HENRY EBENEZER TUNMER

A WOOLLEN DRAPER and TAILOR and LIBERAL COUNCILLOR

A Nonconformist – Protestant Dissenter.

Member of the Liberal Party.

On the 1^st November 1848, George Tunmer was elected unopposed, one of the representatives of the St. Margaret’s Ward, as a Liberal, for the term of three years, at the expiration of which, in a contest by three of one political party for two seats, Henry was unsuccessful. He regained the seat in 1852, was, moreover, returned for the same ward unopposed in November 1855 and 1858, for the usual term and re-elected, though opposed in November 1861 and 1864 and without opposition in November 1867 and 1870. Henry retired from the Council in 1873 and did not seek re-election again.

Born: 14^th April 1815, Tacket Street, Ipswich.

Baptised: 25^th June 1815, at the Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich.

Father: GEORGE TUNMER was born in 1790, in Ipswich and baptised on the 23^rd December 1790, at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich. Like his father, Samuel Tunmer, George was a woollen draper and tailor at 15, Tacket Street, Ipswich. In December 1836, George went into partnership with his eldest son, Henry Ebenezer Tunmer, under the style of Tunmer and Son. In 1843, his son, George Robert Tunmer, joined the business under the title Tunmer & Sons.

George was a beloved and respected deacon of the Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich.

On the 1^st November 1838, George Tunmer, a Liberal, was elected unopposed, one of the representatives of the St. Margaret’s Ward for the term of three years, at the expiration of which he left the Council. During his time as a Councillor, George supported a free market for the sale of cattle and felt this would greatly improve and increase the trade of the town.

George Tunmer died on the 23^rd June 1846, at his residence, in Tacket Street and was buried in the graveyard of Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich.

Mother: SARAH TUNMER (nee HARE) was born on the 7^th February 1790, in Ipswich and baptised with her sister Mary Hare (born on the 5^th July 1791) on the 12^th December 1793, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel. Sarah Tunmer died on the 23^rd October 1867 and was buried at Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Siblings:

JOSEPH HARE TUNMER was born on the 24^th November 1816, in Ipswich and baptised on the 23^rd February 1817, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich. In March 1843, in Ipswich, Joseph married Harriet Wainwright, born in 1816, Leiston with Sizewell, Suffolk and baptised on the 29^th January 1816, at Leiston with Sizewell – daughter of William Wainwright, a farmer, and Mary Wainwright (nee Catt), of Hazelwood Hall, Friston, Suffolk. Joseph and Harriet had two sons. In 1844, Joseph, a linen draper and bonnet manufacturer, opened a new showroom and warehouse at 14, Tacket Street, Ipswich. At the beginning of 1847, Joseph, a linen draper, had by Indenture assigned unto John Biddle Alexander, a banker, of Ipswich, and Thomas Devas, a warehouseman, of Laurence Lane, London, all his estate and effects, for the benefit of all and every creditor and creditors. Joseph and Harriet moved their family first to London, before making their home at Benhall, Suffolk, where Joseph was a grocer, draper and beer retailer.

Joseph Tunmer died on the 23^rd February 1884, after a short and painful illness at his home in Benhall and was buried at St. Mary’s Churchyard, Benhall.

At the Robert Barnes and Walsingham auction house in Saxmundham, Suffolk, on Monday, 23^rd March 1885, at 12 noon, under instructions to sell by the executors of the late Joseph Hare Tunmer a portion of good and useful household furniture and other effects were sold – about 250 Lots – feather beds, bedding, bedroom furniture, a piano in rosewood case by Grover of London, and a Whight and Mann’s treadle sewing machine, etc.

In August 1884, a licence was granted to Harriet Tunmer, of Benhall, for the sale of beer.

Harriet Tunmer, died on the 9^th February 1902, at Ruby Lodge, Peasenhall, the home of her son Joseph George Tunmer, and was buried at St. Mary’s Churchyard, Benhall.

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GEORGE ROBERT TUNMER was born on the 17^th July 1819, in Ipswich and baptised on the 22^nd August 1919 at Tacket Street Independent Chapel. On the 2^nd March 1872, at Northgate Street Independent Chapel, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, by the Reverend John Farnham Guenett, George married Sarah Ridley, born on the 2^nd March 1828, in Bury St. Edmunds and baptised at Northgate Street Independent Chapel – daughter of John Ridley, a timber, coal and iron merchant and tanner, and Sarah Ridley (nee Ridley), of 31, Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds. Sarah and George had no children and made their home at Bury Lodge, St. Edmunds Road, Ipswich. George was a tailor and outfitter and was in partnership with his brother, Henry Tunmer. On the 2^nd February 1869, after 26 years, the dissolution of their partnership was announced. George Tunmer served for many years on the committee of the Ipswich Mechanics Institution and was also a shareholder of the Ipswich Gas Light Company. As a congregationalist, George served as the superintendent of the Sunday School in Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk, and, like his father, George Tunmer, took a deep interest in conducting Divine worship in Tuddenham, which, for twenty-five years, the various services were held in a room which had long been too small to accommodate the congregation. The congregation at Tacket Street Independent Chapel supported the need to erect a more commodious and suitable building in Tuddenham. On Friday, 18^th March 1864, the new Independent Chapel in Tuddenham was opened, when the Reverend Eliezer Jones, of Ipswich, preached a sermon for the first time. After the service, tea was served, and George narrated to those gathered the origin of the cause and its history to the present time.

George Tunmer died on the 15^th August 1872 at his home, Bury Lodge, St. Edmunds Road, Ipswich and was buried at Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery. Sarah Tunmer died on the 1^st February 1912, at her home, Bury Lodge, St. Edmunds Road, Ipswich and was buried at Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

In April 1913, under the Will of the late George Tunmer, the detached residence Bury Lodge, with about one acre of ornamental gardens, was offered for sale.

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JAMES EDWIN TUNMER was born on the 18^th March 1821, in Ipswich and baptised on the 24^th June 1821, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich. James continued his education at Homerton College, University of London and passed the Matriculation Examination in July 1844. At the end of December 1849, Reverend James Tunmer accepted a unanimous invitation from the Church and congregation to the pastorate of the Star Lane Independent Chapel, Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1853, the Reverend James Tunmer was appointed minister of the Hoddesdon Independent Chapel in Hertfordshire. At the end of 1857, the Reverend Tunmer, of Hoddesdon, received and accepted a cordial and unanimous invitation to become the pastor of the Congregational Church at Lymington, Hampshire, and proposed to commence his ministry there on the first Sabbath of January 1858.

Christan World – Friday, 12^th April 1861 – LYMINGTON, HAMPSHIRE – On Monday, 18^th March, the members of the Reverend James Tunmer’s congregation and Bible class, presented him, as a birthday present, with a very handsome electroplated hydrostatic tea urn, an elegant glass butter cooler with plated stand and cover, a silver butter knife, a tea service of magenta and gold china, papier mâché tray, and other generous tokens of their affection and esteem. The reverend gentleman was highly gratified with these marks of his people’s kind feelings towards their pastor.

In October 1865, continued ill health compelled Reverend James Tunmer to leave his ministry at the Lymington Congregational Church. On Wednesday, 4^th October 1865, at a numerously attended tea meeting held in the school rooms at the back of the chapel, his congregation presented him with a very handsome timepiece, as a mark of their esteem and of their appreciation of his services. At the end of April 1866, the Reverend James Tunmer was happily recovered from protracted illness and began to preach sermons where and when needed at independent chapels and meetings.

Until 1873, Wimbledon had no Congregational Church; at first, a room was used at the Dog and Fox Hotel for services. An appeal was made to other Congregational Churches to help the non-conformists of Wimbledon obtain land to build a House in which to worship God. On Tuesday, 20^th May 1873, the opening services were held at the Wimbledon Congregational Church, St. George’s Road, with the new Pastor, the Reverend James Edwin Tunmer, of Easton Lodge, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon. In 1879, at the annual meeting of the congregation, to show their token of affection and respect, the Reverend James Tunmer was presented with a silver salver, beautifully chased, and enclosed in an oak case and a small cruet stand in silver and glass with the reverend gentleman’s initials in the form of a monogram, and the date of the presentation.

After the painful bereavement of his beloved wife, Isabella, in September 1880, Reverend James Tunmer resigned his ministry at Wimbledon Congregational Church. In November, he resumed his pastoral work and began to preach sermons where and when needed at independent chapels and meetings.

In October 1890, at Poole, Dorset, the Reverend James Tunmer gave a lecture on “Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.” The lecture was a most scientific and exhaustive one. It dealt with the “Evolution” theory with regard to men more particularly, and James showed his decided disapproval of the Darwinian theory, at the same time arguing in favour of the Bible records of the Creation.

