X349/10

Abstract of 2 deeds Trust Deed 1) George Bailey, formerly of Sharnbrook but now of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, Tailor, Thomas Collier of Sharnbrook, Lace dealer. William Desborough of Thurleigh, Farmer. Peter Brown of Thurleigh, Farmer. Thomas Jefferies the Younger, formerly of Thurleigh but now of Ravensden, Farmer Joseph White of Bolnhurst, Farmer. William Hartop formerly of Thurleigh, but now of Keysoe, Farmer. Thomas Hawkins, formerly of Bushmead, Eaton Socon but now of Spaldwick, Hunts, Farmer Francis Croft Love of Keysoe, Glazier Thomas Blott of Great Staughton, Hunts, Farmer Thomas Whitmee formerly of Olney, but now of Stagsden, Baker (old Trustees) 2) John Williamson of Sharnbrook, Surgeon 3) Thomas Kilpin of Bedford, Ironmonger William White of the same, Bookseller 4) Said George Bailey etc (parties 1) in deed And William Whaley Desborough of Thurleigh, Farmer Benjamin Hartop of same, Farmer John Jefferies of same, Farmer said Thomas Kilpin & William Wade (parties) John Dickens Whitmee of Bolnhurst, Farmer Samuel Green of same Farmer Thomas Blott Junior of Little Staughton, Farmer Benjamin Sharman of Thurleigh, Farmer said John Williamson (party 2 in deed) Thomas Desborough of Thurleigh, Farmer Jabez Goddard of Thurleigh, Farmer (present Trustee) 5) Alexander Sharman of Bedford, Gentleman. re property a) below recites Bargains and sale 1) John Williamson (vendor) 2) Parties 1) in deed above and other now deed Plot of land a) in trust for the benefit of the Society of people of protestants called Baptists at Thurleigh Consideration £10 (enrolled in Chancery 29 April 1829): 3 January 1829 recites: Deed failed to contain any limitation to Bargainees of inheritance of land, therefore Williamson joined in Deed to convey land to Parties 4) in deed above (ie present Trustees) recites since built Chapel & other buildings on site re property a below recites will of Wm Crockford, late of Thurleigh deceased to wife Sarah: Messuage or tenement then on his own occupation And messuage adjoining in occupation of Robert Britten at Thurleigh with yards, gardens etc belonging To Sarah for life & then to Kilpin and White (parties 3 in deed above) for ever made 3 August 1836 Proved at Archdeaconry of Bedford 16 January 1837 a) piece of land or ground at Church End, Thurleigh with Chapel & Meeting house etc lately erected on it abs N Vicarage land W. Property b) below all other sides by public highway b) Two cottages or tenements with yards gardens etc at Church End, Thurleigh formerly in occupation of John Cowley & Thomas Tinsley, same of William Crockford & Robert Britten & now of the Reverend Samuel Wells & Robert Britten. also N. Vicarage land S Public Highway E Properly a) above. W land formerly John Williamson & now of John Jefferies (subject to life interest of Sarah Crockford) Include synopsis of belief of the Particular or Calvinistic Baptists detailed covenants of trust including provision if Chapel closed down property to be administered by the 'Particular Baptist Fund', established in London in 1717. 18 Trustees, must be Protestant Dissenters: 31 January 1844 B) Deed appointing New Trustees 1) Benjamin Sharman of Thurleigh, Farmer Jabez Goddard of Chipping Norton, Oxon, Miller. 2) Eli Armstrong of Thurleigh, Agricultural Labourer William Wagstaff, of same Boot & shoe maker. Joseph Sykes of Thurleigh, Carrier. Joseph Armstrong of Thurleigh, Agricultural Labourer. Samuel Armstrong of Thurleigh, Blacksmith. Thomas Mayes of Springfield Asylum, Kempston, Attendant at the Asylum William Hartop of Bedford, Dairyman Benjamin Hawkes of Keysoe, Farmer John Edwin Chandler of Bedford, Bookseller & Stationer Samuel Charles Desborough of Ridgmont, Farmer John Browning Hartop of Bolnhurst, Farmer Thomas Wagstaff of Thurleigh, Shopkeeper & Farmer. Thomas Philpot of Thurleigh, Blacksmith. David Waldock of Bolnhurst, Farmer Francis Gammon of Bedford, House Furnisher Francis Lee of Bedford, Coal Agent James Garlick of Bedford, Stone Mason John Ashton of Bedford, Grocer recites death of all the previous trustees except the parties 1) of this deed recites church meeting nominating Trustees: 31 May 1889 all above property conveyed from old Trustees to New Trustees; against signatures marked if dead at the time the document was copied: 13 July 1889 copy made between 1909-1914 (possibly made when deeds deposited at Bunyan Meeting March 1911) This document is placed here as it relates directly to X349/11.

1836 - 1889

From: 1836 To: 1889

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Bailey, George,
Collier, Thomas,
Desborough, William Whaley,
Brown, Peter,
Jefferies, Thomas,
White, Joseph,
Hartop, William,
Hawkins, Thomas,
Love, Francis Croft,
Blott, Thomas,
Whitmee, Thomas,
Williamson, John,
Kilpin, Thomas,
White, William,
Jefferies, John,
Hartop, Benjamin,
Wade, William,
Whitmee, John Dickens,
Green, Samuel,
Sharman, Benjamin,
Desborough, Thomas,
Goddard, Jabez,
Sharman, Alexander,
Crockford, William,
Crockford, Sarah,
Britten, Robert,
Cowley, John,
Tinsley, Thomas,
Wells, Samuel,
Armstrong, Eli,
Wagstaff, William,
Sykes, Joseph,
Armstrong, Joseph,
Armstrong, Samuel,
Mayes, Thomas,
Hawkes, Benjamin,
Chandler, John Edwin,
Desborough, Samuel Charles,
Hartop, John Browning,
Wagstaff, Thomas,
Philpot, Thomas,
Waldock, David,
Gammon, Francis,
Lee, Francis,
Garlick, James,
Ashton, John

Baptist Church, DEEDS, trusts, tailor, lace dealer, farmer, glazier, baker, surgeon, ironmonger, bookseller, gentleman, religious societies, general Baptists, Chancery, chapels, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, William will: Crockford, DEATH, gardens, Archdeaconry, Thurleigh fields, vicarages, highway, cottages, vicar, Calvinists, general Baptists, Protestant Faith of the Church of England, miller, agricultural labourer, boot maker, shoemaker, carrier, blacksmith, asylum keeper, dairyman, stationer, DOCUMENTS, Bunyan Meeting, shopkeeper, house furnisher, coal agent, stone mason, grocer, THURLEIGH, SHARNBROOK, Haddenham, RAVENSDEN, BOLNHURST, KEYSOE, Bushmead, EATON SOCON, Spaldwick, Huntingdonshire, Great Staughton, Olney, STAGSDEN, BEDFORD, Little Staughton, Thurleigh Church End, London, Chipping Norton, Oxon, Springfield Asylum, KEMPSTON, RIDGMONT