FR24/22/1

Volume of deeds, with index at front

1602-1843

From: 1602 To: 1843

and including: (A) 30 POLES IN DAGNALL [BUCKINGHAMSHIRE] (I) Demise & Lease of 27 Nov 1677 Parties: (1) Henry Seare of Dagnall, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire], yeoman; (2) Edward Deane of Dagnall, yeoman; Francis Humfrey of Dagnall, blacksmith; Giles Deane of Ringshall, Edlesborough, yeoman; Joseph Deane of Ringshall, husbandman; John Turpen of Ringshall, husbandman; Thomas Rutland of Ringshall, Ivinghoe [Buckinghamshire], husbandman; John Stratton of Studham [Hertfordshire], grocer; Thomas Kingham of Little Gaddesden [Hertfordshire], wheelwright all as trustees Operative Part: - (1) demised (a) to (2) with right for (1) to occupy it for 80 years in same manner as (2) Habendum: - to (2) for 1,000 years at peppercorn rent Property: (a) piece of ground of 30 poles in Dagnall being south end of Andrewes Common with Affordhill to S and E Proviso: - for appointment of new trustees Memoranda: - 19 Sep 1701 Henry Seare, Giles Deane and Joseph Deane, surviving trustees were joined by: Joseph Deane the younger of Ringshall, Edlesborough, yeoman; Thomas Deane of Ringshall, Edlesborough, yeoman; Henry Fountayne of Ringshall, Ivinghoe, husbandman; Edward Deane of Wardes, Ivinghoe, yeoman; John Barnes of Ivinghoe Aston [Buckinghamshire], yeoman; Robert Seare of Dagnall, yeoman; John Barton of Studham, husbandman - 24 Apr 1730 John Barnes, Joseph Deane and John Barton junior, surviving trustees were joined by: John Freeth of Luton; John Gunnis of Luton; Daniel Brown junior of Luton; John Horn of Leagrave; Thomas Larance of Ward [Buckinghamshire]; Henry Austin of Ringshall, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire] - 7 Feb 1771 Daniel Brown and John Brown, surviving trustees were joined by John Deane of Ringshall, Edlesborough, yeoman; John Freeth of Luton, currier; William Freeth of Dunstable, baker; Daniel Brown jnuior of Luton, bakee; Joseph Brown junior of Luton, miller; John Brown of Ampthill; Christopher Pryor of Stopsley - 10 Apr 1812 Daniel Brown senior and Christopher Pryor, surviving trustees were joined by Richard Markes Brown of Luton, mealman; Henry Brown of Luton; James Pryor of Stopsley; Richard Gutteridge of St.Albans [Hertfordshire]; John Foster of Luton, grocer; Thomas Squire of Kings Langley [Hertfordshire]; William Adams of Luton, farmer (III) Extract from will of Sarah Greenwood, who died on 11 Sep 1811 bequeathing to Albans Monthly Meeting 5 to keep up the graves in the burial ground (B) LAND, INCLUDING QUAKER BURIAL GROUND, AT SEWELL (IV) Bargain & Sale of 12 Feb 1741 Parties: (1) John Barnes of Ivinghoe Aston [Buckinghamshire], yeoman; (2) John Chester of Dunstable, baker; Joseph Deane of Ringshall, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire], husbandman; (3) Henry Austin of Ringshall, yeoman; John Horn of Leagrave, tailor; Thomas Lawrence, son of Mordecai Lawrence of Wards Combe [Buckinghamshire]; John Jenkins of Eaton Bray, tailor; Thomas Ringham of Markyate Street, Caddington [Hertfordshire], carpenter; William Brown (son of Daniel Brown of Luton), draper (4) Joseph Chessey of Dunstable, baker; John Freeth of Luton, linen draper; John Gunnis of Luton, baker; John Brown of Luton, mealman; Joseph Brown of Luton, tallow chandler; Charles Barnes of Ivinghoe Aston, yeoman Reciting: - lease and release of 26 Jan and 26 Apr 1678 between (1) Thomas Adams of Sewell, Houghton Regis, husbandman; (2) Henry Hobbs of Totternhoe, yeoman; George Fensham of Totternhoe, yeoman; Daniel King of Toddington, hemp dresser; John King of Sewell, hemp dresser; Henry Howes of Sewell, labourer; Thomas Vyes of Totternhoe, poulterer in which (1) granted 1 rood of pasture ground at W end of a Tylers Close, Sewell, abutting on Whitehillway to W to (2) in trust for Samuel Harris of Markyate, Caddington, maltster, Edward Chester of Dunstable, baker; Peter Crooke of Luton, draper; Henry Newman of Sewell, yeoman; William Barber of Luton, maltster; Thomas Hawkins of Dunstable, tailor; - grant and release of 18 Sep 1701 between (1) Thomas Vyes; (2) Edward Chester; (3) Henry Newman of Sewell, yeoman; James Hawkins of Dunstable, tailor; John Robins of Kensworth, grocer; William Elkins of Luton, maltster; William Francis of Luton, cordwainer; John Barnes of Ivinghoe Aston [Buckinghamshire], yeoman; reciting deaths of Henry Hobbs, George Fensham, Daniel King, John King and Henry Hows, Samuel Harris, Peter Crooke, Henry Newman and Thomas Hawkins and removal of William Barber meaning the piece of land in Tylers Close was vested in (1) and trusteeship in (2); thus (1), at direction of (2) granted to (3), for a sum of money, possession of the land at rent of 4d to Lord of the Manor, reserving to late owner Robert King all timber of ash and elm and in trust for John Chester of Dunstable, baker; Nehemiah Clare of Dunstable, baker; James White of Toddington, husbandman; John Briden of Kensworth, tailor; Joseph Deane junior of Ringshall, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire], husbandman; John Dod of Totternhoe, tailor; - Henry Newman, James Hawkins, John Robins, William Elkins and William Francis were all dead leaving ownesrhip in the hands of John Barnes, in trust; - Nehemiah Clare, James White, John Briden and John Dod were all dead leaving the trust lodged in John Chester and Joseph Deane