On the 19^th September 1851, at the Old Gravel Pit Meeting House, Homerton, London, by the father of the bride, the Reverend George Wright, Reverend James Tunmer, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, married Isabella Esther Wright, born 20^th February 1824, in Stamford and baptised on the 4^th July 1824, by her father at the Star Lane Independent Chapel, Stamford – only child of Reverend George Wright, a Baptist Minister, and Elizabeth Wright, of The Terrace, Upper Clapton, London. Isabella Esther Tunmer died on the 5^th September 1880, at her residence, Easton Lodge, Wimbledon and was buried at Abney Park Cemetery, London.

On the 24^th April 1883, at Surbiton Park Congregational Church by the Reverend C. B. Symes, B.A., of Kensington, assisted by the Reverend W. Jones, of Surbiton, Reverend James Tunmer, a widow, late of Wimbledon, married Ada Elizabeth Rutter, born 13^th September 1854, in Mitcham, Surrey and baptised on the 11^th October 1854, at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Mitcham – daughter of James Rutter, a tobacco manufacturer “Rutter & Co.,” and Laura Rutter (ne Harrison), of Glebelands, Mitcham, Surrey. Ada and James had two sons born in Surrey and one daughter born at Parkstone, Dorset.

The retired Reverend James Edwin Tunmer died on the 16^th December 1919, at his home, Mount Linton, Upwey, Dorset. Ada Elizabeth Tunmer died on the 13^th September 1923, at her home, Mount Linton, Upwey, Dorset.

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SARAH HARE TUNMER was born on the 14^th April 1823, in Ipswich and baptised on the 15^th June 1823, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich. On Wednesday, 1^st July 1845, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, by the Reverend William Notcott, Sarah Tunmer married Thomas George Tonge, an accountant and rate collector, born on the 4^th June 1816, in London and baptised on the 4^th August 1816, at Christ Church, Greyfriars. Sarah and Thomas had one daughter and made their home in West Ham, Essex. In December 1863, after four years, Thomas Tonge resigned as poor-rate collector for the West Ham Board of Guardians. Thomas Tonge died on the 23^rd November 1877, at his home 2, St. John’s Terrace, Stratford, Essex and was buried at West Ham Cemetery, Essex. After the death of her husband, Sarah Tonge lived with her daughter, Rosalie Sarah Allen (nee Tonge) and her husband Robert Allen, first at Sleaford, Lincolnshire and then at The Ferns, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Sarah Tonge died on the 22^nd March 1900, at the home of her daughter, The Ferns, Bath Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk and was buried on the 24^th March 1900, at West Ham Cemetery.

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ROSALIE HANNAH SOUNDY TUNMER was born on the 2^nd December 1828, in Ipswich and baptised on the 23^rd August 1829, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich. On the 24^th September 1856 at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich, by her brother, the Reverend James Edwin Tunmer, Rosalie married Robert Kelsall Lee, of Manchester, born 20^th March 1827, Chorley, Lancashire, baptised in 1827 at Chorley Independent Chapel. Robert Lee was a commission agent and cotton agent and a business partner with his brother, William Lee, in Messrs. W. & R. K. Lee Ltd. – cotton and spun rayon doublers and spinners, of Manchester. Rosalie and Robert had no children.

ZION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, RIPPONDEN.

Rosalie and Robert, like both their respective families, were Congregationalists. Rosalie and Robert were part of a small community of the Independent body who had for some time attended services in a cottage on the Rishworth Road, Halifax. At the beginning of 1869, it was determined to erect a new chapel and schoolrooms. The estimated cost of the whole church and school rooms was about £3,000. The whole community were indebted to Mr. Robert Lee and his wife, Mrs. Rosalie Lee, of Kebroyd, for both the idea and their Christian generosity in providing the means of erecting such a building at Ripponden.

In February 1869, the drawings and specifications drawn up by Messrs. Paull and Robinson, of Manchester, for a new congregational church and school rooms, were ready, and Robert Lee began to advertise for suppliers and contractors to submit sealed tenders to his office at Kebroyd Mills.

On Saturday, 21^st August 1869, the memorial stone for the new Zion Congregational Church was laid by Robert’s brother, Henry Lee Esq., J.P., and cotton, silk and woollen merchant and manufacturer, of Manchester. The service began at 4 o’clock with an address by the Reverend Enoch Mellor, M.A., of Halifax. Tea was provided in the new schoolroom at 5 o’clock. Tickets were one shilling each, which included a Public Meeting chaired by Robert Lee. The following day, the new schoolroom was opened for Divine Service, when Rosalie’s brother, the Reverend James Edwin Tunmer, of London, preached in the morning and evening.

On Sunday, 4^th September 1870, the Zion Congregational Church was open for Divine Service with good attendance. After the service, a tea was held.

Robert Kelsall Lee died on the 30^th October 1871, at his residence in Kebroyd Bridge, Yorkshire.

After the death of her husband, Rosalie Lee moved to London and, a few years later, to Ipswich, but for the next 34 years, Rosalie continued to help the Zion Congregational Church. She abundantly and generously supported the church financially by contributing weekly. In August 1885, she returned to Ripponden and laid one of two memorial stones for an extension of the day-school. The extension enabled 110 more children to be accommodated. In June 1888, the ladies of the church invited Rosalie to a bazaar hosted by the people of the Zion Congregational Church in a bold effort to raise funds. Rosalie was considered a highly esteemed friend and opened the bazaar in a few well-chosen sentences to say she had always experienced great kindness at the hands of her Ripponden friends, and she wished them complete success.

Rosalie Lee died on the 20^th May 1905, at her home, 18, Old Butter Market, Ipswich and was buried on the 24^th May, Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

She left a legacy of £500 for the Zion Congregational Church, Ripened.

Hebden Bridge Times – Friday, 10^th March 1911 – UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TABLET – A large congregation assembled on Saturday at the Zion Congregational Church, when the unveiling of a tablet erected to the memory of Mrs. Rosalie H. S. Lee took place. It is a handsome tablet, with a profile of the deceased lady, and the lettering runs, “In grateful remembrance of Rosalie H. S. Lee, wife of Robert Kelsall Lee, who died May 20^th, 1905.” It has been the desire of many friends at Zion that some memorial should be made of the beneficence of Mrs. Lee, who bequeathed a sum of money towards the upkeep of the fabric, which was built by her husband and his family. The tablet is placed near the door of the chapel, and is almost the counterpart of one on the other side, erected to the memory of Mr. R. K. Lee, who died on the 30^th October 1871. The Reverend J. G. Fotheringham presided, and he and Reverend E. Jessop, Messrs. M. Wadsworth and Henry Whitely gave addresses. A solo was rendered by Mr. A. Nicholl, “God that made earth and heaven.”

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JESSIE CATHERINE LIND TUNMER was born on the 16^th August 1830, in Ipswich and baptised on the 20^th March 1831, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich. On the 15^th March 1865, at Tacket Street Independent Chapel, Ipswich, by her brother, the Reverend James Edwin Tunmer, and assisted by the Reverend E. Jones, Jessie married widower Captain Edward Garwood, born on the 30^th July 1815, in Ipswich and baptised on the 24^th August 1815, at St. Clement’s Church, Ipswich. Jessie and Edward had one daughter.

Edward, a master mariner, was first married in 1840, at St. Mary Elms Church, Ipswich, to Jane Deaves, born 1816, in Ipswich. Jane and Edward had one son and three daughters. Jane Garwood died in December 1862.

Edward’s career was at sea serving as a Mate aboard schooners. He afterwards became captain of the cutter, Eagle, belonging to Mr. John May, in which he was employed for many years in the Rotterdam trade, relinquishing it only when he was appointed Harbour Master at Ipswich on the 28^th March 1864. He served as Harbour Master for 30 years before resigning to become ballast master at £120 a year. Captain Edward Garwood died on the 16^th May 1895, at his residence, Bank Side, 1, Star Lane, Ipswich and was buried on Monday, 20^th May at Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Jessie Garwood entered the Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibitions and received certificates of merit from the judges. She was the originator of the Ipswich Mothers’ Meeting.

Jessie Garwood died on the 21^st November 1915, at 8, Burlington Road, Ipswich, the home of her daughter, Jessie Sarah Topliss (nee Garwood) and her husband Edward Samuel Topliss and was buried on Thursday, 23^rd November at Section P, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

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CENSUS

1841   Tacket Street, St. Margaret’s, Ipswich.

Henry was 26 years old and a Woollen Draper – own account. He lived with his widowed mother and siblings.

Sarah Tunmer, 50.

George Tunmer, 22, a Woollen Draper.

Edwin Tunmer, 20.

Sarah Tunmer, 16.

Rosalie Tunmer, 13.

Jessie Tunmer, 9.

1 female domestic servant.

1 male tailor’s apprentice.

1851   Lower Brook Street, St. Mary Key, Ipswich.

Henry was 35 years old and a Woollen Draper and Tailor – own account. He was married and head of the household.

Sarah Tunmer.

1 female domestic servant.

1861   38, Tacket Street, St. Margaret’s, Ipswich.

