WOLLASTON
Wilauestone (xi cent.); Wullaueston (xii cent.);
Wolaston (xiii cent.).
The parish of Wollaston lies on the Bedfordshire
border and is separated from Doddington on the northwest by the River Nene, whose marshy banks supply
rushes for the mat-making which still holds its own as
a means of employment in the neighbourhood, though
the place of chief industry has been taken by bootmaking. The village stands about 2¼ miles south from
Wellingborough station on the Northampton and Peterborough section of the L.M.S. railway; it is lighted
with gas from its own works, built in 1872, and supplied with water by the Higham Ferrers and Rushden
joint water board from their works at Sywell. A fair
number of good 17th-century stone houses remain in
the village, some of them modernized, but others preserving their original architectural features. On the
west side of the church is an undated two-story house of
this period with gabled dormer windows and thatched
roof, and on the south side another thatched house with
a panel in the gable inscribed 'i.d., mdclxxix'. (fn. 1) A
large house at the Strixton end of the village dated
1657 (fn. 2) has a good contemporary oak staircase to the top
floor with turned balusters and newels with ball tops.
Opposite this, at the corner of Long Lane, is a house
with a panel inscribed 'n. k. 1678' (for Nicholas
Keystian), which is said to have been the Manor Farm.
A much-modernized house known as 'The Priory',
south-west of the church, incorporates part of what
appears to be the oldest building in the village, probably
of 16th-century date, with low mullioned windows and
some internal features the identification of which has
been rendered uncertain by successive alterations. A
good stone house near the church, occupied by Miss
Keep, was erected about 1770 by Ambrose Dickins. (fn. 3)
Wollaston Hall, a stone house now occupied by Mr.
H. A. Hall, stands a little to the east of the church, and
to the south-west of it is Beacon Hill, a high conical
mound planted with trees and shrubs.
In 1672 Thomas Brett obtained a licence to hold
Presbyterian services in the house of John Morrice in
Wollaston. (fn. 4) The Congregational chapel was founded
in 1775, reopened in 1900; the Methodist chapel was
built in 1840 and the Baptist chapel in 1867.
The population, which was 2,345 in 1931, has increased during the last 20 years, owing to the introduction of boot-making; but some of the inhabitants are
still engaged in agriculture. The soil varies considerably
within the parish, the subsoil being alluvium in the
valley, Great Oolite, limestone, and Upper and Middle
Lias clay. The chief crops are cereals and turnips, but
much of the land is pasture, and there is a poultry farm
belonging to Wollaston Hall.
The common lands were inclosed, under a Private
Act, in 1788. (fn. 5)
Manors
There were, in 1086, two manors in
WOLLASTON: one assessed at 5 hides,
which was included in the land of Gunfrey
of Chocques under Spelhoe Hundred and had been
held by the four thegns who preceded him, with sac and
soc; (fn. 6) and another, assessed at 2 hides, which Corbelin
held of the Countess Judith. The larger manor formed
part of the honor of Chokes, of which the descent was
complicated by temporary escheats, due to its holders'
connexions with France. (fn. 7) During the 12th century
Wollaston seems to have been granted to Robert de
Newburgh (or Neufbourg, Normandy). The Advocate
of Béthune obtained seisin of it with the rest of his inheritance in England in 1200, (fn. 8) and in 1208 sued Robert de
Newburgh for the manor, on the plea that it had only been
mortgaged to him for a loan of £40, which he was now
willing to repay. (fn. 9) Evidently the Advocate recovered
the overlordship and Robert then held of him the manor,
which he granted to the abbey of Bindon (Dorset). (fn. 10)
Subsequently, in 1223, Robert de Newburgh commuted
this grant for a money payment, as he enfeoffed Robert
the son of Ralf of the manor, retaining 1 virgate with the
service of Saer de Wollaston and his heirs, (fn. 11) and stipulating that Robert should pay 210 marks to the abbey.