Operative Part: - (3) paid 5/- each to (1) and (2); - (1), by direction of (2), and (2) granted (a) to (3) in trust for (4) Property: (a) 1 rood of pasture ground at W end of a Tylers Close, Sewell, abutting on Whitehillway to W reserving to late owner Richard Chester all timber of ash and elm (V) Feoffment of 27 Apr 1742 Parties: (1) Richard Chester of London, furrier (son of John Chester of Dunstable, baker); (2) Henry Austin of Ringsall, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire], yeoman; John Horn of Leagrave, tailor; Thomas Lawrence (son of Mordecai Lawrence) of Wards Combe [Buckinghamshire]; John Jenkins of Eaton Bray, tailor; Thomas Bingham of Markyate, Caddington [Hertfordshire], carpenter; William Brown (son of Daniel Brown of Luton), draper Operative Part: - (2) paid 10/- to (1); - (1) enfeoffed (a) to (2) Property: (a) piece of pasture, formerly part of Tylers Close, at W end of it "by a paile fence", of 1 pole in Sewell, Houghton Regis, "over and extending in length the whole breadth of the burial ground there the same burial ground lying open into the said piece or parcel of pasture ground upon the west part thereof, the residue of the said close lying next eastward thereof" (VI) Feoffment of 8 Apr 1777 Parties: (1) Thomas Lawrence (son of Mordecai Lawrence) of Wards Combe [Buckinghamshire]; William Brown (son of Daniel Brown of Luton), draper, [surviving trustees in (IV)]; (2) John Freeth of Luton, currier; Daniel Brown of Luton, baker; Joseph Brown jnuior of Luton, miller; Christopher Pryor junior of Luton, maltster; Richard Brown junior of Luton, maltster Operative Part: - (1) enfeoffed (a) in (V) to (2) in trust (VII) Lease & Release of 26 & 27 Mar 1741 Parties: (1) James Adcock of Tenter Alley, Southwark [Surrey], fellmaker and Ann his wife; (2) Richard Chester, citizen and skinner of London Operative Part: - (1) sold (a) to (2) for 132/10/- Property: (a) cottage, outhouses, yards, gardens, orchards etc. in Houghton Regis and Totternhoe; (b) arable and meadow belonging to (a) in occupation of Phebe Merry, deceased (VIII) Will of Richard Chester of Wandsworth [Surrey] on 12 Mar 1761, devising: - all freehold estate purchased from James Adcock in Sewell in Houghton Regis and Totternhoe, except a half acre of meadow adjoining the Quaker burial ground to his nephew Richard Chester; - half acre of land in Sewell adjoining the burial ground to John Frith of Luton, shopkeeper and Daniel Brown of Luton, baker upon trust to annexe it to the burial ground and use it as a burial ground for the Quakers belonging to late Market Street Monthly Meeting; - will proved on 4 Nov 1763 by Richard Chester, sole executor in PCC (IX) Bargain & Sale of 10 Apr 1812 Parties: (1) Daniel Brown the elder of Luton, baker; Christopher Pryor of Stopsley, farmer; Richard Brown of Luton, maltster [surviving trustees in (VI)]; (2) Daniel Brown the younger of Luton, baker; Richard Markes Brown of Luton, mealman; Henry Brown (son of Richard Brown), of Luton; James Pryor of Stopsley (son of Christopher Pryor); Richard Gutteridge of St.Albans [Hertfordshire]; John Foster of Luton, grocer; Thomas Squire of Kings Langley [Hertfordshire]; Thomas Squire of Hempstead [Hertfordshire]; William Adams of Luton, farmer Operative Part: - (2) paid 10/- to (1); - (1) released (a)-(c) to (2) in trust Property: (a) 1 rood of pasture ground at W end of a Tylers Close, Sewell, abutting on Whitehillway to W ; (b) 1 pole of land in Sewell devised in (VIII); (c) half acre of meadow in Sewell adjoining (a) and (b) (C) MEETING HOUSE IN YARD OFF ICKNIELD WAY IN DUNSTABLE [see also FR/24/8/1] (X) Bargain & Sale of 27 Mar 1712 Parties: (1) Michael Clarke of Boveney, Burnham [Buckinghamshire], sydesman; Levi Curtis of Dunstable, sydesman; (2) John Chester of Dunstable, baker Operative Part: - (1) sold (a) to (2) for 55 paid to Michael Clarke and 5/- paid to Levi Curtis Property: (a) west part of yard of Michael Clarke's messuage in Dunstable West End in occupation of Levi Curtis abutting: yard of Mary Groom, widow, to S; ground of Henry Stonestreet Clerke to W; Icknield Way to N; measuring N-S 116ft 11in and E-W 32ft 7in, except ground on which west end of stable stood measuring 10ft 9in by 18ft 4in and part of malting standing on it measuring 10ft by 9ft at S end of the yard; (b) garden at end of stable (XI) Bargain & sale of 7 May 1712 Parties: (1) John Chester of Dunstable, baker; (2) Richard Dodd of Kensworth, yeoman; John Barnes of Ivinghoe Aston [Buckinghamshire], yeoman; James Hawkins the younger of Dunstable, baker; Richard Chester of Dunstable, baker; (3) Zachary Neell of Caddington, yeoman; Daniel Brown of Luton, maltster; William Elknis of Luton, shopkeeper; Joseph Deane the younger of Ringshall, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire], brickmaker Operative Part: - (2) paid " a competent sum of money" to (1); - (3) paid 5/- to (1) - (1) sold (a)-(b) in (X) to (3) in trust (XII) Bargain & Sale of 12 Dec 1766 Parties: (1) Richard Chester of Dunstable, furrier (nephew and heir of Richard Chester of Dunstable, baker, deceased); (2) Richard Brown of Luton, maltster; John Dean of Ringshall, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire], brickmaker; John Freeth the younger of Luton, currier; William Freeth of Dunstable, baker; Daniel Brown the younger of Luton, baker; Joseph Brown the younger of