Henry was 45 years old and a Woollen Draper and Tailor – own account. He was married and head of the household.

Sarah Tunmer, 31.

Henry Tunmer, 9.

Mary Tunmer, 6.

Annie Tunmer, 2.

Ernest Tunmer, 5 months.

1 female domestic servant.

1 female nurse maid.

1871   Tacket Street, St. Margaret’s, Ipswich.

Henry was 54 years old and a Woollen Draper and Tailor – own account and employing 8 men. He was married and head of the household.

Sarah Tunmer, 41.

Henry Tunmer, 19, Assisting Father.

Mary Tunmer, 16.

Annie Tunmer, 12.

Ernest Tunmer, 10.

1881   Sussex Place, 106, Christchurch Street, St. Margaret’s, Ipswich.

Henry was 64 years old and a Woollen Draper and Tailor – own account and employing 8 men and 1 boy. He was married and head of the household.

Sarah Tunmer, 57.

Annie Tunmer, 22.

nephew – Walter Henry Hardy, 10, a farmer’s son, born Postland, Lincolnshire.

1 female domestic servant.

1891   Sussex Place, 106, Christchurch Street, St. Margaret’s, Ipswich.

Henry was 75 years old and a Woollen Draper. He was married and head of the household.

Sarah Tunmer, 61.

1 female domestic servant.

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On the 10^th June 1845, at the Independent Meeting House, Castle Hedingham, Essex, by the Reverend Samuel Steer, Henry Tunmer married Hannah Elizabeth Staines, of Sible Hedringham, Essex, born 28^th August 1826, Hadleigh, Suffolk – daughter of Matthew and Mary Staines, of Elm Cottage, Sible Hedingham, and grandaughter of Oliver Gosling, Esq., of Bocking.

MATTHEW STAINES was born in 1792 in Hadleigh, Suffolk. Matthew was a tailor and draper – own account. He served for several years as Deacon of the Independent Meeting House, Castle Hedingham, Essex, and was an occasional contributor to the newspapers on religion and with poetical contributions. Matthew died on the 12^th March 1857, at his residence, Elm Cottage, Sible Hedingham, Essex.

MARY STAINES (nee GOSLING) was born in 1789, Bocking, Essex, the daughter of Oliver Gosling, a brewer – own account, of Bocking, Essex. Mary Staines died on the 6^th June 1860, at Sible Hedingham.

Hannah Elizabeth Tunmer died on the 10^th May 1846, of pulmonary disease, at St. Margaret’s Terrace, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

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On the 15^th August 1850, at New Sleaford, Lincolnshire, by the Reverend Beauchamp Henry St. John Pell, Henry Tunmer married Sarah Ann Cocking, born 1829, Sleaford – second daughter of Joseph and Mary Cocking, of New Sleaford.

JOSEPH COCKING was born on the 16^th June 1804, in Sleaford. Joseph was a woollen merchant and draper. Joseph Cocking died of consumption on the 8^th January 1842, at Torquay, Devonshire, where he had gone for the benefit of his health.

MARY COCKING (nee BURRELL) was born on the 1^st March 1804, in Heckington, Lincolnshire, the eldest daughter of Samuel Burrell, of Witham Lodge. Mary Cocking died on the 7^th November 1831, in Sleaford.

On the 1^st September 1835, by the Reverend John Chislett, at Thornton, Lincolnshire, Sarah Cocking’s widowed father, Joseph Cocking married Rebecca Coatsworth, born 1814, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Rebecca Cocking died after a long affliction borne with Christian fortitude and resignation, on the 7^th July 1849, in Sleaford.

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Sarah and Henry had four children:

HENRY GEORGE TUNMER was born in 1852 in Ipswich. On the 4^th November 1880, at the Tacket Street Chapel, Ipswich, Henry married Alicia Thurlow, born in 1857, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire and baptised on the 12^th April 1857, at St. Thomas Church, Ryde, Isle of Wight – the youngest daughter of Edward Thurlow, a watchmaker, and Mary Thurlow (nee Hickman), of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Alicia and Henry had four children and made their family home in Ipswich and later at Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk.

Henry Tunmer was a master tailor and hatter – own account, of 8, Butter Market, Ipswich. In 1880, he was appointed tailor to the Court of Holland and had travelled across from Harwich to the Hook of Holland on business connected with this position hundreds of times. For seven years, he was superintendent of the Sunday School at Tacket Street Chapel, and for nine years, he served as a deacon of the Chapel. He had been a member of the Board of Guardians and a Freemason of the “Perfect Friendship” Lodge, of which he was W. Master in 1896. In 1913, Henry held the office of Prov. Junior Grand Deacon. E.A.D.T. – Tuesday, 14^th December 1915

Henry Tunmer died suddenly on Sunday, 12^th December 1915, at his residence, The Cottage, Stratford St. Mary, and of 8, Butter Market, Ipswich. The funeral was held at the Tacket Street Chapel on Thursday, 16^th December, at 12:30 p.m., before burial at Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Alicia Tunmer died on the 15^th October 1924, at her residence of Marchwood, Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk and was buried at Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

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MARY ELLEN (Ellie) TUNMER was born in 1854 in Ipswich. On the 29^th June 1876, at Tacket Street Chapel, by her paternal uncle, Reverend James Edwin Tunmer, assisted by the Reverend Valentine William Maybery, Mary Tunmer married Thomas Palethorpe, born in 1852, Stickney, Lincolnshire, of Sausthorpe House, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of Lucy Palethorpe (nee Russell) and Thomas Palethorpe, a farmer and cattle director, of North Reston and Saleby Grange, Lincolnshire. Mary and Thomas had two children. Thomas was, for some years, farm manager at the School of Agriculture at Lincoln. In the early 1880s, Mary, Thomas and their young son Thomas Tunmer Palethorpe immigrated to South Island, New Zealand, where Thomas was employed as a Master and Mary as the Matron at the Burnham Industrial School, Canterbury, South Island. On the 20^th August 1899, at Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, Thomas suddenly died whilst looking round the North Island with a view to securing a sheep station. He was buried at Ōpōtiki Lawn Cemetery, Bay of Plenty, North Island. After the death of her husband, Mary Palethorpe and her daughter returned to England. First staying with her late husband’s family in Lincolnshire, before returning to Ipswich and residing with her widowed mother at her home, Sussex Place, 106, Christchurch Street, Ipswich.

On the 23^rd March 1901, during the South African Boer War, Mary and Thomas’s son died from Enteric Fever.

On the 20^th August 1902, Mary Palethorpe and her 20 year old daughter, Rosalie Annie Russell Palethorpe (born on the 21^st January 1882, in Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand), were both admitted to the Ipswich Borough Lunatic Asylum, Heathlands, Foxhall Road, Ipswich. Mary Ellen Palethorpe died at the asylum on the 28^th June 1938 and was buried at Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

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ANNIE SARAH TUNMER was born in 1858 in Ipswich. On the 5^th August 1891, at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich, by the Reverend George Thomas Fleming, Annie married Penrhyn Vaughan Jones, a commercial traveller, born 11^th August 1860, in Spalding, Lincolnshire, of Victoria Crescent, Eccles, Lancashire. Annie and Penrhyn had two children born in Eccles. Annie Jones, of 21, Withington Road, Manchester, died on the 13^th April 1903 and was buried on the 17^th April 1903.

Manchester Evening News – Wednesday, 15^th April 1903 – SAD DEATH OF A MOSS SIDE LADY – This afternoon the Cheshire coroner, Mr. H. C. Yates, held an inquest at the Sessions House, Sale, touching the death of Mrs. Annie Sarah Jones, 44, wife of Mr. Penrhyn Vaughan Jones, of Withington Road, Manchester. About seven o’clock on Monday evening, a man named Leigh, who was going along the towing path of the Bridgewater Canal at Sale, saw a woman’s hat floating in the water. He saw a female, and subsequently, the deceased’s body was recovered. It appeared that the same afternoon, Annie was observed to go through some railings which led on to the towing path. She then walked up and down for some time and afterwards walked away in the direction of Dr. White’s bridge. The body was searched and three rings, a brooch, earrings, and a purse containing £1. 0s. 2d. were found.

Mr. Penrhyn Jones stated that he left his wife at Sale Station in the afternoon and arranged to meet her again for tea. She then appeared all right. His wife and son went down Broad Road on the way to their friends, and she told her son she would go into the park. He subsequently found she had not been there, and he made a search and also gave information to the police. Annie was very fond of walking but had always returned home. She had expressed no intention whatever to take her life, quite the contrary. Many years ago, she had an operation which caused the loss of sight in her right eye. Monday was a gusty day, and it is possible that after her hat was blown off, she might have got into the canal in her efforts to recover it.

A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned, the Jury being of the opinion that she had been blown into the water.