Robert son of Ralf appears to have granted a third part
of his manor to John de Newburgh for life in 1225, (fn. 12) but
is described as holding two fees in Wollaston in 1236 of
Robert de Newburgh, and in 1242 of 'the Honor of
Chokes, which Robert de Gynes holds'. (fn. 13) Robert the son
of Ralf seems to be Robert le Waleys who died before
1246, when Robert de Guisnes successfully claimed the
custody of the manor during the nonage of his heir. (fn. 14)
This heir was presumably William de Bray, who obtained from Henry III a grant of a weekly market on
Tuesday at Wollaston and a yearly fair there on the vigil,
feast, and morrow of the Invention of the Cross. (fn. 15) A
further grant was made on 4 March 1263 to the men of
Wollaston that they should be quit of the lawing of their
dogs and of giving ransom for them, as it had appeared
by inquest that they were outside the metes and regard
of the forest of Salcey. (fn. 16)
In 1276 William de Bray granted 2 virgates of land in
Wollaston with a messuage to Thomas, son of William
and grandson of Gilbert de Wollaston, and Beatrice the
wife of Thomas for their lives. (fn. 17) In 1280 he, with
Helwis, Agnes, and Maud (fn. 18) the daughters of William
son of Roger de Newburgh, registered a claim to a
messuage and 10 virgates in Strixton and Wollaston,
which Richard de Newburgh was granting to Roger de
Newburgh and his wife Agatha for their lives. (fn. 19) In 1286
Edmund the king's brother obtained from William de
Cogenho, presumably representing the Newburgh mesne
lordship, a quitclaim of the homage and service of
William de Bray, who, being present, acknowledged
that he held his land of Edmund and did him homage
in the same court. (fn. 20)
William de Bray died before 1305; in which year
Robert de Bray, his son and heir, settled the manor of
Wollaston on himself and his wife Mary with remainder to Thomas the son of Thomas de Berkeley, and
Margery his wife, (fn. 21) who was the daughter and heir of
Robert de Bray; she died before her husband, who
granted the manor in 1340 for the term of his own life
to Maurice de Berkeley, with remainder to Katharine
his daughter and the heirs of her body. (fn. 22)
Thomas de Berkeley died on Wednesday before the
Feast of St. Peter in Cathedra 1346, his daughter
Katharine de la Dale being then 36. The manor of
Wollaston at this time was said to be held of the fee of
Chokes by service of a knight's fee and 20s. yearly to be
paid at the king's castle of Northampton for castle ward,
and 30s. yearly to the sheriff of Northampton for
assessed fines. Richard Chamberleyn, who had married
Katharine, petitioned that the king would release the
manor, as it was not held in chief, and it was found
that the manor was held immediately of the Earl of
Lancaster as two knights' fees, by rent of 1d. yearly and
suit at Higham Ferrers Court, and that the earl held the
manor of the king, as of the honor of Chokes; though
this honor had been described in the previous March as
pertaining to Sir John de Moleyns 'by the king's charter
granted to him'. (fn. 23)
In 1356 Henry Earl of Lancaster granted the
manor to the Dean and Canons of the College of St.
Mary at Leicester, (fn. 24) and it was probably after this date
that it became known as BURIE MANOR, a name
which seems to have been given locally to ecclesiastical
property. The college obtained a grant of free warren
there as soon as they were in possession. (fn. 25) The holding
was described in 1428 as one fee only, the other fee
being said to have remained in the hands of Richard
Chamberleyn and ultimately to have become divided
between John Neubon and Thomas Walton of Strixton,
St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London (fn. 26) and the abbeys
of Lavendon and St. Mary Delapré by Northampton. (fn. 27)
It is probable that the possessions of the abbeys of
Lavendon and Delapré in Wollaston were attached to
the lands of St. Mary's after the Dissolution, as they are
not mentioned in any grant of the lands formerly belonging to these houses.
The manor, formerly belonging to the College of
St. Mary at Leicester, was retained by the Crown until
1606, (fn. 28) when James I granted 'the site of two manors in
Wollaston' to Thomas Marbury and Richard Cartwright in fee-farm, (fn. 29) but it had passed before 1635 to
John Earl of Bridgwater. (fn. 30) His descendants remained
in possession until 1709, when Jane, Dowager Countess,
and Scroope Earl of Bridgwater, sold the estate to
Thomas Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse. (fn. 31) His
son Thomas, who was created Earl of Malton in
1728, was co-vouchee with Mary his wife in a recovery concerning the manor and the advowson of the
vicarage in 1738, (fn. 32) but the whole property seems to have
passed to Ambrose Dickins, who presented to the
church in 1765. (fn. 33) Watson William Dickins, with
Francis Dickins and Diana his wife, dealt with the
manor, rectory, and advowson by fine in 1828, (fn. 34) but in
1844 the Dickins estate was sold, Mr. Samuel Soames
purchasing the manor-house and farm, which he sold
in 1852 to Mr. Charles Hall, (fn. 35) from whom it has
descended to the present owner, Mr. H. A. Hall, but
all manorial rights have lapsed.
