Dear Advisory Council on National Records and Archives,

Dear Sirs, The following questions have been asked of the above
Charity Trust and as yet I have had no reply from the Trustees,
could you possibly give me the answers please?

Board of Trustees of The Feoffee of Poor’s Land
I.e.: (Hemsby Poor’s Land Charity Trust)246332

Under The Freedom Of Information Act.

1. Why is the Trust under such an obscure name? The Feoffee of
Poor's Land.

2. Who has the lease on the Poor’s Land?

3. How much do they pay to rent the land?

4. How many acres are rented out?

5. When is the lease up for renewal?

6. Is the land advertised to tenders for the highest bidder? To
acquire the best price that will benefit
the people of the village.

7. Why are grants not made available to Help The People Of The
Village as is suggested under the Heading of Activities on their
Financial Statement, when other villages openly advertise the fact
that grants are available to the people of their village?

8. How much and where is the money invested for the beneficiaries
i.e.: The People Of The Village?

9. What is the final balance figure of the The Feoffee of Poor’s
Land in Hemsby, i.e. Hemsby Poor’s Land Charity Trust?

I ask these questions as a resident of Hemsby who has the interest
of the village at heart and believes that these questions should be
put to the Board of Trustees in line with the Governments view on
transparency of information, Under The Freedom Of Information Act.

I have since learned that the land is rented to a local farmer and
back in 1946 there was an alledged agreement drawn up with The
Feoffee of Poor's Land stating that a local farming family, as a
prominent family in Hemsby and who held the majority of land in
Hemsby, could farm the Poor's Land for the next three generations
of their family, at the moment they are at the second generation
stage with a third generation yet to come. How could this agreement
be set up for such long length of time without a possibility for
any other interested parties being able to put in a tender bid for
it. This land was set aside in c1870's for the poor people of the
village to be able grow their vegetables and heat their homes.
Other Poor's Land Trusts have a five year lease agreement, can the
original agreement with the local farming family be challenged to
return the land to the people of the village as was originally
intended.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs P Sutton