In 1905, in Manchester, Penrhyn married Harriet Annie Nicholson, born on the 5^th September 1870, in Manchester, Lancashire and baptised on the 7^th December 1870, at the Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel, Stretford, Lancashire. Harriet and Penrhyn had one son. Penrhyn Vaughan Jones died on the 16^th January 1945, at his residence, 23, Church Street, Southport, and was buried at Duke Street Cemetery, Southport, Merseyside. Harriet Annie Jones died 23^rd June 1949 at her residence, 37, Church Street, Southport and was buried at Duke Street Cemetery.

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ERNEST EDWIN TUNMER was born in 1860 in Ipswich. Ernest was employed as a manager of a coal depot. On the 8^th May 1890, at All Saints Church, Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, by the Reverend Nassau Clarke, Ernest Tunmer, of Islington, married Annie Elizabeth Turnill, born 1869, in Sawtry –

eldest daughter of John Turnill, a farmer and employer, and Harriet Turnill (nee Cook), of White House, Sawtry. Annie and Ernest had one son. Annie Elizabeth Tunmer died in 1934, in Croydon, Surrey. Ernest Tunmer died on the 16^th October 1935, at his residence, Hawthorn Cottage, Middleton, Suffolk.

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Henry Tunmer’s Grandson THOMAS TUNMER PALETHORPE

was born in 1878, in Lincolnshire and baptised on the 15^th November 1878, at the Methodist Spilsby Circuit, Lincoln, the only son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Palethorpe. In the early 1880s, the Palethorpe family immigrated to the South Island, New Zealand, where he attended Christchurch Cathedral School and Christchurch Boys’ School. After the death of his father in August 1899, he travelled from New Zealand independently on the S.S. Waikare to South Africa with two friends, arriving in Cape Town on the 23^rd October 1899. Thomas first joined the Bethune’s Mounted Infantry as a Trooper, service number 443. In February 1900, Thomas contracted a serious illness through lying in damp blankets and was confined to the hospital in Charlestown; he was discharged at the beginning of March. Thomas re-enlisted and served as a Lieutenant in the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. Shortly afterwards, he contracted Enteric Fever and died at the Princess Christine – No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Pinetown, South Africa, on 23 March 1901, aged 22 years. The body was buried at St. John’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Pinetown. Thomas is commemorated at Tapanui Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand.

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Henry Ebenezer Tunmer died on Saturday morning, 22^nd June 1895, at his residence, 108, Christchurch Street, Ipswich.

Evening Star – Wednesday, 26^th June 1895 – FUNERAL OF MR. HENRY EBENEZER TUNMER – The remains of Henry Ebenezer Tunmer, who died on Saturday morning at his residence, 108, Christchurch Street, Ipswich, were interred in the cemetery on Wednesday morning. The mournful procession left the house at 11:30, the respect felt for the memory of one who played a prominent part in the life of older Ipswich being evidenced by the drawing of blinds in the neighbourhood. The coffin, covered with handsome floral tributes, was conveyed in a funeral car, which was followed by the mourners. Amongst those following on foot were Mr. S. Warren and Mr. William Prentice, representing Tacket Street Congregational Chapel, with which the deceased gentleman was closely connected. A short service was conducted in the Cemetery chapel by the Reverend A. A. Dowsett, who also performed the last rites at the graveside. The grave was lined with evergreens and white flowers, and the coffin, which was oak with brass fittings, had a raised top on which was a breastplate and inscription.

The funeral arrangements were very capably carried out by Mr. Sydney Brand (of Messrs. Brand and Sons, of Friendly House, Tacket Street). Mr. E. S. Singleton supplied the carriages.

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Probate to Sarah Ann Tunmer – widow, and Henry George Tunmer – son, a woollen draper.

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After the death of her husband, Sarah Ann Tunmer continued to live in Ipswich.

1901   Sussex Place, 106, Christchurch Street, Ipswich.

Sarah Tunmer was 71 years old and lived with her widowed daughter, grandaughter and widowed sister.

Mary Palethorpe (nee Tunmer), 46.

Rosalie Palethorpe, 19.

Hannah Rebecca Hardy (nee Cocking), 73, born Wyberton, Lincolnshire.

1 female domestic servant.

1911   57, Berners Street, Ipswich.

Sarah Tunmer was 80 years old and boarded at the family home of 83 year old widow Jane Cobbold Simpson – a boarding housekeeper.

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Sarah Ann Tunmer died on the 16^th March 1914, at 57, Berners Street, Ipswich and was buried at Section Q, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

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TAILOR and WOOLLEN DRAPER

TUNMER – TAILOR and WOOLLEN DRAPER’s business was established in 1776 by Henry’s paternal grandfather, Samuel Tunmer, at Tacket Street, Ipswich. Samuel Tunmer died in February 1825, and Henry’s father, George Tunmer, continued the business.

In December 1836, George Tunmer took into partnership his eldest son, Henry Tunmer. The high-class business at 15, Tacket Street, Ipswich, was conducted under the title of Tunmer & Son. In 1843, Henry’s brother, George Robert Tunmer, joined the business under the title Tunmer & Sons.

VESTALOON

In May 1853, Henry and his brother, George, of Tacket Street, Ipswich, began advertising their invention – VESTALOON. This new article of clothing was registered 13 and 14 Vic., cap. 104. The novel and useful article of dress is peculiarly adapted for the Summer and Autumn seasons; the wearer experiences a delightful degree of coolness and comfort unattainable in the garments usually worn. In appearance, it is neat and gentlemanly, and its cost is considerably below that of an ordinary waistcoat and trousers.

The registered Vestaloon was reported in the Suffolk Chronicle – Saturday, 18^th June 1853 – THE VESTALOON – A new article of dress has been registered by the Messrs. Tunmer, of this town. The garment is a combination of the waistcoat and trousers and is described by those who have had it in wear to be extremely suitable for the summer season, the peculiarity of its construction being greatly conducive to coolness of the body.

Ipswich Journal – Saturday, 25^th June 1853 – TUNMER’S REGISTERED VESTALOON – Amongst the novelties of the season stands conspicuous a new article of gentleman’s apparel, the VESTALOON, the sole invention of the Messrs. Tunmer, of Tacket Street. It has already been highly approved, combining neatness and gentility, lightness and comfort, with thorough adaptation to summer wear. The cost is also stated to be considerably below the ordinary apparel.

CLERICAL ROBES

On Saturday, 8^th October 1853, a set of handsome clerical robes was presented to the Reverend Francis Henry Maude  the minister of Trinity Church, as a token of the esteem in which the Reverend Gentleman was held by his congregation. The clerical robes were supplied by Messrs. Henry and George Tunmer, of Tacket Street.

On the 2nd February 1869, the partnership between Henry Ebenezer Tunmer and his brother George Robert Tunmer – woollen drapers, tailors, and hatters, was dissolved by mutual consent. The business at 38, Tacket Street, Ipswich, would henceforth be carried out by Henry Tunmer, who would receive and discharge the claims and liabilities of the late firm.

George and Henry had been in a business partnership for 26 years.

Henry Tunmer continued the tailor and woollen draper business, and with perseverance and integrity, he was amply rewarded. Although Henry was known as a wonderfully cautious man, who would never give an opinion upon any subject without taking time to think it over, he exhibited rather remarkable enterprise in the conduct of his own business by opening up a large Continental trade, first securing the connection abroad.

He was soon assisted by his son Henry George Tunmer, who had just returned from London, where, at a leading establishment in Regent Street, he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the newest and most approved methods in every branch of the business.

On the 3^rd March 1887, Tunmer & Son – Tailors and Hatters, removed their business from 38, Tacket Street, to the more central premises at 2, Corn Exchange Buildings (formerly occupied by Mr. F. W. Moore, Tailor).

TACKET STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL

An active supporter of the Tacket Street Congregational Chapel and a member of the committee who arranged for the erection of the place of worship. A Sunday School teacher and a local preacher in the surrounding villages.

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SUFFOLK FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION

On Thursday, 24^th May 1849, a meeting convened by private circular was held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, to consider the best steps to be adopted for establishing a Fine Arts Association. The Mayor of Ipswich, Mr. Charles Burton, was in the chair. Henry Tunmer was unanimously elected to the provisional committee.

PENNY READINGS

In the 1860s, the Penny Readings at Ipswich were very popular and successful. Besides their payment of the rent, printing, and other incidental expenses, realised donations for the Ipswich Hospital, the Shipwrecked Seamen’s Society, and the Ragged School. The Ipswich Penny Readings charity held its annual meeting at the Town Hall.

As a member of the literary circle in Ipswich, Henry Tunmer had much interest in the Penny Readings movement, and became one of the volunteer gentlemen readers, and frequently took part in entertainments of that character. Henry was gifted with the rare and somewhat enviable powers of a ventriloquist, which made him especially welcome in public or private company.

On Tuesday evening, 4^th February 1862, at the Lecture Hall, Ipswich, Henry Tunmer read “The Man Who Was Determined To Be Firm.”

