The Damning of Ezekiel Chesterman (Long, Sorry)
March the Mad Scientist
to help him find out a little more about a singular document that he
discovered inside.
The document is an original legal agreement dated 30 September 1875
between William Chesterman of Sheffield and Ezekiel Bickham Chesterman
of Bath (formerly of Sheffield). It is on large lined paper (approx. A3
size), wrapped in oil paper and tied with string, legal fashion. Doesn't
look like it's been opened since the day it was written out by Burbeary
& Smith Solicitors, Sheffield.
Basically Bill Chesterman was the owner of a measuring tape
manufacturing firm in Sheffield and Zeke (presumably a relative, the
document doesn't say) was for a time his manager. The firm traded as
James Chesterman & Co.
By mutual agreement (i.e. this document), Zeke was bought out for £1500
(hell of a lot of money in 1875) and pissed off to live in Bath on
condition that he never engaged in any business involving the
manufacture of "measuring tapes, steel rules, squares, measuring chains
or any other device manufactured by James Chesterman & Co."
The document was registered at Companies House on 9 October 1875, and
witnessed by Richard Hind Laughton and Ernest Froggatt.
There's probably some interesting local history behind this.... Why was
Zeke bought out for such a large sum when he was only a manager? Why did
Bill want him out of the way? I'm intrigued, and would like to hear from
anyone who can throw any more light on these bits of paper.
My friend is more interested in hearing the story than receiving offers
of value for the papers, though anyone with a proven family interest
would be welcome to first refusal.
No references to Companies House, usual official records &c. please, I
know how to do all that. I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has
something similar as part of their family folklore, either in Sheffield
or Bath.
Cheers, thanks for your time.
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Andi Carey
Scientist .....
>No references to Companies House, usual official records &c. please, I
>know how to do all that. I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has
>something similar as part of their family folklore, either in Sheffield
>or Bath.
>
>Cheers, thanks for your time.
Rabone Chesterman make precision engineering measuring devices (rulers,
protractors, verniers etc.) Same company? They might be able to help,
that's if they're still going, they might have been taken over by James
Neil.
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Guy Fawkes
<Ma...@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
>A friend of mine recently bought an antique strong box, and has asked me
>to help him find out a little more about a singular document that he
>discovered inside.
snipped, ask sam, the friendly glosstershire gateway / bailey
newspaper group fella, if they would consider running the story..
HTH
GF
suze hall
s...@surfbaud.235/60r15.co.uk> writes
Errrr...why? It's Bath, isn't it? Not Glastershoire? Would have
thought Bath media would have been a better bet...
But it gets my vote as the most wonderful subject line of all time.
"The Damning of Ezekiel Chesterman". Eat yer heart out Charley Dickens.
Suze
Guy Fawkes
cos bailey group have titles all over "middle england" and in the
intervening years, many may have moved..
TSW / Spotlight might also like a "human interest" story such as
this...
GF
LB
s...@surfbaud.235/60r15.co.uk> writes
>
>newspaper group fella, if they would consider running the story..
Doubt it GF...you know how worthless everyone and everything is in this
county. Hell, we're not even in the southwest <g>
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March the Mad Scientist
s...@surfbaud.235/60r15.co.uk> writes
>>s...@surfbaud.235/60r15.co.uk> writes
>>><Ma...@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>A friend of mine recently bought an antique strong box, and has asked me
>>>>to help him find out a little more about a singular document that he
>>>>discovered inside.
>>>
>>>
>>>newspaper group fella, if they would consider running the story..
>>
>>thought Bath media would have been a better bet...
>>
>>But it gets my vote as the most wonderful subject line of all time.
>>"The Damning of Ezekiel Chesterman". Eat yer heart out Charley Dickens.
>
>cos bailey group have titles all over "middle england" and in the
>intervening years, many may have moved..
>
>TSW / Spotlight might also like a "human interest" story such as
>this...
>
>GF
Well thanks for all the advice folks - I'm going to start at Rabone
Chesterman's - I'd heard of them but didn't know they made measuring
instruments.
Failing that, off to the press. I bet there's a reight good story behind
this. If I ever find out what it is, I'll post it up.
Cheers - March
Andi Carey
Scientist .....
>instruments.
You just had to ask a grease monkey.
now where's that old sig?
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The Fourth Warrior
Guy Fawkes wrote in message <35d5dbd0...@news.enterprise.net>...
>On Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:46:38 +0100, suze hall
><su...@theworkhouse1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>In article <35d580f6...@news.enterprise.net>, Guy Fawkes <guy.fawke
>>s...@surfbaud.235/60r15.co.uk> writes
>>>On Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:02:36 +0100, March the Mad Scientist
>>><Ma...@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>A friend of mine recently bought an antique strong box, and has asked me
>>>>to help him find out a little more about a singular document that he
>>>>discovered inside.
>>>
>>>
>>>snipped, ask sam, the friendly glosstershire gateway / bailey
>>>newspaper group fella, if they would consider running the story..
>>
>>Errrr...why? It's Bath, isn't it? Not Glastershoire? Would have
>>thought Bath media would have been a better bet...
>>
>>But it gets my vote as the most wonderful subject line of all time.
>>"The Damning of Ezekiel Chesterman". Eat yer heart out Charley Dickens.
>
>cos bailey group have titles all over "middle england" and in the
>intervening years, many may have moved..
>
>TSW / Spotlight might also like a "human interest" story such as
>this...
>
>GF
Who the f**K are TSW? I thought it was Westcountry, that also started down
hill so I'm told after my friend Steve Refurn left.
TFW
Guy Fawkes
wrote:
>In article <35d580f6...@news.enterprise.net>, Guy Fawkes <guy.fawke
>s...@surfbaud.235/60r15.co.uk> writes
>>
>>snipped, ask sam, the friendly glosstershire gateway / bailey
>>newspaper group fella, if they would consider running the story..
>
>Doubt it GF...you know how worthless everyone and everything is in this
>county. Hell, we're not even in the southwest <g>
true, thanks for pointing that out, I'll have to reconfigure my neural
net so that such glaring errors in reality simulation don't pass
through again...
GF
Guy Fawkes
<da...@detankard.u-net.com> wrote:
>
>Who the f**K are TSW? I thought it was Westcountry, that also started down
>hill so I'm told after my friend Steve Refurn left.
oops, giving me age away, meant Westward of course...that gus honeybun
is great eh? and fern britten at 18, phwooar..
GF