leaving deficiency of £763 7s 7d. A composition of 8s in the £, which debtor offered his creditors, was satisfactorily guaranteed. The terms debtor’s proposal were reasonable, and were calculated to benefit the general body of creditors. His Honour gave his approval.
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944
Lady Pioneer: Mrs. Pinsent member of the Birmingham Corporation caused a decided sensation at the meeting of the Association of the of Municipal Corporations yesterday. She is the first woman who has ever been elected to represent a municipality at the annual meeting of the association. The strangeness of the situation completely upset the municipal dignitaries from the Lord Mayor of London downwards. The Lord Mayor called her “my lady” and so did several others. Mrs. Pinsent signalized her accession to the association by a well-reasoned address on the putting into force of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, of which she herself was a valuable member.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
Belgrave P.M. chapel, Claremont Street: The Sunday School anniversary services were held yesterday, when the Rev. J. Lockhart preached at the morning and evening services, and the Rev. W. Thompson in the afternoon. Special music was rendered by the scholars, the soloists being the Misses Mabel Bland, Kitty Carter, Ruby Cornish, Ivy Gilder, Annie Martin, and Evelyn Hudson, Masters Ernest Hopewell, Harold Pinsent, and Cyril Payne. The collections realised £37 6s. 6d. and were for the school funds.
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GRO0392 Tiverton: Harold West Pinsent: 1900 – 1962
Musical Success: In the recent school examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, Elsie Grange, a pupil of Miss F. M. Pinsent passed the intermediate stage:
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GRO0318 Devonport: Frances Maude Pinsent: 1882 – 1953
Musical Successes: In the recent school examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, the following pupil of Miss E. Pearson, c/o Mrs. Watkins, Spencer House, Aylesbury, satisfied the requirements of the Board; Enid Watkins, primary division, pass piano; also, Winifred Eggleton and Robert Brooks, lower division, pass piano, Mary Clarke and Dolly Pitcher, elementary, pass piano, pupils of Miss F. M. Pinsent, at the Church House, Aylesbury; Muriel Hathaway, higher division, pass piano, and Gladys Wakefield, primary division, pass piano, pupils of Miss Lucie Hill, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., at Hampton House School, Brill, and Dunstable House, High-st, Princes Risborough.
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GRO0318 Devonport: Frances Maude Pinsent: 1882 – 1953
The Plymouth Fruit Trade: Unusual Competition Alleged by Debtor: “Do Plymouth people eat less fruit than people in other towns?” This question was asked by the Official Receiver” (Mr. A. N. F. Goodman) at Plymouth yesterday, at the first meeting of creditors of Robert May Pinsent. Mr. Goodman explained that debtor, who is 30 years of age, had been trading as a fruit and potato merchant in Flora-street, Plymouth, in the name of Chalker Bros. In May 1907, he entered into partnership with Wm. Chalker, paying £350 for a half share in the business. The partnership was for seven years.
In April 1908, he put in £400 more, and took a larger interest in the concern. In February 1909, he put in a further £300, taking a proportionately increased share, and in October 1910, paid £80 and took over the whole business. He had, therefore, sunk very considerable sums of money in the concern. He carried on until March 21st of this year, when he executed a deed of assignment, in which the liabilities were said £1,093 and the assets £300. The deed of assignment was treated as an act of bankruptcy by certain creditors, and the present proceedings resulted.
A Marriage Settlement: Debtor had since been trading on his own behalf and had also obtained certain financial assistance from the trustees of his marriage settlement. The money he put into the business of Chalker Bros, did not absorb the whole of his capital and on the occasion of his marriage in July 1908, a marriage settlement was executed of certain railway stock and also the mortgages he held in a house. The trustees had advanced him certain monies which they had been able to obtain on the security of the settled funds of their creditors to the extent of £452. Debtor alleged the cause of his insolvency to be losses in business, heavy wastage on perishable goods, keen competition, and bad debts. He said Plymouth occupied the curious position of perhaps having the keenest competition in the fruit trade of all the towns in England: whether that was true or not remained to be investigated.
The settlement filed by debtor in bankruptcy showed gross liabilities of £1,082 10s of which L. 1,000 is expected to rank for dividend. The gross assets are £316 12s 2d, leaving a deficiency of £763 7s 7d. Debtor had recently furnished a proposal for a composition under which he offered in addition to paying expenses incidental to the bankruptcy of 8s in the £ on all provable debts, with the exception of the sum of £450 owing to the trustees of the marriage settlement who would withdraw their claim in the event of the composition being accepted by the Court. Mr. Goodman added that he had not had an opportunity to consider the composition. In due course the creditors would be furnished with his observations upon it, and an application would be made to the Court to approve or refuse the composition whether it was, in the opinion of the creditors and the Court satisfactory or otherwise. He proposed, therefore, to adjourn the meeting to May 21st.
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944