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IPSWICH MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION

Henry was an elected member of the Ipswich Mechanics’ Institution committee and regularly attended meetings and presentations at the reading room in Tavern Street.

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IPSWICH SHIPWRECKED SEAMAN’S SOCIETY

Henry was a member of the Ipswich Shipwrecked Seamen’s Society. On the Society’s anniversary each July, the committee and a body of the members, accompanied by captains and seamen, marched, carrying Union Jacks and other ships’ banners, from the White Elm Inn, to formally attend Church in the morning and Chapel in the evening when collections for the Society were taken at both services. The annual meeting and dinner were held at an inn or hotel.

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IPSWICH REFORM CLUB

Henry Tunmer was one of the founders of the Ipswich Reform Club and served as the first Vice-Chairman of the Board.

The Reform Club at 16, Tacket Street was a fine old red brick house with a grand oak staircase, long the residence of the late Councillor John Tracy, a dentist. Shortly after the death of John Tracy, in December 1873, it was purchased for a Reform Club, the price being £1,150.

In 1874, the building had a complete refurbishment; in the hands of builders, plumbers, and painters, the building had been greatly beautified internally and externally, preparatory to being completely furnished and fitted up with the appliances necessary for the carrying on of a club.

At 10 o’clock on Wednesday, 13th January 1875, Henry Tunmer, the vice-chairman of the Ipswich Reform Club, was on his way to his own residence in Tacket Street, noticed that one of the doors of the Club was open, he stepped inside, but finding that all was dark, and that no one was moving about, he closed the door, on which was a spring fastening.

Shortly before two, however, another passer-by discovered that the premises were on fire and immediately raised the alarm.

E.A.D.T. – Friday, 15th January 1875 – DESTRUCTION OF THE REFORM CLUB HOUSE – The most tremendous conflagration which has occurred in Ipswich for the last fifteen years took place early on Thursday morning. The Reform Club in Tackett Street has been utterly burned to the ground, and nothing but smouldering and ruins now mark the spot. The scene at half-past two o’clock was magnificent. Great volumes of flame shot up into the sky, the sparks mounting into the air like rockets, and sailing away to the north for a great distance. Had a breeze of wind been blowing, half of Ipswich might have been destroyed. The fine old house was full of woodwork, and the fire raged in consequence with extraordinary fury. In Fact, the burning fabric belched forth flame, smoke, and fragments of wood, almost with the force of a volcano.

At 25 minutes to three, the whole of the great coping at the top of the building fell into Tacket Street with a crash which was heard to a great distance, sending sparks and dust in all directions. The configuration being confined to the Club House, literally burnt itself out. At five minutes past three, the fire-engine arrived, but for all practical purposes, it might just as well have been kept at home.

The following day, the ruins were still smouldering. They were guarded by a strong force of police, and during the day were visited by thousands of persons.

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In April 1876, the plot upon which the Reform Club House formerly stood before the “blue fire” went to auction and also stacks of old bricks – cleaned and fit for use.

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In the evening of Thursday, 18^th January 1877, Henry attended the formal opening of the Ipswich Reform Club House, at Lower Brook Street. Tickets for members were available for 1s. each.

Ipswich Journal – Saturday, 20^th January 1877 – OPENING SOIREE OF THE IPSWICH REFORM CLUB – The opening soiree of the Ipswich Reform Club House, at Lower Brook Street, was held on Thursday, 18^th January. The Club had been open for several months, but the formal opening had been reserved until Thursday evening.

The Club had 800 members who could enjoy the reading-room, the billiard-room, the bagatelle-room, the smoking-room, and the refreshment department, where tea and coffee and other refreshments were supplied.

The object of the Club was to promote social intercourse amongst the Liberals of Ipswich, and it was also hoped the neighbourhood.

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In March 1877, Henry Tunmer retired from the Board.

SERVICE AS A LIBERAL COUNCILLOR TO THE IPSWICH CORPORATION

1848

In October 1848, Henry Ebenezer Tunmer announced he would be standing as a Liberal candidate in place of Mr. Samuel John Wright, a millwright, who, after three years, was not seeking re-election.

On Wednesday, 1^st November 1848, Henry Ebenezer Tunmer was elected without opposition as a representative for the St. Margaret’s Ward, alongside Mr. James Allen Ransome, who was re-elected to enter Council.

At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Thursday, 9^th November 1848, at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, John May, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed as a member of the Watch Committee.

1849

At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Friday, 9^th November 1848, at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed as a member of the Watch Committee.

1850

At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Saturday, 9^th November 1848, at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, Thomas Baldock Ross, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed as a member of the Watch Committee.

IPSWICH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – 1851

On Saturday, 1^st November 1851, the annual election for town councillors took place. In the St. Margaret’s Ward, both Mr. James Allen Ransome and Henry Ebenezer Tunmer retired after their respective three years, and both offered themselves up for re-election, but were opposed by Mr. Nathaniel Whimper, with the object it was believed, to put out Mr. Ransome. However, as many conservatives also voted for Mr. Ransome, his re-election was a certainty. It was reported that Mr. Whimper’s friends, in their vain attempt to place him at the head of the poll for St. Margaret’s Ward, had only the satisfaction of beating Henry Tunmer.

Mr. James Allen Ransome – 276

Mr. Nathaniel Whimper – 260

Mr. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer – 201.

1852

In November 1849, Mr. Edward Bevan, a butcher, was elected to represent the St. Margaret’s Ward for a term of three years. After the expiration of three years, Edward Bevan did not seek re-election. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer offered himself in the place of Edward Bevan.

IPSWICH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – 1852 – These elections came off on Monday, 1^st November. In the St. Margaret’s Ward, there was a very spirited contest, and at the close of the poll the numbers were declared to be: –

Mr. Henry Tunmer – 239.

Mr. Ashton Blogg – 233.

Mr. William Hutchinson – 215 – Conservative.

Mr. Henry Ringham – 213 – Conservative.

November 1852

At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Tuesday, 9^th November 1852, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, George Josselyn, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee and the Gaol Committee.

1853

 November 1853

 At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Wednesday, 9^th November 1853, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, Samuel Harrison Cowell, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed to the Watch Committee and the Gaol Committee.

1854

 November 1854

At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Thursday, 9^th November 1854, at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, Charles Foote Gower, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee and the Gaol Committee.

1855

 November 1855

At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Friday, 9^th November 1855, at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, Peter Bartholomew Long, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed as a member of a new committee set up to see if a fraud had been committed upon the council in the contentious issue of the collection of Church Rates.

1856

The quarterly meeting of the Ipswich Council was held on Wednesday, 30^th April. Henry Tunmer pointed out the necessity of taking some steps with reference to the Bathing Place, the lease having been thrown up. Referred to the Estate Committee.

The annual meeting of the Ipswich Corporation was held on Monday, 10^th November, at the Town Hall, with the Mayor of Ipswich, George Christopherson, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee and the Gaol Committee.

1857

 November 1857

 At the annual meeting of the Town Council held on Monday, 9^th November 1857, the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, George Christopherson, Esq., was in the chair. George Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, Paving, Lighting and Street Cleansing Committee, Gaol Committee, and Oyster Committee.

1858

 April 1858

The quarterly meeting of the Ipswich Corporation was held on Wednesday, 28^th April, in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, the Mayor Ebenezer Goddard, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Henry Wallis asked the meeting whether it would be well to provide the turnkeys at the borough gaol with clothing under an arrangement similar to that of the police. For the turnkeys £3. 10s. was charged for a suit of clothes, for the police 45s. Henry Tunmer said there was a difference altogether in the clothing. The turnkeys were supplied only once a year, and he thought the police had one suit a year and a pair of trousers once in six months.

September 1858

BOND’S TANYARD – Mr. Swallows, of the Bramford Road, attended the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 3^rd September, with Frederick Mason, Esq., in the chair, to renew the complaint made a short time since to the Committee of the nuisance arising from Mr. Bond’s Tanyard, which he said had become so great as to be unbearable! The complaints were numerous; indeed, few people passed by without complaining. The Surveyor said that within the last week, he and Mr. Mulley had inspected these premises, and at that time, there was nothing very offensive except in one building in which bullocks’ heads and horns were kept. This was a confined place, and certainly the stench arising from it was great. Mr. Mulley spoke to Mr. Bond, who said he should be very glad to do anything which might be suggested to him to remedy that evil. The Surveyor intended to suggest to him by which the stench from that particular place might be got rid of, but he understood full well that was not the only nuisance of which Mr. Swallows complained.

Mr. Swallows also said he was there to complain about the filth, which is nothing but decomposed matter, put upon the land, and which runs down to my door. A letter had been received from Mr. Bond stating that he was ready to do anything he could do to remove any cause of complaint; but if they were going upon the broad principle whether or not a tanyard was a nuisance, and wished the tanyard to be entirely done away with, he was prepared to meet them by litigation, because it had been decided in a case at Bermondsey that a tanyard is not a nuisance. Mr. Bond suggested a Committee should be appointed to meet with him on the matter, and he would be most happy to carry out their recommendations.

