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- [IT:Rev. Thomas died at the Family Estate Theberton, Maskelyia Ceylon
on the eve of his return to England.:IT]
"A tombstone in the church yard of the ALL SAINTS CHURCH,MASKELIYA
bears the following inscription.- Quote. "Feb 29,1884- The Revd Thomas
Nattle Grigg ,BA.,Cantab.,Late Rector of Lambley, Nott. Died at
Theberton, Maskeliya, on the eve of his departure for home Aged 73"
Unquote.
[IT:Reverand Thomas Nattle Grigg personal estate £11,256-4-7,
11/8/1884,
Resworn May 1885, £10,867-16-9.
The will with a codicil of the Reverand Thomas Nattle Grigg late of
Bishop's Startford in the County of Hertford and of Theberton Estate
Maskelyia in the Island of Ceylon, Clerk who died 29th. February 1884
at Theberton Estate was proved at the Principal Registry by Jemima
Stokes Grigg of Bishops Stortford, Spinster the daughter the sole
Executrix.
Counsel is of the opinion that the will of the above deceased under
which the English Estate passes, is that on the death of Miss Mary Ann
Grigg, the remaining Moiety of the Capital became divisible into
twentieths. five twentieths going to Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg
the only child of the late Mr Henry Bidwell Grigg, five twentieths
going equally between the seven children of the late Mr Thomas James
Grigg who were living at the death of Miss M A Grigg, four twentieths
going equally between the four children of the late Mrs Christiana
Nattle Byrde who were living at the death of Miss M A Grigg. This
would be a division along the lines that were adopted at the death of
Miss Jemima Stokes Grigg, when own moiety of the estate was
distributed, all parties at the time being sui juris.
Counsel has advised, however, that owing to the obscurity of the
language of the will and to the fact that the children of the late
Revd, Louis Byrde are infants and are therefore unable to enter into
any binding agreement, the Trustees cannot safely distribute the
remaining moiety of the Trust Property without the sanction of an
Order of the Court,
The Trustees will apply to the Court by Orginating Summons to
ascertain whether the Estate is divisable as the above or otherwise it
is divisable, and all beneficiaries who are out of the juristiction
must autherise Solicitors within the jurisdiction to enter appearances
for them. we act for the trustees and it will save considerable
expense if we are instructed to act for the beneficiaries also.
The remainding moiety of the English Estate consists of the
following:
2538 pounds advanced on morgage of Theberton 380 pounds Bengal Dooars
Railway Ordinary Stocks 109 pounds 6/6 Freehold rent charged on
property at St Georges, Bristol ( at 15 years purchase would produce
about 1600 pounds)
------------------------------------- Revd T N Grigg, deceased Final
distribution of English Estates - October 31 1925
Realisation of sale of freehold ground rents St George's Bristol in 18
lots, 1712 pounds.
Cash rents on above 90 pounds less expences leaves 1676 pounds to
distribute.
1/4 to Sir Edward Grigg as only child of Henry Bidwell Grigg , 1/4 to
the children of Col E E Grigg in equal shares 1/4 to the children of
Mr Thomas James Grigg in equal shares 1/4 to the children of Mrs C N
Byrde.in equal shares .
Thomas Nattle Grigg Trust was established in Ceylon to provide
income for his descendants from Theberton Estate, Maskalyia, Ceylon.
Document from 1926 outlines the beneficiaries at that date.
:IT]
[IT:He was a student at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1833
School; St Johns and St Peters Cambridge Alumni Thomas Nattle Grigg,
adm sigar at St Johns Jan.26 1826, of Cornwall.
School, Devenport Matric Michs 1828, migrated to Peterhouse Feb. 10
1829. BA 1833. Ordained Deacon (Norwich) Sep 23 1838.
Priest Jan 5 1840, Chaplain Van Diemen's Land Co 1841, Vicor of St
George Bristol 1857-73 Rector of Lambley, Notts, 1873-83. Lived
Subsequently at Bishops Storford,Herts. Died Feb 29 1884, aged 73 at
Theberton Estate, Maskelyia, Ceylon on the eve of his departure for
England.
( T.A.Walker , 436; Crockford ;Scott MSS ; The Guardian, March 5
1884 , Church of England Mag.)
Appointed Chaplian of the Van Diemen's Land Co in 1841.
(Quote) BUILDING THE FIRST TOWN
By 1890 the Stanley Institute ' had 1100 volumes. Education was
another pressing community need and Stanley enjoyed the distinction of
being the first North-West Coast town to have a school, established by
the VDL Co. despite several hurdles and a short-lived controversy over
fees.
The company brought out an Anglican clergyman from London in 1841,
engaging the Rev. Thomas N. Grigg with the intention that he would
also conduct a company school for about 30 school-age children from
among 40 youngsters at the settlement. The chosen schoolmaster, Martin
McHale, was found to be incompetent on the voyage out and another
indented servant, William Tagg, previously a schoolmaster in England
and performing similar duties on the barque Emu, was appointed at a
salary of £20 a year and any fees he could earn from tuition in his
spare time. McHale later worked as a labourer, buying a block at
Stanley in 1852. Tagg also had a brief teaching career and was
dismissed for `gross misconduct' leaving Grigg to carry on.
.
It was generally agreed that the need for a school was pressing, both
for the `idle children' and to help the company maintain a stable
workforce. With the arrival of Rev. Grigg, immediate steps were taken
to establish classes, though the issue of school fees was looming as
the next barrier. The company proposed fees of 6d per child a week or
4d per child for families with two or more children in attendance;
however, parents asserted that they had been promised the school would
be free, a claim supported by Rev. Grigg and a matter on which Curr
had been given no instructions. The imposition of a fee had been a
tactical move by Curr, who had discovered that the Van Diemen's Land
Government was spending £ 10 000 a year on day schools and that their
regulations showed they were legally bound to establish one at
Circular Head.