Luton, grocer; Christopher Pryor of Stopsley, yeoman Reciting: - a building had beeen erected as a Quaker meeting house on (a)-(b) in (X) Operative Part: - (1) sold (a)-(b) in (X) with Quaker meeting house built on it to (2) for 5/- Habendum: - to (2) in trust to suffer meeting house to be used for worship by the Quakers with proviso for election of new trustees (XIII) assignment of Meeting House and grounds to new trustees of 14 Apr 1815 from (1) Daniel Brown the elder of Luton, baker and Christopher Pryor of Stopsley, gentleman to (2) Joseph Brown of Luton, maltster; Joseph Cranstone of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], ironmonger; Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead, gentleman; James Pryor of Stopsley, farmer; William Gutteridge of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], brazier; Richard Gutteridge of St.Albans, brazier; Daniel Pearman of Luton, draper; Thomas Squire of Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead, gentleman; George Batch of Hemel Hempstead, draper; John Foster of Luton, grocer; Richard Marks Brown of Luton, miller; William Adams of Luton, farmer (D) CASTLE STREET MEETING HOUSE, LUTON [see also FR/24/15/1-9] (XIV) Bargain & Sale of 7 Aug 1799 Parties: (1) John Chase of Luton, surgeon; (2) William Anstee, late of Luton, now of Dunstable, draper (trustee for John Chase); (3) Christopher Pryor of Stopsley, yeoman; Joseph Brown the elder of Luton, miller; Richard Brown the younger of Luton, cornfactor; William Brown of Luton, maltster; Daniel Brown the younger of Luton, baker; William Brown of Luton, baker; William Adams of Luton, yeoman; Joseph Brown the younger of Luton, a minor Operative Part: - (3) paid 105 to (1); - (3) paid 10/- to (2); - (1) and (2) sold (a) to (3) Property: (a) part of orchard or close of John Chase in Luton in his own occupation near Castle Street on which a mansion called Langleys, lately let as Luton workhouse, formerly stood fronting: NW on Castle Street; SE and SW on orchard of John Chase; NE on house of Messrs Hoare Field and others; measuring 130ft by 49ft Habendum: - to (3) in trust to build a Quaker meeting house on the land Covenant: - (1) to pay 20/- annually to Luton parish officers in respect of the land (XV) Assignment of meeting house in new trustees of 30 Jun 1843 from (1) Daniel Brown of Luton, gentleman and William Adams of Luton, brewer to (2) Henry Coles Brown of Luton, mealman; Frederick Brown of Luton, ironmonger; William Drewett of Luton, baker; Robert Marsh of Luton, gentleman; William Adams the younger of Luton, gentleman; Richard Brown of Luton, gentleman (E) 2.5 ACRES IN MAULDEN (XVI) Feoffment of 14 Feb 1775 Parties: (1) William Brown of Ampthill, grocer; (2) Daniel Brown of Luton, baker; John Freeth, currier; Joseph Brown, miller; Richard Brown junior, maltster; Christopher Pryor, farmer all of Luton; John Brown now living with William Brown; John Adams of Pulloxhill, grazier; John Bennell of Ampthill, baker; George Exton of Ampthill, ironmonger Operative Part: - (1) sold (a) to (2) for 45 Property: (a) 6 lands containing 2.5 acres in Maulden abutting: NE on highway from Ampthill to Maulden; SW on land late of Everitt, now William Brown; SE on land of John Betts; NW on land in occupation of William Betts Habendum: - to (2) in trust to use rents, profits etc. for Quaker poor in Bedfordshire (F) TWO GARDENS ADJOINING DAGNALL LANE, ST.ALBANS, MEETING HOUSE AND BURIAL GROUND [see also FR/24/18/1-32] (XVII) Release of 30 Nov 1797 Parties: (1) James Masterman of Bucklersbury, London, merchant; Thomas How Masterman of White Hart Court, Lombard Street, City of London, goldsmith; (2) William Hawson the younger of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], merchant; Philip Gutteridge of St.Albans, auctioneer; Robert Sargeant of St.Albans, gentleman; James Smith of St.Albans, shopkeeper; Emmot Skidmore of Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire], coal merchant; Joseph Skidmore of Rickmansworth, coal merchant; (3) Richard Chester of Stoke Newington [Middlesex], gentleman Operative Part: - (1) sold (a) to (3) for 10/- Property: (a) two gardens near Dagnall Lane, St.Albans adjoining the Quaker meeting house and burial ground previously in occupation of Alderman Baskerfeld and Joseph Simcock late estate of John Masterman, father (1) Habendum: - to (3) to use of Thomas How Masterman and (2) (XVIII) Lease for a Year of 29 Nov 1797 Parties: (1) James Masterman and Thomas How Masterman; (2) Richard Chester Reciting: - will of John Masterman, late of White Hart Court, Gracechurch Street, London on 9 Apr 1785, amongst other things, giving to his son Thomas How Masterman his two pieces of freehold garden ground near Dagnall Lane, St.Albans in several occupations of Alderman Baskerfield and Joseph Simcock recommending him to give the land to the Quaker Monthly Meeting; - death of John Masterman leaving his son James Masterman as his eldest son and heir at law; - doubts has arisen whether the will was sufficient to pass the freehold to Thomas How Masterman for him to convey it to the Quakers Operative Part: - as in (XVII) (XIX) Articles of Agreement of 13 Mar 1801 Parties: (1) William Hawson the younger of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], woolstapler; Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead, [Hertfordshire], mealman; (2) John Savage of