The Paving and Lighting Committee was bound to protect the public from nuisances when pointed out, but at the same time, they ought to take care not to interfere unnecessarily with trade. A sub-committee was appointed with Henry Tunmer and four other gentlemen to meet Mr. Bond at the tannery, and it was suggested that Mr. Swallows had better also attend.

IPSWICH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – 1858

On Monday, 1^st November 1858, the annual election for town councillors took place. In the St. Margaret’s Ward, Mr. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer and Mr. Ashton Blogg were re-elected.

1859

 November 1859

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Wednesday, 9^th November 1859, with the Ex-Mayor Jeremiah Head, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and General Street Cleansing Committee.

1860

November 1860

At the annual meeting of the Ipswich Council held on Friday, 9^th November 1860, at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, with the outgoing Mayor of Ipswich, George Josselyn, Esq., in the chair. Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and Street Cleansing Committee.

December 1860

On Friday, 21^st December 1860, Henry Tunmer was a guest at a Grand Dinner given by the Mayor of Ipswich, Edward Grimwade, Esq., at the New Assembly Rooms. Ninety-four gentlemen sat down at half past seven o’clock; the Mayor presided. The dinner, which was of the most sumptuous and liberal character, consisting of every delicacy of the season, accompanied by a profuse supply of the choicest wines, was served by Mr. Henry Guiver, of the Great White Horse Hotel.

BILL OF FARE

Premier Service: – De Poisson et Soupe.

Turbot, Whitings, Mock Turtle, Oyster Soup, Smelts, Cod Fish, Ox Tail, Julienne.

Seconde Service: – Membres de Boeuf de Mouton, Volaille, et cetera.

Haunch & Saddle of Mutton, Fowls – Roast & Boiled, Pigeon Pies, Roast Beef, Ham, Geese, Turkey – Roast and Boiled, Tongue, Ducks.

Entremets.

Sweet Bread, Mutton Cutlets, Sauté de Kidneys, Compote de Pigeon, Tomatoes, Croquettes de Boeuf, Oyster Patties, Fricassee Chicken.

Gibier, et cetera.

Pheasants, Wild Fowl, Jugged Hare, Partridges.

Dessert.

Plum Puddings, Mince Pies, Jellies, Creams.

Pastry and Fruit – various.

1861

 IPSWICH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – 1861

On Friday, 1^st November 1861, the annual election for town councillors took place. In the St. Margaret’s Ward, there were three candidates – Mr. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer, Mr. Nathaniel Catchpole, and Mr. W. Barker. At the close of the poll, the numbers were: –

Catchpole – 349.

Tunmer – 348.

Barker – 193.

Nathaniel Catchpole and Henry Tunmer were declared elected, and Henry thanked the electors for the confidence they placed in him by thus electing him for the fifth time.

November 1861

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Friday, 8^th November 1861, with the Ex-Mayor Edward Grimwade, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving and Lighting Committee.

1862

 November 1862

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Friday, 7^th November 1862, with the Ex-Mayor Edward Grimwade, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving and Lighting Committee.

At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 21^st November, with the Mayor of Ipswich, Mr. George C. E. Bacon, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer made an application, on behalf of the inhabitants of Burlington Road, requesting that the lamp at the end of that road, in London Road, might be altered so as to throw more light into Burlington Road, which was at present very dark. Henry stated that the house of Miss Tomkins, in Burlington Road, was burglariously attempted a few nights since. The application was referred to the Lamp Committee.

1863

GRAND BANQUET BY THE MAYOR OF IPSWICH, ON THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

Ipswich Journal – Saturday, 13^th June 1863 – On Saturday, 6^th June 1863, the day appointed for the celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Mr. Henry Tunmer was a guest of the Mayor of Ipswich, George Constantine Edward Bacon, Esq., who gave a Grand Banquet in honour of the day, at the New Assembly Room, Northgate Street, to about a hundred gentlemen, consisting of the Borough Members, the High Steward, the Borough Magistrates, the Aldermen and Councillors of the Ipswich Corporation, and other gentlemen connected with the town and friends of the Mayor of Ipswich.

 The banquet, which was of an unusually grand and costly description, was purveyed by Mr. Henry Guiver, of the Great White Horse, the premises of the Hotel having a direct communication with the Assembly Rooms. The following was the carte: –

FIRST COURSE

Soups – Mulligatawny, Mock Turtle, Asparagus, Julienne.

Fish – Turbot, Salmon, Filleted Soles.

SECOND COURSE

Haunches of venison, Pigeon Pies, Giblet Pies, Roast Chickens, Boiled Chickens, Hams, Tongues, Roulade de Veau à la Béchamel. Roast Beef, Boiled Legs of Lamb, Spinach, Saddles of Mutton, Fore Quarters of Lamb.

ENTREES

Lamb Cutlets, Cucumber Sauce, Lobster Patties, Sweetbreads, Spinach, Compote Pigeons.

THIRD COURSE

Goslings, Ducklings, Puddings, Pastry, Jellies, Blancmange, Creams, Ices.

WINE LIST

Pale Sherry, Bucellas, Chablis, Still Hock, Still Moselle, Sparkling Champagne, Sparkling Moselle, Port, and Claret.

Immediately after Grace, the Mayor rose and said: Gentlemen, while the tables are being cleared, we will pass round the Loving Cup, according to the ancient custom. The large ancient cup of the Corporation, designated “The Loving Cup,” was then handed round the room, every gentleman drinking from it and bowing in token of goodwill as he handed it to his neighbour. The toasts of the evening then commenced. The Mayor of Ipswich, George Bacon, rose to ask the gentlemen to rise and drink “The health of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria.” The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm, and the National Anthem was sung.

After several more toasts, the company retired to the reception room and partook of tea and coffee and separated a few minutes before midnight.

 November 1863

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Friday, 6^th November 1861, with the Ex-Mayor George Constantine Edgar Bacon, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving and Lighting Committee.

1864

November 1864

IPSWICH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – 1864

On Tuesday, 1^st November 1861, the annual election for town councillors took place. In the St. Margaret’s Ward, there were three candidates – Mr. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer, Mr. Nathaniel Catchpole, and Mr. Stannard. At the close of the poll, the numbers were: –

Catchpole – 301.

Tunmer – 294.

Stannard – 224.

Nathaniel Catchpole and Henry Tunmer were declared elected.

 At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Wednesday, 9th November 1864, with the Ex-Mayor George Constantine Edgar Bacon, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving and Lighting Committee.

1865

November 1865

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Thursday, 9^th November 1865, with the Ex-Mayor Samuel Harrison Cowell, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and General Street Cleansing Committee.

December 1865

At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 1^st December, with Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair, the state of the lighting in Station Street, Stoke, was discussed after a report for the Light Committee reported that there was no vehicle traffic during the night and in the day, only costermongers’ carts and so on. The Light Committee suggested that two lamps should be put up, but to light it thoroughly, four lamps would be required, at a cost of £16 a year. It was also stated that the people of Station Street could not find their own doors now, and it was resolved on the motion of Henry Tunmer that two lamps should be placed in Station Street.

1866

January 1866

BROWN BREAD IS A GRATUITOUS ACT OF CRUELTY – Henry attended a meeting of the Gaol Committee. Councillor Frederick Pilch also attended. During the meeting, Dr. Hammond, the Surgeon to the gaol, expressed his opinion that brown bread was better for the prisoners than white bread and gave the Gaol Committee his reasons for recommending its adoption. Dr. Hammond, at the same time, said he would take into consideration the health of the prisoners, and if he saw, in any individual case, that white bread would be better, he would order it.

Suffolk Chronicle – Saturday 3^rd February 1866 – At a quarterly meeting of the Ipswich Town Council on Wednesday, 31^st January 1866, held at the Crown Court, County Hall, with the Mayor of Ipswich Ebenezer Goddard, in the chair, Councillor Frederick Pilch rose and with reference to the new bill for brown bread to be regrettably supplied to the prisoners at the Gaol. Frederick Pilch asked the question WHY? Why was a better class of bread not supplied to the prisoners? He wondered how the Magistrates allowed brown bread – it was a gratuitous act of cruelty!

Henry Tunmer rose to explain to the Council meeting Dr. Hammond’s opinion and the reasons for recommending brown bread. The Mayor Ebenezer Goddard said as to the assumed act of cruelty on the part of the Magistrates, he hoped Henry Tumner’s explanation would satisfy every other person if it did not satisfy Mr. Pilch! Alderman Thomas D’Eye Burroughes rose to say that the prisoners had not complained.

Frederick, with the last word, said that white bread was given in the County Gaol. The diet was very limited in its goal, and he did not envy the feelings of any man who would order a man to be on that diet with brown bread for two to three months.

