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I am looking for the birth date and census records for Robert Monk.
I know he died around 1916 as in his will he set up a charity to help the village of Foxton Leicestershire.
I also know he was the publican of the Robin Hood Hotel Leicester.
I have 2 Robert Monks in my tree but I don't know which one set up this charity.

Any help much appreciated

Mary

This one's a licensed victualler born in Foxton:
1901 census
41 Gallowtree Gt., Leicester formerly St. Martin
Robert Monk, head, 56, licensed victualler, born Foxton, Leics.
Sarah, wife, 57, born Batinbourgh?, Camb.
Tom S. Yeomans, nephew, 27, bar manager, born Thornton le Bears, Leics.
Plus 5 servants.

have you tried google??

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22047

Robert Monk (d. 1916) of the Robin Hood Hotel, Leicester, left an estate of £21,457 gross value. By his will, proved in 1916, he bequeathed various investments to the parish of Foxton with provision for the establishment of three funds: the coal fund, the charity loans fund, and the general fund. The Robert Monk Charity was regulated by a Chancery Scheme of 1927, and three subsequent Schemes of the Charity Commissioners, in 1928, 1938, and 1953. The coal fund, £800, was to endow a coal distribution among the poor in November and December. The charity loans fund was to provide interest-free loans of between £25 and £300 to poor inhabitants of Foxton. The general fund was designed in the first place to provide £5,000 for a village hall and recreation ground and later to pay for the maintenance of the village hall, to supply food, medicine, money, or domestic help to the sick, to make payments to young people in difficulties or intending to emigrate, and to restore dilapidated cottages. (fn. 75) A village hall was erected at the cost of £2,749 to the charity and opened in 1931. (fn. 76) It stands in the recreation ground in the centre of the village and is a large well-built structure of ironstone with limestone dressings. In 1957 the trustees spent £55 on coal, made two loans of £300 each, and spent £909 on the running of the village hall. (fn. 77)

From: 'Foxton', A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5: Gartree Hundred (1964), pp. 90-6. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22047. Date accessed: 26 August 2007.

Same one 1891:
41 Gallowtree Gate, (The Robin Hood), St. Martin, Leicestershire
Robert Monk, head, 47, licensed victualler, born Foxton, Leics.
Sarah, wife, 47, born Royton, Cambs.
Maria E., dau, 22, born Edgebeston, Warwickshire
Thomas, nephew, 21, billiard marker, born Market Harboro, Leics.
Plus 2 servants.

That looks like him
Could you find him in 1891?

he was there in 1891 too

Name: Robert Monk
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Foxton, Leicestershire, England

Civil Parish: St Martin
Ecclesiastical parish: St Martin
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England


Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 34

Household Members: Name Age
Sarah Bradshaw 23
Eliza Darlington 46
Maria E Monk 22
Robert Monk 47
Sarah Monk 47
Thomas Monk 21

his baptism?

Robert Monk
Birth:
Christening: 30 APR 1843 Foxton, Leicester, England

parents:
Father: Thomas Monk
Mother: Elizabeth

yes , thats how I knew his date of death

1851 with his siblings

Name: Robert Monk
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Foxton, Leicestershire, England

Civil Parish: Foxton
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Registration district: Market Harborough
Sub-registration district: Market Harborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 31
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 68
Household Members: Name Age
Adah Monk 12
Elizabeth Monk 42
Elizabeth Monk 3
Joseph Monk 10
Mary Monk 6
Robert Monk 8
Thomas Monk 43

1861
Name: Robert Monk
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Foxton, Leicestershire, England

Civil Parish: Foxton
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Registration district: Market Harborough
Sub-registration district: Market Harborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 36

Household Members: Name Age

Elizabeth Monk 52
Elizabeth Monk 13
Joseph Monk 20
Martha Monk 8
Robert Monk 18
Samuel Monk 31
Thomas Monk 53

he, his brothers and father were all Ag Labs

he is foot man, married to Sarah by 1871

Name: Robert Monk
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Foxton, Leicestershire, England

Civil Parish: Edgbaston
Ecclesiastical parish: Church
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Registration district: Kings Norton
Sub-registration district: Edgbaston
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 40
Household Members: Name Age

Maria Eliza Monk 2
Robert Monk 27
Sarah Monk 28

daughter Maria in 1881, with g'parents, back in Foxton

Name: Maria E. Monk
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Civil Parish: Foxton
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

ccupation: Scholar

Registration district: Market Harborough
Sub-registration district: Market Harborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 6

Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Monk 31
Maria E. Monk 12
Thomas Monk 73

Given that 1843 was his birth, I can't find him in 1881?

Can't find him in 1881 but here he is in 71:
Widdrington Lodge, Church Lane, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire
Robert Monk, head, 27, footman, born Foxton, Leics,
Sarah, wife, 28, born Royston, Cambs.
Maria Eliza, dau, 2, born Edgbaston, Warks.

have found maria, in 1881 , cant see his and sarah though.

was this any good or not?

Thank you all for the brilliant detective work

I still can't find them in 1881
but will keep trying

Mary