The manor belonging to the Countess Judith in 1086
contained land for 3½ ploughs, and had previously been
held by Stric freely. Winemar de Hanslope claimed it,
but it was held by Corbelin of the Countess (fn. 36) and afterwards of King David, (fn. 37) being included in the honor of
Huntingdon. During the 16th century it was distinguished from Burie by the name of the HALL
MANOR.
At the end of the 12th century it was in the possession
of a family who took their name from the place; they
held also 1 virgate of Robert de Newburgh. In 1199
Richard the son of Thomas, and Christian his wife
quitclaimed half a virgate of land to Roland de Wollaston; (fn. 38) and Simon de Wollaston is mentioned as holding
in the township in the following year. (fn. 39) Sir Saer de
Wollaston, who occurs in 1218, (fn. 40) had two sons, Simon
and William, both of whom were witnesses to grants
made to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in Smithfield. Simon had a
son Robert, (fn. 41) whose son Reynald
granted land in Wollaston to his
son John in 1269, paying rent of
100s. to Reynald and his wife
Maud during their lives, with
contingent remainders to John's
brother Thomas and his issue, and
their sister Maud and her issue. (fn. 42)
In 1284 another Saer de Wollaston was lord of the manor, which
was then described as held as of
the honor of Huntingdon, but after this date the descent
of the manor is obscure, though it seems to have remained in the possession of Saer's descendants.
Wollaston. Sable a cheveron between three scallops argent.
William de Wollaston had view of frankpledge here
in 1330, (fn. 43) and in 1335 William de Wollaston 'the elder'
was in possession of the manor of Wollaston, of which
he was said to have disseised William de Brampton,
parson of Easton, and Reynald de Eston, vicar of
Wollaston. This was probably a fictitious suit, as
William de Brampton and Reynald released their
damages to William de Wollaston in the same court; (fn. 44)
but the nature of the settlement does not appear. In
1428 another William de Wollaston held land described as having belonged formerly to John Wollaston,
but it is said to have been a quarter of a fee only, the
other three-quarters having been divided into six equal
portions between William Branspath of Irthlingburgh,
William de Haldenby of Isham, William Kyngsman, John and Thomas Bedell of Wollaston, and John
Herriot. (fn. 45) In 1442 John Rous, of Little Dorrington in
Warwickshire, quitclaimed his right in the manor to
William Wolston and John his son, (fn. 46) but which of the
portions had come into his hands does not appear.
Elizabeth, the widow of William Kyngsman, died
seised of his portion in 1449, but her heir is not named; (fn. 47)
and Audrey, the daughter of Sir Guy Wolston and wife
of Thomas Empson, is said to have released the manor
in 1515 to Richard Fitzwilliam of Milton, who presumably conveyed it to the canons of St. Mary at
Leicester almost on the eve of the Dissolution. They
had received a licence to acquire fresh lands in mortmain on 6 February 1480, and had obtained 6 messuages, 7 virgates of land, 12 acres of meadow, and 8
acres of pasture, in Wollaston, in part satisfaction of
this grant, as late as 12 February 1506. (fn. 48) By 1533 they
were in possession of 'the scite of the two Manors in
Wollaston, Burie manor and the Hall Manor with all
houses and demeasne lands to them belonging'. (fn. 49) Both
manors were apparently included in the grant to John
Earl of Bridgwater and became amalgamated.
BARTHILMEW'S FEE. Robert de Newburgh
granted 7½ virgates of land in Wollaston to the Hospital
of St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, (fn. 50) Hugh, the Master
of the hospital, obtaining warranty of charter from
him in 1218. (fn. 51) He also granted the grazing of 14 oxen
wherever his own oxen should
feed in Wollaston; (fn. 52) and some
years later William de Bray
added two roods of arable land. (fn. 53)
The holding, which was known
as Barthilmew's Fee, remained
in the possession of the hospital
until the Dissolution, and was
in the tenure of John Coke on
13 January 1547, when it was
included in the grant to the
mayor and citizens of London
as trustees of the new foundation. (fn. 54)
Hospital of St. Bartholomew. Party argent and sable a cheveron countercoloured.