St.Albans, stationer Reciting: - (1) were trustees of Dagnall Lane Quaker Meeting House; - (2) owned a building adjacent to the meeting house, in occupation of Samuel Marston; - the passage way between the buildings should be widened and the yard belonging to (2) in front of meeting house should be fenced off Operative Part: - (1) agreed that (2), at his own expense, may remove the fence dividing the meeting house from the passage and widen the passage to 3ft 3in over 31.5 yards length; - (2) agreed that (1) should take that part of his yard in front of the meeting house measuring 8.5 yards by 14ft (property of (1)) and 12.75ft (property of (2)) (XX) Lease and Release of 24-25 Jun 1823 Parties: (1) Thomas How Masterman, late of White Hart Court, Lombard Street, City of London, goldsmith, now of Hoxton [Kent], gentleman; William Hawson of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], merchant; Philip Gutteridge of St.Albans, auctioneer; Emmett Skidmore of Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire], coal merchant; Joseph Skidmore of Rickmansworth, coal merchant; (2) Henry Brown of Luton, gentleman; ; (3) Daniel Pearman of Luton, draper; John Belch of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], draper; William Brown of Luton, baker; Thomas Marshall of Hemel Hempstead, confectioner; James Pryor of Stopsley, farmer; Henry Coles Brown of Luton, gentleman; Joseph Cranstone of Hemel Hempstead, ironmonger; William Gutteridge of St.Albans, auctioneer; Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead, gentleman; Thomas Belch the younger of Hemel Hempstead, draper; Alfred Pearman of Luton, gentleman Operative Part: - (2) paid 5/- to (1); - (1) released (a) in (XVII) to (2) Habendum: - to (2) to use of (1) and (3) upon trust for use of St.Albans Monthly Meeting (XXI) Note of part of garden ground being taken by Commissioners under Act of Parliament to improve the Holyhead Road [Watling Street] and new wall to separate the road from the garden ground being built by trustees who had a sum from the Commissioners remaining after building the wall of 170 which was invested on 30 Apr 1828 in purchasing 164/17/- in 4% annuities in the names of trustees Henry Brown, Daniel Pearman, James Pryor and Joseph Cranstone (G) CHORLEY WOOD MEETING HOUSE [see also FR/24/5/1] (XXII) Release of 5 Dec 1789 Parties: (1) Jane Willson of Chorley Wood [Hertfordshire], widow; (2) John Mavor of Fox Ordinary Court, Nicholas Lane, London, baker; John Smith of Cirencester [Gloucestershire], esquire Reciting: - meeting house (b) and burial ground (c) (except (d)) below had been held by the Quakers for some years at a rent of 2/10/- per annum; - vault and tomb (d) had been used for burial of family of Jane Willson Operative Part: - (2) paid 10/- to (1); - (1) released (a)-(d) to (2) Property, all in Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire] in occupation of Levi Squires: (a) Meeting House Farm and fields totalling 6a 1r 35p; (b) meeting house; (c) burial ground; (d) vault and tomb Habendum: - to (2) upon trusts: as follows: (b)-(c) for the Quakers at a rent of 2/10- and responsibility on the Quakers to carry out maintenance; (d) to be maintained for use of Willson family together with 6ft to N and E of (c) , right of way through (c) and right to take away fruit from trees in (c) (H) CROSS LANE MEETING HOUSE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD [see also FR/24/11/1-15] (XXIII) Memorandum of 19 Sep 1678 in Court Roll of manor of Agnells of surrender by John Edmonds and Sarah, his wife of 1 rood of land called Little Cotterells taken from close called Cotterells bounded: E by land of Edward Pearles called Hundred Acres; S and W by land of John Edmonds; N by road from Hemel Hempstead to use of William Houlker, Lord of the Manor; witnessed by Nathaniel Wardal, Edward Jones and William Gladman and copied by John Griffiths of Luton (XXIII) Demise of 28 Sep 1678 Parties: (1) William Houlker of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], gentleman; (2) Joseph Hackny of Hemel Hempstead, tanner Operative Part: - (2) paid 40/- to (1); - (1) demised (a) to (2) Property: (a) 1 rood piece of copyhold arable called Little Cotterells, Hemel Hempstead in Manor of Agnells bounded: E by land of Edward Pearles called Hundred Acre; S and W by land of John Edmonds; N by road from Hemel Hempstead to Redbourne Habendum: - to (2) for 1,000 years at a peppercorn rent Endorsement: - assignment of (a) by Joseph Hackny to Michael Alea of Hemel Hempstead, Michael Turpin, Edmond Seare, Nathaniel Nash and Edward Joines all of Hemel Hempstead, Joseph Jaques and John Collins of Redbourne, Thomas Porter of Hardon, Edward Wildes and Samuel Meade of Hemel Hempstead, Edmond Howe and John Weather of St.Albans [Hertfordshire] on 30 Sep 1682 (XXIV) Assignment of new trustees of 20 Jan 1705 by (1) Nathaniel Nash of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], maltster; Michael Turpin of Hemel Hempstead, mealman; Michael Lea of Hemel Hempstead, mealman; Joseph Jaques of Redbourne [Hertfordshire], tanner; Edmond How of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], timberman of (2) Edmond Neale of Woodend, Redbourne, yeoman; Edmond How junior of St.Albans, draper; Joseph Mead of St.Albans, flaxdresser; James Weatherhead of St.Albans, shoemaker; Septimus Humble of St.Albans, draper; Michael Turpin junior