Burnett's Chapel Cork
TitleBurnett's Chapel Cork
ReferenceIE 627/U28
Date
1805-1809
Production date 1805 - 1809
Scope and ContentCopy note of two deeds regarding Burnett's Chapel, Cook Street, Cork, and its trust. The final line of the note asks 'Query - what is the nature of their trust', suggesting the document was prepared for the purpose of seeking legal advice.
The first deed quoted from is an assignment, dated 11 May 1805, from Philip Clark to Philip Ryder, one of the trustees. Provisions are quoted regarding trustees, who were' to have the entire management of everything concerning the chapel except the appointment of ministers and officers which appointment was to be by the members of the church when formed'. The trustees are to preserve the chapel from becoming the property of an individual, and are to preserve the church and pulpit 'with the approbation of said Church', opening the pulpit to ministers preaching doctrines 'true and evangelical agreeable to the doctrines and articles of the established Protestant church... and the Westminster confession'. Provisions for replacement of trustees and sale of the chapel are also outlined.
The second deed is an assignment from Apsley [Bellat] to Philip Ryder and others, trustees, 12 July 1809, 'and deed of trust recited and enlarged'. Nine trustees in Cork are named, and there are stated to be nine others in England [the Cork trustees include the five named in the 1805 deed: Philip Ryder, Peter Frier, William Moore, Robert Rogers, and Denis Bergin]. The Protestant character of the chapel is re-iterated. Those entered as communicants in the 'Society's book' [congregation records] may nominate and appoint ministers. Provisions are made for dissolution of the congregation and translation to a larger chapel, as required. Reference is made to the appointment of secretaries and chairmen in Great Britain and Ireland, and to British and Irish successors to ministers.
A note on the last page states that the deeds 'of the old Huntingdon or Calvinistic Chapel in Cook Street' are held by C Beamish, Treasurer of the Mechanics' Institute.
This copy item sheds light on one of Cork's Protestant congregations at a time when emigration from the UK and elsewhere in Ireland led to the creation of several new congregations in Cork, and to the emergence of a new community of Presbyterians, Methodists, and other independent Protestants, which was to play a leading role in Cork's development in the nineteenth century.
The first deed quoted from is an assignment, dated 11 May 1805, from Philip Clark to Philip Ryder, one of the trustees. Provisions are quoted regarding trustees, who were' to have the entire management of everything concerning the chapel except the appointment of ministers and officers which appointment was to be by the members of the church when formed'. The trustees are to preserve the chapel from becoming the property of an individual, and are to preserve the church and pulpit 'with the approbation of said Church', opening the pulpit to ministers preaching doctrines 'true and evangelical agreeable to the doctrines and articles of the established Protestant church... and the Westminster confession'. Provisions for replacement of trustees and sale of the chapel are also outlined.
The second deed is an assignment from Apsley [Bellat] to Philip Ryder and others, trustees, 12 July 1809, 'and deed of trust recited and enlarged'. Nine trustees in Cork are named, and there are stated to be nine others in England [the Cork trustees include the five named in the 1805 deed: Philip Ryder, Peter Frier, William Moore, Robert Rogers, and Denis Bergin]. The Protestant character of the chapel is re-iterated. Those entered as communicants in the 'Society's book' [congregation records] may nominate and appoint ministers. Provisions are made for dissolution of the congregation and translation to a larger chapel, as required. Reference is made to the appointment of secretaries and chairmen in Great Britain and Ireland, and to British and Irish successors to ministers.
A note on the last page states that the deeds 'of the old Huntingdon or Calvinistic Chapel in Cook Street' are held by C Beamish, Treasurer of the Mechanics' Institute.
This copy item sheds light on one of Cork's Protestant congregations at a time when emigration from the UK and elsewhere in Ireland led to the creation of several new congregations in Cork, and to the emergence of a new community of Presbyterians, Methodists, and other independent Protestants, which was to play a leading role in Cork's development in the nineteenth century.
Extent11pp
Physical descriptionPhotocopy of ms notes
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordBurnett's Chapel, Cork
SubjectReligion, Protestantism, Protestants, Cork, 19th century
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Levelfonds
RepositoryCork City and County Archives