During the early part of the 13 th century the Abbey
of Delapré by Northampton received several small grants
of land in Wollaston. These included a confirmation
from Hugh de Newburgh of the grant of the 'minster'
at Wollaston, given by Robert de Chocques with the land
behind the court; from Robert de Newburgh 1 virgate
and the land called Northyme; from Roger de Newburgh the land behind the Abbey's houses, between the
two roads; from Samson the son of Samson, Gerscroft,
Brintyngesholm meadow, and common of pasture;
from William de Bray rent in Nedham in Wollaston,
and from William son of Simon de Wollaston two
messuages in Nedham Street. (fn. 55) This property and that
belonging to Lavendon were probably retained by the
Crown and became amalgamated with the manor, as
the advowson, part of the property of Delapré, was
afterwards in the possession of John Earl of Bridgwater.
Mills
Each of the manors in Wollaston had a
mill mentioned in 1086. (fn. 56) That belonging to
the larger manor was granted by William de
Betun to Peter son of Adam about the end of the 12th
century, (fn. 57) and was afterwards bestowed by Robert son
of Roger de Newburgh on the Hospital of the Holy
Trinity by Northampton. (fn. 58) In 1218 the master of the
hospital obtained a quitclaim of a mill in Wollaston
from Philip the son of Robert and Basile the daughter
of Stephen. (fn. 59) John, master of the hospital (c. 1233),
granted their mill to Robert son of Ralf de Wolaston. (fn. 60)
Subsequently the hospital granted it with the adjacent
land to the College of St. Mary at Leicester in 1376. (fn. 61)
The Dean and Chapter of the College at first paid a
yearly rent of 40s. for the land, but 20s. of this was
released to Dean Peter de Kellesey, by Richard Bollesore, master of St. Davids, as the water-mill was found
to be 'entirely decayed'. (fn. 62) It seems afterwards to have
been rebuilt, as there were two mills belonging to the
manor in 1590. (fn. 63)
Church
The church of ST. MART THE VIRGIN consists
of chancel, 35 ft. 6 in. by 16 ft. 6 in.; central tower
and broach spire, north transept, 20 ft. by 14 ft. 9 in.
wide; nave, 54 ft. 8 in. by 18 ft. 3 in., and north and
south aisles 14 ft. wide, all these measurements being internal. The tower is 13 ft.
square at the crossing and the width across
nave and aisles 51 ft. 3 in. A former vestry at the east
end of the south aisle now serves as an organ-chamber.
Before 1735 the church was an early-14th-century
building with aisled nave of four bays, 'a cross aisle
from north to south covered with lead and a chancel
tiled', (fn. 64) but on 13 November of that year 'the body of
the church, supported by six pillars, suddenly and
unexpectedly fell down', (fn. 65) and in the rebuilding which
followed in 1737 (fn. 66) the chancel was reconstructed and
the south transept removed. The new nave was built
in the classic style of the day, with the vestry covering
the south side of the tower, the tower arches were filled
in with rubble and plastered over, leaving two low
openings from the nave to the chancel, (fn. 67) and a gallery
erected at the west end. Of the 14th-century structure
only the tower and spire and north transept remained;
subsequent changes have respected the 18th-century
building, which externally remains unaltered. In 1824
the north transept was fitted up as a Sunday school, (fn. 68)
and in 1841 north and south galleries were erected. (fn. 69)
In the course of an extensive restoration in 1885 the
tower arches were opened out, the side galleries removed, the north transept rebuilt, and the organ
removed from the west gallery to the south of the tower.
The chancel is faced with coursed freestone, but
is without buttresses and its red-tiled eaved roof is
modern. The east wall was rebuilt in 1902 and the
three-light traceried window is of that date, as are also
the tracery and mullions of the three round-headed
18th-century windows in the south wall. The north
wall is blank. Two lead spout-heads bear the date
1772. (fn. 70) Internally the walls of the chancel, as elsewhere,
are plastered.