of Hemel Hempstead, grocer; John Long of Hemel Hempstead, husbandman; William Readingof Redbourne, yeoman; Nathaniel Nash junior of Hemel Hempstead to (a) in XXIII now with a building erected on it as trustees of meeting place and burial ground (XXV) Assignment of new trustees of 29 Aug 1732 by (1) Edmond Neale of Hammonds End, Harpenden [Hertfordshire], yeoman; Michael Turpin of Reading [Berkshire], staymaker; Nathaniel Nash of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], husbandman of (2) Edmond Neale of Hammonds End, yeoman; Zachariah Neale of Hertford, yeoman; Thomas Reading of Redbourne [Hertfordshire], tallow chandler; John Owen of Hemel Hempstead, yeoman; Thomas Dearmer of Hemel Hempstead, mealman; John Halsey the elder of Kings Langley [Hertfordshire], maltster; John Halsey the younger of Kings Langley, maltster; William Thompson of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], corn chandler; Thomas Mitchell of St.Albans, cooper; Jacob Warner of St.Albans, tin plate worker to (a) in XXIII now with a building erected on it as trustees of meeting place and burial ground, with agreement for appointment of new trustees when the number reduced to five. Endorsed with deed poll of 23 Apr 1755 by Zachariah Neale, John Halsey the younger and Jacob Warner assigning (a) in XXIII) to Thomas Hill of Hemel Hempstead, salesman in trust to execute (XXVI) below (XXVI) Bargain & Sale of 24 Apr 1755 Parties: (1) Thomas Hill of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], salesman; (2) Zachariah Neale of Harpenden [Hertfordshire], gentleman; John Halsey of Kings Langley [Hertfordshire], gentleman; Jacob Warner of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], tin plate worker; James Archer of St.Albans, grocer; Benjamin Roake of St.Albans, distiller; Thomas Mitchell of St.Albans, staymaker, William Hawson of St.Albans, draper; John Chessey of St.Albans, baker; Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead, schoolmaster; Thomas Cowdry the younger of Crossley Green, Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire], mealman Operative Part: - (2) paid 5/- to (1); - (1) assigned (a) in (XXIII) to (2) upon trust for residue of term of 1,000 years Endorsement: - deed poll of 21 Sep 1787 in which Thomas Cowdrey and William Hawson the elder assigned (a) in (XXIII) to Joseph Rickman to enact (XXVII) below (XXVII) Assignment of 22 Sep 1787 Parties: (1) Joseph Rickman of Stockwell [Surrey], bottle merchant; (2) Thomas Cowdry, previously of Croxley Green, Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire], now of Stockwell, mustard maker; William Hawson the elder of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], draper; Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], yeoman; Samuel Squire of Hemel Hempstead, ironmonger; Joseph Hagger of Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead, miller and mealman; James Pollard of Hemel Hempstead, salesman; Richard Brown the younger of Luton, maltster; James Smith of St.Albans, shopkeeper; William Brown of Luton, maltster; William Hawson the younger of St.Albans, draper; John Pryor the younger Luton, maltster; Jonathan Freeth of Luton, ironmonger; Daniel Brown the younger of Luton, baker; Joseph Brown the younger of Luton, miller Operative Part: - (2) paid 5/- to (1); - (1) assigned (a) in (XXIII) to (2) in trust for remainder of term of 1,000 years Endorsement: - deed poll of 16 Feb 1815 in which James Pollard, William Hawson the younger and Daniel Brown assigned (a) in (XXIII) to Henry Grover to enact (XXVIII) below (XXVIII) Assignment of 17 Feb 1815 Parties: (1) Henry Grover of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], gentleman; (2) James Pollard of Hemel Hempstead, draper; William Hawson the younger of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], draper; Daniel Brown of Luton, baker; Joseph Cranstone, ironmonger; Thomas Squire, gentleman; George Belch, linen draper, all of Hemel Hempstead; John Pryor of Stopsley, farmer; Joseph Brown, farmer; Daniel Pearman, draper; John Foster, grocer; Richard Marks Brown, miller; William Adams, farmer all of Luton; William Gutteridge and Richard Gutteridge, both of St.Albans, braziers; Thomas Squire of Bowen End, Northchurch [Hertfordshire], gentleman Operative Part: - (2) paid 5/- to (1); - (1) assigned (a) in (XXIII) to (2) in trust for remainder of term of 1,000 years (I) HEMEL HEMPSTEAD MEETING HOUSE [see also FR/24/10/1-28] (XXIX) Lease & release of 19-20 Jun 1718 Parties: (1) Henry Sibley of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], victualler and Hannah his wife; Michael Nichol of Aldenham [Hertfordshire], gentleman; (2) John Owen of Hemel Hempstead, schoolmaster; Edmund Neale of Wood End, Redbourne [Hertfordshire], yeoman; Philip Van de Wall of Hemel Hempstead, chirurgeon; Joseph Van de Wall of Hemel Hempstead, mealman; Zachariah Wallis of Hemel Hempstead, grocer; Thomas Hill of Hemel Hempstead, salesman; John Long of Cox Pond, Hemel Hempstead, husbandman; Thomas Reading of Redbourne, grocer; Zachariah Neale the younger of Wood End, Redbourne, yeoman Operative Part: - (1) sold (a) to (2) for 26/11/- Property: (a) piece of pasture in Hemel Hempstead belonging to Bell Inn in occupation of Henry Sibley and adjoining the garden being 44 yards long and 18.5 yards broad abutting: at one end the garden of Bell Inn; at other end barn