February 1866

At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 23^rd February, with Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer drew the attention of the Committee to the dangerous state of some of the hydrants in the streets, in consequence of the road being worn away around them, and they were now left considerably above the surface of the road. The Chairman, in the absence of the Surveyor, promised to have the matter attended to.

April 1866

The Gaol Committee reported to a quarterly meeting of the Town Council held on Wednesday, 25^th April in the Crown Court, County Hall, with the Mayor of Ipswich, Ebenezer Goddard, Esq., in the chair, that a copy of a minute made by the justices at a special gaol session held on the 20^th January last, with reference to the increase of the chaplain’s stipend from £60 to £80. The Deputy Town Clerk stated that under the old Act of George IV. The Council could grant a salary not exceeding £150 for a gaol in which there were 50 cells. Under the new Act, they could give any salary they pleased. Henry Tunmer said the recommendation for the salary increase was unanimous on the part of the Gaol Committee at the suggestion of the Magistrates. Mr. John Dunningham, for 15 years, had been indefatigable in the discharge of his duties, which, from the increase in the population of the town, had increased. The gaol committee supported the motion for the salary increase. The motion was carried.

June 1866

At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 29^th June, with Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed, with five other gentlemen onto a sub-committee to look into the matter that a great improvement would be accomplished by widening the pavement on the upper part of the Cornhill, from Messrs. Rees and Gripper’s to Mr. Limmer’s. The suggestion had been raised by Mr. Thomas D’Eye Burroughes, as there was no place in the town where so much inconvenience was experienced on Market Days from the narrowness of pavement as the Cornhill, and it might be gradually widened at each end, to offer no inconvenience to the vehicle traffic, and yet to give passengers 2ft or 2ft 6in.

September 1866 

At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 21^st September, at Pearce’s Offices, Princes Street, with Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair, a report was presented by Mr. Ribbans – surveyor, as to the cost of putting Cox Lane into a proper state. In order to drain it properly, a 12-inch pipe drain would be required, which would cost £38. The path on the west side of the lane would need to be kerbed, channelled, and flagged, from the narrowest part to the chapel gate, and this would cost about £40. The value of the pebbles which would be taken up would be equal to the cost of macadamising the road. Seven foul water drains emptied themselves into the lane, and unless the pipe drain were laid down, these would still have to run on the surface. The owners of the houses in the lane would remove the doorsteps which projected onto the path, if the Committee would kerb and pave it. The path was very narrow, and the projecting steps made it narrower – in some places, not more than 15 inches wide. Mr. Ribbans recommended that the paving should be done at once; the drain could be laid at any time. Henry Tunmer said it was very desirable to do away with the projecting doorsteps. He seconded the motion that the paving should be done immediately, and that the drain should be laid if the owners would pay half, which would be £19. The motion was carried.

October 1866

 At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 5^th October, at Pearce’s Offices, Princes Street, with Edward Grimwade, Esq., in the chair, Mr. James Haddock attended the meeting to complain, and to ask whether the Committee would remedy the grievance as he did not see why the great nuisance occasioned by furniture being placed outside the shop in the Old Butter Market of Mr. Barker, a broker, should be allowed. He maintained that a man had no right to set a table and a bagatelle board in the road. No less than three times last Tuesday, the street was blocked in consequence of goods being placed in it in this manner, causing an interruption to traffic. Mr. Haddock said three times last Tuesday that he had to go to Deward and Cook’s corner to see his customers, because the carriages could not reach his door from the block in the street. He had also seen ladies’ dresses torn by the furniture, and sometimes you get a sheep’s pluck in your face! Mr. Hutchinson and other Committee members spoke of other unneighbourly instances – Messrs. Ransomes and Sims in Princes Street, in Friars’ Street, there is a whole row of tables and chairs, and in Dog’s Head Lane, a furniture dealer set out his goods in the Old Cattle Market, which was very narrow. Henry Tunmer said the custom was growing all over the town and ought to be put a stop to. The Chairman, Edward Grimwade, said to Mr. Haddock that as a private individual, he should take proceedings and take a summons against Mr. Barker.

November 1866

At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 2^nd November, at Pearce’s Offices, Princes Street, with Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair, the lighting at St. Matthew’s Square was put to the Committee by Mr. Sterling Westhorp, who had received reports of two or three very gross cases of immorality as having taken place in the locality of St. Matthew’s Square between Lady Lane, St. Matthew’s Church Lane, and the Mount, within the last month for want of light. The police felt that two lamps were really needed. Sterling Westhorp thought this was a matter well worthy of their consideration, because the place was very thickly populated. Henry Tunmer said that Mr. Evans, the master of St. Matthew’s School, had spoken to him on the same subject.

The matter was referred to the Lamp Committee.

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Crown Court, County Hall, St. Helen’s, on Friday, 9^th November 1866, with the Mayor Ebenezer Goddard, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and General Street Cleansing Committee.

December 1866

At the Paving and Lighting Committee meeting on Friday, 14^th December, with Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Edward Grimwade drew attention to the fact that the fortnight’s lamp report was not a good one. On one night, no less than a dozen lamps were out, and lamps 192, 194, and 334 were out several times during the fortnight. Henry Tunmer said that on Monday week, the night was very stormy, and this might account for the lamps being extinguished.

It was arranged that the Clerk should again communicate with the Gas Company on the subject of the lamps.

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January 1867

 On Tuesday, 15^th January, Henry Tunmer accepted the invitation from his Worship, the Mayor of Ipswich, Robert Charles Ransome, Esq., to be present with other Members of the Corporation, the Magistrates, and other gentlemen holding official positions in connection with the borough of Ipswich at dinner at the New Assembly Rooms, in Northgate Street. The dinner was of a sumptuous character supplied by Mrs. Guiver, of the White Horse Hotel.

February 1867

At the fortnightly meeting of the Paving and Lighting Committee on Friday, 22^nd February, at Pearce’s Offices, Princes Street, with Charles Burton, Esq., in the chair, Mr. Sterling Westhorp again made application to the Committee to place lamps in St. Matthew’s Square. It had been urged against this application that it was not the practice of this Committee to light any public street or place which had not been put into a proper state by the proprietors and taken up by the Local Board. Mr. Samuel Harrison Cowell said he thought the Board had the power to compel the owners of property to put the streets in such a state of repair that they could be taken up by the Board. The Clerk said yes, but the process was a very unsatisfactory one; it took a long time, and the Board had to lay out their own money until they could recover it.

It was agreed that, as long and unsatisfactory as the legal process might be, they would rather put it in action and compel the proprietors to put the street in a proper state, than to supply the lamps without taking up the street. Henry Tunmer proposed that the sub-committee should visit the spot and see what was absolutely necessary to be done in making up the road before the gas could be laid on. Henry’s suggestion was agreed to.

April 1867

SHELTER IN THE UPPER ARBORETUM

On Wednesday, 24^th April 1867, Henry Tunmer attended the quarterly meeting of the Ipswich Town Council held in the Crown Court, County Hall, St. Helen’s Street, with the Mayor of Ipswich, Robert Ransome, Esq., in the chair. During the meeting, Henry Tunmer referred to the want of shelter from rain in the Upper Arboretum, observing that visitors to the Lower Arboretum could shelter in the tunnels, and on the dock promenade, the erection known as the Umbrella afforded shelter from showers, but in the public Arboretum, there was none. Henry moved that the Arboretum Committee be requested to take the matter into their consideration.

Mr. William Mason seconded the motion, and it was carried.

May 1867

Suffolk Chronicle – Saturday, 18^th May 1867 – NOTES – At the last Council Meeting, Mr. Henry Tunmer mentioned so obvious a want in the Upper Arboretum that we supposed it was supplied forthwith, but such is not the case. The Arboretum is a favourite resort, and the grounds amply justify the partiality of the public. But it occasionally rains in the Arboretum, and you may get wet amongst the flowers, grassy hills, slopes, and umbrageous branches, as amongst turnips and beet root. You have no right to expect protection in the fields, but you have in the Arboretum. It is incumbent upon the Corporation to provide not only for the eye, in the way of flowers, but also for the body in the way of shelter. We are surprised to find that no such protection has been afforded. The keeper of the grounds also acts as clerk of the weather, but without any of the late Admiral Fitzroy’s apparatus. As rain threatens, he gives a warning, upon which there is a helter-skelter, hurry-scurry of maids and perambulators, of babies in arms and babes out of arms, or the alternative of a wet skin. A little bird has whispered that the Arboretum would stand a better prospect of getting not only a summerhouse but gas, were it but half a dozen miles out of Ipswich. The whisper was fatal to that bird: he was shot upon the spot for taking liberties with authorities, and so far so good; but we would encourage the Ipswich Town Council. It seldom deals in large amounts, and if it should just for once agree to spend, say £25 for the public convenience in the public Arboretum, the public, who pay the piper and would reap the benefit, would, as far as the Arboretum is concerned, “rest and be thankful.”