Having every right therefore to expect that on a proper application
being submitted they would at once make ours a government school, we
decided to adopt their regulations as closely as possible from the
commencement.'
( BUILDING THE FIRST TOWN)
Early in 1842, Curr called most of the parents to a meeting at his
house and outlined the proposal, with Rev. Grigg persuading them to
accept fees by subscribing £5 a year towards expenses to be shared
amongst them. They promised to have the fees deducted from their
wages.
Curr faced yet another test in paving the way for the company school
to become a day school, spending considerable time
convincing Rev. Grigg to have anything to do with a school in which,
according to regulations for Government facilities, no catechism was
permitted and no scriptures were to be expounded.
On 6 January, the first day of school, however, many parents reneged
on their agreement and only 19 children turned up. After
prolonged discussion, the company agreed to make it a charity school
and formal education began in earnest at Circular Head, with the
company largely paying expenses. In 1846, Curr's original plans were
realised when it became a `penny a day'school under a State-wide
system whereby the Government paid a daily penny per child to church
authorities, mainly Anglican, who conducted most of Tasmania's
schools. Wood's Almanac of 1849 lists an enrolment of 30 at the
Stanley Public Day School.
"[IT:Attempts to establish a European culture in the wilderness had
begun with the district's earliest residents,
who were well-satisfied with milestones like the formation of a
library in the early 1840s. Conceived by
'gentlemen of the establishment' and subsidised by them, it included
books, testaments and Bibles sent out
from London. By 1890 the Stanley Institute had I 100 volumes.
Education was another pressing
community need and Stanley enjoyed the distinction of being the first
North-West Coast town to have a
school, established by the VanDiemans Land Co. despite several hurdles
and a short-lived controversy over fees.
From the 1840s onwards Stanley nurtured the hopes of worshippers
seeking churches as a focus for a
diversity of faiths. Rev.Thomas Nattle Grigg carried out the Church of
England ministry over a vast district, from the
Blythe River to Woolnorth. For the first few years after proclamation
Stanley had no church, though the
Highfield chapel on the nearby Green Hills continued in private use.
The original church of St. Paul was
built in 1846 and the stone structure was consecrated in 1858 by
Bishop Nixon, the first Bishop of
Tasmania. It was later demolished due to a structural fault
and.replaced by the existing weatherboard
building."
(Unquote)
:IT]
Thomas and family travelled to Tasmania aboard ("Emu") Stanley
Circular Head, arrived Dec. 1841 with wife and four [IT:children.
"Like many early towns, Stanley could measure its prosperity in the
number of its hotels and the business they enjoyed. Licences were
first issued locally by a licensing court established at Stanley in
1849 and having jurisdiction over the district of Horton. The first
annual general meeting of the Justices of Peace was held at the police
office on 1 September and the court included chairman Andrew Mowbray;
deputy clerk of peace, William Horatio Walsh, also postmaster and
schoolmaster; John Lee Archer P.M.; Rev. Thomas.Nattle Grigg; and
James Gibson's brother, William. Local applicants were Michael Lyons,
William Borradale,James Ferguson and John Whitbread. All were
successful, with Lyons licensed to conduct the Shamrock Inn, which
became the Ship Inn in 1854 under proprietor, Thomas House, the
Stanley Hotel in 1888 under Jane Kay, and the Bay View in 1906, with
Henry J. Austin the proprietor. It continued to operate as the Bay
View Hotel till it was delicensed in June 1972, with Ewen Trenerry its
final p:IT]roprietor".
[IT:He resided in Circular Head, Tasmania, Australia 1842. Census
Circular Head, 1842:IT]
Bought land at Forest,North Western Tasmania as an investment.
He bought property in Lerderberg, Victoria, August 1849.
Leased Pastoral run Aug 1849-
July 1853 Lerderberg.Victoria
Moeep ,Victoria,1849
Borhoneyghurk East ,Victoria 1849-1856 18,000 Acres
He resided in Portland, Victoria 1851 . Thomas travelled to England,
March 1852. Departed Melbourne with wife and family in March 1852
aboard "Northumberland":IT]
- Regarding Thomas? Indenture. He signed up for five years initially and extended his term once but I don?t know whether things were the same for him in his employ for the second term.
From the VDL Co. dispatches. Thomas was the replacement for a sick Revd. E Pizey at the last moment. The barque EMU had to be held for a while to get things in order and the vessel arrived in Stanley on 19th Dec. 1841. Rev?d Grigg had been recommended to the VDL Co. by Society for the Propagating the Gospel. By June of 1842 the VDL Co HQ in London had received a letter from Society for the Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts soliciting Subscriptions.
On 31st July 1856 Thomas? successor in Tasmania, B. Fookes, wrote a letter to Thomas addressed to The Revd. T. N. Grigg, Watling Vickarage Sussex.
As a result of this letter Thomas Grigg wrote a letter to the VDL Co in London. It is dated 26 Nov 1856 and he gave his address as Pierre Peree(?), Guernsey.
Grigg followed up his first letter with additional matter on the same subject from the same address dated 2nd Dec 1856.
Thomas Grigg was in Tasmania while extensive changes were taking place within the VDL Co.
He was an influential member of the Circular Head District.
There maybe more details Tasmanian archives that I haven?t come across as yet
During my research I have got to know Thomas Nattle Grigg quite well and it is therefore a slice of ?deja vu? to have your contact
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Grigg Family Tree
1811 - 1884 (73 years)