of Ephraim How and land in occupation of Widow Hill; with right of way through Bell yard Covenant: - to levy a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo (XXX) Assignment of Term of Years of 20 Jun 1718 Parties: (1) Robert Eayres of Penley [Hertfordshire], gentleman; (2) Henry Sibley of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], victualler; John Owen of Hemel Hempstead, schoolmaster; Edmund Neale of Wood End, Redbourne [Hertfordshire], yeoman; Philip van de Wall of Hemel Hempstead, chirurgeon; Joseph van de Wall of Hemel Hempstead, mealman; Zachariah Wallis of Hemel Hempstead, grocer; Thomas Hill of Hemel Hempstead, salesman; John Long of Cox Pond, Hemel Hempstead, husbandman; Thomas Reading of Redbourne, grocer; Zachariah Neale of Wood End, Redbourne, yeoman; (3) Thomas Dearmer of Hemel Hempstead, mealman Reciting: - mortgage of 27 Feb 1707 between (1) Elizabeth Fuller of Hemel Hempstead, spinster (since dead) and (2) William Cropwell, citizen and leather seller [of London?] in which (1) mortgaged The Bell, High Street, Hemel Hempstead with a close of land of 2 acres adjoining the orchard to rear of the inn then in occupation of William Niyon (now of (2) above) by demise for 300 years to (2) as security for a loan of 315; - assignment of 8 May 1716 between (1) William Cropwell; (2) Jeremy Long of Abbots Langley [Hertfordshire], gentleman, executor of Elizabeth Fuller; William Fuller of Watford [Hertfordshire], nephew and heir of Elizabeth Fuller; (3) Henry Scofield of Hemel Hempstead, victualler; Henry Sibley; (4) Robert Eayres in which (2) "for considerations therein mentioned" released the yard to use of (3) and (1) assigned the mortgage to (4) in trust for (3); - (XXIX) above Operative Part: - (3) paid 5/- to (1); - (1) assigned (a) in (XXIX) to (3) at request of (2) for remainder of term of 300 years in trust for (2) (XXXI) Deed poll of 20 Aug 1718 in which John Owen of Hemel Hempstead, schoolmaster; Edmund Neale of Wood End, Redbourne [Hertfordshire], yeoman; Philip van de Wall of Hemel Hempstead, chirurgeon; Joseph van de Wall of Hemel Hempstead, mealman; Zachariah Wallis of Hemel Hempstead, grocer; Thomas Hill of Hemel Hempstead, salesman; John Long of Cox Pond, Hemel Hempstead, husbandman; Thomas Reading of Redbourne, grocer; Zachariah Neale of Wood End, Redbourne, yeoman declared themselves standing possessed of (a) in (XXIX) in trust to erect and use a Quaker Meeting House with burial ground (XXXII) Lease & Release of 23-24 Apr 1755 in which Zachariah Neale of Harpenden [Hertfordshire], gentleman and Thomas Hill of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], salesman, surviving trustees of Hemel Hempstead meeting house, appointed as new trustees Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead, schoolmaster, Thomas Cowdry the younger of Crossley Green, Rickmansworth[ Hertfordshire], mealman, James Archer of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], grocer, Benjamin Roak of St.Albans, distiller, Thomas Mitchell of St.Albans, staymaker, Jacob Warner of St.Albans, tin plate worker, William Hawson of St.Albans, draper and John Chessey of St.Albans, baker(XXXIII) Lease & Release of 24-25 Sep 1787 in which Thomas Cowdry, now of Stockwell [Surrey], mustard maker and will Hawson the elder of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], draper, surviving trustees of Hemel Hempstead meeting house appointed as new trustees Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], yeoman, Samuel Squire of Hemel Hempstead, ironmonger, Joseph Hagger of Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead, miller and mealman, James Pollard of Hemel Hempstead, salesman, William Hawson the younger of St.Albans, draper, John Pryor the younger of Luton, maltster, James Smith of St.Albans, shopkeeper, William Brown of Luton, maltster, Jonathan Freeth of Luton, ironmonger, Daniel Brown the younger of Luton, baker and Joseph Brown the younger of Luton, miller (XXXIV) Lease & Release of 16-17 Feb 1815 in which James Pollard, William Hawson the younger and Daniel Brown the younger, surviving trustees of Hemel Hempstead meeting house appointed as new trustees Joseph Cranstone, ironmonger, Thomas Squire, gentleman, George Belch, linen draper, all of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], James Pryor of Stopsley, farmer, Joseph Brown, farmer, Daniel Pearman, draper, John Foster, grocer, Richard Marks Brown, miller, William Adams, farmer all of Luton, William Gutteridge and Richard Gutteridge, both of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], braziers and Thomas Squire of Bourne End, Northchurch [Hertfordshire], gentleman (J) ST.ALBANS MEETING HOUSE [see also FR/24/18/1-32] (XXXV) Intent to Levy a Fine of 21 Apr 1602 Parties: (1) John Clarke the younger of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], mercer; (2) James Clarke, son of (1) Operative Part: - (1) and James Carter of the elder of St.Albans intended to levy a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo for (a)-(b) with (b) being to use of (2) Property: (a) messuage in Fishpool Street in occupation of Vincent Beech between the tenement in occupation of John Fyner to W and tenement in occupation of Pickett to E abutting S on Fishpool Street and land of Sir John Brockett in occupation of Thomas Good to N; (b) messuage in Wheat Cheapings in occupation of