August 1867

 On Wednesday, 31^st July 1867, Henry Tunmer attended the quarterly meeting of the Ipswich Town Council held in the Crown Court, County Hall, St. Helen’s Street, with the Mayor of Ipswich, Robert Ransome, Esq., in the chair. During the meeting, Henry Tunmer asked if the Arboretum Committee had provided any shelter in the Arboretum. Mr Frederick Henry Pearce said the subject was brought before the Committee, which unanimously agreed that it was undesirable to erect anything. In reply, Henry Tunmer said it seemed rather surprising that the Arboretum should be deprived of the shelter which was afforded in the Lower Arboretum and on the Promenade. The Mayor, Robert Ransome, said there were many difficulties connected with the subject that had been thoroughly considered. Mr. William Hutchinson recommended that the visitors take an umbrella with them!

November 1867

 IPSWICH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – 1867

On Friday, 1^st November 1867, the annual election for town councillors took place. At the close of the poll in the St. Margaret’s Ward, Mr. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer and Mr. Nathaniel Catchpole were declared elected.

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Crown Court, County Hall, St. Helen’s, on Saturday, 9^th November 1866, with the Mayor Robert Charles Ransome, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and Committee.

1868

January 1868

MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND FORMAL OPENING OF THE HALL – The quarterly meeting of the Ipswich Town Council was held on Wednesday, 29th January 1868, at which the Town Hall was formally declared by the Mayor of Ipswich, John Patteson Cobbold, to be opened. Several flags were flying from various tradesmen’s premises in the vicinity, the Cornhill and Tavern Street presenting a somewhat festive appearance. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer, as a member of the Corporation assembled in the Sessions Court. At 12 o’clock the members of the Council walked in procession from the Sessions Court up the grand staircase behind the Water Bailiff, the Sergeants-at-Mace bearing the large mace of the Corporation to the Council Chamber. As the Mayor entered the Council Chambers, a hearty burst of cheering began.

The festivities of the week culminated in a grand banquet given by the Mayor to the members of the Corporation, etc., in the Council Chamber, on Thursday evening. The invitation card was a picture in itself. It was executed in the highest style of art. It bore the Ipswich arms in black, blue, crimson, and gold, and many of the initial letters are floriated capitals, richly embellished in gold or crimson. The style of type ranged from a most elaborate grotesque to plain italics, and the whole is printed on toned card of large size.

Henry Tunmer and his fellow guests were received by the Mayor in the Library and thence adjourned to the Council Chamber, where the banquet was spread.

After dinner grace was sung by the vocalists, before the Mayor rose, and taking the Loving Cup of the Corporation, turned to the High Steward – Mr. Charles Austin, and said: In all sincerity, I pledge your health, sir, and that of all present, in this ancient Loving Cup. The Loving Cup was then passed round, each pledging his neighbour.

July 1868

 On Wednesday, 29^th July, Henry Tunmer attended a quarterly meeting of the Ipswich Town Council, held at the Council Chamber, Town Hall, where the business from the Watch Committee report was to receive and determine bathing in public places. Their attention had been given to the nuisance arising from the indecency of persons bathing in public places. They had instructed the police on the subject, and they had ordered a notice to be put up at Hog Highland and at the part of the Gipping most frequented by bathers, prohibiting bathing between the hours of 9 o’clock in the morning and 7 o’clock in the evening, and warning the public that the police had orders to prosecute persons bathing in contravention of the notice.

The Deputy Town Clerk also read a communication from the borough coroner as to bathing in public places. After the body of 18 year old Alexander Pain was pulled from the river, after accidentally drowned whilst bathing in the river Orwell. – “The jury assembled at this inquest cannot separate without taking the opportunity to express their unanimous opinion that the practice of bathing from the shores of the river Orwell is dangerous to life, and a great public nuisance from the constant exposure of naked men and boys, who are running to and fro the shores of the river in the most indecent and offensive manner, and their bathing and floating about the river, thereby to a great extent closing the river and the pleasant walks along its sides, to women and children, to whom a boat on the river, and a walk along its shores, would be at all times, but especially in the summer evenings, most healthful and pleasant. And the jury requests the Coroner to convey their opinion to the Town Council, and also to the Dock Commissioners, with a view to an early remedy being applied to suppress the nuisance, and to call the attention of the Town Council to a like expression made by the jury in a case of drowning in the same locality on the 28^th July 1866.”

The Watch Committee had discussed the benefits to the health of bathing and the degree of freedom in public bathing. Mr. Grimwade suggested that the time in the evening should be altered to 8 o’clock, but this was not agreed as it would be quite dark, and bathing would then be fought with much more danger than now.

Mr. Goddard suggested that the exposure difficulty might be remedied if all persons bathed in drawers!! This was constantly being done in continental bathing places!

Mr. Grimwade said that if the bathing place did not answer the purpose, let it go to destruction. They had a very good bathing place, and why was that not used in the place of bathing down by the river, where persons were in the habit of walking, and where no screen was up to hide the bathers from view.

Henry Tunmer said the bathing place was used very much; he had seen the various places crowded so much that if five or six boys were drowned, they would not have been missed.

Mr. Hutchinson agreed with Henry Tunmer that the bathing place was crowded oftentimes and was quite dangerous.

The amendment to the new times was voted for and therefore adopted.

November 1868

 At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Monday, 9^th November 1868, with the Mayor John Patteson Cobbold, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and Committee.

On Wednesday, 24^th November 1869, the East Suffolk Hospital was reopened, after extensive additions and alterations being made in the buildings – so extensive in fact, as to triple the beneficent power of the Institution. The day’s proceedings commenced on Wednesday morning with divine service at St. Margaret’s Church, the building standing in the parish. The Corporation assembled shortly before 11 o’clock in the Magistrates’ Room of the Town Hall. About five minutes before eleven, the Mayor of Ipswich Mr. Edward Grimwade, in his official robes, preceded by the sergeants-at-mace, who carried the two Corporation maces, and followed by the members of the Town Council, walked from the Town Hall to St. Margaret’s Church.

After the service, the Mayor and members of the Corporation returned to the Town Hall, whence they shortly afterwards went in procession to the Hospital. Here everything was in readiness, and Mrs. Mary Ann Rahn, the newly appointed Matron, had taken care to have the interior of the wards in beautiful order. In the reception room on the ground floor, the Mayor, in a few words, declared the Hospital, with the additions now made to it, reopened and ready for the reception of patients on the first of December. Henry Tunmer then joined the Mayor and Corporation for an elegant and substantial luncheon prepared by Mr. Cocks, of St. Matthew’s Street.

1870

November 1870

 IPSWICH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – 1870

On Friday, 1^st November 1870, the annual election for town councillors took place. At the close of the poll in the St. Margaret’s Ward, Mr. Henry Ebenezer Tunmer was declared elected.

At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Wednesday, 9^th November 1870, with the Mayor Edward Grimwade, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and Committee.

1871

April 1871

Henry Tunmer took his turn to be a House Visitor at the East Suffolk Hospital.

November 1871

 At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Thursday, 9^th November 1871, with the Mayor George Green Sampson, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and Committee.

1872

 November 1872

 At the annual meeting of the Town Council held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, on Friday, 9^th November 1871, with the Mayor George Green Sampson, Esq., in the chair, Henry Tunmer was appointed to be a member of the Watch Committee, the Gaol Committee, and the Paving, Lighting and Committee.

1873

October 1873

On Wednesday, 29^th October, the Mayor of Ipswich, Mr. Ebenezer Goddard invited the members of the Corporation and others officially connected with the town to a dejeuner in the Council Chamber, where presentations were made to Mr. STEPHEN ABBOTT NOTCUTT, who, after more than 35 years as the TOWN CLERK of Ipswich, had resigned. Henry Tunmer attended the dejeuner, which Mr Godball of the Coach and Horses Hotel supplied to the 160 guests. After the repast, a glass or two was drunk to the loyal toasts, and then the presentation took place.

Mr. Stephen Notcutt was presented with a handsome clock, in ebony, with gilt mouldings and fittings of medieval design. It chimes the quarters and strikes the hours upon a wire, the same in tone as Big Ben of Westminster. The tea service is of modern design, and the kettle is of the Dagmar pattern, and very richly chased. An inkstand, which accompanies these articles, is of Byzantine pattern, and there is also a pair of waiters of Elizabethan design. A claret jug and other trifles accompany these articles in harmony in point of design with the above. Messrs. Schulen and Boby, Cornhill, Ipswich, supplied other articles. On each of the pieces was Mr. Notcutt’s monogram, and upon the tea kettle, clock, and inkstand is engraved an inscription.

Henry Ebenezer Tunmer retired as a representative of the St. Margaret’s Ward on the Ipswich Town Council in 1873.

SOURCES:

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Members of the Council – in and since 1835 – Mr. B.P. Grimsey – July 1892.

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