The beautiful 14th-century tower is open to the
church in the lower stage through four sharply pointed
arches of three chamfered orders, the innermost springing from half-round responds with moulded capitals
and bases, the others continued below moulded imposts
and stopped at the bottom with notch-heads. All the
arches are alike and have hood-moulds on each side.
Bands of ironstone in the masonry below the arches
afford variety and contrast in colour. The vice is in the
south-east angle of the tower, and externally takes the
form of a hexagonal turret, sloped back with stone roof
at the height of the top of the bell-chamber windows.
The windows are double on each side, and of two
trefoiled lights, with simple tracery in the head; (fn. 71) the
lower part of the lights is blocked. The angles of the
tower are strengthened by small triple shafts stopping
beneath a richly sculptured corbel table of heads and
flowers connected by tendrils, from which the spire
rises, and above the bell-chamber windows on each
side is a slightly ogee niche with moulded jambs and
label. The spire has ribbed angles and tall pinnacles
standing on the broaches, with three tiers of gabled
lights, faced alternately, all of two trefoiled openings.
The top of the spire, for a length of about 11 ft., was
rebuilt in 1892.
Plan of Wollaston Church
The north transept was good work of the same period
as the tower, and as rebuilt retains all its original features
though windows and other of the architectural details
are new. It is faced with coursed stone and covered
with a red-tiled gabled roof, and is now enclosed by
modern gothic screens to form a vestry. The 14th-century arch opening to the north aisle remains and is of
two orders, the inner order springing on the wall side
from a half-octagonal respond with moulded capital
and base. The windows in the north and east walls are
of three lights with modern Decorated tracery, and
there is a doorway in the west wall. In the north wall,
below the window, are two 14th-century arched
recesses with hood-moulds, one of which now contains a
stone coffin found during the rebuilding, the lid of which
has a beautiful floriated cross with ornamented stem.
The 18th-century nave is of three bays, divided
from the aisles by tall Tuscan columns on high plinths
and with pilasters at either end, supporting a single span
roof, with separate plaster ceilings. (fn. 72) The west elevation
is of much dignity, the nave projecting slightly in front
of the aisles, with wide pediment, and square-headed
doorway within a semicircular arch. The whole of the
elevation is faced with alternate courses of ironstone and
freestone, the contrast of colour being very effective.
Above the doorway is a circular window. The side
elevations are of plainer character, with plinth, cornice,
and parapet, and three large round-headed windows
with moulded sills, divided into three lights by flat
intersecting mullions. On the north side a considerable
amount of irregularly coursed ironstone is used, but on
the south there is little or none. The date 1737 occurs
on the keystone of the west doorway, and on the spoutheads. Below the west gallery is a good 18th-century
screen with fluted pilasters.
The font dates from 1737 and is of stone, with circular gadrooned bowl and swelled base. The panelled
pulpit is of the same date. (fn. 73)
There is a brass chandelier given by Ambrose
Dickins in 1777.
The 15th-century brasses recorded by Bridges have
disappeared. (fn. 74) In the chancel are armorial slabs and a
mural tablet (fn. 75) to Edmund Neale (d. 1671) and his son
Thomas (d. 1675), and memorials of Sir Charles Neale,
Kt. (d. 1719), and Dr. John Shipton (d. 1748).
There is an 18th-century communion table in the
vestry, and a panelled chest.
There are six bells, the first a recasting by Taylor
& Co. in 1910, the second without date or inscription,
the third by Taylor 1868, and the fourth, fifth, and
tenor by R. Taylor, of St. Neots, 1806. (fn. 76)
The plate consists of a silver cup and paten, flagon,
and alms basin of 1773, each inscribed 'The gift of
Ambrose Dickins Esqre to the Church of Wollaston,
Northamptonshire 1774'. (fn. 77)
The registers before 1812 are as follows: (1) baptisms
and burials 1663–96 and 1698–1781, marriages 1667–
96 and 1698–1753; (ii) marriages 1754–71; (iii)
marriages 1772–1812; (iv) baptisms and burials
1782–1812.