John Clarke and Roger Austin, shoemaker with messuage in occupation of Edward Moseley to N and messuage of Robert Woolley, Mayor of St.Albans in occupation of John Clarke to S (XXXVI) Feoffment of 11 Oct 1672 Parties: (1) John Clarke of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], mercer; (2) Richard Mole of St.Albans, carpenter; Thomas Richardson of St.Albans, tanner Operative Part: - (1) enfeoffed (a) to (2) for 8 Property: (a) 3 poles of ground with building lately erected by (2) near Dagnall Lane, St.Albans adjoining orchard of William Foxwist, esquire to E, land of John Clarke to N, S and W with right of way through passage from Dagnall Lane (XXXVII) Feoffment of 5 Dec 1676 Parties: (1) Richard Mole of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], carpenter; Thomas Richardson of St.Albans, tanner; (2) John Mitchell of St.Albans, maltster; Giles Bloefield of St.Albans, tanner; Richard Reading of St.Michael, husbandman; Henry Welsh of Hatfield [Hertfordshire], husbandman; Edward Jones of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire]; Joseph Hackney of Hemel Hempstead Operative Part: - (1) enfeoffed (a) to (2) for "a competent sum of money" Property: (a) 3 poles of ground with building lately erected by (2) near Dagnall Lane, St.Albans adjoining orchard of William Foxwist, esquire to E, land of John Clarke to N, S and W with right of way through passage from Dagnall Lane (b) 7.5 poles of pasture in lower end of orchard belonging to messuage in occupation of Martha Gilbert in St.Peter's Street, St.Albans lately purchased by (1) abutting S on Long Butt Lane, E on close of land belonging to Robert Robotham, esquire, W and N on orchard Habendum - to (2) to use of (2) in trust for benefit of John Clarke of St.Albans, draper, Edmund How of St.Albans, timber merchant, Jeremy Cooley [or Tooley] of St.Albans, fellmonger, John Wetherhed of St.Albans, shoemaker, Richard Carter of St.Albans, tailor and Steohen Humble [or Umble] of St.Albans, yeoman (XXXVIII) Appointment of new trustees of (a) and (b) in (XXXVII) of 12 Jun 1711 by Stephen Humble of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], draper and Edmund How of St.Albans, timber merchant, being: Edmund How the younger of St.Albans, draper; William Hunble of St.Albans, draper; Michael Turpin of St.Albans, tailor; William Tompson of St.Albans, tallow chandler; John Edmonds of St.Albans, carpenter; Joseph Mead of St.Albans, flaxdresser (XXXIX) of 19 May 1721 Parties: (1) Thomas How of London, goldsmith; (2) Stephen Humble of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], draper Operative Part: - (1) enfeoffed (a) to (2) for 20 Property: (a) garden with lean-to, summerhouse and arbour near Dagnall Lane, St.Albans measuring 5 poles long by 2 poles broad abutting: N on close of pasture in occupation of Thomas Jones; E on orchard of John Iremonger; S on Quaker meeting house; W on garden late of John How, late brother of (1) - the land having been lately sold, with a messuage in Cook Row, by Gilbert Kinder to (1) (XL) Feoffment of 18 May 1721 (1) Stephen Humble of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], draper; (2) William Thompson of St.Albans, corn chandler; Michael Turpin of St.Albans, salesman; Joseph Mead senior of St.Albans, flexdresser; Joseph Mead junior of St.Albans, baker; Thomas Mitchell of St.Albans, cooper; Thomas Deane of St.Albans, carpenter Operative Part: - (1) enfeoffed (a) in (XXXIX) to (2) for 5/- Habendum: - to (2) to use of (1) for his life remainder to (2) as trustees for Quaker meeting, the land to serve as a burial ground (XLI) Feoffment of 16 Jun 1742 in which William Tomson of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], corn chandler; Michael Turpin now of Reading [Berkshire]; Thomas Deane of St.Albans, carpenter, surviving trustees of St.Albans meeting house appointed Jacob Warner of St.Albans, tin plate worker; Thomas Mitchell of St.Albans, staymaker; Thomas How of London, goldsmith as new trustees of (a)-(b) in (XXXVII) and (a) in (XL) (XLII) Feoffment of 11 Jun 1768 in which Thomas Mitchell of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], staymaker, surviving trustee of St.Albans meeting house appointed Joseph Greenwood of Hatfield [Hertfordshire], farmer; William Hawson of St.Albans, draper; John Chessey of St.Albans, baker; Zachariah Neale othe younger of St.Albans, gentleman and Jacob Warner of St.Albans, tin plate worker as new trustees of (a)-(b) in (XXXVII) and (a) in (XL) (XLIII) Lease and Release of 22-23 Feb 1787 in which Joseph Greenwood of Astwick, Hatfield [Hertfordshire], yeoman, William Hawson the elder of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], draper and Zachariah Neale of Redbourne [Hertfordshire], gentleman, surviving trustees of St.Albans meeting house appointed James Smith of St.Albans, shopkeeper; William Hawson the younger of St.Albans, woolstapler; Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], mealman; Samuel Squire of Hemel Hempstead, ironmonger; Joseph Haggar of Hemel Hempstead, mealman; James Pollard of Hemel Hempstead, draper; John Pryor the younger of Luton, maltster; Richard Brown the younger of Luton, maltster; William Brown the younger of Luton, maltster; John Freeth of Luton, currier; Daniel Brown the younger of Luton, baker and Joseph Brown the younger of Luton, mealman as new trustees of (a)-(b) in (XXXVII) and (a) in (XL) (XLIV) Lease and Release of 21-22 May 1816 in which William Hawson now of Cowley, Uxbridge [Middlesex], James Pollard of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], salesman and jn Freeth of Luton, currier, surviving trustees of St.Albans meeting house appointed Joseph Brown of Luton, maltster; Joseph Cranstone of Hemel Hempstead, ironmonger; Thomas Squire of Hemel Hempstead, gentleman; James Pryor of Stopsley, farmer; William Gutteridge of St.Albans, tin plate worker; Richard Gutteridge of St.Albans, tin plate worker; Daniel Pearman of Luton, line draper; Thomas Squire of Bourne End, Northchurch, gentleman; George Belch of Hemel Hempstead, draper; John Foster of Luton, grocer; Richard Marks Brown of Luton, miller and William Adams of Luton, farmer as new trustees of (a)-(b) in (XXXVII) and (a) in (XL)

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Seare, Henry,
Deane, Edward,
Humfrey, Francis,
Deane, Giles,
Deane, Joseph,
Turpen, John,
Rutland, Thomas,
Stratton, John,
Kingham, Thomas,
Deane, Thomas,
Fountayne, Henry,
Deane, Edward,
Barnes, John,
Seare, Robert,
Barton, John,
Freeth, John,
Gunnis, John,
Brown, Daniel,
Horn, John,
Larance, Thomas,
Austin, Henry,
Freeth, William,
Brown, John,
Pryor, Christopher,
Brown, Richard Markes,
Brown, Henry,
Pryor, James,
Gutteridge, Richard,
Foster, John,
Squire, Thomas,
Adams, William,
Greenwood, Sarah,
Chester, John,
Lawrence, Mordecai,
Jenkins, John,
Ringham, Thomas,
Chessey, Joseph,
Barnes, Charles,
Adams, Thomas,
Hobbs, Henry,
Fensham, George,
King, Daniel,
King, John,
Howes, Henry,
Vyes, Thomas,
Harris, Samuel,
Chester, Edward,
Crooke, Peter,
Newman, Henry,
Barber, William,
Hawkins, Thomas,
Hawkins, James,
Robins, John,
Elkins, William,
Francis, William,
Clare, Nehemiah,
White, James,
Briden, John,
Dod, John,
Chester, Richard,
Adcock, James,
Adcock, Ann,
Merry, Phebe,
Frith, John,
Clarke, Michael,
Curtis, Levi,
Groom, Mary,
Clerke, Henry Stonestreet,
Dodd, Richard,
Neell, Zachary,
Cranstone, Joseph,
Pearman, Daniel,
Batch, George,
Anstee, William,
Chase, John,
Hoare Field,
Brown, Henry Coles,
Brown, Frederick,
Drewett, William,
Marsh, Robert,
Bennell, John,
Exton, George,
Everitt,
Betts, John,
Betts, William,
Masterman, James,
Masterman, Thomas How,
Hawson, William,
Sargeant, Robert,
Smith, James,
Skidmore, Emmot,
Skidmore, Joseph,
Chester, Richard,
Baskerfield, Alderman,
Simcock, Joseph,
Masterman, John,
Savage, John,
Marston, Samuel,
Belch, John,
Marshall, Thomas,
Belch, Thomas,
Pearman, Alfred,
Willson, Jane,
Mavor, John,
Smith, John,
Squires, Levi,
Edmonds, John,
Edmonds, Sarah,
Pearles, Edward,
Houlker, William,
Wardal, Nathaniel,
Jones, Edward,
Gladman, William,
Griffiths, John,
Hackny, Joseph,
Alea, Michael,
Turpin, Michael,
Seare, Edmund,
Nash, Nathaniel,
Jaques, Joseph,
Collins, John,
Porter, Thomas,
Wildes, Edward,
Meade, Samuel,
Howe, Edmond,
Weather, John,
Neale, Edmond,
Lea, Michael,
Weatherhead, James,
Humble, Septimus,
Long, John,
Reading, William,
Owen, John,
Dearmer, Thomas,
Halsey, John,
Thompson, William,
Mitchell, Thomas,
Warner, Jacob,
Hill, Thomas,
Archer, James,
Roake, Benjamin,
Cowdry, Thomas,
Rickman, Joseph,
Hagger, Joseph,
Pollard, James,
Freeth, Jonathan,
Grover, Henry,
Brown, Richard,
Belch, George,
Pearman, Daniel,
Sibley, Henry,
Sibley, Hannah,
Nichol, Michael,
Wall, Philip van de,
Wall, Joseph van de,
Wallis, Zachariah,
How, Ephraim,
Hill,
Eayres, Robert,
Dearmer, Thomas,
Fuller, Elizabeth,
Cropwell, William,
Niyon, William,
Long, Jeremy,
Fuller, William,
Scofield, Henry,
Clarke, John,
Clarke, James,
Carter, James,
Beech, Vincent,
Fyner, John,
Pickett,
Brockett, John,
Good, Thomas,
Austin, Roger,
Moseley, Edward,
Woolley, Robert,
Mole, Richard,
Richardson, Thomas,
Foxwist, William,
Bloefield, Giles,
Reading, Richard,
Welsh, Henry,
Gilbert, Martha,
Robotham, Robert,
Cooley, Jeremy,
Tooley, Jeremy,
Wetherhed, John,
Carter, Richard,
Humble, Stephen,
How, Edmund,
Humble, William,
Tompson, William,
Mead, Joseph,
Jones, Thomas,
Iremonger, John,
Kinder, Gilbert,
Greenwood, Joseph

yeoman, blacksmith, husbandman, wheelwright, currier, baker, miller, mealman, farmer, grocer, Sarah will: Greenwood, deaths, burial grounds, tailor, carpenter, draper, linen draper, tallow chandler, hemp dresser, labourer, poulterer, maltster, cordwainer, reservations, furrier, fellmaker, skinner, Richard will: Chester, shopkeeper, sydesman, widow, brickmaker, Parish Workhouses, Hoare Field, ironmonger, brazier, corn factor, brewer, grazier, town & local roads, general poverty, merchant, goldsmith, auctioneer, coal merchant, John will: Masterman, wool stapler, stationer, rights of way, confectioner, A5, vaults, Hemel Hempstead Agnells Manor, tanner, timberman, flaxdresser, shoemaker, staymaker, tallow chandler, cooper, tin plate worker, salesman, schoolmaster, Hemel Hempstead Bell Inn, victualler, chirurgeon, leather seller, mercer, Mayor, fellmonger, timber merchant, bottle merchant, mustard maker, Dagnall, Dagnall fields, Sewell, Houghton Regis fields, Sewell Whitehillway, TOTTERNHOE, DUNSTABLE, Dunstable Icknield Way, LUTON, Luton Castle Street, Luton Langleys, MAULDEN, St.Albans, St.Albans Dagnall Lane, Rickmansworth, Chorley Wood, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead fields, St.Albans Wheat Cheapings, St.Albans Fishpool Street, St.Albans St.Peter's Street, St.Albans Long Butt Lane, St.Albans Cook Row