This trust is a combination of two charities, which were combined on the
21st August 1980 from the charity of Mrs. Sykes and the charity of
George Cook Pape.
"George Cook Pape by will dated 13th January 1813 bequeathed to the
Minister, Churchwardens and Overseers of Hollym £300 upon trust to invest the
same on mortgage or in the purchase of land and to apply the annual proceeds
thereof towards putting to school and educating the poor children of Hollym
for ever."
The legacy had been put on deposit with bankers and interest amounting
to £6.15.0 a year was paid in respect thereof
There was an advertisement in the Hull Advertiser on 31st December 1808
when Hollym school was requiring a headmaster. By 1818, when there were 12
children in the school, Mr. Thomas Dickenson had been appointed as Head. At
this time parents had to pay for their children to go to school so Mr. Pape
was a real benefactor to the children of the village.
After duty was deducted the legacy was received by the Rector of Hollym,
Rev Robert Barker, and laid out as an interest earning loan in the form of a private
mortgage on the land. It went first to Mr. Jonathon Bellamy, and then after
his death the mortgage was transferred to Mr. Bellamy's daughter, Eleanor
Dibnah, wife of Richard Dibnah of Welwick, on the security of other property.
The yearly interest on the sum invested, £ 13 10s 0d, was received by the
Rector and paid to a schoolmaster who, in return, instructed 11 poor children
of the parish. These children were nominated by the Rector, churchwardens and
overseers and given lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic, free of
expenses, except for books and stationery. The legacy had been reinvested
into war stock. Items would be bought for the school from the interest.
During the 20th century the school had a Board of Managers of which
the Vicar was the Chairperson. In 1950 the managers were Richard Boasman,
George Moate, Samuel Fisher, Benny Burnham and Percy Smith.
After closure of the school in 1963 nothing was done with the funds
until 1968 when the vicar of Hollym, Rev'd. Arthur Scott, unearthed all the
information regarding the war stock and also formed a small committee of Sam.
Fisher, Maurice Boasman and Kathleen Fisher. Interest gained was shared out
between the Methodist and Church of England Sunday Schools in the village
(£10 each) in 1968 and £20 was given to each in 1970. A sum of money was
also made available to the village Youth Club. Money accrued was invested in
shares in Whitbread & Co. Ltd. and Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. In
1972 it was decided to give each child in the village a book token to the
value of £3:50 and 66 children received these in time for Christmas. Book
tokens have been given every 4 years since this time. In 1981 when Princess
Diana and Prince Charles were married the Trustees gave all children a
specially minted Crown and a commemorative mug instead of a book token the
previous Christmas.
In 1981 the War Stock was sold and funds were invested in Charibonds and
Charinco.
The Mrs. Sykes Charity dates from the latter part of the 19th
century
when Sir Tatton Sykes was the Lord of the Manor in Hollym and his wife
bequeathed the sum of 52s.0d. a year and payable by Manor Farm. The bequest
was for bread to be distributed every first Sunday in the month to poor widows
of the village. A small sum was also given by the Church.
To ensure this part of the charity was maintained, each year money was given
to the Women's Institute towards the cost of their senior citizen's tea held
in January.
In the late 1970's the Charity Commission completed a registration and
valuation of all charities and some very small charities were disbanded and
others amalgamated. Our charity then became the Hollym Pape Sykes Trust with
four trustees. Two are co-opted and two are nominated by the Hollym Parish
Council. The original trustees were Samuel Fisher and Maurice Boasman as
co-opted trustees and Kathleen Fisher and Ronald Young as nominative trustees.
Each trustee was to serve on the charity for either two, three, four or five
years, in the first instance in order to stagger elections but thereafter
every 4 years for nominative trustees and 5 years for co-opted trustees.
Meetings are only held once a year unless a matter arises that needs to be
discussed.
There have been several changes of trustees and the present ones in 2001 are Brenda Matson, daughter of Samuel Fisher, John Boasman, son of Maurice Boasman, Harold Jobling and Kathleen Fisher, who is still the Secretary and Treasurer. For any further information please e-mail Kathleen on kathfisher@talktalk.net