Advowson
The church of Wollaston was
granted by Robert de Chocques to
the abbey of St. Mary Delapré by
Northampton during the reign of Stephen, (fn. 78) and remained in their possession until the Dissolution, (fn. 79) after
which it became attached to the manor, then in the
king's hands. The right of presentation to the living
was granted to John Earl of Bridgwater before 1634, (fn. 80)
and subsequently followed the descent of the manor,
Francis Dickins being the patron in 1847. (fn. 81) The vicarage was annexed to Irchester before 1854, and so
continued until 21 June 1880, when it was again
separated. It is now in the gift of the Bishop of
Peterborough.
In 1533 Thomas Leson obtained from Thomas
Cromwell a 'letter directed to the abbess of Delapra
for his brother Mohoon the King's servant for the
lease of the parsonage at Wollaston', but apparently
failed to obtain it, (fn. 82) and the rectory was granted for life
to Sir William Parr of Horton after the Dissolution. (fn. 83)
In 1564 it was bestowed by Queen Elizabeth on George
Carleton, (fn. 84) who sold it in 1581 to John Neale. (fn. 85) In 1594
Neale, as proprietary rector of the church, reported
that the chancel was very ruinous and almost falling, so
that it was 'of no use either to the church or the
inhabitants, and moreover cannot be repaired except
at great cost, therefore he desires to be relieved of the
obligation'. (fn. 86) John Neale's descendants remained in
possession for over a hundred years. He with his wife
Elizabeth and Edmund Neale, who was perhaps their
son, dealt with the rectory by fine in 1623 and again in
1633. (fn. 87) Edmund Neale died in 1671, and his son
Thomas, who died in 1675, was succeeded by Charles
Neale. Charles Neale, with Edmund and James Neale,
John Horton and Lucretia his wife, and Elizabeth and
Ann Neale, levied a fine concerning the rectory in 1723. (fn. 88)
Charities
Thomas Neale by his will dated 5
September 1674 charged a piece of
land at Wollaston with 2s. weekly to
be laid out in bread for the poor by the churchwardens
and overseers. A sum of £5 4s. is received annually in
respect of this charity from the owner of Wollaston
Hall.
By his will dated 16 July 1730 Charles Neale gave
£120 to be laid out in lands the rents thereof to be
applied by the churchwardens and overseers in the
distribution of bread to the poor. In 1820, in satisfaction of this charity a sum of £173 6s. 8d. Consols was
transferred to trustees. The stock produces £4 6s. 8d.
yearly in dividends.
John Hazeldine, who died in 1732, gave 3 threepenny loaves a week to 3 of the poorest people of
Wollaston. The sum of £1 19s. per annum is received
out of land in Wollaston belonging to several owners.
The above-mentioned charities are administered by
trustees appointed by the parish council in place of the
churchwardens and overseers, and bread is distributed
weekly to about 26 recipients.
By codicil to his will dated 14 July 1800, Jonathan
Bettle gave to the vicar and churchwardens money to
be laid out in the public funds as would be sufficient
to produce £5 4s. annually to be distributed in bread
to poor widows, and £4 annually to be laid out in books
for the choir or in such other manner as the choir may
direct. The endowment consists of £306 13s. 4d.
Consols producing £7 13s. 4d. yearly in dividends. Of
this £3 18s. is applied in bread and the remainder is
paid to the choir.
The Congregational Chapel and Trust Property is
comprised in indentures of 16 December 1752 and
22 January 1754.
The Charity of David Hennell for the minister of the
chapel was founded by will proved on 14 September
1830. The endowment consists of a sum of
£109 17s. 11d. Consols producing £2 14s. 8d. yearly
in dividends.
The Charity for the minister of the chapel founded
by indentures of lease and release dated respectively
11 and 12 April 1837 and 2 and 3 January 1840 consists of a house in Wollaston let on a monthly tenancy
and producing £10 per annum.
The Charity of John Ward for repair of the chapel
founded by indenture dated 28 October 1853 consists
of 3 messuages in Wollaston with gardens (formerly
Guillons) let on monthly tenancies and producing
£19 10s. yearly.
The Charity of John Ward for repair of the house
of the minister of the chapel was founded by will
proved 1 May 1855 and consists of £517 9s. 7d.
Consols producing £12 18s. 8d. yearly in dividends.
The trustees also hold certain sums representing
accumulations of income. The above-mentioned charities in connexion with the Congregational Chapel are
regulated by a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners
dated 21 June 1894. The income is applied in the
upkeep of the property and in the maintenance of
the chapel. The several sums of Consols are held by
the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds.