The collection comprises:
Edwin Chester was recorded in the 1891 Wright's Directory of Nottingham as coal dealer, carter and cowkeeper of 12 Goodhead street. By 1894, directories show that he had specialised in carting. According to the draft agreement in this collection (MS 275/3), Chester was living in Wilford Grove, Nottingham, and was still a furniture remover working from Wilford Grove and Beauvale Road in 1922. In that year, a partnership with his two sons, George Edwin Chester and John William Chester was formed creating the firm of 'E. Chester and Sons'. The company operated from Ryland Crescent and Beauvale Road, Nottingham until the 1940s.
John Field, whose will appears in this collection, was a grazier of Whitwick, Leicestershire. His son George of Osgathorpe and his friend John Sketchley of Whitwick, shoe maker, are recorded as his trustees. Two of John Field's daughters, Ellen and Sarah, had the surname Chester but the exact nature of the link with Edwin Chester is not clear.
The collection has been divided by document type into five series. Within these series, items have been arranged chronologically.
ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.
REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.
This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright on the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.
COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of any material from this collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but this can be difficult and the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the person wishing to publish.
LANGUAGE: English
The papers were acquired by the University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts in 1977.
